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August 29
Move to Commons
I recently discovered that an illustration that I created is a candidate for Wikimedia Commons and it contained a request that someone do exactly that. I'd like to do it, but Wikipedia is WAY too hard to use and moving something to Commons is too mysterious (yes, I've read the procedure and I didn't understand it because I don't live and breathe wikipedia ...I have a life). Here is the illustration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_of_dose_profiles_for_proton_v._x-ray_radiotherapy.png . Since this 'help' section doesn't allow personal contact to me, and since I'll never return, it's up to you to move the illustration to Wikimedia Commons or to somehow contact me and teach me how I can move the illustration to Wikimedia Commons. (Aside: I wonder how much wikipedia would grow if it was easy to participate...) MarkFilipak (talk) 01:28, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- I see that the image has already been flagged for moving to Wikipedia Commons. There may be a problem with its copyright status, as it is derived from a diagram published in Nature. I agree with your sentiments about the upload process, it has been made far harder than it needs to be. Maproom (talk) 06:56, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- I read your rant about the attribution difficulties. You are spot on. I think that the problems with all open source efforts with which I've been involved is creeping 'elegance' and lack of focus testing - myself, I prefer plain text but the Wikipedia elite seem to be going the other way. Regarding the diagram, it's not just a copy because the original was seriously flawed. Instead, I created it from first principles, so I don't even consider it to be derivative of the illustration that was in Nature. I don't know what to do now. MarkFilipak (talk) 16:03, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- @MarkFilipak: I have moved it to Commons using a tool for doing so. If you want to find it, it is now at File:Comparison_of_dose_profiles_for_proton_v._x-ray_radiotherapy.png Mdann52 (talk) 16:33, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- I read your rant about the attribution difficulties. You are spot on. I think that the problems with all open source efforts with which I've been involved is creeping 'elegance' and lack of focus testing - myself, I prefer plain text but the Wikipedia elite seem to be going the other way. Regarding the diagram, it's not just a copy because the original was seriously flawed. Instead, I created it from first principles, so I don't even consider it to be derivative of the illustration that was in Nature. I don't know what to do now. MarkFilipak (talk) 16:03, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Always use secure connection - checked off by default now?
Hello everyone at the help desk! :) I just noticed that when I logged on, it automatically used the secure (https) connection. At first I was quite confused because all the links are now blue (not visited) because I never use the secure connection. Then I thought to look in my preferences, and saw a box checked off next to "always use secure connection when logged in"; I'm pretty sure I never checked that - so is it the default now? No big deal, just curious. --.Yellow1996.(ЬMИED¡) 01:33, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- The default is for secure to be on. See the bottom of m:HTTPS. (I misread your question at first) RudolfRed (talk) 03:59, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Is this why all my "Edit summaries", which used to drop down to allow re-selection, have disappeared? Arjayay (talk) 07:30, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Very likely. If you are at another url now (https instead of http) then your browser probably doesn't show what you entered in the box at the old url. Other aspects of browser history can also be lost. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:10, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Problem is, the new edit summaries, that I have added on the secure site, don't appear either - I assume part of the "security" is not to save them?.
As a Wikignome correcting numerous little mistakes I use these repeatedly - to explain spelling corrections, or refer to rules such as WP:CREDENTIALS, WP:LASTNAME, MOS:BOLD etc. To have to look them up, and type them in every time, will seriously slow down my editing - unless I omit the edit summaries, or make them so generic they are not very useful.
Is there a way the edit summaries can be saved on the secure site? Or do I have to go back to the unsecure site? Arjayay (talk) 14:21, 29 August 2013 (UTC)- It's determined by your browser which may have a setting to not store form data on secure sites. Which browser is it? My edit summaries are stored in Firefox at the secure Wikipedia. You may also be interested in Custom Summary Presets at Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts#Editing interface. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:19, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Problem is, the new edit summaries, that I have added on the secure site, don't appear either - I assume part of the "security" is not to save them?.
- Very likely. If you are at another url now (https instead of http) then your browser probably doesn't show what you entered in the box at the old url. Other aspects of browser history can also be lost. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:10, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Is this why all my "Edit summaries", which used to drop down to allow re-selection, have disappeared? Arjayay (talk) 07:30, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
All right. Thanks for clearing this up, guys. :) --.Yellow1996.(ЬMИED¡) 16:09, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Deleting an account
How do I delete my account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NFSA-PATS (talk • contribs) 05:26, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
abhijeet bhatcharya
When i edit the abhijeet bhatcharya pages topic notable single one column of that topic comes on top and other three columns come at bottom..the columns do not stay in line — Preceding unsigned comment added by Essakhan19 (talk • contribs) 05:38, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Abhijeet Bhattacharya (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- You had accidentally deleted the end-of-table marker. I have put it back with this edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:44, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
V. Revd Alan Warren
Alan_Warren_(priest) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I have been asked by my fellow priest the Very Revd Alan Warren if it is possible to amend and update his Wikipedia entry, with appropriate notes to confirm and new material. Awaiting your advice and such details. Revd R Easeman 86.29.97.213 (talk) 09:06, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- As you are associated with him, it is best that you don't edit the article yourself. Instead, you should describe your suggested changes on the article's talk page, where it is likely that a helpful and impartial editor will act on them. Maproom (talk) 10:40, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Tables
There are two tables in the Petroleum#Export section. On my screen, they look okay; a little close to each other, but otherwise okay. However, when I try to sort the top table, they both seem to merge into one table. Is this happening to just me or this there something messed up in the code? I don't have the time to try and figure it out now. Thanks. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 11:28, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- The two tables had become one table because the first table was not closed. I have fixed it. This also solved other problems and shows the first table is actually in the Production section above. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:05, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Quality on Wikipedia is slowly deteriorating
While there are several protocols and standards created by Wikipedia users to uphold a certain level of quality across all articles... I feel that it is these stringent protocols, bots, and users on power-trips that are ruining Wikipedia. The last four times I wanted to view a Wikipedia article, the article I was looking for had either been deleted... had its pictures removed... or otherwise had valid and useful information removed from it. (separate articles all of them). Wikipedia is supposed to be a collection of knowledge that anyone can contribute to. Not a place where we war against users who want to destroy something they don't like.
What is the point of trying to contribute when we have thousands of users (and their bots)running around removing valid and factual information/media from the wiki?
Removing factual information/media from the Wikipedia should be a crime... Why are we rewarding these users instead of punishing them? -Robtalk 12:20, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- If information is removed it is usually for one of 3 reasons:
- The material included is a breach of copyright
- The information is not verifiable
- The subject is not notable
- Are you suggesting that one or more of those should not be grounds for removing material from Wikipedia, or can you give us some examples of where material has been removed for invalid reasons? In the latter case, there are processes for deletion review. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:28, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply. I agree with the utilization of what I will call a "filter" to keep wikipedia a factual and copyright respecting place. I am also familiar with the process for deletion review. The system, however is flawed.
For articles.... If a biased individual nominates an article for deletion on some grounds.... 90% of the time a simple google search of the topic in question will yield results that will discredit their deletion nomination. Often times I will see the page of the review of an article nominated for deletion after it is too late and see that if I had caught it in time, the article would have been saved. Ignorance is not an excuse for destroying factual information that someone has spent time creating. You cannot possibly know everything, and simply because you get 10 people who say they have never heard of 'x' and 5 people who have heard of 'x' that means the article does not belong on wikipedia?
For images... Unless the individual nominating has sufficient reason to believe the image is infringing on copyright, why nominate it at all? If a copyright owner complains, I can see reason for removing an image. Otherwise I strongly believe that popular images (ones that can be found in over 100,000+ different locations across the internet) have obviously lost ties with their original uploader/photographer/etc. If you have a wikipedia article for a famous person and the article has no image... but a simple google search yields many of these popular images used all over... it really makes Wikipedia look bad, and it is next to pointless to cite image sources or remove images in this case.
Information removed from article for lacking credible source... This is honestly a joke. I'd say a good 50% of sources on many articles are just made up... or link to a source that is a webpage where the information is unsourced there. If someone disputes information added to an article, but the information is factual and remains non-biased and neutral, (regardless of where the source is leading) unless you can prove otherwise (with a valid source) leave the information in the article. Just my thoughts -Robtalk 00:06, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Central Login?
Why do I see this every time I come to Wikipedia? If I am logged in...
Central Login You are logged in as Mfwills. Reload the page to apply your user settings.
--Mfwills (talk) 12:29, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Anybody? --Mfwills (talk) 16:15, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- This is an effect of the recent switch to HTTPS for all logged-in users; there's been quite a lot at WP:VPT. It happens if you have logged in through http: but you visit a Wikipedia where you have not selected that as your preferred protocol. You can choose to do either of two things:
- Revert to previous behaviour. Go to Preferences, switch off "Always use a secure connection while logged in" and save. Then return to the previous page and reload it.
- Always visit Wikipedia via a https: URL. Log out, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ and log in again. Then make sure that you always use https: URLs in future. On some browsers, such as Firefox 23, a cookie will be set to make it difficult to not use https: in future.
- --Redrose64 (talk) 11:49, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- This is an effect of the recent switch to HTTPS for all logged-in users; there's been quite a lot at WP:VPT. It happens if you have logged in through http: but you visit a Wikipedia where you have not selected that as your preferred protocol. You can choose to do either of two things:
please check page for american bison
hello, I was helping my 10 year old do research on the American bison and as I pulled up the page on this particular subject on the headings for the information was listed as "luke is a *****" Not generally what you would see in an article for American bison....I figured it was wrong but wanted to bring it to your attention so that the correction to the information can be made...thank you.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amymillerdc (talk • contribs) 12:53, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- I'm sorry you ran into this. You must have found a cached page, as it was caught and removed by an automatic script within seconds. If it's still there when you view it, try refreshing the page. Dougweller (talk) 13:02, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Or bypassing your browser cache.--ukexpat (talk) 13:51, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Captcha required
I had to enter a captcha to perform this edit, because the software said I was adding new external links. Why? And is there a place I can report false positives for the captcha? 2001:18E8:2:1020:81D0:BA98:6347:210A (talk) 13:35, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- It was probably not a false positive from the software's point of view but a consequence of an edit elsewhere. See #Unnecessary CAPTCHA (will later be archived at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2013 August 26#Unnecessary CAPTCHA). PrimeHunter (talk) 14:28, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Is it possible to add a new option on the dropdown menu (the – — ° ″ ′ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § one, and so forth), or make one the default option? I believe this used to be possible but I'm not sure now. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 13:43, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- See the Configuration comments at MediaWiki:Gadget-charinsert.js. For example, add this to Special:MyPage/common.js to get the character '‽' at the end of "Insert":
window.charinsertCustom = { Insert: '‽' }
- I'm not sure what you mean by "make one the default option". If you mean everybody should have it then it can be suggested at MediaWiki talk:Edittools. Administrators can add it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:49, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Résumés
I was wondering if these articles are two résumés: Alessandro Figus, Simone Brunozzi. Thank you. 79.53.21.133 (talk) 15:36, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Changing company logos that are outdatined and updating informaition
The University that I work for has a new logo (well around 2 years!) and the wikepedia page still shows the previous logo. Also we have developed our buildings and the photos on here show buildings that no longer exist. If someone could tell me the best way to get the changed I would be grateful.
Thanks— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ewragg (talk • contribs)
- You can request that the new logo be uploaded at WP:FFU.--ukexpat (talk) 16:12, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Updating a company logo
Hello,
I was wondering if someone could help me. The logo for a San Diego based company Envision Solar is outdated I was wondering if someone could help me to upload the new one. The new logo is on the website. Is anyone able to update this for me?
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.25.38.226 (talk) 16:17, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks. Your suggestion led me on a wikisurf where I found {{orphaned non-free revisions}} which exactly fits the bill. I think we need this to be added to the Twinkle deletion options.--ukexpat (talk) 17:59, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Username and/or password is invalid, which it is not
When I try to log on it says my username and/or password is invalid, which it is not, is there some type of virus going on. We use this for our business and cant get any of our time sensitive emails PLEASE HELP — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.161.99.146 (talk) 19:02, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Did you change your username lately? You need to log in with the new username. Ginsuloft (talk) 19:04, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Pancreatic cancer
My Brother was Edwin Chief Red Fox Morse Jr. his name should be added to your list of folks who died from Pancreatic Cancer! I just lost him in May! Thank you I can be reached at (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.184.42.34 (talk) 19:26, 29 August 2013 (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.
- I will presume you are referring to Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer. This category shows articles for people who died from pancreatic cancer. There must be an article on that person before it shows in the category. -- Gadget850 talk 19:32, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Please add my name to the "Notable Residents" list. Catherine Gaffigan Actress, Acting Teacher, Author
20:16, 29 August 2013 (UTC)Catherine Gaffigan (talk)
- Firstly, Wikipedia only normally adds people to 'notable residents' lists if they either have a Wikipedia biography, or are likely to meet the Wikipedia notability guidelines to merit one. And secondly, we aren't mind readers - you haven't told us where you live... AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:24, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
On little viewed articles
Hello, I am an active wiki editor on Ancient Egypt subjects and work a lot on articles that typically do not garner much views, for example on obscur pharaohs of the first and second intermediate periods (typical example Mersekhemre Ined or Intef I). Being curious about the number of views such articles get and the influence of the number of links to these articles on the page view stats, I use the Page View Statistics tool to access the number of views. I noticed that for very rarely visited articles, even orphan or near orphan articles (e.g. Helwan retouch), the number of daily visits always fluctuates around at least 2-3 a day. I was wondering how much of these views are actually bots accessing the page (maybe from google or other search engines, or from wikipedia itself)? I can summarize my question as follows: for articles with very little views, can we distinguish bot views from real humans accessing the article? Is it possible to estimate the real traffic that these articles garner?
I found it somewhat unnerving that so many pages are devoted to the most visited wikipedia articles and so little is devoted to the numerous articles with very few visits. In particular, this "bot view noise" seem to obscur the real impact of these articles. After all, I can't say if there is at least one human per month interested in e.g. Senusret IV. Iry-Hor (talk) 21:04, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Well, obviously, Senusret IV isn't going to be as popular as Luve-Keraph or Klarkash-Ton! But seriously: a technical query such as this should probably go to Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). --Orange Mike | Talk 21:23, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Question about creating a song article
Hello, I want to create a song article that's been released as single and has been noticed by many important media outlets but hasn't charted within one month of release. Should I create it, or not? Pedro J. [talk] 21:27, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- If it's merely been noted, but has not charted or nominated for major awards, and has not been written about at length in reliable sources, I'd say no. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:30, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- If the articles are about the single itself (and not just noting it as one of several singles, or plugging it as part of a peice on the artist), then it may be notable. Charts and awards are not necessary for a song to be notable, but they help. See for example Still Alive (although that's a bit of a special case). MChesterMC (talk) 15:09, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Harvnb
Hello, I am working on the article Vijendra K. Singh and am using harvard no brackets citations. But when you click on them, it doesn't make the source turn blue like it does on other people's pages that use this format. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Jinkinson (talk) 21:57, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- You have to create an anchor in the citation template by adding
|ref=harv
. -- Gadget850 talk 23:06, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Login
Why does it redirect to the Secure server when attempting to login? I personally prefer to use the non-secure (HTTP login) server for various Wikipedia activities. Feinoha Talk, My master 22:09, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- There are various reasons the switch to HTTPS default was made. Many have to deal with security of your data. I'd suggest just using the HTTPS as long as it works for you. ~Charmlet -talk- 22:48, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- At Special:Preferences you can disable "Always use a secure connection when logged in". PrimeHunter (talk) 00:59, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
This page is a new unreviewed article...
Hello. I just finished my first article (well at least I think I have). I must say that my favorite discovery was learning how the "Infobox" works. Hopefully, I have addressed the concerns that were raised. There is a notice that says someone other than the creator should review the article (and I don't dare remove the line I am not supposed to mess with). Will someone review my article again as a matter of course, or do I need to request this to be done? I realize everyone here is a volunteer so thanks for your help in advance.
- Pendergraph
article: Mark J. Solomon (author) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpendergraph (talk • contribs) 22:19, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- You don't have to do anything. The line saying "Don't mess with this line" adds the box at the top which adds the article to Category:Unreviewed new articles from August 2013. A reviewer will eventually get to it. The page counts at Category:Monthly clean up category (Unreviewed new articles) counter shows it sometimes takes a long time. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:57, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I have moved the article to Mark J. Solomon as there is no need for a disambiguating title, and reviewed it. See this diff and this one for details.--ukexpat (talk) 13:29, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Article List??
I just wanted to know: Is it was possible to make a list of Favorite articles that I might to read again in the future? I might have overlooked it on the toolbar thingamajiggy, but I don't know. Krburke12 (talk) 22:37, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- You have a couple of options, either add articles to your watch list or make a list on your user page. From what you said, I'd go with the second option. Dismas|(talk) 01:14, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- How do I make a list on my user page? I am new to the 'world of Wikipedia' Krburke12 (talk) 13:24, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I have created a "Favorite articles" section on your user page and added a couple of articles by way of example. Check the page in edit mode to see what I did.--ukexpat (talk) 13:33, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks. I just saw that. :D Krburke12 (talk) 13:35, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I did the same thing, although I kept running into edit conflicts while all three of us were trying to edit the page at the same time. I also showed how to use the pipe | character to display some other text rather than the source of the link. And I showed a numbered list. Hope this helps. By the way, it's not a standard thing to edit someone else's user page but this seemed to be the easiest way for both of us. Dismas|(talk) 13:38, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks. I just saw that. :D Krburke12 (talk) 13:35, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I have created a "Favorite articles" section on your user page and added a couple of articles by way of example. Check the page in edit mode to see what I did.--ukexpat (talk) 13:33, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- How do I make a list on my user page? I am new to the 'world of Wikipedia' Krburke12 (talk) 13:24, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
LOL thanks Dismas and Ukexpat. If you want you can see what I did/fixed on there. :D Krburke12 (talk) 14:27, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
August 30
Redirect literature question
Hello. I would like to to direct Chinese fiction to the article Chinese literature. How do I accomplish this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baudelaire Serene (talk • contribs) 15:54, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Redirect created. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:58, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Redirects and Wikipedia search
Dear editors: Grey box testing redirects to Gray box testing. Since the Wikipedia search engine appears to discount capitalization and punctuation, do we also need:
- Gray-box testing
- Grey Box Testing ? —Anne Delong (talk) 09:46, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
(There are also System identification, Software testing, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mathematical models: Grey box completion and validation, and Grey box so this is a little confusing.) —Anne Delong (talk) 09:58, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I think you're right that those should both redirect to Gray box testing; the fact that they currently redirect to Software testing doesn't seem correct if the article Gray box testing exists. Sophus Bie (talk) 10:00, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I was thinking that the two bulleted redirects were of no value at all, since the Wikipedia search engine ignores the capital letters and the hyphen. —Anne Delong (talk) 04:28, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Logo different on PC vs Smartphone
When Google searching "Eurest" on Smartphone, the logo for Eurest in the United States that appears on the Wikipedia "search page" is outdated (old blue and pink logo). When clicking on the logo, it goes to Eurest in France. However, the content on the search page is for Eurest in the United States. The logo should be the grey version that is on www.Wikipedia.com/Eurest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.65.149.36 (talk) 13:19, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- So Wikipedia has got it right, and Google has failed to copy Wikipedia's information correctly. This often happens. Unfortunately, there is nothing that we here at Wikipedia can do about it. Maproom (talk) 13:31, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- When you do a Google search Google determines what information to display. They choose to display text from the English Wikipedia article, and an image from the French version of the article. That is the choice of Google, and Wikipedia has no control over it. However, you do have some control.
- If you click on the "feedback" link, you have the option of identifying the image as "wrong". I just did that. If enough people do that, someone will look into it and fix it. I have seen these issues corrected with only a couple people making the correction.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:33, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- And actually, there is a way for you to correct it (based upon some plausible speculation). The colored logo is in a proper infobox, while the grey logo is just added as an image. I am reasonable sure that Google prefers an image in an infobox over one that is not in an infobox, so you could add a proper infobox to the English article, and Google would probably automatically correct itself. If you happen to know that the colored logo is outdated, you could propose it for deletion.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:44, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- In this case it appears Google combined text from the English article Eurest with an image displayed in the French article fr:Eurest, but our standard reply at Template:HD/GKG still has some relevance. Google often combines a Wikipedia text with completely unrelated claims and images. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:49, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Actually, I think the template needs improvement. The standard message says "We have no control over how Google presents our information". That is both false and misleading. If OP fixes the ENWP article so it conforms to a standard article format, the problem will be fixed, so "we" can control it. (I haven't bothered to do it for the OP as the article is worthless, and either needs a fair amount of work, or deletion. The OP is invited to improve it.) Second, stating that we have no control leaves the impression that there is nothing to be done. In fact, clicking on the feedback link has been VERY effective in my experience. I see no reason not to tell readers that they do have some control. In fact, if I get some time, I'll try to correct our misleading template.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:09, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- OK, we can sometimes influence Google without having direct control over their display, but it seems speculative to me why they chose the French image fr:File:Eurest logo.gif over the English File:Eurest.jpg. Trying to second-guess Google is a big part of the whole SEO industry. Maybe they just like "logo" in the name, or like gifs, or like colors (a black/grey image might be thought a "defective" version of a color image), or maybe it isn't about the image at all but about the French article scoring higher in some Google metric. And there are lots of searches where Google shows text from an English Wikipedia article which has an infobox with an image, but Google displays a non-Wikimedia image. Eurest is the only case I currently know where the English Wikipedia has an image with no infobox while another language Wikipedia has an image in an infobox. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:23, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Google's images for Knowledge Graph come from their own image search results, whichever ones are highest or are hardcoded. Thus, their robot doesn't care about Commons/enwiki/frwiki for that, it cares about however it determines the high ranked image search results. ~Charmlet -talk- 02:28, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- OK, we can sometimes influence Google without having direct control over their display, but it seems speculative to me why they chose the French image fr:File:Eurest logo.gif over the English File:Eurest.jpg. Trying to second-guess Google is a big part of the whole SEO industry. Maybe they just like "logo" in the name, or like gifs, or like colors (a black/grey image might be thought a "defective" version of a color image), or maybe it isn't about the image at all but about the French article scoring higher in some Google metric. And there are lots of searches where Google shows text from an English Wikipedia article which has an infobox with an image, but Google displays a non-Wikimedia image. Eurest is the only case I currently know where the English Wikipedia has an image with no infobox while another language Wikipedia has an image in an infobox. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:23, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Printing the article MATRIX CALCULUS on PDF
Sirs, I have not been successful in printing the the Mathematics Portal article MATRIX CALCULUS though I can print most articles in that portal. Is the problem with my laptop or with the article? I use Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional.41.190.226.34 (talk) 13:32, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I don't know what the problem is, but I just tried it and I was able to print the article Matrix calculus as a PDF. So the problem is apparently not with the article itself. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Edit War
I am a professional photographer and have come to Thailand to update the photos of the Wikipedia pages related to the areas that I visit. A user (User:Paul_0120) has decided that pictures of cars and blue sky's are far more valuable then professional photos that truly represented the areas that I contribute to. I have tried to reason with the user and it looks to me as this user feels that he owns these pages, and it summarily removing the photos and replacing them with ones that are of sub standard value and for that matter could be of anywhere in the country. His reasoning seems to me to be unjust and it is unproductive to the Wiki's that he feels that he controls. I would like others to chime in and provide some additional perspective if we can, thank you! talk --WPPilot 14:01, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I believe that professional photographers have a real gift and should be respected. Maybe you two can make an agreement about the photos, such as, "I will put this photo of ___________ here, and you can put one of ____________ over there." That way both of you get what you want. Krburke12 (talk) 14:15, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Please see Wikipedia:Dispute resolution for the standard resolution process. I see that you've contacted @Paul 012: on his talk page which is a good first step in the right direction. Dismas|(talk) 15:31, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- @WPPilot: - The most important thing is to take the photos and upload them to Wikimedia Commons, where they're then available to all 200+ language Wikipedias, not just the English Wikipedia. After that, there is plenty of time to get other editors here involved as to what images should be displayed in which articles. I do note that per WP:OWNERSHIP, it's considered improper for one or a group of editors to assert "ownership" of an article or group of articles. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:27, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- @John Broughton: Thank you for your comment John, I do always load to Wiki commons everything that I shoot. My contribs, have for the most part circled the globe [1] and this is the first time that a user has tried to override my professional work with pictures from cel phones and pocket cameras. As per WP:OWNERSHIP the user in question @Paul 012: seems to only work on Wiki's that are related to the area that I am shooting now, Bangkok & Thailand based upon a review of his edit history, and that user seems to feel the need to "control" those pages. I am in Si Lom right now, and after asking 5 Thai people (hotel staff) if my photo was of the Silom area, ALL 5 SAID YES. While many of that users edits look to be productive, for the user to outright dismiss my efforts and replace photos of cityscapes with pictures of clouds and/or cars on a road, that could be any road in Thailand is truly NOT in the sprit of Wikipedia. I am a professional that normally gets paid and paid well for my work, I enjoy contributing to Wikipedia and after spending thousands on travel to come here to revise these pages, I now can only hope that my efforts will be respected by that user and that his feelings of Ownership to these wikis will not continue. Thank you for your comments sir! --WPPilot 02:34, 31 August 2013 (UTC)WPPilot
- Hi. If you'd be so kind as to discuss the issue at Talk:Si Lom, that would be great. Thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 08:48, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- @John Broughton: Thank you for your comment John, I do always load to Wiki commons everything that I shoot. My contribs, have for the most part circled the globe [1] and this is the first time that a user has tried to override my professional work with pictures from cel phones and pocket cameras. As per WP:OWNERSHIP the user in question @Paul 012: seems to only work on Wiki's that are related to the area that I am shooting now, Bangkok & Thailand based upon a review of his edit history, and that user seems to feel the need to "control" those pages. I am in Si Lom right now, and after asking 5 Thai people (hotel staff) if my photo was of the Silom area, ALL 5 SAID YES. While many of that users edits look to be productive, for the user to outright dismiss my efforts and replace photos of cityscapes with pictures of clouds and/or cars on a road, that could be any road in Thailand is truly NOT in the sprit of Wikipedia. I am a professional that normally gets paid and paid well for my work, I enjoy contributing to Wikipedia and after spending thousands on travel to come here to revise these pages, I now can only hope that my efforts will be respected by that user and that his feelings of Ownership to these wikis will not continue. Thank you for your comments sir! --WPPilot 02:34, 31 August 2013 (UTC)WPPilot
Book creator
I need to know what happened to a book I had created in book creator, it is gone! did you delete it?? Please advise — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kencoach (talk • contribs) 15:02, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Dear Kencoach: Looking at your contributions, the only edit you have done is one spelling correction to Richard III, Duke of Normandy. Did you perhaps create the book without logging in, or under a different user name? The other possibility is that you forgot to save. —Anne Delong (talk) 15:38, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Users that are not autoconfirmed yet cannot save books. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:58, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- That's changed recently; any registered editor can save a book to their own user space. See Bugzilla ticket 46944 -- John of Reading (talk) 16:49, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Users that are not autoconfirmed yet cannot save books. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:58, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
History merge requests
Dear editors: I have been checking for articles in which inexperienced users have changed the name of their articles by creating a new article and pasting the text from the old article. This happens quite a bit in the Afc because usually these are new users and don't know how to use the (well-hidden) "Move" option. I've been following this process:
- If the older article was all written by one person, except for review declines, comments, minor formatting, etc. that aren't copyright issues, was written over a short period of time, and the same editor did the pasting, I request that it be deleted under G6 housekeeping, since there should be no copyright issues in that case. That's about half of the cases.
- If the older article was created by multiple users, created over many months or years before pasting, or was pasted by someone else besides the article creator, I request a history merge. That fixes up the copyright attributions.
Unfortunately, I have been finding quite a few of these, and since I am not an admin I can't do the history merges myself. Mark Arsten has done some, but lately Anthony Appleyard has been doing most of it and he is tiring of this rather thankless task. (See User talk:Anne Delong#Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ histmerge requests.) What is the best way to handle this? Should I try to get more admins involved? Should I stop looking for these doubles? Am I requesting merges on some that are not needed? The longer these older articles hang about, the more likely it is that other editors or bots will come along and start adding to them, making the histmerge more complicated.
Thanks in advance for any advice. —Anne Delong (talk) 15:32, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- but lately Anthony Appleyard has been doing most of it ...: I am retired and it gives me something to do during the day. Too much riding about to kill time can be expensive in petrol/gasoline.Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:22, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)Replying from an entrenched position of total ignorance: are you requesting the merges by placing {{Histmerge}} on the articles, or by some other means? Because if the former, I'd have thought it might be enough for you or one of the two admins to post a note at WP:AN asking for a few more people to watch Category:Candidates for history merging. It's clearly unreasonable for the whole burden to fall on two people; but in a certain sense, if other admins are not pulling their weight then that is, for us ordinary mortals, an SEP. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:30, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, I have been placing histmerge templates on the articles. I realize that I could ask at WP:AN, but I thought that I would check first to see if my criteria for deciding which ones to request merges and which ones to request deletion were in line with general expectations. Maybe I should have asked before I did dozens.... —Anne Delong (talk) 22:32, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- @Anne Delong: To respond to your questions, no, you shouldn't stop looking for these doubles, since you're reducing the backlog of AfCs. As for requesting merges when not needed, I don't see this as an issue, based on your criteria. But, more generally, I suggest assuming that admins will tell you if they think you're wasting their time. (My experience has been that admins are rarely reluctant to speak up about concerns of that nature.) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:22, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, I have been placing histmerge templates on the articles. I realize that I could ask at WP:AN, but I thought that I would check first to see if my criteria for deciding which ones to request merges and which ones to request deletion were in line with general expectations. Maybe I should have asked before I did dozens.... —Anne Delong (talk) 22:32, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)Replying from an entrenched position of total ignorance: are you requesting the merges by placing {{Histmerge}} on the articles, or by some other means? Because if the former, I'd have thought it might be enough for you or one of the two admins to post a note at WP:AN asking for a few more people to watch Category:Candidates for history merging. It's clearly unreasonable for the whole burden to fall on two people; but in a certain sense, if other admins are not pulling their weight then that is, for us ordinary mortals, an SEP. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:30, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Article Stubs
How do you delete an article stub? I wrote a short article, and am not satisfied with it, but I do not know how to delete it, as in, the whole thing. Krburke12 (talk) 15:33, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- If you are the only person who has substantially edited the article, you can put {{db-author}} at the top of the article. That will tag the article for speedy deletion on the basis that the author has requested deletion. After that, an administrator will likely take care of deleting the article within one day. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:42, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Dear Krburke12: Since you are the only author of this article, you can request that it be deleted by editing it and adding {{db-author}} at the top of the page. Or, if you want to take it out of the encyclopedia, but think you might want to work on it later, you can move it to a user page for now. (Don't cut the text and paste it though; ask for help if you don't know how to move a page.) (Sorry, I guess this was an edit conflict, but somehow it was posted without an edit conflict notice.) —Anne Delong (talk) 15:49, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Draft article help request
Hello,
Hope your well. Thanks for all your assistance as of yet. I would like to get an experienced editor to have a look at my article. If possible put it up for me is this an option?
Also I've followed all the Wiki procedures and every reference I add of the person is getting declined, but they all notify what I've wrote in my article so unsure to why they've not been accepted....
In regards to your question if I have any media coverage refs of him, yes there is some I have found on the person, I will find it and send to you to verify.....
I have changed all to factual, please let me no if its now only the refs i need before it'll successfully go on the main page?
PS: how long do wiki articles usually take to get put on the main page as mine is taking a long time ?
Many thanks amellondon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amellondon (talk • contribs) 15:57, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Presumably you are referring to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Nicky Slim Ting Walker?--ukexpat (talk) 16:23, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- ... and it's taking a long time because you haven't yet done what you were advised to do when you asked at #Nicky Slim Ting Walker above. Without references that adequately demonstrate that the subject is notable, your article will never be published. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:27, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- ... and here's a reminder of what is says in each of the boxes at the top of your draft:
- "This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia.
- What you can do: Add citations (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners) to secondary reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject.".
- Is there something in that advice, or in the links provided, which isn't sufficiently clear? - David Biddulph (talk) 16:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Format for citations
I am not a regular contributor but located some missing info to add to an existing page. I used the new edit tool, which was great. What would make it even better would be to give an example of the format for citations. I suppose I could have looked up the preferred format, but that would mean a new window, a search, etc. Can you just ghost the preferred format in the box, like [author][title][url][last visited date], or something like that?
BTW, linking to another page within Wikipedia worked great!
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.40.132.237 (talk) 17:12, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I'm unsure exactly how VE deals with citation generation, but there are many different formats for citations depending on the media, access type, status, and possible fields. That'd be a lot of information to be ghosted, and not all would be in any way relevant to most citations. However, you may find ProveIt useful; it's a tool that allows you to select your citation type, enter the relevant information, and insert the completed citation into the article. drewmunn talk 17:19, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- There seems to be a consensus that VisualEditor should include a pull-down menu with a limited number of cite templates, but it's unclear how long it will be before this is implemented - some months, I'd guess. More generally, comments and suggestions for VE should be posted at WP:VE/F. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:14, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
I need to know what my editing options are
To whom it may concern,
My name is David Flaherty and I own and run Magellan Strategies, formerly Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies. My company offers quantitative and qualitative survey research services to Republican candidates, organizations and private businesses. We also conduct predictive analytic projects. I am contacting you to understand what my options are for editing, changing or removing the Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies wiki page.
This "article" about my company was created by someone affiliated with the Mitt Romney campaign in 2011, not anyone associated with my firm. The person that created the page wanted to intentionally harm our reputation because of a New Hampshire survey that my released in November of 2011 that showed Newt Gingrich closely trailing Mitt Romney. My issue with the "article" is that it is titled "Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies", and is supposed to be about my company when all it talks about is the New Hampshire poll, and other polls that we have conducted.
If this page is going to stay active, and I am unable to edit, remove or change it I wanted to know if the name of the article could be changed to "Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies 2011 New Hampshire Republican Primary Poll" or some thing like that.
We have conducted more than 3,000 surveys and have many, many satisfied clients for other things that we do. And if there is going to be a page or article about my firm, I am going to want to give the entire story of what we have done, who we are, and what we have accomplished for the past 8 years. It's incredibly frustrating that wikipedia is used by someone to abuse my company, name and reputation based on one survey.
Please let me know what my options are.
Thanks
David Flaherty— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomjefferson1970 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I have copied the above to the best place for it: Talk:Magellan_Data_and_Mapping_Strategies. I hope that someone who watches that page will respond there. Maproom (talk) 18:10, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I have done a bit of work on the article, and provided Flaherty with some guidance on his own talk page. It should be noted that he has been editing this article without ever disclosing his own massive conflict of interest for three years now, before ever inquiring here or anywhere else about how to deal with his concerns in an ethical manner. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:21, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Well, then, this is a step in the right direction! —Anne Delong (talk) 21:52, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- I have done a bit of work on the article, and provided Flaherty with some guidance on his own talk page. It should be noted that he has been editing this article without ever disclosing his own massive conflict of interest for three years now, before ever inquiring here or anywhere else about how to deal with his concerns in an ethical manner. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:21, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
User name on another Wikimedia area
Dear editors: I recently needed to leave a message on "meta.wikimedia.org", and I found that my signature was redlinked. I presume that there is a prefix needed to make the signature point to my user page on the English Wikipedia. Can someone enlighten me? Thanks —Anne Delong (talk) 21:49, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hey Anne. You have a userpage at Meta, just as you do here (and at other projects where unified login provides an account for you), which will remain redlinked until you (or someone else) edits it. Instead of changing your signature, you can create your userpage at Meta, maybe with content like:
- "
Hello, I mainly edit at the English Wikipedia. My talk page there is [[w:User talk:Anne Delong]]. A post there is far more likely to reach me quickly.
"
- "
- The same content can be placed at the top of your talk page there. But you could also change your signature to point here, as you propose. For that:
- Hey Anne. You have a userpage at Meta, just as you do here (and at other projects where unified login provides an account for you), which will remain redlinked until you (or someone else) edits it. Instead of changing your signature, you can create your userpage at Meta, maybe with content like:
- Go to your preferences at Meta;
- Place a checkmark in the box for "Wikitext signature..."
- Place in the box above it:
[[:w:User:Anne Delong|Anne Delong]] ([[:w:User talk:Anne Delong|talk]])
; - Click the save button at the bottom. Or, you might want to tell people your signature links to Wikipedia, so maybe instead:
[[:w:User:Anne Delong|Anne Delong at WP]] ([[:w:User talk:Anne Delong|talk at WP]])
.
- Note that this would not be allowed here, per the signature policy (your signature must contain at least one link to your userpage, user talk page or contributions), and might violate WP:SIG#EL, though that's really addressed to true external links; I failed to find any equivalent policy at Meta. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:24, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for that detailed reply! —Anne Delong (talk) 22:38, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Anytime!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:41, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for that detailed reply! —Anne Delong (talk) 22:38, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Note that this would not be allowed here, per the signature policy (your signature must contain at least one link to your userpage, user talk page or contributions), and might violate WP:SIG#EL, though that's really addressed to true external links; I failed to find any equivalent policy at Meta. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:24, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Issue with using CE rather than AD in establishing a time period
I was just reading the wiki link on Kontikki. The adventure of Thor Heirdol. In it the author is using a new convention that is obviously intended to unseat the time of Christ as the Waypoint of mankind. I am offended and see this as a deliberate attack on the Christian community. Frankly I am sick and tired of it and won't tolerate it. BC and AD is the correct way to address these time periods and I will not support any author or his work that takes such a direct attack on the Christian faith or accepted convention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.206.152.95 (talk) 23:25, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Please take a breath. We will not allow you to create a lot of drama over this, and have a guideline that addresses the issue. Please see WP:BCE. From a policy standpoint, we prefer neither, but use what's appropriate in context, and if none, follow whatever's already established in an article. If you think there's a good reason in a particular article for a change, post to its talk page but note that a good reason is not a "personal or categorical preference for one era style over the other", such as your view that it "is obviously intended to unseat the time of Christ as the Waypoint of mankind". If you deliberately push your point of view by changing Common Era dates to Western Christian, you can count on ultimately being blocked from editing. Maybe instead you can channel your passion for Christianity into writing some articles on notable clergymen or other suitable topics (but note that you must attempt to write from a neutral point of view—just the facts, not hagiography—citing to reliable sources). Coming here guns blazing with your mind made up is not the way to succeed.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:44, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- You used several "alternative" spellings in both Kon-Tiki and Thor Heyerdahl, but I'm not going to assume that's a deliberate attack on Incas and Norwegians. And while I agree with Fuhghettaboutit, I see no use of CE in any of the articles at Kontiki (disambiguation) so I guess you also got the article wrong. Common Era says: "Since the later 20th century, use of CE and BCE has been popularized in academic and scientific publications, and more generally by publishers emphasizing secularism or sensitivity to non-Christians." But if you won't tolerate it and are fond of Christian tradition then I guess you can just start Crusades against all of them. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:55, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- It sounds like you'd prefer reading Conservapedia rather than Wikipedia, and, speaking only for myself, I encourage you to make the switch. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:11, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- @98.206.152.95: "Waypoint of mankind" -- is that an actual thing? I did a Google search and you appear to be the second person ever to use that expression. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:33, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
when can i write something about my efforts ?
when can i write somethimg about myself and my friends? our efforts in our society and job? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shabnam bahrami (talk • contribs) 23:35, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Not on Wikipedia. Try Facebook as Wikipedia isn't a social network. --NeilN talk to me 23:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- Or you could go to a stationer's and buy a notebook. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:51, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
August 31
boron fuels (Zip Fuels or HEF High Energy Fuels)
Zip fuel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This article should contain some reference to a non-fiction book entitled, "The Green Flame," published by The American Chemical Society in 1991. In it, the author, Andrew Dequasie, describes the day-to-day work of producing boron fuels, the causes of the many accidents that occurred, and why the project was abandoned. The book also has two chapters describing the bachelor life of the times. Mr. Dequasie was a chemical engineer on the project from 1953 until its close in 1959.76.127.200.56 (talk) 02:06, 31 August 2013 (UTC)Andrew Dequasie
The nuances of edit warring
Hello esteemed colleagues!
- Short version: If an editor reverts your submission, but after a week or more refuses to participate in resolving the content dispute, is re-submitting the content considered edit warring?
- Long version: A week or so ago I made some edits to the television series article The Big Bang Theory, objecting to certain wording in the Critical Response section as WP:SYNTHESIS. Another editor disagreed, and reverted my edit on the basis that it disrupted the flow of the section, but didn't address my complaint about the phrasing being WP:SYNTHESIS. On this basis I reverted his edit and started a conversation on the talk page, and wrote in great detail my complaint. He then reverted my resubmitted edit, and said (in essence), "it's not synthesis", but didn't elaborate on why it was not synthesis. I wrote another reply, but he didn't respond. I've sent him two Talkbacks to invite him to continue the unresolved discussion, but he hasn't participated. In the meantime, I've invited community members at WikiProject Television to participate in the discussion, but nobody's gotten involved. My question: Is it okay to resubmit the changes without it being considered edit-warring? It seems silly to me to request a 3rd opinion if he's not actively engaged in the dispute. I've also had a lengthy conversation with some folks at WikiProject Film who feel that similar wording in film articles constitutes synthesis. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:50, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Page Hemu: dispute on the fact if Hemu was a Brahmin or Vaishya by birth
Present references no. 4 & 5 on the para 'Early Life' are not correct and acceptable as they do not talk about Hemu's birth, parentage, genealogy, family tree etc. which can confirm that he was born in a Vaishya family. The two references call him a Vaishya because Hemu was a businessman, which is true and acceptable. We must mention on the page that by birth, he was a Brahmin as his family was a Brahmin family. His father Puran Das was a Purohit who performed Hindu ceremonies and rituals as mentioned and widely explained on talk page. Please help correct the wrongs. Sudhirkbhargava (talk) 07:44, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- The best place to discuss this is at Talk:Hemu. I see that you have already been discussing it there. Maproom (talk) 08:52, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Descartes and his findings.
The work of Descartes laid the foundations of learning of the brain's ability to develop a greater understanding of the spiritual sensory qualities out of which and at this time a philosopher and seer has been created with new writings of reality. These are at present been submitted to academics in high standing for debating at this time and comprise of the following:- (Understood to belong to all peoples)
The Christian philosopher and seer’s writings of the imminent Spiritual Intervention by universal law.
A breakthrough in metaphysics reveals a greater understanding and enlightenment of the human brain acting as a spiritual sensor and has finally brought about a number of most learned people in high places to debate the truth of the new philosopher/seer statements. The following are written at this time. Transition to a world of peace and plenty for all peoples will show a natural path of eliminating those who support wars and others who practice evil will realise that they will die also, if they do not change. Within a very short period, those who promote war and suffering will die in their thousands, coming as a thief in the night to do so. Armies will then be disbanded and weapons scrapped for ploughshares, as already written of. Such progress for peace will be carried out by the new enlightened people chosen who are left to understand and promote the new reality. This new writing is also for those who wish to understand the reality as our final time of reckoning is about to take place and repent our evil ways and withdraw from wars and live in the new peace by acting now this day.. No change in the physical world will take place in itself and the normal everyday progress of life with new spiritual values benefitting all children worldwide will then continue. Enlightened people will fill the vacancies left by evil people and carry out the new work of Government alleviating their suffering people. These same people of the greater understanding will take over the running of different Countries in a learning curve of the new reality of bringing peace and plenty. The organising of feeding starving peoples will be a priority to allow the hungry millions to survive and no longer suffer the on-going human evil of degradation as at present, by the sheer poverty of mind that creates wars and suffering in a continuous failure to live in peace - that is a universal law. The new practical everyday values written of, by Christ who fulfilled the universal law, had his works corrupted by many, will then be truly established and prevail. All resulting progress of enlightenment will continue until His Second coming when the world is ready to celebrate His glorious return. Amen. Thomas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tglen (talk • contribs) 11:33, 31 August 2013 (UTC) |}
- This is the help desk for Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? -- John of Reading (talk) 13:06, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Protect my article
How i can protect my article for editing other person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.173.80 (talk) 11:53, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- First off, it's not your article. However, if there has been a lot of unconstructive editing to one article by several different people, you could file a request at WP:RFPP - but you'll need to make a good case. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:56, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Number alignment and format in table cells
In a table with numbers in each cell, how does one ensure consistent format (i.e. number of decimal places displayed, thousands separator, etc) and alignment (around the decimal place) when the numbers may have no, one or more decimal places in them? See North American Bridge Championships#Tournament History Thanks Newwhist (talk) 13:47, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hey Newwhist. The template automatically places commas in the correct spots. As to decimal places, I agree that it looked a bit odd with some numbers not having any decimal places and others only going out one place so I manually added two decimal place everywhere. Does it work for you now?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:20, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks but it still looks weird to me without alignment around the decimal place. Is there a template that does this automatically, i.e. adds the thousand separator and alignment around the decimal place? In the interim, I will add right justification to the cells in columns with numbers. Newwhist (talk) 14:30, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, Newwhist! Did you read the advice at Help:Table#Decimal point alignment? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:44, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, I did read that when first looking for help but found that such an artificial approach - making a number by sandwiching two numbers together - was asinine and more problematic than simply adding a decimal point and two significant digits after each number in the table. I am moving on to other things but will keep an eye out for better templates. If anyone encounters this help desk request and can help further, please feel free to contact me at my userpage. Much thanks and Wiki-on. Newwhist (talk) 13:59, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, Newwhist! Did you read the advice at Help:Table#Decimal point alignment? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:44, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks but it still looks weird to me without alignment around the decimal place. Is there a template that does this automatically, i.e. adds the thousand separator and alignment around the decimal place? In the interim, I will add right justification to the cells in columns with numbers. Newwhist (talk) 14:30, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
where is my Company ?
I was writing some short facts about my company intraphase.
After half an hour it was gone ? How come ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solomio500 (talk • contribs) 14:35, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- For a start, read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. As to 'what happened', did your material comply with Wikipedia policies regarding notability, neutrality, sourcing etc? I've not seen it, but that is the usual problem. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:40, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- According to your contributions log this question here is the only thing you have ever done on Wikipedia. The most likely explanation is that you didn't correctly save your edits or you were not logged in when you did it so that it doesn't show up in the log for your username. However it happened, you should take a good look at the conflict of interest guide page. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:50, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- This help desk is at the English Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org. Our logs only show edits here. You wrote da:Intraphase at the Danish Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:03, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Ted Bundy's article
In his infobox it says "Cause of death: Homicide (execution by electric chair)". Is an execution a homicide? Japanesehelper (talk) 14:50, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, it is. Please see Homicide#State-sanctioned_homicide. --NeilN talk to me 14:53, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
How do I get out ?
How do I cancel my log-in to wikipedia and completely remove my log-in page, talk page, etc. I want to get out completely. I have started to receive abusive messages from complete lunatics and regret that I ever had anything to do with this...G4oep (talk) 15:16, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:19, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- The current content of your talk page is quite bland and unremarkable - I see no sign of "abusive messages from complete lunatics" at all. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:26, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
it is my opinion of that that matters to me. Your reply is unwelcome and in no way answers my question. — Preceding unsigned comment added by G4oep (talk • contribs) 15:39, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- User accounts can not be deleted, it can be renamed as mentioned above at Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing. Your userpage has been deleted and you mat blank your talk page if you desire, but we do not delete User talk pages, see WP:DELTALK. GB fan 16:24, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
It is not possible to delete user accounts, as all contributions must be assigned to some identifier; either a username or an IP address.
All Wikipedia editors have the right to leave Wikipedia for good (ie, permanently). The usual way to leave the Wikipedia project is simply to stop editing. Your contributions remain in Wikipedia. If you wish to resume editing at a later date, you can simply start again by logging into the same account. Old accounts that have any significant edits are almost never deleted or recycled to new users.
If you decide to make a fresh start and do not wish to be connected to a previous account, you can simply discontinue the old account(s) and create a new one that becomes the only account you use. Discontinuing the old account means it will not be used again; it should note on its user page that it is inactive— for example, with the {{retired}} tag —to prevent the switch being seen as an attempt to sock puppet.
Editors seeking privacy per their right to vanish can have their accounts renamed and their user pages and (in some cases) user talk pages deleted. -- Gadget850 talk 23:17, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Template question
In case there are any template knowledgeable editors watching this page, I posed a template question here--SPhilbrick(Talk) 16:28, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Question answered, thanks Done--SPhilbrick(Talk) 18:47, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Redirect from feodary
I tried to link the term feodary in an article in which the term is used to mean an officer of the ancient Court of Wards, and found that the term 'feodary' redirects to a page titled 'Vassal'. The latter is one meaning of the word, but there is also the completely different meaning mentioned above, and it seems the entire term 'feodary' shouldn't be redirected to the page titled 'Vassal'. Is there a solution to this? Any help would be much appreciated. NinaGreen (talk) 16:34, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is not a dictionary. If we have an article covering a common meaning of a term, and no articles about other meanings, then a redirect can be OK. If the target is wrong for your use then you can omit the link or consider a piped link to a better target. Do you know which meaning is most common, and whether articles at Special:WhatLinksHere/Feodary use the vassal meaning? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:59, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help. I suppose I could use a piped link to the article on the Court of Wards and Liveries, which mentions the feodaries, which were very significant in the Court's administration, but I see that the page on piped links states that 'It is generally not good practice to pipe links simply to avoid redirects'. The two meanings of 'feodary' are entirely different, with the meaning 'vassal' dating principally from the Middle Ages, while the meaning relating to an official of the Court of Wards dates from the Court's origins during the Tudor period. Perhaps I should just unlink the term unless there are other suggestions. NinaGreen (talk) 17:25, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- 'It is generally not good practice to pipe links simply to avoid redirects' refers to the situation where you pipe to the redirect target, so using the redirect would have achieved the same. You can pipe to another page. You could also create a disambiguated redirect like Feodary (court) or whatever. That could also be used in other articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:10, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- If there is a term that has two different meanings, and you find a redirect for only one of them, you can change the redirect to a disambiguation page, as I have now done for Feodary. If at some later date you decide to make Feodary into an article, that disambiguation page can be moved to Feodary (disambiguation), and the new article can be made at Feodary. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:06, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- 'It is generally not good practice to pipe links simply to avoid redirects' refers to the situation where you pipe to the redirect target, so using the redirect would have achieved the same. You can pipe to another page. You could also create a disambiguated redirect like Feodary (court) or whatever. That could also be used in other articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:10, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help. I suppose I could use a piped link to the article on the Court of Wards and Liveries, which mentions the feodaries, which were very significant in the Court's administration, but I see that the page on piped links states that 'It is generally not good practice to pipe links simply to avoid redirects'. The two meanings of 'feodary' are entirely different, with the meaning 'vassal' dating principally from the Middle Ages, while the meaning relating to an official of the Court of Wards dates from the Court's origins during the Tudor period. Perhaps I should just unlink the term unless there are other suggestions. NinaGreen (talk) 17:25, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Cancellation of account
I was wondering for now I would like to cancel my account. I don't know how to use this site for me to write an article.
I wrote one and you deleted it. it was a movie review of my own personal opinion of the movie.
The movie was called Blubberella. I feel it shouldn't have been deleted so that's why i just want to delete my account with you. Bye. Norman Bloom..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.237.240.236 (talk) 17:57, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- You can't delete accounts. See the similar question a few up from here. RudolfRed (talk) 18:11, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Personal opinions are unremarkable and run afoul of our policy against original research. That is likely why your article was deleted. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:05, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
It is not possible to delete user accounts, as all contributions must be assigned to some identifier; either a username or an IP address.
All Wikipedia editors have the right to leave Wikipedia for good (ie, permanently). The usual way to leave the Wikipedia project is simply to stop editing. Your contributions remain in Wikipedia. If you wish to resume editing at a later date, you can simply start again by logging into the same account. Old accounts that have any significant edits are almost never deleted or recycled to new users.
If you decide to make a fresh start and do not wish to be connected to a previous account, you can simply discontinue the old account(s) and create a new one that becomes the only account you use. Discontinuing the old account means it will not be used again; it should note on its user page that it is inactive— for example, with the {{retired}} tag —to prevent the switch being seen as an attempt to sock puppet.
Editors seeking privacy per their right to vanish can have their accounts renamed and their user pages and (in some cases) user talk pages deleted. -- Gadget850 talk 23:16, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Van Nuys
Development in the new century[edit source]
Growth of the new town of Van Nuys, 1911. Real estate development once again boomed. In the "biggest land transaction ever recorded in Los Angeles County",[56] a syndicate led by Harry Chandler, business manager of the Los Angeles Times, with Hobart Johnstone Whitley, Isaac Van Nuys, and James Boon Lankershim acquired "Tract 1000", the remaining 47,500 acres (192 km2) of the southern half of the former Mission lands—everything west of the Lankershim town limits and south of the old furrow excepting the Rancho Encino. As the Los Angeles Suburban Homes company, they laid out plans for the towns of Van Nuys, Marion (now Reseda) and Owensmouth (now Canoga Park, West Hills, and Winnetka), a system of highways, and eventual incorporation into the city of Los Angeles. In the "Sale of the Century" in November 1910 they sold the remaining livestock and non-land assets of the Lankershim Farming and Milling Company at auction. The Los Angeles Times called the auction "the beginning of a new empire and a new era in the Southland".[56][57]
I believe there is an error here: Isaac Van Nuys and James Boon Lankershim sold their shares in Track 1000 to Harry Chandler and Hobart Johnstone Whitley (not bought them with Chandler and Whitley).
Reference: from HJ Whitley page: Whitley's syndicate purchased from wheat magnate, Isaac Newton Van Nuys the 47,500-acre (192 km2) ranch comprising nearly the entire south half or the San Fernando Valley. The price was $2,500,000 - just under $53 an acre. From this land he built the towns of Van Nuys, Reseda (formerly Marian) and Canoga Park (formerly Owensmouth). In one of the most bold "boomer" sales techniques, Owensmouth (now Canoga Park) simply borrows an English tradition and suggests that the Owens River, some 200 miles away, had simply been redirected to the San Fernando Valley.[22]81.138.7.234 (talk) 18:00, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- If you have a suggestion for an article, please add it to the article's talk page, or just be bold about it. RudolfRed (talk) 18:11, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
EPUB book downloads
How do I download the books on this pageas EPUB? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drogonov (talk • contribs) 18:30, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- See Special:Book. -- Gadget850 talk 18:36, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Don't know how to use that. --Drogonov 12:19, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Horizontal lines (blocked users)
I'm getting these odd horizontal lines on some elements, like the lines you see after a revdel. So, for example, on my watchlist I see horizontal lines in the entry where I put a block notice on an editor's talk page. The lines are through diff, hist, the talk page, and rollback. Same problem with the block log for that user. Looking more at my watchlist, I only see these lines when it relates to blocked users. This is new, though. What's it all about?--Bbb23 (talk) 20:37, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- I blocked an IP earlier today, so I've looked at the relevant portions of my watchlist: there are no horizontal lines. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:23, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Heh, next time I want to block someone, I'll ask you to do it. :-) Please go to this page and tell me if you see a horizontal line at the upper left across "User page".--Bbb23 (talk) 21:41, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, random editor here. I do not see a horizontal line across User page. Using Chrome. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:29, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Heh, next time I want to block someone, I'll ask you to do it. :-) Please go to this page and tell me if you see a horizontal line at the upper left across "User page".--Bbb23 (talk) 21:41, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Shortly before posting here you added [2] a script called markblocked so if blocked users are marked for you then I guess that's why. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:32, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
A numbered list that can include more than 1 count in one line
Hi :-)
I'm primarily active on the wikisource websites -- transcribing and uploading texts and books and what not. we've run into a problem there and i was hoping some of the veteran wiki-users here could possibly help.
Without muddying the issue too much i'll stick to keeping the question simple and if it's necessary to elaborate on the particular situation i'll be happy to. but basically, here it is.
we need a form of code that allows for automated numbered lists (which is regularly carried out in wikicode using the '#' sign) but has the flexible option of including within it more than one count. so that it possible to present on screen a list like this:
- 14. yada yada yada
- 15 - 16. yada yada yada yada
- 17. yada yada yada
currently i know of no way to make an automated list that doesn't necessitate a one by one running list. does anyone know of something? or can anyone make a template that would allow for this?
thanks to all for your help. blessings,--Roxette5 (talk) 23:00, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hello! Try this:
- # <li value="15">Fifteen</li>
- # Sixteen
- Which results in:
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- NaBUru38, I think you didn't understand what Roxette is asking for. Roxette, after having a look at MOS:LIST, I don't think that there is a way to do what you're looking for with MediaWiki. I don't know how but I think it will require a special template to be made for the purpose. Dismas|(talk) 02:10, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you NaBUru38, it does offer me a second alternative atleast. To manually type a line with two or more numbers and then reset the numbered list using the code you gave me. but Dismas is right. I want one line to have 2 counts on it using code ideally without having to do it manually for each line. Dismas, who can i turn to to make a special template for this? I don't have the know-how to do it myself. Are there any veteran programmers here who'd know how to do it?--Roxette5 (talk) 07:59, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- The wiki-markup
#
yields the HTML<ol>...</ol>
construct - an ordered list. The items comprising an ordered list are numbered as a simple sequence of integers or letters; in HTML it is not possible for the list item marker to be a compound symbol, including a range such as 15 - 16., see the table of examples here (search for "Examples for values 1-3 and 3999-4001 "). --Redrose64 (talk) 08:42, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- The wiki-markup
- Thank you NaBUru38, it does offer me a second alternative atleast. To manually type a line with two or more numbers and then reset the numbered list using the code you gave me. but Dismas is right. I want one line to have 2 counts on it using code ideally without having to do it manually for each line. Dismas, who can i turn to to make a special template for this? I don't have the know-how to do it myself. Are there any veteran programmers here who'd know how to do it?--Roxette5 (talk) 07:59, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Article on 'Walpole, Massachusetts'
- the latest entry under 'History' should be removed...this has no place here- clearly someone's personal grudge against the town...please REMOVE. Richard Cunnane — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.236.184 (talk) 00:32, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- The vandalism which you were seeing had been reverted more than a week ago, but apparently there was a caching problem. I've done a null edit which should have cleared it. Thank you for pointing it out. - David Biddulph (talk) 01:27, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
September 1
Richard Lindzen
Hello, I have been trying to expand a section of the article Richard Lindzen, and I tried to add a cite doi template. But it's been 3 days since then and the template still hasn't been filled out, it's still just the DOI. Can someone inform me as to how to fix it? The bad doi can be found after "...as well as Hadley circulations." Jinkinson (talk) 02:03, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia Search Box
Suddenly last week, the wikipedia search box stop working. Instead of suggestions from the Wikipedia drop down list, it's the Internet Explorer 10 Auto-Complete list that is displayed. I've reseted and cleared IE 10 to no avail. What can I do to restore Wikipedia behavior.
Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bergo2058 (talk • contribs) 03:49, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Addition to category
I would like to add a link on the 'Category:Films based on fantasy novels' page, but, as there is no direct way to do so, nor any indication of the indirect way to do so, I'm stymied. Specifically, I wanted to add the Rankin/Bass animated film Flight of Dragonsbased on the Gordon R Dickson book The Dragon and the George to the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terenciom (talk • contribs) 05:31, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- Put Category:Films based on fantasy novels at the bottom of the article you want to add to the category. RudolfRed (talk) 06:00, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- More info on categories can be found at WP:CATEGORY. Dismas|(talk) 06:25, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- Another user has now visited the page The Flight of Dragons and added the template, making the article appear in the desired category. Take a look at this edit to see how it was done. -Karenjc 19:08, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
help
hi, what steps should i follow 1/upload my picture 2/ write my history — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmanuel J Kamara (talk • contribs) 06:58, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged. See WP:AB. As for the photo, you could upload it to commons: if you agree to release the photo under a suitable license. --Glaisher [talk] 07:05, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Descartes and his findings.
Yes John. I am not computer experienced and would ask for help in this explanation of Descartes writings now developed to explain further the spiritual sensor of the brain, giving greater understanding and enlightenment. Thank you meantime for your kind considerations.Tom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tglen (talk • contribs) 07:16, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- I've left you some introductory links on your talk page. One important rule at Wikipedia is that articles should only summarise facts and ideas that have already been published elsewhere, in good-quality publications such as books by respected publishers, scholarly journals and respected news outlets. If these ideas on Descartes can be backed up by references to sources like these, then I suggest you post at Talk:René Descartes so that an interested editor can help you work out where to fit them in to the encyclopedia. But if the ideas are new or original, then they don't belong here. There's more on this at Wikipedia:No original research. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:49, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
spam blacklist
Currently there's a spam blacklist banner at Kerry Bentivolio. The supposed spam link is MLive.com, the website for eight Michigan newspapers owned by Booth Newspapers. Why is it considered spam? 204.111.20.10 (talk) 09:45, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- It was triggered by the word "petition" within the URL, but I think this a mistake and have removed it. There's a discussion about this at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#petition. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:12, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
dead links and archive.org
Sometimes when reading an article I find that a link in it is dead, but I can find the page it referred to on archive.org. Is there a policy on how to edit those links? Can I just replace the original "page.html" by the corresponding "archive.org/page.html" and/or do I need to do something extra? For instance, in some reference lists, I see written "retrieved on...." next to a link, though usually that reference simply turns out to be a 'standard' url, not an archived one? 87.210.219.0 (talk) 10:43, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- Depends. Some citations use a citation template, and many of those (eg {{Cite web}}) contain explicit parameters to define links to archived citations on archiving sites such as archive.org. Cite web contains
|archiveurl=
, which is for the url of the archived link. If a citation does not use a citation template, then a template such as {{Wayback}} can be added to the citation. For example, if the citation is a footnote, then {{Wayback}} can simply be placed inside the <ref> tags, such as <ref>[http://www.mycitation.com MyCitation] {{Wayback|url=http://www.google.com/}}</ref>. Note that you might need to specify more parameters in the Wayback template if you want to provide a direct link to the archived snapshot at Wayback. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 11:13, 1 September 2013 (UTC)- Or you can just add "Archived on [date]." at the end of the ref instead of "Accessed" or "Retrieved" or whatever. In case you hadn't noticed, the date forms part of the archive.org url, so for things like pdfs where it isn't obvious from the page itself when it was archived, you can get it from the url instead. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:27, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- If the original link is dead and the citation uses a citation template, then you can set the
|deadurl
parameter to|deadurl=yes
. That will change the display order of the links, i.e. if|deadurl=no
, then the title will retain the original link and the archive link will be placed at the end. If|deadurl=yes
, then the link order will be reversed. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 11:32, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- See also Wikipedia:Link rot. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:28, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Is there a section in the MoS for roads?
I remember it, but I don't know where it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.238.182.192 (talk) 11:37, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- You might be looking for Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Standards or Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways#Structure of articles. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:47, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
German untitled nobility
To whom it may concern I wish to advise of an omitted name in the German untitled nobility. The name and family are Heinrich von Glocken who resided in the Bohemian area until 1650 approx. They left due to Religious reasons and moved to the Wigtown area of Scotland. Some other relatives qualified for residency due to Religious conversion and their name von Glocken remained until at least WW1. Therese documented evidence of this in both Military and 1651 Czech census Register . Maybe this is not of interest by including it in "German untitled nobility". However Iv just registered on Wiki due to this knowledge with this input. Thank you for this opportunity and look forward to whatever knowledge or facts of interest, i can contribute Regards
Joe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joerightjustice (talk • contribs) 15:43, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- This is about the category "German untitled nobility". The category does not attempt to list all living and former members of the German untitled nobilty. It is a list of Wikipedia articles whose subjects are or were German untitled nobility. Maproom (talk) 16:50, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
Walter Ungerer - Media Artist
I do not understand how to correct this problem in the article for Walter Ungerer - Media Artist.
Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page).
Do I just add {{reflist}}, and if so, where? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djrphoto (talk • contribs) 16:13, 1 September 2013
- Yes, that's what you do. You put it at or near the bottom of the article, where you want the reference list to appear. You probably precede it with something like
- == References ==
- to make a header for the section. Maproom (talk) 16:29, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- Are you talking about User:Djrphoto/sandbox? You need to read WP:referencing for beginners. The definition of the reference (between the <ref>...</ref> tags) needs to be in the article text immediately after the text which it is being used to support. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:34, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
User accounts & Passwords
I am probably in the wrong place, but cannot find a better place. I have lost my password and the password recovery/reset (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PasswordReset) page is NO Help. I suspect my e-mail address on file is outdated. And no security word for recovery ever set. So what if anything can be done? Would it be helpful to create a new account - use that as a more secure means - then attempt to get back to my original account? [Or leave old account as "dead"/ unreachable?] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.214.45.242 (talk) 17:10, 1 September 2013 (UTC)