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March 26

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 – ukexpat (talk) 02:58, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having trouble providing a link to a webpage. The link should appear in the Notes section at the bottom of the entry (entry is for the World Bank).

I just copied and pasted the url out of my browser, but the link comes up dead. How would I link to the specific part of the page that I want? (www.worldbank.org > about us > organization)McAlcibiades (talk) 23:15, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You url started with two http:// instead of one. Fixed in [1]. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:37, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks for the fix. McAlcibiades (talk) 23:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do I dlete a user who has been bad? 98.111.69.193 (talk) 00:07, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User cannot be "deleted". If someone vandalizes an article, then their edits may be reverted. Also, accounts may be blocked for a period of time, but it is impossible to delete an a user. TNXMan 00:39, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If the user has recently added vandalism to a page, or other disruptive edits, you can warn the user. If the vandalism or disruption continues, you can report the user to AIV. ~AH1^(TCU) 20:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, some months back I asked about writing an article about the mystery writer Cara Black and I was told to write it as a subpage. Someone else has since written the article but there is content in my subpage that might be worth adding. Other people edited my subpage too so I don't know how to add this without giving proper attribution to them.

Is it also fine if I have the subpage deleted once the material has been added to the article?

Thank you. LovesMacs (talk) 00:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The only other contributor to the subpage is Fuhghettaboutit , so the simplest may be if you two reach an agreement. If you agree to delete the subpage after using the contents then I don't see a problem in the deletion. Normally you should keep the edit history of a page if you copy content not made by yourself to another page, and link the original page in the edit summary. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:22, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I left a request on Fuhghettaboutit's page. I don't care whether my subpage gets deleted or if it continues to exist, but it feels a little like a loose end now that the Cara Black article exists. Thank you. LovesMacs (talk) 14:02, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 02:59, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To whom it may concern. I have forgotten my password for the following old account: Administer. There is no email associated with that account. Can it be emailed to the address I have associated with this temporary account, please? Also, could you change the account name to one more acceptable to Wikipedia convention, such as Ad-Minister with a note on my Talk page that this has been approved? Thank you!! A-Temp-Account (talk) 00:46, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you can't remember the password, and didn't register an email address, then you there's no way you can access the account. You'll have to start using a new one. Algebraist 00:49, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Can you combine accounts in order to show longevity at Wikipedia? That used to be done. Obviously, since this account has not been accessed in years, and no one else has claimed it, there will be no dispute. A-Temp-Account (talk) 01:04, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, you cannot. You can put a note on your userpage, of course, but nothing technical can be done. Algebraist 01:07, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I'll keep trying passwords. Have a nice day. A-Temp-Account (talk) 01:10, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do you upload an image? Whenever I try I either get an example image, or just the text that I wrote. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamfurry (talk • contribs) 02:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Images. Uploading an image and inserting it on a given page are separate things. It sounds like you were trying to insert it without having uploaded it first. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In order to avoid the frustration of having your upload deleted, pay attention to copyright and licensing issues. —teb728 t c 02:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings.

New editor here. Sorry, but I'm overwhelmed with the cautions, restrictions and boatloads of info regarding uploaded images (and I do understand the need for them) . . however, I'm still befuddled about a simple photo upload that I would like to post.

I've received a photo from Robert J. Kuntz that he would like to have in his Wikipedia entry. I don't know what tag to use.

Any help or suggestions would be great. Thanks.

Here's the link to the photo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rob_Kuntz_pic.jpg

and

Rob Kuntz

Much appreciated,

Rhuvein. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhuvein (talk • contribs) 03:15, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming that Mr Kuntz owns the copyright of that image, he will have to follow the process set out at WP:IOWN to grant permission for it to be used on Wikipedia. When that's done, then we can deal with adding it to the article. – ukexpat (talk) 03:21, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. For now I've added the non-free promo tag. Rhuvein (talk) 16:27, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am attempting to move images to the Commons using CommonsHelper and CommonsHelper Helper. I feel as though I am following all on-screen prompts correctly, but there is a problem: Only the most recent image gets transferred, not the full image archive. See, for example, this wikipedia version versus the migrated version on Commons.

Is this a documented issue? So far as I know, using these tools is considered to be "best practice" for moving images from Wikipedia to Commons, so how can it be that this method does not follow the stated requirement that the full image upload history go along as well? I must be doing something wrong, but I do not know what. --Notyourbroom (talk) 04:41, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would also like to know the answer to this question.

• Searching the Commons: namespace on Commons for: CommonsHelper finds some pages that mention CommonsHelper, but nothing jumps right out in the first page or two of search results about the question of copying old revisions of an image.
• Commons:User talk:Magnus Manske has some discussion about CommonsHelper. The author of CommonsHelper mentions the JIRA system for reporting and tracking bugs to his tools. You might find something in there.

--Teratornis (talk) 05:40, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you for that information. I have reported the issue here. --Notyourbroom (talk) 14:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do i find a member of this squad who can write or run a bot? Kittybrewster ☎ 10:37, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It may be easier to go to WP:Bot requests, where editors put in requests for all sorts of bots. Depending on what you want done, it shouldn't take too long at all. TNXMan 11:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To whom it may concern: There is a picture on [2] accredited to 'User:Soman' which almost exactly represents what I am looking for to use commercially as a CD cover for a compilation of World Music. I have read all the details of the GNU copyright agreement but it doesn't help in this instant. No FAQ in Wikipedia illuminates either I have searched the internet for Sonan to no avail (except to get rerouted to the same Wikipedia page). Could you make it possible for me to get in touch with Sonan to see if he has alternative images or would be agreeable to licence this image for a fee for the aforementioned CD cover? All and any help would be greatly appreciated Thank You In Advance Jean-Luke Epstein —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.194.217.184 (talk) 10:37, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The picture has been released by Soman under GFDL and CC-BY, so you are free to use/modify it even for commercial purpose as long as you credit the original author User:Soman somewhere on the CD cover. Anyway, you can contact him on his talk page if you want here: User talk:Soman. —59.95.120.246 (talk) 10:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

i installed SQLyog in WinXP and connect to batabase of Linux server (192.168.0.230), i typed MySQL host address,user,pass,port: 3306 and name of database but disconnect. i think i remembered incorrect but i typed https://192.168.0.230/phpmyadmin and typed user and pass,database of server was seen, this is user and pass of server MySQL. Problem, why i can't login on database of server by SQLyog program? who can help me? thanks

Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. -59.95.120.246 (talk) 10:45, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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In the page Wikipedia:WikiProject_Philosophy/participants a number of templates are supposed to be incorporated into the page which display the names of participants of various philosophy task forces. As a participant of the analytic philosophy task force, I updated the required template (i.e., Template:Analytic philosophy task force members) adding my name, incidentally the only name on it right now. I also placed the appropriate userbox on my user page (i.e., Template:User_WP_Analytic_Philosophy) . Yet on the page listing the particaipants' name, my name does not appear. What could the reason be?--Leif edling (talk) 12:17, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You placed your name inside a noinclude section. I've fixed it, so it should work now. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:19, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. Stupid mistake. Sorry.--Leif edling (talk) 07:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The magic word ns converts a number to its corresponding namespace. For example {{ns:3}} produces "User talk". Does anyone know of a template which will do the reverse, i.e. convert the name to the number? Thanks. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You know how to write one ;-) What are you trying to do with it? Someguy1221 (talk) 14:21, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I could write one. I just suspected that there was such a thing already! I have in my mind a plan to detect misplaced AfC submissions, and this is a part of that plan :) — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:36, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I creted a login and wrote a post years ago. I cant remember my user id or password, and cant remember the post either, but am curious as to what it was.

I know what my email addresses are, so, if I provided you with a list of email addresses i use, could you tell me what my user name was, so I can reset my password and log in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.71.143.91 (talk) 14:10, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately such a thing isn't possible; it would break the privacy policy to reveal a user's email address. If you can't remember any details about the account, then it's lost forever. But if you can remember even a part of what your user ID was, you can use Special:ListUsers to list all usernames that begin with a certain sequence of characters. Here is a list of all Someguys, for example. Someguy1221 (talk) 14:19, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alternatively, you could try to remember where and when you made your post, and trace it (and your account) that way. Algebraist 14:20, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As I am editing now, I am unable to insert symbols, Wiki markup, Greek letters, etc. by mouse-clicking them. For the previous week or two, I was able to do that by first choosing among the symbols, markup, and text menus. These menus do not appear today. Instead, the entire list of such symbols appears, from which I can copy but not mouse-click insert. I do not know whether this change came at Wikipedia's end, from a change in my security setting, or what. Thank you for assistance. I could find nothing on FAQs, Help:Editing, etc. on this. Thank you. --Thomasmeeks (talk) 15:02, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be an intermittent problem - I had it last week. Have you tried clearing your browser cache and doing a server purge? – ukexpat (talk) 15:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good. I am not alone. Per purge link above, would anyone recommend first trying Wikipedia:Bypass your cache? Thank you. P.S. I'm astonished at the speed not to mention specificity of the above response. --Thomasmeeks (talk) 16:36, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, try clearing the cache too. – ukexpat (talk) 02:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I was reading the article for Call of Duty 4, and I noticed a couple factual errors in the Gameplay: Multiplayer section that I want to rectify. However, it turns out that that page is protected because of past vandalism. Is there a way I can edit that page? I am a registered user, but I only have one edit under my belt (partly because I made other edits but forgot to log in beforehand). Thank you.

Jimulacrum (talk) 18:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The page is only semiprotected, so any autoconfirmed user can edit it. (Assuming you are not using Tor) you can become autoconfirmed by making 8 more edits to Wikipedia, after which you will be able to edit Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Algebraist 18:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you can't wait for autoconfirmed status, you could post a request on the talk page, ideally using the {{editprotected}} template. Something like...

{{editprotected}}

I noticed that the article says ... but actually the case is that ... Could someone change it for me? Thank you! ~~~~

Post any references you have to support your facts, and good luck!

Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 18:08, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyone! I'm a self-proclaimed patroller, and took an extended hiatus from Wiki, but now I'm back because of a personal concern. I was wondering if there was any way to view changes made on a certain date. I know you can go to Recent Changes to view the latest ones, but is there any way to go back and view changes from a given day three or four months ago? I know I'm not being very clear, but can't really clarify myself for a couple weeks. Here or on my talk page works!

Thank you! --Galaxy250 (talk) 18:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changes to an article are on History. Contributions by a user are in User contributions. Kittybrewster ☎ 21:28, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Kittybrewster, but I was wondering if there was any way to do this, if I didn`t have a particular user/IP/article in mind. I don't know if this is possible, however -- Galaxy250 (talk) 05:02, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am thinking of reporting a user to Microsoft. 204.63.38.15 (talk) seems to really wank people who visit the Conficker article to visit his website, note: Here: [3] and Here:[4]. Maybe we should make sure they get all the attention they need? (And I get the reward if its the creator) Sephiroth storm (talk) 18:21, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, first, I'm going to assume that you meant that the user "wants" people who visit the article to visit his website, not "wank" them. :P Secondly, this seems to be a pure spam link addition. I think the best course of action is to revert it and report it to AIV if the user persists. TNXMan 18:32, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know:p :( Sephiroth storm (talk)

How do I add new information. For example to add to your database information about a caribbean writer that seems to have escaped everyone else's notice. How do I begin to enter the information and at what point? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasilect (talk • contribs) 18:32, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Algebraist 18:33, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If the subject has "escaped everyone else's notice" including reliable sources, then probably the subject is not notable enough to have an article in Wikipedia. —teb728 t c 20:36, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do I get started to become a translator. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Luca9 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are you asking how to become a translator here on Wikipedia? If so, Wikipedia:Translation is a logical place to start. Karenjc 20:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, does anyone know if there is a standard for dealing with claimed but not administered territories in locater maps of certain countries? For example, there is discussion now over whether the People's Republic of China locater map should include Taiwan and disputed Indian territory in a lighter green. The Indian map now shows the disputed territory in light green as per this conversation, but the Argentina map doesn't show the Falklands and the Syrian article does not show the Golan heights (although in this case it may be too small to render). It is my understanding that the Republic of China maintains a claim over most of mainland China (although I am currently a little confused over the exact phrasing/situation) but its locater map just shows administrated territory. I figure this has been discussed at length in the past, but don't know where to look for such conversations/outcomes. TastyCakes (talk) 19:37, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.95.91.240 (talk) 20:20, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Hedge fund. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. Algebraist 20:21, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But they won't do your homework for you. – ukexpat (talk) 20:51, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes they do ;) TastyCakes (talk) 21:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey all, if someone has a second, the table at Lil Wayne discography#Guest appearances could use some cleanup; there's a funny looking mess on the right side that probably shouldn't be there. Unfortunately, I'm not great at elaborate table markup. Thanks in advance! GlassCobra 21:50, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By funny-looking mess, do you mean the two spare, small, cells that seem to appear at the right of some of the rows which span two columns? Such as Fast Money about twelve or thirteen rows down from the top? pushthebutton | go on... | push it! 22:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Someone didn't know how to use 'rowspan'. Algebraist 22:02, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gorgeous, thanks very much. GlassCobra 22:06, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to create an article on the notable hackers, Richard Pryce AKA "Datastream Cowboy" and Mathew Bevan, aka "Kuji". They are noteable due to their two year hacking spree which was culminated by a hack of the U.S. Department of Defense, the one of the first successful hacks into the network. I do have references, however my issue is what to create. Do I create articles for both of them? make an article that describeds the incident? or do I just call them the "Pentagon Hackers"? Sephiroth storm (talk) 22:48, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

EDIT: Mathew Bevan does have an article. Now my question is, would it be appropriate to create an article on Richard Pryce?

Sure if you have reliable sources to verify his notability. – ukexpat (talk) 02:02, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On march 25th. You had someone on your show that said that there would be no America in 20 years. I just caught the tailend of the program. Please give me his name and the name of his book. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.80.9.224 (talk) 23:15, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Algebraist 23:17, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Recently I've been talking more about template scripting and linking to sub-pages in my user space where the relevant script can be found. The problem is that I don't want to keep those sub-pages around indefinitely. A good solution would be to created sub-pages below the template discussion page. This way the bits linked to would be around for a while and archived material would still have access to the relevant pages. It seems to me that this would follow form the policy of not removing old discussion content. I need some opinions about this. Perhaps this is not a new problem. --droll [chat] 14:58, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure, but maybe Wikipedia:Template test cases does what you need? --Teratornis (talk) 03:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I noted that the articles conservatism in the United States is being vandalized heavily, but my efforts to discuss a semi protection on the article's talk page seem useless since comments there aren't very frequent, so I was wondering is someone from here could do it instead. Thanks! --Pgecaj (talk) 23:35, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RPP is the place to ask. Algebraist 23:45, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just to double-check, there is no way I can cite a presentation that I saw, but is not in a book or online source, right? Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 23:48, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A source has to be something other people can look up: that's the whole point. If there's no published record of the presentation, you can't just cite your memory of it, because that provides no way for people to verify your claim. Algebraist 23:52, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All right, I thought so, I just wanted to be sure. Genius101^Guestbook 00:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

March 27

I wonder how I can place a company profile in your site? Please help me with it. I am looking forward for a response. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashley Ballesteros (talk • contribs) 00:22, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First, the company must be notable. An article on a non-notable company will be deleted on sight. If it is notable, then take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:Business FAQ. Be sure to write the article in a neutral point of view, cite everything with reliable sources, know that Wikipedia is not a place to advertise and remember once you press "submit", it's not your article. And finally, if you're not willing to read all of those linked pages, keep in mind that your article will probably be deleted. Xenon54 (talk) 00:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I log in to extend the knowledge on the wikipedia. I make page edits, I see them in preview, I save them, logout and then click on the link to test it..When I return the "edits" are gone. What am I not doing correctly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Web warriorcascas (talk • contribs) 00:44, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You edits edits were saved, however they were reverted by a bot, as it thought the links that you inserted were "spam". NanohaA'sYuri^{Talk, My master} 01:05, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have created an article in English and I am going to create the identical article in several other languages. Does this mean I simply login through for example, the french wikipedi,a and create a new article again in French? If so how to I link it back to the English version, or does this occur automatically? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.252.12.218 (talk) 01:47, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a user account, you should create a unified login by going to Special:MergeAccount. You will then be able to log in to the French Wikipedia with your English account and create the translated article. See Help:Interlanguage links for how to link the two articles. Algebraist 01:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to contact someone from the WWII 405th Fighter Bomber group.

I am Maj. Charles E. Dills, president of the 27th Fighter Bomber Group in Italy, Corsica and Southern France. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.9.55.208 (talk) 01:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Algebraist 01:51, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Mr. Dills, First allow me to thank you for your service. We do have 405th Air Expeditionary Wing, but I don't know if that would be of any help or not. Perhaps if you viewed the history tab of some of the WW II articles, you may find a name you recognize. It's a long shot I know. Maybe asking on the talk pages over at the WW II category section would help - I don't know, but just maybe someone might be able to point you in a direction that would be helpful. I only know of one WW II POW personally here in PA., but I don't remember which bomber group he was with. I will ask though - I do remember helping he and his wife find some friends through web-sites quite a while back, but I just don't remember what they were. I'm willing to do anything I can to help, but it may be quite a long shot. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 02:48, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the Air Force Historical Research Agency can help? – ukexpat (talk) 02:53, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I spent excessive time trying to learn the implications of this edit, without success. Is there a specific link where I can learn what it all means? Thanks, CasualObserver'48 (talk) 02:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo may be of help. – ukexpat (talk) 02:58, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll start there. Like your username, if I am reading it right; my initials are different, but the last name is the same. CasualObserver'48 (talk) 03:05, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there....I'm new to Wikipedia and not sure exactly what I'm doing. I created an article...I'm not sure how to title the article and I don't know how to get it published. I saved it and the content is there but if I do a search for my article..the search comes up empty. Can you help me figure out what I should do.

Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polycom Telepresence (talk • contribs) 03:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

to copy from the HD/Template

To create an article, follow these steps:

1. Read Your first article carefully.
2. If you don't have an account, consider creating one (it's not essential, but it makes some things easier, especially communicating with other editors) and logging in.
3. Learn the basics of editing with the Wikipedia:Tutorial
4. Make sure the subject is notable enough to warrant a stand-alone article
5. Gather reliable sources to cite in the article
6. Make sure no article on the subject exists under a different title by typing the subject into the search box and clicking 'Search'
7. Use the Article Wizard to create a draft.
8. Create the article, including all your references, making sure you adhere to the Manual of Style and our article layout guidelines. Base the article on what the references say, rather than on what you know.
9. Once you believe that your draft meets Wikipedia's requirements, submit it for review by picking the "Submit your draft for review" button in the draft.
10. Be aware that many drafts are not accepted the first time, or even the second time they are submitted for review, for failing to adhere to our policies and guidelines. New articles by new users are particularly likely not to be accepted, due to new users' unfamiliarity with our rules. Consider gaining experience by editing existing articles before attempting to create new ones.

But I think that basically if you have already created the article in your user space - you just use the move tab to put it in main space. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 03:34, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ahhh ... I see now, you didn't "create" it in wikipedia - rather on your computer I guess.. see the first parts. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 03:36, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you'll have to come up with a new name as well. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 03:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the infobox for Watchmen: Motion Comics, I can't seem to place this image that I uploaded. Help? Mjpresson (talk) 03:41, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - it needed the full [[File:Motioncomicposter.jpg]] formatting. – ukexpat (talk) 03:48, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was going through the articles to correct "excessive fair use", and I found this: File:Hunter_x_Hunter_-_Kikyou.jpg, which the uploader falsely claims is {{pd-self}}, even though this is a screenshot from an anime. I was wondering if WP:CSD#I9 applied? Also, for fair use images just used as "embellishment", can I use {{Di-disputed fair use rationale}} rather than WP:FFD? Thanks, much in advance NanohaA'sYuri^{Talk, My master} 05:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update it seems a majority of the images that User:KrAtul are also violations too... NanohaA'sYuri^{Talk, My master} 05:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, I9 would certainly apply. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:30, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What a methiod if i has been forgot the password amd i have no email assocated to ir, what have another way to take back or resotre, or i have to start over or i have to cracking it >>> JustbeBPMF (talk) 05:06, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you forgot the password and didn't set an email them there is no way to recover the account or have the edits reattributed. We can't crack your account's password. Just create a new one. –Capricorn42 (talk) 06:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Any chance of getting a wikipedian to help me out some? sorry i posted this twice one on the new users board but just wanting a little help i know it's late sorry. --KingLeian (talk) 05:16, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is a list of adopters here; you can contact anyone of them on their talk page. Just make sure they are active. What do you need help with, by the way? Feel free to ask anything right here. –Capricorn42 (talk) 05:47, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

just want someone to guide me so i can make actual good articles. --KingLeian (talk) 05:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:YFA and try editing some articles that already exist. You can create a personal sandbox at Special:MyPage/Sandbox for testing or to use as an incubator for articles. There is an WP:AFC process, in case you want your articles vetted before moving to mainspace. Did you try to contact an adopter from that list?–Capricorn42 (talk) 05:59, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes i have. --KingLeian (talk) 06:05, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• This is exactly the sort of editors I'd like to help. I offered him my help on his talk page. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:28, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I have a simple question. To what extent an ancient source should/could be used as the main source in an article. Maybe (almost surely) this has been discussed, but I could not find it. I am particularly refering to Herodotus (see also Criticisms). Thank you.--Xashaiar (talk) 06:24, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• To be verifiable, the source needs to be accessible. In case of old documents that don't have copies, someone in the direct storage location of the document should be able to visit it or a reliable expert needs to have published about its exact contents (in which case you cite them and not the document itself) - Mgm|^(talk) 12:17, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Insofar as the ancient source has been republished in modern times, and thus, copies are availible in libraries somewhere, it is probably just fine. Copies do not have to be instantly accessable, just reasonably accessable. For example, the works of Josephus were written some 2000 years ago, but are readily accessable... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 12:33, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Page moved. ukexpat (talk) 14:06, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I started the Jessy Rompies article, but the capitalisation of the article name is not appropriate (need to capitalise surname). How do I fix this?Ordinary Person (talk) 10:06, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah well, looks like someone has already taken care of that for me. Ho hum. Ordinary Person (talk) 10:10, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, someone has already taken care of it for you. For future reference, you simply move the article to the new title (with the correct capitalisation) and the software automatically leaves a redirect behind at the old (uncapitalised) page - as has happened (you can see by visiting Jessy rompies). pushthebutton | go on... | push it! 10:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.Ordinary Person (talk) 10:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Yann, This is reg hindi wiki. As u r an admin there, & also connected with wikimedia, I thought that u may see the request better.

I am thinking of a program segment, that senses the logged in status of a member, & places a green dot on online, red on busy, yellow on idle & grey on offline, just like orkut/google/G-talk, etc & many more. Can we have this fac, atleast for the sysops' status. If you can direct this issue to right hands, so nice of you.--आशीष भटनागर (talk) 10:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Several people have developed scripts for this, but here on the English Wikipedia the bots that automatically kept track of who was online was blocked (don't know the exact reason. You're free discuss making a Hindi version of the more recent non-automated versions of these scripts. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:13, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On a lot of metal albums a link to the article Metal observer and website has been added. The trouble is that the magazine/website are not notable and have been deleted by 2 AFD's, and the link itself is spam as it's selling the album on that page. It falls under the Links to avoid see relavent discussion here. So whats the best way to remove these links, quickly and efficiently? I tried removing them manually a while back but it was very tedious. Here's the full list. --DFS454 (talk) 10:34, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Wikipedia:Abuse filter/Requested? - Mgm|^(talk) 12:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well I don't really see how that helps to remove all these redlinks, though a filter could be created to prevent this link in the future or it could be added to the title blacklist. Which do you think is better MGM? Back to the original question, would using some sort of script or AWB make this task easy? --DFS454 (talk) 12:51, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure about AWB (never used it) but there is a mass unlink backlinks feature in WP:TW.(Just tried it out)[5]

By the way, WP:LINKSTOAVOID is for external links to other websites, and here you are planning to unlink internal links. Do make sure the unlinking is in compliance with WP:REDLINKS before unlinking. Redlinks are useful sometimes. Capricorn42^Talk 12:59, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(ECx2)I must not be understanding you correctly, because I only see one link to that article, and that's the link you put in your own question on this page. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, there are a few more links on this page. This could easily be done by hand. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:03, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) ::*I must have formatted incorrectly. Here's the full list. The internal and external link needs to be removed. For an example look on this page Decade_of_Aggression --DFS454 (talk) 13:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, doing it by hand would get a little cumbersome. As far as AWB, I don't have a lot of experience with it (and I don't have it installed on this particular computer), but I'm pretty sure that it would work for this. I would check it out if I were you. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 18:24, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. I was able to do it for you. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 18:47, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What about the external link?--DFS454 (talk) 13:08, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That, I don't have an answer to. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:30, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand how an entry I wrote on "Mido (watch)" was considered blatant "advertising." This article was no more advertising than any of the other articles on the Swatch group found on Wikipedia, which I was simply trying to add to since several pieces are incomplete.

Obviously, the person who deleted this article didn't not attempt to draw any distinction, especially since the author (myself) certainly stands in no way to profit from such "advertising" as a watch enthusiast looking to expand the body of knowledge.

If this article is advertising then every article about any company on Wikipedia is also advertising, especially every watch company. Can you explain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scyoung121 (talk • contribs) 10:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Scyoung, It's difficult to tell without seeing the actual material but it seems the article was deleted twice. Speedily deleted once as a blatant copywright infringement and then as you say as blatant advertising. I'd suggest you try and recreate it in your userspace first and then getting contrsuctive feedback. About the other companies, bear in mind articles must pass the notability guidelines specifically in this case WP:CORP and the fact that there are other companies with articles is generally a bad argument. Best Regards, --DFS454 (talk) 11:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

i need to know which airline i will have to take to go from south africa to sao paulo196.211.118.19 (talk) 14:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.—Capricorn42^Talk 14:09, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I googled "airline sao paulo south africa". I got several pages of results, all of which would appear to be relevant. I would suggest you do the same google search and use the results to help you decide. Karenjc 23:26, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

where is the sight to make your own userboxes? Sorry, I alread posted this on the talk page. i was a bit out of it at the moment.--God'sGirl94 (talk) 14:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is no site for userboxes. The best thing to do is experiment in a user subpage. – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Userboxes, Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes and Wikipedia:Userbox Maker. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 17:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What is the consensus on including lists on Wikipedia? You can create a list on nearly everything, like Authors with mental illness. So are you allowed to do that? Antivenin 19:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did you take a look at WP:List? – ukexpat (talk) 14:26, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did. It's got a section on verifiability but not notability. Antivenin 14:32, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE I found WP:LISTCRUFT. It's an essay, not a policy. So I'm hesitant to follow it. Antivenin 14:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lists are a funny area, some lists that seem well-defined and encyclopedic to one user may be deleted in an AFD, while others that seem like random collections of facts may be kept. The best bet would be to be bold and create a list if you believe it is worthy of inclusion, yet not be offended if it is deleted. You could also post your idea with a link to the article built in your userspace at the Village Pump to see if editors would generally consider it likely to pass AFD if someone nominates it. The Seeker 4 Talk 14:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if you saw, but your (the OP) example being considerded for deletion, which you can see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2009_March_27#Authors_with_mental_illness Livewireo (talk) 15:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw that. The AfD discussion is where I got the question from, actually. Antivenin 05:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Check out WP:SALAT. Skomorokh 20:17, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, WP:SALAT seems to be perfect! Thanks. =) Antivenin 05:35, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do I change the main title of a page?Lewis597634 (talk) 14:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In order to change the title, you will need to move the page to the new title. In order to do this, your account must be autoconfirmed, which means it has been active for four days and made at least ten edits. TNXMan 14:50, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article has been moved to Tim Iredale. – ukexpat (talk) 14:58, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I run the website www.diydoctor.org.uk. We have thousands of pages of DIY and Home Improvement articles that we believe would be great content for the Encyclopdia...How to hang a door for example.

I have no desire to advertise on Wiki and do not want to break any rules but feel that mentioning the source of these articles would be fair. We have also written a book, as part of the "Teach Yourself" series which also contains much useful info. The info on the site and in the book has taken 10 years to compile.

As I said, we do not want to break any rules or upset anyone but do feel that recognition of the source is a valid reason for stating our name. How does this fit in with Wiki policy ?

Mike Edwards Director - DIY Doctor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Diydoctor (talk • contribs) 15:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a how-to guide so I am not sure whether your content fits with Wikipedia's general purpose. If there is other material that may be useful for the project, you can release it for use on Wikipedia by following the process set out at WP:IOWN – ukexpat (talk) 15:35, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The material may be more useful at Wikibooks --DFS454 (talk) 15:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Or, you could use it for WikiHow. ~AH1^(TCU) 20:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

About a week ago Wikipedia articles stopped displaying math formulas or illustrations (except for text). My browser is Firefox 3.0.7 running on Mac OSX 10.4.11. This may have started when I upgraded Firefox, but I am not certain. I would surely like to get Wiki running right. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.100.60.100 (talk) 15:42, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is Wikipedia the only site affected? If not, it might be worth also checking under Tools > Options that you have "Load images automatically" checked. Gonzonoir (talk) 16:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hi, new user and i don't have the balls to randomly try editing stuff willy nilly, I have just looked at the 'Bitter (beer)' page and it seems to me to be completely bizarre and wrong, for example the rambling about IPA in the 'session beer' section and the list of 'popular beers'. also simple facts like the claim that 16.9% of beer sold is below 4.1%abv and 2.9% sold is above 4.2%abv, surely that means that the majority of the beer sold is between the 2 which seems implausible even though they have apparently verified it. fundamentlay my question is that (given i have limited internet access at work and cannot counter verify my knowledge) is there any way i can get an experienced wikipedian to have a look at the offending article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.249.138.179 (talk) 16:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Raise your concerns on the talk page. We also have WP:BEER and you will find folks interested in Beer-related articles at WT:BEER Capricorn42^Talk 16:56, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) The step you've already taken, commenting on the article's talk page is perhaps the best way of doing that. This'll bring your concerns to the attention of interested editors. You could also identify the facts you think are wrong by adding a "check source" template to them within the article text, and mark sections you think need expert attention with the {{expert}} template. But really, why not consider having a go at the changes yourself? If you've found your way here, you're doing a decent job of navigating the wikimaze, and someone willing to read with a critical eye is always an asset to the project. You don't need that much time, or much in the way of balls. I have precious little time and no balls at all, and I get by fine ;) Gonzonoir (talk) 17:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• By the way, you don't need internet access to verify your knowledge, books, newspapers and magazines are acceptable sources too. - 87.211.75.45 (talk) 18:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I know why the figures seem impossible: they are percentages of pub sales rather than of bitter - i.e. under 4.1% strength makes up 16 or so percent, over 4.2% 2 percent and other drinks 82%. Article needs to be made clearer though. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 11:24, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to generate a list of all articles in one category? Maybe with the pywikipedia bot? Because its not feasible copy&pasting all names when the cat has several thousand entries (eg. ) --DieBuche (talk) 17:56, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AutoWikiBrowser can generate a list of all category members, but it won't be in wikilink format, if that's what you're looking for. The API can do it to, but I'm not sure how many category members it can list at a time. Someguy1221 (talk) 18:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I am working on a draft of an article. I have a copy of the draft here. Ok my question is if an opinion piece in a news paper like The Wall Street Journal should use a {{cite news}} template, a {{cite web}} template, or if it should not be used at all (see the citations in the comment box at the end of the article). I would also like any comments that you have about the article in general, like what it would need before being moved to main space. —Preceding undated comment added 18:07, 27 March 2009 (UTC).

Sorry forgot to sign ZachInOhio (talk) 18:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• If you're worried a opinion pieces cannot be cited with "cite news", using "cite web" is a fine alternative. (I wouldn't be worried; I see the word "news" as shorthand for newspaper in that template. Either way, I would recommend using one of the citation templates even if it was just {{Citation}} for consistency. - Mgm|^(talk) 18:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response. Also what should be added, deleted, or changed before I move it to main space? ZachInOhio (talk) 18:30, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd very much like to recreate Mindwipe as a redirect to somewhere, to be able to make an article about Mindwipe (Transformers) and add a tag saying "Mindwipe redirects here. For the Transformers character, see Mindwipe (Transformers)." The reason for the redirect is that the article Mindwipe has already been deleted several times, and I don't want to make yet another article that will be deleted. My question is, what should it redirect to? A mindwipe is, of course, a fictional alternative for capital punishment, meaning deriving a person of his/her personality and memories, but leaving his brain and bodily functions otherwise intact, so he/she can essentially "become" another person. But Wikipedia doesn't seem to want to accept an article about it. I'm fine with that, but what should I use instead? Capital punishment? Science fiction? Wiktionary has an article about it at wiktionary:mindwipe, but how do I create a redirect from Wikipedia to Wiktionary? JIP | Talk 18:20, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Use #REDIRECT[[wiktionary:Page name]] --DFS454 (talk) 18:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As far as the fictional subject goes, if there are no published studies, there is nothing to draw on, and you're back in original research territory, which is why the last version was deleted. We are not a venue for original research; maybe you need to write something for Extrapolation. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:28, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create an article with a pipe in its title? I'm interested in creating an article titled "EMP|SFM" as a redirect to Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. I've created several articles before but a pipe in the title defies the methods I currently know to create an article. KuyaBriBri^Talk 19:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would probably be immediately deleted as an implausible redirect, I'm guessing. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about that; it's the acronym the institution uses to refer to itself. See [6]. KuyaBriBri^Talk 19:26, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the wiki-software allows pipes, for technical reasons, but I'm not certain. Perhaps you should ask your question at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), the folks over there might be able to give you an answer. Sorry I'm not of much help. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 21:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pipes in titles are totally banned. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions). Algebraist 22:22, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was directed here when I tried to insert a comment on the talk page for "Good History articles." How can the Napoleon I article be good when the section on his Death is such a mess, his death comes before his marriages, etc.? There are large numbers of comments on the Napoleon I talk page that show clearly that the last words listed are not his last words (etc.), yet no changes - and it remains a "good article"? I don't think so. How does one get Napoleon I downgraded to a less than Class GA article? I think it's way below that. Levalley (talk) 20:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)LeValley[reply]

Try WP:GAR. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 20:02, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I personally rarely take this route, but you could try fixing it yourself! Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 23:16, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No thank you, I'm merely an observer on that page. Two very well qualified people have provided all the needed information (except citations) for someone to do the edits (where the citations may be is strongly implied on the talk page - but increasingly, I regard wikipedia as something of an undergraduate project, and do not myself have time to do these edits. Whoever saw fit to edit the article earlier, including the bad information, should either fix it - or some other equally enthusiastic person or group of persons should fix it (equally enthusiastic as those who created the article in the first place). I notice a lot of this on wikipedia - it's fun and interesting to start an article, debate and discuss, whip it into shape, but when the going gets tough (see the Death section on the talk page for Napoleon I for example of "toughness" - it really wouldn't have been that hard to fix, and the person who was trying to help might have at least been encouraged to do so - or acknowledged for her expertise, but instead, the previous editors apparently fell silent and nothing was done). I assume that the expert offered her views in much the way that many professors do, with the attention of helping, but without the time to fix Wikipedia and learn its ways and means. So, as it stands, Napoleon's last words are wrongly stated, the attentions paid him by his doctors are not described properly, and a very interesting amount of bona fide research into his last days is omitted in the actual article. I haven't checked to see if Josephine's death date has been fixed or if Napoleon's alleged death right after hers is still in the article (he died 7 years later, and there's no evidence he remained depressed for the entire period between J's death and his, etc.) Oh well.Levalley (talk) 19:00, 28 March 2009 (UTC)--LeValley[reply]

I want to add an anthropologist (John Collier Jr). I know I have to show he's notable (I think he fits the criteria). So how do I begin a new article? He's mentioned on the Visual Anthropology page, now I want to write his biography. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Levalley (talk • contribs) 20:05, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

This I've done. Thanks for the checklist. There's an article on his father, but not one on him, that I can see.Levalley (talk) 17:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)--LeValley[reply]

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

No close association.Levalley (talk) 17:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)--LeValley[reply]

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.Capricorn42^Talk 20:07, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. This is exactly where I needed to start. Sorry for not making it clear what I'd already done and making you type so much extra - I really appreciate the summary, though. Levalley (talk) 17:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)--LeValley[reply]

(ec)Click on John Collier (anthropologist) and save something to it. Compulsory links to WP:BIO and WP:RS. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 20:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll assume that the tutorials mentioned above will guide me through compulsory link creation - thanks again! --Levalley (talk) 17:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)LeValley[reply]

I looked for a more appropriate place to turn to but nowhere did I find "how to deal with unwikipedia articles?"
I discovered the "2009 Arab Capital of Culture" which is pure political propaganda. Is that encyclopedic? could it be redirected? or whatever action to correct it? I left them a message suggesting they move it to a related article, and said it was onesided, (and also that I disagree but that's something else) well you can read all of it for yourself. anyway I was the only one on the discussion page and I do not know if anybody will come around reading that page ever, let alone react.
I would like to know more about the wiki view regarding these kind of politically loaded postings, we all try so hard to be "neutral" and some just go for it, throwing brutal comments, I felt, as a wikipedian used to our kid gloves, and the endless discussions on what/how/where/who etc. before accepting anything, that I suddenly was in another world! thanks for your help, and please leave me a message on my talk page Hope&Act3! (talk) 20:36, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I understand what this is, is it a program analogous to the European Capital of Culture? TastyCakes (talk) 20:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• The program itself has nothing to do with political propaganda. It turned political as soon as government officials started banning cultural events. The coverage of that should probably be turned down a notch in practical size, but not being complete in covering it isn't neutral either. The best thing is to discuss it with people on both sides of the political spectrum and see if a consensus can be reached. Personally, I think a lot can be done by using different sources. Newspapers in Western Europe have covered this two and have been unfavorable to both Palestinians and Israelis in their views on the conflict. Using sources that have no particular agenda should improve this. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello we are daniela mercury's international management and we would like to change the picture currently in page as we [ including artist] doesn't feel that it is representative---- what do we do? http://danielamercury.art.br/contato.php

Thank you <e-mail redacted>Elemcivs (talk) 21:30, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably the image is copyrighted? If so the copyright owner should follow the process set out at WP:IOWN in order to release the image for use on Wikipedia. Then it can be uploaded to Wikipedia and the link in the article corrected. – ukexpat (talk) 21:36, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you own the copyright yourself, you can follow the process given at WP:YOURPHOTO. — jwillbur 17:32, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There has been a recent intensification in the trend of deleting software-related articles. I think this is a useful enterprise, in order to declutter Wikipedia of dead projects or software with very little information to go about it.

However, there have been cases of articles on active software projects, with large user bases, being deleted on grounds of lack of notability (WP:NOTE). While notability is certainly desired for any article, I'm wondering about the particular situation of open-source software. OSS benefits from instant verifiability, in that anyone can download the code and check the claims in the article. Often, the size of developer base, and automatically-generated statistics about the project longevity and activity can be found on sites such as Ohloh (example for Foswiki) or GitHub (example for MojoMojo). Most such software is not the "subject of multiple, reliable, independent, non-trivial, published works". For example, the Mediawiki article does not satisfy these criteria, but nobody doubts its notability.

Maybe OSS doesn't have Wikipedia:Inherent_notability, but are there guidelines on establishing notability for open source software? Dandv (talk) 22:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The key to wikipedia articles is verifiability; while it is certainly possible for readers to download the software themselves, editors writing about the software (aside from obvious details) constitutes original research. We can only write about what has already been written in reliable sources, that can be primary (like documentation or the project web site) but it also must be grounded with independent sources in order to maintain neutrality. -Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 23:33, 27 March 2009 (UTC)-[reply]

I have written an article on Alvin Powell in my sandbox, but I just wanted to make sure that it didn't violate WP:BLP. Because he was a drug addict, I just wanted to be careful. If no one feels like looking at it, can you please tell me where I should put this request. Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 23:13, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks okay to me. The best thing is that the facts that look biased have non-reputable sources. ZooFari 00:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I ment to say that the best thing is that the article HAS sources, not that they are not reputable. Reputable ones are those found in organizations and government pages. For some reason my keyboard did not continue typing. Sorry, ZooFari 00:40, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Erm... do you literally mean the best thing? Sarcasm doesn't really translate well over the Internet. I'll try to find some more reputable ones. Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 00:29, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, having looked at it, I can't see any specifics. I know I'm still new at writing articles, but most of the controversial stuff is sourced from the foundation he founded. Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 00:35, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to try searching Google news, Google Books and Google Scholar for sources. If the reliable sources from a secondary source indicate something, it's usually acceptable to include it. {Exceptions may be personal information that should not have been disclosed in the first place.) Looking over the article briefly, I think it looks acceptable, and very well sourced. Looks to me like you've done a fine job. IMHO. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 08:18, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All right, thank you! Genius101^Guestbook 14:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

March 28

Were his parents from Latvia? Biruta —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.242.90.106 (talk) 01:23, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can use the Reference desk to find any references you need, as this is only for Wikipedia concerns/questions. ZooFari 02:54, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We do have an article about Leo Rautins. While it looks as though it's not very far along, perhaps some of the external links and sources would provide an answer? — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 08:10, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a big fan of Beavis and Butthead. I see the tv show on MTV2 sometimes, but I can't seem to find the movie coming up at any time. Is there a website for me to search upcoming movies? I really want to know when Beavis and Butthead do America is going to be on TV, and I think there must be some site that can email me a few weeks before it is gonna come on.

Thanks! --Screwball23 talk 02:23, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Help desk is for questions about Wikipedia only, but I guess I would google it and see if you can find any schedules. ZooFari 02:52, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at our Beavis and Butt-head article, other than the 1995 flic, I noticed a reference to a future film in the films section. The reference pointed here. Hope that helps. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 08:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot get this fucking website to show up normally, have no clue how or why the fuck it's fucked, and nothing here is of any fucking use in that regard. I'd like to be able to fucking use wikipedia again, but there are no humans here and for some reason I'm stuck with 1995's answer to wikipedia. I have no account, have never had one, never had interest in having one or editing shit here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.39.30.174 (talk)

Why don't you tell us what's wrong? Someguy1221 (talk) 03:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is totally awesome. Awesome Totally —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.54.192.144 (talk) 04:53, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Try using the google cache or a mirror site. Also, humans are overrated. RenegadeMonster (talk) 08:31, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Wikipedia didn't exist in 1995, so without any details on what specifically is wrong, we can't help. If there is something wrong with the display of the site, you might have accidentally up- or downsized the size of the letters. Try using the view or display part of the menu to bring it back to its original size. Other than that, I can't think of anything that could be wrong. You are not blocked and you didn't trip any filter activity. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:20, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added a few words to an article about a comment about a language saying the quoted commentator was a linguist. I was reverted by an editor who said the commentator is not a linguist. When I added sources to my comment the editor changed it back saying this time I can only reference what he says can be referenced. Since when. I tried discussing the issue on the talk page, posted on the editor's talk page, and he clearly disdains IP editors, and is unwilling to discuss any edits to the article.

This article is not owned.

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What is it with the nastiness to IPs? 69.226.102.187 (talk) 05:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I really see any incivility on his talk page. Taivo has been editing for over 4 years, and perhaps you took some of the shorthand that regular editors use to be dismissive in some way. I doubt that this was the intension though. Sometimes when editors have been around for a while, and have seen many of the same questions multiple times, they may tend to be a little more concise in their replies. I apologize if your feelings were hurt. I must say that editing at Wikipedia can be a rather daunting experience, and when you contribute, especially as a new editor, it's common to have your edits re-edited almost unmercifully. It's usually not any one editors intension to hurt another's feelings - but just the nature of encyclopedic, "open to all" type of experience. I hope you'll continue to contribute here, and perhaps if you look at Wikipedia:Your first article it will help you ease into it. Also, it's really easy and takes very little to sign up for your own account, you may want to see: WP:Signup. Best of luck, and I hope this helps in some small way. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 08:00, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I find this class of references (how, for example, to establish someone's occupation) very difficult. What do we do? Try and find their tax returns or their names on rosters of their respective employers, and then locate information on their job titles? It's often common sense knowledge what a person's occupation is; tracking down primary and secondary sources to verify that so and so is a linguist seems quite difficult. If the person in question is in dispute as a linguist (somewhere, someone has published that they are not) then, that's different. But if the person holds himself out as a linguist, has employment somewhere as a linguist, then he's a linguist and no further citation is needed, in my view. One does not need, for example, to cite a college catalogue to establish this fact - that would be silly.Levalley (talk) 20:19, 28 March 2009 (UTC)--LeValley[reply]

how do i make a accurate reference for an article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Da Hot Spot 000 (talk • contribs) 17:39, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added a header to differentiate your question from the one above. If, as I think, you're asking how to add references to an article here, then you will find Wikipedia:Citing sources to be a good starting point. There are various templates you can use to help create your references, and these are located at Wikipedia:Citation templates. Remember that if you're creating inline citations, you will need to create a references section header using the syntax ==References==, and place {{reflist}} directly under it, which will create and organise your reference list for you as you add your citations to the text. Don't hesitate to ask for further help if you need it. Karenjc 20:23, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Someone created Forrest-Marbury House last July, but didn't realize Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, D.C. (created in July 2005) is the same building. This is probably a dumb question, but can a redirect fix the situation or does it need to visit AfD? I'm thinking the latter, once the info from Forrest-Marbury House is integrated into the embassy article. APK thinks he's ready for his closeup 07:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not being familiar with the subject matter, I can only offer an "outside" opinion. If the term "Forrest-Marbury House" was at any time the common name for the building - then I would do a redirect. I'd only do the AfD if it was an obscure term that was unlikely to be searched for. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 07:45, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• It seems the articles are about the same subject but don't share all the information in them. The Forrest-Marbury House article has sources, the other hasn't and discusses only one use of the building. I'd recommend merging the material of the embassy into the article about the house and redirect, especially since the first has a lot easier name spelling-wise. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, gracias. This was the first time I've come across two articles covering the same topic. Thanks for responding Ched & Mgm. APK thinks he's ready for his closeup 13:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to put this online video into this article section but I don't know how. Could someone please help me? Jprulestheworld01 (talk) 08:56, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• The video is protected by copyright and can't be put into the article without the express permission of Mr. Condell (which would mean he had to allow people to restribute and rework the video for any purpose (including commercial purposes)). Putting his YouTube channel into the external links section would be better. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:03, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The instructions say that art and videos can be uploaded. Does that include PDF files, which will serve as source documents? Graffiti Task Force (talk) 12:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Usually, for citing information that is on a PDF file, we simply link them as an external link in the "references" section instead of uploading them, as far as I know. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 16:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I want to post and reference internal PDF files that are not posted elsewhere. Graffiti Task Force (talk) 16:11, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• If they're not posted elsewhere, then how can we confirm they're truthful? - Mgm|^(talk) 17:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Correspondence between a lawyer and the City Attorney is required by the rules of the Supreme Court to be truthful.Graffiti Task Force (talk) 18:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think they qualify as reliable sources as that term is used on Wikipedia. You could upload them to Wikisource maybe. – ukexpat (talk) 19:27, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Turns out, Wikisource accepts only text. I was hoping to post the document within conext. The alternative is OK - post it elswehere, link to it, then add context here. That will satisfy all concerns.

I understand the rules and have no problem with them. Thanx for the help.

PDF files are not one of the file types supported for upload. You can link to PDFs published elsewhere, but if they are not a reliable third-party source - for example, if they're hosted on an individual's personal webpage that was set up for that purpose only - then they are unlikely to be regarded as credible references, because we would only have the page owner's unsupported word that they are what they purport to be and have not been digitally created or altered. If content cannot be corroborated by material that has already been published in reliable and independent third-party sources, then it probably counts as original research, which is not appropriate for Wikipedia. Karenjc 20:10, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They fit the inclusion policy of Wikisource → Works created after 1922/Documentary sources/characterized by one of two criteria: They are official documents of the body producing them, or They are evidentiary in nature, and created in the course of events [both]. These documents may range from ... personal correspondence ...

Problem is, on the Wikisource Main_Page, I can find no link to the upload page. What to do? Graffiti Task Force (talk) 20:32, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think Wikisource might be more appropriate for you, but you might want to ask about this at their help page before uploading anything, I am not familiar with their local policy. The upload page at Wikisource should be at s:Special:Upload. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 20:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Info about submitting new texts to the English language Wikisource is at s:Help:Adding texts Karenjc 20:51, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to have a database query or a bot identify articles that lack images? For instance, I'd like to know which articles in Category:Invasive plant species need images, but there are nearly 400 articles so it would take ages to go through them manually. Is there a way to get this info? Thanks, SheepNotGoats (Talk) 15:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so, but am not sure. Maybe you should ask over at the technical Village pump, the folks over there might be able to answer. Sorry I can't help. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 16:10, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some WikiProjects maintain these lists, which maybe they generate manually. Search Wikipedia with Google for: "articles lacking images" to see some examples. (This type of information might be floating around under synonyms, so that search is probably not comprehensive.) You could check on Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants or ask on their talk page if they don't already have something like this. Sometimes suitable images already exist on Commons but nobody put them in the appropriate articles here yet. That can happen for example if users from other language Wikipedia uploaded images to Commons. We also have Category:Wikipedia requested images and Category:Articles needing images; maybe if the articles that need images have the right message template on them, you can find the articles you want via a category intesection using CatScan. See WP:EIW#Cat for more fun with categories. You might also find a bot that can scan the articles, find the ones with no images, and put the appropriate image request template on them. --Teratornis (talk) 04:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll check these different options out, thanks for your help! SheepNotGoats (Talk) 12:27, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 22:22, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having trouble editing when I saw my edit gone after I fixing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Man of I-Mages (talk • contribs) 21:11, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Could you be a little more specific? What article did you edit? ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 21:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disney XD —Preceding unsigned comment added by Man of I-Mages (talk • contribs) 21:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, you mean this edit? Looks like it was removed by another editor. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 21:20, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I see. But Vandalism? I did not think my edit was "vandalism".

No, it wasn't. I think the editor made a mistake when reverting. You might want to contact him to see why he reverted it as vandalism. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪

What is vandalism on wikipedia anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Man of I-Mages (talk • contribs) 21:41, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Vandalism. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 21:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Man of I-Mages (talk • contribs) 21:51, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone, This is kind of a restatement of an earlier question that was partially answered. I am working on a article here, and was hoping for someone to take a look at it, and give me some ideas about what to do next. I know it needs to be expanded. ZachInOhio (talk) 23:03, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may just post the question to let others edit it using New pages patrol. There is no problem in posting it even though you are not sure it is in good shape :) Happy editing, ZooFari 23:37, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I moved the article to Stimulus (economic). Thanks for the advice! ZachInOhio (talk) 02:15, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

can mcafee anti virus software be used with mozilla firefox?23:41, 28 March 2009 (UTC)69.88.34.214 (talk)

Anti-virus software installs and functions independently of any browser (though there may be anti-phishing and download scanning), so the answer is yes. Xenon54 (talk) 01:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

March 29

Wikipedia is having trouble displaying in Internet Explorer 7, though it works fine in Firefox. The fonts dont display at all, but the photos and formatting do. I deleted the font cache, but it didn't make any difference. Thanks in advance to all those who say Internet Explorer sucks and not to use it, I get it, but I'm looking for a real solution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramsgate98 (talk • contribs) 01:41, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Try going to the settings and making sure the fonts are set correctly. I think there's a button labelled "Fonts..." on the main settings page. Wikipedia uses the sans-serif font listed in the settings (Arial by default), so make sure it is set to a font that exists. Xenon54 (talk) 01:50, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I worked on IE7 yesterday, it's most likely a problem with your own system and not IE or WP in general. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Per request, I've split the page history to put the older sandbox stuff back at User:Genius101/Sandbox. — TKD::{talk} 14:32, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Per my earlier question about Alvin Powell, I moved the page into the main namespace. However, I am now kicking myself, because it still has its history as my sandbox. Other than getting an admin to remove those revisions (which is most likely impossible, since there isn't really a reason to other than embarrassment), there is no other way to remove them, right? Next time, I'll write the article in a seperate sandbox. Oh well! Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 02:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I had a similar problem when I screwed up my attempt to revert another user's move of the Editor's index to Commons. I wrote some notes about the resulting mess and they are funny in a geek way. The solution to your problem is not actually too tough:

1. Move the Alvin Powell article back to a (new) user sandbox page.
2. The move will leave a redirect at Alvin Powell. Mark it with a {{db-redirect}} or whatever the most appropriate template is (I'll let you look that up since I'm just giving a quick description of the method).
3. While you wait for the unwanted redirect to go poof, copy the text out of your user sandbox page to a fresh sandbox page. This obliterates the history, but that doesn't matter as long as only you edited it. The purpose of the page history is to verify that you, the copyright holder, contributed it to Wikipedia under the GFDL. So if only you have edits to the history, it's the same as if you lump them all into one edit.
4. Once the Alvin Powell redirect goes poof, move your new sandbox page over it.

--Teratornis (talk) 04:00, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If more than one person edited your sandbox, or the article after you moved it to article space, then you need an administrator to help with the far nastier procedures in Wikipedia:How to fix cut-and-paste moves. --Teratornis (talk) 04:02, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In step 2, leave edit summaries with enough detail for the administrator who responds to the {{db-redirect}} (or whatever template you use) to quickly understand what you are doing. --Teratornis (talk) 04:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And finally, if you want to get rid of any leftover user sandbox pages, mark them with {{db-user}} and they'll get deleted shortly. I think I have this right but be prepared to deviate from my procedure if I'm wrong about something. --Teratornis (talk) 04:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• You did it completely right. You used the move-button to put the page in the right place along with its history. If you want the remainder of the sandbox history removed, use the tag as described above. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:15, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm close to finishing an article about a deceased Romanian musician. I do not have a photo of him, but one appears in the corresponding article in the Romanian Wikipedia. As far as I can tell (my Romanian is--ahem!--a bit rusty), the photo is billed there as being in the public domain, but without further elaboration. Would its "public domain" notation there suffice to support importing it into my article for the English Wikipedia? Thank you for your assistance. Drhoehl (talk) 03:12, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The preferred solution is to move the image to Commons for example with the CommonsHelper tool. See Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons. I've moved a few dozen images from the English Wikipedia to Commons, but I haven't had the guts to try it from a Wikipedia in a language I don't speak. You might ask on the Romanian Wikipedia's Help desk if someone over there can move the image to Commons for you. That would be easier than slogging through the setup procedure for CommonsHelper, which is not too terrible, but may be more than you want to do for just one image. And search on Commons to see if they already have images of this musician. --Teratornis (talk) 03:31, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't speak enough Romanian to phrase your request on the Help desk over there, you could try asking in English on the Commons Help desk and maybe one of the helpers there can move the image. It is possible to do it yourself with CommonsHelper, but I'd recommend practicing on some images from the English Wikipedia first so you can be sure you are seeing how it should work. Note that we wouldn't have this problem if all the Wikipedias would move all their freely licensed media files to Commons. But that's going to take a long time at the current pace, since it requires human judgment for every individual file. --Teratornis (talk) 03:35, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Taking my life in my hands, I tried moving the thing to commons myself using CommonsHelper, eventually figuring out how to get it to locate the image, but it told me that it couldn't move the image for want of a verifyable license. I guess that means that it's a no go for the English Wikipedia. Thanks for your advice! Drhoehl (talk) 05:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I know what templates are (although if someone would tell me how to find a listing of all of them I'd appreciate it), and I would like to add the neutrality dispute template (I think that's what it's called) to a page that has only one person cited, and the person claims to have bested both Kant and Russell in his philosophical articles. I know that this person's claim is disputed, and that since the person wrote the article themselves, it is not a stellar example of neutrality. How do I do it, and if anyone could tell me - what happens next, once the template is place?Levalley (talk) 03:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)--LeValley[reply]

You can find some links to useful templates here (in the tables). I think the one you're looking for can be found here. This may be a COI rather than NPOV, but you'll have to decide that. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 03:52, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• A statement like that is unlikely to be supportable by reliable references. Instead of tagging, I'd just remove it (with a explanatory edit summary) - Mgm|^(talk) 09:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, I previously asked a question about creating an Engineers Without Borders (EWB) page for a specific chapter. It seemed like it was up to me to decide whether or not it would be within the guidelines of Wikipedia. I believe that it does. However, I don't want to start working on the site without confirmation that it indeed conforms to the established protocols.

Essentially, each chapter conducts operations in its own way; we are not copies of each other. Everything, from weekly events to executive positions to chapter retreats are decided individually as a chapter. Two junior fellows and a working partner are assigned to the University of Alberta chapter in particular. The interaction between chapters occurs at national retreats, regional retreats (e.g. Western Canada), a website discussion forum (myewb.ca), and submission of reports to the national EWB office. Each chapter, through their junior fellows, working partners, and whatever programs they come up with makes unique contributions.

Currently, there exists a Wikipedia entry for the EWB Canada, but no entries for specific chapters. Would it be allowed within Wikipedia guidelines for me to create a specific page for the University of Alberta chapter? The chapter, and EWB as a whole, is a non-profit charity. There are no products that would be promoted so I do not view it as spam. The reason for the page would be to record the specific impacts that the University of Alberta chapter by itself. The only potential link I could foresee being used would be a link to the chapter site, but if that doesn't conform to the rules, then it would be perfectly fine to have no links at all.

Anyways, thanks for your time!

HY7 (talk) 03:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)HY7[reply]

Thanks for asking before going ahead. If everybody did this, fewer articles would end up getting deleted. Since we already have Engineers Without Borders (Canada), and that article is nowhere near to pushing our maximum article size guidelines, I suggest you add a section for your chapter. Adding a section to an existing article is easier than creating a whole new article from scratch, and much less likely to result in deletion. While your question states the problem more completely than most questions on the Help desk, you did not mention the most important item: the sources for the information you want to add. On Wikipedia, we do not just write what we know, we must always support it by citing reliable sources. For noncontroversial claims, you can probably get away with citing the official Web site of the Alberta chapter, but your edits are more likely to "stick" (i.e., not be reverted by other Wikipedia editors) if you also cite some sources about the chapter that are independent of the chapter (e.g., news media articles, scholarly articles, etc.). See: WP:V, WP:RS, WP:FOOT, WP:CITE, WP:CITET, and WP:BFAQ. (The last one explains how even nonprofit organizations can be considered "spam" on Wikipedia unless you edit the material correctly.) If that stuff looks too complicated to figure out, just click on this link: User:HY7/Sandbox, type whatever you have in mind, save it, and come back here to tell us to look at it. Someone will then tell you how to get it into encyclopedic shape. Welcome to Wikipedia! --Teratornis (talk) 03:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks a lot for the reply. I hadn't really thought much about the sources. I'll work on a creating a section of the page. That brings up another question though: For completeness, would I have to make sections for all of the other EWB chapters? I am quite unaware as to what the other chapters specifically do in their respective locations. Would creating a list of all chapters under the EWB Canada page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineers_Without_Borders_(Canada) ) and then linking a specific chapter page for the U of A chapter be suitable? I could contact the other chapters and get them to complete pages in a similar fashion. ----HY7

There is no hard requirement to create entries for all the other chapters, but that would be tidier if you can do it. Having one lone chapter entry in the article would be rather misleading. I would advise against creating a totally empty outline consisting only of section headings for the various chapters, but opinions might differ on that. (On Wikipedia, there is ongoing struggle between editors who want every article to be presentably encyclopedic at all stages in its development, and other editors who favor building content-less outlines to guide other editors to fill in the content. Thus you should be cautious about creating an article that looks egregiously "under construction" and stays that way longer than a few days.) Maybe you could start by trying to complete the entries for one province, which could become its own section with individual chapter subsections, and then other editors could follow your style to fill in the other provinces and chapters. See also WP:LISTS. Note that a bare listing of chapter names might provoke the deletionists if there are no individual chapter articles to link to, and no content in the Engineers Without Borders (Canada) article about each chapter entry. Also see WP:SUMMARY and WP:SPLIT for what to do if the material about individual chapters begins to bloat (probably not a concern any time soon). If you want to create separate articles for each chapter, see WP:LAYOUT and be aware this exposes your work to a higher risk of deletion. I can't estimate the actual risk of deletion until I see your content and sources for the chapter(s). Generally speaking, the fewer reliable sources you cite, the more likely is deletion. --Teratornis (talk) 04:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Again, note that you can experiment (almost) any way you like in User:HY7/Sandbox with much less risk of having other editors revert it or delete it before you get it the way you want. In your user sandbox(es), you can experiment with your layout etc. to see how it is going to work. However, if you want to invite other users to edit with you, it is better if you all edit in the article space rather than your user space, for copyright reasons that are a little more complicated than is worth going into here. --Teratornis (talk) 04:41, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why do some articles print blank pages? I use prints for my file of articles and am frustrated that so many pages are blank. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drjimmoore89 (talk • contribs) 07:57, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2009 March 16#Continued printing problem with Dovey Johnson Roundtree article of help? PrimeHunter (talk) 11:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which is now documented at Help:Printable. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 13:43, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Logged in users with the default MonoBook skin can get to their .CSS at Special:Mypage/monobook.css. Maybe that link should be added to Help:Printable#Blank pages in Internet Explorer. Just writing "your .CSS" may be unclear to many. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm new to Wikipedia and I'm not sure how to "save" a list of my favorite articles so that I may refer back to them whenever I wish to. Can I do this and how? Apollosgarden (talk) 11:03, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want quick links to the pages you want, you can add the links as a list to your userpage or a subpage. If you want to keep track of some articles, you can add them to your watchlist, which will show the latest changes to those articles. If you want help with this, please ask me or any other editor here. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 11:12, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am writing a Wikipedia article about an organisation in Bulgaria (a new political party). I have published their logo in the article. The logo is officially registered with authorities in Bulgaria. As their representative in this case, I have the right to publish their logo in Wikipedia and elsewhere. Now Wikipedia asks me to put a copyright tag on the page; All my efforts to find out what tag exactly is appropriate in my case had no result so far. So: What copyright tag do I have to use? (The organisation of course does not want the logo to be used by anyone for anything else then to identify this specific organisation, so, in a sense, the usage is restricted; on the other hand, as I said, I am empowered to publish this in this context in Wikipedia.) - What should I do? - Thanks, Christian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chgeiselmann (talk • contribs) 11:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen Wikipedia:Logos? PrimeHunter (talk) 12:15, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have just registered Wikipedia but my login-name and "my talk" links are in red. When I click on them I get a 404 page error. Why is this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Twisted Knife (talk • contribs) 12:04, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Red page names mean that the page has not been created. If you want them blue then just save anything on them. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:12, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But you should not be getting a 404; the page should open for editing. I left a welcome on your talk page, that should now be a blue link. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 14:56, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Like this article on reliability, I also had heard that Wikipedia was bias and defended them but after reading this below, I can only agree with those saying that it is accused of exhibiting bias, thus it will be unrealiable. I am hoping that someone can tell me that this isnt true.. or if it is what are you scared of.. Gaye from Australia.. _{<removed article - it has a copyright notice on it and therefore cannot be reproduced here > --Cameron Scott (talk) 13:50, 29 March 2009 (UTC)} [8][reply]

etc etc... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.100.64.234 (talk) 12:20, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No offense, but there is a saying at Wikipedia: Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. You can edit almost any article on Wikipedia by just following the Edit link at the top of the page. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 13:32, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First: This Help Desk is not a forum to discuss these issues in depth; we are here to help you in editing articles. Second: The Obama articles suffer from recentism, in that everyone wants it up to date right now with every detail and every hypothesis; encyclopedia articles should take the long view: in 100 years, much of this will be trivia. Third: Have you read the FAQ at Talk:Barack Obama? It explains that there is an entire article devoted to Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories. There is even a Jeremiah Wright controversy article. We have almost 150 articles in Category:Barack Obama; by comparison, we have one article on the guy who nuked Japan. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 14:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is a map of Roman Europe with the article on Caledonia but is too small to read. How do you enlarge it for reading? I did try to use the 'zoom' feature under 'view' but A)it didn't attain the size that would help and B)it got blurry. Any help would be greatly appreciated; please and thank you. Oh yes, I did spend a half hour searching FAQ before I got here.69.72.100.250 (talk) 15:01, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are you talking about this map? This is an SVG, so it can be enlarged or shrank indefinitely, but you have to be on the actual file. If you click on the picture at the link above it'll take you to a page with just that map in it, (this page) and I'm pretty sure it'll be huge for you. If it's not, in Firefox at least you can zoom in and out of SVG pages like that by clicking control and rolling the mouth wheel in and out. TastyCakes (talk) 15:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article has an infobox hindu leader which has place of passing instead of place of death. How do I fix it? Kittybrewster ☎ 16:56, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That will require an edit to the (proposed) {{Infobox Hindu leader}} template. My guess is that it has some special meaning in Hinduism and you should seek consensus before you make the change. – ukexpat (talk) 18:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do you find the author on this website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.164.185.33 (talk) 18:27, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously there is no single author. For help citing Wikipedia, see WP:Citing Wikipedia. – ukexpat (talk) 18:33, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As a side note, if you are interested in which editors have been involved in the development of the article - you can click on the "history" tab at the top of the page to see which editor made what edits and when. — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 19:31, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I added some data to the Igor Miladinović stub-page. He moved to Greece around 1995 and plays with Greek nationality in all events since then. On his page there is an expandable template of Serbian grandmasters. Perhaps he has double nationality, so I don't know if it should be removed or not. Perhaps somebody can help in deciding this matter. Thank you, --Gabodon (talk) 19:50, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The entry for Rachel Noerdlinger has a lower case (Rachel noerdlinger) When I try to edit it, the original name does not show and is not editable. How do I move the entire Wikipedia entry from "Rachel noerdlinger" to "Rachel Noerdlinger" please. PollyPollyPeptide (talk) 20:00, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]