I received the following error trying to track changes by comparing versions on the history page of the article Nuclear program of Iran:

Proxy Error

The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.

The proxy server could not handle the request GET /wikipedia/en/w/index.php.

Reason: Error reading from remote server

Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) mod_fastcgi/2.4.6 PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7wm1 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g Server at secure.wikimedia.org Port 443

Is this a problem compatibility problem with my browser (Safari for Mac version 4.0.5)? Is there an error on the page? Or is the article just too big? NPguy (talk) 02:33, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to just be an issue with your internet; in my experience, such errors are one-time. So two questions: why are you using the secure server, and does the error persist or has it gone away? Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 02:46, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I routinely use the secure server because it seemed to be recommended to protect my Wikipedia user account from unauthorized access. I started having this problem in the last week or two, and have encountered it several times since then. Today, I tried several different version comparisons on the same page and encountered the same error each time. NPguy (talk) 02:57, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone take out the background of File:Sky New Zealand logo.PNG making it an svg as I can't do this. WWE Socks 04:09, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You could try posting a request on the illustration workshop, but as the logo is copyrighted and only available under fair use it's unlikely that the request will be granted. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:35, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi:

I am a new user and trying to upload a page on a book. I have created an account, started a page and have been hitting "show preview" before saving. When I finally got my page to where it looked like it was supposed to, and tried to hit save, it gives me some warning saying that the page might be an autobiography and that it may be deleted but if I want to save it anyway, to scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit save again.

When I hit save again, it asks me to fill out the captcha security code. I enter the word, hit save again and it gives me the error about autobiographies again. But it still says I can continue but not matter how many times I hit save and re-enter a new captcha, it won't let me save.

The page is NOT an autobiography, it is a page for a psychology book. At the bottom, I included an about the author section but the page itself is about the book.

How the heck am I supposed to get past this??

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Autismconversations (talk • contribs) 04:29, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The autobiography warning checks your user name against the title of the page you are attempting to create. That your user name is (I would imagine) very similar to the title of the book in question suggests that you have a conflict of interest in the matter. However, if you want to start an article on the subject anyway, try creating one under your user name by putting user:Autismconversations/ in front of the name of the article: once you've created the page, post a link to it here and it can be moved to a normal article title if appropriate. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:31, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ive heard of this bug before, and am not sure what causes it to happen sometimes (people create pages with their username in the title every day and are not stopped), or how it could be fixed. Hopefully someone here will be able to help. —Soap— 14:37, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The attempted edits can be seen in the edit filter log. I don't know what causes them to never be saved. Could it have something to do with triggering more than one filter? PrimeHunter (talk) 17:07, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help so far everyone. I did as suggested and posted the article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Autismconversations/

Was OK posting and did not get a warning but I guess I need to still move this to a normal article title. Can someone help me with that? Also, it appears the .jpg of the book isn't showing appropriately. Can someone help correct my wiki markup language?

Thanks everyone.

Shelly —Preceding unsigned comment added by Autismconversations (talk • contribs) 01:10, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Before we worry about that, please read the notability guidelines for books at WP:NBOOK - I am not convinced from the draft that the book meets Wikipedia's notability threshold. I also moved it to a proper user subpage at User:Autismconversations/Draft article. Your user name also appears to be in breach of the user name policy. – ukexpat (talk) 01:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MY CAPS LOCKS BUTTON IS STUCK, YET I WANT TO EDIT. WHAT IS MY BEST COURSE OF ACTION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. --EDWARDLIKESTOEDIT (talk) 13:05, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Buy a new keyboard? – ukexpat (talk) 14:28, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You could try the external links in Caps lock (I haven't tried it). PrimeHunter (talk) 14:37, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE EDWARDLIKESTOEDIT, THOUGH A LITTLE HACKNEYED AND TIRING. YOU COULD KEEP YOUR SHIFT KEY PRESSED WHILE ENTERING THE SENTENCE. YOUR SENTENCE WOULD > then look like this, closer to normal < THAN LIKE THIS. (Although I have to say that your caps lock being stuck would in no way make your signature come out in capitals... strange... strange...) WARM REGARDS. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:15, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The account User:EDWARDLIKESTOEDIT was created with that capitalization 12 minutes before the post here. If the user is serious then presumably Caps Lock was also stuck when the username was chosen. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:47, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Press Shift five times to activate sticky keys on your keyboard. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 18:21, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with thumperward if you do this, your problem should be resolved in most cases, if you are still having problems with this, i advise you to purchase a new keyboard. Dwayne was here! ^talk 00:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Is there any way to ban vandalisers without being an administrator? Gobbleswoggler (talk) 14:38, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can report vandals to WP:AIV, but you can't block them yourself. But please make sure that they have been adequately warned and given a chance to stop before reporting them. ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 14:42, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In short, no. You can report them, as Chamal_N says. Banning is a bit different and is generally done by the Arbitration Committee or by community consensus.--BelovedFreak 14:46, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are several errors, highlighted in bold red, on the Template:Convert page, in particular the {{convert|60|by|120|m|ft}} example in the Range of values section. Could someone who has the rights to edit this protected page please try to fix this. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 14:46, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The best way to request this is to post on the Template talk:Convert page using the {{Editprotected}} template. Then an admin will come along and take a look at it. – ukexpat (talk) 14:58, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• I have added the request to its talk page and other editors are helping. Thanks for the help. Truthanado (talk) 22:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Those errors are on the documentation subpage, which can be edited by anyone. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:28, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

How do you award someone a barnstar and what exactly is one? Gobbleswoggler (talk) 14:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:BARNSTAR. – ukexpat (talk) 14:55, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Hello. How can I add File:Symbol support vote.svg to interwiki of some article, like using this template on de.wiki? Kubek15^{T CS} 14:56, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We apparently don't have a template to mark good articles in other languages' Wikipedias, just {{Link FA}} for featured articles. The image you linked is used for a completely different purpose. Deor (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please default the cursor in the search Text Box like they do in Google. Thanks, Mark Heppler —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.93.170.97 (talk) 15:22, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page#Why doesn't the cursor appear in the search box, like with Google?. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:25, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Wikipedia,

One day I opened up Wikipedia, expecting to browse happily, as I usually do. Suddenly, these annoying popups started to appear. I ignored them for a while. What was particularly annoying were popups that would appear that were *for the same page*!!!

Today, I decided to remedy the problem. Went to help, found the answer, logged in and set special preferences -> Gadgets to not show popups. However the box wasn't marked already. However, I turned it on and off again, and saved it. Of course, popups still occurr. It would have been really nice if this hadn't been automatically installed, but instead advertised as an option, or installed for a period of time, and people told how to 'sign up.'

Can you please tell me how to get rid of these things? And does this mean I have to log in every time to ensure that they do not appear?

Thank you,

Peacedance (talk) 15:51, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's navigation popups are probably not the kind of popups you are experiencing. Navigation popups give you a preview of Wikipedia pages, whereas by your enquiry one could reasonably assume that you are experiencing traditional advertising popups. As Wikipedia has no advertising, the popups are most likely caused by adware or some other unwanted program on your computer. You may wish to install an anti-virus or anti-adware program; unfortunately dealing with adware is not within the scope of the Wikipedia Help Desk, so I'm afraid I cannot help you beyond this. You may wish to ask at the Computing reference desk. Intelligentsium 16:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Navigation popups can only work when you are logged in and Navigation popups is enabled for the account, either as a gadget or on a user subpage (your account does not have user subpages). Are you sure you see the popups at en.wikipedia.org? Many sites copy Wikipedia articles and some of them probably add their own popups. Are you sure your browser was not logged into another account when you saw them? What exactly do the popups look like? See Navigation popups for a screen shot showing what that looks like. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:00, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was refactoring a talk page and found some minor comments that are unsigned. I suspect they were made years ago. I would like to tag them as unsigned, but I think all the templates prompt me to check the history for usernames and date of comment. Is there a way a I put an unsigned note on a comment that indicates that I did not look up original posting details? Otherwise, what should I do with ancient unsigned comments? Thanks, Blue Rasberry 17:07, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The date is optional. The user name or IP address is supposed to be given. If you don't want to spend time checking the page history to see who added it then perhaps you should leave it as it is, or add indentation or blank lines if it looks like the comment is part of something else. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:23, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty OCD about these, so if you link the page I might go and fix them. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 21:23, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Discussion continues at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Video – ukexpat (talk) 20:48, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Glynwood, Ohio) is composed of an intro, three content sections, and a references section. Some days ago, I added a picture to the second content section between the header and the text, but it inexplicably appears after the references section. It appears below the infobox, but that's not the problem — the infobox is on the right side of the page, but the picture is on the left. What's more, all of the edit-section links appear next to each other just to the right of the picture. Any idea what's going wrong? Nyttend (talk) 00:36, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Our old friend WP:BUNCH. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 00:40, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was due to the {{commonscat}} template being placed above the left-floated image. I've moved it and the images now seem to float correctly. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 00:42, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks; I normally put the commonscat where I'm supposed to, so I didn't think to check that. Nyttend (talk) 00:56, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:21, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Waterloo Middle School article has been merged into Waterloo Central School District, which is the consensus of its proposed deletion discussion, which ended on 11 March 2010. Can an admin please delete the Waterloo Middle School article. Truthanado (talk) 00:53, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Completed. Nyttend (talk) 00:57, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick response on my talk page. I guess I need a wikibreak from too much patrolling, I should have known I should just redirect the article. Truthanado (talk) 01:04, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I keep trying to award people ribbons, but all I get is a standard Template:xRibbon in red. What is the proper format for giving a ribbon? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erik Le Mesurier (talk • contribs) 01:46, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You mean from WP:Ribbons? They are image files so standard image formatting should work:

[[File:Dilbarn rib.png]]

renders as

 – ukexpat (talk) 02:08, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's great! Thanks! Do you know how to modify the size parameter too? The files are large! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erik Le Mesurier (talk • contribs) 02:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image linking is explained at WP:IMAGE but briefly you add a size parameter with a pipe:

[[File:Dilbarn rib.png|25px]] gives . – ukexpat (talk) 03:05, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create WikepediaLiberia so that Liberians from all around the world would research and rewrite Liberian history? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lihede (talk • contribs) 02:03, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There already is a Liberia WikiProject at Wikipedia:WikiProject Liberia. Is that what you were looking for? – ukexpat (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you want but note that the English Wikipedia here at http://en.wikipedia.org is the Wikipedia version for all articles written in the English language, regardless of the topic. English is apparently the official language of Liberia. You can find many Liberia-related articles by navigating from Category:Liberia. There is no "Liberian Wikipedia" because Liberia is a country and not a language. Countries don't get their own Wikipedia. The German Wikipedia is for all articles written in German and not restricted to articles about Germany, and similar for all others in List of Wikipedias. I'm also unsure what you mean by "rewrite" Liberian history. Wikipedia has articles with a neutral point of view based on published reliable and verifiable sources. If you think Liberian history is generally described incorrectly in the type of published sources that are usually trusted and you want to correct a great historical "wrong" by changing the published history to what you consider to be right then Wikipedia is not the place to rewrite history in its usual meaning. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

At some point in the not-too-distant past, apparently when I wasn't paying attention, it became possible to move images to new names, which is a good thing. Are there guidelines that should be followed here? Help:Moving a page doesn't seem to have much to say about it. In particular, is it a good idea to start giving images more descriptive names? Are there guidelines for filenames, or, say, the standardization of file extensions to lower-case? Should the old filenames be kept as redirects indefinitely, even after all references to the file have been changed to the new name? —Bkell (talk) 03:27, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no documentation on this as far as I know, and I looked in the past. The only page I know that speaks to the issue is Wikipedia:Image file names but it is geared toward original naming, not whether once named, and long existing, we should take the step of moving. I guess surveying Category:Wikipedia files requiring renaming (placed by {{Rename media}}) will get you current practice. Most of the images in the category now appear to be because the file extension is incorrect. I personally think we should only bother with renames where the name is not helpful at all (File:09238409283094.jpg for example), or deceptive/non-neutral or to fix the file extensions, but not to find the perfect descriptive name. As for redirects, once all internal links to the image are fixed, I don't think we should keep the redirect. The main aim of redirects is so that users searching for a subject will reach the target they intend. Media files are outside that whole navigation area, and the only purpose I can see for keeping such redirects is so that an off-wiki link to a media file isn't broken—not something I think we should load up the encyclopedia with redirects to gird against, even if "redirects are cheap". Maybe a village pump discussion should take place?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:07, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Currently all requests fall into the categories "non-descriptive to descriptive", "incorrect to correct name" or "incorrect file extension". As such I have not deemed it necessary to have a discussion about this, but anyone is welcome to open one of course. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:48, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

what does partnering with wikipedia entail? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.215.224.86 (talk) 08:35, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What would you hope from a partnership? Someguy1221 (talk) 08:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You might wish to directly write to the Wikimedia Foundation. Before that, you could steal a look at what is the Wikimedia Foundation all about. Thanks. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:38, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I love to update footballers appearances. it does however take me forever.Is there a way to get the pages to automatically update the appearances and if so, how do you do it? Gobbleswoggler (talk) 10:15, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Um... programme a bot to do it? Kayau Voting IS evil 10:36, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Kayau Voting IS evil 11:07, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have created an infobox following wikipedia guidelines, but something is wrong. Could anybody point out the mistake for me? Thanks -- Ashot  ^(talk) 10:55, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think has gone wrong? Gobbleswoggler (talk) 10:58, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The only mistake you made is that it's still in your userspace! ;) Of course it's not working that way. Kayau Voting IS evil 11:04, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Who normally has access to the Wikipedia database thus also has access to the LocalSettings.php, I would like to know as I am interested. Paul2387 13:01, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Editors are volunteers. Wikipedia is run by the Wikimedia Foundation and their paid developers have direct database access. See wmf:Staff. If you want to point out or request something then a place to do it may be Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) or https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ (see Wikipedia:Bug reports and feature requests). Do you have something specific in mind? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:38, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There may also be other people with shell access who have access to some things like LocalSettings.php. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:48, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

All relevant information is listed here: meta:System_administrators, though it might be a tad out of date. Some are volunteers, some are employees of the foundation. The primary responsobility of this work is carried by the foundation's Chief Technology Officer, which is currently Danese Cooper. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:29, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

What would be a suitable tag/template to add to an article which I believe would benefit greatly from the addition of relevant images ? &dorno rocks. (talk) 14:24, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The template {{Reqphoto}} can be placed on the talk page of the article to request a photo for the article. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 14:28, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have created a page for MUNDP in English which also has a page in Turkish. I would like to combine them so that a person enters to one of the pages can change the language. How can I do that ?

Offspring31 (talk) 14:25, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Add the interlanguage link [[tr:MUNDP]] to the bottom of the English page and [[en:Model United Nations Development Programme]] to the Turkish page. If the page was translated then see also what Wikipedia:Translation says about {{Translated page}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:35, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c):I added interlanguage links to the pages. See diff1 and diff2. I also move the page to its full name, and added bolding to the article name. I would like to point out that you should add references to this article, or it might be deleted at some point. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:36, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help. I have the references but I don't know how to do it. How will I do it ?

Offspring31 (talk) 15:17, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Add <ref>reference</ref> after each fragment of text and at the end of article place <references/>. Kubek15^{T CS} 15:19, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I added some links but I want to show as titles at the bottom not the links directly and I want them to be "links" not only a writing. How I can do that ?

Offspring31 (talk) 15:29, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed that for you. See Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners for more help. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:45, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Now there is 2 references to the page. How many references needed to be sure that it will not be deleted and since the page exists also in Turkish, do I need to add references to the Turkish page too ?

Offspring31 (talk) 15:51, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, we don't use other Wikipedia sites or articles as references. It would help if you could find a third party source (e.g., a magazine or newspaper article) covering the conference. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:27, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am asking that do I need to list the references (two links), that I listed in English site, to the Turkish page also ?

Offspring31 (talk) 16:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Each language Wikipedia has its own policies and styles, and we can only advise on the requirements for the English Wikipedia. If you speak Turkish, I advise you to consult their own pages on sources and referencing, or ask on their help desk.  Chzz  ►  22:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 02:45, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This site is completely inappropriate. The temple garments are very sacred to us. This is a really offensive site and I would like to request that you remove it. This is not something that should be discussed out of the temple. This is disrespectful and REALLY not appreciated. Please have this removed ASAP! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.18.179.9 (talk) 15:09, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To begin with Wikipedia is not censored. All articles that are of a notable subject should have an article on Wikipedia. This article is about a notable subject and is well sourced. I do not believe it will be deleted even if it is requested at the proper forum. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 15:23, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In case you wish to discuss issues with the article, please feel free to take the same up first with editors on the article's talk page. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:27, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Hello. I made a new signature for me: it's <span style="text-shadow:aquamarine 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">'''[[User:Kubek15|<font color="green">Kubek15</font>]]''' ^{[[User talk:Kubek15|<font color="red">write</font>]]/[[User:Kubek15/G|<font color="black">sign</font>]]</span>} and looks like this: Kubek15 ^write/sign and everything is OK. But when I paste it in 'my preferences' in 'signature', I get 'There are problems with some of your input' and 'Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags.'. Could you tell me what is wrong and could you help me with fixing it? Thanks in advance, Kubek15^{T CS} 15:11, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Swap the ending </span> and </sup> so one is completely inside the other. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:30, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! Kubek15 ^write/sign 15:32, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In looking up "April Fool" today , I was disappointed not to find a reference to your 2010 item re the Japanese company having transported customers to 1999 which later was taken off the news listing. I did not read the item at the time but would like to Can I access it somehow? TXS Peter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.37.177.193 (talk) 16:12, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can look at the history of Template:In the news and find the appropriate version in the history (by clicking the "History" tab at the top). In this case the version you want is probably [1]. —Bkell (talk) 16:36, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See also all related information collected here. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 18:54, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was as follows.  Chzz  ►  22:23, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• A Japanese multinational conglomerate (headquarters pictured) investigates how some of its customers were accidentally sent back in time to the year 1999.

What happened to the article that Wikipedia had on R.W. Shambach? It has dissappeared from your site, and want to know why? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.245.185.134 (talk) 16:40, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could you tell us what was the exact title of that article? Kubek15 ^write/sign 17:10, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article may have got deleted through any of our deletion methods. An administrator would be able to give you more details. Regards, ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:23, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found a deleted article called R.W. Schambach but it was very brief and only existed for 3 hours in 2007. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:54, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also Rw schambach, deleted December 2008 "Copyright violation/self-promotion - copied from the person's official website"  Chzz  ►  22:33, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That page existed for 7 minutes and was a copy of http://www.schambach.org/SM/RW/Bio.aspx which still has the same content. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:55, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can somebody clarify for me, if this type of attribution is required here? We attribute on the image page, not the article space, no? Grsz¹¹ 18:55, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It goes on the file page. –Turian (talk) 19:13, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Normally... I do believe however, that an author can specifically request this as part of his BY licensing. If we allow such images, I'm not sure, but I don't see why not. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 00:04, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think even if it is requested by the license, the image info page is the place for it, not the article - see WP:CREDITS. I remove these as a matter of course and have never had an issue. – ukexpat (talk) 02:42, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I created 2010 Baja California earthquake about an hour ago. Then, while scouring the New Pages section, I saw 2010 Guadalupe Victoria earthquake. It's older, but it's got less info. Should I remove the speedy, or speedy the one I created? Buggie111 (talk) 23:58, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would keep yours. Everywhere I have seen has it as the Baja Cali earthquake. –Turian (talk) 00:01, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have redirected 2010 Guadalupe Victoria earthquake to 2010 Baja California earthquake. The last version of the former is here so sources can still be merged. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:15, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 02:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I have very keen interest in petroleum and drilling engineering, and the management of energy companies. (Unusual and odd, I know.) Is there any WikiProject(s) associated with these interests?--LastLived 01:38, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Will chemicals and energy do? Kayau Voting IS evil 01:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Oil Megaprojects task force of the Energy project might also interest you. ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 01:52, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c*2) WikiProjects generally deal with broad topics, rather than the narrower topics you describe. I suggest checking out WikiProject Energy and WikiProject Companies to see if they meet your interests. Sometimes, a WikiProject will have a "subproject" or "task force" dedicated to a narrower topic -- check the project pages for this as well. If neither of those projects sufficiently cover your interests, consider taking a look at the talk page of an article that deals with a topic you are interested in. Editors that have tagged the article as being "of interest" to a WikiProject will usually place a template notifying others of this fact at the top of the talkpage. Xenon54 / talk / 01:53, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As for Kayau, yes it will do!--LastLived 01:55, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We especially need more images: photographs of energy-related equipment, maps, charts, and diagrams. See Commons:Category:Petroleum, Commons:Category:Oil, and Commons:Category:Peak oil. For example, a chart like: File:Alaska Oil Production 1975 to 2005.png needs to be updated, and converted to SVG which you could do with a program such as Gnuplot. Some energy articles are undeveloped in relation to the scope of their topics, such as Petroleum in the United States, which needs a lot more content as the US is the world's largest importer and consumer of petroleum, and has arguably been central to the development of the modern petroleum industry. There is no Natural gas in the United States article yet. But before making heavy edits, first see List of energy topics to get the "lay of the land" on our energy topics. --Teratornis (talk) 20:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Kayau Voting IS evil 05:35, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I always see people putting up non-neutral adjectives like clever, lazy, or unwise on articles about fictional characters. Is that acceptable? Kayau Voting IS evil 02:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, if they are supported by reliable sources that discuss the character. – ukexpat (talk) 02:37, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Even a primary source? Kayau Voting IS evil 03:26, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Secondary sources such as reviews of the fictional work. – ukexpat (talk) 03:39, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Read our policy on this >> WP:ASF ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 05:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 05:19, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to edit the template at the bottom of this page, but for some reason, instead of sending me to the Threshold template edit page, it sent me to Judas Priests instead. No idea how to fix this --Repner1 (talk) 02:47, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The |name = parameter was incorrect in the template; it's now fixed. – ukexpat (talk) 02:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Thanks ukexpat :) --Repner1 (talk) 04:01, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The headline says it all.
If yes, then is there also one showing administrators only?
--Seren-dipper (talk) 02:47, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Special:ListAdmins shows all admins. Kayau Voting IS evil 03:22, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seren, why would you want to know the 40 minute idle time stuff? ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 05:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In any case there isn't. Prodego ^talk 05:19, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a list of all currently logged in users then? (disregarding idletime). Or may I at least find out whether one specific user is currently logged in or not? (With or without idle time).
(This would be useful when I am cooperating with someone on developing an article!)
--Seren-dipper (talk) 05:49, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some users update their status on their userpage. Others don't. See mine for an example. (though I never bother to update it.) Kayau Voting IS evil 05:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Seren, only checkusers can see log on and log off time. Otherwise, by clicking on user contributions, you could easily find out whether the particular user is editing around that particular time or not. For example, the link Special:Contributions/Wifione links up to my contributions. You could replace my name with any user's name and get an idea. The link 'user contributions' is generally given on the left vertical menu bar. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 07:06, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it that Jude Law cheating with the nanny has anything to do with why Sienna Miller is "notable as an actress". It made her more famous so it's worth posting here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agentkelton (talk • contribs) 03:33, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The talk page of the relevant article(s) is the place to discuss this. – ukexpat (talk) 03:37, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And to help you, here's the talk page of the Sienna Miller article. Regards ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 05:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that last two rows of the template[2] refused to display themselves properly.--PCPP (talk) 13:08, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's because {{Navbox with columns}} only allows for six lists underneath the columns. You could a) ask to have that template expanded to allow more lists; b) use a different navbox template that doesn't use the columnar format (which is used for the four films in this case); or c) find a way to use just 6 lists. Powers ^T 13:49, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 21:02, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How can I use the <source>{{{1}}}</source> wiki tag in a template? I tried to use it but the {{{1}}} was copied without processing or passing the argument.--Email4mobile (talk) 13:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the template? Kayau Voting IS evil 13:56, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The template is in the Arabic Wikipedia, still in progress. The aim was to reduce complexity of the language names and add some Arabic names bside (Arabic is distinguished from right to left which causes some difficulties during editing. I think it will be easier to give you the equivalent source code here, whichever easier you can check:

Assume the Template syntax: {{source|lang|code}}

{{#switch: {{{1}}}
| html4strict
| ويب =
<source lang="html4strict">{{{2}}}</source>
| بيسك
| كيوبيسك
| basic
| qbasic=<source lang="qbasic">{{{2}}}</source>
| سي
| c
| c=<source lang="c">{{{2}}}</source>
| #default <source lang="html4strict">{{{2}}}</source>
}}

Thanks.--Email4mobile (talk) 17:33, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can't include variables inside extension tags unless you use the #tag magic word. Try:

{{#tag:source|lang="html4strict"|{{{2|}}} }}

---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 19:37, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much :) --Email4mobile (talk) 20:50, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I find a lot of actual editing power is lost when using the existing iPhone Application, but does any Wikipedia technician have plans to build a lossless experience iPad Application? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iceman444k (talk • contribs) 14:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea about that. I suspect if other editors out here would have too... ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 02:57, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I center a caption under an image thumbnail? Dr. Kamarei (talk) 14:41, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

<center>caption text</center>. – ukexpat (talk) 14:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I just created my page for Rest2U, and when I saved the page it says that "when you save hte page it will be visible for all others". But after I saved it, I can not se it when I search in Wikipedia.

What can the problem be ?

BR BirgerRest2U AB Birger (talk) 16:30, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Rest2U AB Birger was deleted per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G11. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:42, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to upload a file that is a screenshot of the title screen of a computer game. I don't know what to put in each of these fields:

|Source            = 
|Portion           = 
|Low_resolution    = 
|Purpose           = 
|Replaceability    = 
|other_information =

Help, please. The directions were unclear. 2D Backfire Master ^{¿Por que,señor?} 16:31, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read the documentation at Template:Non-free use rationale? --Mysdaao ^talk 18:59, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there anything useful to do (e.g., send the originating IP or email to Wikipedia) when receiving a password reset which was not requested? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.110.153.182 (talk) 18:01, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, no. It's a prank that's been going on for a few months and can safely be ignored. Your password is in no way affected. TNXMan 18:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to transfer a text in Microsoft Word, including endnotes and citations, on the place where it may be submitted to Wikipedia. I did so by copying and pasting the document. To my horror when it appeared all of the endnotes had been stripped away as had all the endnote numbers in the "notes" section of the article, and all of the bold letters.

Is there some trick to transfering a word document, complete with notes, into the Wilipedia program? What am I missing.

Elkmilok (talk) 19:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Microsoft Word's document format is not inherently compatible with MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikipedia. MediaWiki uses a markup language very different from Word's formatting codes. If you want to compose text in Word, you should copy and paste it as plaintext, then add any formatting and citation markup manually within the MediaWiki edit window. Powers ^T 20:00, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that if you are new to editing on Wikipedia, you may be choosing a path with low probability of success. If you are trying to edit a complete new article on Wikipedia from scratch, be aware that Wikipedia deletes thousands of new articles for a variety of reasons. See WP:NOT, WP:YFA, WP:LAYOUT, WP:NOTABLE, WP:V, WP:FOOT, and WP:RS - until you are familiar with the instructions on at least those pages, you will be lucky to write a new article here that "sticks". A more reliable approach to Wikipedia is to start by editing existing articles first, and see what happens to your edits, while you read the manuals to understand what other editors are doing. --Teratornis (talk) 20:10, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming we are talking about Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Gustavus Sidenberg, this was declined, as you didn't provide much in the way of sources other than his obituary in the N.Y. Times, which is not in and of itself very much of an assertion of notability. What made this guy noteworthy enough to have his own entry in Wikipedia? --Orange Mike | Talk 20:33, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This list is wildly inaccurate - under reporting massively. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.153.64 (talk) 21:42, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has many pages with lists of suicide bombings in different areas and periods. Which one are you referring to? It may have stated or unstated criteria for which suicide bombings to include. If the page name starts with "Category" then it is not considered a list but a category and categories only contain links to subjects with their own page. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:55, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have been working on the Central Bank and Trust page, trying to clean it up to be in compliace with the Primarysources box listed on that page. When will that box be removed, or are there still issues with the references given? Can I just delete it? Can someone please point me in the right direction? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Josuenielson (talk • contribs) 21:54, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Any user or IP can remove page maintenance tags if they feel that the article issue(s) in question has been resolved. If you feel that you have resolved the issue feel free to remove the tag. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 22:09, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And please explain why you are removing it, either in your edit summary or on the talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 01:51, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Might I suggest Josuenielson, kindly do not remove primary sources which provide non-controversial information (like the bank's location, etc). An article should not be made up of only primary sources, but that does not mean that you should delete all primary sources from any article. Please read our guidelines on verifiability of sources and reliability of sources. Give marked attention to the usage of primary, secondary (and tertiary) sources. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 03:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is a link in the Summary section of the Almonte Train Disaster about "personal recollections" that is not correct. It goes to my blog but not the correct post. This is the correct link: http://theretirededucator.com/?p=92 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.226.94.133 (talk) 21:58, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I fixed the link.[3] PrimeHunter (talk) 22:45, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am looking for a mechanism to apply edits to pages from a Special:Export XML dump file. What I am looking for is not the same as Special:Import, which is oriented toward importing pages with revision histories from other wikis. What I want is to take the page text from the XML dump for each page and apply it as an edit to the page it was created from.

The use case I have in mind is as follows:

• Use Special:Export to download a number of pages (most recent revision only) as an XML file.
• Modify the text of the pages in the XML file, using whatever tools are appropriate.
• Apply the changes back to the Wiki from the modified XML files.

Is such a tool available? -- JPMcGrath (talk) 22:31, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be possible to add a Jump to the Top button on the bottom of each page? It would be handy, frequently, to be able to get back up to where the search button is, in a hurry. TIA for any assistance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.177.255.241 (talk) 23:27, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This would certainly be possible, but since most keyboards have a "home" button which does the exact same thing, i don't think many people will appreciate the extra interface clutter. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 23:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Does your keyboard have a "Home" key which does this in your browser? I don't think a link is needed for everybody but users with an account may be able to do something optional in their account settings to get such a link when they are logged in. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:39, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have a Home key but for some reason it seldom does anything. Thanks for answering, anyway.76.177.255.241 (talk) 01:53, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The home key will probably only work if the focus is in the client area of the browser, and not in the address bar, search field, or some other area. Try clicking on the client area, not within a field or edit box, and then press the home key. -- JPMcGrath (talk) 02:17, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I have a copy of Chevron's 2008 Annual Shareholders' Report. I plan to refer to it numerous times while editing the article. How do I do the process of citing the same reference throughout an article? In the article, mine is reference #15, and I'd like to connect it to the paragraph concerning my recent edit about Chevron's withdraw of investment in Dynergy Inc.--LastLived 00:03, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So this is your ref?

<ref>Chevron Corporation ''2008 Annual  Shareholders' Report.''</ref>

If so, you will want to give it a name such as:

<ref name="Shareholders">Chevron Corporation ''2008 Annual  Shareholders' Report.''</ref>

Then, each time you want to cite the same source, use this:

<ref name="Shareholders" />

That should help. :) –Turian (talk) 00:09, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edif conflict) If you want the text in the reference to be identical each time it is used and not contain differences such as page numbers then see Wikipedia:Footnotes#Reference name (naming a ref tag so it can be used more than once). PrimeHunter (talk) 00:11, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

as a suggestion how about referencing this link [4] followed by the page number.--intraining ^{Jack In} 00:12, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the replies! I'll stick with my physical copy--LastLived 00:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to cite the same report, but different page numbers, consider using shortened footnotes - see CITESHORT. -- JPMcGrath (talk) 02:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how do you go about coloring the word boxes on graphs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Faroran (talk • contribs) 02:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could you be a little more specific? Are you referring to tables on Wikipedia? If so, Help:Tables may have the answer you need. TNXMan 02:54, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure what you mean by "graphs". Did you mean tables? If so, see help:Table#Color; scope of parameters. -- JPMcGrath (talk) 02:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see you have colored text and cell backgrounds in a table at User:Faroran after posting here, so I guess your question is resolved. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:12, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(1) How do I join a discussion? (2) What do you mean by placing a quadruple tilde at the end of a post? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertMFriedman (talk • contribs) 02:47, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can join any discussion by posting on the appropriate page, much as you have done here. The quadruple tilde is the method of signing your posts to discussions. You'll notice that your question was automatically signed by Sinebot, an automatic program that fills in signatures for people who forgot. So a ~~~~ produces my signature, thusly: TNXMan 02:53, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Therefore, you could take a minute off and go through our guideline on why and how you should place your signatures. Thanks. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 03:01, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And as an added note, for joining a discussion, you need to click on the 'edit' or 'discussion' button given at either the top of every page, or at the start of each section where you might wish to join discussions. Try going through the following three links to get a quick idea of what is the concept of 'talk' and 'discussions' on Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Discussion page, Help:Introduction to talk pages, Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Write back for any further help. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 03:15, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any way to, by using the linked RIR tools, to determine if an IP address is a dynamic or not?  A p3rson ✉ 03:04, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A p3rson, it's clear that you're trying to contribute positively to Wikipedia. I'm assuming good faith here. Given that, in what way would knowing the dynamic nature of IP addresses add to your contributions on Wikipedia? In any case, if you wished to find out about the dynamic nature of other users' ip addresses, that's not possible. Only checkuser have this right. If you're interested, go through IP address#Static vs dynamic IP addresses. Thanks. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 03:24, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. --White Trillium (talk) 04:22, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Will someone please answer why prior Wikipedia entries are not able to be used as a verifiable source?

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agentkelton (talk • contribs) 03:59, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia can not be used as a source because anyone can change 99.8025% of it. This is why Wikipedia has to have external sources. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:RS. We are supposed to use secondary sources rather than primary or tertiary sources. Wikipedia is a tertiary source. However, every Wikipedia article is supposed to cite its own secondary sources, so you could cite those if you wrote another article that contained some of the same material. See WP:SUMMARY, WP:SPLIT, and WP:MERGE - generally we should not have two articles that are substantial duplicates of one another. --Teratornis (talk) 05:05, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, it's circular reasoning. For example, let's say that someone changes the Pope's article to say that he has a pet monkey. Then that person creates a list of people who own monkeys and uses the Pope's article as a source, then we'd be saying that it's true because we said so. What is needed is a verifiable source outside of Wikipedia to confirm it. And if you have that in the first article, then there's no reason not to use that same source in the second article. Dismas|^(talk) 09:49, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agentkelton, you should read the ubiquitous Wikipedia:General disclaimer to understand why we consider Wikipedia an unreliable source. At the same time, do go through to see all the pages that list sites, books, newspapers, media organisations that have cited Wikipedia as a source in the past. Maybe that helps... ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 12:12, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, could you please take a minute off and read our guideline on why (and how) you should be signing off correctly after leaving statements on discussion forums in Wikipedia... Thanks ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 12:15, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why are certain edit filters "hidden from public view"? My best guess falls under the idea that, if exposed, circumvention would be easier, but that argument falls apart when it comes to things like "Common Vandalism" (285), "Common Vandal Phrases" (260), and "Replacing a page with obscenities" (12). Sure, really smart vandals could read the filter and carefully slide around it, but the edit filters, by my understanding, are there to catch the casual vandal, along with prevention of extended vandalism attacks from a wide range of IPs.

Also, what's the reasoning behind edit filters targeted at individual users? Riffraffselbow (talk) 08:39, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're right that it's security through obscurity, but that's not something which is likely to change soon by the looks of things. Edit filters targeted as specific editors are there to help mitigate the damage done by long-term abusers (you'd be amazed how persistent some people are). Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 10:14, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When text includes formulae with subscripts and superscripts the lines are too close together (see the article on chondrodite). How can I set a larger line spacing?
Strickja (talk) 08:46, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate you pointing out which article you are referring to. Though when asking editors to see an article for an example, it's polite to link the article name to make it easier for them to see what you're talking about. I've done that for you here. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 09:43, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Line spacing can be overridden by using raw HTML to mark up the whole paragraph in question and using CSS styling, but that should only be done if it's unavoidable. In the case of the chondrodite article, a better solution would be to move all of the inline formulae into a bulleted list or else to remove them entirely, as the exact formulae of all minerals in the humite group is probably unnecessary detail for the article prose. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 10:19, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Line spacing can be browser dependent. Chondrodite looks OK in my Firefox 3.6.2 but I agree that a bulleted list would be better for these formulae. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:05, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia style sheets have rules to adjust the line height for improved readability with superscript and subscript text. Internet Explorer has problems with the line-height CSS property. This issue appears to be resolved in IE8. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 12:07, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I up-date/replace images that have been uploaded to a page with better quality ones? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sallyannewilliamson (talk • contribs) 10:01, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why, upload a new one, of course. Then add it to the page. Kayau Voting IS evil 10:14, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can find instructions at Help:Upload. But I'd like to clear up something before any more confusion creeps in. When you upload an image, you aren't uploading it to the specific article that you'll be using it in. Files are uploaded to Wikipedia in a general sense. Then code is placed in the article which displays that image. For instance, this image of Pope Benedict XVI is used in the Pope Benedict XVI article but it's also used in several other articles such as Head of state and Dominus Iesus to name just two. Dismas|^(talk) 10:32, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can upload images to the English Wikipedia in two days when your account becomes autoconfirmed. If the license allows it then you can upload images to Wikimedia Commons at http://commons.wikimedia.org right away and use the images in the English Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've been working on a page User_talk:Salimfadhley/Frank_Key which I wanted to move into the mainspace in order to invite colaborations with other editors who are interested in this topic. According to the page moving documentation, simply adding the move template to the discussion page should be enough to add the page to main page move discussion, however this appears not to have been the case. Did I do it correctly? What exactly is going wrong here? --Salimfadhley (talk) 12:09, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Normally it would be added within an hour. But it seems that RM bot, the bot that updates Wikipedia:Requested moves, has stopped for some reason yesterday and has not yet resumed. It'll be added when the bot starts running again. ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 12:21, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's no need to use the RM process for moves which should be uncontroversial, such as promoting pages from userspace. Personally, rather than going through RM I'd just have moved the page myself. That said, the move request is now open, so might as well allow it to finish. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now that I've uploaded a file, I've received a notice stating the picture is too big to be reasonably used. What size should the screenshot be to comply with the{{reduce}} notice? 2D Backfire Master ^{nautical refuse} 12:53, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use is a case-by-case issue, so nothing meaningful can be said without links to the image and the article in which it is used. I would think that if a screenshot consists of text, the issue would be the amount and nature of the text, and the number of pixels in the image would be irrelevant. Jc3s5h (talk) 13:18, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The screenshot in question is this. It is virtually irreplaceable; what's wrong with it? 2D Backfire Master ^{nautical refuse} 13:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Half the current size should be okay. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:30, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on a number of articles about the UK DIY-press movement in the 80's. These were the days of early DTP and roughly photocopied zines. Some of the editors and writers of these long out of print books have given me copies of the old books for the purposes of archival. Hence' I've produced scans like this: [5]

The advert is for a long out of print book written by a notable UK writer & musician. The artist who made the advert was a different person than the author of the book. The publisher (Malice Aforethought Press) went bankrupt in the mid '90s. The person whose name appears on the advert Mr. Byrne is a friend who originally supplied me with one of the few remaining copies of the book so that I could scan & archive the content.

I have been keeping an archive of these images on my own Flickr account for the last few years with the support of the original authors + publishers. They are happy for me to re-license these images under a CC-BY license.

So, can I just upload these images to Commons? --Salimfadhley (talk) 13:27, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello My name is Vanja Sorokin, I created a wikipedia page for my self awhile ago but my account was hacked, i was wondering how i can get my account back or deleted, will it be deleted automatically after a period of inactivity? the username is Vanja_sorokin, also here is a link to thae article can that page be deleted as there is nothing on it to begin with but it has my name heres the link to the page, any help is greatly appreciated, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vanja_sorokin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.18.143.172 (talk) 13:51, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, it will not. Not a single user is deleted from Wikipedia. Kayau Voting IS evil 13:54, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have been unable to find out how I might go about highlighting text. I wish to edit some tables by making certain coloured highlights - eg. highlighting certain names in a yellow colour. How would I do this? Your assistance in this matter would be much appreciated. --Mrodowicz (talk) 13:57, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I don't know how, but I doubt if it will be necessary. Where is the WikiTable? Is it a template? Kayau Voting IS evil 14:03, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I don't be sure did I understand the new references system, so can someone check that this article is now correct?-Henswick (talk) 14:16, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]