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May 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 1

  1. Marketing career moves with a CIM professional certificate
  2. Off-site Wikipedia Rules
  3. cannot edit site on phoshatidylinositol
  4. Where am I supposed to ask a question like this?
  5. Search for languages
  6. Contact Deletion
  7. Issuing a three-revert rule warning when involved?
  8. People referenced by their own websites?
  9. General notability criterion changed?
  10. Toolserver question
  11. "Nonsense movies?"
  12. Editing colors
  13. Moving my article from my subpage to main article space?
  14. Removing sockpuppeteer tag?
  15. Gallery
  16. Page title issues
  17. Literacy ambassador
  18. Admin help
  19. Moving Notepad: false release dates keep getting added, what can I do?
  20. Template:Infobox computer missing "sound"..
  21. violation codes
  22. How to make it stick?

May 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 2

  1. Help with missing information
  2. Coordinates for a map
  3. New users
  4. Quick question about Userpage?
  5. New Page Patrol
  6. Shirley Temple vs. Categories
  7. Who is Chrissy Schimmel
  8. cheathouse.com for free?
  9. portal article
  10. Is there a simple German Wikipedia?
  11. "page under construction"
  12. iron level
  13. my AfD using Twinkle hasn't worked properly
  14. Still unable to upload images
  15. U.S.Railroads
  16. If you know an entry contains lies, what should one do?

May 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 3

  1. new video
  2. diff shows changes that I didn't make
  3. loading cartridge for an ERM VRL-36 typesetter
  4. mechanical
  5. Question about measurement unit names and abbreviations.
  6. Very slow browsing
  7. Page vandalized
  8. Leave Out All the Rest
  9. Is hotlinking to images on Wikipedia allowed?
  10. Formation of trans fat.
  11. Redirected instead of moved
  12. Merging question
  13. Finding the page I first saw when I registered
  14. In-line citations
  15. New User Log
  16. Transcluding from Commons
  17. Add a logo
  18. Posting deleted, why?

May 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 4

  1. Deleted threads / articles etc
  2. Editor for my wikimedia
  3. Six Flags
  4. Vandalism Report
  5. Speedy deletion of stubs
  6. Text outside main text area
  7. plastic bag with (PET , MPEC , LLDPE) delaminate after WET tissue insert into bag
  8. Type size in edit box
  9. for starting a new business regarding GEARS
  10. Euro bank note
  11. AM/PM
  12. Image Stack-Up
  13. Ahmed Deedat
  14. What bot am I thinking of?
  15. Logged out when trying to make a Map request
  16. Don't know how to post an article
  17. Autoconfirmed users
  18. Uploading pictures
  19. Notability of Subject
  20. Special:Tags
  21. my edits wont save
  22. Title spacing in sidebar
  23. Quick Information Box
  24. Deleting Accounts

May 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 5

  1. Enzo Ferrari (automobile)
  2. Im not new but how do I create?
  3. Viewing IP Userpages
  4. References help
  5. Adding name to chronological list of names
  6. Date/time format
  7. SEARCHING FOR A JOB
  8. oxcarbazepine with Quetiapine
  9. Google and/or Yahoo Search Capabilities
  10. How to read weekly CDF file with GrADS
  11. Reclaiming an old and inactive account
  12. Deletion notice
  13. What's the code to create a random article link in a wiki page?
  14. problems hitting internal connections
  15. commercial real estate leases
  16. Where do I find job descriptions
  17. Opening Wikipedia in MIME
  18. How to get message alerts removed from article
  19. Internal links on the fritz?
  20. Adding a template to pages
  21. Computers(Unix Security)
  22. copyright constraints?
  23. Image requesting a photo of a living person
  24. Can I make a reference to a CD sleeve and the internet wayback machine?

May 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 6

  1. Image with copyright problem
  2. Legobot restores vandalism
  3. Appropriate RfC topic area(s) for Internet homicide?
  4. Getting A Reply
  5. Span templates
  6. Can I simply translate a wikipedia entry about a topic to another language?
  7. Referencing a programme for a musical.
  8. How does one display a photo from another language area's Wiki Common?
  9. navbox class loses collapsible argument?
  10. Content of "discussion" page
  11. John Boyd Dunlop - two people with same name
  12. How to use the the tranlation toll
  13. Can I reduce Svg's & Png's image size online ?
  14. Renaming file
  15. Posting a picture

May 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 7

  1. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 7#|]]
  2. Automatic protection
  3. How to Save?
  4. Userboxes and transclusion
  5. Quality of article
  6. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 7#|]]
  7. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 7#|]]
  8. External links
  9. how can i know if the changes are right or not?
  10. Need someone with rollback privilages to revert an accidental article change
  11. Info box
  12. Mistake: :File:Crystal Palace.svg
  13. AWB
  14. Complaint
  15. Price Mechanism
  16. Lost images
  17. how can I improve my article which was deleted
  18. A Question re. changing my name.
  19. Translating a non-english wiki page into english
  20. Copyright violation and virus
  21. Style suggestions for complex academic topic
  22. how do i copy an article from simple wikipedia to wikipedia?
  23. Misuse of a personal name

May 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 8

  1. David Krikorian
  2. Living person's biography
  3. Double Oval.jpg
  4. How do i set up a brand new page?
  5. question
  6. Citation of Wikipedia in an article
  7. Compress SVG file
  8. Cite Errors
  9. Please review new article
  10. protection for consumers
  11. wikipedia downloadable version?
  12. Infobox Templates
  13. How to find a list of articles that links to a given article.
  14. Where do I add this new info to the article Grove City College
  15. Edits and Abuse
  16. "Edit conflict" on this page
  17. "Expert Needed" tag
  18. Wrong info at PS3 main article.

May 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 9

  1. problems hitting internal connections
  2. Query
  3. printed ref
  4. Category deletion
  5. prosesize.js
  6. Disambiguation related!
  7. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
  8. ACCESSIBLE PAGES for JAWS Users
  9. Citing the secondary source
  10. Clarification of copyright rules.
  11. How do I edit the Notes section of an article?
  12. Bizarre entry on a talk page
  13. how to convert this C program to assembly language for 8086 ???
  14. supporting
  15. Simple Edits Gone Awry
  16. Jason O'Toole

May 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 10

  1. Having trouble with some tables
  2. Is this legal?
  3. Date of publishing
  4. Word Usage on wikipedia
  5. Twinkle
  6. Outlook Express
  7. Saving good contributions from bad users
  8. RE: Radio Freq 26.965 - 27.995 mhz
  9. Watchlist
  10. ItsJustSomeRandomGuy
  11. PDF version messing up
  12. Publish Judicial Decisions???
  13. Links in Lead? Not in MOS or Linking article
  14. HELP, Im lost I have been reading for hours
  15. Irish Immigrants to 1840's America
  16. How to Cite a Nickname

May 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 11

  1. Hiring a developer
  2. Mistakes made with AWB
  3. Putting a picture in a article
  4. Obsessed talk page
  5. how to add a picture?
  6. How do you propose for a featured picture
  7. Charles Paterson Park
  8. having troubles referencing.
  9. Amending the logo image on my Company's wikipedia entry
  10. Font Size
  11. Richard Bamping article
  12. One of my edits was signed with my computer number instead of my name... UNDO?
  13. Help required in creating a wikipedia content on - Software Testing : Cloud Testing Awarness please advice.
  14. Problem with refs
  15. Watchlist2
  16. Change title
  17. moving an article
  18. Contents Box
  19. Request
  20. Edit section links aligning left?
  21. Passing parameters through templates and substitution
  22. What Should a Director's InfoBox Look Like?

May 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 12

  1. My profile page
  2. How to rename an uploaded file to its correct name
  3. problems hitting internal links
  4. Deleting a Page
  5. How to create a whole new innovative existing new subject?
  6. Searching by Language
  7. WikiProject
  8. Dario Minieri
  9. Deleted page, can't understand instructions for having it undeleted
  10. change password of my account
  11. Changing the listing title.
  12. Question about Editing Titles
  13. Borderless section — maybe pages - while using the Modern skin
  14. is it possible to get an EXTERNAL website to cause wikification to redirect to wikipedia?
  15. tomalley.
  16. layman's terms?

May 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 13

  1. Jehovah's Witnesses
  2. mosfet
  3. fire box
  4. Request for translation?
  5. Speedy delete, AfD, or prod?
  6. Archived talkpage in category
  7. Uploading Photos.....
  8. Sandwich effect when using the 1024x768 screen resolution?
  9. How to rewrite/repost a deleted Article
  10. reference links
  11. How do I get people to come edit my sandbox?
  12. Tagging pictures
  13. Image or File sandbox existed ?
  14. Translations

May 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 14

  1. Wiki Statistic abilities
  2. Report a Page
  3. Message while editing?
  4. Wiktionary html dump
  5. What time zone are you using?
  6. Question
  7. Currently redirects to different article
  8. Spoken Articles
  9. HELP WITH UNDERSTANDING WHY MY PAGE WAS DELETED - Page - Kim Donaldson
  10. Getting warning messages without reason.
  11. Lyrics on song pages.
  12. Is there a certain length limit to a page in MediaWiki
  13. need some help with autoEd
  14. Questions
  15. Big quote marks
  16. Printing information
  17. DOWNLOADING
  18. Conflict of Interest
  19. Phase 3
  20. Printing
  21. Just wondering...
  22. Where is that essay about "don't call it 'The Wiki'"
  23. Problem with printing
  24. Tinitus Relief
  25. Re.Bernard Pearson
  26. Uploaded a new logo, but no go.
  27. "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
  28. Problem with the infobox Template:Infobox Company
  29. adding a new page
  30. Red links: To remove or not to remove?

May 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 15

  1. Why was bobba reverted
  2. Creating a Template
  3. Invisible picture
  4. Merger of two articles that are about the same darn thing
  5. Russ Laribee
  6. Tuanku Jaafar Power Station (Port Dickson) 2009 UNITEN Trainees
  7. Specifying a date/time range for Recent changes
  8. publishing an article , modify it , make people vote for these changes
  9. Make this file transparent
  10. Referencing a webpage that changes frequently
  11. Disambiguation page or Other source page for Multiple-Part Article?
  12. Spaces
  13. Can someone look at a suspected copyvio?
  14. Remove warnings
  15. can a DVD cover be used without copyvio?
  16. Help
  17. Deleted page by Speedy Deletion - would like help on making the article exist
  18. Question
  19. the house on the rock
  20. Changing incorrect info
  21. Any way to retrieve a password without an email attached to the username?

May 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 16

  1. Square bracket in external link
  2. Sources needed
  3. Delete the older version image
  4. pgp encryption and decryption?
  5. Increased attention to articles
  6. I have made a huge mistake!
  7. how to upload a artists drawing dated c.1830 AD?
  8. Demands for quality of pictures?
  9. Delete the changes made
  10. Infobox overload
  11. Removing an alternate name from an existing article in order to create an article on that subject?
  12. Font colour
  13. Footnote issues
  14. Today's Featured Article, Super Mario Bros.
  15. new entry - Kevan Shaw

May 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 17

  1. content editing
  2. Linking to Talk / Discussion possible?
  3. Drinkicidal not found as a word or any reference
  4. How do I ask for the wiki community to answer a question or compose a new entry on the definition of a "ton" of certain gas?
  5. Riverport Riot
  6. Religion related articles
  7. printer friendly option

May 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 18

  1. Reliable Source
  2. How Do I Make My Biographical Article in My User Page Go Live?
  3. How to link to the same article in another language?
  4. Space shuttles
  5. Keep getting an error message
  6. Ruth Padel image problem
  7. Misbehaving TOC
  8. How do you know?
  9. How to add an article in Wikipedia?
  10. reporting a useR?
  11. Fair use
  12. Barnstars
  13. commercial Links
  14. I can't see the article I wrote, how do I see it using the search.
  15. Help Me
  16. Orkut
  17. one last check please
  18. Fedora mediawiki installation problem
  19. New article not showing up when searched
  20. Requesting Extensions
  21. Can't find instructions or tutorial on how to interact or talk with users
  22. Unrequested "new password" emails
  23. Edits made
  24. deflation
  25. Can new article name be changed?
  26. Disputed reliable sources.
  27. Creating sub wikiproject within a project
  28. Vandal
  29. Does this article need re-writing?
  30. Does this article need re-writing?
  31. Trying to get article reviewed
  32. creating new wiki page about a company i work for?
  33. How do I create a page in wikipedia?
  34. Trivia
  35. new landscaping has caused water problems
  36. Move Final Article from User Subpage to Wikipedia

May 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 19

  1. Tabernaculo Biblico Bautista Amigos de Israel
  2. Name of an old song !?
  3. How do I insert Images
  4. Legal question? Not really(?).
  5. Sports Edition magazine is not defunct nor has been
  6. Freemasonry page vandalized
  7. I'm totally baffled at how to start a new Wikipedia entry for a product I've invented recently.
  8. My talk page
  9. Malaysian Speaker in High Impact Jurnal Writing
  10. Reporting a user to admin
  11. My entry had relevance etc. so I can't understand why it was deleted
  12. Username
  13. suggested improvements
  14. Content Deleted for Lack of Notability--Would like to improve
  15. Random text appearing
  16. new user -- many questions
  17. need help
  18. Free
  19. Image Frames
  20. Is the table too long - if so what to do?
  21. change the language on my facebook
  22. Image copyright/license/fair use rationale
  23. Image widths as a percentage
  24. Photo Upload
  25. YouTube Link

May 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 20

  1. problem using an image on a template
  2. List of all Wikipedia articles?
  3. Multiple AfD
  4. How do i start a new page on a particular topic on Wikipedia? There is no existing page on this topic on Wikipedia.
  5. Sound file help
  6. Wiki updates
  7. Remove my user name from title of article
  8. Do you know of software that will check the validity of local anchor links in a wikipedia page?
  9. Formulaes
  10. (+13) (-27)
  11. enrollment @ washington college for 2009
  12. Gray line
  13. Referencing
  14. Linking image
  15. Image Not Displaying
  16. auto edit summary?
  17. Getting page to go live
  18. username
  19. Wiki markup/bracket question
  20. A quick question
  21. Deleting Page History
  22. Portal:Wine
  23. Infobox - Ice Hockey Player
  24. How many times is the location needed?
  25. Malicious Lockout
  26. Forums
  27. Where's the Policy?
  28. How do I update a .PNG image?
  29. submit a photo a topic ?
  30. Press Release
  31. How can I document work cited of this online source.
  32. Log of 'new page patrolled' ?
  33. I do not receive password recovery emails (recently unified login)

May 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 21

  1. Image file problem
  2. New word
  3. Preview image before upload
  4. Procedure for grant of licence/ approval by Walt disney for manufacture of textile garments
  5. How to View Messages?
  6. two simon hill's - i'm in a bit of a mess!
  7. What to do about incomplete AfD
  8. how do I become a New Page Patroller?
  9. History portal
  10. Removing quotations on page title
  11. VAI, Vormittag Associates Inc.
  12. 3RR
  13. World Record
  14. Mediation Cabal
  15. Change title of an article
  16. mba
  17. problem with yo-yo BP due to faulty baro-receptor?
  18. Use of Wikipedia text without attribution
  19. 2009 Graduation date for Belgorod State University Russia
  20. USER UNFRIENDLY
  21. Title Changes
  22. Naming a New Article

May 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 22

  1. Help With Math Formatting
  2. Citing foreign language Wikipedia?
  3. 2 x User_talk page questions
  4. What does it place JaRon Harris under the last name J and not H?
  5. Arbitration/Requests/Case/.../Evidence: Is this an appropriate entry?
  6. Is this vandalism or not?
  7. Parser Function for AM and PM
  8. Evaluating quality of articles
  9. Evaluating importance of articles
  10. German Wiki: YES - Worldwide Wiki: NO
  11. Image problems
  12. Spacing
  13. How to identify editor/edit?
  14. Paragraph breaks
  15. Someone Left a Message on my IP address discussion page and my edits underneath this person's message won't appear, can someone help me with this problem?

May 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 23

  1. User talk problem
  2. problems hitting internal links
  3. Page title
  4. The Cancer Guy
  5. How to disentangle Commissioning from Commission?
  6. Special:Categories
  7. Indian Passport cancellation
  8. Strange cite error
  9. Adding or Suggesting a Word
  10. Editnotice please
  11. Every page I edit gets watched in my watchlist

May 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 24

  1. Logging in to wikipedia
  2. capitol of california
  3. File:Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg
  4. Barbara Hillary (North Pole)
  5. questions
  6. Request deletion of 'lack of references' box
  7. I Want To Include An Image Of Myself In The Stye Page.
  8. Referencing question
  9. Diff

May 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 25

  1. Pembroke Welsh Corgi
  2. Content Deletion for Oraganization(why Aptech and NIIT in Wikipedia)?
  3. Password recovered (from memory), but Wikipedia's password recovery may be broken
  4. How to remove an article?
  5. while reading users would like to mark text so that they can pull up the pages and look for the marked text for future reference
  6. List of audio (read aloud) articles?
  7. Is there any way to get Articles for Deletion as an RSS feed?
  8. How to submit an article for assessment?
  9. Resetting password for account with no currently registered email address
  10. Snakes In Missouri
  11. UNREGISTER
  12. User name
  13. Adding New Content
  14. Accessing Redshift
  15. Redlinks
  16. How can I log in under different langugaes?
  17. Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
  18. DYK hits
  19. Bad editing

May 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 26

  1. correcting footnotes
  2. What name is it for the words that are spelled the same forward and backward
  3. expanding an article
  4. deleted article
  5. Merging Articles
  6. Advice on good-faith edit/bad-faith edit summary
  7. Offline Wiki updates
  8. screenplay contest
  9. Wikipedia:WikiProject Squash
  10. quoting a different part of a named reference
  11. Reliable Source???
  12. passport need
  13. idea
  14. Main Page question
  15. how can I move an article from the sandbox to real wikipedia?
  16. Young players
  17. translation
  18. Hebrew font
  19. What is the procedure to suggest that an article be moved to Wiktionary?
  20. New user question
  21. Vandalism on the Phenylalanine page
  22. Skateboard

May 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 27

  1. How do I stop the [Edit] [Edit] [Edit] [Edit] bug?
  2. Is a Freedom of Information request OR?
  3. Ranking of Most Popular Pages on Wikipedia
  4. problems hitting internal links
  5. How to accelerate the creation of a requested article?
  6. i need to delete the list of words shown in my articles list that i have typed before---how do i do it........
  7. An image from Finnish wikipedia
  8. Does this template exist already?
  9. Discussion
  10. Need to correct spelling in the TITLE of a page
  11. Subpages
  12. Referencing plots
  13. Undocumented articles
  14. Uploading a Biography Picture
  15. Userpage Subpage
  16. Number of edits to page

May 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 28

  1. Editing article title
  2. Forum for template coding issues?
  3. How to edit a section in a tabbed page?
  4. Creating those boxes
  5. Using Zotero for references?
  6. ParserFunctions question
  7. Record Label/ companies
  8. Jurisdictional districs by state
  9. re Henry Tayali
  10. Moving images
  11. Photo use
  12. Help finding Wikimedia Commons copyright help desk
  13. Copyright Question
  14. Account question
  15. Random Article Screen
  16. Huggle

May 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 29

  1. How to put out a call for help in overhauling an article
  2. How do I find out my user name?
  3. electronics
  4. Interface Mock-Up
  5. destination
  6. guestbook
  7. Delete Page question
  8. Friendly Problem
  9. Customizing monobook skin
  10. Name already used
  11. Editor Awards
  12. A box
  13. help?
  14. Error
  15. How do I add photos to my artice/page?
  16. question
  17. Problem adding citation to Bhutan's area
  18. Infobox question
  19. Cross-wiki templates
  20. Further Reading

May 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 30

  1. Can you help me put this on a page
  2. How do I report vandalism?
  3. ADD ENTRY TO CATEGORY
  4. Mohamed Altoumaimi and Bernoulli numbers
  5. Duplication
  6. two questions
  7. telugu wikipedia member
  8. Can Name Be Corrected?
  9. Image deletion
  10. Convert AI to SVG
  11. page does not appear
  12. Getting an image into an article.

May 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 May 31

  1. Delicious redirect?
  2. First time CfD attempt
  3. Introductory, nontechnical hatnote
  4. problems hitting internal links
  5. What does "{semiprotected |small=yes}" mean?
  6. File Upload
  7. Colors
  8. Thank You Australia
  9. Uploading logos
  10. Science portal
  11. Corporations in the US
  12. Stealth
  13. Inserting an image from Italian Wikipedia in English Wikipedia
  14. Putting references within ref tags
  15. Concerning the GFDL
  16. Categorizing company articles
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