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April 5
Can I cite a website that provides lyrics, which one should I use
I'm expanding an article and I'm trying to explain the context of the song lyrically, but I want to reinforce this fact by adding a website with lyrics, is this suitable or not need at all, if I should add one, which one could it be, thanks in advance. Eduemoni↑talk↓ 15:45, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- If you are explaining the meaning of the song, it would probably be best to cite a webpage that not only has the lyrics but explains or interprets them too. It is important that you are not adding conclusions about a topic that you drew yourself (see WP:No original research). Which article do you plan on explanding? EWikistTalk 23:23, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Properly create infobox?
I've never created an article from scratch and usually copy from others to help myself. But I can't get the hang of this "infobox" thing. Here's the code I have (please use edit to view code in its entirety)
Harold Wagner III | |
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Born | Harold George Wagner III January 12, 1990 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Other names | hg3 |
Occupation | College Student |
So far, only Name through Occupation are showing. (Showing on right) The others refuse to show up in the infobox. What am I doing wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hg3300 (talk • contribs) 04:45, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- In the first place I removed the image, for non-free images may not be used except in articles. (They may not be use in user pages either.) In reply to your question: So far as I know labelx and datax are not recognized parameters for {{Infobox person}}. See the template for valid parameters. —teb728 t c 06:55, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- If you want full control over the fields, try using {{Infobox}} rather than {{Infobox person}}. I have fixed a syntax error by adding a missing curly bracket, both in your post here and on your user page. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:21, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Corrected the template for you - As TEB728 already mentioned, you cannot use non recognized parameters for a template. To counter that i switched the "info person" to a plain "Infobox" and renamed the parameters to support all the content. Another issue was that you lacked a { in the template, causing it to come back partly garbled. Another option - if you really wish to use "Infobox person" is to use its module parameter to create a sub-template inside it, that holds the non supported data. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 07:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
This has been quite helpful. Thanks.--Hg3300 (talk) 08:17, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
County Court page
On this page reference is made to 'fast tack' and 'multi track' cases which exceed the County Court small claims limit of £5000. It would be very useful if these terms had links which explain the procedures involved, especially with regard to 'litigant in person' situations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.72.198.85 (talk) 11:05, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- A better place to raise your concerns is at Talk:County Court. This is ther dicussion page for that article. Editors that follow work on the article will have a better ability to address your concerns. GB fan (talk) 11:47, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
following archived sections
Hi, I should know this by now but have never worked it out. Is it possible when I leave a link to a thread to keep that thread the target of the link even if it is archived by a bot or by anyone for that matter? Off2riorob (talk) 11:57, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- You can use "Permanent link" in the Toolbox and then click the section in the TOC and copy the url. But if new posts are added to the thread after you clicked Permanent link then they will not be shown. It is not possible to both include newer posts and make the link immune to archiving. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:15, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- So ... if I post this link on someones talkpage Wikipedia:Help desk#following archived sections it will be archived in the next few days and I can't get this link to follow any archiving. {{sectionfollow|Wikipedia:Help desk#following archived sections}} - would be a possibility? Off2riorob (talk) 12:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- A section follow template would be possible only if you were able to factor in all the various archiving methods of bots archiving. In other words, it'll be quite expansive for a single template to understand the archiving methods of different bots on different pages. For example, on this page, the link Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 April 5#following archived sections is the link that you should be providing once this page gets archived. Of course, the best method is to provide the permanent link method, as quoted by PrimeHunter already. Does that answer your query well? Wifione ....... Leave a message 13:33, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- So ... if I post this link on someones talkpage Wikipedia:Help desk#following archived sections it will be archived in the next few days and I can't get this link to follow any archiving. {{sectionfollow|Wikipedia:Help desk#following archived sections}} - would be a possibility? Off2riorob (talk) 12:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- The link Wikipedia:Help desk#following archived sections will not work after the section is archived. There is no Template:sectionfollow so I'm not sure what you mean by that. Pages are archived in different ways so there is no solution which would work on all pages, but if you can predict the name of an archive page then you can link to it. For example, one of these links should work both before and after archiving: Wikipedia:Help desk#following archived sections or Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 April 5#following archived sections. You can also use mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist to check whether the archive exists and only link to it in that case, but it's more complicated.
[[{{#ifexist: Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 April 5 | Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 April 5 | Wikipedia:Help desk }}#following archived sections]]
renders as Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 April 5#following archived sections and will change the link when the archive is created. "Permanent link" is in the toolbox at the left side in the default Vector skin. If I click Permanent link and then the section heading in the TOC then I currently get the url http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&oldid=422508351#following_archived_sections in my browser address bar. You can copy this url and use it to refer to the section as it looked at that time. It will not include this reply because I clicked Permanent link before saving the reply. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:43, 5 April 2011 (UTC)- Thanks both for your detailed replies. I will have a good read of these links. It seem I was looking for a simple solution to a complicated situation. Template:sectionfollow was just my simple suggestion. It does seem possible although you need to be sure of the archive the section will move to and as PrimeHunter said, complicated, using the extension PH mentions, #ifexist. I will experiment with that, many thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 14:46, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- The link Wikipedia:Help desk#following archived sections will not work after the section is archived. There is no Template:sectionfollow so I'm not sure what you mean by that. Pages are archived in different ways so there is no solution which would work on all pages, but if you can predict the name of an archive page then you can link to it. For example, one of these links should work both before and after archiving: Wikipedia:Help desk#following archived sections or Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 April 5#following archived sections. You can also use mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist to check whether the archive exists and only link to it in that case, but it's more complicated.
help with password
Hi, my username is Jeremy706 and I can't get logged into my account. Here is the link to my page User:Jeremy706. I couldn't remember exactly what my password was and when i tried to email thing, it turns out I had an old email listed on my account and I have a new one that I never did add. Please help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.17.243.30 (talk) 12:38, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- If you no longer have access to the old e-mail account, the only thing you can do is create a new account and then perhaps usurp your old user name. – ukexpat (talk) 12:48, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Rodney Davies (author)
Dear Sirs,
Further to my email I have attached the link below for your ease.
I have not received a reply from your goodselves to date.
LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Davies_%28author%29
I await to hear from you soon.
Best regards,
Maksim
Email sent on 1 April 2011:
Dear Sirs,
Sorry, but work has prevented me from contacting you before now about the article of mine entitled 'Rodney Davies (Author)'.
Its presently invisible subtitle is 'An Outline of This Writer's Works', which explains what it is meant to do. I have long admired Rodney's books, which deal with esoteric matters in a clear, informative and interesting way. I was stimulated to write the piece by the lack of anything worthwhile about him on Wikipedia.
There has been no infringement of copyright. This belief may have arisen because before I sent the piece in, I emailed it to the author for his approval and comments. He unfortunately, being pleased with my efforts but unfamiliar with the formalities involved, passed it on to Wkipedia, which caused the mix-up.
The effort of writing it and the time it took to put together the illustrations has been formidable. That's why I hope that some fitting denouement will now happen.
Many thanks, (Redacted). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnm2005 (talk • contribs) 13:05, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- To which email address did you send the mail? It's usually different people who reply to emails and to help desk posts here. Most of us here cannot see emails, and most people who can see emails will not look here at the help desk. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:25, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Hi and thanks for your contributions. The article is live and isn't currently marked as a copyright infringements, although it does have several tags noting other issues, which either yourself or any other wikipedia editor can work on in the future. I'm not sure what illustrations you're referring to as I can't see any. Could you explain what specifically is your question? Many thanks. --Physics is all gnomes (talk) 13:28, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Unable to view Wikipedia pics in China
Posted this a week ago, here are some responses to the questions I received:
Original Question: For about 2 weeks now, every English and Chinese Wikipedia page has had ALL pictures show up as dead links. Wondering if anyone else has experienced this, and what might be causing it (behind new Great Firewall nonsense). 18:38, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
1) Can you see images at other websites unrelated to Wikipedia? All images in articles are stored at http://upload.wikimedia.org.
Answer: All images on every other non-Wiki affiliated page shows up fine. As of April 5 China time, upload.wikimedia.org is not accessible.
2) Can you see http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Example.jpg?
Answer: No. It comes back as a dead link.
3) Can you see images at other Wikipedia languages?
Answer: No. I tried Wikipedia Chinese and Spanish for several articles-of-the-day and no pictures showed up.
4) Can you see http://en.wikipedia.org/images/wikimedia-button.png? It is stored here at http://en.wikipedia.org and displayed in the lower right corner.
Answer: Yes, this image works
5) Does Wikipedia:Advice to users using Tor to bypass the Great Firewall help?
Answer: Yes, when I use a VPN with any of these pages, the pictures all work fine. That's why I'm almost certain it's a blocking of upload.wikimedia.org issue. But would like to see if any others in China are having the same results. Maybe it's just my ISP (I am in Shenzhen, Guangdong province)?
6) Which browser do you have?
Answer: I have tried this on Firefox 4 and Chrome 11. Same result.
PrimeHunter (talk) 02:24, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
220.242.154.136 (talk) 13:41, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Everything points to the whole domain upload.wikimedia.org being blocked. All images in articles are stored there. I don't know whether other ISP's in your area might allow it. Great Firewall of China#Unblocking currently says "photographs and certain pages remain inaccessable", with the reference A page on Chinese Wikipedia which is for visitors to report how/from where/via which ISP they can access Wikipedia (in Chinese). I don't read Chinese. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:50, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Please delete or redirect misspelled article
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Please delete or redirect the misspelled article Quarterfoil to Quatrefoil. 82.247.108.118 (talk) 13:44, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- I redirected the article. GB fan (talk) 13:57, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
William Procter Profile
To the Help Desk - I am the Corporate Archivist and Historian for the Procter & Gamble Company. I would like to point out a number of errors in the Wikipedia profile of William Procter.
The errors are as follows:
"Procter immigrated to Cincinnati Ohio in the 1820's...." Correct information - "Procter emigrated to Cincinnati in 1832"
"he joined forces with his brother - in - law, James N. Gamble..." Correct information - "he joined forces with his brother - in - law James Gamble..." James N Gamble or James Norris Gamble was James Gamble's son. James Gamble has a different middle name so these names often get confused.
".. and grandsons William Cooper and Henry Procter served as company presidents." Correct information - "and grandson William Cooper served as company president. There is no Henry Procter. William Cooper Procter was the last Procter or Gamble to serve as company president and he died in 1934.
" Mr. Procter has been rumored to be buried in a tomb on the lawn of his St. Bernard Soap Company headquarters in Cincinnati but it is also believed he is bured in Spring Grove Cemetery alongside business partner James Gamble." Correct information - "Mr. Procter is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery". The tomb on the lawn (not part of the St. Bernard Soap Company property) is a monument to William Cooper Procter, not a tomb for William Procter. Mr. Procter is also not buried alongside James Gamble. Mr. Gamble is buried on the other side of the cemetery with other members of the Gamble family.
This information comes from various sources within our archives but the best public source is a book called RISING TIDE, 165 Years of Brand Building, by Davis Dyer, Fred Dalzell and Rowena Olegario; Harvard Business School Press, 2004. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.183.232.24 (talk) 14:01, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the information, I'll amend the article. In future, you can correct articles yourself by hitting the edit button at the top of the page - although with articles where you have a conflict of interest, be very careful to keep the article neutral and discuss any contentious changes on the talk page. Best, --Physics is all gnomes (talk) 16:47, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Moving Pictures from Commons to Wikipedia
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So, i have recently uploaded about eleven pictures to wikicommons to use in the article Arts on the Line. I just realized that even though I either took or found with the correct licensing on Flickr each of the immages, the pictures are of public artworks or murals and therefor need a fair use rationale. What would be the best way of moving all these pictures and adding a rationale? do I have to manually re-upload all of the pictures to Wikipedia and manually put up each of the ones on Commons for deletion? any help would be great.--Found5dollar (talk) 15:19, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- There is a tool that works the other way, Wikipedia --> Commons, not sure if it does the reverse. Maybe the Commons Help Desk regulars can assist. – ukexpat (talk) 15:33, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Fixing Categories.
Does anyone have any idea how I can get a list of either of the following two groups of pages which almost certainly need to be fixed. (They aren't done in Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia)
- Pages whose title starts with "List of" where there are categories that don't have a sortkey (either in the category entry or a defaultsort)
- Pages with Eponymous categories (Little Dixie (Missouri) being in Category:Little Dixie (Missouri) for example) that don't have a sortkey of space (I know I've used * in the past which is incorrect as it is for those entries which go after Eponymous keys. (These would be unlikely to have a default sort since for other categories, it should have a different sortkey)Naraht (talk) 16:12, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- The first point could be done with a database scan and some regex.
- Find all articles beginning with "list of" that don't have
{{DEFAULTSORT:*
in them. - From that list, a regex scan could be performed to find all articles with piped sortkeys and remove those. (Maybe
\[\[Category:.*\|.*]]
would do it? I'd double-check with someone more well versed in regex, first.) Avicennasis @ 09:45, 5 Nisan 5771 / 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Find all articles beginning with "list of" that don't have
Naming convention for biographical sections splitting off into separate articles?
Is there any convention, whether formal or informal, about the name of an article that focuses on the biography of someone? What I mean is, let's assume an article on that person has many sections, including a lengthy biography and other long sections on their theories, practices, influences, legacy, etc., and that the biography section grows to a sufficient size to warrant splitting into its own article, with a summary and {{Details}} in the original biography section. Is there any established convention as to what that split-off article should be called? Biography of John Smith? Life of John Smith? Or something else? Or has it yet to happen on enough articles to establish a convention? DionysosProteus (talk) 16:45, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Certainly frequent for political and religious figures; see Category:George Washington and Category:Jesus for examples. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 17:25, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Probably preaching to the converted here, but my view is that such splits should be the rare exception rather than the rule and only occur when the article would otherwise be too huge. For example the Barack Obama series of articles listed in {{Barack Obama}} (in addition to those mentioned by Gadget850). For the vast majority of people the sole article is and should be "the biography". Such articles shouldn't even have separate "biography" sections as the whole article is a biography. – ukexpat (talk) 17:44, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your responses, but neither have quite answered my question. I'm not asking whether or not splitting should occur, but what the article should be called if it does, exception or not. A writer such as George Bernard Shaw, for example, led a full life, wrote many plays, had political views, had aesthetic ideas, had a legacy and influence on subsequent writers, etc. If his Life section were to grow overly long, what would we call it when split? I scanned through the two categories offered, but can't spot a "biography" article in either. I see that Barack Obama has "Early Life and Career of..." as a sub-article. I've just worked out how to search for pages that begin... "Life of" etc. Most seem to be book titles. (Life of Samuel Johnson.) Some aren't (Life of Joseph Smith, Jr. from 1827 to 1830). There's Biography of Pope John Paul II and Biography of Frank Sinatra. None of these seem to be highly rated though. I take it, then, that there's no guideline/convention in place? DionysosProteus (talk) 18:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- My view is that the "biography" article should always be at the "main" name, so in your example, George Bernard Shaw would be the article dealing with his life, with the split articles named appropriately. (Incidentally I don't see the point of having Biography of Frank Sinatra separate from Frank Sinatra.) Compare for example the Michael Jackson articles: Michael Jackson is the main, biographical, article, with Death of Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson's health and appearance, 1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson, and others listed at {{Michael Jackson}}, as the split off articles. – ukexpat (talk) 18:31, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
I understand your take on it, but that wouldn't be appropriate for someone for whom the biographical details of their life is not the thing for which he/she is principally known. Plenty of writers and thinkers would fall into this category--I wouldn't expect an article on Hegel to be only his biography; it'd be an account of his philosophical ideas that I'd expect to find, along with criticism of his ideas, influences, legacy. I would expect a biographical sketch to occupy only a part of the main name article. Even the Michael Jackson article falls into this category. In that one, the account of his life and career occupies about 2/3rds of the current article, with other sections--artistry, legacy, etc.--occupying the remaining third. Having glanced at Frank Sinatra and the Biography of Frank Sinatra, it almost offers an example of what I'm talking about. The main article is currently 42k, while the biography is 68k (well over the desired 50k article length). Now, perhaps the other sections in the main article (political activities, etc.) could conceivably be merged into the biographical sketch, so it's not the best example. For most writers/thinkers, I, personally, would be most irate if I had to scan through a lengthy account of their lives in order to extract information about their ideas/aesthetics/works--so, to me, the notion that a biography should occupy only one section of a main name article seems desirable.
According to the summary style principles, we should offer a sliding scale of detail. So my question is: when there is sufficient detail in a biographical section, the presence of lengthy other sections, and an article length over 50k readable prose, what should the name of the article be that offers the next level of detail on the story of their life? Maybe it's just too rare an occurrence at this stage in the encyclopedia's evolution to have developed a convention. Is this something it is worth initiating a discussion about for an addition to the naming guidelines? If so, where exactly would it take place? DionysosProteus (talk) 11:40, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Wilmington, DE, stats
according to the statistics for Wilmington, Delaware 2010, the population has dropped, but where are the other 2010 statistics such as number of households, families, etc.? I am just seeing 2000? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.242.246.178 (talk) 18:45, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Most Wikipedia updates are done manually and incorporating the 2010 United States Census into tens of thousands of articles is a huge work. Some things may not be updated before the next census. See Wikipedia:2010 US Census. You are welcome to help. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:01, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Adding a new section
I would like to finsih adding to an article, but to make the information easier on the eyes, I would need to create a brand new section in the article. How do I do that?
- Start a new line, then use ==Section title== for a section, or ===Subsection title=== for a subsection title, and so on. See WP:Cheatsheet where it says "section headings". --Physics is all gnomes (talk) 19:30, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
What's the point of categories?
So I've been diligently adding categories as I new page patrol, and it occured to me that I don't really know what they're for. Do readers use them much? Do they help articles get noticed by the right wikiproject or something? Are some types of category more useful than others? Just wondering really. --Physics is all gnomes (talk) 20:12, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- They help identify articles and they help to find articles on similar subjects. --Jayron32 20:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- For example: when I am creating a new article on a Wisconsin State Senate member, I can search for members of Category:Wisconsin State Senators for models to follow, reminders of information to gather, leads to possible sources of such information, etc. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:14, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- All of the above. I often like to read about notable people in X field, whether it be crime, academics, business, etc. So having categories is quite useful for me. Dismas|(talk) 00:31, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- People must use them. Category:Jewish_surnames is the most-popular category in WikiProject Anthroponymy, with an average of 825 views a day!.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:30, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
April 6
Parser help
So I've been working on a way to replace the clunky hangon tag process with a direct link in the db- templates. The draft is at {{Db-meta/sandbox2}}. As part of that I have folded in some of the features from hang on, one of which detects whether the tagged page's talk page exists and if it does not, it transcludes the text from {{Hang on/notice2}}. What I was hoping for some help with is the opposite situation. I would like the Db-meta/sandbox2 template to transclude {{Hang on/notice3}} when the talk page does exist, but I need help with the coding. Habla parser function?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:09, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Have you seen the documentation at mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##ifexist? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:27, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yes of course. It reads like Greek to me though. Maybe I can try again.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:39, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- It doesn't seem that complicated to me. At {{Hang on/notice2}} you currently have
{{#ifexist:{{TALKPAGENAME}}||{{Hang on/notice2}}}}}}
. If the page exists then the code does nothing because the corresponding parameter (the empty space between the two||
) is blank. Just insert something there. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:46, 6 April 2011 (UTC)- Ah! it works. Thanks. I get it now: {{If X exists:{{call this}}|{{if X doesn't exist call this}}}} What throws me is the use of the word "value".--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:18, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- It doesn't seem that complicated to me. At {{Hang on/notice2}} you currently have
- Yes of course. It reads like Greek to me though. Maybe I can try again.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:39, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
How to make my article LIVE
Hi I have tried the suggested MOVE options to make my draft LIVE on wikipedia but unfortunately I cannot view the MOVE option on my draft page. Can you please suggest how I can publish my article?
SMNow (talk) 03:36, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I moved it to St George Maso's. It still needs major improvements. The reason you couldn't move it is that you need a few more edits before you are WP:autoconfirmed. —teb728 t c 07:21, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I would have waited and advised SMNow of the probability of speedy deletion. The article is way too spammy for mainspace in its current form. – ukexpat (talk) 12:56, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- You're right. Thanks for the comment. —teb728 t c 05:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- I would have waited and advised SMNow of the probability of speedy deletion. The article is way too spammy for mainspace in its current form. – ukexpat (talk) 12:56, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Cannot link to Wrka article.
Even though there is a Wrka article (a river in Poland) in English wikipedia, I have not been able to create a link to it. If I try to search for it, all I get is the WRKA radio station disambiguation page. To find the English article, go to Spanish wikipedia and type Wrka. Then click on the English link and it goes right to the English language page. I wonder if the Wrka page needs to be moved to Wrka River in order to be accessible. Please help! Please respond at my talk page. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 03:45, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- There is no Wrka article at es.wikipedia.org either, see [1]. Do you have the spelling correct? --Jayron32 04:53, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I just tried pl.wikipedia.org as well. Even the Polish Wikipedia has no article under that name: [2]. Please double check and maybe give us the actual link at es.wikipedia or pl.wikipedia that has the content you are trying to get at en.wikipedia. --Jayron32 04:55, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I think you meant the Wkra river, not Wrka.--Obsidi♠nSoul 05:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Oh. In that case, the link works fine for me. --Jayron32 05:09, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I think you meant the Wkra river, not Wrka.--Obsidi♠nSoul 05:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I just tried pl.wikipedia.org as well. Even the Polish Wikipedia has no article under that name: [2]. Please double check and maybe give us the actual link at es.wikipedia or pl.wikipedia that has the content you are trying to get at en.wikipedia. --Jayron32 04:55, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Older article copied onto other sites - how do I deal with this?
Hi all
Just looking for a bit of advise - earlier this year the Wikipedia entry for a youth group I assist with was vandalised with some quite nasty stuff. I've asked for that to be removed and attempted to find the perpetrator without much success alas.
Now its been brought to my attention that some Japanese search engine "goo" has a cached copy of this vandalism up.
I've checked the site and there's no tools to edit, alert administrators or even get an English translation of their homepage
http://wpedia.goo.ne.jp/enwiki/Australian_Air_League
Does anyone have any advise on resource to find and removed these "content farm" copies of wikiedpia etc? This is quite frankly bloody annoying as you spent a considerable amount of your free time trying to do good and instead you're running around cleaning up after idiots :-(
Brian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgrinter (talk • contribs) 04:45, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- So long as they provide proper attribution so they are compliant with Wikipedia's licenses CC-BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL, websites may republish Wikipedia's content at any time, and any version of any article that actually existed. That's a fundemental core principle of how Wikipedia is organized. Rather than trying to stop them, this is actually actively encouraged. --Jayron32 04:51, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Jayron32, did you actually read the request? Are you saying that a cached copy of a vandalised, possibly slanderous article is fine to be re-published? That would mean I could write the most outrageous lies on a Wikipedia page, see it admin-reversed here, and then peddle the lies as Wikipedia content elsewhere. Regards — Peter S Strempel | Talk 06:07, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- @Peterstrempel: Yes, a cached, old copy of an article which contains vandalism is also licensed under the appropriate licesnces (as are talk page conversations, just like this one) and, so long as proper attribution is given by the rules, those old versions are perfectly legal to post, and within the letter and spirit of Wikipedia's licenses. That doesn't mean we cannot make a friendly request that a website update an old version to a more current one; however there is nothing we can do to force sites to fix or take down properly attributed text which has been copied from Wikipedia. --Jayron32 16:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Jayron32, did you actually read the request? Are you saying that a cached copy of a vandalised, possibly slanderous article is fine to be re-published? That would mean I could write the most outrageous lies on a Wikipedia page, see it admin-reversed here, and then peddle the lies as Wikipedia content elsewhere. Regards — Peter S Strempel | Talk 06:07, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- My Japanese isn't all that strong, but is there a part of that site that allows you to submit a url for re-indexing? Darigan (talk) 09:04, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yep, I think Jayron's got it right. As long as they follow the licences to the letter, they can do whatever they want with Wikipedia's content.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:24, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, publishing the content elsewhere with proper attribution (an URL to the Wikipedia article) would be okay. However, "[peddling] the lies as Wikipedia content" may or may not be okay, as the license prohibits implicitly or explicitly [asserting] or [implying] any connection with, sponsorship or endorsement by the Original Author, Licensor and/or Attribution Parties (...).
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- Yes, publishing the content elsewhere with proper attribution (an URL to the Wikipedia article) would be okay. However, "[peddling] the lies as Wikipedia content" may or may not be okay, as the license prohibits implicitly or explicitly [asserting] or [implying] any connection with, sponsorship or endorsement by the Original Author, Licensor and/or Attribution Parties (...).
- Oh whoops. I was thinking along the lines of Bgrinter's original comment - about questionable content that undoubtedly originated from a Wikipedia article. If they're adding their own lies into the text, and passing it off as coming from Wikipedia, then that'd be different.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:49, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, Brian, except for Darigan these guys seem pretty indifferent to your actual problem. I have asked a Japanese-speaking administrator to take a look at the site to see whether there is an option for requesting a cache refresh on that site. Regards — Peter S Strempel | Talk 11:40, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Their page for correcting or deleting personal information is here.[3] That whole page is about appropriate handling of personal information and how seriously they take their responsibilities in that regard. I'll email them and ask that they update the page. — kwami (talk) 01:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- No response yet. — kwami (talk) 19:39, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Strange appearance of Wikipedia pages
Somehow, Wikipedia appears strangely in my browser. The following is a screenshot: Here is a screenshot of the appearance. I am using Firefox 3.6.16 on Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Any ideas? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 10:40, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Mmmh, it seems to be a hardware issue on my end. When I tried to safe another screenshot in Paint, I got a message saying something like: "Not enough quotes available to execute this instruction". Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 10:49, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I would suppose it read "quota" rather than "quotes"! --ColinFine (talk) 18:30, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Christ the King College in Sierra Leone
Hi, Christ the King College (CKC) in Bo Southern Sierra Leone is not a technical college. i am an old boy of the school. It is one of the oldest senior secondary/High schools. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.133.61.110 (talk) 10:45, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I have made the change to the Christ_the_King_College article based on the information in the external link. CaptRik (talk) 11:55, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- However, on closer inspection the entire content is a direct copy of the website so i've nominated it for deletion per WP:COPYVIO. CaptRik (talk) 12:52, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Changes the old user name Despotovic in the new user name Despotović
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I kindly ask some administrator to move the User:Despotovic to User:Despotović because it's the same person - me. In fact, when I started the first registration on Wikipedia it was on the name Despotovic, later, someone changed my pages to Despotović and than I changed the user name to Despotović and since then constantly edit under this name. I would pray that you observe this explanation.--Despotović (talk) 11:03, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
How to get a TOC to appear on a Discussion page
At Talk:Geddy Lee I can't get a table of contents box to appear on the page. Initially I thought it was because the first conversation didn't have a title, but even after giving it one a TOC won't appear. Any ideas?—Biosketch (talk) 13:12, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Fixed.
- In the "WikiProject Biography" header, the talk page transcludes another page - Talk:Geddy Lee/Comments. And that page had a == heading == so, the TOC on Talk:Geddy Lee was being hidden within the bio header (comments, 'show').
- I just removed the heading from the comments page. Should be OK now. Chzz ► 13:22, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Not sure I understand that transclusion business but thanks, and thanks for the update at my Talk page.—Biosketch (talk) 13:33, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Reproducing Transient Technical Documentation
Here is some old .Net framework technical documentation that is still relevant today:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xy8ebtbf(v=VS.71).aspx
Microsoft is notorious for breaking links to technical articles under their control (ie. they remove pages or change their locations).
May I reproduce the content of the above page in Wikipedia so that it has a permanent and reliable place in cyberspace? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeorgeSchiro (talk • contribs) 13:37, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- No, not on Wikipedia as we cannot accept copyrighted materials except in very limited circumstances. This material is clearly copyright Microsoft and has a clear copyright notice (© 2011 Microsoft. All rights reserved.) – ukexpat (talk) 13:48, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- You can however use WebCite to store it to prevent linkrot. Nanonic (talk) 13:53, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- WebCite is indeed the answer. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeorgeSchiro (talk • contribs) 14:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
what to do? Found serious innacuracy in a Wikipedia article
The Wikipedia article on Augeus has a section (Marriage to Medea) that confuses Augeus with Aegeus. Augeus never married Medea. Whole section should be deleted.
All the help I've been able to track down doesn't tell me how to correct a factually inaccurate article. Advice? Does some energetic existing editor want to correct it for me? Very easy to verify the inaccuracy.
207.216.204.149 (talk) 13:57, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I think you should raise this issue on the articles talk page. I personally cannot verify what is correct or not, because the source is an offline one. Thus if you point out the error on the talk page with stating that you have checked the given source, I think other editors can check your motivation. Deleting a sourced section could otherwise be regarded as vandalism by the other editors. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:07, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Sorted in Augeas (note, not Augeus); already covered in Aegeus. You could have done the edit, as this is "Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can edit". With reference to the point about deleting a sourced section, mentioned by Toshio above, note that the quote says Aegeus, not Augeas. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:48, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
How do I create a page about myself?
Hi! I am a well known anchor and actor based out of Mumbai (India) and would like to have a page about myself on Wikipedia. Please tell me how I can go about creating one.
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kubrasait (talk • contribs) 14:42, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- You shouldn't create a page about yourself. Please read WP:COI. Please also read WP:NOTABILITY to see whether you satisfy the criteria for someone else to create a page about you. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:51, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Another page that would be helpful to read is the guideline on autbiographies, Wikipedia:Autobiography. GB fan (talk) 14:52, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- You will need a list of reliable sources that others can access, and which can attest to your suitibility as a subject of an article (not every person merits an article at Wikipedia), see Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Notability (people) for more. Once you have compiled these sources, you may request that someone else create an article about you at Wikipedia:Requested articles. Simply find the appropriate category (probably "Journalism and journalists" for you), and add your name with a brief description of who you are, as well as as many independent, reliable sources that others can use to write an article. --Jayron32 15:56, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- There are other options available, such as Wikibios. – ukexpat (talk) 16:23, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
When did congress remove money from Social Security
Will congress ever repay the money they removed from Social Security? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.73.177.177 (talk) 14:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.Template:Z37 GB fan (talk) 14:50, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
adult literature program
what is mean by adult literature program? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.161.78.19 (talk) 15:27, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.Template:Z37 – ukexpat (talk) 15:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
'followed by' and 'preceded by'
Why Wikipedia is not showing 'followed by' and 'preceded by' links nowadays? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhilash.sai (talk • contribs) 15:58, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Those links are usually part of templates that are called "infoboxes", see Help:Infobox. Some infoboxes, used in some types of articles, used to have these links and they have recently been removed. The links have not been removed from all, or even most, infoboxes. There are several that still use chronological links quite frequently, for example see Henry VIII of England, which has several infoboxes; the one on the right clearly lists the kings that came before and after him, and there are a whole bunch of infoboxes at the bottom of the page that use the "preceded by" and "followed by" convention. You can also see the same functionality in the article for the song "Hey Jude", under the infobox section "Beatles singles chronology". However, there are some infoboxes that used to feature the information where it HAS been removed, usually because of ambiguity regarding its use. See Template_talk:Infobox_film#Preceded_By.2FFollowed_By where there is a discussion which explains why it was removed from film articles, you can read that at your own leisure. --Jayron32 16:09, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Keeping track of AfDs
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Is there a way of sorting ongoing AfD discussions so that I can see, for example, only those that I have started, or only those that I have participated in? doomgaze (talk) 16:31, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Here is a link that tells you what pages you have created in the Wikipedia namespace, http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pages/index.php?name=Doomgaze&namespace=4&redirects=noredirects. Righ now all of yours are AFDs. Not sure how to get the AFDs you have contributed to. GB fan (talk) 16:57, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you, that'll be quite useful! doomgaze (talk) 18:43, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Talk page created in error
An IP has created Talk:Short list with some irrelevant content. It looks like good faith, but I want to revert it, only I don't know the best way to do it. Should I just blank it, or should I leave some sort of place-holder saying what I've done? --ColinFine (talk) 18:26, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Remove what they wrote, and put {{talkpage}} - just that; which will make a standard talkpage header. If you want, you could leave the IP user a welcome note such as {{Welcome-anon}} on their talk page (which is User talk:41.155.44.139), and maybe ask 'em to please not use talk pages to advertise. (But nicely) Chzz ► 18:29, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Update: - someone beat us to it, with the first part - see [4] Chzz ► 18:31, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- Well, only because I saw it raised here and then checked to see whether it had been done! – ukexpat (talk) 18:35, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- {{Talkpage}} is a redirect to {{Talk header}}— this template is intended only for talk pages with issues; see the documentation. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 02:17, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- There's no harm leaving it on this talk page just in case the IP comes back looking for their advert... – ukexpat (talk) 13:58, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia Symbol
Hello, What is the history and meaning of the Symbol / colophone for Wikipedia? It is the Symbol in the top left corner of the Wikipedia page, above the name "Wikipedia". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.92.104.149 (talk) 22:28, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
April 7
Calculating population density
I'd like to update the population for all remaining MN cities, and am wondering whether it is acceptable to recalculate the population density. Others don't seem to be doing so. — anndelion ※ 07:59, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Routine calculations are allowed without infringing the no original research rule. Arjayay (talk) 08:10, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- A-ha, I knew I had to be missing something. Thanks. — anndelion ※ 08:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Editing a link in a reference
Dear Sirs
I would like to edit the link in one of the references on the bubwith page as it links to the wrong Ofsted report - I have edited on Wikipedia before but not in the references section - having clicked on the "edit" next to the "references" title I cannot see the relevant link in order to edit it and wondered if you could help.
I am unable to find anything to help me under FAQ and help.
Many thanks
Careyrowan (talk) 10:03, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- You need to edit the section where the reference is called up. If you click on the caret symbol (^) in the reference, that will take you up to where it is defined. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:09, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Hello Careyrowan, what you can do is click the edit button at the very top of the page, next to the read button, which will allow you to edit the whole page. In the edit window scroll down a little and you will find a section that reads:
- Bubwith also has a [[Bubwith Community Primary School|primary school]] and a leisure centre (which hosts Bubwith Playgroup.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxcare_reports/download/%28id%29/271969/%28as%29/314588_INSP.pdf |title = Bubwith Playgroup Ofsted Report |format = PDF | accessdate= 30 January 2011}} </ref>)
- This section uses a {{cite web}} template, which you can find out more about here. Simply replace the report which is linked in the |url= field with the new report, and also update the |title= and |accessdate= field should these be different. Probably a good idea to click show preview to make sure it formats correctly. Hope that helps! doomgaze (talk)
Thanks - all sorted now Careyrowan (talk) 20:47, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Is there no encrypted connection offered for when visiting https://secure.wikimedia.org ?
I could swear this worked earlier long time ago, but there seem to be no encryption for when visiting articles under https://secure.wikimedia.org, and I wonder if something is wrong somewhere or if encryption is not really offered.
My browser indicate that the connection to wikipedia is not encrypted as I would otherwise have expected. Encryption seem to work for me with searches at https://encrypted.google.com but not at https://secure.wikimedia.org.
Is there no encrypted connection offered for when visiting https://secure.wikimedia.org ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.91.66.128 (talk) 11:01, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- It would help us to know what browser you are using. Avicennasis @ 11:22, 3 Nisan 5771 / 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- When I go to https://secure.wikimedia.org with IE7 on XP Pro SP3 a box comes up that says there are secure and unsecure items on the page do I want to display the nonsecure items. If I say yes everything shows up but the lock on IE to show it is secure does not. If I say no, all the text of the page shows up, none of the images show up and the lock to show it is a secure page is there. It appears from this that the images are not coming in over the secure network but everything else is. GB fan (talk) 11:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- The secure servers of Wikipedia are actually not that secure. Read Wikipedia:Secure server for all the information you'll need on this. Write back if wish further assistance. Wifione ....... Leave a message 11:39, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- First let me say that I am unsure how to properly edit and type in text here. I am the original poster for this inquiry and want to add that I use the Opera 11.01 browser. It is worth mentioning that when I load any page at https://secure.wikimedia.org, I briefly get a "secure" indication in my browser, however when the page is fully loaded the indication changes to showing that the connection is insecure (I have simply assumed that this means there is no encrypted connection). Lastly, I want to thank Wifione for linking to https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Secure_server. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.91.66.128 (talk) 13:57, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Interesting, I get the exact same results as you, using chrome on mac. If you are concered about privacy issues I suggest you create an account (see here), as without one you are identified by the IP address that you used. Don't worry, you replied correctly, but just remember to sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your message. Cheers! doomgaze (talk) 14:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Peter O'Toole
Why was the film "How To Steal A Million" not listed in Peter O'Toole's filmography? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.49.238.248 (talk) 12:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- It is. In Peter O'Toole filmography, under 1966 - How to Steal a Million. Chzz ► 12:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Australian War Memorial images
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I believe that several images from the Category:Images_with_watermarks backlog can be untagged because their watermarks can't legally be removed. I was reading the copyright page of the AWM site, and it says, "You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only for your educational, non-commercial use or use within your organisation, provided you attribute the Australian War Memorial." I hate to ask a "legal" question on the Help desk, but as it pertains directly to Wikipedia in this case, what I'm wondering is if I'm correct in thinking what I stated above: the images cannot be altered, so the {{watermark}} tag should be removed from these images, and that's that. Is that correct? – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 12:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I would recommend you ask at WP:MCQ. I don't believe it's clear cut. The images are being used on Enwiki under claim of "fair use", which (if valid) does not require their permission. While watermarks may be required as part of licensing, that doesn't seem to be an issue when we are not relying on the license (which is unacceptable) but provisions of copyright law that permit our usage of the content without their permission. Still, I'd recommend asking at WP:MCQ. I'd also personally recommend not removing the watermark yourself no matter the feedback there if you aren't comfortable removing it; it's important to remember that we are each legally liable for our own actions on Wikipedia, no matter what somebody else tells us. We're not supposed to give legal advice. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Excellent, thank you. I know my question was a blurry one, because i wasn't asking for legal advice for me, per se, but since I was more or less curious about the images we're using here. But your answer is perfect, thank you. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:50, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
How to locate where a wikilink originates from
I merged the article Sony Group into Sony. I am now going through the Wikilinks to Sony Group in order to fix double redirects. "What links here" says List of PlayStation Home Game Spaces links to Sony Group. However, I am unable to locate the corresponding wikilink inside the article text. How can I find it? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:27, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I generally open the edit window and use "find" on my browser window. That allows me to locate the link whether it is direct or piped. In this case, it's linked twice from within the section "Non-gaming Company Spaces". :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:32, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- It is in the table entry for "FevaArena" - twice;
|FevaArena Entrance
|*"FevaArena Global Pitch Area" - Released worldwide on June 10, 2010; the first global public space in the Home Open Beta allowing users from Asia, Europe, Japan, and North America to converge in one space to participate in events, mini-games, and to celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup<br>*A lounge for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] supported by [[Sony Group]]<br>*An area for events...
- I found it just by editing the entire page, and searching for the link. Chzz ► 13:36, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I found it and fixed it. Thanks very much. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:39, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
One last thing, I first pasted the content of Sony Group into Sony, but undid that revision. Then I performed the merger correctly. However that means there is now one revision that lacks proper attribution, if I understand correctly. Is there a way to delete this revision? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I don't think there is any need for this, because your edit summaries make it clear where the text came from. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'd agree. Also help here is template {{copied}}, which has an optional parameter to indicate when you placed the text. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:50, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Can i remove teachers names from a Wikipedia page?
Due to privacy issues - can I remove a teachers name from a Wikipedia page? Also who approved what goes on to a Wikipedia page in the first place? I get that you are an encyclopedia and you want to know the history of the school but some of the info is just not needed. Every time I try to make a change to make it more correct - I get stopped and told I am vandisling the page. Please help. Weeden1168 (talk) 14:11, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, you can and should remove the names, if they are not widely publicised - see WP:BLPNAME.
- As you can see in the above, there are special rules concerning living people; however, all facts need reliable sources - e.g. a newspaper, a book, or something - where the fact can be verified. Anything lacking a reliable source may be challenged and/or removed
- As regards your edits which were reverted - look at the page history, and find out who reverted - then speak to them - ie, in that case, on User talk:Xionbox and User talk:Gscshoyru. Just (politely) ask them to clarify why they removed things, and see if you can come to agreement with them. Chzz ► 14:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- The names are available on line at http://www.weedenheightsps.vic.edu.au/Staff.aspx however I don't especially object to removing them. In general, decisions about Wikipedia article content are made through consensus - have a look at Wikipedia:Consensus for more information. PhilKnight (talk) 14:18, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- To be honest, I'm not sure we should even have that article: primary schools aren't automatically eligable for inclusion, and it doesn't seem to meet our notability guideline for articles. I'm going to nominate it for a deletion discussion.--Physics is all gnomes (talk) 14:18, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- In these situations the common practice is to redirect to the relevant town or city article if there is one. So in this case to Vermont South, Victoria#Education. – ukexpat (talk) 14:43, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Referencing URLs that contain square brackets
Is there a way to use URLs that contain square brackets as references? They always seem to not format properly, as you can see in this new article that I just came across, here, reference number 3. I've always just replaced the reference with a different one, but is there a way to use the original? doomgaze (talk) 14:34, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I've fixed the URL using the advice at meta:Help:URL. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:08, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
URLs containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded. For example, a space must be replaced by %20.
sp | " | , | ' | ; | < | > | ? | [ | ] |
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%20 | %22 | %2c | %3a | %3b | %3c | %3e | %3f | %5b | %5d |
URLs may also be automatically encoded by using the urlencode
magic word: {{urlencode|url|WIKI}}
---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 15:17, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
The help page at meta seems to be out of date— I just did some testing and only the characters listed above need to be encoded.
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Can someone please give me some help in getting the reference at A. J. Casson Award to work? (It is reference 25 on Tom LaPierre.) I've already changed one ? to a %3F, but it is still not showing as a reference. :( Naraht (talk) 15:40, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Also fixed. Perhaps multiple adjacent apostrophes cause a problem? -- John of Reading (talk) 15:57, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Looks like it gets parsed as wikimarkup first and the two single quotes are interpreted as italic markup. I updated {{HD/url}}. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 16:41, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, I figured after banging my head against it for 15 minutes that I needed to come to the help desk. I'm not sure if there is a better place than hear to ask, but asking here did work. :) Naraht (talk) 19:03, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Looks like it gets parsed as wikimarkup first and the two single quotes are interpreted as italic markup. I updated {{HD/url}}. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 16:41, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Is the relevant? The Open to Hope Foundation
I want to add The Open to Hope Foundation or opentohope.com to wikipedia, is that relevant? It is a non-profit online resource for those who have suffered a loss (a death). Heatherjohnsonhope (talk) 15:34, 7 April 2011 (UTC)heather J
A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.
Thank you.
- 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 with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
- Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
- If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. TNXMan 15:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Where would I request rollback/Twinkle rights re-added?
While I don't want to go into the details, I feel my rollback and twinkle were recently removed unfairly. Where would I request the return of those rights? Toa Nidhiki05 16:08, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Administrators noticeboard would be the best place, but be aware you are going to have to provide details, you can't just say "I didn't like losing them, so because of that I want the rights back". --Jayron32 16:16, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Before AN, you'd be best discussing it with the person who removed it - that is, King of Hearts (talk · contribs · email) - on eir talk page, or via email. Chzz ► 16:17, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Alrighty, thanks; the only reason I didn't mention it here is that I didn't want some huge conversation to start on it yet. :) Toa Nidhiki05 16:34, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Sure, list it on AN. I personally would not mind them being restored if there is consensus to do so. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:21, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Can't move userspace draft into mainspace
I want to move an article I have created in my userspace into mainspace. However, I cannot do this. It says the page cannot be moved and I should ask an admin for help. What do I need to do in order to move User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Wolstenholme prime into mainspace? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:39, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- You can't move the page because the title Wolstenholme prime already exist, albeit as a redirect. What you need to do is and add the following:
{{db-move|1=User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Wolstenholme prime|2=Article over redirect}}
- An admin will be along shortly and perform the move for you, once that's done. Avicennasis @ 16:47, 3 Nisan 5771 / 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- The article looks good, and it deserves to be moved to main space, but it would clobber a redirect if it were moved directly. There is a previous mainspace article sitting under the redirect. Please take a look at this link to see the old version of the article which got replaced by the redirect. See if there is any material there which ought to be merged into your new version. Contact any admin when you complete your work and think the article is ready to be moved. As an alternative, you could just open this link directly to merge your new material into it. This would not require any admin action. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I think my article is ready. The previous article does not contain any information, not already in my draft.
Where should I go in order to find an admin for this?Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:55, 7 April 2011 (UTC)- I will do it myself now. Have added that line Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:04, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I think my article is ready. The previous article does not contain any information, not already in my draft.
- The article looks good, and it deserves to be moved to main space, but it would clobber a redirect if it were moved directly. There is a previous mainspace article sitting under the redirect. Please take a look at this link to see the old version of the article which got replaced by the redirect. See if there is any material there which ought to be merged into your new version. Contact any admin when you complete your work and think the article is ready to be moved. As an alternative, you could just open this link directly to merge your new material into it. This would not require any admin action. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I added the line mentioned above to the redirect page, but I still get the message
The page could not be moved: a page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is not valid. Please choose another name, or use Requested moves to ask an administrator to help you with the move. Do not manually move the article by copying and pasting it; the page history must be moved along with the article text.
What else do I have to do? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:12, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- It's only a quarter of an hour since you put the tag on the redirect page, so a little patience would be wise. Avicennasis said "An admin will be along shortly and perform the move for you, once that's done", and he did mean "shortly", not "instantly". - David Biddulph (talk) 17:17, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- And to see that it's in the queue for admin action, you can see it at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:20, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Okay. Will wait then. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- You'll see that it's now been done. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:28, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Cool, thank you all very much. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:30, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Please check to see if our existing article on Wolstenholme's theorem should have a link or a 'See also' to your new article on Wolstenholme prime. Maybe you can think of some other improvements that might be added to Wolstenholme's theorem, since you know this material. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:35, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I added two wikilinks to Wolstenholme's theorem pointing to Wolstenholme prime. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:43, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Please check to see if our existing article on Wolstenholme's theorem should have a link or a 'See also' to your new article on Wolstenholme prime. Maybe you can think of some other improvements that might be added to Wolstenholme's theorem, since you know this material. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:35, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Cool, thank you all very much. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:30, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- You'll see that it's now been done. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:28, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Okay. Will wait then. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
WANT TO BE A MEMBER
hello am THE 2ND WORLD MAN also here to verify about the WWE and also the belt article i will be glad if my request has been granted succesfully thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.71.150.127 (talk) 18:59, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- If you would like to sign up for a Wikipedia account, instructions for doing so are here. --Jayron32 21:10, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Automatic facebook page
The company I work for just started their facebook page. Unfortunately, there seems to be one already that is a direct link to the wikipedia article about it (we updated the article & the page updated too). We would like to remove this facebook page. Is this something that you guys do? I've notices the same kind of page for several other companies in our field who don't have regular facebook pages. If this is something I have to contact facebook about, please let me know.BronicaBlue (talk) 20:47, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- If there's a problem with a Facebook page, you will have to contact Facebook. If you plan to update your company's page at Wikipedia, please read and follow the conflict of interest guidelines. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- The pages of Wikipedia content on facebook are mirror pages created by facebook. Wikipedia has no control over them. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:59, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Indeed, downstream copying of Wikipedia content, so long as the copier complies with the terms of Wikipedia's licenses CC-BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL, are allowed. If it's not at a Wikimedia site, however, like en.wikipedia.org, then we have no control over the content. --Jayron32 21:09, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Ok, thanks!BronicaBlue (talk) 21:33, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Please Integrate Wikipedia with Social Media Sites such as Facebook, Twitter etc
Dear Wikipedia Helpdesk,
I have been one of millions of beneficiaries of the wealth of information Wikipedia offers to all its users. I had a suggestion for Wikipedia to be integrated with all of the Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter since Social Media is a phenomena that no one can ignore and it would greatly benefit all Wikipedia users to share Wikipedia links/pages with their social networks.
Thanks, Raj —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.192.83.42 (talk) 21:33, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- The place to make such suggestions is at The Village Pump. However, I think your suggestion is very unlikely to be taken up: this is an encyclopaedia, not a social networking site. Its goals, its procedures, and its policies are different. --ColinFine (talk) 22:12, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- I can think a couple ways to integrate with social networking sites, such as the ability to login to Wikipedia with your Facebook account or the ability to Tweet about an article that you like. Plus, considering that a) Wikipedia has a dearth of female editors and b) Women rule social networking, integration with social networking might be a great way to attract new female editors to the project. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 23:42, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Raj: What sort of integration did you have in mind? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 23:42, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Sharebox is a script that reorders your toolbox. It adds new buttons that make it easier to mail, print or share an article on Facebook or another linksharing service. You must have an account to add Sharebox to the sidebar. See User:TheDJ/Sharebox for more information. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 00:29, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Marie Cirile Bibliography
Cynthiacirile (talk) 23:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)Bibliography
Cirile, Marie. 'Detective Marie Cirile: Memoirs of a Police Officer. (New York, Doubleday, 1975)
Cirile, Marie. Original Manuscript for "Lady Tiger." Made available by the author.
Detectivemarie.com
Cirile-Spagnuolo, Marie. "Top Cops." December 10th, 2008. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqRSCShz2Sc
www.myspace.com/mariecirilespagnuolo \
Police Officer Writers - Marie Cirile www.police-writers.com/marie_cirile.html - Cached
23:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)23:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)Cynthiacirile (talk)
- Although the message on your user talk page was about lack of sources, Marie Cirile was actually deleted as unambiguously promotional. —teb728 t c 05:01, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- And in any case, probably only the first of those would qualify as a reliable source. --ColinFine (talk) 23:12, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
April 8
Articles transcluding articles
List of high schools in New York City transcludes individual fake subpages by borough, such as List of high schools in New York City – Manhattan. I've never seen anything like this before. Is it permitted/encouraged by policy? I think they should all be substituted. — Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 01:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- It looks like it's fine per WP:TRANSCLUDE. Dismas|(talk) 02:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'll start an AfD in a few hours to seek more consensus, the list isn't all THAT long. — Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 16:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
tap content changing
When a user visits Wikipedia, there are two tabs at the top of the page. One says, "Article," and the other says, "Discussion." About as fast as you can blink your eye, the tab that says, "Article," changes to say, "Main Page." Why?
- There are some special pages around here but they likely all pull from the same "template", for lack of a better word. You can see the same with this Help Desk page. The tab at the top of this one says "Project page". All pages here are "articles" in a certain sense. But the Main page is the main page and therefore, the tab changes. Dismas|(talk) 06:39, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I see this too. The page loads, and then the styles/JavaScript/whatever kicks in and renames the tabs. I'm sure that this has been discussed at Village pump (technical), but I can't find the thread just now. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- I haven't seen a discussion about it but here is my take. Pages at this website are divided into namespaces for different purposes. Main Page is in the main namespace which is intended for articles and is named "Article" at the English Wikipedia. I think all other pages in that namespace say "Article" on the tab, but the Main Page has a special status and isn't written like an article. There has been discussions about moving it to another namespace. Some other languages have done this, for example German: de:. Saying "Main Page" instead of "Article" gives a hint that it isn't really an article. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:27, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- I think this misses the point. When I click "Main page" at the top left, it really does say "Article" for a fraction of a second, and then the tab renames itself as "Main page". Similarly for all other pages, the label "View history" is displayed briefly and then redisplayed as "History". And this is some kind of bug in the page loading. It's certainly distracting. (Firefox 3.6.15 + Windows Vista, btw) -- John of Reading (talk) 11:50, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- I don't know whether the posters point was why it says "Main Page" or why it changes during loading. For the latter, tabs have a default name in a skin. This default can be changed but the change is read after the default so the default may be displayed briefly. This is a known consequence of the implementation and not considered a bug. The default tab name for the main namespace is "Article", but Main Page loads code to change it to "Main Page". The default name for the page history tab in the Vector skin is "View history". I guess you have enabled "Twinkle: Friendly" under Gadgets at Special:Preferences. This changes "View history" to "History". PrimeHunter (talk) 13:01, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Citing Twitter tweets?
Is it possible, and citation worthy to reference tweets from Twitter? — Hucz (talk · contribs) 06:47, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- There's WP:TWITTER, but it doesn't explain there how you might cite a tweet. If a specific tweet is important, perhaps someone will quote it in a "proper" news source that you can cite instead.
- As an aside - please fix your signature. A signature must not call a template, for technical reasons; see WP:SIG#NT. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:24, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
You can quote a tweet or email, but you can't use it as a reliable source.---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 13:14, 8 April 2011 (UTC)- However, you can only quote an email if it has already been published, for example on a mail list with public archives. See also WP:SELFPUBLISH. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:26, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Gadget850's reply is contradictory. All citations must be to reliable sources, but the source only has to be reliable for the way it is used. I might cite the Boston Globe for the time of sunrise in Boston, and that would be a reliable source to establish the actual time of sunrise. I might use a self-published source as a reliable source to show that the author of the source wrote something, but it wouldn't establish that what the author wrote is likely to be correct. Jc3s5h (talk) 13:49, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- There is guidance on the APA Style site.[5] ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 14:00, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- AFAIK, {{cite web}} can be used to cite a Twitter post. Mjroots (talk) 15:59, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- There is guidance on the APA Style site.[5] ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 14:00, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Gadget850's reply is contradictory. All citations must be to reliable sources, but the source only has to be reliable for the way it is used. I might cite the Boston Globe for the time of sunrise in Boston, and that would be a reliable source to establish the actual time of sunrise. I might use a self-published source as a reliable source to show that the author of the source wrote something, but it wouldn't establish that what the author wrote is likely to be correct. Jc3s5h (talk) 13:49, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- However, you can only quote an email if it has already been published, for example on a mail list with public archives. See also WP:SELFPUBLISH. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:26, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Chase Aldredge
<gallery> File:file:///Users/desizemore/Pictures/Photo%20Booth/Photo%20on%202011-01-14%20at%2001.06.jpg| Chase Aldredge 2011 File:Example.jpg|Caption2 </gallery> [ Chase Aldredge is the guitar player/singer for the band Grandma Hates Geneva, and the former vocalist for the bands All Dead Label and Buried Amongst the Dead.
- This isn't a good place to submit content for an article. Here's some standard advice - feel free to ask more questions later:
A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.
Thank you.
- 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 with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
- Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
- If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:53, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
sometimes articles are outdated. Jimmy, what do you think of adding a "last updated: X/X/20XX" to each page ?
216.194.28.132 (talk) 11:48, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Jimmy? The date and time of the last update are already displayed, in the small print at the bottom of each page. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:51, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- As Wikipedia is maintained by volunteer editors, every page can't be always up to date with the most recent info. But if you know something about an outdated topic, or saw something new regarding to it in the news etc, just feel free to edit and update it. :) DARTH SIDIOUS 2 (Contact) 12:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- It's an interesting idea, but I fear it could be misleading. For example, if someone corrects a spelling error, or updates one sentence of the article, the rest of the article could still be out of date. As a side note, if you want to find out who last edited the page and when, you can use the page history.--Physics is all gnomes (talk) 14:18, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- As Wikipedia is maintained by volunteer editors, every page can't be always up to date with the most recent info. But if you know something about an outdated topic, or saw something new regarding to it in the news etc, just feel free to edit and update it. :) DARTH SIDIOUS 2 (Contact) 12:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Fraternity/Sorority (racial/religious) membership changes
Would a wikipedia page on the changes in membership (allowing non-protestants, or asians, etc.) to Fraternities and Sororities be appropriate? I'm thinking about notability and NPOV issues. In addition to text, I can imagine lists by Fraternity/Sorority as to when membership changes occured and lists of College/Universities that took action against Fraternities and Sororities chapters for National which didn't allow all students of the particular gender. I'd ask over at WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities, but it isn't that active right now. (Article name is also something I'm trying to figure out)Naraht (talk) 12:55, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- It seems that it would be as notable as subjects like Women's suffrage. If it can be reliably sourced, I don't see why we wouldn't have an article on it. Dismas|(talk) 12:59, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Delete Revision History
Is there a way to delete revision history.
Thanks PAL1234 (talk) 13:37, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- It is possible, but only by certain users, who possess suppression rights. There are certain cases in which some log entries or parts of page history can be hidden, and if you have one in mind that should be hidden, see WP:RFO. DARTH SIDIOUS 2 (Contact) 13:44, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Fixing page range dashes
As far as I know page ranges are supposed to use these longer dashes (endashes?). I also know there is a bot for replasing minus (-) signs in page ranges by endashes. Can this bot be run manually over a specific article? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:01, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- An AutoWikiBrowser user can do it manually; there may be other ways. I've just fixed the page ranges in Wolstenholme prime, which I guess is the article you have in mind. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:09, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yup, thanks very much John. Exactly what I had in mind. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:11, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Vast amounts of time, and presumably memory, seem to be spent editing one type of dash to another. Is there a reason WP is so concerned about how long a dash is? Arjayay (talk) 15:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- I don't think it is a very important issue. But since I don't have an endash on my keybord, my edits which involve the addition of page range dashes will likely cause a formatting issue to be fixed later. And this will eventually happen one way or the other, since for example User:RjwilmsiBot also fixesa these. Thus it will eventually be fixed some way or the other. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:40, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Vast amounts of time, and presumably memory, seem to be spent editing one type of dash to another. Is there a reason WP is so concerned about how long a dash is? Arjayay (talk) 15:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yup, thanks very much John. Exactly what I had in mind. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:11, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- See the FAQ at the top of WT:MOS. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 15:42, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the FAQ reference. I don't object to getting things right, I am just amazed how much effort is put into this, compared to more serious problems. I can't believe the length of a dash really makes "constructions ambiguous". Very few readers know the difference between a "mutton" (em—dash) and a "nut" (en–dash) - so few - in fact, that WP doesn't even disambiguate "nut" as the printing slang for an en–dash, although it is in Wiktionary [6].Arjayay (talk) 16:14, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- See the FAQ at the top of WT:MOS. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 15:42, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Signature not workin
Hello, can someone please tell me what I need to do with my settings so that my signature will work? When I type the four ~, my signature appears automatically, but then, when I refresh my screen, I see the auto-generated notice indicating an unsigned comment. I have established that is has something to do with a relatively recent user name move User:David Able --> User:Quinn1 that a b'crat approved and performed for me. Anyway, I'm getting tired of hearing from Sinebot...any assistance would be appreciated :) Quinn ☂THUNDER 15:57, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- You are logged in as Quinn1 (talk · contribs), but your signature here links to User talk:David Able. Try updating your signature to link to User talk:Quinn1 instead. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:01, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Ah, of course. Doh! Thanks I'll try that. Quinn ☂THUNDER 16:27, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Right. Your signature is customized so you have to manually edit it at Special:Preferences so it links to your current username. A non-customized signature wouldn't require user action after a user rename. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
submitting an article
I have an article written in Microsoft Word. It has one graphic in it. Where do I send it. I can submit the article as a text file if you prefer. 16:17, 8 April 2011 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darwin Sarnoff (talk • contribs)
You could for example paste your text into User:Darwin Sarnoff/My Article. The image needs to be uploaded either to Wikipedia or maybe Commons (depending on the license).(See comments by ukexpat). Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:27, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- I am afraid that article submission doesn't work like that. You will have to create the article here using Wikimarkup. There are tools available to make the Word to Wiki transition easier - take a look at Help:WordToWiki. I suggest that you create the article as a draft in your user space first. I have created a sandbox for you at User:Darwin Sarnoff/Sandbox for that purpose. Then ask for the draft to be reviewed at WP:Requests for feedback. – ukexpat (talk) 16:29, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- In addition, the image will have to be uploaded before it can be used in the article. Please see WP:UPIMG for help with that. – ukexpat (talk) 16:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- My above comment was meant in order to find out if the text is suitable for Wikipedia at all. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:35, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Can someone make a situation map for me?
I want a free version of this situation map: http://www.greekislandhopping.com/Updates/updateAssets/u_exsammap.jpg ( source: http://www.greekislandhopping.com/Updates/updatepages/u_disaster.html ) to use in the article MS Express Samina. Could someone create one plz? Thanks! SpeakFree (talk) 23:56, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- I have copied your request over to Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop.
- Please watch that page; it may take time (of course, everyone is a volunteer) - but you are more likely to get help there. Chzz ► 07:18, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
April 9
Plagiarism
plagiarism is sometimes done by people on wikipedia.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.113.122 (talk) 01:47, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Do you have a question? GB fan (talk) 01:49, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Should Julie Kavner go under the catgeory American_people_of_Jewish_descent? Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 03:37, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Well, it does say "Because of her being of Jewish descent..." in the Personal life section. So, I would think so. Is there a reason why you think the article shouldn't go into that category? Dismas|(talk) 04:35, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Is Eli Wallach of Jewish Polish ancestry and should he go under that category? Neptunekh2 (talk) 04:46, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Its best not to bother categorizing people by ancestry, except in cases where that ancestry forms a core part of their reason for being notable. See Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality. When I think of Eli Wallach, I think of an actor in western movies, so his ancestry is probably not much of a reason to categorize him. This is distinctly different from Elie Wiesel, whose reason for notability is intricately tied to his ethnic and religious ancestry. However, the best place to have this discussion is at the talk page of the article in question. --Jayron32 05:47, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
federal budget
Isn't it time to update the federal budget page? The current budget in the works is 2012 and your site still uses 2009 data, very outdated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.162.22 (talk) 05:58, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Chzz ► 07:08, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
vibrational energy
sir , me ek esha remote banana chahata hu jo ki ushi remot me hone wali working ka use karke power produce kar le taki ush remot me bar bar koi dushara bettery source lagane kai jarurat na pade . i think ki ushame jab hum batan dabate hai toh virbation ata hai our jaha vibration ata hai waha par vibration enegy hoti hai jishko ashani se elictric energy me convert kar sakte hai and jishase powere save kakre sale ki jagah par rechargeble sale laga dete hai , vibretional energy sai jo energy milati hai wah energy sale ki charge karne ma madad karegi , so sir me kaha se suru karu our kya karu . mera mobile no. (Redacted) and my name is (Redacted) thanks sir —Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.193.214.22 (talk) 07:17, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Please ask your question at the Help desk for your native-language Wikipedia. The List of Wikipedias may help, or use the "Language" links at the left of this page. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:44, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Report Broken Link
This from user yoopernewsman Please excuse my ignorance - could not find proper way to report a broken link
Broken link on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smut_%28fungus%29
It is the only link under "External Links" near end of page ie: Smut Fungi from Deacon, J: "Fungal Biology", Blackwell Publishing, 2005
I clicked on edit - this is current info - not sure how to repair link:
==External links==
This broken link reported by
Greg John Peterson 10:35, 9 April 2011 (UTC)yoopernewsmanGreg John Peterson 10:35, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Hi there. You don't have to report broken links anywhere. This is a wiki and you can just fix it yourself. In this case, the best way is probably to add {{dead link}} to the entry to inform others that the link is no longer working. I did so in this case. You can also try to find the webpage on the Internet archive and change the link in the article to the cached link you found there. Regards SoWhy 10:45, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Problem with singlechart template
Hi all, I noticed that the singlechart template Template:Singlechart is doing weird things. See the examples in Template:Singlechart/doc. There is a whole bunch of text appearing about "On the Floor". I have no idea how to fix this. - Akamad (talk) 11:06, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Never mind, someone fixed it. - Akamad (talk) 11:11, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Video linking
(Moved down) I have read through the various Wikipedia articles related to inserting external links to videos into articles and still find myself confused. I am wishing to add several video highlights to the 2011 Atlanta Braves season article under the Notable occurrences section. The links (one is still present on the article right now as "Watch") go to the official MLB.com highlight of specific memorable plays during this season. Is there an issue with this type of external linking (does it violate copyright rules, etc.)? Thank you in advance. Bbqsauce13 (talk) 03:24, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Hiya,
- Thanks for trying to improve these articles :) The first thing to note is that links to external websites shouldn't go in the main article text: this is partly to stop peope getting whisked away from wikipedia, and partly to discourage external websites from constantly adding their links. As far as I'm aware, linking to the official highlights wouldn't be a copyright problem, it's not as if you're trying to link to a plagiarised youtube video. Personally I can't see the harm in adding it to the external links section, it seems like a positive addition to the article. Label it as a video file so people with slow connections know not to click on it, don't add an excessively large number, and if there's more than a couple you could maybe create a subsection in the external links section, to put them in. Hope that helps, --Physics is all gnomes (talk) 13:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Fixed width
Hi. I wonder how to make Wikipedia appear with a fixed width. For us with widescreen monitors the text lines become too wide to read smooth. I found this script which is exactly what I need, but it's old and doesn't seem to work with the current version of Wikipedia. Help would be greatly appreciated! /Caelus sv (talk) 16:07, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- You could reduce the width of your browser window? I must be missing something... -- John of Reading (talk) 16:21, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Of course, but I don't want to do that everytime I go to Wikipedia. Must be possible to do it with a script like the one I linked to. /Caelus sv (talk) 16:23, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- I've tried a search or two without much success, but at Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts the "TwoColumns" script might be relevant. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:39, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Of course, but I don't want to do that everytime I go to Wikipedia. Must be possible to do it with a script like the one I linked to. /Caelus sv (talk) 16:23, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Article "Human energy"
I don't know if anyone wants to work on Human energy. Someone, however, wants to delete it. I'm not sure why someone would want to delete an article, since writing them is what this site says it does. Yet there are notices for people who want to delete articles.--Rhbsihvi (talk) 17:08, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- If you object to the proposed deletion, you can remove it - by , and just removing this part;
{{Proposed deletion/dated |concern = This article is an example of [[wp:Synthesis]] |timestamp = 20110408223524 }}
- As the notice says;
Chzz ► 17:13, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Why are innapropriate graphics allowed on Wikipedia?
I'm just wondering, why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.209.135.37 (talk) 17:24, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Mostly, because everyone has their own opinion of what is, and is not, "appropriate". This topic has been extensively debated. You can read the policy in WP:NOTCENSORED and the links - Wikipedia:Profanity, Wikipedia:Sexual content, Wikipedia:No disclaimers in articles.
- Also, please note Wikipedia:Options to not see an image. Chzz ► 17:29, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Nicki Manaj article
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Edit-this-page-large.png/220px-Edit-this-page-large.png)
who is the Nicki Manaj article author —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.205.4.173 (talk) 18:12, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Do you mean Nicki Minaj? You can see who contributed to the article by clicking on the 'View History' tab to the left of the search field. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 18:58, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) All of these people, and more. Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. If you'll look at the top right of the Nicki Minaj article, next to "Edit" is an option called "View history". (see picture) If you click that, you can see every editor that has made changes to that article. Hope that helps! Avicennasis @ 19:01, 5 Nisan 5771 / 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- People often ask this because they want to cite an article. If that is the case then see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia and Special:Cite/Nicki Minaj. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Cancel Account/Changer User Name
How do I cancel my account or change my user name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Social A List (talk • contribs) 20:16, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- You may not cancel an account, but you may change your username following the instructions at Wikipedia:Changing username. --Jayron32 20:17, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- As you have made only one edit, it is easiest to simply scramble the password, and forget it, then create a new account.
- Alternatively, accounts can be renamed through the process described on WP:CHU (but it's really not worth bothering with that, in this case - that's useful if you have lots of contributions). Chzz ► 20:19, 9 April 2011 (UTC)