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December 29

Tags

Can someone give me a list of all(or most) of the tags like {{delete}}, and {{stub}}? Thanks! 19maxx (talk) 18:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

There are tens of thousands. One way to find tags like some other tag, such as {{stub}} is to go to Template:Stub and follow a "category" link at the bottom of the page - to Category:Stub message boxes in this case. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:18, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Can someone upload this picture for me and show me how to?

http://www.nfl.com/photos/09000d5d8252589d#id:09000d5d8252d7cb

Thank you. It has the licensing and photographer and all of the information on the page. I want to update it as the main picture on Kyle Orton's page.

Thanks again.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Piazzajordan2 (talk • contribs) 01:05, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The image has a few problems, first it's copyrighted so it's have to be used under fair use, it's of a currently living person so per WP:NFCC#1 the image is replaceable. The site also seems to be selling the photos so it may fail WP:NFCC#2 also. To be uploaded it must pass all points of the non-free content criteria. Either way, Wikipedia:UPLOAD is a good place to start uploading. But not this one. If you can find a free image or an image you are the copyright holder of feel free to upload from there. Яehevkor ✉ 01:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

What about this one? http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/soFkWgZEr2k/Kansas+City+Chiefs+v+Chicago+Bears/kL_RSegeSQS/Kyle+Orton

--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) 01:16, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Still appears to be copyrighted. So no. There's already a free photo in the article, so to replace it, it must also be a free photo. Яehevkor ✉ 01:24, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Kippis

Hi - I foolishly decided I wanted to edit an article (on Andrew Kippis) - just up-date a line where the writer refers to the possibility of Kippis' life of Cook was published in his own lifetime. I have those details. You will see from the article that, as above,I have stuffed up. Need to revert to original and then I wil look more closely at how to edit (it isnt easy - thought I would be able to take the text and make th small changes and save it. Also have a reference. !!!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ibferguson (talk • contribs) 01:33, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I undid your edit. Referencing for Beginners might help you (it's helped me). RudolfRed (talk) 01:51, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

WP:RefToolbar 2.0

The article says this tool is already installed for all users of English Wikipedia. I can't find the "Cite" tab anywhere. As I type this, I am looking at the edit toolbar. The only words on it are "Advanced" "Special Characters" and "Help". "Help doesn't, in this case. What am I doing wrong? Bielle (talk) 03:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC) (I use Firefox and Windows 7.) Bielle (talk) 03:33, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Have you checked everything relating to Wikipedia:RefToolbar_2.0#Troubleshooting? fredgandt 03:38, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

No, I hadn't. That section indirectly explained that "{{}}" means "Cite", which is something no one would know who didn't already know how to do citations. I thank you, Fred Gandt for pointing me to the right place, though I think something needs to appear further up in the article that explains why "cite" isn't always. Bielle (talk) 03:48, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I (the Fred Gandt part of me) grew up in Second Life. There, we have a murderous time trying to keep on top of UI differences. There are so many different viewers, 90% of confusions are caused by instructions not matching the reality of what people actually see. If any changes should be made to the page here (Wikipedia), we can get on and do it. In SL, if anything needs updating, we have to post a feature request and wait three years for it to be ignored. fredgandt 03:57, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I would agree. I'd need to have a little experience with the tool, however, before I personally started playing around with the instructions. Thanks again for your help. Bielle (talk) 04:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I added a short note at the top of Wikipedia:RefToolbar_2.0 pointing to the "troubleshooting" section. And, you're welcome. fredgandt 04:43, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Humorous Articles

Greetings Wikipedia Administrators I have created a fake war to entertain one of my history teachers and gain extra credit. However I do not want to give any wikipedia user false information so I was wondering if the page could remain up if I marked it as humorous. I did not think of this until I read the "Upper Peninsula War" (User:Ned_Scott/Upper_Peninsula_War) in which "Michigan declared independence from the United States and declared war on the Domain of Canada." This was marked as humorous and thus was allowed to remain up. I could provide the appropriate fake footnotes and other references.

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.60.39.155 (talk) 06:06, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Ultimately, however one looks at this, the answer is "no, that is not acceptable use of Wikipedia pages".

Although pages within a registered user's namespace can contain irrelevant material, the aim of all additions to Wikipedia should be, to further the Encyclopaedia. Even obviously humorous pages (marked as such) should only be added or maintained if their purpose is to educate Wikipedians in a slightly wry fashion, with regard to (for example) guidelines or policies.

Wikipedia is not an amusement park or a personal web site provider. It has one specific purpose and mission; that is, to create a free Encyclopaedia. I don't wish to be the "party pooper", but creating a page for no other reason than for it to amuse and earn credit, is definitely not acceptable. Others may disagree. fredgandt 06:50, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Did you create the page yet and did you create it in mainspace? If so, it must be deleted immediately. Failure to do so can result in disciplinary measures per WP:HOAX. Even if marked as humorous, they can not be retained on the main article spaces which is reserved purely for serious material. If you haven't written it yet, please listen to Fred Gant's advice above and post it elsewhere. I recommend Uncyclopedia, Wikipedia's insane bastard sister site.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 12:28, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Removing an AfD that I started

New information makes me want to withdraw the AfD I started on Sean Alvarez. Is that possible or do I just let the AfD discussion run its course? Jakejr (talk) 06:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

 Done I closed it for you. If such thing happens again, you can ask here, or you can also ask for help at WP:AN. --Jayron32 06:20, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Jakejr (talk) 06:24, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Why, during the donations, is the amount collected so far not posted?

People may feel more motivated if the amount is either far or near the goal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.68.188.186 (talk) 07:45, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

As I see it, there is no obvious answer to the question, or response to the suggestion. I'd suggest re-posting this as a suggestion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab). It seems to me that is is an idea worth input from the community. However, the Wikimedia foundation may have good reason for not adding this information, so be prepared for a swift (or not swift) declination. fredgandt 09:32, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Graphs of fundraiser statistics, including day-by-day updates of the total collected, are available here. Deor (talk) 12:19, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Named note

Assuming I create a referenced note with {{#tag:ref, I can name it with |name=, but how can I reuse it without creating it new entry in the note section? Thanks, — Racconish^Tk 08:14, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Either use {{refn}} and follow the example there, or have a look at the current contents of User:John of Reading/Sandbox. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Great ! TA muchly. — Racconish^Tk 10:22, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Mobile Wikipedia

I like reading articles in different languages, but I'm experiencing trouble with the mobile version of wikipedia. I simply cannot find the list of languages in which one article is available or there is none. Going to the normal wikipedia page solves this very problem, but the current article becomes hardly readable due to the viewing possibilities of the mobile device.

Is there any solution comming or am I overseeing sth.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.193.169.193 (talk) 08:46, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

This is being worked on; see the Wikimedia blog. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:54, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

For the last few months, mobile Wikipedia has been broken on Palm's Blazer browser. Wikipedia used to send HTML in response to requests from Blazer, but now sends invalid WML which causes a browser error message. The HTML view worked well enough before, but now there's no way to get there on Blazer. 24.147.10.92 (talk) 14:29, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Donation recommendation

Why you dont create a link where visitor can buy some topic related books ? Whats wrong on affiliates ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.80.39.41 (talk) 09:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The issue there would be neutrality. Wikipedia cannot endorse any particular book seller. We would either have to offer links to all (impractical) or none (present). fredgandt 09:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

If, however, you see a linked ISBN in an article (in a "References" or "Further Reading" section, perhaps), the link will take you to a "Book sources" page with links to selected booksellers that may offer copies of the book. Deor (talk) 12:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Why so much concern about Muhammad bin abd al wahhab biography?

Raqib nizami (talk) 10:35, 29 December 2011 (UTC)From the beginning what im trying to have attention by editing the biography of Muhammad bin abd al wahhab was that This person was a controversial figure and his biography should not have an introduction which can heart or pamper a specific group or sect.this is a clear violation of NPOV and vandalism.so what i did was by giving good source of ref and making a true statement that he tried to reform a new divisive (firqa)sect "Wahabism".Also i added Assesment by muslim scholar tittle.but i was del constantly without any logic.

Every time editors and admin point me NPOV and other law,but let me tell you If it is only for Muhammad ibn ab al Wahhab that you can not criticize or tell truth then why not for "Adolf Hitler"!here in wikipidiathere is no debate and edit war to say that Hitler is commonly associated with the rise of fascism and the Holocaust in Europe and responsible for world war!then why So much alert and debate on the fact of Muhammad ibn ab al Wahhab tried to reform a new sect(firqa)wahhabism!?When there are so many Historical proof supporting my point.why we cant criticize Muhammad ibn ab al Wahhab when Wikipedia let criticize Even prophet muhammad?

First off, as an editor on a controversial subject, Raqib, it is your responsibility to keep the coolest possible head. Getting into fights over things isn't going to help no matter how right you may be.
Now, as for the intro section, the tone of Al-Wahhab's page introduction should be similar to that found in the articles of the founders of other minority religious movements, for instance William Miller: The lead section should factually, succinctly, and non-judgmentally describe what the person in question is known for. Opinions specific people have about the individual can have their place in the article, but that place is not in the lead. You mention Adolph Hitler. Take a look at that page. Does it start off by saying "The most evil man of the 20th century, Adolph Hitler..."? No. It says he was a German Chancellor from '33 to '45 and that his policies and programs resulted in the deaths of 11 million people and a world war, because those are the things he did.
In short, yes, the lead of Al-Wahhab's article is currently incomplete, needs to more directly mention his role in Wahhabism, and should probably not lead off by calling him a reformer as that's a loaded term. However, your attempt to rewrite the lead to say he's a poisonous heretic is completely unacceptable. --erachima talk 11:12, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

PAGESIZE

Is there a way to use the magic word PAGESIZE to return the size of a page on a sister project, e.g. it.wikipedia ? — Racconish^Tk 10:45, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

No. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:59, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

TA — Racconish^Tk 15:35, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

connexion internet

je veux travaille sur internet gratuit par modem maroc telecom

merci pour toujour — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.139.186.224 (talk) 13:03, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

If I understand correctly, you want to work on the internet by modem for free with Maroc Telecom. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. —teb728 t c 16:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Editing the template for this page!

See the discussion here. I don't know where the template for the HD is stored, so I am not sure how to change the red text to something less misleading (say, bright green or orange). --Orange Mike | Talk 14:19, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Green is almost universally recognised as good/go/correct so although orange rocks, green would probably make most sense. As for where the header is...I was trying to figure that out earlier, to no avail. fredgandt 14:24, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Help desk/Header Яehevkor ✉ 14:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

That is very odd. I swear I looked there earlier and got a "create this page" page. fredgandt 14:27, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Looked at Wikipedia:Help desk/header perhaps? That was the first place I checked. Яehevkor ✉ 14:28, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

That is very possible. Thanks for your gracious suggestion. fredgandt 14:33, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Change made; also added italics for additional emphasis. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Very nice :-) fredgandt 16:18, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I've created /header as a redirect to /Header. Nyttend (talk) 20:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Data for zip codes

I am looking for updated data for an new zip code in GA, 30046, need to know average income of area in % range from $29,000 to $150,000. Where can I go to get this information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.40.113.136 (talk) 14:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sphilbrick (talk • contribs) 16:26, 29 December 2011‎ (UTC)

The information should be findable at http://factfinder2.census.gov, but this new website is very difficult to understand. Do your best to find results for the ZCTA for 30046; if you can get it (I've been trying for several minutes, but I've not yet figured it out), there should be enough information to fulfill your request. Nyttend (talk) 20:27, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I hope I am doing this right, I have had a lot of luck when looking for specific information, such as median income- property tax- school districts etc; by looking at MLS (Multiple Listing Services) online through google.com. You may also be able to cross check the web addresses you pull up with the appropriate verifiable/ reliable source sites for wikipedia. I have primarily used this when moving to a new home. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UrsulaKayVos (talk • contribs) 11:52, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

How can I move my page to a new title

How can I move my page to a new title. I cannot see the move option at the top of my page. My account is just new.

Here is my page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chengmartinez/Daniel_Milstein

I want to remove the "User:Chengmartinez" from the title. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chengmartinez (talk • contribs) 15:09, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

You can move an article by clicking the little arrow after the "View history" and "watchlist" star. Simply fill out the new article's title and your reason for moving. -- Luke (Talk) 15:43, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Actually you can't move it until you have at least 10 edits. And this is a very good thing because in article space it would be deleted on sight as blatently promotional. —teb728 t c 15:48, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

It would be better if you just copy and paste everything in your article to it's requested page, if you created the article in your user talk page, so you have the article in reference, just in case it gets deleted, you can still work in it from there. CPGirlAJ (talk) 21:06, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Please don't do it that way, as this would lose the history of the page. Wikipedia's licensing requires that all contributions should be traceable to the originating user name or IP address. In this case, Chzz (talk · contribs) made a contribution at User:Chengmartinez/Daniel Milstein, and the credit for this would be lost if the text were copy+pasted. See Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:28, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Donations

I am in Mexico, but I live in Canada. I want to donate to Wikipedia but I have no option except Mexican pesos. I don`t want to donate anything to foreign exchange. While you can change payment methods, you cannot change the currency you want to pay in, at least on the Paypal site. I have no idea what happens when you are sent money other than US and Cdn dollars, but I would like to send in one of those two currencies.

I think this is something that should get straightened out with paypal or some other way on your site (even here in Mexico, the fist request for money is in dollars, and then the second page is pesos only...

This is not a question about using wikipedia, but if you want more money, I think it is something you need to address.

siemrpepatty - at - yahoo.ca — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.160.74.123 (talk) 16:01, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

See this page -- it shows many different ways to donate. Perhaps one of those will work for you; if not, you can e-mail problemsdonating@wikimedia.org to express your concern and they may be able to offer other solutions for you. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:02, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

value of one thousand dollar bill

how much is a one thousand dollar bill f series 1934 worth it's a federal reserve note — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.112.16 (talk) 16:12, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TNXMan 16:13, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_problem/Factual_error_(from_subject)

I should like to add the references below to the article on Thomas Burchell.

• Memoir of Thomas Burchell,

by his brother William Fit-zer Burchell (M.DCCC.XLIX.)

• The History of the Baptist Missionary Society 1792-1992

ix Brian Stanley

• A `memoir of William Knibb 1896

Mrs John James Smith

• In Miserable Slavery

(Thos Thistlewood in Jamaica 1750-86) 1989 Douglas Hall

• Memoir of Father Ripa and Lewis,OEs West Indies
• A Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies 1845 Matthews Lewis
• Three Months in Jamaica in 1832 1833 Henry Whiteley
• Lady Nugent’s Journal of her residence in Jamaica 1801-1805 1966

Philip Wright xxxxxxxx > — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.192.188 (talk) 16:17, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

How to replace a minus sign with an endash

In a section of an article I want to replace a minus sign with an endash. How can I produce a single endash? The script I intended to use for this will replace all minus signs in the section with endashes, which is not what I desire. How can I insert a single endash? If somebody can tell me the html code producing it I would already be happy? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:51, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The code is –. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:52, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The table I want to insert the dash doesn't seem to like that code, at least its insertion doesn't lead to the dash being produced, but &endash; appearing in the text where I want it to appear. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:57, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I typo-ed my response. There is no "e" in the code. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:59, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Well, I fixed it in this edit by simply manually copy-pasting the dash from another entry. The fact that the two dashes look identical in the edit window but produce different symbols on the rendered page confused me. Anyway thanks for the help, I appreciate it. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:09, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The drop-down menu beneath every editing window (under the "If you do not want your writing to be edited . . ." notice) has a "Wiki markup" option, in which the very first symbol is an en dash. Just position the cursor in the text where you want the dash to go and then click on the en dash there. (I'm not sure what you mean by "minus sign"; are you perhaps referring to a hyphen?) Deor (talk) 17:57, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:08, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Alternately, turn on Num Lock, hold down Alt, and (turning to your numeric keypad) type 0 1 5 0 in that specific order. If you want an emdash, do the same except 0 1 5 1 and you'll get it. Nyttend (talk) 20:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

To be clear, you changed a hyphen to a minus sign, no dashes were involved. — Bility (talk) 20:35, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Create template

The parameters on a template I created aren't working properly. The template can be found at User talk:68.173.113.106/Userpage cleanup. How can I fix it, or create my own parameters?

Thanks,

The Doctahedron, 17:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

What parameters are you trying to create? If you want to create a parameter that can be called by name when the template is transcluded or substituted, you need to enclose it in three curly braces (e.g. {{{thing one}}}). Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Read through Help:Template#Creating and editing templates if you haven't already. I see from the history of your page that you began with {{subst:cleanup}}. You would have done better to copy the definition of the template by clicking "View source" at Template:Cleanup, as that would have given you all the clever stuff that manages that template's parameters. I see that Reaper Eternal has removed the part that adds the page to various categories; if you do start again then that will need to be done again too. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:50, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I added a reason parameter for you. You can use your template like {{User talk:68.173.113.106/Userpage cleanup|reason=reason for cleanup}}. Cheers, — Bility (talk) 22:14, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Cary Capparelli

On the Interest Page under Cary Capparelli. Someone changed the photo to Congressman Mike Quigley and changed the article. The article no longer relates to Cary Capparelli but talks about Quigley's election. This was done by some sort of political enemy. Please chnage the photo and article back to its original pertaining to Cary Capparelli, rename in Mike Quigley or take down completely. This is the second time someone has changed this to Quigley. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.141.117.27 (talk • contribs) 17:37, 29 December 2011‎ (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2011 December 22#Someone changed it - Wrong Photo and Copy for background. From 21 November to 15 December, Cary Capparelli was a redirect to Illinois's 5th congressional district special election, 2009 which displays an image of the election winner Michael Quigley. Cary Capparelli has been an article about Cary Capparelli but with no image since 15 December. If you still see the election article then try to bypass your cache. The article has been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cary Capparelli (2nd nomination). PrimeHunter (talk) 18:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Mistake in the description of the show Sasural Genda Phool.

This is to inform you that the information about the show Sasural Genda Phool telecasted on star plus has a mistake in it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasural_Genda_Phool The description box shows the director of the show as Ravi Ojha but the present director of the show is Rakesh Kumar. To verify this information i have attached a link to a recent episode of the show and in which the credits shows the director as Rakesh Kumar. The link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCtUk1_20YU The credits for the director is shown at 0.40 sec.

122.179.167.170 (talk) 17:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

If you have information which will improve an article in Wikipedia, you are very welcome to edit the article and improve it, as long as you have a reliable source for the information you are adding. Youtube is not usually regarded as a reliable source, though for straight factual data like this it might be acceptable; but it would be better if you can find a print source for the information. If you do not feel confident in editing Sasural Genda Phool yourself, you could post your suggestion at Talk:Sasural Genda Phool. --ColinFine (talk) 13:58, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

log in

Can't log in, since i can't remember EITHER username or password. What always astounds me is why website designers assume that even though someone has forgotten their password they will ALWAYS remember their username! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.102.140.15 (talk) 18:40, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand. How did you expect to log in without either piece of information? TNXMan 18:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

You might remember the articles you edit, go to their history, locate your user name and then use the forget password option (if you remember your email address's password). --lTopGunl (ping) 18:46, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

You can just create a new account. There are millions and one more is no problem for our servers. If your account has stored a working email address then you can also try Help:Logging in#What if I forget the username? If you work out the username then you can request a new password by email at Special:PasswordReset. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Most people use the same or a similar username on any sites they join. Or at least this has been my experience. For instance, here I am Dismas. On other sites, I use the same name and when I can't (because it's already taken or whatever), I have a second username that I use. I generally never have to go with a third. The only exception has been with one of my credit card companies who require a number in the username. Dismas|^(talk) 20:02, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Hover Boy Game-Arcade

I've been searching for this classic 'hoverboy' arcade game which I used to play as a youngster.I'm not sure whether it was a Capcom company designed game. The arcade game was particularly popular in the late 1980's and early 1990's and it had a Japanese name of some kind.

We used to call it the 'hoverboy' game. there were I think 4 characters you could choose from each weilding his or her own special powers. All characters could jump high and hover in mid air smashing enemies and brick structures in their path.The slim boy weilded a power hammer and could destroy blocks and enemies in their tracks with few to a single strike; the short fat boy also weilded a hammer however not as agile as the slim boy but had more power in his blows so caused more damage to enemies; the girl was also agile and fast in her reactions with her own weapon; and the old man(wizard) used a magic staff to attack his enemy but was not as agile as the rest of the characters. The game had about 20 odd stages all progressing in difficulty , with each stage ending with a battle with a monster of some kind.

Anyone know what the real name for the game and where i can find it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Btristem1 (talk • contribs) 19:33, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:52, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

What does Deleted Contributions show?

For example, this. When I try it, it says "The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Administrators, Checkusers, Oversighters, Researchers." Is that where the edit is so bad, they delete the record of it? Just wondering. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:48, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

No. "Deleted contributions" is the contributions you made to articles (including talk pages) which have since been deleted. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:52, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

You mean the articles themselves have been deleted? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:57, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

That is exactly correct. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:59, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Yes. One example entry in your deleted contributions is:

• (del/undel) 21:26, 26 July 2011 (diff | deletion log | view) . . EHarmony cat video (Removed promotional verbiage.)

That page was deleted on August 9th due to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cara Hartmann concluding with delete. Personally, I don't know why it is restricted, since you can't see the actual contents of the articles. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:02, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

In some cases, you can have deleted edits to existing articles or other pages; for example, you have several deleted contributions to Fly Away (Michael Jackson song). In those cases, the article was deleted and then someone recreated it, or the article was deleted and then some of the edits were undeleted. Nyttend (talk) 20:20, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

That's weird that that information is restricted. In both cases, the articles were deleted due to lack of notability. There weren't any BLP or copyright violations or anything like that. I'm an inclusionist so I'm guessing my deleted contributions might be quite long, LOL. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 20:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Your second sentence answers the question that you imply in your first: it's restricted because they were deleted. Technically, we have no way (as far as I know) of making anything available from deleted articles except their titles, except (1) to administrators etc., or (2) by copy/pasting the information directly from the logs. Aside from oversight and RevDel, all deletion is the same; we can't delete information from copyvios in one way and delete information from non-notable but otherwise BLP-compliant biographies in a different way. Perhaps you could propose something at WP:VP/Pr about this? As well, can you think of anything that you'd like me to copy/paste to you? If so, let me know (either here or at my talk) and I'll create a userspace subpage for you. Nyttend (talk) 21:17, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Perennial proposals#Deleted pages should be visible. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:54, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Donations 2

Hi, I have donated to Wikipedia in the past & have no problem donating - however, paypal which I use is going directly to Pay Later. And that is not what I want, perhaps it turns away other people as well but they are just not interested enough to join & comment on it. If you could change that feature, it would be great. Thanks Lou — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loucann (talk • contribs) 20:49, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

How Do You Delete and Create A Redirect?

I want to know how to delete and create a redirect, because some of the redirects are unreasonable, such as this redirect:

If you type in Peacock (Katy Perry song), because you are looking for a article about that song, and then it redirects you to Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album), even though there is already a article about the song Peacock except that they called that article, Peacock (song). It doesn't make sense to me. Please answer this question at my Talk Page. CPGirlAJ (talk) 20:59, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Have responded on user's talk page, as requested. Deor (talk) 22:43, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Username access in English language Wikipedia not valid for Wikipedia in other languages

I am Username Mnemosine in the English Wikipedia. Even when I'm not logged in I usually do small edits to entries, such as typos, punctuation and language mistakes. Due to its size, I mostly consult Wikipedia in English, but I also appreciate it as a translation tool, particularly with words that don't always appear in dictionaries (the name for people from a particular region or city for example). I'm fluent in four languages (English, Spanish, Catalan and French) and I think I can best colloborate with Wikipedia using my language skills, specially translating and correcting. However, with this account I can only access the English Wikipedia. Even if I'm logged in in the English Wikipedia and change to Wikipedia in another language by simply using the list of languages to the left of an entry, in the next page I appear as not logged in. Does this mean that I must create separate accounts for each language I use Wikipedia in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnemosine (talk • contribs) 21:38, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Quick and easy fix — click here to create a global account :) HurricaneFan25 — 21:39, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

A simple conversion to a global account probably will not work, for es: Especial:Contribuciones/Mnemosine, fr:Spécial:Contributions/Mnemosine, and de:Spezial:Beiträge/Mnemosine exist and probably others. You might be able usurp them for they don't seem to have any edits for a couple of years. There doesn't seem be an account on Catalan Wikipedia. —teb728 t c 23:32, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Beyond the speed of light

Could there be something like "speed of space", since basically the universe is space in constant expansion and photons can't be present at distances greater than 13.7 billion light years at any given point? Gravitoweak (talk) 22:43, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

This page is for help with editing Wikipedia, not knowledge questions like yours; you'd do better to go to the science reference desk, which is frequented by people who know this kind of thing much better than I do. There's no rule against answering this type of question here; the only reason I've not answered you is that I don't know the answer myself. Nyttend (talk) 00:18, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes I know I'm not logged in, that's THE problem !

Hello there.

I'm french and I'm not sure my english is good enough, I'm not sure it is the good page, but i'll try to explain my problem.

Well, I have a global account under the name "Jebulon" (well known in "Commons" for instance, where I'm very active).

When I log in by "Commons" (or french WP, or any other WM project), I'm automatically logged in with all the wikimedia system (I asked for that), EXCEPT english WP and I don't understand why.

I've tried to log in especially here only, but the "tool" rejected my try because the nickname was still in use (Yes, I know, it is my nickname...). Then I tried to log in with another nickname, and the "tool" said : "sorry sir, you are trying to log in with a sock puppet name, we know your IP adress" or something like that, and then... I was blocked !!!

Could somebody help ? It is impossible to me to upload pictures here, and it is a shame because I've some good images for french-translated articles for instance...

Thanks in advance. Jebulon.92.128.48.93 (talk) 23:05, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Have you previously registered an account on the English Wikipedia? If not what has happened is another user had registered the name Jebulon on enwiki before you. This user has no edits though, so we can likely get you the account. If you registered it yourself, you should be able to log in to it. Prodego ^talk 23:09, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

You can probably not sign in here with your SUL here because that user was registered here in 2007 [1] and you will have to usurp it if it was not you. --lTopGunl (ping) 23:13, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/sulinfo/Jebulon confirms that the username was registered at the English Wikipedia three years before any of your accounts at other projects. User:Jebulon has no edits. If you want the username then you can make a request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:50, 30 December 2011 (UTC)