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September 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 1

  1. PROD
  2. Loading wikipedia pages result in "busy javascript"
  3. WP:ALT
  4. Reassessing quality rating of articles
  5. Nevado del Tolima
  6. These here Internet tubes got me confused
  7. Sheenagh Pugh
  8. Signature customization
  9. Page title
  10. Could someone please fix this botched RfB?
  11. Lassad Nouioui
  12. Astrology & Horoscope articles
  13. Trouble when it comes to categories
  14. "Blurb" about PADRES gives incorrect date of 1979 although content of article gives correct date of 1969 for founding
  15. Government images public domain?

September 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 2

  1. How much weight does Wikipedia give to the opinions of experts in a particular field?
  2. Feedback is confusing
  3. Creating userpages for IP address
  4. Wikilinking newspaper publications
  5. How do you relist an AfD manually?
  6. Where is my image embed code?

September 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 3

  1. Account creator
  2. Articles appearing mysteriously in a category
  3. This is Melody Anderson and My WEBSITE IS FULL OF LIES.
  4. Art of Ancient Egypt
  5. malicious link
  6. confirmation code
  7. Do you have an easier way to submit a request for wiki aticles to be created?
  8. Altered a page and can't seem to 'undo' it.
  9. I am unable to create a new account.
  10. Formatting funny
  11. "A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding."
  12. Find articles that link to another article
  13. Mass revert
  14. "People from Golders Green"
  15. Link
  16. Editing jockey profile

September 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 4

  1. content incorrect
  2. Going Live
  3. Citation needed tags in an article
  4. Article for Creation, Avenue 32
  5. How to create a flag template?
  6. About User Pages
  7. Cannot login
  8. South Africa
  9. Is he relevant enough or not?
  10. screen shot
  11. Application/дадатак
  12. IP History
  13. The Lottery
  14. Editing pages with HTML?
  15. User Reame Process Followed and Seemingly Successful, But Both Original and New User Names Still Appear in Red and are Shown as Being Invalid...
  16. Raymond Charles Hanson source material is incorrect in a few things.
  17. New template

September 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 5

  1. OVERBOARD
  2. HTML Error, cannot revert
  3. UserId/password not accepted
  4. Free Use of Newspaper and Magazine Materials
  5. Hat, Hab, Collapse Bottom, Collapse Top
  6. my permanent block on swedish wikipedia
  7. May I ask you to please help me?
  8. Symbol looks ugly
  9. City Partnership
  10. Approval workflow to get my new page approved?
  11. Resubmitted articles
  12. Has my submission been accepted?
  13. Questionage
  14. Pronunciations
  15. How do I get my biography posted?
  16. History updates
  17. Tiny interface
  18. Just a quick note
  19. Editor statistics
  20. Wikicommons
  21. Printing
  22. codec for WMP windows 7
  23. Image conflict
  24. Egypt Map is Wrong !

September 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 6

  1. References etc
  2. How do I add a poster to my page
  3. Formula not shown
  4. Change logo/Image
  5. I need some help to create my first article
  6. Homepage
  7. Making an infobox collapsible
  8. Talk:Madhuri Dixit
  9. Problem with template
  10. adding pictures to articles

September 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 7

  1. Please change "Nimble storage" page title to "Nimble Storage"
  2. User:Drajay1976
  3. Problem with syntax
  4. Eliott Goblet
  5. Persistent Vadalism
  6. AFD help
  7. A question about the help desk
  8. Printing a section
  9. Editing question re page title
  10. A big error on the page about nomads
  11. I'm watch old article
  12. Section "In the news" add on this
  13. Crompo
  14. Infobox historical event

September 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 8

  1. Science
  2. List of Victoria Cross Holders - Missing Recipient
  3. Template:Infobox mobile phone
  4. Non free images
  5. Multi-category search
  6. Center my new barnstar
  7. I added 'Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes'. Source: www.ampsonline.co.uk . I will try to create a stub for it.
  8. Pages added to categories
  9. How can I check my messages?
  10. Invalid confirmation code. The code may have expired.
  11. sandbox
  12. Where to open a debate
  13. correcting a problem with a source citation
  14. there seems to be a vandal
  15. Admin templates

September 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 9

  1. Hello
  2. Patricia schultz page
  3. Continuing coverage
  4. Editing references
  5. indian name for mother
  6. Article for magazine
  7. Elaine Miles Australian Artist
  8. uploading a file on another languages instead of English
  9. Liberty National Life
  10. Need help on two questions related to accounts
  11. Thank You
  12. Milosczv2222
  13. Eddie Griffin (Comedian/Actor) born July 15, 1968
  14. Consequent edits made by the same editor
  15. What is this?

September 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 10

  1. I am being treated unfairly
  2. editing references
  3. Information I added to a page was deleted, and I don't know why or who to contact to discuss the issue
  4. Foreign language help (Korean)
  5. I am new
  6. Just speaking logically and not practically
  7. Uploading photos taken from the Olympic Games
  8. Uploading a picture
  9. Different Question
  10. WZVN
  11. Copyright help
  12. Vandals
  13. Language settings - Gaelic (Scots)
  14. User:Felipito1.966
  15. Two MW: namespace questions
  16. cancelling or withdrawing an AfD?

September 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 11

  1. Reference style for a whole multi-volume book with different ISBNs
  2. paraphrasing
  3. Making new topics.
  4. Reference removed - why?
  5. Title subcategories
  6. Second articles
  7. Wikilink of second or later instance of phrase.
  8. hello
  9. Gary A. Klein -> Gary Klein
  10. My Chromosomal rearrangement contributions (to Wikiowdia) being used by others for their gain
  11. Wierd section order on geographical location
  12. Deleted revisions not in log

September 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 12

  1. My edits are constantly being cancelled
  2. Edit Conflict
  3. title redirect
  4. Facebook
  5. New Article
  6. Cicadas live in Mobile,Alabama they are all over the big oaks in my yard. Thank You.
  7. Article Vandalized, but not visible in Edit mode
  8. legal terminology?
  9. Uploading Images
  10. How to upload images
  11. avoiding automatic redirects
  12. Getting random pages by email once a day
  13. Question about redirects
  14. Copyright updates at Wiki Commons
  15. Language boxs
  16. User on English Wikipedia
  17. Prostitution in the Faroe Islands
  18. Cory Monteith

September 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 13

  1. Accessing text included in Special:WhatLinksHere
  2. Timeline display issues
  3. Wanted to Edit my personal information content on Wikipedia a.s.a.p
  4. My Article has disappeared from Google Search?
  5. wish to remove all the deadlinks related to my site on Wikipedia. how can i do it?
  6. No correction allowed?
  7. Book malfunctioning
  8. How to establish a Preferred Language in an article
  9. Detected possible vandalism
  10. Citing specific volumes in a 3-volume work
  11. Use of panorama images
  12. Math Symbols unreadable.
  13. Unable to move Untitled Star Trek sequel
  14. Rita Hayworth

September 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 14

  1. "Freak City" entry
  2. Talk Page
  3. The Jekyll island history center
  4. Born again
  5. VPR discussion closed. What to do next?
  6. i need help here in cameroon
  7. Where to request renaming a "file"?
  8. Petyer Tonkin Article
  9. Chandrika Balan
  10. How the hell do I download a movie?
  11. Kinsley Power Systems article creation
  12. Donations...
  13. How do I restore a previous version
  14. Problem verifying sources for an official biography.
  15. Watchlist e-mail notifications
  16. Francis Judd Cooke biography
  17. Savannah Smith may be deleted
  18. WLTN-FM and WLTN-AM Traded In IRN USA Radio Network For CBS Radio Network News

September 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 15

  1. Saving articles
  2. Submissions
  3. Edit warring at Sport in Australia
  4. Timezones
  5. "Humans and other animals"
  6. Junk talk section
  7. For which type of enquiry Wiki pedia portal to use
  8. How to find out more about deleted articles
  9. Renaming Alexandrine Tinné
  10. Mistake

September 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 16

  1. Italic title not working?
  2. Is it possible to customise the order of Main Page feature boxes?
  3. HOW TO EDIT THE TITLE?
  4. Chandrika Balan picture
  5. "d. o. 995"
  6. I REQUEST THAT ALL TRACE of "ROBERT S. PRATTICO" BE REMOVED FROM WIKIPEDIA
  7. Request to contact fi.wikipedia.org for the block of 91 154 53 180
  8. Article assessment
  9. Concern about images someone is uploading
  10. Hawaii auduban Society
  11. 14th Armord Division, additional information

September 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 17

  1. Possible malware linked in Solomon's Key article
  2. Inappropriate Lack of Anniversary on Main Page
  3. Public domain but not visible
  4. What does the MOS say about using descriptors?
  5. stop that annoying ad on the top please
  6. How to "turn off" temporarily a page which should be validated first (before being published)
  7. Help with Move and Re-Direct Please
  8. revamped my article and want to make sure it's ok before I submit??

September 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 18

  1. Show Currently Viewing User
  2. Page lost several sections - no deletion found in history
  3. Collapsible List has been mucked with (broken)???
  4. Trolling
  5. Wikipedia List available for download
  6. creating article
  7. Why is this image so big?
  8. Erroneous facts about our client Aaron Zigman that can affect his career
  9. Citing sources without pages
  10. Question a fact

September 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 19

  1. I don't know how to add a source to the information I edited
  2. I need help creating an article about..
  3. Preview references when editing a section
  4. wildlife artist listing on Wikipedia
  5. Articles appearing in a template category
  6. Discussing a possible deletion
  7. a poet's biography with the evaluation pf his work
  8. Free BMD
  9. Urdu Language
  10. Article creation: copy / paste a chart
  11. bullock family
  12. Editing in progress
  13. Redirects
  14. User ratings
  15. Creating a PDF shows HTML markup in the result
  16. Article ready for editing and possible inclusion in wilkapedia
  17. Script for article size
  18. Font size

September 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 20

  1. Jpeg image in monument contest and in commons? How? Thanks
  2. How do I request an article?
  3. Some info on Chinese ruling cliques with US/UK/Canadian passports/PR
  4. DAB link
  5. hlist template displayed with nowrap - apparent bug
  6. Would a block hinder a username change?
  7. Status of Created Article
  8. Unified Primary references vs. Diffuse Secondary references.
  9. Changing my company's logo
  10. translations
  11. problem with image upload
  12. Is my submission in the correct spot?
  13. Democratic Party extending from Democratic Republican Party
  14. Libels on wiki article "Ariel Fernandez"
  15. using the help chat
  16. block

September 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 21

  1. I can not access my account!
  2. Need help fixing a table
  3. Draft article
  4. The Burmese System of Measurements
  5. Display of Wikipedia info on a Facebook fan page
  6. Greenlands
  7. Special Code
  8. Romania =crimes committed by Russians and communist regime during 1940-1989
  9. Assistance with "Basketball navigational box" template
  10. Organization name is out of date
  11. Recover a deleted file
  12. Font on your pages
  13. background color: table headers in wikitables
  14. A little help please
  15. geomedical engineering
  16. how to help?
  17. Good link. Bad title (error)?
  18. how do I edit an article and make the edit stay

September 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 22

  1. Adding attachments
  2. My name is in an article where it doesn't belong.
  3. My account is "locked" but not "blocked". What can I do?
  4. My new helplink article
  5. What exactly does "This article has an unclear citation style." mean?
  6. Edit Page and Main page don't match
  7. DYK submissions
  8. Uploader / photographer's name on a photo
  9. Varnish cache server error message: What does it mean and what can I do about it?
  10. Bo Guagua's nationality is UNKNOWN
  11. Atteeq-Ur-Rehman

September 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 23

  1. Overriding magic words
  2. Brochure request
  3. Confused about city former names
  4. Stop the chinglish today!
  5. Geomedical Engineering updated article
  6. Geomedical Engineering need support to get formatted
  7. Page moving policy
  8. Wikipedia page for Mary Garofalo
  9. 504 ERROR WITH TOOLSERVER
  10. guru meditation
  11. align="center" no longer working?
  12. A problem with establishing a Fast Forward page
  13. Cannot Edit Table
  14. No visible stub message
  15. Retrieve Deleted Image?
  16. I'm turning here because I can't find my answer anywhere else.

September 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 24

  1. Still Under editing from 2 years
  2. typographical error in semi protected article
  3. Edit/addition to current page – We Didn't Start the Fire
  4. I have written a completely new draft
  5. Despite uploading pics as instructed, they do not appear on my Wiki page
  6. Why is there Serbo-Croatian and Serbian and Croatian Wikipedias?
  7. HELP! I can't find the replys....
  8. Search bug?
  9. something wrong in Kling Klang Studio
  10. Article Title still includes my User name?
  11. For sale
  12. Anglo-Soviet invasion of iran article
  13. New article question
  14. How to create an article? - Articles for creation/Zorpia
  15. Android login failures
  16. Historical Landmarks for San Bernardino County, California
  17. Remove my personal information
  18. Help About Problems
  19. Italicizing an article's title

September 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 25

  1. watchlist and recent changes showing one line per edit
  2. Want to delete my birth date on my page.
  3. Hack of History of Buddhism
  4. Cite book - multiple authors
  5. Absence of brackets in transclusion
  6. Can I link a PDF file as reference?
  7. I have the following two tables but i cant get the right hand text out of bold. if i take away <h2> it ruins the rest of the page below it. Help!"!|
  8. 4umf.com
  9. Derby School entry in Wikipedia
  10. Bad Wikipedia Maps
  11. Image Policy and Editting
  12. How to fix the references?
  13. How to publish a page I created?
  14. Bobby collins (American Football)
  15. Lieberman page
  16. I'm not 4'11 and other concerns
  17. Clearance of suspected copyright issue
  18. help with a template / table
  19. Vandalism regarding living person biography Alphonso Jackson
  20. Search for !
  21. Wrong Photograph

September 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 26

  1. Copying Wikipedia text
  2. Copyright waiving
  3. How do I edit the ADHD Wikipedia article?
  4. Image question
  5. About anonymous users
  6. Anna Maryniak Wikipedia Page
  7. Master Aracon E'Kerion
  8. Pointing out an error.
  9. 4+1 Architectural View Model
  10. Number of contributions changes.
  11. Aloys Sprenger
  12. Significant coverage
  13. Italian blasphemy on a user page
  14. SwissGMs
  15. Rename
  16. Walter Jones, Jr. (R) NC
  17. How to add reference
  18. Computer Crashed After Clicking LInk in Beslan School Article

September 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 27

  1. Making it easier to share articles
  2. how to change a title page heading
  3. Review Waiting
  4. Regarding our newspaper EKDIN
  5. my article about my father Eddy Novarro
  6. Can someone guide me on how to expand a table?
  7. My account of 5 years has been deleted?
  8. Analysis tool within Wikipedia
  9. Test Creation of Talk Pages for Templates
  10. Special Pages - too much information
  11. My edit was deleted
  12. What is the maximum number of references that should be provided to help verify a single piece of information?
  13. What is the meaning of 'Currently Active' ?
  14. Register edited pages
  15. Converting sizes or acreage
  16. Bush IAH Airport edit removed
  17. If I see an RfA...
  18. getting "The webpage cannot be found" while opening perticular wiki page by providing complete path
  19. References to "move log" (or such) in watchlist
  20. How to submit a fact about an article
  21. References columns

September 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 28

  1. Inclusion of NASDAQ ticker symbol/link in intro sentences
  2. Changing phone number
  3. I'm getting set up for calling someone a fucker and I didn't.
  4. Syntax error in math formula
  5. Talk page changes not appearing on watchlist
  6. CharInsert not working
  7. Stub class template
  8. RSS/Atom Feed
  9. Editing help has disappeared
  10. Editing help - Tildes
  11. Quattro pro did not transfer
  12. Editing on iPhone
  13. Dear

September 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 29

  1. Character entity references
  2. Wiki Mark Up not showing?
  3. Colin Ratushniak wiki page
  4. adding a photo to an actresses page (my own)
  5. Unification of my usernames on it.wikipedia and en.wikipedia
  6. Published source is wrong?
  7. Antoune Molden
  8. HI
  9. page I veiwed to print
  10. corrcetion
  11. Moving an image
  12. Chastised for an edit I never made

September 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 30

  1. Sport uniform colors (light and dark)
  2. ancestry website
  3. Wikimarkup in edits
  4. Indef-blocked user status
  5. Troubles with inflation
  6. Swinton and counties
  7. Enviromental science
  8. Huggle
  9. Can't find my article draft that I just made
  10. Renaming an image
  11. Someone please update an article:
  12. Editing tools disappeared
  13. R.M. Engelhardt Article On Author
  14. LIST OF MEXICO'S 37 MOST-WANTED DRUG LORDS
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