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April 15[edit]

screen is blue[edit]

Hi,

The written articles are highlighted in blue, but the borders remain white. This makes it pretty annoying to try and read. Any idea why this could be happening? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.133.253.144 (talk) 04:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

sorry, i just saw the question above mine, thanks anyway — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.133.253.144 (talk) 04:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is a bug in the latest version of Google Chrome which shows blue background if the browser zoom level is set below 100%. Reset the zoom to 100% with Ctrl+0 or adjust it with Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-. RudolfRed (talk) 04:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Graphics Lab archives[edit]

Um, i was going through the illustration workshop archives and saw that some requests archived in the stale category have actually been fulfilled. They are there simply because someone forgot to add resolved tag. Is it OK to move them manually? Coz normally, archives aren't meddled with by users. Roshan220195 (talk) 06:44, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know archiving practice there. Other archives often have a box at the top saying not to make changes, and section edit links are disabled. Neither of this is the case for pages like Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop/Archive/Jan 2011 but it could be arbitrary. I would ask at Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab or Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:15, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

oh ok. Thanks :) Roshan220195 (talk) 06:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

SVGs wanted[edit]

I half-remember seeing a place to request creation of SVG illustrations ... (see Talk:Cadency labels of the British royal family#wishlist) —Tamfang (talk) 07:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Graphic Lab? See also Wikipedia:SVG image support. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for blueprints[edit]

i am looking for the blueprints or building plans to build a scale model of the house of the book aka Brandeis-Bardin institute? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.140.174.111 (talk) 07:36, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback[edit]

I used to have rollback vandal and Undo links and on my watchlist which I think were generated by Twinkle, which allowed swift reversion of vandalism. These no longer appear although I still use Twinkle, and I want them back.
Best Wishes Ankh.Morpork 10:34, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You've never been a rollbacker, as far as I can tell.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:47, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct. I have never had rollback privileges. However, Twinkle offers a feature similarly named.
Best Wishes Ankh.Morpork 10:51, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Quick wikitable fix please[edit]

Hi, I am pruning a slightly notable person's music bio, which was very promotional in nature and featured wikitables for future albums and EPs which are yet to be released or announced. I zapped them, but when modifying the Singles table to remove an unreleased, unannounced track in 2012 the last bottom bar of the wikitable has disappeared. Here's the article Charli XCX, could some wikitable wizard just give this a quick fix? Cheers. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 11:17, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed with rowspan.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 11:57, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Prime. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 17:22, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Source[edit]

My name is David Arthur Cringle and I was a sound engineer with Zoo, Smile, Decca and Polydor records.

I have edit 4 articles that have information missing or is factually incorrect.

When I make the changes they are reverted back again and once again are incorrect.

How do I prove the source of the information when I am the source?

I have worked as Sound Engineer in the music industry for 30 years and find it incredable that my input is being challenged by those that have no experience or any hands on experience of the bands I have worked with.

I am retired now and simply want to add and correct with my own personal knowledge and experiance.

Please advice how I can become a source ?

Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davecringle (talk • contribs) 11:22, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The answer is very simple, you can't. Please read WP:RS, information has to be verifiable and, in general, published by reliable secondary or third-party sources. You may well know that Lemmy picks his nose between takes, but unless the NME or somesuch publication has printed such information, you can't include it in his article. You are being reverted for adding unsourced material. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 11:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

However, if there is information in the article which you believe is incorrect and it is unreferenced, then you may remove it. But if it is referenced to what appears to be a reliable source you shouldn't remove it. I suggest you post your concerns on the talk pages of the articles in question: you might find some other editors who can suggest ways to improve the articles with you. --ColinFine (talk)

Is "Big-X" acceptable?[edit]

Taking the following as an example, is the term "Big-X" acceptable? If it is, is this the preferred term or is another term preferred?

From Usenet traffic changes: "... the number of all text posts made in all Big-8 newsgroups averaged ...".

Or perhaps it is a Usenet-only term?

--Mortense (talk) 11:30, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Big-8 is a well-known Usenet term. The article you mention has a link to Big 8 (Usenet). - David Biddulph (talk) 15:14, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Missing Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada[edit]

The es:WP has an article called es:Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada or (es:ASMAR) and, below, they say that it is a translation of the en:WP article. But in the en:WP there is neither Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada nor ASMAR. Where is the article?. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 13:27, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is simply false information. The article was started in 2006 and most of the content added by a registered user, Samir19, in August 2011. The template indicating it was a translation of an English Wikipedia article was added by an IP here in April 2012. This time disconnect, coupled with the fact that there does not appear to be any English article, leads me to believe the translation template was either vandalism, or an artifact of a cut and paste from somewhere, but relates to nothing real.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:12, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think also it was a faux pas. Thank you. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 10:20, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Original composer of alexader's Rag Time Band[edit]

The original composer of Alexander's Rag Time Band was written before 1911 by Jack Jacobs, he wrote the song and lyrics for his band, he sold all rights to Irving Berlin in 1911. Jack Jacobs was a child prodigy, performed in the Albert Hall in London as conductor at the age of for, he was a violinist, his brother was my Grand Father my mother's father played in Jack's band. Can you help me find anything on the above true facts, when Jack died he was written up in a Dutch newspaper, I do not remember the date or year but it was in the late fifties or early sixty. Thank you Roro — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.58.91.59 (talk) 15:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please discuss at Talk:Alexander's Ragtime Band with supporting references. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:57, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you need help finding the information, we have a reference desk. Though with sources over fifty years old, that could be a problem. And it's unlikely, but possible, that anyone reading the request there would be Dutch.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:31, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Coding problem?[edit]

[2] At Metta World Peace, is there any reason that the first section titled “Pacers-Pistons brawl” with a level four header is not showing up in the contents, at the top of the page? 71.146.17.18 (talk) 18:43, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you'll notice, the section below it doesn't show either. Once you get to a certain level of heading, they no longer show in the TOC. 4th level is that limit. Dismas|^(talk) 18:57, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See more at WP:TOC and {{TOC limit}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:04, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Issue[edit]

I uploaded this image, File:Animated Evil Eye.gif, but this user named Eeekster tagged it, stating that it does not have the proper copyright tag, which I admit was improper. However, I fixed it and notified him, but he does not want to remove the tag. Can someone please help? Thanks! By the way, if you do help, please notify me on my talk page. Thanks again! Tboii99 ✉ 20:24, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You have provided a source and retagged the file {{attribution}}, but the new source says, “These animations are free to take and use, but I would be very grateful for any donations however small.” This statement permits use of the image, but not redistribution or derivative works, either of which would bypass users going to the source site and seeing the plea for donations. So the image is still not as free as Wikipedia requires. —teb728 t c 21:25, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for explaining that, but what should I do now? Tboii99 ✉ 21:35, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you plan on using it in an article, you'll need to make sure it passes the non-free content criteria and apply a rationale to the image. If you were only going to use it in your user page, you're out of luck really, as only free media can be used there. Яehevkor ✉ 22:16, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aw, that's too bad, because my user page is the only place where I was going to use it . How do I delete it then? ☹ Tboii99 ✉ 22:45, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Possibly unfree files discussion will be closed in about three days. If you don’t want to wait till then for the file to be deleted, you could tag it {{db-self}}. —teb728 t c 00:25, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay Tboii99 ✉ 22:47, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]