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Where is the MainPageBG style class stored? This is the class used to format tables on WP's main page. I've searched through [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] but it doesn't appear to live there, and I don't see it referenced in the [[Wikipedia:Catalogue_of_CSS_classes|catalog]]. Thank you, [[User:Dpotter|dpotter]] 14:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC) |
Where is the MainPageBG style class stored? This is the class used to format tables on WP's main page. I've searched through [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] but it doesn't appear to live there, and I don't see it referenced in the [[Wikipedia:Catalogue_of_CSS_classes|catalog]]. Thank you, [[User:Dpotter|dpotter]] 14:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC) |
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I asked a question about "Ensuring an article appears on the relevant category page" on 5 October 2006 at 15:08. I am looking for the answer page again, but I can't find it. Are answers removed after a certain period, or is it still possible to find that answer? |
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What does the above do? Thanks.100110100 06:30, 25 September 2006 (UTC) <pre><br clear=all /></pre> What does this do? Thanks.100110100 06:30, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- The "<br>" is HTML. It creates a line break in the text.
The "clear" is an atribute for moving down past floating images. If clear=left or right it will only move past images on the left or right side. When it is set to all, it will move past both left and right sided images. —Mitaphane talk 07:39, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. '...move past...'??????100110100 03:38, 2 October 2006 (UTC) What does that mean?100110100 03:38, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
New page
NEED HELP. Recently the Levy family uncovered information about Abraham Levy in the family archives and in the Historical Archives of Mexico City. With that informatio, I am creating a page for Abraham Levy. In doing so I get a message about a template and I included the information and now it appears in red. Also I inserted an info box and a code for the picture still appears. Need help in eliminating or understanding the template aspect of setting up the page and how to eliminate the 200px code that appears in the info box. Also how do I get the name of Abraham Levy in a spot color box on the info box? ~~Otooledupree
Is Wikimedia Database Necessary to Dump
Hi, I need some help regarding the integration of wikimedia in our own website,as i am currently doing,i need a confirmation that shall i have to directly integrate with wickimedia or shall i have to dump all the Database from wikimedia into my Database and has to proceed,Please help me if any one knows.
Can I connect wikipedia by using the software that the wikimedia has provided to us.
Thank You, Shiva Rama Raju.
How to get database changes in to my web site
Hi, I need some help regarding the integration of wikimedia in our own website,as i am currently doing,i need a confirmation shall i have to dump enwikimedia Database from wikimedia any modifications done in wikimedia site how can i access those changes in to my website.Please help me if any one knows.(<email removed>)
Thank You, Shivaramaraju.
author
who is the author of wikipedia
Wikipedia is written by various editors. The Wikimedia Board which is in charge of Wikimedia are found at the foundation's website. Jimbo Wales is the current President of Wikimedia the company that founded Wikipedia. Other board members include User:BradPatrick, User:Eloquence, and User:Tim Shell Aquafish talk 20:03, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- Brad Patrick isn't on the board. If you want to the authors of a particular article to cite it, use the cite this article link at the side of each page. --Cherry blossom tree 23:42, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- The cite page functions nicely - if one understands that one should type in the name of the article that one wants to cite. Can't this be made clearer? Kdammers 08:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Wasn't he just elected as the replacement for Angela Beesley in the board of trustees? - Mgm|(talk) 20:55, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Misc in Musical Artist?
Is there a way to add a misc, or custom section to the infobox musical artist? my problem is in the t.A.T.u. page, there are only two members to the group, but the band needs its own section on the info box.
Having Trouble with a template
Hello. I'm writing a wikipedia template for a community-specific wikipedia site and I could use some help. It's a side bar but I can't get actual article text to stay spaced away from the sidebar.
http://dev.goldeneyesource.com/wiki/index.php/Template:Maps
That is my template for a side bar. However, when text is written on the article itself that includes the side bar I do not know how to make the text be spaced AWAY from the sidebar. See for yourself. Can anyone help me here please??? My aim is cexanatos, give me a message or register on that wiki. Thanks! --Xanatos
No right-align and no lines on infoboxes
Hi there,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but here goes. I am trying to set up a personal wiki on my home computer using Mediawiki, and it has some glitches that it doesn't have when I read Wikipedia. In particular, it is not showing any lines on tables or boxes, and it refuses to right-align infoboxes (although it will right-align pictures if I include the "frame" tag). What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,Mjklin 05:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think I figured out that it's something to do with CSS. I need to put the common.css file somewhere--but where?
Mjklin 14:29, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Importing a Word (or equivalent) article
I have written a draft of an article in Word in an encyclopedia format, and would like to use it to replace an existing Wikipedia stub. I could convert the document to Rich Text Format. Rather than learn how to convert this to wikiword, I would like to hire somebody to convert it for me. The article has chemistry equations, which means it has greek letters, subscripts, superscripts, diagrams, and so forth. Is there (i.e., do you have) a list of people for hire to do the conversion?12.72.57.69 05:32, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Leave a note on my to follow up on this. If you've written it in Microsoft Word and have MathType, open some of the equations you use. Go to Prefrences -> Translators. Set it to Plain TeX and then copy the equation and paste it into the wikipedia edit page along with the rest of the text in the appropreate places. I can then help finish the final formatting. Kevin_b_er 07:06, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, you're IP changes too much, so there's no direct way to contact you other than this page. If you can publish the document somewhere, I'll gladly convert it for free. Respond here or my talk page. Kevin_b_er 19:53, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Stagnation in the Mediation comittee
More than a week ago I filed a request for mediation. Both parties agreed, as required, and we are waiting for someone from the mediation committee to pick it up, accept it, and handle the case.
Eight days passed by already with no activity happening whatsoever. Are the mediation committee members aware of this situation? Maybe some other administrators can help with these issues?
Thanks, --Gabi S. 07:11, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- The request was accepted! Yeah!!! I know, it's just a formal step saying that someone will look at the issues... I hope it happens soon! Thanks, --Gabi S. 14:07, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
"Policy" on Disambiguation Pages...
This really breaks down to a political corectness question, but I suppose I'll ask it. Should I note that Charles R. Saunders on the Charles Saunders page is a black fantasy author? In this case he is quite notable for it, but I suppose I'm unclear about what wikipedia's 'general policy', if it has one, is.
- I'd say no. It has nothing to do with political correctness IMO; the purpose of a disambig page is to help users navigate to the correct entry with a similar name. If there were two fantasy authors with that name it might be necessary, but as it stands he's the only author on the list and his article mentions his ethinicity. Anchoress 07:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- If we needed to, then i don't think it's politically wrong. But we don't need to. There's no second fantasy writer called "Charles Saunders", so just saying "fantasy writer" should be enough to distinguish between him and any other "charles saunders"... --`/aksha 07:59, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
K, cool, thanks for the help and all.--Mr Bucket 17:32, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Inappropriate article and redirect titles
This morning I moved the page South African Farmer Murders to South African farm attacks per an extensive talk page discussion. After doing so I discovered an entire slew of what IMHO are inappropriately-titled (i.e. violating NPOV) redirect pages. It seems like someone with a POV to push has created these. I PRODed this redirect page (there doesn't seem to be a CSD that covers it) and "tagged on" all the others without actually PRODding them individually. Is this okay? There's PLENTY of them so it would be quite a pain to do them all. Zunaid 13:10, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Well, NPOV doesn't apply to redirects so much, so long as something is a possible search term, it should be redirect to the page in question. Of course if it is something that no one is ever likely to search for, and it seems only to exist as a NPOV violation, then you should list it for deletion at WP:RFD, or under CSD G10 (attack pages) as applicable. Prodego talk 13:16, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Done. Listed them all at RfD. Thanks! Zunaid 07:55, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
"Articles" to be removed: if so, how?
Please consider these two pages: User:Cott12/Notebook, User:Cott12/Sandbox atęcja. AFAIK this is not an appropriate use of a personal page and I think they should be removed. It is original work, "hidden" in the wikipedia sphere, but it may be found and ranked by Google. The second one is a Dutch translation, placed on the English wiki after it was voted unacceptable on the Dutch wiki. The reason I place this problem here is that I find the procedures for removal overwhelming and difficult to understand. How does one proceed on this issue? JohJak2 14:53, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- The appropriate process to use for removing other people's user pages is Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion. Please see the instructions there. On the MFD nomination, please explain the reasons in detail, including links to the Dutch Wikipedia. Cheers, Tangotango 15:23, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, but it went a bit wrong, I think. I placed the templates: [1] and [2] but on the MfD page it was messed up: [3]. Somewhere a page that I was supposed to look for: "Follow that link (to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName)" did not get created, I think. JohJak2 22:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
((help me))
profanity within article ancient egypt needs to be reported. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.107.215.51 (talk • contribs) 15:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you for reporting this; I have removed the vandalism. In future, please revert the vandal edits yourself. Thanks, Tangotango 15:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
assistance with my research work
Hi i am carrying out a research on EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE IN AN ORGANISATION. I will want to get related topics or empirical research on the topic.thank you
brenda <email removed>
- I'm sorry, this is a Help Desk for editors to ask question about the use of wikipedia. I'm not sure what you're trying to ask, but I think you will have better luck elsewhere. If you're conducting formal research, you might want to check your caps lock, too. ^^ —Keakealani 18:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
External links for "Paul Morphy" page
Hi, I tired adding two external links to the 'Paul Morphy' page, connecting to a site and blog that provide additional biographical information, but my links were deleted. There are several other similar external links on the page, such as "A.J.'s Paul Morphy Web page" and "Paul Morphy at chessgame.com" with biogrpahical interests, so I'm not sure why my links were deleted? I added them while logged in. The links are Biographical site about Morphy and Morphy Blog, and I think they benefit Wikipedia users by providing access to more material that follows the tone of the main page about Morphy's life and chess achievements. Can I reinstate them? Can someone 'authorize' this for me? Does someone else need to actually add them, if that's fine, because personally I'm unsure whether I edit the page properly and this is what might be causing the deletion? Thanks for any info. Pcm900 16:37, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- (My reply seems to have been deleted by accident, so here it is again) Wikipedia has over a million articles, so the people on the help desk aren't likely to be familiar with why a particular link was deleted. But you can find out... the first thing is to click on the "History" link for the page, to look for the comment made when the links where deleted. If you don't agree with the reasons quoted (or there aren't any) you can enter into a discussion on the talk page for the article (that is, the discussion link at the top), by adding a new topic at the end. The aim is to reach a consensus among the page's editors, preferably before the page itself is edited, now that you know there is some disagreement. Notinasnaid 16:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- The history states clearly that the links were removed because they were advertisements, not biographical information about Paul Morphy. I went to the first link in the questioner's comment above and, sure enough, it goes to an advertisement about an author who happens to be working on a book in which one of the characters is Paul Morphy. As such, that link belongs on the author's article (if there is one) and not Paul Morphy's article. --Kainaw (talk) 18:37, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Links
I'm having a problem distinguishing between the blue of unvisited links and the purple of visited links. Even though I changed my browser preferences for link colors, it doesn't change the colors of links in default setting wikipedia. In the other skins, they change, but I really can't stand their features. Is there a setting for this? Aelfthrytha 16:48, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- For each user skin there is a CSS file you can edit. If you edit the CSS file you can change the default color. For example, to go your monobook(the default skin) CSS file enter User:Aelfthrytha/monobook.css, edit the page with this:
A:link {color:green;} A:visited {color:orange;}
- This will change the new and visited links to green and orange, respectively. You can either write the name of the color, or use a hex triplet (e.g. #ff0000 = Red) if you want to try a wide variety of palettes. —Mitaphane talk 22:38, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks! That solved my problem completely - but I noticed now that what were originally redlinks show up as the same color as everything else. What do I add to the script to make redlinks their own color? Aelfthrytha 12:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
IPA Characters don't display in IE 6.0
I keep coming across wikipedia pages where there are characters displayed only as a block, instead of the actual character. An example for me is the pronunciation in this Ciabatta article. I see t*ab*at:a where asterisks here are the block symbol. I can't figure out how to resolve it. I have Lucida Sans Unicode installed, MS Arial Unicode installed, and the "web page font" in Internet Options set to the MS Arial unicode font. Any help?
- It must be a IE specific thing. I'm using FireFox and have no problem but when I use an IE 6.0 tab it can't render the IPA characters. Maybe try upgrading to IE 7(if its out yet), or getting FireFox with the IE Tab extension or some other better standards compliant browser?
- See discussion below entitled "What does this mean?" for a few additional insights. Tawagoto 03:42, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Deleting
- Hi, I'd like to know how to delete articles and how to delete pictures. If anyone should know how to do this, please tell me. Thank You. | AndonicO 18:14, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- An admin needs to actually delete the page. If it's something you yourself wrote (and nobody has made substantial changes), you can tag it with {{db-author}}. See Articles for Deletion, Criteria for Speedy Deletion, and Images for Deletion for more information on how to nominate pages for deletion. —Keakealani 18:24, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Entry marked as Advertisement
Legg Mason's entry has been marked as an advertisement however the language used was approved from our Corporate Marketing dept and is used in our literature. There was mention the entry would be deleted and I am trying to avoid that situation. Can someone please assist me?
- Thank you for your contribution. I think you have answered your own question. I took a look at Legg Mason. When a company writes about themselves, they will use a particular language which makes it look like an advert. To be fair, this is not nearly so bad as most "autobiographical" entries, but phrases like "singularly focused" and "The firm has achieved a legacy of success" really do look like an advert rather than an encyclopedia, and as a general reader I can make no sense at all of the second paragraph. (I think it may use jargon that could be resolved with links to other articles). I think with a little independent editing it has great potential as an article. Notinasnaid 18:56, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you Notinasnaid. I appreciate the information. By chance, do you know how long I have until the entry will be deleted? Thanks again!
Ooops. I tagged it as copyright violation after having noticed somewhere (apparently here) that the article appeared to be from a PR department. I'll try to write a new article in its place, but currently all revisions of it appear to be most from the PR department. This makes none of the text NPOV, and no guarentee that the text is actually licensed under the GFDL. Kevin_b_er 20:32, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- "however the language used was approved from our Corporate Marketing dept". This kind of shows why it is marked as advertising. PR departments aren't interested in writing encyclopedia articles. They want to promote people/businesses, because that's their job. Having the text approved by them, doesn't mean it fulfills Wikipedia standards. - Mgm|(talk) 09:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Vandalism
I have been informed that I have "vandalized" a page in the Wilipedia sometime back in July 2006. As I have only used the Wilipedia once before and have nevedr altered or "vandalized" any article in it. I want to know what this is all about. If this kind of accusation comes from using the Wikipedia once I can assure you, I will not use it again.
Mike Kuhne <email removed>
- You use an AOL account, which means that millions of other people are editing through your same address. Unless you create an account and log in, other people's vandalism will show as coming from the same account as you. — Dark Shikari talk/contribs 22:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
high school classifications
Where did the 4 different classifications of high school come from? i.e. freshman, sophmore, junior, senior. Kathy Cooley 21:03, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- This is the wikipedia help desk, for asking question about using the wikipedia. Try the Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous for an answer (or look at the articles we have on the classifcations). —Mitaphane talk 22:56, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Introduction to Islam Bibliography - encyclopedic?
Does anything like Introduction to Islam Bibliography exist on Wikipedia? Should it be here? Dev920 (Tory?) 22:07, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- After looking through it, I took it to AfD. It seems doomed. Zunaid 09:57, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
How to vary width of messagebox?
The following markup will create a box
{|<float "right"> class="messagebox standard-talk" style="border: 1px #000000; background-color: ffffcc;" |align="center"|<'''How to vary the width of this box?'''</float>|}
How can one vary the width of the box, and make the box float to the left or right of text that is outside the box?
Bardwell 23:10, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
{|<float "right"> class="messagebox standard-talk" style="border: 1px #000000; background-color: ffffcc; width:90%" |align="center"|'''You must override the width parameter.''' |}
The class messagebox is width:80%. Without adding anything else, it will default to 80% width. You can see it in MediaWiki:Common.css in the block of text that starts with the line .messagebox { --Kevin_b_er 02:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, but how do I make the box float? The the <<float: "right"> attribute seems to be ignored. Bardwell 04:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Adding a new letter and then the name to an index of names
There is a page with letters listed with names under them. I would like to add a name for which there is not yet a letter. How do I add the letter.
Nothing shows up when I go in to edit it. Nothing! No letters, no names. If something did, it would be easier, I think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canadian_missionaries Suemcp 23:41, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- This is a category, which means it is generated by linking articles to it. Suppose, for example, that Kermit the Frog was a Canadian missionary. To add him to the category, go to his article (that is, Kermit the Frog), and edit it so that at the very end it contains the link [[Category:Canadian missionaries]]. Kermit will then be added to the list of missionaries. See also Help:Category if you want to know how to include a sort key and other useful things. Confusing Manifestation 00:10, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
But I already have an article on the person with the name I wish to add. I just don't have it on wikipedia. I would rather place a link to my article, on my website, just as soon as I can get the letter inserted onto the page, and find out how to add the name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canadian_missionaries
Suemcp 00:24, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Letters are inserted on category pages automatically when a name with that letter is added. However, we don't just provide links to outside websites without having article content on the subject ourselves. Wikipedia is not a link farm or promotional tool. Also, categories only work for Wikipedia articles and categories. You can't add outside pages to them. - Mgm|(talk) 09:09, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Edit count
Hi, I can't seen to acsess the edit count - does anyone have any idea as to why this is? I get this message:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~essjay/edit_count/Count.php on this server. Apache/2.0.55 (Debian) proxy_html/2.4 Server at tools.wikimedia.de Port 80
Thanking you in advance - Dfrg.msc 1 . 2 . 3 23:50, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- I am getting the same error. The tool is probably down. You could try asking at User:Essjay's talk page -- Lost(talk) 01:15, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Also, you could user Interiot's tool. It's working right now. Though it does require you to add something to your .js file.—Mitaphane talk 00:48, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Please clarify - Don't want to be labelled a spammer
I have tried to post a link regarding a site but I am always removed. This site that I am referring to is very informative and does not sell anything.
Please help me and tell me how can I post this link properly. I do not want to get banned or be labelled as a spammer.
Thanks for the help in advance. 75.7.151.164 23:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- The websites you posted, [4] and [5] are both commercial websites that offer little to no informational value. Unless I'm missing something, this does look like spam. If you're someone else, please point us to the site you tried to link to, and the article, so we can help you figure out what's going on. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 23:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
75.7.151.164 21:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC) [6] I will not post that anymore. But the other site is not [7] Please check out the site and you will notice the site's uniqueness. I have looked into this great website and trust me there is no other site out there that offers a more comprehensive description and blown up images of over 20 dolls. Each body part has an image that you can view up close. I think it is a good reference guide. I also looked into the link of Real Doll and it goes straight to their commercial site so I am a little confused about that. Thanks again and I will wait for your reply on this matter. 75.7.151.164 21:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
What's The Difference Between 1. January 2005 in Britain and Ireland and Category:2005 in the United Kingdom?
Danke.100110100 00:02, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Game is a subcategory
Not sure how to fix this, but the game Planescape: Torment is listed as a subcategory in Computer & Video Games with multiple endings, and there is only one article. I think it needs to be a regular listing. [[8]] (While I'm at it, is there any way to link to a Category page without putting the page I'm editing into that category or making it look like an external link?) Kat, Queen of Typos 00:47, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- The article Planescape: Torment is in the category category:Planescape: Torment (it's the only article in this cateogry), and the category has been added to a variety of other categories. You could bring this up on the article's talk page. Off hand, I don't see any particular reason for this structure in this case, but someone did at some point. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:42, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- To answer your last question, yes. Put a colon ( : ) just before the Category name, so that [[:Category:Stuff]] becomes Category:Stuff. Confusing Manifestation 01:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Problem creating category
I have tried without total success to create a Storytellers category. I thought I created it and have added it as a category in 21 articles. However, the link is still red and when I click on it, it says that the article does not exist, even though it has the 21 storytellers listed on it!
Also, how does one designate a parent category? Sign me perplexed, Cynrin 01:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Assuming you've done you're tagging right, the articles should all be member of the category -- the category link itself, however, will continue to show up as a redlink until you put content on the page (usually, a brief description explaining the purpose of the category). Parent categories are easier than they might seem: just put the category into another category, as you would with an article. Hope that helps. :) Luna Santin 02:03, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
My Own Headline.
I've seen people with their own Wiki before. Like "lostpedia" "wikidebia" - How do I go about putting one on my own server?
- Ooh, I'm afraid that's a bigger question than I'm used to dealing with. If nobody else here can help you out easily, you may be able to get better help at the MediaWiki wiki. Or Google. Hope you find what you need! Luna Santin 02:06, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Image not visible
I uploaded a picture on Raul Julia's page. The picture is courtesy of his oldest son. I followed the proper protocols but the picture still is not visible. What is the problem? ~~otooledupree
- You added an underscore "_" to the image name. I removed it and it works now. Garion96 (talk) 04:31, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
how far is nanchang china from shanghai china
in miles or km
- Try asking at the reference desk though a quick search on google should be able to give you the answer. This help desk answers questions pertaining to wikipedia only -- Lost(talk) 08:28, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- It's 605 km, see here. --Gabi S. 14:06, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
My e-mail confirmation has expired and...
... I don't understand your advice for that case: "Have another confirmation sent to you by clicking on the button in the "my preferences" page." Where is that page? (Currently I can neither confirm nor re-create that profile... even though I've already edited articles using that name! ... Help!!) Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.119.130.211 (talk • contribs)
- You'll need to log in, and head to Special:Preferences. Email settings are under "user profile," which should be the first page to come up, once you get to your preferences. Luna Santin 07:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
My problem is that I cannot login. It tells me that there's no profile for that name. My email settings should be fine (I got the confirmation mail, it's just expired).— Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.119.130.211 (talk • contribs)
- If that is the case then that means your account does not exist under the username you are looking for. Try to remember the correct username or create another one. Email is just optional and you dont need to have validated it in order to log in. Do you remember the username that you had created? -- Lost(talk) 08:29, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Microsoft Publisher
How can I enlarge the permanent lines that are around Microsoft Publisher. These are The red and blue lines that is around the page when you open Microsoft Publisher.... Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.137.100.81 (talk • contribs)
- If you are talking about the article Microsoft Publisher, I dont see any such lines. If however you are talking about the actual software, then you can either try asking at the talk page of the article or the reference desk. This desk answers queries related to wikipedia only -- Lost(talk) 14:47, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Question
How is it possible to get the whole list of articles from wikipedia ? Anicient articles Special page gives only 1000 articles. is there any way to get list of articles from 1001 to 2000 that qualify as the most anicient ?
Tux the penguin 15:47, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- The whole list of articles runs into millions. Are you interesting in downloading all the articles? If so, see Wikipedia:Database download. The alphabetical list is at Special:Allpages. If you are interested in browsing special groups of articles, you could try Wikipedia:Categorical index for easier searching. And you are right, the ancient articles special page shows only upto 1000 pages. Is there any reason you are looking for nos 1001 to 2000? -- Lost(talk) 16:59, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Local information
please tell me how to find the following information:
Number of people currently employed and unemployed in a local area
Population in a local area, i.e. town city or village etc.
Contact addresses for employers including post codes, and wage rates in a local area.
Main Employers in a local area, various jobs.
Transport links, rail, busses, taxis, trains and local airport, distance from main roads and motorways.
Any additional dempgraphic information available:Mark ohalloran 16:01, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- This helpdesk answers queries related to wikipedia only. You could try asking at reference desk, but you will have to make your question clearer -- Lost(talk) 16:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
e-mail address confirmation
I want to respond to the standard e-mail address confirmation that Wikipedia generated when I signed up for an account. Two requests had been sent but I was out of the office and did not open them until today. Please advise.
Thank you, Dean A. Matthews, MBA, JD (Knothole Knothead)(email removed to prevent spam)
- If the confirmation requests have timed out, simply log in and go to Special:Preferences. Ask for another confirmation mail and it will be sent to you. Giving your email address is optional and you can edit even without providing an email address -- Lost(talk) 18:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
living person
How do I add a person's name to the living person's list in wikipedia?
- The living persons are not under a list but under a category. If the person is notable, by all means, create an article adhering to the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines on the person and add the category to the article. You will get more specific guidelines on WP:BLP. -- Lost(talk) 19:09, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Question
Can my login be used for other wikimedia hosted sites e.g.wikitionary
- No, not as of now. You need to create a username for each of the wikimedia sites separately. But the proposal is being worked upon. We will probably see a common username solution in a few months if I remember correctly -- Lost(talk) 19:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Can't logon
Hi, I can't log on to my acount (Inuyasha) and the pasword reset button doesn't work at all, it says it has sent the email but I've been waiting a couple of days
- Well, User:Inuyasha made a total of 3 edits back in 2003. You may have given another email id back then. I would suggest to simply get a new user id and contribute under that -- Lost(talk) 19:38, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I am being accused falsely of being a vandal
I have made contributions to wikipedia that are being FALSELY accused of being vandalism. I am not trying to vandalize this site! In fact, my article on the sports promoter George Kennedy is slated for removal because I have been falsely accused of vandalism. I have listed my source at the bottom of the article my source: the book DECEPTIONS AND DOUBLECROSS: HOW THE NHL CONQUERED HOCKEY by Morey Holtzman and Joseph Nieforth.
I want you to tell everyone who has accused me of vandalism the STOP IT AT ONCE!!
This falsely accusing me of being a vandal is COMPLETELY and THOROUGHLY UNFAIR! I am NOT a vandal!!Corey Bryant 20:11, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Have you read your talk page? I don't see what is confusing in the comments. --Kainaw (talk) 20:19, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- I would take these accusations up with User:Widefox. Looking at some of your edits, I don't see any obvious vandalism. Also, see this for information about resolving disputes. Talk to the user and explain why your edits aren't vandalism. —Mitaphane talk 01:15, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I left a note on your talk page corey, and on widefoxes. I think the problem here is that you are breaking the WP:OR policy and Widefox while justifiably reverting your edits, is calling it vandalism, when I see it mostly as someone not understand exactly how wikipedia works. Chris M. 02:49, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Registration
I have registered in the English section and want to know if that registration is valid also in another language section, like Sicilian. Or am I required to have two separate registrations? Thank you, Gioviddu.
I have registered in the English section and want to know if that registration is valid also in another language section, like Sicilian. Or am I required to have two separate registrations? Thank you, Gioviddu. Gioviddu 20:23, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- As it is right now, you have to have separate registrations. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 20:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- The answer "yes" was to your question. "Yes. You are required to have two separate registrations." However, you can use the same username/password on each. --Kainaw (talk) 20:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Google and Wikipedia
How is it that some wikipedia articles are highlighted when searched under the search engine Google and not others? I'd like my article from Wikipedia to come up when the subject is searched in Google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rtcandel (talk • contribs)
- Google treats Wikipedia pages the same way it treats others. That is, if the page is linked to by many other high-ranking websites, and if it's relevant, it will have a higher pagerank. The reason that articles show up on Google so often is that people just like linking the Wikipedia on forums/blogs/etc., not because Google gives Wikipedia a bonus. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 21:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- It bears noting that there is no such thing as "your" article - other than your user page which presumably is not highly ranked on Google anyway. Remember, "You agree to license your contributions under the GFDL." That is, once you edit something in, it's Wikipedia's, not yours. Just as a note. You shouldn't be using Wikipedia as a venue for increased hits on Google. —Keakealani 01:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
User Discussion Page
Is it ok to delete comments from a user discussion page? 67.99.60.231 21:38, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- From your own. If you have a friend on WP and you notice something really irrelevant or offensive on their talk page you can remove it, but generally leave other people's talk pages alone. Anchoress 21:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Also, you may not remove warnings from your talk page - and in general it's good idea to remove comments without having them in a visible archive. Not only is it kind of rude, but it makes it look like you're trying to hide something - which doesn't work because everything is available in the history...Anyway, just avoid removing necessary things. —Keakealani 01:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Actually it's not true that you may not remove warnings from your talk page; and it's also not true that it's a convention to remove to an archive. Lots and lots of editors (including administrators) just delete whatever they want from their talkpages. The idea is that if you've deleted it, you've seen it, and warnings aren't meant to be scarlet 'A's that must remain for all to see. Anchoress 05:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- There has been much discussion of this topic. For an overview, please see Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Removing warnings.--Fuhghettaboutit 05:43, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, sorry. I'd gotten the impression from reading the Admin boards that users weren't censured for deleting whatever from talkpages. Anchoress 20:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Hmmmm, but this discussion seems to conclude that it is OK. Anchoress 22:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- There has been much discussion of this topic. For an overview, please see Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Removing warnings.--Fuhghettaboutit 05:43, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Actually it's not true that you may not remove warnings from your talk page; and it's also not true that it's a convention to remove to an archive. Lots and lots of editors (including administrators) just delete whatever they want from their talkpages. The idea is that if you've deleted it, you've seen it, and warnings aren't meant to be scarlet 'A's that must remain for all to see. Anchoress 05:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Also, you may not remove warnings from your talk page - and in general it's good idea to remove comments without having them in a visible archive. Not only is it kind of rude, but it makes it look like you're trying to hide something - which doesn't work because everything is available in the history...Anyway, just avoid removing necessary things. —Keakealani 01:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
about ME
I have serached for the article for "Me" on wikipedia. and it seemes to be spammed. I checked te history and it seemed to be spammed a lot. Is this just recently or has it always been this way for the article "Me" 23:31, 10 October 2006 (UTC) Hunter Rose
- Looking at the history, it's been a good target for about a year or two. Some article are just natural targets for vandals(see Gay (disambiguation), there's an endless supply of people who think it's hillarious to put someone's name in the disambig entries). Also, see Wikipedia:The Motivation of a Vandal. —Mitaphane talk 00:59, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
my own 16'45" dvd drama
Hi - I wrote, produced and directed this dramatic piece, "Screech" it has one performer in it, so I am the cretaor and own the rights, but I am a computer dummy so I need help to upload it like: tag 1.1 I suppose and I guess it is a free license. I just need simple to understand step by step instruction. I hope this is not a burden, thank you ----
- Upload it to where? Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not a movie warehouse. --Kainaw (talk) 00:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Kainaw is right. Wikipedia is not a file sharing site. If you want to share your work with the world try Google Video. —Mitaphane talk 01:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Logging in
I just created my account. When I log in, it says I've done so successfully. But when I then click on "My Preferences" so I can set preferences, it says I have to log in, and the top right corner shows that I'm NOT logged in.
I've logged in nine times, been welcomed nine times, and been told nine times that I'm not logged in when I try to go to Preferences.
I do NOT want my IP address showing anywhere, but even to send you this, it says I'm not logged in. One of us is wrong. Which one is it?
What's going on???
11 October 2006 (UTC)
- What web browser are you using? Perhaps your cookie setting are set correctly. Some more information would be helpful to find out the problem. —Mitaphane talk 01:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
If you tell me what "more information" you need, I'll provide it. I've never had a problem with cookies before. If the problem is cookies, why wouldn't it recognize me in the instant after I log on? I'm a computer boob, so you need to tell me exactly what you need to know, or what I'm doing wrong - sorry!
- First, what browswer are you using? Firefox, Internet Explorer, something else?
Internet Explorer, but I'm not sure what version. Our computer is four years old and it came bundled.
- This could be a major issue. To find out the version number the usual Windows trick is to use Help > About: in this case Help > About Internet Explorer. Notinasnaid 08:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- This question's been coming up a lot. Three attempts to fix it:
- Make sure you've got cookies turned on
- Try using the 'Remember me' checkbox
- Try using this link: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Main_Page
- --ais523 08:42, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- This question's been coming up a lot. Three attempts to fix it:
OK, I checked and I'm using version 6.0. Is that a problem?
I checked the "Remember me" box when I registered.
I'm not sure how to turn on cookies, but I have no problem with any other website, so I'm assuming that my cookies are fully turned on. (Wait - that didn't come out right. Oh well, you know what I mean!)
Hey - all of a sudden, it's working. I didn't change anything, but I got to my preferences page. I guess it just took the system overnight to digest me.
Thanks for your help.
How to find infomation about the Wikipedia.
Can you help me find where the wikipidia was published or posted, when it was published or posted,and who the editor was. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.12.111 (talk • contribs)
- You're trying to create a bibiliography, aren't you? If you're doing this for a post-secondary project, don't. Otherwise, see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 01:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- A lot of information about Wikipedia is located in its article, if you want some general history, But Consumed Crustacean is right if you're looking for citation information. —Keakealani 04:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Layout question
Hi. In the stub Oceanside (Amtrak station), I added two info boxes directly under the one that already existed (all 3 boxes are of train lines). Problem is, there's yet another existing info box on the right of the page which causes the three info boxes in the article to be unaligned and it looks pretty hokey. I realized I'm a little too html challenged to fix this. Any suggestions? --Marriedtofilm 01:33, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Fixed. All you have to do is add a <br clear=all> after the infobox the "clear=all" makes sure the next line continues past the infobox. —Mitaphane talk 08:56, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, Mitaphane!--Marriedtofilm 21:07, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
What does this mean?
What does the symbol mean/do in the special characters section (as opposed to clicking-in the IPA characters directly)? Thanks. Tawagoto 02:23, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Hmm. It didn't appear. I mean { { IPA | } } (but without the spaces). Tawagoto 02:26, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- The notation you refer to is a template, a special function used to duplicate content across multiple page. The {{IPA}} (bracketed, as all templates are in Wiki markup) is used to allow fixing broken display of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) characters in MS Internet Explorer 6 for Windows, and choice of style in any browser. If you're adding any of the characters listed under IPA in the special characters box, they should be included directly following the pipe bar "|" and before the closing brackets: }}. Hope that helps! McMillin24 contribstalk 02:39, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, that was a big help. It also answered my next question, which was: Why do little square boxes appear instead of phonetic symbols? (Answer: Because it's IE.) Maybe I'll switch to Mozilla Firefox. The problem is, if users DON'T use this template, the little squares appear, and it's very difficult to figure out what they represent. I wouldn't mind copyediting places where they appear (to change them to the { { IPA } } format, but you can't tell what they are in the first place. Tawagoto 03:42, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
create discussion
i searched for 555 and came up with info on the year 555. the only other page was 555 (number). when i searched for 555, the result i was looking for is titles 555 timer. i was going to go to discussions to reccomend creating a disambiguation page but when i go there it says that the article "555" does not exist and that this will create it. will it really overwrite the 555 article or just create an entry in discussions?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Javawizard (talk • contribs) .
- I'm, not sure that I understand your question. Did you click on the "discussion" link at the top of the article 555?. if so you got the message "Wikipedia does not have a talk page with this exact name." By posting your entry there you will create the talk page for 555. Every article and userpage has an associated talk page. When it's red-linked, that means it has not been created yet. This will not overwrite 555. I hope this helps. If I misunderstood, please clarify your question.--Fuhghettaboutit 03:50, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- The article you want is 555 timer IC. --ais523 07:57, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Curious
There is any translation of the pages in tagalog?
- There is a Wikipedia project in Tagalog with just over 5,000 articles; the main page can be found at tl:Unang Pahina. McMillin24 contribstalk 03:35, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
cv of Dr. Ekwow Spio - Garbrah
I should be grateful if you could furnish me with information on Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a presidential aspirant of the Republic of Ghana, West Africa.
- You may want to see if there's an article here. Otherwise, you might be able to get information at the Reference Desk; this Help Desk is specifically for questions about using and editing Wikipedia, while the Reference Desk is for any question under the sun. Good luck! —Keakealani 06:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Titles Of All Articles
Aren't the first letter of every word in a title supposed to be capitalized? So why aren't the first letters of all the words in Wikipedia articles capitalized? That would mean the section headings too. And then there's the template that says, i.e.: iPod, the first letter of the article is specifically supposed to be uncapitalized. It teaches the reader how to write iPod, but then none of the articles have a lineatthetop to say [something like] how you're supposed to capitalize the word, when you should, when you shouldn't, i.e.: if it is the first word of a sentence of in a title, or if it compounded into a name, and never in all other circumstances. What's the deal?100110100 07:43, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Naming of articles is covered in Wikipedia:Naming conventions, a policy; the first letter of each article is capitalised for technical reasons, but the policy says that subsequent letters should be lowercased unless they would be uppercased when used in a sentence. If you're unclear about the policy or disagree with it, the best place to ask would probably be Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions. --ais523 07:56, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Notice sent from Wikipedia
I have recently used Wikipedia again and have been sent a message stating that I have changed text on certain subject and have also sent nasty messages to other users.
My 11 year old son uses this site under strict supervision for his homeowrk and has never altered text or contacted other site users.
The subjects that you have quoted us as changing are not subjects we have viewed or are likely to view. In the past few months we have used this site to gain information on the Roam Empire and JFK.
Please can you look into this for me and advise me.
Thank you
Janine Heaney
- Your IP when you asked that question was 195.93.21.7, an AOL IP. AOL repeatedly changes which IP a user is connected to, so that if one person vandalises a page, it's possible that a different user (in this case you) will get the warning message; most AOL IPs have lots of irrelevant warnings. Ignoring the warnings is the best thing to do; if you want to do any editing, it may be a good idea to get a username. See Advice to AOL users for more info. --ais523 07:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
ref tag, citations, references etc.
Is there a standard subheading to put the <references/> tag into. On many pages i notice that it follows a rather sensible way of having the subheading as 'References' and then having a further subheading beneath that for 'General references' which holds just references that werent cited in the text. On some pages it uses the heading 'Notes' which doesn't seem to make much sense as almost all of the time the <ref> tag in the article is for a reference, or citation, not a footnote.
Is there any plan of incorporating another <ref> style tag called <foot> or something that will be for footnotes? This would allow a 'Footnotes' section to make sense and could be used as well as a references section.
I suppose the other name for headings could be 'Citations' but 'References' fits in better with almost all printed media, including other ecyclopaedias.
- The title 'References' is standard if inline citations are being used; 'Notes' is used if the ref tags are being used for footnotes. I agree that this means that they can't both be used in the same article; if you want to make this suggestion, the Village Pump may be a good place to discuss it. --ais523 12:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
trouble displaying copied template from wiki
I'm trying to start up a wiki based on asian pop culture and would like to start off using the same exact entries in wikipedia for some pages but im having a problem making the pages look the same as on Wikipedia.
Specifically, I'm having trouble displaying the template "Template:Infobox idol" correctly. Please compare:
Wikipedia's site (the way i want it to show up):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_idol
and my site:
http://www.wiki.aznaddiction.com/index.php?title=Template:Infobox_idol
Can you see the difference? the infobox version on my website is messed up. I've also copied and created the other templates parsed in the "Template:Infobox idol" but to no avail. I have the parsefunctions extension installed and ive created monobook.css and commons.css
I've been spending alot of time installing other templates that I thought would fix the problem but so far nothing. I've been thinking because of that it has something to do with Javascript or CSS, but I don't really know.
Could somebody please help me out?
Thanks, Ryan
update: im gonna re-install the latest version and see how it goes.
- You didn't link to your site. Chris M. 21:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- I'd bet that your installation does not have the ParserFunctions extension, which that template seems to use. If that doesn't work, try asking at the technical village pump. --Cherry blossom tree 21:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Ryan: Well, i just updated to the latest mediawiki and it still doesn't work. Cherryblossom tree, I don't think that is the case since I already have the ParserFunctions extension installed.
got it! see this: http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2767
strategywiki
how do you get to strategy wiki on wikipedia?
- StrategyWiki has nothing to do with wikipedia, it is a completely unrelated site (other than the fact that the same software is used by both). Its URL is http://strategywiki.org/wiki/. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 13:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia on Palm - Tomeraider
Hello,
it looks like the link http://download.wikimedia.org/tomeraider/ to dowload tomeraider files for use on PDA is not working anymore. Is that service discontinued ?
Thanks for any clarification.
83.134.219.209 16:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)Pascal
Someone tried to change my password.
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Someone (probably you, from IP address 88.105.195.177)
requested that we send you a new Wikipedia login password for en.wikipedia.org.
The password for user "Dafydd" is now "[REDACTED]".
You should log in and change your password now.If someone else made this request or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may ignore this message and continue using your old password.
A WHOIS lookup on 88.105.195.177 points to a provider out of London, England. I immediately changed my account to use my most secure password, but I want to log this in case the offending IP address shows up elsewhere.
My PGP public key is available through http://pgp.mit.edu and from http://www.livejournal.com/pubkey.bml?user=dafydd
Thanks!
David
dafydd 18:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Unfortunately not much can be done about this. Anyone can request a password on your behalf. It will not affect your password though. Unless you click on the confirmation link, your password remains unaffected. -- Lost(talk) 20:52, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Question re references/citation, commercial link
Hi I was wondering what the WP policy is for using a commercial website, i.e. amazon.com, as a reference for an item, i.e. a music cd, on a WP article about the band. Is it ok, or no? Green hornet 20:22, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Commercial sites, as long as they are reliable sources and not advocating a point of view are ok to be used as references. For example the ISBN of a book can quite reliably be had from amazon.com -- Lost(talk) 20:54, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
MZ scooter
i have a mz scooter model moskito rx and need an owners manuel very badley. please tell me how to obtain one thank you keith armstrong
- I'm sorry, you have asked in the wrong place. This Help Desk is specifically for questions about using and editing Wikipedia. You may try the Reference Desk, but I'm not sure they can help you. I can suggest a search engine like Google, but otherwise I'm not sure you can get help here. —Keakealani 20:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
E-mails
Is an e-mail added in the optional box and then confirmed is not shown on a user page or on any part of the site in correlation with the username is it?
- If you are asking whether the email address is kept private, yes it is. -- Lost(talk) 21:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- However, it will be shown to the recipient of any emails you sent through the "email this user" feature so they can respond. - 131.211.210.16 09:36, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
User Bios
I remember a while ago comming across some Biographies of Wikipedia Users, I can't remember if it was on Meta or Here or if I even did come across it, but I am pretty sure I came across something that wasn't a userpage but a Biography of A User, cam anyone help 218.101.117.156 21:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Information about users can be had from Wikipedia:Userpages. You will get a userpage automatically when you get an account with a username. You can write information about yourself there. But go through the above link to see what you may or may not include. -- Lost(talk) 21:30, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- There is a category, I think, or maybe an article, for Wikipedia editors who have Wikipedia articles about them. Anchoress 21:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Category:Notable Wikipedians? --Cherry blossom tree 21:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- No, but that page had what I was thinking of. Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles. Anchoress 09:36, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Category:Notable Wikipedians? --Cherry blossom tree 21:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps you were thinking of wikibios? =- 131.211.210.16 09:35, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
How to give someone a barnstar.
How do you give someone a barnstar?MOI 21:58, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- Have a look at WP:STAR. Addhoc 22:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Can't log in!
I keep trying to log into my account (named PhageRules1), but I am unable to do so. I read the notice provided, but cookies are enabled on my computer already, and I can't access the slow version. If this is an inappropriate place to be posting my question, I am terribly sorry; please refer me to the proper place. Thanks for your help! 69.19.14.22 23:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Is there a way to avoid being bummed out by Wikipedia?
I've just changed my username (again) because of bad experiences on Wikipedia. I am in no way trying to do Wikipedia harm (although I am being to feel like doing so). There seems to be clicks of people who do you in because you put a "fact" tag or something similar on an article and they don't want to deal with it. Also, they take credit for my work, then call me a vandal. I used to love Wikipedia and genuinely working on articles.
How do I regain that feeling again with all the bad stuff going on? I gave up doing backlogs of wikifying etc. because that is a quick way of getting dumped on. I gave up creating articles because someone else coopts the article and calls me a sockpuppet. Admininistrators have their own agenda so there is no ultimate help from that source if you have no connections because they protect favorate people. I only find out about complaints about me accidently by putting certain individual's talk pages on my watchlist.
Do you have pages or links to help people like me deal with all the negativity here? (You probably won't answer this type of question, I know from experience, and please don't recommend that I take a break by working on my user page.) Xampt 23:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- I'm sorry to hear that. =\ If particular users are stalking or harassing you, you may be able to find some help at the personal attacks invervention noticeboard. If you just want some friendly people to talk to, you might be interested in Esperanza. Beyond that, please don't let trolls get to you -- they're a problem everywhere on the internet, and sometimes you just need to keep your eye on the prize and find that one needle in the haystack. There are good people out there, you've just got to keep looking. Luna Santin 00:43, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- You might want to consider not changing your username so much. While I appreciate you can develop a reputation, sometimes due to no fault of your own which can cause problems, in the end your edits should speak for themselves. The trouble is, if you keep changing your username people can't see all the good work that you've done Nil Einne 10:49, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
User accounts
Moved to Wikipedia talk:Changing username
Editing trouble
Hi im trying to insert my digital pictures onto a page on the site. iv read through the help page and find it rather frustrating and practically useless because it doesnt explain 'how' to put images into the page. iv had many attempts and failed so il explain what iv done so far. iv uploaed my images onto wikipedia. then i went to the page i wanted to insert them into and clicked edit this page. i then clicked the insert image icon and replaced example with the image name. it doesnt work it doesnt show the image it just shows what i typed what am i doing wrong and how can i resolve this? Martin86 00:07, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- You had the code like this [[Image:Image:Example.jpg]] but it must be [[Image:Example.jpg]]. With only one "Image:". "Example" stands for the name of the picture without the "Image:" namespace indication. --Bisco 00:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Getting a Entry Locked
I was wondering how to go about getting an article to be locked so that vandalism will be reduced. Please let me know. Ud pkp 2005 00:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Hope that helps! Luna Santin 00:46, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
The roman walls of Lugo and Wikipedia
My English is limited. I would like to upload a small article with eight images about the Roman wall of Lugo, with special dedication to military functionality. It is a virgin territory, therefore how it can, the article, being encyclopedic if all the references go to me? --Ulises Sarry 23:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
(Note: copied from Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia and moved here. Flcelloguy (A note?) 00:40, 12 October 2006 (UTC))
How they got the meaning of alligator71.127.231.173 00:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Protected talk page, what should I do?
I know of a protected deleted article that could be converted to a protected redirect. Ordinarily I would use {{editprotected}} to make such a request, but its talk page is also a protected deleted page. How should I make this request? Should I create a new page Talk talk:(name of article) or Talk:Talk:(name of article)? Should I put the talk page in deletion review or requests for protection, get it unprotected and blanked, and then make the request to get the article changed? Every possible solution I can think of sounds rawther Rube Goldberg to me. --Damian Yerrick (☎) 01:22, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Heh, quite the conundrum. If all else fails, there's always the talk page of WP:RFP, the village pump, or even admins' noticeboard. One of those should do you some good. DRV is probably feasible, but might be overkill. Your call. :) Luna Santin 01:31, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- My answer might be different if I knew the page in question, but I would say either Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Current requests for significant edits to a protected page or leave a note on the talk page of the admin who protected it. --After Midnight 0001 01:48, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- The page is NEDM. NEDM is a "fad" (recurring theme) on a web site called YTMND, and the article was deleted apparently for non-notability. I just want to get the article #REDIRECTed to YTMND. I'll try the route that After Midnight suggested. --Damian Yerrick (☎) 01:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- That's actually a really good idea. Somewhat-notable (but not enough for a Wiki article) fads should be redirected to the websites where they exist. — Dark Shikari talk/contribs 10:30, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- The page is NEDM. NEDM is a "fad" (recurring theme) on a web site called YTMND, and the article was deleted apparently for non-notability. I just want to get the article #REDIRECTed to YTMND. I'll try the route that After Midnight suggested. --Damian Yerrick (☎) 01:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- My answer might be different if I knew the page in question, but I would say either Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Current requests for significant edits to a protected page or leave a note on the talk page of the admin who protected it. --After Midnight 0001 01:48, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
resume' help!?!
60.231.187.71 02:11, 12 October 2006 (UTC)I need to upload my resume' but it has to be in rich text format (RTF) i didn't know what that was so i googled it.. and it brought me to this site! can u help? how do i put my resume' into RTF??????
- Have you read the article on RTF? This is a help desk about wikipedia. we do have a IT reference desk, but it isn't a free-service station for homework-style questions either. --`/aksha 02:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
APA 5th Edition
How do I cite an article from Wikipedia in APA 5th Edition? I researched Niccolo Machiavelli and now need to cite your source.
- See Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. Keep in mind however, for specific details in a research paper, an encyclopedia might not be a good source. You might want to try out the sources cited within the wikipedia article instead of the article itself. —Mitaphane talk 03:29, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Article change from Editor
Hello!
I've written an article on the conductor Alexander Frey. At the top of that article there are two notices that appeared from Wikipedia: Editing needed and that the article reads like an advertisement. I've shortened it and followed the Wikipedia guidelines. Can you please remove these two notices from the article?
Many thanks, Richard Lauren — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Lauren (talk • contribs)
- Remember, you're an editor also so you can be bold and remove them. They might reappear if the editor who added them disagrees that the problem they saw has been fixed. Antonrojo 02:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Swedish characters
In citing a book authored by Videgård should I use that spelling or simply Videgard? -GrahameKing 04:04, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- If the author refers to themselves as Videgård (Ex. the cover of the book a å), use that, else the Englishification (is that a word?) of the name. Kevin_b_er 06:46, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- I'm actually of the opinion you should use Videgård unless there is a reason not to, e.g. there is reason to believe that name is preferred by the person or is more commonly used. In any case, you might want to check out Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Swedish) (which is inactive) and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Finnish) (which is based on the Swedish) Nil Einne 10:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
On Secure Wikipedia
I'm a user from the Chinese Wiki. As you know, wikipedia is blocked in Mainland China. I can edit via https. However, today the https keeps failing to resbond, saying an "Http 403" error occurred. Someone to help me? Many thanks! 210.21.29.114 06:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- 403 is "forbidden". You may draw your own conclusions. Notinasnaid 09:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Isn't Wikipedia unblocked in China as of today, and now only subject to keyword blocks [such as Tienanmen and Fulan Gong (mispelled purposely to avoid Helpdesk being blocked for chinese users)]? — Dark Shikari talk/contribs 10:29, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Curious question
what is
mean of interstrate
Search across multiple languages
Is it possible to search across multiple language versions of Wikipedia?
MarkTerry 07:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Hm. Not in any way that I'm familiar with, unfortunately. You might be able to use interwiki links, once you've found one page. Or Google might be able to help you out, if you can figure out the right search terms. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful, but let's hope at least one of those is enough to get what you need. Luna Santin 07:23, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- If it's possible, such search thingies will be listed in their section on WP:TOOLS. - 131.211.210.16 09:21, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Very easy with Google. Add site:wikipedia.org to any search (rather than site:en.wikipedia.org). Notinasnaid 09:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks to you both - that does the trick MarkTerry 10:48, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Editing the top right corner info box in album page
I think my question may be the same as "October 8 - Misc in Musical Artist?". The allmusic link in the top right corner info box for "Chronicle Vol. 1" album by Creedence Clearwater Revival is incorrect, it leads to another album. The star rating is also wrong. I have been making tiny edits wherever required without an account for some time now. Now I have created an account (dhawal1), but I'm not able to make this small change.
How to get database changes in to my web site
Hi, I need some help regarding the integration of wikimedia in our own website,as i am currently doing,i need a confirmation shall i have to dump enwikimedia Database from wikimedia any modifications done in wikimedia site how can i access those changes in to my website.Please help me if any one knows.(<email removed>)
Thank You, Shivaramaraju.
- Take a look at the top. This is primarily for help on using wikipedia. You should instead go to the mediawiki help which is also linked to at the top. BTW, we don't e-mail people... Nil Einne 10:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
About PhotoShop
Can Photoshop create new image?
- This isn't really the place to ask such a question. You could try the reference desk but I'm not particularly sure anyone will be able to answer that question as it's kind of vague anyway as to what you mean and in any case it's a very general question that you shouldn't need our help to answer. Try reading the Adobe Photoshop article. However given the very high price of Photoshop, I would respectively suggest if you don't know the answer to the question, you shouldn't even think if it since it'll be a waste of money to buy it. BTW, please see Wikipedia:Sign Nil Einne 10:57, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Were you thinking of 'new' in the sense of copyright purposes? In that case altering an image using PhotoShop or similar software doesn't necessarily create a 'new' image for the purpose of copyright. Addhoc 11:55, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
2004
how do i find out what happend in america in 2004, as i can only find information on other countries but america seems to have been missed off the list, thankyou for your help 12:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Nothing happened in America in 2004; everybody overslept through the entire year, and didn't do anything until they finally all woke up (with a big hangover) on January 1, 2005. *Dan T.* 12:41, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
How can a specialty group collaborate with you?
Dear Wikipedia,
We are a group of doctors representing the mitochondrial medicine society. We specialize in the treatment and diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases. We are also part of and expert resources for our national support group - the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (www.umdf.org).
We have had a recent request to create a wiki about the diagnosis and treatment of this condition and were interested in knowing if it is possible to create the wiki via wikipedia?
If so, who would be our contact individual (if one is needed)? Is there a warning or disclaimer needed for posting medical content in the wiki? Is there a way to become an administrator from the beginning as to limit unqualified individuals from editing the page? Do our qualifications need to be verified? As you can see we have more than a few questions. Please let us know how to proceed.
Sincerely,
Docs of the Mitochondrial Medicine Society
- Perhaps what you're looking for is Wikia, a for-profit company founded by the same person who started Wikipedia, and using the same software, which lets people create specialized wikis. Or you could install the open-source MediaWiki software on your own server and start a wiki that way. Wikipedia itself is a general-interest encyclopedia, not a place to start up specialized wikis of your own. *Dan T.* 12:33, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
about tourism
who is the founder of tourism? who established the tourism first in the world?
- That's a rather open-ended question. I imagine that, all the way back to ancient times, there have been some people who have traveled to distant places and done some sightseeing for fun when they got there. The increase in affluence, leisure time, and transportation technology of the past couple of centuries has greatly increased the frequency of this, and I believe it's in the mid-1800s that tourism began to be considered an industry in its own right, with such companies as Cook's Tours and American Express (which was into tourism and travel before it got into credit cards). But I don't know all the specific history. *Dan T.* 12:37, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Subst'ed?
Someone posted this to my user page: "Just FYI, this template isn't supposed to be subst'ed." in reference to a copyvio template. Where can I look to find a plain English translation? I'm scratching my head over this. Kathy A. 13:07, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- This means you should not add
{{copyvio}}
to a page, but{{subst:copyvio}}
. The difference is the first version leaves exactly what you added while the second version leaves the expanded version of the template. Templates that should be "subst'd" should be so indicated in their usage notes (on the template itself or its talk page). -- Rick Block (talk) 13:46, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, it sounds like the comment you received is the opposite of what is described above. The poster wants you to use
{{templatename}}
, not{{subst:templatename}}
. dpotter 14:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
translating
how can I translate articles?
MainPageBG Class
Where is the MainPageBG style class stored? This is the class used to format tables on WP's main page. I've searched through MediaWiki:Common.css but it doesn't appear to live there, and I don't see it referenced in the catalog. Thank you, dpotter 14:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
How can I locate an answer to a question I asked before?
I asked a question about "Ensuring an article appears on the relevant category page" on 5 October 2006 at 15:08. I am looking for the answer page again, but I can't find it. Are answers removed after a certain period, or is it still possible to find that answer?