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October 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 1

  1. Determining if my subject is Notable
  2. Problems with disambiguation pages
  3. Formatting gone wrong?
  4. Moving page
  5. FLOURENS ARTICLE
  6. Commons attribution
  7. "Promotion"? Really?
  8. Disambiguation page redirect
  9. XLinkBot Issues
  10. Locked Page?
  11. How do I tag that an article needs clean-up
  12. Biology by team
  13. Size of quotations
  14. Non-breaking space for template "convert"
  15. Fluorescent background-color, text-color
  16. How do I delete an image I previously uploaded.

October 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 2

  1. Resubmission of a first time article
  2. Signatures
  3. Adding Official Social Networking Sites
  4. Is the movie true?
  5. Photo tag
  6. IP warning
  7. New Article Creation (to find information easier on a specific possible non-notable topic)
  8. Cheated by sales of Royal Jordanian
  9. Offers
  10. Locating a particular diff
  11. Advice on editing infobox templates
  12. campari
  13. Personal Pages
  14. Which cite style to use
  15. Photo images. Puzzled.

October 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 3

  1. Friendly merged to Twinkle
  2. Who approves textboxes?
  3. Marriage certificate
  4. Received Notice in Error - is this common?
  5. Is there any policy on drug safety information for pharmaceutical product pages and any policy on drug companies having responsibility for these?
  6. Editing a template/infobox
  7. What do you do if you think an entry should be monitored because the entry is growing into a heated issue?
  8. Uploading images into English Wikipedia
  9. Here comes Santa Claus
  10. forgot password, email no longer exists
  11. Help with User talkpage move

October 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 4

  1. Fan produced toys
  2. I read help and FAQ - All I wanted to do was update a URL link in the reference section of a page but I can't figure it out.
  3. School Infobox
  4. searching for articles
  5. writing an article for a band
  6. Can't figure out how to print "publish" final article??
  7. Draft on User Space still exists after moving
  8. Marking Favorite Pages
  9. Joe Chapman's page

October 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 5

  1. URL syntax
  2. Modifying the personal toolbar
  3. material I edited is deleted
  4. Question about Sourcing (Now I'm in the correct spot)
  5. Follow up to question asked 10/4/10 re can't figure out how to publish final article??
  6. Redirects of Book Titles
  7. Three things I need to discuss
  8. talk page
  9. My Wikipedia background went crazy - instead of it being gray it has a pic of a family
  10. suggestions
  11. Kostya Novoselov needs to be moved to Konstantin Novoselov asap !!!
  12. What Is My Registration Date?
  13. Changing the title of an article
  14. Rearranging a table
  15. Out of date?
  16. Deletion of crack-pot ideas...
  17. Template question
  18. Wikipedia political system questions
  19. TAGS

October 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 6

  1. Inaccurate Article
  2. Jeweller article
  3. The_No._1_Ladies'_Detective_Agency_(TV_series)
  4. nominate for deletion
  5. Responding to answers for new article "National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB)"
  6. Copyright
  7. y my changes have disappeared
  8. Archive
  9. A place called OFEN before WWII,it was in Germany close to the former city of Danzig.I cannot find it in any of your maps of Germany or Poland
  10. Removing 'stub' status
  11. Wapedia vs Wikipedia
  12. Important Band Missing
  13. Redirect categorization
  14. Demeaning and Inappropriate Description Of Tyler Perry BIO
  15. Updates to family member's article (not Tyler Perry's)
  16. Editing refs

October 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 8

  1. Who can stop vandalism?
  2. Info on Noerthern California Wailaki Noremuk Wintu Tribe
  3. About sections of contents of arthcle
  4. headline not working
  5. Luo people/Masai people
  6. vandalism
  7. Creating an article about a hospitality company: is it OK?
  8. So many methods
  9. How can I get another contributor banned?
  10. Can you advise me re my article
  11. Hansard citation?
  12. Dangling redirect
  13. Mediawiki bug?

October 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 9

  1. Mediawiki extensions?
  2. Block function
  3. Even and odd functions
  4. Shortcuts
  5. Obtaining permission to use a photo
  6. National Club of India
  7. Identifying Correct Person
  8. 1944 Air Port on Ascension Island
  9. Cannot find article

October 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 10

  1. List of Blocks
  2. WP:COI user warning
  3. 2 articles that need cleaning up
  4. Crossing out history entries
  5. Article Issues
  6. Autopatroller removal
  7. How to Merge different Accounts registered at diff languages portals of Wikipedia
  8. editing category
  9. Flag not working
  10. Eye Doctor
  11. Where to Report
  12. CANT STOP LEAVES ON THE LINE
  13. image problem
  14. Is it possible to specify who can edit a page and who can not?
  15. White House E-Card
  16. General reference desk service

October 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 11

  1. problems with image coding
  2. Option "MathML if possible" doesn't work
  3. How to invite others to read my post
  4. References combined with google books
  5. screed
  6. Calories In Your Whole Wheat Bread????
  7. Usernames for admin attention
  8. Why Wikipedia...
  9. Ten Ten Day
  10. Add a page
  11. The rules of darts
  12. Listening to articles
  13. Transclusion
  14. Update to Paul Williams (saxophonist) article
  15. Additions

October 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 12

  1. Article editing
  2. thanks and another question about page format updates
  3. Site may contain malware. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_spoofing -
  4. Searching for external links, but only in the article namespace
  5. Category:French serial killers - classification by occupation
  6. important info deliberately removed and page locked to prevent correction
  7. Where do I put this?
  8. oxymorons and other nonsensical phrases
  9. Help with an infobox
  10. Secure server links from Wikipedia
  11. Forgotten committed identity
  12. CArlos D Bustamante DOB error
  13. Italics in article titles
  14. audio articles
  15. Section headings
  16. Donating material to wikipedia
  17. Greyed out names with no linking
  18. How to put template
  19. External Link Deleted
  20. comercial airline crash
  21. Wikipediholism
  22. vu meter troubleshoot
  23. Profile picture not shown
  24. Sanny Alexa a Singer
  25. how do I print articles of interest?
  26. HELEN THOMAS WIKI PAGE

October 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 13

  1. Single login at Meta - double login everywhere else
  2. Problem with template
  3. I can't see the images on the page.
  4. Page numbers in different editions of books
  5. Music box is wrong
  6. I think ANI is broken!!!!!!
  7. Registering Company
  8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%26P_Projects
  9. Tag "Feedback needed"
  10. how to
  11. Include my email address when other people are notified of changes I make
  12. improper deletion of my uploaded images
  13. Ask to remove personal details from image history

October 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 14

  1. Image filter
  2. Help with Tables
  3. Stanley Park
  4. shining path
  5. Office-protected pages
  6. Using Book Creator with Hebrew pages
  7. Past deleted articles
  8. writing an article for wikipedia,
  9. Miscellany for deletion
  10. writing original book summaries...
  11. libellous
  12. Cropping Images?
  13. References
  14. Why is "Project Voldemort" redirected to "LinkedIn"?
  15. Semi-protected talk page?
  16. Harry "Hap" Holmes
  17. Comparison of racing simulators

October 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 15

  1. Link to Wikisource
  2. Redirected from $1
  3. Required physical amenities/facilities for an upscale hotel for business travelers
  4. download articles for personal use
  5. Edit Summary drop-down box
  6. tagging an image
  7. Moving Notes to Talk Page Until Sorted Out
  8. How to tell where an article starts and ends.
  9. article creation
  10. Silas Creek Parkway. Write new? Or edit another article?
  11. Monobook not working
  12. Popup Smiley Face

October 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 16

  1. Upgrade my unit
  2. House not yet on the historical division roster
  3. References
  4. test
  5. Izabella Arazova
  6. Angola international airport
  7. Struck Contributions
  8. Edit Counter
  9. Duplicate links
  10. Correcting our title (company name)
  11. unchecking "Watch this page" by default
  12. hiding article warnings
  13. Deleting a picture
  14. "What links here" bug
  15. Changing the font size
  16. Auto-log-out
  17. How to have 2 footnotes for the same book but at different page ranges?

October 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 17

  1. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 17#please_fix_agar_so_that_the_Google_results_do_not_begin_with_the_contents_of_the_.7B.7Btl.7Cmultiple_image.7D.7D_template|please fix agar so that the Google results do not begin with the contents of the {{multiple image}} template]]
  2. IMDb
  3. Contraction rules
  4. Recovering the password
  5. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist}} template or a <references/> tag; see the help page.
  6. Angola International Airport
  7. referencing commons files
  8. Cystic Fibrosis Website
  9. problem with table
  10. I registered but I cannot edit some articles
  11. Italic article titles
  12. Biography disambiguation
  13. Sorting a table
  14. C.I.D. (TV series)
  15. How to make screenshots like this?
  16. TV Sports Information
  17. How to ask a question about the content in an article
  18. Recieving content of deleted article to my email

October 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 18

  1. Italic titles
  2. Placing a picture across a Wikipedia article in different languages
  3. Brights Grove, Ontario
  4. Image covering prose
  5. Media archealogy
  6. Fair-use image of a fictional character, used to illustrate the actor (deceased)
  7. WP:PROD Vs WP:AfD
  8. hide
  9. Rica Takashima
  10. Needs to be taken down
  11. media description page
  12. Adderllin
  13. Corrupt file?
  14. Wikitable heading color

October 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 19

  1. How do i cancel this redirection
  2. Need help with excess white space
  3. Google Categories
  4. Lion-Vallen Industries wikipedia page.
  5. How does an UNREVIEWED article become a REVIEWED article?
  6. summary deletion of two articles. While seeking footnote help.
  7. What's the difference between Wikipedia and Wikitravel?

October 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 20

  1. Will I be notified if someone edits a Wikipedia page I create?
  2. Turkmen Wikipedia Technical issue!
  3. Speedy deletion policy
  4. Blacklisting
  5. How should this article be marked?
  6. Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit/Denni
  7. Change in the Page Name for Royal Enfield
  8. Corporate / Organization Wiki Page
  9. Sessionography...Can i upload a Word document on this category?
  10. LEGO Set Articles
  11. Strange behaviour of phone-like numbers on article pages
  12. Joining unregistered entries to my newly created account so my IP address doesn't show up anymore - but my username instead
  13. Photos for new article
  14. B-class checklist
  15. Double Jeopardy
  16. Football league seasons
  17. Categories improperly up for speedy

October 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 21

  1. Feedback is drowning
  2. FA Link
  3. Transclusion
  4. Correct way for someone with COI to request that article be created?
  5. Ameen Rihani
  6. Who is RSAnimate?
  7. Rejab
  8. how to make a Collapsible tables in a reference template?
  9. whats the name of...
  10. indian histroy
  11. Moving edits from account to account
  12. Retrieved
  13. merging an article with other language wiki links
  14. E. Howard & Co. Wrist Watch. Ned help

October 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 22

  1. Is there a WYSIWYG format?
  2. Background web color?
  3. Userpage and image upload
  4. AfC Script
  5. Change to organisation name
  6. Page Upload
  7. Tuition center
  8. Japanese naval commanders
  9. Deletion of an over-specific article and consolidation of its contents into one where it belongs
  10. Moving a lost query here
  11. Need some help
  12. kasakhs, azerbaijanis, turkmen...
  13. Rollback edit summary
  14. Upload Image
  15. Linux commands
  16. Update picture
  17. McEwen Centre needs moving
  18. Need help with template and date math
  19. mossberg500 A shotgum 30 inch barrel
  20. Any Way To Assume Responsibility For My "Forgot-To-Sign-In" Edits?

October 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 23

  1. Comparison of clipboard manager software
  2. How can I become an administrator?
  3. Incorrect information in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal Sufism
  4. Odd copy and paste problem
  5. How should http://www.asic-world.com be designated?
  6. Vandalism
  7. what is the best way to request English Wikipedia pages translated to foreign lingos Wikipedia, and interlink them
  8. Where Is The "PMID" Number For A Reference?
  9. Wiki's rasterization
  10. Problem with Wiki's editor winner42
  11. Proofreading Request Adam Josephs
  12. User talkpage
  13. Signature
  14. Image not updated in facebook
  15. Yet another userbox problem
  16. The Land Has Eyes
  17. Software misinterprets formatting

October 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 24

  1. Please create a redirect for me
  2. Conflict of Interest
  3. Correcting a citation in a reference list
  4. Article on user-page vs. Wikipedia-article
  5. Ranvir Shorey
  6. Sandboxes
  7. Purpose
  8. Biographies
  9. Problem with splitting off of references into paragraphs, by sorting it with ref group
  10. Tube Challenge
  11. Protection
  12. Content submission

October 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 25

  1. No one participating in RfC discussion
  2. The 1975 film "Tommy"
  3. How to delete a page?
  4. About open proxy
  5. Images
  6. bad information on our page "craze productions"
  7. reset password
  8. There's a problem in opening
  9. using a spanish/English dictionary
  10. new photos
  11. The Lost Hero references
  12. nakijin village okinawa japan
  13. someone has changed a help link to post their own resume
  14. Incorect links
  15. Watchlist:biggest change
  16. cmos switching
  17. Change in Ronald McNair page
  18. My Article

October 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 26

  1. how to transport content
  2. HOW TO EDIT "Pablo Picasso"
  3. can't reply to an email that was sent to us about an item we are selling
  4. Scripts
  5. Conflict of Interest - Article Request
  6. POTATO SEEDS
  7. Practical Joke
  8. Hra petville
  9. Downloads
  10. Link error on my userpage
  11. how to delay
  12. "Burn" page causes Firefox to crash, how weird is that?
  13. Searching tool
  14. desi arnez sr. high school
  15. want to edit Carl Franklin's site
  16. Phone number policy
  17. Odd Templete Issue
  18. |frameless|alt=|
  19. Solitaire
  20. Elephant
  21. Editing music articles created by the band themselves
  22. Is this a template?

October 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 27

  1. Somebody keeps putting back in their non-notable website.
  2. Notability
  3. Wrongly accused of doctoring websites
  4. Formatting:How do I position this template directly beneath the infobox?
  5. List of Flags for Articles
  6. Adams's Apple
  7. Can i get my company listed in wikipedia?
  8. Re-Print or re-use wiki articles
  9. Mentor
  10. making changes in an entry
  11. Cyprus
  12. enquiry
  13. Please remove "...references that appear in reliable third-party publications..." on the Dean Silvers page.
  14. things for sale
  15. reference source(s)
  16. How to Close Wikipedia Accounts...
  17. senior poconos pa residence fined for having roommates per zoning laws

October 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 28

  1. My password doesn't work and I can't get a new one
  2. how can I use an established page in wikipedia to create a new page.
  3. How to make the unique content (without references) published on Wikipedia?
  4. My name removal from Mumbai Meetup
  5. Wiki Slang
  6. Cannot Remove Pending Changes
  7. Fixing A "Broken" Link In A Reflist
  8. donate from india...
  9. Trying to find Information about a Newsletter put out by the B.C. Stroke association!!
  10. Posting An Article
  11. Oshawa
  12. Reference not matching article
  13. RE: Talk:Human Potential Movement
  14. Moving article from WP:Sandbox to main namespace

October 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 29

  1. Ready for Submission page replaced
  2. Non-encyclopedic picture?
  3. bot
  4. Profanity in edit summaries
  5. Quick look from an experienced editor, please
  6. Searching a Word Document
  7. Eager to publish!
  8. Afd nomination for deletion
  9. Possibly Unauthorized Bot
  10. Unjustified deleted edits
  11. Can I use this Creative Commons material?

October 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 30

  1. Can someone clarify the Anchor link help section?
  2. How do I submit an article for publication?
  3. Conserving Wiki content is free- but takes just a bit of thought in advance- Why not offline copy- one a year?
  4. Question
  5. orphan pages
  6. How should I ask a question?
  7. Image upload: privacy, metadata
  8. List of concerts at US Bank Arena
  9. my biography - David McReynolds, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McReynolds
  10. Multiple personal watchlists
  11. Need help for a larger project here on Wikipedia
  12. Redirection

October 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2010 October 31

  1. Can't log in on a new computer
  2. article
  3. Question not in help desk?
  4. Where is the philosophical science?
  5. SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVING CONTENT
  6. Contentious words
  7. Education Sector in Pakistan
  8. Problem saving edits
  9. Bracket in title of cite news messing up reference
  10. Removing deleted article from Google search results
  11. Unconscious - The Real Life
  12. Chapeau Act
  13. Unconscious - The Real Life
  14. My password doesn't work and I can't get a new one
  15. Foreign Language Articles
  16. Templates
  17. Submission via e-mail
  18. please userfy ...
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