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Avoiding clustered section [ edit ] links

Notice for example Sky and Cleopatra's Needle which have __NOEDITSECTION__ to avoid clustered [ edit ] links. These are apparently caused, in at least some browsers, by all the right-aligned images in those articles. Is there a better solution than doing away with the [ edit ] links altogether? (note that you cannot see the [ edit ] links in previews or older revisions; you'd have to actually remove __NOEDITSECTION__ from the article and save it in order to see what I mean by "clustered") --144.92.32.246 18:57, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Move the photos to a different page, such as "Photos of Cleopatra's Needle". Do you need 10 pictures of the same thing to get the point across? Mainly, people just want their picture on the article. The same thing happens on an article I keep an eye on: hedgehog. Everyone wants a picture of their own hedgehog on the page. --Kainaw ^(talk) 19:28, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but that isn't helpful. --144.92.32.246 20:41, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:How to fix bunched up edit links. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton

August 17, 2006

I am somewhat confused as to where to lodge my comments of my editorial changes to the Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton pages I have made. I hope this reaches someone who will read this and answer. Here goes: I have made several additions, several changes, and a few deletions to these two pages. Several years ago,I was a Researcher, and did an in-depth project on Burr and Hamilton on and off for eight years, using Burr's life as the core of the study. I read maybe seven or eight biographies, most of them turning out(with further research)to be highly biased, and sprinkled with unproven accusations about the man. Often a contemporary critic (friend or enemy) of Burr or Hamilton would be used with no corroborating evidence or proof, other than the critic's own opinion. Strong myths about the men have proliferated unchecked for over two centuries, many of them unfounded in fact. Using the Library of Congress, the New York Historical Society, and a recent, two-volume study of Burr, I weeded out many "facts" about them. Using only personal letters, many diaries and newspapers and journals of the time, I believe I cleared up a lot of misinformation about Burr, and, by virtue of the study, of Hamilton, and have added information that I hope would give fuller portraits of the two men. Especially helpful were conversations with Milton Lomask, who published a two volumes life of Burr after spending two years (several days a week)in the Library of Congress, where he was given a room and an assistant. A popular writer of historical biographies and a fierce fighter for truth, Mr. Lomask's biography, "Burr," was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1980. It was published in 1979 by Farrar - Straus - Giroux. (Mr. Lomask had new information on Burr that came when the country of Spain opened up their Archives in 1968, clearing some of the myths about his "Conspiracy" in the Southwest.)

I hope this goes to the correct place, and would appreciate any help on these matters. ````User Bruno Monkus (only my user name). Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.133.159 (talk • contribs)

What is your question? This is a Help Desk for questions about how to use Wikipedia and how to edit, and I don't see your question here...If you are intending to delete things because you think they're biased, be bold, but also recognise that showing both sides is more neutral than showing neither side. —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 20:30, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I really don't understand what you're asking. This really seems like a giant wall of text to me, and I don't really get the relevance to the Help Desk x_x; If you are trying to edit a page, you will need to search for that page (or type the address in manually) and click the "edit this page" tab. From there, you can insert whatever you want (provided that it falls under all the various rules like WP:NPOV and the like...Is that what you're trying to ask? I'm sorry, but I am really unclear as to what your problem is. —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 21:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lodge your comments on the pages Talk:Aaron Burr and Talk:Alexander Hamilton. Every article has a talk page, accessed by the "discussion" tab at the top of the page Clappingsimon talk 12:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When editing a page, don't enclose your new text in double braces like {{ and }} . On this wiki they are reserved characters. They cause your text to display in red with the word Template: inserted. Clappingsimon talk 12:58, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

user name

How can I find out if a user name I have in mind for myself, or something very much like it, is already in use by someone else?

Try registering it. If it is taken, it won't work. Alternatively, go to User:theirusername and see if it has a userpage, talk page and/or any contributions (be careful, some names are registered and not used yet. - Mgm|^(talk) 22:03, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The easiest and perhaps best way is to look up your proposed name at Special:Listusers. Most users don't have user pages and (curiously) haven't made any contributions. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:57, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know the page that shows particular page statistics...

Does anyone know the website that shows statitics for each article on wikipedia (e.g. % edits for each user on every wikipedia page) Hello32020 23:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Yes. You can visit the web page [1] (Design Methods 01:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Incorrect Information

Hi:

I've never done this before and want to know how to fix the following page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aclu#Structure

The error is in the listing about California having chapters. California has three "affiliates" not chapters (N.CA, S.CA, AND SAN DIEGO/IMPERIAL COUNTIES). Each affliate then has local chapters in the immediate and surrounding areas. These tend to be in major cities or urban areas.

All State-driven ACLUs are called "affiliates". A small state may have one affilate. A larger state, like CA, has three affilates with possibly a 4th in the making.

You see how you edited this page to add your request? Just do the same thing to that section of the ACLU page. It's that simple (just click on the edit box above each section for easier editing, the one below the structure section will edit the section below it, not the one you want. If that's you want, though, you could always hit the "Edit this page" button at the top of every Wikipedia page and scroll through all the text to get to that part). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 05:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing a template

This isn't a newbie question, but rather one regarding a template, Template:WikiProject Ethiopia. I actually don't know that much about creating templates (I modified and merged already used templates to create this one), so I would appreciate it if someone well-versed in WikiCode would help me. Currently, the "Top" and "High" assessments show up on article talk pages as having about 3 lines of height instead of the intended one line as it is for "Mid" and "Low." I can't figure out why this is the case, as I made the High, Mid, and Low assessments from copying the already extant "Top" designation (from the templates I used to make this template) and simply changing the wording. Can somebody figure it out? — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 05:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

can't seem to edit the section I want to edit

Hi there,

I am just too tired and lazy tonight to sort through all the stuff about editing entries, and so I'm just plain hoping somebody else will correct this mistake.

In the introductory section on Andreas Schroeder, it states he is from Robert's Creeek, B.C. That should be Roberts Creek, without the apostrophe.

I can edit the stuff below that, but not that section. I'm hoping somebody else will take care of it because I'll probably get sidetracked and not make it back here.

Thanks. Ruth Michaels 07:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just click on the "edit this page" tab on the top of the window. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 07:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I was clicking on the edit links along the righthand side. Didn't see the one at the top. Ruth Michaels 07:52, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I figured as much. That happens a lot. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 10:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled question

Dear editors,

If one is visiting your site it is extremely annoying that one can not leaf the site. When I have gathered the information I want to leave the web page in a simple way instead of closing down Explorer. Could you please change that?

Thank you.

With kind regards,

A. Krielen194.39.218.10 12:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried using the "Back" button of your browser? Can you give an example of a site where there is a simple way to leave? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

droplifting

am a new user of wikipedia i want to know the meaning of the word drplifting196.0.12.110 12:34, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As a new user, the first thing you need to know is that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia full of articles about almost everything. You can type droplifting into the Search box at the left and see what comes up. Notinasnaid 13:11, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changing article title

How do I change the title of an article? The one I had in mind was Isothermic titration calorimetry which is more commonly referred to as Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Also I capitalised the wrong letters in my article Serum amyloid P component--Simon 12:54, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The best thing to do is to redirect the page. So make a new article (with a correct title) and copy paste all the text to the new page. After that, change the old page with #REDIRECT [[Insert text]]. Good luck, take care -- Imoeng 12:57, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers--Simon 13:09, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cutting and pasting loses the page history. The correct way to do it is to move the page, using the move tab at the top of the page. This moves the page history as well as the page and creates a redirect at the same time. Select the move tab and enter the new name, and a reason for the rename. It's that simple. Clappingsimon talk 13:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, I just read it from Help:Moving a page. Maybe its my bad, sorry! sorry! sorry!! :( Imoeng 13:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I think the tab should be named move/rename, so it was more obvious. Cheers Clappingsimon talk 13:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, it's not so simple now that the manual c+p has been done. =( Powers ^T 13:36, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From Wikitravel to Wikipedia

Just a short quick question. How can I use an image from Wikitravel (or maybe other Wikis) to this English Wikipedia? Cheers -- Imoeng 13:00, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check the image license and make sure it is compatible with the English Wikipedia's copyright policies. Credit both the original source and the other wiki. Notinasnaid 13:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, but how to link the image? Using the same method? [[:travel:Image:blablabla]] ??? Cheers -- Imoeng 13:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, you'd have to upload the image to the English Wikipedia (or commons), respecifying all the license and source information. Notinasnaid 13:55, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

about wiki

What is s "wiki"?

Try to put "wiki" on the seach bar. Lets see what comes up ;) Take care -- Imoeng 13:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old Songs

Who sang a song about God that (in part) says" He alone can hear a child's first prayer." Also," Though it makes Him sad to see the way we live, He always says "I Forgive". My husband and I have been trying so hard to remember who sang that song. I would like to know who wrote it if anyone happens to know that as well, but will be THRILLED to know who sang it so beautifully. My husband feels sure the man who sings the song is Al someone and I just have no memory of the singer's name. Can't seem to get it out of my head. How will I know if anyone answers?

This is a help desk for Wikipedia. You probably want to ask this on the Humanities Reference Desk (look at the top of the page). --Kainaw ^(talk) 14:00, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But see [2]. · rodii · 15:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

golf

Can I pllay golf at Inverness golf Club in Toledo Ohio without being a member?----

This is a help desk for Wikipedia, not for the Inverness Club. I suggest you click on the link (in the previous sentence) which contains information about the club and a link to their website. --Kainaw ^(talk) 13:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

COLUMBUS, OHIO

i AM INTEREST IN THE 30 DAYS PRESENTATION THAT WAS FILM HERE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO HOW DO I GET THE VIDEO?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Nataly a 15:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mirror sites

This isn't exactly a request for help, but I'm not sure where else to ask. I'm curious about what sites that mirror Wikipedia are allowed to reproduce. At algebra.com I came across all kinds of non-article stuff from Wikipedia such as user talk pages (for example [3]), project pages, templates, etc. Is that kosher? Just curious. 148.177.1.213 15:10, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is silly but legal (user talk pages are under the same license as the articles are). Kusma (討論) 15:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect problem

I'm having a slightly bizarre problem with a redirect: while looking in the Spanish painters category, I noticed the page Antoni Saura which is nothing more than a copy of Antonio Saura, so I tried to make Antoni into a redirect (since Antonio is the artist's real name). However, after saving my changes, the page still looks the same, and does not function like a redirect. However, when I hit "edit" on that page, the #REDIRECT.... appears. What have I done wrong? Salmar 15:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be alright now, although nothing changed...maybe I'm just crazy (-; Salmar 15:28, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

view atlas of the world

Hi,

I'm trying to acess the telescopic atlas ofthe world- the one in which you can zoom onto a city and see a specific location. Please help.

What problem are you having? Notinasnaid 15:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are you thinking of Google Maps? If not, Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Nataly a 15:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

using the tilde as signature

Does one just use 4 tildes only when you sign your name?

Does typing Max Macks 15:57, 18 August 2006 (UTC) somehow put your user name in ?[reply]

Max

Yes :) 4 tildes gives you your username and current UTC date/time, 3 tildes just your username, and 5 tildes just the current date. On talk pages, one should always sign with 4 tildes. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 16:02, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a new entry

How do I add a new entry, for a new definition?

Wikipedia is for articles, not definitions. If you just want to define a word, go to Wiktionary. If you want to add a new article: see Help:Starting a new page. You might also want to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. —D a niel (‽) 20:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Avoiding clustered section [ edit ] links

Notice for example Sky and Cleopatra's Needle which have __NOEDITSECTION__ to avoid clustered [ edit ] links. These are apparently caused, in at least some browsers, by all the right-aligned images in those articles. Is there a better solution than doing away with the [ edit ] links altogether? (note that you cannot see the [ edit ] links in previews or older revisions; you'd have to actually remove __NOEDITSECTION__ from the article and save it in order to see what I mean by "clustered") --144.92.32.246 18:57, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Move the photos to a different page, such as "Photos of Cleopatra's Needle". Do you need 10 pictures of the same thing to get the point across? Mainly, people just want their picture on the article. The same thing happens on an article I keep an eye on: hedgehog. Everyone wants a picture of their own hedgehog on the page. --Kainaw ^(talk) 19:28, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but that isn't helpful. --144.92.32.246 20:41, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:How to fix bunched up edit links. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton

August 17, 2006

I am somewhat confused as to where to lodge my comments of my editorial changes to the Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton pages I have made. I hope this reaches someone who will read this and answer. Here goes: I have made several additions, several changes, and a few deletions to these two pages. Several years ago,I was a Researcher, and did an in-depth project on Burr and Hamilton on and off for eight years, using Burr's life as the core of the study. I read maybe seven or eight biographies, most of them turning out(with further research)to be highly biased, and sprinkled with unproven accusations about the man. Often a contemporary critic (friend or enemy) of Burr or Hamilton would be used with no corroborating evidence or proof, other than the critic's own opinion. Strong myths about the men have proliferated unchecked for over two centuries, many of them unfounded in fact. Using the Library of Congress, the New York Historical Society, and a recent, two-volume study of Burr, I weeded out many "facts" about them. Using only personal letters, many diaries and newspapers and journals of the time, I believe I cleared up a lot of misinformation about Burr, and, by virtue of the study, of Hamilton, and have added information that I hope would give fuller portraits of the two men. Especially helpful were conversations with Milton Lomask, who published a two volumes life of Burr after spending two years (several days a week)in the Library of Congress, where he was given a room and an assistant. A popular writer of historical biographies and a fierce fighter for truth, Mr. Lomask's biography, "Burr," was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1980. It was published in 1979 by Farrar - Straus - Giroux. (Mr. Lomask had new information on Burr that came when the country of Spain opened up their Archives in 1968, clearing some of the myths about his "Conspiracy" in the Southwest.)

I hope this goes to the correct place, and would appreciate any help on these matters. ````User Bruno Monkus (only my user name). Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.133.159 (talk • contribs)

What is your question? This is a Help Desk for questions about how to use Wikipedia and how to edit, and I don't see your question here...If you are intending to delete things because you think they're biased, be bold, but also recognise that showing both sides is more neutral than showing neither side. —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 20:30, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I really don't understand what you're asking. This really seems like a giant wall of text to me, and I don't really get the relevance to the Help Desk x_x; If you are trying to edit a page, you will need to search for that page (or type the address in manually) and click the "edit this page" tab. From there, you can insert whatever you want (provided that it falls under all the various rules like WP:NPOV and the like...Is that what you're trying to ask? I'm sorry, but I am really unclear as to what your problem is. —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 21:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lodge your comments on the pages Talk:Aaron Burr and Talk:Alexander Hamilton. Every article has a talk page, accessed by the "discussion" tab at the top of the page Clappingsimon talk 12:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When editing a page, don't enclose your new text in double braces like {{ and }} . On this wiki they are reserved characters. They cause your text to display in red with the word Template: inserted. Clappingsimon talk 12:58, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

user name

How can I find out if a user name I have in mind for myself, or something very much like it, is already in use by someone else?

Try registering it. If it is taken, it won't work. Alternatively, go to User:theirusername and see if it has a userpage, talk page and/or any contributions (be careful, some names are registered and not used yet. - Mgm|^(talk) 22:03, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The easiest and perhaps best way is to look up your proposed name at Special:Listusers. Most users don't have user pages and (curiously) haven't made any contributions. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:57, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know the page that shows particular page statistics...

Does anyone know the website that shows statitics for each article on wikipedia (e.g. % edits for each user on every wikipedia page) Hello32020 23:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Yes. You can visit the web page [4] (Design Methods 01:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Incorrect Information

Hi:

I've never done this before and want to know how to fix the following page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aclu#Structure

The error is in the listing about California having chapters. California has three "affiliates" not chapters (N.CA, S.CA, AND SAN DIEGO/IMPERIAL COUNTIES). Each affliate then has local chapters in the immediate and surrounding areas. These tend to be in major cities or urban areas.

All State-driven ACLUs are called "affiliates". A small state may have one affilate. A larger state, like CA, has three affilates with possibly a 4th in the making.

You see how you edited this page to add your request? Just do the same thing to that section of the ACLU page. It's that simple (just click on the edit box above each section for easier editing, the one below the structure section will edit the section below it, not the one you want. If that's you want, though, you could always hit the "Edit this page" button at the top of every Wikipedia page and scroll through all the text to get to that part). — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 05:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing a template

This isn't a newbie question, but rather one regarding a template, Template:WikiProject Ethiopia. I actually don't know that much about creating templates (I modified and merged already used templates to create this one), so I would appreciate it if someone well-versed in WikiCode would help me. Currently, the "Top" and "High" assessments show up on article talk pages as having about 3 lines of height instead of the intended one line as it is for "Mid" and "Low." I can't figure out why this is the case, as I made the High, Mid, and Low assessments from copying the already extant "Top" designation (from the templates I used to make this template) and simply changing the wording. Can somebody figure it out? — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 05:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

can't seem to edit the section I want to edit

Hi there,

I am just too tired and lazy tonight to sort through all the stuff about editing entries, and so I'm just plain hoping somebody else will correct this mistake.

In the introductory section on Andreas Schroeder, it states he is from Robert's Creeek, B.C. That should be Roberts Creek, without the apostrophe.

I can edit the stuff below that, but not that section. I'm hoping somebody else will take care of it because I'll probably get sidetracked and not make it back here.

Thanks. Ruth Michaels 07:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just click on the "edit this page" tab on the top of the window. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 07:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I was clicking on the edit links along the righthand side. Didn't see the one at the top. Ruth Michaels 07:52, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I figured as much. That happens a lot. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 10:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled question

Dear editors,

If one is visiting your site it is extremely annoying that one can not leaf the site. When I have gathered the information I want to leave the web page in a simple way instead of closing down Explorer. Could you please change that?

Thank you.

With kind regards,

A. Krielen194.39.218.10 12:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried using the "Back" button of your browser? Can you give an example of a site where there is a simple way to leave? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

droplifting

am a new user of wikipedia i want to know the meaning of the word drplifting196.0.12.110 12:34, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As a new user, the first thing you need to know is that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia full of articles about almost everything. You can type droplifting into the Search box at the left and see what comes up. Notinasnaid 13:11, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Transferring images to other languages

IS it generally ok to reuse an image that is already being used on say, the English wikipedia, and reuse that image on the Spanish wikipedia? I've noticed that there are a lot of articles which would be well served by an image, and one exists on the English site. Thanks - Xobxela 12:38, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check the image license in each case, and make sure it is compatible. Different Wikipedias have different policies e.g. no fair use is allowed in the German Wikipedia (so there are, e.g. very few pictures of celebrities, album or book covers). Notinasnaid 13:10, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Spanish Wikipedia does not allow fair use, nor uploads to the local wiki. If you have a free image that you want to use there, upload it to Commons instead, where it can be used in all projects. Tito xd^(?!?) 08:41, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changing article title

How do I change the title of an article? The one I had in mind was Isothermic titration calorimetry which is more commonly referred to as Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Also I capitalised the wrong letters in my article Serum amyloid P component--Simon 12:54, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The best thing to do is to redirect the page. So make a new article (with a correct title) and copy paste all the text to the new page. After that, change the old page with #REDIRECT [[Insert text]]. Good luck, take care -- Imoeng 12:57, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers--Simon 13:09, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cutting and pasting loses the page history. The correct way to do it is to move the page, using the move tab at the top of the page. This moves the page history as well as the page and creates a redirect at the same time. Select the move tab and enter the new name, and a reason for the rename. It's that simple. Clappingsimon talk 13:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, I just read it from Help:Moving a page. Maybe its my bad, sorry! sorry! sorry!! :( Imoeng 13:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I think the tab should be named move/rename, so it was more obvious. Cheers Clappingsimon talk 13:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, it's not so simple now that the manual c+p has been done. =( Powers ^T 13:36, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From Wikitravel to Wikipedia

Just a short quick question. How can I use an image from Wikitravel (or maybe other Wikis) to this English Wikipedia? Cheers -- Imoeng 13:00, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check the image license and make sure it is compatible with the English Wikipedia's copyright policies. Credit both the original source and the other wiki. Notinasnaid 13:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, but how to link the image? Using the same method? [[:travel:Image:blablabla]] ??? Cheers -- Imoeng 13:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, you'd have to upload the image to the English Wikipedia (or commons), respecifying all the license and source information. Notinasnaid 13:55, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

about wiki

What is s "wiki"?

Try to put "wiki" on the seach bar. Lets see what comes up ;) Take care -- Imoeng 13:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old Songs

Who sang a song about God that (in part) says" He alone can hear a child's first prayer." Also," Though it makes Him sad to see the way we live, He always says "I Forgive". My husband and I have been trying so hard to remember who sang that song. I would like to know who wrote it if anyone happens to know that as well, but will be THRILLED to know who sang it so beautifully. My husband feels sure the man who sings the song is Al someone and I just have no memory of the singer's name. Can't seem to get it out of my head. How will I know if anyone answers?

This is a help desk for Wikipedia. You probably want to ask this on the Humanities Reference Desk (look at the top of the page). --Kainaw ^(talk) 14:00, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But see [5]. · rodii · 15:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

golf

Can I pllay golf at Inverness golf Club in Toledo Ohio without being a member?----

This is a help desk for Wikipedia, not for the Inverness Club. I suggest you click on the link (in the previous sentence) which contains information about the club and a link to their website. --Kainaw ^(talk) 13:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

COLUMBUS, OHIO

i AM INTEREST IN THE 30 DAYS PRESENTATION THAT WAS FILM HERE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO HOW DO I GET THE VIDEO?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Nataly a 15:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mirror sites

This isn't exactly a request for help, but I'm not sure where else to ask. I'm curious about what sites that mirror Wikipedia are allowed to reproduce. At algebra.com I came across all kinds of non-article stuff from Wikipedia such as user talk pages (for example [6]), project pages, templates, etc. Is that kosher? Just curious. 148.177.1.213 15:10, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is silly but legal (user talk pages are under the same license as the articles are). Kusma (討論) 15:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect problem

I'm having a slightly bizarre problem with a redirect: while looking in the Spanish painters category, I noticed the page Antoni Saura which is nothing more than a copy of Antonio Saura, so I tried to make Antoni into a redirect (since Antonio is the artist's real name). However, after saving my changes, the page still looks the same, and does not function like a redirect. However, when I hit "edit" on that page, the #REDIRECT.... appears. What have I done wrong? Salmar 15:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be alright now, although nothing changed...maybe I'm just crazy (-; Salmar 15:28, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

view atlas of the world

Hi,

I'm trying to acess the telescopic atlas ofthe world- the one in which you can zoom onto a city and see a specific location. Please help.

What problem are you having? Notinasnaid 15:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are you thinking of Google Maps? If not, Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Nataly a 15:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

using the tilde as signature

Does one just use 4 tildes only when you sign your name?

Does typing Max Macks 15:57, 18 August 2006 (UTC) somehow put your user name in ?[reply]

Max

Yes :) 4 tildes gives you your username and current UTC date/time, 3 tildes just your username, and 5 tildes just the current date. On talk pages, one should always sign with 4 tildes. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 16:02, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture deletion question

A few months ago, I uploaded a picture of mine to Wikipedia, but after some abuse (including others claiming my work as theirs) I decided to remove it, and managed to do so by db-author. However, in the meantime, another editor had copied the photo (in good faith) to Commons (as Image:Kimi Raikkonen 2005 Belgium.jpg). I tried to get it removed there as well, but since I'm not registered at Commons, my actions looked more like vandalism than anything else, and were treated as such. The image has even been protected now. Is there anything I can do? Nick Mks 16:11, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not. The first time you uploaded the image you released it under a free license. I'm guessing it was either PD or GFDL or something simillar. In any case, other individuals now can use the picture as they see fit (within the terms of the license of course). --Hetar 19:02, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm aware that I do not have the right to demand it be removed. But Commons must have administrators as understanding as the one who speedied the image here? Nick Mks 20:06, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried asking on Commons? Many admins here are admins on Commons, but this is essentially a Commons-related issue, so your best bet is to ask there. Bear in mind that the image may already be (legally) used on non-Wikimedia websites/publications. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 03:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a new entry

How do I add a new entry, for a new definition?

Wikipedia is for articles, not definitions. If you just want to define a word, go to Wiktionary. If you want to add a new article: see Help:Starting a new page. You might also want to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. —D a niel (‽) 20:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redlinks

I'm embarassed asking such a stupid question, but when did redlinks suddenly change to red question marks Thanks--Joshdboz 21:14, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can change this setting in your "my preferences" tab in the upper right hand corner. Then click on the misc. tab. the first check mark will say "Format broken links like this (alternative: like this?).". Make sure the check box is checked. Doing this will make redlinks red agian. Thanks for asking!, and no the question is not stupid. Cheers!!! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:38, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! For a second I thought I missed some big new change. --Joshdboz 21:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

external link problems...i don't really know what i'm doing, but i wanna get involved

I was editing Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions, a game by Activision, and I couldn't figure out how to make my external link right or how to make a citations list after i already made a number citation. I was able to learn how to use references by looking at how others did it when i edited the osama bin laden page by adding information and a reference.

Responded on user's Talk page. —Centrx→talk • 23:27, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About uploading images

I just created a new account here at Wikipedia, and I decided to put some images of the covers on articles about manga that didn't have them. I made sure that the image I wanted to upload was under the "Fair Use" policy, and saved it on a folder on my own computer with a .jpg extension. Then I went to the Upload page, got the address for the image in the Source field, chose a license, but when I tried to upload it, I got a message saying that the file was corrupt or having the wrong extension. I'm positive that the image file isn't corrupt. I tried the same thing with another image, saving it with a .jpeg extension this time, and I got the same error message again. This frustrates me. What should I do? Breed Zona 00:15, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Try asking at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). —Centrx→talk • 00:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One little comment

Today i was searching for something that my friends told me to search for: "Pablo Pérez Gay Rossebach". I tried and it didn't appear. I asked one frined wath was happening and I was shocked. He told me you erased that article from web. I just wanted to tell you: HOW DARE YOU TO ERASE SUCH IMPORTANT ARTICLE??????!!!!! It might be irrelevant to you, but that article shows the life in an important school in México. If you don't put that article right know, all the community of students will boicot your web page. Just like the Boston Tea Party!, don't you think? Consider, my school has over 1 million students around Mexico and we have a lot of influence with others. Bye :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.154.198.212 (talk • contribs)

You can ask for the article to be reinstated at WP:Deletion Review. · rodii · 03:51, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

recipient of Nobel Peace

How do you select the recipient of the Nobel Peace? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.93.96.238 (talk • contribs)

I don't. Nobel Peace Prize might have your answer, though. Failing that, try the Reference Desk. —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 04:55, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

add a dismabiguation page

I want to add a disambiguation page for "True Faith" which not only refers to a song by New Order. It's also the name of a Filipino band. Thank you.Doberdog 03:54, 19 August 2006 (UTC)Doberdog[reply]

Start by creating the article True Faith (disambiguation). Add all the possible links in the form of a bulleted list, preferably sorted alphabetically. Add {{disambig}} at the end of the article and save it. Now add {{otheruses}} at the top of all the articles that have been linked by the disambiguation page. Ask for help if you have trouble doing any part of it. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 04:41, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to take a look at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. You may also want to consider moving the pages to True Faith (band) and True Faith (song) respectively. It really depends on which is more notable (as in, likely to be searched). Good luck, though. —Keakealani •Poke Me•contribs• 05:03, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Editing confusion

Hi all, I was wondering if there is any really easy guide to starting a page, with links to websites. I'd like to start a page on Jesse Martin, and i've created a VERY basic one, however I am finding it SO confusing trying to work through the Wiki pages. Is there any other way to make things easier??? Thanks so much in advance for any help!--130.194.13.105 04:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Responded on IP talk page, at User talk:130.194.13.105. —Centrx→talk • 04:55, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's ok, think i've got it now...

Thanks anyways, ignore the above question. --130.194.13.105 04:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strange login issue

Not sure if this is an accident or something different (or paranoia!). In less than a minute late yesterday (GMT) I was sent 8 changed passwords to my email address at a time when I was not on line. They were all "requested" from the same IP. At the very least I thought it worth mentioning? Thanks -- Nigel ^(Talk) 07:02, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone was clicking "send me a new password" like crazy, most likely to annoy you. Don't worry, keep editing normally, as those new passwords won't work unless you actually log in with them, and they will expire soon if not used. Tito xd^(?!?) 07:04, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - guessed that was it but thought I should check. Regards --Nigel ^(Talk) 07:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

about satelite image

195.229.242.89 07:49, 19 August 2006 (UTC)–sir, i request to you to add the satelite image of madayi and surroundings.195.229.242.89 07:49, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It'd help if you were a bit more specific: which picture, and which article? Links are always good. :) Luna Santin 07:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meiosis

Request:

I found online the web page "Meiosis - How Chromosomes are passed from parent to offspring." The web address is

http://www.contexo.info/DNA_Basics/Meiosis.htm .

I would like to see the results of Wikipedia people verifying and perhaps expanding on this piece. Very interesting, but is it true?

Thank you. Do enjoy your day. What a wonderful world. I am absolutely thriled to be alive.

Paul Kamrath < email removed to protect from spam :D >

Happily tohe article already exists - Meiosis - so add to it if you feel you can :D --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 21:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But be careful and don't copy stuff verbatim from the site you linked to. If there's anything to add, write it in your own words. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:41, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mara Salvatrucha gang appears to be editing their article extensively

I'm doing what I can to fix up the grammar, NPOV, punctuation, formatting, citations, practically everything, but the article is messed up on a scale I have never seen on wikipedia. The way it's written (almost no citations, apparently first-hand knowledge, the NPOV issues, and the poor grammar) suggests that members of that gang are probably doing a lot of editing on that article. The page has also been vandalized more than a couple of times, suggesting that gang rivalries are taking place on wikipedia, but it may be just be random. Anyway, this is just unbelieveably frustrating. I've added the cleanup tag, I've added it to the list of articles that need cleanup, I've added a note about cleanup in the discussion, and I've added the article to my watchlist to try to keep it from getting any worse (no more than a day after I added the cleanup tag, someone had removed it and added more uncited information!). Less than a day after I added the cleanup note in the discussion, a user without an account replaced the entire discussion with one comment. What else can I do to help fix the article? -NorsemanII 04:29, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Normally I would recommend getting the attention of a Wikiproject with this article under its wing. Unfortunately, I do not know of one. You can have a look at Wikipedia:List of WikiProjects to see if you can find a wikiproject which might be interested in this article. If not, I guess your best bet is to make sure the cleanup tag stays in the article, and wait a few weeks until someone comes around to sort it out. If that doesn't work we can try other things (I have no idea what those things might be right now, but let's take it one step at a time). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:25, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Convert Microsoft Word to Wiki

Is there a converter that will convert text from Microsoft Word to Wiki format? I would copy and paste, but subscripts, bold, etc. are not kept using that method.

Thanks --CoolGuy 04:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Found this on Google, see if it works for you. WP 11:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hooray University of British Columbia!Anchoress 12:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Prefab Housing Article

The articles on prefabricated housing, mobile homes, manufactured homes and prefabricated homes (the last and the first links are not the same), are all very low quality, and share tons of material. They must be merged and require the attention of someone more expierienced than me. Please Help, Thanks 4dhayman 21:09, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check out WP:TM, with a variety of template messages you can put on these articles to get the attention of experts. You should also leave comments on their respective talk pages expressing your concerns (to avoid repetition, put the comment on one of them and links to it on the others). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:15, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't a mobile home something completely different? Anyway, I suggest you use {{merge}} and {{mergefrom}}. Don't forget to end any merge with a redirect (especially with different terms meaning the same thing so duplicates aren't created again). See also Wikipedia:Merge and Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. - Mgm|^(talk) 14:03, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hoefle telegram

There is a fundamental translation error in the "Hoefle telegram" article? The German word "Zugang" simply means arrivals, rather then "deaths." This changes the total context of the article.

You can be bold and make any necessary changes to Höfle Telegram. If you would like to hear some more opinions, you can leave a note at Talk:Höfle Telegram. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:10, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Which picture license is appropriate?

I wrote an article and wanted to add a picture. I tried to find out which picture license is the right one but I think it's really not explained in a sensible way. (Maybe this could be simplified??) It's very confusing and so I hope someone can quickly answer this simple question:

The article I wrote is about a person. This person owns the rights of a picture of himself that I would like to use. This person allowed me to use this picture for this article.

=> Which license is applicable?

Thanks in advance!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.76.63.138 (talk • contribs) .

You could use {{Promophoto}}, but a better idea would be to get the person to release the photo under the CC BY SA licence because it will make it easier for us. If you can secure that permission, use {{Cc-by-sa-2.5}} on the photo. Yes, those tags can be annoying, but you will get used to them after a while. Thank you for your contribution. WP 11:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tags

I have looked for informatin on this in several places, so I will copy my request here to see if that works.

Let's start with my first uncertainty. I have uploaded images that are by me [such as the ibeji], and looking at that set of tage, one was for an image that the creator permitted to be uploaded by a Wikipedian. I have used that, but questionably, and I cannot find that tag any more. It seems iffy, in that how can the site know that the agreement for another to upload is real? And what should one [I mean 'I'] do in such cases. The creator may not know Wikipedia, have no interest in it, not agree to personally upload, but it is fine with him/her for the image to be there in a valid license. --Dumarest 15:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

--Dumarest 12:11, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. For the images you created entirely yourself use {{GFDL-self}} {{PD-self}} or an appropriate Creative Commons license. Images that aren't labelled as free by their owners cannot be uploaded. To ensure given permissions are real, they should email permissions@wikimedia.org from an email address that belongs to the website or organization the image belongs to. Owners who don't know Wikipedia or don't want to know it should be informed about the fact their images can be reused without them knowing if they are uploaded here. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:59, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Structural cohesion

I edited the article structural cohesion, and noticed that the "edit" buttons are now misplaced. Is there something wrong I did with the formatting of the templates? --HappyCamper 17:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine to me; could it be your browser? -- Nataly a 21:03, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"The" and disambiguation

I would like to know if disambiguation should cover both forms of an expression. I've put up a merger suggestion for Awakening and The Awakening which are two different pages listing pages which all have the same key word, with or without "The". Ditto for Race (which points where it should), The Race and Race (disambiguation), both of which, I'm starting to think, should point to the latter. I'm a frequent editor for The Race, and I almost feel that having had the link first is unjust for all other instances of sporting events which claim the name. The Race could be moved to The Race (Worldwar), for instance.

Please Wikipedia, enlighten me!

Arasaka 17:57, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are corrct in your thinking. As far as I interpret consensus the disamb page should generally be at The Race with the current page moved - perhaps to The Race (world war) or The Race (fiction) --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 18:39, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And for "Awakening" as well? Arasaka 21:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

real time operating system

i have read about real time operating system from wikipedia page ,that a real time operating system responds to input instantly and DOS and unix are not real time.explain with examples that how dos is not a real time operating system.

Real time operating systems include facilities for programs to gain control at reasonably accurate real time intervals. Non-real time systems don't. In DOS you can construct requests that will block other programs from running for arbitrarily large amounts of time. -- Rick Block (talk) 19:35, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Information boxes on Talk pages

Hi,

I've been seeing a lot of boxes appearing on talk pages like, "This user is a resident of Australia," proceeded by an icon relevant to the topic. I looked at the source of these, and it's simply a template. Question is, is there a list of all of the available boxes, because I wouldn't mind doing my user page up with some.

Thanks in advance ;)

try this page Wikipedia:Userboxes CG janitor 21:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removing red links

I have made a list in my userspace of a number of category pages that I want to give some attention to. Some of these categories have gone through CFD and now are nothing but redlinks on my page. Is there any easy (automated) way to remove them from my list, or do I simply have to remove them manually one-by-one? CG janitor 21:40, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No there's no automated way, cause usually redlinks are something you want to keep around (especially when they are integrated in an article rather than a list). You could however, use preview and take them all out in one edit instead of removing them one by one. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion

Can someone delete thiswaste of space?

Tagged as CSD A3. I checked history, it's only had three edits, and nothing since July, so. Luna Santin 22:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How to make table for a Wiki article?

Easy enough in Word Perfect, but I have not come across usable examples in Wiki articles of a template.* In particular I'd like to make a table with 2 boxes of text below text at top to make parallels more obvious. All of that within a box like:

THIS. If I could just keep the text from wrapping with my own typed columns, I'd have no need of any special table tools. Alas, I have not figured out how to keep the 2nd column from wrapping into the first.

There was the example at bottom of my Talk Page that I copied, but it looks untransferable for my purpose.

Thx. Thomasmeeks 23:33, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Voila - the following may do what you ant - or give you an idea.

{|
!Column1 name
!Column2 name
|-
|Cell content1
|cell content2
|} Gives:

Column1 name	Column2 name
Cell content1	cell content2

Wiki template syntax can be awkward to begin withg but look at Wikipedia:Help for more info on using them. Any specific questions you have go ahead and ask on my talk page and I can walk you through it! --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 23:43, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thx. Like your enthusiasm. From my failed efforts, it looks encouraging seeing some familiar stuff. This could make history (if anyone reads the article). I'll give it shot. BW, Thomasmeeks 01:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Libel?

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but could someone look at the discussion page of the Ben Bradshaw article, as I think he is being libelled. Indisciplined 23:57, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In progress. Will watchlist page. Luna Santin 01:12, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do I establish an account in order to contribute?

I learned it is best to have an account for various reasons but I searched the mainpage and did not see anything labelled "How to establish an account." Please inform me. You make it difficult to establish an account. Zan Overall. e-mail removed to stop spam

Hi Zan,

Simply click here and choose a username (please see Wikipedia:Username first, and a password, and you're good to go! Please let me know if you have any issues, thanks! - GIen 02:31, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- On the main page there is a link in the top right corner that says sign in / create account. CG janitor 02:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, if you're not logged in, it's on every page, not just the main page. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:30, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Featured article star

What happened to the gold star that used to be at the upper right corner of FAs? The file links seem to be OK but no star! --hydnjo talk 03:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's only displayed in monobook skin due to problems with various browsers in the other skins. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:55, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Argghhhh, I love classic. Any way to override on an individual basis (User/css) or something? --hydnjo talk 04:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Add the following (now commented out in MediaWiki:Standard.css) to User:Hydnjo/standard.css:

div.topicon {

position:absolute;

z-index:100;

top:120px;

display: block !important;

}

and do a "shift-reload". -- Rick Block (talk) 05:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well thank you, that went well! --hydnjo talk 05:28, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HELP!!!

how do i create a new entry? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikeman590 (talk • contribs)

Creating_an_article should help. --Wildnox 05:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On a side note, what are you creating an article on? --Wildnox 05:29, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Problems

Hi, I'm having a bit of a desagreement with another user, what can I do? Numbuh 201 06:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It depends a lot on the type of disagreement, but Wikipedia:Mediation might help, or one of the more specific methods of mediation listed. You can also contact me on my talk page if you want, and I'd be happy to try to sort things out ^_^ —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 06:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Dispute resolution describes a number of ways in which you can resolve disputes. - Tangot a ngo 07:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oskat Forest Park

Hi Staff , I would like to tell you about a interesting eco tour product we are involed in,called <removed spam>. I am interested in your travel television series & how it works .If you would like to visit a place that you can get close to nature & is like a shapshot of so much New Zealand has to offer.We could have just what you have been looking for .Please visit our website at <removed spam> to find out more .203.109.169.208 08:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

First of all, none of us replying here are staff. We are just volunteers. Secondly, advertisment spamming like this is frowned upon by many of us. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 08:49, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We don't even have a travel television series. Make sure you send your messages to the right people. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Location-specific external links

Hello. I was looking at the salsa dance article, and apart from some obvious link-spam, there are also several links to salsa websites that are really only relevent to people living in a particular location (particularly San Francisco). In my opinion such location-specific links shouldn't be in a general article like that, but I can't find what Wikipedia's official policy on this is. Can anyone advise me before I start removing links?

Thanks! Zugvogel 09:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This may help you. Also use the talk page of the article to voice your thoughts. You will get more inputs -- Lost ^(talk) 10:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I totally agree with you Zugvogel. Unless those pages contain particularly useful info not specific area, they should be removed. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Viewing special characters

I am just trying to view Wikipedia pages, not edit.

I cannot correctly view the special characters used in pronunciations. They look like this: http://www.freemars.org/jeff/misc/Kuiper.png

I am using Internet Explorer 5.0, which is the version installed with Windows 98 SE. (I tried to download and install version 5.5, but wasn't successful.)

What do I need?

-- Jeff Root, in Minneapolis

The characters you're looking for are part of the International Phonetic Alphabet. According to the technical note at the bottom of that page:

"Most IPA symbols are not included in Times New Roman, the default font for Latin scripts in Internet Explorer for Windows. To properly view IPA symbols in Internet Explorer for Windows, you must change your browser font to another font which includes the IPA extensions characters, such as to Lucida Sans Unicode font, which comes with Windows XP; Gentium, Charis (SIL), Doulos (SIL), DejaVu Sans, or TITUS Cyberbit, which are freely available; or Arial Unicode MS, which comes with Microsoft Office."

Hope this helps! Ziggurat 11:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question on adding an external link

I recently editted a page on the Film page by adding a link to a movie review website because I noticed Rotten Tomatoes was a link at the bottom. I received a comment on how that is inapropriate and it was removed. How can I add a free website link about movie reviews like some of the sites I saw listed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarqueeUnderground (talk • contribs)

Take a look at Wikipedia:External links, which talks about what should and shouldn't be linked to in the "External links" section of an article. -- Nataly a 13:48, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted edits

How do we keep track of the number of deleted edits a user has? Thanks. Aran|heru|nar 14:34, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can see how many deleted edits a user has by using toolserver tools like Interiot's (http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits) However, note that the toolserver currently has a replication lag of two or three months, so the data will be old and/or corrupted. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 14:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Aran|heru|nar 14:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a new page concerning religion.

A certain religion which will not be named in this particular question was not located on Wikipedia, and I as an individual willing to contribute attempted to create an informative and objective page about this religion.

This page was removed twice, both times without a warning, or a reason. The page was considered 'inappropriate', but I cannot see why. Please help me sort out this issue, as I truly do wish to contribute to the Wikipedia community.

Thanks in advance, Regards, Caitu. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Caitu (talk • contribs)

Sorry but unless you give some more info (ie a name!) and tell us what you wrote then we cant really help. Every issue is individual and can't be generalised --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 14:58, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like Caitu wants to create an article about Gandharism. He's been warned by an admin (Wknight94) to stop creating nonsense articles. A google search returns zero hits for Gandharism. I left a note on Caitu's talk page pointing out that information must be verifiable and that if Gandharism is real he needs to supply verifiable sources. Brian 15:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)btball[reply]

Caitu, you can see the deletion log here. It has been deleted because of non notability. Please go through the policy of Verifiability as well as Notability to understand more -- Lost ^(talk) 15:24, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

specific heat

What is the specific heat of "Gel Refrigerant and Menthol oil"?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost ^(talk) 16:14, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added appropriate links to Keri Russell

I added links to Keri Russell that were already on Felicity. I was reverted & scolded 4 adding spam links. I did not add spam links. All I did was add links that were ALREADY IN THE WIKI ENCYCLOPEDIA. I have been corresponding w the administrator who reverted me but he just keeps telling me " the links r spam " &" the links r inappropriate ". RockyMM, another user even said " the links r interesting not neccessarily spam ". My stance is that the links were already in wiki, all I did was add them to another wiki page where those same links r applicable.

So what to do? I dont want to get into a I edit- u revert-I edit-u revert wiki war, which I will loose bc he (the admin) will just ban me.

Thx alot, I luv luv luv wikipedia!

It helps a lot if you tell us which IP or username you used to add these links. Anyway, you should read WP:EL. Links that are appriopriate for Felicity aren't neccesarily appropriate for an article on Keri Russell. Just because the links exist there, doesn't mean they can be posted anywhere else. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I assume this relates to the discussion at User_talk:208.58.196.156#Keri Russell External links. To reach a larger audience, the first step would be to bring this up at Talk:Keri Russell. An admin is not allowed to block you for a content disagreement the admin is involved in (if this happens it should be reported at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, unfortunately this will generally have to wait until the block expires). If either of you violate Wikipedia:Three-revert rule, you may be blocked. You might also want to refer to Wikipedia:Resolving disputes. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:26, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

security

i am a student and i am trying to answer this question. what is the external and internal security of wikipedia? Twolips 17:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)twolipsTwolips 17:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not obvious to me what you mean by "external and internal security". Nearly all pages are openly editable by anyone. All changes to any page are recorded (tracked to the user login or IP address that made the change) and can be reverted very easily, see Help:Reverting. There is a page protection feature allowing certain pages to be protected in various ways, see Wikipedia:Protection policy. The software itself runs on a large complex of servers in multiple computing centers, and although I don't know this for a fact I'd assume physical access to the servers is restricted. Login access to the servers is restricted to a small set of developers. Is this the sort of information you mean? -- Rick Block (talk) 18:38, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HELP! Category Deletion : British Cultural Icons

Dear All - Can you shed any light on this? I reproduce below a note I have written to User:wub. Please leave me a msg here if you can explain what's gone on and what, if any action I can take, or if you can help.

Re: Category:British Cultural Icons Hello, wub. I have contributed to both Buckingham Palace and Trooping the Colour. I see that on both of these you recently removed the Category:British Cultural Icons with WP:AWB, citing WP:CFD. Relatively new to Wikipedia, I confine my activities to writing and the odd merge, and was unaware of this. Can you tell me what has happened to this popular and useful category? Has it been deleted? Or has it been merged? What has happened to the many articles which were under this category?

I will watchlist this page and check back here for an answer or would be grateful to hear from you on User talk:FClef

I am copying this note to the Help Desk and to a couple of Wikifriends more experienced than I, to see if they know what the fate of this category is. Best wishes. -- FClef

Thanks, HelpDesk. -- FClef (talk) 20:50, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you'll be interested in this discussion where the category was discussed for removal. I'm sure if you have a good argument against its deletion you can discuss it on the appropriate discussion page. —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 21:14, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion about deleting these categories is archived at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 August 9#Cutural_icons_categories. In general, the way to find things that "vanish in the night" is to check the deletion log, see Special:log/delete. In this case, if you plug "Category:British cultural icons" in the title box and hit "go", you'll get the same link I provided above. -- Rick Block (talk) 21:13, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Doug Marlett Commencement Address Wesleyan U. June-2003

Within 15 minutes after I read his commencement address under Kudzu Comics, it was gone! PLEASE put it back in!!! It contains his important definition of controversy! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.204.124.50 (talk • contribs)

I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about. the Help Desk is for questions related to the use of Wikipedia and editing, and this really does not appear to be that sort of question. I might suggest using the Reference Desk, but you will need to be a lot more specific with your question or the editors there would not be able to help any more than I can, which is not much. —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 21:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps something related to the article Kudzu (comic strip)? Looking through its history, I don't see what you're talking about. -- Rick Block (talk) 21:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

how to edit my page

i woul like to know how to brief about myself in this website--ashwin 22:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you click on your name (ashwin) you can edit your user page to give us an idea of your editing interests etc. Just type what you want and click 'save page'. If you want to write an article about yourself for the encyclopedia, I would suggest reading Wikipedia:Autobiography first. Ziggurat 22:26, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You may also want to take a look at Wikipedia:How to edit a page. Ziggurat 22:28, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

University of Wyoming page

There is an error on the University of Wyoming page on Wikipedia. The page lists that students are allowed to attend university sponsored theatrical and musical events for free, and this is not true. Student fees contribute to these events, and students are required to pay a small fee to attend events in the Theatre and Dance, Cultural Programs, and Music departments. Students are allowed to attend some events for free, but these are generally sponsored through the ASUW (Associated Students of the University of Wyoming), SAC (Student Activities Council) and CAC (Concerts and Convocation). Please correct this information on your page.

Sincerly, Leslie Gallagher

[email removed]

I copied this to the Talk:University of Wyoming page. Patleahy 00:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Citing Maps

Can you use a respected published map as the source for a fact, (e.g Panhandle Gap is at 6,800 feet)? If so, how do you cite the map? Patleahy 00:18, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I imagine so. As long as it isn't drawing speculative inferences from a map (eg Panhandle Gap looks a bit like a watering can) then there shouldn't be a problem. You'd cite it by giving as much information as possible - I imagine the title of the map / what area it covers, the scale, what series it is in (if any,) the publisher and the year of publication would all be helpful. --Cherry blossom tree 00:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

August 21

Age limits?

How old does one have to be in order to edit Wikipedia? 205.188.116.71 00:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone of any age can edit. At Wikipedia we look at the quality of the edits, not at the age (or anything else) of the editor. See also Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia. Ziggurat 00:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Style (underline) changing?

For some reason, (on the same computer) links sometimes are not underlined and then later on they are underlined. I haven't changed settings on this computer. Why do they keep changing, once in a while? --Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 02:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Links were just underlined a minute ago, and now they are not again. --Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 02:26, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's a browser issue; someone asked about this just a few days ago, but I can't remember where the question was put. Answer in a moment... Ziggurat 02:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ziggurat, how can it be a browser problem? If it's intermittent and without any precursory action? Anchoress 02:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah they were underlined for me for a couple of hours today. There's a thread about it just above, from a couple of days ago. It usually happens about once a month, but not usually for such a long time. Anchoress 02:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm misremembering; the previous answer went into detail, but I can't seem to find it! There's the one on redlinks, but not one on underlining. I know I've answered this before, and recently too. It's certainly a bug, anyway. Ziggurat 02:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aha - Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/Miscellaneous/2006_August_10#Wikipedia_Underlining. Not a complete answer, but you're right, it probably isn't a browser issue. Ziggurat 02:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. I use Firefox, but it's said it happens with IE as well. Eh. --Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 02:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What do you have it set as in your preferences? I wonder whether it's only a problem when set on 'Browser default'. Ziggurat 02:55, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was 'browser default' up until now. I've changed it just now, hoping it won't happen again. --Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 02:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I remember seeing this in WP:VFAQ. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:34, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Normally, a shift+refresh solves the problem. It occurs for me frequently. I am using IE6. -- Lost ^(talk) 05:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

jimbo

can he send me any good ?

Nah. Ziggurat 02:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

but...but...he's the king!

Creating an article

How do you create an article on a topic?

See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost ^(talk) 05:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting expansion for an article.

Hi. Simple question here, hopefully.

Is there a bracket - code to use to designate a page which needs expansion?

Since I have no details to add, nor time to research these details on my own, I'm hoping there's some way of calling the page's lack of details to attention, where those in the know can add to it at their leisure.

The page isn't really a "stub", in as much as it contains more than just a bare-bones summary - it's just completely lacking in history. --151.200.252.138 09:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you're looking for {{expand}}. :) Luna Santin 09:46, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now I am looking for {{Thank You}}. :-D --151.200.252.138 09:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Remember to stick it on the article talk page not the actual article (common mistake - I made it once) --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 09:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shall do. --151.200.252.138 09:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to sections of article and translation

How do I link a new article to a subsection of another article?

How do I persuade someone on the Scots wikipedia to translate a new article about Scottish history into Scots?

Thanks.

Answer to question 1, you need the title of the article and the section title. And then you can link to it as follows article name#section name. --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 12:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

adding edit summary after posting

I made a major change to an article but forgot to include an edit summary. How I can add it now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Classicragger (talk • contribs)

Add a Dummy Edit with a note like "The previous edit was blah blah blah blah". —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 21:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For the future you can also get the software to prompt you to enter an ediot summary if you forget by going to your preferences, selecting Editing and ticking Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary then clicking save. Then you wont forget :D --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 22:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Ediot" summary? Was that a Freudian slip? JIP | Talk 16:59, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do i translate an article?

I want to translate articles into a different language but i am not sure of how to.

Am I supposed to create a new article in that language or is there a button or something?

You are supposed to create a new article in the language you want to translate it in. Since the software can't know what the title should be (synonyms and all that) there's no button. You'll all have to do it manually. Human translation is better than machine translation. - Mgm|^(talk) 18:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just write the version of the article in the new language, and add it to the appropriate language version of Wikipedia in the usual way. Be sure to mention in the edit summary that you're translating from the English Wikipedia article. --Kwekubo 19:08, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

adding a biography

Can you advise me as to how one can post a biography of a notable person on Wikipedia? Thank you. Ned Davis—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.236.215.50 (talk • contribs)

As long as the person passes the requirements at WP:BIO then you can just create the article. Take a look at Wikipedia:How to edit a page, Help:Starting_a_new_page and the manual of style for poinhters on how to make a good article--Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Just to note though that to start a new page you need to have a user account and be logged in. You may as well rtegister, its free!! --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletion

Hello, the band The Honest Mistake article was removed within minutes of it being put up as it wasn't deemed notable or something.

Now I'm aware notablility is relative to every person but I find the article quite worthy. Members of The Honest Mistake have previously supported bands such as The Vibrators, My Awesome Compilation, The Glitterati, Engerica, Ed Tudor Pole, Mendeed, Koopa, TAT (who have in turn supported The Offspring). Huge bands, most of which have their own pages... Our previous bands have had thousands of fans also.

Unfortunately you are right notability isd in the eye of the beholder. However on wikipedia we have general quidelnes for what can be included - this is simply to stop thousands of small bands such as the one you mention putting on articles that are infrequently viewed and normally used to advertise the band (not that I am accusing you of this). You see places like myspace are to promote a band for free etc. Wikipedia is about recording the facts and histories of large, important or well known bands. We do follow strict guidelines, which can be found here. Look at the first list and I dont think the band will qualify. Anyway if it does chances are it was speedied (what we call this kind of deletion) because it didnt establish notability in the article (the only time a band article can be speedied). If the band qualifies on that list add it again and make sure it is shown as notable in the article :D In fact post the link to it here if you do recreate and we can help --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 14:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, here's the link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honest_Mistake

Ok... now you need to see if it meets any of the notability criteria, and make sure that your article includes the information that verifies this. If not, it will be gone very soon. I see that "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable" is in the notability list. However, "supported a band who were notable" isn't there, and it isn't clear whether the press reports, which aren't really more than a roster of bands at a summer festival count as "Has been featured in multiple non-trivial published works ". Is featured the same as mentioned? Dunno. Notinasnaid 14:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the press coverage was all on paper, that's one problem.

That's not a problem. References to printed media are fine, and in fact often preferable. They just have to be verifiable. · rodii · 15:13, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How can they be verified?

Libraries? By the way, please sign your posts by adding four tildes (~~~~). It'll look like this, only with your information: · rodii · 16:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, seems a little complicated though Robb Blake 17:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What do we do about unverifiable informations

I was browsing Starkville, Mississippi and I saw that the Trivia part had beed edited many times to change the name of people here. I couldn't find any template to bring the attention of someone about that, and I don't feel right about simply removing the content. What are we supposed to do with that sort of articles? Lucasbfr 15:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One option is to tag it with {{fact}}. Another is to tag the section or entire article with {{sources}}. It's also ok to be bold and simply remove the information - in that case you might want to put a note on the talk page saying why you removed it (lack of verifiability). Thanks, Brian 15:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)btball[reply]

THanks a lot Lucasbfr 16:27, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unused Username

Hi,

I'd like to know what is the policy on wikipedia for unused username? Are the automatically removed after a while?

I ask this because I've tried to create an account with the same name I have on the french wikipédia (Stevo(fr)) but it is already taken by someone who haven't published any thing (User:Stevo).

Thanks for answers

Stevo

There's a proposed Wikipedia policy to delete unused username after 90 days. However nothing's been implemented yet. Harryboyles 16:13, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thanks, so I think I could register and wait for this proposal to be approuved to ask for a name change ;) - Stevo

Interwiki BJAODN, or something?

Look at the Portuguese article on Transformers (toy line). They show this nice picture:

even with a caption appropriate to the toy line and associated TV cartoon. However, the picture is of transformers, not Transformers. What do I do? I know very little Portuguese, so I don't know if I should contact the person who added it there. Can this be placed on an interwiki BJAODN page, or something? JIP | Talk 15:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some misplaced question

My husband is trying to locate a long time friend who was employeed in the repair branch of your facility. His name is Lee P. Houston from Newton, GA. He was employeed by the civil service. If you could help us find our friend, we would be gratefully appreciated.

Thank you, CWO Elmer D. Hill

Wikipedia does not have a facility, or a repair branch. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia project, not a company. I think you have mistaken Wikipedia for some other site. Sorry. JIP | Talk 16:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Russian translation for a new English Page

I'm creating an English page for the Russian author D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak, and have found the Russian entry here. I haven't been able to find good English sources on the subject to begin with, and am thinking I should get outside help. Where should I go to find someone who can help with this? Bellemichelle 16:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at Wikipedia:Translation into English, you should be able to find someone to help you. -- Nataly a 17:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't read Russian, you could go to babelfish, paste in the Russian text (in doses of 150 words) and get a (very) rough machine translation. You might be able to glean some information from that. Herostratus 17:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

pronunciations of difficult names/words

Is there a convention for giving pronunciations on Wikipedia? I've seen some entries with sound (eg, Wroclaw) and some that give IPA (eg, Prague). If sound is preferred, is there a way to generate those? They all sound like they've been spoken by the same guy. Or do we just record our own? Mooncow 19:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ideally they should probably have IPA and a recording. The recordings are all created by Wikipedians. In practice a small number of people make a lot of them so it is possible that you'll hear the same voice over and again. If you want help on making them then Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia is involved in a similar practice and will be able to help. --Cherry blossom tree 19:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, will work on the IPA bit. Recordings are a bit trickier for most people: a lot of folks don't have the software set up, or don't have the OGG codecs, or whatever, plus there are some people whose voices are just better than others for this kind of thing. Would it be a good idea to have some way to flag articles that "need" word/name pronunciations doing, and then people who are set up for it can go straight to that list and fire off a few dozen at a time or whatever?? Just a thought. Mooncow 21:55, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

?

Hi. I was wondering if you could create a new page/article that isn't covered by Wikipdia. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DannMc06 (talk • contribs) .

Sure, check out Wikipedia:Your first article and Help:Starting a new page to find out how. Let me know if you have any questions, or if I can help with anything. Welcome to Wikipedia! --TeaDrinker 20:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Featured Article

How do I nominate an article, which is, in my humble opinion, well written, to featured article status? I have already been to, Wikipedia:Today's Featured Article, where the instructions for requesting articles is, "Please place new requests at the top of the page." Can an expert (compared to myself at least), please explain these instructions to me, and, more generally, help a poor newbie such as myself? AndonicO 22:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a good description on this page Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Have you also read Wikipedia:What is a featured article?? You might perhaps be interested in first doing a peer review before nominating an article. Garion96 (talk) 22:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

how can a person become a contributing member of the wikipedia community?

be bold and go ahead and edit, really. You don't need any special requirements - you don't even need to register (although there are reasons why you might want to). I'd suggest taking a look at Wikipedia:Editing and Help:Starting a new page if you need a little place to start. —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 23:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trouble logging in

I log in whe I start with Wikipedia, but every time I try to do anyhting, it tells me I'm not logged in, I hit the link to log in, it says I successfully logged in, and when I try again to edit, around we go again!

Using Mozilla Firefox, is there something not set right?

Do you have cookies enabled? --Gray Porpoise 00:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's one thing I made sure to check.

It's doing that for me too. It happened before, when the foundation was fundraising. I have assumed it's a subtle reminder to support Wikipedia financially.Anchoress 05:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know much about this kind of thing, but it works at work, and not at home. The main difference I can think of, is that we have DSL at work, and at home, I use a satellite connection. Can that make a difference? Is it something about a static IP address on DSL, but not on satellite?

I have DSL at home and for the last few days I've had to re-log in regularly (several times a day). Anchoress 23:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it was just that, I could live with it, but I can't accomplish anything before I am logged off. Here are the things I've tried:

Disabling firewall

Using both IE and Mozilla Firefox latest versions

Checking for the latest installations of multimedia flash and Java

Removing toolbars from my browsers

Made sure cookies were enabled

And I haven't figured it out. There must be somebody that knows more than me?

I tried it with my wife's computer, and I get the same behavior, which leads me to think that it may be something in the satellite setup. I am going to try to check on Hughes' site.

- Trouble logging in on German Wikipedia site. But it works on English Wikipedia site. Cookies are enabled. Login to en.wikipedia.org works, but not to de.wikipedia.org. Any suggestions? Chund 10:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)User:Chund[reply]

aol

is this aol aim? Brennon60 17:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)Brennon[reply]

Is what AOL's aim? Notinasnaid 17:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are you asking if this is AOL Instant Messenger? No, this is Wikipedia.--Max Talk (add) 20:06, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles I Would Like Advice On

Hi,

I own and operate the UK Whitegoods website in the UK. It is unique in the industry as it involves over 1000 members of the trade and presents things from an independent viewpoint.

However, in the course of running that site I have a lot of knowledge built up over the years on various manufacturers and products within the market. Obvioulsy I can correct and amend some minor errors that I've spotted but I had added the UKW URL as the source when I tried this before had it removed, which is fine, bu tI am a bit reticent to put in the work withouth being able to quote the source. I am sure that you will understand the reasoning in that.

I am extremely zealous about incoming links, as are most webmasters I should guess, and on UKW people can get almost live help with appliance problems which is most often the reason people (other than students) look them up as if they work generally people couldn't care less about them. It is not however possible to detail out the sort of feedback required to diagnose or repair an appliance in an encyclopedia, although Wikipedia is the best I've seen for a complete explanation.

Anyway, in a nutshell I'd like to re-publish edited versions of some of the articles in the following section of UK Whitegoods for reference, obviously edited to suit Wikipedia better, and quote the source.

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content

We are currently actively trying to expand the manufacturer section that you can see there and a lot more brands and their histories will be there in due course.

Thanks for the time.

Kenneth Watt

Hmmm. This is a hard question. We are pretty tough on links to commerical websites. As you might imagine, many entitities would like to (and try to) get links to their commercial website into Wikipedia. In your case, however, the link might be legitimate. But I don't have an answer for you. Because of our sensitivity to commercial links, it might not be possible for you to add material referenced by that link, as even if legitimate if would likely be removed. In real life here, many people do add unreferenced material, and although this is not policy you could do that. However, I'm not suggesting it as material should be referenced. Perhaps someone else has a better answer? Herostratus 17:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:EL. I looked at the site and it's possible that links to it in certain articles would be considered beneficial and not linkspamming. There are two things I'd be concerned about. If the owner of the site is the one adding the links then it'll be in violation of WP:EL and most likely removed. Someone else needs to be the ones adding the links. Second, if there are a lot of links to the same commercial site it will almost certainly be seen as linkspamming and they'll be removed. The way I'd approach it is for Ken Watt to add an entry on the talk page of the articles where he feels a link to be appropriate suggesting that some other editor might want to review the link and add it to the article if that other (non-affiliated) editor agrees it would be a useful addition. That's the most likely way that the link will survive. Brian 17:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)btball[reply]

David Rockefeller Quotation.

I'd like to submit a quotation by David Rockefeller. I'm not sure how to use HTML language to edit a site so I used this instead? Hopefully someone can add it to David_Rockefeller#Quotations who knows how to...

"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order" -- David Rockefeller

(statement to the United Nations Business Council, 1994)

As far as I can tell it is legit and can be verified by other sources as well.

67.175.220.26 22:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can edit Wikipedia, so you're welcome to insert your quotation yourself. You don't need to use HTML - in fact in this case it would be much better to use Wiki markup (a quick guide is located here). You can just follow the same format the other quotation use, and add your citation at the end. Let me know if you need more help, but I think you will be able to figure it out ^^;

As a note, also, I've wikified your link - for links to things inside the English Wikipedia you need only put double brackets [[like so]] to change things into a link. —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 23:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While you're at it. Why not submit your quotation and the ones currently in the article to Wikiquote and replace the quotes with a link to wikiquote in a nice formatted box? - Mgm|^(talk) 23:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reversing redirect

A user has maliciously put a redirect on an article, with scant regard for the history of the article nor of the research which has gone into the article - the reason he gives is that "people can do their own research". How do I reverse a redirect, thereby reinstating the article? Rhyddfrydol 22:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For the interested, this looks like it's Territories and Nations yet to send teams to the Commonwealth Games, which User:Astrotrain converted to a redirect to Commonwealth Games. Check the talk page for his explanation. I would have to say that after looking over the page pre-redirect, it was quite a bit of original research, which is not allowed, and did indeed refer to mostly territories that are not likely to take part. It could be merged into the Commonwealth Games article; Rhyddfrydol, you might want to take your comments to the talk page there. Tony Fox (arf!) 23:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are not following the rule Wikipedia:Assume good faith. The change had an edit history and a comment in the talk page. You should probably engage in discussion on the talk page as the original user proposed, rather than immediately accuse him or her of vandalism. However, this is a normal edit, and can be edited in the usual way. Be sure you do not start a revert war, which can get you blocked under Wikipedia:Three revert rule, and bear in mind that no amount of work in preparing an article makes it immune to the Wikipedia:No original research rule. Notinasnaid 23:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All the above being said, if there is sufficient reason to go back and edit the article which contains the redirect, you can go to the article, be redirected, and then up the top under the (redirected) article title it should have small text saying "Redirected from (redirect title)", and you can click on (redirect title) to get to the article in question without being redirected. Or you can add &redirect=no to the URL. Confusing Manifestation 01:12, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

envy

[[Image:Example.jpg]]

Hey, there! Did you have a question? :) Luna Santin 23:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to History of Lighthouses

Dear Wikipedia,

I tried to create a link to the article: History of Lighthouses. I tested the link and got the response that this page didn't exist.

I did a search for: History of Lighthouses and got directly to the page: History of Lighthouses so there appears indeed to be a page: History of Lighthouses

You can also get to the page: History of Lighthouses by entering: Roman Lighthouses

This seems curious. Can you enlighten me about this?

Valerie Harvey (vharvey4)

Thanks!--Vharvey4 01:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Huh. My best guess at this point is that you're running afoul of capitalization -- Wikipedia is caps-sensitive, past the first character. History of Lighthouses and History of lighthouses are considered different pages, by the file system. Does that make sense, and more important, does that seem to answer your problem? Luna Santin 01:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As for the issue with Roman lighthouses, that would be a redirect. Often, certain terms (alternate spellings, etc.) are redirected to a similar article rather than creating a redundant article or a stub. —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 03:08, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

posting a picture

I have a beautiful picture of a 1570-1600 "Brothers Amati" violin that I think would help out the Amati page. I would post it but I have no idea how. Could someone help me out somehow? thank you Becca Panira 04:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

These are the links you are looking for: Wikipedia:Image use policy, Wikipedia:Uploading images, and the Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. -- Lost ^(talk) 04:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bank reconciliation

give me the breif details bank reconcilation statement

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Bank reconciliation. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion

This isn't a question so much as a suggestion. I would love to see a "where to start" section for portals that gives suggestions for those who are interested in. While it is possible to find out almost anything on wikipedia, sometimes I find myself trying to find information about a new subject but can't find out where to look first. Perhaps a small box can be placed in portals giving jump-off-points for people interested in a subject but without prior knowledge.

Thanks for reading, Stephen Sherman <email removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.28.106.131 (talk • contribs)

Sounds like you might want to check out the Village Pump, where suggestions on improvement can be run by the proper discussions and whatnot. That sounds like a plausible idea, but I'm not sure about all the logistics which is why the pump would be a good idea. At any rate, I've taken your email out for your protection; Wikipedia is copied a lot and putting your email address here is signing it away to a life full of spam. —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 06:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

new wikiproject

How do I start a new Wikiproject? Thebike 08:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't Wikipedia:WikiProject address this? - Mgm|^(talk) 09:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- You should have at least a couple of other editors interested in the subject, too.Herostratus 16:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting

In Help:Reverting it says the following:

Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/00.00.00.00|00.00.00.00]] ([[User_Talk:00.00.00.00|talk]]) to last version by Username

My questions is: are those '00.00.00.00' and 'Username' strings placeholders that the system will automatically fill in, or do I fill it in myself?

Fwend 08:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is the message left by the admin rollback tool. You will have to do it yourself. Viridae ^Talk 09:06, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm referring to the tips section on the Help:Reverting page. Tip #4 only pertains to the rollback tool? I got the impression that anybody can copy & paste that line into the edit comment box. I'm just not sure if I should fill it in. Thanks for your help. Fwend 10:29, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You need to fill it in. Viridae ^Talk 11:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non admins can use Wikipedia:Popups or Wikipedia:Vandalproof to rollback. The edit summary gets written automatically and is pretty comprehensive -- Lost ^(talk) 10:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good response star

What is the status of the "annotate a good response" star, which is supposed to be active on the science desk, but is introduced with the whimsical wording: "The trial is currently limited to the Science Reference Desk. While editors investigate the various options for annotating a response, please do not attempt to annotate questions yet." So is this a trial which one should not try out? Surely then it is not a trial, but an idea for a trial? The discussion link given does not clarify the issue. I ask because there are occasionally most useful responses, such as main article theory being applied to practical happenings. --Seejyb 09:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do I change my password?152.163.100.11 12:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

how do I Change my password?152.163.100.11 12:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First, log in. You currently seem to be editing from an IP. When you're logged in, just click 'my preferences' at the top right of every page, or go to Special:Preferences. The area for password changes is the second 'box' down on the left. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect: The Bag On Line Adventures

Well, It shows the redirect is right on the preveiw page but it doesnt work in the actual article. Please help me!

Its working fine for me. When I type this and press go, it takes me to The Amory Wars -- Lost ^(talk) 12:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipediaholic Test

How do I post my results from theWikipedia:Are you a Wikipediholic Test test in a User box as I saw another User had? AndonicO 13:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can see Wikipedia:Userboxes. But the easiest way is just go to edit mode on the other user's page, copy the userbox, modify the score and paste to your userpage -- Lost ^(talk) 13:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ask for creating a new map

hello, can i ask a wikiman~ for a map of US nuclear power plants like this [7]? 194.199.4.103 14:50, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

list of all users ordered by edits/creation date?

Is there such a thing as 1) a list of all users, ordered by number of edits, and 2) a list of all users, ordered by account creation date? My brain is telling me that I saw these lists a while back, but darned if I can find them again. Maybe they were on the toolserver. Herostratus 16:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there is this. Don't know if it has what you're looking for though.--NMajdan•talk 17:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, that only lists alphabetically. I know that even after the toolserver went down I saw a list somewhere of one of these -- can't remember if it was by creation date or number of edits. Actually either one of these would be sufficient. Herostratus 17:46, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's a relatively moribund list at Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits. I believe there's a way to query the database and get a list by account creation date, but can't seem to find a list like this anywhere. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You could try Special:Log/newusers. It doesn't have an option to go back to the first users, though.--Max Talk (add) 20:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

removing an image from wikipedia

I loaded an image, which I would like to remove. How can this be done? Do I submit a request to remove it?

-SI

Just go to the image's page, then type {{db-author}} at the top. This will put it in the category, "Candidates for speedy deletion". An admin should soon come by and delete it. -- TheGreatLlama ^{(speak to the Llama!)} 17:29, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Confirm email address

I am having a problem confirming my email address. It is <email removed>. This is a mail forwarding service. Thanks for your help.

Hello, I am sure I have made an account with the following pseudonym Dr. TAO, but I cannot log-in, either because I have misspelled my user name (I can't recall what was exactly my user name) or because my password is wrong. The eery thing, is that I can't find the confirmation email I was supposed to receive for becoming a new user.

I also would like to ask how to upload animations in the following form: a sequence of mathematical graphics.

Finally, is there a way that some contribution to the wikipedia can be acknowledged (i. e., that my name is related to that specific contribution)? I am asking since the National Science System to which I belong may request proof that I have made such contribution. Otherwise, I am aware that wikipedia is fundamentally a free thing, and can not have a copyright, ownership (as patents) or anything, which is good for me and for my National Science System.

Thank you

Arturo Ortiz Tapia

I'm not sure what the issue with the email is, but you can try selecting "email new password" from the login screen, which should also provide your name. Remember that they are case-sensitive.

In general, all edits are "acknowledged" in the sense that they appear on the article's edit history. However, since it's under a somewhat anonymous pseudonym, it's not really a reliable method of proving authorship. Also, since Wikipedia is considered a collaboration, it's not really fair to claim that you have written anything completely, although of course diffs can show exactly what you've contributed. But I'm sure checking your contributions to prove that you've been contributing positively wouldn't be a problem for you.

As for the uploading, I'm not totally sure myself but I suspect WP:IMAGE#Uploading_images has some answers (I hope, anyway). Good luck, with that. —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 21:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with pages

There appears to be some problem with a couple pages. For example, try the "maine" or "cape verde" pages. They will not opnen. If you try to view them, you get a "download page" box.

I've just started to have the same problem with the English Main Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, though I can get in using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page, and I have problems with a few individual pages (e.g. Battle of Bosworth Field)as well. Just started on 08/22/2006. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.195.242.234 (talk • contribs)

I haven't had any such problem, so I'm inclined to think that you have a virus, from the sounds of it. Don't quote me on it, but I would suggest running a virus scan on your computer just in case. Is this only in Wikipedia, or have you tried other sites as well? —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 20:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My first thought was that it was unique to my computer, but I joined in this post as I saw it was not unique. And yes, I have only experienced the problem in Wikipedia (tho I've probably visited less than 10 other sites since experiencing the problem). When I mentioned the issue on another group, one other user reported the same problem (and suggested the alternate link that worked). Other users have suggested that the problem arises from a coding error on one of the Wikipedia servers. My computer is scanned every day with updated AVG and Windows Defender Beta2. Thanks for your suggestions.

Hello: I have to add that I am also having this problem - only with Wikipedia and currently with the topic "windmill". I have run all my virus scans and spyware scans and my computer is clean. And yet, for some reason, the topic "windmill" causes a download page to appear. Even when I download the file (type = unknown) and scan it for virus and try to read it, no good. Does anybody know what's up with this?

I have been encountering this as well. I was looking up information on "Silent Hill" games and movie and some links take me to the pages but others tried to download (Silent Hill II game link for example). I have been bouncing around several subjects and links and on almost every page I have went to, some links have tried to download instead of opening a new page, including the main page.

Same deal here, i also have odd results when trying to open the main page. Sometimes it opens, other times it tries to save. Running IE 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.050301-1526CO and going through a Web Marshall proxy server.

Adding a disambiguation page

I was looking up The Builders and got a link directly to a Fawlty Towers episode by that name. I was looking for references to The Builders as they are portrayed by Charles Sheffield in his Heritage Universe series of books. I have also found a link to The Builders associated with Farscape listed on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Farscape_races .

If I wanted to create a disambiguation page for The Builders how would I do it?

thanks in advance

DrSad 21:06, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:D should have the answers for you, I think. —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 21:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

jehovah's witness page problems

I noticed a few things missing from the Jehovah's witness page and edited it so that it contained certain information about what critics say about them. This information was deleted and cobaltbluetony accused me of vandalism and biased point of view. I feel cobaltbluetony is biased and he is controlling the page, leaving out information that could be helpful to people researching this topic, in an effort to make his religion look better to the public. It is a shame this goes on, and it shouldn't be allowed. -User:Classified1

I think that bringing it up on the Talk Page would be a good start - make your arguments clear and get some consensus going. Always Assume Good Faith; I'm sure the other editor has a good reason for doing what he did. Working it out through discussion is always the first method, but failing that, you can also try Dispute Resolution. Good luck! —K e akealani •talk•contribs• 21:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you were the editor who added "merely a pathetic cult, only dangerous to its own members' sanity. Don't join this cult," I respectfully suggest that you may want to spend more time looking at the way other articles are written, especially those which present controversial views in a neutral way. See especially WP:NPOV. Notinasnaid 21:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)

I am new to Wikipedia so I have a very basic question about this topic:

It has been suggested that the article written about "Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)" be merged with the article written about Mount Carmel High School (Chicago, Illinois). This suggestion is correct, as can be seen because the history and famous alumni sections are nearly identical.

My question is this: How can I contribute to the merge of these two articles? Or, can I request that a steward do this?

All you need to do is to decide which article to keep and add any worthwhile material from the other article - basically anything that is in one but not the other. Then you can redirect the other article to the one you decide to keep - see WP:R.--Cherry blossom tree 21:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unable to search for new article

I started an article on D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak recently and am wondering why it does not come up in the search options when I search for "Mamin-Sibiryak", "Mamin" or "Sibiryak" (also when these are lower case). What can I do to fix it so people searching for these parts of the last name can get to the article? Thanks in advance! Bellemichelle 21:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See the VFAQ. Ziggurat 21:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

King of Lithuania

I was told my great grandfather was king of lithiuania his name was rugganis i'm tring to learn more about my familys past since everyone keeps it mostly a secrete and i cant get hardly anyone to talk about it i've seen the family crest and every once in a while i'll get someone to talk about it but i want to find stuff in black and white that i can read about. can you help please.

The last two kings of Lithuania were Mindaugas II of Lithuania and Stanisław August Poniatowski, but neither of them had that name. Ziggurat 21:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

message for isopropyl

Hi Isopropyl!

I'm User:Darrener

I have just read that User:Brat32 left you a message and that you duly replied to him. I am a wee irritated that he has been dragging my name through the mud so to speak. I have in no way insulted him personally and have simply asserted my right to edit the article on the North/South divide in the United Kingdom. He stated that my article was derisory and full of errors, which I just don't understand. Is his article on stereotypes about how Southerners see Northerners just as derisory and full of errors. If you have the time could you do me a favour and have a look at the article and give me your opinion because I am really fed up to the back teeth with this user playing the victim. It's just ridiculous! I'd be grateful if you could do me this favour as you have shown an interest in his complaint could you do the same for me? I am a Northerner (Northern Englishman) and yes there is rivalry between the North and South in our country but to us this is normal and we just laugh it off. I don't know where User: Brat 32 hails from but I don't think he's English and if he is he really needs to ligten up and maybe spice up his life in the emotional department if you know what I mean. Maybe find a nice woman or man...

If you want to leave a message for someone, put it on their talk page (i.e. User talk:Isopropyl). Also can I suggest that you comment on contributions rather than contributors, as Ad hominem observations can be interpreted as personal attacks and may get you banned from editing. Ziggurat 21:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]