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December 9

Another small bug?

Check out the contents of Constant. The phi doesn't appear in the title of 1.5! I would like it to appear there. Randomblue (talk) 00:08, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

LaTeX (produced with <math> tags), depending on your preferences, usually produces images containing mathematical symbols, but not the characters of the mathematical symbols. Since headers contain text (and not images), the symbol is excluded from the section title in the TOC. To make phi visible in the TOC, I replaced the math tags with φ, the typographical symbol. Similarly, you'd want to replace $\alpha$ with α, $\delta$ with δ, etc. Since the typographical representation of these symbols is not as pretty as LaTeX, may I suggest not including the symbols in the section headers (based on that reason)? If you do want them included, however, using characters is the way to do it. Gracenotes^T § 00:16, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

A question about what constitutes 'promotion'

My name is Ian Rowland. There is a Wikipedia page about me. I did not create this, ask for this to be created, or have anything to do with the fact that it exists. At the moment it is a stub, and some of the information on it is out of date. Is it all right for me to add extra information and also correct factual or out of date errors? I am concerned that someone might consider this to be self-promotion, which I do understand is not allowed. Although I do have a website that has one trading section, I am not seeking to promote it or to advertise anything. I just thought that since someone has created a site about me, I would like it to be more than a stub and to have accurate, up to date information. Is this allowed? ManYossasarian22 (talk) 00:59, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Autobiography, and particularly this section. Basically, add and correct the really uncontroversial facts, note the rest on the discussion page, and be sure to engage in discussion with any other editors - hopefully you'll be able to provide the facts, they can provide the neutrality, and you won't have to stay a stub. :) - IMSoP (talk) 01:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

(e.c.) Yes. While you are discouraged from creating or editing articles about yourself per the conflict of interest guideline, you may correct factual errors or other violations of the biography policy. NF24^{(radio me!)} 01:12, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your replies. 'IMSoP'suggests I should 'note the rest on the discussion page'. So I went and looked up how to get to the discussion page, and it said I click on the 'Discussion' tab. I went back to the page about me and did this, and I got to a page that told me the page about me was a Stub, twice, and didn't seem to provide any input field or any space where I could type anything - at least as far as I could see. IMSoP also says, 'be sure to engage in discussion with any other editors', but I haven't the faintest idea how to 'be sure' of this, or how to comply with this suggestion or directive. How would I know if this discussion were taking place? And where?

I don't know if this is the sort of arena where anything less than a glowing encomium meets with splenetic invective, but I have to say this, my first taste of trying to deal with Wikipedia and its community, has not been a very happy one. Consider the simplicity of my aim: to correct some out of date misinformation that someone has posted about me. I am as web-savvy as the next guy, but it took me half an hour just to find out the designated appropriate place to raise my initial question. Does nobody think that a simple 'Ask your question here' link or tab would be a nice idea? As opposed to page after linked page after linked page of 'Rules about things you can't do' and 'Things you can't ask about at least not here'. Aslo, although I'm grateful that two people have replied, I don't think I'm really any further forward. (a) the advice I've been given doesn't seem to work unless further gnostic secrets are disclosed unto me [the discussion tab I'm told to use doesn't take me to an input field] and (b) I'm just referred to even more rules and regulations. I've no wish to complain or make unwelcome noises, and I'm prepared for the typical 'Hey, if you don't like the way we do things here, get lost' response that characterises some areas of the internet. Nonetheless, in case anyone cares, that's been my initial taste of Wikipedia. Perhaps future experience will be happier for all parties. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ManYossasarian22 (talk • contribs) 14:34, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

You can click the '+' tab (best for a new section) or "edit this page" at top of Talk:Ian Rowland. Wikipedia has a lot of bad experiences with people who write inappropriately about themselves, so there are rules about that. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:56, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Little green and red numbers on your watchlist?

I was looking at my watchlist the other day and saw a little green number with a plus beside it (something like a +2,134) then further on I saw a another number, except in red with a minus beside it (-123 etc). My question is what they are for? Thanks! Fattyjwoods (talk) 05:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

That's an indication of how much text was added or removed from the article. The number corresponds to the number of bytes - usually the number of characters, but not always, particularly when a template is involved. This page provides more explanation, as well as directions on how to change it if you like. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 05:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

creating article

how do you create an article —Preceding unsigned comment added by CanYouAddUpToThis (talk • contribs) 05:35, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TEB728 (talk • contribs) 06:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Math thing

How do you use the mathematical formula button? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.232.94.181 (talk) 06:12, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Help:Math should help you out. It's a bit complicated to explain here. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 06:41, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Can't seem to get photo on to page

Sorry. I'm sure this must be a common problem, but I can't seem to find the solution.

I uploaded a photo provided to me by Dr. Edwin D Kilbourne for a biographical page which I am writing. (I've been gradually extending it as I get more facts of interest.)

Dr Kilbourne provided me with the photo with the understanding that it would be uploaded onto wikipedia, and I have done so. It seems that I must now get further permission from him, either putting it in the public domain or else allowing its use under GNU or related licensing scheme. I will do so.

But how do I get the info box reference to image:EdwinDKilbourne.png to actually link to the photo......???????

RighterofWrongs 06:54, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

See Help:Image for examples. However, rather than make a plain link to the image, you should use one of the infoboxes for people, such as {{infobox person}} (or something more specific). You could study similar biography articles about people in the same field as your subject. --Teratornis (talk) 07:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

...and use the same style of infobox coding as those articles use, I neglected to add. --Teratornis (talk) 07:07, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Moving an article to an existing redirect

I am sorry, but I can´t figure out how to move Bad trip back to Psychedelic crisis. Thanks, Haiduc (talk) 10:59, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Can I ask your rationale for wanting to move it back? Anecdotally, bad trip is the common name for the phenomenon, while psychedelic crisis is not. Google seems to confirm in spades, returning 968 results for the latter and 136,000 results for the former (other searches limited usage to drugs to avoid sentences about traveling, still return massive results). Accordingly, per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names), bad trip seems to be the better title. In any event, you can request a move at Wikipedia:Requested moves. --Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

If I am going against the naming convention than I will drop the matter. My intention is to use the formal rather than the colloquial term for the experience, just like we list a certain city as "New York" rather than "The Big Apple". Haiduc (talk) 21:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

15th December

celebrities born on 15th december —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.55.131 (talk) 11:58, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps our 15th December page will be of use to you? NF24^{(radio me!)} 12:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

And you can find more Wikipedia biographies with this Google search. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

latex

Hello. What is the difference between $\pi$, $\pi \,$, $\pi \;$ and $\pi \!$? Thanks, Randomblue (talk) 13:11, 9 December 2007 (UTC). (the second one seems slightly below the others for some reason)

Nothing, at least on my computer. All the $\pi$'s are in line with each other. NF24^{(radio me!)} 13:41, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. When rendered in my browser (Opera 9.02) using the 'Recommended for modern browsers' Math setting (Special:Preferences), the last three pis look identical and are rendered as .png images. The first is a text (Unicode?) pi. (Note that it is not the standard HTML &pi; character: π.) To clarify the question for subsequent readers, we're at the difference between the following (LaTeX code → rendered pi):

• <math>\pi</math> → $\pi$
• <math>\pi\,</math> → $\pi \,$
• <math>\pi\;</math> → $\pi \;$
• <math>\pi\!</math> → $\pi \!$

Is there a specific meaning for the comma/semicolon/bang in this context in LaTeX? TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

This feature of Wikipedia's τεχ rendering is actually documented: see WP:TEX#Forced_PNG_rendering. Algebraist 17:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

For the lazy, I'll just mention that these are spaces of different sizes. Since they are at the end of the formula, they have no effect TeX-wise, but since MediaWiki is not too eager to compile them in unicode, they can be used to force PNG rendering. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 22:19, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe we are missing something. On my system, the one with the \, (small space) is thinner and lower. I have no idea why. This is clearer if you put it, say, like this: $\pi \,$$\pi \,$$\pi \;$$\pi \,$$\pi \;$. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:56, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Editing Wikipedia page about my father, Alexander Ulanovsky. Tried to edit it, but my corrections disappeared together with the original text. (Maya Ulanovskaya, E-mail address: <email removed>)

<text of article removed>—Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.68.25.153 (talk) 13:12, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Do you want these edits merged into the article? Jake the Editor Man _(talk) 13:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

For your own protection, please do not post your email address on highly visible pages such as this. The text you attempted to add to the article is already in its history so there is no need to post it here. Normally, one would not add the text of a rewrite below the existing article as you did, but replace the existing text with the new. In your case, however, you should suggest the text of any changes to the article's talk page, (which is here), because you have a conflict of interest in editing the article. Every suggestion should be backed up by identification of reliable sources which verify the change (your rewrite contained no sources whatever). I do not know what happened on your second edit, but somehow you blanked the article's text entirely. I have reverted the article back to its preexisting state.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I was going to say exactly the same thing :-) Astronaut (talk) 13:50, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

My userpage broke

I was trying to place the hiding div for my userboxes on my userpage, but there is one section that refuses to work. I would appreciate it if someone had a look at it.

Here is the code that has broken:

<div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="padding:0;border-style:none;">
<div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border-style:none;padding:0;">
<div class="NavHead" style="background:#EDF1F1;text-align:left;text-style:normal">
About my [[house|location]] and [[Time zones|time]]
</div><div class="NavContent" style="">
{{User EU}}
{{User EU citizen}}
{{Proud EU}}
{{User UK}}
{{user United Kingdom}}
{{user British citizen}}
{{User England}}
{{User Essex}}
{{User Wivenhoe}}
{{User time zone|UTC|clock}}
{{User dst 1}}
{{user date}}
{{User:HokieRNB/userboxes/visit|Chile}}
{{User:UserBox/User Earthling}}
{{User Earthling3}}
{{User:EVula/Userboxes/countries visited|8}}
</div></div></div></div>

if anyone can go over and have a peek at it, or tell me the problem, that would be greatly appreciated. Jake the Editor Man _(talk) 13:19, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I tried, but couldn't. Sorry. I'll keep looking, though. x42bn6 Talk Mess 18:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done I think? :) Regards, — Rudget _speak.work 19:05, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

doesn't seem to have made much of a difference ... I have added your contrib (an extra </div> if you hadn't noticed) but it still doesn't seem to work. Jake the Editor Man _(talk) 20:23, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

can't edit page to include uploaded image thumbnail

I uploaded a photo of brian cherney no problem Brian-Cherney_in_2007.jpg‎ (200 × 240 pixels, file size: 18 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I have not been able to edit his page to include my photo as a thumbnail. The page now looks like this below. instead of the image there is this text followed by the original article. I have a lot of images of Canadian composers. Help me here please, and I can contribute a lot. Thanks. Stingdin

Image:Brian-Cherney_in_2007.jpg‎ (200 × 240 pixels, file size: 18 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)|Caption1

Brian Cherney (born 1942, Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian composer currently residing in Montréal, Quebec. He studied at the University of Toronto where he was a pupil of John Weinzweig. In 1972 he joined the Faculty of Music at McGill University, where he has taught analysis and composition for over thirty years. His pieces, often characterized by carefully calculated formal trajectories and a rich harmonic language, give the impression of a quiet intensity, usually featuring "stillness" in some manner. His works have been played throughout North America, Europe, and elsewhere. Cherney maintains an active career as a composer, teacher and author; his book Harry Somers (1975, U of T Press) remains one of the most important and detailed works of reference on this composer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stingdin (talk • contribs) 13:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I have fixed the image link for you. If you edit the article, you will see the proper wiki markup for the image. Dismas|^(talk) 13:59, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for this, Dismas, and for "ish kabibble"Stingdin (talk) 15:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Supreme Court Justices

What are the ages of our current supreme court justices? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.17.6.188 (talk) 15:15, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm in a helpful mood today, so instead of shuttling you over to the Reference Desk, I'll answer here. You really should ask these questions over there, though.

• Roberts-52
• Stevens-87
• Scalia-71
• Kennedy-71
• Souter-68
• Thomas-59
• Ginsburg-74
• Breyer-69
• Alito-57

This and more information can be found at U.S. Supreme Court. NF24^{(radio me!)} 15:24, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) That depends what you mean by "our". If it refers to USA (people who don't name a country on the Internet and assume everybody knows what they talk about are often from USA) then see Supreme Court of the United States#Current membership. If it's another country then the information may be in Category:National supreme courts. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:29, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

- And I also guess NF24 is from USA. ;-) PrimeHunter (talk) 15:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Either that or he has a good IP lookup. Dr.K. (talk) 15:52, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Dr. K would be right - but I do live in the USA. NF24^{(radio me!)} 16:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

In a question just below, the unstated nation turned out to be India. Many people who ask questions on the Help desk do not follow the suggestions in How To Ask Questions The Smart Way by Eric Steven Raymond, such as to include all information necessary to disambiguate the question. Then again, most of these reference-type questions are answerable from a search of Wikipedia and/or the Web, and Mr. Raymond of course urges would-be questioners to search before asking. While Mr. Raymond's general tone is a bit more hectoring than we strive for on Wikipedia, a critical thinker would overlook the tone and grasp the valuable lessons Mr. Raymond has to offer. Knowing how to get answers to tough questions does, in fact, have substantial value, both practical and (often) monetary. --Teratornis (talk) 17:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Immigration

I used this reference for school. Need the author's name for my bibliography . Cant find author's name. Please help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.136.184 (talk) 16:35, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Assuming you are talking about the Immigration Wikipedia article, then Special:Cite is the page you want. NF24^{(radio me!)} 16:57, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

disposal of solid wastes

Now a days in disposal of solid wastes we use four of five boxes for sorting various type of the wates. What are these colours and what are there use, I mean how these different colour boxes are used? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.2.93.140 (talk) 17:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

• What country are you in? Different countries do the recycling of waste using different colored containers. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:07, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I forgot to mention that questions like yours are better directed at the reference desk - Mgm|^(talk) 17:08, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Recycling and International Universal Recycling Codes may help, but the latter appears to be about identifying codes stamped on products to be recycled, rather than on bins to collect them. --Teratornis (talk) 17:24, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

solid waste

What about in INDIA? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.2.93.140 (talk) 17:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about India. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that does not solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They will be glad to try and 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. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:26, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Also try a Google search: recycling in india. --Teratornis (talk) 17:32, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

bot tells me to alter copywrite or lose the image

the uploaded image is at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Robert_Aitken_by_Stanley_Fefferman.jpg the page it's on is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aitken_%28composer%29 i agree to tag is GDFL-self since it's my work, or anything else that will allow it to remain ThanksStingdin (talk) 17:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Answered on Wikipedia:New contributors' help page. Just edit the image page and replace {{di-no license|date=9 December 2007}} with {{GFDL-self}}. Algebraist 18:08, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

i fixed it. thanksStingdin (talk) 19:59, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I can't edit the Barbara Boxer page...

Hello,

I volunteered in the 1992 campaign of Boxer for Senate. The reason I did was the book she co-authored with Nicole Boxer, "Strangers in the Senate." It was a heart rending story of how women from the House wanted to meet and confer with Senators on the Clarence Thomas nomination during Anita Hill testimony.

The Congresswomen from the House of Representatives were refused entrance. The book describes the event from Boxer's perspective.

I don't know how to add that item to the Boxer entry in Wikipedia. Can someone help me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkohler2 (talk • contribs) 17:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Our article mentions this briefly in the section U.S. Representative. If you think there should be more information there, just click the 'edit' link at the top of the section and add your own text. See WP:EDIT for more information on editing Wikipedia. Algebraist 18:13, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Please, Help Me.

Hello. I want to create many articles of Chinese famous people but the references that I have are in Spanish or in Chinese. What must I do? I'm awaiting your orders. Merry Christmas. Frankedjsjs (talk) 18:03, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you to! Chinese and Spanish references are acceptable, make sure to use {{Zh icon}} and {{Es icon}} for Chinese and Spanish links, respectively. However please try to include as many English links as possible, and make sure they are reliable and can verify and claims. Best, — Rudget _speak.work 18:56, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Cencoring Pictures

Is it possible to have an option which allows for censoring of pictures on certain pages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.127.8 (talk) 18:40, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

It's unclear to me what you mean. What type of page and censorship? Who should decide which images are acceptable there? How should addition of other images be prevented? Maybe some of these are relevant: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not censored, Wikipedia:Profanity, Wikipedia:Ownership of articles, Wikipedia:Protection policy. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:52, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

• No there isn't. The only way to censor, is to avoid the article altogether. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:20, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

This question has come up before on the Help desk; to look for past discussions, try this search: Search Help desk for: censoring images. Wikipedia claims to be not censored, which is true in some contexts, but the cynic in me can't help pointing out that for an uncensored project, Wikipedia deletes an awful lot of material. Evidently Wikipedia is not censored, except when it decides to be. In any case, those who wish to censor material from Wikipedia differently than Wikipedia does should look into organizing their own Collaborative filtering project. Wikipedia's vast trove of information is spawning a number of third-party projects to search, filter, and otherwise process Wikipedia's content to meet special needs. --Teratornis (talk) 21:13, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Removal of material which does not meet Wikipedia's notability concerns is not censorship. Corvus cornix_talk 17:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

santa claus.

where does santa live. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.134.210.47 (talk) 18:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

He's rumoured to live in Lapland, in the United Kingdom and the United States. But please make sure next time you ask a question here, it's about using Wikipedia. Best, — Rudget _speak.work 18:53, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

All children from my country knows he is from Greenland but Wikipedia:Neutral point of view requires editors here to present different views without judging, even when they make silly claims. See more at Christmas gift-bringers around the world, Santa Claus, Father Christmas. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Webpage

I would like to create a page for wikipedia on a publishing company that have been in business for 12 years. How can i make a page?... so that when it is searched for it is able to display their information —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mastersunny6 (talk • contribs) 19:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

You can search the name of your company twice in the search box to the left. Then click "create this page". It may be useful to read this guideline first though. I also advise to cite reliable sources which can help verify and claims. Best, — Rudget _speak.work 19:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Be aware that Wikipedia deletes thousands of articles for failing to comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I don't mean to be harsh, but if you need to ask how to create a new article, the odds are that you don't yet know enough about Wikipedia to know how to write an article which will "stick." This does not mean you should not try, but the more you know about Wikipedia editing, the more chance your article has of surviving. Whatever you do, be sure to save a copy of your article on your own computer. We don't want you to end up like this. You might want to try writing about this company first on Wikicompany, which has far more lenient policies for articles about corporations (Wikicompany wants an article about every legally incorporated company in the world, whereas Wikipedia only wants articles about companies notable enough to have been already written about in several reliable sources that are independent of the companies themselves). --Teratornis (talk) 20:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Changing userpage & talk page background and border colour

How do you change your user page & talk page background colour and border colour, to a blue background below.

background colour: #d0e5f5 border colour: #abd5f5

I've been trying and reading how to do it, but i can't seem to get it working and i need help if that's possible. SKYNET X5000 (talk) 20:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll do it in a minute!  Done — Rudget _speak.work 20:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Beat you to it. Is [1] OK? PrimeHunter (talk) 20:23, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Damn you! :) — Rudget _speak.work 20:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I've copied the text which you've placed onto my talk page both pages are displaying a Blue background which i want, thank you Rudget and PrimeHunter for the help. SKYNET X5000 (talk) 20:28, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem. — Rudget _speak.work 20:40, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Extra braces

Could somebody fix the two braces that appear in Rosalind Russell#Short subject? I can't figure it out. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done — Rudget _speak.work 20:49, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Info

I'm traveling to San Perdo Sula on Dec. 18th and will be traveling via bus to Managua and Granada. I'm interested in a map that shows the towns/cities in Honduras and Nicaragua. I like to sports fish and would like to learn about sport fishing. I'm also interested is retiring in Nicaragua - I like to be around the water close to fishing opportunities. My girl friend is from San Perdo Sula and her daughter lives in Granda and is getting married on January 5th. How do I find a map and any info on sport fishing and where I should look for property and retirement would be appreciated.

Steve Hamlen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.161.170.220 (talk) 21:10, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Wikipedia isn't really a travel guide, so we don't have maps of the kind you're looking for. All of our maps are strictly encyclopedic and generally show only the location of the country in relation to the rest of the world. You can try looking at our articles on San Pedro Sula, Managua, Granada, Honduras, and Nicaragua, but I'm afraid you won't find much. I'd suggest talking to a travel agent, tour guide, or a realtor in one of those areas. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikitravel:Nicaragua might help. --Teratornis (talk) 02:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Xavier House Publishing

This is minor but disturbing, and I would have changed it myself if I could have.

The Stub states that Xavier House Publishing was Established in Feb 2007. This is a false statement. Xavier House Publishing has been around since 2004. I'm not sure where the author got 2007 from. If they had done a minimum of research (by checking bn.com or amazon.com) they would have discovered Xavier House's first book, Free Kentucky, was released in October-2006, a full 5 months before they state that Xavier House Publishing came into existence.

I would appreciate if this was corrected. I would have been more than happy to do it myself, but I could not get the editing page to work.

Thank you.

James Bilodeau Executive Editor Xavier House Publishing (e-mail removed for protection) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.78.17 (talk) 23:12, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I see you changed it yourself [2] 2 minutes after posting here. Wikipedia:Business' FAQ may be of interest to you. Note Wikipedia:Conflict of interest if you plan to make any further edits. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Have not received password retrieval email.

I recently changed my email address associated with my user name and while waiting for a confirmation email, which I didn't receive, I attempted to get a password retrieval email. I have requested it twice with no such luck. I am assuming it is because of my changing the email address associated. How can I resolve this issue? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.51.96 (talk) 23:16, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

• It could be that changing the email address takes a few minutes to 'stick', but quite often failure to receive confirmation is due to to strict spam filters. Some spam filters don't just drop the email in the trash bin, but just not pass it on at all. What email provider do you use? - Mgm|^(talk) 23:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I changed it about 2 days ago, but the original email was with hotmail, and the new one is gmail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.51.96 (talk) 23:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Would linking to some of my own articles be an appropriate edit?

Hello. I am a freelance journalist in the metro D.C. area, and I published several articles on Halliburton and its work in Iraq starting back in 2002-2003, reporting accurately that HAL had rebuilt Saddam's oil fields after two wars and that the company would profit again after Saddam fell.

Would it be appropriate for me to submit links to my own articles?

Sincerely, Mburns11 (talk) 23:23, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

• It sounds like those articles support a viewpoint that could be contentious. It depends on what paper published the articles and what experience you have on the subject. To avoid any accusations of being non-neutral, I'd recommend mentioning this on the article talk page and contacting the editors who've edited the article recently to see what they think. Please read: WP:COI (conflict of interest) and WP:RS (reliable sources). - Mgm|^(talk) 23:54, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Remember that just because you wrote them the articles aren't yours. Jake the Editor Man _(talk) 20:48, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

help

how to send a picture to a rfiend —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.84.141.87 (talk) 23:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

• You've got two options: 1) you print it out and stick it in an envelope addressed to your friend. 2) you send them the URL in an email. - Mgm|^(talk) 23:51, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • 3) you send the picture as an E-mail attachment. How to do it depends on your E-mail client or webmail provider. Have you tried the computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:08, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

If your friend is nearby, you can use Sneakernet. Alternatives to using e-mail to send files to remote recipients include file sharing networks and one-click hosting services. --Teratornis (talk) 02:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)