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==merge with [[The O.C. episode plotlines]]==
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Okay, so - there are two episode list articles for this series, [[Episodes of The O.C.]] and [[O.C. Episodes]]. This article has more information, so any extra stuff in the other one needs to be copied across, and then "O.C. Episodes" needs to be deleted. I have no knowledge of this programme so i cant really do it myself. I think this one then needs to be renamed to "List of The O.C. episodes" as its a more conventional name for episode lists (which i cant do because theres already a redirect page there). -- <span style="border:1px solid #ccc;background:#eee; padding:1px">[[User:Jeffthejiff|<span style="color:#333;font-weight:bold">jeffthejiff</span>]]</span> <span style="font-size:80%;color:#999">([[User_talk:Jeffthejiff|<span style="color:#999;">talk</span>]])</span> 15:04, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
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I realise people are spending a lot of time on this page; it's good work. I don't want to interupt and mess up your work. However, is there any way someone could put per-series episode numbers in here? It would probably be more useful than the overall episode number in most cases. For example; "s03e17" as well as "68".--[[User:CalPaterson|CalPaterson]] 21:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
== Could you find out more info regarding funender.com ==
I agree with Cal on the S(season)E(episode #) idea. I also think that we should create a suitable template and start making episode articles.--[[User:Rikkyc|Rikkyc]] 03:21, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, first I would like to thank you for offering such a great service. I was wondering if you could find out the meaning of the term "Funender" which was created by someone named FuNEnD3R at www.funender.com. Thanks a lot for your time.
I have added the merge tag to [[The O.C. episode plotlines]] and after a few days, if I have no arguments, I will just use the content from this article and redirect that one to this. [[User:Masterpjz9|Masterpjz9]] 00:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Thomas
:[[The O.C. episode plotlines]] has been merged with this one and redirected here. There was no info from the other page that I found would be useful here. [[User:Masterpjz9|Masterpjz9]] 12:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
*Why not use the [http://www.funender.com/phpBB2/contact_form.php contact form on their site] and ask them directly. I'm sure they know it better than we do. - [[User:131.211.210.12|131.211.210.12]] 07:50, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Non-profit Orginization Forms ==
:Please read all the instructions at the top of this page if you expect to get an answer more helpful than this one. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 05:14, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
==Season New Entries 3==
Anyone know when/what the last epsiode is ? --[[User:DragonWR12LB|DragonWR12LB]] 04:11, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
:Maybe you should read the article? The final episode is on May 18. Also, Wikipedians don't like people discussing an article's subject on its Talk Page. The Talk Page is only for discussing the article itself. --[[User:Fozi999|Fozi999]] 15:15, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
::I did read the article also what the hell is the point of even having an article if you don't discuss the issue? --[[User:DragonWR12LB|DragonWR12LB]] 02:54, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
==Season 4==
Is there anyway to add a new entry or word? Like a whole new object or can I only improve on older ones?
Should season 4 episodes start being included in the list? Seeing as they haven't aired and rumours still surround the plot, possibly making the episode summaries lack factual accuracy -- [[User:Ryan2807|Ryan2807]] 18:02 14 August 2006 (UTC)
:See [[Wikipedia:Starting a new page]]. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 05:46, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:The current text doesnt really spoil anything and is sourced from a reliable source. It also does not reveal much. It has been okay in other Lists.. so it should be o.k here. <font face="Tahoma" size="1"><small>[[User:MatthewFenton|'''<font color="#000000">Matthew Fenton</font>''']] ([[User_talk:MatthewFenton|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/MatthewFenton|Contribs]])</small></font> 18:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
*Please, remember that this is an encyclopedia. If you want to include a word definition, please go to [[Wiktionary]]. Otherwise, go right ahead and read the page Dismas suggested. - [[User:131.211.210.12|131.211.210.12]] 07:49, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
::I still don't think season 4 episodes should be added yet. [[User:Iorek85|Iorek85]] made a good point on the talk page of the main [[Talk:The_O.C.#.22Spoilers.22_for_season_4|O.C.]] article by stating that the source of the season 4 spoilers isn't even appropriate for Wikipedia and that verifiable facts and viewpoints should be presented, not unconfirmed rumours, and especially not as fact. Furthermore, stressing the fact that [[WP:Not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball|Wikipedia is not a crystal ball]]. Therefore I think the season 4 episodes should be removed from this article for now, until the season 4 episodes have aired, only then when all the facts be known. -- [[User:Ryan2807|Ryan2807]] 13:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
== Help with class ==
:Reveretd and isnerted {Future television}. <font face="Tahoma">[[User:MatthewFenton|{{{2|MatthewFenton}}}]] ([[User talk:MatthewFenton|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/MatthewFenton|contribs]])</font> 13:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
::What was the reliable source? FOX is a reliable source, but none of the fansites or spoiler sites are. The titles for the eps are fine, they seemed to be accurate enough last season, but the details are just rumour, unless, as the template says, they came from interviews or preview clips. (Even then, it's kinda murky; This is Wikipedia, afterall, not TV.com... [[User:Iorek85|Iorek85]] 23:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
== Individual Episode Pages ==
I wanted to look at or edit Template:prettytable but all it says is class:"wikitable". Now I'm stuck. What does this mean? How do I edit a "class" and how do I find it? Thanks [[User:PAR|PAR]] 06:43, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Everyone of the episode pages needs work. There are no cites, extended plots, and information that is best left out all together. Whoever is monitoring this page and those pages should read this [[Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Television episodes]]. This is the policy created to establish guidelines for episode pages. If you do not have well referenced material try developing Seasonal pages until you do. [[User:Bignole|Bignole]] 12:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
== Autoblocking? ==
== To do.. ==
I found this in the IP block list:
We need to convert all episode images to wide-screen. We should consider converting to {{tl|Episode list}} and getting all episode summaries down to 2 lines maximum.. keeping longer synopses to the individual pages. <small>[[User:MatthewFenton|Matthew Fenton]] ([[User talk:MatthewFenton|talk]] <small>•</small> [[Special:Contributions/MatthewFenton|contribs]])</small> 16:04, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
* 16:13, 20 September 2005, JIP blocked #38485 (expires 16:01, 21 September 2005) (unblock) (Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Adastra". The reason given for Adastra's block is: "repeated vandalism despite several warnings".)
: What's the best way of converting all the images to wide-screen? I've got ALL the episodes on DVD, so I can do it, but I need to know how big the wide-screen images should be and how I should add them to the article (should I just replace the existing images?) [[User:Jayden54|Jayden54]] 16:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
* 16:01, 20 September 2005, JIP blocked Adastra (expires 16:01, 21 September 2005) (contribs) (unblock) (repeated vandalism despite several warnings)
:If you have them on DVD that's great - the best way is to upload a new version over the present (click the image and scroll to the bottom) - Generally when getting images I resize to 66.77% of the original (thats around the size of most of these/the season 4 ones) - ones that need doing are: [[:Image:OC-101.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-103.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-112a.JPG]], [[:Image:OC-111.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-210.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-215.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-223.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-304.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-305.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-307.jpg]], [[:Image:OC-309.JPG]], [[:Image:OC-310.JPG]] - All the others should be a'okay - When all synopsises are trimmed down and the tables are converted it should start looking pretty good :) - Hoepfully ill be able to do some work converting them soon. <small>[[User:MatthewFenton|Matthew Fenton]] ([[User talk:MatthewFenton|talk]] <small>•</small> [[Special:Contributions/MatthewFenton|contribs]])</small> 17:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
* 15:08, 20 September 2005, JIP blocked #38483 (expires 15:08, 21 September 2005) (unblock) (Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Mindspillage II". The reason given for Mindspillage II's block is: "impersonation of User:Mindspillage".)
:: I've just uploaded a new version of [[:Image:OC-210.jpg]], let me if that's what you want, and I'll do the others, except for season 1, because I don't have the wide-screen version of that (only the regular 720x480 version). [[User:Jayden54|Jayden54]] 15:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
* 15:01, 20 September 2005, JIP blocked Mindspillage_II (infinite) (contribs) (unblock) (impersonation of User:Mindspillage)
::: That looks awesome :-) <small>[[User:MatthewFenton|Matthew Fenton]] ([[User talk:MatthewFenton|talk]] <small>•</small> [[Special:Contributions/MatthewFenton|contribs]])</small> 15:23, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
I have spent the past few hours converting the article to {{tl|Episode list}}. If possible could someone please find a 720x480 pixel image for each of the screenshots, as that would suit the new layout very well. Also could all the episode summaries be shrunk down to 3 lines. Thanks. [[User:Stickeylabel|Stickeylabel]] 01:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
:I have spent a further few hours adding new screenshots for the majority of episodes in 720x480 resolution. There are a few screenshots however, of which I cannot find a suitable replacement for. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. [[User:Stickeylabel|Stickeylabel]] 05:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
==Episode Title Errors==
What is this "autoblocked" thingy? How does it work? Is it enabled for all admins by default? Can I configure it? What do those numerical usernames mean? Trying to go to their user pages gives a "Bad title" error. [[User:JIP|— <font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 06:55, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
*Those numbers aren't usernames but to mask the IP that's being blocked. The autoblocker kicks in when someone tries to edit from a recently vandalising IP to avoid the vandals signing up for a new account and continuing with their edits. Autoblocks should last 24 hours if I remember correctly. - lazy non-logging in [[User:MacGyverMagic|MacGyverMagic]] - [[User:131.211.210.12|131.211.210.12]] 07:45, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
**It both prevents attempts to get a new username, as Mgm points out, but also prevents a vandal from simply logging out. The autoblocker prevents an IP associated with a vandal's username to log it. Further, if a vandal changes IP and then tries to log in to a blocked username, the new IP will also be autoblocked. — [[User:Asbestos|Asbestos]] | [[User talk:Asbestos|<FONT COLOR=#808080>Talk </FONT>]] [[User:Asbestos/RFC|<FONT COLOR=#808080><small>(RFC)</small></FONT>]] 09:02, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
A lot of the episode titles aren't what they should be. It seems like whoever named them tried to sum up the plot of the episode, and they didn't use the actual episode title given by Fox or whoever names these episodes.
== adding a url ==
I fixed it.[[User:Seeninator|Seeninator]] 07:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
== Title of episode 2.13 ==
I'm trying to add a url
www.blustag-arcticbreeds.com to your Utonagan page. But it won't seem to let me. What do i do?
:Are you trying to add the address for some advertising purpose? Your site is under construction so it's hard for anyone to tell what your intent is. If it is advertising that you're looking for, you're in the wrong place. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a repository of links or ads. If the site adds information and knowledge to the overall article, then you may add it by clicking the "edit this page" link at the top of the page for [[Utonagan]]. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 08:43, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
[[User:Adelyna|Adelyna]] and I have been in a minor dispute lately about the name of episode 2.13 which I believe is called "The Test", and Adelyna believes it's called "The Father Knows Best". [http://www.fox.com/oc/recaps/213.htm According to the official website] it's called "The Test", so I'm almost certain I'm right, but Adelyna claims that the DVD of the second season lists it as "The Father Knows Best", but I can't verify this since I don't have the DVD myself. For now I've reverted all of Adelyna's actions, and will continue to do so under the assumption that it's called "The Test" (which would make more sense considering the plot of that episode). Cheers, [[User:Jayden54|Jayden54]] 07:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
:According to the page's [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utonagan&action=history history], nothing has been added or changed on this page since August. So it's not something that anyone here is doing deliberately. There have been database problems lately, where clicking "Save page" comes back with some kind of error about "sorry, there's a problem..." What you can do is click your browser's BACK button to return to the edits and click Save page again. If you're having some other kind of problem, please describe exactly what "it won't let me" means so we can help. [[User:Elf|Elf]] | [[User talk:Elf|Talk]] 17:34, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:I just did a quick Google check, and it appears that the episode is called "The Father Knows Best" on the DVD (see [http://www.amazon.com/O-C-Complete-Second-Season/dp/B0009K7QZ8]), but I think we should stick we the original title, which is also listed on the official website. [[User:Jayden54|Jayden54]] 07:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
== List of files ==
::Press release has it down as "[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20050127fox14 The Test]". [[User:Matthew|Matthew]] 07:34, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
==Single episodes==
How would I get a list of all files in Wikipedia or Commons of a certain filetype, say .ogg or .pdf? Thanks, — [[User:Asbestos|Asbestos]] | [[User talk:Asbestos|<FONT COLOR=#808080>Talk </FONT>]] [[User:Asbestos/RFC|<FONT COLOR=#808080><small>(RFC)</small></FONT>]] 08:47, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
I plan on redirecting these per [[WP:EPISODE]] soon. Information from multiple secondary sources must be present for a single episode to need an article. This includes reception and development. Single plot summaries and trivia don't make a substantial article. I suggest [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia] and [http://www.tv.com/ tv.com] as alternate venues for this information. [[User:TTN|TTN]] 21:27, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
:By the way, a bit of thought provided me with a Google method. [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=filetype%3Aogg+site%3Aen.wikipedia.org&btnG=Google+Search], [http://www.google.com/search?q=filetype%3Aogg%20site%3Awikimedia.org&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&sa=N&tab=iw]. Is there an in-wiki way? — [[User:Asbestos|Asbestos]] | [[User talk:Asbestos|<FONT COLOR=#808080>Talk </FONT>]] [[User:Asbestos/RFC|<FONT COLOR=#808080><small>(RFC)</small></FONT>]] 09:12, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
::Search for "database dump" or some such wording. I think that might get you something close to what you're looking for. I've seen similar questions to this one in the past so you might want to check the help desk archives as well. I know this isn't much of a response but I hope it helps. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 20:35, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Episode naming ==
== 'Category:Nigergia_related_stubs' ==
I noticed the episodes that need to be disambiguated from other things have the extension ''(The O.C. episode)'' rather than the conventional just ''(The O.C.)''. I would like to move all of the episodes to conform to the [[WP:TV-NC]] standards, but want to make sure I am doing the right thing and that this isn't a special exemption like for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode articles. Let me know. '''<font color="FF4500">[[User:Bmitchelf|bmitchelf]]</font>'''•[[User talk:Bmitchelf|T]]•'''''<font color="FF0000">[[User:Bmitchelf/Favorites|F]]</font>''''' 05:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
"Category:Nigeria related stubs" is for some reason called "Category:Nigergia related stubs" (note the errant G). I figured out that it's from the <nowiki>{{Nigeria-stub}}</nowiki> template, so I just edited the template so Nigeria was spelt correctly. But now the category comes up red, and the 12 or so articles were in it are not in the category any more. Help me out? (and tell me what I did wrong on my talk page, oh awesome ones). [[User:Proto|Proto]]<small> [[User_talk:Proto|t]] [[Special:Contributions/Proto|c]]</small> 08:56, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
* I see it's been solved already. If you point a stub category to another spot, you need to move the intro message to the correctly spelled category as well. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 09:38, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Automatical Redirect ==
I have the line #REDIRECT [[Wikipedia:en:User:Schenkeli]] at the start of my User Page at Wikimedia in order to redirect it to my Wikipedia User Page. The redirect works, but only of the user clicks on the "redirect arrow". Is there a way to make this redirect automatacilly? Or does this depend upon some settings in my browser? Thanks for helping me out again!
*Apparently someone has fixed it. -[[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 10:17, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Why are my thumbnails so blurry? ==
The thumbnails for most of the photos I have added are very blurry. I see other thumbnails from other contributors that are fine, but mine looked sort of mushed together. You can see one in [[New Zealand]]. Scroll down to "Flora and fauna." Contrast with the satellite photo and photo of Mt. Cook.
I gather the thumbnails are generated automatically from the full-size originals. Is the blurriness of my thumbnails because my originals are so large (3008 x 2000 pixels.)? Since I have no control over the generation of the thumbnails, there is no way for me to do any sharpening or other image enhancement to make them look better. Some of the thumbnails look so bad that I think I'll just remove the images from the article (and the one in the New Zealand article already has another image waiting to display if the text gets longer anyway), but I don't want to have to remove images <i>just</i> because the thumbnails don't display well. [[User:JShook|JShook]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk]] 16:52, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
: It doesn't look blurry to me. If you are accessing wikipedia over AOL or via some kind of web accelerator, both achieve speed ups by producing lower quality images. Some work, I believe, by sending a low quality image and then (at some point later) sending a better quality version (and updating the page with javsscript or something). If that's the case for you, there's generally some kind of configuration option you can set to defeat this behaviour. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] 12:51, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
: I am using Safari/MacOS X. I see the same thing in IE5, Camino, Mozilla, Netscape 7 and Opera. [[User:JShook|JShook]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk]] 13:23, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:: It looks as blurry to me as I'd expect a resized image to look. Usually you'd sharpen an image after resizing like that, but AFAIK Mediawiki only resizes it, so you get what you see there. You can see the problem when you blow up the resized image pixel-by-pixel, as [http://www.lafferty.ca/stuff/misc/pixeltrees.png here]. I find the other images on the page just as blurry, though, except their colors tend to have worked out better, probably because they have less contrast to begin with, or so much that they blow out instead of being blurry). You can see that the map is blurry [http://www.lafferty.ca/stuff/misc/pixelmap.png here]. There's not much you can do to fix that; it's just an artifact of automated thumbnailing. (By hand you'd usually apply an unsharp mask to enhance contrast.) That said, I find the huge original to be a bit blurry as well around the high-contrast edges, as if the [[depth of field]] was too shallow. It might benefit from being sharpened a bit and re-uploaded, although there's no guarantee that that will make the thumbnails better and not worse! — [[User:mendel|mendel]] [[User_talk:Mendel|☎]] 15:07, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
::: I think it is indeed a combination of original image sharpness (the picture was taken at f 4.5, so there wan't much depth of focus.) Combine that with the low contrast and I guess it's no surprise I end up with mush.
::: On the other hand, a bright, contrasty photo (like the lower photo at [[Cape Reinga]]) with a lot of DOF looks fine. So I may go back and experiment with the images that produce blurry thumbnails and see if a bit of unsharp masking on the original helps at all. [[User:JShook|JShook]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk]] 16:39, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:Have you tried making the image larger than the standard thumbnail using |XXX px|? Sometimes a small enlargement improves the appearance greatly. I also often have to increase the contrast and brightness of my pictures to get acceptable thumbnails. [[User:Rmhermen|Rmhermen]] 18:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
::That's what I've been doing. I changed one to have a width that is close to an even division of the full size, and that helps a bit. In a few days I'll go through them all and see if changing the specified thumbnail size to something other than what I have (i.e., to an even division of the full size) been using helps them looking more sharp. [[User:JShook|JShook]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk]] 23:22, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== Removing Cleanup Template ==
How does a user go about removing the Cleanup Template when it appears that the cleanup is complete?[[User:Phillipsacp|Phil]] <sup><font color="green">[[User talk:Phillipsacp|talk]]</font></sup> 14:21, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:Just take it out by editing the article. Look for <code><nowiki>{{cleanup}}</nowiki></code> where the cleanup message appears; remove that–don't forget the edit summary!–and you're done. (If someone else puts it back, then maybe the article still needs work; you should discuss it on the talk page.) [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 14:37, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
::Thank you so much. I am a learner and kind and clear replies like yours make my day. I visited your page and I learned from it. [[User:Phillipsacp|Phil]] <sup><font color="green">[[User talk:Phillipsacp|talk]]</font></sup> 15:32, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== biography of douglas biber send ==
== [[Ferrari 330 P4]] ==
Folks @ wikipedia.
As an online encyclopedia, you have a duty to keep to the facts. At the moment there is a raging discussion happening about the Ferrari 330 P4 topic. As there is no real proof that the car mentioned is the original 0846 (despite some wild claims) you should not have it mentioned on the page. It's current writeup looks like an advert for the claim.
Please remove this page and lock things until Ferrari has either agree'd that it is 0846 or stated that it is not.
:Welcome to Wikipedia. Now you are here, you are one of those folks whose job it is to keep to the facts. Really, that's where all of these two million articles came from. There are no staff, only you. And people like you, of course. Please do, either edit the article yourself, or if you aren't confident in that start a conversation on the talk (discussion) page. If you have tried this, please see [[Wikipedia:Resolving_disputes]]. Help us improve Wikipedia - you've made it your duty now. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 21:03, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Compile for Laptop? ==
== How many photos? ==
I have looked for and failed to find a document establishing guidelines for how many illustrations an article should have. (If there is such a document, please point me to it. Thanks.) It seems clear to me that any illustration should either support/illustrate something mentioned in the text or add appropriate new information, but how far to take this? If there is an article about birds of New Guinea and someone has a photo of each one, it seems that to add them <i>all</i> would be too much. But a few might be good, but how many?
Also, I have added photos to really short articles that are stubs just so there would be one (see [[East Cape]].) But is there any point to the image in a case like this? Should I comment it out so it will be waiting in readiness for the time when the article is fleshed out? Or just delete it? I admit my bias is toward having lots of pictures, but I feel I may be going too far with this. Any suggestions? [[User:JShook|JShook]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk]] 17:13, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:I don't know of any specific guidelines on how many is too many. We've discussed this from time to time in the dog breeds project. For example, I feel that it's useful for a complete breed article to have photos of all major coat colors of the dogs (because they can look very different), photos with cropped & uncropped ears/tails for breeds where that's common in some countries; side photos, face-on photos, puppy photos (because they look quite different from adults), action shots of dogs doing their breed's typical thing (e.g., herding breed herding). You can see that, for a short article that hasn't been fleshed out yet but that has a lot of photos, that can be overwhelming. Some people feel that we don't need that many. I dunno, I try to arrange the photos and provide captions in such a way that they seem like integral parts of the article. On the other hand, we don't need 20 photos of people's pet yellow Labs lounging around on the couch.
:For more generic articles, such as the bird one you mention, perhaps a single representative photo would be good (such as in [[terrier]]). Maybe one that's particularly colorful, or indiginous only to New Guinea, or a photo with more than one species. If the article is very long, maybe one per section to illustrate the concept there (such as in [[dog]]). For some things it's not clear that a photo is helpful at all, such as [[list of dog breeds]], which is quite long but the important info is the ''list'' and a photo won't help the reader.
:As for photos in stubs--I wouldn't comment them out; remember, a picture is worth a thousand words :-). It might even inspire someone to add more to the article. [[User:Elf|Elf]] | [[User talk:Elf|Talk]] 17:24, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:: Has anyone considered a kind of special page that would be a picture gallery? It would be linked to from articles like your dog breed article, but would not load with the article unless requested. You could have all of your various breed images in the gallery page if anyone wants to see them, but only if they click a link to it. I'm thinking it would be a simple page with ":Gallery" appended to the article title. Maybe a short introductory paragraph, a clear link (back) to the main article and as many pictures with captions as you need. [[User:JShook|JShook]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk]] 20:01, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
*If I remember correctly image galleries are part of [[WP:NOT]]. If the images are free galleries can be made on the Commons. As for how many images is too much. I think that if it's impossible to format the page correctly, it's either because you have to little text or too many images. Usually those go hand in hand. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 20:46, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Offline browsing of Wikipedia on Laptop ==
I've been working on and off with the instructions for compiling a pocketpc readable TR3 copy of Wikipedia, and I love the results (Thanks Mr. Zachte). I'm looking for a way to put something similar into effect on my laptop. The Tomeraider scripts focus on compression and image resizing to save space, but I've got much more space on the laptop (10GB) than on the pocketpc (~2GB). Any suggestions?
== Made mistake in creating category help needed ==
Hi I made a new category http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jews_in_Music and started adding people in this list [[List_of_Jewish_musicians]] but I mistakenly (as you can see) capitalized music is this something that really needs to be changed if so is there any easy way to do it without deleting and starting again? Thanks [[User:Arnie587|Arnie587]] 17:57, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:Yeah, it really oughta be done. Unfortunately there's no easy way to do it except by going back to all those articles and correcting the category with the lowercase m. It's better to do it now rather than adding more with the incorrect capitalization and making you or someone else have to redo even more pages. I wish there were an easier way. [[User:Elf|Elf]] | [[User talk:Elf|Talk]] 18:50, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks Elf I moved them all over but someone then put the category for renaming ARGHHH [[User:Arnie587|Arnie587]] 17:46, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== Can you guarantee the data is factual? ==
Given that the information is user provided, how do you guarantee the data is factual?
:There are no guarantees in life, but we think we have a good system. Many of our articles are contributed by experts or serious hobbyists in the field in question. Also, articles tend to be watched over by many interested parties to ensure no one adds erroneous information. Also, our article Talk pages sometimes show evidence that certain facts are in dispute, which is a feature you don't get with most other reference sources. Likewise, our policy to cite sources will help you get verification, and our histry tab will show you if a certain fact is newly inserted, or if it has survived the test of time and repeated edits. This gives you the power to draw your own conclusions about the reliability of the data. Please see also [[Wikipedia:FAQ]]. Thanks, [[User:Johntex|Johntex]]\<sup>[[User_talk:Johntex|talk]]</sup> 18:31, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Publishers. ==
Who published your web site?
-Andrew Ewing
*See [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]]. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 19:49, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== how to print a short excerpt of a site ==
== iwant to learn about angela davis ==
Try typing [[Angela Davis]] into the search box. [[User:Elf|Elf]] | [[User talk:Elf|Talk]] 18:50, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Bonhomme Richard ==
Would you ask Jinian to be so kind as to contact me. I am not a computor whiz kid or a full blown academic but did place a short historical note ate the end of a Bonhomme Richard article regarding the Irish Guard [of 1662 Charles II] Dublin] contingent on John Paul Jones's flotilla off the British coasts in the War of Independence. I am a member [I think!] of Wilkepedia, with posting rights.
I am investigating the truth of this rumour which is acknowledged by the USMC in their book by publication of JPJ and Benjamin Franklin inspecting these British/Irish Red Coated Guards in an illustration, which I could send Jinian.
I have placed a contact on my article. So the article is not annonymous. I would like the comment to remain as it is germaine to the espirit de corps of the USMC. The 92e Infantrie en France also has a claim acknowleded and allowed of descent from this source but place their seniority at 1661[ in this they are in error as the seniority is much older]. The Royal Irish Regt are also of this liniage but the English Establishment do not acknowledge it as it exposed their 1688 revolution and involved recognising the seniority inregimental matters of Stuart Crown Service as equal at least to Guelph to Windsor Crown Service.
Michael Patrick Cusack.
''email removed''
*I have left a note on [[User talk:Jinian]]. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 19:53, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Disappeared image of Green Anole ==
The first image I ever uploaded, with unnecessary difficulty, was a shot I took of a Green Anole molting. I succeeded in placing it in a Green Anole article. And subsequently I viewed it several times. Now I can't find it. Can someone tell me where it is gone? Thank you. [[User:Phillipsacp|Phil]] <sup><font color="green">[[User talk:Phillipsacp|talk]]</font></sup> 19:44, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
[[Image:GreenAnole.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Molting Green Anole]]<br clear=all>
*It appears on [[Polychrotidae]], but not on [[green anole]], which has a different moulting picture. I am sorry that you found it so difficult to upload your photograph. Do you have any suggestions for how we can improve the instructions at [[Special:Upload]] or make the process easier? Cheers, [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 20:05, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:*How wonderful this help page is!. My sincere thanks for your help. As a novice, I thought you could go to the page that you wanted the image to reside, and just click upload, and Bingo it would be there <smile> Also, I did not pay proper attention to finding and selection the proper PD release. I have it whipped now, and am looking for more problems <s>
I hope to continue learning. [[User:Phillipsacp|Phil]] <sup><font color="green">[[User talk:Phillipsacp|talk]]</font></sup> 20:41, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Advertising on Wikipedia.com ==
We're intersted in advertising on wikipedia.com
Please advise as to rates and whether there are any new client specials available. We'd be interested in a 6 month or 12 month quote.
Sig Cabrera
sig@ticketmomma.com
*Wikipedia does not accept advertising, but there are various [[WP:FORK|mirrors]] that do. You might like to contact one of them. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 20:07, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Images, copyright, and the public ___domain ==
I may be told to RTFF on this, but I feel as though I've been through everything. There is quite a bit of material in Wikipedia tutorials on using only public ___domain images, but not much on identifying which images are actually public ___domain.
For example, I'd like to use picture of a mojave rattlesnake in an article (this is actual scenario, fyi). I can Google up countless pictures of such a beast, yet I can't for the life of me determine if the photographer makes them available to the public ___domain. Dozens are simply unsigned and unassociated with any particular person, and make no reference to their copyright status. Other than stomping off into the desert and rustling up a rattler on my own (which is starting to sound easier), I can't figure out how to make sure I'm using an appropriate image.
If this should be in clueless newbie, I'll repost there.
Thanks
--[[User:Bad carpet|Bad carpet]] 22:06, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:This is often unclear to people. The rule is fairly simple. A picture is only in the public ___domain if:
#The photographer has explicitly said "I place these pictures in the public ___domain" or words pretty much like that. If nothing is said, it is copyrighted.
#The photograph was taken by an employee of the United States '''federal''' government as part of his or her job. (note, if the person was a contractor, this may well not apply.)
#The photo is old, and the photographer has been dead for at least 50 years. (if the photo was taken over 100 years ago, and there is no info on the photographer available that might do).
If none of those apply it '''isn't''' public ___domain. In that case it can be used only if the copyright owner (normally the photographer) will release it under the [[GFDL]] or if a [[Fair use]] claim can be made. For the kind of pictures you are describing I don't think fair use would apply, so the only way to use these would be to write the photographer and ask for permission. There are form letters to use on [[Wikipedia:Requests for permission]], or you can write your own. Obviously ther are no guarentees that anyone will say yes, but many people do. [[User:DESiegel|DES]] [[User talk:DESiegel|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 22:16, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
-- Thanks for your response. --[[User:Bad carpet|Bad carpet]] 22:22, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
-- Your like to requests for permission doesn't lead to a form and I couldn't find them
-- through search. Have a suggestion? Thanks again. --[[User:Bad carpet|Bad carpet]] 22:32, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Oops. I misrememberd the page title. That should be [[Wikipedia:Boilerplate request for permission]]. Sorry. [[User:DESiegel|DES]] [[User talk:DESiegel|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 22:35, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
-- Yet another issue. I finally discovered a good (great) photo that the photographer lists<BR>
-- free for use except commercial. When I go create an image description article, I find this<BR>
-- "Please check that the conditions given above are compliant with Wikipedia licensing <BR>
-- policy. Most importantly, derivative work, commercial use, and use in non-educational <BR>
-- contexts must not be prohibited. If they are not, please list this image for deletion."<BR>
-- So is this image unusuable? I may be grumpy if so, have a couple of hours into this. <BR>
--[[User:Bad carpet|Bad carpet]]
:Sorry to be the bearer of news that'll make you grumpy but the answer is no. We need to have our images suitable for commercial use so that commercial enterprises can use our content. For example if a software company wanted to distribute a copy of Wikipedia along with thier product on a disk. Or if a publisher wants to print a copy of wikipedia and sell it. [[User:Theresa knott|Theresa Knott]] [[User talk:Theresa knott| (a tenth stroke)]] 23:26, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I guess I'm off to search the desert. When I'm bitten, if I live, I intend to return here and complain about the complexities of copyrights. If I don't live, and I'm certain I won't, my last request will be to have a photo of my unhappy corpse uploaded in place of a photo of a Mojave rattler. I will also write a long paragraph willing the photo to general public.
--[[User:Bad carpet|Bad carpet]]
I would recommend trying a [[Creative Commons]] search, before you go running off to the Mojave :P --[[User:WulfTheSaxon|Wulf]] 02:41, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== Content of article in question ==
In the article titled "Choker" there is information pertaining to the usage of chokers and collars in the BDSM community. It lists that "in the BDSM context (e.g. the delicate arts of bondage and sadomasochism such as those practiced by Jeffrey Daumer)..." I and several associates take offense at this labeling (slanderous labeling) of a private alternative lifestyle.
Whoever wrote this article obviously did not do his/her homework, as a case in point, your own article on the serial murderer DOES NOT list any cases of sadomasochism, just a penchant for being truly evil (in my words). Also, in a related article (to this topic), your listing on BDSM itself, does not have a link/listing to Mr Dahmer (which is spelled wrong in the initial article).
the following links are:
Choker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choker
Jeffrey Dahmer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_dahmer
BDSM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM
The "Choker" article at the least needs to be corrected as the information is false. While it's possible that Mr. Dahmer indulged in a form of sadomasochism, to include this convicted serial killer in this lifestyle is insulting and derogatory.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
---anon
:Thank you for your suggestion! I have removed the phrase in question. Note that this is a wiki, you could have simply made the change yourself. When you feel an article needs changing, please feel free to make whatever changes you feel are needed. Wikipedia is a [[wiki]], so ''anyone'' can edit any article by simply following the '''{{MediaWiki:edit}}''' link. You don't even need to [[Special:Userlogin|log in]]! (Although there are some [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|reasons why you might like to]]...) The Wikipedia community encourages you to [[Wikipedia:be bold|be bold]]. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out [[Wikipedia:how to edit a page|''how to edit a page'']], or use out the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]] to try out your editing skills. [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|New contributors are always welcome]]. [[User:DESiegel|DES]] [[User talk:DESiegel|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 22:28, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
== Trouble staying logged in. ==
I have a Wikipedia user name (MattReid), but I have trouble staying logged in. When I log in and click "Remember Me", I usually stay logged in only for the next page or two, before the line in the upper right reverts to "Create account/log in." I have had this problem using both Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The problem is particularly annoying when I am trying to edit pages and I cannot do so as a registered user (because I cannot stay logged in). Any tips and suggestions are welcome.
:Have you got cookies enabled? [[User:Hermione1980|Hermione]]'''[[User talk:Hermione1980|1980]]''' 22:41, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Yes. Sorry, I realized too late that I should have mentioned that. In both Firefox and Internet Explorer I have cookies enabled. --MattReid
:It has been reported that sometimes there are some session problems (with the symptoms that you get logged out often) which are solved by removing all the cookies from wikipedia on your browser and logging in again. --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 21:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== Vulgartity issue ==
I was just checking this site out to kill time, looked up 'donkey' for fun, and found an offensively named link in the first paragraph. I checked the 'editor' function, and that is not what is in the script for that spot, so I left it alone. I though someone that knows the ropes would want to check it out and maybe kick rear on the person responsible, if possible. Thanks a ton, and it's been real. Keep up the good work!!! Warren.
:Do you mean the link to [[ass]]? It's a common name of the animal, we can't help that I'm afraid. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 01:48, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
::Also please note [[WP:NOT]] which notes that wikipedia is not censored. <small>[[User:Jtkiefer|<font color="FF9900">Jtkiefer</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Jtkiefer|<font color=#00A86B>T</font>]] | [[Special:Emailuser/Jtkiefer|<font color="FF0033">@</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jtkiefer|<font color="0000FF">C</font>]]</sup> </small> ----- 01:50, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Guys, cool off, he's referring to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donkey&diff=prev&oldid=23714977 real vandal edit]. It was reverted just after he posted this. [[User:Titoxd|Tito]]<font color="#008000">[[User_talk:Titoxd|xd]]</font> 01:52, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== Photo ==
I'm looking at obtaining a photo in the best quality avalible of the smallest thing known to man. Any leads on where I may possibly start?
:How about an elementary particle? They don't, in general, reflect [[photon]]s, so you can just have a black picture, at as high a quality as you want. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 02:34, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
::Dude, everybody knows that [[quark]]s come in [[quantum chromodynamics|red, green, and blue]]. :D As fvw says, you can't directly take a photograph of an elementary particle—perhaps a [[bubble chamber]] image would be appropriate, however? [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 13:07, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:[http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hs=Cvx&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=IBM+atoms&btnG=Search This Google image search] (the first image) shows the IBM logo composed of Xenon atoms, that's rather small. --[[User:Commander Keane|Commander Keane]] 05:16, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== Relocating a reference desk question ==
I accidentally wrote a question in the "Humanities" section of the reference desk when it really should have gone either in "Science" or "Miscellaneous". Should this be moved to a new section? If so, how? And am I the one that should do it? Thanks. --[[User:Silvaran|Silvaran]] 02:56, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:Yes, you can do it. Just click the edit tag next to your question. Erase the question unless it already has a response in which case copy the whole thing. Then go to where the question should be and put it back in. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 03:09, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== what is the name of the place called middle east paris ==
Questions like this belong in the [[Wikipedia:Reference Desk|Reference Desk]]. [[User:Kjammer|<nowiki></nowiki>]] — [[User:Kjammer|Kjammer]] [[User talk:Kjammer|<font size=4>⌂</font>]] 07:44, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== new article ==
Hello,
I have published a new article about actor Georges Corraface in English and French, and have a few bugs in it that are most certainly due to not having found the right tips to follow.
:-)
1. I find the article when I type "corraface" and click on "go" but NOT when I click on the "Search" button. What is the difference? I did peruse the site's guidelines but didn't find this nuance explained (sorry).
2. I tried to correct the page title to read "Georges Corraface" in the French version (it's OK in the English version) but haven't figured out how to correct the title problem.
Many thanks in advance for you help to a newbie here.
:-)
Best regards,
DLC
*You initially posted your entry to [[Corraface]] instead of [[Georges Corraface]]. Someone has moved the entry for you. Once you've been around for awhile the option will become available to you as a tab on top of the page. This is to prevent page move vandalism by people who sign up just to move pages to nonsensical locations.
I think you can't find "Georges Corraface" when typing search because the search engine database needs to be updated first, which is only done at an interval. Doing it with each new addition would strain the servers too much. Using "Go" will send you to the page with the name you typed without intervention of the search engine. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 10:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
*Another note: "corraface" and "Corraface" are the same because the first letter of an article is capitalized automatically. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 10:38, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Many thanks - will try to keep atop proper use and posting!
:-))
== Ok to translate the articles of others? ==
Is it okay to translate existing english articles into other languages or do you have to produce "original articles"?
--anon
:If an article in the English Wikipedia is all OK according to the GFDL, then it's also all OK to directly translate it into another language on that language's Wikipedia. The GFDL specifically allows this. Translation of texts from other webpages than Wikipedia, though, is usually not allowed. [[User:JIP|— <font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 10:54, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:Note that it's a good idea to add a note to the [[Wikipedia:edit summary|edit summary]] of your translation that you used another Wikipedia page as a source. A note on the new article's [[Wikipedia:talk page|talk page]] is also a [[Good Thing]]. Finally, it's a good idea to create an [[Wikipedia:interlanguage link|interlanguage link]] between the English Wikipedia article and the translated article.
== name of the most weat point in your providence ==
What is the name of the most furthest point west in Canada?
I am ten and doing a project for school
Adam Payne
*You can find the answer in our article on the [[Geography of Canada]]. Good luck with your project! [[User:Warofdreams|Warofdreams]] ''[[User talk:Warofdreams|talk]]'' 11:07, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== Walter Grey Walter inaccurate ==
I have just seen that there is an entry for Walter Grey Walter in Wikipedia. His name was actually William Grey Walter (I am his grand-daughter and very keen to see this corrected), but when I clicked edit I couldn't get to edit the actual title. Could somebody do this for me? Thanks so much.
from Natasha Walter
*I've gone ahead and did the move after checking this was indeed his first name. If anyone can go through [[Special:Whatlinkshere/William_Grey_Walter]] and fix the redirects for which I don't have time right now, I'd be very happy. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 13:13, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
::There was only one and I've fixed it. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 13:25, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== How can I see the contributions of a user? ==
I want to see all contributions of a wikipedia user.
How can I see it?
:Go to their [[Wikipedia:User page|user page]], and click on ''user contributions'' in the ''toolbox'' panel on the left side of the screen. Wikilinks to contributions can be formed by linking to a subpage of Special:Contributions; the page [[Special:Contributions/TenOfAllTrades]] lists my own contributions, for example.
:A note of caution—using an editor's contribution log to stalk or harrass that editor is not tolerated and can result in sanctions. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 12:58, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== Walter Grey Walter elsewhere on the web ==
I realise this isn't directly a question about Wikipedia, but you might be able to help me here.
The name Walter Grey Walter, given to William Grey Walter for the first time in this inaccurate article in Wikipedia, has now, I see, got a life of its own on the internet - Google turns up lots of webpages (around 100) now using this name, as opposed to about 80 using the right name (together with around 600 using the name he usually used, Grey Walter). How can I possibly go about trying to rectify this error spawned by Wikipedia? Should I just give up and accept that these things happen on a free internet?
Thanks for any advice.
Natasha Walter
:Many of the google hits are probably Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks|mirrors]] (explicitly permitted by the [[GFDL]]) and will likely be updated whenever they next refresh their content. If you really want, you can send email to the webmaster (for example, webmaster@en.wikipedia.com) at each website where the incorrect name appears and request the correction be made. The email address "webmaster@..." generally exists at every web site. If this fails, you can find an address by looking up the ___domain name using [[Whois]]. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 13:38, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you very much for all your help. I appreciate it.
Natasha
== Can I e- mail an article from wikipedia? ==
Instead of copying and pasting to an e- mail and sending it to myself, can I just send it to myself from wikipedia.org
Thank you. Eric.
:There's no way to do that from the article page like you would a news article at CNN.com or news.yahoo.com or something like that. Just copy and paste. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 15:52, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
::But if you do copy and paste an artilce, and email it, please retain the note that is included indicating that it came fdrom wikipedia, and please include a url for the article itself so whoever you send it to can see any later modifications, and can consult the histroy tab to see who wrote what, as the [[GFDL]] requires. Thank you. (an "email this article" function that did all that automatially might not be a bad idea as a feature request.) [[User:DESiegel|DES]] [[User talk:DESiegel|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 17:56, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== Links ==
How do I add a link to an official website. I found an author whose official site I visit often but it is not listed in his Wikipedia Entry.
Thanks
:You can click on the link at the top of the page that says "edit this page" and put the link where it belongs. It should look something like this <nowiki>[http://www.author.com Official site]</nowiki> and should be placed in the External links section of the author's article page. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 19:48, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== im in need of free bibles! ==
I am a youth who is trying to start helpin the youth of my community through teachings of the lord.I have witnessed some distibutors of the pocket-sized gideon bible at corners-stores and the bibles that are given out are not being put to use,i have seen people discarding the given bibles on the ground or trash,and i hav never recieved one myself.I am wondering if the distibutors of these bibles could supply me with a case of these bibles and i would distribute them to the youth of my community.Iam tryin to teach teach the youth who do not go to church the word of the lord.But many do not have bibles to read from.Iwould like to distibute a quantity so thatt those who I distributed those bibles to i know truthfully they will be put to use.Iam simply trying to do my part and help my youth friends and community learn the greatness of the lord as i hav over the past years.I am serious about helping out but I myself do not have enough bibles to supply the youth that want to learn.So I wondering if the distibutors could supply my with one case so that I can distribute to those who I know want learn the word of the lord.Thank You for your time.
Sincerely,
A concerned Youth and Believer of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thank You
:This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. For factual questions such as yours, please post the question over at [[Wikipedia:Reference desk]]. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 19:46, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== what are project management limitations ==
== damn foolish i18n ==
Hello!
Yes, I know, Wiki is great and well internationalized ''at reader's side'', but not on editor's one.
I just mentioned than there are separate user bases for each Wiki's language...
IMCO it's inconvenient and really '''fool''' in our globalized age, but I can create accounts for these 3 languages in which I can edit articles without major strain. Of course, I should also set up 3 different preferences, watchlists etc.
Next, I created [[:ru:Кабельное Телевидение|an article]] as a Russian analog of the [[Cable television]] article. When I choose the title, I (occasionally) capitalized the first letter (cyrillic T) of the second Russian word. But later I realized that de Wiki bon ton is to capitalize the title's first letter only, leaving second word generally lowercase. Due to titles' case-sensivity (yet a question, '''why''' this case-sensivity?!), I thought that I should rename the article. But on ru.wikipedia.org there is '''NO''' "move" tab in the Russian "Standard" skin, no such link AT ALL!!! Maybe, not only Russian, I'm tired trying to set up this webshit. And before I realized that it's time to switch out such castrate user interface, somebody renamed the article without me :)
And yet another i18n bug.
When I use Russian skin in en.wikipedia.org, the link for ''Editing help'' points to nowhere because it seeks to Russian-translated ''Справка по редактированию'' but on "en" site. So what are these damn preferences for, making the life harder? IMHO Wiki's Web-programmers should at least warn users that some skin languages, types and, posssibly, their combinations are not stable, merely said, ARE '''BUGGY!'''
: If there isn't a move link on the russian wiki, you probably aren't logged in properly. Only logged in users can move pages. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] 20:34, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:There is a переименовать tab in Russian wikipedia, but newly registered users aren't allowed to move articles. You have to wait a few days before that features becomes available to you (this is an unfortunately necessary anti-vandalism measure). For the second question, why are you using a Russian skin on the English wikipedia? -- [[User:Curps|Curps]] 20:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
: Yes, disabling "move" may be right policy for newbies. Concerning my use of Russian skins, I prefer an _uniform_ interface for all sections. Perhaps you use English skin of Fr Wiki and Ru too, but most your works are in En, isn't it? :)
IMHO: if a feature can't behave properly, users '''must''' be warned about it.
Nevertheless, thank you for quick reply, Curps!
== Pictures ==
how can we look at the pictures of the contestants of ms universe 1993 japan
:I don't know, but I would guess that you cannot. 1993 was years before the general public heard of the web, and the idea of making such pictures permanently available was not something anyone had thought of yet. — [[User:Nowhither|Nowhither]] 00:50, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== canceling membership and user name ==
Is this possible? If so, how do you do it?
:Just put that you've left on your user page and walk away. If you have an email address set in your preferences, remove that so people can't contact you. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 21:21, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== 6 speed gearbox Honorable mention? ==
I noticed that the 1988 Honda Civic four wheel drive wagon was given an honorable mention as first 6 speed gear box. I would like to note that the 1983 toyota tercel four wheel drive wagon also had a 6 speed gearbox. I owned a 1984 toyota tercel SR5 4WD station wagon. The transmission had a sixth gear labeled "EL" for Extra Low. The gear was intended to be used like low speed, on a two speed transfer case. It could only be engaged when the car was in four wheel drive.
:{{sofixit}} [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 22:11, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
==Partial move/article split, retaining history?==
A couple of days ago, [[User:Cncs wikipedia|Cncs wikipedia]] started adding fascinating China-related content to the article [[production team]], which previously had been about production teams in theatre, television and film. After a little discussion on [[Talk:Production team]], I decided that the Chinese content probably ought to be moved to a new article, probably [[Production team (China)]]. Is there a way to do this that puts the China-related history on the [[Production team (China)]] page, but keeps the history of the theatrical content at [[production team]]? (Obviously, if I created [[production team (China)]] I'd put a disambiguation notice at the top of [[production team]].) —23:28, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:It could theoretically be done provided none of the non-chinese-production-team content was edited in the period the chinese-production-team information was added, but it'd be one hell of a hassle and it really isn't necessary for the [[GFDL]]. If you think older revisions might be useful for editing [[Production team (China)]], you can always link to the history of [[production team]] on [[Talk:production team (China)]]. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 23:31, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
::Right: as long as it doesn't cause a GDFL problem, I'll go ahead and cut-and-paste the China content out of [[production team]] into [[production team (China)]]. Thanks! —[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 23:40, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:::To be on the safe side, you should probably put "copied from the [[Production team]] page" in the edit summary. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 23:44, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== John Bengtson article ==
I just created the article about myself, and found that the title of the article read John bengtson. Obviously, my surname should be in caps, but I could not find how to change it. Can you change it for me please?
:Changing an article title requires "moving" the article. Anonymous users are not allowed to do this, but can make such requests at [[Wikipedia:Requested moves]]. I've moved it for you. BTW - you might want to read [[Wikipedia:Autobiography]]. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 00:04, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
:John: A few points:
:*First, if you are going to do much Wikipedia editing, sign up for an account. It's quick and (unless you choose to give your real name) anonymous. Then you can move pages yourself.
:*Second, unless you are notable in some way, don't write an article about yourself. It will be deleted.
:*Third, ''you'' already mistyped the name. Probably others will, too. Assuming we wanted to keep the article, we probably want those who mistype the name to find the real article, right? What we do in such cases is to have a "redirect". So the actual article would be at "John Bengtson", and "John bengtson" would be a redirect that takes viewers to the properly capitalized version. Moving the article (see above) automatically creates such a redirect.
:— [[User:Nowhither|Nowhither]] 01:13, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
::Actually, I deleted the redirect that resulted from the move since it is not needed to find the article via the "go" box. The chance someone creates a link to a miscapitalized version seems fairly slim to me. On the other hand, typing the name and then hitting "go" should find it (and does in this case, regardless of the capitalization of what you type). -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 04:42, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== cleanup stuff ==
when you put cleanup on an article, does it automaticaly go to the cleanup page list? if it doesn't that is my suggestion
[[User:Jeremybub|Jeremybub]] 00:36, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
:The tag {{tl|cleanup}} automatically puts an article in the [[:Category:Wikipedia cleanup|Wikipedia cleanup category]]. If you look at the template ([[:Template:cleanup]]) and edit the page, you see the text "<nowiki>[[Category:Wikipedia cleanup|{{PAGENAME}}]]</nowiki>" near the end. That places the article in the category. — [[User:Nowhither|Nowhither]] 01:08, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
::(slow fingers on my part)... It does. After a page is marked with the <nowiki>{{cleanup}}</nowiki> tag you'll see an additional category at the bottom of the page. Click on that category to see all the pages that are marked for cleanup. If you'd like to help out, feel free to cleanup an article that you find listed there. After it's been cleaned up, you can remove the tag. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]]|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 01:10, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== words that start with f that have more than 5 syllables ==
yes i need a two words that have 6 sylables and 1 8 syllables 1 9 sylabbles and 1 10 sylablles words can you help me
thanks holly
*Dictionaries work pretty well when you're looking for words. If you don't know what a [[syllable]] is, you can check our article on them, especially its external links. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 08:01, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== Pipe-character syntax ==
When I add a category to an article about a person, I am always forgetting to sort the link by "Lastname, Firstname" (i.e. I'll put <nowiki>[[Category:Schlemiels]]</nowiki> but not <nowiki>[[Category:Schlemiels|Smith, John]]</nowiki>). I am trying to remember if there is some sort of shorthand (as opposed to typing the whole name) that will do this automagically. That got me wondering about the pipe character in general: not just for categories, but for wiki links, too. There was some page that described the syntax for the pipe character and now I can't find it. Maybe I'm just that dense (and it's late here) but it does not seem to be in an obvious place. if someone can point me to the source(s) I would appreciate it. Thanks, -- [[User:Gyrofrog|Gyrofrog ]] [[User_talk:Gyrofrog|(talk)]] 04:21, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
:I'm afraid not, after all you have to tell it where to split the name. When the name only consists of two words that's easy, but once it's three words it could be a double first name or a surname consisting of two words.
:The page you're looking for is probably [[Wikipedia:Piped link]]. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 04:31, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks! That's not the page I remember, but at least now I'll know that I have to remember and alphabetize the category manually. -- [[User:Gyrofrog|Gyrofrog ]] [[User_talk:Gyrofrog|(talk)]] 04:38, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== not noteworthy ? ==
Why does it say "not noteworthy" on the page called '''Centre Laval''' ? I'm upset 'cause it was a page that didn't exist and I made it by myself!!!
:Doesn't look very important to me, but I don't think it qualifies for speedy. The reason given in the speedy template, not notable, is not a criterion for speedy deletion. --[[User:Andy Janata|Andy Janata]] 05:20, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== INDIA has been recognised as a rich country with lot of 'NATURAL RESOURSES ' explain? ==
(no further details)<br>
*It would help if you told us where you got that information from and what exactly you need explained. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 09:15, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== Dublin Unitarian Church ==
there is an active triving Unitarian congregation in Dublin. Membership has grown steadely over the last ten years and is now at over two hundred members. contacts info@unitarianchurchdublin.org or www.unitarianchurchdublin.org
== Meaning of i in i-mode ==
What does i in i-mode stand for?
Priyanka Mehadia
*From [[iPod#Name]]: ''"When Apple first introduced the iMac, the '"i" stood for internet, meaning that the iMac shipped with everything you would need for a connection, but it stuck, as it seems to bring good luck to the sales of Apple products. Recently, some media have started referring to the generation primarily born in the late 1980s, and which in particular has made the iPod popular, as the iGeneration, suggesting that the "i" family of products may have a far-reaching cultural impact."'' - [[User:131.211.210.12|131.211.210.12]] 11:08, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
== About this Edit option ==
Hello sir/madam,
I am vijay S.
I went through you are site.I felt one thing about your edit option.
you have given full freedom to edit the web page to the browser.
any body can add anything and anybody can delete the Information.
then who will '''''''''TRUST''''''''' your websight.
better remove that option or make it secure(providing authentication.)
Thank you
Vijay S.
*Without this option Wikipedia wouldn't have become what it is today. In fact, Wikipedia can be trusted more than other websites, because the entire edit history is stored so you can see how an article developed and which people contributed. You can't do that with other websites. How can you trust those if you don't even know for sure who wrote them? See [[Wikipedia:Replies to common objections]] for more points that address your concerns. -[[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 11:44, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
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