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July 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 1

  1. Referencing errors on North Adelaide District Football Association
  2. Spam account
  3. Second account
  4. Request for comment, queries on posting
  5. problem with article creation
  6. Why links to archive.is are not allowed?
  7. John Cornford
  8. Drop-down
  9. Sports stadiums
  10. "No legal threats" policy and serious criminal conduct
  11. What Motivates People To Edit?
  12. contribution error
  13. Piped links supplied to templates that expect the article name without the linking square brackets
  14. Is there an alternative to Reflinks
  15. Image
  16. Italics in titles
  17. Attribution
  18. Referencing errors on Draft:Masuma Rahman Nabila
  19. Sonia Pressman Fuentes
  20. How upload an autobiographical article

July 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 2

  1. Tell the truth from the top down to the nation
  2. Unable to search for page
  3. i want to ask a question
  4. Referencing
  5. Image License and Submission reviews
  6. Filling out references
  7. No results on searches
  8. Interwiki link
  9. Photo adding to article
  10. Deleted Article
  11. Suspicious donation header
  12. Retrieving content from my sandbox
  13. Copying text direct from website with permission
  14. Deleted Wikipedia Page- request for source code for editing
  15. Added the references you requested
  16. E,employment Scams
  17. Brewster hughes.brewster hughes was my father and the information about his son Emmanuel hughes being born in 1957 is wrong.i was actually born in 1956.if there is someone who can rectify this piece I would be grateful
  18. Reporting web pages which disseminate viruses
  19. Frederick Russell Burnham
  20. speedy deletion of Meincraft and Meinkraft

July 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 3

  1. FIFA World Cup all-time table
  2. where's linkrot when you need it
  3. ms shoes
  4. Nutroxx
  5. Admin's activity
  6. Andrew Marriott
  7. Referencing errors on Corallina officinalis
  8. lost title
  9. Flowchart or work-flow template
  10. Quick fix for references
  11. Corrections & Clarifications for Flocabulary

July 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 4

  1. Printing
  2. Purple Heart
  3. Why wikipedia have strict policy about BLPs?
  4. Content about our company is permanently delited even if it is not a spam.
  5. Where and how to propose a merger of several separate articles
  6. finding my book
  7. effective date issue for George Washington
  8. Guide to editing
  9. Disambiguation and redirect issues
  10. Flags in Infoboxes

July 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 5

  1. Editing a page due to inadequate sources
  2. how do iget my army records
  3. Company Mergers & Acquisitions: date announced or date finalised?
  4. How to correctly format web references for featured articles?

July 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 6

  1. Castle Calatubo
  2. Sockpuppetry in internet cafes/free wifi
  3. Galician Inventors
  4. barnard bee
  5. a page was violated and now i cant access it becouse its semi protected
  6. Bhumihar

July 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 7

  1. How to edit a document
  2. Templates, navboxes, categories, and my utter, utter confusion
  3. Edits to "SAE Institute" Wiki page
  4. Submitting An Entry For Review
  5. Not very nice language
  6. Question
  7. Reference errors on Protein Wisdom (blog)
  8. Submitting information
  9. Concern on AjoChhand machine
  10. Peter Liguori bio entry
  11. references
  12. Edit reference?
  13. Beta

July 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 8

  1. Referencing errors on Robert Frederick Foster
  2. Policy/Guideline about admin accountability about admin actions
  3. How can "Pariah (play)" be included in the search box list when searching "Pariah"?
  4. semipositone
  5. tutorials on internet application
  6. deth toll
  7. info-box image size
  8. Brendon David Yohance Harris
  9. Books and WP:REX
  10. Adding a Picture to an existing page that has pictures in a table
  11. Request a new article
  12. The Capitol Symphonic Youth Orchestras
  13. Britain strongest man
  14. Flickr Question

July 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 9

  1. Godzilla: Unleashed
  2. Changing Username...
  3. Page deletion
  4. Foreign Wiki picture
  5. Writing an article for a charity
  6. Using text from a government document
  7. on 6/27/14 someone may be using my accout emails etc. doug h. i need your help.how can i, we,fix and find out whos this doing roblem because if i know i never postwd anything
  8. Referencing errors on Ralph Garman
  9. Rating location
  10. World Cup on frontpage

July 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 10

  1. User talk page auto-archiving
  2. The portal CSDs are useless!
  3. Erica Durance ( Pregnant ).
  4. Dabsolver and disambiguation
  5. Requiring/checking Sort criteria on "List of" articles in "Lists of" category.
  6. how to contact a contributor
  7. Wrong date of birth and age for Joan McCall
  8. Deletion tag log
  9. request edit

July 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 11

  1. Issues with page transitions using Explorer 10
  2. How did these refs appear?
  3. Request language translation of an existing wiki written in one language that has not been translated into an existing wiki in another language available on Wikipedia?
  4. Powerflush
  5. Michael Farrell (Activist) Google search Tab
  6. Ed Mezvinsky. former congressman from Iowa
  7. Tag: possible BLP issue or vandalism??

July 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 12

  1. Please start article
  2. How do I change the title of an article?
  3. Infobox issue for a person with two birth dates
  4. Twinkle vs Rollback
  5. Making a draft article live
  6. Bathurst gaol
  7. Free subscriptions
  8. Referencing errors on Colour Me Pop
  9. Creation of article
  10. Possibly issue with category naming
  11. adding a map based on a map already in commons
  12. Upload copyright material
  13. Is it ok to advertise paid Wikipedia editing on own blog?
  14. Layout question
  15. Assistance with a Draft Article
  16. Wonky alphabetization
  17. Checking that an article has moved from draft to live
  18. Heraldry
  19. Forum page vandalised

July 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 13

  1. Referencing errors on Phil Kessel
  2. Speedy Deleter Statistics
  3. The day and month on whichVaralakshmi vratam is celebrate d
  4. Problems with WelcomeMenu
  5. Micropolitan Statistical Area
  6. User Rights under Clean Start
  7. Micropolitan Statistical Area
  8. adding a reference
  9. Lead Azide Story with Reagan's ass- attempt
  10. Filter Page List

July 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 14

  1. Overloading archive?
  2. Uploading from an Android tablet
  3. Uploading Image
  4. Info on Andrew Walford
  5. Barnstars
  6. Template does not show images
  7. Properly editing a reference
  8. Addition needed for Thomas Kean
  9. I m not able to save an article
  10. adding a couple of contributions
  11. Wikipedia Username - Not correct
  12. Copyright on a signature
  13. Issues with page transitions using Explorer 10
  14. Reordering list numbers
  15. Authorship of an article

July 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 15

  1. Antarctic snow cruiser
  2. How to add map/Picture?
  3. Help:Footnotes#Footnotes:_groups
  4. Inconsistent Nationality inserts and descriptions with famous people.
  5. Error in 'Australia–Papua New Guinea relations'
  6. Discussion from last year
  7. Cancel redirect from sandbox
  8. Articles for Deletion - unresolved
  9. biography
  10. Info box, sufficient edits for publishing, footnote descriptions! Help!
  11. City and Community Entry should be City & Community
  12. dad served on both the From and Blyskawica.
  13. Paul Van Cleef, chief scientist and partner of Van Cleef Bros.
  14. Verbal autopsy
  15. Defective car

July 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 16

  1. Unable disable Statustop feature
  2. Copy & Paste Wikipedia articles & pictures/images into my book?
  3. Displaying URLs in reference list
  4. Article
  5. Alyson Stoner
  6. Referencing errors on Tony Purnell
  7. James Gaylyn - Actor
  8. How do you change the title of an article
  9. Question about the Status of an Article
  10. BLPs solely referenced by another language Wikipedia
  11. What is the proper way to cite a reference from an autobiography?
  12. Physical Sciences
  13. Excluding pages from a category
  14. HELP - Create Redirect => Illustris to Illustris project

July 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 17

  1. When will my Article appear on Wikipedia
  2. Page statistics
  3. Celebes today
  4. Do other people have access to my article?
  5. search within wiki
  6. New Party Logo
  7. Traditions of Texas A&M University
  8. How to completely remove the wikipedia page created due to ignorance.
  9. My page redirects to my user page
  10. new bank account with you from the states!
  11. How To REQUEST Statistics Not Shown
  12. Clarification of Community topic-ban status

July 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 18

  1. Tesla Coil
  2. Talk request
  3. Strange sizing in external links on KET station article
  4. Exclamation mark
  5. Article I created
  6. Fixing a template
  7. Untitled
  8. Broadening searches
  9. Article deleted by admin
  10. The Crash Landing of United Flight #232
  11. Offensive term
  12. wikipedia

July 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 19

  1. Collapsing tables
  2. Request deletion of incorrect birth date on wikepedia person profile Nivedita Bhattacharya
  3. Preuss filter
  4. creating a book
  5. Proper depiction of the Argentine flag
  6. Current Events Portal
  7. Hi!

July 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 20

  1. Detect a redirect
  2. JOY OF COOKING
  3. Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention — removals by non-administrators
  4. Faulty plagiarism
  5. Message
  6. Unexplained deletion
  7. Greek speaker needed to check change of etymology on bruxism
  8. Multiple Incorrect Information About Me
  9. Italic title
  10. Paul Nicholson ( Darts Player)
  11. Creating a draft to work on an existing article
  12. Spam-like entry on my user talk page
  13. How do you retrieve a Wikipedia page using its Page ID number?
  14. Email address

July 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 21

  1. File
  2. Moving one's own user subpage that has sub-subpages
  3. How to create a Wiki
  4. Are interviews considered original research?
  5. Tag or template Removing
  6. photos
  7. Thanking someone for an edit.
  8. Shell House Massacre
  9. Self-referencing in Wikipedia
  10. Bogus "Daniel Teague" references and info
  11. References at bottom of talk page
  12. Create a Wikipedia page

July 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 22

  1. The Three Stooges
  2. Live Chat No Help With This Question
  3. An article that is not an article it is actually an avertisement
  4. Change Redirect to BLP Stub
  5. Talk page archived but archives disappeared
  6. sa.wikipedia.org problem
  7. archiving... sorta...
  8. Creating an article page for my company
  9. Arts Alliance Media
  10. struggling to upload photos
  11. What is the border line between a new photo and a minor change to an existing one?
  12. Building a sentence from two or more references in a biography

July 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 23

  1. Article mis-alphabetized in category - cause and how to solve?
  2. Incorrect Wikipedia Google Search Result information
  3. Mistake with my last name
  4. Attribution after a content merge from a draft article
  5. Irina Press
  6. North Carolina Transportation Museum.
  7. Need help with the Firefox Timeline Template
  8. Unfair deletion of my article.
  9. Citing a paper with ten authors
  10. British/ UK culture - Folklore
  11. Patrolling new pages

July 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 24

  1. Regarding the creation of "Catharine R. Stimpson" wiki page
  2. Ginger Rogers
  3. VocalYogaVY
  4. Can I "exact phrase" search on Wikipedia alone?
  5. Copy pasting lists
  6. What is reliable source
  7. Change Foxy Brown's disrespectful profile
  8. Inappropriate language and inaccurate information
  9. "User:" in the heading
  10. New Article did have third party verification cited
  11. Formatting Contents
  12. Christian Mythology Page
  13. my edits were incorrectly reverted by cluebot
  14. 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
  15. Brandon Barnes
  16. searching wikipedia using internet explorer
  17. Custom edit of :Template:Infobox language possible?
  18. Referencing errors on Boko Haram

July 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 25

  1. When a guideline conflicts with a policy
  2. Changing Username
  3. Reference Tooltip settings
  4. Interwiki link required
  5. Map of Auckland
  6. Request for help re primary information
  7. Is there someone I can email outside of Wikipedia?
  8. Talk-about Semir Osmanagich
  9. Need help satisfying Wiki's need for verification!
  10. Deletion Assistance - Defamatory Post
  11. Error Message
  12. Ref and ref group
  13. Username
  14. Editing pages in Book Creator
  15. Searching without stemming problem

July 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 26

  1. Interwikis question
  2. URGENT - Error in "In the News" on Main Page
  3. UPDATE Justin Parrish Wikipedia
  4. Apparent page hijacking only on Wikipedia, and related troubles
  5. Big red warning
  6. FA nomination closed before anyone commented about whether it gets approved or declined ?
  7. References from a previous section showing up in my posting
  8. ad to list of north texas museums
  9. Editing a book created in Book creator
  10. Content reliability
  11. mobile view
  12. Rogue editor?
  13. This article of a actress named Maria_Vacratsis

July 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 27

  1. We are writing an Article & need help with putting that Box on the right hand side
  2. How to communicate with a contributor
  3. Frustrated.
  4. Script to add links to Navigation left sidebar
  5. Depression Alliance
  6. Entering mathematical formulas
  7. Ed Gein reference link
  8. Proper handling of the article circumcision, more/other admins
  9. Infobox-Settlement type
  10. poem by Balagogbo Mabel
  11. Malware check

July 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 28

  1. Somewhat difficult edit for a newbie, help?
  2. Reporting an Admin
  3. Deleted article
  4. Can you remove an AfD if you change your mind?
  5. how do I flag a controversial statement with no citation?
  6. Can't create an article on a company ?
  7. Deleting a Wikipedia article you published
  8. Already existing wikipedia
  9. Creating Wikipedia
  10. Way to search many wikis at once?

July 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 29

  1. How do I change the title of my article/page?
  2. Native lang
  3. Want to create my company profile in Wikipedia
  4. I've been accused of vandalism
  5. Sorry to bother you :/
  6. Requested article for a company: status?
  7. How to keep Google out of my userspace
  8. Why was my bio page deleted when my co-author's was not?
  9. I need your help:
  10. Referencing errors on Draft:TearScience
  11. Overcharge
  12. HOK Sport, Populous
  13. What does reliable sourcing include?

July 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 30

  1. fix footnote error
  2. Referencing errors on Wanderlei Silva
  3. Block limit (out of interest)
  4. United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
  5. M.wikipedia
  6. Bibliography
  7. United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 2
  8. Image
  9. Question on how to proceed in starting an article: I'd like to avoid a COI.
  10. Corfu (city)
  11. Purchase of encyclopedia
  12. Buddy Deppenschmidt
  13. Creating A Page For A College
  14. Utagawa Hiroshige
  15. Wikipedia in the news - where to post
  16. Hyphen or en-dash?

July 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 July 31

  1. Picture from the WP in Hebrew cannot be displayed here, at the WP in English
  2. Naming an article about a pseudonym
  3. Super Feed Me Duplicated article
  4. Rich Constable
  5. Request deletion of userpage subpages
  6. Template is disappearing
  7. NWSL shield vs Supporters' Shield text in football league infobox
  8. Damaged template
  9. Khoo Meng Yang
  10. Expanding OCLC references
  11. Coren Search Bot
  12. Biography of a deceased minor with inappropriate references in AfC
  13. Company Page
  14. Disambiguation pages
  15. Help requested for page in deletion process
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