I'm trying to write an article. I have got some books about the topic that I going to use for sources here. Is it better to read through the whole book and then skim back to get facts/citations for the article, or just skim the relevant sections for information to put in the corresponding section. thanks you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.229.214.25 (talk) 00:41, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please visit Wikipedia:Starting an article for more info. --Monterey Bay (talk) 05:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And create an account as well! Only registered user can create articles. Minimac (talk) 05:17, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And, piling on, consider using the article creation wizard. – ukexpat (talk) 18:09, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1. In the Iqbal_Theba article it should be noted that he is Muslim. He is Muslim accodring to this article:http://www.currybear.com/wordpress/?p=3566 please put in as a reference.

If you think that this is important information about him, and you have it referenced from a reliable source, feel free to add it. (Blogs are not usually considered reliable sources, but I don't know the status of this one). My own opinion is that nobody's religion (or lack of it) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia unless either the person themself has made it public that it is important to them, or it has been the subject of significant coverage in the media. --ColinFine (talk) 17:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2. Would could someone clean up my references on The Seventh Coin page? Could you help to see which references should go under production and which references should under Reception? I have the references of production and Reception mixed up thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 01:40, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've eliminated some repetition. It needs more references. --ColinFine (talk) 17:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have to time to dig into it right now but someone has vandalized the Labor Day article. It's a number of edits back though, so I don't have time to dig into it. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 03:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's semi-protected now. Next time when there's a lot of vandalism coming from many IPs you can try a request for page protection to alert an administrator about what's happening to the article at the moment. Minimac (talk) 05:21, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now that I have time to look into it, it doesn't seem like the page itself was vandalized but one of the templates that it uses. I saw the page protection but the vandalism was there when it was protected. In my haste, I didn't put two and two together fast enough to realize it was a template and not the actual article. I didn't have a lot of time to try to find the exact page to enlist help, so I used this one. I'm sorry to have bothered you. Dismas|^(talk) 23:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On the very last information regarding this Filipino Hero, you mentioned only one of his children as the decendant which eventually lead to Jazmine Trias. I felt insulted about the fact that you missed some important information regarding his oldest child, RAFAEL F. TRIAS. Please add the information regarding his oldest child, Rafael F. Trias, who has done a great deed to the province of Cavite. As a public servant, his oldest child RAFAEL WAS APPOINTED ACTING GOVERNOR BY PRESIDENT OSMENA SR. Please see below:

RAFAEL F. TRIAS, SR., the eldest son of General Mariano Trias, the first governor of Cavite (1901-1905) under the American regime, was ironically, also the first governor of Cavite (1945-1946) after the re-establishment of the Commonwealth government. He was appointment by President Sergio Osmeña, Sr., who succeeded president Manuel L. Quezon after the latter's death in exile at Saranac Lake, New York, on August 1, 1944.

While Trias was acting governor of Cavite he also served as concurrent mayor of Cavite City. Under Commonwealth Act No. 547 of May 28, 1940, the mayor of Cavite City “shall be appointed by the chief executive of the Philippines…and shall hold office at the pleasure of the President.” Trias was the fourth mayor of Cavite City.

Born on September 6, 1898 to General Mariano Trias and Maria C. Ferrer, of San Francisco de Malabon, Rafael, the eldest of six children, was graduated from the Philippine Normal School; he later obtained an A. B. degree from the University of the Philippines.

He was appointed government pensionado to the University of Chicago, 1920-1924, majoring in banking and finance. Returning to the Philippines, he worked for one year at the Manila Railboard Company, after which he became private secretary to then Senate President Manuel L. Quezon for more then five years. He served for some time at the Philippine National Bank, and then became assistant treasurer of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes, his last job before the outbreak of World War II.

After his stint as acting governor of Cavite and mayor ex-officio of Cavite City, Trias worked as assistant director of the rural banks department of the Central Bank of the Philippines until his retirement in 1962. He died on February 27, 1970.

RAFAEL TRIAS IS MARRIED TO CONCEPCION TRIAS. THEY HAVE FIVE CHILDREN, ALL BOYS. RAFAEL M. TRIAS FRANCISCO M. TRIAS GREGORY M. TRIAS ANTONIO M. TRIAS MANUEL M. TRIAS

Sources: (1) Biodata furnished by the widow, Mrs. Conception Magtibay Vda. De Trias; (2) “Profiles: Members of the Bench and Bar,” Lawyers ' Journal, August 31, 1960; and (3) Gregorio F. Zaide, Philippine Political and Cultural History , 2 vols. Manila, Philippine Education Company, rev. ed., 1957.] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.201.233.56 (talk) 07:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This information does not belong in the article about Mariano Trias. If you feel that Rafael F. Trias is an appropriate subject for an encyclopaedia article in his own right, you are welcome to start one using the information above. Check first to see that he satisfies Wikipedia's notability criteria. It's good that you have sources for the material, but please note that the information from the subject's widow cannot be cited unless it has been published somewhere: see Wikipedia:Reliable sources. You can use the article wizard to help you. Alternatively, you can post your information and sources at Wikipedia:Articles for creation and ask someone else to create the article for you.

In the nicest possible way, can I suggest that it is unhelpful to proclaim yourself "insulted" because some information you personally view as important has not yet found its way into Wikipedia? All the entries in this enormous and growing project are created by volunteer participants, who write and edit on subjects that interest them and that they are prepared to research. There is no overarching schedule of work, and no conspiracy to include specific information or keep it out. If anyone feels that a subject has insufficient coverage here as yet, the solution is get involved and improve the encyclopaedia, not to take the omission personally. Karenjc 16:46, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would also suggest that you work to insure that coverage of persons like this is as complete and accurate as possible in the wikis for other languages such as Pilipino, which are more desperately in need of contributors than this project. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:51, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you advise on how to view the watchlist?

I know to click "My Watchlist" in the top-right corner, and I have read this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Watching_pages

Despite that, I have found no way to show all articles I am watching including those that have not been edited. The watchlist only seem to show edited entries, not all entries.

Thak you for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianonline (talk • contribs) 07:19, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't your watchlist page have a "View and edit watchlist" link at the top as described at Help:Watching pages#Controlling which pages are watched? PrimeHunter (talk) 11:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I am having a problem with user Cameron Scott who is making false claims which I take as hostile activity. He has already tried to delete an entry without discussion. How do I block him from my user page? Here's what he posted on it:

"== It's fairly clear who you are ==

Your edits make it fairly clear who you are - has anyone given you the lecture about Conflict of Interest or shall I do it? --Cameron Scott (talk) 07:05, 6 September 2010 (UTC)"[reply]

I am an anonymous lay person and have no 'conflict of interest' with my edits. This allegation is therefore false and should be withdrawn.LarkinToad2010 (talk) 07:24, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to create a Wikipedia page about a charity called Counsel and Care. It will be encyclopedic in the sense that it will include the history of the charity, what they do, information about events they have held and other organisations working in partnership with them.

I created a page in a non-advertisement format and had a moderator come across it and the notes were:

"I had to reword the description of your image to prevent Conflict of Interest. I suggest you keep it that way to prevent yourself from getting hard-blocked from Wikipedia.

Also, your username is of concern, so if you can change it you may be able to add your article to Wikipedia with a few adjustments. mechamind90 06:11, 28 August 2010 (UTC)"

I am new to this and have been quite busy so haven't got round to changing the name yet. In fact I don't know how. This page has now ben speedily delted despite the comment above which I took to be positive that I was on the right track to creating an acceptable article.

Is there any way of recovering my article and getting some comments other than a simple delete. I'd be willing to make any changes necessary to make this article publishable.

Thanks

Philip —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccarewiki (talk • contribs) 09:59, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have reliable, independent sources which can verify the information? Does it meet the general notability guidelines and the notability guidelines for organisations? -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternate account of Phantomsteve]} 11:15, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:REFUND and WP:USERFY. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:21, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jumping in here I do not find the two responses above from Phantomsteve and Gadget850 helpful to a new editor but I do accept they are both technically correct. It is very clear to me that Ccarewiki is a new edit asking for help. The speedy deletion process itself is aggressive anyway and you two experienced editors plough in with lots of wikipedia technical talk which, to a new editor, I would suggest, also appears aggressive. I urge the experienced community to treat new editors with sympathy and understanding. --Senra (Talk) 12:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

With respect, Ccarewiki presumably knows enough to know that the underlined sections in my reply are links to pages with further information - if not, I apologise for this assumption, but in my experience, most new users of Wikipedia (not creators of articles, but readers) quickly learn that! I have asked very specific questions which would (depending on the reply) allow us to make further recommendations.

Ccarewiki: if you weren't aware, if you click on the underlined words/phrases in my response, it will link to the relevant policies and guidelines which Wikipedia has for reliable/independent sources, verifiability, the general notability guidelines and the notability guidelines specifically for organisations. Perhaps Senra would prefer me to treat you as if you have no common sense or understanding of Wikipedia - on the other hand, I prefer not to "simplify" what I say to people, unless their original questions leads me to understand that they have limited intellectual ability, which your query did not. The most important part of my response is the fact that the organisation needs to be notable as Wikipedia understands it: this is not the same as "noble" or "worthy" - there are many charities, organisations and companies who perform excellent services, such as C&C, but which do not meet the criteria for inclusion on Wikipedia. Wikipedia does not exist to publicise charities.

Regarding reliable and independent sources - none of the sources which you provided would meet the criteria, all of them being from the organisation itself, and so not independent. It may seem strange that an organisation cannot be counted as being "reliable", but the organisation's website will not be neutral - it exists to promote the organisation, after all! The best sources are national newspapers (such as the Times, the Telegraph, the Independent, the Guardian, etc) or sources like the BBC. I would have to disagree with Gandalf61 below, as I do not think that the BBC News link provided meets the "significant coverage" which is required - the whole mention is His call for a levy was supported by Counsel and Care, a charity for elderly people. Stephen Burke, chief executive of the charity, said: "With our ageing population, the care funding gap will continue to grow without radical reform and proper funding.". However, if further coverage could be found at reliable sources, then that would be great! Looking at Google News/Archive, there were no references to the charity (all the references were to "<name> council and CARE" meaning a council, and CARE (relief agency) - I presume). -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 16:27, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Ccarewiki. I recommend you request a wikipedia administrator to copy the deleted article (this process is called WP:USERFY) to your own user area where you can work on it without rush; where you can seek community help; and where wikipedians such as myself can assist you to make this a great article. Good luck my friend --Senra (Talk) 12:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you can only userfy to a point. A non-notable topic will remain non-notable no matter how long someone tries to work on an article dealing with that topic. In this case the topic appears to be squarely non-notable unless external sources are found to establish notability. Ccarewiki, you can work on it all you want but you're going to have to use sources other than the official website if you ever want it to stick. (google cache for those interested: 5 sources, 4 official website, 1 government document) Xenon54 (talk) 14:41, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

However, finding reliable independent sources should not be difficult, as Counsel and Care is a well-known national charity in the UK. Here is a mention in a BBC News report for starters. Gandalf61 (talk) 14:54, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have found that often, new editors do not understand a word we are talking about here. However, constructive responses linking reliable sources such as the BBC news story above may be all a new editor needs to get going (plus gentle encouragement of course). Consider showing new editors existing articles on a similar topic; making a few constructive edits; or talking to them even! In this particular case, I am sad to see (a) not a single person has welcomed Ccarewiki (b) all the notcies on Ccarewiki's talk page are negative (c) nobody has took even a few seconds to to constructively address policy (or are these just guideline?) issues in the article now deleted. My point remains, please treat new editors sympathetically --Senra (Talk) 15:16, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

heads-up: Ccarewiki (talk · contribs) has a request pending to change name to Care4elderly (talk · contribs) --Senra (Talk) 17:47, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable source: Counsel and care for the elderly

Counsel and care is the National Charity working with older people, their families and carers to get the best care and support. We provide personalised, in-depth advice and information, which informs our research and campaigning.

— Charity commission, http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ ref:203429

It operates throughout England and Wales, has 17 employees and five volunteers. It is a UK registered charity, charity number 203429. A look through Councel + Care press releases may reveal some useful sources. See also BBC:Social care under-funded and rationed, say MPs--Senra (Talk) 18:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear help Desk, Is there any way I can have all the pictures I have ever uploaded to Wikipedia deleted all in one go? Thankyou.-- Myosotis Scorpioides 12:38, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You could post a request for assistance at the administrators' noticeboard, for administrators are able to delete images. However, I'm curious — why would you want to have all of your images deleted? Nyttend (talk) 13:13, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No. In fact, there is not way for you to have the ones I looked at, all either in the public domain or licenses under CC-BY SA, deleted at all for sure. Once you upload an image under a free license or release it into the public domain, you no longer have control over it, except to the extent your license imposes certain attribution requirements. You can tag an image for deletion it it may be acted upon if the image is unused and unuseful, but there's no guarantees even then. Why would you want to do this anyway?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We have a speedy deletion criterion permitting the deletion of material whose author requests it; however, I don't believe this to be applicable to an image that has been used by someone else. The point of the criterion is to be able to get rid of material that never should have been here in the first place; it's not meant to allow someone to revoke licensing. FYI, Fuhghettaboutit — I was simply trying to answer the "is it possible" question; thanks for starting the why-this-shouldn't-be-done discussion. Nyttend (talk) 14:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One of the things about the internet is that it's sometimes difficult to gauge certain things about other's writing because we miss so much without the timing, tone, body language, facial expressions and gesture of real life interaction. For example, I may be wrong—I would know much better if we were not disembodied—but the tenor of your post makes me think you think I was correcting you in some way and are annoyed. Again I may be wrong, but if this is the case, note that I started and completed my post having never seen yours and didn't even get an edit conflict when I posted (not sure why, maybe because I skipped a line).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:09, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My current user profile is searchable by google, I would like to make it so I am the only one who can see these pages, how do I go about doing that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daguilar (talk • contribs) 13:26, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you add {{NOINDEX}} to your userpage, it "may remove the page from some search engines" (according to the template documentation). TNXMan 13:40, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If by "user profile" you mean the information on your user page, then Tnxman's info will help it become less visible on search engines. However, there is no way to keep your user page or user talk page entirely private to yourself - other users of the site will be able to visit them if they wish. Karenjc 16:23, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to ensure that most other users can not see your user page, you can add {{db-u1}} or {{db-userreq}} to the top of the user page to request that it be speedily deleted under criterion U1: User request (user pages only). -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 18:30, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see you blanked your user page four days ago. Google will detect this the next time they visit the page (not controlled by Wikipedia) and update their search index which is currently from 30 August. If you don't add {{NOINDEX}} then the page will still appear in Google searches on the user name, but a blank page will not appear in searches for former content after the search index is updated. However, anybody can click the history tab to see the former content if you don't request deletion of the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – another editor has fixed it John of Reading (talk) 16:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jeffrey Dahmer has a reference coding issue that I can't figure out. I tried to fix it, and one problem was solved, but it seems that all I did was exchange one problem for another. Nyttend (talk) 14:16, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The infobox television template has a parameter called num_seasons. According to the documentation, for U.S. series, that means the "number of seasons ... produced." Practically speaking, what does "produced" mean? Let's take the real example of the show 90210. That series has played for two seasons. It has been renewed for a third with the season premiere coming up shortly. An editor changed the number of seasons in the infobox from 2 to 3. Is that correct, i.e., the number changes on confirmed renewal? Or should it wait until the premiere has aired? Or should the number change when the third season has completed? Or should it wait until we know (somehow) that all of the episodes for the third season have completed production ("produced")? I couldn't find any further information on this question.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:55, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I made these three userboxes because there didn't seem to be anything like them and made them so that just about everything about them is customizable with heavy usage of {{{}}}, but how can instruct potential users how they can just change one or two parameters without the template assuming their adjustments are for the parameters in order from the first one? --I'ḏ♥One 16:50, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You need to add names to the parameters. The help page is here - it looks pretty complicated... -- John of Reading (talk) 17:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll check that out, almost forgot to ask, how can I allow users to change the width? --I'ḏ♥One 17:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is deliberate that {{Userbox}} does not allow the width to be changed. The idea is that user boxes should stack neatly. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:49, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Really? Weird, if anyone finds out if template widths can be altered please tell me, but I figured out how to alter the parameters. Thanks for the help, John. --I'ḏ♥One 20:12, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'd like to upload the signature of a living person to Wikimedia Commons, and then have it in that person's infobox on Wikipedia. Is this allowed under fair use, or is it considered a violation of copyright? ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 17:50, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Depends on who they are. There's guidance at WP:SLP. Karenjc 18:59, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can also check in with new admin Connormah at User talk:Connormah, who is quite knowledgeable about the subject.--SPhilbrickT 01:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a BLP article tag for the recently dead that I know I've seen, but I can't remember what the actual syntax is. I'm trying to add it to Jefferson Thomas. SDY (talk) 18:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

{{Recent death}}? TNXMan 18:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You may also want to change the {{WPBiography}} template to "no" and add {{blpo}} above the template. wiooiw (talk) 18:26, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I "vandalized" the sandbox by adding my signature a few hundred thousand times. Is a week's block fair? It seems far too long...Battleaxe9872 ^Talk 18:27, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably just a stricter wiki.... wiooiw (talk) 18:35, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you add your signature "a few hundred thousand times"?--Bbb23 (talk) 18:40, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese Sandbox Made the page really hard to edit. What was that about? Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 19:05, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's fair. If you have an issue with the block, take it up with the ja.wp admin who blocked you. Asking here will not help at all. Xenon54 (talk) 19:31, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever our opinions, English Wikipedia has no say over what the Japanese Wikipedia do - each Wikipedia is an autonomous entity. For what it's worth, I think it was fair. The block log shows: "00:32, 06 September 2010 till 00:32, 13 September 2010 by アイザール; Reason: 悪戯投稿はお止めください" (blocked by Aizaru, reason: "Please stop posting your prank"). I'd just accept the week block (but see whether your unblock request works!) - bear in mind that you increased the size of ja:Wikipedia:サンドボックス (Sandbox) from 302 bytes to 93,562 bytes to 434,475 bytes to 965,629 bytes over the space of 4 minutes in 3 edits... I think a lot of Wikipedias might assume that was vandalism! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:39, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Using User talk pages to discuss more..Moxy (talk) 02:21, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I realize that I had broken some copyright laws due to misunderstanding but I work on fixing the information everyday but an admin uses his powers to put the whole previous page back again by including a warning which he can also use against me later. It is to be Noted that the pages contain information about my people who are still largely living in poverty and largely kept illiterate. Therefore, it is easy for long-term existing administrators or coordinators to win the conflict. The previous pages about my people that I edited contained 90% incorrect and false information. Please help me in this issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BalochMedia (talk • contribs) 23:17, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hello there...just so you know the Admin involved is only following guidelines set forth by the community. As for helping it would be best to bring this up on the articles talk page (here). When there would be best to simply show what you believe is wrong ..then show what you think the changes should be ..with a references ....Like

• "The total population of ethnic Baloch people is estimated to be around 9 million worldwide"
  

to..

• "The total population of ethnic Baloch people is estimated to be around 17 to 19 million worldwide" Baloch people and Balochistan
  

pls read Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Cite_sources and Wikipedia:References for more info on referencing...Moxy (talk) 00:03, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please review my article again. It´s on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Gogogic

I have added the sources requested.

Many thanks, Jon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonheidar (talk • contribs) 18:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Wikipedia people. Whet did you do to your page? In the past my Firefox and Wikipedia never had a problem. Nowadays you seem to run so much script that my Firefox browser always stalls. Please make your scrpt more simple so that my firefos doesnt always hang. I dont always want to use Internet Exploder to access your page.

Claudine ^{[details removed]} —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.12.227 (talk) 01:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest updating your browser to the newest released version of Firefox. I have not noticed any problems using the current release on a Macintosh. Mr. R00t ^Talk 01:13, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

I am using the latest version of Firefox, 3.6.8, without any problems. What version of Firefox are you using, and on what page(s) of Wikipedia does Firefox hang for you? --Mysdaao ^talk 01:16, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note i am also a user of FireFox (3.6.8,)..I have been using IE for a week or so because of the same problem...Have been here on wiki for 5 years first time this is a problem for me to. there is long hang times and protocol errors for the past 2 weeks. Moxy (talk) 02:24, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I use Firefox 3.6.8 on Windows Vista without problems. Maybe there is a conflict with an extension or something in your account. Does it help to log out? I know the OP was not logged in when the post was made. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please can you write the list of the members of Pro lifedemocrats in the house and senate.

37 pro-life members of the caucus.Who are they ?

The two lists will NOT be identical, but you may want to see Blue Dog Coalition. --Jayron32 05:36, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't figure out how to make a particular table. Starting with this table:

Then, I want to merge cells 1 and 3, and cells 4 and 6, so you end up with cell 1 and cell 4 taking up 2 rows and cell 2 and cell 5 taking up 1 row.

I would expect this code to work:

{|class="wikitable"
|-
|rowspan="2"|cell 1 
|cell 2
|-
|rowspan="2"|cell 4
|-
|cell 5
|}

but it doesn't. Can someone help? Thanks. Strange Quirk (talk) 02:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

These weird tables usually don't work without an empty cell at the end of each row. Take out the empty cells and it all breaks.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
| rowspan="2"| cell 1/3
| cell 2
|  
|-
| rowspan="2"| cell 4/6
|  
|-
| cell 5 
|  
|}

DMahalko (talk) 04:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, thats pretty weird. Is there a way to make those extra cells invisible or something along those lines? The table looks weird with that extra space. Strange Quirk (talk) 05:51, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The technical problem is that row/column sizes are determined automatically by the sizes of their contents. In the original approach, there was nothing in "just row 2", so "height=0" is sufficient to hold it. The key with the dummy-column is that there is a cell in row 2, so the layout knows there actually needs to be a non-null/visible row there. Another solution is to use explicit row-heights to override the automatic "no row 2 space needed":

{|class="wikitable"
|-style="height: 2em;"
|rowspan="2" |cell 1/3
|cell 2
|-style="height: 2em;"
|rowspan="2"|cell 4/6
|-style="height: 2em;"
|cell 5
|}

Crazy, eh? DMacks (talk) 06:18, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any sort of desire to label not-logged-in talk pages to show what ISP owns the address pool? I know shared-proxy addresses get labeled.

I am using WildBlue today and reading wikipedia while not logged in, and it says I have new messages.. odd. Oh, it appears this address has been used to make edits by other WildBlue customers. Would it be useful to identify this address as a shared block from WildBlue?

• User talk:67.54.176.52

Is this a worthwhile template?

• Template:Wildblue ISP

Oh hey, that's only 32,768 address pool pages to label. Um, I'm not doing that by hand, so I guess a bot would have to do them all. I am not a bot programmer so I don't know how to proceed, or if this effort would be considered useful by others. DMahalko (talk) 04:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not. There is Template:Whois and others of that family, however we do not generally proactively label IPs talk pages, even among active IPs. These labels are generally only used to tag problematic IP addresses for easy reference. --Jayron32 05:35, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am having a problem with vandalism of the Larkin 25 article by Steve Quinn and DGG. They are acting in a high-handed and patronising fashion adding tags and disruptive edits to an article that has been through previous resolution processes and found to be fine. User Steve Quinn is adding gibberish about unreadable sentences and the pair are removing refences and making false claims about it being a 'fan site'. This is rubbish, it is neutral in tone and there is no 'fan' material. How do I report their concerted vandalism and get them blocked from this article?LarkinToad2010 (talk) 06:56, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• As you have been told several times before, if you have an issue with the way other editors behave towards you, go to WP:ANI, not here. Go ahead, report respected editors like DGG and Steve Quinn as vandals to ANI and see how fast you'll find yourself blocked. But better would be to take a deep breath and sit back. Look at your talk page, look at all your interactions with other editors here. Almost all those interactions are antagonistic, with you accusing all these people of being unhelpful at best and of being vandals at worst. Perhaps you should start thinking about why this is so. --Crusio (talk) 07:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any templates for use in auto-numbering figures/images? (I see how this can be done for equations: Template:NumBlk) Thanks! David Hollman (Talk) 07:47, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That template does not appear to be "auto-numbering" in the sense of generating automatically sequential values (instead, the explicit number-string is passed). The key feature of {{NumBlk}} is that it puts the number at the right margin, which requires some special formatting games. Putting specific text in an image-caption doesn't seem to need any special magic. See WP:PICTURE for the syntax. DMacks (talk) 07:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, since I wasn't actually looking for numbered equations I just didn't read it carefully. But in any case, auto-numbering would still be useful (probably for equations too) if possible... thanks. David Hollman (Talk) 09:23, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think such a template is possible with the current software and installed extensions. It would for example be possible with mw:Extension:VariablesExtension but bugzilla:7865 says it will not be installed. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:26, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks all for your responses. David Hollman (Talk) 10:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I had uploaded a photo of the Shershah's rupee under the Indian rupee section. Now the authors name is seen changed to 'Saithilace'.The coin is in my collection and I have uploaded its picture. Hence my name may be substituted for that wrong name.I have uploaded other pictures also like coins of Balban,Ahasan Shah of Madura etc. Thank you. Dr.N.Sreedhar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.64.180.192 (talk) 09:07, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is the name of the image and the account used to upload it? Did you add it to Indian rupee? PrimeHunter (talk) 10:09, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is it File:Sher_shah's_rupee.jpg? If so, User:Rodhullandemu deleted it from Wikipedia at 20:24 on 22 August 2010, with the rationale F8: Media file available on Commons, and the image now appearing in Wikipedia articles is the Commons version, Commons:File:Sher_shah's_rupee.jpg. That image's file history indicates that it was uploaded there at 05:49 on 6 June 2010 by User:Saithilace, and the history suggests that s/he was also the original uploader, on 10/11/2006. I can't see the history of the deleted Wikipedia image, so I can't confirm whether it's the same one the OP uploaded, and whether it's also the one moved to Commons in June. However, Saithilace has no edit history on Commons or Wikipedia going back further than a couple of months, so is unlikely to be the original uploader or author. It's more likely that s/he has incorrectly claimed authorship when uploading the image to Commons, and it is probably the OP's original image. I'm not sure how to go about reattributing authorship, other than to get the image deleted for copyright problems and for the OP then to re-upload a correctly attributed version. PrimeHunter, you're an admin - can you help? Karenjc 11:29, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm an admin at the English Wikipedia but not at Commons and don't know their procedures. commons:File:Sher shah's rupee.jpg is the same image User:Drnsreedhar uploaded to the English Wikipedia. It was moved to Commons (so it can be used by other wikis) by User:Saithilace who copied the content of the English Wikipedia description page. The description by Drnsreedhar said "image from personal collection". Unfortunately the Commons version does not mention Drnsreedhar and makes it sound like "personal collection" refers to Saithilace. Is there a Commons editor who can help? Otherwise you can post to Commons:Help desk with a link to this section. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:58, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've posted there; thanks, PrimeHunter. Karenjc 13:23, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There should be no need for any Commons admin action here, or a re-upload. Simply edit the image description page on Commons to reflect the correct authorship. An en:wikipedia admin will have to view the original file to import the information correctly. Also admonish User:Saithilace to be more careful when transferring images to Commons (perhaps using CommonsHelper would make it easier). Powers ^T 14:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This should, I hope, be fixed now. Please do let me know if it isn't. Angus McLellan (Talk) 17:26, 7 September 2010 (UTC) P.S. Since the next image by Dr. S that I looked at had the wrong license tag, there's still more to do here. Angus McLellan (Talk) 17:35, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fort William College is being vandalised by a new user - Amritapritam. This needs to be handled by an administrator. Please look into it. - Chandan Guha (talk) 09:59, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no need for admin intervention and the edits may be in good faith by a new user who doesn't know wiki formatting. Dismas has posted to User talk:Amritapritam. You can do the same if it continues but be careful about vandalism accusations. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:45, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, a cursory glance at the edits show that the user is deliberately trying to distort the page. Someone who does not know does not go about deleting categories. Thanks all the same for the note on the new users talk page. I will be happy if it works. - Chandan Guha (talk) 11:25, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is not vandalism - it's a content dispute with elements of WP:NPOV. User:Amritapritam appears to be attempting a complete rewrite; User:Chandan Guha seems to dislike the new version and regard it as biased. The first step is not to make accusations of vandalism at the Help desk, but to attempt to reach consensus over the proposed changes. Contact the other editor concerned, and take your discussions to the article's talk page. Karenjc 12:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Amritapritam shows the user has never edited before, and nobody had posted to User talk:Amritapritam when you came here. Many new users don't know how categories work. See Wikipedia:Assume good faith. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I sometimes do a bit of antivandalism fixing on talk pages. One thing I have noticed is a few IP editors seem to have some aversion to signbot adding signatures to their posts, and make efforts to revisit some talk pages and remove the signature. Should this be considered vandalism? Astronaut (talk) 11:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If they're removing their own IP address, I don't think so. We allow knowledgeable posters to opt out of auto-signing; they're just achieving the same result. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:15, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir,

pls let me know how to search a prase or a word in a portal ? e.g. i want to search a word "evolution" in a portal on wikiped. named "HINDUISM" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.95.5.136 (talk) 11:31, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of searching, does the article Hindu views on evolution have the information you need? If it doesn't, the article may have links to the answers for which you are searching. TNXMan 11:44, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure you know what it means to search in a portal at Wikipedia. It means to search the pages starting with "Portal:Hinduism" like [1]. If you only want to search articles considered to belong to the portal then there is no way to do it. You can search articles containing both "evolution" and "Hinduism" by separating the words with a space in the search box like [2]. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sirs

Despite editing the page on the Causeway Retreat ourselves, incorrect information continues to be posted about us by someone with malicious intent.

We are not under investigation by the Inland Revenue, we do not owe £4million pounds to them. This is entirely untrue.

Could you kindly tell me how we stop people putting this incorrect information about us onto your website?

Many thanks The Causeway Retreat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.185.192 (talk) 12:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for posting here, rather than editing the page yourself. People with a conflict of interest are discouraged from editing on subjects with which they have a close connection, but incorrect, biased or poorly sourced information about individuals or organisations is not welcome on Wikipedia. There does seem to be a case for including the controversy about the retreat based on the two newspaper reports cited, since the material is potentially important to the subject. However, in my opinion the material in question violated WP:UNDUE, and I have rewritten the section to present a simpler summary of the two reports and their salient points. I have also removed the allegation about tax, which was not made in either report and has no other citation to substantiate it. I'm not sure the information was added maliciously - it might just have been over-zealousness - but I have added the page to my watchlist. I don't feel semi-protection is warranted at the moment, but if further uncited controversial material is added to the article, do not hesitate to ask for further assistance here. Karenjc 12:44, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

<advertisement redacted> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.213.40 (talk) 12:27, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, Wikipedia is not for advertising. Once your venture has expanded and has been written about in reliable, independent sources such as newspapers, someone will get round to writing about it here. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:52, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can I provide a page that describes a new master's degree program that is not on your list? This is the Master's in Human Behavior (MHB) that is offered by USC. If so, it is not clear how it should be positioned in your list of master's degrees. Your extensive list are shown as "Master of XXXXX". and If one follows a strict alphabetical rule, it should go at the bottom of the list. However, many would look for it to be positioned on the basis of the name of the specialty area -- "Human Behavior." In your list of "masters degrees in North America" (which is not punctuated properly, because the first word should be possessive rather than pleural), I see that you have one entry -- 22 Master's Degrees in Administration (various) -- in the middle of the list, but I can't figure out the rule by which it was placed there.

Also, in your "List of master's degrees" you specify that there are "tagged degrees" in which the name of the specialty area is given. You provide a list of tagged bachelor's and doctoral degrees, but only have one master's degree listed -- Master of Science in Health Care Management. Not sure why this is the case.

I might note that the MHB® is also distinguished by having a trademark for the degree designation. As far as I know, this is the only degree program to be accorded trademarked status. I could include that information if it is appropriate to not only list the degree, but have it link to a page that describes the program. Egreeneatusc (talk) 12:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome! Before beginning this article I recommend that you read, at least, WP:N, WP:RS and (especially in this case) WP:COI and WP:SOAP. A good introduction for editors thinking about creating a first article is Wikipedia:Your first article. To save yourself some headaches, you might also want to check out Wikipedia:Username policy. Yours, P.Oxy.2354 (talk) 12:56, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that we don't permit the use of ® and similar marks in encyclopedia articles. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:59, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now I'm confused about whether one can add a page that describes the MHB program. The comment above from Orangemike suggests that this can be done, and is not unwelcome. However, he has posted another comment under my username (unsure why there are two post locations) that says that it is inappropriate to write up a description of the program. Egreeneatusc (talk) 17:51, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The answer is that a page can be added, provided it meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability (one of the links that P.Oxy. pointed you at): few individual courses do meet these criteria. P.Oxy was also suspecting that you have a connection with the course: if so, then you should not be the one to write the article. --ColinFine (talk) 19:09, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Egreene, sorry if I answered your first question (about an individual article) and overlooked your others (the lists). (Also sorry for basically pointing you toward policy discussions, but it's a tricky issue and one better approached once the practices of the community are understood by all involved.)

• First, about "tagged degrees", you caught an edit that didn't really respect the format of the list in question, nor did it take into account the content of the main list where that program could already be found. I've fixed this. Thanks! The reason that the program didn't belong there appears to be that, at some point, the editor(s) involved in maintaining the list realized that a great many master's degrees have or, at least, advertise themselves as having some aspect of specialization, and so maintaining a separate list would be both pointless and onerous.

• Now, as for listing this program of study on the general and North American lists, the same concerns apply to inclusion in these lists as do to the creation of a page. I believe, based upon the policies I pointed you toward in my first answer (WP:COI, WP:SOAP, WP:N, WP:RS), that you should pass on listing for now. The reasons:

• If a topic has not satisfied notability guidelines enough to warrant an article, then it probably doesn't belong on a list. This program, no matter how unique it is in your field, does not appear to meet notability. The program does not inherit notability from USC or anyone involved with the program. (A trademark doesn't contribute to notability.) Notability is somewhat related to the availability of reliable sources without which an article couldn't be written. The program's website is not a reliable source and, unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a truly reliable source.

• Beyond all this, these lists are for programs of study, not programs of study at a specific university or universities. If USC is the only school to offer this degree, then this fact alone appears, in my opinion, at least, to subtract from the notability of the program of study.

• What ColinFine writes about your involvement with an article also applies to your listing this program of study: if the apparent conflict of interest is real (and any editor will suspect it to be so) then you should not list this either. It should also be noted that in such a case, linking to the program's website would amount to WP:SPAM.

You'll probably see items in these lists as well as whole articles that you feel do not belong if this program of study does not. As an editor, you can discuss these issues on the talk pages of any page (the discussion tab at the top) and make appropriate edits. I'll watch the lists, at least, for your comments, because conflicts of interest are likely to show up here and such lists really are vulnerable to violations of the spirit of WP:SOAP. I hope this helps. P.Oxy.2354 (talk) 00:43, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have a big request so if somebody can help me I will be very grateful. I would like to be deleted something if somebody want to help me because I am totally upset. For start, I am for a long time in Wikipedia so I don't really need to somebody telling me that we are make a mistakes, I don't want that. I only want if somebody can delete View history of this file. I was there did a lot of stupid things but would not now to mention, so I would really be grateful if that would be removed. I have also one more request, that is if you could in my Upload log page to erase two files from that list. It was a File:Clash2010Soundtrack.jpg. It was the same file but it was sent twice so I would like to erase it completely from that list. Reason for deletion is that I have already sent that files under a different name and I do not want to be on list because it was a big mistake, and there is another reason but there is no need to be described here. Thank you in advance. - Corey.7.11.1992 (talk) 12:45, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot delete your history/upload log. Anyway, I see no "big mistake" here, just a bit of vandalism which you seem to have grown out of quickly enough. Astronaut (talk) 15:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User name ck07.

When I search for my page, sometimes I find it (plus the talk page--which as of yeserday had 5 messages from others--sometimes not. Today not. I do notice that the search seems to redirect "ck07" to "Ck07." Besides that I don't have an idea what is happening. No help in FAQ. Ck07 (talk) 13:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.

I don't see any activity or deletions on your user or talk pages, other than the welcome I just left. You have made four edits since August 28. All user names begin with an upper case character, so lower case will redirect to upper. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 13:59, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you have not edited your userpage yet. If you go to the page, add some text, and click "save page", you will have officially created your userpage. TNXMan 14:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Something is wrong here. I created a user page on/about 9/1/2010 and added one line of text to it. I also asked my students to leave messages on my talek pages as they created their accounts and five did. Yesterday 9/6/2010 I (and they) could find the page, but today neither I nor they can find it. This link http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ck07 successfully connects to the page, but searching "ck07" does not. Ck07 (talk) 16:31, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, there is the problem. The page you just provided a link to is on the Wikimedia Outreach Wiki. It is not the same as Wikipedia. You'll have to create the userpage User:Ck07 on Wikipedia if you want to be able to find it through a search here. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 17:32, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah. The talk page you link to is on the Wikimedia Outreach Wiki at http://outreach.wikimedia.org, but right now you're logged into the English Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org; same parent organization, but a different website. With Universal Login, an account on the English Wikipedia is automatically created for you when you visit this site, but it is a completely different site, with different user and talk pages. Just like you would have a different user and user talk page if you visited the Spanish Wikipedia. You will always see the correct page if you make sure to go to http://outreach.wikimedia.org first. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:36, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I guess P.D. Cook types faster than I do. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:37, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps, but I think your answer is a bit more helpful. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 17:54, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is the policy on links where the entity had a different name when a conference occured than when it does today. For example: If there was a table of the meetings of the US Olympic Committee and the 1964 meeting was at East Hawaii State Teacher's College and today that school is East Hawaii University, should the link be (presuming a redirect exists)[[East Hawaii State Teacher's College]], [[East Hawaii University|East Hawaii State Teacher's College]] or simply [[East Hawaii University]]? Naraht (talk) 13:45, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The middle one, with the pipelink; this creates a format which respects the historical name without linking to a redirect or (worse yet) redlinking when the subject does have a valid article. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to customize my signature in the special preferences area, but the coding area for placing wiki markup signatures contains too few characters for me to possibly make my preferred signature. As a result, I have to make a fake signature and follow it with only a time stamp. So the thing is, can you make it so the custom signature textbox can have up to 1000 or 2000 characters, or maybe even unlimited characters? I would thank you dearly. Also, please note that the superscript "The Game" leads to my talk page, for future reference. Hyperhippy92 ^{The Game} 14:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please note there is a reason for this. Per WP:CUSTOMSIG, excessive customization takes up a lot of room in the edit window. For example, your current signature takes up four lines already. Adding more to it would make it hard to follow along when editing discussions. TNXMan 15:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Four-lines! Mine only takes up, erm, less than 1 :) --Senra (Talk) 16:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And I thought mine was annoying. It is barely more than 1 line long. -- kainaw™ 16:29, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In terms of length on my low-rez screen, I think we're doing you a favor. How much longer can you possibly go?! I still cannot fathom what can possibly be gained by having a signature that's longer than some articles and more colorful than primary school artwork. Please consider using the default signature or at least one that's less complex. Thank goodness we don't allow pictures, transclusion, or substitution! Xenon54 (talk) 19:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And would you please write lower case font color so your signature screams less in the edit window. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:35, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a Wikipedia suggestion box anywhere? --Cheers, Mazeau (talk) 16:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Almost everywhere" actually. For suggestions about an article, every article has a talk-page (the "Discussion" tab above its title). For suggestions about other aspects of this site (layout, features, etc.) there are other specific places. Let us know what topic and hopefully someone will recognize where to post ideas about it. DMacks (talk) 16:19, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is also The Village Pump. You might wish to browse around there to see if others have suggested something along the lines of what you're thinking. If not, you could start a discussion about it. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 17:36, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was just thinking that maybe Wikipedia can edit the name "speedy deletion" and all its variants. Since it refers to simply a seemingly undisputed decision, and not any sense of urgency, that this use of the word "speedy" is misleading. Cheers, Mazeau (talk) 14:47, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually is speedy (in the urgency sense)...usually within minutes of being tagged and it can be disputed/averted (by removal of the tag, or posting to WP:UNDEL after-the-fact). The "speedy deletion" is a rapid deletion process as opposed to the week-long PROD or AFD ways. That's essentially the executive summary of the intro to WP:SPEEDY, the policy/process description of speedy-deletion. The talk-page for that article or the parent WP:Deletion policy one seem like good places to discuss the name of it. DMacks (talk) 16:50, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I remove images uploaded which are in error?

I've just spent a somewhat frustrating time trying to get to grips with uploading images and sizing them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjeans (talk • contribs) 17:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can mark them with {{db-g7}} at the top of the page, which will flag them for an admin to delete. Or, you can list them here and I can delete them for you. TNXMan 17:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response about deletion and offer to resolve.

Marking them as you indicate at the top of the page means nothing to me at this time. I am drowning in information from help files and am brain dead!

The mess I have got into relates to a logo (which I have permission from the owner to use) and which I tried to upload. This has resulted into several versions apparently and some were not uploaded using the correct form apparently.

Thus am anxious that only one version exists and this is the version with the correct authority. The file name is gwtlogo.gif

Would be grateful if you could resolve and reassure me that this is now all valid and the logo I have put on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust page will not disappear.

I have not been able to get the coding instructions to reduce sizing from the default to work, and just gave up after a long time struggling. Part of my problem resulted from my pre-prepartion of the file, only to find the system took it up in size again and thus it became blurry.

I am a relatively experienced html coder and deal with image sizing all the time using the traditional tags. Thus now feel like an idiot! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjeans (talk • contribs) 18:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've deleted one of the images you've uploaded, per your request here. I've also tagged File:Gwtlogo.gif with what is (I hope) the correct information. However, while the image issue is sorted, your article Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust still needs a lot of work. As it stands, it appears to be an advertisement for the group. I would read our guide to writing your first article for more assistance. TNXMan 18:51, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am a graduate student currently writing my doctoral thesis. I wanted to include a figure from your website ("Diagram of nucleosome assembly" from the Nucleosome Assembly In Vitro Section) and was looking to get permission to use it in my written document. I would of course site the figure. Please let me know if I have permission to use this figure and if so, if you have a preference for the way it is sited. Thanks! Tamara6580 (talk) 19:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome to re-use material from Wikipedia, provided it is cited correctly. The proper way to cite Wikipedia is outlined here. To re-use images, you'll need to peruse this guide at Wikimedia Commons. TNXMan 19:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can click an image to get to an image page like File:Nucleosome structure.png. If it says "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below" then click on "description page there" to get to commons:File:Nucleosome structure.png. It appears the image is originally by Zephyris so see User:Zephyris. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Zephyris/Archive 2 shows you are not the first to be interested in this image. Note that new posts to Zephyris should be made at User talk:Zephyris or by email. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:09, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to validate References however the wiki regulation says "A reference must be accurate, i.e. it must prove the statement in the text" however what if the reference in on National Television and on the Official "STATION" website? Does this still count towards a Accurate Reference?

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.144.229.2 (talk) 21:03, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it would be considered acceptable, however it must be ref'd as a website and not a video.  A p3rson ‽ 22:58, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign your post by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box which looks like this: . Do NOT sign in articles.

I'm not sure what you mean by "validate References". Are you trying to add a new reference or to check an existing reference made by somebody else? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:14, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do you nominate a Wiki language for deletion? Battleaxe9872 ^Talk 22:06, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you mean. Would you like to nominate an article for deletion? A category or template? Or some other section? TNXMan 22:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Or perhaps an entire project. Winston365 (talk) 22:14, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On the daf 600 page the specification panel says the engine is an inline 2 it is actually a FLAT TWIN. I have spent the last hour trying to log/in or create an account and I am unable to do either. I am also unable to make any changes to the page. I have to stop wasting time on this and now dont care whether the page is changed or not --121.72.139.69 (talk) 22:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see you figured out how to edit the infobox without logging in.[3] If it's a Flat-twin engine then you can write [[Flat-twin engine|Flat twin]] to create a piped link to the article like this: Flat twin. What happens when you try to create an account? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:50, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Flat twin redirects to Flat-twin engine so in this case it also works to simply write [[Flat twin]]. Note that Wikipedia doesn't capitalize all words when it wouldn't normally be done in running English text. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:53, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you cannot register for an account/login, one of 2 things may be happening:

Your browser may have cookies disabled. Make sure in your browser preferences under security/privacy that cookies are allowed from en.wikipedia.org.

Your IP may have been autoblocked, and account creation was turned on. In this case, you will need to contact an administrator to lift the block, or place the {{template:unblock}} template on your talk page (see Special:Mytalk)

Otherwise, keep trying to create an account.  A p3rson ‽ 23:08, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Or you can use Wikipedia:Request an account. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Although I've read the instuctions I cannot seem to revert a message, and report a vandal. It seems that the majority of wikipedia entries for the new testament books of the Bible have been vandalized (at least Matt, Mark, Luke, John and the epistles, I stopped checking at that point).

Could someone revert the article and report the vandal.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.181.43.163 (talk) 01:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please be more specific about the problem another time. After some searching I guess you refer to this edit to a template that is transcluded on many pages about the New Testament. It has been reverted, the template has been semi-protected and the vandal has been warned. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:27, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I created an article last year, Canada–Mali relations.

It begins with the standard template:

Canada–Mali relations

Canada	Mali

This automatically displays the flags of the two nations in the upper right corner of the page, followed normally by a world map in which the locations of the two countries are shaded. However, I did not create such a map, and therefore it read at that point the text: "Map indicating location of Canada and Mali"

Only today did I create a Canada Mali Locator map, and uploaded it to WikiMedia Commons.

But it doesn't display on the page. What am I doing wrong?

IVX8O8XVI (talk) 01:45, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see on the page now. Perhaps there was some lag; there's not really much you can do about this, aside from purging the cache and waiting for a while. Intelligentsium 01:50, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed a earlier today that the leader of a game clan I am a part of has added a snippet of text to Arrow keys (it's supposedly the reason the group was founded), and I personally think that it needs some definite work (assuming it can be saved in the first place). Here's the specific diff for the text added (the rev before this one was his as well).The leader himself is a bit weird, but what he put into the page was even weirder. Call me on not having enough cajones if you want, but I don't want to edit it myself and PO the group leader, or get slammed here for putting in slanted information on the account of it being a COI. I would be willing to provide as much information as I can get ahold of to anyone willing to rewrite the snippet of text to be of Wikipedia-Quality. Hmmwhatsthisdo (talk) 03:18, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article should be titled The Goodlife Recipe per the manufacturer. I have made the changes to the article but I'm not sure what the best procedure would be to change the articles title. [[4]] Buster7 (talk) 03:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the article to the better title. I couldn't even find a source that used the CamelCase spelling.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:52, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hi I am v new to this. Have created an article with category boxes and it works I.e. it takes you to category page and article is listed. Then without any edit taking place,next day, category in article takes you to category page but article not listed. Fixed by any minor edit but a nuisance. Where am I going wrong? Thank you. Dave —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave Atcathedral (talk • contribs) 09:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which category are you referring to? I see Cathedral School, Wakefield in all its categories. Maybe you have to bypass your cache on the category page. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have been working on improving the article Baloch people since many days, It had some issues before but I believe I fixed all of them. But now the article has been reverted again to the previous version by another editor. Why is this happening again and again? Even though I fixed everything and also the previous article had many inaccuracies. I also mentioned my reasons to revise the article. BalochMedia (talk) 09:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Explained on the article's talk page. It wasn't fair that your edits were called vandalism, but there were several problems with your edits. At this point it's a content dispute and the article talk page is the place to figure this one out. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 11:52, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hi i set up a website up and do i need a security code to actavate the site —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.146.138 (talk) 09:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Where is the site hosted? What computer language is it written in? What is the problem you are seeing that makes you think you need to have a security code to activate it? I know nothing about this subject, and this question should be asked not here but at the computing section of the reference desk, but I think you are more likely to get an answer when you re-ask there, if you provide a far more specific explanation of the problem and pertinent details about the site, such as providing the information sought in my questions.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:30, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps.  A p3rson ‽ 23:24, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You realize that I already directed the person to the reference desk, and to the proper section, in a tailored message?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:43, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How can I create more than one book using book creator? Frank Frink (talk) 10:29, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When your account becomes autoconfirmed you can save books. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:40, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hi, asking for help: i erroneously uploaded the United Festivals logo twice. could you possibly delete one of the two files? they are exactly the same. thanx! Dr. mullah (talk) 10:35, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's done. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:22, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thank you. cheers to you! Dr. mullah (talk) 14:39, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the French Wikipedia there is an article called "House Francois Coignet". I would like to use the house ruins pictures in the English Wikipedia article François Coignet, however it wouldn't let me. Tried to become a new User, and again it wouldn't let me. How can I get those pictures?--Doug Coldwell ^talk 12:40, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Solved the problem - had to go to their Commons. Thanks though.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 12:55, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have a two request and I sincerely hope that Wikipedia have least one administrator who truly want to help, because so far no one wanted, but I will try the last time. The first request is to delete my revisions in history of this file. The second request is also something to be deleted. It is from my Upload log page File:Clash2010Soundtrack.jpg, in list are two this files and they was deleted by my request, but now I want to be deleted from list, and I know that it can be removed definitely. I only want to be deleted from list, only these two file, no whole list. It upset me horribly because it is a huge mistake that I can't even see or think about it. So if Wikipedia has administrators who truly want to help users, I hope that when the next time I come to Wikipedia that this request will be truly done, not to be answered that it can't be done and similar things, and that I will normally be able to continue editing in Wikipedia. Thanks in advance. - Corey.7.11.1992 (talk) 14:22, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As noted above, I'm not sure there is anything that can be done. I don't think the logs can be changed, and I don't see anything in your edits that would warrant history deletion. It looks like a combination of learning the ropes and maybe a little silly vandalism. I would suggest just moving on take this as a lesson learned. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 14:36, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, as noted on your talk page, deleting things from histories will probably raise even more questions. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 14:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(after edit conflict) What you've requested can technically be done, but it won't be done by me (nor, I imagine, by other administrators) because of the limits of Wikipedia:Revision deletion. Administrators don't use the powerful tool of deleting selected revisions of an article's or file' s history, or log entries, for trivial reasons such as "I admit that I was doing rubbish" or "I made a mistake" (phrases you've used on your talk page). The only circumstances in which such actions could be taken are set out at Wikipedia:REVDEL#Criteria for redaction - your request falls a long way short. If I was to do what you wanted, I risk being desysopped for misuse of the tools. Bencherlite^Talk 14:39, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How, then, here could be deleted. Maybe a month ago I asked one administrator that delete files that I was sent there because I explained that there is no need for them to be there, and he is deleted and files and history, and left only one file. Is it then possible that the same be done with this file, to delete the current file that is there with history and to leave only the first who is uploaded. I guess at least it is possible to do so, and that there will be no problem. - Corey.7.11.1992 (talk) 15:12, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No. On another matter, are you also editing as InfamousPrince (talk · contribs)? The similarity in language here is noticeable, as are the similar userboxes and the fact that InfamousPrince requested as "db-author" of one of your files. If so, why? Bencherlite^Talk 15:32, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He's asked for his user and talk pages to be deleted ". Reason for deletion is that I have another user page, so I don't want this no more.". [5], Dougweller (talk) 16:41, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is true. I have two user pages, I create the second because I was wanted to delete the first, but now I don't want that. Reason for deleting the first is that I was learning with him, and I was making a lot stupid thing, and someone told me that no one pays attention to the mistakes I made, but the problem is that I am paying attention and it annoys me. And because these mistakes can not be deleted, I decided to delete it completely, but what there is I can not change now, or maybe is prohibited to have two user page. - Corey.7.11.1992 (talk) 17:31, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Speedily deleted – ukexpat (talk) 17:06, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mario_Vidal_Fernandez needs to be deleted for several reasons. Notability is the major reason, it's also not sourced. I have searched for info and this is either a hoax or someone promoting their evangelical website. I've read the deletion process information but I can't get it to work. Can anyone else delete the article and then let me know how you did it? Thanks!--HillbillyProfane (talk) 14:59, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've proposed the article for deletion. You can read more on how this works at WP:PROD. As for actually deleting the article, this can only be done by administrators. TNXMan 15:02, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have gone one further and tagged it for speedy deletion - I don't see any claims of importance or significance. Claims of speaking to Jesus don't do it for me. – ukexpat (talk) 16:48, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do you get people to write a wiki article about a given topic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.139.249 (talk) 15:11, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Without knowing the specifics of the article in question, I can only point you to requested articles, where people can request editors write an article. If you have a specific topic in mind, there may be a wikiproject that can assist you. TNXMan 15:13, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Or, if you do have material and references ready for an article but would like someone else to put it onto Wikipedia for you, you can ask at articles for creation. (I'm assuming that you want to know about creating an article on Wikipedia itself, and not on some other unrelated wiki.) Karenjc 15:58, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alternatively, if you want to know more about a subject, you can try asking at our reference desk: you may find the topic is already covered in our other articles but, if it isn't, you will hopefully get some sort of an answer to your query. Physchim62 (talk) 16:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:03, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where can I send a suggestion to Wikipedia? Here's the thing. When I'm logged out, and I go to my bookmarked watchlist, I'm swept to a page that says "You need to log in". So then I click "Log in" and I get to log in on the next page. This "You need to log in" page would save me oodles of time every day if it didn't exist. I know I need to log in. But why can't the two pages be combined? "You need to log in" with the login/pswd fields directly below? It's just one of those Internet efficiency things that irk me. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 16:42, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tip: why don't you just bookmark to the log in page instead of your watchlist? Magog the Ogre (talk) 16:46, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear Keraunoscopia, thanks for the suggestion. Kindly leave your comments at the following two links: The bugzilla technical issue reporting site and Wikipedia's user experience feedback page. Write back for any further assistance. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 20:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thank you, I will! I just realized my section "Wikipedia suggestion" was extremely vague, but thanks for the responses. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:03, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have a 23 inch 16:9 display, and find that Wikipedia articles are formatted across the entire landscape of the display, which is very difficult to read. I use Windows System 7. Is there any way to narrow the format in order to display articles in something approximating portrait mode? 68.167.70.33 (talk) 17:53, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Explorer has a page zoom function but it doesn't work like you would expect, and seems mostly useless. I recommend installing Firefox, and using its zoom function (Control-+)to enlarge the page until the text is the width you want. DMahalko (talk) 18:09, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the OP was complaining about size of text, but about the text being spread across too wide an area. Zooming the page won't help with that. My suggestion would be just to adjust the size and shape of the browser window. Rojomoke (talk) 18:31, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have an article "Stock Market Data Systems" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_data_systems) and would like other articles (e.g. Ticker Tape) to show my article in its "See also" section. How do I do that? I've tried in the first paragraph of my article, but it doesn' seem to work .... —Preceding unsigned comment added by MontyPh (talk • contribs) 19:05, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First, nobody owns any articles on Wikiedia. You don't have an article. Wikipedia has an article.

Just go to the page you want to add a link to and click the Edit tab. Add a link to the section that you want to add the link to. -- kainaw™ 19:10, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This the second time I have been blocked from my account. I have a lot of friends that I know personally & other that I only know there my family & friends. A lot of these people I do not know by name. There is the problem. In trying to access my account I have to ID these people & I am unable to ID all of them. Please can someone help me? I have only one email address. This is the only address I access my Facebook account. Thank You. Leo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.98.76.119 (talk) 20:27, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like your Facebook account was blocked. Please note this is Wikipedia and, more specifically, a help desk for asking questions about using Wikipedia. TNXMan 20:33, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've created an article on my user page and have no clue how to submit it. Can someone please guide me? Thanks. --infojunkie 22:00, 8 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eanimal (talk • contribs)

After you've made your tenth edit (you currently have nine), you will actually have an autoconfirmed account, meaning you will be able to move the article right into the mainspace. However, as you're a brand new user, I suggest articles for creation, where someone will actually review a submission you create. The article will then be created, or if not, you will get feedback on what's wrong with the article. Magog the Ogre (talk) 23:08, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm wondering about the appropriateness of some image captions I saw in an article. I've read through WP:CAP, and it doesn't address my questions. Is there some project or board that specializes in images where I can address my questions? TardyHardy (talk) 22:19, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is Wikipedia:Manual of Style (captions) but it's talk page is not a very visible and active forum. I know of no other dedicated page but help with Wikipedia issues in general is what we're here for. Why don't you run the issue(s) by us and see if someone can help? Note that captions are subject, like other content, to the neutral point of view policy and others.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:44, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sirs, This is to whom ever wrote the Wikipedia page concerning the Argonaut Motor Machine. My name is Bethany G. Grimes the granddaughter of Richard s. Luntz 1919-2006. He was the inventor of the Argonaut Motor Machine. I would love to speak with you and learn what you know of my grandfather. He was very important to me and I had no idea anyone outside the family knew of him and his legacy. The Luntz family still reside in Ohio, but my Mother Marianne Luntz Grimes passed away and my grandfather died as well soon after. It is very important to me that I speak with you. Please conact me as soon as possible I can be found on Facebook.

Thank you for remembering him.

Sincerely,

Bethany Grimes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.251.186.164 (talk) 22:28, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the history of the article. All the contributors listed on that page made edits to the article. As you can also see, it was created in 2004 by user:Boccherini's Guitar, who has not edited since July 2004, so it's very unlikely he or she would see any message left on his or her talk page. Most other editors listed in the history only made minor additions. Another user who added significant material was User:WQ59B, but he or she only edits sporadically, and has not edited in eight months so that's probably another dead end. None of these editors are likely to see your message here, and even if they did, they aren't very likely to contact you at a different site. However, you can read about the car at various places on the internet: see Google book search results and Google News archive search, as well as this web search which excludes Wikipedia from the results. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:37, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I recently just posted an article and need help editing the name of the article. Specifically, I need to capitalize the last name. Also, my article is in question as being related to the featured person, COI. This is not the case and I'm wondering what I need to do to change this. Is there a chat function or a way to go back and forth with wiki admins? I used wiki 3 years ago and figured out how to do live chat, but now I can't seem to find it anywhere. Transmedia101 (talk) 00:06, 9 September 2010 (UTC)Transmedia101[reply]

Bruno Felix (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Looks like you figured out how to move the article to the correct title. As for conflict of interest, see my comments on the article's talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 01:57, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• The chat function; log on to our IRC Help channel now. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 02:40, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would like to resubmit/upload a picture I own, to Wikipedia, and give Wikipedia rights to distribute it, but I keep receiving a warning notice to look at my deletion log. Image was previously deleted because I uploaded it twice, and clicked on an incorrect licensing. What steps do I need to take from here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikakeaulii (talk • contribs) 02:28, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Mikakeaulii, actually you are not reading your messages properly. An administrator, C. Fred, has already given you details on how to upload your image. I reproduce his statement from your talk page.

• If you hold the rights over the image and the ability (and willingness) to donate it to Wikipedia, you'll need to send an email verifying your intent. Please see the directions at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials#Granting us permission to copy material already online. Do bear in mind that uploading it to Wikipedia grants free, unrestricted use of the image, so long as you are attributed as the creator in any derivative uses (including commercial uses). —C.Fred(talk) 21:44, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Therefore Mikakeaulii, kindly follow the instructions. If in doubt, do please leave a message with C.Fred. In case you need future help, feel free to write back. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 02:51, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You should upload to Commons. Take a look at Commons First Steps for assistance. – ukexpat (talk) 02:49, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I am trying to design a collapsible userbox design, and I found this one from User:Mitternacht90. However, I am having some problems. How do I move it to the left instead of the right? And why does it partically cover up the first userbox in the first column? Thanks for any help, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 03:51, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To align the userbox-box, simply fill in the "align" parameter of the template. To do this, simply replace "{{boxboxtop}}" with "{{boxboxtop|align=left}}", just as you would do to any other template when filling in parameters. Check out the template's documentation for other nifty things you can do, such as adjusting colors.

As for the userbox-box covering up the first userbox, I'm not sure what the problem is there; if you're talking about the box on Mitternacht90's userpage, it looks fine for me. The positioning might be shifted based on the browser you use. Hope this helps. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:00, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On Mitternacht90's userpage, you can't see it because he only has one set of userboxes. Click show on the first set. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:17, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see - the boxes apparently don't have collision detection, if that's what one calls it. I experimented around a bit, and found an apparent fix. Add "{{userboxbreak|toptext=}}" to the bottom of the first list of userboxes, right after the last userbox. That seems to make the second set shift down upon expanding the first one, instead of them simply overlapping. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:27, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SuperHamster, you're a genius! Thanks! --The High Fin Sperm Whale 05:05, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes Set 1 (Click show) This user contributes to Wikimedia Commons.

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<div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none;padding:0;">
<div class="NavHead" style="background:#EDF1F1;text-align:left;text-style:normal">
USERBOX GROUP 1</div><div class="NavContent" style="display:none;">
USERBOXES

</div></div></div>
<div class="NavFrame" style="padding:0;border-style:none;">
<div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none;padding:0;">
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USERBOX GROUP 2</div><div class="NavContent" style="display:none;">
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Can someone give me some advice on the images at Entranceway at Main Street at Roycroft Boulevard which appear to be in the background under the text for some reason.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:54, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is it a problem with the multiple image template? Have you tried using a different template, like "gallery" or maybe adding the images without a template at all? --Jayron32 05:07, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I use T:MI all over the place. It is not a problem at 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, for example.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:59, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do i get books for reading about May 21, 2010. and Octiber 21, 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.205.182.26 (talk) 07:46, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was on the article for roadkill, and I noticed it linked to the Japanese page ja:轢死 (rekishi; death by being run over) as the corresponding page for that article in Japanese, and the Japanese linked back to roadkill. The thing is, 轢死 refers to anything being killed by a motor vehicle and is not limited to just animals, hence it has a subsection on roadkill. How do you deal with articles that don't exactly correspond to the subjects of other languages' articles? Like, for example, if someone reading the Japanese wikipedia wanted to read an English article that included information on human motor vehicle deaths, they would be directed to the wrong place.Ziiv (talk) 08:31, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]