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March 20

image on the left screws up left-justification

Resolved

(Am relisting this because didn't get an answer.)

An image on the left screws up left-justification (specifically, bulleted lists don't left-justify to preceeding text; I notice also that blockquotes don't indent). Is there any way to counteract this, to somehow tell the system that the image changes the logical location of the left margin, so a bulleted list will align with preceeding text? Thank you. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 23:47, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Please link to a page version where you see the problem and say which browser you have. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:50, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I created simple examples here, for both bullets and a blockquote. My browser is IE8. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 22:35, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I see what may be the same or similar problem with Firefox 11.0 on Windows Vista. I also tried using an HTML list but it shows the same problem. Things to try:

• Consider using a right-justified image.
• Try putting the image and the list in a table. That might work better anyway to avoid a jagged mess if the list grows with further editing to become longer than the image is tall.

--Teratornis (talk) 17:41, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

See Help:Cascading Style Sheets. You may be able to define a user style that corrects the problem. If you can, then you might suggest a change to Wikipedia's style sheets on the Village pump. See for example User:Ihardlythinkso/image screws left margin#Bulleted HTML list with left-placed image and CSS changes where I added some inline CSS that corrects the list item indentation problem in my browser. --Teratornis (talk) 18:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Teratornis, thanks for the great coding technique/work-around! Am not up to a level to develop/submit at Village pump; maybe a future year! Thanks again for your testing & code technique to keep me going. Sincere, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 00:21, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

New article help

I am trying to push live the following page:

How long does it take to appear? Can you check to see if I did this correctly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwpurdom123 (talk • contribs) 23:09, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

"Wikipedia:" was the wrong place. You should have selected "(Article)" in the move form to go live, but it's currently unsuitable as an article and would probably have been deleted quickly if it was moved to article space. I have moved it to User:Cwpurdom123/Hortonworks where it still risks deletion. The company is probably notable enough for an article, but your text is much too promotional. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations, try to write a neutral article, and let another editor determine whether it has become suitable for an article. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:39, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Citing a tweet? What should be used as a title?

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I know that social networking is usually not allowed as a source, but I have a source (a tweet by a person) that I believe follows the policy on including such sources (I know for a fact that it is the person in question, it's not unduly self-serving, no claims about third parties, no claims about events not related to source, etc.). My problem is that I can't think of a title using the {{cite web}} template for the tweet. This was the best place I could think of to ask this question. Here's the tweet for reference. The best title I could come up with is "Tweet by Dylan Sprouse (@sprousearts) on his official Twitter" in the same vein of citations for postings made by him to his other official website (which use the title "Postings by Dylan Sprouse on the Official Sprouse Bros. Message Board on [date] - [time] PDT") I'm using it to source that Dylan Sprouse is studying video game design in college. (If you do not believe it can be used as a source for this purpose, please feel free to tell me. The information was not up on his official art website, and his official art Twitter was the next most reliable source I could find.) - Purplewowies (talk) 02:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

MLA says to use the tweet as the title.[1] ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 08:20, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I've done that. - Purplewowies (talk) 17:05, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Infobox - added one, and now can't find where to edit it

I tried searching the Help Archives, and didn't see this issue. I'm sorry if it's there and I didn't find it.... I"ve added an infobox for a musician, but I'd like to edit it now. But once I've added it, the ability to edit it seems to disappear. I did this a few times, each time hoping I would figure out where the infobox "lives" on the system. But I can't seem to find it! http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maïa_Vidal

Seems like I also have a File: |frameless bit of text before my image, so that may be part of the problem? Thanks for any assistance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nko1212 (talk • contribs) 03:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

"Frameless" problem fixed in this diff. The infobox is right at the top of the article and you should be able to edit its parameters. - Purplewowies (talk) 03:20, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Click the "Edit" tab at top to edit the whole page including the lead section. See Wikipedia:Lead#Editing the lead section for other options. The "File: |frameless" was an unrelated issue. Many infoboxes make their own image formatting but it's not standardized between infoboxes. See the documentation for this one at Template:Infobox musical artist. I have fixed it in [2]. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:23, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

images upload

Hi i have uploaded an image and it got uploaded in media wiki, but i wanted that image to be on my wikipedia article, how to use the image from wiki media. as it wont accept another upload of the same file.

please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fringe2013 (talk • contribs) 09:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I presume you mean you uploaded to to Wikimedia Commons. To use a Commons image in an article you place the following in the apropriate place on the page - [[File:The exact name of the image on Commons]]. It is important that you get the name perfectly correct including capital letters, spaces, etc. Roger (talk) 09:52, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

The Ryan and Johnny Podcast Show

The Ryan and Johnny Podcast Show' is an Australian talkback show presented via the mass video sharing website YouTube.. It was created by and features Ryan Thompson and Johnny Roberts, both whom graduated from Beaconhills College at the end of 2011. Although not technically a "Podcast" show, both Thompson and Roberts decided to have the word in their title, following inspiration from other podcast-supported shows such as Hamish and Andy's and the YogPod.

Extended content

Doubting any success from their experiment, the duo created a Facebook page at the same time they launched their first episode. Over the course of the next several months, the popularity of the page and the show itself spread, and by March 2012 they had over a thousand views spanning their 21 videos. == Creation and launch (March 2011 - August 2011) == During their final year at Beaconhills, both Thompson and Roberts had the thought of doing a radio-styled show via either YouTube or iTunes. The idea of them creating the show spread among their classmates and teachers, and by June of the same year the two had agreed to do a test recording. Although almost all of the first test recording was discarded, the duo picked one part of it to be uploaded: Johnny's Embarrassing Story, which went online on the 25th of August. The episode, which detailed a highly embarrassing part of Roberts's Valentine's Day in his first year at Beaconhills, exploded with views and support. Enthralled by the encouraging comments and views that they'd seen over their first ever public recording, they recorded and uploaded five more videos, with two featuring one of their classmates as a guest. After the first, highly successful bout of videos, both Thompson and Roberts announced that a new episode would be released every fortnight. == Continued Success (August 2011 - October 2011) == Over the next two months, The Ryan and Johnny Podcast Show flourished. In early to mid September, another five recordings were released, with four of them starring another guest classmate, Eamon Glass. It was with Glass that the two made one of their most popular recordings, titled Eamon's Number 1's, and featured a highly amusing call that the boys made to Victoria's Nurse On Call Service. The call, made mostly by Glass, was made to answer the question as to why he urinated so quickly. Impressed and amused by the hilarious exchanged between Glass and the nurse he spoke to, Thompson and Roberts uploaded the next three recordings to YouTube and enjoyed further positive feedback. October was widely considered to be the Show's best month to date. Although the duo only recorded once, they uploaded a whopping sixty minutes worth of material, presented in six parts. The success was widely due to the [[3]] interview that they held with an international guest who lived in [in the United States of America]. The six-part episode also featured some material that was deemed "highly entertaining" by several of the duo's regular listeners. The show also then extended to Tennessee itself as the interviewee's classmates found the show "culturally enlightening". Both Thompson and Roberts said that that had been the whole point of the interview, and that they wanted to learn more about America's culture. == Death of the Show and Subsequent Revival (October 2011 - March 2012)== Although the duo planned to make more recordings throughout the rest of the year, school pressures began to take their toll. November was the exam period and so they had little time to record anything. After Christmas 2011, Thompson and Roberts made a recording, but it was never released to the public, having been deemed too "boring and crude" by the two. The recording mostly featured toilet humour.

This isn't a good place to submit content for the encyclopedia. Please read Wikipedia:Your first article. Note especially that you'll need to provide references to reliable sources to show that other people have already noticed this act and are writing about it. Coverage in YouTube, Facebook and such like is not enough. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Reducing size of image on the article page

Hi there. I've come across a couple of instances of this question being asked in the archives, but none of the replies seem relevant in my case (eg I can't see that there are any variables/size options in the so-called 'image line'). Anyway, the question is: how do you reduce the size of an image within an article? I've just uploaded an image for the Sue Me, Sue You Blues (song) article which I think should be about two-thirds the current size − it's only meant to be a pictorial aside, so to speak, yet currently the picture's considerably larger than cover images appear in album or single infoboxes. Another, similar example is the first image in the Raga (film) article (in the film infobox) − again, way too large on the page, particularly as in this case the image is of such lousy quality. Looking forward to your reply. Many thanks, JG66 (talk) 09:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

For images such as the one in Sue Me, Sue You Blues (song), there are many sizing options described in the Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. Where the image is displayed as part of an infobox, you can check the infobox documentation to see if image sizing is supported - for example, at Template:Infobox film you can read about a parameter named "image size". -- John of Reading (talk) 12:06, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I added |150px in [4]. Infoboxes often have a named parameter for image size. See Template:Infobox film#Usage. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:04, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

That's great. Thanks to you both. JG66 (talk) 12:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

homeopathy

I am very surprise to read your homeopathy and disgusted to find how biased and one sided your collection of information and wrong and lies about Hahnemann was the first to deliver the theory about like cure like, which was first given by the hyppocrates. You better rewrite the whole page and be neutral about the facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.149.56.206 (talk) 10:26, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

If you think an article is not following the policy on neutrality, the best place to discuss it is the article's talk page: you may very well find that the issue has already been discussed and can follow what has been said, and contribute if you wish. --ColinFine (talk) 12:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

See Help:Using talk pages. Note that Talk:Homeopathy has 50 archive pages. It is number 15 at Wikipedia:Database reports/Talk pages by size with 9.3 MB. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:01, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion problem

I placed a proposed deletion tag on Crveni Ðavoli: the article creator has removed the tag, so removing the article from the list. What is the correcr proceedure here (there are edits after that which removed the tag)TheLongTone (talk) 10:30, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Any editor is allowed to remove a Prod tag if they feel that the issue that caused it to be prod'ed has been fixed. If you still feel that the article should be deleted, you'll have to put it up for an WP:AFD discussion. Dismas|^(talk) 10:48, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

It was an AFD tag, Wiikipdia:AFD states "If the reasons given in the deletion nomination are later addressed by editing, the nomination should be withdrawn by the nominator"The article has been expanded, but there is no indication of notability.

No, it was a proposed deletion the first time. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:10, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Recording an exact moment into "now, nowadays, not yet, etc." words

Hi!

And thanks for helping to make the best encyclopedia in the world! :)

Question: Is there any way to record an exact date/time to those kind of words that describe this moment (now, nowadays, today, not yet, until now, etc...)?

It's happy to see Wikipedia articles being refreshed every now and then...

...But even if the article is refreshed today by user X, there can still be obsolete information like this (imaginary article): "Nowadays the science project Y is under research, but researchers believe it to be ready at the latest 12/2011.

Maybe you see what I mean. It's 2012 now, and the imaginary article was written obviously before 12/2011, but it refers to this exact moment, not to the past.

There are also much relations to this moment, that are quite hard to find are they current or not (any more).

Development idea: Maybe Wikipedia dev team could make a function that people can use to easily record moments to those words.

If there is a way to do so already, I think it would be effective to bring it to people's consciousness.

Because I haven't seen them anywhere (but done manyally, that many don't like to do)

Thanks anyway! :)

- Julius — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.221.61.117 (talk) 10:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, thank you for posting this. There is some advice at WP:DATED and some relevant templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Time-sensitive, but, as you say, many editors don't know about the issue or don't keep it in mind. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Stable, stability

I am interested to know more about "stability", in terms of "stable version", i.e., how to quantify "stability" of an article (edits/week, article size variation, etc.) There was a site Stablepedia, but it is closed now. Is there a page, article, essay, tool, dealing with this theme?. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 12:11, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Well, stability is a requirement for featured and good articles. Basically, an article is stable if no recent major changes have been made (usually vandalism is excluded). You can see the history of a page via the history tab; see our help page for more about this. Stability is usually easier to judge when people use edit summaries, and summaries also make history generally easier to understand, so it's almost always a good idea to include at least a short summary for any given edit. --NYKevin @931, i.e. 21:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Your article about Evangelist David R. Wilkerson

The article about David Wilkerson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.89.96.128 (talk) 14:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

What is there about David Wilkerson? PrimeHunter (talk) 14:16, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

The article about David R. Wilkerson cites a magazine article that misidentified David Wilkerson. David R. Wilkerson did not author the book entitled, "Not Between Brothers". David M. Wilkinson was whom Governor Perry was referring, not D. R. Wilkerson. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.89.96.128 (talk) 14:18, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

This has now been corrected. Thanks for pointing it out. AJCham 14:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

What defines location coordinates?

When I see lat-long coordinates for a city location, where exactly is that located? City Airport? City hall? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gsweeney (talk • contribs) 15:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

It depends. According to our manual of style, the lat/long for cities doesn't have to be very precise. So what you see in an article may be the lat/long for a large area. If the article is about a building in a city, then the coordinates would be more precise, down to a few meters. TNXMan 16:16, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Stale e-mail entry

I want to get a password reminder for my account (ThomasWinwood) but the account was registered some time ago, and seemingly I used an e-mail address which no longer exists. How can I get a password reminder sent to a new e-mail address? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.13.155.178 (talk) 16:10, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but if you have forgotten your password and no longer have access to the email address used to set up the account, we have no way of recovering your password. TNXMan 16:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Could not submit my information to a page for a new entry

Hello !

Need advice how to register a new entry to wikipedia. There is an access problem from Germany, your sites do not provide a button to start a new entry. Possibly a temporary problem.

ECOSON

The Chilean economist to Manfred Max-Neef, winner of the Right Livelihood Award (known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize"), proposed the concept of "Ecoson" word stands for "Ecological Person," which means a measure of the resistance anthropic planet to manipulation (by the action of man), expressed in terms of energy per capita.

This fee, calculated by the Max Planck Institute, based on world population and the ability to Earth to assimilate anthropogenic degradation, is 1.5 kWh per capita per hour (13,000 kWh / year / person). This fee considered, of course, not only power consumption but also the resources used and the energy cost for the planet to absorb our wastes.

Please give a short explanation how to add the entry to wikipedia

Thanks

Erik

It was taken from here :

Chilean Culture – Ecoson and energy re- [Translated webpage from Spanish to English] http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=zh-TW&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chileresiduos.cl%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D266 . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erikkaiser800 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:Your first article and you might like to make use of the WP:Article wizard. Please be aware that subjects must be notable, i.e. have been discussed in independent reliable sources for an article to remain in Wikipedia. A neologism, even by a (real) Nobel Laureate, would not be acceptable until other reliable sources had written about it. --ColinFine (talk) 00:49, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

you have to see this

http://th.uncyclopedia.info

it's website is the same with wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.171.12.114 (talk) 16:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

There are thousands of websites using the same MediaWiki software that is used by Wikipedia, and this tends to give them a common look. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:23, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for Creation/Jordan Wolfson

Hello, We have submitted the following article: Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Jordan Wolfson. Unfortunately, after its revision, the article has not been accepted on the premises that "doesn't sufficiently explain the importance or significance of the subject." After checking the 'guidelines on the notability of people' and comparing it to another article on contemporary artist, Tatiana Trouve (see Wikipedia page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Trouv%C3%A9 ), we have noticed the similarities between the two pages: the number of independent references, the external links and the quotes.

Jordan Wolfson is an important figure in the international art scene; he has won significant critical attention and we consider it is important for the public to gain access easily to his profile through Wikipedia. Can you please give us clear directions into how to change the article so it can adapt to the requests of Wikipedia? Thank you.

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jordan Wolfson

HOSE77 (talk) 17:10, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

1. Who is "we"?

2. The tacky use of first-naming, not only of the subject but even of critics, makes this look shabbily promotional with its faux intimacy.

3. The array of external links to commercial websites does not bode well for this article.

4. "But look at this other article about somebody else!" is not a valid argument for the creation or retention of a new article. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Fidelity Walk of Life

I am a concerned individual with my Fidelity Walk of my Life i was at work a while back and it felt like my Fidelity Of My Walk through life was yanked from the pores of my legs of which i need much prayer in to do with this and for who ever that performed that action to be no longer with us and directed to were that individual by the Fidelity Laws of body in performence of those actions to live. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.250.21.33 (talk) 17:26, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? -- John of Reading (talk) 17:40, 20 March 2012 (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.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 17:54, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Editing Articles

Hello please i want to find out how i can add photos to articles where there should be photos but are missing. For instance i loaded two personal photos of Nigerian First Republic Minister Arthur Prest but I'm trying to add them to the "Arthur Prest" article.

Please reply thank you— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahatma.lawan (talk • contribs) 18:37, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:Image tutorial. Be aware that Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously - most images used must either be in the public domain, or be explicitly released by the copyright owner under a suitable licence. If you took these pictures, you can licence them in that way, but if you did not, they probably cannot be used. --ColinFine (talk) 00:53, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

new article

Bruce Golden (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I just posted my first article, but at the top it says "This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the {{User sandbox}} template."

What do I do to get rid of this?

Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric10779 (talk • contribs)

I have removed the template, but the article desperately needs clean up, particularly the formatting, so I have tagged it accordingly.--ukexpat (talk) 19:02, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I cleaned up the formatting a little. You can see my sample here.Canoe1967/sandbox/sample Just edit in my sandbox if you wish. I am not sure how to show/hide the longer sections.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:07, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Why not just edit the article directly rather than create a new version in a sandbox?--ukexpat (talk) 19:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Correct. I meant that the formatting syntax could be seen in my sandbox. One may wish to copy/paste the whole thing to the actual article.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:13, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Ooops. Seems I named my sandbox page wrong and it was just deleted anyway.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

(note) User:Canoe1967/sandbox/sample, it was just moved is all. I will leave it a while, unless all are done with it.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:39, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

state capitalism and three gorges corporation

pls consider to use the information on "the economist"s special report (published 21.01.2012) on state capitalism to edit the two articles mentioned above. i'm neither an expert nor have english as my mother tongue to do it myself

thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.155.152.98 (talk) 18:51, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Can you provide links to the sources? Hghyux (talk to me)(talk to others) 19:23, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

He/she did, The Economist is a British magazine with a worldwide distribution. Most good libraries should have it. Not all sources necessarily exist online. I'm pretty sure you have heard of "dead tree media"? Roger (talk) 08:45, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

farmville

Farmville app will not open. Has been this way for three days, can you help? All my other apps do open. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.13.202.157 (talk) 20:54, 20 March 2012 (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. This is Wikipedia help, not Facebook help. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Hits per page

Is it possible to see how often a page is accessed, daily, yearly etc
Best Wishes AnkhMorpork (talk) 21:06, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Pageview statistics. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:11, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

User is taking my free speech away and censoring me!

A user called wiki13 is censoring me. I edited Colorado and Put in that tebows screwed. It was then censored by wiki13 and I just want to know why. Wikipedia is against censorship and even after asking the user they censored me again. Please explain to me so I can improve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aadihdjstettlghzfofhstettlxvzjyj (talk • contribs) 21:08, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:VANDAL, then reconsider your edits.--ukexpat (talk) 21:11, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

One of the problems is that you blanked the article. This may have been unintentional, as you say you added content. The other problem is that you are not supposed to express opinions. If a reliable source said, "Tebow's screwed" you might be able to quote that in Tim Tebow, but even then, I doubt it would be considered appropriate.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Also you might want to reread the first amendment to the US Constitution, it does not give you free speech. 65.40.155.250 (talk) 18:17, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Log-In Problems

I have used the same log-in (brarig219) for years. I went to log-in today, and was unable to do so. After a couple attempts, I simply went to change my password, thinking that would work out any glitch. Wikipedia is telling me that the username I am entering isn't associated with any email address is their database. What's going on? It's as if my account has simply vanished! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.191.176.222 (talk) 21:08, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Did you establish an e-mail address that could be used for password recovery? --Orange Mike | Talk 21:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

The account still exists. The edits can be seen at Special:Contributions/Brarig219. The account has not stored an email address at Special:Preferences so a new password cannot be mailed. Try the password you think is right in another browser. If you don't have a working password then you will have to create a new account. See Help:Logging in. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:22, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Request correction:

Resolved

Request correction of Category:Category:Alcohol abuse in television to Category:Alcohol abuse in television --NeoBatfreak (talk) 21:11, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

User:Skier Dude has done this.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:03, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Question about certain trivialities in an article

Would it be appropriate to include information that a then-vice president stayed at xxx place in xxx during an xxx trip there? It seems trivial, but would it be worthy of mention in the article? An apple and orange (talk) 21:25, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Sounds like fluffy padding to me; I'd definitely purge it. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:30, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, Mike. :) Would a derailment of a train spilling coal into a river under a bridge listed on the NRHP be mention-worthy? An apple and orange (talk) 21:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Not unless it had some effect on the bridge (structural, aesthetic, etc.). --Orange Mike | Talk 21:41, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

respectfully & conditionally disagree with the above user's opinion on the coal question. there are other factors: i. how significant was the accident? ii. casualties? iii. environmental impact? etc. (as well as the obvious, such as: how much coal was involved?) these & simillar considerations would affect the relevance/importance of the information to the article. Lx 121 (talk) 21:48, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I meant solely in the context of the article on the bridge; sorry if that wasn't clear. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:11, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

quick help

could someone please show me how to use the "inline"-style commons (category) link template?

i.e.: the one that DOES NOT result in a "box", just a nice little italicized line of text with the link.

i've seen it on a number of articles, but never used it before.

now i need a bunch of them for [[Lincoln Continental] & therefore, of course, i cannot remember-or-find any page that has an example...

thanks in advance

Lx 121 (talk) 21:53, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

See {{Commons category-inline}}. Goodvac (talk) 21:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

ty, muchly :) Lx 121 (talk) 15:12, 22 March 2012 (UTC)