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April 3

Changing an article's title

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Ah, don't you guys get tired of us n00bs? I'm copyediting an article Uniform civil code. Except, that's not what it's about. It's about the Uniform civil code of India. It is a fascinating article. How it exists with this title (perhaps because its capitalization is different?) from a general article on UCC, I don't know. But at any rate, it's an excellent article about the UCC of India and needs to be renamed. How do I do this? It has been on the copyediting backlog list for more than 2 years - it would be off that list if this were fixed. Thanks in advanced. If it's as simple as simply moving (cutting and pasting) the article from where it is to the new title - that's great, but how does its discussion page and history then move with it? Obviously, can't be that simple...right?Levalley (talk) 00:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

See Help:Moving a page. Algebraist 00:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah ha! I answered my own question! For the others with the same problem, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MOVE WP:MOVE Levalley (talk) 00:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Algebraist - you are so fast and helpful!Levalley (talk) 00:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Name Change

Resolved

Hi. I know how to change the name of a WP article (move), but how do I change the name of a picture here I'd like to change it to Frank-Kimmel-SalemIN2007.jpg, but don't see a "move" tab. The help desk there (wikimedia) doesn't seem to be quite as well attended as here, that's why I'm here instead of there. ;) — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  00:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

At present, only admins can move images on the Commons. This suggests just asking an admin to do it for you. Algebraist 00:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

OK .. thank you Algebraist. Appreciate it. — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  04:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Capital letter in the title

Hi, I am new to here. I just create an article. But the letter 'R' in the title 'Sun Rui' should be capitalized. How can I do this? Can anybody help me with this? Thank you Grace01854 (talk) 01:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Absolutely, I have gone ahead and done the page move. You can see how to do this yourself at Help:Moving a page, although you won't be able to do this for a few days yet. Editors have to be around for a few days (for most users, 4) and have 10 edits to be able to move pages (or upload images, or edit semiprotected pages). This is done to head off some kinds of vandalism, sorry for the inconvience. Hope this helps and welcome to Wikipedia! --TeaDrinker (talk) 01:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

relation

i was told that there is some relation between air,water,fire...and sun signs....please may i know that what is the relation between them?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.96.139.125 (talk) 02:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TNXMan 02:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Fonts are small in Wikipedia

Hi Iam currently using Internet Explorer 7, & using Vista Home Premium as my OS, whenever I browse to the Wikipedia website the text is very very small & unreadable, is there a font which I might have missing on my system & will need to install? Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.133.43.229 (talk) 05:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

It's possible you've just changed the font size somehow, in which case view→text size→medium ought to fix it (or some similar menu option; I don't have a copy of IE 7 to check). It's also possible you've hit the dreaded 'IE randomly decides to change its default sanserif font' bug, for which I'm told there are workarounds. The easiest is just to upgrade to a browser less prone to stupid bugs. Algebraist 06:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply,I upgraded to IE8, & also installed firefox, IE8 is still displaying wikipedia in small fonts (they are set at medium size), firefox however displays wikipedia ok without any problems at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.133.43.229 (talk) 08:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You can change the size in IE7, IE8, and Firefox (and maybe others) by pressing Control and moving the mouse's wheel at the same time. HTH -- Alexf^(talk) 14:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

A quick way to increase the font in size is by pressing and holding the key ctrl, and then hitting the plus sign. Each time you hit plus while holding down ctrl the font increases. Conversly, if you hit minus, the font decreases. --Pgecaj (talk) 00:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Manawan Police Training School coordinates

Pl correct it's coordinates.yousaf465'

Here are it;s corrdinates [1].yousaf465'

You are welcome to correct the error yourself if you want. Just click here and enter the new coordinates on the top line of the page. Post back or at my talk page if you need anything else :) — Deon555^talk_{I'm BACK!} 09:12, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

power lifting

Is power lifting included in olympics?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.184.123.200 (talk) 08:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

There's weightlifting, but not powerlifting (see: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics). In the future, you can ask random questions like this on the reference desk; the help desk is meant only for question about using Wikipedia. Cheers. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:27, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

languages

Which language is older Hebrew or Sanskrit.Please advise and how, please explain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.177.10.75 (talk) 09:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Language section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 09:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

can not edit pages

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 – tempodivalse [☎] 18:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

hi i am new here, i wanted to make some edits on the Conficker page, (its about a computer worm). anyway i tried to find the edit tab and it is not there so I created a account and I still can't edit it. What am I supposed to do to edit pages. I heard that anyone can edit on this website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fukuemos (talk • contribs) 13:50, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

The Conficker article is semi-protected to prevent vandalism by new and unregistered users. You need to be registered for four days and make a total of ten edits in order to be able to edit such pages. Xenon54 (talk) 13:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

(ec)The Conficker article is semi-protected; which means that you have to be a registered user, which you now are, and be auto-confirmed (in most cases). To be auto-confirmed, you have to have had a good user-name for 4 days, and have contributed 10 edits. After that, a registered user with a good user name can edit articles. — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  14:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that, 10 edits. what should i do to to edit ten pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fukuemos (talk • contribs) 14:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Just edit some pages... you know, correcting spelling mistakes, grammar, stuff like that. Remember to sign you comments on talk pages btw. Chamal ^talk 14:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You still have to wait four days though. What do you want to change precisely? Zain Ebrahim (talk) 14:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

If you don't feel like waiting for four days in order to make a change to the Conficker page, you can ask for someone else to do it for you. To do this, go to the Conficker page, then click the "discussion" button at the top of the page, near the "article" button. Then, add {{editsemiprotected}} to the bottom of the page, along with the changes you want made. Hoped this helped. tempodivalse [☎] 14:12, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You may want to talk to someone about your user name as well - I'm not making any judgments, just wondering if there would be another name you'd consider. — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  14:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I have been trying to reply for ages. I just figured out that wikipedia has deleted my account because of my user name(fukuemos). I created this account now with a nicer name, if this gets deleted I wont even bother trying. So I have been reading some dexter pages and I can add stuff here and there i think I will give it a try. Can I ask if this user name is ok, I does not mean or say anything bad, and how will i know if it is going to get deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slateglass (talk • contribs) 15:25, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Your new username seems fine, there shouldn't be any issues with it. Happy editing. tempodivalse [☎] 16:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I have no clue

I have looked and still have no idea how to publish and article. HELP! I have it formatted and ready to go. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Racerx0027 (talk • contribs) 14:25, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You can create a new article by going to a URL such as this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_your_article (replace Name_of_your_article by whatever you want to write about). Then, on that page, click "Start the Name of your article article" link and you are ready to go. For more information, have a look at this page or feel free to ask here directly. Laurent (talk) 14:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) To be "published" it has to be moved to the mainspace. To do that, your account has to be autoconfirmed (10 edits and at least 4 days old). However, before it is moved, it needs work. Please take a look at WP:YFA, WP:RS, WP:N and the ultimate guide at Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. – ukexpat (talk) 14:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you saying it won't be published into it gets "work." That doesn't seem to be true. People do check (and tag) new articles for all kinds of things, but one is able to publish a new article immediately, even if it needs work. There are various tags one can use to prevent early deletion while the article is in progress - but I don't know those offhand.LeValley (talk) 02:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Epitaph

Hi! I am searching for the Epitaph of Lucullus,with his last words.

Sven —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.165.241.116 (talk) 15:53, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Lucullus. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. TNXMan 16:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Love Sex Magic

Hi i've been reading up the article for Ciara's new single Love Sex Magic and a spent a significant amount of time addressing the articles two issues ("this article and written like an advert and "improper use of copyrighted material"). I have done so with guidance from the WP:advert, WP:albums and WP:crystal. I am wondering now how i can get approval and/or feedback to eventually get the tags of advertisement and copyrighted materials removed? thanks, (Lil-unique1 (talk) 17:12, 3 April 2009 (UTC))

You can remove the tags yourself - the worst that'll happen is someone will re-add them if they don't feel the issues have been addressed. I had a quick look just now, and nothing jumped out at me that screamed "advert" or "copyrighted material". In fact, I'll amble along and remove the tags myself ;-) Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 17:19, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Tags removed. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 17:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I wasnt sure of exactly how that worked but thanks. (Lil-unique1 (talk) 18:02, 3 April 2009 (UTC))

Common courtesy is to leave a note on the Talk page as to why one is adding/removing tags. That way it shouldnt be reverted by someone the original editor or somone scanning the diff thinking you made a drive-by edit. Livewireo (talk) 20:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Done. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 10:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

rates

i want to edit in abortion rates for different countries onto a page, i am able to give sources for the raw data i.e the countries population and the number of abortions in these countries, but would have to calculate the rates my self. is this allowed under wikipedia rules? or is it classified as your own work? ~~—Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom1974 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

The verifiability policy only requires sources for material that might be challenged. If the number of abortions and the population sizes are well sourced, there's no problem with calculating the ratio yourself. Best, Zain Ebrahim (talk) 01:02, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Where are you getting the information on abortions? There are hidden and overt abortions (illegal and legal, often). Are you saying you have a source for every abortion in all nations? What is that source (I'm thinking CIA Factbook - does it have that figure?) If it's not in a major sociological/demographic journal or a major governmental publication (like the CIA), you don't have a source. Even if it is in one of those publications, there can still be skepticism - although I'd back you up, as an editor, in using qualified sources like demographic journals (nation by nation - all of them individually verified by journals - not a wegpage!) or (even) the CIA, although surely you understand that the CIA's data might not be completely accurate? It's still a valid source - but we quote those sources individually because...everyone should know where the information is coming from. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Levalley (talk • contribs) 02:38, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for replying. Iam getting most of my information from United nations demographic year books. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom1974 (talk • contribs) 13:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

geneology

Thompson family from chipping any clues can trace my family up to 1800 ....................? Debbs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.90.21 (talk) 22:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I see that you punctuated that with a question mark; so you must have had a question in mind, but I can't imagine what. —teb728 t c 00:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) Are you aware that you are on Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia anyone can edit? We are unfortunately unable to help you with your question. You might want to try websites such as Ancestry.com to help fill in your family tree. Good luck! Xenon54 (talk) 00:06, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

For other factual questions, please try the reference desk. ~AH1^(TCU) 01:43, 4 April 2009 (UTC)