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February 1

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 1

  1. IP vandalism warnings
  2. How to fix when tables/images and tex overlap
  3. Template:Infobox AFLretired
  4. How to redirect for a duplicative article
  5. Reverting images
  6. withdraw from gabapentin
  7. Images removed from Scutigera coleoptrata
  8. hello
  9. Annoying browser problem
  10. Please Ban
  11. Slanderous attacks on Boy Scout founder, based entirely on one writer's imagination
  12. rooots
  13. random articles, changes?
  14. deletion of entire section on SRIH.
  15. writing reports
  16. Login and site change
  17. Changing name format in search
  18. Reference links...
  19. Category "Sporting Knights": Knighthoods for reasons other than sport

February 2

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 2

  1. Cite Error
  2. Second longest river in Australia ?
  3. How to edit the text in the box to the right of an article (re: Pittsburgh Steelers)
  4. More about Infobox ship's code
  5. Uploading
  6. Inexperienced Wikipedia User trying to upload image to article correctly, and with respect to appropriate protocol
  7. Finding Wikipedia article in Google search
  8. Which name to use in foreign games?
  9. Changing static link
  10. Screenshots copyright.
  11. spam filter
  12. Article Title
  13. Adminbots
  14. Pad lock
  15. Referencing to 1 book but many different pages
  16. Pictures
  17. Double images
  18. I can't edit a page, some sort of page protection i can't see?
  19. Logging in
  20. Removal of valid wikilinks to Pygmy Marmoset
  21. Deletion code, what does this mean?
  22. Same IP?
  23. Converting Bare References

February 3

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 3

  1. Why are commas and periods usually placed outside of quotation marks, where they should be placed inside?
  2. How do you make your own page?
  3. Name
  4. File:Map of 2018 FIFA World Cup bids.svg
  5. Question
  6. Rollback
  7. What is the "Geological Information System(GIS)"?
  8. Song infobox
  9. Wikipedia
  10. Sociophysics
  11. Jimmys talk page
  12. Editing a Page
  13. Viewing .svg files with IE 7.0
  14. Problem;CC on CBS prime time programs
  15. How do I post my article?
  16. RSS Feed
  17. Can someone please check my posting to see how well it follows wiki guidelines
  18. How do I Put An Image In?
  19. A comment on the Fraternity of Free Masonry
  20. Saving visited pages

February 4

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 4

  1. data collection tools
  2. I foregot my password
  3. Non-expanding Template Parameters
  4. Image copyright question
  5. {{Infobox UK place}} slightly borked problem
  6. how to delete the page that I created?
  7. Solving An Editing Dispute
  8. error in article !!!
  9. Sociophysics
  10. from draft to publishing
  11. Sociophysics
  12. script that compares the edits of 2 editors
  13. RADIO Question
  14. Sir Rabindranath Tagore
  15. Dealing with an image copyright issue
  16. Why doesn't the Wikipedia article appear when I google the subject?
  17. Is it possible to cleanly expand a {{reflist}}?
  18. printing Wikipedia articles
  19. MoS person
  20. Moved a Page, new redirect not redirecting
  21. How do I change the name of my account?
  22. Creating a new entry
  23. Wind Mill - Electrical Power Generation
  24. Quoting lyrics
  25. Transcluding Articles
  26. References

February 5

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 5

  1. Deleted contributions
  2. Wiki heading formatting
  3. linking to city/state
  4. Deleted Edits
  5. What is the geological information system?
  6. search
  7. Delete a page
  8. Adding a link
  9. ER diagram and relational schema diagram
  10. How to include XML comments?
  11. Article Quality
  12. Discontinued product
  13. Link Wikipedia to Wictionary
  14. how to uninstall wikipedia
  15. Use of asterisk
  16. <source> tag - from which version in MediaWiki?
  17. don't find links
  18. Removal of a template after permission ticket number (OTRS) given for an image
  19. editing a stub
  20. org name change
  21. Category mystery
  22. Talk vs. Discussion
  23. Not Logged In...

February 6

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 6

  1. QUESTIONS
  2. Quotation templates
  3. Complaint
  4. backgrounds and graphics
  5. Wikifying
  6. bingo rule
  7. How do I remove an image I uploaded to Wikipedia?
  8. Same List
  9. Translation please
  10. Embedded links leading away from an article:
  11. file wont upload or search
  12. Hello please read
  13. Capitalization of lists?
  14. Errors on page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map13.jpg
  15. Can it be considered spam?
  16. more racism on wikipedia
  17. Just signed on! New to asll these things,althow I am old.
  18. There is any Alert ir a change were made in my article
  19. fresh start
  20. WIKI BIO of JOHN ORDRONAUX
  21. username
  22. Wikipedia:Requested pictures/Science
  23. quick question on core policy
  24. Duplicating a German Wikipedia article in English

February 7

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 7

  1. Edits like an essay
  2. Dibble iceberg tongue
  3. Linking to earlier revisions of images
  4. Words
  5. English or Romanji to be used in Japanese game article?
  6. Re-using content
  7. career
  8. Determining IP of account creation?
  9. Filtering articles based on categorisations
  10. lucifer[serpent]
  11. Stewards' elections
  12. artical in Mechanix Illistrated
  13. Maintenance tasks
  14. help
  15. Youtube
  16. Last question
  17. Searching wikipedia
  18. Subcategories are listed as sub-subcats
  19. search for liberal and ull see my problem
  20. Category links appeared on talk page
  21. tagging when I need help

February 8

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 8

  1. BIORHYTHM CYCLES
  2. Is there any way to get Wikipedia to forget my username on the login page?
  3. tupac
  4. Candidates for the United States Senate seat to be vacated by Senator Mel Martinez
  5. Reference to Published Correspondence
  6. Reference Fix
  7. Succession box needs editing
  8. Customizing your signature
  9. Copying Wikipedia Content Without Attribution
  10. Wikitable font size
  11. story on gymkhana club
  12. File not working.
  13. featured article
  14. Foreign language characters
  15. Oxford United League Positions.jpg
  16. How to fix HTML errors
  17. Editing the Voicemail history page
  18. Archive Bot
  19. Troubleshooting lines not showing on WikiProject To-Do template?
  20. template:swimmingrecord problem
  21. Wikipedia
  22. How do I locate all articles that link to an external site?
  23. Category:Images for cleanup
  24. How can a user place two tables next to each other?
  25. Images
  26. Time lapse for Google posting of newly-created Wikipedia entry

February 9

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 9

  1. Linking images from wikimedia commons to articles.
  2. word definition
  3. Munitions Building, FDR
  4. Template calculation question
  5. how
  6. Reuse of photo
  7. moved while collecting unemployment in PA
  8. Colspan in a navegational template
  9. My request for a comment was deleted
  10. New Problem of Accessing Wikipedia from the Google Search Engine
  11. Autocomplete / suggest
  12. Can Photographs be used as Evidence?
  13. Can i use wikipedia outside
  14. Strange things happen when I log in
  15. How can I contact another user?
  16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary's_Roman_Catholic_High_School,_Chesterfield
  17. meta-editing
  18. An easier way to edit
  19. infoboxes and section-edit links
  20. Autolink to vandalism

February 10

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 10

  1. What happened to the search suggestion?
  2. Helen Thomas page
  3. I have a question about the style of typing/writing
  4. CafePress?
  5. Editing issue
  6. Degree symbol
  7. Policy on profanity/racial slurs on talk pages
  8. Scores on the doors
  9. Merge two articles about same topic
  10. Chandigarh Monument.JPG
  11. How do I change the image on a page?
  12. editing talk page insert box
  13. create an entry
  14. Help with Bio
  15. Difference Between
  16. How do I start an article when there is already an article of the same name?
  17. Where to report minor technical glitches in Wikipedia pages?
  18. hi kinda newbie/ clicking link wont bring up a page to edit
  19. program crash
  20. User vandalising "Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan" entry
  21. Blacklisted User name from creation

February 11

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 11

  1. Categorically a problem
  2. Copy from DVD and upload to Wikipedia?
  3. James Woods
  4. Need assistance correcting infobox template
  5. Changing the Title of my Article
  6. Discography on RuPaul
  7. Vandalism on Miguel de Cervantes
  8. Category query (Severe weather and convection)
  9. serious matter
  10. Submitting an online museum to wikipedia
  11. Ref Error?
  12. Adding UK village
  13. Logging in
  14. Editing Title
  15. Ability to write around embedded images
  16. Can I speed up the "confirm" process?
  17. Reverting Vandalism
  18. Twinkle
  19. Question about Watchlist?
  20. Fonts for signature
  21. How many people are needed to support Wikipedia?

February 12

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 12

  1. Editing A Section
  2. Legitimate website blocked by Wikipedia's spam blocker
  3. Pro career
  4. merging 2 topics?
  5. Setting up contents
  6. Adding an article in list of languages in which it is available
  7. How do I edit the page for "Iron"?
  8. Rollbacks with Twinkle
  9. Syntax problem - ref after RTL foreign language place name
  10. How to send a file to a mail id
  11. Deleting a wikipedia entry I have just created
  12. Autocomplete
  13. Deleting a redirect
  14. Taxes
  15. Edit
  16. Cats on Commons files?
  17. How do I see when my account was created
  18. Grammar

February 13

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 13

  1. Chat room
  2. Error in audio article
  3. Is There A Way to Add a New Article to Wikipedia
  4. I'm a bit confused
  5. Protection of “Mainpage”
  6. unknown metallic properities.
  7. nonsense added to BTU entry
  8. Moving text from "see also" section to the main body of the article
  9. Is it a good source?
  10. Article translation
  11. Huggle
  12. Indexing
  13. post photo
  14. Want to delete userpages
  15. Posting Stub Notes
  16. How to remove Wikipedia warnings
  17. saying i changed things when i haven't
  18. Tilde Problem

February 14

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 14

  1. Bin Laden
  2. Article assessment gadget
  3. Vanishing InfoBox Information (displayed)
  4. Searching
  5. Using a photograph
  6. Accused of vandalism
  7. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  8. Equipment used by Sir Edmund Hillary on his expedition.
  9. Resplitting split list articles
  10. Auto suggest
  11. PNG resize glitch
  12. Golf / PGA tour question
  13. How do I get something to redirect?
  14. revert?
  15. Warning
  16. Unable to access my watchlist or preference page
  17. Personal attacks
  18. Font
  19. Template placement
  20. Link to an editing page
  21. Template in infobox
  22. focus field on page load
  23. Plagiarism ?
  24. Wikitable
  25. Film date question
  26. Preventing headlines from overlapping the text
  27. Printing images-problem
  28. Template question
  29. Printing page 2
  30. How to upload a film poster?

February 15

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 15

  1. It is posible to delete unfair my user/sandbox page ?
  2. policy on naming convention
  3. AFD template help
  4. I know who killed me
  5. Can I use text for my web site?
  6. Data Communication
  7. Denzel Washington is hacked
  8. Missing out the word 'the'
  9. new flight roots
  10. Uploading album covers
  11. Category Deletion
  12. Talk pages
  13. Saved text doesn't reflect edits made
  14. Having your own wiki?
  15. Jade Goody
  16. Is there a magic word for this? (template question)
  17. article send
  18. Sid Ryan
  19. title capitalization
  20. Warning of quick deletion of a photo
  21. creating an account

February 16

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 16

  1. Recreating a previously deleted article
  2. Oldest/youngest
  3. Project Page for Educational Project?
  4. Help me
  5. Warnings
  6. Repeat Offender - Can Anyone Help??
  7. :
  8. How to measure a distance of a light year?
  9. Changing Username
  10. Adrienne Bailon
  11. Undoing link removal to my 4shared page:- "Spam blacklist" ?
  12. Administrator help required to rename a page
  13. ACC
  14. Request For A Particular Article entitled The Tide Of Life: A Summary
  15. Query
  16. Some questions from Litherlandsand...
  17. Archiving
  18. Lists of products?
  19. Infobox
  20. Standard way to address links to wrong page with same name
  21. Changing a redirect
  22. HOW TO SEARCH IN WIKIPEDIA
  23. PLEASE STOP SENDING ME JUNK e-MAIL
  24. Selecting a random article
  25. technical question
  26. deleting
  27. External Links
  28. Talk:Shlom bayit
  29. Herman J. Mankiewicz
  30. red letter entries
  31. #ifexist
  32. Image scrollbox
  33. summaries of novels

February 17

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 17

  1. User names
  2. How do I create a link that opens within the Wikipedia frame?
  3. Contribute a photo
  4. Screen
  5. Disagreement with statement in article
  6. How come the movie Tiger Claws doesn't have a page here?
  7. Duplicate image
  8. Template Infobox Planet
  9. I want to know about the type of techniques and methods for Removing of Arsenic Impurity from Air.
  10. Syntax for linking to an image's File page
  11. bushfire danger area for The Basin
  12. Alert if someone edits your text entry
  13. '+363'? On watchlist
  14. Changed Username
  15. uploading a word document
  16. How to add Google Maps reference to Wikipedia article?
  17. Can you change what was originally put on wikipedi?
  18. Why can't I...
  19. How to remove a tag that is a hidden category
  20. Change to title of article
  21. How to change contents of boiler-plate text that appears on many pages?
  22. knowledge and belief
  23. my article doesn't appear but it isn't rejected either...
  24. school assignment on HIV/AIDS
  25. Moving userspace articles to main article space
  26. Help for Article in the scope of "Computing WikiProject"
  27. Which Wikipedian said this?
  28. How do I find the history of a building?
  29. Centering a Template
  30. Al Pacino biography _ administrator
  31. Scrollable Userbox box

February 18

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 18

  1. Al Pacino biography : Problems with editing process for references
  2. free speech
  3. How can I cancel my account?
  4. Request an article
  5. Addition of new term
  6. Adding a university's name to a list
  7. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
  8. Archive 1.0000000000000000
  9. windows has lost accesss to hard drive partitions
  10. is pornograph a word??????
  11. Egypt under fatimid dynasty
  12. Article name
  13. ROHI TV
  14. Updating the logo on the Aviva Investors page
  15. How long would it take for google search to NOT list a deleted wikipedia biography article?
  16. Printing problems
  17. Approaching Commercial Entities For Copyright Permission
  18. Image Upload Problems
  19. Is this alternate account acceptable??
  20. What should be done when an anonymous editor posts his/her personal information on a talk page?
  21. wikipedia
  22. Username Concern
  23. Unable to edit pages through Firefox - Error received upon clicking Save page
  24. a lil confused about discussion page content...
  25. Huggle Substitute?
  26. Problems with links in archives
  27. Request
  28. How do I delete an Image I've uploaded?
  29. Internal link to a commons image
  30. Link a Company Name to its website (URL)
  31. add new page to a category ?
  32. Free use of information
  33. First Article
  34. Photo

February 19

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 19

  1. pearlscale
  2. Seeing edits since last visit or last patrol
  3. Are these persons from this site, notable enough for a WP:ATHLETE article?
  4. I Messed Up the Title of My New Page-How to Change?
  5. How much research should be use as well as the type needed for a wikipedia
  6. Link refers to incorrect person
  7. Ready To Launch article
  8. to find out a medicine
  9. email articles
  10. Shortcut
  11. Cite error
  12. How do i request input on an article which has a relatively inactive talk page?
  13. What is causing this whitespace?
  14. Request for Title
  15. How do I add a subject into Wikepedia?
  16. Add a Name to "People from Clairton, Pennsylvania" Page
  17. Deleted edits
  18. Career Directioning, A Practical Guide for Job Seekers
  19. How can I add a book title to Wikipedia?
  20. printing Wiki articles
  21. New Article?
  22. Divine Service Foundation
  23. help on paragraphs

February 20

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 20

  1. Gothic (Film)
  2. Barackberry Sectera Edge
  3. New double redirect display
  4. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 20#{{anchorencode:where does {{at}} go?|where does {{tl|at}} go?]]
  5. How do I put a photo on a page that I have uploaded to Wiki commons?
  6. How do verify content?
  7. Images not loading on Wikipedia -- several weeks now.
  8. Category history
  9. IP editor making... weird statements.
  10. Conflict of Interest, repeated edits
  11. Signature
  12. thin blue border?
  13. Creating a Company Page
  14. A tricky move question
  15. AfD
  16. Wrapping text
  17. rollback links
  18. Table help

February 21

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 21

  1. Persondata
  2. Downtime?
  3. What does Wikipedia say about periods at the end of caption-sentences?
  4. A question for template hackers
  5. probe selection.
  6. Objection to Subcategory of Category:Indian fascists
  7. About Semiconductor memories
  8. wier-tapping
  9. King's College London Coat of Arms
  10. Copying text from another article and preserving the GFDL terms
  11. Change and rename the title of my article
  12. Primary page & disambiguation
  13. Edit summary for new sections
  14. Why post rumors?
  15. plz solve my problem
  16. you guys dont have a good idea
  17. Tag for article with non-encyclopedic lists
  18. check me
  19. Printing

February 22

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 22

  1. Darwin's evolution theory and related ideas
  2. New page
  3. CHURCH WEBSITE ON WIKIPEDIA
  4. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 22#|]]
  5. A member of congress and I share the same name and he has the listing on Wikipedia for the name tied up...
  6. Getting revision of "lacking references"
  7. Aligning Text
  8. Question
  9. Handling contradictory articles
  10. wikipedia toolbar
  11. Correct way to distinguish two British actresses of the same name?
  12. Collapsing talk page discussion
  13. 1993 Brazilian Referendum
  14. What administrators do..
  15. Auto named refs?
  16. Machine translation

February 23

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 23

  1. Are these references enough to add a new article?
  2. Defense vs Defence
  3. creating table
  4. how do you add citations?
  5. My username
  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO#History
  7. Moving information from talk to main page?
  8. Citations and references not showing at the bottom of the page
  9. INLAND STEEL - RoHS Compliance Data Collection
  10. Why my wikipedia english pages so strange like this
  11. About elements
  12. gold rate
  13. Racist Article?
  14. Article Author on these two articles?
  15. pallbearers
  16. Novels with identical names
  17. Can I at least correct a page about myself?
  18. replacement battery
  19. Uploading an image
  20. Annote an entry as violating the principal of neutrality
  21. Table formatting help
  22. Indian Reserves
  23. Can I add my self to wikipedia?
  24. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 23#|]]
  25. Username Red
  26. Page Moved?
  27. Page moved
  28. Removing an article to a user subpage
  29. Displaying only a portion of an image in a thumbnail
  30. Content removal without stated reason
  31. SFRoH Meaning
  32. Regarding the various conflict, cleanup, etc icons
  33. Getting hold of a developer

February 24

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 24

  1. The lede
  2. Cinema's Exiles
  3. change e mail address
  4. :File:Urantia logo.png
  5. Ways to handle non-cooperative IP user
  6. Article Merger/Starting a new project
  7. Release Item to "Public"
  8. Vandalism
  9. Chandigarn open arm monument 23.02.09
  10. no cross, no crown.
  11. Unknown File Type
  12. I would like to ask a question concerning the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act on that page, how to?
  13. LANGUAGE
  14. Referencing Press Releases not on the web?
  15. opening a file
  16. Creating A New Page [HELP!]
  17. SVG not showing
  18. dissertations
  19. chemistry
  20. Infobox pictures
  21. Question put on discussion page of List of statues by height never answered
  22. How do I direct someone to another page by clicking on an image (versus clicking on text)?
  23. Incorrect heading on Page
  24. HELP! Please rename this image
  25. New double redirect feature
  26. Appeal against a claim of vandalism
  27. Special:Newpages

February 25

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 25

  1. Augmentation to article: People's Park
  2. burningadvdvialaptop
  3. wikimedia commons account mysteriously created automatically
  4. Fair use
  5. Category problem
  6. Zachary Turner hi-jacked
  7. Licensing tags?
  8. How to nominate multiple articles for deletion
  9. Copyright Violation
  10. Glitchy Wikias
  11. Links to Userpages in mainspace
  12. Finding information on Woman's Guide to Management Success
  13. Template Troubles
  14. Remove user and user-talk pages
  15. How to merge two articles
  16. Template for IPs registered to schools
  17. Text Problem
  18. Reposting revised content for deleted article
  19. Image of a politician
  20. How do I format a bullet-list into multiple columns?
  21. Duplicate file names
  22. Requesting an external link to a locked page
  23. account creator

February 26

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 26

  1. Creating a wiki page for my band
  2. Category
  3. Spam filter notice
  4. Question on the font style for every page.
  5. I wish to create an atrical on "Foxen"
  6. Help with reverting a undiscussed move over redirect
  7. Rihanna
  8. Reflist strangeness
  9. ABOUT UPFC
  10. Lost.
  11. McMansion
  12. User box
  13. Adding an article to wikipedia
  14. Editing Reference links
  15. Problem requesting an IRC cloak
  16. Calling all non-free use experts
  17. Deleating an image
  18. New page
  19. Abusive Content
  20. Sock puppet investigation notification
  21. how to change article header?
  22. I did everything right!
  23. How do I move a page?
  24. Removing talk page warnings
  25. Content Deleted
  26. Template question
  27. Company article - conflict of interest

February 27

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 27

  1. tag on public domain image
  2. How do I go about adding IPA pronunciations to Wikipedia?
  3. external link to file on HD
  4. Sandbox
  5. Creating a Sandbox - Help Please
  6. Saving one's own files
  7. :Category:Uncategorized pages
  8. adolf hitler
  9. IEEE logo
  10. I don't see text
  11. Printing Wikipedia articles
  12. England Test cricket team colours
  13. Can not delete a user page
  14. Filariasis
  15. Modifying Wikipedia:IPA table
  16. Review of entry on Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company
  17. Advertisements
  18. How to change a file name from Commons
  19. Stephen Joseph Christopher (Change Needed To Information Please...)

February 28

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 February 28

  1. Is wiki broke?
  2. Signature problem
  3. COI
  4. disambiguation
  5. Would any of the actresses/actors in this reliable local newspaper article pass as notable?
  6. Twin cities of U.S. cities
  7. I am not finding my name
  8. User page rediredcting to article I created and moved.
  9. font
  10. How to add images
  11. How to format a second response in a Talk page thread
  12. Prayers for the sick-
  13. hello
  14. downloading music score
  15. Keep getting logged out
  16. Uploading picture
  17. WP:MOS
  18. How can I fix a GFDL historical issue long after the violation?
  19. New Account
  20. I'm lost...
  21. force category to show all its subcategories
  22. Homeowner Associations (HOA) Problems and Solutions
  23. How do you create an article?