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April 9

is my site page on wikipedia...

i want to know is my site page on wikipedia or not. can you please find this in database that my website page is created on wikipedia or not. i searched first but didn't found with the page name (SirfPaisa AND Sirf Paisa). could you please help me to find this information here. so i can create a new one.

this is my website URL http://sirfpaisa.com/

thanks,

An article on this website does not exist, but that could be an indication that it isn't notable enough. If you feel the site is noteworthy enough (received a large amount of press coverage, etc.), you can check out Wikipedia:Your first article, but you should also give Wikipedia:Conflict of interest a glance. It basically says that you shouldn't create/edit articles you are directly affiliated with. Scarce2 (talk) 07:23, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

(ec) None of the probable article titles - SirfPaisa, Sirf Paisa, Sirfpaisa.com or SirfPaisa.com have ever existed on the English Wikipedia. Roger (talk) 07:29, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

trial

How's it going in the trial between Wikipedia and the British art museum? --89.249.2.53 (talk) 08:18, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

I am not aware of any trials between Wikipedia and the British Museum and please be aware that this page is only for asking questions about using or editing Wikipedia. See WP:MSWO or the Help pages --Ushau97 (talk) 11:19, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Trial can mean different things and I don't know which meaning you refer to. Is it about a cooperation like Wikipedia:GLAM/BM? PrimeHunter (talk) 11:57, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Maybe the poster is referring to the National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Foundation copyright dispute?--ukexpat (talk) 12:27, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

More likely a reference to this news story.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:47, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, it was that dispute i mean. Could, just not remember the name on the museum. --80.161.143.239 (talk) 19:01, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

contacting wikipeadia editors

Is it possible to find out the author/editor of a piece? I would like to contact somebody who has written a piece via email to simply ask a question. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.136.15 (talk) 10:33, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Most articles have many authors. They can be seen in the History tab Jim.henderson (talk) 11:17, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You can find who has edited an article by clicking on its "View history" tab. The best way of contacting an editor is via his/her User talk page. Additionally, if the other editor has enabled email in his preferences, and if you have a registered account and have enabled email in your preferences, then when you are on the other user's User page or User talk page you will see an item "Email this user" under the "Toolbox" menu on the left of the page. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:24, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

On the other hand some readers may want to ask about a particular article. They should use the Talk tab at the top of the article. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:25, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Question

Can you tell me a little more about code blue service and tell me more about how fire service mode works on an elevator — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.15.67.222 (talk) 12:01, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 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.--Ushau97 (talk) 12:20, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You may want to check out our article on elevators. If you've already been there and have additional questions, you should contact the reference desk. The help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia, not for general knowledge questions. --ElHef (Meep?) 12:22, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

man

can you make a pattern kits with commons?

[1]

[2] --2.6.124.215 (d) 8 avril 2013 à 18:43 (CEST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.6.124.215 (talk) 12:16, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

when is the soocer/football pub?--2.6.124.215 (talk) 12:29, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

As far as I know there is a template for adding a graphic showing team uniforms to sports team infoboxes, but I don't know how it works. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:06, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Do we have a GUI editor to create tables?

Resolved

I want to add a table to an article, but would rather not deal with the Wiki markup code to create it. Is there any easy way to create a table, such as WYSIWYG editor? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 13:40, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

On the one hand, you'll be glad to know you aren't the only one who wants a WYSIWYG editor, on the other hand, it isn't ready at this time. Though I'm not sure where the best place is to keep track of what the status is on that. :( Naraht (talk) 15:20, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

In the edit window, if you click on Advanced, then at the right where it says Insert there is an icon labeled Table. You can use this to quickly create tables. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:27, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 13:52, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

orphan

Hello, I was wandering if someone could explain to me why a page I wrote was marked as an orphan? There are links in the entry so I don't understand why and would be happy to fix it - I don't want it to stay an orphan :) . The entry is : Rachel Tzvia Back. Thanks! Meitalklachuk (talk) 14:11, 9 April 2013 (UTC)meitalklachukMeitalklachuk (talk) 14:11, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

A page is an orphan if no other article links to it; whether it links to other articles isn't pertinent. In order to de-orphan the page you'll need to edit other articles to link to your article in an appropriate manner. Cheers! Doniago (talk) 14:33, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

The key work there is "article". Other pages may link to it, but generally if the page linking to it starts with something: (The semicolon is important), then it is not in the "article" space. Also, redirects, which are pages with no content that simply point to another page, do not count as an article either. Happy editing! Technical 13 (talk) 15:01, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

The page in question is, I believe Rachel Tzvia Back. I added in the three pages that I could find that mentioned her and removed the orphan tag. Naraht (talk) 15:07, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank so much for your response!!! How do I link other articles to it? Can I just enter a link that I have about her and add there a link to her article on wiki? Also I saw that someone opened a page on facebook about her and with only the information from the wiki entry. Was the page on facebook created by wikipedia? Can it be regarded as a link? since it links to the article on wikipedia...Thanks again!! Meitalklachuk (talk) 15:08, 9 April 2013 (UTC)meitalklachukMeitalklachuk (talk) 15:08, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

You would go to other articles that mention her and change Rachel Tzvia Back to [[Rachel Tzvia Back]] or Back, Rachel Tzvia to [[Rachel Tzvia Back|Back, Rachel Tzvia]] (the second is called a piped link) Look at WP:LINK. (Don't be surprised if you can't find any more to do, I was pretty thorough. :) ). A link *about* her is something that would be used as a reference for her article. *However*, facebook often auto-generates articles on people directly from the Wikipedia article. This isn't a problem in terms of copyright violation since they credit wikipedia, but it can *not* be used as a reference on the article (that would be circular).

Also, something is a little odd with your signature. All you need to include is ~~~~, it looks like you are doing *that*, then your name, then that again.Naraht (talk) 15:17, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks so much!!!!! :) (for explaining and fixing that). Also, you were right, I was writing my signature like you said (oops...) so here it is Meitalklachuk (talk) 15:24, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

No problem and welcome. Also, the reason that your username is in red is that you don't have anything on your user page yet...Naraht (talk) 15:33, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I was curious about that too, but figured it's because I'm special ;) Meitalklachuk (talk) 20:49, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

UNTIL YOU LOVED ME by The MOFFATS

It states on your site that it was written by the Moffats however it was written by Phil Thornalley and Dave Munday — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.3.239 (talk) 14:37, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done - Thank you very much for pointing this out ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 15:51, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Is it possible to cite two pages from the same book in the same reference?

I've now worked out how to make notes/references/citations, however when I want to make a note just say "Hello I am a human." then have the reference next to it, is it possible to when making this reference to when you click on the [*] that directs you to the reference it state the book and TWO pages on which the information you are putting in a note is on.

So let's use Elvis's page as an example:

There is a note that says this: "^ Note c: Of the $40,000, $5,000 covered back royalties owed by Sun.[74]"

If you was to click the 74 and it then directs you to:

"^ a b Stanley & Coffey 1998, pp. 28–29."

Is it possible to get the pp. to like say 28-29, 30, 47 all in the same reference?

Thanks--Teutonic Man (talk) 15:03, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

If you look at the code that produces that reference it is {{sfn|Stanley|Coffey|1998|pp=28–29}}. I don't see why you can't write "pp-28-29, 30, 47" in the template instead. --ColinFine (talk) 16:55, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I understand now you just make a sfn in your efn and then can put the pages you want to refer to.

Thanks.--Teutonic Man (talk) 18:51, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Hyperlinks

I just uploaded an article with many hyperlinks. Created in Word. All the hyperlinks disappeared in the Wikipedia page. How do I preserve hyperlinks when uploading to Wikipedia? Thanks for a tip. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acarr3231 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Are these links to Wikipedia articles or external websites? If the latter, then, per WP:EL, they are likely inappropriate for inclusion in many cases, though they may be useful as references if they meet the criteria for reliable sources. If they are links to Wikipedia articles then the basic format is [[name of article]]; more information is available at Help:Link. Doniago (talk) 15:56, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Writing Wikipedia pages offline using a word processor is not easy - very few highly experienced editors ever try it. A WP:Userspace draft is a much easier way to do it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:21, 9 April 2013‎ (UTC)

That is true, whoever posted that without a signature.. (shame on you)... Acarr, you may wish to read this help section, I believe it may help you and is just what you are looking for. Technical 13 (talk) 19:34, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

That would be me :( I've now signed it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:41, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

notating changes and abuse

Peter John Ross (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Someone is editing the page, removing references and links, then claiming that the article is not relevant and should be deleted.

Is there something that can be done to lock the page or restore it to what it was before last week? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.62.162.214 (talk) 20:42, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

You are are already The involved in the lengthy discussion on this deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter John Ross, where you have identified yourself as Peter John Ross. To bring it here is forum shopping, and will not win you any friends.

The only people who have used the word "relevant" in that discussion are Sonnyboo and you. Nobody has said the article is not "relevant": they have said that it fails Wikipedia's particular criterion of notability, in that you have not yet been substantially written about by multiple reliable sources, independent of you (I am not commenting on whether or not this is the case, only that you appear to have misunderstood the argument). If the consensus is that you do not at present meet this criterion then there may not be an article about you. If the consensus is that you do meet the criterion, then there may be an article: but you and your associates should not be the ones writing it: see WP:AUTO. --ColinFine (talk) 22:06, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

gaining access to edit a page

I work for the City of Roanoke, Virginia in the Public Information Office. I have been asked to update the city's information on wikipedia at City of Roanoke, Virginia. However, when I sign in using my Username and Password, I do not see an "edit" tab on that page which would allow me to edit the text for the City of Roanoke. How can I gain access to make changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shoebox777 (talk • contribs) 21:05, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Reading the log for that page reveals "09:45, May 12, 2011 Dabomb87 (talk | contribs) protected Roanoke, Virginia‎ [edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite)" which means that you are required to be autoconfirmed to edit that page. You currently meet the time requirement for that, but you need a few more other edits. Go edit a few random pages, fix spelling - punctuation - grammar - anything really (don't make controversial edits that may be deleted), and you will be able to edit your page. Also, you might want to read up on conflicts of interest before making the edits you want to make. Happy editing! Technical 13 (talk) 21:17, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Wiki & Google

Hey guys, I notice when I type in someones name on google, a mini profile appears on the side with their photos/first few sentence of their wiki. How can I make this happen for some of my favorite musicians/actor's that have wiki's but don't have that side profile?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joehillliman (talk • contribs) 22:12, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't think there's anything you can do. I'm unfamiliar with Google's algorithms for these side profiles, but I never see these side profiles just contain excerpts from Wikipedia, they're usually always accompanied by other information (such as lists of songs, albums, etc.) which I assume is aggregated from data scraped from microdata-enabled sites, so I think it depends more on how the musician is represented elsewhere on the web. Scarce2 (talk) 23:03, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Google calls the feature Knowledge Graph. We have no inside knowledge of their algorithms. Our articles can be used by anybody as long as they attribute the source properly. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:16, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

References: multiple use of a cited reference

Hi

I'd like to learn how a Wiki contributor/editor can make multiple references to the same source. Some article reference lists display this - as an a,b,c,d sort of thing. This way, the same reference does not have to show up, in full, in the reference list at the bottom of the article.

Thanks.

Joel Russ (talk) 23:21, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

See Help:Footnotes#Multiple references to the same footnote. That describes how to enter the wikitext manually; you may find the RefToolbar to be easier. For a concise example, also see Help:Citations quick reference. PleaseStand (talk) 23:56, 9 April 2013 (UTC)