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May 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 1

  1. Help with moving completed draft to Article
  2. HELP PLEASE
  3. More feedback please
  4. Citing primary sources via secondary sources
  5. Karla Turner
  6. open search
  7. Replacement for <tt>?
  8. open search malfunction
  9. Georg Mendelssohn
  10. Cite button in RefToolbar 2.0
  11. User Name
  12. inquiry
  13. To get contact details of universities from which contact details are absent on their official websites
  14. Stand-alone list vs Article with embedded list?
  15. Saving my searches
  16. Book Error
  17. Rio Pardo de Minas: a really empty place
  18. Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
  19. Help needed with inadvertent creation of Category
  20. Numbered lists without the indent
  21. Ferritic nitrocarburizing page

May 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 2

  1. Inaccessible article
  2. Tags for outdated and self-published sources
  3. Location Error
  4. how do i edit my username from case sensitive
  5. International Autograph Auctions
  6. Image available on Afrikaans wikipedia but not in English
  7. Edit to page has not saved
  8. April 30 page view data disappeared
  9. Incorrect information on Drakenstein Municipality page
  10. Why did you remove Forward "a generic term for socialist movements"
  11. Info Box
  12. JANKO KONSTANTINOV ARCHITECT
  13. My picture question
  14. RfC Help
  15. Copyright Questions About Article and Photographs

May 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 3

  1. Adminship questions
  2. St. Anthony High School Milwaukee
  3. saints in Saint Peter Basilica in the Vatican Rome Italy
  4. Moving test page from my sandbox to mainspace
  5. Talk page vandalism?!
  6. Saeed Younan
  7. Committed identity
  8. Why I'm not allowed to create a page?
  9. Logging in.
  10. Collapsible option for navboxes
  11. Moving problem
  12. Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page
  13. Is there an API for collecting Article for Deletion archive?
  14. Email issue
  15. Personalized editing dropdown boxes
  16. Research papers

May 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 4

  1. Multiple issues tag
  2. Edit summary search
  3. how to edit the title of Employees?
  4. Vandalism by a registered user
  5. Tim Robbins The Actor
  6. Valley Forge Military Academy & College
  7. Image not rendering
  8. GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA
  9. List of articles in a WikiProject
  10. Colette Boky video needed

May 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 5

  1. Graphics Questions
  2. Wikipedia main page problem
  3. Can't locate my submission
  4. Image
  5. Info about username
  6. BIOGRAPHICAL ARTICLE WITH INCORRECT INFORMATION AND PLAGIARIZED MATERIAL
  7. Failed redirect
  8. User box
  9. Edit conflicts with no conflicting edits
  10. Colebrook, New Hampshire
  11. Minute to Win It "View Blueprint" links don't work!
  12. Help with avoiding a redundancy
  13. Moving a page from a "Wikipedia:" to a normal article
  14. Movie-'Amazing Grace'

May 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 6

  1. help
  2. Help with template error
  3. Sortable table isn't sorting
  4. background blue!
  5. Complex numeric sorting question
  6. Creating a page for my movie
  7. Article / Photo Scheduled for Deletion
  8. Redlinks that will forever be redlinks
  9. Clickable Image Map
  10. UAE name change
  11. Template assistance
  12. Control image size, with a caption?
  13. Proposed BLP deletion policy
  14. A Biased user?
  15. Duplicate article, how to deal with the talk page?
  16. Episode list
  17. Live/Deleted edits

May 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 7

  1. HIPAA law as it apllies to teachers and students.
  2. List of ISBN codes for publishers
  3. RSS
  4. Planned denial of service attack or vandalism forthcoming?
  5. Sortable table formatting
  6. improving images
  7. Has mobile wikipedia changed?
  8. new article
  9. uploading an image file
  10. PAYGO Definition (History / Origin)
  11. Right aligning and sorting data in a table
  12. I have been asked
  13. Help, I've buggered up an article!
  14. References not showing up on SNDRI article
  15. Help with side box
  16. Joseph Utsler's Wiki page/ Sons and Daughter
  17. call of duty
  18. How to report incorrect information?

May 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 8

  1. Article cropped
  2. pornagraphic material ????
  3. Novice editor here. Just found a large anonymous omission from an article.
  4. Puzzling "new messages" notice at IP address
  5. How to remove line of text
  6. Symbol of Christian fish
  7. Numerical sort in tables
  8. Bare url
  9. Error message
  10. Mobile site android permanently disable button
  11. Where to reply to the points brought up by a GA reviewer
  12. Free labels in Infobox don't show up!
  13. Why is editing on Wikipedia so SLOW?
  14. How does X work?
  15. Music producer / Musician requiring uninvolved editor
  16. Unwanted numbering
  17. Pedophile Sex Gang
  18. Edits won't "Stick"
  19. Wikilinking to a specific entry in a table
  20. Requesting translation from English to Vietnamese
  21. Title of Browse article

May 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 9

  1. Les Misérables (2012 film)
  2. Citation needed tag for citation???
  3. your best price on proforma
  4. "What links here"--is there a way to eliminate the nav box links?
  5. how do I
  6. Huggle
  7. Need help at editing Infoboxes
  8. Tutankhamun age of death.
  9. Searching only Wikipedia for images
  10. Removing unintended italics
  11. Can I put name of photographer while uploading a photo
  12. MoS:CURRENCY formatting question
  13. Adding bussiness website links to City/County information.
  14. Looking for images in the public domain
  15. Old Georgian Club
  16. Email on talk pages
  17. I Do Not See The Wikipedia Page I Created When I Do A Google Search
  18. Hangul consonant and vowel tables
  19. Responding to an unconstructive talk page section
  20. Parenthesis in title
  21. Sagnificant country and politic issue
  22. time zones
  23. User namespace redirects for user names

May 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 10

  1. Edit Conflicts
  2. I would like to be able to edit my edit descriptions
  3. Why Is This Page Uneditable?
  4. Contact if someone purposely and erroneously accuses you of sockpuppetry?
  5. Tool to separate out references while editing
  6. Category-like articles
  7. Contributors - what do the bracketed numbers mean?
  8. Before I "Go Live"
  9. Input on newly created article
  10. Which ISO 15924 template?
  11. 'see also' links on article?
  12. Image
  13. Close a merge discussion please
  14. I need help with a hidden template
  15. Style change?
  16. Article Disappeared
  17. Bold watchlist items
  18. Watchlist, annoying green star
  19. Rollback

May 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 11

  1. Democrat Party
  2. Diffs
  3. Inserting an image into text of an article
  4. Dandenong Foothills Encounter - A really doubtful new article
  5. Citations
  6. Talk page notifications
  7. microprocessor design
  8. CSD'ing Vector.css
  9. Signature problem
  10. 'cite this page'
  11. Citing studies in medical articles
  12. Wikilinks to redirect pages
  13. Stray bracket symbol below infobox image
  14. Bolded pages in watchlist
  15. Deleting details of a lawsuit which is dropped by the Plaintiff
  16. Adding info to an article
  17. Need help with adding new heading to existing page
  18. Botched move from sandbox to mainspace
  19. Unable to reset password

May 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 12

  1. Question about article I created
  2. Kindly guide me further
  3. About my file NUDO Namibia.jpg
  4. Why some names are in red
  5. Articles linking to an article
  6. New way to show UFC events sucks!
  7. Etyres
  8. Don Preston wiki page..
  9. Reference URL problem
  10. Major problems with new Wikipedia mobile site - Please revert back
  11. Searching within ALL subcategories? Is it possible?

May 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 13

  1. I have a recommendation for a cite on a the articular for 'Anti-lock braking system'
  2. Andrew Petrie
  3. Watchlist styles
  4. Edit count link not working
  5. Sandbox
  6. Need help in moving and shrinking a useful weatherbox but one that really screws up the page.
  7. User-Talk ownership
  8. Wrong Man in Photo
  9. Officer Candidates and the NOAA Uniformed Officer Corps
  10. References

May 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 14

  1. blue background on pages makes wikipedia hard to read :(
  2. infobox picture
  3. Question about Protection
  4. Update an image
  5. error on graph of “World’s Most Expensive Cities..."
  6. Reliable sources for BLP's
  7. Uploading a replacement picture
  8. Twinkle
  9. Missing references list in War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
  10. British police DIRTY game...
  11. How does one go about getting feedback on an article?
  12. Is it okay for us to edit our own page?
  13. Closing Editor Review
  14. Shortening a url
  15. question about writing with correct wikipedia codes so that format looks correct to reader of Web site
  16. Mishpacha
  17. vacinations
  18. Audio problem
  19. Failure of System
  20. i need urgent assistancepls
  21. Adminship
  22. Help with archiving a talk page
  23. Peter Craven

May 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 15

  1. DNA haplotype of my ancestor
  2. Protected page warning.
  3. Too many cooks spoil the broth
  4. reliable sources
  5. Purge
  6. The notice "This article has multiple issues" should be reworded.
  7. How do I move my article from My Sandbox to the Main Page?
  8. Undoing edits
  9. Mentorship
  10. Web address for my photos
  11. Update has corrupted page
  12. Notice, new script for help desk regulars
  13. Dealing with borderline vandalism

May 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 16

  1. How do you make a category hidden?
  2. Links
  3. DYK length criteria
  4. Autobiography
  5. Question on sandbox
  6. Dumfries, Virginia Wikipedia site
  7. Updated notice
  8. Search suggestions
  9. Book Creator
  10. Wikipedia Loading Issue
  11. posting my own original literary works
  12. Wikipedia Loading Issue Continued
  13. Feedback
  14. Ralph Nader
  15. How do I mark two pages as translations of one another?
  16. wrong info for sister sledge

May 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 17

  1. Sultan
  2. adding star name
  3. No mention of American Medical Research Expedition to Everest (AMREE) 1981
  4. Login error
  5. Broken AfD log
  6. movie Stars In My Crown
  7. My page is not being searched on wikipedia
  8. Speedy delete template not showing on image
  9. Referencing two different pages in the same paper
  10. Overlapping geo coordinates
  11. Serial killers
  12. Input: a list of our articles. Output wanted: page views for each (over x period)
  13. How to close a Request for Comment?
  14. I want to improve an article
  15. Trying to add an award to a page.. but the alignment is always off.
  16. Deleted
  17. Can you enable a sharing feature on wikipedia so that people can share a wikipedia page on to facebook?
  18. Inactive Special Pages

May 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 18

  1. I want to translate articles FROM English TO native languages.
  2. How do I delete pages from user space?
  3. I got wikipedia error404
  4. help posting
  5. please create a redirect
  6. Strange tool icon on "World's largest universities" page
  7. EDITING...
  8. Xi'an, China
  9. Pilgrimz (Band)
  10. Helpful add on or script?
  11. Odd result from "Random article" link
  12. Editing help
  13. i am a notary for sc can i marry people with out the notary seal i have a notary lic
  14. Toolserver user soxred93 account has expired
  15. Category rename

May 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 19

  1. Design recognition
  2. "This is a tool icon"
  3. Where has the biliteracy page gone ?
  4. Help from experts would be great -The edit looks like a deliberate attempt to eliminate biliteracy as a category
  5. "This is a tool icon" popup
  6. Stuart Ashen
  7. Dysfunctional navbox - Template:Foam scales and properties
  8. India Indians versus Native American Indians
  9. There was an unexpected error logging in.
  10. Article "1961 Indian annexation of Goa"
  11. Second opinions requested
  12. Need help adding header text to edit instructions
  13. Help with uploading a movie poster under fair use
  14. The word 'free'
  15. Search bar when using a mobile phone
  16. "Template:" in External Links?
  17. Unable to remove "Advertisement" label
  18. The information provided in the article misses a few facts which could be incorporated.
  19. Topic bans
  20. Watchlist
  21. What happens if I change names?
  22. CSD A7
  23. Sources written in other languages

May 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 20

  1. How do i upload audio samples
  2. Sortable Table: Dates
  3. Home Before Dark
  4. Changes related to "User:TonyTheTiger/creations" not showing my own edits
  5. Quanah Parker
  6. Carlos Fuentes infobox on main page
  7. Categories and violation of WP:ORDINAL
  8. wiki is hard to use no one seems to want to help
  9. Becoming an official profile holder
  10. Sorry.
  11. Mitt Romney - Education Section is misleading/incorrect
  12. Not possible
  13. improving an existing entry
  14. Internal / external search produces different results - external is derogatory and insulting
  15. Am I at risk of getting blocked
  16. trying to find a band from 2004
  17. Rollback Statistics
  18. Error in the spelling of Gandhi
  19. al-sarya group of companies in doha qatar a lot of case in higher court in doha qatar nothing happen, very strong connection from the govenrment.
  20. Scrolling problem?
  21. The Difference
  22. Account/identification problem
  23. How many policies and guidelines does Wikipedia have?
  24. Addition to article
  25. GA Review

May 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 21

  1. IP address
  2. recognizable logo used in Wikipedia:WikiProject Furry and Portal:Furry
  3. Question
  4. Before I "go live"
  5. How many solar systems does it take to evolve the heavier atoms enough to emerge life and brains?
  6. Kanyini (film)
  7. Proxy error
  8. Pendleton Whisky Page Flags
  9. Andrew Ballen
  10. Work in Progress Page
  11. looking for shipmates (1958 - 1960)
  12. Incorrect employment
  13. COI in editing Wikipedia:
  14. editing
  15. deleted article
  16. External links
  17. Using Flickr photos in userspace

May 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 22

  1. Please run a length report on Fluorine
  2. Commons image needs simple fix
  3. User:Flindiva/sandbox
  4. HARTSHORNE
  5. LOC id doesn't work
  6. my first from scratch wikipedia page
  7. Celebrity profile
  8. nonexistant article about myself
  9. I need help being unblocked.
  10. Error caused by script.
  11. Collapsing
  12. Please help - I thought I was in sandbox and the original content (not written by me was deleted)
  13. Remove Seal Image, replace with Logo
  14. Languages in other script not identified
  15. pancreatic Cancer
  16. Visible in text notes

May 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 23

  1. Grand Slam (Bomb)
  2. error in link
  3. DEVS
  4. Watching all subpages
  5. References in foreign languages
  6. Stylized Names
  7. Libel and false statements in article carrying information about Uranium in children in Punjab - linked to my name.
  8. Company page
  9. Change proposal
  10. Link
  11. Access to article ratings
  12. Foreign language meanings in disambiguation pages?
  13. How can I create a new article against a deleted title
  14. Korematsu v. United States
  15. Deleting differently titled but othewise identical versions of article
  16. Picture on article about the Lenox Ave subway service
  17. Maths
  18. Fibromyalgia
  19. Not receiving any feedback on new article for submission
  20. Unwanted templates showing up on pages
  21. Deleting a Page and Opening a New One
  22. User contributions
  23. How come ?
  24. All New Content

May 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 24

  1. When should we iconify?
  2. Latin info
  3. Request to perpetuate memory of Dr.Phillipe Pinel,
  4. Walhaalla SC
  5. Want to write about my site.
  6. Deletion of page created by me - Hanwen - Pearl Delta International School
  7. Someone removed the redirect on the article I was editing
  8. Deliberately excessive referencing
  9. "Vandalism" needs removed
  10. How to deal with trolls on wikipedia
  11. Clear Channel no longer has naming rights to the Lancaster Municipal Stadium.
  12. Can I undo an edit?
  13. Hughes Hotel
  14. Page Ashraf Al Hajuj
  15. Can a private business be included in Wikipedia?
  16. Requesting a new article?
  17. Article: Jim Suhler
  18. notification of updates on suggested changes
  19. Rollback
  20. can i play maplestory on my new latop?

May 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 25

  1. Fresh Hell in Wikipedia
  2. CSD log in Twinkle
  3. Query Regarding M.E Entrance in PICT college of Pune
  4. What's different about the "My sandbox" link?
  5. link VA 34 to VFA 34
  6. User name problem
  7. Regarding CSD
  8. Hoax copy of Wikipedia pages blending with true Wikipedia pages?
  9. RALPH SAMPSON WIKIPEDIA PAGE
  10. Those icons
  11. Article Rating
  12. Middle East Countires
  13. Photos
  14. Editing the title of an article
  15. Wait a Minim!
  16. AMENDMENT IN INFORMATION
  17. Your Article on Baboons...

May 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 26

  1. I have found out some of the information on the page for Clare Kramer is incorrect. I spoke to her today and she said that "nothing has been signed" in regard to her national tour for Mamma Mia.
  2. Requested Articles
  3. Wojciech Szczęsny
  4. Double image inside an Infobox
  5. searching for lost friend
  6. User contributions: created pages
  7. Cannot get edit to work correctly
  8. Removing alphabetic subheadings in categories.
  9. My organization has changed its name
  10. donating/log on.
  11. Thine Antique Pen
  12. How get the attention of confirmed editor?
  13. Images École nationale de l'aviation civile and Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées
  14. Backgrounds in Infoboxes
  15. Recovering a contribution
  16. On my profile page with Facebook....

May 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 27

  1. black and decker lawnmower s witch button.
  2. Purpose of a page?
  3. Bracket help
  4. banks
  5. Terrence Deacon's page vandalized
  6. Print size in Wikipedia
  7. BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15)
  8. The article on Verona NJ
  9. Reference Tags
  10. My Question: Who taught Al PAcino how to dance the tango in Scent of A Woman?
  11. American Wikipedia????
  12. New article called Frederic Marcotte.
  13. Editing Articles-Making Wikipedia a Better Site

May 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 28

  1. Boolean operators & wild cards
  2. Adding related sites links
  3. New film trilogy categories
  4. Can a notable person contribute to wikipedia?
  5. Redirect in place?
  6. Is there a way to post on Facebook when editing Wikipedia pages?
  7. How Ture Is This Office and the link {http://www.euro-resource.co.uk/?x=jobs_in_canada}
  8. DOUBLE STANDERS OF "NOTABILITY" BEING USED FOR MY ARTICLE SUBMISSION
  9. Redirect pages for mispellings
  10. Christopher Hollis biograpy
  11. No flow text
  12. Favorites
  13. Collapsing multiple AFD templates
  14. Which namespace does a specific page belong to?
  15. Articles to long to read comfortably
  16. Naming conventions for Colombian government agency with very commonly used acronym
  17. Nelson M. Cooke
  18. How are the shortcuts for this page displayed?

May 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 29

  1. Request for Feedback: Appalachian State University
  2. Horse racing
  3. question
  4. Image chosen for Facebook post
  5. Short references for two books with same author & date
  6. Delete USER
  7. how can i use logitech keyboard singns
  8. Submitting an article on a renowned individual with the same name as one who lived centuries ago
  9. Addition of an Article
  10. Please, change this SEMI-PROTECTED page?
  11. help
  12. Submitted Changes but now not showing
  13. Carpenter Bees
  14. Redirecting
  15. Spectreman production credits
  16. Avoiding COI with new article
  17. Idea
  18. My signature doesn't work
  19. Michele Marziani
  20. Confirming a user is the subject of an article
  21. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Correct citation of a federal court order
  22. Second opinion for images
  23. Browsing History
  24. edits being deleted
  25. Unauthrised Refacatoring
  26. Format/style of Biographies—guidelines?
  27. sonac boom

May 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 30

  1. List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte sorting incorrectly
  2. how to find wikipedia articles by size?
  3. Redirected ref no longer supports claim
  4. Non-admins editing Mediawiki pages
  5. A Request/Inquiry about a separate "Images" section ....
  6. Recomending pre-requesite pages
  7. Update URL in footnote
  8. The Chinese version of the article "Bradford University School of Management" is wrong!!!
  9. my account
  10. Wikipedia Page for E commerce website
  11. A little problem
  12. I am having a hard time making a page go live.
  13. Access to my old account
  14. How do I talk to the person who edited me?
  15. Ads in wikipedia
  16. Wikirage
  17. Wikipedia book management
  18. No gadgets tab
  19. How do get rid of this text 200px|alt= above thumbnail picture
  20. Attempting to add photograph to article - don't have permission.
  21. Odd character difference numbers on watchlist
  22. seeking feedback on draft for new article
  23. How to submit an article
  24. Maintenance template format

May 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 May 31

  1. Please delete previous versions of images
  2. File removal
  3. Citing game show "Correct Answers"
  4. Questions on article details
  5. Urgent Help
  6. Renaming a page
  7. Sortable Table - Any way to make this work?
  8. Hello there
  9. Why still redlink?
  10. change a photo
  11. Old talk pages
  12. Photographs Copyright.
  13. Hysterectomy page
  14. African Women's Handball Championship
  15. Abergavenny Food Festival
  16. hello
  17. Reporting a user
  18. Account Access
  19. Problem going live
  20. How to claim an edit
  21. How the blazes did I manage that?
  22. Request for Feedback Please?
  23. Is there an advert noticeboard?
  24. Errors & bias in article on Anthony Bennett (English politician)
  25. Addition to an existing page
  26. Editing Help - James Skinner
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