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I understand that there is some sort of "game" people play where they hide a "secret page" in their user space and see if their friends can find it. Is this a violation of policy, and if so, which admin noticeboard is the proper place to disposition it? <span style="color:#808080">[[User:Kuyabribri|KuyaBriBri]]</span><sup><span style="color:#008080">[[User_Talk:Kuyabribri|Talk]]</span></sup> 07:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC) |
I understand that there is some sort of "game" people play where they hide a "secret page" in their user space and see if their friends can find it. Is this a violation of policy, and if so, which admin noticeboard is the proper place to disposition it? <span style="color:#808080">[[User:Kuyabribri|KuyaBriBri]]</span><sup><span style="color:#008080">[[User_Talk:Kuyabribri|Talk]]</span></sup> 07:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC) |
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:This is a matter that caused a lot of controversy recently. Editors are divided in opinion here about whether it's a violation of [[WP:MYSPACE]] or not. See [[Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive185#Hidden_page_game|this discussion]] at [[WP:AN]]. If you want to discuss this further, WP:AN would be the place, but please see if your concerns have been raised and addressed at this discussion first. [[User:Chamal_N|'''<span style="color:#000080">C</span>h<span style="color:#0000FF">a</span><span style="color:#4169E1">m</span><span style="color:#1E90FF">a</span><span style="color:#87CEEB">l</span>''']] [[User talk:Chamal_N|<sup>talk</sup>]] 07:22, 7 March 2009 (UTC) |
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March 4
Article Title
How can I make a minor change to an article title?...such as changing The Order of the Greek Horsemen to Order of the Greek Horsemen. Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whitey4man (talk • contribs) 00:02, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- You can change the title of an article by moving it. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:07, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
I ain't nobody's sockpuppet
Okay, it took long enough to notice, but it seems that my userpage has been tagged for sockpuppetry. What does it mean (am I on the verge of being kicked out)? What do I do? How do I remove this unsightly tag? Comments welcomed. Thanks for your help.
Yartett (talk) 00:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- I'd ask the editor who put it there to follow up on it and actually make a request for a sockpuppet investigation. If they don't want to go public with the accusation, there's no good reason to keep the template there. - Mgm|(talk) 05:52, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- For what it means, read the pages linked under WP:EIW#Sock, such as WP:SOCK. --Teratornis (talk) 06:06, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Not being able to submit pict
I would like to know the proper steps I have to follow in order for me to be able to include a picture of public domain in one of the pages of Wikipedia. What is exactly "autoconfirmed"? Does the editing of typos count as an 'edit' in my record? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocketonio (talk • contribs) 01:52, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- The definition of autoconfirmed, as you can see on that page is at least 4 days and 10 edits, and any edit will count, as far as I know. Then you should be able to upload files, as well as edit semi protected pages and mark new pages as patrolled. -Evan ¤ Seeds 01:56, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) See Wikipedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed users. Typo correction or any other edit counts towards the 10 edits. Public domain images can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons at http://commons.wikimedia.org where you can upload right away. Commons images can be used in Wikipedia articles just like images uploaded to Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying. Last but not least: Are the 10 edits measured by 10 typos being corrected or by any number of typos found and corrected in 10 different pages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocketonio (talk • contribs) 02:42, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Your edit count increases by 1 every time you click "Save page" after making any change to any page at http://en.wikipedia.org. Your two edits here also count so there are 8 left. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:48, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Since I have been member of this site I have noticed that some pages shown bias towards representatives of certain ethnic groups, for example: some pages don’t even mention the existence of certain actress or actors, or don’t show the picture of them regardless that there may exist many of those under public domain. Can you tell me how to address this issue? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocketonio (talk • contribs) 03:13, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- You can address them by uploading said images, but make sure you understand what public domain is first. Copyright law is often misunderstood and you'd be surprised how many photographs of actors are actually not free to use. - Mgm|(talk) 05:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Subject: The page called INDIGO CHILDREN
Subject: The page called INDIGO CHILDREN - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_children
I am Lee Carroll, author of the Indigo Book series, the one that introduced the term Indigo Children in my 1999 publication. I edited this page for factual content. Then I returned and found the edits were not accepted. In my personal area there was a message from a user named Eugene Krabs, who said:
"You can't just go claiming to be the author. WikiPedia is going to need proof that you are the book's author before you go editing an article you "claim" to be about something of yours. Please show us proof. Thank you. - Eugene Krabs (talk) 21:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)"
So, does he represent Wikipedia? I will supply any proof needed.
I am the author.
What next?
LEE CARROLL
Lcarroll (talk) 04:12, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Without knowing the edits, the topic, or any of the history - my guess is that the editor is referring to the WP:COI, which could lead to the WP:NPOV policy. Check through those two articles and see if they may apply. It's very difficult to edit articles that you are closely tied to sometimes. Good Luck ;) — Ched ~ (yes?) 05:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Huggle
How do you enable Huggle in your preferences? Okay15 Blah - What I've done 05:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Google Books
Is it possible Google Books can be discounted as valid source. Here's why. Not every user can access every page that is linked. In one instance, I clicked a link to a Google book page only to get a message saying the page is unavailable due to me reaching the limits of the book. It appears some users can see the page and other users such as myself, cannot. It's a problem. A-Kartoffel (talk) 08:03, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- No, access has no effect on the reliability of the source. I can't access BBC News videos because I don't live in the UK and loads of books because my library doesn't carry them. But BBC News is still reliable and those books are too. - Mgm|(talk) 10:00, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- "Google Books" is not the reliable source. The reliable source is the book itself, and the reference should be to the book, not to Google books. The reference should be a {{cite book}} rather than a {{cite web}}, and should include the ISBN. It is perfectly acceptable to include the link to Google books as a "convience link." this inclusion neither enhances nor detracts from the reliability of the book as a source. -Arch dude (talk) 15:37, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Electronic siganture software?
Is there any electronic signature software that supports Open Office format that you know of?
If yes, can you please provide me with the relevant company or software that can help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thembanim (talk • contribs) 11:28, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: . I hope this helps. Algebraist 11:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: . I hope this helps. TNXMan 12:56, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- I've heard rumors that too much time on Wikipedia causes double vision. Any truth to that? --Teratornis (talk) 05:54, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
How do I add clean up templtes which I do not find in the list...
to the "Pickleball" article? It seems to be, merely, a very short summary, an image, and two very long lists. The summary has a too-short template added, but I can not find a template for the lists which should be converted to prose, other than the "trivia" template, which does not seem right. I askéd at the IRC but they said there is one and maybe it will repair in time, but I just wanted to confirm... Thanks for any help. P. S. Why did a bunch of new buttons (horizontal line, redirect, strike, line break, superscript, subscript, small, insert hidden comment, picture gallery, block quote, table, and reference) appear on my toolbar recently?--Ecw.technoid.dweeb (talk) 12:54, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you.--Ecw.Technoid.Dweeb|contributions|talk 16:15, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Information about Economice trends
Hi
I need information about Economic Trends & Structural changes :Economic growth (trends),Economic develpoment (Structural changes), Issues in economic development.Long run strategy &policy of economic develpoment.
Since I am new to this... please guide how to see my request (this one) in wikipedia.
You can rech me on <blanking>
Thanks, Sumanth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumanth.vankadaru (talk • contribs) 14:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: . I hope this helps. Also, see our articles on Economics, as they may have the answers you need. TNXMan 15:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
copyrights
would like to know copyrights for printing information in our book or letting people pick the information up at our office? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.112.201.55 (talk) 16:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Are you referring to Wikipedia content that you want to re-use? If so, please see WP:REUSE. If you are seeking legal advice as to copyright of materials that you have produced for use outside Wikipedia, we cannot give legal advice, you should consult a lawyer. – ukexpat (talk) 17:44, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Adding links
How do I add links to another article in Wikipedia? Sorry if it's obvious, but I'm new. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CeresVesta (talk • contribs) 17:03, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- See Help:Link. The basic syntax is to wrap the name of the linked page in double square brackets. For example, my link was created with
[[Help:Link]]
. Algebraist 17:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by CeresVesta (talk • contribs) 17:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- And see Wikipedia:Build the web and WP:LAYOUT (the latter to learn about the "See also" section). You can also learn how to create or improve navigation templates. For a general introduction to Wikipedia, read Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. --Teratornis (talk) 06:09, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Video question
i need to see the video of president samuel doe's torture. --213.210.245.231 (talk) 17:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Have you tried Wikipedia's 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, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.. – ukexpat (talk) 17:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
NO PICTURES
all the web pages don't display the pictures, they show a little red square in a box where the picture should be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.141.183.211 (talk) 21:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Just to confirm, does this happen only on Wikipedia pages or on all internet pages? – ukexpat (talk) 21:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
changing the text at the top of a page
I am trying to edit the very top portion of the "Young Life" page, but I don't see and edit option. the first edit option starts with "History" but I need to edit what's above history. Thanks for you help!Sjknott (talk) 21:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Just click the edit tab at the top of the page and the whole page will open in edit mode. – ukexpat (talk) 21:15, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- You can enable this at Special:Preferences → Gadgets → Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 21:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
quick question
Thought I'd break the "research, find info, provide helpful links" mindset for a second here at the help desk. Perhaps one of you kind folk have been around long enough to notice certain behavioral patterns in us wikipeidans. My question is this:
- I noticed that I have begun to sign my email messages with " ~~~~ ". Does this mean that I am developing a "wiki-addiction" problem?, and is there any cure? .. Thanks. Cheers — Ched ~ (yes?) 21:29, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Just don't use {{fact}} tags in your work e-mails. – ukexpat (talk) 21:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question in the Wikipedia:The real world. They specialize in knowledge questions about the real world 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, select the relevant section, 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. -Optigan13 (talk) 22:32, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- In my learned medical opinion, you appear to be developing moderate to severe wikipediholicism. I'm sorry, but your prognosis does not look good. TNXMan 22:45, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
(undent) Wikipedia makes the Real World obsolete, and the sooner everyone realizes that, the happier everyone will be. Everything sucks compared to Wikipedia - you will see countless examples of this every day. --Teratornis (talk) 05:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Sicilian Language
How can I find articles written in Sicilian? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.41.179 (talk) 21:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- You can find them here. You can also look on the left side of any Wikipedia page, and there is a list of alternate languages that the article appears in. But there's a Sicilian article only for every 1 in ~200 English article, so you usually won't find one. Someguy1221 (talk) 21:57, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
New Template
I created a new template called Template:Numerical PDE and included it in several articles, but changes I made to the template do not appear in the articles. Now the template appears differently in different articles. What is going on ? How do you repair this ? Example: the article Finite difference method displays an older version of the template. Charvest (talk) 22:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Sometimes it can take a while for template changes to be visible in articles where the template is used. Have you tried a server purge. – ukexpat (talk) 22:24, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Brilliant, ukexpat, thankyou. Charvest (talk) 22:40, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Also, clicking on the clock that is displayed in the upper right of the page purges the page. TNXMan 22:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- The clock is an optional setting under Gadgets at Special:Preferences. It's off by default. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Also, clicking on the clock that is displayed in the upper right of the page purges the page. TNXMan 22:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
I've been wanting to replace the picture of Siouxsie Sioux in her article, because that picture is nearly thirty-years-old and obviously she's changed since then. I found what I deemed to be a couple of suitable images under the Creative Commons CC-BY and CC-BY-SA licenses acceptable for uploading images on Wikipedia. However, I've recalled seeing the first image elsewhere on the internet, so is it ok to use the image anyway, being that it is under the proper license? --Whip it! Now whip it good! 22:32, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Actually, seeing it somewhere else on the net means that if Wikipedia uses it, it wont be troublesome, because the picture is already on other websites. Raaggio 22:55, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- I think the best idea is to ensure that the person who uploaded the images under the licenses you mentioned actually has permission to license them that way. A picture may be used in different places across the internet, but we have still have to have the correct licensing info. Another good place to ask would be at the media copyright desk. They may be able to point you in the right direction. TNXMan 22:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. --Whip it! Now whip it good! 00:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- I think the best idea is to ensure that the person who uploaded the images under the licenses you mentioned actually has permission to license them that way. A picture may be used in different places across the internet, but we have still have to have the correct licensing info. Another good place to ask would be at the media copyright desk. They may be able to point you in the right direction. TNXMan 22:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- I would say that neither photo would be of use for us here. The first one, as it if found elsewhere on the web, means it is likely copyrighted by someone other than the flickr user (therefore he cannot release it by that CC license). I found a blog post with that same image that predates the flickr user by 4 days, which further indicates this user got it from somewhere else (also, the set up is clearly a photoshoot, and there is no evidence that this flickr user is a commercial photographer). The second image is clearly labeled in a set that says these are not the flickr user's images. Again, the flickr user here is not the photographer (or copyright holder) and cannot legally release that image under the claimed license. Normally, you can accept flickr users are face value, and believe their licensing claims. But sometimes you do run into cases where users have uploaded other's works and improperly claimed a CC license. Both of these images appear to be cases such as those. Sorry.-Andrew c [talk] 02:44, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
That said, the photos of Siouxsie in this user's photostream seem legit, as do this and this.-Andrew c [talk] 02:49, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- And of course, we have an image from the first user already in the article... -Andrew c [talk] 02:55, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Edit to article just disappeared
This AM I edited the page on Ben Bernanke by adding some non-controversial details provided in 3 New York Times articles on him. I also included the reference links to the NYT articles. I saved and the changes were immediately visible. When I checked back this PM my additions were gone and are also not listed in the editorial history for the page. What happened? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sevalt (talk • contribs) 22:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Hmm. I'm not sure what you mean. Your account shows no edits to the Ben Bernanke article. Nor are there any edits to the article that match your description. Might you have possibly hit "show preview" at the bottom of the page instead of "save page"? TNXMan 22:54, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Help with redirect/shortcut mess
I think that I messed up and need help recovering. There has been a long-standing redirect WT:RD for the Reference desk talk page. Wanting to make it more visible and available to others I tried without success to make that link into a shortcut (with its top of the page notice/advert and all). So, I thought I could outwit the Wiki software by creating a shortcut named WP:RDTK (which worked fine as a shortcut) and thought that I could then move that shortcut name to the more preferable WT:RD name. Well, stupid me - of course I wouldn't be allowed to do that because WT:RD was already taken. Rather than messing around and possibly making things worse I thought that by begging forgiveness here that someone would be sympathetic and fix this without calling too much attention to my screw-up to the community at large :-( Thank you, -hydnjo talk 23:04, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- If I understand this correctly, there are two steps you can take to put everything back the way it was. Simply remove the {{shortcut}} from the top of reference desk talk page and mark WP:RDTK with {{db-g7}} (author requesting deletion). You can also change the {{shortcut}} to say {{shortcut|WT:RD}}, which should provide the correct redirect. I don't think it's a major problem, however. The only issue I see is that the templates at the top of the talk page appear to overlap a little, but there's nothing that can't be fixed. Hopefully I've understood your question, but let me know if there's something I missed. Best, TNXMan 23:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Talking to an administrator
Does anyone know how to contact an administrator? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jss5104 (talk • contribs) 23:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Right this way, please. TNXMan 23:39, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
March 5
Editing organisational pages
Hi, I am an employee of an organisation and have been asked to overhaul our Wiki page. The information is badly out of date and there are major omissions. Basically I need to completely re-write and add to what is there. I am aware that when an organisation makes major edits to it's own Wiki entry it can sometimes be seen as unethical. Can you please tell me what the policy is on this and if there is some way that I should indicate that the page was edited by an employee?
Yours sincerely David Wiltshire —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwiltshi (talk • contribs) 00:09, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- The relevant guideline is Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Basically, you are strongly discouraged from editing the article on your own organization, and if the edits are seen as problematic, you'll get substantially less leeway. It would be much more advisable than editing the article yourself to suggest changes on the talk page of the article, assuming the talk page is well trafficked by other editors. If that doesn't suit you, you can also write what you think the article should look like in your userspace, and then suggest that on the talk page, or ask for feedback at Wikipedia:Drawing board. The key concepts for someone in your position to keep in mind is that article content is supposed to be based on reliable sources, and the content must be neutral (part of that being, it must honestly report what reliable sources say, and not be littered with subjective terminology). These concepts tend to cause a lot of the trouble for users like yourself; you have to keep in mind that press releases and the company's official website are not reliable sources (they're find for mundane factoids like John is the CEO, but not XYZ corporation is the most respected manufacturer of widgets in the world). The prefered sources tend to be books and journals from academic publishers, newspapers, industry and trade magazines, etc. You're also unlikely to see negative information about the organization removed if it cites a reliable source. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:22, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, I appreciate the advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwiltshi (talk • contribs) 02:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Also see WP:BFAQ, and note that general advice can be off the mark by varying degrees in specific situations. You did not tell us the organization that you work for. If our information about that organization is badly out of date, that suggests the organization is not very (what we call) notable. On Wikipedia, the degree to which a principle like conflict of interest matters is a function of how often a particular article gets viewed. If an article contains badly outdated information, the article probably doesn't get much attention. In that case, a correction from someone associated with the article's subject may be better than no correction at all. Wikipedia also has many articles on Religion and you can bet most of them get edited by people who have a vested interest in promoting their religious points of view. On Wikipedia, people write about the countries they live in, their favorite entertainers, their local sports teams, and all sorts of things they are hardly neutral about. If we eliminated all conflict of interest on Wikipedia, we'd eliminate much of Wikipedia. Therefore, in my opinion, the key is learning how to manage our inevitable conflicts of interest, both as individuals and as a community of users. You did the right thing by coming forward and disclosing your relationship with your employer; you should also do so on your user page if you intend to edit the article about your employer. I think your willingness to disclose makes you more potentially able to contribute productively than someone who isn't even aware that they have a conflict of interest or that it might be a problem. However, read WP:COI and WP:BFAQ carefully, as the pitfalls of COI are subtle. Read WP:PEACOCK for examples of the promotional writing style to avoid. As with everything about Wikipedia, it all gets easier as you learn more about how Wikipedia works. For a comprehensive introduction, read Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. By putting in the time and effort to read that book, you would be demonstrating seriousness about Wikipedia and good faith. --Teratornis (talk) 05:30, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Revert vandelism "to last version by____"
How do I revert article vandelism "to last version by____" or "to last good version by _____" going back three or four edits (for example)? I assume the words "to last good version by _____ " are automatically generated (somehow) if the proper steps are done. Lets say I want to go back four edits to the last known good version before all the vandelism started. Can you tell me how to do that without just clicking on "undo" - which is only for one edit back. I assume it then generates automatically the words "to last good version by _____." You can answer HERE. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell talk 00:15, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- If you notice the little buttons between (cur)(prev) and the date in the history, you can select two revisions to compare. If the later revision is the latest revision to the page, pressing undo while viewing the diff will undo the entire series of edits. Just make sure that no good edits were made in the meantime. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:24, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Some of these messages were left by people using wiki editing tools. See Category:Wikipedia counter-vandalism tools. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:28, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Following that procedure, if I go back more that one edit it says "The edit could not be undone due to conflicting intermediate edits." Still stumped! --Doug Coldwell talk 20:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- I don't know what tool leaves that particular edit summary - I've seen it, too - but popups is a good one for reverting tag-team vandalism. Its 'actions' menu will let you revert to a diff from the comparison view or right from the page history. -- Vary Talk 21:37, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- I use Twinkle, which offers me a "Restore this version" link when browsing versions of an article's edit history. I can click this to revert to old versions of an article that has since been damaged by multiple users. You can see an example of where I did this here. Basically, above the "Version as of (whenever)" on a diff page, I have a link saying "Restore this version". Does that help? Gonzonoir (talk) 22:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Doug Coldwell, you could also investigate asking for rollback permissions. Those would get you round the "intermediate edits" problem in cases where you were trying to undo multiple edits by the same user, because they let you revert consecutive vandalism edits by a single user. I'm not sure, but I think rollback may be necessary for the function I described in Twinkle to work as well. Gonzonoir (talk) 22:49, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Great tools! Thanks.--Doug Coldwell talk 23:20, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Can anyone fix this problem?
I addressed the problem at the article's talk page, but no one bothered to answer, so I thought I'd get a response here. Do you mind checking my comment at the following talk page (scroll down to the end; the last entry is mine) - here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Republican_Party_(United_States) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.58.180 (talk) 01:03, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Fixed in [1]. I don't know the details of how <timeline> works but I compared to Democratic Party (United States) and found that adding a space at the end of a line fixed it. Maybe the problem was that a timeline image was not stored correctly somewhere, and many other tiny changes could have fixed it too by generating a new timeline image, but that's just speculation. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:37, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- By the way, there were 82 minutes between your post to the talk page and here. Wikipedia has millions of pages and talk page posts usually don't get responses that fast. On low traffic pages they may never get a response. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
What font do I need installed for Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is using a very strange font on my PC. I obviously don't have the right font installed. Can you give me some choices?? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.83.153 (talk) 01:12, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- It should be Arial, and on my Vista PC looks Amazing. I wish they'd never change it --96.232.58.180 (talk) 01:15, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- It should be your browser's default sanserif font. If it looks strange, it might be because that default is set to something weird. Algebraist 01:41, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
utorrent
how to open utorrent file which is downloading without installing utorrent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.197.240.89 (talk) 03:34, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Have you tried the computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: . I hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
transgender operation terminology
In the transgender operation from male to female, the new female has to do something called dilate and has to use 'medical stints.' what exactly is this medical stint she is placing in her newly made vagina? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.185.26.212 (talk • contribs) 03:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- It's a stent, but the Help Desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. For general questions, you want the Reference Desk. --Fullobeans (talk) 04:09, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Again, for future knowledge questions, please ask at the reference desk, linked by Fullobeans above, but please see [2].--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:12, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- See Sex reassignment surgery, {{Transgender sidebar}}, and Wikipedia:Medical disclaimer. --Teratornis (talk) 05:39, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Editing & using DVDs & video for references
I want to submit & edit articles by adding references from DVDs & videos. Will the editing policy allow that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frostviper (talk • contribs) 05:03, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- See WP:CITET, especially the template for DVDs. Not sure if we have a similar one for video tapes, but as long as they're commercially released, you're good. - Mgm|(talk) 05:41, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- More precisely, you're not bad when it comes to one potential source of problems, but there are other gotchas. For example, if you cite a DVD to support a factual claim that the Earth is flat, you can expect other editors to challenge your claim on factual grounds. You could cite a source to prove that some particular person or group thinks the Earth is flat, but to assert the flatness of the Earth as a factual claim, you would have to find sources that could somehow overpower the existing scientific consensus. If you told us more about kinds of edits you want to make, what sources you want to use, and what they claim, we might provide more specific advice about the type of reaction you might expect from other editors. --Teratornis (talk) 05:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Bot reverting to vandalized version
Please, take a look at this. How to fix it? 81.95.228.239 (talk) 06:31, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Somebody has fixed it. The reason the bot reverted is undoubtedly that it suspects major content deletion by anonymous editors.
- It would be nice if an admin could hide the 400KB versions; it takes forever to download them. —teb728 t c 06:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Done. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
laser
where can i find total information of laser communicatios —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sathishbabug (talk • contribs) 06:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- We don't appear to have an article devoted to Laser communications, though you can find brief discussion at Mars Laser Communication Demonstration. Please also try the Science and Computing areas of the Reference desk, which specialize in answering knowledge questions. (This page is intended for questions about how to use Wikipedia.) Gonzonoir (talk) 09:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
hey there
um i new to wikipedia and instead of writing articles i wil probaly delete vandalism can someone give me advice how to find and delete vandalisms oh and btw if you're lookiing for an adoptee look no further :) AntiFetch (talk) 08:34, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Hi AntiFetch, welcome to Wikipedia. A good place to start is our vandalism guide. That sets out details on how to recognise and respond to vandalism. As you'll see, it suggests you consider patrolling the recent changes list, a record of all the latest edits to Wikipedia and a good place to catch vandalism as soon as it happens. You will also find useful a list of warning messages to use for vandalism, and this guide to cleaning up vandalism. Always remember to assume good faith, treat everyone you come across with civility, and ask for help when you need it. Good luck! Gonzonoir (talk) 09:01, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
cymbalta
should somebody stop taking cymbalta cold turkey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.187.84 (talk) 08:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- We cannot offer medical advice. Please see the medical disclaimer. Contact your General Practitioner. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:54, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
how to submit a new article in wikipedia
… —Preceding unsigned comment added by Himanshu.paliwal83 (talk • contribs) 09:22, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Please read Wikipedia:Your first article - this page both has technical instructions on how to do it, and recommendations on how to create one that won't get deleted. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Standard template message follows:
- Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
- Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
- If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. – ukexpat (talk) 15:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Online Recharge for prepaid mobile phone & DTH services in India
<url removed> is india's first of it's kind website that provides instant online recharge for pre-paid mobiles and DTH services. We are currently...<remainder of post removed>—Preceding unsigned comment added by Himanshu.paliwal83 (talk • contribs)
- Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Page rank
Is Wikipedia popular just because google favours it? Also, is the priority in page rank natural or are they making it on top at all costs? (As a side question... it's weird, especially if google wants to compete with knoll, to still favour Wikipedia, isn't it?) 212.219.0.20 (talk) 11:08, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: . I hope this helps. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 11:12, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- You start with the wrong assumption: "Is Wikipedia popular just because google favours it?" Google favors Wikipedia in its listings because it's popular. The more other people link to a site, the higher it ends up in the search results and Wikipedia is often linked. Together with its traffic statistics, it's unlikely for Wikipedia pages to not come top in the rankings. See Google PageRank.- Mgm|(talk) 11:47, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is run by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and as far as I know, they don't do anything to advertise the site on other sites or manipulate search engine rankings. Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute to reduce the incentive to place spam links in Wikipedia (spam is still a big problem), but I have seen somebody accuse Wikipedia of doing it to suck up page rank from incoming links without giving out page rank with outgoing links. Apart from being popular and getting many incoming links, I think Wikipedia has several properties search engines like, for example page titles and url names containing the topic of the page, and internal wikilinks from articles with related content, but that is just part of being user friendly and well structured. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:36, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- I can't remember where I read it, but I read somewhere that Google ranks Wikipedia articles high because Google's business model depends on the Web not sucking, and Wikipedia sucks less than most of the Web. Pick a sample of subjects, look up their Wikipedia articles, and compare the Wikipedia articles to what you find elsewhere in the top 20 or so Google search results on the same keywords. In many cases, random Web site results tend to be frustrating and annoying because they don't follow any standard layout, and many blog pages and so on read as if you stumbled into the middle of a conversation after missing the first half. On Wikipedia, we try to write every article so it becomes a logical starting point into learning about its subject. Very few pages on other sites have that same self-contained, stand-alone character, so it is no wonder that Google ranks Wikipedia pages high. Whether this is due to deliberate finagling by Google or merely a result of the PageRank algorithm, the result is what it should be. Google needs search results to be consistently satisfying, so users keep coming back to Google for more searches, and (eventually) more AdSense click-throughs. That's how Google makes its money. Google makes money by linking to pages that don't suck, and Wikipedia generally doesn't suck, compared to the rest of the Web. As to whether Google is undermining its own Knol initiative, consider that Google exists to maximize its profits. If it can make more money by linking to Wikipedia pages, that's what Google will do. Google is a big company that can afford to try lots of things. Only a fraction of Google products need to become hits. Wikipedia has a big head start on Knol, so Knol will probably take a long time to catch up, and nobody knows whether it will ever catch up (Wikipedia is not exactly standing still). --Teratornis (talk) 09:57, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
vandal warn
I see a lot of this "Example.jpg" stuff in recent changes. this. I am correct in saying it's vandalism and should be reverted aren't I? (didn't revert any yet - clarifying first) — Ched ~ (yes?) 11:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Probably not vandalism. It often happens that someone tries out buttons and doesn't notice the changes it makes. But yet. Quite often using example.jpg is unsuitable and should be removed. Missing images in bio articles can be replaced with a more specific "this bio is missing an image"-image though. - Mgm|(talk) 11:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Looks to me like a test edit. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 12:25, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Actually consensus appears to be against using the placeholder images in bios: WP:Centralized discussion/Image placeholders. – ukexpat (talk) 15:01, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
New title
How do I change the titile of a page that I have created once it is already made public?? Ex. nano indenter to nanoindenter(one word). Please help, thank you in advance Volvera215 (talk) 15:24, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Use the "Move" tab on the top; see Help:Move. –Capricorn42 (talk) 15:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) You will have to move the page to the new title. There should be a "move" tab at the top of the page that should allow you to move the page (assuming the title you want isn't taken). Also, your account needs to be autoconfirmed before you can move pages. TNXMan 15:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- From a quick Google, there does not appear to be any uniformity of use of the terms "nano indenter", "nano-indenter" or "nanonindenter" – ukexpat (talk) 15:43, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you both for your help and info., I really appreciate it. Volvera215 (talk) 20:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
The method of preparation for yaga kondam - how to make the yagna oma kundan?
I hear there are different ways for making oma kundan for various -different dities and performing yagna for various auspicies ceremonies. I have one "Agni hothria" homam - description of how to make the homa vessel out of brass the height, the weight ,sizes shape etc. I want to know how many types of Homa Kundams are available and their specifications etc. Pl reply = <blanking> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.29.78 (talk) 16:17, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. TNXMan 16:19, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Categorisation of articles
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to search out all articles, containing the tag Trinity College, Cambridge, which do not contain the cats, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, or Academics of Trinity College, Cambridge. If I could filter such articles out then this would enable me to go round and add cats where appropriate. 79.67.228.216 (talk) 16:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:CatScan. - Mgm|(talk) 16:57, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
About usernames and IP addresses
I'm a long-time anon browser, very new user (just registered last night), and I have a question regarding usernames and IP addresses. Are any IP addresses I use to acccess my wiki account under logged and noted for future review?
The reason I ask is because the company I work for (not gonna name names) appears to be highly active on wiki and has been accused (rightly) of POV pushing and hostile edits and reverts to keep their information intact. I'm just a lowly button-pusher and have no interest in what my company does with their time, however if I access my account from work could my username potentially be linked to any activit ythey generate on their wiki page? I guess, to put it another way, if they get themselves banned or whatever happens here, can my username potentially be banned as well, as having used this IP address in the past?
Obviously I would mostly be accessing from home, however I do have spare time during the day. I just didn't want to be lumped into the...ah...STRONG opinions of my company.
Hope this is the right spot for the question. I spent some time poking around, and this was the best fit for my question I could find. Please feel free to direct me elsewhere if I'm wrong. Helixical (talk) 17:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Well, first of all, welcome! Secondly, now that you've registered an account, there isn't too much worry about your IP being traced. There are certain users (known as checkusers) who can see which IP addresses are associated with which usernames, but that is only done to rare cases to prevent vandalism. Basically, having account allows you to distance yourself from your IP address. If no one has done so already, I'll leave you a welcome message with useful links on your talk page to get you started. Best, TNXMan 17:30, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
How do I?
how do i put something on wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.185.87.170 (talk) 17:30, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
- Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
- If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. TNXMan 17:31, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Indigo Children
Just a note:
I'm Lee Carroll, author of the books on Indigo Children. I have twice corrected misinformation on the page about Indigo Children.
The colors seen are not auras, and never were. I reported this in the first book 10 years ago, but it continues to be reported as auras within the description. The Indigo Children have nothing whatsoever to do with auras.
If the author and creator of the term INDIGO CHILDREN can't go in and correct misinformation, what is the value of Wikipedia? I didn't change anything but those items, and I added another book that I have written on the subject.
I give up.
Very Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lcarroll (talk • contribs) 18:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- It's not as simple as that - you need reliable sources for your changes and they need to be appropriately cited. The reason for this is that, with all due respect, we only have your word that you are who you say you are. The same would apply if someone saying they were Bill Gates began editing Bill Gates or Microsoft etc. – ukexpat (talk) 19:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- There it is! Some time back someone said they were an "indigo adult". Well I couldn't find anything on wikipedia searching that and google returned junk. Apparently the key word is changing adult to child and suddenly there's a nice wikipedia article. Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 04:15, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Links - Internal and External
In HTML there is a code one can insert in the <A tag that opens a new window in old browsers and opens the link in a new tab in newer ones. Is there a similar code in MediaWiki PHP?
Example (HTML): <a href="http://wikipedia.com" TARGET="_blank">WIKIPEDIA</a> --Paine (talk) 18:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- No, I don't think so. Algebraist 19:03, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- I have not tried this, but it purports to do what you want: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10446 --—— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 20:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you, Gadget850 (Ed)! I'll give it a try and let you know. --Paine (talk) 00:58, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Northwest Province - Bamenda.jpg
I want to suggest to move File:Northwest Province - Bamenda.jpg to Commons.
-- David Moerike (talk) 20:36, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- If that's the case, you can tag the image with {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}. You can also perform the move yourself. See this page for more info. TNXMan 21:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
How do category pages work?
I was just wondering, how do they work... I mean, if you want to add a name, where appropriate, how do you do it? Is it automatic, and how so. You know, it was kinda funny....it seems as if the names self-display! -----71.190.87.92 (talk) 22:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- See Help:Category. Algebraist 22:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Categories automatically list articles that are contained within them. For example, Pekel cave belongs to the category Category:Caves of Slovenia. So when you look at the category, you see Pekel cave as well as any other articles in the category. To add an article to a category, simply add [[Category:Name of category]] to the bottom of the page. See Help:Categories for more. TNXMan 22:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Also, Categories can themselves be in categories. For example, Category:Caves of Slovenia is in turn a subcategory of Category:Landforms of Slovenia. TastyCakes (talk) 23:00, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Categories automatically list articles that are contained within them. For example, Pekel cave belongs to the category Category:Caves of Slovenia. So when you look at the category, you see Pekel cave as well as any other articles in the category. To add an article to a category, simply add [[Category:Name of category]] to the bottom of the page. See Help:Categories for more. TNXMan 22:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- Also, if it seems as if the names "self display" without a Category command, it's possible that the [[Category:Name of category]] is in a Template and its been transcluded to the page. In that case, you won't find the Category command in the article, but rest assured its in one of the templates used in the article. TastyCakes (talk) 23:03, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
trying to download a photo
I would like to put my mother's picture in her article. (Mary Evelyn Parker) I can't seem to figure out how to do it. HELP. THANKS! Anne Parker Crochet Baton Rouge, LA —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anneparker1959 (talk • contribs) 23:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- The best thing to do is to upload a photo that you have made to Commons:Upload. You will need to release it to the public domain or license it under a free license like Creative Commons. (A photo by a professional photographer may have copyright problems.) Then you can reference it by the file name in the infobox of your mother’s article. —teb728 t c 23:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
March 6
Wikipedia does not display correctly in my browser
I am using Firefox 3.0.7, and it simply doesn't display. I wonder if it is because I have some configuration unchecked.
George —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.41.14.55 (talk) 18:50, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
TONY ALVA'S WIKIPEDIA
Hi there,
I handle much here for Alva Los Angeles and Tony Alva, I'm having trouble editing the external links, i'll edit it and a bit later it is deleted. This is what I would like my external links to look like:
- The Official Tony Alva website
- ALVA Official Myspace
- ALVA Official Twitter
- ALVA Official Facebook
- ALVA Official Wordpress
- ALVA Official Blogspot
- Skoundrelz Official website —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alva los angeles (talk • contribs) 00:01, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I suggest that you read WP:ELNO, specifically items 5 and 10. The official-site link is OK in the Tony Alva article; but the next five appear to be to networking and/or commercial pages, and editors are correctly deleting them. (The Skoundrelz one appears to be a dead link.) Oh, and you should probably also read WP:USERNAME#Company/group names. —Deor (talk) 00:35, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Citation template trouble
At Cimetidine, I tried to use the {{cite news}} template to format a malformed ref added by a new user (here's the diff). But instead of the title of the article appearing as a link to the cited page (i.e., Tagemet to Treat Herpes and Shingles), what shows up in the article is a linked url followed by an unlinked title, both enclosed in single square brackets—see footnote 3 in the article. I'm damned if I can figure out what I'm doing wrong. Can anyone enlighten me? Deor (talk) 00:15, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I fixed it by removing a newline in the title. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Articles I would like others to take a look at
I often browse and make minor contributions to wikipedia, but occasionally come accross articles on subjects of which I lack specific knowledge, but which I believe are in urgent need of looking at. For instance I just came accross the article Olusegun Oni, which is in extreme need of wikification, assuming it meets notability criteria. Where is the best place to go to ask for help, when i would like somebody else to take a look at, or work on a specfic article? 79.67.228.216 (talk) 01:47, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- We encourage you to make any changes you think may help the article. I can't say I've ever run into a page where you can submit an article and say "can you fix this". As an all volunteer group of editors, we're kind of at the mercy of "who wants to work on this". Sometimes if you can find a category that the article may fit (see WP:CAT you could try to encourage some folks there to help. Also, if you are interested in doing some editing, sometime if you submit an article for peer review you can get some good feedback on what the article needs. Sorry I couldn't be more help than that. — Ched ~ (yes?) 02:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Many articles may be under the purview of a Wikipedia:WikiProject which may have people who are experts on the subject. I would suggest finding an appropriate WikiProject and notifying them of the article... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- You can also add maintenance tags to articles that need attention. Where a page needs wikifying, for example, you could add {{wikify}}. That lists the page automatically in the category Articles that need to be wikified, where people interested in that kind of work - including members of WikiProject Wikify - can find it.
- There's also the {{Expert-subject}} tag, which when placed on an article includes it in lists of articles needing expert attention. If you replace the word "subject" in that tag with the article's subject, the template can sometimes suggest an associated WikiProject whose members might be able to help. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Mega Tribulus PM
What is the use of this Mega Tribulus PM for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.98.195.46 (talk) 03:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Hello. This page is for questions about using WIkipedia. Please ask knowledge questions at an applicable section of the reference desk. However, Google is your friend (as is Wikipedia for looking up results once you find out stuff using Google, such as ingredients in supplements). A quick search that took a matter of seconds, shows this is apparently intended to be a dietary supplement containing tribulus as the main active ingredient which some claim to raise testosterone levels. Draw your own conclusions.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:17, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Live near SF and have an hour to help Wikipedia?
This link "Live near SF and have an hour to help Wikipedia?" sometimes appears at the top of pages. The link to it is "ethnio.show" that when I click, it does nothing because the javascript was badly designed and only works on maybe 1 web browser out of all the many varieties (this is very common that big companies do when they make javascript). I've noticed a trend where people who write webpages for large companies do not understand basic HTML, as proven by putting all simple a href links in javascript, and unfortunately now the problem of big companies has come to wikipedia which in the past has always had skilled web designers instead of the overpaid ones that do bad work. Well "ethnio" and anything related to "Live near SF and have an hour to help Wikipedia" do not appear in the HTML source, so it's hidden in one of the many style sheets.
Anyone know where the link "Live near SF and have an hour to help Wikipedia?" that merely goes to the nonfunctional "ethnio.show" is supposed to go? Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 04:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
I must add to this point that I've also seen it and it appears only from time-to-time on the same webpage. At first I thought it would be an advertisement but it was just a dead link. Kazkaskazkasako (talk) 11:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Can you give an example of a page where it is or has been? PrimeHunter (talk) 11:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- It sometimes appears on about all pages when javascript is on, or it did last night. It says, "Live near SF and have an hour to help Wikipedia?" and then has a link that doesn't work. I live somewhat near san francisco and am interested in whatever the event was. Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 20:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Please help! Another editor keeps reverting my corrected page.
I hope you can help me. I have been trying for days to get a corrected and expanded page on Kentucky author Gurney Norman posted, but another editor "Badagnani" keeps taking the page down and reverting to a previous page. The changes I am making are a result of an oral history interview with Prof. Norman at the University of Kentucky in February of this year. In that interview we specifically discussed the Wikipedia entry and he cited corrections, additions, and deletions (for personal reasons) that should be made. I posted the reference to the interview clearly on the page I posted but Badagnani took it down anyway. I don't know what to do. The changes made are strictly factual, confirmed directly by Prof. Norman. What else can I do? Is it necessary for Prof. Norman to contact you directly? At this point, it seems clear that if I repost the page, Badagnani will simply take it down again. I don't want to get into "edit warring," so I thought I would appeal to you for help before attempting to repost the page. What are the options here? Since Prof. Norman is a living person it does seem he should have the authority to correct biographical information on his page and remove personal information that he does not want revealed. This is my first experience with Wikipedia as an editor, and I'm really mystified. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Spudsparo (talk) 04:30, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Are you a journalist by any chance? Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 04:48, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Click the "discussion" or "talk" link at the top of the Gurney Norman page. You'll see a link for "new section" appear. Click that. Explain the changes you want to make there. From what I can see, you are wiping the page and completely rewriting it without proper use of the references tags. Doing something in that fashion will normally get your edits immediately reverted (even if they are factually correct). -- kainaw™ 05:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by "you are wiping the page and completely rewriting it without proper use of the references tags." Isn't is okay to take out sentences that are incorrect? And to add additional information that is correct? I didn't change anything about the structure of the page. Can you help me understand a little more? Thanks
- Your question is specific to the Gurney Norman page. Therefore, I directed you to the discussion page for that particular article where you can receive the help you are looking for. -- kainaw™ 05:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Am I correct in understanding that the interview has not been published? If so, it is original research and cannot be used in Wikipedia. Sorry, but all content in Wikipedia must be verifiable by a citation to a reliable published source. The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is not truth but verifiability. —teb728 t c 08:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- If you are new to Wikipedia, there are many basic concepts you must have before this site will make sense. Many of these concepts will seem alien because Wikipedia is unlike anything most people have experienced before. Consider that if you could go back in time ten years, you would not be able to convince anyone that a site like Wikipedia was possible or that it would work. The average person would ask "Do you mean that anybody can edit it?" and the conversation would stop there. What Wikipedia does by existing, and not turning quickly into complete garbage, seems like a miracle. Therefore it stands to reason that Wikipedia must operate on principles that most people cannot guess, but must rather learn. I strongly suggest you read Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, after which your experiences on Wikipedia thus far will make sense to you, and you will know what to do next. We can cite various policies and guidelines to you, but they may be difficult to understand in isolation, something like trying to grasp one narrow aspect of a foreign culture in a short time. To understand a foreign culture, one must immerse oneself in it for a while, and then the individual aspects of the culture will make more sense in the context of the culture as a whole. On Wikipedia, once you firmly understand the policies and guidelines that allow the site to thrive, the seemingly arbitrary actions of other editors who are following the rules will make sense. --Teratornis (talk) 09:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Am I correct in understanding that the interview has not been published? If so, it is original research and cannot be used in Wikipedia. Sorry, but all content in Wikipedia must be verifiable by a citation to a reliable published source. The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is not truth but verifiability. —teb728 t c 08:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- One additional point, it's not your article. – ukexpat (talk) 14:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Adding a space in a template
As I'm about to go on vacation (real life, not just online :-) I decided to put {{Vacation3}} on my talk page, along with a short message. However, the message isn't displaying properly: there's no space between the end of the default message and the beginning of the extra one — the wording reads "He may pop in now and then from an available online source.And don't worry...", with no space after "source". I looked at the template, but I don't know how most template coding works, so in this case it would be foolish rather than bold to make a change. Can someone please recode the template so that it has proper spacing? Nyttend (talk) 05:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Often templates ignore leading spaces. I re-coded it. - 131.211.211.150 (talk) 08:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Question
Why do some users move pages without explanation and some admins protect page from creation without explanation. 78.144.172.188 (talk) 08:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Asking an editor to explain something he or she did is more likely to be productive than asking uninvolved people on the Help desk to speculate hypothetically on why some unidentified person did or did not do something to some unspecified page. See Wikipedia:Talk page and Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. It would be nice if everyone left understandable edit summaries, preferably with links to the policies and/or guidelines which informed their edits, but lots of people care more about saving their own effort than saving other people some effort. I wonder if any of the uncommunicative editors you have in mind have spent much time writing our friendly manuals, or writing tutorials for new users, or answering questions on the Help desk? Of course on Wikipedia, everyone who edits an article is sharing their knowledge about the article's subject, but there is also meta-knowledge of how Wikipedia works - the mechanics of editing and so on - that fascinates some of us right along with the content of articles. I think the process by which we build Wikipedia is even more remarkable, wonderful, valuable, etc., than the encyclopedia itself. Because if we can build the largest encyclopedia in history this way, what can't we do this way? --Teratornis (talk) 09:36, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
unreadable font
Dear Sirs,
with thanks for your all efforts and help,i would like to tell you i used to visit Wikipedia in good format.but its been days that the font has been changed and its difficult to read.i have to choose Larger Font from IE toolbar but the font is not easy to read.PLS help —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehdieliot (talk • contribs) 09:20, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- We have a hard time helping with font problems because all such problems are in the user's Web browser. Nobody here can see what your browser is doing, or why. You can see Wikipedia:Browser notes and search the Help desk archive for: font difficult read. When a problem has something to do with Wikipedia itself, then other people can look at whatever problem you are seeing, and figure out the problem. If you want to mail me your computer, I might be able to puzzle out what is going on, but I can't do it from around the world. If you can't figure it out by Googling for clues and so on, you might have to find a knowledgeable human in your locality who can look at your computer. --Teratornis (talk) 09:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Teratornis is absolutely right: this will be about your browser or other local settings. But a few quick suggestions you might try: if you're using IE7, go to Tools > Internet Options. At the bottom of the General tab you'll see an "Appearance" section; click Fonts. Choose "Latin based" from the dropdown next to "Language script", "Times New Roman" for "webpage font", and "Courier New" for "Plain text font." Press OK. If the font still looks small, try pressing CTRL and + a few times to increase the size. This will apply to all webpages, though, not just Wikipedia. If these don't help, as Teratornis says, your best bet is to find a tech-savvy person locally to take a look. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wikipedia tells your browser to use its default sans-serif font for most text. For IE, this is generally Arial. Unfortunately, because IE is broken, it sometimes randomly switches to another font as default, which is often difficult to read. Even more unfortunately, IE (being broken) doesn't allow you to easily change the default sans-serif font. There are fixes for this; the easiest is to switch to a browser which is not broken. Algebraist 10:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Teratornis is absolutely right: this will be about your browser or other local settings. But a few quick suggestions you might try: if you're using IE7, go to Tools > Internet Options. At the bottom of the General tab you'll see an "Appearance" section; click Fonts. Choose "Latin based" from the dropdown next to "Language script", "Times New Roman" for "webpage font", and "Courier New" for "Plain text font." Press OK. If the font still looks small, try pressing CTRL and + a few times to increase the size. This will apply to all webpages, though, not just Wikipedia. If these don't help, as Teratornis says, your best bet is to find a tech-savvy person locally to take a look. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
AARGH! Purge!
I have set to lowest cache and deleted my internet temp files. Project talk pages which were altered last week still do not show me the current version...!? What am I doing wrong? When I look at my watchlist it seems to be up to date every day but many other wiki pages do not correspond to the history. Probably a Windows or IE8 problem but maybe a lot of people had it? (most people i know are still using IE5 or 6 why i don't know) Anyways, if you can shed light here please do, thanks. ~ R.T.G 11:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Is this happening now? Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Lots of outdated revisions shown today? says there were problems two days ago. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
about hartley oscillator
sir, i want to know about hartley oscillator.what is the minimum and maximum frequency we can used in this hartley oscillator.And also the application of hartley oscillatir. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jannat mai (talk • contribs) 13:01, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found our article on Hartley oscillator, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If that is not fruitful, we have a reference desk, divided into various subjects areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 13:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
How to archive a GA review
How do I archive an old Good Article review? I'm specifically trying to archive the incredibly long Talk:Pride & Joy (comics) first GA review. -- A talk/contribs 14:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Archiving talk pages? GA reviews are simply transcluded on regular talk pages, you can archive them like any other message assuming they're not ongoing or too recent. = Mgm|(talk) 16:43, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia looking strange
I was just on WP last night and it looked fine. But this morining I get on it and the infoboxes are at the top of the article, not to the side. But the position of the code hasn't changed it just looks different when not in edit mode. There are some other strange things to. Has something changed and made everything look wierd or is this from my computer?Ltwin (talk) 16:35, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- If infoboxes are in the wrong place, that's probably related to CSS. Have you changed your wikipedia preferences in any way? What browser are you using? Have you tried bypassing your browser cache? Are any browser features/addons installed that could be blocking CSS from en.wikipedia.org (such as Adblock Plus, for example)? Algebraist 15:38, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- to Algebraist: why would Adblock Plus be blocking WP CSS? Calvin 1998 (t·c) 15:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Because the user told it to, possibly accidentally. I mentioned it simply as something in common use which I know can block specific CSS. Algebraist 15:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- to Algebraist: why would Adblock Plus be blocking WP CSS? Calvin 1998 (t·c) 15:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
The only thing different I did was download a Java update. I thought that might have caused it so I uninstalled Java then reinstalled it but it still looked the same. Thats the only thing I can think of. Ltwin (talk) 16:35, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Anyway when I got back on my computer it looked normal again so I guess my computer just had a brain fart or something. Thanks. Ltwin (talk) 16:38, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
RfC Template Help
I tried to do an Request for Comment (RfC) on the Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by military branch. I copy and pasted the RfC template but it was not clear as to where it should go and when I did paste it, the wikilink showed up as the color red, so I must have mistyped the information and/or location where it should go. There is a discussion in progress between myself Signaleer and Vsmith, please see Wikipedia talk:List of Wikipedians by military branch. -15:50, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Sorting Wiki pages
I'm trying to get an album article on a greatest hits record up to GA status and want to look at some articles that are already there. Is there a way I can sort articles by category and status or similar? I'm guessing probably not but it's worth an ask! Cavie78 (talk) 16:23, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- It may be possible with CatScan or some other tool under WP:EIW#Cat, but I suggest looking first on the relevant WikiProject page (perhaps Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums). The various WikiProjects often maintain tables that show the number of articles under their purview that have attained various class rankings (stub class, start class, etc.). --Teratornis (talk) 19:43, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
What does it take for a new page to stay up?
There are two articles that I would like to start new Wikipedia posts on: "The Adobe Flash Ecosystem" and "Flash Alternatives". What do I have to do (content, etc) to make sure these pages stick online? I've heard so many stories about pages being taken down after one day... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dbkreiss (talk • contribs) 16:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Standard template message follows:
- Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
- Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
- If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation..
- Please also take a look at The Missing Manual. – ukexpat (talk) 16:47, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Note that your proposed article titles do not follow Wikipedia's WP:TITLE#Lowercase guideline. Have you read every article we already have in Category:Adobe Flash? The type of article you seem to be describing is what we call a list, for example see List of wiki software, Comparison of wiki software, List of web browsers, List of word processors, and for lots more: Special:PrefixIndex/List of. Starting new articles on Wikipedia is an advanced task. Your contributions show four edits on your account so far. When you have at least 1000 edits, you should know enough about Wikipedia to be able to create new articles that have a reasonable chance of sticking. You've heard stories about Wikipedia; read Wikipedia: The Missing Manual to get the real story. Please tell everyone who tells you a story about Wikipedia to read it too, to keep their stories straight. As you know from the telephone game, when people hear and repeat stories, the stories tend to evolve toward nonsense. At least you did get the correct message that Wikipedia deletes a lot of articles, and aspiring article creators need to understand how to avoid that fate, even if the stories you heard provided no useful information as to how one might get an article to stick. --Teratornis (talk) 19:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Citing Magazine
Would you use the cite news template to cite a magazine interview? Queenie 16:45, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I believe so. The page for {{Cite magazine article}} redirects to {{cite news}}. TNXMan 16:47, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. Queenie 16:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- No problem. Best, TNXMan 16:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wait! {{Cite magazine}} redirects to {{Cite journal}}. And in the intro it says it's for citing magazines and academic journals. This is better, isn't it? Queenie 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Ah-ha! Agreed, this is the better template. This raises questions: Why is there a {{cite magazine article}}? Should it be redirected to {{cite journal}}? Where would we discuss a change? Why can't I stop asking open-ended questions? TNXMan 17:16, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I suppose if there was an article in a magazine it would usually deal with something in the news, while a simple magazine interview is different. Possible? Queenie 17:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- You know, I don't think there was ever a discussion on the {{cite magazine article}}. The template's history shows one edit (possibly by a confused editor) and then the creation of the redirect. This was almost two years ago. There is also nothing on the template's talk page. I would be in favor of changing the redirect to {{cite journal}} to save future confusion. TNXMan 17:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Seconded. Queenie 17:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Done I've redirected the template to {{cite journal}}. TNXMan 17:51, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Seconded. Queenie 17:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- You know, I don't think there was ever a discussion on the {{cite magazine article}}. The template's history shows one edit (possibly by a confused editor) and then the creation of the redirect. This was almost two years ago. There is also nothing on the template's talk page. I would be in favor of changing the redirect to {{cite journal}} to save future confusion. TNXMan 17:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I suppose if there was an article in a magazine it would usually deal with something in the news, while a simple magazine interview is different. Possible? Queenie 17:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Ah-ha! Agreed, this is the better template. This raises questions: Why is there a {{cite magazine article}}? Should it be redirected to {{cite journal}}? Where would we discuss a change? Why can't I stop asking open-ended questions? TNXMan 17:16, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wait! {{Cite magazine}} redirects to {{Cite journal}}. And in the intro it says it's for citing magazines and academic journals. This is better, isn't it? Queenie 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- No problem. Best, TNXMan 16:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. Queenie 16:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Product label
Just a quick question; is a candy label (wrapper) a sufficient source for a wikipedia article? thanks Ottawa4ever (talk) 17:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- In what context? TastyCakes (talk) 17:57, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- On a candy page to describe the flavours or ingredients Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Depends on what you mean by "describe"; none of the advertising-type language is acceptable, of course. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:01, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Ill give a few examples of what im trying to figure out; basically if its mentioned like a list ie; starch, sugar then thats clearly not advertising. but if it says its in blue wrapping as 55g bags like another product is that advertising? thanks Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I'm totally confused. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I think Ottawa4ever wants to use the wrappers as a source to back up information about the product such as the nutritional information. You can't use those sources to establish notability but I don't see a problem with using them to verify those kind of facts. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 19:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- That's one possibility. Unfortunately the question is too vague to answer with certainty. To Ottawa4ever: please tell us the name of the candy, and exactly what you want to write about it. Feel free to create a user subpage such as: User:Ottawa4ever/Sandbox and type in enough of the article text you have in mind so we can understand what you want to do. On Wikipedia there are so many rules and possibilities and exceptions that we need more information to give opinions on what you have in mind. The information on a product label might also be available on the vendor's Web site, which would let you cite it with {{Cite web}}. I don't think we have a "Cite candy wrapper" template. Such a wrapper might be an example of ephemera, but I'm not sure. --Teratornis (talk) 19:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for trying to clear it up a bit for me. I actually dont want to use the wrappers as a source at all. Basically im working on an article on the skittles list of products page List of skittles products(recently the company has made the skitles wikipedia page their home page, so ive been doing some work to downplay the advertising and moved the list off the main page to form its own page) and Im trying to sort out what is a source and isnt on the page. The candy's wrappers are used to describe the product as a source quite frequently on the page. I understand that the wrapper can identify ingredients, but it appears the list looks like they are advertising by sourcing the colour of the package, the size of the packages and the relation to other products. But Im unsure, so Ive left it the way it is for now. Im just hoping someone can basically determine or tell me if packaging can be used as a valid source Ottawa4ever (talk) 19:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I see it's already being used as a reference in List of skittles products. Have you tried using google to find a better source? Zain Ebrahim (talk) 19:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for trying to clear it up a bit for me. I actually dont want to use the wrappers as a source at all. Basically im working on an article on the skittles list of products page List of skittles products(recently the company has made the skitles wikipedia page their home page, so ive been doing some work to downplay the advertising and moved the list off the main page to form its own page) and Im trying to sort out what is a source and isnt on the page. The candy's wrappers are used to describe the product as a source quite frequently on the page. I understand that the wrapper can identify ingredients, but it appears the list looks like they are advertising by sourcing the colour of the package, the size of the packages and the relation to other products. But Im unsure, so Ive left it the way it is for now. Im just hoping someone can basically determine or tell me if packaging can be used as a valid source Ottawa4ever (talk) 19:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- That's one possibility. Unfortunately the question is too vague to answer with certainty. To Ottawa4ever: please tell us the name of the candy, and exactly what you want to write about it. Feel free to create a user subpage such as: User:Ottawa4ever/Sandbox and type in enough of the article text you have in mind so we can understand what you want to do. On Wikipedia there are so many rules and possibilities and exceptions that we need more information to give opinions on what you have in mind. The information on a product label might also be available on the vendor's Web site, which would let you cite it with {{Cite web}}. I don't think we have a "Cite candy wrapper" template. Such a wrapper might be an example of ephemera, but I'm not sure. --Teratornis (talk) 19:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I think Ottawa4ever wants to use the wrappers as a source to back up information about the product such as the nutritional information. You can't use those sources to establish notability but I don't see a problem with using them to verify those kind of facts. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 19:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I'm totally confused. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Ill give a few examples of what im trying to figure out; basically if its mentioned like a list ie; starch, sugar then thats clearly not advertising. but if it says its in blue wrapping as 55g bags like another product is that advertising? thanks Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Depends on what you mean by "describe"; none of the advertising-type language is acceptable, of course. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:01, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- On a candy page to describe the flavours or ingredients Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- "recently the company has made the skittles wikipedia page their home page" - good grief, what were they thinking? It almost looks like their site got hacked or something. --Teratornis (talk) 20:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Isn't that a breach of the reuse terms? – ukexpat (talk) 20:12, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
database administrator in canada
i want to know the list of university that offer data base addministrator in canada —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.219.205.76 (talk) 18:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the 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, select the relevant section, 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. Algebraist 18:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
language
Why Gujarati language is not being seen in wikipedia. You might have more then 10 million users who know and want to have this language.
shailesh shah —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.143.226.245 (talk) 18:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- The Gujarati Wikipedia is here. Algebraist 18:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- There is also an article on the Gujarati language. —teb728 t c 21:44, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
FPC, sort of...
Is there anywhere on WP that I can go to find out what needs to be fixed with this photo to make it FPC worthy, without actually nominating it?
Thanks! WiiWillieWiki 19:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Have you read Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria? Doesn't give you tailored advice for that photo, but it should tell you everything you need to know. --Fullobeans (talk) 19:36, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wikimedia Commons also ranks photos, as "featured", "quality", and "valued". I moved the image to the right so it would stop messing up our paragraph indents. --Teratornis (talk) 19:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- You can also see Picture peer review to get advice and reviews for a photograph to be nominated at FPC. ZooFari 03:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Quoting a letter
In Conclusion of the American Civil War#Disbanding of Mosby's Raiders (April 21) I am quoting a letter in a quote box. Is the best way to do this, or should it not have a box? Should the wording in the letter be italicized (and in or out of a box)? What is the best way to present this letter? --Doug Coldwell talk 21:22, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
COI resolution
I declined a speedy on an article, Thomas Monroe Campbell, and went ahead and did some minor work on the article. Reviewing it today, the original prod'er added a {{coi}} without an explanation.
How does this get resolved? Can I remove the COI tag, which I believe ise unjustified? Will it be admin reviewed?
TIA.
Vulture19 (talk) 21:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- It's a content dispute and should be discussed on the article's talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 21:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- My bad, I used the specific article in question to get a more general understanding of the process. Reading WP:COI doesn't really indicate how the issue gets resolved, or give an indication of "good form" (i.e. should the tag be placed without an explanation, who should remove it, etc...). Let me review the question and attempt to clarify. Vulture19 (talk) 21:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- That article was one of a big batch created by a spammer for the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, who created articles for everybody who'd ever headed it (or even worked for it, it almost seems). The original spammer has been blocked, but the articles still carry a taint of spam (and an ACES template created for the spammer's project). --Orange Mike | Talk 21:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
What to do with these two pages? They are almost identical. Should they be merged, and if so, which way? Or deleted? And the notability tags? RenegadeMonster (talk) 22:03, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- I have redirected Judith Meeker to More Than Warmth. – ukexpat (talk) 22:14, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
print friendly version
Is it possible to have a print friendly verison for Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinagzh (talk • contribs) 23:08, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Try 'printable version' in the left sidebar. Algebraist 23:09, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Also try the new create a book option, and let us know whether it works for you. --Teratornis (talk) 23:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- If you have anything like a modern browser that supports CSS, then simply printing will apply the CSS print stylesheets automatically. The printable version is for previews and browsers without CSS. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 23:43, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Is there a way to set an external link to a Windows file share (file://)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vallanced (talk • contribs) 00:00, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
- No, because file:// (the file URI scheme) is not suitable for general Internet use; it is meant for local access and does not specify a protocol (a way to transfer files). — TKD::{talk} 00:23, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
How to upload pics
can u please tell me how to upload pics onto a artical???????????
- While I'm not an expert in this area - I was able to find Wikipedia:Uploading images which may help. — Ched ~ (yes?) 03:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
- What article do you have in mind? Do you want to upload pictures you took yourself, or pictures by someone else? See Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Adding Images (but note that the section about creating a separate account on Commons is already out of date, as we have single sign-on now). I'm not an expert with images either, but I'm trying to impersonate one, by creating an Editor's index to Commons. It's amazing how complicated copyright issues can be, especially when we consider that copyright is a purely manufactured problem, i.e. a problem that humans have no fundamental need to create for themselves. --Teratornis (talk) 03:41, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
You must be a user to upload images. If it is for an article, you must create username at Wikimedia Commons or use a unified user (found in your preferences). To see instructions clearly, see the link Ched provided above. ZooFari 03:43, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
- Depending on the article, suitable photos may already be available on Wikipedia or on Wikimedia Commons. --Teratornis (talk) 03:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
lupin spell check
Is there a way to force the lupin spell checking tool to display the proposed diff above the edit box? Perhaps through one of my .css or .js files? I've made the mistake before of accidentally changing something in a cite, or perhaps quote (aka [sic]), and was wondering if there was a way to speed up the checking procedure. Thanks. — Ched ~ (yes?) 02:54, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Secret page game
I understand that there is some sort of "game" people play where they hide a "secret page" in their user space and see if their friends can find it. Is this a violation of policy, and if so, which admin noticeboard is the proper place to disposition it? KuyaBriBriTalk 07:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
- This is a matter that caused a lot of controversy recently. Editors are divided in opinion here about whether it's a violation of WP:MYSPACE or not. See this discussion at WP:AN. If you want to discuss this further, WP:AN would be the place, but please see if your concerns have been raised and addressed at this discussion first. Chamal talk 07:22, 7 March 2009 (UTC)