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Delete Help

Hi, i made a quite a long page about someone and you deleted it, ive looked at the deleting policy and it doesnt fill the criterium. could you let me know why, i need the information back.

Do you remember any of the contents of the page? --Gray Porpoise 18:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Help

Greetings,

I am trying to add a section entitled "No. 1 hit singles" to the page entitled "1949 In Music" I have copied the same format that was used for 1950 and then edited it for 1949. When I click priview, the entire section comes up just as it should. But when I click save, only the heading and the introductory line appear. Please help.

Chuck Ford

Editing Help

Greetings,

I wrote you concerning a problem with editing a page but have solved the problem. Thanks anyway.

Chuck Ford

RE the preceding topic about footnotes, e.g. Grenadier Guards

I think I've got this straight. Do I do the "References" section using Citation Templates - WP:CITET - ? And do I use <ref> and </ref> tags within the text, containing between them the footnote, followed by a Notes section with <references/> for "Footnotes"? as described at WP:FN

Please confirm that my understanding of this is correct. Thanks for your forbearance. It's a steep learning curve. -- FClef (Talk) 02:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Sounds about right. You can think about it as two independent issues. When you place something between <ref> and </ref> tags in the text, cite.php will move whatever you put there to where the <references/> tag is. Because you're using this for footnotes, you'd put that <references/> tag in a Footnotes or References section at the end of the article. The {{cite}} templates just make it easy to format your whatever as a standard bibliographic form...it's unrelated to the cite.php mechanism. DMacks 08:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
 - Thanks for clarification. -- FClef (Talk) 00:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

==, and ===, and ==== seem to be working just fine. --Hetar 06:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, there are places where first level heading are used. In fact, you're looking at one right now. The help desk and similiar pages use them for the day header (like the "July 17" header above). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 08:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see, thanks.JianLi 18:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

==Section 1== and ==Section 2==. Subsections have ===, and your Table of Contents is automatic. Regards, --Wslack 01:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Most visited pages in Wikipedia

Isn't there a list of most visited pages in Wikipedia? Ran9876 08:40, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Very Frequently Asked Questions#Are page hit counters available? -- Lost 08:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Special:Popular pages. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:47, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Didnt work.... Viridae ^Talk 08:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That is, Special:Mostrevisions, which has the articles with the most revisions, and looks like it could be a rough estimate of most visited pages. —Centrx→talk • 08:48, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. Ran9876 05:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Still bad

It Was off and I turned it on and it still did not work.

I just will stop trying and stay with my original sig.

If it does not not work I will either Quit or give you my password.

I copied Viridae's code but the color still does not work.

--Qho ^Talk 00:37, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Try this: [[User:Qho|Qho]]·[[User talk:Qho|(talk)]] Luna Santin 00:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And how the HEHA doi add user (contribs)?

Maybe I shall copy mine from someone else.(Copy and paste)

Luna thanks it mostly works now. --Qho·^(talk) 00:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, good. :) The wikilink for your contribs would be [[Special:Contributions/Qho]], formatted however you're looking for. Luna Santin 00:51, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That Is So Wiki Cool

Thanks so much.

Mucho Grasia.

Is it Okay To copy this to my archives??

--Qho·^(talk)·_(contribs) 01:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you can copy this to your userspace. — Reinyday, 01:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

questions about signing

hello wikipedia people,

i could not find detailed information on signing. do i sign my name like this: Markkrom 01:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC) ? or this: --Markkrom 01:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC) ? how does wikipedia understand this signing to be mine? is it linked up with my email address, or with my user page?[reply]

mark Markkrom 01:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages -- Rick Block (talk) 01:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To be specific, the important part is the ~~~~, which adds the name and date - you can sign --~~~~ or ~~~~, the two hyphens are just for decoration. We know it's you signing a post because we can look in the history of a page and find your name there. And by default it links to your userpage, User:Markkrom (which you haven't created yet), though by changing your signature (see the link Rick gave you) you can link to your talk page (User talk:Markkrom) or your email (Special:Emailuser/Markkrom) using a piped link. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone post this article for deletion?

I found an article ("Elemental television series") that seriously sounds like someone made it up. I tried posting it to requests for deletion but don't know how to get it right. (i.e. What I add is all screwy after saving.) Could someone who knows how to do this post it there, or tell me how to do it? Thanks. Eduardo Cuellar 07:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What you want to do is put a prod tag on the article. Give it some time, and if someone removed it, you can post it to WP:AfD. SynergeticMaggot 08:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and if you have any other questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page. SynergeticMaggot 08:01, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Wikipedia:Guide to deletion -- Lost ^(talk) 08:03, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks alot. Added the prod tag. Eduardo Cuellar 03:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

budgeting

how to prepare a corporate budget? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.38.134.236 (talk • contribs) 12:02, 30 July 2006.

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Jacek Kendysz 12:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gujarati font

I have written a paper on a Gujarati song. Although the paper is in English, part of the document is in the Gujarati script. How do I get my Gujarati material to be shown in the final article in the Gujarati script? --Shaishu 13:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Enabling complex text support for Indic scripts. Jacek Kendysz 13:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

phantom text

i edited an article here b. burgdorferi, and only about one paragraph of what i wrote shows up on the page. this is extremely frustrating. if you look the edit page you can see that I have a lot of text written that doesn't show up. Why is this happening? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Frederickmercury (talk • contribs) .

I count four paragraphs visible without editing. Is that what is supposed to be there? Viridae ^Talk 13:23, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I see what you mean. Very odd. Viridae ^Talk 13:25, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I blanked the page, saved it. Replaced the lot and it still sin;t coming back. This has me intrigued. Viridae ^Talk 13:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not I didn't, Tawkerbot4 replaced it. Grrr. Viridae ^Talk 13:29, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea. That overly efficient bot keeps reverting it every time I blank, not allowing mme to blank and replace. I even got a warning for it! Viridae ^Talk 13:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an expert, but I think that the problem is caused by opening ref tags with something like <ref name=Fikrig> and not closing them. If you close every single one with </ref>, having inserted the reference text in between, you should find that the invisible text becomes visible again. AnnH ♫ 13:37, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds plausible. I am not very familiar with the ref tags - I had a look over the code but nothing jumped out at me. Viridae ^Talk 13:40, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

we are getting somehwere —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Frederickmercury (talk • contribs) .

I feel like I am being yelled at now. Viridae ^Talk 13:51, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all it is good now. It was tedious to cite everything but at least its done —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Frederickmercury (talk • contribs) .

I think you could cut the footnotes down in that article, actually. If the entire contents of a paragraph use one reference, then you only really need to insert a footnote at the end of the paragraph, not after every sentence as it is now. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 14:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the name of an entry

In creating an entry for Whiteley Village, the word "village" in the title is all lower case. Whilst not critical it is annoying. How do I rectify that situation so that when retrieved, the title comes up correctly as "Whiteley Village"

See WP:VFAQ#How_do_I_change_the_name_of_an_article.3F. Cheers, Tangot a ngo

Thank you - Wikipedia at its best. Not only do you give the answer extremely quickly but by the time I get back to the article, the title has been corrected as you suggested and the external references have been properly formatted as well - awesome!

verification

Recently saw the tower crane on the History Channel. The report credited Dr. Hans Liebherr of Germany with inventing the first tower crane in 1949. I searched the web and discovered what I believed were U.S. patent numbers applied for in 2001 in the name of Dr. Leibherr's company for a subsequent version or versions of the tower crane. A U.S. construction industry magazine, simply identified the crane, the company and "patent numbers..." followed by a list of patent numbers. I searched the U.S.Patent Office database on line and the numbers were not recognized. I found other web sites that simply state Dr. Liebherr invented the tower crane but do not cite a source. There doesn't appear to be a way to verify the inventor short of contacting the German Patent Office to see if a patent exists in that country. A visit to the History Channel turned up no information. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. The reason I believe verification is important aside from Wiki requirements is that I also found reference to a French variation of the tower crane that appears to have been invented after 1949. I had planned to insert the inventor's name into the existing Wiki article on tower cranes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Walt Isgro205.209.85.207 17:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since there seems to be a small conflict in knowing who invented it, or which version, you should check your local library or book store for a books references. You can also check (small possibility) major newspapers, and other magazines for information. Such archives might provide you with details. SynergeticMaggot 17:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What happened with this image?

The "3D ultrasound" pic on Ultrasound still appears on the page, but it's showing as deleted in my watchlist, and when I click on the pic from Ultrasound it goes to the page, but without ability to edit it or figure out why it was deleted. I can't see a reason for the image to be deleted; I own the pic, and have released it to GP.

Can you tell me what happened? --Kickstart70-T-C 18:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The image was uploaded to the Commons (where all free images should go) and so the old version on en.wikipedia was deleted. See commons:Image:3dultrasound.png and deletion log.--Commander Keane 18:38, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where in the world

Where Can I Go To Check My Edits?

Also When I go to http://tools.wikimedia.de/~river/cgi-bin/count_edits and put down Qho It says I put down no edits What in the world!!!!!!!

If you think this should be a ref dsk question please direct towards such people.

--Qho·^(talk)·_(contribs) 21:11, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A variety of tool server edit counters are broken or horribly out of date. I suggest you download Flcelloguy's edit counter tool. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:14, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Qho, you can check your edits at Special:Contributions/Qho, which is in your signature. Also, edits being made by User:70.233.181.36 (contribs · talk) are being signed as User:Qho. — Reinyday, 21:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edits made by User:70.233.181.36(contribs · talk) Are not my edits but my brothers on which I have edited. OOOOOh i am so tempted to say a stream of cuss words rightnow.

--Qho·^(talk)·_(contribs) 22:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 31

help for project

Hi My name is amit parashar,pursuing MBA from coventry universtity. I need help for my project for the following topics.

History of development of global manufacturing strategy of automobile sector

History of development of Asian manufacturing strategy of automobile sector

(Removed email address)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. SynergeticMaggot 00:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question on use of images

I have several images I would like to use in some articles on Wikipedia. All the images are screenshots of various films taken by me, but I'm not sure how fair use and licensing and all that works. If I obtained all my images through screenshots on my computer, what do I have to do to keep it free and legal?-Dark Kubrick 01:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As long as there aren't a lot of screenshots of these particular films already used in their articles, the images should qualify for fair use. Just make sure that they are low resolution, and then tag them with {{film-screenshot}}. Also, make sure you add a fair use rationale for each one. Check out Wikipedia:Fair use for more information. --Hetar 02:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added an article, now what templates and links are needed?

I started the entry for Raymond Carhart tonight (for why see the article talk page comment I made). Now I'd like to know what other links or templates or references I need to update, to complete the job as far as I am able, that is, apart from adding facts to the article itself. I'm thinking of templates that should ideally be added, lists of articles that should be updated, entries in indexes, or list of articles requesting input or some such that is not automatically done. I'd like to do it myself, to learn by doing, rather than having it done by another, so just an indication/name of something do or to look up would be appreciated. I have started making an "article check list" for myself to go through when doing an article. Is there such a checklist already available? I mean a simple list without instructions; the key words I can look up myself. At the moment show preview is my best friend! --Seejyb 01:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since its a biographical article I'd recoment an image. You can do this by reviewing WP:IMAGE. Other than that, I think you might just wish to expand it a bit more. Filling in and referencing it. SynergeticMaggot 01:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Almost forgot. One of the best places I know to use for making an article look great is WP:MoS. Its the manual of style. SynergeticMaggot 01:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a references section so your citation shows up. You can also add Persondata since it is a biography. A checklist is a brilliant idea. Can people please let us know (here) if there is already a checklist for new article creation, and if not we will create one.--Commander Keane 02:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for these excellent answers. I see where I made the citation mistake, but when I looked at the article I didn't even notice it. I'll forgive myself for that by noting that I was tired - I'm on UTC+2 time, and it was 3:30am or thereabouts here. I've added WP:MoS to my Firefox Scrapbook, so that it's readily available, and have installed the Wikipedia toolbar (still have to work out what it does, though :)). And I'll be looking for a pic. Maybe a photo of the Carhart portrait on display in the deaf school here, suitably labelled, would be interesting - it sort of adds value if the reader realised that the portrait is displayed more than 10,000 miles from where the man worked - another continent, another country. But I'd first have to find out who owns the pic, etc - hope it works out copyright wise. And then Persondata is exactly the sort of thing I was asking about, something which may well have taken me months to discover in all those help pages. The use of the template makes sense to me. And so in it goes, I'm off to fill in the template. --Seejyb 22:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sign your posts template

How can I find the template that reminds people on talk pages to sign their posts? I want to add it to a page and although I've seen it numerous times I can't find it now.--Anchoress 02:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Try {{sign}}. Ryūlóng 02:30, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet, thanks for the quick reply!--Anchoress 02:34, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MMmm... thanks, that template will be useful, but I was looking for the one to put on article talk pages for *all* users to see (sorry for not being more clear). It's for Guardian Angels, whose talk page has almost no signed comments.--Anchoress 02:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you are referring to {{unsigned}} or {{unsigned2}}? (the only difference is the order of the parameters). --rogerd 03:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Either that or {{talkheader}} or {{talkheaderlong}}. --Daduzi ^talk 03:32, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the answer is "d: all of the above.". Put the header at the top for everyone to see; add {{unsigned}} tags to unsigned messages, which will help tidying what was written so far (in active threads at least), and hopefully make the editors realize that they should have signed; And add {{sign}} to active threads (if necessary, addressing the preson\s in question). So it would go something like this:

Hello. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UVW (talk • contribs)

Hello! — Preceding unsigned comment added by XYZ (talk • contribs)

UVW and XYZ,

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

Add four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment, or
With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button located above the edit window.

This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.

Thank you.. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 04:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This should really cover everything. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 04:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

[unindenting] Thanks to Meni Rosenfeld and all who replied. Yes, the talkheader template is the one I was looking for. The unsigned one is useful too, but I won't bother using it in this instance because there are about a dozen unsigned entries over a period of months and I am too lazy. But I'll be adding it to my fave templates to use later.--Anchoress 04:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:UTM is a nice resource; it comprises nearly all the talk page templates one should need, from those that warn users to those that suggest such things as edit summary usage and comment signing. Joe 19:53, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question about speedy deleting images

WP:CSD says that images lacking copyright info may be deleted 7 days after they are tagged as such, and thus placed into categories like Category:Images with no copyright tag (from {{untagged}}, like the bot does). Yet that category still has images from 17 days ago, and lots of them. Is this just because no one has gotten around to it, or does an image with no copyright tag have to have been in Category:Images with unknown copyright status (from {{no licence}}) for 7 days to be deleted? CSD claims that either is enough to delete it, but only those in the 2nd actually seem to be getting deleted. Is it worth it, then, to manually change {untagged} to {no licence} so it gets done, or is it unneccisary? -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 05:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It has to be tagged with nld or nsd for seven days before it can be deleted, so yes, if you wanted the image to be deleted you will need to tag it accordingly. Also, I know there is often a backlog in these deletion categories, as there doesn't seem to be enough admins to constantly keep up on them. --Hetar 05:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

still in my heart

how do i preveiw and listen to the song to make sure its the right 1???jay

Editing article names

How can I change the name of an article? I've noticed a few albums that have improper capitalization, yet I can't figure out a way to fix the name of the article. Please help! Evan Reyes 05:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:VFAQ#How do I change the name of an article? -- Lost ^(talk) 06:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

cargo missing

The two cargos of my son Deogracius Stanley Ongode who arrived in Kisumu at 9.45am were missing.Could you locate them and sent them to kisumu immidately.

Yours,

Wilson lubangah

phone 0723800350

You are likely to get a better response if you write this to the company that handled the cargo. This helpdesk answers questions related to wikipedia only -- Lost ^(talk) 07:08, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How to crosslink pages between various language wikipedias?

Hi. I contribute at other wikipedias too. Can someone tell me how to add equivalent pages to the 'in other languages' box? Merci--Shruth 08:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's simple. Just put the two letters of the language you want to link to before the name of the article in the Wikipedia. eg [[de:Hauptseite]] (German Main Page). For more information, go to Wikipedia:Interlanguage links and for a list of codes for each wikipedia, see meta:List of Wikipedias. Harryboyles 09:41, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Add links like [[:de:Hauptseite]] remember the colon (:) before the link and that should work, cheers —M in un ^{Spiderman • Review Me} 13:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How may I contribute

I am a freelance writer interested in a plethora of topics with a working knowledge of many already and would like to contribute to Wikipedea's pool. How can I help?

Tami [email removed for your protection]

Probably the best way to get started is to just read the articles on the subjects you are interested in. Register for an account, and make sure you are logged in; this is important for following your own work, and for your credibilit. Make small edits; after a little while see what happened to them. Did they "stick"? If not, look at the article history or talk page to see what happened. If you disagree, begin or join in discussions on the talk pages. In any case, read the talk pages of the articles you are interested in; often there is a lot of history behind a small sentence. In this way you will not only be contributing, you will be getting to know how Wikipedia works. In particular, the style of encyclopedia articles is unlike many other kinds of article; for example they never express your opinion, and should cite sources. After a while, as you grow in confidence, you may want to add missing articles or do something else more ambitious. I would always advise new editors against starting with new articles. Finally, always sign your contributions to discussions by adding ~~~~; but never sign contributions to articles. Notinasnaid 09:00, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, feel free to join a WikiProject. A WikiProject can help discuss, and improve articles, and is a great way to get in with others, cheers —M in un ^{Spiderman • Review Me} 10:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My edit was removed, why?

I made an edit to the external links on the page referring to the city of Thessaloniki. I am extremely angry that it was removed as I am one of the main photographers of the city and many of the other external links are frankly low quality commercial links. The page on Thessaloniki has terrible photos and the other phot links are of embarressing quality. Why was the work of a proper photographer who actually lives in the city removed?

Ian Kehoe

The best thing to do would be to upload the images here. Please be sure however, that the images mention the source, copyright holder and the appropriate license or they will be removed. You can then link the actual relevant photographs to the article of your choice. Also have a look at Wikimedia Commons. You can also upload there -- Lost ^(talk) 11:39, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

home-page

how do i set wikipedia as my home-page?

It depends on your web browser. If you're using Internet Explorer, go to the page that you want to set as your home page, and click Tools, then Internet Options in the menu. Then, click the "Use Current" button. If you're using Mozilla Firefox, go to the page that you want to set as your home page, and click Tools, then Options in the menu. Then, click the "Use Current Pages" button. - Tangot a ngo 13:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Search history

How to delete search history

I dont think there are any search history records. If you are talking about contribution history, it cannot be deleted, unless the article to which the contribution was made, is deleted. -- Lost ^(talk) 14:15, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The titles stored in the search box are a feature of your browser, not Wikipedia. - Mgm|^(talk) 16:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Query

Hi, i made a quite a long page about someone and you deleted it, ive looked at the deleting policy and it doesnt fill the criterium. could you let me know why, i need the information back — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roops1 (talk • contribs)

Please place your queries at the bottom and not the top of the page. Can you name the article that was deleted. The deletion reason is generally given in the deletion log -- Lost ^(talk) 15:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If an article was about a person, the usual reasons for deletion can be found if you read Wikipedia:Notability, Wikipedia:Vanity or Wikipedia:Autobiography. Notinasnaid 15:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect the article in question is Harry Hartley. Deletion log reads Mike Rosoft (Talk | contribs) deleted "Harry Hartley" (Long article, but nothing but vanity). WP:VAIN would seem to be the most appropriate place to check to see why it was deleted, then. --Daduzi ^talk 16:51, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

confirming e-mail address

hi there --

trying to get my e-mail address validated, and each time i get a confirmation e-mail, i click on the link right away and it says that it's already expired. help!

and i'm kind of in a rush ... i'm a reporter doing a story on wikipedia... and need to be in touch with useres as soon as possible. so.

i know i'm not supposed to leave my e-mail, so i won't -- but would you please be in touch with me via my talk page at your earliest opportunity?

thanks much for your help. 16:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

That would be User talk:CPRnewroom. - Mgm|^(talk) 16:15, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article does not come up when I search

I constructed the article below- which also appears in recent changes. However, it does not seem to have uploaded properly as it does not link into other entries where the club is mentioned, and when you search for it no record is found. How do I upload this properly? What have I done wrong?

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

Dont worry. See WP:VFAQ#An article doesn't show up in the search -- Lost ^(talk) 16:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about the search index ("search", not "go"), but do worry about "go" and do worry about links. Links are case sensitive, so links have to exactly match the article's title. This link works: The Wilberforce Wanderers AFC. If you want ANY other link to work, you have to add a redirect. Please see wikipedia:redirect. If you want to be able to get to the article by typing anything except "The Wilberforce Wanderers AFC" in the "search" box and clicking "go" (not "search"), you need to add redirects for this purpose as well. How "go" works is described at wikipedia:go button. It generally masks the fact that article titles are case sensitive, but doesn't in this case. If you want to be able to type "the wilberforce wanderes afc" and click "go" and get to the article, you'll need to add a redirect. I'd suggest The Wilberforce Wanderers Afc in this case. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail confirmation

You sent me an e-mail confirmation code, but when I clicked on it didn't work. It claims to expire on 7 aug. I tried to send two further e-mails but they have not been received. Please help.

Camhusmj38 16:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One thing to keep in mind is that only the most recent confirmation email you send will work. When you send a new confirmation email it makes all the previous ones expire immediately.--Commander Keane 17:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Citing e-mail sources

I have been writing an article recently (on Maraba Coffee), and have found out some new facts by e-mailing the director of the project and getting some response, including a power-point presentation with some graphs. This raises the problem of how I can cite this information - I probably can't post the e-mail on Wikipedia and even if I did, it's hardly a verifiable source. Any advice? Cheers — SteveRwanda 17:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think Wikipedia accepts private information as a source. This may not be reasonable, but the problem is verification. Notinasnaid 18:07, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it would be asking for too much, but could you ask the director to put all that info on the official website? That way, the info would be more accessible and easily verifiable. He could even just put the email correspondence. It seems a waste not to have the info when it is from the most reliable source that it could be from -- Lost ^(talk) 18:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Same name -- different article?

I want to create a page about The Children's Aid Society, a large, historically important charitable organization in the US. There is already an article by this name, mentioning that this is what Depts of Family Services are called in Ontario. How do I creat my article with the same name? Or, how can I suggest changing the name of the other page to, i.e., "children's Aid Society -- canada"?

Kibiusa 19:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:DISAMBIG should have some help... Why don't you create Children's Aid Society (United States), or something similar. Then a disambiguation link can be added to each to direct from the other. You can always place {{helpme}} on your user talk page for more assistance. -- Scientizzle 19:12, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image

dog housebreaking

my male dog, 16 months old, has recently started deficating in the house. No matter how long or often he is taken out. My female dog has recently come into heat, could this be part of the cause? He also recently stayed at a freinds house while iI was on vacation, and wasn't put on a leash

I think you may have misunderstood the purpose of the Wikipedia Help desk. Ordinary Person 03:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Reference Desk? They specialise in knowledge based questions. Viridae ^Talk 03:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 1

New message on user subpage

I have a subpage to my userpage. Now if someone left a message there, would I also get the "you have new messages" at the top of every page, as is the case with my normal talk page? I tried this myself, but of course that doesn't work because when I do that I myself have just visited it (this also doesn't work with my normal talk page). Of course the simplest way to answer this would be for someone to actually leave me a message there (just saying 'hi' or something). The talk page is User talk:DirkvdM/Photographs. Thanks. DirkvdM 06:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the answer, but you do now. --Emufarmers^(T/C) 06:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To my knowledge, you won't get the orange box, but you can watchlist the page, which will still allow you to find any changes pretty easily. Luna Santin 07:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, I didn't get the message. Too bad. I don't check my watchlist very often and the sort of message I expect will be important (requiring a fast reply) but rare. Of course I could put my email address on my user page, but then would that be an invitation for spammers? Or don't they check such pages? DirkvdM 09:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend you redirect that talk page to your regular one to allow for the orange box to appear. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the magic, McGyver, but then I might as well just use the regular talk page. :) DirkvdM 19:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

about infosys

Whatis infosys?

Not sure exactly, but are you referring to Infosys, the company? Someone else may be able to help you further, but I don't recognise that reference in relationship to Wikipedia. Keakealani //Me/Pokeh// 09:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Musical key marks

Where can I download musical key marks for use in my PhD thesis?

Nurit.

You could take a look at Modern musical symbols, and see if you can use anything from that page perhaps? Bjelleklang - talk 09:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unfinished article

Hey there! Okay, so I am working on an article about my school, its going to be a somewhat long article. However, in an hour, I need to go to bed, so it is unlikely for me to finish the article in a good condition. So my question is, is there a way to tell the "deletionist" that I'll continue my article tomorrow? Thanks for your time! Imoeng 10:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, you could try {{underconstruction}}, possibly along with a note at the talk page. There's a few other alternatives at Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup (from WP:TEMP or WP:TEMPLATE). Hope that helps, good luck. :) Luna Santin 10:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, that is exactly what I need. :) Imoeng 10:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some users also tend to create drafts in their userspace before adding it to the article namespace —M in un ^{Spiderman • Review Me} 11:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to note that adding that tamplate to a page probably won't last. It is normally used for persistent updating so any article with no edits for a few hours may get it removed by a passing editor. It certainly won't keep the deletionists away. The best bet is to say in oyur last edit summary coming back to this tomorrow to add more and to add a note on the talk page. Although it depends what state you leave the article in - if it is of ufficine length and is on a notable subject the most that should happen is that it gets tagged to be wikified or copyedited. Otherwise it is unlikely to get speedy or instantly deleted, if it is nominated for deletion it will most likely be with the {{PROD}} template which allows 5 days for an editor to come back and improve the article. Basically don't worry it should still be there tomorrow!!! --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 12:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All great advice here. Yes, typically if I'm writing a large article or making a large change I will either write the change in Notepad and then copy/paste when complete or I'll create a subpage in my userspace. Another alternative to {{underconstruction}} is {{inuse}} or in your case {{inuse|1 day}}. Only use this if there are no other primary editors on your page.--NMajdan•talk 16:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

how i can enter information

In wikipedia map, how i can enter my home informarion?

Are you referring to wikimaps? Viridae ^Talk 12:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How is a page made to "hit" on a search?

Pynchon's new novel is called Against the Day. If you enter against the day in the search box and click Search, you get a massive list with no direct hits. Most of them seem to have something to do with holidays and/or wars. If you enter the same phrase and click Go, you end up at "No page with that title exists." However, if you enter Against the Day, same phrase, just capitalized, and click Go, you get the correct page. How could I get the phrase search to go to the right page?--Snowsim 14:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Go" simply does that - it goes to the page with that exact name, with exactly the same capitalizations. The "Search" button searches Wikipedia for a page with similar title and text. But note that the Wikipedia search engine is only updated sporadically, and will not display new pages. Google will not have the latest pages idea, but it will often be more up-to-date than Wikipedia's search engine. To use Google to search Wikipedia, add "site:en.wikipedia.org" to your search query. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 14:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:VFAQ#An article doesn't show up in the search - Mgm|^(talk) 15:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Or as an alternative, you can have the page Against the day redirect to Against the Day.--NMajdan•talk 16:49, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We are the copyright holders. Why are you going to delete my photo??

Image:Abdoulaye2.JPG is slated for deletion?? We are the copyright holders. How can we prevent this photo's deletion?--Ablesch 15:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you place a message on your website. Computerjoe 's talk 16:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Permission to use an image on Wikipedia alone is not enough. The copyright holder needs to release the image under a free license (you having permission doesn't make you the copyright holder, so you can't do this). Have the owner send an email to permissions at wikimedia dot org from a location that can be linked to them. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is this construct called?

I see articles with warnings and advisories on them. I would like to find out what these are called and where is there a list of them.

Here is an example.

This puts out an advisory that this is a current event subject.

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ziggle (talk • contribs) .

They are called template messages, and a list can be found here. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 17:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You might also want to have a look at Help:Template for information on templates in general. Also, please sign your comments in talk pages with ~~~~. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Undelete

Could an admin undelete a couple of pages for me? List of Best Ever Anime and Talk:List of Best Ever Anime. I know the titles make them sound like fancruft that should be deleted but they aren't. I was having a reasonable discussion about it on the talk page and then when I was away for a day someone deleted them. I don't want to just remake them or have any sort of edit war so if someone could restore them or tell me the best way to deal with this that would be great. Please reply at my talk page User talk:Peregrinefisher. Thanks - Peregrinefisher 18:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your best bet is to head over to Deletion review and explain there why it should be undeleted.- Mgm|^(talk) 21:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dynamic IP

I have a dynamic IP address (it keeps changing). I have just been assigned the IP address of a blocked user. Does this mean that I'll get into trouble for logging in? I'd also like advice on how to avoid this type of mix-up, if that's at all possible. Thanks. RobbieG 18:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your best bet by far is to create an account. This will solve all issues of blocking, confusion with other editors, and your moving IP, as well as bringing you many benefits. Dar-Ape 20:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you noticed, Dar-Ape, RobbieG already has a user account and used it to ask the question. Point aside, depending on the type of block, you may or may not be able to edit even with logging in. It's been only recently that the developers have introduced the feature of being able to block only IP addresses and not user accounts using the ip address. However it's my belief that most admins have readily taken up this option and and you more than likely are able to still edit with your user account. If this isn't the case with a particular IP address, just email the blocking admin explaining your situation, that you are a registered user and you would like to be able to edit. Most admins will only be too happy to alter the block. Harryboyles 12:00, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my! How embarrassing... Dar-Ape 17:58, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help with inserting images and photos

Need help. Have photos, images. Cannot insert into articles. Please help. MathStatWoman 18:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You could try reviewing WP:IMAGE. SynergeticMaggot 18:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Access

Who has access to the wikipedia database??

I need something of mine hacked because the password I chose for User:Qho now says the password is wrong.

How crazy the password list I set out for Qho does not work and I put down the 2nd password it the list of 4.

HELP please or is this a Q. for the ref. dsk.?

Missingno 18:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Use the "forgot your password" thing and have the reset link sent to your email. Isopropyl 19:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject Generations

Is there a Wikiproject for generations (such as Generation X or Baby Boomers), and if not, how do I start one? 71.31.145.245 19:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You may find the WikiProject on Genealogy to be of some use, but if you think your interests would be better served by a new project, take a look at the WikiProjects page to see how to create one. Dar-Ape 20:05, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. The articles on generations right now are really messy. I'm trying to find ways to get them better sorted and cleaned up. 71.31.153.219 04:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How to Cancel My Edit..

Respected Sir,

It happened by mistake. i wanted to edit a small colon in the Form W2. But by mistake, some data got deleted..

Please assist me how to get that data back and restore that file..

Please Help me in ths Matter..

Regards..

OK it is fixed now. For future reference, an error like that can be fixed by reverting. And please consider signing up for an account, there are lots of good reasons :-)--Commander Keane 21:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

edit conflict, but adding my two cents:

You can't "cancel" an edit, persay, but you can revert an edit (click that link for instructions) to change the page back to a previous edit. Welcome to Wikipedia anyway, and I hope that helps...if you're still confused feel free to respond here or in my Talk page Keakealani //Me/Pokeh// 21:05, 1 August 2006 (UTC) as a note, mostly because it's good to know how to do things yourself then to have other people do it[reply]

Alicia Simmons

Can you undelete the Alicia Simmons page?

You could request undeletion at Wikipedia:Deletion review and in the mean time work on the article at Alicia Simmons/Temp. Please note the previous deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alicia Simmons.--Commander Keane 21:18, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright

Hello. On a comic book site, I found a picture that I wanted to use in an article I edited. I sent out an email to the administrator of the site in which I asked him for permission. He said I can use it here, and now I don't know how to prove it to you(I have the email). On the upload page I could not find an answer so I ask here, because need a fast answer to finally complete the article.--Captain ginyu 22:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have the site administrator send an e-mail to permissions(at)wikimedia(dot)org. Note that if it is not fair use, they must specifically allow its use under the GFDL (or public domain). If it is not fair use, it would not be enough for them to only allow Wikipedia to use. Wikipedia articles are copied and used on dozens of other websites. —Centrx→talk • 22:36, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, if the picture in question is of, or features, copyrighted characters (ie pretty much all comicbook characters) or copyrighted art then the website administrator cannot actually give you permission to use it, unless they themselves created the characters/art (scanning it in doesn't count). --Daduzi ^talk 12:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah well, this is all nice, but I don't understand how most articles about comic book characters have often more than one picture. By the way you put it, it is unbelievable to me that everyone would go through so much trouble every time he or she wants a picture to upload on wikipedia...--Captain ginyu 18:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Generally images of comic book characters on Wikipedia are covered by fair use, which doesn't require permission. Fair use images on Wikipedia are limited by fairly strict rules, however, and you have to make sure that fair use criteria are followed. So if somebody has an image of Superman on their website you can download it and use it on Wikipedia without asking for the website owner's permission, provided you follow all the rules on fair use images (if you don't the image may be deleted). --Daduzi ^talk 06:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 2

Advert Articles

I've been a minor editor/browser for a little while, when I came across Poker Night Live it looks to me to be more an advert than an essential independent article. I can see that one of it's editors is an admin however, what are the limits for this type of article? --Raerth 21:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are two things I can suggest. One would be to edit it yourself to fit NPOV better (and thus less advert-y), or at least bring up the subject on the article's Talk page so that other editors can share their opinions and help edit the article to be more encyclopedic. The other suggestion would be to nominate it for deletion and allow other editors to discuss whether or not they feel it has merit as an article or should be deleted.

Regardless of who has edited an article, everyone has the right to change things they feel aren't right, so just be bold.

Keakealani //Me/Pokeh// 21:44, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Marking articles for deletion

How do you mark offensive or inaccurate articles for deletion? We wrote an article on our organization, Teens Transforming the Community, and some students from our school thought it would be funny to alter the information to make it inaccurate. We now regret publicizing the details of the organization and would like to retract/delete the article before national corporations view the inaccurate version. Thank you.

I have marked it for speedy deletion as primary author requesting deletion. Viridae ^Talk 00:47, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

However, it may not go ahead, seeing as two editors have made substantial edits. If you could both log in here and indicate (on this page or the talk page of the article) that you wish it to be deleted then it would be more likely. IF the speedy deletion does not occur, try marking it with {{prod}} ({{prod|the reason you want it deleted goes here}} at the top of the article, which will get it deleted in 5 days if it is not contested or I would be happy to nominate it for Deletion at WP:AFD on your behalf. Feel free to ontact me here or on my talk page, by clicking the talk link in my signature. Viridae ^Talk 00:51, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Putting this particular genie back in its bottle may never really be possible, even if the article is deleted here; it may have found its way to the many Wikipedia mirrors. Please note also, that writing about yourself, or your own organisation, or using Wikipedia to promote anything is highly frowned upon. The argument goes that if something is notable enough, then someone else will write about it. This may be in your favour, however; you can nominate this article for deletion on the grounds that it is not notable enough: Wikipedia certainly doesn't plan to list every after school club in the world. So you may be able to get rid of it that way. However, you have no automatic right to delete, because you agreed to release what you wrote as part of the deal. Good luck in sorting it out, though! Notinasnaid 08:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a new article

I wish to create a new article about "Tony Phillips," not Tony Phillips the baseball player, but Tony Phillips the creator of the Fifth Avenue Gazette. How do I do that? --Badlittletony 04:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 04:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You probably want to create it at Tony Phillips (writer) and look into some disambiguation options.--Commander Keane 04:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Information on the drug divalproex

what is it used for. side affect. Is it harmful to the liver?

Apologies, but the help desk generally deals with questions about editing, browsing, and using Wikipedia -- you might try the reference desk. No worries, I know it's a bit confusing. :) Good luck. Luna Santin 05:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

about flash

how to use flash tools .explain me with examples.

That sounds like a question you might direct to the reference desk. They'll probably be able to link you over to a FAQ or guide, somewhere. Luna Santin 05:44, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spam edits in the body painting article

User:Dvnc-arts keeps adding spam links, and a picture that has copyright information on the image itself, into the article body painting. What should be done about this? JIP | Talk 07:30, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not extremely familiar with copyrights, so I'm unsure about the image. However, you can revert the user's spam edits (there are instructions there on how to revert) and leave a note on the user's talk page asking that he not continue....and if he does, you can contact an administrator to have a block placed.

sorry I can't help more, but hope that gives you a start... Keakealani //Me/Pokeh// 07:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For the spam problem, you can use the formal warning messages listed in Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. They escalate in the same way as vandal warnings, and can leade to a block if the user fails to heed them. Road Wizard 07:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Extended quotations

Dear Helpdesk,

I've made a few extended quotation additions to various Wikipedia pages (Milton Friedman, Charles Lindbergh Snr, and Thomas Edison) but seem to be unable to create a 'carriage return' character within my extended quote so as to both clarify and show continuity within the quotation itself.

Please advise how I can best acheive the formating that Wikipedia would prefer in these situations and if I should make subsequent corrections myself.

regards

Jason

Try . I think that is what you are looking for. Viridae ^Talk 10:58, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good advice but use as this is the newer standard (support for will evantually be dropped by browsers) --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 11:09, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't know that. Thanks for the info. Viridae ^Talk 12:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problems, it is the side affect of the evolution of html / xhtml. The tag used in all html standards works fine but when this was upgraded to xhtml standard they made the parsing stricter. With html you could leave, say, a <div> tag with no closing tag and things will work fine, with xhtml you have to have a closing tag. Single tags like don't have a closing tag but the xhtml standards say it must be closed by adding a space and forward slash - . At the moment most browsers are backwards compatible with html and so it isnt a problem but it's always best to use the most current version.

To make matters worse Xhtml 2 is on it's way which takes html syntax right back to it's xml roots - which is a good idea but will make changing to the new standard annoying lol --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 12:31, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's unlikely XHTML 2 will ever be widely adopted. It will end up being more like a fork of HTML than a viable standard on its own--it just sacrifices too much backwards compatibility. · rodii · 13:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright issue on X-Ray picture

I have a radiograph on my teeth, and would like to put it on Wisdom teeth. But I am doubt about copyright issue. Does my dentist owns the copyright of the X-Ray picture, or I own the copyright, or ineligible for copyright? (The X-Ray picture is my teeth, so there is no privacy issue, since I agree to put my X-ray picture online.) --Leeyc0 (Talk) 10:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting problem, I would think that if the dentist has given you the image you own it and the rights to it. --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 11:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The copyright must be with the dentist. If I take a photo of you, it is my copyright, not yours. If I hand you the photo it is still my copyright, even if I give you the negatives and everything. There is a lot of discussion of this on http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/33217. To be on the safe side, call your dentist and ask if they claim copyright (as they are entitled to); if not you should note this fact on the image page. Notinasnaid 11:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The picture may be muddier than that—and pardon my choice of phrase. There's an argument that the dentist produced the x-ray (for example) as a work for hire. The dentist was paid to produce the image in the course of his regular work—and I'm sure that he billed you (or someone) for it. The law on this one probably varies by jurisdiction, and I suspect that there's very little in the way of case law anywhere on this point. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, from Wikipedia:Copyright_FAQ, "copyright is the right that the producer of a creative work has been granted to prevent others from copying it". There is probably no creative way to take an x-ray image, all dentists must follow the same standard procedure; the object being displayed (teeth) probably also cannot be copyrighted. So x-ray images probably are ineligible for copyright, in my opinion. --Leeyc0 (Talk) 14:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can I publish on my Wikipedia page?

Hello,

My question, can I write about the organization I recently founded and publish my website address, on my Wikipedia page?

My name is Kishmir L. Burke, founder of Hands Across Africa Relief International founded in November 2005. Our mission in to the world and provide humanitarian assistance to people living in deplorable conditions detrimenal to human life. Our goal is to provide health care, pure water supply, emergency food and clothing, emergency shelter, transportation, education, and secular and spiritual counseling.

We have parntered with five churches in Ghana where more than 15,000 people go to daily for help including single homeless mothers, the elderly and disabled, orphans and orphanages, and refugees.

We recntly received a call from the founder of an orphanage in Liberia requesting our help with emergency food and clothing and educational resources. We also received a call from a surgical operator who is a native of Liberia residing in Minnesota. His vision is to develop a Magna Program in Liberia. The program is designed to prepare children for leadership in the areas not limited to science technology, computer technology, and medicine.

We welcome institutions in Iraq and in America for partnership. We want to help the innocent mothers, children, elderly and disabled, and refugees of Iraq.

Our board is comprised of four honorary members including myself. We have received our EIN from the IRS and we are making efforts to establish our 501c3 status.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Kishmir L. Burke

Wikipedia is not a publicity forum, you can write the article but it has to be fair and neutral (possibly including cricisms as well if there are any). Most importantly you cannot just advertise and copy content from your own website. All of the content must be sourced from neutral 3rd party sources (see WP:REF for detail). If you can manage something like that then it will be fine. I removed your phone and telephone number by the way because in clear text like that a spam bot could well get hold of it an inundate you :D hope you dont mind --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An editor/vandal is impersonating Jimbo Wales and asking for user passwords

I need to report a user that is asking for other editor's account passwords, saying that he is "Jimmy Wales." The user is: User:Banner Making Competiton and he left a message on my user discussion page asking for my password. Cla68 13:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Two forums where this can be reported: WP:AN/I and WP:AIV -- Lost ^(talk) 13:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thank you. Cla68 13:53, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How World Tourism Organization help Goa tourismin India?

--125.22.91.180 14:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC)anoopmonarch[reply]

Um, I think you should be inquiring at the website of World Tourism Organisation. I doubt you will get an answer to this on wikipedia -- Lost ^(talk) 14:08, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Will my article concerning William Tetley be posted on Wikipedia?

I have prepared an article for Wikipedia concerning Professor William Tetley, C.M., Q.C., LL. L., professor of maritime law at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Maritime and Commercial Law at Tulane University, New Orleans, U.S.A. Prof. Tetley is one of the world's premier authors in international maritime and admiralty law, with his own website ("Tetley's Maritime & Admiralty Law" - http://www.mcgill.ca/maritimelaw), several books and many law articles, as well as a vast teaching experience in universities around the world. His website, mentioned in the article, contains a wealth of information on maritime law, arbitration law, history, politics, etc. It would therefore be of interest to Wikipedia readers worldwide.

The website of the article I have written for Wikipedia is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tetley%2C_C.M.%2C_Q.C.%2C_LL.L. Prof. Tetley has authorized me to place this article on Wikipedia. It consists of his long curriculum vitae, posted on his own website.

This is my first experience writing for Wikipedia and I have tried to follow your rules and procedures, but am not entirely certain that I have understood properly what has to be done.

Has the article been received by Wikipedia? Or do I have to do something technical to upload the article?

Has the article been accepted by Wikipedia?

If not, will it be accepted soon?

If and when it is accepted, when will it be available to Wikipedia users who type "William Tetley" into your search engine?

Or must I do something to upload the article onto the Wikipedia website?

Your response to these questions by Friday, Aug. 4, would be appreciated, as I will be on vacation thereafter until Monday, August 21.

Robert Wilkins Faculty of Law McGill University tel.: 514-398-6621

You would need to either request the article at WP:RA under the right heading or create the article yourself. For creation, you would need to be logged on with your username. Please make sure that the article meets the guideline of Wikipedia:Notability (people). The above link that you mention is for a non existent page in Wikipedia. Which means that the article has not been created on wikipedia yet -- Lost ^(talk) 14:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Umm i can tell you that the article you created has been deleted unfortunately, if it is as you say an extended version of his CV then it was probably removed for being a possible copyright violation. ALthough then again it may have been due to it being a badly written article in the eyes of wikipedia. Try WP:STYLE to get more info on how to write a good article. --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 14:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also I think the title you gave the article may be a problem. In your next version drop the letters from the end - this can be included in the article itself but just make the article hard to find if it is included in the page title. Otherwise don't be put off. If you like copy and paste a version int the following page and click send I will take a look for you and try and suggest improvements. link to the page you can paste the content --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 14:49, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How come Sheeva in MK:A is evil?

I want to know why Mortal Kombat Kharacter Sheeva is evil in Armageddon. It says her allies are Sindel and Kitana. And her enemy is Motaro. Sheeva is my favorite character. Sometimes I feel a little uncomfortable having a favorite evil character.

Please contact me as soon as possible.

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Tangot a ngo 16:31, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

quantum physics

What is quantum physics? -- Don Tewkesbury

It's quantum physics.... TenOfAllTrades(talk) 17:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The study of the behavior of apparent chaos. At least that's my take on it, the article will get you going it's a fun topic, enjoy. Read the refernces for deeper info. -- ∞Wirelain 17:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting a Page i created

Hi, I created 1 page : Pranaysadarangani

Can you please delete it for me or let me know how I can delete the page?

That way i can re-start the creation of the page?

thanks pranay

Just put {{db-author}} on the top of the page. It goes into a category where admins will see it and delete it. SynergeticMaggot 17:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is no need. Simply make your edits now. It is not desirable to delete pages to recreate them, because they lose their edit history. Notinasnaid 18:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Graphic image in IED entry

I feel there should be a warning about the graphic image in the IED entry. I am not sure of the wikipedia policy on such warnings or what the correct format is. Can anyone help?

This could be talking about Image:IED team killed by premature explosion.jpg at Improvised explosive device. --Commander Keane 19:06, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is what I am referring to. My apologies for not being more clear. --LaForge

Wikipedia is not censored for minors nor for graphic content - I don't know what kinfd of warning you mean but I don't think it is really needed. If you did want to put one on just put an italisized note at the top of the article page - other than that there is little or no solution --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 20:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

comparison table

I noticed that a lot of articles have templates to consolidate information into tables that look the same from article to article. Is there some way to show all that information in a single table without hand-typing it? For example, every NFL team has a template. On NFL, it would be nice to have a table of pertinent information for each team. It would be in one place so you don't have to keep jumping from article to article. If someone updates a template, the main table updates automatically. Is that possible? Youth in Asia 20:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, yes, that's what Wikipedia:Templates are for. ~Kylu (u|t) 21:46, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have looked at templates and I cannot find any sort of "tag" that will create a dynamic table containing the data from all templates. Using my example above, what "tag" do I put in NFL so that the information from all the NFL team templates shows up in one big comparison table? Youth in Asia 12:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To my knowledge, you cannot do that. I did make an extension that does it, but it isn't part of Wikipedia. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TemplateTable_extension if you have your own wiki and you want to use it. --Kainaw ^(talk) 17:36, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

[show] / [hide] in or under section headings

Hi. I was wondering how you get those little show/hide link things to appear, in, for instance, {{cvgproj}}. I've tried stealing some of the HTML, but whatever I took doesn't appear to be doing it. — SheeEttin {T/C} 21:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

{{Hidden}} has the code you want. Tito xd^(?!?) 21:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Federal Privacy Laws: HIPAA and Alcohol-and-Other-Drug (42 USC )

Hi. In early May or late April of this year, sometimes between 6:00-7:00 AM, a new story regarding the above was broadcasted. Specifically, the story highlighted the absence of enforcement of these federal privacy regulations and changes forthcoming. I'm doing some research on these items, and I'd like to get a copy or transcript. Many thanks....Rudy Cruz

Sorry, it seems you may be looking for the Reference Desk, which can answer questions about anything in the world (although questions about editing Wikipedia go here, the Help Desk). I don't know if we can help you here, although I can suggest Google (Google) or searching through Wikipedia about it. Sorry I can't help more.... Keakealani //Me/Pokeh// 21:51, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 3

Topic Articles

I've read all of the help pages on categories, and I haven't been able to discover the syntax for making a specific article the main article in a category. Help with this would be greatly appreciated! --Grudolph 00:32, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, you're giving us too much credit. :) It's not really anything you set, per se, the notices you see are just added manually. Head on over to the category page, edit it, and just add "The main article for this category is Foo" or whatever particular phrasing you prefer, to the top. A category page will generally include a very small amount of text -- say, the main article, the parent categories, interwiki links, and maybe criteria for inclusion. The rest should all be automatic. Does that help? Luna Santin 00:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! No wonder I couldn't find a way to do that. Thank you very much! :D --Grudolph 00:40, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article in Wikipedia

I have an article in the Wikipedia - Sandbox. The subject/keyword turned up nothing in Wikipedia. How do I have the article inserted in the Wikipedia? Name of the article is GWARIGHAT.

ksdogra

The sandbox is just for test edits; nothing lasts long in there. If you want to create an article on Wikipedia, you need to do a search for that article's title, and if it doesn't find it, click the link to create it. In this case, it would be GWARIGHAT. Keep in mind, though, that what you have in mind might not work for a few reasons: For one, material on Wikipedia shouldn't be copyrighted material from elsewhere (this would apply if you didn't write that material yourself, or didn't want to license it under Wikipedia's copyright policy. There are a few other potential problems, but you're free to create an article, at any rate; just be aware that if it happens to violate one of Wikipedia's guidelines, it might be deleted. --Emufarmers^(T/C) 01:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The sandbox is just for practice, and so your practice was wiped out a little later. It is still in the history: if you want to rescue your work, here is a link to it [1]. You can copy and paste to save the text and make a new article. Note that the title of the article would not be in capitals: it would be Gwarighat. Important: you include an author credit. This suggests that the article is copyright. The author's permission to give all rights to Wikipedia would be needed, to keep Wikipedia legal. It is better to completely rewrite in your own words, and with your own structure. Notinasnaid 07:00, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't mean signing over all rights to Wikipedia, but we do need the owner to release it under a free license, meaning the text could be reused by any Wikipedia visitor who follows the rules (including commercial use) and it could be heavily edited. Also, we need definite proof the person giving the permission can do so. Therefore, we need an email message at permissions at wikimedia dot org from a recognizable email address. -- Mgm|^(talk) 10:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do I put texts on a picture?

I want to put some texts on a picture, but I don't know how. 百家姓之四 (Lee) 討論 (Discussion) 02:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you want text directly on an image, I think the only way to do so would be to edit it in using MS Paint or another image editing program...if you want to add a caption, see Wikipedia:Captions. —Keakealani _//Pokeh// 02:22, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging an article

I was looking at the Volleyball World Championship page and noticed its horribly outdated. I believe the tournament is on now, but there are no details on the 2006 edition. How do I make the page more visible so someone familiar with the tournament can go add to it? Jamesinclair 03:04, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You might just want to clean the page up if its that bad, and add your information under a new header. SynergeticMaggot 05:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dont know much about it, so I couldnt add anything.Jamesinclair 06:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You tag it with {{update}}. — Reinyday, 05:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank youJamesinclair 06:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

i want address of al noor hospital in makkah

hello i want address and phone number of al noor hospital in makkah?

Sorry, the help desk is more for questions directly related to using, browsing, and editing Wikipedia. You might want to try the reference desk. Hope you find what you're looking for; good luck! Luna Santin 08:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where to report...

Is there a replace for reporting systematic copyright problems? I seem to have discovered a user who has uploaded lots of images, which were tagged as not having a source, who then dealt with the issue by removing the "no source" tags. Maybe this will get sorted out in time, but when I see something more complex than a single image with a bad license claim, is there a place to note it for attention from someone more versed in the necessary rules, procedures and diplomacy? Notinasnaid 09:26, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When all else fails, there's always the the administrators' noticeboard, and in particular WP:AN/I. Hope that does you some good. :) Thanks for your time! Luna Santin 09:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking participants on Requests for feedback

Several months ago, I created Requests for feedback, an initiative for new editors to seek feedback on new articles they write (or major edits they make to existing articles). This feedback will help them understand their strengths and weaknesses as an editor - for example, they may be excellent with screenshots and NPOV, but weak in referencing and linking. Hopefully they will use the feedback they receive to improve their editing skills and the articles they make.

I created RFF after trying to get feedback on two articles I wrote, Google Groups and Homerun (film), but finding established processes such as Peer Review and Requests for Expansion not meeting my needs. Traffic is growing and we currently receive a couple of requests for feedback from new editors daily. It seems my idea is popular among newcomers, and I intend to develop it into an established Wikipedia process.

Currently, there are only 4 Wikipedians who regularly respond to requests for feedback posted on RFF: Hildanknight, Tangotango, Saxifrage and Imoeng. We will need more regular participants in this project; hopefully experienced Wikipedians who are familiar with Wikipedia process and friendly towards newcomers.

I am therefore posting here, requesting help on making RFF an established Wikipedia process, and seeking regular participants who will respond to requests for feedback posted on RFF.

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 14:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

operating systems

what is a process

Whatever your question is, it's better asked at the reference desk. The help desk is for questions related to Wikipedia itself. - Mgm|^(talk) 16:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Editing templates

I noticed vandalism on the citation needed template, something about Bobby Boulders. I wanted to change it, but couldn't find where it was. I looked at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation_needed

But that didn't seem to be it. Somebody else changed it eventually before I could find out where I needed to go. I was wondering, for future reference, where that template is located so I can roll it back in case of such a situation. Cat Parade 16:59, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Errr, it was actually citations missing, but nonetheless... Cat Parade 17:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, links to wikipedia pages should be made with double brackets, so [[Template:Citation needed]] becomes Template:Citation needed. You edit a template in its page in the template namespace. Template:Citation needed is just a redirect to Template:Fact, so you can edit that page. Now, you'll have to be more specific. If the template that was vandalized wasn't Template:Citation needed, which one was it? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:45, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pipes HELP!!!

I don't understand how to use pipes. my keyboard doesn't have a backslash on it. It only has forward slashes like this "/" and using shift makes it into a question mark.

There should be a button that allows you to type \ that is right above the enter key. If not, you can go into the character map and find the | character. In Unicode, this character is &007C;. Ryūlóng 17:20, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When you're in edit mode on a wikipedia page, below the edit summary screen is a whole list of symbols, Simply clicking on one should add it to the document. The pipe is the second symbol in the "Symbols" list. If that doesn't work, you can simply highlight the pipe, copy to your clipboard and paste it into the document. To do this, you can highlight something and in most browsers, go to the "edit button" in your browser screen at the top; click "copy", and to paste, simply place your cursor where you want to paste, go back into the edit function and click "paste." An easier way of doing this is highlighting something and clicking control + c to copy, and control + v to paste (on most PCs) or the same, but the apple key + c or v for Macs. --Fuhghettaboutit 18:00, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On an average keyboard (102 qwerty), holding shift and hitting the / key should produce a ? - as that is the shifted code for that key. The backslash is an entirely different key. Shifting that produces |. Now, if this is a foreign language keyboard, the backslash is left out. For example, on a Spanish keyboard you have to use alt-gr combination to type it. --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keeping my username in other Wikiprojects

Is there a way for me to extend this username to cover all Wikimedia sites I want to use, so I have an over-arching Wiki username? Or do I have to create a separate account for each one? -Vnaughtdeltat 17:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No. Some Wikimedia sites won't even let you create a username. What could happen is that a trusted site can create something like an LDAP. Then sites can volunteer to authenticate through that LDAP. But, to my knowledge, nothing like that exists. --Kainaw ^(talk) 17:34, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, this is unavailable. Now you need to create separate account for all Wikimedia sites, but maybe in future we will have 'single login' (see meta:Single login specifications for further information). Jacek Kendysz 17:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In order to prepare for the m:Single login specifications, and to ensure a speedy transition, it is suggested that you (1) Create an account using the same username (if available) on all wikis you use. (2) Set the same e-mail address for all wikis you use, and follow the confirmation procedures. The password can be different; that won't matter. You can link your user pages by using the same interwiki syntax used on articles. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 02:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Insuring Article Integrity?

My question is for all the wiki administrators/librarians on this wonderful site.

How do you insure Article Integrity is kept on ALL of the information? Do you monitor "recent changes". Depend on your users to correct information as needed?

My situation is i've setup a wiki within our company. I work in the Information Technology department. We've setup a wiki to serve as a knowledge base where all of our many technology teams can go to for answers. But we havent fully implemented yet, we are selling our case to management and they want it to be highly regulated and controlled, rather than a collaborative work like wiki's are supposed to be.

I told them to go to wikipedia because "it just works" and I dont know how to explain it. But I was wondering, does wikipedia have any policies in place on how to monitor content?

-matt.edlhuber AT aurora DOT org

A surprising number of measures are in place, ranging from RC Patrol to Wikignomes. Thanks to diligent enforcement of policies like no original research and Verifiability, random "joke" entries are often removed within a few minutes -- in a world where we can't readily prove our identity, we must cite reliable sources to find credibility. Beyond that, it's important to remember good faith -- every article was written by someone, and probably by a multitiude of editors; most of these editors care about the time they put into these articles, and they don't want to see that work ruined. So we have the watchlist, which allows us to easily keep track of changes to various articles. We don't need any overarching system to watch every article, because we instead have a decentralized army, with each page being watched by a few people. Suppose you have a wiki with 1,000 articles and 50 regular editors -- each editor need watch only 20 articles for every page to be watched. That's not as much trouble as it sounds; many pages, especially active ones, are watched by quite a few people; I myself have a watchlist of over 200 articles, and I know of some sysops who watch over 1,000. If it's really a problem, we can always protect pages. Hope that helps you some, and good luck. :) Luna Santin 19:20, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In a company setting, if users were to required to have usernames, all edits they make can be retraced to them as is custom on a regular wiki. In the remote case an employee wants to mess with the wiki, it's easy to figure out who did the messing by reading the entry's edit history. No regulation or control needed. Just make sure only reliable employees can access the thing. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
To sell it in an intranet setting, you should understand and work with the concerns of management. Their world view is one that is likely to avoid things that are cool, rather than embrace them, and you have to present from their perspective. I would make a case which depends on (1) accountability: compulsory use of usernames, centrally administered or distributed by e-mail [not the Wikipedia model]; (2) visibility, through the history, providing a complete audit trail. Managers love that. Don't stress it's just like Wikipedia, since some press coverage will have presented Wikipedia as an unreliable source, rightly or wrongly. Rather, stress that it will use the same software, but be set up for full accountability and auditability. (3) Stress also that it means that information can be distributed at lower cost, (4) will never be lost due to misfiling and (5) will be available in all situations including emergencies (make sure to include contingency plans!). Notinasnaid 08:34, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Famous Persons

If I typed a search for a famous person such as Tom Cruise on Wikipedia I'd get information on him from when and where he was born to his Oprah appearance and the movies he's done in between. He's famous for movies and his antics during interviews. My question is what is famous?

I ask this because I frequented a site called The Student Center and it is a forum based website. There people posted while interacting with others all over the world. I posted there for a total of about 2 years and my user name became very well known. It's so well known that it would be hard to find someone who wouldn't have heard of it on that site. You can Google it and you will find that in all (but two occasions where someone else used it to mock) the times it is used it is used by me and for me. But on that site it was very famous that I could start arguments or discussion based on the fact I said something (posted it). Someone else could have said (posted) the same thing and be ignored.

My friend frequents your site a lot and I had asked him if he could write an article (objectively cause he is that good) on my user name for that site. He told me that this site can't be used for self promotion and such. I understand that this site is to be used to write things objectively because otherwise the site would be spammed with crap about people and it would be chaotic. I got that.

So I ask if a famous person is someone that just acts like a different person for money, someone that gives their opinion in an open forum such as court, or a person that is paid to talk on the radio for hours about their opinion....than cannot a famous person also be someone that can stir up internet users on a site with saying the most mundane things and not be paid? I could not post a single thing without everyone knowing what it was I posted and where it was.

I have a total of 104,000 posts. I lost 40,000 due to events that people that did not like me. So I would actually have close to 150,000 posts. That's a lot of time spent on the internet and on a single site. People did not know how it was done. I sometimes don't know how it was done and I'm the one that did it. No where else is there someone that has that amount of post on any site.

It's not that this is a great feat and should be praised and documented as awesome as a basketball star that shoots from half court and gets a swoosh. It's that due to recent events on that site I was kicked off because of a huge lie about me. Yes I understand that this site is NOT for anything similar to propaganda and such. I get that. This is why I asked my friend to do it. He is my friend and he's a good friend but of all the people that I know that would do it he's the one that would take painstaking assurance that he was being objective and not bias for me.

So what is famous? Can you be famous on the internet (as lame as that sounds there are famous people who use videos for that 15 minutes why not words?)?

Thank you for reading and answering.

We have numerous policies and essays on notability. WP:N, WP:BIO and WP:WEB are good places to start :) Computerjoe 's talk 20:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

--J Jammer 20:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

People who were/are "famous on the internet" can be found in Category:Internet personalities. — Reinyday, 08:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid that's not even very notable. I just checked: in the world outside Wikipedia, I have around 100,000 posts to various discussion forums and usenet: mostly technical replies, not chat. I don't say this to get any credit, there are lots of very active people on the internet, and my posts don't even approach that. In forums where you can just chat, someone who puts in a lot of "me too!" and "yeah!" replies could easily rack up a million in a few years. But this isn't really an achievement. Anyway, celebrity worship is the bane of our times. Notinasnaid 10:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Password email

Hi I forgot my password so I clicked the forgot password link and they said a email would be sent to me but I didn't receive one. I did this several more times and still nothing. My username is AxeMan.--70.57.7.136 22:21, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It might be lag, or your email service might have rejected the email. Check the spam box (junk/bulk mail box) to see if it was accidentally filtered as a spam email. You might want to just wait, as well. Don't know if that will help, though —Keakealani _//Pokeh// 22:24, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I checked my spam box. Nothing.--70.57.7.136 22:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you have the wrong email address or something on file? Look back over your emails, can you see the Wikipedia Email Confirmation? Otherwise, you might have the wrong address if you've changed it recently. D --Deon555|talk|e 01:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 4

A place to seek criticism?

I created a Wikipedia article on a company I rent games from... I was wondering if there was a section of the site where I could go for contructive criticism or idea? Thanks for any help :)

You might be interested in Wikipedia:Requests for feedback, which is at this point still experimental. It has links to other more formal feedback mechanisms as well. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much Rick :) Lucavious 01:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Golfers

I want to add the flag, name of a golfer to the list of golfers and am unfamiliar with the procedure?

Can you do it for me if I give you the information please?

From my understanding, you will need to type . For example, ((Category:Indonesian golfers|Moeng, Imoeng)) Hope that helps. Imoeng 05:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

preferences

Sirs: I jumped in to edit the article entitled Zero Waste, based on thirty years of experience working with this concept, having written the only book on the subject and having been the first public user of the term. Everything seemed to proceed normally, but when I tried to save the article, and looked at it, certain of the changes are enclosed in dotted lines and they have no or few carriage returns. They run way off the right side of the page. I thought this was some artifact of the textual presentation but when I exited and came back, the article seems to be presented that way to the public. What did I do wrong? While I was writing, the paragraphs appeared normal. Separately, I registered and changed my preferences as prompted to do. I was asked for a signature. I don't have clue in the world what they are talking about. Is it an image file? Is it a link to my computer (I doubt that)? I am mystified. Now I am asking this question after clicking on "Ask your question" but the heading tells me I am editing some article. What is going on? Will anyone ever even see this? Paul Palmer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zerowaster (talk • contribs)

I can see it, read it and know what has gone wrong. Do not put a space before the start of a line, it places the following text in a box that stretches as far as the text goes without a carriage return. Viridae ^Talk 07:37, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature is what displays when you type ~~~~ at the end of a question or comment, as you should do on non-article edits.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 07:43, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes

Is there a page of all the userboxes we could use? I'm having touble trying to look for the userboxes & the code. Thanks.100110100 08:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Start off by going to Wikipedia:Userboxes. Hope this helps. Harryboyles 08:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Author question

How do I access all articles by a perticular person? (Unsigned comment by User:58.107.45.243. Please sign your comments by typing ~~~~, thank you.).

Each article is a collaboration, usually between many people. You can see which article people have contributed too, by going to their user page or talk page, and clicking on "User contributions", in the links at the left below "Toolbox". Your contributions are here. Notinasnaid 10:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Finding 2 cities in pommern prior 1945

I am looking for pre 1945 cities that I believe where in pommern and went like this .

1 Wangerin
2 Labes

I am guessing at the names of the spelling of these cities . I lived there from age app. 4yrs. old to when that part was over run by the russians invasion of germany . I am doing some research of my earlyer life and would appreciate your help . —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.91.11.98 (talk • contribs) 10:44, 4 August 2006.

Wangerin - currently name of the city is Węgorzyno, Labes is now known as Łobez. In future, use Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions. Jacek Kendysz 10:52, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VoIP

We are making a project of "voice over internet protocol".can you help us in coding of this project.If you have any idea about this please contact me at (emails removed to protect from spam). OR my Contact NO. 08212302815.

This page is for help with editing Wikipedia - you want the reference desk, but if you ask a question there please make it specific. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:01, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I should express my sorry to whom? . For my editing.It is not vandalism.It is good intention with which i did.

Thanking you sir.I already sent a sorry letter to two address.I do not know to whom i should express my sorry and regret for my action .So only i express here. thanking you sir.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.92.125.229 (talk • contribs) .

As you're editing without an account, you probably got a message that was meant for someone else using your IP address. Your current IP, 59.92.125.229, doesn't actually have any messages sent to it (see User talk:59.92.125.229, which is currently blank). If you register an account you won't get any more irrelevant messages. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Downloading the article

--Shinbi 12:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)Shinbi : Hello. I want to ask a question, how can i download this article from your website?[reply]

What is that you want to achieve? Because just looking at an article downloads it, in one sense of the word. Notinasnaid 12:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can go to the top of your browser and click the File tab, and select save as. Then just name the file and save it wherever. SynergeticMaggot 12:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moody Broadcasting

How do I recieve Moody Broadcasting through my computer?--K-9kate 17:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost ^(talk) 17:37, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Sourcing

I have uploaded some images to Wikipedia and I always add the copyright tag and give source information. Most of the images I create myself with hardware and software at my house although I create them I don't own the copyright (ie. movie posters) so I list the film company or production company that does own them and give their website as well. How do I source an image so it isn't listed as an unsourced image/file???

I saw the images for which you received the notices. Pls give the actual links on the websites where the images are placed so that when one clicks on them, one is taken to the photograph on the site. Saying Disney Channel.com would be vague and thats the reason you received the notice -- Lost ^(talk) 18:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting issue

The intro paragraph of Asian arowana is not formatting correctly. This wiki text should read as ordinary text with the words Asian arowanas in bold:

The '''Asian arowanas''' are four species...

Instead, it appears that for some reason the software interprets one of the three apostrophes after arowanas as part of the text, then interprets the remaining two apostrophes as italicizing the rest of the sentence. What is wrong? --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · contribs · e@} 19:13, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed the problem. I hope this helps. FellowWikipedian 19:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Still not sure why it wasn't working right. --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · contribs · e@} 23:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help in tagging an article

Hi! I am not sure the correct protocol to tag this article for review: Integral yoga (disambiguation) It likely has merit as an article so afd isn't appropriate, but it does not fit the definition of a disambiguation page. Can someone tag the article appropriately and then reply to me on what/how it was done so I can learn? Thanks! CPAScott 19:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

{{disambig-cleanup}} try that. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 19:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Asimov

short stories

The Help Desk is a place to ask questions. I'm not sure what you're asking, or if you were trying to search for something. Perhaps Issac Asimov could help you? Otherwise, I suggest asking at the reference desk. Good luck! —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 19:52, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you're interested in the short stories by Asimov, you can find a list of titles in the Isaac Asimov article. If you're interested in the magazine named after him, try http://www.asimovs.com - Mgm|^(talk) 21:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Advice on appropriate response

Hi there, I'm a moderately experienced user/editor, but wasn't sure what (if anything) I should do regarding the following situation: User:Street Scholar made this edit to the women article, adding a quite inflammatory and obviously not NPOV section to the article. I reverted his or her edits, but feel a experienced user adding something so akin to vandalism ought to warrant a more severe reprocussion. How would you suggest I proceed? --jwanders^Talk 20:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you could add a {{test1}} template to the user's talk page, informing him that such edits are inappropriate? If the user continues and becomes an obvious vandal, then you will have justification for a warning or for getting an admin involved. (whoops, forgot to sign) —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 20:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As a note, it appears that edit is a copy-paste from Encyclopedia Dramatica, and thus would be plagiarism and possibly intended trolling. It might be prudent to check that user to see if he/she is a troll/vandal exclusively. —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 21:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Essays and namespaces

I'm thinking of writing an essay on bad arguments I see a lot at AfD (and to a lesser extent other *fDs) and was wondering if there's any rules as regards adding the essay to the Wikipedia: namespace versus creating it in my user space. I'd prefer to add it to the Wikipedia namespace (thus allowing the creation of the oft used WP:ILIKEIT shortcut) and was wondering if there'd be any problems with that. --Daduzi ^talk 21:34, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well you can create the soft link anyway wherever the page is. Bear in mind though that the soft redirects are actually in the Article namespace and are not a seperate namespace in themsleves. You could write it in either namespace and have the softlink to it but Ithink most people put essays in their user space - at least until people start to take a wide interest! (I create them in my user space anyway :D ) --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 21:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can create an essay in the Wikipedia namespace. Just be sure to add the disclaimer that it is an essay and not policy {{essay|[[WP:ILIKEIT]]}}. — Reinyday, 23:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM

Could someone redirect me the the Soap Opera Actress this picture used to go to.

File:18435269.jpg

I hate this the first day it is on my user page it gets deleted

loved that picture

!!!!!HELP!!!!!

She is so $€£¥.

Please calm down and stop yelling (using larger text and capitals is considered yelling), as it will not get you help any faster. The image you are referring to appears to have been deleted for copyright violation, and should not be put up on Wikipedia. Please take a look at Wikipedia's image guidelines for more information and to avoid that happening again. As it were I don't know who you're talking about and can't provide you with an image, and actually that might be better suited for the refrence desk.

Sorry you had problems, but please refer to Wikipedia's various guidelines before uploading any more images, just to make sure you are doing so according to the correct procedures. Welcome, though ^_^ —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 22:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was referenced from the article on Ashley Bashioum, and apparently came from www.soap-passion.com, so I'm guessing maybe it's from this Ashley Bashioum page at soap-passion.com. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline syntax

Hello. I am looking for a page that describes timeline syntax. I have found that Wikipedia:Timeline standards only describes year infoboxes and such. I am looking for something that will explain the <timeline></timeline> syntax used, for example, in Template:Timeline Europe. Thanks. — Reinyday, 23:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

m:Help:EasyTimeline syntax. I will link this from Wikipedia:Timeline standards.--Commander Keane 23:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! — Reinyday, 23:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

August 5

Viewing subcategories

Is there an easy way to see all subcategories within a given category? In particular, I want to see the subcategories of Category:Public domain images, but I don't want to click "next 200" a hundred times to look through everything alphabetically. Is there a way to see just subcategories, without having to see everything in the category as well? —Bkell (talk) 04:01, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check out this link. I used the Category Tree Browser to generate the aforementioned page. --Hetar 04:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! Thank you. —Bkell (talk) 04:31, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add audio content?

On the Ubuntu Linux page there is a "listen to this article" link. I would love to go to all the open source/linux pages and add audio content. How do I add the audio content and embed the link.

Audio content can be added by clicking on the Upload file link on the left side of your screen (inside the toolbox). All audio files need to be uploaded in the ogg format. Once you have uploaded the file, simply add {{Spoken Wikipedia|FILENAME.ogg|YYY-MM-DD}} to the article you want it to appear in. Please note that YYYY-MM-DD is the date that indicates what article version the audio file was made from.

For more info check out Wikipedia:Media#Audio and Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia. --Hetar 04:42, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cartoon series

--210.5.92.239 05:22, 5 August 2006 (UTC)i want to see the cartoon series kalaeido star at my personal computer.can I?[reply]

You could try asking Wikipedia:Reference desk. This particular help desk answers questions pertaining to wikipedia only -- Lost ^(talk) 07:36, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

edits and new pages don't show up on wiki, or in search results

none of my contributions or edits are showing up.

edits and new pages don't show up on wiki, or in search results

Eranthomson 08:22, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New pages take time to show up on search. See WP:VFAQ#An article doesn't show up in the search. You can however see your edits here -- Lost ^(talk) 08:25, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As youe contribution history shows, they do show up in the wiki. Make sure you use the exact capitalization of the article title when searching until the search index has been updated. (The Go button of the search box will send you directly to the article with that title). - Mgm|^(talk) 09:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Problem confirming email

After registering, I have been unable to activate my account. I received the email but when I clicked on the link I got a page saying, "Invalid confirmation code. The code may have expired." This happened immediately after I registered (i.e., 30 seconds later). I tried again in a while but had the same result. Please advise how to proceed. Rivertorch 09:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One thing to keep in mind is that only the most recent confirmation email you send will work. When you send a new confirmation email it makes all the previous ones expire immediately. - Tangot a ngo 09:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jimmy Wales: Focus on Quality?

According to my local newspaper, Jimmy Wales asked contributors to focus more on quality rather than quantity of Wikipedia content yesterday, yet I can't find any such thing around here. Did they publish something outdated or should I get my eyes checked? - Mgm|^(talk) 09:18, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This was during his speech that opened Wikimania yesterday. I listened to the podcast (available from [2], the first link), and Jimbo did talk about focussing more on quality rather than quantity.--Commander Keane 09:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. Of course, they forgot to mention Wikimania... - Mgm|^(talk) 09:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ADDITING OUR SITE IN WIKIPEDIA

DEAR SIR,

WE ARE THE MANUFACTURERS OF THERMOL & THERMACT RANGE OF PRODUCTS FUNCTIONING AS ADDITIVES FOR BOTH SOLID AND LIQUID FUEL ADDITIVES.

OUR WEB SITE - WWW.ABHITECH.BIZ E-MAIL : removed to prevent spam KINDLY LET US KNOW HOW TO UPLOAD THE SITE TO YOUR WEBSITE AND KEEP A LINK IN THE SAME.

REGARDS.

AMUL EXECUTIVE

First, please note our Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research, and Wikipedia:Notability policies, which all articles must abide by. (If they do not, they will get deleted) It is generally recommended that you not write about yourself, or companies and organizations you are associated with. The common adage goes, "if it's notable enough, someone else will add it". That said, to create a new page, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also want to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 09:32, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Please note that notability is not a policy, nor even a guideline. — Reinyday, 16:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Advertising or WP:SPAM might be relevant here too. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What does /* */ mean?

I've noticed that some Edit Summaries start with /* and end with */. Some don't. What's the significance of those things? Should I be adding those tags? Ordinary Person 09:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It puts the name of the section you are editing in italic light grey to tell those looking at it what part was edited. Have a look at the historyof a page and you will see what I mean. Viridae ^Talk 09:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aaaaah ... I've been doing it wrong. Thanks. Ordinary Person 10:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect won't "take"

I created a stub for Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, but then discovered that there is already a very good article at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies. I deleted my stub and replaced it with a redirect, saved page, and the redirect looked like a redirect page. All good. I then tested it by clicking on the Maggie L. Walker Governor's School link on the WP:AR1, and instead it showed my old stub! I refreshed ... still showed the stub. So I clicked on "edit this page" ... and all it showed in the sandbox was the Redirect! Please help, it's doing my head in. Ordinary Person 11:01, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Right now it seesm to be working fine. Garion96 (talk) 11:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect works for me. Perhaps it was a delay in updating. Another possibility is that you refreshed but failed to bypass your browser's cache. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 11:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Goldarn it, now it works for me too. Thanks, all. Ordinary Person 11:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Projects

How do the Projects work? Thanks.100110100 11:42, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiprojects? If so read Wikipedia:WikiProject. I think that might have the answer you seek. Viridae ^Talk 11:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That page has more information on starting new WikiProjects than what the current ones actually do, so I'll try to give a brief explanation. They most often contain advice on how to edit their particular family of pages and other useful information, lists of participants, and to-do lists. Some have more than others, generally depending on their scope - to pick one at random, Wikiproject Novels is of suitably broad scope that they have their own 'current tasks' pane like the one at the community portal. There's also WikiProjects dedicated to general clerical tasks, such as managing categories, cleanup, and even standardising succession boxes (that seems to be the newest one in that category). Basically, if you're interested in a specific subject, or you know of an article that could use some specialist attention, the WikiProjects are a good place to go. Looking over Wikipedia:List of WikiProjects will give you a good overview of what there is available. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, don't forget the list of proposed projects, as maybe you can develop a project from almost nothing, but it really suits for you. -- Imoeng 12:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

help on image uploading and placement of image

hi i was trying to upload cover page images of Vaartha Bhaarathi, a Kannada Daily publishing from mangalore. but its been deleted. dont know why? that image was created by me. can u also let me know how to insert images in the places where it is needed? can u please help? Abushahin 13:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You need to include the following when you upload an image, else it gets deleted: (1) Source of the image (mention if you made it yourself) (2) Copyright holder and license of the file. For more information, see Wikipedia:Image use policy. You can refer to it in your wiki pages by including its file name: [[Image:NameOfImage.png|Alternate Text]]. See also Wikipedia:Picture tutorial and Wikipedia:Extended image syntax. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 13:20, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When you say "the image was created by me", do you mean that you are the publisher and copyright holder of the newspaper? Notinasnaid 18:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Its was a digital photography and was taken by me. I am also the webmaster of www.vaarthabhaarathi.com which soon will have a Kannada news poratl. Abushahin 04:59, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What you could do is include a note in your web site - that is, the official site of the newspaper, releasing that cover either into the public domain, or under a suitable license for Wikipedia. (Note that you cannot prevent commercial use). When you upload the image, state that you are the copyright holder, and refer to the URL of the page with the note. That way, people can verify that the picture is allowed to be there. Otherwise, people who want to respect your copyright will (ironically) delete your picture from Wikipedia. Notinasnaid 07:47, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changing Title (Capitalization)

How do capitalize title names for example I want Ann Anderson not Ann anderson? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dx316dd (talk • contribs) 15:39, 5 August 2006.

See WP:VFAQ#How do I change the name of an article.3F. Jacek Kendysz 15:47, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Line

How do I start a new line without putting in a double space or using bullets?

If I hit enter once (as I just did after the word once), it seems to be ignored. If I hit enter twice

(as I did after the word twice), I get a blank line. Ordinary Person 16:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can insert   to force a new line, but use this sparingly. - Tangot a ngo 16:37, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Much appreciated. Ordinary Person 07:09, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fraud Scam

How do I contact the fraud department of the UK to make a claim of a fraud scam that I believe was perpetuated on me and may be currently still active? I keep getting a referal to the department, but I need to make physical contact with someone in the Fraud department to email them the pertinent information. The fraud scam also includes three business entities in the United Kingdom. Please reply, thank you. Conway

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. - Tangot a ngo 17:03, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

input to swastika history

I have a book on Amazon.com called Swastika: the ancient mark of God. I am not very computor literate and tried to add what I know about the Swastika since I have solved the mystery of its Origin and use around the world. The space would not accep all the info. I thouht it might be because not logged in-but would not take my loggin said space occupied already. Got Email but lost message of how to correct. J.Ray Hunt [email removed to protect against spam]] Keep me logged in as first given. Here is what I know: The sign was the mark of the ancient Babylonian goddess ESSE pronounced ER-SHE/SHE-ER in approx. 2000 BC she was replaced by the god Marduk that absorbed all the other gods. She was She-mother earth the good god of food and water and good luck to the hunters and gathers. She began as the goddess of green growing things then to all life then to the goddess of all things her sign was the suastika/swastika which means all-the god of the six directions east-west-north-south-up-and down.However she remained in the language of the people to represent food and good luck-the word happiness means I have food. Her name is all through the languages of the world representing food and life. Words like Genesis, Jesus,messiah, essences, essenes, esophagus,eskimo, etc. etc,

"Article" needing deleting?

Spotted this one - Adrian Whitcomb - obviously rubbish - what should I do/have done? Cheers -- Nigel ^(Talk) 18:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it has already been deleted. I can't see the previous content, but I'm guess it would probably have been eligible for deletion under CSD criteria A7 - in which case you could have tagged it with {{db-bio}}. Check out Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion and Wikipedia:Deletion process for more information. --Hetar 18:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since it was obvious nonsense, I've deleted it under the Criteria for speedy deletion General 1 (G1) criterion. If you discover such an article, you can tag it with {{db-nonsense}}, and an administrator will come and delete it for you. See WP:CSD for a list of criteria and tags you can use. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 18:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate the info - stored for future use - regards -- Nigel ^(Talk) 18:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stubs and categories

(1) Is there a guideline as to when an article is sufficiently developed that it no longer constitutes a stub? Is any user who adds content supposed to remove the stub tag when he/she deems the article is developed beyond the stub stage?

(2) Where can one find a listing of the category tags that can be added to articles?

Thanks, Newyorkbrad 18:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. An article is usually no longer a stub when its over 9-10 sentences long, and has a few if not several section headers, including the see also, references, notes and external liks. As for category tags, I think if you just browse this page you should be ok. I'm not sure if there is actually a list of cats. SynergeticMaggot 18:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For stubs, you may want to see this guideline. It gives some definitions and also when it is appropriate to remove the tag. For categories, I generally look at similar articles and am able to find categories. Another way is to start looking in a broader category. It contains subcategories and so on. Just go on drilling down till you find what you want -- Lost ^(talk) 18:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To help find categeries, see also the CategoryTree? Garion96 (talk) 19:03, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Garion, Lost, and Maggot -- that was quick. Newyorkbrad 19:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Password

I have lost my old password and I have applied for a new one today. However, I have had to apply twice, because in neither case did I receive it, despite the fact that the message read that it had been sent to the E-mail address that I have logged in under in the past.

What's keeping them? 4.153.226.0 19:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check your junk mail folder. Viridae ^Talk 00:29, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Add new article

I am interested in adding an article about a person who is not now referenced in Wikipedia. Is there a step-by-step set of guidelines on how to do this. I have the material all prepared and only need instructions to upload and index it. It there a size limit on articles?Bond220 20:01, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Starting a new page. Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article are also helpful. Wikipedia:Article size will answer your question on size limit. Jacek Kendysz 20:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bad content talk pages

What do we do with talk pages that have been created that are like this, this, this, and this? Do we mark them for deletion, blank them, or just let them be? I would assume that the especially obscene creations get blanked, and most others should just be left as is (along with an investigation of the contributor, naturally). Am I correct in assuming that? —BazookaJoe 20:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blank them if the messages are pointless, in error, or disrupt the formatting of the page. Otherwise, leave the message and tag it with {{subst:unsigned}}. Powers 20:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll agree as someone with little experience and no authority, except I'll say that patent nonsense (third example) just takes up server space, and should be fine to delete.Cheers! --Wslack 21:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The second should be blanked because it contains an email address, which will get spammed horribly if it remains up, and there's no point in leaving the message without it. The third should be blanked because it stretches the page width, and the fourth should be blanked because it's a load of nonsense which includes a page error thanks to the <ref></ref> tags (I think). I've done all three. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 00:25, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The third one is a talk page of a page which does not exist, so it qualifies for speedy deletion under CSD G8. I've tagged it with {{db-talk}}. —Bkell (talk) 00:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Overlapping Templates

The article Greek legislative election, 1915 (December) contains a column template about Greek politics and another one about Greek Elections that collide in one corner, leading to a bad look. How does one fix this? Thank you. --Wslack 20:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added the {{-}} template which forces everything after that point in the edit window to begin after all the current screen content has ended. That's not a very cleare explanation but you can see the result. It only produces but it is easier to remember the template.--Cherry blossom tree 22:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

staute of limitations

--64.12.116.11 21:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)Other than murder or kidnapping what other crimes have NO statue of limitations ? Thank You, //user's e-mail address removed to avoid user's getting spammed incessantly until the end of time//[reply]

You'll probably be told to take this query to the WP:Reference Desk. If you do, you also need to mention the jurisdiction (country, state, etc.) in which you are interested. Statutes of limitations, like other laws, vary greatly from one location to another. Newyorkbrad 21:14, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Making a new category

I am a new user and I've made some small edits.

I was looking at the entry for the Pac 10 conference. It's all about football. I think there should be a category for all of the sports basketball soccer baseball

etc.

So you would add to the outline at the beginning? I looked at the talk section and somebody else brought up the same question. How do I add the new category? Or does somebody else have to decide?

Thanks Azureblue1 00:06, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, is that a football team? American football or Aussie rules football or the world football? You can check Category help and learn about categorization. Or if you want to know about football categorization, simply click [[Category:Football]]. Hope that helps :) Imoeng 00:29, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Democracy

Can someone PLEASE read democracy as well as the discussions and give your opinions on the lack of consenus?00:12, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

~~What are we looking for?~~ Thanks for clarifying that. Viridae ^Talk 00:15, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked into it. Wiht my admittedly limited experience, I agree that governments that self describe as democratic should be included (Democratic Republic of China) for one, but with a NPOV grain of salt that the rest of the world does not hold these countries to be democratic.

Regards, Wslack 01:23, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Iraq Government

Before 2003 Iraq's government included a 250 or so member elected assembly,,evidently this assembly allowed a lot of power to reside in the executive,as the U.S. legislative branch does now,,there was a national election earlier this year in iraq inder a new form of government, were many of the old assembly members elected to the new government? Gary Day

 Garyday 01:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Natalya 02:14, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

tag

Hi, What's the difference between and ? Thanks --Deon555|talk|e|Review Me! :D 05:11, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

the tag is the old standard - is replacing it because of an XML update or something. They both do exactly the same thing. (and thanks to the person who answered this question for me the other day) Viridae ^Talk 05:32, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Street Fighter 2 (Capcom classics collection reloaded info)

howcome my info for Street Fighter 2 which is gonna be released to Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded was deleted!!? It was true news!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.149.124.120 (talk • contribs) .

Number of Contributions

I am sorry about the seeming insignificance of this question, but I would just like to know if there is a way to know the number of contributions one has made. If the answer is in the affermative, then please instruct me on how this may be done. Forgot to sign, (UAAC 06:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC))[reply]

There is. Go here and follow these instructions User:Interiot/Tool2 for installing the tool.--Crossmr 06:47, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is even a term for it. See Wikipedia:Editcountitis:) -- Lost ^(talk) 06:51, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Essjay's Count.php is an easy way to check.--Commander Keane 06:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How to deal with advertisement?

The article Tumkur has a clear piece of advertisement in it. I don't know what to do with it. Can an experienced user please look into it and also advise me as to what to do if I come across such things. Thanks Shruth 07:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You should remove it. I have just edited the article to revert its addition. You might also want to report it to admins if it appears to be part of a concerted advertising effort.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 07:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moving Wikipedia:Orphaned Articles

How many things will I break if I move Wikipedia:Orphaned Articles to Wikipedia:Orphaned articles to fix the capitalization of the title? —Bkell (talk) 08:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well there is a hell of a lot linking in. See what links here. Viridae ^Talk 08:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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