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= January 19 =

== Article deletion history (AfD, prod, CSD) ==

I have 3 questions about viewing the deletion history (AfD, prod, or CSD was suggested and denied/accepted) of an article:

* Is there any way to ''quickly'' tell if an article has been up for AfD before?

* Is there a way to see the same for proposed deletion and speedy deletion?

* Is it possible to view the deletion history of articles with a similar name? e.g., [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shogun Wars]] vs. [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shogun Wars (Online Game)]]

[[User:Black Falcon|Black Falcon]] 00:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:Articles that have survived an AfD should have a template at the top of their Talk page to indicate. See [[Talk:Series of tubes]] for an example. However, deleted articles tend to not keep their old AfDs and such around for more than a couple months, from what I can tell. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 00:34, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::There ''should'' always be a note on the talk page, but all AfD debates are preserved so Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/article should show any previous debate.

::Not really, except for skimming the edit history for summaries

::You can find AfD listings for similar sounding articles by either searching the Wikipedia: namespace for possible terms or by using [[Special:Prefixindex]] (eg [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixindex&from=Articles+for+deletion%2FShogun&namespace=4 articles nominated for deletion which start 'Shogun'].) --[[User talk:Cherry blossom tree|Cherry blossom tree]] 00:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Many thanks to you both for your helpful responses. [[User:Black Falcon|Black Falcon]] 00:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== adding a new entry ==

I noticed one of my competitors has a top-level entry on wikipedia.

How do I add a top level entry to describe a similar website.

Thanks

David

:You'll want to read [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page]], [[Wikipedia:Article_development]], and [[WP:COI]]. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 02:36, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:Also be sure to read [[WP:WEB]] (if it's a website), [[WP:V]] and [[WP:N]]. Don't create an article about a project/company you're involved in. Bad karma. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 02:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== User is... going nuts? What template should I use to warn him? ==

I got into a debate with an [[user:75.129.150.225|IP User 75.129.150.225]] and he's going nuts now. The discussion can be found here. He mentioned that he wanted to cut himself, and I don't know how serious these things should be taken on Wikipedia (I know that on some sites, admins take action to contact people's parents...). Either way, which specific rules is he breaking and what templates should I put on his talk page to warn him?

The conversation is: [[Talk:List of experiments from Lilo & Stitch#Hisees image]]

Thank you. --<font color="deeppink">'''〈 [[User:Miriam The Bat|<font color="blueviolet">Miriam The Bat</font>]] 〉'''^{([[User talk:Miriam The Bat|<font color="hotpink">Talk</font>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Miriam The Bat|<font color="hotpink">Contribs</font>]]) ([[User:Miriam The Bat/Autograph Book|<font color="hotpink">Sign Me!</font>]])}</font> 02:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:Mostly [[WP:CIVIL]] and [[WP:ATTACK]]. Not to mention all the nonsense added to the Talk page. I've placed an appropriate warning template on the user's page.

:I wouldn't worry about the cutting comments, as this seems to be an attention grab. If more serious comments were made, I still can't think of an appropriate avenue for taking action. There's no central body on Wikipedia that could respond to such. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 02:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks. I know that on [[Gaia Online]] they have a serious policy on self-mutilation and suicide threats where they track the users IP address and contact the local police, which is why I thought there may be similar policy here. --<font color="deeppink">'''〈 [[User:Miriam The Bat|<font color="blueviolet">Miriam The Bat</font>]] 〉'''^{([[User talk:Miriam The Bat|<font color="hotpink">Talk</font>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Miriam The Bat|<font color="hotpink">Contribs</font>]]) ([[User:Miriam The Bat/Autograph Book|<font color="hotpink">Sign Me!</font>]])}</font> 02:58, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::: I would personally take such action; notably a few admins here have done such. Report this incident on the [[WP:ANI|Administrator's Noticeboard]]. ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' 03:03, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Who's the creator? ==

Who created this site? Not the people who write the information on subjects, but the name of the person who created Wikipedia. I need to know for a works cited page.{{unsigned2|03:03, January 19, 2007|67.150.6.164}}

:You need to look at [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]]. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 03:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::Doesn't the questioner really want to know about [[Jimmy Wales]]? Now, if you want to know who created ''him'', that's a different matter ... [[User:Ndsg|NigelG (or Ndsg)]] | [[User talk:Ndsg|Talk]] 21:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Misuse of Wikipedia ==

Someone is using [[Johnny L. Banks, Jr.]] as a user page. Is this allowed? I thought user pages were supposed to be on user pages (i.e. User:Name)???? [[User:Chupper|Chupper]] 03:32, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:Page moved. Redirect needs to be deleted by an admin (i.e. not me). [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 03:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Watchlist changes ==

I haven't been on for quite some time, and I noticed something on the watchlist that didn't exist since the last time I was active. They are little green and red numbers (denoting sign) in parantheses next to the page names. What do they mean? &mdash;'''[[User:Akrabbim|Akrabbim]]'''^{[[User talk:Akrabbim|talk]]} 03:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:They tell the number of bytes added or subtracted to the page's code. They are useful for finding vandalism (like replacing a page with an expletive, or such). --[[User:Sopoforic|Sopoforic]] 03:42, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::Ok, that makes sense. Thank you very much. &mdash;'''[[User:Akrabbim|Akrabbim]]'''^{[[User talk:Akrabbim|talk]]} 03:46, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Homepage as a reference source ==

I have been helping out with <nowiki>[[Category:Articles lacking sources]]</nowiki> and came across an article about [[James Kirchner]] the only biographic material I could find on him that fitted the stub was on his homepage I went ahead and put in the reference and removed the tag, however I have doubts as to a homepage being a legit source for wikipedia if someone could let me know so I could leave, research more or re-instate tag it would be appreciated. I hit save page instead of preview before and then everything just went haywire Kesh. thanks --[[User:Mokgen|Matt]] 05:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

{{unsigned2|04:49, January 19, 2007|Mokgen}}

:Looks like you didn't get your whole question typed out. Try again? -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 04:55, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::See a section further below for repeat of question. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 16:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Using pictures from different versions of Wikipedia ==

If an article from one language version of Wikipedia has a picture, is it safe to assume that it's okay to upload the same picture into the article from another language version of Wikipedia? [[User:Haverpopper|Haverpopper]] 05:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

I posted some info on a painter, Andre Daude, but I'm having trouble showing any of the downloaded photos. Let me know how to do this. Also, this painting was purchased by myself, Neil Lipson about 50 years ago, and I don't see a copyright notice on it. Will this be allowable to post? I also found a notice about a spam email address, but I used my own email address, [e-mail]. I don't have any bio info on this painting which is the reason I'm posting what info I do have. Let me know how to fix this.

Thanks,

Neil Lipson

: <small> Note: Email removed because of privacy reasons. ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' 07:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC) </small> You'll want to read up on our [[WP:FU|fair use]] policy. You see, different versions of Wikipedia tend to have their own copyright rules; so it is better to be versed in ours before uploading anything. ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' 07:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:: It depends. If the image used in the other Wikipedia is stored in the [[:commons:|Wikimedia Commons]], it is safe to use here. If it is not, verify the copyright status of the image; if it is released under a free license, upload it to Commons instead, so everyone can use it. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 07:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:: A better explanation is this: if the image is at Wikimedia Commons, it can be accessed and used by all wikis without the need to reupload. If it was uploaded on a different Wikipedia, however, you might be able to upload it here. If it is Fair Use, you'll have to do some checking on the copyrights (feel free to ask the Help Desk). If the image in question is licensed as GFDL or Public Domain, then you'd do more good by uploading it at Commons so everyone else can use it as well. &mdash; [[User:Kieff|Kieff]] 07:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Homepages attempt 3 ==

While checking <nowiki>[[Category:Articles lacking sources]]</nowiki> I was reviewing the [[James Kirchner]] article for sources a quick google search showed the best source of the relevant info on his homepage. I added a link to the page as a reference and removed the tag. However I am unsure about the use of someones homepage as an accurate source so do I leave my edit alone, or research some more for better sources and provide them or retag the article as the case maybe thanks --[[User:Mokgen|Matt]] 05:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

*Other people may disagree with me, but I believe someone's homepage is a valid source as long as you establish notability through some independant source other than the homepage first. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 05:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

**It's okay - in fact, very useful - to include a home page in the ''External links'' section of an article. Using a person's personal website as a reference/footnote is a bit more dicey. If you're going to do that, it probably should be for sentences that read like this: "According to Kirchner's personal website, he was born and raised ... ", rather than "Kirchner was born and raised ... ". I've gone ahead and changed the reference/footnote to an external link.

***I would have suggested either retagging the article (the purpose is to encourage others to visit the page and improve it) or doing some further research yourself to find other sources of information, but another reference has been added to the page, and I added an embedded link as well, so it's okay to leave the unsourced tag off the article as it now stands. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 16:03, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Passport From Marshall Islands ==

I have lost my passport from the Marshall Islands. How do I contact them and have a New one sent to me in Alaska??? Eonlina Lojan

:Hi, this page is for posting questions about how to edit Wikipedia. Maybe you can try asking at the [[WP:RD|reference desk]]. [[user:delldot|delldot]] | <small>[[user talk:delldot|talk]]</small> 06:10, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Section editting ==

Is there a way to selectively remove the special edit links for some of the subsection ? This will be useful say while viewing multiple column text (e.g. [[Fluid_dynamics#See_also|Fluid dynamics: See also]] section). The edit links for the subsections are too close to the next column. Not that they are not useful, but one edit link to edit the whole section would suffice in such cases.

The <nowiki> __NOEDITSECTION__ </nowiki> tag works fine, but it removes all the edit links from the sections and subsection in the article. Thank you. [[User:Mythealias|myth]] 07:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:This isn't possible at the moment, but there's been a request to the developers to add this feature. You might want to look at [[bugzilla:8515|MediaWiki enhancement request 8515]]. [[User:147.188.147.230|147.188.147.230]]

Thank you that saves some trouble for me :) [[User:Mythealias|myth]] 09:31, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

==How to reply and etiquettes==

I know how to edit pages and talk to other people. But, are there some fixed rules which I should keep in mind while replying to people. As of now, I have only conversed with users on article talk pages. Any help would be appreciated. [[User:Tragicomedian|Tragicomedian]] 08:12, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

: This maybe of some help to you [[Wikipedia:Etiquette]]. [[User:Mythealias|myth]] 08:27, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

*Try [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines]] and [[WP:CIVIL]] too. - [[User:131.211.210.15|131.211.210.15]] 08:29, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

**Thanks for helping. IRC has loads of people willing to help as well. [[User:Tragicomedian|Tragicomedian]] 08:42, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Photography ==

Hello. I've just started making some contributions and wondered what the policy was on an issue relating to photography. I have uploaded one of my pictures to an article on the Clywdian Range of hills in Wales. I am happy for this photo to be used anywhere, by anyone, but don't know whether it is the 'done thing' to say that users can email me for a high res version of the image. I'm not looking for any kind of profit on this, just want to know the protocol. [[User:ElgyB|ElgyB]] 09:58, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:Please upload the highest resolution version you have. You should also tag the image with '''{{tl|GFDL-self}}''' in the license section.—[[User:WAvegetarian|WAvegetarian]]&bull;[[User talk:WAvegetarian|(talk)]] 09:59, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

OK. Many thanks. [[User:ElgyB|ElgyB]] 10:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

*Yes, you can save yourself a lot of work by simply uploading the largest version you are comfortable about sharing with other users. That way you don't have to answer email queries. You can also multi-license your images -- allow them to be used under other restrictions. See [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]]. Perhaps you want to add a [[Creative Commons]] license too. That saves people from having to copy the GFDL license along with the image if they use it. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 10:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

==Problem inserting a reference==

I have tried multiple times to properly format a reference in the [[Monte Ne]] article. No matter how I try, either using a cite template or entering it manually, it refuses to format. Can you look at it to fix, and if you are successful, please tell me where my error lies? This has happened to me more than once, and it is extremely frustrating. Thanks in advance, [[User:Jeffpw|Jeffpw]] 11:51, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

*I fixed it. You can check the article history to see what I did. I think it failed to work because you used a hard return (forcing a new line) within the template. I also recommend using naming refs like this: <nowiki><ref name="EXAMPLE">blah</ref></nowiki> so you can refer back to them using that name without typing out the entire template multiple times. If you want to reuse a previous reference you can write: <nowiki><ref name="EXAMPLE" /></nowiki>. Note the lack of a closing tag in this one. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 12:17, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help, and the clear explanation of where my error was. [[User:Jeffpw|Jeffpw]] 12:24, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Sub Pages ==

Hi, If I create sub-pages of my user talk Page so like my adoptees can contact me on that Page instead of on my talk Page, would it still say I had new messages when I logged on, or would I have to check it myself? Thanks

<font face=""> [[User:Tellyaddict|<b><font color="#DD0000"><font color="#0066FF">Telly]][[user talk:tellyaddict|<b><font color="#66ff33">addict]]</font></sup></font> 12:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:The new-messages bar is only triggered from the main User talk page, not from subpages. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 12:41, 19 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== admin rights and responsibilities ==

Hi,

where can I find the rights and responsibilities of an admin? I have no problems in the english version but I started translating into Slovak (from english wiki, which I assume is OK, haven't found otherwise) and one of the admins keeps reversing the articles ( not only mines, there is a whole bunch of us on his discussion page asking the same thing) for "gramatical mistakes" reasons. I'd like to know what his rights are because clearly he thinks it is OK to delete a whole article. Slovak wiki has very little artlicles and if he discurages people with this (which he does) noone will want to write there and that for me defies the purpose of wiki.

thanks for your help,

Sandra

:you could have a look at [[WP:ADMIN]] - that page also suggests the [[Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide]] and [[Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list]] although I'm not sure such policies and advice have any credance on the slovak wiki - they probably have their own. Sounds to me though that the person in question isn't really acting as an admin in reverting your edits but is acting as a standard editor. As such, he is subject to all the rules the rest of us are. Have you tried talking to him about it? If he's a grammar expert, perhaps he should just fix your grammar rather than just revert it. --[[User:Mcginnly|Mcginnly]] | [[User talk:Mcginnly|Natter]] 14:07, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::Yes, each Wikipedia (English, French, Slovak, etc.) has their own admins and their own processes. The Wikimedia Foundation provides the hardware and software, but lets each language (project) do its own thing, mostly. So you should search the Slovak wikipedia for information on their processes. If you don't find anything there, or believe that they aren't observing the spirit of what Wikipedia (as a whole) should be about, you might want to contact a steward - they do monitor things across all wikipedias - see [[m:Stewards]]. Or take a look at the meta pages in general - these apply to all projects (you could start at [[m:Main Page]]. And yes, there are absolutely no restrictions on translating content from one wiki to another - that's encouraged, in fact.) -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 15:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:::You still have to preserve the edit history, but apart from that transferring articles is fine. Images are more complicated due to varying copyright restrictions (if it's free-use, copy it to Commons, but fair use often can't be copied at all). --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:45, 22 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== generating lists ==

At [[WP:ARCHA]] we've got some way through the assessment process. And there's a great little bot that generates statistics for us in a matrix at the top of the page. What would be really usefull though is to be able to generate a list of say, all start-class articles ''that are also'' top importance. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm recently approved for AWB and I think I can generate a list of all mid, low and none importance articles and filter the list of start-class articles to exclude them - but this seems a bit longwinded - is there an easier, more obvious way that I'm missing? --[[User:Mcginnly|Mcginnly]] | [[User talk:Mcginnly|Natter]] 14:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:The Wikipedia search engine can do this, i.e. your particular query would be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?ns1=1&search=%7B%7BArchitecture%7Cclass%3Dstart%7Cimportance%3Dhigh%7D%7D&fulltext=Search . What this does is look for the string <nowiki>"{{Architecture|class=start|importance=high}}"</nowiki> ''in the wikisource'' of all talk pages. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 14:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::Many thanks. --[[User:Mcginnly|Mcginnly]] | [[User talk:Mcginnly|Natter]] 15:38, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Template ==

I'm looking for a template similar to the listing for the Wall Street Journal, set up for a company article. Where can I find such a template?

[[User:Robcarter|Robcarter]] 14:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:Do you mean something like [[Template:Infobox Company]]? To see a list of articles using this template, just click "what links here" in the toolbox on the template page. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 14:43, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Question ==

When should I use Wikipedia and why?

Theresa Bowlding

:Please see [[Wikipedia:About]]. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 14:46, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Moving ==

how do i move a page or article {{unsigned|71.51.90.0}}

:Please see [[WP:MOVE]]. You will need to have an account older than four days. Else you can request at [[Wikipedia:Requested moves]] &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 15:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Copyright.. ==

Having looked around Im confused about the use of copyright. If i take a picture of..say a company logo..or avideo game cover..if this fair use? or is it my picture because I took it? would this be the same in every occasion? such as pictures of people and places? or only certain conditions?

[[User:Fethroesforia|Fethroesforia]] 15:34, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:A photo of a company logo or a video game cover would have to be fair use, because most of the creative work that would produce the final image would be the company's (your input would be limited to lighting, angle, etc.). A picture of a person would normally be free use if you took it yourself and licenced it appropriately, because you have all the creative input in the picture (although in some cases there might be other reasons why you couldn't use the picture of someone without their consent; I'm not sure about this, but I think it has something to do with the country you/they live in); with a picture of a place, it would depend on what was in the picture (a picture of a hill would usually be licensable by the person who took it as free use, whereas the picture of the front of a shop, containing logos and pictures created by that business, would likely be usable as free use only). [[IANAL|I'm not a lawyer]], however, so I may be wrong about some of this; you might want to discuss a particular situation on [[Wikipedia talk:Copyrights/Can I use...]]. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 15:41, 19 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

::Ok..thanks..just because I saw a video game cover (photo) that some guy released into the public ___domain..so not sure whats going on with that. But thanks:) [[User:Fethroesforia|Fethroesforia]] 15:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:::The uploader most likely made a mistake. —'''[[User:Dark Shikari|<font color="#0000bb">Da<font color="#000066">rk<font color="#000022">•S</font>hik</font>ari</font>]]'''^{[[User talk:Dark Shikari|[T]]]} 16:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

==[[Talk:Mediation]] Vanished!==

This page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mediation] has completely vanished. Only the background remains. Any ideas what's been done to it?

Many thanks

[[User:MattB2|MattB2]] 16:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:Looks fine to me. Try [[Wikipedia:bypass your cache|bypassing your cache]]. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 17:26, 19 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

::That's sorted it! Many thanks [[User:MattB2|MattB2]] 20:08, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Is there a bot that helps clean up redirects that arise from page moves? ==

Some pages have lots of incoming links pointing to them and it'd be tedious to manually fix the links. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 17:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:Out of the currently active bots that are listed on [[Wikipedia:Registered bots]], [[User:MessedRobot]] seems to be the only one specifically approved for double redirects; however, I think [[WP:AWB|AWB]] can handle this sort of work (without necessarily requiring bot approval), and there are probably bots approved for general manually-assisted work that would be capable of and allow this. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 17:25, 19 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

::Does [[User:MessedRobot]] run specific jobs, or search for stuff to fix? Thanks. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 19:48, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Citing Wikipedia using the Cite Tool ==

How does the cite this article tool work?

I have noticed that clicking the cite this article link on the left side of the page, generates a citation page for said article and there is a button labled "Cite"...

What does this button do? Is there any way to export the citation to EndNote?

In APA format?

[[User:Grossmanhm|Grossmanhm]] 17:42, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:The cite this article tool (I presume) just takes the information and formats it according to a template. The 'cite' button is there so that you can change the name of the page in the box to the left of it, and then click 'cite' to get the citation for the new page. If you want to use the citation in endnote, see [http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~tapted/bib2endnote.html this link]. That will let you import BibTeX citations into endnote. The 'cite this article' tool has a BibTeX entry, so you should be able to make use of it. (note that I don't use endnote, so I can't guarantee that it will work) --[[User:Sopoforic|Sopoforic]] 20:55, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::Minor addendum - The "Cite" button doesn't do anything except re-create the page ''unless'' you change the name of the article, in which case it generates a new page with the cite for that new article - try it. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 00:16, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== Page Forwarding ==

The page for [[Michael O. Johanns]], the current Secretary of Agriculture is listed under [[Mike Johanns]]. How can I make is so if you type his full name it will forward to the correct article?

Also, under the "wiki rules" should it actually be reversed where the article is his full/real name and the shorthand version is the one that gets forwarded?

--[[User:Jwikipro|Jwikipro]] 18:16, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:The full name should probably be used unless the short name is particularly famous or something. To move the page, just click the ''move'' button at the top; it will automatically create the redirect from the original to the new ___location. See [[Help:Redirect]] on creating redirects. Basically, just make it so the only thing on the article is:

:<code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target article]]</nowiki></code>

:-- [[User:Consumed Crustacean|Consumed Crustacean]] <small>([[User talk:Consumed Crustacean|talk]])</small> 18:24, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:The rules for naming say to use the name by which a person is most commonly known: see [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names)]] (I'm not sure whether this advice conflicts with Consumed Crustacean's in this case). As for creating the redirect, you can do it by typing

<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Mike Johanns]]</nowiki>

:as the only text in the page [[Michael O. Johanns]]. Hope that helps! --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 18:26, 19 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== Page Moves ==

I recently wrote an article that had its name changed by another user. This article is about a topic that can have its name translated into English, or kept in its original Chinese. I named the article in its translated form (Way of the Celestial Masters), the other user changed the name to a Chinese-English hybrid ([[Tianshi School]]). Instead of using the possibly controversial move procedure, the user moved it himself. When I tried to move it back, he would contiually move it to his name. Eventually someone else noticed this edit war, and intervened to have it moved back to its orignal name. The user then protested and it was moved to the controversial move section. Keep in mind that the move was now from its new name (Tianshi School), back to its old name (Way of the Celestial Masters). Therefore the burden of the move was put on me to have it named back to its original form, and not on the other user to keep it as Tianshi School. The vote failed to have it changed back (with only three votes cast), and the article remained at Tianshi School. On January 10th, I went through the controversial move procedure and a vote was held in which 4 people were in favor of moving it back to 'Way of the Celestial Master', and another 2(the same 2 that voted against the move in the first place), voted to keep it. Thinking that a supermajority had been reached (the wkipedia page says that this qualifies as 60-80% of the votes), I took the liberty of moving the page back. This move was subsequently reverted by one of the users that was against the move. Now the article is in limbo.

From this experience, I now feel that there is a serious flaw in Wkipedia's page move policies. Why is it that the burden of having the article moved has been placed on getting it back to its original name? Because the original user did not go through the possibly controversial move procedure to generate discussion, shouldn't the burden be placed on him to keep the article where it is? I feel that the article should be renamed 'Way of the Celestial Masters,' and then if the user still wants to rename it 'Tianshi School,' he can go through the controversial move procedure. I also feel that if such a situation happens again in which a user changes an article name that could be controversial, and someone disagrees, that the article name should be automatically reverted so that a proper discussion can take place on whether to move the article in the first place.

Any input on what people think about this situation would be appreciated.

[[User:Zeus1234|Zeus1234]] 20:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

*See [[WP:AN]] or [[WP:COI/N]] --''Regards,'' [[User:Darkest Hour|<span style="padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px; border : 2px solid #BFDF9F;background: #660066 ; color: #BFDF9F">'''''Darkest Hour'''''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Darkest Hour|Talk]]}•_{[[Special:Contributions/Darkest Hour|contribs]]} 20:11, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

**I don't see why [[WP:COI/N]] is being mentioned here - that's a noticeboard for conflicts of interest, which has not been mentioned as far as I can see. More constructively: If you think the current move policy is wrong and should be changed, you should propose a change at [[Wikipedia talk:Requested moves]]. If you believe that an administrator has ''incorrectly interpreted'' existing policy, that would be a matter for [[WP:AN]]. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 00:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== How do you report inappropriate content? ==

I read Wikipedia daily. Today, for the first time, I noticed a sentence in a biography that was vulgar and misplaced. It looked as though someone thought it would be funny. It had nothing to do with the topic. How do things like that get repaired?

Thank you

*Click on the edit this page link between the History and the discussion links at the top of the article. To see who made the comment click on the history link. --''Regards,'' [[User:Darkest Hour|<span style="padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px; border : 2px solid #BFDF9F;background: #660066 ; color: #BFDF9F">'''''Darkest Hour'''''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Darkest Hour|Talk]]}•_{[[Special:Contributions/Darkest Hour|contribs]]} 20:45, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:You can actually fix it yourself. See [[WP:REVERT]]. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 21:29, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== Who's the author? ==

I'm doing a project and I need to know who is the author of the page about Italy.

: Um every one is the author here at wikipedia. To see who was the very first person to write the article go to the history and back track all the way to the first edit. --''Regards,'' [[User:Darkest Hour|<span style="padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px; border : 2px solid #BFDF9F;background: #660066 ; color: #BFDF9F">'''''Darkest Hour'''''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Darkest Hour|Talk]]}•_{[[Special:Contributions/Darkest Hour|contribs]]} 20:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:What Darkest Hour said is true, but now what you want to know. See [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]] for information on how to cite wikipedia. --[[User:Sopoforic|Sopoforic]] 20:48, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== School Article Name ==

Currently, there are 2 articles about the same school with the exact same article text. I need to know which one to keep and which one to convert to a redirect. The articles are [[Southland Academy]] and [[Southland Academy (Americus, Georgia)]] [[User:Grhs126student|Grhs126student]] 20:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:As long as we don't know of another Southland Academy, I would recommend deleting [[Southland Academy (Americus, Georgia)]]. If it later turns out a disambiguation page ''is'' needed, we can always move the article to the more specific name and change [[Southland Academy]] to be the disambiguation page. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 20:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== How do I enable the "You have a new message notification" feature? ==

In changing my preferences, I must have inadvertendly switched off the "You have a new message" feature. I have had a couple of new messages on my talk page lately, but I didn't get that big orange "you have a new message" bar.

I would like to re-enable the notification feature, but I just can't find it among the preferences. Am I overlooking something? I have set my browser to automatically log in with my wikipedia username and password.

I'm assuming now that the new message notification can be disabled/enabled, but is that so? Can there be another reason for me not getting notifications? --[[User:Cleonis|Cleonis]] | [[User talk:Cleonis|Talk]] 21:36, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

*As far as I know you can't shut it off. (This way vandals can't say they haven't received any warnings.) Do you by any chance visit your talk page first? If you do, it might explain why you aren't getting a banner afterwards. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 21:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:: Generally, the first page I visit is [[Special:Watchlist]]. That link is in my browser's bookmarks. <br> If I happen to see that there is a comment on my talk page, I go there. --[[User:Cleonis|Cleonis]] | [[User talk:Cleonis|Talk]] 22:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::It ''is'' possible to turn it off, but that requires editing [[User:Cleonis/monobook.css]] and you haven't. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:48, 22 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

* If someone leaves a message on your talk page, it creates an entry in the [[:mw:User newtalk table|User newtalk table]] that points to your username. If you visit your talk page, any entries pointing towards your username are deleted from the table by the software ''before'' your talk page is rendered and sent to your browser. So, if you visit your talk page before anything, you will never your "new messages" banner. The only way to know if there's a new message if you've done that is to manually look at the page history. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 04:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:: Normally I don't visit my talk page, and if I do then it's the '''second''' page I visit. My first port of call is [[Special:Watchlist]]. So I ought to get that big orange "you have a new message" bar (when there has been a change of my talk page).

:: Unfortunately, this is something that I can't test. (I suppose I could create another account just for the purpose of testing this, but I don't particularly like creating an account just for prodding the system.) --[[User:Cleonis|Cleonis]] | [[User talk:Cleonis|Talk]] 19:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Dismiss? ==

For the last month or so, I have noticed a link labelled "[dismiss]" at the top of my wikipedia pages. When I click on the link it disappears. What is the purpose of this link? [[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] 22:09, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:It has something to do with the recent fundraiser. [[User:Arjun01|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Arjun'''</font>]] 22:10, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

::Right, it's meant to make the fundraiser banner go away. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 22:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

==Repeat==

Hi there,

I recently joined Wikipedia to write an article about a band I know of. I have written it and saved changes, but for some reason it has repeated the article twice. I have no idea why, the written part shows no reason for it to be repeated. Can you please help me on this?! Also, Im not sure if i have to be an elite member or something, but will this article be able to be previewed by the public, as I can not yet see it on the internet.

Thanks for your time and help.

Sincerly,

- Matt

[[User:Matt Whitney|Matt Whitney]] 23:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

:You managed to create a Template, which happens to be an exact copy of your Userpage. See [[Template:Definite Article]]. I would suggest putting <nowiki>{{db-author}}</nowiki> at the top of the page, so an admin will delete it for you, since it's unnecessary. Then, delete <nowiki>{{Definite Article}}</nowiki> from your Userpage, as it won't go anywhere.

:Secondly, you don't want to create an article about your band. See [[WP:OR]], [[WP:COI]] and [[WP:V]]. Until your band is big enough for reputable news sources to mention them, the article won't survive on Wikipedia, and it's bad form to create a page about your band yourself. [[WP:NOT#DIR|Wikipedia is not a directory]], nor is it advertising space.

:I do wish you and your band the best of luck, and hope to see you contribute to other articles here on Wikipedia. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 23:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

== my editiing ==

my editing is completlely deleted

i dont see why

i just fixed the right thing, the fact that is not well known

all of thing

if u search my editings on the web, u will see what is true

its hard to find but it is there

it didnt violates any copyright

please tell me why

{{unsigned2|23:16, January 19, 2007|Jinmemini}}

:Please remember to sign your comments with four tildes. It would also help if you explained what you were asking about.

:Judging by your Talk page and contributions, you added text to [[Tōgō Heihachirō]] with no references. You must show that your additions can be [[WP:V|verified]], so that other people can read it for themselves. See [[WP:CITE]] for instructions on how to do this.

:Finally, we have no way to "search (your) editings on the web," as there's no way to know who you are or which edits are yours. Plus, you cannot cite yourself as a source. See [[WP:OR]]. You ''must'' provide verifiable information from a secondary source. We can't simply take your word for it.

:If you can provide us with sources, please re-add the text with appropriate references. New information is always welcome, as long as we can verify it to be accurate. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 23:26, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

=January 20=

==Images==

Hello, I am a new user. I was just wondering how you put pictures on articles? Thank you and I await your response so ''please respond soon''. [[User:Radical3|Radical3]] 00:22, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:You might want to start by reading [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]], [[Wikipedia:Image use policy]], and [[Wikipedia:Uploading images]]. If you have futher questions after that, please feel free to ask. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 00:30, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== I can't work out what to do about Sxe injected ==

I arrived at [[Sxe injected]] on a recent changes patrol to revert some vandalism and discovered an article with a copyvio tag but the article doesn't appear to have been listed on the copyright problems page. The article is a claimed copyright violation of [http://www.cs-sxe.com.ar/modules.php?name=sXeInjected this page] and appears to be a translation (from Spanish?). Any suggestions about what should be done with this page? [[User:Random Passer-by|Random Passer-by]] 00:30, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:It is listed on the copyvio page [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Possible_copyright_violations&from=S here]. Looks like page deserves deleted, as a quick Babelfish translation looks really close to what's on the article page. Would've been helpful if the user had followed instructions and left better notes, though. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 00:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

So a translation is still a copyvio? I know nothing about this area of copyright law and I can't find a Wikipedia copyright policy page which mentions translation. If it is then I'll add a speedy deletion tag (unless another editor does so first). [[User:Random Passer-by|Random Passer-by]] 01:01, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:Without permission, yes. It's still the same ''text'', just in a different language. Otherwise, someone could translate the latest [[Tom Clancy]] or [[Stephen King]] novel into, say, Swedish and sell it without paying royalties to the author & publisher. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 01:03, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:(edit conflict) A translation of free material is of course not copyvio, but a translation of copyvio material is. See [[Talk:X60 Train]] for another example. Unfortunately the [[WP:VPA]] thread I refer to there is surely archived, but if you're interested, you can search for it. Basically, the idea is that translation doesn't magically solve the copyright problem with material. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 01:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok. I'll have a better idea of what to do if I encounter a similar problem again. I've added a speedy deletion tag. Thank you both. [[User:Random Passer-by|Random Passer-by]] 01:19, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:Copyvio isn't a speedy deletion criterion. I have blanked the page, fixed the url, and listed it on today's copyvio log. --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 07:08, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio is a speedy deletion criterion (although it arguably might not apply in this case). I checked before I added the tag. See WP:CSD (criterion 12). Not that it particularly matters as long as the problem is dealt with. :-) [[User:Random Passer-by|Random Passer-by]] 16:58, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== Deleting a #redirect ==

How do I delete a #REDIRECT? I created one that I regret. It's a long story and has to do with a stalker that's trying to track me down. [[User:Philiped|Philiped]] 01:44, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:It kind of depends on the circumstances, but in general, you could just put <nowiki>{{db|reason why this ought to be deleted}}</nowiki> on the page. --[[User:Sopoforic|Sopoforic]] 01:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== How do I get to a #redirect page in order to request its deletion? ==

Thanks. But...

There is no page on which to put the request, because when I click on the link it takes me directly to the page it's pointing to. [[User:Philiped|Philiped]] 02:41, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:When you end up at the target of the redirect, look right underneath the article title. There should be a little gray line which reads ''Redirected from <nowiki>somewhere</nowiki>''. Click on the link to ''somewhere'' to get to the redirect page itself. Edit away. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 02:44, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's an example for getting to a redirect page: click on this link: [[Dubya]]. You should be redirected to [[George W. Bush]]. There will be the title "George W. Bush" at the top of the page, and then the [[MediaWiki:Tagline|subtitle]] "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", and then you will see

:<div class=plainlinks style="font-size:8pt; color:#999;">(Redirected from [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dubya&redirect=no Dubya])</div>

...approximately. So then, click on "Dubya" there, and that's how you can get to the redirect page. Do the same with your article, and then you'll be able to edit the redirect page. Blank it (the redirect page) and put {{tl|db-author}} on it... and an [[WP:ADMIN|admin]] should delete it. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 02:48, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

: If it's not an article of your creation, though, list it on [[WP:RFD|Redirects for discussion]]. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])}

==Yankee Stadium==

what is the actual ___location that the New Yankee Stadium is being built? {{unsigned2|03:23, January 20, 2007|69.116.202.226}}

:Sorry, this page is for questions about Wikipedia itself. Try looking at [[New Yankee Stadium]] or ask again on the [[Reference desk]]. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 03:33, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

==My redirect pages are coming out wrong==

When I try to create a redirect page and click "Show preview," the redirect shows up as a number followed by the target page.

For example, I just created a page on [[Július Tomin]]. A lot of people will probably type Julius Tomin, without the accent mark, in the search window. So, I created a page "Julius Tomin" and typed in "#redirect [[Július Tomin]]" (without the quotes, and with double brackets). Then I clicked "Show preview". Instead of the redirect arrow, I saw this:

: 1. redirect Július Tomin

The same thing happens when I put "REDIRECT" in caps. What am I doing wrong? Thank you. [[User:Cal Evans|Cal Evans]] 04:47, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::If you click show preview, that's what it looks like. Click Save Page with the text <nowiki>#REDRIECT [[Target]]</nowiki>, and you should be fine! &mdash; [[User:Deon555|D]]<font color="green">[[User:Deon555/Esperanza|e]]</font>[[User:Deon555|on555]]^{<font color="purple">[[User_talk:Deon555|'''talk''']]</font>}_{<font color="orange">[[User:Deon555/Desk|'''desk''']]</font>}^{<font color="brown">[[User:Deon555/Signhere|'''sign here!''']]</font>} 04:51, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== to enrole in tournament ==

How to enrole my self in WCG tournament?

:I assume you're referring to the [[World Cyber Games]]. I'd suggest their [http://www.worldcybergames.com/ Official website]. [[User:John Reaves|John Reaves]] <small>[[User talk:John Reaves|(talk)]]</small> 08:16, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Logo ==

Why does the Wikipedia Logo, world globe and Navigation box and In other languages box overlay the page, is my question. This MacBook was saving pages to Documents and calling up pages and there was no interference of the logo material and suddenly this annoyance appears ----

== Number of articles in a category ==

Hello,

I was wondering whether there is an easy way to determine how many articles currently belong to a specific category?

Thanks. —[[User:Xhantar|Xhantar]]<small>^{[[User talk:Xhantar|Talk]]}</small> 10:17, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:See [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/CategoryIntersect.php CatScan], but it wont work for very big categories. I personally use AWB. It requires some iterations to get to the result if you also want articles under the sub categories. &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 11:03, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:: Thanks! —[[User:Xhantar|Xhantar]]<small>^{[[User talk:Xhantar|Talk]]}</small> 13:04, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:::You could also use [[User:PockBot|Pockbot]] - it will "produce for a given wikipedia category, a table listing all articles within that category (and all subcategories of that category), as well as the status of those articles". -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 16:13, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== deleting images ==

I uploaded several images but would like to delete them. How do I do that?

:Only [[WP:ADMIN|administrators]] can delete images. Edit the description pages for your images and put {{tl|db-author}} somewhere in the text, and save. An administrator will delete your images shortly. Cheers, [[User:Tangotango|Tangotango]] ([[User talk:Tangotango|talk]]) 14:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== deleting an entry ==

There is a duplicate article for Agrobacterium tumefaciens which is classified as a plant stub and called Agrobacterium temefaciens. It has no new information in it, is very short, and is only there because tumefaciens is spelled incorrectly. It should be deleted but I don't know how to do that. Can someone help? Incidentally the stub is misclassified because A. tumefaciens is a bacterium, not a plant.[[User:Sarahjg|Sarahjg]] 14:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:I have [[WP:R|redirected]] the article to the correct name. &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 15:11, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== Missing article? ==

Hi.

I created an article about our company, HUMANY under the Categories

: Companies of Sweden

it worked fine. only something about a picture that we have done our

self, but maybe I tagged it wrong regarding copywright?

doris.jpg

But now suddenly all the information are gone?!

I cant fint it anymore.

Why?

We have the same information in the Swedish Wikipedia since many years, but this I have translated

in english.Its mote than advertising.

Its informaion about a tecnology and historical information (Swedish minister, Carl Bildt was in our board)

Best Regards

Pascal DeBeaux <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:83.233.30.215|83.233.30.215]] ([[User talk:83.233.30.215|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/83.233.30.215|contribs]]) 16:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC{{{3|}}})</small>

:My guess -- and that's all it is -- is that the article would have been deleted as [[WP:NN|non-notable]]. If it did not make claims of notability that satisfy that guideline, it was probably speedy-deleted; otherwise it may have gone through an AfD or been prodded (proposed for deletion). Unfortunately there's no way for non-administrators to see the history of deleted pages, and I don't know of a good way to search old deletion discussions. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 17:01, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:There appears to have never been an article at [[HUMANY]]; could you tell us the exact name (case-sensitive) of the article you created? We must know this information to find out what happened to your article. Cheers, [[User:Tangotango|Tangotango]] ([[User talk:Tangotango|talk]]) 17:15, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

the exact name was: Humany

category: Swedish companies

It just lost now.

Do i need to translate the artice again now?

:According to the deletion log ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Humany here]), the article was deleted by [[User:Fang Aili]]. You might want to bring this up with her directly on her talk page. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 22:28, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== Myspace on Wikipedia ==

Hi. I'm slightly curious about how the Wikipedia community sees links to myspace profiles in articles. Whilst on vandalism patrol, I often revert external myspace links, viewing them as spam links. However, I'm not sure whether this is the correct action to take. Can someone let me know what the accepted view on such links is? Many thanks [[User:Matthuxtable|Matthuxtable]] 17:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::I'm not very familiar with MySpace, but as I understand it, it is essentially a blog site to which users upload their own media/musings/detritus. In which case, your approach is correct: external links to blogs and fora are discouraged, and their use for references/research/citations is not permitted, as I understand it. [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 17:37, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

*I wouldn't oppose a MySpace link if it's abundantly clear it belongs to the subject of an article that's undeniably [[WP:N|notable]]. However, I don't recommend such links to be used as a source. And having a MySpace page isn't a good reason for someone to get an article. They're also subject to the spam policy. - [[User:87.209.70.231|87.209.70.231]] 18:14, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::It's #10 at [[Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided]]. The link pretty much says it all.--[[User:Kchase02|Kchase]] [[User_talk:Kchase02|T]] 18:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Additionally you need to be aware of imposter sites - there are several musicians with ''several'' fake MySpace profiles. And blog?\.myspace\.com is also blacklisted. -- [[User:Zzuuzz|zzuuzz]] ^{[[User_talk:Zzuuzz|(talk)]]} 18:36, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::::However, I would say there's nothing wrong with listing, on a musician's page, a MySpace page that the musician links to from her own official Web site as her own MySpace page, as has become relatively common practice. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 18:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::I don't think there is anything wrong with linking to MySpace, per se. However it falls under the same category of sources that aren't [[WP:RS|reliable]], just like blogs and forum posts. However, if you can establish through other reliable sources that a MySpace link is legitimately part of the subject (like the MySpace [http://www.myspace.com/whiteandnerdy page] Weird Al created for [[White & Nerdy]]) then I would say the MySpace link is ok. You just have to be cautious with using MySpace links. —[[User:Mitaphane|Mitaphane]] _{[[User talk:Mitaphane|talk]]} 19:30, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:Token new page patroller here. MySpace links are usually the prime suspect when dealing with a non-notable musician, in my experience. You'll often see pages that have a link to their website and/or a myspace page, and that's it. If you see these sorts of pages, and there are no sources or claims to notability, fire up the db-band gun. --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 20:39, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all your responses. It looks like what I'll usually do in future is remove myspace links per [[WP:EL]] unless the subject is notable. Thanks! [[User:Matthuxtable|Matthuxtable]] 17:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Problems with de-listing a cleanedup article? ==

Hi, I overhauled [[Albany Movement]] and removed the cleanup tag. However, I can't find it on [[Wikipedia:Cleanup]] or [[:Category:Cleanup by month]] or [[:Category:All pages needing cleanup]], or anywhere else. So I'm not sure if it's still listed, or what.

On a related note, I'd like to complain that the entire cleanup process is highly confusing and frustrating, and I've now spent more time trying to figure it out than actually fixing the article.

[[User:Eleland|Eleland]] 18:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:Adding the tag to the page automatically places it in a category. Similarly, removing it will mean the page is removed from the category and no longer listed. So you will no longer find it in a category. What part of the cleanup process did you find confusing? [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 18:27, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

= January 21 =

==Question==

how do I post my question?

:You just did. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 18:27, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::Was that the actual question? You're allowed more than one! [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 20:50, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== Category ==

If I wanted to add a new category to something say a song, how would I go about it?

For example under the Category:Songs by artist there are not several bands so what would I have to do to add the bands to it, and add the category on their songs' pages? [[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:3px 0px 0px 2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=4>'''Asics'''</font></span></span>]]^{[[User Talk:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:3px 0px 0px 2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:normal"><font size=1>'''Talk'''</font></span></span>]]} 18:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:To add an article to a category, add <nowiki>[[Category:Categoryname]]</nowiki> to the bottom of the page (but before the interlanguage wiki links). Whatever category you want to put the page in should replace "Categoryname". More detailed instructions for this can be found at [[WP:CATEGORY#How_to_put_an_article_into_categories]] and [[Help:Category#Putting_an_item_in_a_category]]. -- [[User:Natalya|Nataly<font color="green">a</font>]] 18:48, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== List of blocked images ==

I remember awhile ago seeing a list of images that by technical means were unable to be thumbnailed into articles, only linked. Stuff like human feces, sex positions, etc. I think [[:Image:AUTOAMPUTATE1.JPG]] should be on that list, can someone take care of it? --[[User:Froth|froth]]^{'''[[User_talk:Froth|<small>T</small>]]'''} 18:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:The list is at [[MediaWiki:Bad_image_list]] and requests for additions to this list must be made on the [[MediaWiki talk:Bad_image_list|talk page]] or at the [[WP:AN|Administrator's noticeboard]] because the list is fully protected. I have gone ahead and posted a message on the [[MediaWiki talk:Bad_image_list|talk page]] regarding [[:Image:AUTOAMPUTATE1.JPG]]. --[[User:NickW557|Nick]]—^{[[User:NickW557/Contact|Contact]]}/_{[[Special:Contributions/NickW557|Contribs]]} 19:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== How exactly do Interwiki links work? ==

I know how to make an interwiki link to another page and it will show up in the left sidebar. That is nice. The problem is when I try to make an interwiki link to commons, like [[commons:Help]], it shows up as a regular link, not in the sidebar. Is there any way I can force a link to commons or meta to show up in the "In other languages" sidebar? Is it a CSS or JS thing? &mdash;[[User:Dgies|Dgies]]^{[[User talk:Dgies|t]]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Dgies|c]]} 19:10, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:It's a javascript thing. If you're wanting to add links to the side bar try out the navigation shortcuts [[Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation shortcuts|script]]. —[[User:Mitaphane|Mitaphane]] _{[[User talk:Mitaphane|talk]]} 19:19, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

*The interwiki links in the side menu you are talking about can only point to other Wikipedias. If you want to point to the commons or another project, you should use the relevant templates and put them in the external links section. It's a little more bulky but the only way it will work right now. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 21:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== Image question ==

Whole images of baseball cards do not fall under the fair use rule. But what if I chop off most of the card and just include a picture of an athletes signiture? I did it with [[Aaron Myette]].

Is that a "legal" thing to do on Wikipedia? Thanks for the help. [[User:Alexsautographs|Alex]] 20:19, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:I believe what you have created is called a [[Derivative work]]. Without permission from the original copyright holder, making a derivative work violates their copyright, and definitely wouldn't be cover under [[WP:FU|fair use]] policy. —[[User:Mitaphane|Mitaphane]] _{[[User talk:Mitaphane|talk]]} 20:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks for the help! [[User:Alexsautographs|Alex]] 20:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

* Hypothetically speaking, what would be the copyright status if you took a mask and stripped away all of the baseball card except for the signature? Would it be a derivative work of the baseball card, or a derivative work of the signature? Is an image of someone's signature copyrightable, and if so, wouldn't ''that'' be fair use in come cases? &mdash;[[User:Dgies|Dgies]]^{[[User talk:Dgies|t]]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Dgies|c]]} 00:32, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Helena Macree Tsavalas ==

How do I put information in about the biography of Helena Macree Tsavalas? I like to start typing things in and I have no clue how to start it at your site. Please let me know. Thank you. My email is: <email removed>

My username is: Macree

:See [[Wikipedia:Introduction]] on learning how to edit Wikipedia —[[User:Mitaphane|Mitaphane]] _{[[User talk:Mitaphane|talk]]} 20:44, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::Also, see [[Wikipedia:Notability (people)|this page]] about the concept of notability and how it applies here. Basically, if Tsavalas doesn't meet our notability criteria, there shouldn't be an article about her. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 22:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:::It sounds like you want to start a new article; if so, these might help: [[Wikipedia:Your first article]], [[Help:Starting a new page]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Wizard-Introduction]]. One additional word of caution - given that your user name is the same as the middle name of the person you're thinking about writing about, it seems that you might be related. Wikipedia has a separate policy for such cases - please see [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]]. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 03:22, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Dealing with childish behaviour from other editors ==

What is the best approach for dealing with immature behaviour from an editor who refuses to discuss his edits? [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 21:57, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:(1) Keep your cool. :-) (2) Assuming you are acting in good faith, which I believe you are, continue to revert the relevant edits without violating [[WP:3RR]]. (3) If the situation escalates, try an RfC. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 22:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks for replying. At the moment, I have left it at one revert, after which the user added the comment with some rewording. His second attempt was actually worse, as it contained what could be construed as POV and weasel words, but while I was commenting on his [[User_talk:Hektor#Your_edits_to_Sebastien_Loeb|talk page]], he quickly revised his wording, leaving only the issue of transient current events. You can see the history [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%A9bastien_Loeb&diff=102068755&oldid=102067981 here]. I think the matter has probably been dropped as far as he is concerned, but I don't want to inflame it by reverting again. I wondered if there was any procedure that may apply in dealing with similar cases. [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 22:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Yes, I read the exchange on his talk page, although I did not look at the relevant edits to the page in question. Hmm. I see you have posted about this on the article's talk page as well. I have to say I'm not entirely inclined to agree with you; plenty of Wikipedia articles contain information that documents current events. I will say, though, that I might agree that a biographical article may not be the ideal place for that kind of material. The comment in its current neutral form seems reasonably OK to me. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 22:34, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::::My comment on the talk page was made at the time of my edit; good procedure, I know, when it may be controversial. I wouldn't have minded if the other editor had left a reply there, justifying his edit or agreeing to a revision, or something. Anything rather than re-insert the comment, with worse phrasing, with no edit summaries, and then to change it again, still without communicating with me. Ah well. [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 22:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

:::::It's not uncommon to communciate only via edit summaries on relatively minor matters - otherwise, talk pages get filled up with a running commentary on article changes. Personally, I'm always thankful when the other editor makes changes, better or worse, since it indicates a willingness to work with other editors to improve things; as long as things end up in a reasonable place, it's okay if the process isn't as efficient as it could be in theory. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 03:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Magazine reference ==

How can I properly state a magazine as a reference (in the reference section of a Wikipedia article) in a bibliographic way? This is the reference:

<blockquote>

STAR TV GUIDE, December 2006 issue (Volume 7, Issue 86) : Channel Guide section, page 35. (The magazine does not indicate its ISSN number.)

</blockquote>

Yes, It does not indicate its ISSN number. Help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Channel Guide. ''STAR TV GUIDE'', December 2006, 35.

''or''

Channel Guide. ''STAR TV GUIDE'' 7, no. 86 (2006): 35.

Verify the actual name of the section "Channel Guide" and whether "STAR TV GUIDE" is in fact all capitalized (I would think it would be "STAR TV Guide"). —[[User:Centrx|Centrx]]→[[User talk:Centrx|''talk'']]&nbsp;&bull; 23:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

*When I tried {{tl|cite magazine}} I was redirected to {{tl|cite journal}}, so even though it's not primarily used for magazines, it may be your best bet. For other ideas, try [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]]. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 00:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Italic text ==

I am trying to edit an article. How do I italicise text?

:In short: two single quotes on either side of what you want to itaicise. See [[Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Character_formatting]] for more info. --[[User:Sopoforic|Sopoforic]] 00:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Interiot's tool ==

Interiot's tool was lagging behind 13 days, 19 hours yesterday, now it is at 13d, 23h. Will it ever get better? <font style="background:#7FFF00">[[User:Reywas92|'''Reywas92''']]</font>^{<font style="background:#00ff7f">[[User talk:Reywas92|'''Talk''']]</font>}_{<font style="background:#BFFF00">[[User:Reywas92/Autograph Book|'''Sigs''']]</font>} 01:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:It's not a problem with Interiot's tool, it's an inherent problem with the [[m:toolserver]]. Because the toolserver (in Amsterdam) gets its data by replicating the data from Wikimedia's main database cluster (in Florida), there's a delay. DaB. (a toolserver administrator) has created a new version of his replication program, and things are looking bright. (At least for the non-English Wikipedia wikis, things are looking extremely bright). I wouldn't hold your breath, but it will be fixed one day. Cheers, [[User:Tangotango|Tangotango]] ([[User talk:Tangotango|talk]]) 05:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Copying text from a patent verbatim into a WP article? ==

Is this a copyright violation? Should said text be removed from an article? Someone has copied text into the [[Anus]] article (under the "Artificial Anus" section) which originated from [http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT5209744&id=AkkcAAAAEBAJ&dq=anus this] patent application. As it seems to be written in pigeon English, I have considered trying to rewrite and wikify the section (if I can make sense of it!) - though there's not much point if the section is a copyvio. Any ideas, guys? --[[User:Kurt Shaped Box|Kurt Shaped Box]] 01:41, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:<s>I am relatively sure that patent text is considered in the public ___domain from date of acceptance, but</s> it's still plagarism, and it's not going to be written correctly, so fix it up at least. I'll go figure out if I am right. -[[User:Amarkov|Amark]] <small>[[User_talk:Amarkov|moo!]]</small> 01:43, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:Okay, I can't find anything which releases the text of patents into the public ___domain after it is made public, so remove it to be safe. I doubt it'll qualify as a government work. -[[User:Amarkov|Amark]] <small>[[User_talk:Amarkov|moo!]]</small> 01:46, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::Done. Thanks very much. :) --[[User:Kurt Shaped Box|Kurt Shaped Box]] 01:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== How do I change a redirect? ==

Hi,

how can i can a redirect and replace it with a disambiguation page...

e.g.

search Flying Pigs ---> Flying Pig

There is also a game called "Flying Pigs" so i think there should be a disambiguation page. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Adammw|Adammw]] ([[User talk:Adammw|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Adammw|contribs]]) 03:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:You should probably discuss it first on [[Talk:flying pig]], and if no one objects, you can just edit [[Flying pigs]] to turn it into the disambig page by removing the <nowiki>#Redirect</nowiki> stuff. You can get to the [[WP:R|redirect]] by typing in the name of the redirect in the search box, and when it takes you to [[Flying pig]], clicking on the small link at the top of the page that says "redirected from [[Flying pigs]]". [[user:delldot|delldot]] | <small>[[user talk:delldot|talk]]</small> 03:28, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== How do I.... ==

Here is a reply to the previous question... since the other disappeared.

I tried that...

What I wanted to do was to request that someone write an article on Phyllis Trible- who is a theologian, author (Rhetorical Criticism and Feminism) and educator. I was also hoping for a biographical sketch and what she is currently up to.

I am having trouble locating what I want in the "requested articles" page and how to actually request an article... I just get taken to odd pages in Wikipedia.

I am hoping that this clarifies my need.

Thanks!

--Cinnajava 03:20, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:Try this: go to [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Social Sciences and Philosophy#Religion]] or [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Social Sciences and Philosophy#Feminism]], depending on which she is more known for. Edit the section you choose to add her in, plus some information about that article (so others will know what it is you're requesting). Let me know on [[user talk:delldot|my talk page]] if you have any questions or want to discuss anything. [[user:delldot|delldot]] | <small>[[user talk:delldot|talk]]</small> 03:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:: (edit conflict) Once you are in the [[WP:RA|requested articles page]], click on the links to navigate to a more specific request page. You may want to consider [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Culture_and_fine_arts#OP|Writers starting with O to P]]. To add the name, just click the edit link, and add the name by typing

<nowiki>* [[Phyllis Trible]]</nowiki>

::Does this help? <font face="trebuchet ms"> &mdash;[[User:Wdflake|<font color="#555"><b>W. Flake</b></font>]] ([[User_talk:Wdflake|<font color="#555">talk</font>]])</font> 03:43, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks... I think I figured it out... could someone kindly pop over to the Religon section (16) and check my work? I have a feeling I did it incorrectly.

:Fixed it up for you. Good luck, and I hope someone can find the information you're looking for! -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 04:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== What's a watchlist? ==

Can you Explain what a Watchlist is?

[[User:VinnyVendetta|VinnyVendetta]] 03:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)VinnyVendetta

:Please see [[Help:Watching pages]] - [[User:PeaceNT|PeaceNT]] ([[User talk:PeaceNT|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/PeaceNT|contribs]]) 03:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Night At The Museum ==

I'm back with more questions about [[Night at the Museum]]. Once again, the article has reached abnormally long lengths. I tried to revert to the edits by ''Revision as of 14:35, January 20, 2007 (edit) 72.150.23.38 (Talk)'', but edit was reverted--it was called vandalism. It was agreed on, on the talk page, that this article is too long and too detailed. "There should be a short plot summary. After it is a plot summary, providing more detail about the film. According to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Style guidelines]], plot summaries should be between 400 and 700 words which this one follows". Using the word count, I find this article (plot summary along) to contain over 1000 words, making it too long. How do I inform people that this article is too long and it doesn't need to be this detailed??? Please advise. [[User:Babygator23|<font color="green">~Gatorgirl623~</font>]] 05:03, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:One probable reason why your edit was reverted was because the [[WP:ES|edit summary]] was written in capital letters (''STOP ADDING TO THE PLOT SUMMARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS GOOD AS IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!''). To quote facetiously from [[User:Raul654/Raul's laws]]:

::[[User:RyanGerbil10|RyanGerbil10's]] observation - No quality edit has ever been summarized IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

:While your edit may be an exception, I advise you to not use capital letters, and [[WP:COOL|keep your cool]]. Now, on to the actual substance. You replaced the plot summary with:

:<blockquote>When Larry Daley, a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week, applies for a job at the Museum of Natural History, he is assigned as a night guard. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be a wild ride when he finds that an ancient curse has caused the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life. This is what happens:</blockquote>

:If I may be candid, this does read like the back cover of a video. Your mission (if you choose to accept it) is to summarize the plot in a way expected of an encyclopedia, not to make the movie seem interesting. See [[WP:NOT#SOAP]]. Finally, while the other plot summary had too much, yours has too little, in my humble opinion. It's not detailed enough. Make sure to write about important events in the plot, not just categorizing them with words like "wild". Thanks for editing! I appreciate your interest in the article, please keep going. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 05:13, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::One minor suggestion: introduce other characters than Larry, even if you just mention them. There are several events that you list that happen in the museum, but they appear to be disconnected. Try, if possible, to give the reader some background on the setting of the movie, so he or she can more easily grasp how the events are related logically (not just chronologically). One last thing: see [[Wikipedia:Embedded list]], and why prose might be better in this case. Once again, thank you so much for your concern about this article. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 05:32, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:::My computer won't sign me in, but this is [[User:Babygator23|<font color="green">Gatorgirl623</font>]]. Is there a template I can create or a way I can nicely remind people that adding detail to the article is really against the above listed guidelines???? If you know of a way, please help!! I already have numerous posts to the talk page, and they are agreed upon, but users who don't read the talk page continue to edit. Please help. [[User:Babygator23|<font color="green">~Gatorgirl623~</font>]]

== how to ==

How do I install into my coputer at home so that I can take a AR test at home? <small>--The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/68.116.155.39|68.116.155.39]] ([[User talk:68.116.155.39|talk]]) 05:28, 21 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

: Hi! This is the [[WP:HD|help desk]], where users ask questions about editing Wikipedia itself. You might want to try the [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing|appropriate reference desk]] instead. Cheers! ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' 05:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Blast it. ==

[[User:Midnight 7/userspace/main]]

Alright, the problem is that,

*I want the quote box to look like [http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2918/hmm5tb.png].

*I would like the two images at the top to not link to their image, and also have roll-over captions.

*That section in the middle is a bunch of images, and I would like them to link to my userspace pages, not the images.

Compare to [[User:Buchanan-Hermit]]. Thanks. --[[User:Midnight_7|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:3px 0px 0px 2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=4>'''真夜中'''</font></span>]]^{[[User talk:Midnight_7|<span style="font-family:haettenschweiler;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:1px 0px 0px 2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=2>(talk)</font></span></span>]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/Midnight_7|<span style="font-family:haettenschweiler;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:1px 0px 0px 2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=2>(contrib)</font></span></span>]]}[[User:Red_Pooka|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:3px 2px 0px 2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=4>7</font></span>]] 08:30, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:Posted a sandbox copy of what he wants at [[User:Buchanan-Hermit/mega-sandbox]]. That's the best I can do, unfortunately. -→[[User:Buchanan-Hermit|<font color="#FF8233">'''Buchanan-Hermit™'''</font>]]/[[User talk:Buchanan-Hermit|<font color="#948663" size="1">'''?!'''</font>]] 06:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Display of Wikipedia Pages? ==

Hello!

I've already run a google search and checked the wikipedia FAQs (and VFAQ) for this topic, but couldn't find anything concerning the issue.

I'm recently encountering problems with the display of Wikipedia's pages concerning the proper display of a page. Im using WinXP Home SP2 and Firefox 2.0.0.1 - However, the same thing has also happened parallel in IE7.

A few weeks ago the German pages (de.wikipedia.org) were corrupted, the english ones worked. Then all of a sudden it worked again 2 days later, didn't work, worked again,... It's been ok for 2 weeks now.

Since yesterday, however, the english pages show in a weird way, you only see the main frame(or article main frame) with the navigation bar and search bar only being linked options within the frame. Here is how it looks: http://forwardme.de/63e899.go

The German page works: http://forwardme.de/63e89a.go and here's the English page obviously displayed correctly (for the time being) in IE7: http://forwardme.de/63e89b.go

Maybe this is already a known issue, I'd really appreciate help a lot on this topic.

Thanks in advance,

g0d0

[[User:137.208.3.45|137.208.3.45]] 09:05, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

: Seems your cache was damaged. Just [[WP:CACHE|force a hard reload]] and check if it helps. Otherwise, follow [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&action=view&useskin=monobook this link] to change your skin back to Monobook.

: [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 09:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

: Thanks Titoxd, that was exactly the problem, it now works again!

: [[User:137.208.3.45|137.208.3.45]] 10:20, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== gealogy ==

Who do I notify of any errors I might find? For instance, in http://homepage.ntlworld/hibbert.family/ftree/hibbert/percy%20hibbert%201.htm

"Thomas and Nancy" should read "Thomas, Nowell, and Nancy".--[[User:82.25.196.193|82.25.196.193]] 12:44, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:The link isn't working for me, but if it's not a Wikipedia page then we can't do anything about it. If there is an error in Wikipedia, why not [[WP:BOLD|be bold]] and [[Help:Edit|edit]] it. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 15:05, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Please Help me!!!!!!!!! ==

I hope this get to u. I am trying to leave a message for a person on his discussion forum page. I have already signed up for an account. Please tell me how to leave messages on a discussion forum on wikipedia. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Punjabi25|Punjabi25]] ([[User talk:Punjabi25|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Punjabi25|contribs]]) 13:30, 21 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

I hope this get to u. I am trying to leave a message for a person on his discussion forum page. I have already signed up for an account. Please tell me how to leave messages on a discussion forum on wikipedia. Please e-mail me with the answer on this e-mail address. [email removed] <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Punjabi25|Punjabi25]] ([[User talk:Punjabi25|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Punjabi25|contribs]]) 13:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:If you wish to contact a user, go to his user talk page and [[Help:Edit|edit it]]. Put in a new heading using <nowiki>==HEADING==</nowiki> and add your message underneath. Then sign by writing four tildes, like this <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 15:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::Actually, it's slightly better to go to the user talk page and click on the tab with the "+" - that creates a new section without you needing to know formatting; you won't mess up anything on the page; you don't have to worry about an edit conflict; and also saves you from having to add an edit summary (it's the same as the section title). And yes, please do sign your comment (it's ''not'' anonymous if fail to sign, but it's a little more effort for someone to look up who posted the message, and when, via the talk page history). -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 18:57, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Images ==

Hi there, On the [[tyne bridge]] article I can't see any of the pictures in the image gallery but another user said that he can see them but they are not apearing for me, just the captions.Help Please.<font face=""> [[User:Tellyaddict|<b><font color="#DD0000"><font color="#0066FF">Telly]][[user talk:tellyaddict|<b><font color="#66ff33">addict]]</font></sup></font> 13:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:They appear fine to me. Can you see the other images on the page? I'm not sure what the problem might be (if you haven't already, try [[WP:CACHE|clearing your cache]]). [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 15:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== A study of Wikipedia - interviewees required ==

I am in the process of collaborating on a book about Wikipedia, which is due to be published in the final quarter of [[2007]]. As part of the book I would very much like to interview Wikipedia editors, by having them respond to a set of questions on a sub-page to my talk page. I would also be very interested in hearing what questions editors would like to answer.

I have set-up sections of my talk page to allow editors both to sign up as a potential interviewee, and also to leave suggestions as to potential interview questions. I would now like to get as many editors aware of my project as possible, to see if they would like to take part. What areas of Wikipedia would it be suitable for me to add a post to which publicises my project? And would it be OK for me to post something to the Wikipedia mailing list? I don't want to be seen to be spamming... --[[User:A Study of Wikipedia|A Study of Wikipedia]] 14:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

*The useability of the question depends on what you're studying. What are you trying to accomplish with the study? - [[User:87.209.70.231|87.209.70.231]] 18:04, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

**Indeed. My section of the book considers WP as a "cultural product", as well as examining how it works and why it works. As part of this I want to interview WP editors. But this is kind of beside the point - can anyone suggest where I should/may post a request for interviewees? Would the WP mailing list be OK? --[[User:A Study of Wikipedia|A Study of Wikipedia]] 11:31, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Sockpuppetry Cases. ==

Are Sockpuppetry Cases older than 10 days invalid? If they are, what conclusion can be assumed? [[User:Henchman 2000|Henchman 2000]] 15:11, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:There isn't any time limit on searching for or blocking sock puppets. You can describe an older case as "inactive" or "unresolved", if you want. It's certainly invalid to say that an account has been "cleared", or example, unless an administrator or bureaucrat has used those words. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 18:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

*Editors with "Checkuser" rights have a limited period in which they can search IP details of accounts. However, even if cases are presented late, it certainly doesn't invalidate them. At the least, it will prove a useful historic archive should a case be requested in the future. Just let the people with the power respond. - [[User:87.209.70.231|87.209.70.231]] 18:09, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Wikiproject creation ==

Can I create a wikiproject? If so, how do I do it? How do I add pages to it and inform users about it? Is there any way I can ban users from joining? [[User:Henchman 2000|Henchman 2000]] 15:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:You can create a wikiproject by simply creating a page called "Wikipedia:WikiProject Whatever". However, if you feel that it might not be noticed or something, you can follow the instructions at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals]] to post your WikiProject there, and users who are interested will put their name under it. And no, I don't believe you can ban users from it. &ndash;[[User:Llama man|Llama]] [[User talk:Llama man|man]] 15:29, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== AfD ==

I have put an article up for deletion, but I have done something wrong along the way can someone help please... what have I done wrong to get it like this... [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2007_January_21#Take_It_Easy:_15_Soft_Rock_Anthems|The Swindon Town article below this]]. Thanks, [[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:3px 0px 0px 1.4px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=3>'''Asics'''</font></span></span>]]^{[[User Talk:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:3px 0px 0px 2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:normal"><font size=1>'''Talk'''</font></span></span>]]} 15:39, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:I fixed it. You forgot to add the heading. [[User talk:PeaceNT|Pea]][[Special:Contributions/PeaceNT|ceNT]] 15:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks, I'll remember to do that next time! [[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:3px 0px 0px 1.4px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=3>'''Asics'''</font></span></span>]]^{[[User Talk:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:3px 0px 0px 2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:normal"><font size=1>'''Talk'''</font></span></span>]]} 15:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Formatting a page ==

I have spent much time reading pages of instructions but cannot find how to format the paragraphs alongside illustrations.

I have added some pictures to an article and to get the type alongside the appropriate pic I have had to type in many line spaces. Unfortunately the illustrations are now too far apart and I cannot find how to move the illustrations to cover some of the blank space.

How do I do this and how do I find the response to this query.I attach my e.mail address in case anyone is kind enough to let me know.

John Battison

(email removed)

:you can indent by going <nowiki> : </nowiki> 2 indents equals <nowiki> :: </nowiki>, to have a line break simply add <nowiki> <br /> </nowiki> [[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.3px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=2.5>'''Asics'''</font></span></span>]]^{[[User Talk:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:normal"><font size=1>'''Talk'''</font></span></span>]]} 16:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:You might want to read [[WP:PIC]]. [[User:Random Passer-by|Random Passer-by]] 00:41, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== PDF download failure ==

I uploaded a PDF court document to http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Integra_v_Pearlman.pdf

When trying to retrieve it stops downloading before it is finished. There is no problem dl the file from own site. I tried overwriting the upload, but it still keeps getting stuck while downloading. Advice, please. --[[User:SooperJoo|SooperJoo]] 16:22, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:What you could do is do a normal link to the web page with the pdf file on - <nowiki>[http://www.pdffile.pdf pdffile]</nowiki>, so it would appear as - [http://www.pdffile.pdf pdffile]. Hope this helps '''[[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="background:black;color:aqua">Asics </span>]]'''<small>[[User talk:Asics|<span style="background:black;color:aqua">talk </span>]]</small> 18:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::Wow, I didn't even know that Wikipedia ''accepted'' pdfs as uploads. Why would you ''do'' that?

::And, for what it's worth, I was able to look at all 16 pages of the document via the upload link you provided, so, for me (Firefox browser), the document seems to have uploaded fine (and is accessible to readers).

::But yes, as Asics said, the normal process here is to simply provide a link/URL to wherever the document resides, which usually isn't Wikipedia. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 18:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== my signature ==

Yes I'm back again! A user has asked me to alter my signature so it fits in the lines or something, I tried, but it doesn't seem to have worked. my signature is made of <nowiki> [[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.3px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=2.5>'''Asics'''</font></span></span>]]^{[[User Talk:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:normal"><font size=1>'''Talk'''</font></span></span>]]}

</nowiki> How do i make it smaller please? [[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.3px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=2.5>'''Asics'''</font></span></span>]]^{[[User Talk:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:normal"><font size=1>'''Talk'''</font></span></span>]]} 16:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:No basically the user is recomending you shorten your sig, as right now it is "large" and takes up a lot of the edit window. Just copy of another users sig and just change the colors, that way you can have a shorter but unique sig. Hope this helps. [[User:Arjun01|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Arjun'''</font>]] 17:17, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks, I believe it is alright now! '''[[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="background:black;color:aqua">Asics </span>]]'''<small>[[User talk:Asics|<span style="background:black;color:aqua">talk </span>]]</small> 18:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Website Link ==

Hi,

How do I put a link of my website onto the Belfast page on Wikipedia

Thanks

Steve

:add <nowiki> [http://www.websiteaddress.com name]</nowiki> which would appear as [http://www.websiteaddress.com name] [[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.3px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=2.5>'''Asics'''</font></span></span>]]^{[[User Talk:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:normal"><font size=1>'''Talk'''</font></span></span>]]} 17:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)a

:But do bear in mind that, unless it meets the demanding requirements in [[Wikipedia:External links]], someone else is likely to delete it almost immediately. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 17:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

*I recommend you listen to Notinasnaid. It's probably not an idea to link to your own website. It will almost certainly be considered spamming. - [[User:87.209.70.231|87.209.70.231]] 18:11, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:Actually, I think we can go further, now I think about it. [[Wikipedia:External links]] ''forbids'' adding a link to your own site. If you believe it is useful, you can propose it on the talk page of the article, and allow a consensus of editors to decide. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 18:15, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Block ==

Where can I see if someone has been blocked/unblocked? I think its a log, but I can't find it. | [[User:AO|<font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''A'''</font><font face="Papyrus" color="DarkSlateGray">ndonic</font><font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''O'''</font>]] ^{<font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]</font> · <font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User:AO/My Autograph Book|''Sign Here'']]</font>} 17:48, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:Go to their contributions and there is a link at the top called 'Block log'. Alternatively go to [[Special:Log/Block]]. -- [[User:Zzuuzz|zzuuzz]] ^{[[User_talk:Zzuuzz|(talk)]]} 17:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::Also you can see whether they have a message telling them they have been blocked on their talk page - type in "Usertalk:''username''" in the search box. [[User:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.3px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:bold"><font size=2.5>'''Asics'''</font></span></span>]]^{[[User Talk:Asics|<span style="font-family:impact;"><span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px 0px 0px 1.2px; color:aqua; background-color:black; font-weight:normal"><font size=1>'''Talk'''</font></span></span>]]} 17:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Wow, that was quick! Thanks! | [[User:AO|<font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''A'''</font><font face="Papyrus" color="DarkSlateGray">ndonic</font><font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''O'''</font>]] ^{<font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]</font> · <font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User:AO/My Autograph Book|''Sign Here'']]</font>} 17:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

==Redirect a category?==

I tried to redirect an orphaned category name (Category:United States Communities with African American majority populations [Cap C Communities]) to the current one (Category:United States communities with African American majority populations [lower case c communities]) because the original one had not simply been page-moved to the new name. The usual <nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki> did not behave as expected, so I'm asking here: are category redirects handled differently? [[User:Athaenara|<span style="font-family: Edwardian Script ITC; font-size: 14pt"> — Athænara </span>]] [[User_talk:Athaenara| ✉ ]] 18:06, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:They don't work well, aren't usually needed, and are discouraged. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 18:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::You should bring this to an administrator's attention, via [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]]. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 18:14, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

==Non-English==

What do I do when a user creates a page not in English? Is there a template to mark it or do I just treat it like a nonsense page and send it to speedy delete? (I'm thinking of [[Putna-Vrancea Natural Park]]). [[User:Mermaid from the Baltic Sea|Mermaid from the Baltic Sea]] 17:59, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:It depends on the page. In the article you mention, [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion]] does not authorize a speedy deletion (as I read it). I suggest a prod instead (see [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]]), which gives the author five days to improve it. Or you could research the subject yourself and revise the article accordingly (it seems a bit obscure, admittedly). -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 18:09, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

*Tag using {{tl|notenglish}} or submit for translation. If it's a direct copy of an existing foreign article it can be speedied. - [[User:87.209.70.231|87.209.70.231]] 18:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thank you. [[User:Mermaid from the Baltic Sea|Mermaid from the Baltic Sea]] 01:52, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

==Further reading==

Sometimes an article concludes with a section headed "Further reading". For example the article on [[Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom]] gives the title, author, publisher, date, ISBN, etc of Flora Fraser's book ''Princesses''.

Could you kindly advise me on the correct way to insert, at the end of the article on Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, the equivalent information about my biography, ''Wicked Ernest: The truth about the man who was almost Britain's king''? It is the only life of the prince currently in print. [[User:John Wardroper|John Wardroper]] 18:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:I believe {{[[Template:cite book|cite book]]}} is what you are looking for. Perhaps you could just type it in like they did on the Princess article too. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Sophia_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=8]. Good luck! --[[User:Mecu|<font color="CEBE70">'''MECU'''</font>]]≈<small>[[User talk:Mecu|talk]]</small> 18:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Search Terms ==

If an article is titled Hillary Rodham Clinton, is there a way to make it so that the search term "Hillary Clinton" also brings up this article? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/76.20.162.110|76.20.162.110]] ([[User talk:76.20.162.110|talk]]) 18:02, 21 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Yes. This is called a [[redirect]]. However, [[Hillary Clinton]] already redirects to the article. See [[Wikipedia:Redirect]] for how to create redirects here at Wikipedia. Good luck! --[[User:Mecu|<font color="CEBE70">'''MECU'''</font>]]≈<small>[[User talk:Mecu|talk]]</small> 18:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Userpage Pictures ==

I want to put a picture of my userpage. Can I do this with a picture hosted elsewhere and if not, is it ok to upload my picture to wikipedia? I've seen other people put their own pictures up by first uploading to wikipedia even though it's not intended for use in an article. --[[User:Seans Potato Business|Seans]] '''[[User talk:Seans Potato Business|Potato Business]]''' 18:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:Yes, I believe that's alright so long as it's properly licensed. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 18:11, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:You can do this provided you own the copyright of the picture ''and'' are prepared to release it under a suitable licence (or if it is already released). Copyright pictures used under "fair use" are not allowed outside articles. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 18:13, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

*Yes, as long as you don't go overboard and plaster your userspace in image, it's fine to upload an image for your userpage. You can't use images from outside of Wikipedia without uploading them first. - [[User:87.209.70.231|87.209.70.231]] 18:15, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:I don't believe I've actually come across a feature to include a picture hosted elsewhere, and, thinking about it, such a feature probably doesn't exist because it gives less control over images on Wikipedia. See above comments for rules regarding uploading it. --[[User:Matthuxtable|Matthuxtable]] 18:17, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:I'd upload it to commons.wikipedia.org. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 19:20, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Why does the image uploader do this? ==

I've noticed that if you upload an image with an unsupported license, it uploads the image and then tags it as speedy. Why not just bounce the user back to the upload page and inform them that the license isn't right? [[User:.V.|<font style="color:blue">'''.V.''']] -- ''([[User talk:.V.|^Talk]][[Special:Emailuser/.V.|_Email]])</font>'' 19:17, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:I've asked this question before, and now I agree with the reasoning. It's because people upload non-free images with a "public ___domain" tag ''in order not to be warned.'' --'''[[User:Kjoonlee|Kjoon]]'''[[User talk:Kjoonlee|lee]] 19:23, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

You might want to suggest this on [[WP:VPR]] '''or''' (not and) [[WP:VPT]]. The reason is probably that many uploaders are clueless about licensing; take the following examples:

#An album cover is uploaded; it is unlicensed. An experienced user finds the album listed on Amazon, uses it as a source, and applies a fair use template.

#On [[Commons:Main page|commons]]: Someone uploads an image from Flickr that is licensed under CC-by-SA, and this person provides the source file. FlickreviewR can't recognize the image, so an admin finds it and notices that it is CC-by-SA; this admin then tags it as such.

#A user writes in the upload box, "I made this, it's public ___domain for everyone" but doesn't provide a license. Another user tags it with {{tl|pd-self}}.

So this might be a couple of reasons why not; but see what people say at the village pump. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 19:43, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

== Displaying IPA characters ==

I've gotta be doing something wrong -- I've read the information on displaying IPA symbols in my browser, and I think I understand it, but I still can't see a large number of IPA symbols in my browser. I expect that the answer is simple, but I'm just not getting it, and I'm doing a lot of work with the IPA right now, so it would be a "good thing" to be able to display as many IPA symbols as possible.

I am using:

Firefox 1.5.0.9

Mac OSX 10.2.8

on an iMac

I will be grateful for any assistance you can provide.

Michael <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/66.92.14.66|66.92.14.66]] ([[User talk:66.92.14.66|talk]]) 19:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

== how to make a wiki ==

how do people make there own wiki websites? like so people can edit them? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Wikiwiki12|Wikiwiki12]] ([[User talk:Wikiwiki12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Wikiwiki12|contribs]]) 22:02, 21 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Wikipedia uses [[wiki software]]; you can see a list of them at [[list of wiki software]]. Specifically, Wikipedia uses [[MediaWiki]] software. Before you download MediaWiki software, though, you need a [[server]] ([[MySQL]] and [[Apache HTTP Server]]). Usually, you'll need to pay money for webhosting. Check out [www.mediawiki.org this website] for more info. Don't be daunted by the technical details! You can set up a wiki if you want to.

:Or, if you want a wiki for a specific subject (like for a video game, academic subject, or internet community), there is a company, [[Wikia]], that will give it to you for free. Check out [http://wikia.org] if this is the case. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 22:15, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:: If you want MediaWiki, you will also need [[PHP]], ideally version 5.1 or higher. PHP 4 works, but only up to version 1.6.9 of MediaWiki (currently, Wikipedia is running version 1.10). [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 22:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

:[[Comparison of wiki farms|This page]] lists and compares many wiki providers. [[User:Dar-Ape|Dar]]-[[User talk:Dar-Ape|Ape]] 02:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

'''Just check out http://wikia.org''' -- (to other repliers: a person who knows how to use Apache and PHP is going to come in and ask "Where can I get the server software?", a question I have seen here as well.) —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 14:05, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Deleting a page ==

I have had the speedy deletion message sent to me, and i would like to find out how to delete my page, Skeletonwitch, that I created, <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:SkeleTim|SkeleTim]] ([[User talk:SkeleTim|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/SkeleTim|contribs]]) 23:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:The page was tagged with a speedy deletion [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|template]], which means that a [[WP:ADMIN|site administrator]] will delete it. Most people who edit Wikipedia cannot [[WP:DELETE|delete]] a page, or else people would abuse it. Only admins can do that; placing a speedy deletion tag on top of a page ensures that admin will delete it quicker (if it meets the [[WP:CSD|criteria for speedy deletion]]). If an article that doesn't belong on Wikipedia can't be "speedily deleted", it is usually done so by [[WP:PROD|proposed deletion]], or [[WP:AFD|articles for deletion]].

:To delete a page that you wrote, you can place {{tl|db-author}} at the top, if no one else has already nominated it. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 23:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

= January 22 =

==copright date==

I need the copright date for wikipedia ad the person who made it for a citation can anyone help me?

*Since Wikipedia is constantly changing you shouldn't cite it like a book. Either click the "cite this article" link in the menu to the left when you're at the article you want to use, or visit [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]] for more information. - [[User:131.211.210.12|131.211.210.12]] 08:28, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Stars and Squares next to the language links ==

To the left of most articles there is a list of languages in which there are articles on the same topic as the one I am viewing. To the left of some of these listed languages, there is a blue square. To the left of others, there is a yellow star. What's the difference?

-Kris <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/128.195.90.176|128.195.90.176]] ([[User talk:128.195.90.176|talk]]) 01:41, 22 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:A star means it is [[WP:FEATURED|featured]] in that language. [[User:Dar-Ape|Dar]]-[[User talk:Dar-Ape|Ape]] 01:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

*And all the "Blue squares are just bullets. For example the blue one you see to the left of my comment. [[User:Arjun01|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Arjun'''</font>]] 02:03, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Adding a New Category for people to fill in - Category talk:Lists of English words ==

I note that many concepts in English lack words, and suggest it may be useful to begin to list the concepts and then invite the readers to <br /><br />

(a) suggest a current English word, or <br />

(b) suggest a foreign word, or <br />

(c) make up a new word and <br />

(d) have a column for people to vote yes/no to get a sense of how good it is.

'''For example''': ''Greed'' describes a lust for money (and stuff), but what is the equivalent word for lust for power? Most people want money, and there seems nothing wrong with that, but some people are seen as greedy - grabby, too much, over-the-top, they'd sell their mother for it. Some people want to live and let live, and some people naturally become leaders. But some people are driven by a lust for power, and will sacrifice their loved ones, the good of their people, their nation or even of humanity, to get to the top of the heap. But do we have a word like "greedy" to describe this? No.

I tried to create the page and access, but see that this is a wee bit beyond my skillset. It needs both to have a table page

- first column blank - for the new word)<br />

- next column for the definition, which people fill in first, <br />

- third column for others to vote good or bad, and <br />

- fourth column that tallies the votes.

It probably needs to be indexed somehow, <br />and then it needs to be a link off of "Category talk:Lists of English words."

a) Can you set it up?<br />

b) If not can you tell me how to do it?

Akonga

- - -<br />

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:Wikipedia is not a neologism creating contest, nor a dictionary. --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 02:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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08:07, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[[User:Akonga|Akonga]]

- - - <br />"Be polite to users, especially ones new to Wikipedia. A little fun is fine, but don't be rude."

No contest was proposed, likewise no dictionary was proposed (Regarding dictionary - may I reference you to Wikipedia's own dialogue on encyclopedia[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia]]? <small>"The encyclopedia as we recognize it today was developed from the dictionary in the 18th century. A dictionary primarily focuses on words and their definition, and typically provides limited information, analysis, or background for the word defined. While it may offer a definition, it may leave the reader still lacking in understanding the meaning or significance of a term, and how the term relates to a broader field of knowledge."</small>).

Rather what is proposed is a page to enable readers to look at central concepts in our society for which, for whatever reason, there is no single word. Let us call them '''dark words'''.

In understanding the nature of society, language becomes a very powerful part. And like music, it is the pause, the absence, the gap, the shadow, the dark side which sometimes says more than the note itself. There are some very important concepts operational in western society, especially in both the USA and some of the Commonwealth English speaking nations that don't have a name. Perhaps you have a better way to set this out in an encyclopedia, and if you do, I welcome the advice. That was the point of my question, as I am new to Wikipedia, and was asking for help, not a shut down.

But I would stand by the point, that unless we understand that we operate under concepts which we do not name, we operate in darkness. The very point of an encyclopedia is to bring knowledge to light, to put it in a form where people may learn. There is a Wikipedia section on English words with disputed useage [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_disputed_usage] and it seems there should be a comparable section on dark words - where we know the definition, but a word for it exists not.

If I may reference another section of Wikipedia "The language of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is Newspeak, an ironic, thoroughly politicized, obfuscatory language designed to make coherent thought impossible by limiting acceptable word choices." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell] So what happens when language provides no word choice whatsoever?

Wikipedia is appropriate for this, as it enables us to both understand the the dark word, and provide for analysis and background to understand why it exists but is not named.

*It would be very troublesome to make such an article that was not original research, or to produce sources for it. Bear in mind Wikipedia's mission is to collect existing published information, not to do research or carry enlightenment beyond what others have published. Good idea, but not I think the sort of thing we do. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 08:25, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

*And while you may not know a word for "lust for power", I'm almost positive there is one. power-hungry would be a good approximation to start with. - [[User:131.211.210.12|131.211.210.12]] 08:31, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Apostrophes ==

Is Wikipedia part of the Worlwide Conspiracy Against The Use Of Apostorphes In English?Wolf

OK, I'm only half kidding.

How do you makle an apostrophe appear where it should? Merely typing one doesn't work.

TIA,

Wolf Kirchmeir

[[User:Akela353|Akela353]] 02:06, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Usually just typing an apostrophe will yield one: <tt>'</tt> This is a single apostrophe.

A feature of [[Wikitext]] is that two of these single apostrophes in a row will yield italics. For example, <tt><nowiki>''Text is uber''</nowiki></tt> produces:

:''Text is uber''

Three apostrophes in a row will make bold text. For example, <tt><nowiki>'''Be bold in updating pages!'''</nowiki></tt> makes

:'''Be bold in updating pages!'''

Any mix of this works as well. <tt><nowiki>'''Hey, this ''text'' is very''''' ''conspicuous'''!'''''</nowiki></tt> makes:

:'''Hey, this ''text'' is very''''' ''conspicuous'''!'''''

To do a regular double apostrophe, holding down Shift, then pressing the single apostrophe key, then releasing both, will usually work. Instead of <tt><nowiki>''</nowiki></tt>, use <tt>"</tt>. I hope I answered your question. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 02:19, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

----

Hm, I also noticed that you changed

<blockquote>This bombing was, however, important to the Allied war effort because of the town's major railway facilities, which were vital to the Axis forces during the second World War.</blockquote>

to

<blockquote>This bombing was, however, important to the Allied war effort because of the town<nowiki>''</nowiki>s major railway facilities, which were vital to the Axis forces during the second World War.</blockquote>

The first version is correct. This is because, usually, a single [[apostrophe]] (not a [[quotation mark]] or double apostrophe) is used to mark possessives: what belongs to someone; ie, the dog's fur, the family's food, the houses' paint, and so on. See [[apostrophe#Basic principles: possessive apostrophe]] for more information. Happy editing! [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 02:26, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Copyright question ==

Text recently added to the [[Nichels]] article by [[User:WmLaDow]] appears to be a direct copy of the information at [http://raynichels.com/_wsn/page2.html www.RayNichels.com]. I ''think'' [[User:WmLaDow]] owns the copyright to the original material, but despite having read [[Wikipedia:Copyright_FAQ]] (twice!), I'm still not sure whether what has been done on the [[Nichels]] article is permissible - especially the inclusion of the copyright statement at the end of the article - and I thought I'd better check my facts before screaming "copyvio". Can someone please clarify this for me? (P.S. I've raised the issue on both [[User talk:WmLaDow|WmLaDow's talk page]] and [[Talk:Nichels|the article's discussion page]]). Thanks. [[User:DH85868993|DH85868993]] 02:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:I've reverted the addition(s) to the article. It's totally wrong to place a huge chunk of copyrighted information into an article. And it doesn't matter if the editor doing so "owns" the copyrighted information; Wikipedia articles meet [[GFDL]] standards. If the editor involved wants to change his/her website so that it is GFDL-compliant, then we could pick and chose from it (and take as much as we want to). But that obviously wasn't done here, and I doubt it will be. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 02:19, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks for sorting that out. [[User:DH85868993|DH85868993]] 03:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Broken redirect ==

The redirect at [[Wikipedia:Perfect_stub_article]] is broken for some reason (it doesn't redirect), and I don't know why. Is it possible to fix it? --[[User:Sigma 7|Sigma 7]] 02:41, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:It doesn't appear to be broken for me; it leads straight to [[Wikipedia:Stub#Ideal stub article]]. What's wrong about it for you? [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 03:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::Probably a browser/cache refresh issue. --[[User:Sigma 7|Sigma 7]] 04:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

==offensive article name==

I have printed out the page that stated "nigga bowl XLI", but why do your website say this? {{unsigned|71.51.32.101}}

: Hi! What was the name of the page? Some people here insert [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] into articles, which is usually quickly [[WP:REVERT|reverted]] and the offenders [[WP:BLOCK|blocked]] if they continue. But I can doublecheck if you tell us the article name {{emot|:)}}! ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' 04:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:: I presume that it is [[Super Bowl XLI]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Super_Bowl_XLI&diff=102357909&oldid=102357827 This diff] kind of confirms it... [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 04:36, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Yes printed it right in the middle of the vandalism, as it is usually reverted (removed in other words) in under a minute sometimes it takes just seconds! [[User:Arjun01|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Arjun'''</font>]] 04:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== wikipedia toolbar ??? ==

Is there a wikipedia toolbar for the internet browsers? And if there isn't, are there plans for making one ? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Azuraspentas|Azuraspentas]] ([[User talk:Azuraspentas|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Azuraspentas|contribs]]) 05:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:There is a Wikipedia toolbar for [[Firefox]], which you can find more about [[Wikipedia:Tools/Browser tools/Mozilla Firefox/Extension: Wikipedia toolbar|here]] and which you can see [[:Image:Wikipedia Toolbar for Firefox.png|here]]. It's effective, but it's out of date.

:You can also search Wikipedia easily with search engine toolbars, which are embedded in [[IE7|Internet Explorer 7]], [[Firefox]], and a couple of other browsers. To enhance your editing experience, you may also wish to peruse the plethora of user scripts at [[WP:JS]]. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{<font color="#960">[[User talk:Gracenotes|T]]</font>} &#167; 05:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== deleting my edits ==

how do I delete my edits?

is there a way to not sign edits?

:In general, you can't. However, if there is a page which you made by mistake, and only you have made significant contributions, you can put <nowiki>{{db-author}}</nowiki> on it. Otherwise, unless you revealed personal information, your edits can't be deleted. And no, there is no way not to sign edits. The person who made the changes is automatically recorded. -[[User:Amarkov|Amark]] <small>[[User_talk:Amarkov|moo!]]</small> 05:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Unjustly Accused of Vandalism ==

I made a grammatical edit to an article, and was sent the following warning: "Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits, such as those you made to Mark David Chapman, are considered vandalism and immediately reverted. If you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the work of others. Thank you. Tvoz | talk 05:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)"

I find it unfair that my edit was considered unconstructive and vandalism, given that grammatical edits are specifically supposed to be ''encouraged'' by wikipedia. I am not a member, but would like the warning removed from the record of my IP address and my change implemented, if either or both are possible.

Thank you. {{user|24.147.252.104}}

:You changed the word "song" to "soingle". Would you care to explain why that should be reinstated? -[[User:Amarkov|Amark]] <small>[[User_talk:Amarkov|moo!]]</small> 06:34, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_David_Chapman&diff=prev&oldid=102373173 This edit]. I'm assuming that the user meant to change it to ''single'', made a typo, and was confused when he was <nowiki>{{test1}}</nowiki>'d -- [[User:Consumed Crustacean|Consumed Crustacean]] <small>([[User talk:Consumed Crustacean|talk]])</small> 06:36, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Oh, yes, that didn't occur to me. I'll go blank the warning now. -[[User:Amarkov|Amark]] <small>[[User_talk:Amarkov|moo!]]</small> 06:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::: That isn't a test1. It's a {{tl|bv}}, and it was ''completely'' out of line. Thanks for bringing that to our attention. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 06:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== [[Comet McNaught]] ==

The number of images in the gallery has grown to unwieldy proportions and could probably be trimmed. Just to be safe, I'd rather have external editors, who have not edited the article or uploaded images, have a look at it. Also, could the size of the frames be altered to accommodate for portrait/landscape shots or are they fixed size? '''<font color="red">[[User:Zunaid|Zun]]</font><font color="green">[[User Talk:Zunaid|aid]]</font><font color="blue">[[Special:Contributions/Zunaid|©]]</font><font color="orange">[[Wikipedia:Editor review/Zunaid|®]]</font>''' 07:16, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:I deleted half of them. There are still too many. [[User:147.188.225.245|147.188.225.245]] 09:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::I'll go trim down a few more. Mostly to remove copies of similar pictures. --[[User talk:Yaksha|<font color="#330066"><b>`/aksha</b></font>]] 11:10, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Editors are still adding pictures and will probably do so for the next few days while the comet is visible (and then probably again when the semi-protection lapses). Please keep an eye out. Thanks! '''<font color="red">[[User:Zunaid|Zun]]</font><font color="green">[[User Talk:Zunaid|aid]]</font><font color="blue">[[Special:Contributions/Zunaid|©]]</font><font color="orange">[[Wikipedia:Editor review/Zunaid|®]]</font>''' 15:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== regular expression searches ==

I understand wikipedia is using Mono now. Is there any way for a user to do a regular expression search of the wiki. I spent some time fixing broken template:cite book references using a Google search but it wasn't much fun because over 600 pages are found that are user: or template: or wikipedia: pages. If I just exclude those words using advance search then I could miss articles that have those words anywhere in the article. Any ideas? --[[User:Droll|Droll]] 08:23, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

: No, there isn't. Because the search sucks. [[User:147.188.225.245|147.188.225.245]] 09:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::I've always found the "what links here" funciton to be useful when trying to track down templates. Would a whatlinkshere on the template in question work? At least it would distinguse between links and transclusions (templates in articles are generally transclusions, which are marked). --[[User talk:Yaksha|<font color="#330066"><b>`/aksha</b></font>]] 11:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Yes, that would work. You'd have a long list in this instance, of course, but you can easily distinguish the articles from other links. [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 16:34, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Where can I find a list of donations to Wikipedia? ==

Recently, there was a donation drive for Wikipedia. I'm wondering, can I get a list of donations and who they are attributed to? I remember there was a list of this sort available during the donation drive, but it seems to be gone now. Can anyone direct me to the link? [[User:.V.|<font style="color:blue">'''.V.''']] -- ''([[User talk:.V.|^Talk]][[Special:Emailuser/.V.|_Email]])</font>'' 09:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/ (I found this from the history of [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]]). --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 10:47, 22 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== question regarding adding content to Wikipedia which is then removed ==

Dear Sir/Madam,

I run a webiste devoted to an actress that has a 'stub' page on Wikipedia on which I have added information and my websites URL many times.

For some reason every time I add the URl, in the relevant section under External Links, it only stays there for a few hours and then is removed or deleted somehow.

As far as I am aware stating an URL for a fan site which includes information and media about the subject and which is not objected to by either the subject of relevant rights company [ in this case Charley Webb and ITV, Granada/Yorkshire TV ] is part of the way the internet and Wikipedia runs.

Is there a reason that the link would repeatidly be removed?

The article is for CHARLEY WEBB and the added URL is www.charleywebb.info

Any further information on this would be appreciated so as I can add the information to the page and help build Wikipedia into the resource for fans it should and could be.

Thanks in advance.

Chris MacInnes

webmaster: www.charleywebb.info <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/82.41.203.8|82.41.203.8]] ([[User talk:82.41.203.8|talk]]) 10:31, 22 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

*The link was removed by {{user|Trampikey}}. Please read [[WP:EL]] and contact him. I'm guessing you got your info somewhere too. I recommend citing wherever you got your info from on both your own site and in the article for the material you added. [[Wikipedia:Cite your sources]]. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 10:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

*One thing is that you should never, ever add a link to a web site you run, or are connected to. See [[Wikipedia:External links]] for details. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 11:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Etiquette of removing content from article talk pages ==

Editor {{User|TammiMagee}} has been removing content from the [[Jade Goody]] talk page, starting with [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AJade_Goody&diff=102406107&oldid=102396897 THIS] edit. The three sections she removed aren't stellar examples of talkpage contributions, but they are all on-topic. What (if anything) should be done? Thanks in advance. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 10:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

: put them back [[User:147.188.225.245|147.188.225.245]] 11:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::Stuff from article talk pages shouldn't be removed (unless archieved if old) unless it's like...trolling, or very obvious personal attacks. Things like what you linked to should just be put back onto the talk page. And then the editor who removed them warned. --[[User talk:Yaksha|<font color="#330066"><b>`/aksha</b></font>]] 11:07, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:::K, I just put them back. Would my detailed edit summary be sufficient warning or should I contact the editor on her talkpage? Thanks for the quick replies, BTW. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 11:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::::I contacted the user. It's important that a user have the relevant warning template used on their talk page so that if they do continue to behave badly, it can be verified that they were indeed sufficiently warned. Subst'ing a template (I used {{tl|test2a}} for instance) leaves behind an html comment that marks the warning as having happened. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 11:17, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Sometimes content is removed from talk pages because it is irrelevant. See [[WP:TALK]] for a full discussion of this, and note "''Keep on topic: Talk pages are not for general conversation. Keep discussions on the topic of how to improve the associated article. Irrelevant discussions are subject to removal.''" But it seems that these removals were discussion content that was actually about how to improve the article, to some extent, so they probably should not have been removed. [[WP:TALK]] is your friend and guide in the future when this happens, as it often does. Hope that helps. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 11:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks for the info, Coelacan. I was fairly sure about that, but I wanted to double check. Also, two more things: One, thanks for the note on the editor's talkpage; and two, she seems to be doing it on other pages; I just reverted a similar action on the [[talk:Eminem]] page. I will check some of her other recent edits. I hate to think she's a vandal, I hope she just misunderstands the purpose of the talkpage. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 11:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::No problem. Also see [[WP:TT]] for a guide to the various warning templates. Keep in mind that these should always be used with care; it reflects poorly upon an editor to misuse them. And if someone else applies them to your userpage, it's usually best not to remove them; just reply there about why you think it was unjustified, if you feel that way. As to this particular editor, now that the test2a template has been used, if it continues, use test3a or go right to test4a, and if it still continues, you just take it to [[WP:AIV]]. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 11:23, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Yeah, I'm fairly experienced (and cautious) about warning vandals. Maybe this is now not the forum for this particular discussion, but looking at the editor's recent contributions I wonder about her good faith? Her removals of on-topic content from talkpages is interspersed with adding relatively irrelevant, gossipy content to ''other'' talk pages. [[WP:POINT]]? [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 11:27, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::::I just reply in detail to anyone at the help desk; whatever I said to you might be useful to other readers who aren't as knowledgable already. =) I hope. Anyway, I get the feeling this is not POINT but just chatty myspacery, and since it's a wiki we get to delete stuff we don't like too! I'll try to remember to check this user's contributions again in an hour or so and see if at least the deletions stopped. And as you suggested, help desk is probably not the place to keep discussing the issue of this particular user, so feel free to bring the discussion to my talk page if there's more to be said. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 11:35, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

*A lot of people don't read edit summaries, revert first and ask questions later. I'd contact them directly on their talk page to avoid any confusion. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 11:18, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::I notice Coelacan already did. But thanks tho. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 11:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== I need know!!! ==

I am brazilian and I would like know, what is the article than visited of all wikipedia. I need know this for my homework of my school. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Isaac N.T|Isaac N.T]] ([[User talk:Isaac N.T|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Isaac N.T|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:Try checking [[Special:Statistics]]. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 12:17, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== FELLOWSHIP PARTY ==

The existing information on this political party

:I'm not quite sure what you mean, but if you mean the [[Fellowship Party]] of the UK, look at that article. Cheers, [[User:Tangotango|Tangotango]] ([[User talk:Tangotango|talk]]) 14:35, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Source ==

I'm helping to expand a restaurant stub, and [[User:Husond]] told me I shouldn't use sources from the restaurant itself. I've found several reviews on the restaurant, and I was wondering if I could use these ([[WP:CITE]] doesn't explain this very well). Thanks. | [[User:AO|<font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''A'''</font><font face="Papyrus" color="DarkSlateGray">ndonic</font><font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''O'''</font>]] ^{<font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]</font> · <font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User:AO/My Autograph Book|''Sign Here'']]</font>} 14:31, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok, just a note after going through google: the sources are almost exclusivly reviews! :-O | [[User:AO|<font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''A'''</font><font face="Papyrus" color="DarkSlateGray">ndonic</font><font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''O'''</font>]] ^{<font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]</font> · <font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User:AO/My Autograph Book|''Sign Here'']]</font>} 14:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:You can use sources from the restaurant itself; Husond probably meant you shouldn't write it down as fact. There's a difference between [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] and [[WP:NPOV|Neutral Point of View]] sources; while a webpage from the restaurant itself may not be entirely neutral, it is certainly a reliable source. Reviews depend entirely on who wrote them; if the publication in which a review is published is reliable, then by all means cite it. Cheers, [[User:Tangotango|Tangotango]] ([[User talk:Tangotango|talk]]) 14:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::A couple are notable reviews. Thank you for your help! | [[User:AO|<font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''A'''</font><font face="Papyrus" color="DarkSlateGray">ndonic</font><font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''O'''</font>]] ^{<font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]</font> · <font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User:AO/My Autograph Book|''Sign Here'']]</font>} 14:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Recourse Against User Accusations ==

I was accused of being a sock puppet because I and another person on my network are discussing the same article, and we have similar positions. Do I have any recourse? [[User:Avi9505|Avi9505]] 15:44, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:The guidelines at [[WP:SOCK]] state only: ''"If you have been accused incorrectly of being a sock puppet, don't take it too personally. New users are unknown quantities. Stay around a while and make good edits, and your record will speak for itself."'' Which is not of very much use, but is the only advice that I have been able to locate. [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 17:21, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I saw this guideline too. I am just concerned as this user has been insulting and making accusations from when I started to edit this particular page, makes inappropriate reverts of my work and the work of others (e.g just eliminating sources etc. without any discussion), and is essentially writing the article like a religious missionary. Now begins the accusations again, and I would rather nip the problem in the bud.[[User:Avi9505|Avi9505]] 17:44, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:I'd consider four the number of accusations you should put up with, at most. After that, or if the person violated [[WP:3RR]] and doesn't stop, you can report him to [[WP:AIV]] or [[WP:ANI]]. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 18:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::One place to report possible violations of [[WP:CIVIL]] and [[WP:NPA]] is at [[Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts]]. (Full disclosure: I've been the one responding to most of the postings there.) Sometimes a review - and possibly intervention - by a neutral third party can help. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 21:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== cookies ==

Anytime i sign in on wikipedia,i am being asked to enable cookies on my system.Please can you tell me how to enable cookies on my system.

:What browser and operating system are you using? --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:21, 22 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== downloading of entire encyclopedia to local hard drive ==

Is it possible?

[[User:62.15.248.59|62.15.248.59]] 17:06, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:See [[Wikipedia:Database download]]. It will explain how to go about getting a copy of the encyclopedia. &mdash;[[User:PurpleRain|<font color="#BB66BB">P<font size="-2">^<b>urple</b></font></font>]][[User talk:PurpleRain|<font color="#88BBBB" size="-1"><small><b>^RA^IN</b></small></font>]] 17:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== place wikipedia on my desktop as an icon ==

hello.........i'd like to put wikipedia on desktop as an icon for quick access.........how is this done............thanks....<email removed> {{unsigned|Dgetlin1}}

:Assuming you're using Windows: Right click the desktop, go to <code>New ></code>, <code>Shortcut</code>, type in the URL (<nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org</nowiki>), and press enter. -- [[User:Consumed Crustacean|Consumed Crustacean]] <small>([[User talk:Consumed Crustacean|talk]])</small> 18:16, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== Electric Plug ==

Unsealed Electrical Plug/connector

I am attempting to find out how many electrical plugs that are not sealed and require the wires to be connected via the threaded screw. This plug is not sealed and is accessed via the threaded screw in the centre of the plug.

Alternative Electric Sealed Plug/Connector

The alternative to this version is the fully sealed electric connector/plug that is widely used on some but not all new purchases'''

Thank you for your time

Kind Regards

Baz Ramsbottom

:I think you've mistaken Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, for some other website. You may have better luck searching for the name of the product or manufacturer on [http://www.google.com/ Google]. Cheers and good luck, [[User:Tangotango|Tangotango]] ([[User talk:Tangotango|talk]]) 18:48, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::Or ask your questions at [[Wikipedia:Reference desk]]. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 20:11, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Offline ==

Is there a way to write text offline? I'd like to create some things, but I need to do so offline and I want to be able to see what it would look like when compiled. I don't need it to support the templates we use. Just things like <code><nowiki><br></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code> etc. Is there anything I can use? [[User:CoolGuy|CoolGuy]] 18:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:Just to make this clear, we're talking about wiki markup? If this is the case there are a number of [[m:WYSIWYG editor|WYSIWYG wiki editor]]s out there, also [[User:Cacycle/wikEd|wikEd]] has a feature that lets you preview wiki markup w/o having access to wikipedia servers (however you have to have your browser already have loaded up a wiki page you can edit to do this). —[[User:Mitaphane|Mitaphane]] _{[[User talk:Mitaphane|talk]]} 23:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::You can always use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]] to see what happens. And no one is likely to object if you create a [[Wikipedia:Subpages|subpage]] within your user space as a sort of scratchpad, as you've already done at [[User:CoolGuy/Sandbox]], for example. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 20:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Web crawler ==

If Wikipedia sets the robots.txt file to suggest one page per second, then how do sites like Google, etc. index Wikipedia? [[User:CoolGuy|CoolGuy]] 18:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

: Very slowly? I'm not sure – [[User:Qxz|Qxz]] 21:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::[[Wikipedia:Database download]] does mention this restriction, but I didn't see it in the artual robots.txt file - perhaps the description page hasn't been updated?

::In any case, this is the sort of question better asked at [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)]], where the developers hang out. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 20:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== How to handle multiple destructive edits ==

An editor on [[Transcendental Meditation]] has made a number of destructive edits. I can't undo them all without violating 3RR. How do I handle this sort of thing? Thanks. [[User:Tanaats|Tanaats]] 19:19, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:Vandalism doesn't count toward 3RR. Revert all you like. --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 19:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks for your response. Sorry, I should have been much more specific about what I meant by "destructive edits." He makes edits based upon his personal opinions about what should or should not be in the article, rather than based on the guidelines. If we wait for DR, the article will be in tatters. [[User:Tanaats|Tanaats]] 20:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::He also inserts OR. [[User:Tanaats|Tanaats]] 20:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

*Revert to the last version before their edits and reinsert anything that was put in by someone else in between. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 21:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::*Thanks for the response. I just want to be absolutely sure... I understand you to mean that because the edits don't follow the guidelines that I can safely revert multiple instances of them without worrying about 3RR. Is that correct? Thanks. [[User:Tanaats|Tanaats]] 22:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:::*As long as the edits you're reverting are blantant OR or Vandalism(e.g. "Transcendental Meditation is not as relaxing as drinking beer because many people drink beer rather than meditate", "Transcendental Meditation is stupid") you won't have to worry about 3RR. The point of 3RR is to prevent edit warring among editors and to focus on consensus. If this is just one editor adding his opinions, that he can't back up with legit sources, with out regard for others' opinions, then you should explain to him why you are reverting his edits and tell him to discuss the topic on the talk page. If he continues with his actions talk to an admin. —[[User:Mitaphane|Mitaphane]] _{[[User talk:Mitaphane|talk]]} 23:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::::As a deletionist, I'd [[WP:IAR|IAR]] (holy crap, it's actually good for something!), risk the 3RR block, and revert. Repeated addition of OR is in my view vandalism. Just my opinion, though. --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 02:24, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:As a little note, this shouldn't be a problem as there are, by my count, at least 5 editors currently involved in editing this article. I would advice you not to break 3RR in this case, but to allow the burden of reverting to be shared among the editors. If, in fact, the other editors do not agree with you and multiple editors are making these changes, with only you reverting (I'm not saying this is the case, as I only had a cursory look at the history), consider waiting for a bit to see what happens. Possibly consider [[WP:TIGERS]] or [[WP:NAM]] :-) [[User:Skittle|Skittle]] 19:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::Right, the above advice by Wooty is flat-out wrong. "Original research" and "vandalism" are completely different. No admin is going to give you a free pass just because you were say you were reverting OR, ''even if you were'': '''OR is not one of the four listed exceptions.''' Make your case on the talk page. If the article is in "tatters" for a day or so (unlikely), them's the breaks - Wikipedia will survive. Also, note that [[WP:Resolving disputes]] has a procedure for getting other ("third") opinions if for some reason it's only you and one other editor who are disagreeing (unlikely for a popular article like this, as Skittle notes). -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 20:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Templates ==

How do I create a template? --''Regards,'' [[User:Darkest Hour|<span style="padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px; border : 2px solid #BFDF9F;background: #660066 ; color: #BFDF9F">'''''Darkest Hour'''''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Darkest Hour|Talk]]}•_{[[Special:Contributions/Darkest Hour|contribs]]} 20:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:See [[Help:A quick guide to templates|this]] for a brief guide, or [[Help:Template|this]] for more detail (or [[Help:Advanced templates|this]] if you want more detail still). [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 20:07, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::One of the best things that you can do is avoid starting from scratch: study a similar template, copy what is applicable, and add or modify what you need, based on the existing structure. You can create it in a sandbox first if you'd prefer that. [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 21:35, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

== FINDING AN LITTLE KNOWN AUTHOR ==

I AM A SEAMSTRESS AND SEVERAL OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT WERE WRITTEN BY NANCY BENDER WHO USED TO TEACH AT EITHER THE WOMAN'S INSTITUTE OR THE FASHION INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK. I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER LIFE AND WHAT SHE DID BESIDES WRITE BOOKS ABOUT SEWING. HOW WOULD I DO THAT?

jAN lITVIN

: Unfortunately we don't seem to have an article, it would be [[Nancy Bender|here]] if we did. You can try [[google:"Nancy+Bender"|searching Google]], though at least the first few results there don't seem to be relevant. Failing that, you may have to look outside the Internet at more specialized sources. The books you already have are probably the best starting point in this case – [[User:Qxz|Qxz]] 21:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

: I'm inclined to second Qxz, because just out of curiosity, I tried searching on "'Nancy Bender' seamstress", "'Nancy Bender' 'Fashion Institute'", and "'Nancy Bender' 'Woman's Institute'". The first search didn't seem to return anything relevant; the others returned nothing at all. :-( Another tack might be to join an online sewing-related community and ask your question there. Good luck. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 02:47, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::You might take this question to [[Wikipedia:Reference desk]], which is a librarian-ish service for readers. This page is basically for helping ''editors''. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 19:47, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== XML scheme or DTD for output generated by Wikipedia query APIs ==

Hi,

I am wondering, if there exists a XML scheme or a DTD for the resulting xml files generated through Wikipedia APIs like Query API or the new WikiMedia API.

(e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/query.php)

Thanks,

Dennis

[[User:141.54.158.4|141.54.158.4]] 20:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

: Try asking [[User:Yurik|Yurik]]. That question is probably beyond the knowledge of a few ''developers'', and is most likely to be known only by those who actually worked on the BotQuery extension. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 23:06, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:: Thank you. I will try to ask Yuri as soon as possible. --Dennis [[User:141.54.159.183|141.54.159.183]] 11:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:::The best place to ask questions like this is probably [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)]], where the developers hang out. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 19:45, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

==Autobiography==

I am Lovern Kindzierski. I entered my professional information to update the article about me which only said that I was a colorist. I recently found it had been deleted and I have re-entered my information. I tried to create a new account, but was told that Lovern is already a username. How can I find if I already have an account if I have lost my log book of passwords and accounts? And if I do not already have an account how do I get one?

Lovern Kindzierski{{unsigned|24.77.155.169}}

:Firstly, you need to choose a name that is sufficiently unique, and the registration system will tell you to try again if you do otherwise. Secondly, you need to read [[Wikipedia:Autobiography]] - [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 21:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:: First, you can check whether an account exists or not by looking at [[Special:Listusers]], and typing your name or username. Try checking for a few combinations of names that you could have used; if you found one that you think you registered, try [[Special:Userlogin|logging in]] as that user. If it doesn't work, try clicking on "send me a new password"

:: If you don't receive an email, or if the software tells you that there's no email address associated with the user, then you can try creating a new account, by going to [[Special:Userlogin]], and clicking on "Create an account".

:: Alternatively, if you said that you edited an article that is now deleted, [[Wikipedia:administrators|administrators]] can check the list of the users that edited the article, and we can try going from there. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 23:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::: However, [[Lovern Kindzierski]] is not deleted... nor it was edited by any user whose name is remotely close to yours, either before or after it was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Lovern_Kindzierski deleted for being a copy of another page] without any indication of a release by the copyright holder, acceptable license, or other mitigating circumstances. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 23:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

::::It was deleted on the 22nd of November, restored the same day, and again deleted on January 23rd as a copyright infringement. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 19:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Archiving Discussion Pages ==

G'day, you'd think a long time user like me could find out how to archive my discussion papers but I haven't. Sorry. Could anyone tell me how to do it? Thanks [[User:Maustrauser|Maustrauser]] 23:25, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

:Easy! :-) (1) Create a blank archive page, such as [[User talk:Maustrauser/Archive 1]] (you can call it whatever you like). (2) Move the oldest content (as much as you think is appropriate) from your main user talk page to the archive page. (3) Create a link to the archive page on your main user talk page. (This last step isn't strictly necessary, but it's considered good manners to keep your old talk page material accessible.) I don't ''think'' you need to worry about losing history, but if I'm wrong, with luck someone will correct me. ;-) --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 00:56, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:[[User:Werdnabot/Archiver/Howto]] gives an automated solution. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 01:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:: Thank you fellow editors. Much appreciated. Being lazy I shall try the Wednabot solution first. [[User:Maustrauser|Maustrauser]] 01:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Standard instructions are at [[Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page]]. -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 19:38, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

=January 23=

== Negretti & Zambra ==

I have an original Crystal Palace Visitor Card 1864, with photograph on of Shakespeare's House, Stratford Upon Avon. This was given out at the Crystal Palace Exhibition. I keyed edit. In the middle of Wikipedia information, I then typed a small paragraph about this item, then keyed save. It was rejected by the auto-bot as spam, vandalism. I can't discover what I did wrong. I scanned the card so it could be inserted, but could not insert the image, which is of Shakespeare's house & the text on the exhibition visitor's card, albeit the word Shakespere is spelt different on my card. This item is original, I collect historical, pre-1900 photographs, etc. ^^^^^^^^

:I think you just accidentally hit the "gallery" button in the edit window, which made the page look like [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Negretti_and_Zambra&oldid=102552817 this] - which looked like vandalism. I have fixed it up. I am not too sure about your image question, maybe [[Wikipedia:Uploading images]] can help (or you can clarify here).--[[User:Commander Keane|Commander Keane]] 00:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

==Photo Move==

Is there a way to move photos similiar to a page move? If you could reply on my talk page, that'd be great.[[User:Just H|Just H]] 02:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:No. To rename an image file it must be uploaded under the new name (and the old file deleted). -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 03:33, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== in other languages ==

I just cant figure out how to make a new page in a new language I'd be translating of an existing article, '''please help!!'''

:This is just the English encyclopedia, so if you want to make an article in a different language, please go to that language's encyclopedia. If you were going to translate [[La Cumbrecita]], you could do this at [[:es:La Cumbrecita]]. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 17:06, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

'''Thanks''', got it going but was deleted cause translation wasn't ready, no problem with that.

'''But how do i get the:'''

in other languages

* [[English]]

* [[Español]]

on the left boxes going?

''I'm new in all this and is driving me nuts!!''

:Using the above example, you would add <nowiki>[[es:La Cumbrecita]]</nowiki> at the bottom of the English page, and <nowiki>[[en:La Cumbrecita]]</nowiki> at the bottom of the Spanish page. For any language, use the two letter prefix of that language's Wikipedia, so German is de, Chinese zh, and so on. Note the use of the colon "''':'''" at the beginning of these wikilinks. Using <nowiki>[[:es:La Cumbrecita]]</nowiki> with the colon will create an in-line wikilink that the user can click on in the middle of a paragraph, like [[:es:La Cumbrecita]]. Using <nowiki>[[es:La Cumbrecita]]</nowiki> without the beginning colon will make a sidebar link in the box on the left. Those links are usually added at the bottom of an article's wiki markup so they won't get in the way of other users when they are editing. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 18:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

'''GREAT, thanks, think I got it, will try tonight!!'''

There's other stuff I may need help so I may be back!

:Cool. When you come back, I recommend that you start a new topic, because this one is scrolling up the page and is likely to be overlooked. And remember to [[WP:Sign your posts]]. =) —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 20:30, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== External links ==

Can I add external Photo links to '''<font color="blue">flick'''<font color="red">r</font>'''

</font>'''??

*It's not something I recommend. If the copyright license allows it, the image should be uploaded for display in the article. If it doesn't, it probably isn't the type of link the article needs. See [[WP:EL]]. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 08:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Most Actively Discussed Pages? ==

Is there a way to retrieve a list of most actively discussed articles on Wikipedia (pages with high activity/volume on the "discussion" section)? I'm doing research on online discussion/dialogue.

Thanks a lot!

[[User:Kkireyev|Kkireyev]] 03:30, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:Yes, if you go over to [[Special:Statistics]], you will find all the information you need. From that page I found http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm which gives a list of the "50 most edited articles", and it listed [[Talk:Main Page]] and [[Template talk:Did you know]] and then the first real article talk page wsa [[Talk:Anarchism]], with 13918 edits. In the future, questions like this are probably best asked at the [[Wikipedia:Reference Desk]]. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 17:00, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Incorrect Information ==

In your page on the North Vancouver School District 44, the superintendent is no longer Dr Robyn Brayne but is Mr John Lewis.

:A great chance to make an edit! Be bold. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 03:56, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== How to create a user page in wikipedia ? ==

Please help me to creat a user page in wikipedia

Regards,

[[Vinu Padmanabhan]]

:Hi, your userpage is at [[User:Vinu Padmanabhan]]. That's where you can tell other Wikipedians about yourself. You can learn more about userpages at [[WP:USERPAGE]] and if you're looking for design help you can try [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User Page Help]] . —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:11, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::There's some more design help at [[User:The Transhumanist/User page design]] also. Hope those answers were useful to you. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Can someone conclude [[Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Henchman 2000|this case]]? ==

The evidence gatherer has admitted that he tagged 2 legitimate users so can someone conclude the case? [[User:Bowsy|Bowsy]] 09:12, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:The Help Desk is only for questions on how to use Wikipedia. I think you want [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents]]. I'll leave this message on your talk page as well, since I'm fairly late in answering you here. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 10:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::First, the [[WP:SSP]] page has cases open that are over a month old; if you want to complain about that, you should post at [[Wikipedia talk:Suspected sock puppets]], not here, and not at [[WP:AN/I]]. Second, it would have been a bit more straightforward if you had identified yourself as one of those "2 legitimate users" about whom another user filed the SSP report. And third, you've removed the "suspected sockpuppet" tag from your user pages, so what exactly is the urgency? -- ''[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] '' | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 19:33, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== When to delete? ==

When looking for an article on the British band [[Brakes (band)|Brakes]] i stumbled across the US Band [[The Brakes]]. I have doubts as to their notability and feel this may be criteria for deletion in its own right, but the article is clearly an advertisement too. Is self-promotion a good enough reason to delete an article or should any notability they may have mean that it merely requires editing into a more encyclopaedic article?

Thanks!

[[User:Newartriot|Newartriot]] 11:52, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

*Opinions differ, but if someone can rewrite it in an encyclopedic style that should be preferred over outright deletion, provided their notability can be proven. Have you checked for newspaper reports, reviews and Allmusic.com listings for example? - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 12:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

**Thanks for your help here. Notability seems to be lacking given your criteria. As a preliminary measure I've removed some of the worst violations in terms of self-promotion and proposed that the article be revised/deleted on the talk page. [[User:Newartriot|Newartriot]] 13:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Manual line breaks ==

<nowiki>

I've looked through the Help pages and cannot find a WP webpage explaining how best to do a manual line break. Do I need to type <br> each time? Or is there some simpler method?</nowiki>

Thanks <br>[[User:Shawn in Montreal|Shawn in Montreal]] 15:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:The simplest method is to leave a blank line between two lines. That starts a new paragraph. &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 15:53, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== how ==

how do you create an article {{unsigned|Mcspazatron}}

I'd suggest you take a look at [[Help:Starting a new page]] and [[Wikipedia:Your first article]] - [[User talk:PeaceNT|Pea]][[Special:Contributions/PeaceNT|ceNT]] 15:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== visible changes? ==

I edited the page on my home village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire yesterday and want to add more but my changes from yesterday have not been posted, thay are in "talk".

How do I get the changes posted and do some more please

thanks

Alan

[[User:217.36.230.210|217.36.230.210]] 15:54, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:Hi Alan. It looks to me like your changes were made correctly and they are appearing for me just fine. This is one of the changes you made: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elderslie&diff=prev&oldid=102402738] and I'm seeing it in the article text at [[Elderslie]]. The talk page, [[Talk:Elderslie]], appears to be empty. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 16:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that, but I have gone back in as a fresh window, searched, and I see a page that does not have my changes and they are still in the talk section......strange?

I am completely new to this so don't have any idea what I should be doing

thanks again

Alan

:Okay, can you point me to the talk section you're talking about? As well as the page where you are ''not'' seeing your edits, but expect to? Just go to those pages, and then copy and paste the URL from your browser's ___location bar ( http://www.example.com/ ) over here for me to investigate, please. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 16:48, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

You might be viewing an older version of the paged cached by your browser. Try hitting Ctrl-F5 (with most browsers) while viewing the page to do a hard refresh. -[[User:Elmer Clark|Elmer Clark]] 01:31, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

==Citation tagging==

How does one get the little box that says, "This article does not cite source. You can help Wikipedia by..." I am assuming it is one of those { { something } } tags. However, I cannot find what it is exactly.

Thanks NightFalcon90909 16:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:That's {{tl|unreferenced}} that you want. You may also be interested in the {{tl|fact}} tag, and the information at [[Template:fact]] is pretty helpful in finding other tags as well. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 16:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::By the way, your signature is showing up unlinked. Are you typing it out? Try using four tildes: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> That will let other users click on your signature to get to your user page and user talk page. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 16:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::: It has been doing that for awhile; I assumed that it was only doing that for me because I was me, and it would be silly for me to click me when I could click my name up at the top right corner. However, that is disconcerting that it is appearing everywhere like that. What do I do? I am definitely using the four tildes (~) if I were typing it out, I wouldn't know what time to put down. What do I do?

PS-thanks for the tag.

NightFalcon90909 18:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:::: Go to [[Special:Preferences]] and untick the box that says 'Use raw signature'. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 18:56, 23 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

:(Edit conflict) I suspect that you have started using "raw signatures" without including the links in the raw signature. Go to "my preferences" at the top of the page, and uncheck the box that says "raw signature", or, change the raw signature to add links. The simplest raw signature for you would be <nowiki>[[User:NightFalcon90909|NightFalcon90909]]</nowiki> which would produce something like [[User:NightFalcon90909|NightFalcon90909]] 18:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC). But if you don't want to get intricate (like my long font-heavy signature), you can just leave "raw signature" unchecked and a simple signature will constructed automatically. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 18:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:::::Thanks for everything! [[User:NightFalcon90909|NightFalcon90909]] 19:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::::::You're welcome. =) —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 19:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Uploading Pictures ==

Is there a way of uploading more than one photo at a time? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Thomascarter|Thomascarter]] ([[User talk:Thomascarter|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Thomascarter|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:No. Sorry. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 16:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

No, there is no way to do this. Also, please look at the images you've uploaded, [[:Image:Woodhead.jpg]] [[:Image:Wupper.jpg]] [[:Image:Blackpool.jpg]] [[:Image:2161.jpg]] [[:Image:Dorset2.jpg]] [[:Image:Scrgrb21.jpg]], you're not giving proper source information or copyright and licensing information, and all those images are going to be deleted as a result, unless you properly cite them. You need to give the URL of where you got them, and use a license tag from [[WP:ICT]] and following all the instructions at [[WP:IUP]] and [[WP:UPIMAGE]]. It is very likely that the images you have uploaded cannot be used here, because they are probably copyrighted and do not fall under our [[WP:FAIRUSE]] policy. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 16:33, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Edits lost? ==

I was wondering that, if I edit a page which gets deleted, does my edit count drop? (in other words, is it as if those edits were never made?). | [[User:AO|<font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''A'''</font><font face="Papyrus" color="DarkSlateGray">ndonic</font><font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''O'''</font>]] ^{<font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]</font> · <font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User:AO/My Autograph Book|''Sign Here'']]</font>} 16:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:I'm not 100% sure but I'm going to say no. The page is removed from view by all those except administrators. At any point, the article could be restored along with the page history. Because this can be restored, I don't believe edits are lost.--[[User:Nmajdan|<font style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan</font>]]&bull;[[User talk:Nmajdan|<font style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk</font>]] 16:28, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::The edits themselves remain in the system, and could be resurrected, but the counters that measure edit counts cannot access them, so your "edit count" does drop. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 16:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Thank you both for explaining. | [[User:AO|<font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''A'''</font><font face="Papyrus" color="DarkSlateGray">ndonic</font><font face="Papyrus" color="Black" size="1">'''O'''</font>]] ^{<font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]</font> · <font color="DarkSlateGray">[[User:AO/My Autograph Book|''Sign Here'']]</font>} 16:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

::::You're welcome. =) —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 16:45, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== If you know an article has been stolen from another website? ==

I don't know much about video editing, but the video editing software page has either been copied from this: http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/softwarereviews/l/bl_hisw.htm

or that website stole from Wikipedia. So what should happen?[[User:Superbloogle|Bloogle]] 18:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks for noting that. Please follow the instructions at [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems]]. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 19:03, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

*What article in Wikipedia is this related to? - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 19:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

*:I think it's [[video editing software]], which, although I didn't compare it closely to that URL, reads like a product review and very probably was copied from some such site. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 19:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:The great bulk of this article was added all at once with this edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video_editing_software&diff=98034555&oldid=96476643]. This may help you identify whether it was a copy. But in any case it is indeed written as a review, without citations, and I think all the new material should go for that reason, for violation of other policies. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 20:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Would ==

It be alright to make greeting templates? --''Regards,'' [[User:Darkest Hour|<span style="padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px; border : 2px solid #BFDF9F;background: #660066 ; color: #BFDF9F">'''''Darkest Hour'''''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Darkest Hour|Talk]]}•_{[[Special:Contributions/Darkest Hour|contribs]]} 20:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:What do you mean by greeting template? For new users we have [[Template:Welcome]]. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 20:38, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Categorization ==

I categorized an article that was tagged uncategorized. Now how do I remove that tag?[[User:Mozermay|Mozermay]] 20:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:Edit the article and remove the <nowiki>{{Uncategorized}}</nowiki> tag. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 20:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== can I underline text in an article (that isn't a link)?? ==

When writing an article is it possible to underline text that isn't a link?

[[User:Rachel Ayres|Rachel Ayres]] 20:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:I'm not sure, but in the vast majority of cases you're encouraged to italicize with the double-apostrophes instead (<nowiki>''...''</nowiki>). [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 20:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

<u>Of course<u/> it is <u>possible<u/>, but it is not really appropriate, as per the Manual of Style. [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian]] [[User talk:Adrian M. H.|M. H.]] 21:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help, I was just curious since I haven't seen it happen.

Thanks again for the very swift replies. [[User:Rachel Ayres|Rachel Ayres]] 21:08, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Columbus City Center show/hide list problems ==

on the [[Columbus City Center]] page there are several problems with the "hidden" list embedded in the article:

first, when you just go to the page, the list is not hidden, its shown

second, when you click to hide the list the mills corp template at the bottom disappears.

i went to try and fix it myself, but couldn't see whats wrong.

if someone who's experienced can just take a look at it it would be great. thanks in advance.

:I don't think it would be correct for the list to be hidden to someone visiting the page; much better to allow the reader to hide the list if he/she wants. Second, looking at the article now (perhaps it has been changed), in Firefox, when I hide the list, the Mills template at the bottom remains visible. -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18px;">[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] </font> | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 16:18, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== direct ==

How do you get a welcome template to direct to your user talk?

--[[User:Darkest Hour|<span style="padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px; border : 2px solid #DD0000 ;background: #0066FF ; color: #66ff33">'''''Darkest Hour'''''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Darkest Hour|Talk]]}•_{[[Special:Contributions/Darkest Hour|contribs]]} 21:07, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:What do you mean by "direct to your user talk"? [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 21:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

==in other languages 2==

'''Done!! It was edited immediately though''', how can that be? didn't like what they did either, Isn't coloured titles allowed

'''Sorry, another simple question:''' Do i have to register in Every language, do i use a different name?

''Will sign posts, i'll get to that tonight!!''

''Thanks again, Jorge''

:Yes, you do have to separately register in each Wikipedia, although universal logins might be a feature sometime in the future. -[[User:Elmer Clark|Elmer Clark]] 01:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

''Thank you Elmer, you guys been very helpful''

== Is it possible to have the history for my user page deleted? ==

I'd like to have my user page blanked out. Right now, it's just a redirect to my talk page. How can I get this done? ([[User:Ibaranoff24|Ibaranoff24]] 21:15, 23 January 2007 (UTC))

I've done it for you. —<b><font color="#00FFFF">[[User:Pilotguy|P]]</font>[[User:Pilotguy|ilotguy]] ([[User_talk:Pilotguy|ptt]])</b> 21:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== browsing history ==

Is there a way to delete my browsing history for this website?? {{unsigned|24.15.67.23}}

:Wikipedia does not keep a browsing history, only an editing history. Your web browser might, though, on your own computer. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 22:18, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

: Being a browser function instead of Wikipedia's, you might wish to comment on [[WP:RD/C|our computing reference desk]]. ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Yuser31415 (two)|(Editor review two!)]] 22:37, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Is there a way to delete the history stored on my computer??

:If you're using Internet Explorer, follow these instructions: [http://www.ehow.com/how_6075_delete-browsers-history.html]. If you're using Firefox, go to Tools...Clear Private Data. [[User:Patstuart|Patstuart]]^{[[User_talk:Patstuart|talk]]|[[Special:contributions/Patstuart|edits]]} 01:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== other users ==

how do you contact/email other users?

please reply. thank you

{{unsigned2|22:45, January 23, 2007|Mcspazatron}}

:The easiest way is to leave a message on the user's Talk page. Just visit their userpage, click on the Discussion tab, then click on the + tab at the top to create a new topic.

:Some users have turned on the option to email them, which you should see on their userpage. Others (such as myself) are wary of spam, so the only way to contact us is through our Talk pages. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 22:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

== Linking to user CSS ==

Can I link to my own monobook.css in a page I am editing? If so, how? [[User:Ndsg|NigelG (or Ndsg)]] | [[User talk:Ndsg|Talk]] 23:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:You could, just by using its name ([[User:Ndsg/monobook.css]]), but why would you want to? --[[User:Sopoforic|Sopoforic]] 23:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, because I'd like to apply my own styles to some of the text. Over at the Tech Village Pump I've been told:

:"Actually, your styles should be applied to articles you are working on, as long as you declare new styles for the existing classes and ids."

If that's correct, my question's answered! [[User:Ndsg|NigelG (or Ndsg)]] | [[User talk:Ndsg|Talk]] 23:56, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:It now seems it isn't correct. Apparently you have to add your own inline styles if you want the page to appear correctly to the outside world. [[User:Ndsg|NigelG (or Ndsg)]] | [[User talk:Ndsg|Talk]] 10:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

= January 24 =

== why a business communication is a "lifeblood"of an organization? ==

why a business communication is a "lifeblood"of an organization? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:203.130.26.2|203.130.26.2]] ([[User talk:203.130.26.2|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/203.130.26.2|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

If you have a question about businesses, you might want to ask it at the [[Humanities]] reference desk located at [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities]]. If you're looking for opinions about answers to the question, note that Wikipedia isn't a discussion forum; while we're glad to answer any questions you might have a factual things, there are other places to ask. Please see point number five of [[WP:NOT#OR]]. Thanks!

[[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{[[User talk:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">T</font>]]} &#167; 00:13, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:Well, just to [[WP:IAR|take a stab at that question]], if there is no communication between members of a business, they are less capable of acting as a group, thus being less efficacious. People can coordinate various aspects of a business by communicating well. Over all, harmony seems to be an effective tool in running any organization, so that individuals in that organization don't waste time doing contrary things. For example, in Wikipedia, it is much more effective to [[WP:RD|talk to someone with whom you disagree]] than [[WP:EW|have an edit war]]. Communication within a business enables it to be a business, and to accomplish things more easily, even over long distances. There is an article about this: [[business communication]]. Hope I answered your question, anyway. [[User:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">Grace</font><font color="#000">notes</font>]]^{[[User talk:Gracenotes|<font color="#960">T</font>]]} &#167; 00:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== spam research... ==

Hello, I'm a researcher from the University of Arizona and I'm doing some research into different methods for attracting SPAM email.

<br>

I was wondering if I can post three email addresses somewhere on a wikipedia page (it can be an out of the way page without incoming links from other articles) where they will not be removed by moderators, etc. We've tried creating a page called spam_research but it was removed by a moderator.

<br>

I know that the whole idea behind wikipedia is to allow the community to edit the pages but I'd prefer if that didn't happen in this case. Of course if that's not viable, I'm happy just to get the addresses posted somewhere.

<br>

I appreciate any assistance you can give us to make this research a success.

<br>

Thanks,

Justin Cappos

Computer Science Department

University of Arizona

: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! That sounds like very interesting research and I hope it succeeds. However, being an encyclopedia, you shouldn't add email adresses to articles here. If you wished, you could add them to the [[WP:SAND|Sandbox]], but remember that those emails could also be abused by malicious [[WP:VAND|vandals]]. Cheers. ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Yuser31415 (two)|(Editor review two!)]] 00:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:: Why not put them on your user page? --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 01:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:You might want to look somewhere else for your research. Throwing email address in articles (or articles created for this express purpose of research) will most likely be viewed, ironically, as spam by most editors and will most likely be removed. Email addresses on this page are frequently removed for the sake those people unware of the spam bots out there that crawl over wikipedia. Perhaps you could ask some users out there to place email addresses in their user space. I don't know if those pages are crawled over as much as the (main) namespace, but placing email address, for the sake of research, in our main namespace articles comes in conflict with wikipedia's goal of making high quality articles. —[[User:Mitaphane|Mitaphane]] _{[[User talk:Mitaphane|talk]]} 01:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

(This is Justin again despite the IP change) Thank you for the suggestions!

<br>We are planning on posting email addresses on some personal user pages, but ideally we'd also like to measure the difference between addresses posted there vs. addresses on articles. I can understand not wanting us to clutter wikipedia. Would another solution be possible (such as creating a page with a string of random letters so that users would not reach it but crawlers would)? If this isn't the case, would it be possible for us to add a page about our research project and put the email addresses there?

<br>

Thanks,<br>

Justin

:I'm afraid none of those would work, as they ''would'' clutter Wikipedia. Further, creating a page about your research project is problematic as it's [[WP:OR|original research]], which is against policy and would get the page deleted. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 03:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::Even though I'm rather hesitant to say so, I don't think letting ''one'' of these sort of things happen is bad - just stick a prod on them, or speedydelete them once the "experiment" is over. We let this happen at AfD a couple times, where people would do it for a project and we'd let it stand until it was finished. --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 03:13, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:::To suggest of variant of what Wooty suggested (if I read him right) - create a new article, and put a [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|prod]] template on it ''immediately''. I'd also suggest posting a comment on that article talk page about what you're doing. The "prod" label will (hopefully) protect the article from a speedy delete (no guarantees, of course), while giving it a limited life (five days). -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18px;">[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] </font> | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 16:14, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

<br>

Thanks Wooty and John. This has been very helpful. I'll give this a shot!

<br>

Justin

:I'm sorry, but I've to disagree. Shouldn't this kind of thing have to go through a stricter screening process? [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 23:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== I really screwed up. Please help! ==

Hi. I tried to contribute some info to the Resident Evil Apocalypse article and I really screwed up one of the tables. I tried to fix it, but I just made it worse. I'm really sorry about this; I shouldn't have tried to edit without knowing the proper knowledge. I hope this can be fixed; I'm sorry if this inconveniences you. I would really appreciate your help. Thank you for your time. I'm not really sure how to sign this but please.

[[User:164.111.197.78|164.111.197.78]] 00:43, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

: No problems, I [[WP:REVERT|reverted]]. Thanks for requesting help. If you want to experiment, I'll copy the article into one of my user subpages and you can play around with it there :). ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Yuser31415 (two)|(Editor review two!)]] 00:49, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== NPatrol? NPPatrol? ==

I remember there was a tool called NPPatrol or NPatrol or something, and I've been interested in getting it, not only for my own sake, but for the RC people that have to read my garbled edit summaries. I've searched for it and haven't come up with anything. It was like VandalProof, but for New Pages patrol. Anyone have a link? --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 01:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:You're probably looking for [[User:Martinp23/NPWatcher]]. --[[User:Sopoforic|Sopoforic]] 01:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::Ah, that's it! Thanks for the help. --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 01:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Copyright ==

What is the date of publishing?

:There is no date of publishing. Wikipedia is not published. Click the "Cite article" link on the sidebar for citing information. --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 01:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Delay on recentness ==

On the main page, it is too outdated, as the date saying January 20. Please fix this problem.

:ctrl-f5 --[[User:Wooty#Mission statement|'''''W''''']][[User:Wooty|'''''o''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 02:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

: ... In less technical terms, refresh the cache on your browser. The key combination is normally Shift-F5 or Control-F5. Cheers! ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Yuser31415 (two)|(Editor review two!)]] 02:30, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== wikismile ==

how do you wikismile? [[User:The Updater|&lt;font color=burgundy&gt;The Updat&lt;/font&gt;]]&lt;font color=&quot;green&quot;&gt;[[User:The Updater/Esperanza|e]]&lt;/font&gt;[[User:The Updater|r]] [[User talk:The Updater|discussion]] 02:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

<div style="float:center;border-style:solid;border-color:blue;background-color:AliceBlue;border-width:1px;text-align:left;padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">[[Image:Smiley.svg|left|60px]]

[[User:Patstuart]] has smiled at you! Smiles promote [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! {{{2|}}} <br /><small>Smile at others by adding {{tls|smile}}, {{tls|smile2}} or {{tls|smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.</small>

</div><!-- Template:smile -->

== interwiki sort ==

I've noticed that the interwiki ordering on en is by the language's name in the language's spelling (Romanized if necessary). For example, [[Japanese language|Japanese]] (日本語) is usually between Dutch (Nederlands) and Bokmål Norwegian (Norsk (bokmål)) because Japanese in Japanese is ''nihongo''. I have two questionss:

1. Is there an official guideline on this? I can't seem to find it.

2. What about zh-classical (classical Chinese, 古文 / 文言文)? On [[Netherlands]], it's probably sorted as "gu" because 古 (ancient or classical) is pronounced as "gu". But on [[United States]], it's sorted as "zh-classical". Many bots and AWB are still unaware of this "language", perhaps due to its low number of articles.

Thanks. --[[User:Chochopk|ChoChoPK]] (球球PK) ([[User talk:Chochopk|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Chochopk|contrib]]) 03:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:Never mind. Found it at [[meta:Interwiki sorting order]]. --[[User:Chochopk|ChoChoPK]] (球球PK) ([[User talk:Chochopk|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Chochopk|contrib]]) 03:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Colored Text ==

'''Hi''' everyone, can anybody tell me if '''<font color="green">colored</font>''' text / titles can be used, i've seen it sporadically

: Technically it's possible, but not recommended by the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]]. ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Yuser31415 (two)|(Editor review two!)]] 04:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Can't fix article ==

I was reading the page on [[Thomas Merton]], and noticed a small bit of extra text. The very last line in the section entitled Writer is "hello world i said to the people.... joey l. was here". I clicked the edit button at the start of that section, but the unwanted line didn't appear. Same thing with the Edit This Page button, according to the edit page the paragraph ends the sentence before. Anyone know how to get rid that line?

[[User:68.253.188.4|68.253.188.4]] 05:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:It is most likely that while you were viewing the page, the vandalism was reverted. So, when you edited it, it was already gone. --[[User:Kainaw|Kainaw]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Kainaw|(talk)]]}</small> 05:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== mtv countdown ==

please can you write in your wikipedia site the mtv top 100 video countdown

of 1990 at 1992 and 1995!

thanks

:Can you please write it? We're all pretty busy. ;-) [[WP:BE BOLD]]. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::Actually, no, now that I think about it, don't do that. Those lists are copyrighted information of MTV, and it would be a violation of copyright law for us to host the whole lists here. The most we can do is pick out one or two entries from such a list and comment on them, under our [[WP:FAIRUSE]] policy. Sorry. You'll have to go somewhere else for that information; Wikipedia can't hold it. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== need input ==

Do we have anything like [[WP:RFC]], except not for dispute resolution? I need input on what to do with [[:Category:Peanuts people]] (rename, refactor, resomething), and the discussion at [[Talk:Peanuts]] is way too slow. So I need to get some eyes on this question. RFC is great at what it does, but I don't want to hassle them with something that I'm the only person working on. There's simply no one else for me to have a dispute with on this. =P So, any suggestions on where to take this question? —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

: [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]]? {{emot|:)}} ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Yuser31415 (two)|(Editor review two!)]] 06:25, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::Yarr, I don't even know what proposal to make though. I'd just be like: "Okay, everyone, let's go around the room and introduce ourselves. [much uncomfortable forced introduction ensues] Now, [[:Category:Peanuts people]]. Discuss." —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::: Perhaps, but I believe that's the place to discuss categories :). ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Yuser31415 (two)|(Editor review two!)]] 06:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::::It's a euphemism. It's "Categories for deletion" under a gentler name. One still has to have something like "let's move this to that" or "let's get rid of this" and I haven't even the glimmer of such a suggestion. I don't feel like getting flamed for putting something up for XFD that I haven't even discussed yet by other routes. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:::::Okay, I just had an idea. I'll bring it up at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics]] and ask them to help. I'm still surprised that we don't have some sort of general [[Wikipedia:What the heck do I do with this]] page, though. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*[[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback]]? - [[User:131.211.210.17|131.211.210.17]] 09:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

**The problem, I think, is that the vast majority of articles (and a lot of categories) need some sort of change or improvement, so a general "can you help out here" page would, presumably, be overwhelmed with requests if it was available. Finding a relevant wikiproject is an excellent idea. Another would be to look at the category edit history and drop some notes on user talk pages for those who haven't edited recently but showed some interest in the topic a while ago. Or those who have added the category to some articles. And, finally, the best way (in my opinion) to move a discussion forward is to make a specific proposal for a change, even if it's labeled "tentative" or "draft". Or to say that you see there being two or three options (or whatever), and what do editors think. (And, finally, you don't necessarily need to wrap this up in a day or a week or even a month - there are a lot of other categories and articles in Wikipedia that could benefit from your time and effort while you wait for a discussion to conclude.) -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18px;">[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] </font> | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 15:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Page link to online retail source ==

Today, in the course of surfing, I came across the yosegi article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosegi) describing the veneer marquetry used on Japanese puzzle boxes. Looking at the article's picture was the first time I had seen (or heard of) this type of box since I was a teenager (over 50 years ago). I love puzzles and finding the article almost brought tears to my eyes.

I launched into a search for more information and found a Japanese web site of a company that crafts the boxes. People who engage in this craft are apparently in the minority and work mainly in the Hakone area of Japan, near Tokyo.

I thought that others may share my excitement so I added the URL of their web site.

A little alarm went off, and, being a relatively new Wikipedian, I wondered if adding the URL was OK to do under Wikipedia guidelines. I did some searching but didn't run across anything about adding things like this (other than perhaps overstepping the line of neutrality). Obviously, I have no connection to this Japanese business, but I would like some guidance on this.

[[User:Dick107|Dick107]] 06:11, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:It's not a settled topic. Some Wikipedians want no commercial links. I looked at that page and it has a lot of good pictures, so it's something I might add. As long as there's no [[WP:COI|conflic of interest]], there's no problem with you adding the single link to a single Wikipedia page. You might want to make a note on [[Talk:Yosegi]] for other editors, to help them [[WP:AGF|assume good faith]] that you aren't spamming. Also, if you can find any good non-commercial links, try to add those too, to balance it. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::And I know what you mean. I'm pretty keen on these puzzle boxes too. =) —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

==How to sign up for translation==

I have been trying to find out how to enter my name in the list of translators and editors, for more than an hour, for no use. I don't find any place that will say: list yourself in our lists or something of the kind. The pages that are supposed the give the answer, don't have it. Nothing says how to be listed, or how to be found as transaltor, or anything else. You just have the list but that's it. Or if it is there, well, it is designed in a way that it is invisible to me. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Wildinstincts|Wildinstincts]] ([[User talk:Wildinstincts|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Wildinstincts|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

::Okay, let's see. [[Wikipedia:Translation]] says that to sign up all you need to do is add a userbox to your user page. Since you're totally new, this is all greek to you. I'll try to walk through it with you. First, which language(s) to you want to translate to, and which from? —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:36, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:::And here's a page with info on userboxes: [[Wikipedia:Userboxes]]. -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18px;">[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] </font> | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 15:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== unwanted warning ==

This is nonsense. I have been employed by the York Regional Police (Canada) for over 5 years, and in an attempt to "edit" the page and provide some information, I receive a notification that my changes are "vandalism" and I should go to the "sandbox". What kind of place is this ?

I will be happy to allow you to provide false and outdated information to the public. I tried to make some simple corrections and my work was deleted.

How my changes were "vandalism" is beyond me. So, go ahead and tell people the wrong thing.

[[User:Celticc1969|Celticc1969]] 06:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)J. Gray

:Okay, first, do not edit articles about the place you work. That is a violation of our conflict of interest policy (see [[WP:COI]] for details). Now, if someone thought you were vandalizing, then don't continue trying to make the edit. Go to the talk page of the article you were working on, [[Talk:York Regional Police]], and discuss what you think needs to be changed there. Other editors will read it soon and discuss with you. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 06:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::(edit conflict) If you look at the bot's message: "If this revert was in error, please contact the bot operator. ". Bots mess up sometimes, they're machines, not people. The reason your changes were reverted is that you replaced the logo of the station with a series of example images [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=York_Regional_Police&diff=102854585&oldid=102854219 here]. --[[User:Wooty|'''''Wo''''']]<font color="red">[[User:Wooty/b|'''o''']]</font>[[User:Wooty|'''''ty''''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|'''Woot?''']]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Wooty|'''contribs''']]</small> 06:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

: We have automated processes called "[[WP:BOT|bots]]" which are programmed to perform certain tasks. However, sometimes they can make a mistake (even though they do a rather essential job!) which can result in your case. Feel free to make the edit again. ''[[User:Yuser31415|Yuser31415]]'' [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Yuser31415 (two)|(Editor review two!)]] 07:21, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*Yeah, it's probably the example images that triggered the warning. Even if you know a lot about a topic, make sure you [[Wikipedia:Cite your sources|cite your sources]] so other people can check the accuracy of your edits. If it hasn't been published, it is not [[WP:V|verifiable]] and not allowed in Wikipedia. - [[User:131.211.210.17|131.211.210.17]] 09:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Numbers on Profile???? ==

I noticed that I have a (-27) in read where it says my name and the date when I edit something....is that bad? What do the numbers mean? Should I strive to make the number higher? I tried to look for help on it but could not find any. Also where do I put the [[User:Cali567|Cali567]] 07:28, 24 January 2007 (UTC)? I'm not sure where to place them in order to sign my edit. Please help. Thank You.

:It's just a way for other editors, at a glance, to get an idea of what you did. Red means you removed some text, green means a net addition of text. See [[Help:Watching pages#What do the colored numbers mean?]] —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 07:32, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

: ([[Help:Edit conflict|edit conflict]]) No, it just means that for whatever edit you made, you removed 27 bytes from the page. Try adding a reply to this thread and you'll see you have a +### to the right. <tt>:)</tt> As for where to sign, it is usually recommended to put it at the end of your comment, like I did here. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 07:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::And there's nothing inherently good or bad about either; sometimes removing text is what needs to be done, and sometimes adding is unhelpful. So, no worries. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 07:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:WOW, fast answers..I like that, thank you I thought I was being rated for what I've done...lol I think I'll be needing alot of quick tips on how to do things.and the tilde thing in my question...it worked this time I put four tildes...lol...it never worked for me before, Thank You [[User:Cali567|Cali567]] 07:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:: Sure, no problem. Feel free to ask here any time. [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 07:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Broken Images ==

Hi. I have an article and the image doesn't show up -- i.e. it is dead. What is the appropriate template to put up? Or how do I go about fixing it? [[User:Rfwoolf|Rfwoolf]] 08:23, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:Can you tell us the article? [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 09:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*(after edit conflict) That depends. What is the article name? First try the [[Special:Log/Delete|deletion log]] to see if the image was deleted and why. - [[User:131.211.210.17|131.211.210.17]] 09:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::The image is [[Image:Ballet_feet.jpg]] and the article are [[Ballet shoes]] and [[Glossary of ballet]]<br />

::'''Please Note''' that I would like to know how to solve this problem, because I have tried and the image doesn't have any logs -- so please don't just solve it for me without explaining, if you can. Like, where do I find logs for the image, who deleted it? Thanks :) [[User:Rfwoolf|Rfwoolf]] 11:12, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:Looking in the logs is a good start, but [[Special:Log]] doesn't show it. There is a trick for images: they might be in the English Wikipedia, but if not there, they are in Wikimedia commons. Sure enough, there is a log entry there: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=&page=Image%3ABallet+feet.jpg]. It would seem it was deleted because the person who uploaded it did not include information on the source and a free license for using it. To fix this you could do one of the following: (a) try and identify the original image; determine if there is a suitable license; and upload with full information. (b) find a different suitable image, with a free license. (c) delete the image from the article. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 11:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:[[Special:Log]] doesn't turn anything up. [[commons:Special:Log]], however, shows that the image was deleted for 'unknown source' (which is slightly unusual, as a source is given in the upload on the same log; presumably, the authenticity of the source or of the copyright information was doubted). You could try contacting [[commons:User:Ranveig]], the uploader, or [[commons:User:Rüdiger Wölk]], the deleter, for more information (note that Wikipedia and Commons have separate login systems, so you may have to create an account at Commons if you haven't already). --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 11:27, 24 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== Article for deletion ==

An article that I wrote has a big statement at the top that it is being considered for deletion. I have responded to it on the "deletion page", but how do I get that big statement at the top of the article off? I would like to respond to the comments and have that removed from the article. When is a decision made regarding what articles are deleted?

Thanks,

Gary Bramlett

{{unsigned|Garybr}}

:Please do not attempt to remove the "article for deletion" information. This is a formal process, which invites all users to contribute to the discussion, a process which can take a few weeks. After the discussion is over, an administrator will review the discussion, looking at how Wikipedia's policies apply. (It isn't a vote). After that, either the article is deleted, or it is kept and the message is removed. You may be able to improve the chances of keeping the article by providing properly formatted references to reliable sources that can be used to verify all the information in the article. See [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]]. Good luck, [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 10:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*The discussion takes 5 days unless an administrator closes it early. And add those references anyway - even if they're not properly formatted. Other more experienced editors can fix that for you. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 10:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*By the way, I've added a note to [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cats]], which seems the best way to get qualified editors to comment on this proposal. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 10:31, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*The registry you mentioned in the AFD is located on a Homestead website. That doesn't help its credibility. Can you provide evidence this is an acknowledged organization in the cat-breeding world? - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 10:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Punctuation ==

How come you can type into the search box a ! and you go to the page for ! but if you type in a . then you don't go to the page for a .? Is it similar to the technical limitations that prevent articles from having a lower case first character? <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 10:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:[[!]] is dealt with by means of a [[Help:redirect|redirect]], but this treatment can't be extended to [[.]] for technical reasons (in this case, the wiki engine didn't even parse my link). I think it's because the URL for [[.]] would be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/. (and the . at the end is interpreted, in the same way as in [[Unix]] or [[MS-DOS]], as meaning 'the same directory'); therefore, this URL means exactly the same thing as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ (the Main Page; if you click on either of these links, the Main Page will load). Hope that helps. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 11:17, 24 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

::Got it, thanks! <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 11:31, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Custom sort order in wikitables ==

The "sortable" parameter in wikitables is a nice feature; but is there a way of applying a custom alphabetical sort order? The specific problem I'm having is with accented Chinese Pinyin: all accented vowels seem to be sorted after Z (eg Ānhuī comes after Xīzàng). Any solutions—or do I need to write some script?

Another quick question on a different topic: what's the quickest way of getting to your own user monospace.js and monospace.css? [[User:Ndsg|NigelG (or Ndsg)]] | [[User talk:Ndsg|Talk]] 10:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:The 'sortable' feature isn't very good at handling unusual sort orders; asking on the [[WP:VPT|technical village pump]] may point you to any known workarounds for this (I don't know any in this case). As for user js/css, typing the name out in the search box is the fastest method I know of without preparation ([[Special:Mypage/monobook.css]] is an alternative link, but as you have a short username the User: link will be shorter); bookmarking the pages in your browser, adding links to them on your userpage (so you can reach them with two clicks), or even adding them to the sidebar using JavaScript are methods that you could try using. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 10:46, 24 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

Thanks for the prompt replies.

#I can live with the imperfect "sortable".

#Bookmarks—of course! The simplest option. [[User:Ndsg|NigelG (or Ndsg)]] | [[User talk:Ndsg|Talk]] 11:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Company Profile ==

We would like to register as a SaaS provider.

We would like to set-up a company profile, similar to 'Backbone Systems'.

How do I do this?

:You should become important and well-known enough that someone else writes an article about you ([[WP:COI|see why it's a bad idea to write about yourself]]). An entry in Wikipedia will be deleted if there is no evidence to show that the subject is [[WP:N|notable]] ([[WP:CORP|specific guidelines for companies]]), and the article written must [[WP:V|provide sources]]. If you still want to write an article, see [[Wikipedia:Your first article]]. (Note that [[Backbone Systems]] doesn't seem to meet notability or verifiability criteria based on the current article, so I've [[WP:PROD|proposed it for deletion]].) --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 12:40, 24 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

:If you're asking about how to ''become'' an SaaS provider, you'd be better off asking on the [[Wikipedia:Reference desk|Reference desk]]. This page is for questions about Wikipedia itself. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 23:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Stylized name? ==

If a business that has an article on Wikipedia stylizes its name with unnecessary diacritics, should the title of the article be spelled with such marks? The case I cite is [[Sno Mountain]] (just recently changed from Montage Mountain), a ski area near [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA]]. In all of the ski area's news releases, on its website, on its signage and anywhere else possible, they stylize the name as '''Snö Mountain'''. (The [[Umlaut (diacritic)|umlaut]] or [[Umlaut (diacritic)|diaeresis]] is supposedly for a ''faux''-European effect.) Is this just an idiosyncracy of the management that we can safely ignore? Or should it be changed? (And if it should be changed, how is this done? I don't know the procedure for that.) — [[User:Michael J|<font face="Times New Roman" color="#003366"> '''''Michael J''''' </font>]] 13:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:The case of [[Motörhead]] (background: [[heavy metal umlaut]]) may be a useful precedent. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 13:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:The general principle is [[Wikipedia:Use English]]. BTW, there's nothing ''faux'' about "snö": it's the word for ''snow'' in the Scandinavian languages. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 13:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*I'd say use the name by which they go. To avoid people having trouble with diacretic marks, you should put a redirect at the other name stylized name. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 13:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks. I'll fix it and make a redirect later on (when I get home — I can't do it from work). ... By the way, I didn't mean to imply that "Snö" is a ''faux'' European word; I meant that it's a European word being used as the name of an American ski area. — [[User:Michael J|<font face="Times New Roman" color="#003366"> '''''Michael J''''' </font>]] 15:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

==Quick image check==

Is anyone able to see the image I uploaded to illustrate [[Lezley Zen]]? I've tried clearing my cache, and have tried viewing it on IE, Firefox, and Safari, but can't seem to get it to show. Anyone else have any more luck, or any advice to offer on how to get it to display? There's an alternative image at [[:Image:Lezley Zen, September 2006, 2.JPG]] if it's a problem with the file itself. [[User:GeeJo|GeeJo]] ^{[[User talk:GeeJo|(t)]]}⁄_{[[Special:Contributions/GeeJo|(c)]]} <small>&bull;&nbsp;13:56, 24 January 2007 (UTC)</small>

:Oh, and a quick warning: the subject of the article is an actress in the pornographic industry. Both the article and the photographs themselves are perfectly SFW, but I guess you might get some odd looks if someone sees you visiting a page on the subject. So don't blame me for it :P. [[User:GeeJo|GeeJo]] ^{[[User talk:GeeJo|(t)]]}⁄_{[[Special:Contributions/GeeJo|(c)]]} <small>&bull;&nbsp;14:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)</small>

::You put the image link inside a bio template. I don't think it's a valid argument (the image is bigger than the info box), just as the bio template includes a birthdate but that isn't displaying. If you want the image to display, you need to move the link to it ''outside'' of that template. (I'd do it for you, but I'd rather not have that it my edit history.) -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:18px;">[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] </font> | ^{[[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]]} 15:15, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Ah, found the error. The pipe (|) was before the image, where it should have been after it. Sincerely though, thanks for trying to help :) [[User:GeeJo|GeeJo]] ^{[[User talk:GeeJo|(t)]]}⁄_{[[Special:Contributions/GeeJo|(c)]]} <small>&bull;&nbsp;15:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)</small>

== Symbols e.g. ∈ ==

The [[Vector space]] page contains multiple uses of the symbol ∈ which I take is meant to be the "is an element of" symbol. It's entered as a character directly, rather than via TeX, and I assume that this means most people can actually ''see'' it. However, I can't; I just get the generic box. I am using IE7 - does anyone have any tips for how I can get this character, and presumably similar ones, to show up properly? <font face="monospace">[[User:Rawling|<b>Rawling</b>]][[User talk:Rawling|<small>4851</small>]]</font> 15:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:If a character or word is having problems in IE, enclose it with the {{tl|Unicode}} template like this: {{tlp|Unicode|∈}}, which produces {{Unicode|∈}}. This fixes display in IE (hopefully) without affecting other browsers. Can you see the symbol in my comment here? --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:11, 24 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

::Nope, can't see it. The default font in IE is Times New Roman, which apparently doesn't contain a symbol for this character. do other browsers automatically use a different font when they encounter such a symbol? <font face="monospace">[[User:Rawling|<b>Rawling</b>]][[User talk:Rawling|<small>4851</small>]]</font> 16:13, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Yes, they do: {{tl|Unicode}} attempts to change to an appropriate font automatically in IE. Strangely enough, I can see the comment using IE6, which means that the IE7 behaviour is a bit confusing. Also, Wikipedia's stylesheet states that a sans-serif font should be used (if you're using the Monobook skin), so I can't understand why it's using Times New Roman... --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:32, 24 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

::::No, I'm going crazy; I've successfully discovered Times New Roman is the default font, but didn't notice that Wikipedia doesn't in fact USE TNR, looks like it's using Arial. Which also apparently doesn't have that symbol. I guess I'll just have to live without; taking a look at that Template talk page, I seem to be able to see quite a few symbols that other people have problems with. Just not this one. Grr. <font face="monospace">[[User:Rawling|<b>Rawling</b>]][[User talk:Rawling|<small>4851</small>]]</font> 16:35, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:::::That's odd. I looked at the monobook.css and one of the listed fonts for the Unicode class is "Arial Unicode MS" - which I have installed and which does include that symbol. So why, oh why, isn't it being used? Grr again. <font face="monospace">[[User:Rawling|<b>Rawling</b>]][[User talk:Rawling|<small>4851</small>]]</font> 16:45, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::::::Is your character encoding set to Unicode? In IE7, Page -> Encoding -> Unicode. I just tried IE7, and it works; none of the normal Windows sans serifs (i.e. Tahoma, Verdana) seem to lack the symbol either. -- [[User:Consumed Crustacean|Consumed Crustacean]] <small>([[User talk:Consumed Crustacean|talk]])</small> 18:11, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:::::::Yeah, it's on Unicode (UTF-8). Annoying. <font face="monospace">[[User:Rawling|<b>Rawling</b>]][[User talk:Rawling|<small>4851</small>]]</font> 18:56, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

==Boldface==

What's the policy on using '''boldface''' in articles? I was under the impression that it was to be avoided, but a lot of articles seem to use it to highlight various terms without linking them. Thanks for your help. [[User:Drooling Sheep|Drooling Sheep]] 18:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:I don't know if there is a policy on boldface. One thing to note, though. If an article contains a link to itself, like [[Wikipedia:Help desk]], it will show up as boldface instead of as a hyperlink. [[Wikipedia:Style guide]] might be able to help you further. &mdash;[[User:PurpleRain|<font color="#BB66BB">P<font size="-2">^<b>urple</b></font></font>]][[User talk:PurpleRain|<font color="#88BBBB" size="-1"><small><b>^RA^IN</b></small></font>]] 19:25, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*The first mention of the article subject should be bolded. Use of bolding in tables headings and in infobox argument names is considered acceptable too. Other than that, yes, avoid bolding. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 19:56, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*This can be found at [[MOS:BOLD]] -- [[User:Zzuuzz|zzuuzz]]^{[[User_talk:Zzuuzz|(talk)]]} 20:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

If an article subject has multiple names, those get bolded too. Briefly, boldface should probably only be used when you're making note of the name of the subject of the article, or a pseudonym, for the first time. So over at [[Whoopi Goldberg]], both '''Whoopi Goldberg''' and '''Caryn Elaine Johnson''' get boldface, once, the first time they appear. Sometimes a paragraph or several paragraphs will go on for a while before a pseudonym appears, and then it will be bolded the first time. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 20:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Minor Change Needed for Page ==

Yesterday I entered a new page for Roger Wagner. I have noticed that the last name is in lower case "Roger wagner". Obviously the correct name should be "Roger Wagner" with the last name capitalized. I went to edit it but there didn't seem to be a way of correcting the name of the page. How do I do it?

JB Hiller

Account jbhjbh

:Just click ''move'' on top of the page to move it to the correct ___location. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 19:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*If you can't move a page yet, because your account is too young, either go to [[Wikipedia:Requested moves]] or wait until you can. Please make sure you use the correct capitalization straight away the next time you create an article. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 19:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

**It should be about 4 days before you can move things on your own.Regards, --[[User:Darkest Hour|<span style="padding : 1px 3px 1px 3px; border : 2px solid #DD0000 ;background: #0066FF ; color: #66ff33">'''''Darkest Hour'''''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Darkest Hour|Talk]]}•_{[[Special:Contributions/Darkest Hour|contribs]]} 21:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== The Chicago Sports Review ==

Hello,

I'm Mario Scalise from The Chicago Sports Review, a weekly Chicago sports magazine. We recently placed an entry for "The Chicago Sports Review" and I'd like to place cover images within the article, but I'm having trouble doing so. Can someone assist me?

Thanks,

Mario Scalise

:What specific problem did you encounter? Have you read [[Help:Images]]? [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 19:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::Please also take note of [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]]. If you are an employee of the magazine, it may be better to allow someone else to write/edit the article to avoid the appearance of bias. &mdash;[[User:PurpleRain|<font color="#BB66BB">P<font size="-2">^<b>urple</b></font></font>]][[User talk:PurpleRain|<font color="#88BBBB" size="-1"><small><b>^RA^IN</b></small></font>]] 19:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== My website ==

Can i link my website to your external links page, originally i included my business directory on your page. However, i appreciate that this may be inappropriate for wikipedia and would like to direct people only to my events page which is listing various events in and around Oxford. I have amended this link appropriately and would value your comments/advice.

many thanks

Simon

:Please read the discussion at [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#thebestof.co.uk_spam]]. Basically the answer is no. If you disagree with the conclusions being drawn about the links you have added please discuss there. --[[User:BozMo|BozMo]] [[user talk:BozMo|talk]] 20:51, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Inline frame ==

I remeber that about a year ago there was a way to enter an inline frame (similar to [http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_iframe.asp this], except that what's inside is not from a file but from direct text in between the tags) - and I used it myself on a talk page, but I can't remember where. <iframe> is not listed in [[Help:HTML in wikitext]] and doesn't seem to work. Any hints? &mdash; [[User:SebastianHelm|Sebastian]] 22:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

== Two column references ==

How do you make references part of the article into two or three columns? I've seen it done, but I can't remember how for the life of me. [[User:Oskar Sigvardsson|Oskar]] 22:23, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:For 2 columns use <code>&lt;div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"&gt;</code> --[[User:Werdan7|Werdan7]]^{[[User_talk:Werdan7|T]] [[Special:Emailuser/Werdan7|@]]} 22:30, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks! [[User:Oskar Sigvardsson|Oskar]] 22:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

::Wait, this doesn't work in IE. [[User:Oskar Sigvardsson|Oskar]] 22:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

*Nope, that's because the moz-bit mentioned is a code specific for mozilla browsers. Apparently IE doesn't support such a code. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 23:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

==About Userboxes==

Just wondering, is there a Politics catagory? Thanks. --''[[User: ASDFGHJKL|ASDFGHJKL]]=[[User talk:ASDFGHJKL|Greatest Person Ever]]+[[Special:Contributions/ASDFGHJKL|Coolest Person Ever]]'' 23:28, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:I didn't see any linked off of [[WP:UBX]] but I did find a few [[User:GRBerry/Userbox_migration#Politics.2C_opinions_and_beliefs|here]] in various user spaces. —[[User:Mitaphane|Mitaphane]] _{[[User talk:Mitaphane|talk]]} 00:05, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== skins ==

hello...my skin is currently chick. i want to change it to something else. i click my preferences. skin is listed, but it doesn't appear to have a link behind it. [[User:Tattgirl|Tattgirl]] 23:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

:You mean you don't see "Preview" links for the other skins? Or you are trying to click on the skin yuou want? It might be a different procedure under your skin, but I think you have to click in the circles next to the skins and click save to change them. I might not understand what you're talking about though. =( —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 00:00, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

::Try changing the skin by going to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences?useskin=monobook .--[[User:Commander Keane|Commander Keane]] 01:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== How do you ask for clarifications? ==

I looked up the term K.I.S.S.

I am wondering what does the second S refer to? the stupid person as an insult or the more stupid the easier it is to understand and reach a brodder publick?

I understood it to mean that if its stupid it usualy easier to aprecieate. Most consumers don't like to think so keep it stupid and you will have a greater audience. As a rule stupid works for me this way but if stupid is ment as an insult to the creator of somthing, then it doesnt seem so much as a rule but more as a nasty insult.

Answeres apreciated because I got into a long argument on this.

-Andrew Camacho[[User:Andrew Camacho|Andrew Camacho]] 01:16, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

:According to [[KISS principle]], it means "Keep it simple, stupid". [[User:Patstuart|Patstuart]]^{[[User_talk:Patstuart|talk]]|[[Special:contributions/Patstuart|edits]]} 01:22, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

:In my experience, the "stupid" is the one it's being said towards, who was "stupid" for not "keeping it simple." It's not meant as a pejoritive, though, it's meant to be jocular. I could be quite wrong, though. You should probably try asking at the [[Wikipedia:Reference Desk]], as this help desk is only meant for questions on how to use Wikipedia. The reference desk can help you with more general knowledge questions. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 03:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

::KISS is not, in my experience, a phrase said from one person to another. It is a phrase you are supposed to say to yourself when making a plan. So, you are calling yourself stupid for considering a plan that isn't simple. --[[User:Kainaw|Kainaw]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Kainaw|(talk)]]}</small> 04:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== Vandalism on Democratic Party (United States) page ==

I am asking for someone to fix the Democratic Party (United States) page, it has been vadalised and i didn't know where to go so i came here. Thank you very much! [[User:NavidT|NavidT]] 01:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)NavidT

:It's already been fixed. Check out [[WP:REVERT]] so you can see how to clean up vandalism like that next time you see it. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 02:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== My new article ==

Hi guys,

I created an article on one of my favourite plays, a new comedy called to quote the bard, and for some reason no-one can access it.Do a certain number of people have to request it before it becomes publicily available?How does it work?

Thanks,

Mike Chalkley

:I have no trouble accessing it here: [[To Quote the Bard]]. --[[User:Tkynerd|Tkynerd]] 03:02, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

::Just a guess... you might need to purge your browser's cache. See [[WP:PURGE]] for instructions on how to do this. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 03:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== About RSS feed ==

Is there any RSS feed of Wikipedia (a general page or a specific page) and how can i use it on my blog? If not, isn't it a good idea to add a RSS feed to Wikipedia ?

Tr_ex 03:19, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

:See [[Wikipedia:Syndication]]. --[[User:Sopoforic|Sopoforic]] 03:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== Image Copyright ==

I am working on the [[Jean Webster]] article, and would like to add a photo, for example [http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/webster/]. But I find the copyright rules for this very difficult to understand. She died in 1916, the photo (based on research) is probably from 1915, so it is ooooold, but how does one know the publication date? I would like to know whether I can uphold this and hopefully why, so I can begin to understand this mystifying subject. Thanks a lot. --[[User:Slp1|Slp1]] 04:37, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

:According to [[WP:PD]]:

::In the U.S., any work published before [[1 January]] [[1923]] anywhere in the world is in the public ___domain.

:So, unless you think that they held onto the photo for 8 years before publishing it, it looks like it's in the public ___domain. <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 04:40, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks. The problem is that I have no idea when it was first published. It was certainly used in a book in 1984, but before that? I don't know. Do I need proof that it was published? --[[User:Slp1|Slp1]] 04:47, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Do you know who took the picture? If so, there is this from the same page:

::::One should consider only artworks whose author has died more than 70 years ago to be in the public ___domain.

:::Maybe that works? <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 05:00, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

If you can't establish public ___domain (which would allow us to use the photo on the [[Commons:]] and spread it all over the various language Wikipedias), you can still use it here on the English Wikipedia, under United States "fair use" laws (because en.wikipedia.org physically resides in the USA). You just need to determine whether the photo fits under our policy at [[WP:FAIRUSE]] (hint: it does, but always check), then upload it and use the following copyright tag: <nowiki>{{fair use in|Jean Webster}}</nowiki> making sure you also provide a link to where you got it from. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 07:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== How to flag a paragraph ==

1. How do I add a "needs work" warning box to a paragraph?

2. Where do I find the set of "boxes" that are available to be used? Like the "Suggest Merge" box

There is a paragraph in the Randall Terry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Terry#Post-lawsuit_activities] article, titled "post-lawsuit activities", that needs to be "fixed-up". First, post-lawsuit does not define a time, since the lawsuit was decided last month. The paragraph is a collection of slimes of Randall Terry, which I don't plan to change as much as to organize more coherently. I want to put some kind of "box" at the head of the paragraph noting that the paragraph "needs work", and then start to do it.

In the meantime, I have added a a "WP:BLP" box, but I don't think that that one is the correct one. [[User:MartinGugino|MartinGugino]] 07:38, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

:Hi, sorry for the late reply. It gets slow here after 05:00 UTC. You can probably find what you need at [[Wikipedia:Template messages]]. I'll have a look at the article now and try to make a specific recommendation. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 08:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== How to delete pictures that I have uploaded? ==

How do I delete my pictues that I uploaded? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Thomascarter|Thomascarter]] ([[User talk:Thomascarter|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Thomascarter|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:Add the template {{tl|db-author}} to the description page of the image. An admin will delete it soon after that. —&nbsp;[[User:Coelacan|coe<span style="font-variant:small-caps">l</span>acan]] [[User talk:Coelacan|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">t</span>a<span style="font-variant:small-caps">lk</span>]] — 08:48, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

== How do I create a translation (to arabic) from an existing (english) page? ==

I have written an article, in english, and now want to provide the same article in arabic translation (so that it will show up in the 'in other languages' box in the menu on the left. However, when I tried following the wikipedia/translation route, I could only propose to tranlate something TO English, not FROM.. What do I need to do to create this second page and have it linked one on one with exisiting english version?

[[User:X@x|x@x]] 09:04, 25 January 2007 (UTC)