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January 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 1

  1. Wikipedia Development
  2. Content improvement exercises
  3. $16 Million
  4. Images and Previews
  5. Didier Deschamps
  6. how to use the tag filter
  7. Need someone who can read and write Thai
  8. Did we make the goal?
  9. Category American Women state governors
  10. Blocked infinitely?
  11. misspelled name
  12. cant see my profile
  13. Need to get the truth out there.
  14. What Reference template do I use?
  15. Intimidation to win content disputes

January 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 2

  1. I can't log in sucessfully to my account using firefox. I seem to get dumped out immediately. It still works in IE. Any ideas?
  2. What exactly can I cite, and post in an article?
  3. How to re-nominate an article for deletion
  4. Hackers really suck.
  5. Copyrighted Material
  6. Knowledge Generation Bureau (kgb) article is wrong
  7. Unreferenced material and concerns of one editor's sincerity.
  8. Wrong page link - Toot & Puddle / Holly Hobbie
  9. wiki table quirk
  10. Computing win percentage in sports
  11. How can I translate an English article to Korean and make 'Korean(한국말)' appear on the left sidebar(Languages)?
  12. Viewing of User Page
  13. Sara Al Hashimi
  14. Chinese/Japanese character differences
  15. City sources

January 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 3

  1. Where is the scanning utility?
  2. US Bank Arena Concerts
  3. I can't find out how to avoid a proposed deletion of the "hydrail" entry...
  4. Article deletion process
  5. Deletion Of A Detail of Edit History
  6. I want to know that JRN Rajasthan vidyapeeth university is approved or not approved in distance mode for government job in state or central
  7. Requiring help with blocked account.
  8. One of my edits has been reverted, but I have never made it.
  9. Report of phishing "survey" using wikipedia URL
  10. Article update tag
  11. T. Mobile end of year bonanza
  12. Software for wikipedia
  13. Log In
  14. Problem.
  15. Problem with Secure Wikipedia
  16. How can I stop people using wikipedia as a promotional tool
  17. pic help
  18. Creative commons license query
  19. Company profile article
  20. Is there a speedy deletion category for this?
  21. Dotted Line Surrounding Logo in Infobox
  22. Converting a table from HTML syntax to wiki-markup
  23. How do I edit an photo on Wiki?
  24. AfD question

January 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 4

  1. Self-promoting or commercial articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Tracks
  2. Trouble reviewing reverted edits in history
  3. what percentage of wikipedia users hail from OUTSIDE AMERICA?
  4. CAN CHINESE USERS ACCESS WIKIPEDIA?
  5. uploading photos
  6. No change to watch on minor edits?
  7. How can we create texts with brackets like this?
  8. Where did the Album covers go
  9. Brad Johnson (1924-1981) actor
  10. Changing a link from a bad URL to the correct one?
  11. Requesting assistance
  12. Changes during my Wikibreak
  13. Breaker Morant

January 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 5

  1. blocking a user
  2. tool that turns isbn into a book citation?
  3. Page protection question
  4. Additional info on info of Lloyd Corrigan.
  5. Can i use HTML in wiki markup?
  6. how to replace a logo (not in-line text)
  7. International Standards & Codes on Provision of Temporary Material/Passenger Hoist for Hig-rise Construction projects.
  8. How to create name of article in lower case
  9. Table alignment
  10. Submitting an article in another language
  11. How do i create a page after signing in ?
  12. Adding entries problem
  13. Image upload problem
  14. Problem with image uploading
  15. Editor Help
  16. Teen Mom 2
  17. typographical error/spelling mistake ban the result
  18. how does one view wikipedia measurements in imperial format?

January 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 6

  1. Information pages
  2. website design
  3. Silverfish or any related, can they cause bodily harm to humans?
  4. Top of page "Aufruf" etc.
  5. What happened to WikiBlame?
  6. Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2010 December 31
  7. More about SUL usurpation
  8. Visited link
  9. convert pdf to wiki
  10. The article has been shortened, but in the editting box, it's back to full size. What's going on?
  11. question about border in tables
  12. Fixing an article name
  13. Template:pufc transclusion

January 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 7

  1. Old vandalism or typo?
  2. IP address posting / abuse.
  3. Train engine reverser key
  4. MBA colleges in germany
  5. Castle Cover intro is incorrect
  6. How Do I Put Footnotes At The End Of The Table Caption?
  7. Editing not visible
  8. Human Confirmation!
  9. Rheinish church in Namibia not mentioned
  10. posting new article by myself or finding an editor?
  11. Longest articles list
  12. Save the world...
  13. Use on Facebook
  14. Taipei Metro EMU C371
  15. little help
  16. "Rights"
  17. Photo Used can not be verifieds
  18. entry for Variadic_function goes into a redirect loop or something
  19. How does one practice editing an existing article using the sandbox?
  20. This is a test. No reply needed

January 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 8

  1. Need help including images in Wikipedia articles
  2. maggots
  3. TV Series
  4. HTML
  5. Using anchors
  6. Andy Russell
  7. Expand template dead yet?
  8. Visibility on Wikipedia
  9. Size of fonts
  10. Linking to the sandbox from the sandbox
  11. New Articles
  12. No understanding !!
  13. Changes to notable alumni
  14. copying articles from Wikipedia

January 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 9

  1. Graphic sizes change quite a bit if viewing in Windows (it is a smaller size) vs. a Mac (where it is much larger)
  2. how to replace an erroneous range map?
  3. I have a couple of pictures to offer...
  4. Copyright licence
  5. Deletion discussions
  6. Editing titles of redirect Fan pages on FB from Wikipedia
  7. Which article does this article refer to?
  8. Citations in editing box
  9. About GNU Free Documentation License
  10. Oops, Forgot To Put A Section Title
  11. forward a page ?
  12. Lost Article
  13. delta and star connections
  14. Fast help
  15. Uploading image
  16. Spam?
  17. Gray lines on articles
  18. Wikipedia donations header
  19. Problems with photo upload for USS Vitesse (SP-1192)

January 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 10

  1. translate (or tell me how to, please) a French wiki article to make an English version here
  2. Username Retrieval
  3. crossbow
  4. Citing distances: by air or by road?
  5. Can we ask Google Maps to stop incorporating non-earth coordinates?
  6. Request for Wikipedia in Bengali language
  7. Little help with relisting
  8. Reporting unreliable websites and mirrors
  9. incorrect person details (bad Language )
  10. Fair use logo template
  11. How can I create a personalised welcome template
  12. Requests for permissions
  13. Gauging importance = predicting the future?
  14. Maslow's chart in public domain?
  15. Facebook/Twitter Pages
  16. Attempting To Edit Bio
  17. Response To Dartells
  18. Translating articles..
  19. How become the sole administrator of my Wikipedia page?
  20. PLEASE return to the old layout!

January 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 11

  1. DYK
  2. Details of RevDel
  3. my user name was being used as a "sock puppet" i would like to use it and i see the user that had it was faking me as both links refer to me?
  4. Wrong info presented in article
  5. Mathematic results
  6. Editing system is extremely poorly thought-out
  7. how to use wikipedia the first time as a source of information on a subject
  8. License questions
  9. Who do I contact to possibly Edit Factual Information
  10. Special:CentralAuth
  11. Draft of article on my user page has disappeared
  12. noah p zarck
  13. Snark
  14. Organizations Releasing Images for Editor's Use

January 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 12

  1. Usage of slang terms in editing articles
  2. Unsure whether article suits wikipedia
  3. translation from English to Burmese language
  4. Table formatting
  5. Google translation
  6. News articles that list WikiLeaks as being a Wikimedia Foundation project
  7. Draft articles & unconstructive edits
  8. free wifi
  9. article for review
  10. Help needed with MfD process
  11. I've received a strange e-mail from "WikiAdmin"
  12. Editing a featured article
  13. Refs embedded in section headings?
  14. Can someone tell me how to de-bork my formatting?
  15. Re: non-free promotional images
  16. Citations in an infobox
  17. Adding link to name entered.
  18. Applying to enroll
  19. Which tool to use?
  20. List of brazing alloys
  21. References

January 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 13

  1. Canadian researcher William Sommers
  2. Reference list
  3. Please reconsider how you post this article ...
  4. Bookmarks - or other easy tracking idea?
  5. Email
  6. USS Stickell DD888 How do I contact someone to get statement corrected
  7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
  8. Hypothetical
  9. Giuseppe Palica
  10. Citing things where a well referenced link is already provided.
  11. Auto archiving talk page
  12. Does anyone know if the national merchants association is a publicly traded company?
  13. suggestion
  14. Requesting assistance
  15. Sign on problem
  16. What determines a pages content?
  17. Remove the picture of our beloved Prophet Mohammad (SA) from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba and all the wikipedia pages
  18. Need help formatting "Article Title [over] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" at top of page of new article
  19. Query re character in NCIS
  20. Finding what you need
  21. Sortable tables with rowspan
  22. Test help
  23. I NEED TO RESTOTE ,Y FAVORITES
  24. Image layout bug?
  25. Image description only partially visible
  26. Please Fix

January 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 14

  1. Compact table of contents
  2. Not seeing images
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Images that use coins as dimension indicators
  5. about the process of deleted data recovery
  6. Regarding Mithapur
  7. User:Robcarmi13/Robin Almeida - Editing
  8. why editing system is so difficult and old ?
  9. Notability guidelines for theatres
  10. Ezinearticles
  11. create article for notable person
  12. Vandalism
  13. Issue
  14. Login issue... can't get new email notification...
  15. Pointless disambiguation page?
  16. Notice on my userpage
  17. ToC columns
  18. Notes vs. References
  19. Purple heart

January 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 15

  1. Australia Day In Hindi
  2. how is the Contents pages populated?
  3. New logo
  4. flow chart for Wikipedia/how to window/hit meter
  5. I've got a few questions
  6. Positioning of edit links
  7. redirecting
  8. Trouble with logging in
  9. Can i improve my Wikopaedia entry please.More info in it..add if possible?
  10. How do I add a note in the Notes section of a particular article ?
  11. Use correct terminology
  12. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 15#Do_We_Have_A_Section_Template_For_.7B.7Btl.7Cinuniverse.7D.7D.3F|Do We Have A Section Template For {{inuniverse}}?]]
  13. Editing without the human verification words
  14. correct ref
  15. Featured article blurbs
  16. Irrevertable vandalism at WP:FA University of Michigan

January 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 16

  1. Review tags
  2. Unique audio recording from 1947 "Launching of the S.S. Ulua"
  3. Request for help creating page
  4. Undo permanent disabling of mobile site
  5. Colspan
  6. Referring to non-family members with the same surname
  7. Copyright of Web PicturesTiderace (talk) 13:31, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
  8. External links from WP
  9. Link needs correcting
  10. Javascript
  11. I Want To Place My Business' Information on Wikipedia
  12. Switching one photo with another
  13. Disabling mobile site
  14. Making Wikipedia my homepage
  15. Knocked It Out Of The Ballpark Above Top Anticipations
  16. Questions about edit
  17. If I write "Chicago" is it obvious I'm talking about Chicago, Illinois, USA?

January 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 17

  1. Link in image caption
  2. Roper
  3. help altering a page please....
  4. Please assist - Changes on company article
  5. Move the contents box
  6. Patrick Bronte
  7. Establishing 'Notability for companies and organisations'
  8. Using images from Bangla Wikipedia in English Wikipedia
  9. Question not about "how to use Wikipedia"
  10. hello sir
  11. Removing or changing the license details of a picture
  12. Mich Andersen & Son M.A.& S.
  13. Tactico
  14. Removing text box from top of page
  15. IDK
  16. Bad link on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow,_Alaska
  17. cuda parts
  18. Sum numbers
  19. global warming (?)
  20. Scientific name of tree
  21. Is there a tool
  22. Help me find the name of the show

January 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 18

  1. how do I filter out template links from "what links here"
  2. Add a Company to Wikipedia
  3. Blogs allowed in "External Links" section?
  4. Micro editcountitis
  5. Does not receive: "A confirmation e-mail has been sent to the nominated e-mail address."
  6. articles that begin with "..."
  7. pictures as border of a box
  8. Search by page creation date
  9. How to find the Writer of an article???
  10. Login problems
  11. Function to display some
  12. DPM is not an acronym, it is an abbreviation. Laser and radio are acronyms.
  13. Web archive searcher
  14. Chemical Structure Diagrams
  15. Rhode Island and The US Constitutional Convention
  16. Error in editnotice
  17. Confirmation email is not being sent.

January 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 19

  1. indention!
  2. Chinese version of Wikipedia and Wapedia
  3. want to add link to web page
  4. Lost user name
  5. Reporting abusive IP hoppers
  6. External links instead of references
  7. Highlighting the best language for each article
  8. Please Help/Review - Company Article
  9. Tata Nano
  10. Please have a look...
  11. Broken shortcut/redirect?
  12. XFD Red link
  13. How to review a good article candidate
  14. Cities With Black Mayors 2010
  15. Infobox issue
  16. Good Article Nominations

January 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 20

  1. How to start a Wiki Project
  2. I would like to copy text for use as free information on a website I am planning but i don't understand what I read here in Wikipedia regarding this
  3. Move article
  4. The_Seventh_Coin
  5. Ambigous page
  6. wiki online reader app
  7. Can Edit History Be Removed - in some situations?
  8. How do I find the edit history of JUST ONE PART of a page?
  9. Should Pirg be made into a disambiguation page, due to the existence of (and higher prominence of) PIRG?
  10. Perdu password
  11. Voltage optimisation
  12. Should I report a sock?
  13. Storing a draft article
  14. Category name change
  15. Myasthenia Gravis
  16. Removing tag on article
  17. ANI - comment possible? Appropriate?
  18. trying to put text vertical in a table
  19. Coordinates

January 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 21

  1. baby great white sharks.
  2. Contacting OTRS
  3. Composite article under one name
  4. Two articles about the same Topic
  5. template - normally closed
  6. Family
  7. List of Railroad Museums in Canada
  8. printing
  9. recommending wikipedia pages on facebook

January 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 22

  1. Copyright violation in Tracy Edwards (sailing/business/Qatar)
  2. Annoying logout
  3. Text formatting of multilingual translation
  4. Submitting photgraphs.
  5. Martyn_Godfrey
  6. Download to Nook
  7. finding error log history for a particular date
  8. Trivia section
  9. Original source of file uploads
  10. Unbiased opinion?
  11. Notability
  12. Brain drain
  13. Acetic acid article
  14. making small changes to EDIT a film within WIKIPEDIA
  15. Wikilinking in references
  16. Sub Metal- New Genre classification
  17. Is it possible to "whitelist" my Talk page so that it will not be protected by the anti-vandalism filter?
  18. Categories drive me crazy
  19. getting to your website
  20. Gadget that easies to switch articles between only two languages. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease!
  21. Unclear how to add a discussion item in physics portal

January 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 23

  1. Requesting assistance! - Occidental
  2. preview was fine; saved edits were not
  3. 11 Wall Street
  4. Undo SUL account merger?
  5. what is atom
  6. Two accounts and the veteran creation date.
  7. New citation template
  8. account lost
  9. foreign language titles
  10. introductory blocks of wikipedia entries
  11. Dee Doocey
  12. An edit summary says I protected a page (though I'm not an admin or crat)
  13. It is a shame that Wikipedia shows the Cuban per capita income US$5,000 per month.
  14. did empty sella cause binary vision
  15. Direct Democracy - democtaic schools section

January 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 24

  1. Weird page about a unknown investment house that offers 170% growth?
  2. i'd like to see the page here referenced:
  3. Album subtitle left out
  4. Problems with a script in my monobook.js
  5. 2012 Gubernatorial Elections Map is missing Utah
  6. Help! Motorways in Poland has gone pear-shaped!
  7. national civil rights movement uk
  8. Species lists
  9. Image is annotated in Spanish
  10. Old logo on the sp.a-wiki
  11. I was trying to improve Constantinople entry but I've read and read and still can't figure it out
  12. Question about an unpatrolled article.
  13. how do I change the URL to not include my user name?
  14. Penalty goals

January 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 25

  1. Another new article question
  2. How to cite: a corner case
  3. DOWNLOADING ALL THE CONTENT
  4. Thousands of AWB edits in a few hours
  5. Grey stripe
  6. Overloaded photo
  7. How to split a page
  8. BENEFICIARY ON REAL ESTATE
  9. Change type point size
  10. Pop up banners
  11. SVG-thumbnail preview broken
  12. Liev Schreiber
  13. spikenard in the 20's of December, 2010
  14. How do you change your user name
  15. I think mobile wikipedia needs inter wiki link.
  16. Guideline question
  17. FFC
  18. copying articles

January 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 26

  1. Icons at top right of user page
  2. Change to your site stinks
  3. Original research
  4. Policy on use of honorific titles
  5. creating/keeping book option open
  6. Section header added
  7. Helen Bamber Foundation
  8. Cannot 'move' my first page into Wiki proper - why no tab?
  9. picture not updating...
  10. Advice for Multi-entry references.
  11. Kenner Army Health Clinic Facebook Page
  12. Ben Sherman [Southland]
  13. re: minor addition to the article on Daniel Bell
  14. Request Review of First Article Before Launch
  15. Rushes~meaning unfound
  16. Has my Commons account been hacked?
  17. Pacific Grand Prix

January 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 27

  1. Adding a PDF to the references
  2. Grey bar?
  3. Strange User
  4. WWII Pacific Woman escapes from POW camp
  5. Company Notability: Please Assist!
  6. Fair use template coding
  7. New temporary password for Wikipedia
  8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Museum > wrong address and hours
  9. Home Depot
  10. book, journal, site?
  11. Fourth World Article
  12. Problems displaying this Wikipedia page in Firefox
  13. Picture

January 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 28

  1. Submitting picture
  2. Serious cite tag usage problem
  3. Outline of Asia
  4. Proper {tag} to use after the word "supposedly"
  5. How often are articles reviewed?
  6. ONTORULE
  7. bharat matriculation higher secondary school is not listed in school s category krishnagiri
  8. adding a (sub) category
  9. Suggestion a semi-protection of an article
  10. Deleted page
  11. Adding background images
  12. Hospital Sisters Health System
  13. Redirect page that limits visibility of entry? how to fix...
  14. Hyphenated words and line breaks
  15. Unnecessary list
  16. no more able to create a new page
  17. Why the new font?

January 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 29

  1. Tom Bergeron
  2. How do I mark a line as original research?
  3. Disturbing definition of autism on google search
  4. watchlist in chronological order
  5. New tab
  6. Help regarding WP:AUTHOR
  7. Mobile site on Windows Phone 7?
  8. Biography Correction
  9. What url to use Wikipedia as a "Research Site" in Microsoft Word 2010 Research Options?
  10. Please help with collapsed navbox
  11. Translation errors: Non-Western script
  12. Translation help

January 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 30

  1. Wikipedia cybersquatting by yeah.com
  2. Reassigning my edits from one article to a new username
  3. About posting a topic
  4. pet dragon one
  5. Help with navbox
  6. Mr. Wales
  7. Technical help sought
  8. Nominated article not showing up on todays AfD log
  9. Table disarrangement
  10. copyright?
  11. Automated service
  12. how do i get the hash for security
  13. uploading pictures
  14. external link problem
  15. Jacob Hubner Commons?
  16. 1:1 translation of a german article
  17. Permission in fair use
  18. Heavy handed cencorship on Finnish wikipedia site
  19. FIX IMAGE
  20. Coordinate

January 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 31

  1. Editing "our own" entry (Monash University)
  2. Where do I Upload Screenshot of Software?
  3. A few things I need to discuss
  4. My Bio
  5. User Page Creation Request
  6. Section header
  7. WhatLinksHere without templates?
  8. Incorrect Logo in company entry.
  9. permanent injunction decree holder can file execution petition or not
  10. Bots and other "automagic" to help improve a newly created stub
  11. Semi-Urgent: 2011 Egyptian protests markup/display error
  12. Academic Sources that are Controversial: Wikipedia Policy?
  13. I see authentic info in other publications on topics/bios etc.that Wikipedia doesn't have. How do I alert your folks to the source of the info so you all can continue on the path to total knowledge?
  14. User message received upon opening page
  15. Today's Best Nonfiction
  16. Australian place categorization
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