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November 18[edit]

Someone Replaced My Photograph[edit]

I don't know how this happened, but someone replaced my jpeg of Ned Miller and Jack Benny with a Black model rehearsing. The author is Riza Nugraha. I need to delete this photo and put my photo back. Help. Thanks, CultofQwerty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cultofqwerty (talk • contribs) 01:09, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the wrong image from the article.[1] The image you uploaded was deleted at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2012 October 12#File:Rehearsal.jpg. The deletion meant that another image of the same name was displayed. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:33, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your version of "Rehearsal" was hosted here at the English Wikipedia. The other version is hosted at WikiMedia Commons. When your version here at Eng. WP was deleted, the software looked to the Commons to see if there was a file of the same name there. There was and it was displayed. That's one reason why more specific names other than just "Rehearsal" should be used for file names. Something like "Ned_Miller_and_Jack_Benny" may have been more appropriate. Dismas|^(talk) 03:32, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merging My Name[edit]

I wanted to post an image with a piece I wrote, but when I signed up for WikiCommons I mis-typed my name. It's the same letters but the case is different- I put in Lpbrennan instead of LPBrennan. was told the two can be merged. Could someone assist me in this? I tried signing up with the correct name but it wouldn't take it, as it was too similar to an existing name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LPBrennan (talk • contribs) 01:33, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Try Special:MergeAccount. If you can log in at commons (no need to create the account) after this then you can just abandon commons:User:Lpbrennan which only made one edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:51, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong link[edit]

Please correct link/redirect.

PAGE: 1985 NHL Entry Draft 1985 NHL Entry Draft

The link for Steve Titus (7th round, 128 pick)on this page is incorrect. The link is to the wrong Steve Titus.

This is the bio for the ice hockey player Steve Titus.

Stephen "Steve" Titus

Stephen C Titus Born February 2, 1967 (age 45) Saint John New Brunswick, Canada Home Town London Ontario, Canada Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight 155 lb (70.3 kg) Position Goaltender Shot Left NHL Draft Pittsburgh Penguins 128th overall, 1985

Playing career 1983–1991

Stephen "Steve" Titus (February 2, 1967) is a former ice hockey goaltender.

Steve was born in Saint John New Brunswick, Canada, but moved to London Ontario, Canada when he was 2 years old. He played his minor hockey with the London Minor Hockey Association.

In 1983 he played for the Chatham Maroons of the Mid-Western Jr. B League in South Western Ontario. He was selected to play in the leagues 1983-84 All-Star game held in St. Thomas. In 1984 he was drafted by the Cornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He was awarded the Royals Rookie of the Year. At the 1985 NHL Entry Draft he was selected in the 7th round by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Steve attended pro training camps in 1985 and 1986. In the summer of 1986 he was traded to the London Knights where he finished his OHL career.

Steve went on to the University of Western Ontario where he played 3 years with the Western Mustangs. In his first year the Mustangs went to the 1987 CIAU Nationals were they lost to York University in the championship game. Steve graduated from the Western with a BA in Physical Education and was awarded the Western Bronze W award for excellence in athletics and academics. The following year (1990-1991) he attended the Ohio University, in Athens Ohio, USA on a one year hockey scholarship. He played for the Ohio Bobcats (MAC conference) who made it to the National Championships where they lost in the semi-finals. Steve was named as the Second Team All-Star and graduated in the summer of 1991 with a Masters in Sports Business.

Thank you for alerting someone to this. It was fixed with this edit. Since there is no article for the hockey player, the link is now red. Steve Titus looks like he's notable enough for an article though and if nobody beats me to it, I'll try to get an article together later tonight. Dismas|^(talk) 05:00, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

About creating a page on "Awtar Singh Virdi"[edit]

Sir, This is about the Biography of a World Class artist names Awtar Singh Virdi from India. We tried to create a page about Mr. Awtar Singh Vird yesterday. But unfortunately found that the page may be deleted due to the lack of sources. We would like to bring the following lines for your kind consideration. There are hundreds of websites where Mr. Awtar Singh Virdi's artworks have been placed. The reason is Mr. Virdi is the Only artist in the world for ANamorphic Scratch Art.He has created GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS in 2003 by making World's Largest Anamorphic Portrait of the US President Mr. George W.Bush. All the artworks are originally created by Mr. Awtar Singh Virdi and his website is www.artistasvirdi.com

Kindly advice us how can you help us to create a page on the name of Awtar Singh Virdi. PLease help. Goutam S/O, Awtar Singh Virdi

His amazing artworks can be found in the follwing links.

1. http://anuragaron.blogspot.in/2011/11/awtar-singh-virdi.html

2. http://planetoddity.com/anamorphosis-at-its-best/

3. http://www.art.in/artists/a-s-virdi.htm

4. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/02/anamorphic-artworks-of-awtar-singh.html

5. http://www.amazingtechzone.com/art/famous-personalities-anamorphic-art-form-awtar-singh-virdi-india/

6. http://ourcreativecity.com/profile/AwtarSinghVirdi

7. http://dabomba.net/home/profile/362/Modern-Art/AWTAR-SINGH-VIRDI

8. http://emptyeasel.com/2008/04/16/anamorphosis-art-by-awtar-singh-virdi/

9. http://4rtgallery.blogspot.in/2011/04/anamorphosis-by-awtar-singh-virdi.html

10. http://www.asingularcreation.com/Gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4261

11. http://www.kolkatamagazine.com/art.html

12. http://erosart.tumblr.com/post/33866892535/cylindrical-anamorphic-art-this-form-of-artwork

13. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anamorphosis-painting-a-64-year-old-is-the-only-exponent-of-obsolete-art-form/1/194473.html

14. http://www.arthit.ru/abstract/0165/abstract-art.html

15. http://artmayi.diandian.com/post/2011-07-04/2634539

16. http://www.beautyofpeople.com/463/art-is-present-12/

17. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035529/Warped-swirling-artwork-projects-President-Obamas-face-tube.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artistasvirdi (talk • contribs) 05:16, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can tell Awtar Singh Virdi has not been deleted, at least not yet. It has, however, been tagged for speedy deletion because of intolerably promotional content like, “Without a doubt, A.S.Virdi's creations are strikingly unique in the world of art because he is A BORN ARTIST.” Wikipedia articles must be written from a neutral point of view; so don't boast about how great you think he is: insead write neutrally about him and let readers decide for themselves. Another serious problem the article has is that there is not one reference to a reliable source in the article. It is not clear how the links you give here relate to the content of the article. —teb728 t c 06:59, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you appear to be writing about yourself. This is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia for reasons explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU and Wikipedia:Autobiography. —teb728 t c 07:09, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The "S/O" in his signature implies he is identifying himself as the son of Awtar Singh Virdi. Suraj T 10:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Displayed article doesn't match latest revision in history[edit]

In the article on Glycerol,

Glycerol

the version I see has a line in Section 4 that reads

Glycerol is a component of glycerin food dookie .

Went to edit for vandalism...but when I go to edit the article, the text in that spot reads

Glycerol is a component of glycerin soap

...and when I look at the last edit, it seems to be telling me that Cluebot changed the text to 'food dookie', reverting from vandalism.

I've refreshed the page, opened it in both Firefox and Chrome on my computer, and Opera on my phone. In all casesthe current version has the 'food dookie' in the displayed version, but 'soap' when I go to edit. What am I missing here?

Sevesteen (talk) 05:48, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. I have not ever seen that page and when it loaded for me, I had the "dookie" comment as well. I did a null edit and it fixed it as far as I can see. Check it again on your end. Dismas|^(talk) 05:56, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That seems to have done it. I thought it was far more likely that I was making a mistake, apparently it *was* wikipedia. Sevesteen (talk) 06:18, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Image reversed[edit]

I added an image to the Chris Turner (author) article. Nothing appears to be amiss when I view the article. However, I got a note from an anonymous IP saying that the image is reversed when they go to that page [2]. Given that I don't have a problem with viewing the image, I am at a loss as to how to investigate the problem. Help! Sunray (talk) 06:48, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It appears "normal" on the article and on its file page for me. Don't know why it would matter if it were flipped left/right since it's just a picture of a person with no text to indicate that it were backwards. I also don't know how it would do that. Maybe the IP is pulling your leg? Dismas|^(talk) 07:02, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It also looks normal to me in all five tested browsers. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:03, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look. Since none of us have a problem with the image, I think the individual how made the claim must be mistaken. Sunray (talk) 02:41, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why someone accused me being sockpuppet?[edit]

Why someone accused me being sockpuppet?--NeoBatfreak (talk) 07:34, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That accusation was evidently made by an IP vandal; see his contributions. I just warned him for a bogus warning to a new editor whose edit was actually a grammar correction. Just ignore his sock-puppetry accusation. —{|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|} 08:01, 18 November 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Thank you, because I never vandalize any articles, and sure sometime I made mistakes on editing, but I don't believe I ever deserve to be block. Also, editing Wikipedia potentially could help me on my study with library and information studies.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 08:08, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is there truth to these written statements?[edit]

- - "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. Work submitted to Wikipedia can be edited, used and redistributed by other people at will".

- - "Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published sources, making sure that all majority and significant minority views that have appeared in those sources are covered (see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)".

- - "Editing from a neutral point of view (NPOV) means representing fairly, proportionately, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources. All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view. NPOV is a fundamental principle of Wikipedia and of other Wikimedia projects. This policy is nonnegotiable and all editors and articles must follow it".

I find these written statements to be of false claims. When I edit and put in verifiable content it's always re-edited out. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.10.34 (talk) 10:09, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are having some conflicts with other editors in content you are adding. Since you did not detail a specific incident, I will review your last edit. You added Patrick Sahlgren to List of drummers, where there is a comment "Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed." Patrick Sahlgren is a redlink and has no article, thus your edit was removed. The rule is fairly common for list articles and restricts the content to notable persons. Your choices are to create an article, discuss the issue on the talk page or drop the issue. Regardless, I see nothing that conflicts with the policies you quoted. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:34, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, if you look at the article's history, you can see that the editor who removed what you added gave a reason for the removal. Dismas|^(talk) 11:45, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The previous edit involved you adding a Facebook link to an article. This kind of link is not normally acceptable - see WP:FACEBOOK - and the editor who removed it from the article in this edit also left an explanation. To find out more about the kind of links and sources that are acceptable in articles, see WP:LINKSTOAVOID and WP:Reliable sources. - Ka renjc 20:53, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and/or Firefox is acting really weird[edit]

For several days, I've been trying to update the content I just added at User:JIP/EBT statistics to EuroBillTracker#Core figures, but I always get the message "The connection was reset while the page was loading" in Firefox 16 under Fedora 17 Linux. Yet, creating this userspace draft succeeded at the first try. And while this text is only about 1.3 kilobytes long, I can edit entire contents of Wikipedia articles tens of kilobytes long without problem. Is the article EuroBillTracker somehow cursed? I have also noted that whenever I view the article Aggressive case, which I translated from fi:Aggressiivi, at first try the page loads completely, but Firefox fails to respond to any controls. When I go back to my user contributions and click on the link on the page again, everything works OK. This only happens with the article Aggressive case and a few other articles. What the heck could be the problem here? JIP | Talk 18:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried WP:VPT?— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 22:13, 23 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The California Dreams Tour and New Article[edit]

The California Dreams Tour article seems to be inactive because there is a question that needs to be answered on Talk: The California Dreams Tour. Plus, on Wikipedia:WikiProject Katy Perry it says that the Katy Perry song "Dressin' Up" should be an article. When is someone going to create the article? CPGirlAJ (talk) 22:13, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It will get created whenever someone has enough time and interest to create it. Everyone is a volunteer here, and works on what they want to work on. Have you put in your request at WP:RA? Or you can be bold and create it yourself. RudolfRed (talk) 22:46, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

mailing[edit]

How do you email an article on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.240.68.39 (talk) 22:53, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are several options. Here are a few ideas:

You can email a Wikipedia article to another person by sending them the article's URL (the website address for each page shown in a little text box at the top of most browsers). If you are concerned that the article may change in content and form before the email recipient has time to see it then you will probably be more interested in one of the other techniques listed here.
You can click the "view history" tab at the top right of the article you wish to email to your friend and then you can click the most recent date to see a historic view of the article. This historic view is static and will not change even if other editors make further edits between when you send the email and the recipient views the link. From this static view you should copy the URL at the top and send that to your friend by email.
You can copy the article's text into your computer's text buffer (often done by highlighting the text and pressing CTRL+C or Apple+C) and then paste it into the body of the email (often done by clicking in the email's body and then pressing CTRL+V or Apple+V).
You can take a screenshot (or several) of the article (sometimes done by pressing the PC's "Printscreen" button and then clicking in the body of the email and pressing CTRL+V) to send it as an image file to your friend.
You can download the article as a PDF and send it to your friend as an attachment. To do this you should expand the "print/export" toggle on the left side of the article. Then click "Download as PDF". Then use the email's "attach file" function to email the PDF.

If you are actually interested in sending an email to the article, then I think what you're looking for is the article talk page which can be located at a tab in the top left of the article you are concerned with. Here you can post your questions or comments about the article itself. I hope that helps. Good luck. -Thibbs (talk) 23:31, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sharebox is a script that reorders your toolbox. It adds new buttons that make it easier to mail, print or share an article on Facebook or another linksharing service. You must have an account to add Sharebox to the sidebar. See User:TheDJ/Sharebox for more information. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 06:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]