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A few minutes ago I uploaded this image: [[Image:DONDworld.PNG|30px]] to replace this one: [[Image:Deal or no deal world locations.PNG|30px]] as it was missing a few countries. I typed in the name of the old image as the source file name (as I wanted to replace it, not make two images), but I did that ''before'' I chose the file I wanted (by clicking on the 'Browse' button on the upload page), so when I chose my file, the source file name changed automatically, overriding what I had just put in. There's now two images, but this one: [[Image:DONDworld.PNG|30px]] is the one that's correct. I've replaced all uses of the old image with the new one, so could someone (an admin, maybe?) delete the old image, or should I just add the 'redundant' template to it? Thanks! - [[User:Lewis R|Lewis R]] « [[User_talk:Lewis R|т]] · [[Special:Contributions/Lewis R|c]] » 20:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC) |
A few minutes ago I uploaded this image: [[Image:DONDworld.PNG|30px]] to replace this one: [[Image:Deal or no deal world locations.PNG|30px]] as it was missing a few countries. I typed in the name of the old image as the source file name (as I wanted to replace it, not make two images), but I did that ''before'' I chose the file I wanted (by clicking on the 'Browse' button on the upload page), so when I chose my file, the source file name changed automatically, overriding what I had just put in. There's now two images, but this one: [[Image:DONDworld.PNG|30px]] is the one that's correct. I've replaced all uses of the old image with the new one, so could someone (an admin, maybe?) delete the old image, or should I just add the 'redundant' template to it? Thanks! - [[User:Lewis R|Lewis R]] « [[User_talk:Lewis R|т]] · [[Special:Contributions/Lewis R|c]] » 20:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*I don't think that's a good idea. The image you were trying to overwrite is on the [[Wikipedia Commons]]. I recommend you reinstate the links you altered and try to overwrite the image there. It would be a shame to have a free image like yours not be on the commons anyway. I'll see if I can do this for you. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 20:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC) |
*I don't think that's a good idea. The image you were trying to overwrite is on the [[Wikipedia Commons]]. I recommend you reinstate the links you altered and try to overwrite the image there. It would be a shame to have a free image like yours not be on the commons anyway. I'll see if I can do this for you. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 20:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC) |
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== Service mark as subject of Wikipedia entry == |
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When a registered service mark is the subject of a Wikipedia entry, and the Wikipedia entry recognizes expressly that this is the case (that the term is a registered service mark), does not the owner of the mark have the exclusive right to define the meaning of that term under Wiki guidelines if it desires without compromise? Under the law that is the case, ie., no one can offer the services under the marks name without consent from the owner and it needs to be done precisely as defined by the owner or it is unlawful. This is, of course, separate from appropriate comment in the entry on the service provided under the mark. But does not he owner get first crack at defining what his mark stands for? Also, are you aware of other service-marked entries that might be a good example? |
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Forgetting to log in
Hey, i'm someone who keeps forgetting to log in before i edit, meaning a lot of my edits end up just being attributed to my ip address, making it sort of hard for me to keep track of my own edits.
Is there any way to like...'claim' an edit as being mine (of this user account) after the edit has been made and recorded as an anonmyous edit from my ip?
often i make an edit, and as soon as i've made it, i've realized that i haven't actually logged in. I don't suppose there's a function avaiable to re-claim that edit as being from my account? Yaksha 12:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I've done this, too, and I'd love to know how to put it right! StuFifeScotland 14:51, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Might I suggest checking the Remember Me box? It can be found under the password box just before you login. By checking this box every time you come to Wikipedia you will be automatically logged in. Just make sure that if you clear your cookies you login again as that is where most of the login information is stored. Tarret 00:28, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Hover box
How do I disable de hover box if it's not in the preferences misc?
Changing the name of an entry
In creating an entry for Whiteley Village, the word "village" in the title is all lower case. Whilst not critical it is annoying. How do I rectify that situation so that when retrieved, the title comes up correctly as "Whiteley Village"
Thank you - Wikipedia at its best. Not only do you give the answer extremely quickly but by the time I get back to the article, the title has been corrected as you suggested and the external references have been properly formatted as well - awesome!
still in my heart
how do i preveiw and listen to the song to make sure its the right 1???jay
input to swastika history
I have a book on Amazon.com called Swastika: the ancient mark of God. I am not very computor literate and tried to add what I know about the Swastika since I have solved the mystery of its Origin and use around the world. The space would not accep all the info. I thouht it might be because not logged in-but would not take my loggin said space occupied already. Got Email but lost message of how to correct. J.Ray Hunt [email removed to protect against spam]] Keep me logged in as first given. Here is what I know: The sign was the mark of the ancient Babylonian goddess ESSE pronounced ER-SHE/SHE-ER in approx. 2000 BC she was replaced by the god Marduk that absorbed all the other gods. She was She-mother earth the good god of food and water and good luck to the hunters and gathers. She began as the goddess of green growing things then to all life then to the goddess of all things her sign was the suastika/swastika which means all-the god of the six directions east-west-north-south-up-and down.However she remained in the language of the people to represent food and good luck-the word happiness means I have food. Her name is all through the languages of the world representing food and life. Words like Genesis, Jesus,messiah, essences, essenes, esophagus,eskimo, etc. etc,
Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley
Walter Devereux (c. 1431 - 1485) was a minor member of the English peerage and a loyal supporter of the Yorkist cause during the Wars of the Roses. He was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, fighting for Richard III.
Walter was born in Weobley, Herefordshire. At the age of only thirteen, Walter married Anne Ferrers - who predeceased him by seventeen years - and became Lord Ferrers of Chartley in right of his wife in 1462. As a Yorkist, he held many offices under Edward IV. In 1461 and 1469, Walter was commissioner of array for Herefordshire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire, as well as Worcestershire in 1469. He also served in 1470 and 1471, as joint commissioner of array for Herefordshire, and then again in 1474 for Herefordshire and Shropshire.
Walter's military career was also thorough. He fought at Towton in 1461, where he was made a Knight of the Garter. He also fought at Barnet and Tewkesbury.
Walter Devereux supported King Richard III during Richard's reign, and fought at Bosworth on the 22 August 1485. There, Lord Ferrers commanded in the vanguard under John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, alongside Sir Robert Brackenbury and Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. Devereux was slain during the initial fight with the Earl of Oxford's opposing van, fighting next to the young John, Lord Zouche. An in-law, Sir John Ferrers, was also killed at Bosworth.
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|style="width:30%;" rowspan="1"|Preceded by
| style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| Baron Ferrers of Chartley
1462 - 1485
before=Sir William Ferrers
| style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| Succeeded by
|-
Linking difficulties
There is an article entitled Atatürk's Reforms however I can't seem to create a link to it. The reason I bring it up is that there is an attempt to link to it in Turkish people that doesn't work and I was trying to fix it, but everything seems to be in order. If someone can figure out the problem please do so. Thanks. --24.225.95.249 08:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- The URL of the article is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk%27s_Reforms --24.225.95.249 08:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- It seems to be linking properly for me...What exactly is the problem you're having? Sorry I can't help more. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- In Turkish people there is a link to it, or an attempt to link to it, under the Culture subsection. It's written as [[Atatürk's reforms|language reforms]] which looks fine to me, but it doesn't work. The link above I think should also link to it, but does not. --24.225.95.249 08:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm looking at that article and there doesn't seem to be anything at all wrong with the link. I don't really understand what about it isn't working. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:55, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- To put it another way, this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk%27s_Reforms, does not go to that URL.--24.225.95.249 09:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- It works for me. I get to the article by clicking on the link -- Lost(talk) 09:14, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Works for me too! What page does the link go to? There is a redirect from Atatürk's reforms (small r) to Atatürk's Reforms (big R) - the second article is the one with content. Which is unfortunately wrong as second words in the title ahouldn't be capitalised but there you go :D. Other than that the links all look fine on the article you mentioned. --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 11:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- When I click on the link it takes me to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atatürk's_Reforms, but I can copy and paste the URL into IE and go to the correct article. Could there be a problem in the way IE(6) is rendering the link? Still, it seems very strange that I would be the only one having trouble and so far as I know it's never happened before.--24.225.95.249 19:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Works for me too! What page does the link go to? There is a redirect from Atatürk's reforms (small r) to Atatürk's Reforms (big R) - the second article is the one with content. Which is unfortunately wrong as second words in the title ahouldn't be capitalised but there you go :D. Other than that the links all look fine on the article you mentioned. --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 11:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- It works for me. I get to the article by clicking on the link -- Lost(talk) 09:14, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- To put it another way, this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk%27s_Reforms, does not go to that URL.--24.225.95.249 09:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm looking at that article and there doesn't seem to be anything at all wrong with the link. I don't really understand what about it isn't working. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:55, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- In Turkish people there is a link to it, or an attempt to link to it, under the Culture subsection. It's written as [[Atatürk's reforms|language reforms]] which looks fine to me, but it doesn't work. The link above I think should also link to it, but does not. --24.225.95.249 08:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages needs a little more advice
I recently used templates to propose the merging of gene knockout and knockout mice. I refered to the help page Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages for an idea of when it would be acceptable to go ahead an merge the pages but found no further advice. I would like someone to suggest whether it is appropriate to wait 30 days and then merge in the absense of objections or whether I need to obtain a minimum number of votes with at least two thirds in proposition in order to go ahead and merge the articles. If I could collect people's opinions as to an appropriate action then I will go ahead an edit the Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages article to include this advice afterwards. --Username132 (talk) 11:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Voting is evil. Try to get the opinion of the people who edited the article most recent/often and people on any related WikiProjects and try to develop a concensus. - Mgm|(talk) 11:46, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- No voting isn't evil that is a fallacy, voting is essential for concensus. The difference is most people assume a vote only has 2 or 3 possibilities. If you are asking someone to choose between merge or not merge they are voting. hmm rant over, anyway. As to the merge you mention yes get some opinions form people who have contributed and see what they think. If you get general agreement (as in most of them agreeing and the opposers not coming up with good reasons) thwen go ahead and do it. IF things get complicated with loads of discussion and argument then go for a straw poll to sort it out. If you get no real response within a week or 2 then go ahead and merge anyway! --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 11:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- I edited the above named article to inlcude the following advice
- "After proposing the merge, place your reasons on the talk page and check back in a couple of weeks for a response. You may be able to invoke a response by contacting some of the major or most-recent contributors via their respective talk-pages. If there is a clear agreement after two weeks, that the articles should be merged then go ahead and merge them. If there is no response after four weeks then go ahead and merge the articles." --Username132 (talk) 15:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I edited the above named article to inlcude the following advice
- No voting isn't evil that is a fallacy, voting is essential for concensus. The difference is most people assume a vote only has 2 or 3 possibilities. If you are asking someone to choose between merge or not merge they are voting. hmm rant over, anyway. As to the merge you mention yes get some opinions form people who have contributed and see what they think. If you get general agreement (as in most of them agreeing and the opposers not coming up with good reasons) thwen go ahead and do it. IF things get complicated with loads of discussion and argument then go for a straw poll to sort it out. If you get no real response within a week or 2 then go ahead and merge anyway! --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 11:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Self-published source
Hi,
I am the author of an XML tutorial called Caffè XML (Caffè XML) and I would like to add the link of the tutorial on the XML page of Wikipedia under the section External Links. However, I red on the Wikipedia official policy that self-published sources are largely not accepted with the exception of well-known professional researches in the relevant field. Should I edit the page myserf or not?
I teach XML at the University "G. D'Annunzio" (Italy) and I do research on the XML field. You can find more about me on my personal web page at Massimo Franceschet Home Page.
Best regards,
Massimo Franceschet 192.167.92.41 13:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- The best idea would be to post your suggestion for an external link on the article's talk page and then let other editors familiar with the subject decide if it merits inclusion. This is recommended by WP:EL. --Hetar 17:27, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
what is WYSIWYG page editing
I have seen many Wiki applications on the comparison chart and I don't understand the difference between having and not having WYSIWYG page editing. At first I thought it meant that I would have a little text editor but I visited one that says didn't have this option (WYSIWYG page editing) and it did have one. Can someone please help me with this and if you can clear it up bu showing me a wiki with and without this feature and the differrence. Thanks.
- It stands for "What You See Is What You Get". We actually have an article on the concept. - Mgm|(talk) 16:06, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- WYSIWYG is 'What You See Is What You Get', the software or interface that in theory shows you as you are editing what it will look like when it is published. In contrast to our WP edit window, in which we see text and formatting codes, and we have to preview in order to see what it will look like when it is published. Anchoress 16:07, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Uh New Message Bar Problem
Every time i go on Hurricane Kate (2003), the new message bar appears, when i check, nothing has changed.Can someone explain this problem.Mitchazenia 16:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
image
I am trying to post a picture that I've uploaded to a page and I'm not sure how to do it. the image I uploaded is gg_RIPcard.png and I'm trying to post it on the ghostgirl entry.
Thank you for your time and help.
- Simply add the following text to the article: [[Image:Gg RIPecard.png|thumb|350px]] More information can be found at Help:Images and other uploaded files. --Hetar 17:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
adding a discussion topic
How do I add a new topic to a discussion page?Classicragger 16:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Simply click on the little + sign at the top of the page. More info at Help:Talk page. --Hetar 17:25, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I am a new user. I just signed up today and my IP address is blocked for inapproiate langusge. How do I resolve this issue?
To contest a block, add the text {{unblock}} on your discussion page, along with an explanation of why you believe the block is incorrect. --DrunkenSmurf 17:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Help Desperately Needed for Writing Links to Contributions Page
I'm trying to make a link on my user page to my contributions page, but I don't know how to write the link. Could someone please help me? And while I'm on this subject, how do you write internal links where the link gives you a page that has a different title than the exact words you clicked on (example: having a link reading Greek redirect to the Greek Language page)?--The Great Honker 17:13, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Use [[Special:Contributions/YOURUSERNAME]] to add a link to your contributions page. The answer to your other questions refers to what is known as piping. An example of how to do this would be [[Greek Language|Greek]] which shows up as Greek. More info at Help:Link. --Hetar 17:22, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Citing sources on the Shawn Green article
I have read the citing sources article WP:CITE/ES but I am still having problems actually doing it on the Shawn Green article. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help. Benje309 18:02, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- The <references/> tag (note the final /) stands alone, without repeating the references. And cite .... needs to be {{cite ... lines ... }}. That nearly fixes it. Notinasnaid 18:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've fixed it in the article. After the point you are referencing you should include the source within <ref> tags, like so:
...in the playoff hunt.<ref> {{cite news |url=http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2001/0905/1248286.html |publisher=ESPN/Alan Schwarz |title=Green to sit out on Yom Kippur |date=September 5, 2001 }} </ref>
- Then, in your references section you should include the <references/> tag which will produce show all the references you have cited in the article, like so:
==References== <references/>
- You can see the result in the article now. --Cherry blossom tree 18:33, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
download
please how can one download contra game
thanks
Now I have real "Big Text"
A few minutes ago, I accidentally hit my elbow on the keyboard on this site and now all the text is really bit like I'm an old person that can't see the regular text. It's annoying the hell out of me. Is there a way to get it back to normal? FireSpike 18:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hold Ctrl and roll the wheel up, or go to View, Text size, and pick whatever one you want. talk to JD wants e-mail 19:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Just come back when you're old, and it will be perfect! · rodii · 20:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Using Pictures From Foreign Wikipedia
Works on the Dutch wikipedia (nl) [Bakfiets] but not over here. Please advise. --Username132 (talk) 19:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Right. See if you can copy the image to wikimedia commons? (ask for further help if you can't figure that out?) Kim Bruning 19:48, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds like an inefficient system to have multiple copies of an image for different languages. --Username132 (talk) 20:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yes. Often pictures are stored on commons: , to allow everyone to share. For some historical reasons, not all images on nl.wikipedia are stored on commons, however. The easiest way is to just download this image, and upload it back to commons, this should be legal to do. Kim Bruning 20:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds like an inefficient system to have multiple copies of an image for different languages. --Username132 (talk) 20:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Error in main, multilingual, page.
There is an error in the main multilingual page, www.wikipedia.org. "Slovencina" (which I believe is slovene) is listed twice. One links to the slovene, www.sl.wikipedia.org, the other to the slovak, www.sk.wikipedia.org. I believe the slovak link should be entitled "Slovensko" which means "slovak" in slovak.
Also, when I typed in the non-existent URL: http://www.en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_page, I was lead to the Wikimedia equivalent of the 404 page and there is a mistake on that page as well. Slovensko and slovencina are both listed there, but the links are inversed. Slovencina wrongly points to www.sk.wikipedia.org and Slovensko wrongly points to www.sl.wikipedia.org. It should be the inverse.
I don't know how to edit those pages, does anyone know how?
Thanks,
J-Y
- You have to edit the portal pages, which are all situated at Meta. —Daniel (‽) 20:26, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia Edit
What the HELL is wrong with you?!?!?!?!?!? I work for WBOC/FOX21 Delmarva, created the page, and you redericted it to WBOC??????? Yes WBOC owns it, but we wanted it to be a seperate site. IT IS A SEPERATE OPPERATION, A SEPERATE AFFILIATE, YOU BITCHES
- Stop shouting, stop insulting people and stop using so many punctuation marks. Discuss things calmly on the talk pages of the relevant articles, and people will explain to you why you are wrong. Chill. —Daniel (‽) 20:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Picture not cooperating
Freight bicycle now has a picture but it isn't keeping to the right and it isn't showing the caption that I gave it. --Username132 (talk) 20:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've fixed it, you simply forgot to include the parameter
thumb
in the image code. Glad I could help. —Daniel (‽) 20:40, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I have a large table, Template:Virginia State Highways that is rather large and I would like to have hidden by default when I use it. What code do I need to add to the table to have this happen? --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 21:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- I believe you will have to include class="NavFrame" in the <div> area, however I might be wrong. This probably just hides it when there are multiple templates. Try it, and it might work, although I am not exactly sure. Ryūlóng 21:33, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Can CutManFan and Gamefreak426 vote in my RfA if I run for adminship?
Please check my talk page for that and more questions I would like answered on my talk page. Random the Scrambled 21:43, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Image upload help
Hi, I'm a recent Wikipedian here. So far, I've helped with text edits of Wikipedia articles. I'd like to further contribute to the article Saki Nijino with a pic of said character, but the Wikipedia copyright rules are puzzling me like hell (and while I have a good level of English, it's still not my native language, so those complicated rules are even further puzzling me). The pic I've found directly comes from Konami's (game company which own the Tokimeki Memorial franchise, from which the character comes from) official website. Is the use of that pic is fair use, and thus useable in Wikipedia ? And if so, which tag should I use to go along with the pic ? -- AceNoctali 22:29, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sure, go ahead. It doesn't matter where you get your picture from. From WP:TAGS, I think you could use {{Game-screenshot}}? WP 07:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- That picture is not a game screenshot : it's an official artwork. So, I don't think the screenshot tag will fit. Which tag shall I use then ? -- AceNoctali 10:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Editing the Hinchliffe Stadium entry
There's a line describing the stadium that's set ABOVE the first "edit" link and that doesn't appear in the first edit box (i.e., when you click the first [edit] link). Like the rest of the original entry about the stadium I've taken the liberty of editing, it sounds a bit shall we say uninformed: "Hinchliffe...is an old stadium...etc..." But because it IS above the edit link, I don't seem to have the option of editing it....or do I? Does the original entry have to be deleted and the whole thing started over?141.153.165.218 22:40, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hi!. You can choose to edit an entire article by clicking "edit this page" from the menu at the top of a Wikipedia article. This will allow you to edit the first section, as well as the entire article in one fell swoop. However, if you want to edit just the top section, locate the URL address of one of the edit links (you can do so by right clicking on one, choosing properties, and copying the url), then paste that address into your address bar and change the section number at the end, i.e., "section=1" to zero—"section=o"--Fuhghettaboutit 23:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- There is a user script available which will show a tab allowing you to edit the '0th section'. Create an account, and go to your monobook.js file - if you register the account name 'Account123', your monobook will be at User:Account123/monobook.js. Or you can follow this link: Special:Mypage/monobook.js. Then copy and paste the contents of Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add edit section 0 into that page, purge your cache (instructions will be at the top of your monobook page), and you're done. Disclaimer: I don't use it, so can't swear that it works, I just remembered seeing it at Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts. --Sam Blanning(talk) 00:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice! I have now successfully edited the page using the "edit this page" option on the menu bar, but I'm glad to know the other tricks too.
Default Wikipedia
I seem to remember a couple years ago when going to wikipedia.org would just take you to the en wikipedia.. It's a bit of a hassle to hit English every time I want to visit wikipedia (sorry, google cannot be deposed as the ultimate browser home page!) and so... is there any way to skip the wikipediae portal page? --Froth 22:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- You can just type in en.wikipedia.org (which is actually shorter!), and you will be taken directly to the English version. Prodego talk 22:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- it's not shorter than just typing "wikipedia.org" .. Is there any way to set my default wikipedia? --Froth 04:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
IE 7 Font Style/Size
I'm sight impaired. When I'm using IE 7 to search/read Wikipedia I find the font style/size to be very hard to read -- this in spite of the fact that I've got IE 7's font setting on the largest size. The font used for FireFox is fine (I can't use FireFox at work though). Any ideas? P645n 23:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Have you tried using the page zoom feature? There should be a button on the bottom-right corner of the window that says 100% or something; or you can hold Ctrl and roll the wheel in your mouse, if it has one. talk to JD wants e-mail 23:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Saving a draft of an edit
How can I save a draft of a edit that I am still working on so that I can complete it later before posting?Classicragger 00:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Copy and paste it into Notepad. Or if you'd rather keep it online, start a 'work in progress' page in your userspace, e.g. User:Classicragger/Sandbox. --Sam Blanning(talk) 00:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Experiencing technical dificulties...
Hello, and thanks for taking the time to help. Your page has been my home page for ages now and I love your site. Only reciently, as in yesterday, have I had a problem. When I try to get to your English Home Page Only I get a prompt to save or not the page. I have tried doing so, but I still get the same windows prompt, and am unable to access it normaly. Far as I can tell, nothing on my end has changed and NO OTHER PAGE ANYWHERE does this. Bright ideas? Oh, I have gone to saved links I have to your content and they all work fine. Please contact me at Andrew(dot)Blikken(A)gmail(dot)com Email address obfuscated to prevent eternal spamming :)--Deon555talkReview 01:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if I completely understand your problem, but is it possible you're right-clicking when you try to get to the Wikipedia home page? That could give you a menu asking if you want to save the target page or not. -- Natalya 02:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Internet Explorer tries to save Main_Page instead of opening
Hi Guys, not sure if anyone has had this but when surfing from this page: http://www.wikipedia.org/ and clicking on the English button IE give me a prompt "File download. some files can harm your computer etc etc. File name: Main_Page File type: From: en.wikipedia.org would you like to open the file or save it to your computer?" I then try to select open which then asks me what program do i want to use to open Main_Page
Any ideas? have just patched IE up to the hilt but hasn't changed behaviour. Firefox just works, but unfortunately the company uses IE as standard :|
Cheers Sean
Thanks for your response. I don't have a login so don't have preferences. This behaviour seems sporadic, sometimes it opens the english wikipedia, sometimes it doesn't and prompts for download. I work in support of MS platforms and have had a job logged to me from a client. So far only wikipedia pages appear to exhibit this symptom. IE 6 - multiple versions are effected. Sean
Problems getting to a page.
Every time I try to search the Wikipedia say for loopback once I click on result it asks me if I want to download loopback file? If I do it’s just a binary file if I look at it using WinHex.
Not sure what the problem is why I’m not getting to the page?
I&I&Wiki
- Your problem sounds much like the previous question. Try if the answer to the question before this one worked. - Mgm|(talk) 04:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Image:Macau International Airport.jpg
Help in determining the correct copyright tag to use for Image:Macau International Airport.jpg would be much appreciated. Alr 05:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- "which I remember to have been produced by the Macanese government." could be a problem. Memories have made mistakes in the past. If it's made by a commercial ad-creator we're probably out of luck. Perhaps someone can contact the airport and ask? - Mgm|(talk) 07:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- My guess would be that it was produced by an ad company or something similar. Alr 18:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Corporations Listing
I am concerned that companies are using the medium as a naked form of advertising - see Nationwide Building Society for example. Can any corporation promote itself like this? Best regards
- No, Wikipedia has a strict policy against advertising. As far as I can see Nationwide Building Society isn't abused to promote the company, although I will change the opening line. Anyway, since this company appears to be "the largest building society in the world with approximately 11 million members, 15 million accounts and employs 15,500 people across the UK" and since "it is the only UK building society to clear its own cheques, and the only UK financial institution to offer completely fee-free transactions (both electronic and cash withdrawals) worldwide with their VISA branded cards." means it's noteworthy for inclusion, at least in my own opinion. - Mgm|(talk) 07:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
writing articles
Why do you have to make it so hard? I have tried to add articles on two poets. One - Catherine Fisher - was deleted by someone called Adam Bishop due to "copyright violation". But all the stuff on it came from her web site, which I wrote, with her agreement! The other, on Paul Henry, has a note saying "please wikify as suggested in style guidelines". I can't see how it contravenes them and frankly the bloody things are so long that no one with a job/life would have time to read the lot. That's the last time I try....
- Thank you for your contribution, and sorry you were disappointed. On copyright violations: anyone could say they wrote stuff, and so you have to prove claims to own what you write, quite thoroughly. Look at it the other way round: suppose someone went to your site, and copied all your work and claimed to have written it. Copyright is vital, and you should be happy, as a creator, that Wikipedia is diligent in protecting it. This is why it's generally preferred to rewrite even your own material. The other note doesn't mean you have to do it. As a new editor, you won't know how to wikify, but if you stay you'll learn. Remember that it's a collaborative project: someone else is likely to wikify it. In fact, that is already happening. Notinasnaid 09:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- As a member of WikiProject Wikify maybe I can help. Many articles such as the one you wrote have good content but need reformatting with section headings etc. Also words can be linked to specific Wiki articles to provide other information. I wikified your Article to give you some idea of the process. I hope that explains it for you :D --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 10:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
sql installation
when iam installig sql2005 iam getting 1305runtime error
- 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's the link to post a question there: . I hope this helps. - Tangotango 12:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Editing Article name
I would like to know that if it is possible to edit the title name of an article. I added an article with title name being in all small caps and it doesn't seem to get linked to anything because of that or maybe for some other reason. Editing allows me to change the whole text but the title, how can i just make the first alphabet of an article's title Caps? thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Singhshady (talk • contribs) .
- You have to move the article. See Help:Moving a page. Garion96 (talk) 15:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Article or Section may require Cleanup
Dear Wikipedia, I have just read the Wikipedia article on the Fairbanks House, Dedham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_House,_Dedham), and noted that a note is included at the beginning of the article stating that "To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup." I am not the author of the article, and have never contributed to Wikipedia. However, I am the current Director/Curator of the Fairbanks House, and am definitely concerned to make sure that the information on the House remains available to Wikipedia users. Is it possible for you to let me know what cleanup needs to be made in order to meet the quality standards? Is that something in which it would be useful for me to become involved? Thank you, Alex Service, Director/Curator, the Fairbanks House
- The way the current article is written, it has very little wikilinking, just one long section, not much of sources. To see what a good article is, have a look at any of our featured articles and this guide -- Lost(talk) 15:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I can't get the following signature to work properly
Random the Scrambled Vandalism and other nonsense! 13:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Please help. It looks right because it got distorted when I placed it in here, and I had to fix it manually. It really looks like this:
Random th<font color=green>[[User:Mr. Random/Esperanza|e]]</font> [[User talk:Mr. Random|Scrambled]] [[User:Mr. Random/Sandbox|Vandalism and other nonsense!]] 13:38, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Have you checked the "raw signature" tab in your prefs? -- Lost(talk) 15:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- No. Random the Scrambled 16:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Try checking and saving. It worked for me. Or have you tried it already? -- Lost(talk) 18:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
It says "Invalid raw signature, check HTML tags". I'm pretty sure it's referring to the green "e". How do I keep it green and get rid of the HTML? Random the Scrambled (Vandalism and other nonsense!) 18:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)- Never mind. That was just an error in my HTML coding (forgot to put "green" in quotes). Thanks, Lost. Random the Scrambled (?)(Vandalism and other nonsense!) 18:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Try checking and saving. It worked for me. Or have you tried it already? -- Lost(talk) 18:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- No. Random the Scrambled 16:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikilinks in different versions of English
Hello. If I discover a page with a red link because the link and the page title are spelled in different versions of English (e.g. the link is spelled in British English but the article is titled in American English), what is the proper course of action? Should I 1. Change the spelling on the page? 2. Make it a piped link to the correct page? or 3. Create a redirect from the British spelling to the American spelling? — Michael J 19:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Articles are written in the type of English that is relevant to the subject. So a page on Doctor Who should be in British English, Statue of Liberty in American English. Either piped links or redirects work. Personally, I would use redirects so other people who use the different spelling will have the advantage of the redirect in articles afterwards. - Mgm|(talk) 19:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- In general, all common alternate spellings can be redirected, like Mgm said, to aid in the ease of searching for users in the future. You'll probably want to add the {{R from alternate spelling}} template to the redirect, too. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 22:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Forcing a full horizontal break?
Have a look at my user page. In the awards gallery, the awards overlap each other. How can I make a full horizontal break that forces a barnstar image to go below the previous ones, even if it thinks there's still room to the right of them? And how can I make the list of condensed userboxes go below the Babel list? JIP | Talk 19:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, simply insert <br style="clear:both" /> after the image code and you should get the results you want for the horizontal break -- Lost(talk) 20:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
North Carolina Legal Encyclopedia
what is the name of Legal Encyclopedia for the state of North Carolina and the abbreviation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.194.123.10 (talk • contribs) .
- 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's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Garion96 (talk) 20:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Major editing tag
Could someone tell me what the template is that tells other editors that you are making major changes and asks them to hold off on editing until finished. I remember seeing it before, but can't remember what it was called. Thanks for any help, Newnam(talk) 20:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- One of them is {{Underconstruction}} -- Lost(talk) 20:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
PAGE NOT FOUND
the wikipedia site doesnt work, it says page not found
- You seem to have found it now. Perhaps you misspellt the address, or the server was down at the time. —Daniel (‽) 20:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- If it's not working, you wouldn't be able to post this message. Just try again. - Mgm|(talk) 04:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
New voice
Hello there,
I've contributed modifing some voice (about 20 minor changes) and then registering. :-)
I would like to insert a new voice/page and adding it in the page category.
Can you help me?
thanks
FrancoK
- What are these "voice" that you speak of? I am unsure as to what you mean in Wikipedia terminology. Ryūlóng 22:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_security under "Pages in category "Computer security" " I would like to insert a new voice pointing to a new page.
- Are you talking abouting userpages? If you are see Wikipedia:User page (shortcut:WP:UP).--Porsche997SBS 20:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
No.
Thank you for your help.
FrancoK
past alumni yearbooks 1974-1976
I am trying to find a graduate from 1974-1976.
- This is not really anything we can help you with. Wikipedia does not keep information like this. Perhaps you should try elsewhere. Ryūlóng 22:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- To get any kind of helpful answer you should specify the country and school you are talking about. - Mgm|(talk) 04:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
ANSWERED- About article discussion pages...
I clicked random article, and it brought me to Dragon Booster. I went to the discussion page, when I noticed that the page looks pretty much like a forum for the show and possibly video games relating to the show. Is it okay if I put a note and clear it out? Abby724 22:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- I would recommend archiving the talk page and then clearing it. See Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page. — Reinyday, 01:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you! Abby724 01:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
science fiction book stub
I'm currently adding to the stub Vampire Earth.How can I remove stub staus?
- When you edit the page there should be something near the bottom that looks like this:
- {{X-stub}}
- If you delete it the stub notice will be gone! Ziggurat 23:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Downloading Wikipedia
I was reading an article in Make DIY Magazine from August of last year where they tell you how to make a portable encyclopedia using wikipedia and something like a palm-pilot. In the article it describes how to upgrade the device, and it says that he downloaded Wikipedia (at the time it was about 500,000 articles), and then transferred it to the device. I believe the article said that it only took up about 400-500 MB.
My question is; How do you download Wikipedia(all 1,000,000+ articles) for use offline? (aside from saving every single article individually)
- I'm sure there's software that'll do it, for example the Encyclopodia. To download Wikipedia you'd have to copy the database; see Wikipedia:Database download. Ziggurat 23:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Info Boxes
I noticed how a lot of pages have those infoboxes and I noticed how there are lots of different types like tv show, buffyverse character and more.
I was wondering, how do you make your own infobox?
--Fugabutacus 00:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- You can simply go to an article with an infobox that fits your purposes, go into edit mode, copy the code of the box, paste it into the artilce you want to add it to and change the parameters for that article's information. You can also explore various types of blank infoboxes at Category:Infobox templates.--Fuhghettaboutit 00:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Adding a disambiguation to a page with only one current meaning
Hello all, thanks for any help:
at www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Ready , the only thing that comes up is a Hong Kong Television show. However, I would like to add another meaning to this, a new 2006 book that just came out through Xlibris, also called Always Ready. Now, this is my first time adding to wikipedia. Here is the evidence I am going to use in citing: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14081404/ . Pretty much, I would like to create another disambiguation for 'Always Ready' that would be a short explanation of this book, but of course would be secondary to the TV show...for example, maybe if anyone went to www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Ready they would be initially be directed to the TV show, but on top it would say: "if you are looking for the spy novel Always Ready, click here" or however that normal link away goes.
How could I add this second page?
Thanks so much! ChowderInopa 01:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- You want {{Otheruses4}}. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for more info. MECU≈talk 01:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Self-published books, especially the ones for which you have to pay to get them published, are generally not considered notable. Make sure the CIA review and MSNBC article and the CIA review are included in the article to avoid deletion. Also, a short line to indicate any notability the author may have would also help. - Mgm|(talk) 04:51, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Newbie unable to stay registered when editing an Image page
I just became a registered user, ID docduke. I have confirmed my email address.
I made a really trivial change (ar -> an) in the text of:
title=Image:Construction_of_Golden_rectangle.svg&action=edit§ion=1
When I was looking at the page, it showed me as logged in. However, when I attempted to edit a section, the edit screen came up telling me that I was not logged in. The change was made, but after the edit was saved, I noticed that there was no "history" tab on the page, so there was no way to determine whether the edit was attributed to my ID or my IP address.
While looking at the FAQs before posting this, I tried a section edit button, and it worked normally (by normally, I mean like the MediaWiki I have installed on another of my home computers).
Is there something odd about the "Golden_rectangle" page? Do I need to do something special to remain "logged in" during editing that page? If this problem is new to you, how can I document the problem if someone wants to look into it?
Thanks!
- You say that editing worked on a MediaWiki hosted on a home computer. Have you checked your browser settings to make sure cookies from external sites are enabled? Also, have you tried editing another page (the sandbox, for example) on Wikipedia? Let us know how it goes. Cheers, Tangotango 01:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- What page did you try and edit? Construction_of_Golden_rectangle.svg doesn't seem to exist. MECU≈talk 01:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, okay. You tried to edit Image:Construction_of_Golden_rectangle.svg, which is not hosted on the English Wikipedia - it's an image included from Wikimedia Commons. At the moment, you need a separate account to edit Commons pages, and logins are not synchronised - that is why you found yourself logged out. The history can be found at [1]. Cheers, Tangotango 02:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
I guess there is a steep learning curve here. I just responded to your first comment, and got my changes deleted by simultaneous editing with you.
For other readers, the full URL is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Construction_of_Golden_rectangle.svg
which looks to me like wikipedia, but I'm new around here...
Docduke 02:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- You can tell a Wikipedia-hosted image from a Commons-hosted image by looking at the tabs at the top of the page - if the "image" tab is red, then it's a Commons image. If blue, then it's a Wikipedia image. Commons images are also designated by the "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below." banner that appears under the image. Cheers, Tangotango 02:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
How to go to top instantly?
Some pages are quite long and when I reach the dead end how to go to top instantly? Using the slide bar causes inconvenience. Any help? 59.94.74.153 04:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Amitabh Bachchan
Dear All , great fans of Big B,
I made some mistake while editing abt Big B's new filem Ganga, and did soem goof up.
Can any one pl. help me to get that sam recitified.
I did took the copy of the html page, but due to sme problem in my machine it didnt got saved.
Pl. help on urgent basis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hlv5 (talk • contribs)
- I am not sure about your question, but people at Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cinema may be able to help you out. Just post a request on the talk page. -- Lost(talk) 06:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think he's talking about Big B's 2007 film GANGA, but so far I haven't been able to find any article on that film. - Mgm|(talk) 07:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- He messed up a big template based table. Seems to have been fixed already. - Mgm|(talk) 07:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Cannot change the skin back to default.
Hello, I was experimenting with changing the skin and now I cannot change the current skin (I forgot the name of the current skin). The "skin" link on "My preferences" is not working.
Please change the skin to the default skin so that I can work.
Thank you Best regards Musten Jiruwala — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musten (talk • contribs)
unde pot sa confirm asresa de mail?
unde pot sa confirm asresa de mail? kiruna — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.136.57.110 (talk • contribs)
- I beg your pardon, but the vast majority of users here speak English. If you do speak English, you may get help much faster by trying that, or you can wait for someone who recognizes that language, or you can try posting at another Wikipedia -- my current guess is that is the one, but I could be wrong. Good luck! Luna Santin 06:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not sure you'll find many here who speak Romanian. I certainly don't - but I think you're asking how you confirm your email address. You should have received an email from Wikipedia when you signed up. Once you've done that, you'll have a link that you can click on to confirm the email address. Either click on it, or paste the address into the location bar of your browser. That's all there is to it. You might be interested in the Romanian Wikipedia if you don't already know about it. Waitak 07:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Liability
Will I be liable for editing a legal topic (e.g., criminal law, torts, contracts) if someone else relies on it and is harmed by doing so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.41.220 (talk • contribs)
- You are accountable for the changes you make, but whether you are liable is a legal question which I cannot answer. I'm not a lawyer. I don't recommend editing any type of topic you don't know about. Do your research first. If you do that well, you don't have to worry about liability. - Mgm|(talk) 07:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia as a whole disclaims liablity in the general disclaimer and more specifically, the legal disclaimer. Of course, I disclaim responsblity for knowing weather those documents might hold up in court or not, but as mentioned above, doing your research beforehand is likley the best defense.24.20.69.240 07:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Neutrality
How do I dispute the neutrality of an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.35.110.62 (talk • contribs)
- In the first instance, post a comment on the article's talk page, raising your concerns. It is worth reading through the existing talk page to see if the concerns have already been discussed. Give at least a week, I think, before any further action. Notinasnaid 07:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Really? Then you have a lot more patience than me, lol. Unless it's an issue being actively worked on as evidenced by talkpage activity, I just slap a {{subst:POV}} tag on the article and explain why on the talk page. Anchoress 08:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I suppose it depends on how egregious it is. But there is a particular problem of people who just add the tag to the article and go away without adding anything to the talk page at all. I consider this little better than vandalism. Notinasnaid 08:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, I agree. I'm inclined to remove unsubstantiated tags. It is vandalism of a sort, IMO. Anchoress 08:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- In short: Make talk page comment, wait for a bit, slap on tag... Do it all and you're doing it right. - Mgm|(talk) 09:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
image sensor
Dear sir,
We are working in Engineering industry. We have several casting frames which has different sizes of the holes ( ie..around 50 to 100 nos in a plane ).
Our Query :-
1. How to ensure all holes are drilled by using mobile image sensor and also dimensional aspect?
2. If possible please provide all the details to mail ID - < email deleted >
3. In addition to that we request you provide address details/Contact person in India.
With Regards N.Jothiramalingam Manager QA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.90.124.69 (talk • contribs)
- Dear N.Jothiramalingam. I think you must have mixed us up with a different web site. Regrettably, we are just an encyclopedia. Notinasnaid 08:57, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Deleting articles
Hi, I am not very good with computers, so I need help with deleting a certain page. However, I am not sure that I have correctly requested it to be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tpetrolo (talk • contribs)
- Actually you have not. The article in question was created by you and not substantially edited by anybody else. So the easiest way out would be to put {{db-author}} on top of the article. This will ensure speedy deletion of the article -- Lost(talk) 10:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
DISTANCE BETWEEN VIKRIL EAST AND ANDHERI EAST
Distance between Vikril east and Andheri east?
- I put what I could tell of your question in the correct format. Please follow the guidelines at the top of the page. — [Mac Davis] (talk)
Question
- Moved to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science
How do I
I wanted to know if there is a way that I may write bios or facts about people, places or things that are not already in Wikipedia? Please contact me and let me know how would go about doing this, or whom I need to speak with to further discuss this matter. Thank you.
Robert Carpenter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcarp88 (talk • contribs)
- Specifically for bios, you may consider joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. Regarding articles that are not on wikipedia but are requested, you need to go here and click on the topic of your choice, pick a red link and start typing away keeping in mind the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines -- Lost(talk) 13:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Pentagon attack.
- Moved to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science
Template for other article user may have actually been looking for
On the regulation of gene expression article, I have placed
- Gene modulation redirects here. For information on therapeutic regulation of gene expression, see therapeutic gene modulation.
-- is this appropriate and is there a template I ought to use? --Username132 (talk) 16:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, its appropriate. Had the other link gone to a disambig page, you could have used {{Redirect}}. You may also find some other relevant templates here-- Lost(talk) 16:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- See more info and other templates to use at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. MECU≈talk 16:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Editing tag?
I'm sure there is an editing tag I can put up? It basically tells other editors that I am about to spend quite a while editing the article so please can they wait before making any edits?
--Charlesknight 17:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think {{Inuse}} is the template you are looking for. Hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit 17:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks that's the one! --Charlesknight 17:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Great!--Fuhghettaboutit 17:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks that's the one! --Charlesknight 17:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Song Lyrics
I have edited many song articles on Wikipedia by adding the lyrics of the song. However, many of these articles are swiftly changed to remove the lyrics. So basically I would like to ask why I cannot seem to add lyrics to articles on songs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gedmundo (talk • contribs)
- song lyrics are covered by copyright. We can't include them.Geni 20:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
GENERAL PARTNERSHIP?
SHOW ME EX: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.61.41.57 (talk • contribs)
- Hi there. Do you have a question about using Wikipedia? 24.20.69.240 20:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Whay are some words/links red while all others are blue?
See above — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.177.8 (talk • contribs)
marking for deletion an article which was previously deleted and resurfaced
- I've just stumbled on this article, which is nothing more than a vanity article. I was trying to mark it for deletion but it seems that it was already deleted in the past but was rewritten, which hinders the AfD process. So, what option do I have to re-brand it as a AfD? What is the normal procedure to mark AfD an article which has a history of being deleted and rewritten? --Mecanismo | Talk 22:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- There's two answers. When nominating a good page for a second (or later) AfD, you can use {{afdx}} (example: {{afdx|2nd}} or {{afdx|3rd}}). In the case of this page, {{db-repost}} might be more appropriate. :) Luna Santin 22:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks! And it seems that someone already deleted the article. Very nice. But isn't it also possible to lock the article or some other procedure to stop that from happening? --Mecanismo | Talk 17:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yup. When an article keeps being recreated, an admin may protect the page so that nobody can create the article again. — Dark Shikari talk/contribs 22:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Creating Pages
Hello, I was just wondering, How does one create a page/article on wikipedia?
Please direct your answer to this following e-mail address: e-mail removed to stop spam
Thank you very much,
-C. Harrison
- Welcome, try Help:Starting a new page.--Andeh 23:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Deleting a section
When one deletes a section, an ugly empty paragraph remains behind, which has to be deleted separately. Is there any way to prevent this? Shinobu 23:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Instead of a section edit to remove the section, you could edit the whole article and then remove the section. Garion96 (talk) 23:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikiproject Irish Dancing?
Hello. I would like to know if there is a WikiProject about Irish step dancing. I myself am not involved in it, but a very close friend of mine is. I would like to help out if it exists, and if it does not, I want to take steps to make it. Thank you for your help!--Chili14 00:35, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- A look at Wikipedia:List of WikiProjects and the 'Descendant WikiProjects' section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Dance suggests not. It seems like an awfully specific subject for a WikiProject - are there really enough articles that would be covered by it to make it needed? --Sam Blanning(talk) 00:55, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
people from omaha nebraska
I have a cousin that is a singer and actor....he is not listed with the people from omaha nebraska....He is a member of the group The Platters...how do i get him on the list
- Just go to Notable natives of Omaha, Nebraska, click the edit this page at the top of the page, and edit it. WP 01:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Note that people added to the list should be noteworthy enough for their own individual article. See WP:BIO for our guidelines on notability of people generally - WP:MUSIC also has guidelines on notability of bands. If your cousin was a member of the The Platters, as in the famous rock and roll band of the 50s and 60s, he would certainly be notable enough, but I'm guessing he's a member of a different one. --Sam Blanning(talk) 01:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- It could be THE Platters; several of the members' names are redlinked in the band's article. Anchoress 01:05, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
How to submit an article
It's all too much. I tried to look something up and the page said nothing existed on the subject. I'd like to submit an article to rectify that. I don't want to edit anyting. I want to create a whole new entry. I created an account. I can sign in on the account. I can't figure out how to submit the article. My user name is Prof. Wordo. My name is Bill Moore My email is <e-mail removed to prevent spam> Any suggestions?
- Best bet to start out is Wikipedia:Your first article and Help:Starting a new page. --TeaDrinker 01:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
I need help a.s.a.p.
I am making a Wikipedia for a band called Until Escape. I have made several attempts to make the page look good but it seems I keep getting taged due to lack of editing. I don't know what to do!
Theplasticsky 03:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Theplasticsky (email removed)
- There are three tags. The first and second are essentially the same, asking you to link to other articles. That seems to be done already. The third however asks you to establish notability for the band. Just go through the guidelines for Wikipedia:Notability (music) to understand more about it. Otherwise the article stands the risk of being tagged for deletion on the grounds that it is not notable enough to be included in Wikipedia. Please let us know if you need any further help -- Lost(talk) 04:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Another thing is the way it's written.
- Instead of saying:
- "In 2005 a threesome band from Brighton, United Kingdom, was being formed. Davey Redfern (guitar, vocals), Rob Kempson (bass guitar), and Mark Wyss on drums."
- You should have said:
- "Until Escape is a British grunge-specializing rock band. Formed in Brighton, United Kingdom in 2005, the band has three members. Davey Redfern is the band's guitarist and vocalist, while Rob Kempson plays bass guitar and Mark Wyss is the drummer of the band."
- Instead of saying:
- --Porsche997SBS 20:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Posting notice on article that a major expansion or rewrite is in the works.
I want to know how to flag an article for other would-be editors to notify them that I am working on a significant rewrite. Is this recommended? If so what is the recommended method?
Please post reply on my talk page. (I'm still spending an inordinant amount of time looking for what I want.)GrahameKing 04:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
multiple delete/POV-check
Hi,
I need some help with possible multiple deletion & POV check. Could someone email me from my user page? TKS! Ling.Nut 15:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Never mind I found the answers. Tks.
Oldest woman & mother in Malaysia reported in local newspaper (The Star)
Hello,
I'm Nigel Ooi from Malaysia. I wish to express your interest to read the articles as shown below: 1. Oldest woman http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/26/nation/15225827&sec=nation
2. Oldest mother http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/19/nation/15185587&sec=nation
I hope the article are useful for your attention.
Regards, Nigel Ooi
- Exactly what is your question? If you want to request an article be created, you can do so here. However I'm not sure that's what you're asking —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 04:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Newuserlog
Does anybody know where I can acquire the newuserlog extension? I checked on Meta already, and Mr. Bjarmason does not appear to be responding to enquiries at the moment. --Emufarmers(T/C) 17:34, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- This page is for help with Wikipedia, for help with MediaWiki (the software, you need to ask for help at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Communication (it's the bottom right icon in the box at the top of this page). - Mgm|(talk) 19:16, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Problem finding an image
I have uploaded Image:Urashima shore.jpg which I can access by clicking in the link in "My Contributions"; however, it is inaccessible in an article: it will show as a red link. I don't understand why this is, as I'm sure that I have used the code properly to show the image. I have used it in an edit of The Picture of Dorian Gray article on the 23rd August. Does anyone know what's going on, or am I just being slow? -Adasta- 17:52, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- I have no problem making it show up. It is possibly a cacheing issue - see WP:CACHE. --Cherry blossom tree 18:04, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
modifying public domain images
The description of PD-USGov-CIA-WF says the image has been copied and/or modified (from the CIA World Factbook). Is there any point at which I am obliged to indicate by some other tag because of extensive modification of the public domain original?
I in fact just want to take portions of CIA WF map images, and add a placename and an arrow pointing to a location, and for this I would understand I just need the PD-USGov-CIA-WF copyright tag, but what if I were to modify the image further, such that I think it would be misleading to suggest the current image was 'copied' from the particular source without some acknowledgement of the modification?
Is there any Wikipedia protocol/"best use" regarding this procedure: taking a public domain map and modifiying it to identify/highlight a particular area (i.e., the subject of a wiki article)? I find a lot of maps in Wikipedia articles would be more effective if they simply had an arrow added. I'd think this would be a fairly simple thing to do: is it avoided by experienced wiki article-editors for some reason I am not aware?
I've cut out a portion of a CIA World Factbook map on my computer, and added a name and an arrow. It is my intention to upload the image (to the Wikimedia Commons?), then place it in an Wikipedia article.
Thank you for any help with my question(s), and any additional information you may think of assistance with my plans. Jauntymcd 18:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- The image should remain in the public domain even if you alter it. All changes are kept in the history of the image info page. Make sure you use edit summaries to inform everyone of the changes you made. - Mgm|(talk) 19:06, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- You may use the {{PD-retouched-user}} template for this purpose. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 15:52, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Images moved to commons
If i have uploaded an image to wikipedia then realised it would be better to ahve it on commons, is there a way to move it. Or do you just need to reupload it to commons and then delete it from wikipedia? --chris_huh 18:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, you need to reupload. Make sure you copy all information including the history along before asking for its deletion with {{NowCommons}}. - Mgm|(talk) 19:03, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
About my username
I wanted to remove adult content (which is not added by me)which is on my username page can you help me please
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zenguru
- User:B A Bysu Kit redirected this user's page to that of a porn actress. I deleted it (there was nothing to revert to) and sent them a warning. Please give me a hand keeping an eye on it. - Mgm|(talk) 19:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
How to link to another wiki page?
I am currently editing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTS_Index and have a company name which is "Mobile TeleSystems". The wikipage for this company is located at Mobile_Telesystems. How do I edit it, so that the link will show to where it needs to be directed?
- To make a link to another Wikipedia page simply place doubled brackets around the name like this [[Mobile TeleSystems]]. For more on this and other markup, I suggest you take a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial--Fuhghettaboutit 19:56, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- If you want to link to an article which isn't exactly named in the article, you could use Wikipedia:Piped links. ([[Mobile Telesystems|Mobile TeleSystems]]). There's no need to include the underscore. Also, you could consider moving "Mobile Telesystems" to fix the capitalization and link as normal. Moving is done with the move tab at the top of your screen. See Wikipedia:Moving a page. - Mgm|(talk) 21:55, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
"Bleacher Bums"
I would like to know how I might be able to purchase a copy of the 1979 version of "Bleacher Bums". 172.166.133.194 20:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- This help desk is for problems with Wikipedia. The Reference desk might be a better place to ask this question. talk to JD wants e-mail 20:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Category: Lists of People by University in the United States
I note that Georgetown University is not listed on the G category on this page -- is there an easy way to add it? (Wikepedia's entry on the university contains a link to Georgetown "notable alumni." Thanks!
```` —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jjimcourt (talk • contribs) 22:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Done. For future reference, you can add articles to categories by adding, for example, [[Category:Lists of people by university in the United States|Georgetown University]] to the bottom of the article. The bit after the pipe is the 'sort key', which makes sure it appears under 'G' for 'Georgetown' rather than 'L' for 'List'. [2] --Sam Blanning(talk) 00:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
how to get my new page linked in
Hi. I have a new page called "Differential Execution" reporting on some research I did in Computer Science some time ago. It properly belongs somewhere classified under computer science, artificial intelligence, or computer graphics, but I'm not sure how to get it into one of those classification systems. I didn't want to just stick it into one of the lists, like alongside "Control Flow" without asking anyone's advice. Can you help me? (Sorry if this is answered in the Help and I didn't see it.) Thanks. MikeDunlavey 23:30, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Reading Wikipedia:Categories should help. Your article also could use some Wikification: add more links in the content to appropriate articles, to make it more useful. — Dark Shikari talk/contribs 00:20, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
my article doesn't shop up under search
I added an article and it only show up after a search if all capitilization is perfect. Why is this and what did I do wrong? thanks
- Thats just the way wikipedia is, it only links/searcher to the page name, which has capitilisation or not, Hope that helped, If not, just leave a message on my talk page. L Trezise 02:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- Please see the first question at WP:VFAQ. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
where can i find a list of all the different warnings you can put up for articles?
eg: {{copyedit}} {{npov}} etc
Anon-o-man 02:14, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- A link to a list of all templates can be found here
- All of these should categorized under Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Article in progress
I was trying to move an article I made to the sandbox, but then discovered that the title of the article remained with no content, except a forwarding link. The title is erroneous and the article I am writing is still being edited. How do I delete an article I originally posted?
- I've moved it to User:G1t111/sandbox, where you can continue working on it in your own userspace. When you're finished, just move it to the correct title. The residual redirects should be deleted momentarily. --Rory096 07:46, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- Please don't move it to G1t111/sanbox, that's back in articlespace. Keep it to pages starting with User:G1t111. --Rory096 07:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
The Perfect Wikipedia Article
I was reading through the guidelines and came across one titled something like "The Perfect Wikipedia Article". It had just the information I was looking for in regard to certain aspects of neutrality -- saying that controversial issues should be subordinate and lower down. But now I can't find it again.
- Hi,
- I believe you are looking for The perfect article. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 11:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks much.
The bearded lady of Guildford
The bearded lady of Guildford does exist, simply ask anyone who lives or works in Guildford 86.2.251.168 12:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think you should read our verifiability policy. WP:RS, WP:V. Asking someone in a certain geographical location is not the way we should go about verifying information. If something should get an article we need to distill information from secondary sources, meaning someone should already have written about this lady. - Mgm|(talk) 12:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- Also, not everyone is suitable to get a entry in an encyclopedia. The article Bearded Lady of Guildford didn't explain why she was notable; in other words, how she would fulfill the requirements we have for biography articles. (WP:BIO). - Mgm|(talk) 13:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Add page
How do i add a page?
- See Help:Starting a new page. It's probably a good idea to read Wikipedia:Your first article too. - Mgm|(talk) 13:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Missing diacritic in page title
I created a page that includes a diacritic in the title. I didn't like the way the system handled the URL becaue of the accent (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosariolibrarian/Pura_Belpr%C3%A90)
So when I moved my page to the main area of wikipedia, i left the accent out (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpre).
however that creates 2 further problems: 1. now the entry itself is missing the accent in the heading 2. when others refer to the entry by its correct name, the link doen't go to the entry i created. See for example, see the reference in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REFORMA to Pura Belpré
I was loooking at other entries with accents to try to figure this out (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez0 but i could not.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rosariolibrarian (talk • contribs) .
- Hi! I have moved the page to the title with the diactritic. It now appears under the name Pura Belpré. By doing so, this automatically created a redirect for the unaccented name, so if someone searched for the name without the diacritic they will still find the article. I have also edited all pages on Wikipedia including REFORMA so that her name is listed properly. I hope this is what you were looking for.
- A few other notes: Please sign talk page posts by typing four tildes, like this: ~~~~. This will automatically add your signature and a time stamp. When you want to link to other articles on Wikipeda, instead of typing the URL all you need do is surround the name of the article with doubled brackets. So to get the link REFORMA I typed [[REFORMA]]. The URL name doesn't matter much in the grand scheme, both because internally, we make links as I just explained, and externally, if someone searches Google for instance, once this page gets indexed, they'll find the title and can link straight to the article. I think you might get some great tips from trying the Wikipedia:Tutorial. Responding to your post from my talk page, while I typed this, you're most welcome.--Fuhghettaboutit 14:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
can factual errors made by a documentary be pointed out in the documentary article, without being original research?
The terrorstorm documentary makes a number of factual errors in its account of the 7/7 bombings. I was hoping to add details of these to the documentary's wikipedia article, in a similar way to what has been done for loose change (video). However, this has been removed as original research. The list of the errors in the film does draw largely from primary sources, so is it therefore correct to call it original research?
I have posted a similar account of the errors in the film on my blog - I thought the primary sources would be more credible references, but would I do better ot link to my blog in order to avoid the contribution to the article being original research?
Thanks,
Jon
- No. Never link to your own blog. It's a conflict of interest. What were the primary sources you cited? Can't you find secondary ones? How do you know the documentary is false and not your source? - Mgm|(talk) 14:36, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks - that's really helpful. Makes sense re. the conflict of interest. I did look for secondary sources, but couldn't find them.
I'd trust the sources cited because the overwhelming weight of the evidence is with them and not Terrorstorm - to give an example from the article "Terrorstorm states that de Menezes was shot more than ten times in the head. He was actually shot seven times in the head and once in the shoulder [3]. 11 shots were fired in total [4]." Other errors (for example, stating that de Menezes purchased a copy of the free Metro newspaper), were sufficiently obvious I wasn't sure if they needed sourcing? Jon m
Template for citing .doc files
Hi! I want to cite a DOC file in an article. How should I indicate that it is a doc file? If there's a template similar to {{pdflink}} (Template:Pdflink), that's what I'm looking for. Thanks, Pruneautalk 14:25, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- There is now: {{doclink}}. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 15:27, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
i need a comprehensive list
ineed a comprehensive list on agents of infectious diseases and the diseases they cause worldwide.80.88.130.220 14:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- See List of infectious diseases. And if that isn't what you're looking for, try asking 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's what this Help Desk is for). Garion96 (talk) 14:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Ford Motor 85/86 Marquis
???? Were is the motor I.D # on this motor.That will determine the year and or size of motor>>>?????? Thanx
- 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's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Garion96 (talk) 14:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
How to start...
Apparently "Who owns Wikipedia?" is no longer the most asked question around the HD. Perhaps we should change the header to indicate how one starts a new article? I've seen at least 4 people asking that in the past 5 days. - Mgm|(talk) 15:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- The immediately proceeding post is a perfect endorsement of taking such action.--Fuhghettaboutit 16:18, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I see you have the history of music bands on your site. I would like to add THE SKELETONES (www.theskeletones.com)1986-Present
How do I do that? Please advise.
Johnny Punish Email: <email removed>
- Hi. See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Please note our notability guidelines for bands set forth here.--Fuhghettaboutit 16:18, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia Maps -- Adding names of places
Hi, Please advise how to add the NAME to a specific area on Wikipedia Maps.
Area: http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=14671475&x=75071951&z=18&l=0&m=a
in anticipation of you reply,
Thanks, G —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.144.100.163 (talk • contribs) .
- In the upper right hand corner of the screen it says WikiMapia in Red Text. Simply mouse over the text, and a scroll down menu will appear. Choose Add New Place. --Hetar 18:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Not receiving confirmation e-mails
Hello,
No matter how many times I try to confirm my e-mail address, I never receive a confirmation e-mail. They're not being blocked by my spam blocker; they're just plain not coming in. What gives?
- Could be a lot of things. What email provider and/or program do you use? - Mgm|(talk) 19:08, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- You might want to check that you have your email address spelt correctly; I know I've had problems in the past making a typo in my address. It might also be lag, since some email providers screen bulk emails and therefore they aren't delivered instantly. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 20:50, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Timestamps
I want to add a timestamp without including my username. How do I do this? Lottamiata 18:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. Lottamiata 19:25, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
moving a section of a page to another page
Can this be done? I've been told my original article is too long,so I thought I would move a section to a new article page if possible.
- Which article are you concerned about? It may be best for us to look at the whole issue. Who told you it is too long? Notinasnaid 19:16, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Desks
What are the normal uses of "desk" user pages (e.g., on the AMA member list)?
- Do you have a link for the "desk" that you're referring to? I'm not sure I understand what you mean. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 20:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Change User Name
Hi Wiki Help,
I have used my email address for my user name and would like to change it.
Thanking you in anticipation
Peter 19:51, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Peter
- You should be able to do that at Wikipedia:Changing username. -- Natalya 20:08, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Text size
Hello. I have asked this before, but I forgot the answer. Anyways, what is the proper Wiki markup for changing text size? Thanks for any answers. Russian F 23:20, 27 August 2006 (UTC).
- I think you have to use HTML code to do that. <font size=x> and </font> should do. talk to JD wants e-mail 23:23, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- <small>(text)</small> also works, for small text, and <big>(text)</big> works for big text, although there's less variability than the font size= HTML. But, it is an option. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 23:37, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Adding a new page to a Category
Hello there,
I've contributed modifing some voice (about 20 minor changes) and then registering. :-)
I would like to insert a new voice/page and adding it in the page category.
In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_security under "Pages in category "Computer security" " I would like to insert a new voice pointing to a new page I'm going to create.
How can I create a new page?
How can I put it in a category?
thanks
FrancoK
- Information on creating an article can be found here, category information here, and it's generally a good idea to read the Manual of style if you haven't made any major edits before; or even if you have, it's just a good idea to read. talk to JD wants e-mail 23:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
FrancoK>Thank you so much ^_^
Template that could control page and link colors
I'm thinking about starting my own small wiki, and I'm trying to figure out how to make a template that whenever used would make that page's background, text, and links (both unused and used) different colors. I tried to make a template with .div style="background:#000066; color:#66CCCC; font color:#33ffff; link:#33ffff; vlink:#33ffff;". (replace the .'s with <>) but it doesn't work. --blm07 23:52, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, Wikipedia uses Mediawiki software. If you plan to do the same, you can find places to get help at Mediawiki`s communication page.This page is just for questions about using Wikipedia itself. Good luck with your site.--24.20.69.240 03:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
how to start this?
looking for the word (walk) (closer) (to thee) in guamian language
- 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's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Garion96 (talk) 00:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Foreign language references
I'm curious to hear your opinions on foreign language references. I'm aware of what WP:REF says about this topic. For some topics comprehensive references only exist in foreign languages. Since not every reader can verify foreign-language links, ntm books, is it always necessary to also add references in English (even if they only cover a fraction of the article's scope)? Or is it acceptable to not feature any English language references at all on certain topics? Thank you in advance for responding. ---Sluzzelin 00:27, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- I imagine if it is at all possible to find an English source, that would be the best, since you're right, it would be very hard to verify unless you speak that language. Alternatively, I think you could write an article written in the language of the source in that language's Wikipedia (if that makes any sense >.>;) and then translate it into English with a citation that it's a translation, you could get away with a bit more foreign citations. Of course, it would be ideal to get English references for an English encyclopedia, but if that's impossible I don't think it should stop you from writing an article with a different language source. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 04:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Use as many English references as you can to support the English readers. - Mgm|(talk) 04:55, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Adding a disambiguation
If there is currently only one meaning to a page, and I wish to add a disambiguation, how can I make the second page? How is it decided which page has prominence?
- Usually, the more notable page is given precedence, or if both pages are about equally as notable the disambiguation page is the default page when the term is searched. You can read up on how to create disambiguation pages at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. Basically, you would create a page Blah (disambiguation) and list all the possible articles for that term, then edit the appropriate articles to link to that page. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 05:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- To distibguish different articles, you put modifiers behind the title to clarify which of the meanings you intend. For example, for an article about the fictional band Foobz, you could have Foobz (band) Foobz (album) (for their self-titled album) and Foobz (film) (for the film made about them). You'd list all of these at the disambiguation page located at Foobz. You only create Foobz (disambiguation) if one of the meanings has clear precedence over the others. - Mgm|(talk) 11:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Payment
How does Wikipedia deal with contributors' claims to receive compensation for the content they create?
- When contributors press the submit button they agree to license their contributions under GFDL (note the line below the edit box), therefore any claims for compensation is invalid. --WinHunter (talk) 06:45, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
addition to books or references section
I have tried this several times for several articles. I wrote in the author, title, publisher, date etc. What do I do next to have this actually put in the article? Is there something I have to click? Am I supposed to click Save Page for this? Or does it take some time for the addition to appear on the actual page?
- This seems to be your first contribution under this name. If you added as an IP, then you need to add a references section towards the end of the article and write <references/> below the section. Then you can see the books, provided you added them according to WP:Cite -- Lost(talk) 08:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
User contributions on watchlist?
Is it possible to have your watchlist notify you when a specific user contributes? I have just cleaned up a whole lot of junk from one particular IP, and I expect them to strike again at some point. (In fact, there are a few IP addresses I would like to monitor!) I read something about using CSS and enhanced recent changes, but was wondering if there was an easier alternative? Thanks! -postglock 09:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Make a subpage that lists such users and use the related changes feature to see what changes they make. - Mgm|(talk) 11:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, not totally ideal as I now have two pages to check, but a good workaround. I can't seem to get it working right though. I've set up a page at User:Postglock/UserWatchlist, but when I click "Related Changes" from the toolbox, only a sinlge edit from 24 August comes up, though there are edits made after then. I'm not sure if you will see the same thing, but please let me know if you can help. Thanks, postglock 03:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC).
Colors in infoboxes etc
As the question arises in the dutch village-pump, is there on the English Wikipedia any concensus over which colors to use in infoboxes etc. Is there a guideline of some sorts? Aleichem 11:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yep, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Colors. Garion96 (talk) 11:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- That's only for albums. Ain't there a more general approach? Aleichem 11:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Read your question too fast I guess, sorry. I did found Wikipedia:Infobox colours but that one seems to have been rejected. Garion96 (talk) 11:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- That's only for albums. Ain't there a more general approach? Aleichem 11:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think the Tree of Life project also has color guidelines for infoboxes. Most of them are used to convey additional information. Is there any particular problem on the Dutch pedia you wish to solve? - Mgm|(talk) 11:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Everyone uses the color he likes : its a little bit a mess Aleichem 11:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Which colors to use in boxes is generally decided by the relevant WikiProject. If I remember correctly, they exist in the Dutch Wikipedia too, but I could be wrong. Take a look at our list of Wikipedia:WikiProjects or Wikipedia:Infoboxes and get the projects over there to organize the look of the tables (perhaps use the same colors as we do so you can easily copy what we have done already. - Mgm|(talk) 11:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- it's the same with templates (regarding colours) Aleichem 12:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Catholic Church in Fulham near Parson's Green
Catholic Church in Fulham near Parson's Green
- Please read the instructions at the top of the page. This is a page for questions regarding Wikipedia. This is not a question. - Mgm|(talk) 11:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Sangharakshita
The article on Sangharakshita seems to me to be written by a disciple, and as such he/she is using the rules and regs of Wikipedia in a nit-picking way to edit out criticisms of Sangharakshita. This is no more than I would expect. I have a suggestion for Wikipedia policy, which is that authors should DECLARE AN INTEREST in this sort of instance. I would be even happier to see disciples banned from being the authors of their teachers' biographies on Wikipedia! It seems to contravene the spirit of it. The article on Rajneesh is much worse! Dave Simmonds
- The thing about a wiki is that it can be edited by anybody. As a good faith editor, what you need to do is, go to the talk page of the article and discuss what content you feel needs to be modified. If that doesnt work then there are many ways for dispute resolution that you can adopt. In case you have a policy proposal, this is the place to do so -- Lost(talk) 12:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- The problem with your idea is that it's mostly disciples who are interested in the article to begin with. You should enforce WP:NPOV and tell that NPOV doesn't mean the article can't have criticism. Criticism is allowed as long is it is from a reliable source. - Mgm|(talk) 17:27, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Customising my signature
Hello, how do I go about customising my signature? I've read WP:SIG, and it says you do it by typing in the signature box in preferences. But I've done that, and it still doesn't want to look how I want it to look when I type the four tildes. I just want to add a superscript tag and a link to my talk page. Thanks. --Richardrj 12:24, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- From what I know, customising signatures needs a bit of html knowledge. In case you know html, then you can simply write the code by going to your preferences. In case you dont, then the best thing would be to copy a signature that you like and suitably modify it by adding a few tweaks and experimenting. That's what I did. You will find a bit of help at WP:SIGHELP -- Lost(talk) 12:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks very much, yes I already did that and funnily enough I want my sig to look like yours with a superscript link to my talk page. But I typed in [[User:Richardrj|Richardrj]][[User talk:Richardrj|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] into the signature field in my preferences and it just comes out looking like that when I test it, not with the HTML. --Richardrj 12:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup tag
Hello everyone!! It has been while I haven't asked a question. So, apparently there is a guy, (should I say the name?) and he tagged Tourism in Indonesia with a cleanup tag. Some contributors, including me, have managed to edit the section that has been tagged about three days ago. Now, because we want to nominate it on WP:GA, the template really need to be removed, but this guy hasn't replied my message or given any response. So, what should I/we do? We is the Indonesian WikiProject guys :P. Cheers -- Imoeng 12:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hi Imoeng, ideally the person who added the tag should also have explained why he added the tag. This has been said before in this forum and elsewhere that just adding tags is not good enough. If he mentioned the problems that he sees and if you sorted them out, then you can remove the cleanup tag. -- Lost(talk) 12:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- The person who originally added the tag doesn't "own" it. If the concensus in the talk page is that the article is cleaned up, and the original poster does not have input or suggestions, it is right to remove the tag. Overall (just my opinion), I'd say it could benefit from improvements in English grammar (especially but not only the last paragraph), but doesn't really merit the tag. Slow improvements in grammar is the normal editing process, not requiring a tag unless it is incomprehensible. Notinasnaid 12:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, that person did not give any specific suggestion kind of thing. He just put that and thats all about it. I've sent him a message though. So, I will just ask you guys, is that "clean" enough?
- The person who originally added the tag doesn't "own" it. If the concensus in the talk page is that the article is cleaned up, and the original poster does not have input or suggestions, it is right to remove the tag. Overall (just my opinion), I'd say it could benefit from improvements in English grammar (especially but not only the last paragraph), but doesn't really merit the tag. Slow improvements in grammar is the normal editing process, not requiring a tag unless it is incomprehensible. Notinasnaid 12:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, I've been over it and fiddled with the grammar. I hope it is improved. There were a few cases where the English meaning was not completely clear, so it should be reviewed again by someone familiar with the subject. There is one issue remaining. The reference in the final paragraph does not seem to support the sentence it is attached to. It is about Yogyakarta but does not seem to support the assertion that its culture is notable. I hope this helps. Notinasnaid 16:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
to report the time i worked
how i can report my hours of work that i was working for the last two weeks
- You might want to take your question to the reference desk as they answer questions that are not related to wikipedia. Though I am not sure how they will answer this one. You will have to be clearer in asking your question -- Lost(talk) 14:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Changing an incorrect title
The page title "Eric du Plessis" refers to a colleague of mine whose name is Erik du Plessis, author of "The Advertised Mind". How do I correct the spelling in the title?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by NigelH (talk • contribs) 14:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- You move the article using the "move" button (to the right of the "edit this page" button). Your account must be 4 days old to move pages. If the move is controversial or impossible, visit Wikipedia:Requested moves. -- Lost(talk) 14:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Any user with an account older than four days has a "move" tab and can rename articles with it. I will move the page for you, but you can also request moves at this page. Kusma (討論) 14:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Categories
How do I edit a category box if it doesn't have an 'e' on it which takes you to the edit page?
- I am not sure what you mean, but if you want to see an article under a category, you need to add the category to the bottom of the article. The article will then be seen in that category automatically -- Lost(talk) 14:39, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry I didn't make myself clear enough. For instance, this template http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Southwest_Asia
has the v-d-e, for view, discuss and edit. However, some templates like that one, do not have the v-d-e on them. Why is this and how can they be edited? Thanks.
- The v-d-e links (or something similar) are optional, and are often added for convenience when a template is first created and likely to require tinkering. The links are often removed after the template is established and stable so as to discourage changes that may cause problems—this applies particularly to templates that are used in many places on many pages.
- To get to a template (to view, discuss, or edit it) just put Template: in front of the name of the template in the search box at left and click Go. To create a link to a template page (in a discussion, for example), you can do the same thing. For example, Template:Southwest Asia. Please note that since templates can appear (be transcluded) on many different pages, changes to 'mature' templates should be made very carefully. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Many thanks, that is very helpful.15:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Deleting uploaded images?
I would like to delete a few images I have uploaded. Would anyone know how to do that?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Petermalewski (talk • contribs) 14:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Just tag them with {{db-author}} and an administrator will take care of it soon. Kusma (討論) 15:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Copyright for your own images simplified!
There is seemingly a lot written about copyright here. No doubt the level of detail is necessary. However would someone have a straight forward answer to my question, which is that I want to upload and use a few images in articles on Wiki. I have no problem with others using them provided credit is given in all cases and that they are not used for commercial gain without the express permission from me. What copyright tag should I cite? Many thanks in advance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Petermalewski (talk • contribs) .
- None, free but non-commercial files are not allowed anymore on wikipedia. If you decide to skip the non-commercial clause I would suggest this {{Cc-by-2.5}} license. Garion96 (talk) 15:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- What if he means commercial use IS allowed but only with his permission? - Mgm|(talk) 17:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Update on Adding a Link
Dear Wikipedia, On your article regarding the country singer, Hank Williams, Jr., I posted a request to add a link to one of his fan websites and/or an on-line petition to induct him into the Hall of Fame. It has been several days, but I have not heard a response from Wikipedia as to whether or not this link can be added. I am new to Wikipedia, but I believe I have followed the instructions correctly. Could someone please review this request and get back with me? Thanks. My e-mail address is (removed to save on spam)
- The nice thing about Wikipedia is that you can add things on your own without having to ask official permission - in fact, that's the way things work around here. Feel free to add the link to the article on your own. If you're not sure how, then you can go ahead and click right here and leave the information on my talk page; I can then insert it for you. It's probably best to go with the fan website, as we're not really here to promote any particular cause or activity. Tony Fox (arf!) 16:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Continuing a numbered list
If I have a numbered list and I want to continue it after entering a non-list item, how do I do that? For the sake of example, it would be something like the following
- Item one
- Item two
- Item three
- Bullet
- Bullet
- Bullet
Non list text
- Bullet
- Bullet
- Item four
- Item five
etc.
Is this possible? If so, I could use some help with it. Darquis 16:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- You can't do this perfectly but you can get a similar effect in either of the following ways (view the source for details.) Neither of them are perfect, but they come somewhere near.
- Item one
- Bullet
- Non list text
- Item two
- Item one
Non list text - Item two
- If there's a better way then I don't know it, I'm afraid. --Cherry blossom tree 17:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
It's possible using HTML, but not in wikisyntax:
- Item one
- Item two
This is not a list item!
- Item three
Like that? · rodii · 17:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Both of those help quite a bit. Thanks, got what I needed! Darquis 04:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Titan page
Hi there, I am slowly forming a Wikipedia entry for an English band from the Eighties, I have called it Titan (Heavy Metal Music).
I was wondering why I haven't been able to see the page when I search for it under Titan?
Many thanks Simon Jacobs
- See the first entry in the WP:VFAQ. Also, I just linked the article and I can't see it. Are you sure the capitalization is the same as the one you used in the article? - Mgm|(talk) 17:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- After a quick look at the user's contributions, I've now moved Titan (heavy metal music) to Titan (band) per the naming conventions. Please sign your posts on talk pages. - Mgm|(talk) 17:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- No references, no google hits, no AMG listing... hmm, hoax or just a non-notable band? · rodii · 18:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
what to do...
What should you do if there is a dispute with a particular user being difficult. There is a WikiProject Sharks, and another user has created another project afterwards called wikiproject shark, which has a lot of its content stolen from the first. A merge has been suggested but the user consistently beigns to cooperate then shuts down and claims he is going to keep his project running whatever anyone says. What should you do in this situation, it is helping noone. --84.9.150.166 18:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Dispute resolution -- Lost(talk) 18:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Typing the signature text
This might sound like complaining, but I'll write it anyway. On my Finnish keyboard, it's a bit difficult to type the four tildes: ~~~~ needed for my signature. For each tilde, I have to first press AltGr + the accent key after å, and then press space. This can lead to typos when done four times in succession. Why can't wiki markup code use some other character? I know I could just click on the "Sign your name" link at the bottom but then I'd have to take my hands off the keyboard. JIP | Talk 18:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- In the edit window do you have the row of edit buttons over the textarea? There's a button that adds the four tildes with one click, third from the right. Alas, it also adds two hyphens by default. · rodii · 18:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- But that does also require this user to take his hands off the keyboard. I havn't got a clue where the tilds are on this Dutch thing, so I'm stuck using those buttons as well. How many keyboards out there, don't have a simple enough tild key? If enough people have this problem, it might be worth looking into. --Username132 (talk) 20:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- I doubt we'll find any key which isn't already used and which is conveniently accessible from all keyboard - which is why the "signature" button in the edit window is there in the first place. Oh, come on, you have to take your hands off the keyboard to click the "save page" button, is it really so much to ask that you do it to place your signature? Rodii's solution is a perfectly good one (there is even yet another link to the four tildes, below the Edit window, where it says "Sign your name: ~~~~". — QuantumEleven 06:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Judging by your response, I'm guessing that you have a tilde key on your keyboard... ;) To be fair, since my signature is usually the last thing I do before clicking save page, it doesn't really make much difference that I have to click a button; it's possibly just as quick as two dashes and four tildes... --Username132 (talk) 10:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Cross-referencing categories
I'd like to search multiple cats for shared members. I want to contact a user who is proficient at German (intermediate or higher) who is interested or working in the WikiProject Musicians. I think AutoWikiBrowser can do this, but since I'm using Windows 98 it no longer works on my system. Is there some toolserver tool I can use? If no other such programs exist, please help me if you can use AutoWikiBrowser. - Mgm|(talk) 18:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think the Cat Scan tool can do what you want, though with it being on the Toolserver it's rather out of date. --Cherry blossom tree 22:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Missing Image Mystery
The infliximab page has a red link where the image should be. Can someone figure out what must have happened? --Username132 (talk) 20:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Three possibilities: 1. Image is not properly linked. 2. Image was never uploaded. 3. Image was deleted -- Lost(talk) 20:06, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think that image has ever existed, it's not in the deletion logs or anything. My guess is that the red link exists in the infobox to encourage someone to upload an image. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 20:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Downloading Wikipedia(again)
I'm having some trouble trying to download the wikipedia database. I'm trying to download the text version of the latest articles. I don't know what program i need in order to download the material, or what program i need to setup a usable version of wikipedia offline after i get the material downloaded. I tried to download the text version of the articles at this link: [5] but it only downloaded a 2kb file which my computer didn't recognize and wasn't able to look up. Is this the right file for text only?, and if so, how do i download it.
Can anyone expand on how to download Wikipedia here: [7]
-thanks
- I would try asking on the Computer/IT reference desk, since they're more likely to be clued-up in this area. --Username132 (talk) 16:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
How do I create a user box??
I would like to know how. --Shaul avrom 20:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC) (P.S. Notify me on my talk page.)
- See Wikipedia:Userboxes -- Lost(talk) 20:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
References and footnotes
Are their any idiots guides to footnotes and references (in terms of inserting them into articles)? I've read the main articles and as an endnote user, I find them as clear as mud, I'm more confused than when I started. --Charlesknight 20:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Welcome to the club. I made a similar post a week ago. I'm still none the wiser. --Username132 (talk) 20:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Really it's what stops me doing more on wikipedia - I find most of the "help" (not the help DESK) guides incoherent. --Charlesknight 21:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Include nicely formatted links between < ref > tags (< / ref > to close), then add < references / > to the references section. This will sort all the references you used and put them in a list in the right order. To make these work in a real article, remove the spaces I included here on the help desk. To allow for multiple uses of a single references the tag can also have a name attribute ( ref name="nameofref"). You can use the same ref a second time by entering ref name="nameofref" / between those triangle brackets. I just wrote an article today which uses some references (In Dreams (2005 album)) and I added some to another article (Joseph McManners). Take a look at those to see how it works. Leave a message on my talk page if you need any more help. - Mgm|(talk) 21:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- A general piece of advice: If you're stumped by the help pages, go find a page that has a result similar to the one you're looking for (in your case, look for a page with some foot / endnotes, there are plenty out there). Take a look at the code that produces the result (by clicking on "Edit this Page", but not actually changing anything). Often, figuring it out this way is a lot easier than trying to do it 'from scratch' by using the help pages - once you've got the basics down, the help pages should suddenly become a lot clearer. Good luck! — QuantumEleven 05:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Monkey work
Can't bots fix double redirects? --Username132 (talk) 20:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
References
After editing the Jaws (film) article, the references have been severely screwed up, although my recent edit was a minor one. Most of the reference have been repeated, but the repeated ones don't link to anything. I can't really explain this, if someone would take a look at the article and its references format and see what I did wrong, it would be appreciated.--Dark Kubrick 20:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- I looked but couldn't see anything messed up. I'm guessing you're referring to the section titled 'notes'. If so, why is it titled 'notes' and not 'references'? --Username132 (talk) 20:58, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm seeing the same thing; the references are repeated past a certain point. I just came here because it's happening at another page, The Solomon Key, and I can't quite figure out why. Kuru talk 21:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- If you use the < ref > system the most likely reason of broken formatting is either leaving tags unclosed (forgetting the slash in the closing tag) or using the same name for one or more references. - Mgm|(talk) 21:27, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Kuru has solved the problem, so thank you. As for Mgm's comment, I checked both of those things but neither was a problem.--Dark Kubrick 21:35, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I've changed 'notes' to references since they're references, not notes. --Username132 (talk) 21:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Notes can be another name for references...Anyway, the ref plague has returned; after adding an extra reference, they reverted back to their problematic form.--Dark Kubrick 23:24, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
capitalization
Is there any way to capitalize "Goodwillie" in the title of this page name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_goodwillie_%28author%29 Thanks very much!
- Yes, see Wikipedia:Moving a page which I now did for you.- Mgm|(talk) 21:29, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Search engine does not find article
--Graemedavis 21:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC) There is an article in Wikipedia on University of Basrah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Basrah This can be found by clicking a link for University on the Basra article. However the search engine does not turn up this article - indeed it states that no such article exists. How can this be resolved?
reliable information
Hi there,
This question might be for the editors,
I've been using Wikipedia for a while (I love this website) but I recently found out that anyone can change stuff on the site.
What stops some kids from altering information from the site and putting non-sense information instead? What if they change dates or subttle things that you would not be able to pick up?
I'm just worried the information will no longer be reliable.
Jorge Concerned user
- We have a page that adresses this, but I forgot the link. I'm sure someone else will remind me of it. We have a lot of systems in place to catch nonsense and mean-spirited false information. Generally speaking, articles on well-known subjects are easily corrected when someone alters it because so many people are watching it. Obscure articles are less well watched, but with those you can check the Wikipedia:History to see who added what. Basically, you should treat Wikipedia like any other source. Be critical and ask yourself where the information came from. Follow the references the editors provided and see if you trust the sources. Wikipedia may be freely editable, but anyone can put up a website and although the publishing industry tries its best, books aren't infallible either. - Mgm|(talk) 22:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, anyone can edit on this site, but actually this is an advantage, because anyone can add and correct info, instead of a few selected people. (And some of our best editors and administrators ARE kids.) All information on Wikipedia should be verifiable and cite reliable sources. Also see Wikipedia:Replies to common objections. WP 22:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- And to address one particular issue you raised, there is no change which is too subtle to be picked up, because the software highlights the exact changes in each edit. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
deletion policy
how soon after a failed attempt of proposing an article for deletion can one propose it again? thanks Rm uk 22:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- If someone removed a WP:PROD tag, and you still want to delete it, you have to take it to WP:AfD. WP 22:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- ...and if it's been considered at AfD, it's considered a good idea to wait at least one month before AfDing an article again. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:24, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Leonid Filatov's poem
Please change the URL of leonid Filatov'e poem the new URL is http://vagalecs.narod.ru/Fil.htm thank you bye
- Be bold and change it! -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Duplicate footnotes
I have a list of footnotes that repeats twice, and can't seem to get rid of the repetition. Troubleshooting is complicated by the fact the the Preview does not show the repitition. After cluttering up the history with revisions, I decided it was time to call on the experts. The page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Moravec . Thanks. Denisbradford 23:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- This looks like a problem that has been encountered frequently lately. I know little about it, but it seems that purging the page by clicking here solves it. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
kool
yea its kool, but i dont get it
- Are you looking for one of these Kools? TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
How do you get to the map section? To download a map of your location.
– — … ° ≈ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Steve Moyzis 00:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Steve Moyzis
Question about editing, etc.
First of all, thank you for your time.
I am confused about Wikipedia in general. A group of people are trying to get the word out about a mission we have for an artist (Hank Williams Jr.). We are wanting to link to the petition to the Country Music Hall of Fame and a link to the Unofficial Fan website that has TONS of exposure and almost 2000 members.
I have tried to "edit" and add the link, however, less than 24 hours later, the link is gone. Can someone please explain this to me. Maybe I am not doing this correctly.
Also, on the "discussion" page, we have made several requests about adding the link and no one has received an answer.
Could we please know how long it generally takes for someone to answer a question or request on the discussion page?
Thank you HankArmy
- To be completely frank, this sounds like spam. The Wikipedia isn't supposed to be used a vessel for advertising of any sorts. Also see WP:EL and WP:SPAM. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 01:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
vandalism warning
There was a power outage at my home a few weeks ago and my IP address was changed when our modem reset. My ISP, comcast gives dynamic IP addresses. The previous user of my current address vandalized the Eastern orthodox church in february 2006 and now I am stuck with the warnings. Is there a way to appeal them? is my IP address logged when I am signed in? --Ted-m 02:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Your IP address is logged, but not publically. Certain users with CheckUser capability have the option to view recent edits on a certain IP address, but this will only be used if you are a suspected sockpuppet, which presumably you are not, so it shouldn't be a problem. I don't think those warnings will apply towards a block unless you were to vandalise using that IP. Don't worry, in other words. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 04:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've checked up on my IP addresses and a few of them have been banned multiple times for vandalism. Luckily, my ISP doesn't switch me around more than once a month, so I don't hit IP blocks. Nothing to worry about. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 04:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- In case you are stuck with a blocked IP address, feel free to contact any of the administrators here at Wikipedia. With some explanation, they'll probably unblock the IP address in no time. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:25 (UTC)
copyright for fowloadable pics JPEG?
Do I need special permission to use a pic I found on wikipedia in my book, which will be published in Germany? Since this involves commercial use, what are the steps I need to undertake to obtain permission to use the pic?
Thanks
Josette
- Contact the uploader to see if they will release it to you under a commercial license (if they created it). If not (and the image is not fair use), your document will have to comply with the GFDL, which will mean releasing it under a very open license (permitting copying and etc.) You might not like that at all. If the image is not GFDL licensed in the first place, but is fair use, you'll have to contact the original source. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 04:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Which picture is it? Link us, because although many of the pictures here are "fair use" pictures, many of them are also public domain and allows commercial use. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:27 (UTC)
Making one entry name point to another
I have just written the requested entry for Binyamin Melchior, in Denmark known as Bent Melchior. How can I make sure that people who search Bent Melchior will actually find him? Per 07:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Per Rønne, per@remove.this.rqnne.dk
- WP:REDIR should have the information you seek. :) Feel free to ask if you need any further assistance. :) Thanks for contributing. Luna Santin 07:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Footnotes at Opus Dei
Something went awry with the footnotes at Opus Dei. The first footnote in the Intro starts with number 6! Help! Thanks. Cabanes 08:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hmmm? Looks fine to me -- "...recruitment regime and violations of basic human rights.[1]" Unless I'm being dumb and I missed something, or that's not the problem. If that is the problem, I'd recommend a hard reload (shift or control plus reload, in most browsers). Other than that, I'm not sure what you'd be after, so please lemme know if that helps. :) Luna Santin 08:39, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- All notes appear to be in place at my end. Try appending action=purge to the end of the article instead of action=edit when you're in the edit screen. - Mgm|(talk) 09:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Looks fine to me as well. Try clearing your cache and reloading your page (
Ctrl+Shift+Del
thenCtrl+R
) in Firefox. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:21 (UTC)
- This is a problem with the cached copies of pages. The short-term fix is to WP:PURGE the page. This is NOT simply purging your browser cache, it is forcing the wikipedia server to rebuild the cached page that viewers see. Add ?action=purge to the end of the article URL. See various discussions at WP:VPT and also a discussion at WP:FN. Gimmetrow 13:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- There is another issue with the template transclusion database: many articles are listed as transcluding hundreds of templates they don't contain; this is fixed by editing/saving the page (a purge doesn't seem to work for this one). Some of these issues may be remnants of the recent WoW vandalism. Gimmetrow 13:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- It's fixed now. I don't know how it was fixed. It could have been something to do with one of the things you all mentioned. Thank you! Cabanes 01:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
testing agency to check fuel consumption in petrol driven cars
To Helpdesk Wikipedia,
i have approached district consumer forum in hyderabad inthe matter of low fuel milage by HONDA CITY car,who have published that their car will give best milage as24km/lit, average milage as19km/lit,andworst milage as14km/lit,which iwasnot able to achive,and iwas getting only between 11-12km/litin normal conditon. i want to the independent agency who can test the carfor performance as claimed by THE HONDA SIEL CAR COMPANY. THANKING YOU, N.PURUSHOTHAM REDDY.59.163.113.85 11:51, 29 August 2006 (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's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost(talk) 12:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think this is a matter you would want to consult Wikipedia about. First of all, we are not an "independent agency who can test the carfor [sic] performance as claimed by ..." Not to offend you, but I don't think this is the best place for such things. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:14 (UTC)
Possible talk page vandalism
I recently came across a user (who I won't name unless I can be sure that what he has done is vandalism) who has blanked his talk page twice; as far as I can tell, it was because some other users left unflattering, but not harassing (there was at least one personal attack, but another user removed it) comments on it.
I think this constitutes talk page vandalism, but I haven't been able to find anything about whether blanking one's own talk page (as opposed to someone else's, or an article's) is considered to be vandalism or not.
Clarification would be appreciated. CameoAppearance 12:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not exactly sure of the situation here, but I'm guessing if there is a legitimate reason for the blanking, it could be. One case I could recall is Purplefeltangel, whose discussions were deleted by request. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:19 (UTC)
- Did the user show any signs of taking the unflattering comments to heart? - Mgm|(talk) 13:01, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- It's pretty much accepted that people have a right to do what they like to their own talk page. Guidelines are to archive discussions but stil... If he is removing warnings that is viewed in pretty bad light and generally not accepted (ends up with more warnings!). In all if there are nasty things being said then chances are he just doesnt want them there - suggest to him he archives instead of deleting. --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 13:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Correction: He only blanks the talk page of one of his subpages; however, he deletes comments of a similar nature from his own talk page (without completely blanking it every time), including what I think was a non-formalised warning about the content of his user page (I don't know if he's since removed the offending content or not). CameoAppearance 05:52, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Problem with inserting a footnote.
I inserted a footnote on the quantum mechanics page. The preview showed what I wanted, but, once saved, the footnote appeared twice.
helpmeBfiene 13:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- This seems to be a common problem, there was a question on it I saw last night, I had the problem on an article and a friend had the same trouble. My one I fixed by doing a dummy edit and purging the page cache - but sometimes this doesnt work!! --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 13:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- See here for the related discussion on the technical part of the VP --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 13:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- This seems to be a common problem, there was a question on it I saw last night, I had the problem on an article and a friend had the same trouble. My one I fixed by doing a dummy edit and purging the page cache - but sometimes this doesnt work!! --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 13:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
dance infobox
I have just started an article on Weapon dance and would like to include some sort of an appropriate infobox or portal to indicate that this article is part of a larger scheme, perhaps "dance" or "folk dance". I have looked and can't seem to find one, and, also, I don't want to run the risk of duplicating what someone has already done. Thank you. Jeffmatt 14:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Have a look at Portal:Dance and Wikipedia:WikiProject Dance. Their talk pages will guide you better -- Lost(talk) 14:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
weird reference issue
Why is the one reference tag showing up twice in the <references/> section of Polar Beverages?
This only started happening when I placed a space between the author's name and the link in the ref.
Thanks --The Talking Sock talk contribs 14:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Please refer to either Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Mysterious problem involving footnotes and citation templates or Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Strange situation with footnotes. It seems to be an error that suddenly appeared out of the blue. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 14:30 (UTC)
I Can't Delete My Account!
I have looked everywhere in Wikipedia and I can't find the button to delete my account. Please help me! Joanna
- It is impossible to delete your account. It is possible to delete your userpage, though, if that is necessary for privacy reasons. Kusma (討論) 15:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Please see Wikipedia:Username#Deleting your user account. -- Rick Block (talk) 19:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Duplicate reference numbers
I have been adding 15 reference numbers to the article on Gliding in an attempt to get it up to featured standard. However the references are all duplicated in the table at the end of the article. Furthermore the references start at 16 in the article. I cannot see what has gone wrong. Any ideas? JMcC 15:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Please ignore the problem has just resolved itself. JMcC 15:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Oldest articles
I got curious today and wanted to see what various pages looked like when Wikipedia first started, or at least when certain pages were first posted (this is the main page as of January 26, 2002). I was looking at Special:Ancientpages and was wondering if anyone knows what's wrong since that list starts with articles from 2004.--Fuhghettaboutit 16:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- That page is manually updated. And the pages are listed by the time since the last edit, not the creation date. -- Lost(talk) 16:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Ah. In that case, the page's name really should be changed. They are not "ancient pages nor Wikipedia's "oldest articles." Let's put that aside. New question, does anyone know of a place where the actual oldest/most ancient articles are listed?--Fuhghettaboutit 16:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Have a look at Wikipedia:UuU Shimgray | talk | 16:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- And also at Wikipedia:Wikipedia's oldest articles -- Lost(talk) 16:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Aha! Thanks.--Fuhghettaboutit 16:41, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- And also at Wikipedia:Wikipedia's oldest articles -- Lost(talk) 16:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Have a look at Wikipedia:UuU Shimgray | talk | 16:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
descriptive word
What is the word describing an enployee of a hotel who makes arranges and gets things for hotel guests?17:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)69.105.11.41
- I think you mean a Concierge. For the next time you have a question like that, you'd better go to the reference desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). Hope this helps, Garion96 (talk) 17:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Something To Put On The Mantel
How hard does one have to work to earn a barnstar? --Username132 (talk) 18:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- (after edit conflict) There's no particular rules for that. You just have to do something that's so appreciated someone gives a barnstar for it. For example, I'm trying to entice people into creating articles on my wishlist in return for Wikipedia:WikiMoney and a barnstar. - Mgm|(talk) 18:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- According to that article, wikimoney is dead... --Username132 (talk) 16:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
References
Can somebody help out with the references on the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 article? They start at 13, when there are only 12, and in the references section, it shows each reference twice, with 24 in total. 0plusminus0 19:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- See WP:HD#weird reference issue just above. This is a problem everywhere today -- Lost(talk) 19:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Page doesn't show up when "searched"
I entered a page on Wikipedia and when I type in the page name & hit "go", the page comes up. However the page doesn't show up at all in the list when I hit the "search" button for the exact same search term.
Did I do something wrong?
- If it's a relatively new page, it takes a while before the search index is updated to include it. If this is the case, it will work in a couple of weeks.
- Also, whenever you write a message in this way, be sure to sign so people recognise who is saying what. You can use your keyboard to type four tildes (~~~~) or use the buttons above the edit window (third in from the right) --Username132 (talk) 19:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Very Frequently Asked Questions#An article doesn't show up in the search -- Lost(talk) 19:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
--Andi 19:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)It's been almost three months since I added the page. See "Nightingale-Conant" It works for "go" but not "search". Thanks
Comments on "Did you know"
Hi, Template talk:Did you know is the place to nominate factoids for inclusion on the front page. However, where should I put my comments about that section? It's not really related to errors, so I can't put it on the "front page errors" page.
"On this day" and "In the news" both used (pictured) recently AFAIK, while "Did you know" recently used (pictured) or (pictured) three times in a row, I think. (I didn't check the "Today's featured article section.) --Kjoonlee 19:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- You could use the Main Page error page, or use Wikipedia talk:Did you know. - Mgm|(talk) 19:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- Do you mean it should either italicise or not? - Mgm|(talk) 20:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
DISAMBIGUATION PAGES
Please create disambiguation pages for the following:
1) a) Flora MacDonald b} Flora Macdonald
2) a) Bobby McDermott (redirects to Robert McDermott) b) Robert F. McDermott
THANKS!!!!
RoyandTrigger 20:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
P.S.: I seem to have been overlooked. Please advise. RoyandTrigger 00:29, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Page deleted without a valid reason (although I'm sure there is one)
I created an article yesterday called Nintengirls and it was deleted when I logged in today. A user (non-admin) had put it up for speedy deletion about 5 seconds after I wrote it. The tag/box message said to leave any messages in the talk page. I pointed out that he had quoted the wrong reason for proposing deletion. Since the page is gone I have no way of knowing if anyone responded to my claim. I'm not mad but I just want to know why the page was deleted since I was given the wrong reason. --The Dark Side 20:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
- This page was deleted as "CSD A7: No assertion of notability". The page was nonsense, as it was made up information. It was tagged as such and speedily deleted. — Scm83x hook 'em 20:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Need help with significant login problem
I was loged out somehow and I have a problem. I Boogerremember my user name but not my password and I neglected to include my email address so I cannot get a new password that way. I posted under the name Edeglord. I was wondering if it would be possibe for someone somehow find my password for me? If not I would like to know if it is permidadable to create a new account under these cirstuances or will that be banned since my original account is active? If it would be banned does anyone have any advice? --70.48.109.136 22:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I'll see if I can find a way for you to get your info back. In the meantime, I would either continue to use your old account's pages and have a copy-paste sig, or create a new account that links to and from your old one. EDIT: I think a new account is entirely appropiate. Ther are other users who have switched accounts. Don't worry about that. --\/\/slack (talk) 00:08, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I wanted to be sure before I decided to make a new one. This time I plan to include the email address just in case this happens again. One other thing though. I am not too familar with linking. How do I have a new account link from the old one. --70.48.109.136 00:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Just place text that looks like [[User:Edeglord|My old username]]. It will look like this:My old username and direct to User:Edeglord. Your userpage and usertalk can be accessed with the same linking as in Wikipedia articles. --\/\/slack (talk) 01:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
indenting
I can't seem to figure out how to indent the second line of some of my entries so that they don't look like these three line columns. Can you help me please?
To indent the second line, place a colon before the text you want indented. For example:
Hello.
:Goodbye.
Turns into:
Hello.
- Goodbye.
Hope that helps! PoliticalJunkie 23:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
My User Page
I understand that this question might be disregarded, firstly because it is not directly essential to the development of Wikipedia and secondly because of the controversy surrounding Userboxes. However, I was wondering if anyone who has experience in the subject take a second to look at the display problems I'm having on my user page and possibly give me a few pointers? My userboxes don't seem to want to line up correctly, and I get weird "{{}}" symbols (for lack of knowing their name) in my Babel box.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide me. --Cduffner 23:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Post this at WP:UPH/HD --\/\/slack (talk) 00:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. --Cduffner 00:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
southfork town hall
I would like to attend the meeting on 21 of sep. can you send me a map I'm coming from st paul thank you Dan E email is REMOVED@netzero.com
I removed the address for spam reasons Dan. Also, this isn't the best place for this. Try the reference desk. Check google.com/maps and click on the directions tab. Enter your address and the address of the town hall. --\/\/slack (talk) 23:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Userboxes
Can someone explain the different levels to me? I'm not quite sure what level of French I speak since I could not find a definition for the levels. Same thing with instruments. --The Dark Side 23:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Generally, I go by: 1 = barely, 2 = with difficulty, 3 = alright, 4 = well, 5 = awesome Does that help? --\/\/slack (talk) 00:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Immensely, thank you. --The Dark Side 02:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
search for a high school
am trying to search for the kenya high school its a girls high school in nairobi kenya.could you please give me their website
Wikipedia:Reference desk This is for Wikipedai issues, people there will answer your question. Good Luck. --\/\/slack (talk) 00:03, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Duplicate reference
This seems rather like a n00b question, but I'm quite stumped. On the article Lifebuoy (soap), there's one reference. Everything looks great when I preview, but once I save the page, I see two identical items in the references section. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong? →smably 01:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- And the plot thickens: when I view the permalink for the current revision, everything looks OK: [8]. Might this be a MediaWiki bug?
- Later: I see this has been reported by someone else. It's also broken on my userpage. There is definitely something screwy going on with Wikipedia. →smably 02:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, this is a bug that has mysteriously appeared recently. Purging the page by clicking here should solve it. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 04:41, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
numbered footnotes
Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong with the example of 2 numbered footnotes on my user page. In PREVIEW of edit mode it looks fine but otherwise I'm seeing the references listed twice at the bottom and numbered 1 to 4 and the footnotes in the text start at 3!??? As long as your looking at my user page feel free to put the answer there.
That's strange. I just noticed the previous post looks like the same problem.
GrahameKing 02:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I just checked - Lifebuoy (soap) works okay for me! wierd
GrahameKing 02:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- This is happening in several places. A quick solution is to append ?action=purge to the URL of the article in question - this clears an internal cache and has worked for me. Obviously, there's some other problem at work. Kuru talk 02:27, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Kuru. But I don't know how to do that. GrahameKing 02:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
New section about... something
29/08/2006.
The Readers & Editors pl. bear with me. I am using editing for the first time and am likely to miss the correct page.
I want to add to : Swadhyay or Pandurang Shashtri Athavale.
I was associated with Swadhyay or Pandurang Shashtri Athavale in the activities appearing on www.swadhyay.org. www.swadhyay.org is created by The Office of Swadhyay and/or Pandurang Shashtri Athavale.
There are controversial claims about Swadhyay or Pandurang Shashtri Athavale and there is a clash between editors whether to add a particular matter or not.
If a thing can be defined with the help of physics or chemistry, it can be decided whether a particular thing can be added or removed. So can not be done for a human being or social or religious activities.
From the time June, 2000, there is deviation from what is claimed on www.swadhyay.org. Even prior to June,2000, the image of Pandurang Shashtri Athavale or Swadhyay was always glorified or exaggerated.
I am not out to defame Pandurang Shashtri Athavale or lower the image of Swadhyay. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and changing facts have to be incorporated in it.
Late Mr.Pandurang Shashtri Athavale is popularly known as Dada. Dada means elder brother in Marathi - An Indian Language spoken in State of Maharashtra. Here-in-after, I shall refer Pandurang Shashtri Athavale as Dada. Dada gave discourses upon message of Srimad Bhagwad Geeta - A scripture of Hindus. He motivated people to use one's god gifted abilities to speak, move, think, hear for selfless work which he called Kruti-Bhakti. Based on this principle/logic his followers known as Swadhyayees moved from house to house and went to Indian villages at one's own cost and spreaded the message of Srimad Bhagwad Geeta and nurtured these activities. The number of followers went on increasing and at present it could be in millions but that does not necessarily mean that the followers observe dictates of Srimad Bhagwad Geeta henceforth shall be referred to as Geeta.
Dada also motivated Swadhyayees to involve in money producing experiments for spread of renovation of Vedic culture. Experiments known as "Yogeshwar Krushi", "Shree Darshan", "Vruksh-Mandir", "Amrutalayams", "Matsya-Gandha" and so on. The financial returns along with donations received were collected in nearly 100 trusts created for Swadhyay activities. The trustees were dedicated Swadhyayees and Dada was not a trustee. Dada used to say that The President of Swadhyay activities was God (Lord Yogeshwar).
Around June, 2000, Dada told trustees that The Swadhyay activities were his ownership and he was handing over reign of These activities to her adopted daughter Smt.Jayshree a.k.a. Dhanshree Srinivas Talwakar popularly known as DidiSwadhyayee 03:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC). Simultaneously, all the neutral trustees from all trusts were removed and replaced by Didi and her husband Srinivas Talwalkar a.k.a. Rao Saheb. Dada used to take blank resignation letters from the trustees in advance.
This was not well received by old dedicated Swadhyayees who had helped in foundation and nurture of these activities from day 1.
This was protested by old Swadhyayees and it resulted in violent attacks on old Swadhyayees by comperatively new Swadhyayees. The first attempt had taken place on 28th January, 2001 on Mahesh Shah an industrialist.
After an year, In June, 2001, The Hon. Ex-Chief Justice of High Court at Ahmedabad and Andhra Pradesh declared to media that Didi was using money and muscle power against old Swadhyayees, therefore he was submitting his resignation to Dada. He told the media that The funds of the trust in securities were valued at Indian Rupees Two Hundred Crores and property valued at Indian Rupees Five Hundred Crores. All the facts here-in are documented in Indian Newspapers. This fact had appeared first in "Gujarat Samachar" and later in all Gujarati newspapers.
Subsequently, number of old Swadhyayees became victims of violence and faced false criminal cases. The criminal cases were over 100 filed in rural Gujarat & Maharashtra ( Indian States) against various old Swadhyayees and/or ex-trustees. In 22 identical cases, an appeal was preferred by one Pankaj Trivedi and others in High Court at Ahmedabad. The High Court ruled in the matter in favour of Pankaj Trivedi and quashed all criminal cases at one go. The High Court further observed and recorded that the language of all 22 cases were word by word same and cases had been filed by different persons miles away from each other. The Court hence stated that the cases were filed in retalliation of bonafide civil case filed by Pankaj Trivedi for opening of a temple which was closed down by Didi to harass Pankaj Trivedi. The temple at Bhav-Nirjar, Ahmedabad had come in existence with the help of Pankaj Trivedi. The Judgement is documentary evidence and can be varified from The High Court at Ahmedabad.
Those who were assaulted and their bones broken are Vinod Shah, Shankar Thakkar of Mumbai, Vinoo Sanchania of London while he was in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. One Satish Rughani of Rajkot was assaulted in his house. He just came out after bath and his towel was thrown and he was naked. His wife was locked up in other room. Satish Rughani had accompanied Dada for receiving Megsasay Award.
Some of the old Swadhyayees were arrested like core criminals by police from other states and brutally beaten on the way to the state of police and in lock-up too against the legal provisions not to use 3rd degree for confession.
On court dates or while the arrested were presented before The Magistrate, thousands of Swadhyayees from villages were summoned to the court who tried to kill some of the arrested old Swadhyayees. Usually, police had to resort to cane charging to disperse the mob and protect the arresteds lives.
All these facts are documented by newspapers. Cases were filed against number of newspapers by Swadhyayees for reporting such un-becoming attitude of Swadhyayees against old Swadhyayees. The Press Council of India decided in favour of newspapers. In English, a magazine "India Today" had published an article highlighting wrongs of Swadhyay.
Pankaj Trivedi was killed on 15th June, 2006 outside Ellisbridge Gymkhana, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The police arrested eight to ten senior Swadhyayees. One of them was Ghanshyam Chudasama, P.A. to Dy. Comm. of Police under whose jurisdiction Pankaj Trivedi was killed. Ghanshyam Chudasama was working with some other office and using some influence, he had got himself transferred to Dy. Comm. of Police. As confessed by him, the plot to kill Pankaj Trivedi took place in The High Court premises when the order in favour of Pankaj Trivedi was passed.
Pankaj Trivedi was a green card holder and shuttling between U.S.A. and India. He went to U.S.A. just about 3 months before his life was taken away. He was harassed at U.S. air-port. When he came out of air-port, 4 white-skin people in uniform accosted him and warned of not to speak a word about Swadhyay wrongs while he was to stay in U.S.A.
Next day, Home Security Agency raided Pankaj Trivedi's house in U.S. A. as some one has printed some writing in Urdu with his photo along with photo of Bin Laden and this writing was passed to U.S.A. police stating that Pankaj Trivedi was a Bin Laden associate and threat to President Bush. Home Security Agencied investigated this matter and found Pankaj Trivedi was innocent. These facts can be varified from Home Security Agency, U.S.A.
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References section doubled
I just made an edit to the MyFreeImplants page, and when I did so all of the references/footnotes ended up repeating. What's strange is that in the article itself it doesn't start at the number 1, instead it starts at number 5. I'm not sure what caused this since I didn't make any edits related to that section or the reference points either. Jahgok 04:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Comment Ah, just answered my own question. I noticed above someone had the same problem. I appended the URL of the article with ?action=purge and loaded the page, and it seems to have fixed it. Thanks! And sorry for the duplicate help topic. Jahgok 04:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Minimum age
Is there a minimum age to become an administrator on Wikipedia? If so, what is it? 'FLaRN' (talk) 05:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- No, there is not. There has been some discussion as of late at WT:RFA regarding young people becoming administrators. Cheers, Tangotango 05:29, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- I recommend not revealing your age if underage. There was an incident involving an underage administrator pursued by someone twice her age. Anomo 05:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- That site's pictures are usually unrelated decorations. The story is true and I know who both people were. There really isn't a better link to it that I could find. Even though that link dramatizes it a bit, it kept all partys's identities secret and tries to be truthful. Anomo 07:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I take your word for the story being true. After describing the event, the site launched into such vicious propaganda against Wikipedia (possibly even the entire idea of anonymous/pseudonymous Internet communities) that I wondered if it had only been created to voice that propaganda. But I trust your word as a fellow Wikipedia editor that the original story is true. But where is that sign "Unattended children will be sold as slaves" located? JIP | Talk 09:12, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- As a decent rule, keep as many personal details out of the Wikipedia as possible. It's not like they affect editing anyways. I just have a few minor personal interests in the form of links on my userpage, for instance. If you're a minor, this is more important. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 06:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Dedicated work to the project and a nice personality (keeping your cool during disputes) are generally considered more important to admins, though some consider time spent and a certain number of edits as minimum criteria. Concerning internet safety, you should probably read this. - Mgm|(talk) 07:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
See alsos and wiki linking
If something is mentioned in an article and linked to, should it also be a see also, or not a see also? Or does it depend? I searched all the help pages and what is the standard? I heard from some people that say see alsos should be avoided? Should they always be avoided?
Also if an article is really long (let's forget about splitting the article up to make the question and answers simpler) and a subject is brought up and wiki linked to and then pages later that subject comes up again, should it be wikilinked to again for convenience or strictly never wikilinked to because it was once wikilinked before? Anomo 05:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Regarding the first part, personally I feel that the see also section is mostly redundant. Its purpose is solved not only by wikilinks but also by categories. So articles with a similar background would mostly be categorised together.
- For the second part, as a general rule, over linking is avoided. If an item is linked once, then there should be no need to link it again. For a very long article, splitting should be a good option else the article becomes unreadable -- Lost(talk) 06:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- I don't share Lost's view entirely. See also links can be more closely related to the article without the need to wade through an entire category of links, but generally, you should try to avoid including articles that have already been linked in such a section. - Mgm|(talk) 07:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think the See Also section is actually quite useful in ways. It's quite possible that there are articles related to the article you're currently reading that don't share categories (or do share categories, but the categories contain hundreds of articles and these two happen to have a much closer link). While it's likely that the other article may be linked somewhere in the text of the current article, so are a lot of other things that aren't as closely related, so it's good to have just a separate section to point out the most important ones. I wouldn't say it's necessary, but I do think it's handy. Confusing Manifestation 13:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
The above views are more of my personal views. Though I tried looking for some guidelines to put here, I was unable to. Would request the others to post a link to the guidelines if they know of any. Anomo, in the absence of guidelines, I'd suggest to follow your own judgement. I am just posting this so that my views above are not construed as a guideline -- Lost(talk) 14:20, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Is there a way to get a straw poll or something like that to get many many people's opinions so there can be some more firmly set guidelines? Anomo 15:41, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Okay I started one. It's still developing choices: Wikipedia:See_alsos Anomo 06:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
HOW?
I wanna edit a page by putting a picture from my documents how do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.31.26 (talk • contribs)
- First thing to do is get an account. Second, see Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Image use policy. Finally, linking to an article is shown here -- Lost(talk) 08:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- We can't allow just any image because we have to abide by copyright law. You can only upload the picture if you made it yourself, or if you know who did and can get permission or make a suitable fair use claim. - Mgm|(talk) 08:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Adding information to the link
Both cartoonists, Edward Koren and David Sipress were notable graduates of the Horace Mann High School (in Riverdale, NY) I believe they should be added to the list of notable graduates. Their cartoons are frquently seen in The New Yorker.
- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools. They have a guideline on adding notable alumni to the school article -- Lost(talk) 10:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'd be happy to add them to such a list if you have reliable sources to prove they are indeed graduates of that High School. - Mgm|(talk) 10:19, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Moving a page
The Article entitled 'National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam' should be called 'The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam'. I was going to try to move it, but I see in the move history it has already been moved; but the title is still without the word 'South' in it. What is going on and how do I fix it? Cripipper 11:46, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Got it fixed! Someone had reverted a previous move, but for the some reason the rv didn't appear in the move log. Cripipper 11:54, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Using images from other language Wikipedias
I've translated an article from French Wikipedia (see Office National des Transports (Congo) and attempted to use the same three images. One works ok, the other two don't. What should I be doing? Please reply on my talk page, or edit Office National des Transports (Congo) and explain there what I've done wrong. Thanks, Kahuzi 12:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Answered. - 131.211.210.11 12:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
About copyright
hi, I'm New user and I'd like to know how to upload image without the problems of copyright. I uploaded this image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mesbahyazdi.jpg
And there is no copyright with it, it's free of copyright. What shall I do?
Thanks
--Mohawer 13:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Actually if you just click on the link that you gave, there is a message that tells you what to do if you created the image and if you didnt. Just follow those instructions. Its that simple. But please do it quickly else the image will be speedy deleted -- Lost(talk) 13:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Just to emphasise, it can only be free of copyright if it has been placed in the public domain. Did you take the photograph? Notinasnaid 13:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Any picture is copyrighted to the person who originally took it unless specifically stated otherwise. - Mgm|(talk) 20:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Inserting picture into article
I do not appear to be able to insert any pictures into my articles. I have followed your advice on uploading but they dont actually give you instructions on how to do it. only descriptions on tags etc. How is the easy way to insert a picture into an article.
thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seansweeney1 (talk • contribs)
- If the image is already uploaded, then simply go to the article in the edit mode.
- A plain picture with no formatting can be inserted with the statement:
[[Image:Image.jpg]]
- If you want to add some formatting, then the detailed tutorial is at Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. Please be sure of adding the copyright status and the appropriate tag, else the image will be deleted -- Lost(talk) 15:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Philippines National Dance Carinosa
You listed Carinosa as the Philippines' national dance and it was formerly Tinikling. My question is when did the change occur? or what year was the national dance changed from Tinikling to Carinosa and if there is a reason behind this change, please tell me. We are promoting the Philippine culture and Tinikling is always being promoted as the Philippines national dance; now this was changed, I wanted to know the reason and when it was changed. Thanks so much.
P.C. Mario (apparent telephone number removed for safety)
- You would be better off asking this question over in the Wikipedia:Reference Desk, where their specialty is handling questions like this. This particular forum is for issues with Wikipedia and its functioning, not general reference questions. Cheers! Tony Fox (arf!) 17:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Garbled Texas
I checked the FAQs and I couldn't find an answer.
I'm using Safari 2.0.4 web browser.
I get all sorts of garbled text. For example, from www.wikipedia.org, what I see under "English" is this
Vjg"Htff"Gpe{engrgfkc
Most text isn't garbled, but some is. I'm wondering if I possibly don't have a necessary font installed in my system.
What do I need to do the correct this?
Ward Larkin
Ask here: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical).
People there can assist you better than we. --\/\/slack (talk) 23:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
leprosy
what is leprosy
- Remember, you're on an encyclopedia, and I'm sure Leprosy can give you an answer. At any rate, you'd want the Reference Desk where editors specialize in answering questions about any subject except how to use Wikipedia (since that's what this Help Desk is for). Good luck, anyway —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 18:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Featured Articles Redirect
I wanted to read about the requirements for featured articles so I popped 'featured article' into the search box and hit enter, thinking that some kind pioneer before me would have made a redirect to the appropriate page. They hadn't. Most likey, those pioneers found what they were looking for eventually and didn't bother to go back and fix up a redirect. No matter; I'm a kind, selfless, altruistic kinda guy, so I put one up myself. Then, in my usual thoughtful fashion, I considered what might happen in some poor soul in the future, were to type in 'featured articles' - they could face the horrors of a non-existant page, like so many have before them. So I wrenched that into my search box and was sickened to discover that it had been deleted and blocked from regeneration - taking a quick look in the deletion log I was taken aback as a twisted plot of treachery and deceit unfolded from the past, its fetid stench saturating the atmosphere so that I could barely breathe. What could motivate not one, but two deletions of a thoroughly useful redirect as 'featured articles > wikipedia:featured article'? --Username132 (talk) 17:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- That it is a cross-namespace redirect, which is a current bone of contention in deletion policy. You can always ask for it to be undeleted at Deletion review. Titoxd(?!?) 17:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hitting enter, will try to look for an ARTICLE with that title. If you want to search Wikipedia for featured articles, you should hit the Search button and if memory serves me correctly this automatically searches the Wikipedia namespace. - Mgm|(talk) 20:53, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Image permission question
I've just uploaded two pictures from the Succubus website (http://www.bloodceremony.net/Home/leffat/Succubus/body_succubus.html). The copyright holder of these images explicitly gave me permission to use them freely in Wikipedia, so I chose the license "The copyright holder gave me permission to use this work in Wikipedia (no other terms specified)". But it turns out Wikipedia classifies these images as candidates for speedy deletion, because they're not explicitly free to use outside Wikipedia. What should I do? Do I have to ask the copyright holder if the images can be used by everyone as they please? He did indicate that these are official promotion images and can be used publically, which is different from snapshots taken from the film DVD itself. JIP | Talk 18:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, in effect. Images in Wikipedia must be free to be used elsewhere, including for commercial purposes. There is a specific license that can be applied, but it cannot limit use, only require credit. This does not suit every copyright holder, certainly. Notinasnaid 19:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- The easiest way is to ask them to mention this permission on his website, so we can easily verify, or he could email permissions[at]wikimedia[dot]org. Also, even if they're promotional images, make sure the website owner actually owns the rights to the images, otherwise you should tag using {{promophoto}} or however that template was suppoosed to be named. - Mgm|(talk) 20:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- The website owner owns the copyright as he is also the film director. I asked him about this, giving him a link to the Wikipedia image use policy, and he replied: "Let's not give copyright away completely. The images may only be used in connection to the film." Does this mean the images can be used, or does it not? JIP | Talk 05:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Certified Financial Planner page
I am a Trademark Paralegal at Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. I came across the Wikipedia page for "Certified Financial Planner", which is a trademark owned by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. I edited the content of the page so that it displays our trademarks appropriately, but I also need to edit the title of the page. Because it is a trademark, the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(tm) mark must be displayed as shown here, i.e. in all capital letters and followed by the (tm) trademark indication or superscript symbol if possible. Additionally, for further protection of our mark, we ask that it always be followed by a noun. In this case we would like the title of the page to be "CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(tm) certification".
Thank you for your help.
Erika Hellgren Trademark Paralegal, CFP Board
- Sorry, I do not think the Wikipedia naming conventions allow that. Article titles should follow general English typography as closely as possible. And even nonwithstanding the conventions, having the (tm) as a superscript symbol is technically impossible. JIP | Talk 18:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Many Wikipedia articles have titles which are trademarks: Coca-Cola, for instance. They do not use "TM" or "R-in-a-circle" characters in their titles (although these characters are in fact in the Unicode character set and thus are capable of being used). Neither do newspapers routinely add such symbols to their headlines when they happen to mention a trademarked thing. Such usages are clearly within nominative fair use, and there is no legal requirement to humor the trademark lawyers with symbols in such cases, nor is such usage standard in English-language articles that are not marketing brochures. *Dan T.* 19:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- As noted, this is an academic and reference work, and the gratuitous and unsightly use of trademark notices is deprecated. FCYTravis 19:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks). -- Rick Block (talk) 01:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Multiple names/titles linking to same page/article
I am preparing to create a page/article about the non-profit organization for which I work. Is there a way to link various versions of our name to our page when people search for us?
We are officially the National Foundation for Advancment in the Arts but are often incorrectly referred to as the National Foundation for THE Advancement OF the Arts. We produce the Arts Recognition and Talent Search program which is also known as the ARTS program. Our organization's acronym is NFAA. People might search for us as National Foundation ... in either the correct or the incorrect way. They might seach for us as the Arts Recogntion ... and they might search for us as NFAA (which is currently linking to a rock band) or as NFAA ARTS.
What should I do to ensure that however someone searches for us, they find our page?
Thanks for your assistance
Christopher Schram Vice President National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 444 Brickell Avenue, P-14 Miami, FL 33131 (305) 377-1140
www.NFAA.ARTSawards.org
- You'll want to take a look at Wikipedia:Redirects - any time there is a spelling, capitalisation, or alternate term it is acceptable to redirect to the appropriate page to aid in the ease of searching. You may also want to look at Wikipedia:Disambiguation for the specific case of NFAA, if it is indeed a rock band. You have several options - one is creating NFAA (disambiguation and making that the default when NFAA is searched, or the other is to append a disambiguation notice on the rock band's article. More on that in the disambig page, though, so I won't go into it unless you need more help. Anyway, I would suggest making the main article National Foundation for Advancment in the Arts and creating redirects for the others. Let me know if you need more help, but I think those two articles should help you.
- Oh, but Help:Starting a new page is always good to review, too. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 18:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Also check WP:VAIN, WP:YFA and WP:SPAM. If you're related to the company/organization you write about you should take extra care to remain neutral per our neutral point of view policy. - Mgm|(talk) 20:47, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Creating a template
A lot of the listing for various Britsh railway stations show the preceeding and following station within a "template" at the bottom of the page. I'd like to know how to create something similar for multiple use.
- Just create a page called Template:Whatever you want and add {{Whatever you want}} in the articles. JIP | Talk 20:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- If you want to make something similar, go in the code of an article that has the template to figure out its name and visit Template:name. From there you can copy the code to a fresh location to experiment with alterations. - Mgm|(talk) 20:44, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Citations
Lately I have been adding sections to articles, with the new sections (often a "history" section) based on only one or two sources. What is the best way to note that the entire section is based on source X? Should I place the citation at the end of the section? I am afraid that would look as if only the last sentence or paragraph was based on the source. (I usually use cite.php.) For an example, see the "History" section of Denver Zoo. --Ginkgo100 talk · e@ 20:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- I put a source at the end if it refers to an entire section, but I would like to hear what others think...- Mgm|(talk) 20:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Adding sources just at the end of the section is confusing for the reason you suggest, and especially if someone else inserts a sentence half way down with a different source, or with so source at all. I prefer to cite each fact I include, even if it means some repetition. I don't think there's any standard - just do what seems best to you.--Cherry blossom tree 21:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- If there's just one or two sources, adding a footnote to each paragraph is often sufficient and neatest. Unless you use too many paragraphs, it shouldn't look too repetitious. Obviously, if one paragraph takes elements from both sources, you can add a footnote at each relevant point in the paragraph.
- Bear in mind that if the source is a book, it should usually cite the page number(s) or chapter(s), not just the book as a whole. That means that even though you may have a long section, it will probably be verified by different parts of the book, so each different fact or paragraph should have a different footnote for the different page/chapter(s) that verify it. --Sam Blanning(talk) 23:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Adding sources just at the end of the section is confusing for the reason you suggest, and especially if someone else inserts a sentence half way down with a different source, or with so source at all. I prefer to cite each fact I include, even if it means some repetition. I don't think there's any standard - just do what seems best to you.--Cherry blossom tree 21:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Aligning text to the right?
Is this possible in Wikipedia? If so, why is the knowledge hidden from public view? I'm trying to get a header to align right. I've tried a number of different methods, to no avail :( Bill Oaf 21:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- You want the page title to align to the right? Well, the only way to do this is to edit the global css file which only admins can edit.
- But if you just want a normal heading to, just wrap <div align="right"> </div> or <div style="text-align: right;"> around it. GeorgeMoney (talk) 21:32, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Redirecting
I recently made a new article about virtual records. I was wondering if there was anyway to redirect searches or links reading "virtual albums" to the page i recently created? The two terms are one in the same, and currently there is no article for "virtual album", i wanted to make it easier for searchers to find the page they are looking for.
- See Wikipedia:Redirect. Basically you make a page called virtual album with #REDIRECT [[virtual record]] as its content. --Cherry blossom tree 21:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Where do I get fonts?
Where do I find out how to download fonts for other Wikipedia languages? wellsoberlin 21:36, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Huh? Fonts? Most Wikipedia use standard web fonts (mostly Arial, I think) which are found on virtually every computer. You don't need extra fonts to view them. — QuantumEleven 15:54, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- I imagine this is with respect to special characters, especially to those of languages that do not use the Latin alphabet, and most probably to East Asian languages; it is the latter about which most display problems arise. Wikipedia:Enabling East Asian characters provides a few links at which one might find the files the installation of which should render Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters other than as mojibake. Wikipedia:Technical FAQ appears to offer other information as to Unicode support relative to one's web browser or operating system, but I'm not sufficiently conversant with any of this to be able to offer specific guidance. If the links I've given aren't helpful, WP:VP/T is probably the page to which you should turn. Joe 21:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
References
I put one reference on Headblade and for some reason it is showing twice at the bottom. How do I correct this?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Barryfein (talk • contribs) .
- This seems to be a sitewide bug that many people have encountered (if you scroll up on this page you'll see a number of posts on this same topic). Please see Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Mysterious problem involving footnotes and citation templates or Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Strange situation with footnotes. As noted there, "Adding ?action=purge to the URL of the page you are having problems with (load the page, then in the address bar, add ?action=purge to the end of the URL and press Enter) seems to fix the problem with doubled footnotes and references that don't work, at least for some people." --Fuhghettaboutit 22:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Jews in Hungary
What is the history of Jews in Sopron, Hungary?
Reference Desk please. --\/\/slack (talk) 01:17, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Special Page "Most Revisions" not working
The Special Page:Most Revisions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Mostrevisions doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas why this is?
- If you want to see it someone posted a google cache at Wikipedia_talk:Special:Mostrevisions#Gcache. GeorgeMoney (talk) 03:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- thanks, I see that, and it's from December 2005. Google has no current cache of the page. Its not gone forever, is it?
how do i remove content i added
When I edited something, it didn't turn out the way I wanted and I don't know how to remove it.
- If you created the article and remain the only editor to the article, then you can add {{db-author}} to the top of it and an admin will delete it. GeorgeMoney (talk) 05:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
how do i remove my editing to an article i didn't create?
What I put in wasn't what I thought it would be.
- There's no need to create a double post here. If you want to remove what you added, just click the Edit button and select and delete the stuff you want to remove. Otherwise, see Help:Reverting. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 05:28, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Editing the "top bit" of an entry in Wikipedia!
The <Edit> links on pages take the reader to the section below the link. The first <Edit> link is BELOW the "summary" paragraphs and contents box that begin the entry. How can these poarts of a page be edited.
Speciafically I would like to add a comment to the Portable Document Format page summary. The page is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_document_format#PDF_and_accessibility
The "header" contains the words "This feature ensures that a valid PDF will render exactly the same regardless of its origin or destination (but depending on font availability).". However this sentence contradicts the sentence under "Technology" which reads: "PDF is primarily the combination of three technologies: . . . a font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with the documents,".
I believe the latter sentence is correct and the former misguided. However I can find no way to edit (add a qualifier to point out the contradiction if nothing else) the section at the TOP of the page, only to those sections below.
Is the first part sacrosanct and if so how can errors be corrected there?
. . . is there anyone out there? What was the point of writing all this? It's simple going to become another page in this vast Gormenghast labyrinth of pages, gathering dust. If you too are lost here . . . hi! God's speed on your journey.
- Ahh, it's a bit of a drag, but you'll need to edit the whole page at once, to get at the introductory paragraph -- there should be an "edit this page" tab up at the top of your window (unless the page is protected from editing). Does that help? :) Luna Santin 09:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Here's a trick if you want to edit the lead section of the page. Go to one of the sections and press edit. If you pressed it for 1st section, then 1 will be the last number you see at the end of the url. Replace this 1 with 0 and hit enter. You will now be editing only the lead section and reducing chances of edit conflict. -- Lost(talk) 09:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Better yet, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Edit Top for a simple method of adding the missing "section 0" edit link. —David Levy 10:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well if they'd fix the problem in the first place, everyone wouldn't have to run away and fix up their own scripts. Not very user-friendly... Username132 (talk) 12:58, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, but this is a decent workaround. —David Levy 13:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
wikipedia email
How can I have a Wikipedia e-mail address? It would be insanely fun to if went as follows, "e-mailaddress@wiki.org"
Curiositykills 09:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- You'd have to ask the people who own the wiki.org domain. It is not owned by the Wikipedia people. Notinasnaid 13:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Links
How can I make a link to the bulgarian wiktionary in the english wikipedia? Arath 09:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- wikt:bg:TARGET is what you're looking for, I believe.
[[wikt:bg:TARGET]]
Happy editing. :) Luna Santin 09:28, 31 August 2006 (UTC)- Thanks a lot. Arath 09:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- m:Help:Interwiki linking may also prove a useful bookmark in view of its enumeration of project shortcuts and language prefixes... Joe 18:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot. Arath 09:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia Needs Better Discussion Facilities
Is there a group I can join to keep up-to-date with regards to the debate on changing discussion pages to become more like a message board? I know this has been discussed in many places for a long time and I want to make sure that when the voting begins, I don't miss it. If there is no group for those interested in the issue, how do I create one. Would it be a WikiProject? --Username132 (talk) 12:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Village pump/proposals may be a good place to discuss this -- Lost(talk) 13:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- You should start by addressing the fact messageboard lack the ease of edit histories and the fact you can't use wiki code on them. - Mgm|(talk) 15:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- This really wasn't what my question was about but why do you need an edit history for a discussion and surely wikicode could be used in the prototypes people have been making. Anyway, I didn't want to debate it; I just wanted to know how I can keep up-to-date on the progress of this issue. --Username132 (talk) 07:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Spurtnip cup
My page Spurtnip Cup got deleted after I spent an age editing it. cna you please help?Shaman Garr 14:05, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Here is the deletion log: [9]. The person who deleted it left a note on your talk page. I believe they considered it made up, or nonsense, but you can ask them. Notinasnaid 14:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Edit
Hello. I noticed an error on the Sheila Kuehl page the other day regarding the bill she authored on gays and lesbians in the schools. I work in the area of policy and know it was changed, so i tried to make a correction. I don't quite understand the edit directions and while i figured out how to *add* text, i couldn't figure out how to delete the text with the original bill language informantion. Would you please either do that or give me the instructions on how to do it myself?
Thanks! EdDienst 16:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Alicia
- Normally, you would just go to the edit mode, remove the text you dont want and click on save page. Are you not able to do that? -- Lost(talk) 16:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
placing tags
How do things like critique an article's tone, factual accuracy, or neutrality?
- Take a look at Wikipedia:Template messages; Pick the one that best suits your needs, and put it at the top of the offending article. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Brushing slide
What is a brushing slide° — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.99.219 (talk • contribs)
- 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's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost(talk) 19:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Contributions - (top)?
Hello,
just wanted to ask what does the word "(top)" (in bold) mean next to certain lines in my contributions page.
Thank you.
- It means that you are the last editor to the page. It is called "top" because when viewing the history of an article, your edit shows on the top of the list if you are the last editor. GeorgeMoney (talk) 21:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
mini wiki
i have a program on my website called Wiki from Aplus.net The program acts like a small wikipedia where i can add my own content about my webpages and other things i like. if i find that something i like is already on Wikipedia how do i link it back to my page or visiversa? my wiki is http://ultrapcgear.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
- If you want to copy a page then you should follow the terms of the GFDL (ie keeping the usernames in the history or linking to the original version.) if you want to copy the article, just edit it and copy all of the text, then at the bottom say "Original version at <link to wikipedia article>. Contributors: <link to article's history page>". GeorgeMoney (talk) 22:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Updating Exitsting Images
Hello,
I want to update some existing images (which are part of an episode guide), but when I upload them it tell me it already exists. I want to update the TV Screenshot with a DVD Screenshot (which the other images are). I know others have the ability to do this. How can I update the existing images?
Thank you
- Just ignore the warning about it already existing and it will update it. If you make a mistake and wanto to revert yourself, just go down to the section that says "File History" which is on the image description page. You should see
* (del) (cur) 13:41, February 8, 2005 . . You (Talk | contribs) . . 135×155 (11,974 bytes) (More updated version) * (del) (rev) 21:11, February 1, 2005 . . Someone (Talk | contribs) . . 355×349 (37,624 bytes) (I created a new image)
(note, even though the "del" link is there, only admins can use it.)
Just click the "rev" link to revert back to the original version. So even if you do mess it up you can always revert, so there is nothing to worry. Just ignore the warning. GeorgeMoney (talk) 01:57, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Question regarding changing Username
Hi there, had a quick question for you. Currently my user name is Stevecz, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stevecz
How do I go about changing it to my name; Steve Czarnecki ?
Also...if people want to find me when they go to Wikipedia.com, where would they type in my name to pull up my information? No one seems to be able to pull it up unless I give them the link directly, I'm not in the main search engine, or at least not where I've looked. Please let me know...
Thanks you, all the best!!!
Steve Czarnecki e-mail removed to stop spam
- Regarding changing your username. You can request that at Wikipedia:Changing username. Garion96 (talk) 23:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Since you only have about 6 edits so far, it is actually easier for you (and the servers) to make a new account with the desired username. Garion96 (talk) 23:16, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Unicode font selection
Hello. I have several Unicode fonts installed on my computer, for use with various typefaces in some graphics work I do. (For example, there is a Unicode font resembling Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana, etc.) Anyway, when IPA characters in a Wikipedia article appear, they are in one of the very light fonts I have installed, and are difficult to read. Is there any way of telling Wikipedia which Unicode font I want displayed, or does it always default to something? Thank you. — Michael J 00:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Ask here. --\/\/slack (talk) 02:19, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- OK. Thanks. — Michael J 08:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Highlighting text
Is there any way I can place a colourful highlight on text-and can this colour be programmed? Thanks--JDitto 00:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- If you want to highlight text for others to see, you can just wrap <span style="background: anycolor;"> text </span> around it, and it will be highlighted (but it is highly discouraged to do this in articles.
- If you want to do it for your own personal use, just put the following code in your personal monobook.css:
foo {background: red;}
- so to make links have a red background use
a {....}
- GeorgeMoney (talk) 01:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
HOW DO I CREATE A NEW ARTICLE?
Please email me with the answer to sunflowerpaint____At____gmail-|dot|-com (email format modified to prevent spam)
Thank you dearly,
anya — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anya sm (talk • contribs)
- See Help:Starting a new page.You might also want to read Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article.24.20.69.240 01:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
How can I find the IP address for an editor?
I would like to find the IP address for a user because? ( )user:HealthConsumerAdvocate Please respond to my talk page. Thanks. DPetersontalk 02:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- You cannot view the IP addresses of users unless you have the CheckUser permission which is only given to a few people. GeorgeMoney (talk) 02:09, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I appreciate your quick answer to my question. If I want to make a request to see if a user is a proxy for one who has previously been banned from certain pages, how would I do that? regards
DPetersontalk 02:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Login thinks I've disabled cookies
I just upgraded my browser from Mozilla to Firefox 1.5.0.6. Now, when I try to log in, I get the message "Login error: Wikipedia uses cookies to log in users. You have cookies disabled. Please enable them and try again." The thing is, I don't have cookies disabled. I even looked at the cookies (Tools->Options->Privacy tab->Cookies tab->View cookies button) and saw four new ones from en.wikipedia.org.
My userid is "Gwil". I can still see my talk page, so I'll check that for a response. Thank you for any help. 69.134.179.173 02:25, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Image tagging for pictures of products
I was just looking at the page for Milky Way candy bars (just hungry, I suppose...), and I noticed that the picture Image:Milky Way Wrapped.jpg was tagged as Public Domain. I know this is incorrect - is there a tag for pictures of products? I looked at the list of image license tags but couldn't find it. I'm certainly no expert on copyrights. If possible, could someone get back to me on my talk page? Thanks! tiZom(2¢) 04:03, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I think {{Promotional}} would be an appropriate tag here (copied to his talk page) -- Lost(talk) 04:14, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Rename Account
How do I rename my Account? I don't want to use my actual name. I want to change my account username to "The Mac Utopian". Can anyone help me do this? PhilipJBlack 04:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Head on over to WP:CHU for further help. :) Luna Santin 04:40, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Though you only have 2 edits including this one it would be much better and easier if you just created a new account. GeorgeMoney (talk) 04:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
List of tags?
Where can I find a full list of entry tags like 'reqphoto', 'advertisement', 'confusing' and 'cleanup'? --Navstar 07:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- WP:TEMP is unfortunately not 100% complete, but it's as close as I've seen. :) Luna Santin 07:31, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
C band channels
I wish you can give me a link to where i can find station codes such as VPIA, APID, CAS and T.P of below 68 degree so that i can enter to my decoder to recieve more channels.
- 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's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost(talk) 07:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
What is unbalanced Growth Theory
What is unbalanced Growth Theory
- I think you'll want to consult the Reference Desk for that - this help desk is for answering questions pertaining directly to Wikipedia such as editing. Also, keep in mine that you are in an encyclopedia, and many things are merely one search away. I might also suggest Google. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Unable to Move/Rename page
An article was created today for "California Bluegrass association". There was a typo in the title...the word "association" should be capitalized, as it is part of a proper name (it is used correctly elsewhere in the article. I created an account to move the page. When I try, I get a message that I am not logged in, or that my account is too new. While I can list the page for an administrator to move, this seems like a trivial typo matter. How long does it take for my account to no longer be "too new"? Should I just list the page for an admin to change?
- The "too new" message is a neccesary evil to ward of page move vandalism. You can request moves at Wikipedia:Requested moves, but in this case, I'll go ahead and do it for you. - Mgm|(talk) 09:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS AQUEDUCTAL STENOSIS
With due respect I am earnestly seeking advice for my 04 yrs old daughter who had Congenital Hydrocephalus Aqueductal Stenosis & had undergone BP Shunt Surgery at the age of 01 yr. She is takeing medicine PIRACEAM NOTROPIL regularely. Still she does not sit down or get up on her own. But she could get down from the bed & walk properly.At this stage also she does not speak at all but she blabbers which we can not understand. I would like to know whether she would be normal in the long run or is there any special treatment. So that she can at least communicate with us properly in a manner we could understsnd her. Sometimes she communicate with us in her own way.That is if she needs something she holds our hand & takes us to the object & point her finger.She likes to watch TV specially the music channel & she also loves to travel. . Plsase suggest us what we should do further and I will be greatfull to you.
Thanking you Tara sankar choudhury
- Please note that Wikipedia is not a doctor, and you should seek help and advice from a health care professional. talk to JD wants e-mail 09:51, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I concur with User:J Di. Only a health care professional can give you advice about your daughter. For general information in the condition there is an article at Hydrocephalus--Arktos talk 11:12, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
adding/editing formulas
How do I write/edit mathematical formulas in articles & talk pages? PeterHaughton 09:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- WP:FORMULA might be able to help you. talk to JD wants e-mail 09:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I did a mistake.
Some time ago I wrote an article prototype but I wrongly named it User:MaxDZ8::parallax_mapping_proto instead of User:MaxDZ8/parallax_mapping_proto.
I'm not really sure on how to do a move. To tell the truth, I worked on it all the morning and I'm now out of time. Could you please move it for me? I guess you're more confident with this stuff.
And while we're at it, what's the correct way to link to user subpages?
Thank you
MaxDZ8 talk 09:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've moved the page for you, there's some information on moving pages at WP:MOVE. For user subpages, the way you're linking to them now is fine, but try to use spaces instead of underscores. talk to JD wants e-mail 09:48, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- And I fixed the link on your userpage and killed the double redirect. - Mgm|(talk) 10:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I also listed the redirect for deletion at the rfd log :-D somehow it doesnt count as a speedy candidate!! --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 11:44, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm reading the move guidelines right now. Thank you for taking care for me, this kind of things give me the creeps. You guys rock!
MaxDZ8 talk 18:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Making the font larger
How would I go about making the font larger on my user page? I've tried everything but to no avail... Mecca Cola 12:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- use the font tag with the size attribute < font size = xx > some text < / font > (without the spaces -- see HTML tag) or use whatever the XML standard is these days, I believe span instead of font. - Mgm|(talk) 12:25, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
help needed
Hey I need help in knowing how to link some words to google search engine from wikipedia. For example if I go to google page and type a word I would get some links that have been added to google. How is it possible. Please help me. I would love to hear from anybody,for a page onfireministries.
- Dont worry, this will be done automatically after a few days. The google search engine keeps re-indexing every few days and in the next indexing, this page will also come up. -- Lost(talk) 13:54, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Case sensitive search
i wrote an anrticle about the investment bank MPS Finance. Searching it from the search bar in wikepedia's main page i found that the name is case sensitive ie. i have to write MPS Finance as opposed to mps finance, to be directed to the article. How can this problem be corrected? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stefanocg (talk • contribs) .
- This is WP:VFAQ #1. In your case, you need to add a REDIRECT from Mps Finance. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Or mps finance (note the 'f'). - Mgm|(talk) 17:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Piped link
Still find it difficult to create a piped link. Advice will be welcome. This is my first use of this site.All help is welcome.Osborne 15:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC)Osborne
- See Wikipedia:Piped link, you will surely find there help. Jacek Kendysz 15:44, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Image tag syntax
Is there a way to get a frame around an image while also limiting its size, e.g. frame|225px, without using the "thumb" tag that puts the little thumb symbol on the final product? Also without downloading the image, shrinking it, then reuploading the smaller size. Dismas|(talk) 15:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Nope, there isn't a way to resize it with a frame without using thumb. GeorgeMoney (talk) 18:41, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
User boxes are covering the text on my user page
So I found out about user boxes. cool! So I added a bunch to my user page. I put them in several different boxes, using boxtop / boxbottom. But now they are appearing on top of one another... could someone explain how to fix? Thanks! SaxTeacher (talk) 18:33, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Easy; get rid of the user boxes. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 18:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Fixed --GeorgeMoney (talk) 18:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you! SaxTeacher (talk) 18:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
An idiots guide for uploading images...
Quite frankly, my eyeballs melt when I start reading about all the different types of copyright available here. And then uploading to the Wikicommons to link over to Wikipedia? Huh?? Wha?? I have written permission from a photographer to post images of actors that he photographed (at public events) for his blog. The people in question have Wiki entries without photos (I thought it would improve the entries to have photos of the people in question). He wants to be credited by name for the photos, but does not care about reserving any rights to the photos. Any ideas how to go about this while keeping within Wikipedia's serpentine copyright rules? --Navstar 19:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- If he has released rights with credit you can upload them to commons (although you will need proof of the permission) under GFDL or similar. Your best bet -as they are being released - is to register on commons.wikimedia.org and ask for admin or experienced user help in tagging the images and uploading there. Images on commons are accessible on wikipedia in the normal way [ [image: etc. as well as every other wikimedia project --Errant Tmorton166(Talk)(Review me) 20:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I've made a mistake, can you delete an image?
A few minutes ago I uploaded this image: to replace this one: as it was missing a few countries. I typed in the name of the old image as the source file name (as I wanted to replace it, not make two images), but I did that before I chose the file I wanted (by clicking on the 'Browse' button on the upload page), so when I chose my file, the source file name changed automatically, overriding what I had just put in. There's now two images, but this one: is the one that's correct. I've replaced all uses of the old image with the new one, so could someone (an admin, maybe?) delete the old image, or should I just add the 'redundant' template to it? Thanks! - Lewis R « т · c » 20:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think that's a good idea. The image you were trying to overwrite is on the Wikipedia Commons. I recommend you reinstate the links you altered and try to overwrite the image there. It would be a shame to have a free image like yours not be on the commons anyway. I'll see if I can do this for you. - Mgm|(talk) 20:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Service mark as subject of Wikipedia entry
When a registered service mark is the subject of a Wikipedia entry, and the Wikipedia entry recognizes expressly that this is the case (that the term is a registered service mark), does not the owner of the mark have the exclusive right to define the meaning of that term under Wiki guidelines if it desires without compromise? Under the law that is the case, ie., no one can offer the services under the marks name without consent from the owner and it needs to be done precisely as defined by the owner or it is unlawful. This is, of course, separate from appropriate comment in the entry on the service provided under the mark. But does not he owner get first crack at defining what his mark stands for? Also, are you aware of other service-marked entries that might be a good example?