I have recently been published several times in various print journals and periodicals. Is it ethical for me to use such articles as source material? I don't think it's the same as a self-published source (I'm not the publisher, just the writer!), but could see how it could give the appearance of a conflict of interest. Thanks in advance!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 01:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As long as your work isn't OR, I would suggest mentioning it on the talk page of the article it pertains to, so that someone else could add the material. RadManCF (talk) 01:48, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What would constitute OR? For the most part my writing is more or less reporting on events that happened...say a Mixed Martial Arts Fight...would reporting that Fighter A beat Fighter B in 2 rounds on this date at this venue be considered OR? This would be something printed in a newspaper or sporting periodical, except I would be the writer covering the story. I'm not talking about publishing a theory that I have about cheetahs being more doglike than catlike or things of that nature.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 06:05, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting would not be OR, but may not satisfy other criteria. At this point, I would ask at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard, WP:RSN. RadManCF (talk) 22:55, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, much!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 15:32, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I got on the Edit Counter(version4.0.0.49) and the unique article edited say 2 and the live edits say 1. What does that mean.208.75.247.170 (talk) 02:27, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unique articles shows how many different pages you (or your IP address) have edited (in this case, the IP address has edited 2 different pages). Live edits means the number of edits made that have not been deleted (in your case, 1 edit not deleted).  fetchcomms☛ 02:29, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

How to create auto numbering in Table? Say if you are creating Table, I would like to add auto numbering in the column 1... any hints?

Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sreedharv (talk • contribs) 03:50, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure that it's impossible. I'm part of a wikiproject that maintains large lists of historic sites that are listed by number; sites are occasionally added to these lists, making us go through a lot of effort to renumber all of the lines, and we've tried but failed to find a way to get the numbers to display automatically. Nyttend (talk) 06:33, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Google found CCS Counters. I don't know enough CSS or HTML to know how feasible it is, or even if it is relevant - any takers out there? Jan1naD ^{(talk • contrib)} 09:00, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My talk page history does not agree with what my browser is displaying for my talk page. Is it a cache problem or is there a difference? Thanks Tiderolls 04:11, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Try WP:PURGE. --Teratornis (talk) 04:41, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You accidentally removed the ending > from a comment in [1]. This made all the following a part of the comment. I have fixed it. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:29, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ahhh...many thanks. It was driving me crazy. I had even called a friend to look at the page on their PC, and they saw the same text displayed. Tiderolls 14:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if this has already been addressed or if I should be able to find the answer on my own. I did a bit of looking and got lazy x_x. I wanted to add the list of my watched pages to my userpage, and did so, but I'd really love for the list to update itself whenever I add or remove a page from my watchlist. Again, sorry if I should've been able to find this on my own. Any info would be greatly appreciated. SSBDelphiki (talk) 04:23, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

                                             C.P. RAJASEKHARAN
                                         ( Broadcaster & Dramatist ) 
                               Ph: 09447814101, E-Mail:   cprradioshoot@gmail.com
                                            www.radioshoot.com

                                            EXPERIENCE as a WRITER

                                         MAIN BOOKS

                                            AWARD WINNING RADIO FEATURES

                                       LITERARY AWARDS

                                             FOREIGN VISITS

                    Visited Germany, America, Canada,  France and Arabian countries
          on various assignments and taken demonstration–lecturesin various foreign universities 
       on Theatre, Aesthetics, Media Management Indian Philosophy; and on Women’s Issues &  Empowerment 

                                       BROADCAST  &  MEDIA EXPERIENCE

            35 Years of experience in writing, directing & organizing Stage , TV & Radio programs.
                    15 years experience in Producing Directing & Presenting T.V talk-shows,
       Experience in leading & guiding the TV - production-team both for the studio & Out Door Production
 Conceived ,Written & Produced interviews documentaries and T.V. Films on various issues of  Women & Children
        20yrs of  Team-Leader experience in managing Radio & TV stations at  various places & conditions 
    all over the country by working as the Program Executive, Asst. Director & Director  of Radio & TV stations. 
         Vast Teaching Experience IN Media Management & Script writing & Radio / TV  production

                                                RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

                                                EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

                                         ASSIGNMENTS RECEIVED

                                       --------------------------------  

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Cprsneham (talk • contribs) 11:31, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've created a draft page for Cprsneham here. I'll leave a welcome and a bit of guidance on article creation on their talk page. Regards Tiderolls 14:02, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm drawing a blank of the location of the places to suggest topics for articles, but this is not the place. Someone will come along shortly and remind me. The material is not in a format suitable for Wikipedia at this time, so perhaps someone will look at it and undertake the project, but it is not as simple as copying and pasting.--SPhilbrickT 14:04, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You may be thinking of Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Tiderolls 14:41, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks, that's exactly what I was trying to remember.--SPhilbrickT 15:07, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There used to be an article about this film genre but I can't find it. I can't even find any trace of a deletion, or any related titles? 90.213.196.210 (talk) 12:24, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There has been no article called Natural horror. Category:Natural horror films says they are also called Creature Features. Is that it? Several articles have a piped link from "natural horror" to Horror film like this: natural horror. Could you have followed such a link and thought the article was called "Natural horror"? PrimeHunter (talk) 12:41, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was a few years ago, but definitely had 'Natural horror' somewhere in the title. It was created by User:Andrzejbanas who also created the categroy you mentioned. I remember it because I was going to ask him something about the article. 90.213.196.210 (talk) 14:15, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Soxred93's tool shows that Andrzejbanas has created over 700 articles, but I don't see one with a name like what you're after. Are you sure it was him? Gonzonoir (talk) 16:23, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not impossible that I was thinking of Category:Natural horror films, but I used to be a regular editor and I was considering moving the page to a less ambiguous title, so I was going to ask Andrzejbanas his opinion (this is years ago). If it was a category I couldn't have moved it myself, which is why I'm fairly certain there used to be an article. Would Soxred93's tool display deleted articles? 90.213.196.210 (talk) 17:35, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it wouldn't display deleted articles, no. The deletion logs have no record of there ever having been a Natural horror or Natural Horror either. Have you tried asking Andrzejbanas on his talk page whether he remembers? He's still an active editor. Gonzonoir (talk) 18:03, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't remember the exact name, then it's hard for us to find the article. It may be possible to find it if you had been logged in under a user name; an administrator then could look at your deleted contributions. You may prefer to not publicly write your old user name here; if you like, you can send it to me by e-mail; I will treat it confidentially. (I am an admin.) — Sebastian 18:18, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think I ever edited the article. I might try asking Andrzejbanas about it. 90.213.196.210 (talk) 20:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Andrzejbanas's deleted article contributions contain nothing with "natur", and no general article containing "horror". Maybe it was this one: List of psychological thriller films from May 2007? — Sebastian 00:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks for checking, like I said, it definitely had 'Natural horror' in the title, so it must have been Category:Natural horror films I was thinking of. 90.213.196.210 (talk) 16:52, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to export data for all the football stadiums Wikipedia knows about. By fluke I found a script on toolserver that lets me extract the Article name and latitude / longitude for every article in a category. So I've got a list of the categorised football stadia Wikipedia knows about and their locations, and now I want to look at each of those articles and get the parameters they pass into their stadium infobox (if they have one) so that I can know the capacity and the tenants etc. Is there a generic tool that can do this for me, similar to that location one I happened across? Is it even allowed? --Iae (talk) 13:14, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If such a tool exists, it might be findable in the links under WP:EIW#Query or WP:EIW#Search. Also see Template:Infobox stadium#Microformat. The Help desk gets questions like this occasionally, and I cannot recall seeing one of them getting a direct answer. That is, I haven't seen an answer consisting of step by step instructions to do the exact complex query the questioner wants. If there are people who know how to do these kinds of searches, it seems they don't answer questions on the Help desk. We send the questioners on to read the links I listed above, and then we never hear back from them. --Teratornis (talk) 21:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You might also consider asking at Template talk:Infobox stadium User:LeadSongDog come howl 03:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the responses. I actually sorted out the problem, though not using Wikipedia directly. www.freebase.com seems to source data from multiple websites including Wikipedia (it parses things like infoboxes) and makes them queryable. So I just got a list of sports facilities up, and modified the columns displayed to include teams, and then just exported as a CSV file. Quite an impressive website. Would be good if Wikipedia itself did something similar as the information's all there. Thanks. --86.28.246.176 (talk) 16:07, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to input the new definition of a plural word, and have submitted a page, but when searching it still just re-directs my word to the singular version of that word. Can you help me get it to stay there?? Strangethingshappen (talk) 13:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You did it correctly two days ago. It worked, but the change was reverted a few minutes later. The article you created there, just like Apples. is about a non-notable band. Please read Wikipedia:Notability (music) to understand the notability guidelines for bands before adding the information to Wikipedia. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:54, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi from malcolm scott..I have just tried to down load a talk .IN FACT I HAVE HAD 3 GOES NOW. aM UNABLE to get my talk back on screen. It seems a hell of a job to me As you have no staff as such to talk to.Malcolm scott artist (talk) 14:39, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your question is not clear. What do you mean by "down load a talk"? If it's any help, you have created something in your user space at User:Malcolm scott artist/Article wizard 2.0, though it is far from being an encyclopedia article. – ukexpat (talk) 14:52, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hello,

i've spent several minutes trying to find a link / button on MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist in order to enter a request to have a Url whitelisted. but i'm getting nowhere..

i can see read etc all the existing requests, but can't find a way to enter a new one

any suggestions much apprctd

--AgRince (talk) 16:21, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This link will take you to an edit screen where you can make your request.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:39, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have been tying to create and article about a product called Repcillin that is made from Crocodile Oil. The first two times I created the article it was removed due to racism, yes racism. I ask why racism, because the company that distributes in it the USA is called African Cures. Yes, that is why it was removed because the company name is racist. I own the company African Cures and I am African American. Please can someone help me get an article up and not give me the BS about racism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.187.56.104 (talk) 16:49, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was not deleted as racist. Its deletion log entry is here. It was first deleted as advertising and as insufficiently notable per its articles for deletion debate at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Repcillin. It was then re-deleted after one user proposed it for deletion. That user said something about possible racism, but that is neither here nor there, as the articles for deletion debate controls.It was thereafter deleted again, this time speedily deleted as blatant advertising. If you want to recreate this and not have it deleted, you will need to write the article in a manner that is not promotional and demonstrates its notability in a manner beyond the text that was present at the time of its deletion debate. This means it must be written using far more neutral language, without peacock terms, and it must cite to reliable sources which demonstrate the topic's notability by showing that the wider world has taken note of it by publishing independent content that substantively discusses it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:11, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.206.130.174.42 (talk) 16:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When you put an article into a category by putting [[Category:Example name]] at the bottom of an article, the category is created automatically and you can see any articles in it. It will still show up as a red link, so if you want it to be a blue link, just create a page at the category's location, at Category:Example name, the same way you would create an article. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 17:05, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The category page that you create by clicking the redlink as above must itself contain a valid category, even if it contains nothing else. Further info at WP:CATEGORY. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:23, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But please search first to make sure that an appropriate category does not already exist. – ukexpat (talk) 20:07, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I've only encountered this problem a couple times on Wikipedia, but it drives me insane while working on my office's internal wiki, so I would really appreciate some advice.

When I have a very long word that uses a hyphen symbol (almost always a URL) in a paragraph of text, it forces a line break in the editing box at the location of the hyphen, even if there is enough room on the line to add more of the word or URL. Once it does this, it keeps using the hyphen as a line break even if I add a space in the rest of the URL to let it fit on the first line. This usually doesn't show up outside of the editing space on the article itself, however, when it happens in tables that have automatically-generated column widths, it treats the line break as a very long word and makes that column take up way too much space, even if I added the aforementioned space.

This might be fixed if you can tell me a way to make it ignore its instinct to use hyphens as line breaks and just start a new line at the end of the old one. Thanks a lot! --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 16:59, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can use what's known as a hard hyphen or a non-breaking hyphen. Replace the hyphen with ‑ and instead of this:

longtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtext-longtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtext

you get this:

longtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtext‑longtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtextlongtext

--Mysdaao ^talk 17:56, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A non-breaking hyphen will cause a URL to misbehave; in general, URLs must use the original character. However, you can use Percent-encoding as character substitutes in most URLs, so for each hyphen you would use %2D - so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent%2Dencoding is the same as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding --Redrose64 (talk) 18:16, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your advice. Those tips keep the URLs on one line, but my URLs still make table cells too big, as in this table. I've tried adding spaces to the URL and < br > tags in the middle of it, but it still hogs the table. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 19:18, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Put the URL inside single square brackets, and after the URL but before the closing square bracket, put a space then the page title. Something like this:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding Percent encoding]

which shows as Percent encoding. Note I'm using a Wikipedia page as an example here; generally we wouldn't link within Wikipedia in this manner.

See Linking to URLs for more detailed information. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:29, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May I please trouble you with another follow-up? I use the single square brackets when editing Wikipedia, but in other wikis I often have to allow for print versions of the page, meaning that I need the URL to actually show up. I have tried putting single square brackets around the URL and then wrting the URL a second time after a space, but it still makes my tables misshapened, as in the above example. I guess my question has more to do with table formatting than with URLs: how do I make a table ignore a very long word (or URL) so that the cells with the most text are the widest? My first guess would be to add spaces to break up the word, but as I mentioned in my original question, for some reason that doesn't seem to work in URLs. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 20:31, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I know that when Wikipedia pages are printed, many (if not all) of the URLs which are normally hidden in a screen display get printed out in full. Have you tried printing your test code to see what happens?

You cannot add spaces within URLs arbitrarily. However, if the original URL contains one or more spaces then you definitely need percent-encoding, use %20 instead of each space.

Which article are you trying to do all this in? Your contributions for the last few days show only this help desk question; previous edits (12 Feb) to your sandbox don't show anything related to this discussion. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:24, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I gave up on trying to fix this in Wikipedia because there is less pressure here to keep the site printer-friendly and most of our external links are in the refs section, not in tables. I guess I'll let it drop since it rarely comes up in Wikipedia, but it's still darn anoying in my other wikis. I've tried everything I can think of to make URLs and tables printer-friendly: adding spaces, nowiki tags, square brackets, etc. No matter what I do, tables just seem to give columns with certain sets of characters in them way too much width. I guess I'll just read up on out how to force tables to make each column a fixed with rather than taking advantage of the feature that decides withs for you. Thanks for your help! --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 22:08, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We do try to avoid having external links in the article body, yes, and it is preferred to gather them into either or both of the "References" and "External links" sections. See paragraph 1 of the lede in WP:EL.

I think that I have spent too much time on this, not appreciating the full impact of your opening sentence "I've only encountered this problem a couple times on Wikipedia, but it drives me insane while working on my office's internal wiki, so I would really appreciate some advice.". I honestly didn't realise it was another wiki where you were having trouble. As this page states at the top:

• This page is only for questions about how to use Wikipedia. Are you in the right place?

So, I'm sorry, but not being a user of these other wikis, with their various differences in policy, appearance and/or behaviour, I cannot offer any more help on this specific issue. --Redrose64 (talk) 09:26, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I delete an article I have in my contribution and talk.TranThienLoi (talk) 18:30, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming that you mean your own user page, User:TranThienLoi, edit the page and place this line at the top:

{{db-userreq}}

It's called a "speedy deletion request", criterion U1. An admin user will see it and delete the page. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:47, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I posted an article, it got deleted by someone without any notification, and I could not find my original article anywhere in my account.LanhLangLangLang (talk) 18:39, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Non-administrators can't see contributions you've made to pages that have been deleted. What was the name of the page that was deleted? --Mysdaao ^talk 18:49, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article was called LanhLangLangLang, and it was deleted as vandalism. See Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted?. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 18:54, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No one is allow to use the four Log in account I have including AllaHAKBHaaR, LanhLangLangLang, TranThienLoi, DoanThucTran.LanhLangLangLang (talk) 19:11, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, indeed he does seem to have 3 other accounts. One is TranThienLoi (talk · contribs) who is the account in the section just above, asking for a deletion. DoanThucTran (talk · contribs) posted here yesterday, and AllaHAKBHaaR (talk · contribs) created the now deleted DoanThucTran. And 208.75.247.170 (talk · contribs) created the talk page of that deleted article. Why all these accounts? Dougweller (talk) 19:32, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"With a circulation of over 1.1 million as of 2003" should be "With a readership of over 1.1 million as of 2003". Circulation is about 1/11th of the readership. This is very misleading and I don't have time to figure out how to edit it myself. Please fix. Thanks. Robdriscoll11 (talk) 19:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lets bring this up on the articles talk page ...Question moved to -->Talk:Canadian Business#Error in Canadian Business Magazine.....Buzzzsherman (talk) 19:57, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Made the change as I came up with a source for a circulation of 93,000. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 20:05, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wish to post a definition for a magazine and trade show.

How do I accomplish that?

Thanks.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Don Douloff (talk • contribs) 20:26, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We don't accept definitions here. We would only accept an article about a magazine or a trade show if it were genuinely notable enough to be in an encyclopedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:33, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) You may just mean "article" when you use the word "definition", but be aware that Wikipedia is an encylopedia and definitions of words belong in our sister project, Wiktionary which is a dictionary. As for creating an article, Before doing so, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:34, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any way to search Wikipedia to obtain a list of all records that mention SUNY Oswego (State University of New York at Oswego)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.3.44.59 (talk) 21:15, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You could try typing SUNY Oswego into the search box on the side of the page. — Bility (talk) 21:26, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Layne Thomas Staley's page has no picture anymore. First, you used a pic from MTV Unplugged, then changed it to a pic taken at Concrete Foundations Awards (in which the year was wrong) and now there is NO PICTURE!! Who is doing this?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.29.84.145 (talk) 21:23, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming that you mean the article Layne Staley, try clicking the "history" tab at the top. That will show you who has edited the page. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:28, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The file has been deleted, and was subsequently removed from the page. — Bility (talk) 21:28, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where does the expression "good night Irene" come from? There are a lot of links to the song, but this expression seems to pre-date the song with that title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nopdocstu (talk • contribs) 21:36, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This question belongs on the Reference desk. --Teratornis (talk) 21:42, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

i don't have the business that is posted —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.11.74.82 (talk) 23:22, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're going to have to expand on your question because it is very unclear.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:53, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing that you mean that there is an article that refers to you, and says you have a business which you don't have? Unless you tell us what page to look at, we can't suggest anything. --ColinFine (talk) 08:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is a major difference between the my number of contributions listed in the my preferences and the edit count by soxreds edit counter. Currently my preferences says I have made 1802, and soxreds edit counter say that I have made 1756 edits. Which is correct? Immunize (talk) 23:34, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on what you consider "correct". The edit count in your preferences doesn't count page moves or reuploading over an existing files, while the tool you use has to go through your user contributions to break them out by namespace and perform other analysis. In your contributions, you'll see your page moves, reuploading files, etc. For admin, the preferences edit count doesn't take into consideration patrolling edits either. On the other hand, deleted edits don't show up in your contributions, but your preferences edit count was incremented when you originally made the edit (and I don't think it subtracts those when the page is deleted). There might be other differences as well, but basically they're too different to compare directly. — Bility (talk) 00:38, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just want to know if there's a way to do this quickly.

thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.102.48 (talk) 00:11, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I know of no way that isn't manual but the heavy lifting is always in the translation. Otherwise, you simply go to the foreign article click edit this page, copy the text, paste here, preview to see what templates and links need to be changed to equivalents, and start translating. Nobody but a human can do the translation. It might be helpful sometimes to use machine translation as a starting point and then do the proper job of actual translation—it'll save you some time as certain words it will get right and you might wish to keep, but it will still be word salad.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:29, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to read WP:TRANSLATE. If it is in spanish, german, or french (even maybe chinese or russian) you could get it done quickly. However, if it is say in Afrikaans it might take much longer. NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 01:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If I may piggyback, can you just translate or do you need to re-check the sources?Mzk1 (talk) 01:47, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You need to check the sources.

Different language wikis have very different standards, particularly regarding verifiability and reliable sources. Most are considerably more lax than English Wikipedia.

When translating articles, the 'burdon of evidence' lies with you, so everything needs an appropriate source, according to the standards of this wiki. Smappy (talk) 12:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that doesn't go for translating into Simple English. :-) Mzk1 (talk) 17:52, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thanks guys —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.102.48 (talk) 23:40, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I made a request for a sockpuppet investigataion Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/96.50.66.231. It does not show up on the main page Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. Should it show up there or is it hidden? Bubba73 ^{(You talkin' to me?)}, 01:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you have to create an entry in the main page as two left braces, the word SPI, vertical bar, the user ID, and two right braces, as below. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:50, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

{{SPI|96.50.66.231}}

Thanks,

Resolved

Bubba73 ^{(You talkin' to me?)}, 02:09, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Except I'm not sure how to collapse it. Hopefully someone smarter than I can figure that out. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:18, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please help As you can see at Pilot (Modern Family), {{Infobox Modern Family season one episode list}} is not collapsible and does not float like most other TV season templates. Can someone fix this? Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at the code of, for example, {{Infobox Simpsons season episode list}} and compare it to the Modern Family box to see if you're missing some code. I think the problem might lie with the fact that the box is defined as an infobox, but not being a template wizard I don't know for sure. Xenon54 / talk / 02:54, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks It's fixed, but not collapsible, which I think is the preferred method. I'm no template whiz either, obviously... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:40, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

After taking another look at it, I have made it collapsible. Let me know if this was not what was wanted. Intelligentsium 23:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Fixed --Nick—^Contact/_Contribs 04:56, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please assist For some reason, Melora_Hardin#Filmography has a table with an extra column. I only see one instance of "colspan" and that's not doing it. Can someone fix this? Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:32, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed it; there was an extra cell which should not have been there. Intelligentsium 03:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:41, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedians at WP:LAW look forward to the day when every concept in US Federal law will have twelve sub-articles corresponding to the twelve federal jurisdictions, and every concept in US State law has fifty sub-articles corresponding to the fifty states. Those twelve or fifty wikilinks will be presented in a style that isexemplified at Judicial_review#Judicial_review_in_specific_countries and Senate#National_senates_in_the_world).

The problem is, these articles are being created very slowly. It would go faster if the "parent" articles contained red wikilinks to make it clear to visitors that we are trying to systematically prepare a "sub" article for each jurisdiction. So I am trying to create these red Wikilinks. However, I don't see why I should be doing this manually for each of HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of articles.

Therefore, I would like two templates that create sections like this automatically (a "state jurisdictions" template and a "federal jurisdictions" template). In the case of a state law article, I envision it working as follows:

• I go to a state law article, say Res_ipsa_loquitur.
• I type the proper wiki-text -- something like {{state jurisdictions}} -- immediately before the ==References== section.
• When you hit "save", {{state jurisdictions}} gets auto-replaced with text, in the following fashion:

1. First, the template checks to see what the title of the article is.
2. Then, it lays down a header, ==TITLE in U.S. state jurisdictions==
3. Then it lays down fifty bullets, in three-column configuration: *[[TITLE (Alabama)|Alabama]] *[[TITLE (Alaska)|Alaska]] *[[TITLE (Arizona)|Arizona]] ...
4. Finally, it lays down some invisible text tag like the following: <!--This section was automatically created using the {{state jurisdictions}} template. The documentation for this template is at ... -->

The "federal jurisdictions" template would lay down the header as, ==TITLE in the U.S. Federal circuits==, and it would auto-produce bullets for the twelve jurisdictions at United_States_courts_of_appeals#Circuit_population.

Is there a place where I could request the fashioning of such templates? :)

Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 05:17, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I mocked up the first for the federal jurisdictions: {{U.S. federal jurisdictions}} Feel free to move it to another name, and any tweaks can be suggested. I put it in columns, which would certainly be appropriate for the state template. Not sure if it's necessary (or looks good) in this one.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay here's the second: {{U.S. state jurisdictions}}.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:12, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• You are incredible. Thank you so much. Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 17:30, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Alexander_Abercrombie

this is a page i created but it doesn't seem to have worked. It is not registering as existing when I try to make it an internal link from other wiki entries. Security1234 (talk) 10:13, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It works for me. Internal links can be made like this [[Dr Alexander Abercrombie]] and the result you get is Dr Alexander Abercrombie. You probably wrote the name of the article in the link incorrectly. For example if you add a dot after "Dr" ([[Dr. Alexander Abercrombie]]), the link doesn't work anymore--Tired time (talk) 11:05, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note that in accordance with Wikipedia's naming conventions, the article has been moved to Alexander Abercrombie. – ukexpat (talk) 18:12, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BT reference: <redacted>

My telephone number is <redacted> My name is Dr Yadiki Jayakumar.

Yesterday evening I had a phone call from one of your staff (<redacted>) from Derby demanding me to pay the line rental as it is over due. He also said I have not responded to two letters from BT (one in January and one is February) which I have never received. I explained that I am not a BT customer any more a since May/June 2009 as now I am a customer of SKY and therefore paying a line rental to sky. However he insisted that i pay the line rental or risk of getting the line disconnected last night. Therefore I paid the line rental (£11=56) through my credit card which has now been processed. I think this is a mistake by BT and therefore would like that amount reimbursed as soon as possible. Please respond to my e-mail address:<redacted>) as soon as possible please and oblige.Also I need an explanation for this mistake by BT.

Thank you

Yours sincerely

Dr Yadiki Jayakumar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.176.105.56 (talk) 11:33, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our roughly three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.

Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you wish for them to be permanently removed from the page history, email this address.

I have contact the oversight team asking that they remove the phone number (and the email address will go as well, I assume). -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 14:49, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If the BT you're after is British Telecom, their website is http://www.bt.com/. We are not connected to BT. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 15:30, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have proposed name change for 2 articles, from Jambavantha to Jambavan and from Chiranjivin to Chiranjivi. Please read my message there and do needful. These are non-conventional Sanskrit or Indian names that only a minority spells in such manner, they shouldn't be represented incorrectly to the mass.-- Dhaval^Talk 13:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It would probably be useful to bring it up at WP:WikiProject Hinduism. —Akrabbim^talk 13:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would think so if there were anything to do with the content of the article, this is simply the naming, so have already raised to India Portal, but not sure how long will it get attention there. Won't mind putting the same message on WP:WikiProject Hinduism as well.-- Dhaval^Talk 14:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I need to add a logo to my company page, and cannot do so because I am not a (auto)confirmed user. How can I change this? I've looked at the section on Wikipedia, but I'm still unsure of the parameters.

Thanks C —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clazzari (talk • contribs) 14:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:AUTOCONFIRM. Four more edits should do it. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:32, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But if you are tempted to do more to your company page than just add a logo, please read WP:COI first. --ColinFine (talk) 18:44, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

i need help making a article.Can anyone help me please thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thisakar (talk • contribs) 14:37, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you try the Wikipedia:Article wizard and when you've finished, ask for it to be looked at a WP:FEED. Alternatively, you can request an article be created on a subject at Wikipedia:Requested articles.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:40, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Discussing with user through email. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 22:39, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I've created a wiki account and would like to contribute to an article's discussion section but am getting blocked...am I missing something? Thanks, JPC, Canada —Preceding unsigned comment added by The8welsh (talk • contribs) 14:59, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To which article are you trying to contribute? TNXMan 15:03, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how can i delete my account completely from Wikipedia?DRDAN1 (talk) 15:10, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Due to the fact that Wikipedia content is licensed under the GFDL, all edits must be kept for attribution purposes, and so your account cannot be deleted. You do, however, have the right to vanish, which you can exercise by (1) requesting your user page (found at Special:Mypage) and subpages be deleted, by adding the {{db-userreq}} template to them; (2) requesting to change your username to something that is unconnected with you (possibly a random collection of letters and numbers); (3) never logging in to your account again. The "right to vanish" does not mean anyone has the right to a fresh start under a new identity. Anyone who wants to continue editing should request a change of username instead so edits can be reattributed. Sssoul (talk) 15:14, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is this the Same "South Pass" that is mention on page 22 of Pekka Hamalainen "The Comanche Empire"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.17.125.230 (talk) 16:56, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but it is unclear what you are asking. TNXMan 16:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like you're asking if the mountain pass in South Pass is the same as a South Pass in a book you have called The Comanche Empire. Without knowing more about what's talked about in that part of the book, we can't know. Your question should instead go to Wikipedia:Reference desk, where general knowledge questions are asked. This help desk is for asking questions about using Wikipedia. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:11, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey guys, this just started happening to me. How come my signature appears but then a few minutes later Wiki adds a thing that says the post is unsigned? The rules are to use the four squiggly lines and I use them always but still it says post is not signed. Weird. Bbltype 17:14, 25 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbltype (talk • contribs)

The robot that tags the post as unsigned looks for links to your user page or user talk page. Your signature is completely unlinked, which is frowned upon. —Akrabbim^talk 17:22, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh oops. That was a mistake. How do I fix it? Bbltype 17:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbltype (talk • contribs)

Instead of

<span style="color:#cc0000;font:bold 10pt Verdana;text-shadow:#cc9999 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;">Bbltype</span>

do something like this

<span style="color:#cc0000;font:bold 10pt Verdana;text-shadow:#cc9999 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;">[[User:Bbltype|Bbltype]] ([[User talk:Bbltype|talk]])</span>

--Redrose64 (talk) 17:44, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64 thx for the help. Just when you typed that was also when I was trying a few things lol. The one I'm doing now is

[[User:Bbltype|<span style="color:#cc0000;font:bold 10pt Verdana;text-shadow:#cc9999 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;">Bbltype</span>]]

so hopefully that takes. The other ones looked kinda ugly to me :) ... Bbltype 17:54, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It does work, but only links to your user page. It's conventional to provide a link to your talk page as well. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:21, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The school that I work for set up a wikipedia page. I want to be an administrator so I can make changes to the page. I want to be able to add a picture of our school from a man who donates his photography to the school. Can I put the picture up and give him a byline and how do I add pictures to our site page? I am logged in under my name but I do not have a page nor do I want one...however...do I have to log in at a different place to be able to make changes to the Saint Joseph Academy Cleveland Wikipedia page that already exists? Please advise! Jennreeder (talk) 18:03, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to be an administrator to edit the page. On Wikipedia, anyone can edit almost any page. Just click "edit this page" at the top of the article you want to edit. For more information, please read Wikipedia:How to edit a page. You can also edit anonymously without an account, but there are benefits to using your account. You can log into your account from any computer with Internet access and then edit almost any page on Wikipedia.

Your school probably didn't create the article St. Joseph Academy (Cleveland, Ohio). Articles can be created by any user with an account, and as I said, anyone can edit existing articles.

You will be able to upload images when your account is autoconfirmed, which happens automatically when your account is at least four full days old and has made at least ten edits. Once an image is uploaded, you can add it to the page. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:15, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that you appear to have a conflict of interest so you need to be very careful when making edits to the article. For other than minor corrections, it would be better for you to use the article's talk page to make suggestions about the article. Please also note our image use policy - the owner of the copyright of these images will have to release them under a license acceptable to Wikipedia and should do so following the process set out at WP:IOWN. In fact it would be better for them to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Commons images can be used in Wikipedia articles. Image issues can be complicated so please do not hesitate to ask for assistance. – ukexpat (talk) 18:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!!

Just I would like to know about the publicited number of articles noted at the start wikipedia's webpage. For example it says there are 3.200.000 articles in English, 565.000 in spanish. This mean that supposely only 565.000 articles of the 3.200.000 are translated to spanish??? English is the main language where the other languages articles -after being translated- complement that article??? This is cumulative?? Or If I'd want to know everthing about any topic I should have to make a search on every language available??? How this work?? Can I think that any info I need will be complete while I search it in English otherwise some other info would be missing?

Thanks

Viva Wikipedia!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.27.28.89 (talk) 18:18, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia, Spanish Wikipedia, List of Wikipedias, Help:Interlanguage links, and WP:EIW#Translate. --Teratornis (talk) 18:24, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Each language has its own Wikipedia. The English Wikipedia has the greatest number of articles. Other languages do not have quite as many, as each Wikipedia depends on volunteers to write and maintain articles. Where an English article has a counterpart article in another language's Wikipedia, there is an interwiki link listed on the far left side of the page. TNXMan 18:26, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) There is no direct correspondence between the various language Wikipedias. There may be some articles in Spanish having no counterpart in English, for example. All the Wikipedias are independent volunteer collaborative projects, so they contain whatever their user communities have thought important enough to write about so far. All the Wikipedias are unfinished, so you should not regard a Wikipedia article as the final word on any topic. Rather, view Wikipedia as an introduction for your further research. The quality of articles varies as well. The best we call featured articles; the least-developed articles we call stubs. --Teratornis (talk) 18:29, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In most cases you would probably not need to search every language Wikipedia for a topic. The Wikipedias follow a Pareto distribution of size: a few are large, and many are still small. As a rule of thumb, you can usually find most of the relevant information on a topic by searching the English Wikipedia and the Wikipedia(s) corresponding to the native language(s) of the region for the topic (if the topic associates with a geographic region). For example, if you are searching for a musical group which is primarily active in Russia, and not known elsewhere, you would search the Russian Wikipedia and you could ignore the Telugu Wikipedia and so on. The unrelated small Wikipedias are very unlikely to have more information to add to a topic unfamiliar to most speakers of those languages. As another example, if you want to know about a topic in a Spanish-speaking country, you would of course search the Spanish Wikipedia in addition to the English Wikipedia. You can also follow the Interlanguage links from an article you find, but these links are only present if Wikipedia editors have put them there. Not all articles have a complete list of interlanguage links yet, and you can add them where you find them missing. --Teratornis (talk) 18:39, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I recently created a page. To my understanding, when you save the page it is supposed to go live and be visible on Google, MSN, and other search engines. However, when I tried searching for my page, it does not appear. What can I do to successfully publish my page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Larry Levin (talk • contribs) 18:22, 25 February 2010

I answered this question in response to your {{helpme}} request at User talk:Larry Levin#Help request. I will copy my answer here for others to see:

You created a user page at User:Larry Levin, not an article. From reading your user page, I don't think it should be made into an article. Wikipedia is an encylopedia for notable topics that have received significant coverage in independent sources. It is not a place to post information about yourself like you did. Please read Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, particularly the section Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, social networking, or memorial site. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! --Mysdaao ^talk 18:29, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have tagged the userpage for speedy deletion as spam as it does nothing but promote the user and his activities. – ukexpat (talk) 18:36, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Several talk pages are currently included in CAT:CSD, even though they don't display any indication that they're in that category. Look at Talk:West Orange, New Jersey for example: the only templates on the article are two wikiproject tags. I suspect that this has something to do with a recent process that involved the subst-ing of comments subpages onto the talk page — all of these talk pages are within the New Jersey wikiproject, and they all appear to have had edits such as this, so I'm wondering if perhaps the subst had the effect of adding the speedy category to them without making the category appear in the page coding. I've set my preferences to show hidden categories, but I still can't see Category:Candidates for speedy deletion on any of these pages when I'm looking at their current versions. Any ideas how I can remove the category from these pages? They definitely shouldn't be deleted. Nyttend (talk) 18:39, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a caching issue. You can make null edits to those pages if you want to get them out of the category (as I've done with Talk:West Orange, New Jersey). — Bility (talk) 19:13, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please assist {{Infobox concert tour}} needs to have the Alt field added to it per WP:ALT. I don't know how to do this. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since the image is presently a fully-specified image, ie

| image = [[Image:placeholder.png|100px]]

then it's not possible to add an |alt= parameter to the infobox; they have to be inserted manually into each image ie

| image = [[Image:placeholder.png|100px|alt=alt text]]

--Redrose64 (talk) 18:58, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It might be necessary to rewrite the relevant section of the infobox along the lines of {{infobox album}}. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:01, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I've come up with a solution which works, you can now specify the image either as previous, which does not allow alt text, ie:

|image=[[Image:RogerWatersInTheFleshTour.gif|195px]]

or in my new way ie:

|image_name = RogerWatersInTheFleshTour.gif

|image_size = 195

|alt = Alt Text

--Redrose64 (talk) 20:47, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

I am having trouble resizing the main image at Evan Turner to the full width of the infobox. Template:Infobox NCAA Athlete says nothing about a size parameter.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:30, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can use the image_size parameter as I've done on the Evan Turner page. If you don't set it, it defaults to 200px. I'll add it to the doc page. — Bility (talk) 19:34, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The template documentation should explain that.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:36, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the field to the examples in the documentation. Please note that the size should be a bare integer (eg. |image_size=200); the |image_size=200px form might not work correctly because the infobox code adds on a "px" itself. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:03, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – BelovedFreak 20:50, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know how to get scroll bars on wide images when used in a portal? I am trying to add a "selected panorama" to Portal:Tanzania, and have created Portal:Tanzania/Selected panorama, where all the images fit fine. When I look at the portal front page however, when the wider images are displayed (nos. 4, 5 & 6), no scroll bars appear and the page stretches out to fit the whole width of the picture, including all of the other boxes on the page. The code I am using for this section is:

<div style="float:right; width:100%"> {{Random portal component | max = 6 | seed = 7 | header = ''Selected panorama'' | subpage = Selected panorama }} </div>

As far as I can (which may not mean much) this is the same as, for example, Portal:Brazil and Portal:Norway, which have wide images but don't have the same problem. I'm aware of Template:Wide image, but I don't think that's relevant here. Can anyone help? --BelovedFreak 19:54, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello your doing it all right..the scroll bar will only appear if the image is to big..So say you put 500 in |size=500 as bar may appear..now browsers also may see pages differently..as i only see 1 scroll bar out of this two--> Portal:Brazil and Portal:Norway ...hope this helps..Buzzzsherman (talk) 20:07, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your reply. Some of the images are too big for the page though - it depends on which is loaded by the page at any time. For example, File:Dar es Salaam City Skyline.jpg / Portal:Tanzania/Selected_panorama/6 is 1500px so it stretches the page way out. Any idea? --BelovedFreak 20:13, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok i see a bar..you are saying you see it go out side the box?? so you have to scroll with your browser bar instead of a Wikibar??..Buzzzsherman (talk) 20:18, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Does that mean it's a browser problem? Because I can see the bar fine on those other portals I mentioned, and at Portal:Tanzania/Selected panorama, so.... I don't know! How frustrating. Thanks for trying! --BelovedFreak 20:22, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May be fixed, seems to work for me. — Bility (talk) 20:19, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Spoke too soon - thanks Bility, whatever you did seems to have worked! Thanks very much. --BelovedFreak 20:24, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Allegation unfounded - it was a username change --Nick—^Contact/_Contribs 21:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am somewhat concerned that The Thing That Should Not Be (talk · contribs) is a sock puppet of Until It Sleeps (talk · contribs). Can someone check this out? Immunize (talk) 20:21, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello this should be asked here-->Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations...Buzzzsherman (talk) 20:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, don't bother with SPI; it isn't a sockpuppet, but a WP:RENAME. All is well. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We are creating a Wikipedia page for a company and how/where do we complete the background information box with profile picture that is normally on the top right side of the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.9.55 (talk) 20:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That box is called an infobox. See WP:INFOBOX for more info and how-to instructions. However, please review our notability guidelines for companies and keep our conflict of interest guideline in mind before creating the page. Thanks, Nick—^Contact/_Contribs 21:45, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For companies, the appropriate ibox template is {{Infobox company}}. See the template page for documentation. – ukexpat (talk) 22:14, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Licensing and use Apparently File:Mos.jpg used to be a picture of a mosque. Someone uploaded a new version portraying Scott Mosier and Kevin Smith. These need to be two separate images (note that it is being used on an article about an Islamic school and other-language Wikipedias.) Also, there is a license tag, but I'm not sure for which image. Does someone want to do me the favor of sorting out which image has which tag and upload the Scott Mosier picture to a more intelligible name? I would do it myself, but I'm honestly just too ignorant about and intimidated by image licensing issues. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:55, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted to the old version and informed the uploader to upload to a unique filename on his talk page. In the future, you can revert to previous versions by clicking "revert" in the table next to the version you want to go back to. — Bility (talk) 22:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Specifically, I want to request and put to a vote that all lowercase -> uppercase redirects be deleted.

For example, if I type "george w. bush" into the search field and click Go, my address bar will say ".../wiki/George_w._bush" and the article will be titled "George W. Bush", but with a subtitle saying "(Redirected from George w. bush)", because there is a redirect from "George w. bush" to "George W. Bush". However, if I type "rick perry" and click Go, I will be taken directly to Rick Perry because the article Rick perry does not exist.

MediaWiki automatically makes this change, and does so more neatly and seamlessly than we do manually by adding such a redundant redirect. There must be thousands of such redirects, mostly for major subjects with proper nouns, which are not only unnecessary but actually negatively impact, if only in a small way, the Wikipedia experience. Furthermore, they would have to be manually updated should the proper noun article be moved, adding an extra layer of unnecessary annoyance.

If this were a matter of a single redirect I could make motion on the talk page there, but this potentially affects thousands of articles, and should be somewhere central. Where should I do this? —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 22:41, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest you go to the Village pump. Specifically, I suggest you should go to the village pump for proposals, but make sure your proposal is not on the Perennial proposals list first. Xenon54 / talk / 22:48, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for the reply. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 04:04, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to explain a math concept by showing a video recording. Is there a way of uploading video content to the wikipedia site and tagging words in the text description with the URL for the video? Or, would I have to upload the video to YouTube.com and tagging the word (or phrase) with the URL on youtube?

Words in blue are linked to other pages on wikipedia site. When a user clicks on a blue word, he is directed to another page where the original word (or phrase) is explained in more detail. But what if I want to explain the word (phrase) with a video recording instead of with text? How should I tag a word, which has already been tagged, (i.e., is in already in blue, with a hyperlink), so that the reader can see the video instead of reading more text? Can i send users to youtube from your site so that they can see a video recording? or will your community reject (cancel) such links that send users to other websites.

Please reply soon.

thank you. Jaffer 23:13, 25 February 2010 (UTC)23:13, 25 February 2010 (UTC)calcuscribe (talk)

For uploading video files, see Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files#Video. I'm not sure exactly what you have in mind when you refer to "tagging words in the text description". Normally, what the video shows would be explained in the caption for the video (see the examples in the section I linked in the preceding sentence) and/or in the nearby text of the article in which it appears. If you want to link to a video on an external site, you can add the link in the "External links" section of the article—assuming that it meets the guidelines at WP:EL—titling the link with a suitable descriptive phrase. Deor (talk) 03:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

i would like to know why no matter what charity what country that children are in, that it is never the parents who are dying of starvation or being abused or being made to work in dreadful conditions i find it really hard to understand why no one ever deals with this problem they always ask for money but to me they never seem to actually do anymore to help these poor kids. dont unicef and other childrens charities think that talking to and advising parents on contraception(as they seem to me to just keep producing more when 1 dies of starvation) and that they feed their kids first instead of themselves there would be less starving children in the world after all these children are supposed to be the future of the world instead of constantly asking for money maybe they should try educating them about these things —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.5.50.97 (talk) 23:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from typing in all caps (known informally as "shouting"). This is considered impolite and attention-seeking behaviour, and is thus discouraged. I have taken the liberty of refactoring your post to be more readable, through the addition of an {{lc:}}. To your original question: poor conditions for children in the developing world is a serious problem and there are many ways you can help. However, this is the Wikipedia Help Desk, where we provide assistance to users of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a not-for-profit organization devoted to creating a free online encyclopaedia, and is not affiliated with any of the topics which it covers. This is not the appropriate avenue via which to express your concerns about the world's problems. Intelligentsium 23:35, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In response to the original question, adults in the third and fourth world are also starving to death, being abused, and being made to work in sweatshops. We simply don't hear as much about them because "Somebody think of the children!" gets more sympathy donations. And many NGOs are doing amazing work to improve living conditions in impoverished nations all over the world. There are simply too many people in dire poverty to be easily helped with token donations by people in the first world. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 00:44, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia book creator is a groundbreaking service. How can I remove "external links", "see also" or other print useless portions of articles from the final document? Will users eventually gain simple formatting control over books they compile? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Npdbls (talk • contribs) 00:51, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't any way to remove sections from articles in a book, and I know of no plans to add formatting control to the feature. The only thing you can do is add an old version of an article that is closer to the formatting you want. You do this by enabling book creator, going to the older version of the article from its page history, and then adding the page from there. --Mysdaao ^talk 14:11, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is the kind of worst case scenario for Wikipedia, where people are deprived from their hard earned money with false advertising.

Wikipedia articles are on sale as printed books for 50 dollars in Amazon.com with no warning in amazon yet as printed in 4th page of the "book" after you buy it

We require a huge task force that can put a warning to thousands of similar titles in Amazon.com as customer review so that people might be warned about this issue. Read VDM Publishing House for details.

Not sure right place to post, but feel free to move or duplicate the thread elsewhere. Where should I notice the foundation, admins and users who concern scammed customers. Kasaalan (talk) 04:40, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Alphascript. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 05:02, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. We need some collaboration and wiki-wide awareness to deal with the issue. Kasaalan (talk) 13:49, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As long as they comply with Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content, there is nothing illegal. The only thing you can really do is leave a review for each book (17,296 of them according to PrimeHunter). No one has reviewed Alabama Crimson Tide football, which has a soccer player on the cover. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:13, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this has moved to Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Free Wikipedia articles are on sale as printed books for 50 dollars each in Amazon.com with no prior warning. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure where else to bring this up, but I was wondering if it has been suggested before that Wikipedia have a Collaboration of the Day feature similar to the Collaboration of the Month (or other length of time) features used and encouraged by WikiProjects. I think it could be a fun, productive, and interactive feature if the Main Page contained a link or icon to participate in a different collaboration each day. Articles could be nominated by users, with article requirements determined if needed. With so many contributors, an article could evolve from a Stub to GA-class within no time at all. Much like the DYK, On This Day, In the News, etc., I think the concept of a Collaboration of the Day could be an exciting new addition to Wikipedia (assuming it does not already exist or there are reasons the idea has been put to rest previously). Any thoughts or concerns? --Another Believer _(Talk) 05:11, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think one concern might be vandalism, as a link to a specific article being addressed project-wide could become a target, but the article being improved could be locked so that only registered users could contribute while the article was designated as a Collaboration. --Another Believer _(Talk) 05:11, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This suggestion should probably be made at Talk:Main Page with maybe a link to the discussion advertised at the proposals section of the village pump (and if and when you do so, this entire section should be copied there with a note that it was moved from here). Though I haven't digested them, note some previous related discussion here, here, here, here and here, and probably the one to look at most closely, here. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:50, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do we keep stats somewhere RE who has created the most articles? Andrew Gradman ^talk/_WP:Hornbook 06:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by article count. --Another Believer _(Talk) 07:40, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Support Team,

Unfortunately, I have forgotten my the email id and the password I have given when creating the wikipedia account.

Please do let me know how can I get my account back.

Regards, --Kiran Chand Palakkattiri-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.95.229.132 (talk) 06:51, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you added an e-mail address to your account, then you can have a temporary password sent to you in order to access your account. To do this, go to the log in page, enter your username, and click "E-mail new password", and you will receive the new password in your e-mail. If you didn't add an e-mail address to your account, or you no longer have access to the e-mail address used, then there is no way to gain access to your account. You will have to create a new account in that case. For more help, go to Help:Logging in. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:25, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ack! I am so frustrated right now, because I cannot figure this out and I'm certain it's such an easy fix. I set up the following category: Category:Former WikiProject Cannabis collaborations. However, I cannot figure out how to remove the last two entries (Wikipedia:WikiProject Cannabis/Collaboration and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cannabis/Collaboration). Both pages use the template as an example, but I do not wish for the pages themselves to be placed in the category. A little help, if someone could? A huge THANKS to anyone able to assist me with correcting this. --Another Believer _(Talk) 07:26, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. - I tried adding "|category=no" when using the template as an example, but that doesn't seem to have done the trick. --Another Believer _(Talk) 07:32, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some templates do recoginse |category=no, but it must be explicitly coded for in the template; it's not default behaviour. I recently fixed this up for Template:Notenglish-section (see this diff); I'll try to look at this case, can't promise anything. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:13, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Turned out much easier than I anticipated! Sorry for leaving it so long - I have toothache, headache and a runny nose today so went back to bed. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:53, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! I don't think I would ever have figured that out on my own. Much appreciated! --Another Believer _(Talk) 18:50, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is a box on the top of the page. In the box it states: This template should be removed once the page has been reviewed by someone other than its creator.

HOW do I "remove" the "template?" I don't understand how to do this. Please advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hookahhookah (talk • contribs) 09:30, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You should press "edit this page" and in the top of the code (if the template is at the top of the article) there should be something like {{New unreviewed article|source=ArticleWizard|date=October 2009}} or {{Userspace draft|source=ArticleWizard|date=November 2009}} or, in the worst case, some of the code that you can see here. You have to delete that part of the code from the article.--Tired time (talk) 10:53, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Just wondering, which part of "someone other than its creator" do you have a difficulty with? Jan1naD ^{(talk • contrib)} 10:59, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a Wiki tool that makes Wikilinking instances of a specific word more streamlined ? For example, I am interested in Wikilinking all appropriate instances of the word "narcissism" in any Wiki article. Obviously the process couldnt be entirely automated as each individual instance needs to be inspected before Wikilinking and a specific Wikilink needs only to be done once per article. It would be useful if a Wiki search for, say, "narcissism" could exclude all articles that already contained a Wikilink to "narcissism" so the remainder could be reviewed. This would also be useful in picking up newly created articles or new text in existing articles that contained the word "narcissism" since the last search.--Penbat (talk) 11:18, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe these functions are provided through Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:49, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks i have now registered for Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser. One more follow up question - I am involved in some Wiki articles which are very common words such as blame and criticism - those Wiki articles could do with more work and attention and they are fundamentally important subjects, but there are tens of thousands of Wiki articles containing words like "blame" and "criticism". Obviously it is OTT to blanket Wikilink all instances of "blame" and "criticism" but are there any guidelines anywhere about where to draw the line ?--Penbat (talk) 14:42, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OVERLINK maybe? – ukexpat (talk) 14:46, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but that looks like it is overlinking in the context of individual articles. Would anybody freak out, for example, if i Wikilinked the 24,000 instances of "blame" throughout Wikipedia ? If so, what is an acceptable limit ?--Penbat (talk) 14:56, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Freak out-age (freakage out?) would be very likely if you did that, because of that guideline on the limits of overlinking in individual articles. In most articles there would be no need for the word "blame" to be linked: "Unless they are particularly relevant to the topic of the article, avoid linking terms whose meaning can be understood by most readers of the English Wikipedia" (quoted from WP:OVERLINK). In your first post, you note that you want to link appropriate instances of words: whether a link is appropriate depends on the context of the individual article, not just to check that the word has been correctly used, but to check whether a reader has anything to gain by diverting to read more about the word. Does that help? Gonzonoir (talk) 15:08, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thanks i appreciated that WP:OVERLINK might still apply on an individual article basis, and i think you are saying then that there is no upper limit to the total number of Wikilinked articles for a specific word as long as WP:OVERLINK is complied with for each individual Wiki article. --Penbat (talk) 15:26, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The point is that words should not be linked for the sake of a link, the link has to be relevant to the context in which it is used. – ukexpat (talk) 15:35, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any way I can learn how much hits a wiki article gets daily, monthly or yearly. Kasaalan (talk) 13:53, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Go here and then click on any title, which will take you to a search screen.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:59, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great, exactly what I am looking for thanks. Kasaalan (talk) 14:22, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:35, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:38, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Partner A complains that partner B denies him access to the business records of their cattle farming business, by keeping all the records at home and he suspects that B is also involved in pineapple farming elsewhre.what is A's legal position where his contract with B provides for a joint business involving of cattle farming and also whether it would make any difference if their contract would provide for them to be involved as partners,in farming operations generally?196.6.221.4 (talk) 14:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot offer legal advice. Please see the legal disclaimer. Contact your lawyer.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:14, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, do your own homework. TNXMan 14:20, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi a page I created was deleted because it was flagged as advertisement. It would be more helpful if someone gave feedback on why it's considered advertisement because it was meant to just give information about the company and not advertise. I also have some criticism and references to add in order to dissipate the view that it's an advertisement. How can I do this? I think this is a necessary page because the world of librarians needs this information and requests it. Please let me know a solution and please use concrete information, not convuluted jargon. This should be a space where anyone can freely understand without feeling overwhelmed. Thank you for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Katmichellec (talk • contribs) 14:26, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please read this page which explains the definition of advertising on Wikipedia. If you wish to re-create the article, please do so in your userspace, maybe at User:Katmichellec/Draft article, where you can work on over time without risk of it being deleted (unless it's a copyright violation). When you think it's finished, please go to Wikipedia:Requests for feedback and ask for it to be reviewed. Alternatively, please consider using the Article creation wizard to guide you through the process. Also, if you are employed by the company or otherwise connected with it, please read the page about conflicts of interest. – ukexpat (talk) 14:42, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

did you know that using wikipedia will make you dumb and you won't get any useful information out of it ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.81.167.184 (talk) 16:02, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It may teach you about proper capitalization though. TNXMan 16:10, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't look like you have much to lose judging by your grammar. Asterix 13 (talk) 17:03, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm not speaking right now and I've gotten nothing useful out of this thread, so they may have a point. ;) No wait, then I would be getting useful information, but then it wouldn't be true, so I wouldn't be getting... Franamax (talk) 18:08, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Did you know and WP:USELESS. --Teratornis (talk) 08:37, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi wikipedians, please inspect user CCTreadway's changeset: Special:Contributions/Cctreadway - highly suspicious, don't you agree? Thanks. --Salimfadhley (talk) 17:43, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I'd revert each on a case by case basis, then pop either {{subst:uw-spam1}} or {{subst:uw-advert1}} on the user's talk page, whichever seems most appropriate. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:50, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm am interested in replacing an incorrectly attributed image in a gallery of portraits with a correct one. Can you give me instructions for uploading and HTML replacement? Robander (talk) 19:05, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can start by uploading your image onto Wikipedia or Commons if it is a free image. Then you go to the page in question and click the "edit" tab at the top of the article. Find the gallery of images in the editing text box, which looks like this:

<gallery>
File:Image name.jpg|Image caption
File:Image name.jpg|Image caption
File:Image name.jpg|Image caption
</gallery>

Next, add your image using the same markup, replacing "Image name" with the name of the file you uploaded and ".jpg" with whatever extension you used. To replace an existing one, just switch out your file's name and extension with the one you want to replace. If you don't know which one it is, you can count the images in the gallery (they go in order from left to right, top to bottom), or you can click on the image and read its name from the file page. — Bility (talk) 19:31, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone. I'd try to edit articles by logging into my account (KPST TV). But when i do a click on "Edit this article". the browser (no matter which: opera, safari, firefox, chrome...) starts to download a PHP file. I tried this on different computer and at different locations and the same thing happen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KPST TV (talk • contribs) 19:30, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Under your preferences, go to the "Editing" tab and look under "Advanced options". Look at the preference "Use external editor by default (for experts only, needs special settings on your computer)". If it is checked, uncheck it and save. --Mysdaao ^talk 20:20, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I had add two articles published on a French website in "further readings" and these have been removed by someone. I wonder why. The website is an academic site, recognized in the academic world in France. If the quality of the articles cannot be discussed, was there a technical problem? I find this a little strange for I know my topic being myself a film scholar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Draiocht50 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They were removed as failing WP:ELNO, per the edit summary. Did you read this page? If you think your links satisfy the external links policy, I suggest you bring up the topic at the page's talk page so interested editors can comment on it. — Bility (talk) 19:47, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you fix this please?: the page I added is showing under my user name: Hubertadrian. Ditto for the page itself. The heading and listing should be under Lee Academy. Sorry about the mistake. Thanks for the help.Hubertadrian (talk) 20:36, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If a page is in the wrong category, all you should need to do is edit the page and remove the category. They're normally at the very bottom, one line per category. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:44, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You've created an article in your user space, so it won't be included with the other articles on the wiki. Keep working on it, and when you're done you can ask someone at WP:FEED if it's ready to be moved into the encyclopedia proper. Alternatively, you can try creating the article with the Wikipedia:Article wizard. — Bility (talk) 21:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from Wikipedia talk:About

Do you know I can't actually contact Wikipedia?! How am I supposed to actually complain about how some of the site admins are jerks (and some of them are)?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hjmott (talk • contribs)

You are complaining to Wikipedia. What exactly is your complaint? -- kainaw™ 21:08, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He is complaining that he can't have his idea of humor inserted into wikipedia. Well dear Hjmott, you are out of luck. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 21:18, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And I see on his talk page, he threatened everyone else with the standard "You can't do anything to stop me" that comes directly before an account block. -- kainaw™ 21:30, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You might like Uncyclopedia. --Teratornis (talk) 05:06, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 03:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand there is an audio encyclopedia within Wikipedia. If this is true, how is it accessed? Thank you, 216.164.39.244 (talk) 22:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite, there are some articles that have audio versions, see WP:Spoken articles and Category:Spoken articles. – ukexpat (talk) 22:22, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.164.39.244 (talk) 23:46, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Really quick: What is the save-a-BLP link (on toolserver)? Thanks in advance. Samwb123^{T (R)-C-E} 22:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here it is. – ukexpat (talk) 22:30, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering if I just don't know what it means, or if it's actually wrong. But I've noticed on a lot of pages for ships in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II that it shows a date for when the ship is struck and then a date for when the ship is sunk. What I don't understand is why almost every single ship has a sink date before the stuck date. For example, on the page for the Japanese destroyer Kasumi, the struck date is 10 May 1945, while the sink date is 7 April 1945. If that's correct in the way that it was struck by something on 10 May 1945 and then sunk on 7 April 1945, it doesn't make sense. I'm thinking (and hoping that I'm not just too stupid to understand this), that there is some other meaning for the word "Struck".

Will someone please help me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ABickerstaff (talk • contribs) 23:02, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think it means "struck off the list", ie decommissioned. However, questions like this should really be posted at Wikipedia:Reference desk; you may get a fuller answer there. --Redrose64 (talk) 23:06, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and I'm sorry. I didn't know where to go for help.--ABickerstaff 23:08, 26 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ABickerstaff (talk • contribs)

I am sure the good folks at the Ships Wikiproject would know, so please leave a message on the Project's talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 23:10, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In theory, a template such as {{Infobox ship career}} should document its fields, but the template documentation page does not define the specific use of "struck". However, I am 99.99% sure it means Struck off from a register of ships such as Lloyd's Register or the Naval Vessel Register. The infobox should probably link the word "struck" in the field caption to the Struck off article. --Teratornis (talk) 05:24, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 04:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There should be an article titled Instituto Regional Federico Errázuriz, but it redirects to List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people. Obviously this is someone idea of humor. How can this be fixed? I tried reading WP:redirect but that article itself is a mess. Help! Thanks. :) --Soy Rebelde (talk) 23:17, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That redirect was created in November 2008 (!) by a now-banned editor. Thanks for finding it. There was no article previous to that malicious redirect, so I deleted the page. If you think an article is appropriate, feel free to create one. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, that must be a record! Well, thanks for removing it so quickly. The only reason I came upon it is that there is some vandalism on WikiNews against the same school; seems those kids are really bored. Cheers! --Soy Rebelde (talk) 23:30, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings,

An individual named "LilShtDropin" continues to vandalize the "Bilaal Rajan" page. He has been given a warning but continues to vandalize. I have changed the page back to what it should be.

I tried to find out what steps to take regarding the report of vandalism, but the help page on the subject is completely baffling (no offense). What steps do I have to take - specifically - to report vandalism? Thanks.

Better World 00:04, 27 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Portpass19 (talk • contribs)

You can report obvious and persistent vandals at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Before posting there, a final warning in an escalating series should have been posted to the user's talk page (for example {{Uw-vandal4}}, {{Uw-spam4}} or {{Uw-speedy4}}), and the user must have vandalized within the last few hours, including after the final warning was given. Various warning templates can be found at Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. Your block request is unlikely to be acted upon unless you follow these steps. Cases that are not simple vandalism can be reported at WP:AN/I. Of course, in conjunction with warning against and reporting vandalism, you have the ability, mandate and are encouraged to revert all instances of vandalism you find yourself. --Mysdaao ^talk 01:25, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not completely certain that LilShtDropin's edits to Bilaal Rajan are vandalism. The user appears to have changed the subject's name to "Bilawl" and back repeatedly, and look more like experimentation to me.

Their latest edit, to Nintendo 64 was clearly vandalism and I have reverted it; but when I came to add a warning to their talk page, I see that User:Enviroboy reacted to LilShtDropin's very first edit by a message saying "This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits". I don't understand why Enviroboy put such a warning on their page, and I am loth to follow this with a normal warning, as it may appear that we are not serious about vandalism. --ColinFine (talk) 08:53, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To input the cells, one would naturally use parameters, or arguments (such as <code>| name = value</code>). However, the difficulties lie in how one would name the cells (i.e., 1x1, or cell1) and how one would tell which are which. As each cell may have different CSS, this may make coding them more confusing than simply coding the table manually. In a manually coded table, it is fairly easy to tell what section of code would affect what cell, but in a template, this become confusing. There are also many options for table CSS, and how specific or unspecific to be with these with regards to template parameters might also be a hindrance.

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What difficulties would these be?174.3.99.176 (talk) 02:07, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't fully understand what you mean; but in CSS generally you cannot refer to table cells by their position the table. One possibility would be to label specific cells with a class or id. --ColinFine (talk) 08:55, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 04:02, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

can i make a joke page on wikipedia about my friend for his b-day? i promise it wont be too offensive and besides, he'll get a kick out of it and laugh his ass off, then you guys could delete it after a couple of weeks if you wanted to. i think it would be a funny present to him so let me know if this is ok or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michealthurston (talk • contribs) 02:47, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The simple answer is yes, but it is an inappropriate article. If you make the page it will be promptly deleted. Please do not create the article. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 02:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, the simple answer is no. We're here to make a serious encyclopaedia. Creating the article will only waste our time and your time, as it will surely be deleted before you can send the link to your friend. There are plenty of other websites, such as Uncyclopedia and Encyclopedia Dramatica that encourage less-than-serious entries -- although both still have basic guidelines for inclusion. Xenon54 / talk / 03:16, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 – Hamtechperson 03:15, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

to continuously revert edits by 1 vandal who is making the same edit to the same article? Hamtechperson 02:56, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is not edit warring to do multiple reverts of vandalism. The policy on edit warring specifically states that it is not edit warring. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 02:59, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Hamtechperson 03:15, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I'm a frequent Wikipedia browser, that has a nasty habit of getting drunk and vandalising articles that I find offensive and/or non-sensical (which is basically anything that appears to me to have an unwarrented left-wing/liberal slant, or anything to do with "scientology" or "homeopathy", or any other such self-evidently untrue doctrines).

Is there any way that I can vent my spleen without actually vandalising articles (and having them embarassingly put right within minutes)? Some kind of "padded-cell" area where I can mule-and-puke and rant incoherently to my heart's content, without actually having any bearing on anything important?

If not, may I suggest creating such a space? It may save a lot of heart-ache and hard work... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.5.68.95 (talk) 04:30, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can use the sandbox to do almost anything. It is also a great place to practice constructive edits. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 04:33, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - Thanks to GB Fan for your prompt reply to my previous question. I understand that the "sandbox" is a kind of test-bed for unproofed articles....it's not really what I'm after, though.

What I'm looking for is a place where under-empowered, semi-educated loons such as myself can register disgust and disagreement with a particular article, without fear of consequence.....essentially to "throw a tantrum". I feel that a lot of vandalism may be avoided if such a space existed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.5.68.95 (talk) 04:45, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's called Conservapedia. Nothing done there is taken seriously. --Orange Mike | Talk 04:58, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another option might be Uncyclopedia depending on the exact type of ranting you have in mind. For example, see their take on Scientology and Homeopathy. On Wikipedia itself we are to transcend emotion. This takes time, so it's good there is no deadline as I still harbor the occasional vestige. --Teratornis (talk) 05:14, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And don't miss Uncyclopedia's take on Liberal Bias. --Teratornis (talk) 05:39, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I created my first article in a subpage in January and cannot figure out how to move it. I look for the "move" tab in the top right and there is not one. Is this because I am not yet autoconfirmed? Do i have to edit 10 OTHER entries in wikipedia to get that status. I'd like to request it to be moved to the mainspace. It's the subpage for "Todd Gogulski" a living person, and can be moved with to a page with that name. Any help is appreciated! Thanks! Toddwina ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toddwina (talk • contribs) 04:58, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done, per your request. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And yes, it was because you are not yet autoconfirmed, which requires at least ten edits total (not to ten separate articles).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thank you! ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toddwina (talk • contribs) 11:16, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The founder of Travancore Federal Bank Ltd is V.O Chacko,Nedupuram.Later this Bank was Undertaken By P.K.Hormis —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.206.34.173 (talk) 06:29, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You are at the Wikipedia help desk where you can ask questions about how to use Wikipedia. You haven't asked anything and exactly what you seek by telling us this is unclear. I suppose you may be intimating that the information in the article Federal Bank is incorrect, in that it lists Hormis as the founder and not Neduparam. If that is what you are here about, you can raise that issue on the talk page of the article, which you can access at Talk:Federal Bank. You can also make the change yourself but please attempt to find a published, reliable source that verifies the information and cite that source in the article. Or if you come back here and tell us a source, someone may make the change for you.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:25, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am attempting to play dvd movie via the vga connector between my computer and my projector. When connected and turned on the Windows screen is projected onto the wall but as soon as windows has loaded the projector goes blank with a "no signal" message. Can anyone assist me in playing a DVD? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Akedm (talk • contribs) 12:26, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Akedm. This is the help desk for Wikipedia, which is only for questions about using this site (as is announced at the very top of this page). Knowledge questions may be asked at an appropriate section of Wikipedia's reference desk.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:34, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I have some questions about vandalism, I have read some info about it but I haven't found what I was searching for. I have been noticing some edit I would call vandalism on the article Two Door Cinema Club. The text added in the edits is spam, there is no notible source for them. I read that to report a user for vandalism you have to warn them first. Can any user warn another user for vandalism or should I ask someone, like a moderator, to do it? (The users that have been adding spam are: Den nis1607 (talk · contribs) and Bud1234321 (talk · contribs)). I would be glad if someone helped me or gave me some advice what to do! --Garne^sson... 13:05, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Slap one of these on their talkpages. Begin with a level 2 warning, then continue with a level 3 and then 4 if they continue. (Level 1 warnings are generally in the style of "Welcome to Wikipedia: thanks for testing, but you're not supposed to do that" and aren't really appropriate for the majority of vandalism.) If they continue soon after receiving a level 4 warning, they can be reported to Administrator intervention against vandalism, at which point an administrator will review the users' edits and block them as necessary. Xenon54 / talk / 13:28, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how do i add referrences to a edit i will make--67.246.254.35 (talk) 14:30, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]