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February 7

Facebook help

Sometime ago my Facebook page was deleted by one of our admin. She deleted all the other admins first and then deleted the page.We have the log in details and we can log into the account but after logging in we cannot access the page.

The page is at https://www.facebook.com/IsbsColleg?fref=ts

wish to restore this page and need your guidance how to do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.25.20.190 (talk) 02:27, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:31, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone please fix my userpage on wikipedia?

Just fix the formatting of it? User:Venustar84 Thanks! Venustar84 (talk) 03:41, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just stop using a space at the beginning of each line and it will remove the dotted box around everything. If that's what you think needs fixing... You weren't real specific with what you think is wrong with the page. Dismas|^(talk) 03:49, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've replaced the leading spaces with colons - the Wiki markup way of indenting lines. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:50, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain

If you are the subject of the article you need to read about conflict of interest. Rather than editing the article yourself you are advised to use the article talk page to suggest improvements, and give us references to published reliable sources to support the material you suggest adding. I have reverted your recent edit because it removed sourced material and replaced it by unsourced text. Wording like "Recognized by his peers as one of television's most distinguished journalist" is too promotional and not acceptable under Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, but if you have won awards these can be mentioned if they have been reported in independent reliable sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:46, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The information needed is additional citations for verification. For example, each sentence should have a citation linked the end of the sentence to allow people reading and editing the article to check that the information comes from a reliable source. For example, the sentence "His last day at the station was November 30, 2007"[1] has two citations linked the end of that sentence. This allows people reading and editing the article to determine whether the information in that one sentence comes from a Wikipedia reliable source. Per WP:COIADVICE #6, you can link reliable sources to the end of the sentences. The added reliable sources should be independent of Allen Denton. You personally verifying all content is not independent of Allen Denton or a written, reliable source. -- Jreferee (talk) 12:55, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pine tree sap.

What should be used to remove pine tree sap from your skin and clothing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.89.17.255 (talk) 05:55, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. RudolfRed (talk) 06:03, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Editing User Name

Dear Team,

I would like to know hoe to edit the user name and also how to be searched in Wiki with complete my details.

Regards: Kishore Kumar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kishore Kumar Chowan (talk • contribs) 09:52, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To change your username see this page. I also notice your only other edit has been to your sandbox to add some resume-like details Please note that Wikipedia is not a personal webhosting service nor is it the place to post your resume - see here for the relevant policy. Astronaut (talk) 10:56, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading pictures

I have a problem with an uploading picture. I get notifications on the wikipedia page where the photo is, but I don´t know what to do. Can someone please help me? The page is this one: File:Poster, Scandal season_1, April 2012.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twotimer17 (talk • contribs) 12:36, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps Wikipedia:Image tutorial would help you. Dismas|^(talk) 13:08, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And in general see WP:Wikilink for an explanation of how to link to other Wikipedia pages without using the full URL.--ukexpat (talk) 13:44, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the reftags error for you, but your subsequent edits have re-added some of the material that caused the error message to display. You don't need to use a cite template, just a bare link to the site where you sourced the image. The bot has tagged the page because you haven't added details of the license under which you are uploading the image. WP:TAGS may help with this. - Karenjc (talk) 14:31, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

removed porn links

Hi there , I just wanted to let you know that i removed porn links from McVitie's#External links

thanks

sebbo007 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebbo007 (talk • contribs) 13:45, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. That unrecognized vandalism had been on the article for the past month. --Onorem (talk) 13:49, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Odd that they didn't trip a filter.--ukexpat (talk) 16:56, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did a link search but didn't find the link in other articles, so it appears isolated. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:14, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Personal information- Image.

Hello, sorry for my bad english. There is an image in Wikipedia that is personal and hasn't received the assent of the person to be published. I ask you that this image should be eliminated, please. The URL to the image is this https: //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelayo_Montes_Lobato.jpg This is indictable and I ask for help. Thank you.

Hola, Hay una imagen en Wikipedia que es personal y que no ha recibido el consentimiento de la persona para ser publicada. Os ruego que se elimine esa imagen, por favor. La URL a la imagen es esta https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelayo_Montes_Lobato.jpg Esto es denunciable y pido ayuda. Gracias. Espero respuesta. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quirosano99 (talk • contribs) 17:44, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tagged for deletion at commons, it is now up to the admins there. DES ^(talk) 17:57, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a speedy deletion process on Commons, other than for copyvios? If not, there should be for stuff like this.--ukexpat (talk) 18:36, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I found a set of speedy criteria over there that includes an "uploader requests deletion" rationale. I've tagged the image. - Karenjc (talk) 19:31, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is it clear that the person posting here was the uploader? DES ^(talk) 19:34, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The similarity of the en.wiki and commons usernames is suggestive. The comment left by the uploader on the image page here can be construed as a repeat of the request for deletion, irrespective of the more explicit requests on this page and DESiegel's talk page. -Karenjc (talk) 20:07, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)There is, but I am not fully clear on what categories of items it covers. It does cover items uploaded without a proper license tag, which this image was, adn I tagged it for commons speedy on that basis. Just what evidence of permission does (or should) commons require for the hosting of an image of an identifiable but not identified person? In this case the image was of a young boy, and soemoen who knew the boy could almost surely identify him, but no name or location was specified with the image, so he could be any boy anywhere in the world to anyone who does not know him. What do/should we do in such a case? DES ^(talk) 19:34, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the case of images of minors with dubious licensing or permission, delete them immediately.--ukexpat (talk) 19:51, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

LaTex rendering error on some pages

Noted and being discussed at WP:VPT.--ukexpat (talk) 19:49, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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There is a Failed to parse(unknown error)being shown on some of the Wikipedia pages that render LaTex equations. The LaTeX code is correct and it appears that there is a configuration problem with Wikipedia.

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues%27_rotation_formula — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbingrew (talk • contribs) 19:39, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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my photo won't upload

I am trying to upload an image into the wiki page Adolph Gottlieb. I set all the parameters correctly, but my image isn't appearing. Just the jpeg file name.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by AGTen (talk • contribs) 19:46, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 19:53, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was getting ready

to post a new article, Saved (song). However there already was an article of that name. However that article was not really an article, just a redirect to the article Saved (album). So I changed the name of Saved (song) to Saved (Dylan song). I now want to start fresh with a new Saved (song) but want to get rid of (article delete?) all the old history and actually start a new article, since that is what I am doing. So . . .... how do I proceed? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 20:33, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there's a few things going on here.

The song by Bob Dylan should be at Saved (Bob Dylan song) if it is to be anywhere else. Bob Dylan should be used in full since that's his name. If it were by a band named simply "Dylan" then that would be fine but it's not by a band.
Whichever song is more well known should be written at Saved (song). If they are both of roughly equal renown (I don't see where you've told us who the other musician/band is) then one should be at Saved (Bob Dylan song) and the other at Saved (other band/musician song).
You have already moved Saved (song) to Saved (Dylan song) which has blanked Saved (song). So once you work out the above point you can either make that page a disambiguation page or create your new article right there at Saved (song).

That help? Dismas|^(talk) 20:42, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And, I just realized, there is yet another song by the same name at Saved (Swans song). So now you have to figure out which if any has more renown of all three. Dismas|^(talk) 20:46, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To complicate matters even further, nine things titled "Saved" (including the Dylan album and the Swans song) are currently listed on the Save disambiguation page. Whatever else happens, I think the "Saved" entries there should be moved to their own dab page, on which Carptrash's article should also be listed. Deor (talk) 21:23, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about "dab" pages, but I've decided to go with Saved (Leiber and Stoller song) fot the new article. Although "my" song is the earliest (1960) and probably has had the most covers done, this seems like the most prudent route. Thanks all for you input and direction. Now to try and turn that red linked title into a blue link. Carptrash (talk) 21:46, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Which TCP ports does Wikipedia use?

If I wish to configure a firewall to only allow those TCP ports that are needed to access Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Wictionary, etc. how many ports do I need to leave open? Obviously I need to allow Port 443 (HTTPS) but are there any other ports that we use? --Guy Macon (talk) 21:15, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(Sound of crickets...) --Guy Macon (talk) 06:51, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Guy Macon, try WP:VPT --S Philbrick (Talk) 15:19, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Math parsing problem

Math parsing problem being discussed at WP:VPT.--ukexpat (talk) 16:57, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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What happened to your page for Weiner Deconvolution Wiener deconvolution ? It worked a couple of days ago, but now many of the equations read Unable to parse ……..

We tried 3 different web browsers with the same newly bad result. -Jamie Morison--128.208.240.28 (talk) 21:40, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is probably the same bug that is being discussed here [2] Hopefully it will be fixed soon, as it is affecting many articles. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:44, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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OLIVER LOVING :

Hello ; I just read an article on |Mr. Loving, and it stated he was given a Masonic Service at his funeral . I found this in an article of LEGENDS OF AMERICA . Mr Loving and Mr Charles Goodnight developed the Goodnight-Loving Cattle Trail. They both are members of the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canken (talk • contribs) 22:23, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Canken, the first statement (about developing the trail) is already in Oliver Loving, but it would be helpful if you posted details of where you found the source to Talk:Oliver Loving, along with any further suggestions for improving the article. That article is in need of additional sources, it seems. DES ^(talk) 22:32, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

math markup broken

Math parsing problem being discussed at WP:VPT.--ukexpat (talk) 16:57, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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If you look here, at he math help page, you'll see that WP isn't recognising \begin. \begin is a big deal, its necessary. It would be great if this could get fixed at some time.Jestingrabbit (talk) 23:18, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is a known problem and should be looked into soon :) Samwalton9 (talk) 23:22, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, glad its on the radar. Thanks. Jestingrabbit (talk) 05:08, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Decon Records discography

Dear editors: While searching through old abandoned Afc submissions, I cam across this one, which was declined for lack of reliable sources. Most of this list consists of links to notable music releases. Would it be appropriate, rather than allowing it to be deleted as a stale draft, to turn it into a list, "List of notable Decon Records albums and singles", and comment out the items that don't have Wikipedia articles, pending someone adding a link to a WP article or a reliable source? —Anne Delong (talk) 23:24, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why not? seems better than some lists we already have, and possibly useful. DES ^(talk) 23:36, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]