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September 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 1

  1. Article on 'Walpole, Massachusetts'
  2. Richard Lindzen
  3. Wikipedia Search Box
  4. Addition to category
  5. help
  6. Descartes and his findings.
  7. spam blacklist
  8. dead links and archive.org
  9. Is there a section in the MoS for roads?
  10. German untitled nobility
  11. Walter Ungerer - Media Artist
  12. User accounts & Passwords

September 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 2

  1. Question about mobile access
  2. Carolina Panthers table problems
  3. Litla Dimun, Faroe Islands
  4. Does a piped Wikilink notify users?
  5. Talk:The Bible and homosexuality
  6. Citation neeeded tag
  7. Updating our company logo (Fiskars)
  8. Obama putting his leg on Resolute desk?
  9. Can I opt out of mandatory HTTPS?
  10. Keywords of science studies
  11. "Needs translation" tag
  12. Faulty
  13. Adding Title and Author Name of My Peanut Butter Book to Wikipedia Article About Peanut Butter
  14. Fifi Abdo
  15. Forwarding link
  16. Miguel Angel Lotina article (in english)
  17. How to create online classroom progress chart
  18. Please help me again

September 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 3

  1. Keith Rowley
  2. Galapagos Duck members
  3. The Attack on Pearl Harbor
  4. Alphabetisation in categories
  5. How to upload an autobiography in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  6. Help to check and finish the creation of a new template
  7. URGENT - Orthodox Christianity in Taiwan
  8. Technical redirect/move
  9. Unable to find link mentioning list of wiki books.
  10. Is it possible to find the mentions of a particular organization/person name all over Wikipedia ?
  11. Editing and Updating a wikipedia page
  12. Incorrect information on Wiki page
  13. Fund raiser
  14. Citing Ph.D. thesis?
  15. Kid Lavigne Text Box Question
  16. spelling of Maj Gen A.D. Loganathan - A. D. Loganathan
  17. Visa Pages

September 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 4

  1. Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company
  2. create a page
  3. How to add an image from another language wiki
  4. Resetting visited links
  5. Use of the subjunctive in articles
  6. new page for my company (software IT)
  7. Casual Male
  8. All of file not uploading
  9. Resolute Desk
  10. How close is close?
  11. Maps
  12. Revert new version of image
  13. Images
  14. My article hasn't been published

September 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 5

  1. Close wikipedia account
  2. Artist BIO Page
  3. New company logo - Schillings
  4. How to remove a duplicate article
  5. how many days for uploading
  6. templates on mobile site
  7. Navigation sticky?
  8. Subsets of administrator privileges
  9. John Thomas Young (Baseball)
  10. Quickly assessing the importance of many articles within a WikiProject
  11. Is HTTPS enough? / Rules for Alt Accounts.
  12. Reference: My reference is errored. Is there a cut and paste?
  13. Bit of sabotage going on here!

September 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 6

  1. Mobile view section header collapse hides end text (that should be visible all the time)
  2. Linking to a Wikitionary page from a disambiguation page
  3. Thanking for an edit without Javascript.
  4. Some Allen B. West (politician) info missing and/or biased
  5. Adding self owned images
  6. Debit card payday loans
  7. new article
  8. Which feature do i blame?
  9. using email id same time from different places
  10. section off/on topic and relevance
  11. Want to create a page for a upcoming celebrity
  12. article about my company
  13. wolf quest
  14. Format for new pages
  15. Sam Pepper
  16. Help for a new article?
  17. Request Help Updating Page Name and Logo
  18. Is it possible to find which editor introduced a specific sentence and/or a specific reference into an article ?
  19. Is it permitted to insert a French language map in the English wikipedia?
  20. How could I look for articles by using more than single search term ?
  21. Editing window font
  22. The Barbarian (Wrestler)
  23. Michael Eklund - date of birth

September 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 7

  1. Legal Case
  2. Edit Title of draft page
  3. Defaced public profile of a historic figure
  4. non-breaking hyphen
  5. Aligning templates?
  6. redirect
  7. copyright confusion
  8. Gautam Buddha was born in nepal not in India...
  9. page size fluorine
  10. Mistakes on Plateau State
  11. matching page name drop down list has 'stopped'
  12. Technical question regarding IP user talk pages
  13. United States Environmental Protection Agency
  14. Vandalism?
  15. PDF file link
  16. publishing photographs
  17. Change location of reference
  18. New Contributions / Submission of article "Lao Human Rights Council" on September 7, 2013
  19. How do I add pictures and names
  20. Scrolling change in Wikipedia pages?
  21. Advice on disambiguation

September 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 8

  1. Not-quite-promotional talk page comments
  2. Jehovah's Witnesses and the United Nations
  3. Using a picture from another Wikipedia
  4. George Abiah Hibbard
  5. Sub-sub pages
  6. Addition to an article about retired Canadian tenor Jon Vickers
  7. Font and heading text
  8. Link to YouTube
  9. |accessdate= requires |url=

September 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 9

  1. PHOTOS
  2. First edit - movie poster resolution
  3. Display in-app Wiki pages
  4. mistake
  5. Edit to ship page
  6. Redirecting from non existing topics
  7. Harland and Wolff Categories
  8. Individual edit links for each table cell
  9. Update old company logo
  10. Questions relating to WP:IS
  11. Fundraiser
  12. How do I request an editor for a Wikipedia submission who has specific expertise
  13. Contact Us link in Android app not working

September 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 10

  1. a patroller
  2. Pic captions
  3. Gannon Dunkerley
  4. Facing Problem with file K D Singh an Indian Politician.png
  5. Is it a "Synthesis of published material that advances a position"?
  6. Aimee Du Buc de Rivery
  7. Userboxes
  8. Audio pronunciation feature
  9. How can I publish my Biography?
  10. Template on Talk page about an AFD links to the wrong one
  11. Notre Dame men's lacrosse page
  12. Currencies on Wikipedia
  13. i keep requesting my password and never get it , you are sending somewhere else....i have had a hacker on my email and computer
  14. How to create a page on a topic or person on Wikipedia

September 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 11

  1. References [edit source] link not displayed as it should be
  2. RFC
  3. VisualEditor adding refnames
  4. Copyright
  5. I haven't changed anything
  6. Pop-up on Watchlist.
  7. Copying from other sites
  8. Changing a logo
  9. Racism
  10. Renaming an article
  11. Columns-list template
  12. How do I get Wikipedia through Goggle and Google Chrome.
  13. moving article
  14. CANCER
  15. Article Feedback Tool
  16. Unified login

September 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 12

  1. How can I see what templates will look at before placing them?
  2. List of Angel Novels
  3. Two sources, two versions
  4. Changing my username from to
  5. K C Carceral
  6. Split question
  7. Raymond Paul Russell
  8. Hope College Page, incorrect logo
  9. Footnote Referencing with a Label in place of a URL
  10. draft template param displaying pipe 2 ways
  11. URL from draft template linked with next word
  12. Citing "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFM2x9uCUP4"
  13. Author requesting article about their new book
  14. Disagreement with another author
  15. Abraham Lincoln - color picture
  16. I WAS SENT TO YOU BY ASHLEY TO HELP RESOLVE 2 ISSUES I HAVE.
  17. TAKE THIS DOWN!!!!!!!!!
  18. Search "Simpson"
  19. How to protect my privacy

September 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 13

  1. article about "tick (parasite)" doesn't link/list all languages
  2. URL problem, redux
  3. Stock exchange links in an article
  4. 10 letter city
  5. Parenthetical disambiguation
  6. Automated chapter adding to books
  7. Deletion of Wiki Page
  8. Photo-edit a page
  9. Religious Groups in the Middle East
  10. Dan O'Hagan wiki entry - libellous editing and trolling
  11. AMEND AN ARTICLES NAME
  12. Question about Johnson Controls article
  13. Reporting interesting citations of Wikipedia
  14. Ship
  15. North Atlanta High School in Atlanta, GA
  16. Emblems of Alberta
  17. Royalty (Family Vocal Group)

September 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 14

  1. Align external video template box to left
  2. George Miller. Arizona politician
  3. Help with advanced-level reference formatting
  4. Responses to replies required?
  5. Wrong photo on User:Dr. David Herzog
  6. Geo-coordinates?
  7. Question about resubmitting article
  8. Not sure where to post this
  9. Who is maintaining Hotcat?
  10. Notability of academic centres
  11. Request footnote format cleanup
  12. Arrietty
  13. Adding link to French article on Jean-Christophe Keck
  14. Special:RecentChangesLinked exception

September 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 15

  1. Delete a Photo?
  2. edit info for Bogdan rudenko
  3. Roman Polanski Sexual Abuse Section of the Article
  4. Date error
  5. Meaning of "Category:Historical regions in Country X"
  6. Wikipedia images
  7. Logging in problem
  8. Changing an article's title
  9. How to access {{Hollywood1921}}
  10. Uploading photos
  11. Entering new article
  12. Blocked URL
  13. Login issues

September 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 16

  1. mistake in your information
  2. Life
  3. How do I redirect a subject on a Wikipedia article
  4. Re: Disclaimer
  5. Urgent
  6. Deleted Pages
  7. Problem in Uploading new content on Wiki
  8. Requesting That A Page Be Made
  9. uploaded photos in articles
  10. Illegal link?
  11. Use of slash character in titles
  12. Steps for removing warning at top of article?
  13. Translating
  14. Do I have to add a mistaken sentence (in my opinion) in order to balance my other sentence?
  15. adjust/reset hover footnotes in articles?
  16. Can my watchlist be sorted by date?
  17. Can I propose to modify a command (insert a cropped image) ?
  18. Edits
  19. "Background information" area
  20. Declined article in sandbox

September 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 17

  1. Hidden redirect
  2. Search history for username via changes made
  3. What if an owner of a popular news source would decline use of a website?
  4. Table Sorting
  5. William J. Florence
  6. Change Users
  7. Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/King Carlos Coffee
  8. How can you attribute properly when an article has no author's name?
  9. PDF citation does not support claim
  10. page deletion it violates copy rights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cedric gilmer

September 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 18

  1. remaining pages that link to NWA dab
  2. 2012–13 Egyptian protests
  3. Al-ameen medical college
  4. Where is the best place to post proposals for changing the visual appearance of articles?
  5. My new page "Bodybuilders who have used Anabolic Steroids" got deleted, and I would like to know why
  6. Is there a template for adding a city or town?
  7. How to change an article url when it has been mispelt and submitted with the error
  8. User names which are promotional
  9. A little help please
  10. Brad Meltzer article vandalized
  11. remove personal info from profile
  12. Submission was declined How do we correct?
  13. Very New to Wiki and unable to make changes due to another user changing everything back
  14. i have some problems in using my wikimedia..please help
  15. Fuad 2 birth date

September 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 19

  1. Prison Break
  2. Building wiki-tables
  3. scammers
  4. TMS
  5. August page views just got deleted for all of WP
  6. Deleted page "Aschoff Solar"
  7. My first edit!
  8. Barani Institute of Information Technology(BIIT)
  9. Linking to articles within paid software
  10. emo wiki page
  11. Who is maintaining HotCat?
  12. Gregor Ramsay Page problems
  13. help on removing a reference link.
  14. Archiving problems
  15. Palau supports the U.S. on Syria strikes
  16. Marion Evans
  17. AST/ALT
  18. Articles written in the style of an academic paper
  19. Guinness International Champions Cup Image
  20. CAST INFORMATION OF SERIAL 'JODHA AKBAR' OF ZEE TV (INDIA) IS INCORRECT
  21. Portavadie
  22. John Wycliffe
  23. Changing the logo for the University of Calgary
  24. Uploading images - "upload form" button not highlighted
  25. Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dr. Riley Senft

September 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 20

  1. English Rugby League players
  2. LASCAR WAR MEMORIAL,KOLKATA
  3. please correct my father's name
  4. I SEARCHED "WHAT DOES EXPATRIATE MEAN"
  5. Updating company logo on wikipedia page
  6. Parse error in math notation
  7. Facebook page
  8. Wiki Page - Posting Questions and Answers
  9. References Template
  10. orphan page- "Wayne Elsey"
  11. Replacing the existing content (living person) with the subject's official biography
  12. Onam
  13. Reference
  14. Kulvinder Ghir

September 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 21

  1. false accusation
  2. Requirements for See Also links
  3. THOMAS REED MARTIN, Architect at Sarasota, Florida.
  4. presidential tenure
  5. Can I create a new wiki with authenticate content for the one present in deletion logs?
  6. HELP please!
  7. My User Page?
  8. Problem with Template Box on editing page
  9. Not sure where to ask this
  10. Medical advice

September 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 22

  1. New Article Request
  2. Jucu, Romania
  3. finding out about attribution and higher resolution file
  4. stuck with table -
  5. Username created automatically
  6. Is it a wp:or - improving a low resolution cropped image

September 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 23

  1. New to Wiki
  2. Sadako-Angels of the World
  3. Wikipedia New User Registration Email Confirmation Link
  4. Adding categories without support from the body of the article
  5. Internal links won't work
  6. Searching for talk pages with a specific template
  7. Search index updating
  8. Uploading an image of an obituary
  9. Injury
  10. Whitespace

September 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 24

  1. VE's turn off
  2. Deeply biased moderator.
  3. Wrong use of the America term
  4. Page Doesn't Update
  5. Satpal Maharaj - Content
  6. Copyright status of works by students
  7. New article
  8. How do you remove the extra space in the bottom of an article?
  9. CC licenses and POD publishers
  10. Searches prefixed with "wiki:" redirect to c2.com
  11. Red Mountain High School in Mesa AZ mascot
  12. Elgin Illinois wiki page
  13. Edit disappeared. Foulplay?
  14. Jebulon
  15. Added company history

September 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 25

  1. Watchlist question
  2. Combining edit history under the same user name
  3. Blatant wrong/misleading information, important
  4. Pull edit history of a specific section of an article
  5. <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">
  6. Article: Psychomotor retardation.
  7. Darren Ritchie (actor)
  8. I am Unable write an article
  9. thermal engineering
  10. Issues publishing Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Yapp, Inc.
  11. Document Mapping?
  12. my page Dvora Ancona
  13. How quick are pages to be updated?
  14. Edit For Adam Croasdell Wiki Page Removed
  15. Edit Summary Question

September 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 26

  1. Cigar lighter receptacle
  2. Guidelines giving conflicting messages
  3. Willing to write an article
  4. How to see contribution to deleted articles?
  5. Table
  6. Updates not visible
  7. Shower Cap
  8. references missing content
  9. I don't know how to argue about the speedy deletion of an article on Videofuego
  10. Help with using Agence France-Presse images
  11. Links to multiple pages of cited source
  12. Adding a person to Wikipedia
  13. Indexed Annuities
  14. Security On Wikipedia
  15. Citation Template Not Appearing
  16. New to Wikipedia!
  17. Citing "notability"?

September 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 27

  1. How do i create my definition page
  2. Add a note to Zeb Turner's employment.
  3. Serial commas
  4. David Tomasi Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Tomasi
  5. Hotel Moritz vs. The Ritz-Carlton, Central Park

September 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 28

  1. What are "tracking categories"?
  2. Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
  3. User will not co-operate with me and is simply reverting info and ignoring talk pages
  4. Annoying feature
  5. my edited content changes and uploaded new photo are not showing up
  6. Reflist missing
  7. Slow to load

September 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 29

  1. A reference at the actor's Aron_Eisenberg page needs wikifing/tweaking
  2. Help Desk , can you help me out i have been trying to get back on plantyoffish but it will not let me get back on there can you help me out
  3. portlandstreetblues.com
  4. My letter to info-en-q at wikimedia dot org (re AFD on everything I am associated with musically in the open source and on the greatest online encyclopaedia ever
  5. List of Columbo Episodes
  6. Merge context and delete redirect page.
  7. Bechtel Corporation page is obvious propaganda put out by the multinational corporation
  8. Help with preloaded page
  9. Ryan Williams (footballer born 1978)
  10. maths
  11. Wrong link to the other language
  12. Political bias
  13. Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Greenhouse

September 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 September 30

  1. Page creation log?
  2. Accessing image files from other Wikipedia languages
  3. Using Wikipedia as a source
  4. Position where image is rendered
  5. The UTC clock gadget top right corner of screen
  6. Le Méridien Penina Golf & Resort & Penina Golf and Resort - Change in property ownership
  7. An editor who deletes a "Citation needed" tag. Is he violating Wikipedia policy?
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Bradley_Kohn&oldid=575131359
  9. Cincinnati Basketball roster mistake
  10. User Onewest
  11. Username issues
  12. Anita Bryant
  13. Editing article source code
  14. Category:Articles to be split from September 2013
  15. How do I get post removed that has my town where I live?
  16. Gregory Baum
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