Wikipedia:New contributors' help page/Archive/2011/December

December 1

for editeng the user page

sir plz tell me the way how to create a user page--Jaiswar.abhishek (talk) 05:35, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Your user page is at User:Jaiswar.abhishek, and you have already created it. You can edit it by viewing the page and then clicking the "Edit" link at the top. See Help:Editing. Welcome to Wikipedia, by the way - I have left you some introductory links on your talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:01, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Is This Right? Or Is There Another 10 Episodes That I'm Not Seeing??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SpongeBob_SquarePants_episodes#Season_8:_2011.E2.80.93present

167 "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom"[29] Aaron Springer, Dani Michaeli November 25, 2011 "Bubble Buddy Returns" Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Mr. Lawrence TBA "InSpongeiac" TBA TBA, 2011 Season 9: 2012

On Monday January 3, 2011, Nickelodeon ordered 26 episodes for a ninth season, which is confirmed to begin airing in 2012. It will bring the number of episodes up to 204 and will pass the 200-episode milestone.[30]

If the next episode TBA InSpongeiac is 168 then surely 168 + 26 = 194??? not 204 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.193.56.159 (talk) 09:42, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Yes, this is strange. I have posted at the article talk page and perhaps someone will respond there. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:44, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Cited information in an article is incorrect

Hello wise wikipedia beings,

I am so very new to all of this although I have been using the reference for some time without spotting any errors (yay) so I didn't want to make things worse trying to make things better.

I noted an article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettabyte) That has a cited entry "A revised theory is that if you made an audio recording of the conscience and words of all humanity since the dawn of time and multiplied the data 4 times you would reach this 1 ZiB[11]"

The citation 11 references this URL http://wordswithmeaning.org/2011/11/the-extraordinary-future-of-data-storage/

But the text on that URL reflects "...in fact if you were to record every word that has ever been said and thought (conscience) in the entire history of man as a high definition audio recording, then quadruple that storage amount THEN you would half a yottabyte."

I am not clear on how this should be editted. I can change the cited entry, but then it would no longer be relavant to the article. I did not want to necessarily strike the line and the reference one my first time out as I am such a neophyte.

Any advise is appreciated and follow-up may be 'posted to my talk page'?

Caio Slawrenz (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:54, 1 December 2011 (UTC).

Zettabyte (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I have boldly removed that line, and one of the other entries in that section. Others may disagree, in which case Talk:Zettabyte would be the best place to discuss it. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:26, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

That doesn't mean I'm claiming to be a "wise wikipedia being" -- John of Reading (talk) 20:28, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Move to user space

Help!!

I recently began preparing my second Wikipedia article (my first one is "Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812"). The new one is going to be "Regular Army units with campaign credit for the War of 1812." I thought that I had set up a practice place to develop the new article, but to my astonishment and chagrin, it's already up on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_Army_units_with_campaign_credit_for_the_War_of_1812).

How do I move it to a sandbox, or some other place where it isn't already accessible?

(Mmcmartin35 (talk) 16:41, 1 December 2011 (UTC))

The move button is under the down arrow button at the top right. I've moved it to User:Mmcmartin35/Regular Army units with campaign credit for the War of 1812 for you. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:18, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Suggest you take a look at WP:YFA and WP:LAYOUT - you are using some non-standard formatting (for example, no lead section). – ukexpat (talk) 17:51, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Want to be added as a buying group to the description of Group Purchasing Organization on Wikipedia

We are a buying network that helps small businesses, churches, and non-profits. Please see our website at www.tbn.us. We would like to be int he description of GPO's for Christian, Non-profit and Business GPO's. I am a donor. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.30.171 (talk) 18:44, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Unless your organisation is notable, and possibly even then, that would be WP:SPAM, and not permitted. Wikipedia is not a directory. Please see WP:ORGFAQ. --ColinFine (talk) 18:49, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Error on Super PACs

I believe you made an error in reporting that contributions to Super PACs need not be disclosed. All donations to PACs of any kind must be disclsed to the FEC, and the information is public. Some avoid disclousre of the individiual contributor by having that contributor donate first to a 501c4 nonprofit which then in turn donates to the Super PAC (without disclosing the name of its original contributor). But while that is possible, a 501c4 must meet the IRS requirement that its principal purpose be social welfare --- the practical result of this being that more than half of its expenditures need to go for social welfare purposes, thus severely limiting what it can donate undisclosed for political purposes to a Super PAc. 22:41, 1 December 2011 (UTC)~ ROS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.176.143 (talk)

If you can improve an article (and you have reliable sources for the information you are adding), please edit the article; or if you are not confident in doing that, please make a suggestion at the article's talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 23:59, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2

Newsmedia in Glass Houses: Clarification on NPOV vis-a-vis "enemy media"?

Hello:

While I'm no stranger to publishing stuff online, I am still new to Wikipedia + I'm still learning the culture and accepted practices. After holding off on asking about some things I've been unclear about, I think this question is worth the time.

I think it's worthwhile to learn not only the direct answer but also to understand how rules are interpreted + interpretations are codified (see my second question: Does a tool like this exist?).

I'm not looking to discuss the merits of the current editing policy because there's still a lot I need to digest first about how Wikipedia is written/managed. Ideally, I'd like to find out what the accepted editing procedure is and how I could research this type of question myself (basically, how to find relevant 'case law' for interpreting editing guidelines for specific situations -- see Question #2 [Tech/Tool Exists?] for more).

» QUESTION #1: CREDIBILITY OF "ENEMY MEDIA"

I've come across a disproportionate number of cases like this: on the English-language Wikipedia, there are occasional differences in how the WP article characterizes the credibility of news media that cover a story differently than the bulk of Western news media.

I'm using an example as a way of getting to my questions because it's much easier to get to the point. But, again, I'm looking for how to evaluate the situation and not specific judgements about the examples provided.

Example: In this case, the facts in dispute are about someone arrested in Iran, what he was charged with and whether he was sentenced to the death penalty. Sources from advocacy groups as well as reputable Western media outlets are cited to report that the man was charged with apostasy + sentenced to death. This is all reported as fact in the WP article until you get the last section, where you find out that the latest info is that the guy isn't sentenced to death and the possibility of a death sentence for him was triggered by charges of rape, prostitution + corruption. As soon as this is included in the WP article, the source is indicted as government propaganda (even though it advertises itself as 'independent').

You can see what my bias is on the substance of the issue but this is being discussed on the relevant Talk Page: Talk:Youcef_Nadarkhani

My questions are:

1) The WP article page for the Iranian source (Fars News) is short and (almost comically) indicts the news agency as fraudulent based on commentary from CNN; it also cites ex-government officials who work at Fars News. I say 'comical' because CNN doesn't seem very independent. I found this prior question + answer but what is the accepted rule-of-thumb regarding source credibility? If Fars News says it is independent from the Iranian government, how much concrete evidence is required to report it as 'government media'? It appears as if there are separate standards for Western media + 'enemy media' ... is that something that's been discussed before?

2) On a technical matter of what a person was charged with by the government, what other source besides 'government media' quoting government officials is ore qualified to establish facts like that?

3) Does the language of the given Wikipedia site affect which cultural biases are allowed into an article or does WP strive to have an NPOV regardless of culture/language? In other words, could the Farsi Wikpedia grant more credibility to Fars News to reflect the dominant cultural opinion?

» QUESTION #2: TECH/TOOLS TO HELP?

I guess this is kind of like asking if there is existing consensus on these issues or standing 'case law'. I've seen the page that lists out all the NPOV disputes but I'm thinking of a tool that allows one to search prior editorial disputes based on tags or keywords or something to find prior discussions/decisions where the specific facts are different but the essential question is the same. Is there a page or a tool that's like this? If not, is that something that would be usful (I'm a programmer and I think I could whip something like this up if it's a good use of time).

Thank you, everyone, -ryan ryan bagueros » i know en + pt-br + es » talk 17:46, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

December 3

Not sure how to proceed

I have recently been talking to a new contributor by the name of User:Stephen G. Granger. There is no real problem as his edit are in good faith I see now. A first I though the edits were self promotional in nature i.e, and he is blanking before editing i.e but no big deal we can fix all that.

My main concern and something I simply am not sure on how to proceed is the fact he indicates he is an expert in the field and I would love to make sure we keep an editor of this nature. I do not wish to scare off the editor if these claims of expertise are true. Can I get someone with more experience with this type of situation to intervene. I will not be to active over the next few days and dont want to see the editor banned for simply not being able to edit properly.

• User talk:Stephen G. Granger
• User talk:Moxy#Self Promotion
  

Moxy (talk) 05:09, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I noticed this independently and will try to address the situation, and anyone else is welcome to help. They are big ropes to learn, no doubt about it... Franamax (talk) 05:32, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

footnote citations

How do I insert footnotes?Ath1973 (talk) 14:07, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

See Help:Footnotes, but I think you've worked it out for yourself since posting here. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:28, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

wrog high school

Please help! I have had the wrong high school listed on my facebook page for a long time! How do I change it to the correct one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.118.178.168 (talk) 16:20, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, this help page is for questions about using or editing Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. For help with Facebook I suggest you try here. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:31, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Movies on reader

WHEN LOOKING AT MOVIES ON THIS READER, HOW CAN REMOVE THE GREY AREA BELOW THE SCREEN STARTUP TO SEE THE FULL PAGE ASKED FOR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.158.201.33 (talk) 20:29, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

We have no way of knowing what "THIS READER" is, but you are at Wikipedia, the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, and we haven't got a "READER", so I think you have come to the wrong place. You may be able to get some help at Wikipedia's Computing reference desk, but you will need to tell people what reader you are talking about. And please don't SHOUT post in capitals--ColinFine (talk) 22:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

December 5

Translation of English article into Spanish

How do I translate an already-existing article? Is there a link from the existing page? I do not understand the "How To" explanation.

The article I would first like to translate is the English article of "Falseta" into Spanish.

Thank you very much,

Ignacio 14:55, 5 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elnato (talk • contribs)

Thank you, this would be very helpful. You would do this by creating an article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia. Each project has its own guidelines for translators, so you should look at this Spanish page and this one. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Davis Cup Court Surfaces!

There is no mention of kind of court surfaces in David Cup Tournaments in the write-up in Wikepedia. The last tournament was played on clay in Seville. Please provide information on kinds of surfaces played in Davis Cup tournaments. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.20.180.24 (talk) 23:11, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I examined three articles: 2011 Davis Cup, 2011 Davis Cup World Group, 2011 ATP World Tour. They all said clay in Seville. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:28, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

December 6

Veronica Piastuch

Veronica Piastuch is a semi-famous artist in my state. If you type Veronica and then P in the google search bar, the rest of her name appears. She displays her paintings at art shows all over New Mexico. How famous does a person have to be to have an article about them? And how do I ask someone to make the article for me???!!! I click "ask for this article to be created", but I can't actually find a way to do it. Ugh, can someone help me?

--98.230.212.141 (talk) 04:43, 6 December 2011 (UTC)Tess R.

It's not about "fame", it's "notability" that matters on Wikipedia. See WP:CREATIVE. – ukexpat (talk) 15:12, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Incorrectly Embedded Image?

Can someone explain why when I uploaded to Wikimedia a file, and then subsequently used that file as an embedded image in a wikipedia article, an entirely different picture came up?

GreenGibbon (talk) 18:44, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

I see that you've already caught your mistake since posting here. Welcome to Wikipedia, by the way - I've posted some introductory links on your talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:03, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

8tracks.com Discussion/Talk Page

I created the page 8tracks.com but when I moved the content from my talkpage into the Wiki world there was a problem with the migration of the talk page. As such, one currently does not exist although the 8tracks.com article is published. I would like to know how to go about creating one so that the Wikipedia community can interact and collaborate on it. Thanks Jasonmarder (talk) 20:03, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Fixed. – ukexpat (talk) 20:27, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

December 7

title of new page

A few pages already exist using the same name of the one that I have created, however, they are completely different people. To help differentiate, I added information of what the person does (photographer) next to the name in the title. I thought this would then come up automatically when I do a search for the person in WIKI, but it does not. Does anyone know how this works? Is this not coming up in the search because I have just created the page?

I can be reached on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Janniekalb

Thank you very much. Jannie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janniekalb (talk • contribs) 19:59, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

It can take a while for the search index to be updated. I have just taken a look at Robert Holden (photographer) and it has some problems, which I have indicated with maintenance templates. – ukexpat (talk) 20:03, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

December 8

Can you please provide more inline citations to support some of the claims made in the article?

This was the comment in response to an article I submitted on Hayes Perkins. He was an adventurer and traveler who kept an extensive diary that was never published. Virtually all of the information comes from the diaries, so all citations would be to one source. Can you please advise me how I might meet the reviewers suggestion?JohnManfordMartin (talk) 02:26, 8 December 2011 (UTC)john martin

Unpublished materials are not reliable sources per WP:RS as they cannot be verified. Without secondary sources you will have problems demonstrating the notability of the subject per WP:BIO. – ukexpat (talk) 13:58, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Uploading images

does it requires to create another account other than this to get access to the wikimedia for uploading a picture Aniket.H.Patil (talk) 18:41, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

No, but your account must be autoconfirmed before you can upload. Please see WP:UPIMG for further assistance with uploading images. – ukexpat (talk) 18:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

December 9

how to correctly place a citation in an article

Hi, I am very new to Wikipedia. I am interested in making some edits, and have already done a couple-- one which seem to go well and the other which got 'speedily deleted'. I am looking for directions on how to place a citation correctly within an article. I am sure there must be an FAQ on that somewhere, but haven't been able to locate. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks, SashaGolden (talk) 13:47, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

There most certainly is and you will find it at referencing for beginners. – ukexpat (talk) 13:56, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

December 10

vietnamesse cross of gallantry recipients

i received this award in 1968 but am not listed on your page why--74.233.25.192 (talk) 00:56, 10 December 2011 (UTC) Vietnam Gallantry Cross

Are you notable enough for something else that there is already an article about you? That list is of notable recipients of the Cross: people otherwise notable who are also recipients of the Gallantry Cross; it is not a random and indiscriminate list of everybody who ever won the Cross. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:01, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

vietnamesse cross of gallantry

Christopher R. Gahagan received this award in 1968 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.233.25.192 (talk) 01:04, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

• And who is this Gahagan? We don't have an article about him here. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:09, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Lost

I am frankly lost. I just signed up, and would like to help. Could anyone help me learn or start editing? --Chazf (talk) 06:17, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

I left you a message on your talk page with many links to many help type pages. If you have a specific question please ask us.Moxy (talk) 06:24, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Possible New Entry (A Research Scientist)

I in the course of some routine research (I am a teacher..), I was surprised no website for Prof. Folker Meyer of the Agonne Lab. [His entry is prominent in Goolge.] Below is a copy of part of his resume from Google that I do think speaks to qualification(s). Might this a possible starting page or what?

Folker Meyer's homepage

Folker Meyer is a computational biologist at Argonne National Laboratory and a senior fellow at the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago. He is also associate division director of the Institute of Genomics and Systems Biology.

He trained as a computer scientists and started to work with biologists early on in his career. It was that exposure to interesting biological problems that sparked his interest in building software systems to tackle biological problems, mostly in the field of genomics or post-genomics. In the past he has been best known for his leadership role in the development of the GenDB genome annotation system, he has also played an active role in the design and implementation of several high-performance computing platforms. His current work focuses on the analysis of shotgun metagenomics data sets and on the MG-RAST community resource for metagenomics. Shotgun metagenomics is benefitting directly from the current advances in sequencing technology, leading to dramatic growth in the number scientists using this approach and the number and size of the data sets being produced. He also has an interest in microbial genomics and the analysis of complete microbial genomes and is a member of the RAST project.

He is a founding member of the Earthmicrobiome project (EMP). He is a member of the Genomics Standards Consortium (GSC). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.22.156 (talk) 19:32, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

The criterion for Wikipedia is whether the subject is notable in Wikipedia's definition: whether independent, reliable sources have written substantially about the subject. If you can find such sources - not directories, or sources connected with the subject - then you are welcome to begin and article on him. See WP:YFA. --ColinFine (talk) 17:43, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

how can i upload picture?

sir please tell me that how can i upload a picture on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uzma ijaz (talk • contribs) 21:16, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Please see WP:image tutorial. --ColinFine (talk) 17:43, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

December 11

how to include Sedimentry deposits from Afghanistan

mostly i reading wikipedia there is good example from world wide but some of the example has Afghanistan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.215.8.26 (talk) 06:10, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

I guess that you are suggesting an addition to an article, but I don't know which article, since you do not say: perhaps Sedimentary rock? I am not a geologist, but I would have thought that there are sedimentary deposits in many many places round the world, so a list of them (in whatever article) would be only a representative sample. If that is so, then it would not be appropriate to add a further location unless there was something special about the deposits in that location. --ColinFine (talk) 17:53, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Bo Peep is also a sucessful lingerie brand in the UK, please add - bopeeps.com

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.64.73.95 (talk) 16:22, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Please see my reply to the question "Possible New Entry (A Research Scientist)" above. --ColinFine (talk) 17:55, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

December 12

How do I join a WikiProject?

Please leave a notice on my talk page once the answer is given. Thank you, —yrtneg · talk 17:20, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Which WikiProject(s) do you have in mind? Most have a list of members somewhere. Just edit the page, as you would any other page here, and add your name. But this is entirely optional; you are welcome to edit articles without joining a Wikiproject. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:38, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Ok. —yrtneg · talk 17:40, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Translation to German

I have an article on Sopubek Begaliev in English (also Russian, French, and Kyrgyz) and have had it translated to German, which is a language I am not familiar with. In the past, I could figure out how to create a Wiki page in another language that I did not understand. It seems not possible to do now, so I could use assistance from someone familiar with English and German to help me create the German Wiki page. I have the German translation prepared, all I need is someone to assist in creating the German Wiki page. Nglennie (talk) 17:24, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

German Wikipedia is here. The contributors there will be best able to help you. – ukexpat (talk) 17:46, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

December 13

Table

How do you add something to table?209.51.184.13 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:12, 13 December 2011 (UTC).

These can be very tricky. The syntax is described at Help:Table, which begins with some simple examples. If you click "Edit" in the article or section that has the table, you may be able to work out what you need to copy from a previous row to add a new row. Use the "Show preview" button to check your edits. Feel free to post again here to ask for more help, giving the name or URL of the article that has the table and the data that you'd like to add. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:02, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

BIOGRAPHY - PETER WILLIAM RAINIER

In the middle of the article, after loading using CTRL + "V" appears dotted line boxes in "Edit" type print (different from the body of the article print which appears to to be a formal Font - not the one I included which was New Roman) and my text is abbreviated therein! Where are the missing words?FRANKLIN PANGBORN (talk) 10:42, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Don't start a line with leading spaces. It causes special formatting with no line wrapping. If you scroll right in your browser then the end of the lines should be visible. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:45, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

How to add to an extisting article?

An article exists & I would like to add a section to it. How do I do that please? Mhgdg (talk) 11:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC) MHGDG

Click the "Edit" tab at top of the page. See Help:Section#Creation and numbering of sections. See more about editing at Wikipedia:Tutorial. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:49, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Durlston Court School

Please help - I am trying to get an article accepted about Durlston Court School. The problem is that the ONLY source of information is from a book published in 2003 by the school for private consumption. It was written by several staff and trustees using material pulled from existing school archives. So it is not a verifiable third party source. There are no verifiable third party sources - so how can I satisfy the verifcation process- it all very frustrating.

Softarts (talk) 15:52, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

If that is the only source available, then you may just have to accept that, as Wikipedia uses the term, the school isn't notable. – ukexpat (talk) 16:20, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

If you turn the various inline external links into references, you may be getting nearer to achieving an acceptable article. Please read WP:EL and WP:Referencing for beginners. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:15, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Getting a table of contents

BIBLIOGRAPHY - PETER WILLIAM RAINIER I used the prompt: " == Level 2 == " together and in front of my headings (and there are more than four of them) but still a "Table of Contents" was not generated! What am I doing wrong? FRANKLIN PANGBORN (talk) 17:41, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

You don't put " == Level 2 == " in front of the headings; instead you put the == == around your headings. I have corrected your draft in this respect. There are, of course, many more things that need tidying up in your draft before you try to publish it to mainspace. Try reading WP:Tutorial and WP:1st; I'll put some more links on your talk page. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

New article " Original Contract" not as yet available in Wickipedia...inexperienced in this website, how do I enter it?

In the search provisiin today i entered the words, "Original Contract"; there was no listing at all. I have some very important information about this subject that I would like to submit as an article. I am 84 years of age and a mere novice in this technology, so I shall need step-by-step instruction and assistance.

I have an account with Wickipedia. The feature I wish to publish does have 'noteable' references.

If I compose the article first in Microsoft WORD 2010, can I then paste the completed article in Wickipedia?

I prefer to do this if possible. Because this afternoon I spent nearly 40 minutes writing the article in Wickipedia, only for it to have vanished from the website page in an instant. And, not being able to save it as a draft (as I was writing the article) I lost all. I do not want to waste my valuable time like that again.

Please advise.

Sincerely Gordon J Sheppard — Preceding unsigned comment added by Birdsaflying (talk • contribs) 18:48, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Why don't you create it in a user sandbox first, at, say User:Birdsaflying/Sandbox? I have created an empty sandbox for you and put a link to it on your user page. – ukexpat (talk) 19:40, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

If you compose it in Word, bear in mind that any Word formatting will be lost when you paste it into Wikipedia. Working in a sandbox as ukexpat suggests, you can experiment with wikicode for formatting. —teb728 t c 20:31, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

You might also want to take a look at what we already have under social contract and David Hume. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:27, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

William Sauntry Mansion

What can I edit to get this submission approved? Talynum (talk) 19:18, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

The article was speedily deleted as too promotional in tone. Please take a look at WP:SPAM. Please consider creating a draft of the article in a user subpage first. – ukexpat (talk) 19:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

December 14

Using referrence when editing pages

I have looked and haven't found how I can support my edits with a reference such as a news report or publication. I want to make sure that I information is accurate and supported by facts. How do I do that so my edits will not be deleted by mistake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.180.34.214 (talk) 16:29, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

You will find extensive guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:39, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Rai Chand Boral

I am trying to edit Rai Chand Boal wiki page but it is not working. But some infos are not corrct. I jus borrowed the Hindi film encyclopedia and want to corect the infos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.56.172.216 (talk) 17:48, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Raichand Boral (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I believe this was a mistake by the anti-vandalism software. I have restored the version of the page with your changes included. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:00, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Your edits would be less likely to be mistaken by the bot for vandalism if you gave an edit summary. --ColinFine (talk) 23:13, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

December 15

HOW CAN I BE A CONTRIBUTOR TO WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES197.253.4.162 (talk) 11:15, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

IAM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WIKIPEDIA,I HAVE BEEN AN AVID USER SINCE I GOT TO KNOW OF THIS SITE.I WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER OR A COTRIBUTOR TO WIKIKPEDIA.HOW DO I BECOM ONE?

This post makes you one, just go to any article that you have an interest in and make an edit, also consider getting a username I will put a messsage on your talk page to show you how and give you more details about how we work here, happy editing Mo ainm~Talk 11:21, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

PLEASE TELL HOW

HI , I HAVE A PROBLEM THAT HOW CAN WE UPLOAD A PHOTO IN OUR WRITTEN ARTICLE FROM OUR PC ? Shyamdadhaniya (talk) 15:05, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

There are two places you can upload your image. If the image is a free image, you should upload it to the Commons, as that is our free image repository. If you are uploading an image used under fair use, you would need to upload it here. GB fan 15:32, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Also please do not type in all capitals. That usually is interpreted as the person shouting. GB fan 15:34, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately I have tagged Umiya for deletion as a copyright violation. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:41, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

December 17

Sandbox: on creating an article in my sandbox; how do you transfer to main pages of Wickipedia

I have created an article in sandbox but I cannot locate info advising me how I now transfer this to the main pages in the Wickipedia encyclopedia. Please advise. Or steer me to the info providing that information. Birdsaflying (talk) 11:49, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi Birdsaflying. The information you are looking for is on this page: Wikipedia:Moving a page. More info can also be found on the page about writing your first article: Wikipedia:First_article. Good luck! meshach (talk) 23:39, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Malay anon wants to say something about the UN

saya muhammad zaki bin nor/ seprti nama diatas ingin menegaskan bahawasanya apa yang di maklumkan oleh pihak yang berkuasa diseluruh dunia, yaitu persatuan bangsa-bangsa bersatu dunia PBB: dengan ini no siri ahli kuasa: h/d0988710a12...--175.138.6.59 (talk) 08:37, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Do you have a question about editing and finding your way around Wikipedia?

Adakah anda mempunyai soalan mengenai cara mengedit dan mencari jalan anda di seluruh Wikipedia? —teb728 t c 09:45, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Conservation-Restoration of Historic floor tiles

Dear sir, Old historic Buildings like Mysore palace already lot of floor tiles are getting damaged.so for I am searching some manufacturer in India for conservation. This is my suggestion.180.215.227.189

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a business directory. So that is not something we would include here. —teb728 t c 01:02, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

December 19

New article - Joseph Phillips

I am a new user to Wikipedia and have created a new article. I wanted to call the article, 'Joseph Phillips'. There are several articles called Joseph Phillips so I was going to use (English Actor) for disambiguation but I don't want (English Actor)to appear in the title of the page. I want people to be able to find the page easily by simply typing Joseph Phillips into the search tool. The article I have created is in my draft area. Also I would like to know how to include an image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MickPhillips (talk • contribs) 22:37, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

The existing article Joseph Phillips is a disambiguation page: when your article User:MickPhillips/Joseph Phillips (English Actor) is ready - it isn't at the moment, and I'm not sure it will ever be - you can move it to Joseph Phillips (actor), and also edit the disambiguation page Joseph Phillips to add a link to the new article. (I suggest "Joseph Phillips (actor)" - there is no need to mention his nationality in the article title unless there is another actor with the same name in Wikipedia).

The article is not ready because it contains no references at all; and in particular does not contain any of the references to independent reliable sources that are an absolute requirement to establish that a subject is notable and should therefore have an article in Wikipedia. If you moved it to article space in its present form it would certainly be nominated for deletion very quickly. The award that you mention might be enough to establish notability, but only if you can cite reliable independent sources (such as newspapers) which report them: generally it is unlikely that an actor still at drama school will meet the criteria (see WP:UPANDCOMING).

Furthermore, for articles on living people, we require an even higher level of verifiability: such articles should not contain anything at all which does not come from a published source. Unpublished information is in any case not acceptible in Wikipedia, but for articles on living people, this is even more important.

The next point is that your draft is not written in a suitable tone for an encyclopaedia. That in itself will probably not prompt anybody to nominate the article for deletion, but somebody will probably slap a {{tone}} tag on it: it would be better if you cleaned it up before you move it. If you find a couple of articles on other actors in WP:Featured articles and look at how they are written, that will give you some ideas.

Finally, from your name, it appears that you might be related to Joseph Phillips: if so, you have a conflict of interest, which is likely to make it difficult for you to achieve a neutral point of view in your writing.

All in all, I would say that it is unlikely that you will be able to establish that Joseph Phillips is notable at present, so don't waste any more of your time working on the article. If you can find several independent reliable sources that have written about him, then you can work on the article - but I would advise you to ask for help at Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers.

In answer to your question about an image: if despite all I have said an article is created, an image will be very welcome, but you will need to make sure that either the image is in the public domain, or that the copyright holder agrees to license it under a suitable licence. See WP:Image tutorial for how to go about licensing an image and adding it to an article. --ColinFine (talk) 23:18, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Later: I see I was wrong about another actor: I somehow missed the first one on the list. So yes, if this were to become an article, Joseph Phillips (English actor) would be an appropriate title.

I see that Riviera Life tv has reported on the award, and mentions Phillips' name in the listing. It is possible that that is enough to establish notability, but I'm dubious: it looks as if it is probably a reliable source, but it only mentions the name in passing, it doesn't say anything about the actor.

However, unless there are some articles or interviews about Phillips in reliable papers, I don't think you are going to be able to make an article that sticks, because there will be essentially no information that you can put in it. --ColinFine (talk) 23:33, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Colin, thanks for all your comments, I really appreciate your feedback. I have looked at similar pages for other actors and tried to use similar formats. I have also added various external links in the text and in the external links section (not sure how to put them in the references section. The page is still very much 'work in progress' but I hope to publish it soon.

Regards, Mick MickPhillips (talk) 13:23, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

I also tried to upload an image (JPG file) but I don't think I've been auto confirmed yet and don't know how to check. MickPhillips (talk) 13:34, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

You registered your account at 19:01, 17 December 2011 (UTC), and you be autoconfirmed exactly four days after that. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Autoconfirmed status needs at least 4 days and at least 10 edits. You've got the 10 edits, but not the 4 days since your account was created. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks guys, I'll have another go at uploading an image after 19:00 on 21 December. MickPhillips (talk) 18:30, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

December 20

Software logo Upload

I would like to add a software logo to the English article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewmaxx translated from German. The logo is there on the German page http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewmaxx (logo URL: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Logo_brewmaxx_rgb_2009.png) already.

If I try to add the logo to the infobox I got a message this is allowed by an authorized user. How can I include the logo to the article or who can I ask to do that?

Patrick.em (talk) 11:20, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Images#Uploading images says that images can be uploaded by an autoconfirmed user. You'll see from Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed#Autoconfirmed users that the requirements are not far beyond where you are; you've been registered for more than 4 days, and a few more edits will get you to the required 10. Note that your article Brewmaxx does not currently contain any inline citations, though you do have a number of inline external links that shouldn't be there, and also some "references" which aren't referred to from the text. Read WP:Referencing for beginners, WP:EL, and Wikipedia:Citing sources#Inline citations, and by the time you've cured those problems you'll probably have reached your required 10 edits. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:39, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

O. Paul Minneman

O. Paul Minneman (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

An editor had added tone and headings comments to a page, and we believe we have addressed the issues. How do we get the headers removed? The page is O. Paul Minneman. Thanks! Miklminn (talk) 15:31, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

The article is still an WP:ORPHAN so that one has to stay. I have removed the other two. Final question: who are "we"? Please note that sharing of Wikpedia accounts among more than one user is not permitted. – ukexpat (talk) 15:40, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Having looked at the article and read all of the references that are available online, I have concerns about notability. Only one of the online sources (excluding the ones by the subject himself) actually mentions Minneman. It would appear from your user name that you may have some family connection to the subject. While I appreciate that you may view the subject as notable, my reading of the sources does not bear that out. It appears that he was a member of various teams of engineers who worked on these projects, but that does not mean that he is, in the eyes of Wikipedia, notable per WP:BIO. Do you have any reliable, secondary, sources that actually discuss his contributions to these projects? – ukexpat (talk) 15:57, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

We is myself, and two Boeing engineers who worked on programs with Mr. Minneman. The engineers have been providing links and technical detail for the entry. The commendation from NASA corroborates his participation in the shuttle program. The others are some distance in the past. We will work to find additional linkable corroboration regarding the other programs. More soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miklminn (talk • contribs) 16:20, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

The NASA commendation is not a reliable source per WP:RS - it may show that he participated in the program, but it does not demonstrate notability. Please read WP:BIO and WP:RS for for guidance as to what constitute notability and reliable sources for Wikipedia purposes. – ukexpat (talk) 16:51, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Nepalese Special Forces

Nepalese Special Forces There is only special forces Battalion in Nepalese Army is Yuddha Bhairav Battalion. But there are some other Special Operation Forces Unit as well. Nepalese Special Forces is formed in support of the British Special Air Services(SAS) and Israeli Special forces. British SAS had selected the suitable soldiers from Nepalese Army before giving hard core training of the special forces tactics, After completing that training A Special Forces Company (D Company) was established in 1987 AD. In 1991 another Special Forces Company (E Company)was established after specialized in Counter Terrorist Operations which was supported by Israeli Special Forces. Later on these two Companies are merged as a Nepalese Special Forces. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.95.9.205 (talk) 17:42, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Here is not a useful place to provide content to Wikipedia. If you have independent reliable sources for the information you wish adding, please edit the article in question to add it; or if you feel uncertain about doing that, go to the "Talk page" (sometimes called "discussion page") for the article, and explain there what you think should be changed. --ColinFine (talk) 01:03, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Why do I not have "autoconfirm" status?

Hello:

Why do I not have "autoconfirm" status? "My contributions" lists over 100 edits I've made dating back to 27 March 2010.

Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 17:55, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

What makes you think you are not autoconfirmed? As far as I can tell you are autoconfirmed. However, Special:Contributions/DavidMCEddy only shows 91 edits. You have one additional deleted edit which should count and give 92. WP:AUTOCONFIRM says: "users with IPBE editing through the Tor network are subjected to stricter autoconfirmed thresholds: 90 days and 100 edits." You may not count as autoconfirmed when you are on such a connection but I don't have access to this info. If this is the problem then you may have to change connection or make 8 more edits. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:59, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

How do i add photos to an existing article?

I have edited and added information on the articles Asphalt 3: Street Rules, and Race America; But i just can't seem to figure out how to add a photo/screenshot to the articles. Any help on the matter would be highly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by A.roy20 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

See WP:Images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. You wouldn't be able to upload images yet, as the question above appears to be the first edit from this account, and the account needs to be autoconfirmed before you can upload images. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:42, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Please note, however, that screenshots are only permitted if they meet all of the non-free content criteria. – ukexpat (talk) 18:50, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Page Cavanaugh

In his early teen years Page Cavanaugh played with a dance band in Southeast Kansas. The band went by two names "Jiggs and His Melody Kings" also known as The Carpino-Roseland Orchestra, bandleader was saxophonist Pete "Jiggs" Carpino. The band played "live" on a radio station in Joplin, Missouri, on Sundays during the early depression. Besides playing on live radio the band played many dance venues including "hard times" dances held at local dance halls in Southeast Kansas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michelle51 (talk • contribs) 21:36, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Here is not a useful place to provide content to Wikipedia. If you have independent reliable sources for the information you wish adding, please edit the article in question to add it; or if you feel uncertain about doing that, go to the "Talk page" (sometimes called "discussion page") for the article, and explain there what you think should be changed. --ColinFine (talk) 01:04, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

December 21

Can i do a testing page?

Hi there,

I'm new to editing wikipages and is it possible for me to do a "testing page" of some sorts to see familiarize myself with the CMS tools?

If so, where can I do so? Thanks! Ssfa (talk) 03:44, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

To test your editing skills, please try the Sandbox here. Thank you! Bulldog73 ^talk da contribs _{go rando} 03:45, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

The above sandbox is often overwritten by other users. You can also make a personal sandbox by editing User:Ssfa/Sandbox. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

speling mistake

Please correct the speling..u write nautyal.........but its nautIyal — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.16.153.179 (talk) 03:28, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Please state the name of the article that you are referring to. Bulldog73 ^talk da contribs _{go rando} 03:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Am I right that you refer to Biron Dewal? And do you have a reliable source for the change? The context is obscure, and the article is totally without sources. So it is hard to know what is right. —teb728 t c 08:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

I have cut Biron Dewal back to a stub removing all the unsourced and unencyclopedic content. – ukexpat (talk) 13:36, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Discussion Page

Is there a way to know if a discussion page for an article on your watchlist has been updated? I find that Wikipedia does not e-mail me about such updates and it is somewhat inconvenient to keep checking back.

Thanks Kyle Berman (talk) 15:10, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

If an article is on your watchlist, the talk page for that article is also on your watchlist. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:14, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

References

I am interested in doing an article on Radiation, Inc., a notable early electronic company for which I worked for 30 years. The company was founded in 1950 and was merged with Harris-Intertype (now Harris Corp.) in 1967. I have collected lots of historic information, but am short of suitable references, since most material is not readily accessible for verification. There is a short mention in the Harris web site, and some images of historic documents on Radiwiki.Wikispaces.com, which I created. Can you suggest sources for better references? FrankPerkinsFL (talk) 15:11, 21 December 2011 (UTC) Frank Perkins

Does this template help: Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL – ukexpat (talk) 15:16, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

December 22

Deleted content

I edited a page and contributed some information and provided a verified link with it to make sure that it seems to be legitimate, the page was Kane in the 'remasking (2011)' section. The information was very much legitimate, but regardless of that, my contribution was deleted without any reason, is this the right way to motivate a new Wikipedia contributor, unfortunately it was my first contribution, but it did dishearten me and demotivated me.--Singhaldipanshu (talk) 22:22, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

If you look at the page history, you can see that your edit was removed by User:Starship.paint a few hours later, with the edit summary "restored his 1995-1997 stuff / removed recent unnecessary week-by-week info". This was quite a big edit, and my guess is that they removed your addition by accident (I may be wrong - I know nothing about Wrestling, and it may be that starship.paint intended to remove it).

My advice is to ask on starship.paint's talk page whether they intended to remove your addition, and if so why. --ColinFine (talk) 00:49, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

December 23

Wikipedia article on Local Regression is a copy of ...

The Wikipedia article on Local Regression is a direct word-for-word copy of the article on LOESS in the NIST Engineering Statistic Handbook. This article is very useful, and I would not have found it otherwise, but probably you do not encourage such copying. What is your policy on this?

reference: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmd/section1/pmd144.htm

This reference is cited in the article.

Thank you.

67.160.197.67 (talk) 22:04, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

This copying is legal because the National Institute of Standards and Technology is a US Government agency. At the bottom of the article is the required attribution notice. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:35, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Sonny with a Chance (season 3)

The third season of the television series, Sonny With a Chance, is currently suspended due to the problems faced by the actress and singer Demi Lovato, so the production released the tv show that was filmed in the So Random! o Wave! which airs on Disney Channel. It has been rumored participation of Demi Lovato in Sonny With a Chance and Que Onda! Skyscraper singing his success. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.235.106.85 (talk) 23:27, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

This comment belongs on the talk page of the relevant article, which I think would be Talk:List of So Random! episodes. Do you have a reliable source for the information? -- John of Reading (talk) 08:38, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

December 25

Translation of an article page in Bengali which already exists in English

Can I translate, or at least start translating an article of my choice that already exists in English in Wikipedia if the Bengali counterpart is not available there? Al-mumtahinah (talk) 02:53, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Certainly. The page WP:Translation gives useful information about translating into English: there may be similar information in the Bengali Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 18:46, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

December 26

Cartoon network

Extended content

Cartoon Network's Luke City Luke City created by Lucas Hurford directer(s) Genny Tartentowski country of United States origin no.of 7 seasons 90 (whole) no.of 130 (segments) episodes (List of episodes) Hanna Barbera production (2000-2001) company Cartoon Network Studios (2001-2006) running 23 minutes aproxx time original 48Oi (episodes,special) format SDTV (Movie) original Cartoon Network channel original August 11,2000- run September 22,2006 Luke City is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera productions (later Cartoon Network Studios).The show premired on August 11,2000 on cartoon network and offically ended it's series on September 22,2006 with 90 episodes in total.As of 2009,cartoon network's sister channel Boomerang reruns the show. Production of the show began in early 1998.The creator Lucas Hurford created 4 shorts in 1996 along with what-a-cartoon! shorts.It was the 4th spin-off series on cartoon network and the 9th cartoon cartoon.On June 2002,the show released it's first thearitical film intitled Lucas 1st Movie witch was suppost to end the series,but production picked back up in spring 2003. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.241.209 (talk) 03:34, 26 December 2011 (UTC) Lucas 1st Movie Lucas' 1st Movie written by Lucas Hurford screenplay by Genny Tartentowski produced by Warner bros pictures Cartoon network productions running time 83 minutes release date June 28,2002 bugget $1,000,000 Lucas 1st Movie (it is called The Luke City Movie and Luke City the movie in some states)is an animated thearitical film based on the TV series Luke City.It is cartoon network's first thearitical film and their first movie.It was released in theaters on June 28,2002 (along with Hey Arnold the movie! release)and released on DVD and VHS on December 20,2002.It was suppost to end the series,but production picked back up in spring 2003. Production for the movie began on 2001 after Luke City's 1st season.The movie had reached over 9,000,000 viewers by 2003.In 2007,Lucas Hurford wanted to release the show's first direct-to-video film intitled Luke City 2:the kindegarden years,but decided it woulded really be a good idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.241.209 (talk) 03:56, 26 December 2011 (UTC) List of Luke City episodes (season 1) the following is list of luke city season 1 episodes name of episode:PILOT EPISODE/A LUKE TOO MANY/LUCAS,SATIN GUY,SATIN GUY,LUCAS release date:August 11,2000 plot:random stuff happen during this episode/luke tries to prevent his family from visiting/lucas meets a new friend name of episode:LUKE IN THE CITY/THE ESPN FOOL/LUCAS BUCAS release date:August 18,2000 plot:Luke goes to new york/stary guy gets obsessed in ESPN/Lucas accidently makes everyone disappear in a magic trick name of episode:A BIG FAT LUKE/A HOLIDAY IN LUCAS/1,000 B.C release date:September 1,2000 plot:lucas won't stop eating/the gang decides to go in lucas's body/stary guy gets stuck in 1,000 B.C release date:GOING TO THE CINEMAS/LUKY LUKE/LUCAS'S LABORTORY release date:September 8,2000 plot:Lucas goes to the cinema/lucas believes he needs a stone to be lucky/lucas builds a labortory NOTE:this episode is a parody of dexter's labortory name of episode:911/ONE LUKE,300 STARIES release date:September 29,2000 plot:lucas,stary guy,and satin guy become cops/lucas and stary guy get in a huge fight. name of episode:WHO IS LUCAS?/DIAL L FOR LUCAS/A STARY CARTOON release date:December 22,2000 plot:lucas loses his memory/lucas is forced to babysit/stary guy hostes a saturday morning block name of episode:EYE OF THE LUCAS/KUNG FU BEE release date:January 12,2001 plot:lucas tries to kill a shark/a bee trains to destroy lucas name of episode:Hey Lucas!/Lucas Park/Stary's rival release date:Febuary 2,2001 plot:this episode is a parody of hey arnold's 24 hours to live episode/Lucas creates a deadly park/stary meets his long lost enemy name of episode:KUNG FU BEE 2/KUNG FU BEE 3 release date:Febuary 9,2001 plot:The bee returns to destroy lucas AND satin guy/The bee trains his whole colony to destroy the whole town name of episode:CHARLIE WHITE/SING,SUCKER! release date:Febuary 16,2001 plot:(season finale)lucas's favorite show gets cancelled/lucas tries out in singing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.241.209 (talk) 04:37, 26 December 2011 (UTC) List of luke city episodes (season 2) name of episode:YOU SON OF A LUCAS!/E.T. SUCKS! release date:July 4,2001. plot:lucas tries to get to his parent's house,but he keeps getting destacted/lucas tries to convience stary guy that e.t. does not stink. name of episode:KUNG FU BEE,THE FINAL INSTALLMENT/LUCAS VS.PANDA/LUKEBOT CITY. release date:July 11,2001. plot:lucas and the whole town decides to destroy the bees/luke battles with a 8-feet panda/this episode is the pilot in robot version. name of ep:LUCAS GUY,SATIN GUY,AND STARY GUY GO TO WALT DISNEY WORLD/LUCAS GUY MEETS MAGIC MARIO/811! release date:August 1,2001. plot:when the guys go to Walt disney world,crazy stuff start to happen/lucas meets magic mario/when lucas calls 811,he has to pay $4,000,000. name of ep:LAST BUT NO BEAST/KICK IT! release date:August 15,2001. plot:When lucas and the gang go to seas,they battle the great white shark/lucas and stary guy's friendship comes to a end when stary accidently kicks lucas. name of ep:LUKE-A-WEEN/A SATIN GUY CARTOON/LUKE PUKE! release date:October 12,2001. plot:the guys find something's wrong on holleween/satin guy tries to do something brave/luke pretends to be sick. neme of ep:LEGENDS ARE WEAPONS/BOOTY TOOTY/LUKE!!! release date:December 21,2001. plot:lucas gets bored listening to legends/lucas tries to deal with a big booty aunt/lucas meets his match. name of ep:BLAKE CAKE! release date:December 28,2001. lucas tries to solve a crime. name of ep:TEAM CRASHBOY83/LUCAS'S NIGHTMARE/A BOY STORY. release date:January 18,2002. lucas teams up with a new pal/lucas tries to get over his nightmare/lucas turns into girl! name of ep:THE GIRLS SQUAD/LITTLE LUCAS! release date:January 25,2002. plot:lucas's little sister tries to rule the world! name of ep:WHERE IS STARY GUY?/LUKE@NITE. release date:April 5,2002. the guys look for stary guy./luke gets succked into a new amazing channel. name of ep:CHICKEN BOX release date:April 26,2002 plot:(special,season finale)lucas starrs boxing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.241.209 (talk) 05:26, 26 December 2011 (UTC) Luke City-wikipedia,the free encyclopedia Luke City created by Lucas Hurford directer(s) Genny Tartentowski country of origin United States no.of seasons 6 no.of episodes 75 (list of episodes) running time 23 minutes aprox production company Hanna-Barbera (2000-2001) Cartoon Network Studios (2001-2006) original format 48Oi original run 8/11/2000-09/22/06 related shows What-a-cartoon! Luke City is an animated series created by Lucas Hurford and produced by Hanna Barbera productions (later Cartoon Network Studios).It premired on cartoon network on August 11,2000 and offically ended on September 22,2006 with 75 episodes in total.As of 2008,cartoon network's sister channel boomerang reruns the show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.241.209 (talk) 06:08, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

This page is not a good place to submit content for the encyclopedia. Feel free to edit pages related to Cartoon Network, though please remember to give a reliable source for the information you add. See Help:Editing to get started. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:39, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

one small correction

sir in tamilnadu map no.24 is tirunelveli dt but u write in thirtuvarur dt it is the wrong informatio kindly change it by...........L.GANAPATHY MURUGAN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.102.194.149 (talk) 09:48, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, the list in the Tamil Nadu article disagrees with the table in the Districts of Tamil Nadu article. I'll leave a message on the talk page of those articles. (I have removed your email address to protect your privacy). -- John of Reading (talk) 10:32, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

December 27

My song

Hi, My name i s Joseph and I write songs and one of them most people that hear it like very much I would like somehow toget a place of my own where I can practice and record. Question would I be able to get anywhere with this very interesting and exciting Site? The name of my song is called "Searchin" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.14.48.79 (talk) 03:27, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what you are asking: If you are asking whether you can use Wikipedia to publicize your song: no, Wikipidia is not an advertizing medium, and articles are only about subjects that already have received substantial coverage from reliable sources. If you are asking Wikipedia can help you find a music studio for practice and recording: no, Wikipedia is not a business directory. —teb728 t c 03:58, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Entry in German for Egbert Jahn

Egbert Jahn has been a friend of mine for over 50 years. With his approval, I have translated his German biography into English. How do I enter this into Wikipedia, making it readily accessible to anyone who wants to read it in English?Michael Greenhalgh (talk) 16:06, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. Do they tell you what you want to know? Put [[de:Egbert Jahn]] at the bottom of the page as a link to the German article. —teb728 t c 01:17, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

No, it doesn't help. I don't need advice on how to translate, I just need to know how to put my translation into Wikipedia so that anyone accessing Egbert Jahn and wanting to read his biography in English can be directed to my translation.

I am not clear on what you want.

• Do you want to post your translation as a Wikipedia article? If so Wikipedia:Your first article tells how to create an article.
• Or do you want to to place a link somewhere on Wikipedia to a translation you have already published elsewhere? If that is the case, I'm sorry but Wikipedia does not accept that kind of external links.
• Or what?

Also do I understand correctly that your translation is a translation from his biography on German Wikipedia? —teb728 t c 01:19, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, my translation is a translation of his biography on German Wikipedia. I have not published it elsewhere and have no intention of doing so. He wants it be be accessed by people wishing to read the biography in English. I have not been able to understand how to introduce the translation by reading "Wikipedia: your first article" as this seems to cater only for people wishing to create something new. If I am wrong, could you please refer me to a specific section of the advice which covers my particular problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Greenhalgh (talk • contribs) 17:42, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

You cannot create a translation which will remain a pure translation. All articles in the English Wikipedia can be edited by others and they have no obligation to keep it like the German version (which will also change with time). Nobody owns an article. If you wish to create a direct translation of the current German article and not let others change it then you will have to find another website to publish it. In Wikipedia, translating an article means to create an article with content starting out as a translation from another language. After that, anybody can edit it like other articles. The article is created in the same way as original articles, except it should say it was translated to credit the source. See Wikipedia:Your first article#How to create a page for how to create an article and Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate for how to indicate it is a translation. If you still have problems then please try to be more specific about which information you are missing. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:01, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

In my opinion the German article does not contain enough references to be acceptable here on English Wikipedia. Perhaps the standards for verifiability are more stringent here than on German Wikipedia. So see also Wikipedia:Your first article#Gathering references.

As it says at Your first article, you have two choices for creating an article: You could create it directly in article space at Egbert Jahn, or you could create a draft in user space at User:Michael Greenhalgh/Egbert Jahn. The advantage of creating in article space is that it is immediately available—the disadvantage is that it would be expected immediately to conform to the standards of English Wikipedia, including referencing, whereas a user-space draft would give you more time to work on it until it is ready to move to article space.

Whichever choice you make about where to create it, you might want to use the Wikipedia:Article wizard. At the expense of stepping through 6 checklist steps, it will create a basic structure for the article.

Finally, please include a link to the German article in your translation as I mentioned in my first post above. —teb728 t c 00:41, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Also, take a look at Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia for how to attribute material copied (even if translated) from another language Wikipedia. :) Banaticus (talk) 06:48, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

December 18

Premium Membership

Is there a premium membership that I can buy that would remove all of those annoying personal appeal banners? This may come off as a bit rude and I know they're for a good cause, but they really are distracting when I am trying to read the article at hand! A premium membership could pay maintenance bills anyway. --78 Personal Appeals (talk) 19:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

There is no paid membership but there are ways to avoid donation banners for logged in users. According to Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Can't see fundraiser banners while logged in they should already be gone. I don't see them. Do you see them while you are logged in? PrimeHunter (talk) 20:49, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Not when I'm logged in. Thanks for your help! --78 Personal Appeals (talk) 22:26, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

December 28

List of Luke City DVD releases

Extended content

Luke City:MONSTER JAM WILL NEVER STOP LUKE CITY! (VHS release) VHS release:July 9,2002. episodes include:MONSTER JAM WILL NEVER STOP LUKE CITY! (never aired on TV),LUCAS GUY,SATIN GUY,AND STARY GUY GO TO WALT DISNEY WORLD,LUCAS BUCAS & LUKEWEEN! Lucas 1st Movie!(DVD & VHS release) DVD & VHS release:November 13,2002. bonus episode:DEXTER'S LABORTORY:OPPISITE ATTRACT! luke city:the complete 1st season!(DVD release) DVD release:October 13,2009. episodes include:All episodes from season 1. luke city:the complete 2nd season!(DVD release). DVD release:November 19,2009. episodes include:all episodes from season 2 except SING SUCKERand LUCAS'S BODY because of the bad language. == List of Luke City DVD releases == Luke City:MONSTER JAM WILL NEVER STOP LUKE CITY! (VHS release) VHS release:July 9,2002. episodes include:MONSTER JAM WILL NEVER STOP LUKE CITY! (never aired on TV),LUCAS GUY,SATIN GUY,AND STARY GUY GO TO WALT DISNEY WORLD,LUCAS BUCAS & LUKEWEEN! Lucas 1st Movie!(DVD & VHS release) DVD & VHS release:November 13,2002. bonus episode:DEXTER'S LABORTORY:OPPISITE ATTRACT! luke city:the complete 1st season!(DVD release) DVD release:October 13,2009. episodes include:All episodes from season 1. luke city:the complete 2nd season!(DVD release). DVD release:November 19,2009. episodes include:all episodes from season 2 except SING SUCKERand LUCAS'S BODY because of the bad language.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.241.209 (talk) 16:19, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Please do not submit content at this page. For help with editing an existing page, try Help:Editing. For help and advice on creating a new page, try the Wikipedia:Article wizard. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:47, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Six Flags Over Georgia: Timeline Section ( to edit/add: "Flying Rifles" Drill Team: 1967)

I would like to add valid information (as a former drill team member) on the "Flying Rifles" Drill Team, as well as a picture, to the Six Flags Over Georgia information. How would it be possible for me to do that? Jbee2613 (talk) 21:42, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

You could enter the information if you have a "reliable published source"; Wikipedia does not accept content based on personal knowledge. If the picture is one you took entirely by yourself, you could add it as described at Help:Files. —teb728 t c 22:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

December 29

Language in bibliographies of secondary literature

In the bibliographies of secondary literature people add titles in every languages, but shouldn't the lists of secondary literature be limited to the page's language? Please notify me on my talk page. Thanks. Doctor Universalis (talk) 12:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

No, we assume that our readers may be polyglot, and indeed in many cases might be better able to read the reference sources in other languages. Human wisdom is not limited to works in any given language, and indeed you can say things in one language that simply can't be said in many others. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:17, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Broom-Patch

I'm trying to improve the article Christoph Bode. Any concrete statements what should be changed? I followed the links but found no precise statements, WHAT should be brushed away. Any suggestions where to start? Grey Geezer 11:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grey Geezer (talk • contribs)

December 30

Editing or inserting pictures in wikipedia

I do have some problems with inserting images, how should I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.230.82.133 (talk) 08:22, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

See WP:Images. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:48, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Question about our editing

we edited twice with proper explanation about our contribution to Chitpavan society.

We do not know why our information was deleted giving no chance to us and this is unfair and unjusticable Pacificengineering (talk) 10:22, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

You have been provided with a number of useful links on your talk page, so please take the trouble to read them. In particular you need to understand Wikipedia's criteria for notability, and specifically for biographies of living people. Information needs to be verifiable by reference to reliable sources, and you also need to read WP:Referencing for beginners. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:45, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

correction require

http://www.apnaorg.com/shahmukhi/

waDi ye

"choti ye " produces sound of "ay". Normally it is used in its original shape at the end of words For example "mairay". (mine) +++++ in above page "waDi ye" is written as "choti ye"

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.73.137.35 (talk) 11:06, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

If you have a question about using Wikipedia, you will need to make it clearer what you are asking. If not, then you are at the wrong place. --ColinFine (talk) 13:53, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

list

Hello Wiki Team!

I have noticed that Annemarie Schwarzenbach is not listed in the list of the cycling road accident victims, as for example Nico. She died that way therefore I think she should be added in the list.

Best regards,

Rebeka — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.125.178.14 (talk) 13:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion; I added Category:Cycling road accident victims to Annemarie Schwarzenbach. —teb728 t c 17:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

style _and_ technical question

I've checked the FAQ's and can't find an answer to this (or at least easily).

Let's say that you have already cited and referenced a whole journal article

e.g.

and now, in a later instance you wish to refer to a specific page in that article (p. 74). How would you do that?

Thanks!

Dr Ashton (talk) 20:38, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Is Wikipedia:Citing sources#Citing multiple pages of the same source helpful? PrimeHunter (talk) 03:52, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

It was because it lead me to this Template:Rp Dr Ashton (talk) 18:08, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

December 31

Linking pages

Hello,

I wanted to link "millennial" to the "generation Y" article. I have no idea how to go about doing this. How do you link one article to another. (If someone else does this, that would be great.)

Many thanks,

76.242.153.230 (talk) 02:30, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure whether you refer to editing Millenial or another page containing the word "millennial". For the latter, see Help:Link where you probably want [[generation Y|millennial]] which produces millennial. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:46, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

There already is a link from the Millennial disambiguation page to Generation Y using the redirect Millennial Generation. Perhaps that is what you wanted. —teb728 t c 17:10, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Planet sheen (season 2) info

planet sheen is a spin-off series to the adventures of jimmy neutron boy genius.the reason it doesn't have 2 seasons now is because they are being delayed by some kind of company that closed it's doors.the show did not have the series finale and it isn't cancelled.it will continue to have new episodes next year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.241.209 (talk) 03:37, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

It sounds as if you are wanting to add some information to an article, but you haven't told us which article. If you have information from a reliable source, you are welcome to add it to the article - but "delayed by some kind of company that closed its doors" does not sound like reliable information, and as it stands is not acceptable anywhere in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 20:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

GPL tyre wear physics

Your info on this section is utter rubbish. The game has an excellent modelling of tyre temperature which dramativcally effects grip levels. To suggest this is a weakness or simplified is garbage!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.137.160 (talk) 10:12, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Grand Prix Legends (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

A Wikipedia article is only as good as its sources. Since the assertion about tyre wear was not linked to a source, I have removed it. Any editor may challenge and remove text that has no source, and the rule is that it cannot now be put back without a source. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:19, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Johnny Raducanu died someplace else

He died in Oltarului Street of Bucharest,on september 19 th of 2011. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.83.235.239 (talk) 10:49, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

The article Johnny Răducanu has what appears to be a reliable source for the statement that he died "at his apartment in the Banu Manta section of Bucharest". I'm not sure if you are saying something different, or just being more precise; but either way your information is acceptable only if you have a reliable source for it - personal knowledge is not acceptable in Wikipedia.

If your address is more precise, and you have a reliable source, then please edit the article to say so, remembering to cite your source. If your information contradicts the source in the article, then the situation is more complex, and you would do best to bring up the issue on Talk:Johnny Răducanu for other editors to resolve with you. But again, if you have not got a reliable source for your information, it is unlikely to get included. --ColinFine (talk) 20:13, 31 December 2011 (UTC)