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November 29

I own the photo

(Tnoova (talk) 00:44, 29 November 2013 (UTC))[reply]

@Tnoova: Please do not post the same request on multiple pages. You have posted something similar on:

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:05, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(And this is the third post on this page. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:15, 29 November 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Setting for always using desktop version on a mobile device

Does such a setting exist? My phone always starts with the mobile versionTwo kinds of pork (talk) 02:18, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It would probably help people answer your question if they knew what type of device you're using (Android, Apple, or Windows) and what browser on the device (Safari, Firefox, Chrome). Dismas|^(talk) 02:30, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

iOS, Safari on an iphone. Two kinds of pork (talk) 02:36, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to get retained as long as you stay logged in. I detest the mobile version. I select the "use desktop version" when using Wikipedia on my phone, and that preference lasts until my logon expires, at which time I have to wade through the mobile version again until I find the magic button once more.—Kww(talk) 03:28, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How do I retrieve something I was writing in "Articles for Creation"?

Yesterday, I put many hours into a biography in "articles for creation"... working through most of the night, and although I "saved" it, I didn't bookmark it and now I have wasted more than an hour trying to find it again. I fear it has been lost forever, and because I was being a bone-head and writing directly onto it instead of onto a wordpad, I have lost things that may take me another twelve hours to re-create if I cannot resurrect the original. Is there some central place that knows what I've been up to, and this thing hasn't been lost because what I did is hanging in space someplace?

The name on the biography is Courtland Hector Hoppin.

I tried to submit this question to the Tea House but my curser wouldn't work there. Have never posted here and may be unable to find this place again. Kathrynklos (talk) 03:42, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just clicked on your "Contributions" and bang; there was Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Courtland Hector Hoppin. --Orange Mike | Talk 03:55, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you overlooked it, "Contributions" is at the top right of the page, next to "Log off". You can see the contributions of others by visiting their user or talk page and clicking "User contributions" in "Tools" on the left side of the page. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ^(email) 11:08, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I ended up poking-around and found "contributions"... I'm kinda "duh" when it comes to computer-stuff, but am learning... Kathrynklos (talk) 02:18, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Login to the HTTP version of Wikipedia, not the HTTPS version

2607:FCD0:100:C21:0:0:4E05:A9B7 (talk) 05:38, 29 November 2013 (UTC) How to login to the HTTP version of Wikipedia, instead of the HTTPS version? Manually changing the URL from 'HTTPS' to 'HTTP' just redirects it back to 'HTTPS'. 2607:FCD0:100:C21:0:0:4E05:A9B7 (talk) 05:38, 29 November 2013 (UTC) Goddamn it, where the hell is my reply!?!?! i've been waiting for 22 minutes! 2607:FCD0:100:C21:0:0:4E05:A9B7 (talk) 06:00, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not become uncivil. The people who reply here are volunteers. They are people who are no different than you who give their free time helping here. I can try to find the technical answer to your question, assuming no one pops in who knows why. You might be able to switch off https if you get an account, but I'm not 100% sure on that. - Purplewowies (talk) 08:38, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you register an account, you will be able to follow the step-by-step instructions in this Village Pump archive. I don't know of any way that unregistered users can avoid the HTTPS switchover. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(More) This discussion is continuing at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 120#Login with the HTTP version of wikipedia, NOT THE HTTPS VERSION. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:18, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Being a vandal just reduces the chance of people answering your question too, just for your info. Darylgolden^(talk) 23:31, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Company Page taken down/deleted

Hi, I created a company page for LIQUITY Ltd., but it was taken down on the grounds of "lack of importance". I contested the decision on the grounds that the founder of the company has a wikipedia page and the people associated have wiki pages. What should I do ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhinandan90 (talk • contribs) 10:37, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As can be seen at the page (Liquity), the article was deleted due to "No explanation of significance (real person/animal/organization/web content/organized event". This means that even if the company may be notable, there was no indication of it in the article. To prove notability you must make sure to cite your information using reliable sources. If this wasn't the case, anyone could write an article about anything and the site would fill up with rubbish before we knew it! Is this content in your sandbox what you copied to the article? Samwalton9 (talk) 10:54, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Abhinandan90. You are misreading the message (don't worry about it: Wikipedia is a complex thing with many rules, and new people often misunderstand). It does not say "this isn't important". It says "this article does not show why it is notable", and "notable" is a word used in a special way in Wikipedia, that is not the same as "important" (though it is related). See the general notability guideline for more information. Note particularly that "notability is not inherited": a company may be notable without its CEO having been written about, and vice versa. --ColinFine (talk) 17:54, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Images on page entries

I written a page on a company which I have not yet sent for review. I have tried to attach the company logo. This displays on the page as: File:AlcoSense logohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AlcoSense logo.gif - but the logo is not visible. When I submit the page for review will the logo then automatically display; or is there something else I need to do? Thanks. NowEddy NowEddy (talk) 15:08, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed.[1] It varies how to format image parameters in infoboxes although the former formatting would never have been valid. In this case Template:Infobox company tells to only use the file name. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:21, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

... but remember also that you need to sort out the copyright issue on the image, see the messages on your user talk page and on the image page. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:32, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hand grenade thrown at civilian house in Little Aden in 1967.

I was working as a physician for British Petroleum in Little Aden. A hand grenade was thrown onto the roof of our house in the evening. We were playing bridge. It rolled off the roof and fell into the garden. I went out to see what the noise was about and found the hand grenade. I picked it up and threw it out onto the beach which was just over the road in front of the house.

I then phoned the General Manager - who did not believe me and thought I was drunk. I then phoned 45 Commando, who immediately sent a crew to dispose of the grenade.

They blew it up and gave me a piece as a souvenir - I still have it!! My wife continued the hand and made Seven No Trumps! Dr. John Daintree — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.147.226.95 (talk) 16:03, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a question about how to use or edit Wikipedia? - David Biddulph (talk) 16:17, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My experience of grenades is from an earlier era, but my understanding of twentieth century grenades is that if one pulls out the pin before throwing it back, one does not then need to telephone 45 Commando to blew up the grenade--it will blow itself up. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 16:43, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly not a (question?) for the help desk, but I'm against the idea of telling people to pull the pin and throw the grenade to avoid the hassle of calling for someone else to properly dispose of it. Just saying. --Onorem (talk) 17:00, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia es una mierda

Que mierda de pagina, buscador o como se llame esta culada. Quise contribuir con el conocimiento, fotografias y mapas que tengo de mas de 400 ciudades de Colombia y otros paises de America, pero esta mierda de pagina no se entiende, es un enredo que no es claro para recibir los comentarios, las ayudas y mucho menos las donaciones. Afortunadamente no inverti mas tiempo en esta basura. Suerte con su proyecto de mierda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.81.237.65 (talk) 17:33, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Este es la Wikipedia del idioma ingles. Ud. tendria que hablar con alguien de la Wikipedia del idioma espanol para que le ayude con sus grandes problemas tragicos escatologicos. (Perdone que me faltan las tildes.) μηδείς (talk) 17:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]