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July 2[edit]

Hospital article guidelines[edit]

Does such a page exist? I can't seem to find anything, not even a Project:Hospitals. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 00:13, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The best I can find are Wikipedia:WikiProject Health and Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine. If you're interested in hospitals in the United Kingdom then there's Wikipedia:WikiProject National Health Service as well. I can't see anything specifically about hospitals in any of them, however. TFOWR 00:23, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why person feels to increase zone setpoint??[edit]

Why a person feels to increase its room setpoint or zone setpoint when the outside air temperature goes down?? For example, if outside air temperature is 85 deg F then zone setpoint 70 deg F is sufficient, but if outside air temperature goes below 60 or 50 deg F, a person have to increase it zone setpoint to 78 or 80 deg F.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.110.80 (talk) 01:09, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This question belongs on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science but I can answer it anyway. See radiative heat transfer. A house at a given interior air temperature feels colder to its occupants when the outside temperature is low because the outer walls and windows are colder and thus they are not radiating back as much heat as the occupants' bodies are radiating to them. The effect will be less in rooms that are in the interior of large buildings. The room walls will not be directly in contact with outer building walls and thus they won't be as cold. Also superinsulated buildings feel warmer in winter at a given interior temperature than poorly insulated buildings, because:

the superinsulation keeps the interior walls warmer, reducing radiative heat loss from the occupants' bodies
superinsulated buildings admit fewer drafts of cold outside air

See also zero-energy building and passive house. --Teratornis (talk) 01:22, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Episode lists[edit]

What are the criteria that determine whether a TV show's episode list has a separate page for each season? Hallpriest9 (Talk) 01:11, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Length and readability mainly. See Wikipedia:Article size. Generally, when the episode list becomes too long to be useful or readible, then you split it up. --Jayron32 01:27, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And see Wikipedia:WikiProject Television#Episode lists and Wikipedia:Television episodes. I haven't done any editing on television episodes to speak of, so I don't know what guidance is available, but I would expect WikiProject Television to have addressed this common situation somewhere. --Teratornis (talk) 01:36, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If it's the length that determines it, then why does Sonny With a Chance have separate season 1 and season 2 pages while The Suite Life on Deck does not, despite it now being in its third season? Also, how is it determined whether each episode of a show has its own article? Hallpriest9 (Talk) 21:20, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tool on Simple not here[edit]

There is a function on Simple English WP which will show the latest change on your watchlist in a nice little message, similar sort of to the new messages bar, but less obtrusive. Is there something like that over here? If not, why? Thanks! PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 01:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not familiar with this tool, but if it comes from a MediaWiki extension, you can see what extensions are installed here and on the Simple English Wikipedia by comparing these two pages:

Special:Version - what's here
simple:Special:Version - what's there

Did you have to select this feature on the Simple English Wikipedia, for example in your preferences, or did it just appear without you having to do anything? --Teratornis (talk) 01:44, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't know the name of this feature, maybe someone on simple:Wikipedia:Simple talk (the help desk over there) could tell you what it is. If you know the proper name of it, that makes looking up information about it far easier. --Teratornis (talk) 01:47, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) My guess would be that the feature is disabled here for the same reason we are unable to receive email updates of our watchlists. My understanding is that, given the huge size of the English Wikipedia in comparison to the others, enabling that feature would cause an unbearable strain on resources that would damage the usability of the site. Unfortunately I don't remember where I was informed of this and can't find a link, but I'm sure someone here will know a little more than I. AJ Cham 01:52, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, good point. I have requested the technical name over there, as it is not linked in the preferences, where it must installed. Thanks for the help! PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 01:57, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here it is, thanks to Griffinofwales on simple. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 02:47, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image deleted?[edit]

How can I find out what happened to the image that used to be on the page for Jessica Burciaga? Dismas|^(talk) 03:32, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As can be seen via Wikipedia's logs, the file was deleted because there was no evidence of permission for Wikipedia to use the file. Please see Wikipedia's Image use policy, and remember that all images need a copyright tag to display their licensing status. If you have further questions, you can post them here or at our Media copyright questions page. Robert Skyhawk ^{(T C B)} 03:43, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I didn't need all the red tape, I just wasn't looking through the logs correctly. I didn't know we needed the "File:" part in front of the file name and thus thought that maybe I was looking through the wrong logs. Thanks again, Dismas|^(talk) 03:51, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I'm sorry to barrage you with links when all you needed was that Log clarification. Sometimes I forget that the Help desk isn't just for new users. At any rate, I'm glad I could help you. Robert Skyhawk ^{(T C B)} 03:56, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting Vandalism Format[edit]

I would like to know if there is a format use to produce a comment like this one in the "Edit Summary" field: (Reverted 1 edit by ******* identified as vandalism to last revision by ******))). Note the vandalism word is hyper-linked. Does it do something with the abbreviation "rv" and "rvv" that I read about in the Help:Reverting. Thanks in advance. --Osa osa 5 (talk) 03:49, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

These are usually produced by semi-automated editing tools like Twinkle, Huggle, and AWB. See Wikipedia:Twinkle, Wikipedia:Huggle and Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser. Each page contains info on installing and using these tools yourself, should you choose to do so. --Jayron32 03:54, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Or you can go to your Preferences then to the Gadgets tab and turn them on there. Once Twinkle is turned on (that's the one I use) there will be a "Revert (Vandalism)" link above the new version of an article in the article diff page. Dismas|^(talk) 03:56, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New Article[edit]

I've completed a new article on my User Page. How do I now post it to Wikipedia?

Digby scallops (talk) 06:13, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Before moving the article to the mainspace, you need to read Wikipedia's notability guidelines to see whether the subject meets them. In my own view he may do, but you need more independent news coverage of his activities in life (as opposed to obituaries summing up his career after death) to establish this firmly. I would also say that the language needs some work: it currently reads less like an encyclopaedia article and more like an obituary or memorial, which Wikipedia does not publish. If moved to the mainspace now, the article risks being nominated for deletion for failing to meet the inclusion criteria. You can seek more help at WP:RFF. Ka renjc 08:48, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 12:34, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Amongst the things which Wikipedia is not, is Wikipedia is not a memorial. I suggest you remove the "He is survived by ...". Astronaut (talk) 15:07, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Transferring IP edits to a username[edit]

I have a large number of edits under another IP. I was once given the impression that if I registered I could have these 'transferred' to my username. This is apparently no longer done since about mid 2005. It seems it has to be changed manually? Can someone possibly clear this up for me? Thank you, and apologies if this is the wrong place to ask. 203.63.130.37 (talk) 06:48, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, unfortunately it is no longer possible to reattribute contributions in the way you describe. If it's a matter of one or two contributions made when accidentally logged out, some users like to log in and make a null edit to the same article, using the edit summary to claim authorship of the stray edit. This is not practical for a large number of edits, though. If you want to lay claim to these edits, your best option is to create an account and then place a note on your user page explaining that the edits under the IP in question are also yours. However, this does mean that your IP address will be associated with your username, so your user account can be geolocated by anyone curious enough to do so - not a concern for most people, but some account holders prefer not to make this information public. Ka renjc 08:38, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Naming section headers[edit]

Hi, I'm trying to write an article on the manufacturing of Hong Kong. I've been wondering how I should structure the history part. I've been wondering if I should use the decades as headers, the way I'm doing it now, or more descriptive headers (early development for 50s, decline for 90s etc). Your opinion is needed! Kayau Voting IS evil 06:57, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there's any specific Wikipedia policy on this. However, I'd say to use more descriptive headers as they are a bit more engaging then just numbers. -- Ryankiefer (talk) 07:47, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tahiti national football team[edit]

On the above page there is a player called jay warren. His name is a hyperlink but goes to a different page as this jay warren doesn't have a page. All but one of the other players are red links. Should I make the name jay warren a red link or normal black writing.Gobbleswoggler (talk) 08:37, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have made a redlink by changing the link to [[Jay Warren (footballer)|Jay Warren]], which is the normal trick in such circumstances. Bencherlite ^Talk 08:54, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with the red-link, but I'd suggest that even more cunningness is possible with the Pipe trick... [[Jay Warren (footballer)|]] renders as Jay Warren. Neat, huh?! TFOWR 13:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your saved source may be confusing to some so to be completely accurate, writing [[Jay Warren (footballer)|]] and saving causes [[Jay Warren (footballer)|Jay Warren]] to be saved, the same as Bencherlite wrote. It renders as Jay Warren. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:57, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HTTP message format[edit]

how can i convert a string to http message?????????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.180.48.30 (talk) 12:01, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you mean by http message but maybe you want {{urlencode:string}} at mw:Help:Magic words#URL data. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:09, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect links[edit]

Hi,

I was editing the article 'Shepperton' when I came across a link in error.

The problem is that there is a reference to Peter Moran as a resident. This is the Peter Moran who was an actor in Grange Hill. However, it links to Peter Moran, who was an archbishop.

The same problem exists if you click on Peter's name in the article 'List of Grange Hill actors'.

Thanks,

Gordon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gordon.a.robinson (talk • contribs) 12:49, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's because there is no article about Peter Moran (actor). The bishop is the only person of that name who has been notable enough for anybody to have written an article about him. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:53, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

what can doc types can be embedded/inserted? PDFs?[edit]

what doc types can be embedded into a WIKI page? Most of what I've read PDFs can not be, is there a work around? thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eiwilliamson (talk • contribs) 13:43, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "embedded"? Illustrations are uploaded as separate files, but pdfs are not a very good illustration format. We are pretty much text-centered otherwise. What are you trying to accomplish that a combination of illustrations and text cannot? --Orange Mike | Talk 13:55, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes people who are very new to Wikipedia try to approach it in terms of software they already know, such as Microsoft Word. (This might be a misapplication of the Availability heuristic, i.e. trying to understand the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar, even when the familiar doesn't apply.) Some Word users format e-mail messages by typing them in Word, exporting them as PDFs, and sending them as e-mail attachments. (I have no idea why.) For a Word user who relies on PDF as a universal export format, the easiest approach to Wikipedia would be to type articles in Word and upload them to Wikipedia as PDF files. However, Word is an extremely poor platform for collaborative editing. It lacks, among other things, a revision control system which is essential for coordinating the work of far-flung collaborators. The lack of a visible markup language is another huge strike against it, as markup languages allow for extensibility that no WYSIWYG editor has ever approached. Wikipedia's requirements for mass collaboration and open-ended flexibility have led to the development of an entirely new system of editing. Anyone who wants to edit here must learn to edit the Wikipedia way. Also note that Wikipedia is not Wiki. --Teratornis (talk) 18:06, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Who is the American wrestler that reported his own death on Wikipedia?[edit]

It happened around 2008. Who was it? Later that day, the wrestler was really dead. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 15:05, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you are looking for Chris_Benoit_double_murder_and_suicide#Wikipedia_controversy. TN X Man 15:18, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's references in that section dating back to 2007, with "more will be revealed next week"; I put in an "update" template. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:34, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle[edit]

On a users contributions page;when you are using twinkle,you can click the button rollback or vandalism. What are the differences?,Gobbleswoggler (talk) 15:35, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Both of them rollback the edit you're looking at, but the button that says "Vandalism" will identify it as a revert of vandalism in the edit summary. --Mysdaao ^talk 15:52, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rude names[edit]

How can I spot rude or inappropriate user names?Gobbleswoggler (talk) 15:43, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you can trawl through Special:Log/newusers, but there is a bot that performs this function already. TN X Man 16:09, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict):By looking for them? :) Kind of a vague question. You could see what usernames are "hot off the press" creation wise here... Another good spot is Edit Filter 188. Dunno if that's what you were looking for, though. ^Avic _ennasis @ 16:11, 20 Tamuz 5770 / 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Soxbot tends to pick them up within seconds of creation. They are reported by the bot at WP:UAA, in the "bot" section. If you want, you can check in at WP:UAA and watch as they come up. SoxBot isn't perfect, and misses a few things once in a while, but it usually has more false positives than misses, it tends to get anything with the Seven dirty words and racial slurs and the like pretty easily. --Jayron32 00:51, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Company Changed Name, Best way to handle in approved manner?[edit]

Our company changed names last month. I would like to update our page rather than create a new one. What would be the best method to update the existing page along with the basic boilerplate information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.77.78.68 (talk) 20:34, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What are the previous and new names of the company? Also, can you provide a reliable source that documents the change? If you provide this information here, I can update it for you. TN X Man 20:39, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletion Unfair[edit]

How do I prevent an entry Alvina Alston from being deleted. All info can be verified and I posted links to references and still being considered for deletion. Help. Mediaexecutive01 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mediaexecutive01 (talk • contribs) 21:05, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As a general rule, reporters at local-level channels are not notable. See WP:BIO. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:10, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Enabling the Wikipedia Book maker[edit]

A couple of weeks ago I was looking through \wikipedia and was allowed to make a book from wikipedia pages. I cannot find this bookmaking function or how to enable the bookmaking function?

Can you please tell me how to enable the wikipedia bookmaking function or how to save wiki pages into a book?

cherry kingsley —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cherrylk (talk • contribs) 22:54, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Click "Print/export" to the left of a page to reveal the "Create a book" link. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:08, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]