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July 30

Commons PD graphic is backwards

The URL: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/64px-PD-icon.svg.png

The Issue: Prohibition symbol is supposed to have the diagonal from upper-left to lower-right, but the image referenced above has it in the wrong orientation.

Whoever made it should fix it. I was trying to find the "official" location of that graphic, but there is so much stuff here on Wikipedia that I couldn't find it. Thought it would be under copyright statuses, but it wasn't there so I didn't know what to except to post here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boodlums (talk • contribs) 01:01, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

You can see the original at Commons:File:PD-icon.svg.

That seems to have come from File:PD-icon.png, which was created in 2005 by Duesentrieb (talk · contribs) (as you can see, on the file page). You can probably contact that person on Commons:User talk:Duesentrieb.

It was created by a Wikipedia editor; it is just an icon; whether the slash is \ or / is a matter of personal preference, I think, and I don't see a compelling reason to change it; plus, lots of images copy the same style. Maybe it comes from the idea of Derestriction signs.

If you did wish to discuss the format of icons used on image / templates though, it'd probably be best to do that on Commons:Village pump (because "Commons" stores all the images used on all Sister wikis), or our own Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab).  Chzz  ►  01:25, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

See no symbol and a discussion of ISO 3864-1. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 19:35, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

It isn't a "prohibition" sign though; instead, it means the file can be used without restriction. Many countries have derestriction signs with a "/" slash.  Chzz  ►  20:45, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Edwardsport Indiana

Edwardsport first went on the books in 1832 I have book that clearly details those events.

James Newkirk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.252.43.142 (talk) 01:17, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Presumably, re. Edwardsport, Indiana (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top.
The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).  Chzz  ►  01:30, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

How do I edit a page when there is no edit tab?

On the anniversary page for July 30, I want to enter 2011 Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall wed (Events) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.164.231.182 (talk) 01:50, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Do you mean the page July 30? If so, then the following will explain. If you meant a different article, I'm sorry I misunderstood. So;

A wedding anniversary is not normally considered notable enough for inclusion on day-pages; see Wikipedia:Days of the year. So, it probably can't be included; sorry.

To explain why 'edit' is missing though; the page July 30 has, unfortunately, had to be semi-protected so that only registered users can edit it. If you click 'View Source' (which replaces 'edit'), you can see info on "Why is the page protected?" and "What can I do?"

You could register then wait until you had been around for a short time (4 days/10 edits), but quicker is to place a {{editsemiprotected}} request in a new section on the article discussion page - Talk:July 30 - you'll see some previous requests there.

But, re. that specific anniversary, I don't think there would be agreement to add it; sorry. Chzz  ►  02:15, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Plus, I see now, that the wedding has not yet happened - and so, it wouldn't be appropriate, because we do not predict events before they happen.

The best approach would probably be - when it's happened and there is coverage - to add to Zara Phillips, and/or Mike Tindall. If there was enough coverage in reliable sources, it could feature in the news. But, we can't cover it until there is coverage in newspapers and suchlike.  Chzz  ►  02:26, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Aligning tmboxes

Hi, does anybody know how to align (e.g. center, right, left) tmboxes , please respond on my talkpage, thanks, Magister Scienta^talk (30 July 2011)

See User_talk:Magister_Scienta#Aligning_tmboxes - but, I'm sure others could add more to that.  Chzz  ►  06:20, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Whatever happened to the Mazda B-Series (North America) thread

It appears to have been merged into the Ford Ranger thread, but they were completely different vehicles until 1993. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.99.144.241 (talk) 03:28, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

You can see the old version here: [1]. I am not entirely clear why this was merged with the Ford Ranger article, as the merger deleted some material on the pre-1993 models, just as you note. The merger was done by User:OSX in December, 2010 as can be seen here. You can ask him why he did so at User talk:OSX. Maybe he can give you more information. --Jayron32 03:58, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Surrey Police article not appearing

This particular page has suddenly stopped appearing and all I get is a message that says: "No web page was found for the web address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Police"

Can anyone help? 85.210.158.27 (talk) 03:46, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Works fine for me. Try clearing your browser cache. --Jayron32 03:55, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh, it works now. That's strange as I didn't do anything differently at all. 85.210.158.27 (talk) 04:50, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Can you protect the bio for "Behnaz Sarafpour"

Hi,

Someone keeps vandalizing the biography of my wife, Behnaz Sarafpour. We have removed the incorrect and idiotic edits twice recently. Can you protect the page so that does not happen again.

This time you'll see the edit was adding a hyphen to my last name "shumeyko" in the form of "Shumeyko-Jeter"

Please contact me with any questions.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Shumeyko (talk • contribs) 04:48, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. An editor since 10.28.2010. 04:56, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

That would be the place to request protection, but Wikipedia prides itself on being an encyclopedia which anyone can edit; so the people at Requests for page protection would not protect a page with such a low rate of vandalism. Particularly on request of the husband of the subject—it would give the impression that you were trying to enforce an approved version. —teb728 t c 05:54, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

It's very hard for us to maintain an unreferenced article; we cannot tell which facts are correct, and which or not. That's why we insist on references - see WP:V and WP:REFB.  Chzz  ►  05:26, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

I have now added references to most of it, and done work on the formatting, etc. - see the page history.

That should help considerably in trying to maintain it.

There's still some things needing improvement - but, Shumeyko, please be careful about the conflict of interest; it's fine to remove any junk, but for other things please suggest the changes on the discussion page - Talk:Behnaz Sarafpour, and if you add {{Request edit}} it should get attention; please see WP:BESTCOI. Also worth reading WP:BLP.

It is unlikely that the article would be protected at this time, because there isn't enough evidence of persistent/ongoing vandalism to warrant that - and this is supposed to be "The Encyclopaedia that anyone can edit", so protection is a last-ditch effort (and, normally, short-term).

If you do have further concerns, see Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem/Factual error (from subject).

Best,  Chzz  ►  06:14, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

about ias academy

what are all the qualities to join in ias academy? now am doing bba 1st year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.99.67.166 (talk) 06:16, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.  Chzz  ►  06:18, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

IP account blocked

Resolved

My IP adress account was blocked recently by User:Brandon. The reason for the block was listed as Opera mini proxy. I was using my Opera mini on my phone when the block took place. What exactly is the meaning of proxy? And is there any possibility that my IP adress account be restored? Miguel AG (talk) 09:43, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Oops! I just found out that it was not my IP Adress that was blocked, it was the browser's server (I think), The blocked IP Adress was way different from mine. Sorry! Miguel AG (talk) 12:37, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

coley mccbe

Coley McCabe (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

HI, i am coley mccabe. you have created a page for me (thank you) but there is no photo. may i send you one? Coleymccabe (talk) 13:57, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

If you have an image that you own the copyright to and you are willing to allow anyone to use it you can upload it to the Commons. Then it can be used in the article. GB fan please review my editing 14:04, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

That would be very welcome. Please see WP:IOWN for how to donate copyright materials. --ColinFine (talk) 14:19, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

You can straight away upload your file onto the Commons under a free license. If you have already uploaded your file onto Commons, place the photo on the page you want it on by typing [[File:File name.extension|size]] on it. Miguel AG (talk) 17:00, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Problems with the article feedback tool

On the article Remember December, I removed my ratings since I didn't really want to rate a page I personally improved. But then, all the ratings turned to 1 and even if I rate it with 5, the "average" i still 1, and there's only 5 ratings. Prior to removing my ratings, it had around 4. I have removed my ratings on other pages, but this only happened here. Is there a bug or something? Pancake (talk) 16:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't know. According to this page, you could try posting at mw:Talk:Article feedback (preferred) or at Wikipedia talk:Article Feedback Tool. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:40, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I asked at MediaWiki. Pancake (talk) 20:59, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Table messes up all sections below it

In the Ben Gurion International Airport article there is a table in the traffic volume section which floats into the next level 2 section (access). The way the table flows, it totally messes up all the level 2 sections below it? Is there any way to fix this? For example, some way of maybe causing there to be a hard break just before the Access section? Help! Wikiliki (talk) 16:56, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Fixed - there was an extra "start of table" marker. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:19, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Awesome. Thanks! Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees :) Wikiliki (talk) 19:30, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

PLEASE DELETE WIKEPEDIA ARTICLE ON ME

here is the link to the article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Scarface

I would kindly appreciate it, it is defamatory and it is incorrect.

My name is Chris W Knight and I am asking you to please delete this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.102.183.9 (talk) 18:20, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

It is unlikely the article will be deleted as the topic is notable. Which content specifically is incorrect? It appears to be a fairly reasonable synopsis of a book. --Daniel 18:32, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Please read our policy on biography of living people: if there is material about you in the article which is not referenced to a reliable source, it should be removed. But material which is referenced to a reliable source should not be removed. If it is the consensus among interested editors that the subject is notable, then the article will not be deleted. If there is specific material in the article which you contest, I strongly urge you to post at Talk:Son of Scarface, explaining what you want changed, so that interested editors can discuss it with you. --ColinFine (talk) 20:01, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

We will take your request very seriously, but I am sure you can understand that we do not delete articles simply on the request of an anonymous request. (You may very well be Chris W Knight, and there are ways to for you to verify your identify to Wikipedia, should the need arise, but most of us helping out at the help desk have no way of confirming your identity.) I see that there are some interesting claims in that article. Unfortunately, while sourced, two of the important sources are behind a paywall. Tat is not disallowed, but it does mean I cannot simply look at them to see if some editor added a source but was not careful in wording the text. Is it your contention that the Sun Times articles do not support the text in the article? If so, the next step is to post that at the Talk page, so an investigation can be undertaken.--SPhilbrickT 21:03, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

The refs and info didn't match up entirely - I've tried to properly source every statement. ^Avic_ennasis @ 04:42, 29 Tamuz 5771 / 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello. A reminder to avoid shouting, as you did in the title section header. Thank you. 71.146.19.240 (talk) 06:38, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

NEW FONT IS NOT GOOD

Hello, It seems that suddenly the default font for articles in Wikipedia has changed from a perfectly readable one, to a bold but very SMALL one. Please be aware that for many readers this is not good, as many of us have trouble reading small fonts. I wish there was a way to change it back to the previous style, which was much more readable. 67.252.20.111 (talk) 20:56, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Does not seem to be happening to me. Try using a different browser. — Waterfox ^~talk~ 21:05, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

You may have accidentally changed the font size in your browser settings. For example, in Firefox Ctrl-+ and Ctrl-- change the font size, and Ctrl-zero restores the default. If you post your browser name here, someone will be able to give you specific advice. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:09, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Try changing the font in your browser. I hate the standard wiki font, so small. I use Candara (occasionally Georgia) font size 17 on FIrefox. Much more stylish, try it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:14, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello. A reminder to avoid shouting, as you did in the title section header. Thank you. 71.146.19.240 (talk) 06:37, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Hey, Candara's nice! Maybe I don't mind sans-serif after all. I'll see what I think in a week. — kwami (talk) 06:53, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm trying it too :-) Seems good; Candara is The new ariel!  Chzz  ►  22:06, 31 July 2011 (UTC)