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== Redirect issue/deletion request ==

==Can anyone help me correct the article?==

Hi, can an admin please help delete the redirect from [[Qasim Shesho]] to [[Haydar Shesho]]? They are two different people:

Help! I'm new here and it says that my added article might be deleted. What do I do? Can anyone help me correct the article? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Boy <email removed> [[User_talk:InnocentBoy|InnocentBoy talk]] 00:01, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Qasim Shesho is the Uncle of Haydar Shesho

:I expanded the [[Bimbo Boy]] article. -- [[User:Jreferee|Jreferee]] 17:26, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

The current redirect is incorrect and blocks my article. Thanks! [[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]] ([[User talk:Kuripenjwen|talk]]) 22:18, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

== How do I revert an edit and its history? ==

:Hi @[[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]], it looks like you've already created the draft page. This draft would go through the AfC draft approval process before being moved to replace the existing mainspace redirect. Once the draft is accepted for mainspace, the existing redirect would be tagged for deletion and it would be replaced with the approved draft (at that point in mainspace). I did add [[Template:R with Possibilities]] to the redirect page per [[WP:Drafts]] <span style="background:#FFFBCD">[[User:Jiltedsquirrel|<span style="color:#0000E6;font-family:Georgia">Jiltedsquirrel 🌰</span>]] ^{([[User talk:Jiltedsquirrel|''talk'']] &#124;&#124; [[Special:Contributions/Jiltedsquirrel|''contribs'']])}</span> 23:30, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

I accidentally submitted an edit without logging in, and now my IP address is displayed, which I understand is bad because of possible hackers. How do I get that edit and my IP deleted from the history page? I have tried everything!

::Hi @Jiltedsquirrel, thanks for the info! I wanted to manually move it to mainspace, The current redirect link stops me from doing so and deleting it won’t cause issues [[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]] ([[User talk:Kuripenjwen|talk]]) 23:35, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

:You can't, really. If you're really horribly off the wall dying desperate, you could place a message at the [[WP:AN|Administrators Noticeboard]], and an admin could perma revert it. Two things, though: be very specific about which article and which edit, and do so post-haste, because if someone else changes the article first, I really doubt the admins would comply. -[[User:Patstuart|Patstuart]]^{[[User_talk:Patstuart|talk]]|[[Special:contributions/Patstuart|edits]]} 00:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:::Ah! There are instructions present for this situation on [[WP:Drafts]] as well, but you may need to make a request at [[WP:RMTR]] if you're unable to complete the move yourself. Instructions for how to make a request there are present at the top of the page. <span style="background:#FFFBCD">[[User:Jiltedsquirrel|<span style="color:#0000E6;font-family:Georgia">Jiltedsquirrel 🌰</span>]] ^{([[User talk:Jiltedsquirrel|''talk'']] &#124;&#124; [[Special:Contributions/Jiltedsquirrel|''contribs'']])}</span> 23:45, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

:[[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]], why not simply submit [[Draft:Qasim Shesho]] for review? -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary|talk]]) 00:35, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:The most private way to delete it would be Oversight, which deletes edits so that only a ''very'' few users ([[Special:Listusers/oversight|these 23]]) can see it. However this is not a condition where Oversight should be used. It may be possible for me to remove the edit so only administrators ([[Special:Listusers/sysop|these 1,080 users]]) can see it. This depends on how recently the edit was made, and whether the page has been edited since then. If you show me the edit in question, I will tell you if I can remove it. [[User:Prodego|<font color="darkgreen">''Prodego''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Prodego|<font color="darkgreen">talk</font>]]} 00:09, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::Because that takes way longer than me just manually moving it now if the redirect link gets deleted. Of course these are two different people it should be removed please. [[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]] ([[User talk:Kuripenjwen|talk]]) 00:38, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:Don't be paranoid. Leaving your IP in public is perfectly okay. [[User:WP|WP]] 03:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::But [[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]], drafts that already are obviously good enough to become articles are, from what I observe, typically accepted pretty quickly. Now that I look at this draft, I wonder. It cites just two sources, and one of these is ''Vice''. "[[Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#Vice|There is no consensus on the reliability of Vice Media publications.]]" So why not first improve the draft and then submit it? -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary|talk]]) 01:03, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

::::Alright [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] but the current redirect [[Qasim Shesho]] → [[Haydar Shesho]] is factually incorrect (they are uncle/nephew). This needs correction regardless of the draft status. I've requested deletion at [[Wikipedia:Requested_moves/Technical_requests]]. And i will take your advice and improve the draft [[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]] ([[User talk:Kuripenjwen|talk]]) 01:15, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::[[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]], for future reference, you can request deletion of a redirect at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion]]. There is some guidance on the page you should read before making a nomination. The current redirect [[Qasim Shesho]] → [[Haydar Shesho]] doesn't imply they are the same person, it just means that you can find some information about QS on HS's page. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 03:49, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::[[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]], putting aside questions about the reliability of ''Vice'' in general, the ''Vice'' page you cite is based on one or more discussions with the subject of the article. The ''Rudaw'' page you cite ''is'' an interview with him -- or so it seems (I haven't listened to it). An article would also need to cite disinterested sources about him. -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary|talk]]) 06:16, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::@[[User:Kuripenjwen|Kuripenjwen]] The existing redirect is not "factually incorrect." If there is no existing article for a person, it is common to have a redirect to a target page that mentions the person. Although he is not mentioned by name, there is a reference to "his uncle" in the article [[Haydar Shesho]]. [[User:Madam Fatal|Madam Fatal]] ([[User talk:Madam Fatal|talk]]) 18:11, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

== So are y'all going to rawdog it or? ==

== A friends Artical is being remove by one of your Admins ==

Starting from around July-September 2025, [[:vi:Sáp_nhập_tỉnh,_thành_Việt_Nam_2025|a nationwide merge]] and changing of hierarchy of literally every single administrative division would be underway in [[Vietnam]]; such as shrinking the province count from 54 to 34, etc.

A friends Artical is being remove by one of your Admins, and the 2 seem to be at Logger heads over the guidelines. I will not take part in who is right or who is wrong, after all My friend and your Admins are volunteers trying to help others. But I want to be sure that my IP address, where my friend sometimes posts from is not in anyway blocked, and I ask if this Admin does try to block it that the block removed POST HASTE in the interests of fairness!!

Has enwiki reached a consensus regarding what it should do about the articles about administrative divisions here? There's an ongoing discussion over at vi.wiki [[:vi:Thảo_luận_Wikipedia:Dự_án/Hành_chính_Việt_Nam|here]], you guys can read them for reference [[User talk:-tynjee|tynjee]] 18:46, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

I take advantage of your service alot, and I want to be sure no improper and unwarrented actions are taken agaist my IP AT ANY TIME by over zelouse persons, on your admin staff or my friends.

:This has been briefly discussed at WikiProject Vietnam [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Vietnam#Requested_move_at_Talk:Zeuxippus#Requested_move_31_March_2025|here]]. [[User:Pickersgill-Cunliffe|Pickersgill-Cunliffe]] ([[User talk:Pickersgill-Cunliffe|talk]]) 18:48, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

This is the right and proper course, to protect my interests without becoming directly involved and I thank you all for your safe guarding of my good name and IP

== Moving over citations from article in another language ==

Thank You

I can passably translate the 21st century section for this: [[LGBTQ literature in Brazil]] but I'm not sure if there's a way to bring over the citations as well [[User:Sock-the-guy|Sock-the-guy]] ([[User talk:Sock-the-guy|talk]]) 22:30, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

RJ Bussiere

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:[[User:Sock-the-guy|Sock-the-guy]] you should check that the references support any text you add to en Wikipedia. If you copy the code of the references from es to en Wikipedia, a bot should convert them, see [[Help:Translation#Citation templates]], but do check afterwards. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 22:46, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

:No one is going to block your IP for expressing an opinion. We block IPs and usernames for people who vandalize wikipedia or otherwise bring harm to the enyclopedia or its editors. Did you have a specific question or concern? ''From one of wikipedia's many admins.''--[[User:Kchase02|Kchase]] [[User_talk:Kchase02|T]] 00:33, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::That does make sense, should've thought of that. I'll go through. Would it be better to revert and toss that in the sandbox since I don't have the time today/right now? [[User:Sock-the-guy|Sock-the-guy]] ([[User talk:Sock-the-guy|talk]]) 22:56, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

::If you think the admin was overzealous with deletion, you can try [[WP:DRV|deletion review]], and it could be overturned. [[User:Patstuart|Patstuart]]^{[[User_talk:Patstuart|talk]]|[[Special:contributions/Patstuart|edits]]} 00:42, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:::That would be a good idea, also you need to acknowledge the source with an edit summary, like <nowiki>Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at [[:es:Exact name of Spanish article]]; see its history for attribution.</nowiki> [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 23:06, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

:See [[WP:Translate]] for additional tips. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 12:40, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

== Is there a tool or process to copy images hosted on Commons to Wikipedia? ==

Can I ask a question? If I found out that that an Admin had listed my IP address, how can I have it removed? I DONT want my IP address visable to wikipedia community at larger. What is happening that my IP address can be listed without my expressed consent.

Hi all

I DEMAND in no uncertain terms that it be DELATED POST HASTE. If my IP address is listed it a violation of my right to privacy, but also gives would be hackers access to my network and files.

Some images taken in France are being discussed for deletion [[:c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with UNESCO headquarters|here]] because there is no freedom of panorama in France. I understand from [[Template:Freedom of panorama (US only)|this template]] that these images would be allowed on Wikipedia. Please could someone tell me if there's a tool or process to copy them across?

Please check this site for my IP address and if it is listed by any Admin, I want the IP address delated and the Admin that censored.

Thanks

Thank All Admins that look into this, I am postive you know how I feel about this vurnerability to my security.

[[User:John Cummings|John Cummings]] ([[User talk:John Cummings|talk]]) 09:13, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

:I [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Converting Commons image to fair use|asked the same thing on WP:VPT recently]] and was directed to https://wikifile-transfer.toolforge.org/ - however, every time I try using it, including just now, I get an "error 500" (which I have reported on its GitHub page, with no response as yet). <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 12:39, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

This is the page that lead to the dispute, and the Admin that listed my IP address. I was in no way involved in this dispute, and yet it is my IP address that Admin listed, and I cant figure out who the Admin is to go though proper channels to get him to correct his Mistake:

== ANI ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection&action=edit&section=11

*If you're not logged in. You're IP address is recorded as is stated clearly on top of each edit page. If you log in, such information is only available to a handful of people who treat it confidentially. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 05:54, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

What should I do if I see a problematic user ({{np2|Ultra 348}}) who has repeated final warnings on their talk page and has been brought to ANI before (though the thread became stale) continue to not use edit summaries and other problematic behavior for which they have already been warned multiple times? Since I have never been directly involved with the user, I don't think that bringing up another ANI discussion would be appropriate, especially as I have never been there before. I'm also not sure I want to put in the effort to find all the diffs for their problematic behavior, which stretches back to 2023. If there is a better venue to bring this up, please point me in the right direction. Thanks, <span style="color: grey">it's</span> [[User:HKLionel|<span style="color: green">'''lio'''!</span>]] &#124; [[User talk:HKLionel|<span style="color: grey">talk</span>]] &#124; [[Special:Contributions/HKLionel|<span style="color: grey">work</span>]] 11:00, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

::It appears your "friend" was using your IP address (or an IP address that you two share) to disrupt the encyclopedia last night; perhaps you need to speak to him about this? (By the way, the debate isn't about an article, it's about an [[WP:EL|external link]] that your friend has been inserting into many articles about Vermont). For more details, see [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#External links on Burlington, Vermont]].

:You could notify [[User:Magnolia677]] (as I do, here), who issued the last warning on the user's talk page. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 12:35, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

::[[User:Atlant|Atlant]] 13:24, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== Deleting[Edit pagessource] ==

Hi. How comes sometimes this isn't appearing on user talk pages next to the L2 header? ''[[User:Fortuna imperatrix mundi|Fortuna,]] [[Special:Contributions/Fortuna imperatrix mundi|Imperatrix]] [[User talk:Fortuna imperatrix mundi|Mundi]]'' 15:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

How do I delete pages? I accidentally made an article I didn't want to make, and now I can't delete it. By the way, could I please get the response on my talk page? Thanks!--[[User:The Great Honker|The Great Honker]] 01:06, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Simple paste <nowiki>{{db-author}}</nowiki> on the page...If it was a mistake and only had a couple of letters it has probably already been deleted. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="darkgreen">'''Seadog''']]^{[[User talk:Seadog.M.S|<span style=color:darkblue;>Talk]]}</font></span> 01:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:@[[User:Fortuna imperatrix mundi|Fortuna imperatrix mundi]] Can you wikilink an example please? Is the "sometimes" in relation to a time-dependent problem or a "on some user talk pages" issue? [[User:Michael D. Turnbull|Mike Turnbull]] ([[User talk:Michael D. Turnbull|talk]]) 15:51, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

== When is copy edit done? ==

::Thanks! I didn't wasnt to personalize it though, if you know what I mean! ''[[User:Fortuna imperatrix mundi|Fortuna,]] [[Special:Contributions/Fortuna imperatrix mundi|Imperatrix]] [[User talk:Fortuna imperatrix mundi|Mundi]]'' 17:23, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

:::It's unlikely anyone can answer your question, without an example. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 11:23, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

== Changing a section name in an article ==

When I have finished a copy edit, do I just remove the copy edit tag? Is there a review process before I do so? [[User:Antgel|Antgel]] 01:04, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:You should post on the talk page of the article, to make sure there aren't still problems. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 01:05, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::So what happens, somebody "magically" comes along and reviews it? Do I still post if the article has no talk page at the moment? [[User:Antgel|Antgel]] 01:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:::If the article has no talk page, then nobody's going to care, so you should go ahead and remove the tag. It's only if there are people actually discussing that it's necessary. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 01:40, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Is there a way to identify if a section name in one article is used as a # link by other articles? [[User:OvertAnalyzer|OvertAnalyzer]] ([[User talk:OvertAnalyzer|talk]]) 16:14, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

== Search problems ==

:You can do a regex search. For example, the section {{slink|Paganism|Ethnic religions of pre-Christian Europe}} is linked from two other articles as shown by [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=insource%3A%2F%5C%23Ethnic+religions+of+pre-Christian+Europe%2F&ns0=1 this search]: [[Middle Ages]] and [[Religion in the European Union]].

:Mind the punctuation in the search string: must begin and end with <code>/</code> and the octothorpe must be escaped: <code>\#</code>; do not use underscores in place of space characters.

:—[[User:Trappist the monk|Trappist the monk]] ([[User talk:Trappist the monk|talk]]) 16:33, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

== ISBN ==

When I search for certain words (e.g. "japan") I don't get a message mentioning a search problem, but when I search for other terms (e.g. "robuttnik") I do. What's going on? [[User:Mr. Random|Random th]]<font color="green">[[User:Mr. Random/Esperanza|e]]</font> [[User:Mr. Random|Scrambled]] ^{[[User talk:Mr. Random|(?)]]}([[User:Mr. Random/Vandalism|Vandalism and other nonsense!]]) 01:10, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Erm, try [[WP:VPT]]. I'm sure they know about this. -[[User:Patstuart|Patstuart]]^{[[User_talk:Patstuart|talk]]|[[Special:contributions/Patstuart|edits]]} 01:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

{{atop|1=Resolved. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 13:38, 5 May 2025 (UTC)}}

:If the article exists (such as [[Japan]]), it appears automatically. If it doesnt, such as [[Robuttnik]], you get the search message &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 01:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I just tried to add the item Lindley [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest#Bibliography here] but as you'll see, it has an error. But in the physical book itself, which I have in front of me, the isbn number really does end with an "x" which I've never seen before. Any idea how to handle this and resolve the error? [[User:AndyJones|AndyJones]] ([[User talk:AndyJones|talk]]) 17:22, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

:If you enter a term in the search box and hit <tt>Go</tt>, you'll only cause a search to run if there's no article with a matching name. So you won't always notice if the search functionality is down on Wikipedia (which is quite often), only when you enter terms that it can't find matches for. [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 12:10, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Use an uppercase 'X'. Neither google nor worldcat recognize the isbn with lowercase 'x' but do recognize the uppercase 'X'. Follow these links:

::Thanks. [[User:Mr. Random|Random th]]<font color="green">[[User:Mr. Random/Esperanza|e]]</font> [[User:Mr. Random|Scrambled]] ^{[[User talk:Mr. Random|(?)]]}([[User:Mr. Random/Vandalism|Vandalism and other nonsense!]]) 20:44, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:*works: {{isbn|0 521 29374 X}}

:*does not work: {{isbn|0 521 29374 x}}

:—[[User:Trappist the monk|Trappist the monk]] ([[User talk:Trappist the monk|talk]]) 17:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

::Brilliant. Yes that seems to have worked. Thanks for your help. [[User:AndyJones|AndyJones]] ([[User talk:AndyJones|talk]]) 17:39, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Incidentally, X is used in ISBNs in order to represent 10 as a single character. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|^{feed me}]] 09:15, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

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== move page ==

==[[Candy Yuen]]==

i accedenly moved a page does that mean the article is destroyed? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Falcon866|Falcon866]] ([[User talk:Falcon866|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Falcon866|contribs]]) 01:29, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

Sorry, I get it wrong. Reference/citation number 5 is in the red - please fix. Sorry [[User:Srbernadette|Srbernadette]] ([[User talk:Srbernadette|talk]]) 05:14, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:You just needed to move it back. I've done so already. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 01:31, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:{{done}}, year was listed as 20244. [[User:Cmr08|Cmr08]] ([[User talk:Cmr08|talk]]) 05:45, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

== Deleting search history ==

== New shortcut ==

Is it possible to delete the history in the search window? If it is how can I delete it?

{{courtesy link|Wikipedia:Gender}}

:That is a feature in your browser, not Wikipedia. You'll have to consult the manuals for your browser. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 02:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I made a new shortcut for the wikiproject gender studies. Could it please be reviewed? [[User:DarknessGoth777|DarknessGoth777]] ([[User talk:DarknessGoth777|talk]]) 07:11, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Does anyone know how I could change this option my Internet Explorer browser?

:Shortcuts are usually reviewed relatively quickly, also there is a [[WP:NPP]] backlog drive this month. In case a reviewer sees this, I have added a link.

:For IE6, go to Tools --> Internet options --> Clear History. &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 06:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:I am not sure this redirect is a good idea as it seems ambiguous and the project is marked as inactive. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 07:29, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:You repurposed an existing redirect. While that may be good thing, please update the existing uses of it, which were clearly meant to point to the old target. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 11:18, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

== Godwin Ubaka Okeke has a tag for speedy deletion ==

== Goldierocks Article- how to refrence correctly when I believe it is already fully sourced? ==

Hello all,

The said article 'Goldierocks' has been proposed for deletion although it is fully refrenced, sourced and well written. How and where should I edit it so that this doesn't happen? What does Wikipedia feel is in-corret?

I created the article Godwin Ubaka Okeke and It was recently marked for speedy deletion. My question here is... can I rewrite the article or will that cause my harm. [[user:Akwugo|Akwugo]] ([[user talk: Akwugo|talk]]) 11:54, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

This is a rare but very useful article on one of the leading UK DJs of 2006 and essential for press/public reference.

:@[[User:Akwugo|Akwugo]] According to the discussion on your talk page, the issue is the copyright of the text you copied into your draft. I suggest you continue to discuss the issue on your talk page unless more general questions arise. [[User:Michael D. Turnbull|Mike Turnbull]] ([[User talk:Michael D. Turnbull|talk]]) 12:22, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Please email me soon as possible:

== 'Publish' on pressing [[return key]] ==

<nowiki><email removed> </nowiki><small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Badel06|Badel06]] ([[User talk:Badel06|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Badel06|contribs]]) 03:14, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

This feels like a bit of a silly question to have to ask, but I had a look in Preferences and couldn't find any relevant settings so I thought I'd ask here just to make sure. Is there a way to stop edits from automatically being published if you press the [[return key]] while typing in the [[H:ES|edit summary]] box? I keep accidentally publishing edits when I was just trying to press the right [[square bracket]] key, so end up publishing incomplete edit summaries and having to make [[H:SUMMARYONLY|dummy edits]] to clarify. Is there any way to prevent this? (Other than just improving my [[fine motor skill]]s, of course.) Thank you! :) [[User:Pineapple Storage|Pineapple Storage]] ([[User talk:Pineapple Storage|talk]]) 18:33, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:Though you have referenced some sources for the [[Goldierocks]] article, the editor that put the tag there does not feel that they are reliable. You should read the page that was linked to, which was [[WP:RS]].

:I don't know about the references since I really didn't get very far into the article before I found other things wrong with it such as the use of the term "vixen". This doesn't present a neutral point of view. Please see [[WP:NPOV]] to address this concern.

:And finally, you mention that the article is essential for press reference. [[WP:NOT]] will explain that Wikipedia is not an advertising medium. This is an encyclopedia, not a free forum for advertising. For instance, the page on [[Coca-Cola]] does not say "It's the greatest drink ever!"

:I'll post these comments to the user's talk page as well... and I've removed his email address.

:<tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 04:34, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Hi @[[User:Pineapple Storage|Pineapple Storage]], as far as I know there's no built-in way to do so. I had had the same problem and didn't search for solutions and so write the bit of JS that's at the top of [[User:Skynxnex/common.js]]. You're welcome to copy that to your own common.js and I saw there is a script listed on [[Wikipedia:User scripts/List]] which does it as well: [[m:User:Dragoniez/SuppressEnterInForm]]. (With mine at least, you can still publish using only the keyboard by hitting tab from the edit summary box and then pressing "space" to activate the publish button.) [[User:Skynxnex|Skynxnex]] ([[User talk:Skynxnex|talk]]) 19:52, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

== How do I post a comment on aTalk page? ==

::@[[User:Skynxnex|Skynxnex]] This is perfect, exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much! :) [[User:Pineapple Storage|Pineapple Storage]] ([[User talk:Pineapple Storage|talk]]) 07:52, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

{{Section resolved|1=<span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 15:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)}}

I am new at this so I apologize in advance for being clueless. I have looked in the FAQ but could not find instructions for how to post a comment on a Talk page for an article. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Sylviaa|Sylviaa]] ([[User talk:Sylviaa|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sylviaa|contribs]]) 03:28, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

== Newspaper repository ==

:You can simply press the + tab at the top of the page to add a new comment with a title and your comment. Comments should always end with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, which produces your signature. If you reply to someone, add a : before your comment on that line. This indents your paragraphs like so:

hello

:goodbye

:becomes:

hello

:goodbye

:you can use multiple indents if more comments are posted, by using multiple colons ::::: .

See [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines]] for more information. Hope that helps, [[User:Nihiltres|Nihiltres]] 03:33, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

What is the name of the newspaper repository that we have access too?-[[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|T]] / [[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|C]] / [[WP:FOUR]] / [[WP:CHICAGO]] / [[WP:WAWARD]])</small> 22:35, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

== copyright tags ==

:Is [[Wikipedia:Free English newspaper sources|this]] what you were looking for? [[User:Knitsey|<span style="color:DarkMagenta">Knitsey</span>]] ([[User talk:Knitsey|<span style="color: maroon">talk</span>]]) 22:40, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Please help me. I posted a photo under the category of "Gary Gilley". The photo was taken by me at his church in Springfield, Illinois in 2006. I do not know how to add a tag to this so that I can explain that there are no copyrights on the picture. Can you help me? Thanks, Kris {{unsigned|Kristinemcole}}

::[[Wikipedia:Newspapers.com|This]] is what I've used in the past. [[User:Knitsey|<span style="color:DarkMagenta">Knitsey</span>]] ([[User talk:Knitsey|<span style="color: maroon">talk</span>]]) 22:44, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:::The latter. Thx.-[[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|T]] / [[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|C]] / [[WP:FOUR]] / [[WP:CHICAGO]] / [[WP:WAWARD]])</small> 09:35, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

{{Section resolved|1=<span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 14:48, 6 May 2025 (UTC)}}

:If you want to release the image into the public ___domain, you can use <nowiki>{{pd-self}}</nowiki>, according to [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]]. Take a look at that page; it has a good amount of information to work with on image tagging. (Also, don't forget to sign your discussion page posts with four tildes, like I just forgot to do on this post!) [[User:Tony Fox|Tony Fox]] <small>[[User_talk:Tony Fox|(arf!)]]</small> 05:39, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== Assistance in Private-Domain ==

== Question ==

I would like to know EVERY SINGLE TIME I enter factual information into an article that it gets erased and I keep getting warnings about my information being non-factual? I recently made changes to the "Civil Engineer" article. I work as a Civil Engineer and I can assure you that the "Fundamentals of Engineering" examination is widely known as the "Engineer in Training", but alas it was removed and I get another warning. You guys perpetuate an atmosphere of user editing...to add facts where they are missing. However I recently received a final warning for telling the truth. That is a crock and I would like to know why I am being singled out for telling the truth? {{unsigned|12.201.19.242}}

Hello! If it would be possible, I'd like to speak in a private channel with a wikipedia administrator(s) to request assistance in a certain matter. If anyone could provide any info on how to go about this, it would be appreciated.

:Looking at your last edit, on this IP, it doesn't look like the addition was that bad, and the vandal warning you received was probably a bit excessive as a first warning. I would suggest going to the talk page of the articles in question and discussing the additions you'd like to make, then waiting for other editors to discuss any concerns they may have with it. You may want to find a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] for your addition before putting it directly into the article; we can't use information that comes from personal knowledge. Cheers. [[User:Tony Fox|Tony Fox]] <small>[[User_talk:Tony Fox|(arf!)]]</small> 05:37, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[[User:CSGinger14|CSGinger14]] ([[User talk:CSGinger14|talk]]) 22:58, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:Additionally, consider getting a username. Its free and always taken more seriously by the recent change patrollers &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 06:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Most(probably all) admins have email enabled via the "email this user" link on user talk pages. I'm not aware of private discussion forums for your desired purpose. [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 23:16, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

== Help==

::If it requires discretion, I would look at [e-mail] ([[WP:VRT]]) or contacting the [[User:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] via email. This will require you to have email enabled on your account, mind. —[[User:Jéské Couriano|<i style="color: #1E90FF;">Jéské Couriano</i>]] [[User talk:Jéské Couriano|<span style="color: #228B22">v^&lowbar;^v</span>]] ^{<small>[[User:Jéské Couriano/AG|threads]] [[User:Jéské Couriano/Decode|critiques]]</small>} 23:28, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Im new at this and I accidently messed up the Brian Griffin page. Can someone fix it?

:Done. [[User:Nihiltres|Nihiltres]] 04:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::In the future, you can fix a mistake you made by using the instructions at [[WP:REVERT]]. &mdash;&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>]] &mdash; 15:15, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== FootnotesCitation error ==

Hello all, <br>

How do I make footnotes in the text? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Mscottknight|Mscottknight]] ([[User talk:Mscottknight|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Mscottknight|contribs]]) 06:40, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

I'm getting a citation error on a page I was editing earlier, specifically [[SS Dixie Arrow|SS ''Dixie Arrow'']], for references 66, 67, and 69 (all located in the second paragraph of the [[SS Dixie Arrow#Sinking|sinking subsection]]. The error states "Cite error: The named reference :(number) was invoked but never defined (see the help page)." Going to the help page is useless to me; I rarely edit in source mode and only know one or two things so I can add stuff to infoboxes. I am absolutely useless with references in source mode. Could I get some help? Thanks, [[User:PhoenixCaelestis|PhoenixCaelestis]] ([[User talk:PhoenixCaelestis|Talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/PhoenixCaelestis|Contributions]]) 00:19, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

:You might want to read [[WP:FOOT|the instructions]] since it can be complicated. ---[[User:J.smith|J.S]] ^{([[User_talk:J.smith|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/J.smith|C]])} 06:42, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:It seems to be okay when I look at it. Were you by any chance editing a specific section at the time? If so, you'd get that error because the reference wasn't defined ''within that section''. The confusion is understandable! [[User:Doniago|DonIago]] ([[User talk:Doniago|talk]]) 02:14, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

== box template ==

:{{ec}} [[User:PhoenixCaelestis|PhoenixCaelestis]], the problem is that you have changed the names of some references [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Dixie_Arrow&diff=prev&oldid=1288966141 here] which had been named earlier in the page, e.g. changing <nowiki><ref name=":0" /></nowiki> to <nowiki><ref name=":02" /></nowiki>. I presume that was an error so I have reversed those changes. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 02:46, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

Where can I find the template for a box such as this below succession box.

::Thank you very much! [[User:PhoenixCaelestis|PhoenixCaelestis]] ([[User talk:PhoenixCaelestis|Talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/PhoenixCaelestis|Contributions]]) 14:54, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

{{Section resolved|1=<span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 15:31, 6 May 2025 (UTC)}}

{{start box}}

{{succession box}}

{{end box}}

== Category help ==

I would like to change the wording of "preceded by" and such but cannot find the generic template to work from. [[User:Lostkiwi|<font color="green">'''Lost Kiwi'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostkiwi|^(talk)]] 09:25, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:[[Template:Succession_box]] [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 09:37, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Might be an obvious answer, but is there any sort of category for works about [[Asian Australians]]? [[User:Sarsenet|Sarsenet]]•<small>he/they</small>•([[User talk:Sarsenet|talk]]) 05:49, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

Just to clarify, I don't actually want to change the succession box that is used all over the place, I would like to create a new one similar in form but with different wording. [[User:Lostkiwi|<font color="green">'''Lost Kiwi'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostkiwi|^(talk)]] 09:57, 19 December 2006 (UTC) ... and thank you [[User:Lostkiwi|<font color="green">'''Lost Kiwi'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostkiwi|^(talk)]] 09:59, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Do you have what you need now? If not...just click edit on a template to get the source code to copy. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 10:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::Then you would take the source code that you copied and paste in at a new ___location, like [[:Template:Succession box2]], alter it as needed and save. &mdash;&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>]] &mdash; 15:14, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:::Though to be honest, if you're only planning on using the changed template in a single article, you may be better off subst'ing it into the article itself. [[User:GeeJo|GeeJo]] ^{[[User talk:GeeJo|(t)]]}⁄_{[[Special:Contributions/GeeJo|(c)]]} <small>&bull;&nbsp;15:37, 19 December 2006 (UTC)</small>

:Not according to [[:Category:Works by nationality]], but I'm also not readily seeing that any of the categories listed there combine multiple nationalities, which doesn't even account for the fact that "Asian" isn't a nationality. I think I'd have to advise against creating such a category, though you might ask at [[WT:CAT]]. [[User:Doniago|DonIago]] ([[User talk:Doniago|talk]]) 06:29, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

== Azureus ==

:For naturalised or other migrants, see categories like [[:Category:Chinese emigrants to Australia]]; for anyone else, categories like [[:Category:Australian people of Chinese descent]]. Note also [[:Category:Australian people of Asian descent]] and its regional subcategories, if the country of origin is not known precisely. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 10:51, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

after Azureus 2.1.0.4 updating I can not see "my torrents" in latest Azureus version. Could you pls explain why? thanks.

:I'm not sure if this question is about Wikipedia. Is it? [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 10:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::No, this has nothing to do with Wikipedia. Try to have a look at the official supportforums for Azuereus. [[User:Bjelleklang|Bjelleklang]] - [[User_talk:Bjelleklang|talk]] 11:16, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== Can the Content translation tool properly translate species articles including infoboxes? (reopening) ==

==Deletion of history==

How do you delete a specific history listing for a Wiki Page without affecting newer pages of the Wiki? We had some trouble with a person posting up pornography and the only way to clear it is to clear the History but we were hoping we could just delete the page he/she created on a particular date.

{{atop|1=Discussion is [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life#The translation tool doesn't translate articles between English and French Wikipedia properly for species articles, how can we fix it?|continuing elsewhere]]. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 10:47, 6 May 2025 (UTC)}}

[[User:124.180.79.18|124.180.79.18]] 11:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:It is possible to remove the history from an article, but from your explanation I'm not sure if this is necessary. What article and user is this regarding? [[User:Bjelleklang|Bjelleklang]] - [[User_talk:Bjelleklang|talk]] 11:16, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi all

== Help with grammar ==

I'm not sure where is best to ask this question, hopefully someone here can help. I'm looking at translating some species articles, specifically the species articles for [[Tsetse fly]] eg [[Glossina longipennis]] into French and maybe Italian. However when I start to translate the article into French there are gaps where the infobox should be and I think also the authority control box at the bottom of the page that links out to external sources for the species. Does anyone know if these are missing because they are broken/not working, or are they just automagically converted including images so they don't need input from me?

Someone just added the following line to the article for ''[[Whipped Cream & Other Delights]]'' and due to my lack of knowledge about Italian radio, I'm having a hard time figuring out what it's supposed to say.

<blockquote>

""A Taste of Honey" is the introductory music of a very famous Italian radiophonic transmission: "All soccer every minute", in wave every Sunday commenting Italian soccer championship."

</blockquote>

If someone could edit the page so that it makes a bit more sense, please do! I'm particularly stuck on what the word "wave" means in this context. <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 13:30, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Try "in wave" -> "broadcast", "commenting" -> "commenting on the". [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 18:45, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I could just translate the article and then publish it, but I don't have enough of an understand of French Wikipedia to be able to fix any issues that come out the other end.

I substituted the following:

<blockquote>

"A Taste of Honey" is the introductory music of a famous Italian radio programme: ":it:Tutto il calcio minuto per minuto" literally "All soccer minute by minute", broadcast every Sunday with match commentaries and the latest scores from Italian football. </blockquote> I hope this is what was meant. [[User:Jmcc150|JMcC]] 18:57, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::Thank you, that makes much more sense. <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 22:42, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much

==How does one write a Table of Content on wikipedia?==

[[User:John Cummings|John Cummings]] ([[User talk:John Cummings|talk]]) 15:22, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

How do I write a Table of Content?

:If you haven't already, refer to [[Wikipedia:Translate us]] for detailed instructions. Be aware that different language Wikipedias may use different templates, etc., so ones that work here may not there, as that page's '''Handmade''' section, Point 6 mentions.

:After an article has four sections, the TOC will automatically be put into the article. See [[Help:Section#Table of contents (TOC)]] for more info. <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 14:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:I am presuming you are fluent in (written) French – if you were not, you would not be able to spot and correct the mistakes that the [[Wikipedia:Content translation tool]] (or any other machine translator) ''will'' almost certainly make. Good luck! {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/94.194.109.80|94.194.109.80]] ([[User talk:94.194.109.80|talk]]) 02:06, 11 April 2025 (UTC)?

::The pedias of different languages ''do'' use different templates. [[:fr:Modèle:Automatic taxobox]] (if this is how it's translated) simply doesn't exist; and even if it did exist, viewing it after automated translation of its content would probably be a hideous experience as the names for the attributes/fields (and probably not just their names) within the template would differ. The "automagic" isn't always so bright. -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary|talk]]) 02:15, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

:I think it would be sensible to ask about this on French Wikipedia too—that's where the people will be who have experience of articles translated into French, what infoboxes they have and so on.{{pb}}Maybe I should also note in passing that the standard practice among professional translators used to be that one should only translate into one's own language. I'm not sure if this is still the case, and of course Wikipedia is a different situation from being paid to produce professional-quality work, but it does hint at translation in the other direction being significantly more difficult. ''[[User:Musiconeologist|Musiconeologist]]&thinsp;•&thinsp;[[User talk:Musiconeologist|talk]]&thinsp;•&thinsp;[[Special:Contributions/Musiconeologist|contribs]]'' 14:54, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

::Hi {{u|94.194.109.80}}, {{u|Hoary}} and {{u|Musiconeologist}} thank you for your replies.

::# I'm sorting this out for someone who is an expert in the topics and also is a fluent speaker, I should have made this more clear in the first message, the translation will the of a high standard.

::# So just to be clear, species articles (i think the largest group of articles) cannot be translated between the first and third largest Wikipedias using the translation tool? This seems very broken... I'll make a request to fix this. If anyone has any previous examples of how to do this I'd really appreciate it.

::Thanks again

::[[User:John Cummings|John Cummings]] ([[User talk:John Cummings|talk]]) 08:36, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

Update: I've begun a discussion [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life#The translation tool doesn't translate articles between English and French Wikipedia properly for species articles, how can we fix it?]] here, if anyone has any suggestions of where to ask the same question on French Wikipedia or has any other suggestions please let me know. Thanks, [[User:John Cummings|John Cummings]] ([[User talk:John Cummings|talk]]) 09:03, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

==Duplicate account==

Re: Created a duplicate account and need to delete the original.

{{abot}}

I created an account not realizing the username is what appears on the page. I then created a new account with our full name as a username. Will you dete or hide the origianl account and username

[[User:Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy|Rockefeller College of Public Affairs &amp; Policy]] 15:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== New portal ==

I need to delete this account. It is a duplicate. How do I do this?

How can i make new portal? [[User:Whatback11|Whatback11]] ([[User talk:Whatback11|talk]]) 09:13, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

:Is it really necessary? If you simply don't use the old one, nobody will ever know about it. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 15:12, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::Actually from the name of the accounts I get the impression that these are supposed to be used by more than one person. I can't find the particular policy right now, but I know that this is against Wikipedia rules. Both accounts may have to be blocked. &mdash;&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>]] &mdash; 15:24, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

===one account for multiple users===

Can anyone find the policy on a single account used by multiple users? I know it's prohibited but I can't pin down where. &mdash;&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>]] &mdash; 16:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

: [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#'Role' accounts]]. [[User:Titoxd|Tito]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza |<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 18:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Or http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Role_account. [[User:Zoe]]|[[User talk:Zoe|(talk)]] 19:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Which new portal do you want to create? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 10:44, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

== Deleting a duplicate account ==

::I want to make [[Draft:Portal:Politics of South Korea]]. [[User:Whatback11|Whatback11]] ([[User talk:Whatback11|talk]]) 11:08, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

== Arrow symbol mystery ==

This account is a duplicate. Please delete it

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs &amp; Policy 15:12, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Unfortunately, due to the terms of the license Wikipedia's content is under, and the way that Wikipedia's database is set up, once an account has been used to make an edit it's nigh-on impossible to delete it. [[User:GeeJo|GeeJo]] ^{[[User talk:GeeJo|(t)]]}⁄_{[[Special:Contributions/GeeJo|(c)]]} <small>&bull;&nbsp;15:35, 19 December 2006 (UTC)</small>

Could someone tell me what the arrow symbol below at the right means when Wikipedia places it at the beginning of a line in an article we're editing? I've seen it several times off and on now, and although I seem to be able to delete it I'd like to know why it comes.

== Adding a school to wikipedia ==

[[File:Downward-leftward arrow symbol.png|thumb|45x45px]]

[[User:Augnablik|Augnablik]] ([[User talk:Augnablik|talk]]) 10:22, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello,

:Hi [[User:Augnablik|Augnablik]] - I've never seen it in one of our articles, are you using the mobile or desktop version? - I assume it is a carriage return (enter) symbol, that has been copy-pasted in from another application. We used to get lots of obj in a dotted rectangles, from a similar problem. - [[User:Arjayay|Arjayay]] ([[User talk:Arjayay|talk]]) 10:46, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

::As far as I recall, @[[User:Arjayay|Arjayay]], it’s come just on my computer. Can’t swear to that, though.

::I too thought of a carriage return — even though laptops no longer have carriages! — but considering each case, I couldn’t imagine why the symbol would be placed there.

::If you’ve never seen the symbol, then it would seem it came because of my computer, or even my browser. [[User:Augnablik|Augnablik]] ([[User talk:Augnablik|talk]]) 11:20, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Hi [[User:Augnablik|Augnablik]], if you go back in one of the affected pages' history, and re-open the version you saw it on, is it still there? If so, you could try opening it on another device, which would determine if it is your computer/browser. If it is "reproducible" then you could ask at [[WP:VPT]], where the "techs" hang out. - Best wishes - [[User:Arjayay|Arjayay]] ([[User talk:Arjayay|talk]]) 12:06, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

::::Arjayay, I went back as you suggested and checked a lot of earlier versions of the article in which I think I saw one of those symbols most recently — but no luck. I remember that I often deleted the symbol when I'd see it, though.

::::I’ll keep a lookout to see if it will pop up again soon so I can bring it for your inspection. [[User:Augnablik|Augnablik]] ([[User talk:Augnablik|talk]]) 13:35, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

== Use of 'single source' and 'unbalanced' tags when only one POV is documented ==

I am interested in placing information about our graduate program on wikipedia as other schools such as Boston University and Duke have. How would I go about doing this? Would I simply create an account and add this information as an article or a page? Or should I be doing something else.

I'm looking at the article [[Huck's Defeat]]. It used to have a single source tag based on almost exclusive use of a book by Scoggins. The tag was removed, claiming a "new" source. However, that book is just a rehash of the same information.

Thanks,

The article still has only one point of view. Scoggins, Pell, and Edgar are all reading from the same prayer book. So to me, single source still applies even if a technical argument says it doesn't. So how can the bias inherent in the article be indicated? Should it be indicated at all, when only one side of the story is available? Would the unbalanced tag apply, instead, even when only one side of a story is available?

MJ<small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/132.183.116.141|132.183.116.141]] ([[User talk:132.183.116.141|talk]]) 15:50, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:You don't need to register to add information, although it does give advantages. If you want to create a new page, though, you will have to register an account, unless you use [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation]]. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 15:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::You should also make sure first that your school meets our notability guidelines, at [[WP:SCHOOL]], and include third-party citations that prove this. &mdash;&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>]] &mdash; 16:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:::Well first, that link is a proposal, it hasn't been accepted yet, and it seems to be only about primary and secondary schools. Is there something that specifically addresses post-secondary? [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 18:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::::I'd think that schools with legitimate graduate programs are notable simply based on that fact. [[User:Mason11987|Chris M.]] 19:51, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

The guide says "An unbalanced article is one that does not fairly represent the balance of perspectives of high-quality, reliable secondary sources." The primary sources about this American revolutionary war event are all from the Whig side. The secondary sources, as a result, only cover one side of the battle. Added to that, the secondary sources are all of the same lineage; that is, all written by South Carolina historians who say this was the turning point of the war. The article ignores primary reports which show the Whigs negatively. In other words, "our" side won so it isn't labelled "a massacre".

== how to edit a post you have already submitted ==

Someone with unlimited time might be able to rewrite the article to make it more neutral, but I don't have that luxury. My intention is simply to alert other editors to tackle it when they can.

hello,

I recently submitted a question on the Language discussion board. I forgot to put my signature on it and it also has no "edit" button at the end like the other posts above it have. Does this mean that no one will be able to respond to my post? Also, how can I go back and add my signature?

[[User:Humphrey Tribble|Humpster]] ([[User talk:Humphrey Tribble|talk]]) 12:40, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

thanks,

--[[User:Forever194|Forever194]] 17:01, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

*I see someone's already fixed that for you with the "unsigned" template. That section has an "edit" option, now, too. [[User:AndyJones|AndyJones]] 17:07, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

*But for what it's worth, if you ever find yourself in that situation, just scroll back up the page to the last "edit" option you can see. You'll usually find your contribution at the end. [[User:AndyJones|AndyJones]] 17:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:You can put a {{Tl|PoV}} tag on the article, and then describe the problem (as you did here) on the article's talk page. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 14:47, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

== responding to a reference desk post ==

::Good suggestion. You can also post at [[WP:NPOVN]]. If you're correct about "The secondary sources, as a result, only cover one side of the battle", then you might want to prepare yourself for the possibility that the article should stay as it is. Our role is to summarize reliable secondary sources, so we will by design often echo the bias of such sources. [[User:Firefangledfeathers|Firefangledfeathers]] ([[User talk:Firefangledfeathers|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Firefangledfeathers|contribs]]) 14:52, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

how do i respond to a post on the reference desk site? i tried pressing edit, deleting the poster's post and then typing my response in that space but then when I went to look at the post again, my response wasn't there. is it that only people working at wikipedia can respond at the reference desk?

:No, anyone can respond at the reference desk. Also, please don't delete what other people have written - it's considered rude or even vandalism. That may be why you didn't see your change - someone changed it back right away thinking that you shouldn't have done that. Take a look at the [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|Wikipedia talk page guidelines]], since the Reference Desk is effectively a talk page. [[User:Nihiltres|Nihiltres]] 17:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:In short, put a colon ":" and then your message directly underneath the question you are responding to. [[User:Mason11987|Chris M.]] 19:50, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::And remember to [[WP:SIG|sign your post]] so people know who has responded. —<font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|K]]</font><font color="2f690d">[[User:Keakealani/Esperanza|e]]</font><font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|akealani]]</font> 22:01, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== Enabling email ==

I hesitate to use the "enable email from other users" feature because I don't want my address to be seen and used for hate mail or spam. When I email another user, is my email address visible to anyone else but that user? Thanks - [[User:Pegship|Her Pegship]] <small><font color="green">[[User talk:Pegship| (tis herself)]]</font></small> 18:24, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:No. The only person who will see your email address is the person who you contact by email. In addition, a person who sends you a message will ''not'' see your email address unless you reply to them. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 18:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

*Why not register a separate email address for Wikipedia communications. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 09:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== Bukit Batu Buli in Italy? ==

In Google Earth near the Matterhorn is a blob which claims to be caused by a link to Wikipedia. The link is to [[Bukit Batu Buli]] which is a mountain in Sarawak, not northern Italy. GE is littered with all sorts of irrelevant user-generated tags, and this may be another. However if Wikipedia somehow generated it, I would like to get rid of it to keep up the impression that WP is accurate. However I can see nothing in the Wikipedia article that would it link to Google Earth. Any ideas? [[User:Jmcc150|JMcC]] 18:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== NPOV ==

Let's say, as an example, The Organization for the Advancement of Video Games published a list of what they considered the top ten video games. Now, I know it wouldn't belong here as simply a "statement of fact". But could it be included if it is explained in detail why each video game was chosen? [[User:Foxjwill|Foxjwill]] 19:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

: Well, if their list was titled as such (their own opinions) and their explanations were given (in summary or quote) and a source was cited, then I see it as being perfectly reasonable and not at all POV, nor Original research. [[User:Mason11987|Chris M.]] 19:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Copyright law may prevent the inclusion of a whole list; lists like "Rolling Stone's Top 500 Guitarists" have been removed for this reason. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 20:23, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:And if TOfAoVG was considered a notable enough organisation, then the inclusion of a game on the list might be worthy of mentioning on the game's page in the form "The Organization for the Advancement of Video Games placed Riverdance: The Game sixth on its list of Top Ten Video Games{{tl|cite}}". [[User:ConMan|Confusing Manifestation]] 13:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you all very much. [[User:Foxjwill|Foxjwill]] 01:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== hi ==

<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>

Hi

how do I get an article in word format or better if I could get it on my Email?

Kindly assist.

Sakshi Munjal

{[[spambot|email removed]]}

:Simply copy and paste the article text into Word, or into your e-mail program. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 20:22, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:You might also be interested in the "Printable version" feature. There is a link in the toolbox (found on the left hand side of your screen using the default [[Wikipedia:Skin|skin]]).—[[User:WAvegetarian|WAvegetarian]]&bull;[[User talk:WAvegetarian|(talk)]] 20:35, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

==Starting a new page==

how do I create a wikipedia page? [[User:Hollowhead59|Hollowhead59]] 20:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:See: [[Help:Starting a new page]]. You might also look at [[Wikipedia:Your first article]] and [[Wikipedia:How to write a great article]]. <b><font color="#2EC401">[[User:Jacek_Kendysz|Jacek]]</font> <font color="#206600">[[User:Jacek_Kendysz|Kendysz]]</font></b> 20:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::Obviously, there's a quantity of research involved, plus the task of forming a suitable page structure (headings, pictures, infoboxes, what to say, etc.), so I would recommend first typing your article in a word processor prior to pasting it into the text box and adding the Wiki formatting for links, text styles and so on. I find that this approach allows me to take my time over the most difficult bit - constructing the article. Oh, and don't forget to cite your sources. [[User:Adrian M. H.|Adrian M. H.]] 21:09, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== How can I assign my username to my IP address on an article I edited? ==

I wrote the original 'Emergent Play' definition, and would like to be credited with it in the history, despite having written it before I created an account.

I still have the same IP address as when I wrote the article.

How do I go about getting my name there instead of the IP address?

Thanks,

Smart. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Ssmart|Ssmart]] ([[User talk:Ssmart|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ssmart|contribs]]) 21:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Unfortunately, you can't, as far as I know. You could indicate on your [[Wikipedia:User page|user page]] that you wrote the article, but I don't think there is a way to transfer edits from IP to registered account. —<font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|K]]</font><font color="2f690d">[[User:Keakealani/Esperanza|e]]</font><font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|akealani]]</font> 21:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

::If you want to make sure that no one will doubt you made those edits, you can log out, and from the IP itself, go edit your user page at [[User:Ssmart]] in some way that would indicate credit. I have also seen anonymous IPs include links to a user page in their edit summaries. Edit summaries can themselves contain wikilinks, so you could put "This IP is [[User:Ssmart]] in your edit summary" and hope other users get the picture. Technically, that's the extent of what can be done. Hope that helps. &mdash;&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>]] &mdash; 22:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== would like to delete an article and it won´t go ==

i have created an article and unfortunately at that time i was not logged on yet,

I have now registered, with wikipedia and would like to delete that particular article, but your website won´t let me, I have tried your help to revert to original web page but it keeps appearing as normal and no changes have been registered, please help me to resolve this

thank you

j <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Janta712|Janta712]] ([[User talk:Janta712|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Janta712|contribs]]) 22:26, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:I assume you're talking about the article for [[Volkovce]]? Articles can't simply be blanked out and thus deleted. This just leaves an empty page. Besides which, the page looks fine, why would it need to be deleted? <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 22:44, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:You cannot delete any article, whether or not you created it: when you made it, you gave it away to Wikipedia. And blanking an article doesn't delete it; it is just considered as a kind of vandalism. However, you may be able to request that it be deleted. To help us give you good advice, please let us know the name of the article, and why you want it deleted. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 22:47, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

:Put <nowiki>{{db-author}}</nowiki> on the page to request deleton of the article.--[[User:Res2216firestar|Res2216firestar]] 22:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== how do you make a page ==

i read the help link and i don't know how to make a page, if some one could tell me how to make a page it would be most appreacheated <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Fuscoman1994|Fuscoman1994]] ([[User talk:Fuscoman1994|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Fuscoman1994|contribs]]) 23:39, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:See: [[Help:Starting a new page]]. You might also look at [[Wikipedia:Your first article]] and [[Wikipedia:How to write a great article]]. Please also see [[Wikipedia:Very Frequently Asked Questions]].--[[User:Fuhghettaboutit|Fuhghettaboutit]] 23:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== flagging an article ==

how do you flag an article for having no cross references or sources/citations? the article on robert b. stein has no information about where the info in the article came from and i've conducted numerous searches for cross referencing and have found nothing anywhere about robert b. stein. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/134.134.136.3|134.134.136.3]] ([[User talk:134.134.136.3|talk]]) 23:54, 19 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Hmm well you could tag a certain statement with <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> or for a whole series as <nowiki>{{facts}}</nowiki>. If you notice after my sentence you will see what the tag will do. {{fact}}. Hope this helps. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="darkgreen">'''Seadog''']]^{[[User talk:Seadog.M.S|<span style=color:darkblue;>Talk]]}</font></span> 00:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Also, you can try this: <nowiki>{{subst:sources}}</nowiki>, which resolves to this:

<!-- start unreferenced --><div class="messagebox cleanup metadata plainlinks">'''This {{{1|article or section}}} does not cite its [[{{SITENAME}}:Citing sources|references or sources]].'''<br /><small>Please help [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} improve this article] by introducing appropriate citations. ([[Help:Contents|help]], [[{{SITENAME}}:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|get involved!]]) {{#if:{{{date|}}}|This article has been tagged since '''{{{date}}}'''.}}</small></div>

:--[[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 00:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::Yes the one he just showed is probably the one you will want to use...since you say the whole article is that way. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="darkgreen">'''Seadog''']]^{[[User talk:Seadog.M.S|<span style=color:darkblue;>Talk]]}</font></span> 00:15, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

=December 20=

== Image Names with Underscores ==

As a rank newbie, I uploaded an image to Wikipedia but cannot get my sandbox link to access it, even thought the image IS on Wiki at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Turda_Gorge_RO_2003.jpg

<br />

So I tried uploading another image but omitted all underscore characters in the file name, and that works! And yet I see some images in Wiki pages that DO have underscore characters in the file name.

My Sandbox is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wandering_piranga/Sandbox

<br /><br />

'''So, why can't I link to my image with undescores?'''

<br />

Thanks for any help. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Wandering piranga|Wandering piranga]] ([[User talk:Wandering piranga|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Wandering piranga|contribs]]) 00:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Well you could link to the first one [[:Image:Turda Gorge RO 2003.jpg|Like this]] by typing <nowiki>[[:Image:Turda Gorge RO 2003.jpg]]</nowiki> if you want to show the image rather than link take out the ''':''' to do so. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="darkgreen">'''Seadog''']]^{[[User talk:Seadog.M.S|<span style=color:darkblue;>Talk]]}</font></span> 00:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:You had a non-printing character between the g and pipe for some reason. Click edit in your sandbox, click just after "Image:Turda_Gorge_RO_2003.jpg", and press delete. --[[User:NE2|NE2]] 00:31, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Hey, Thanks, NE2. Rewriting the section by the pipe to delete the mysterious non-printing character, did the trick.<br />[[User:Wandering piranga|Wandering piranga]] 02:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== Logging in ==

Whenever I try to log in normally, Wikipedia rejects my password. It will accept e-mailed temporary passwords and (sometimes) the passwords I create at the "new password" screen that comes after those passwords are entered; however, outside of those limits, it will not accept *any* password I try to create or put in. [[User:70.114.212.242|70.114.212.242]] 00:15, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Addition from another user:

Am having similar problem this evening. Wikipedia would not accept my password. Had new one emailed. Wiki accepted it, but said I had to change it to complete login process. After putting in new password twice, I got "incorrect password" notice. Password I had just created did not work in repeated tries. I again tried pw that had been emailed to me, it again was accepted and again gave me instructions to enter new pw. I created yet another pw, and it again did not work. Emailed pw no longer works, and another pw will not be mailed for 24 hours. This is all a bit discouraging. Username = Donquixote99

I (70.114.212.242) managed to fix this problem a little bit later; I use Firefox with the NoScript extension, and I was not allowing Wikipedia to use Javascript. Permitting this allowed me to log on normally. [[User:IanA|IanA]] 01:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

==Fact tags question '''ANSWERED'''==

Should{{fact}} <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> tags be subst'd? [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 01:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:No. See [[WP:SUBST]]. [[User:Patstuart|Patstuart]]^{[[User_talk:Patstuart|talk]]|[[Special:contributions/Patstuart|edits]]} 03:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::As it wasn't on that page, I've now added it. -[[User:Patstuart|Patstuart]]^{[[User_talk:Patstuart|talk]]|[[Special:contributions/Patstuart|edits]]} 03:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::OK thanks for the reply. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 04:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== Guide to templates? ==

At least, I think they're templates. You know, like {{tl|Accuracy}} and such. Is there any page that lists or shows all of them?

:I don't know where all the templates in Wikipedia are, but all the cleanup templates are [[Wikipedia:Cleanup_resources|HERE]]. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 01:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Here you are: [[Wikipedia:Template messages]] &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 02:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== IRC ==

Hey I have a question and sorry if this sounds basic. I have always seen those irc links around the wikispace but when I go to click on one I get a message that says Firefox can't open the page since it isn't... and so on and so forth. Is there anything I can do? Thanks. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="darkgreen">'''Seadog''']]^{[[User talk:Seadog.M.S|<span style=color:darkblue;>Talk]]}</font></span> 02:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Here is an example of the one of the links I can't open. [irc://irc.freenode.net/#concordia-wp IRC channel]. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="darkgreen">'''Seadog''']]^{[[User talk:Seadog.M.S|<span style=color:darkblue;>Talk]]}</font></span>

::To be able to open an IRC link, you'll have to install a [[IRC]] client. Since you use Firefox, [[Chatzilla]] might be of good use for you, as it comes as a plugin for the browser. [[User:Bjelleklang|Bjelleklang]] - [[User_talk:Bjelleklang|talk]] 02:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:To use [[IRC]], you need IRC client software. Those links only work if that client program is linked with your web browser; most people just connect directly using the IRC client. —[[User:Centrx|Centrx]]→[[User talk:Centrx|''talk'']]&nbsp;&bull; 02:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== %#@$& ==

Currently, I am trying to revert some vandalism on the page 2050's, but ''every single time'' I try to save the edit it gives me a "Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still doesn't work, try logging out and logging back in." and it's getting irritating. I've tried logging in/out, refreshing, closing in and out of browser, using different browsers reseting the cache, no cigar! Can you help me here? --[[User:Red Pooka|<span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:red; background-color:yellow; font-weight:bold">Red</span>]][[User talk:Red Pooka|<span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:yellow; background-color:red; font-weight:bold">Pooka</span>]] 03:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:I see you got it reverted, so it must've been a temporary glitch. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 03:50, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Sometimes the database receives your change but you don't manage to get the page update through. It's a good idea if your edit "fails" to try to check the page history before you attempt the change again. [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 13:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::It worked?! Yay! --[[User:Red Pooka|<span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:red; background-color:yellow; font-weight:bold">Red</span>]][[User talk:Red Pooka|<span style="border: 1px; border-style:solid; padding:0px 2px 2px 2px; color:yellow; background-color:red; font-weight:bold">Pooka</span>]] 15:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== Goof sections. ==

Seriously, are Goof sections allowed on articles about movies? I added a Goofs section to the article about the movie ''Titanic'' and someone removed it (and administrator, actually, claiming it was unencylcopedic). I was none too happy about this because I have added goofs sections to many other articles, and there have been no problems whatsoever. So now I'm downright confused... [[User:SilentWind|SilentWind]] 03:41, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Looking at your contributions, I don't see anywhere you edited an article about [[Titanic]]. The closest is your edits to [[Talk:RMS_Titanic]]. Perhaps you meant a different article?

:That said, a "Goofs" section alone may not be encyclopedic if it's just a list of gaffes in the movie. Write that information into the article itself, and it becomes more acceptable. You've got a similar problem in [[Mulan]]: it's just a series of items listed. It needs to be rewritten in non-list form to better suit Wikipedias [[WP:MoS|Manual of Style]]. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 03:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::It also needs [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] for the "goofs" claims. Not Original Research, and not imdb, which is not always reliable. [[User:Zoe]]|[[User talk:Zoe|(talk)]] 20:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

==Question about proposed deletion process==

I have just proposed [[The Wanderers]] for deletion, and was about to notify the creators, when I realized that in fact they had coopted a redirect page. I can't quite figure out the right policy to handle this -- is this something I should just revert? I don't want to treat this as vandalism, so it seems politer to "go through channels" if I can figure out what channels to go through. Prod doesn't seem right as it should not be deleted, it should become a redirect again. What's the standard way to deal with this? [[User:Mike Christie|Mike Christie]] [[User_talk:Mike Christie|(talk)]] 05:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:I would just revert. It may be warranted to have it deleted and the replace the redirect, so that it is less likely to be re-posted. —[[User:Centrx|Centrx]]→[[User talk:Centrx|''talk'']]&nbsp;&bull; 05:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::Out of curiosity, what ''is'' "coopting a redirect page"? -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 05:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::I just meant that it was originally a redirect page, not a page that they created for themselves. Hence a deletion destroys a page that is useful; they took over that page -- "co-opted" it, in other words. [[User:Mike Christie|Mike Christie]] [[User_talk:Mike Christie|(talk)]] 05:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:(after edit conflict) I think it's kind of like cyber-squatting. 'The Wanderers' is a notable musical group, but the redirect page has been changed to an article about a non-notable subject, thereby halting the redirect. Hey, a new term: Wiki-squatting. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 05:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

*Yeah, it's a notable music group, but until we can track the article on the band down (or write it), it's probably a good idea to redirect it to where it does now. Or did they remove the band article in the process? - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 09:25, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== how do i create a page in wikipedia ==

hello

i want to create a page in wikipedia. can i know how it will be done.

:This has been asked a few times in the last two days. Please see the 10th and 13th questions above this one. <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 05:51, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:You can still answer his question, though :). Just type the name of the page in the search box, hit go, and then click the red link that appears. Write the article, and then save the page, and bada bing bada boom, it's done. '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:DoomsDay349|Dooms]]</font><font color="lightblue">[[User talk:DoomsDay349|Day349]]</font>''''' 06:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:I left a welcome message on his talk page with a brief explanation. [[User:Jmcc150|JMcC]] 18:15, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== Inappropriate articles in category ==

I'm unable to remove several supermarket articles from "Category:Television stations in Houston" which

obviously do not belong in the category. I'm unable to find the category on the page to remove it.

Can someone check this please? Thanks [[User:Postoak|Postoak]] 07:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:They all seem to be Delihaze stores, so I think probably one of the graphics, or one of the infoboxes is putting them into the category. BTW for other people helping you with this, links would be nice. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 08:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:: Sorry, here is one of the articles [[Food Lion]]. [[User:Postoak|Postoak]] 08:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::Yeah, it's <nowiki>{{List of Delhaize America Companies}}</nowiki>, for some reason. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 08:12, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::Fixed. The Delihaze List template had two TV stations categories in it; probably because the template was copied from a similar one with a different purpose? Anyways, deleted them. This was fun! [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 08:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::::Oops. Except now the template looks a teensy bit different. Maybe someone else can fix that lol. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 08:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::::: Thanks for your help! [[User:Postoak|Postoak]] 08:19, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::::I dunno, Anchoress, it looks exactly the same to me (mozilla, w2k) &mdash;&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>]] &mdash; 14:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::::::Oh. When I looked at it post-surgery (the surgical removal of the unnecessary categories), the blue bar had moved slightly, and when I refreshed it, the blue bar disappeared altogether. Not a big change, to be sure. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 00:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Collating sequences of double-barrelled & split surnames in categories etc... ==

If you have a surname such as "de Smith" (mine!), "von Something" etc., the standard collating sequences used in the category indices places the surname after "Z" as I presume straight ASCII/UNICODE/whatever is being used here.

What I believe should happen is that for surnames, the first UPPER CASE letter should be used as the start of the name, e.g. "de Smith" should be at the start of the "S" index (as it is in telephone books etc.).

Thoughts?

[[User:Nickds1|Nickds1]] 09:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

*It should, but since Wikipedia automatically changes the first letter to uppercase it can't be automated. Try sorting the articles by adding a sorting key in the category tag, like for example this: <nowiki>[[Category:Singers|Trapp, Kurt von]].</nowiki> That will make it sort to T instead of V. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 10:12, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

*I have experienced different behaviour. Consider my usage of <nowiki>[[Category:Fellows of the British Academy|de Smith, Stanley]]</nowiki>. If you look at that category, you'll see that the "de" is not capitalised to "De" for collating, and that "de Smith" appears after "Z", not in the "D"s or "S"s. Thanks [[User:Nickds1|Nickds1]] 10:26, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

*The capitalization behavior I mentioned is only on article titles, I didn't know about how it behaved in cateogries, but it makes sense for the software to categorize on 'd' if you put 'de' at the start of the sortkey. If you start with 'Smith' instead it sorts under 'S'. I've altered the sorting of your latest article to illustrate what I mean. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 10:43, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

* Top man. Thanks [[User:Nickds1|Nickds1]] 15:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== Template for a Customized (Alphabetized) table ==

Hi, I'm trying to find a way to create a template. The template would receive a list, say: Dan Abigail Chris Gloria etc... It will then take that list and build a 3 or 4 column (and as many rows as needed) table around it while alphabetizing the list. I've been digging around the Templates pages but haven't found anything already created or found anything to really help me create my own. If anyone has any suggestions or hints, I'd greatly appreciate it!

[[User:Savitar8|Savitar8]] 10:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:I don't think it's possible; you can't alphabetize strings using [[m:ParserFunctions]], or get sortable tables to work correctly with the multiple columns you're asking for, and even if it were possible it would be hideously complicated and probably hit the maximum limit for template complexity. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 11:04, 20 December 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== deleting images, changing copyright options ==

Hi,

I just submitted an image of a painting as an example for a paint medium, however

some things went wrong:

1. I chose the wrong option for copyright (I want the option "all rights reseved" instead I ended up with a GNU)

2. I wasn't able to link the image with the article

3. I wanted to delete the image and start again, but I couldn't see "delete" option anywhere

Please help.

N.B. I own the image.

::{{unsigned|December Blues| }} <!-- tagged by Mgm-->

:Do you mean that you ''painted'' the image yourself, or that someone else painted it, and you own either the copy or the original? This is quite important, and "all rights reserved" will just get your image deleted. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 10:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt reply.

I painted the image. I own the original.

I just wanted to add it to the article as an example of a painting painted in the featured medium. It ended up in New Images gallery with a wrong option of copy right. I couldn't embed it in the article.

I see that some images have (c) copyrights reserved, red c sign which I couldn't see in the copyrights option box.. That's why I ended up with GNU in the first place..

You say: "all rights reserved" will just get your image deleted. " ; then which option should I chose?

If I can't get these things right I would like to delete the image of my painting.

Looking forwrd to yr reply.

:For self-created images, Wikipedia only permits [[free use]] licences; see [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]]. Images with fair-use copyrights (the 'all rights reserved' images) are generally only used in cases when a free-use image would be impossible to create (such as a photograph of a historical figure who is now dead); see [[Wikipedia:Fair use criteria]]. You should think about what licence you want to offer your image to Wikipedia under; all the accepted licences allow redistribution, creation of derivative works, and commercial use, so if you don't want to licence your image under these terms place {{tl|db-author}} on the image page to say that you uploaded it by mistake and request a deletion. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 11:02, 20 December 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== How does one find out the date their account was made? ==

Apologies if this is the wrong place to find out. I'd like to know how, if it's possible, to figure out the date and approximate time I registered to Wikipedia. The only way I know is to look in my emailbox for a confirmation email, but no luck there. I appreciate any help that can be given. [[User_talk:Athelwulf|Äþelwulf]] <Small>[[Special:Contributions/Athelwulf|See my contributions.]]</Small> 11:38, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:There's a user creation log, but your account is sufficiently old that it's fallen off the end and the creation date/time have been lost. Your first non-deleted edit was on [[5 March]] [[2006]] at 02:12 [[UTC]]; many users will edit with an account immediately after creating it (you can find your first edit by clicking 'oldest' on your contributions screen); edits to pages that were since deleted won't show up, so that's also woth thinking about. By the way, the Help Desk is the right place to ask this sort of question. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 11:50, 20 December 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

::Hey thanks.

::I wonder, about how old is too old to be found on the user creation log? [[User_talk:Athelwulf|Äþelwulf]] <Small>[[Special:Contributions/Athelwulf|See my contributions.]]</Small> 12:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::Going back one and a half million entries in the log only goes to August 2006. The servers won't give me the two-millionth entry in a reasonable length of time (update: read timeout as I'm typing this); somehow I suspect it would be impractical to maintain a list stretching over a more than a few months, although I don't know for certain (although someone on [[WP:VPT]] might do). It's always possible that entries never fall off but your username was created before the list was implemented. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 12:17, 20 December 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== Copyright for a composite map ==

I want to create, then upload, a map based on two maps, neither of which I own the copyright for.

From the internet, an old map shows the route of a disused canal.

From the internet, a current map shows the routes of all the roads that are near or on top of the route of the disused canal.

I'm planning to scale, rotate then superimpose the old map on top of the current map. Then, I'm planning to sketch/trace the routes of the current roads with the routes of the disused canal.

This sketch, which will contain NO images or text from either internet-sourced maps, will be the file to be uploaded into Wikipedia. I plan to release copyright for this sketch and make it freely available.

Am I allowed to do this? --[[User:ML5|ML5]] 12:52, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Both of the maps have to be either licensed under the GFDL or in the public ___domain. If one of them has some other copyright status, no. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 16:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::Even though no parts of the original maps will be evident? --[[User:ML5|ML5]] 17:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::It should be ok -IF- the new map is significantly different. Meaning, the design/style is not evident. The layout of roads and other features isn't copyrightable, only the style & design is. How old are the maps anyway, right? If it's produced in the 1920s or earlier it would be under public ___domain. ---[[User:J.smith|J.S]] ^{([[User_talk:J.smith|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/J.smith|C]])} 17:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::::I'm using [[Ordnance Survey]] maps from 1864 and modern ones. I would only be copying/tracing the layout of the roads, etc, not using their 'lines'. Also, I wouldn't be using all the roads, etc, from the modern ones, only the major ones. Ultimately, if I hadn't said how I came to draw my version, it would not be evident where I got my source material from, i.e. my version won't look like an Ordnance Survey map, old or modern. --[[User:ML5|ML5]] 18:08, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:I'm not so sure that changing the form is a get out; to avoid copyright issues you have to start with public ___domain maps or survey things yourself. I have read of cases where map makers include small errors to catch out people who copy their map data (even into radically different layouts), and this has led to settlements. Possibly the copyright is on the creative work of the made up stuff, who knows. Anyway, the settlement was for 20 million pounds. See [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/media/news/2001/march/centrica.html]. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 18:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::If you know the area enough to avoid those traps, that shouldn't be a problem. You might also be safer using [[GIS data]] or aerial photos, especially if you lossily trace the paths, since the exact positions of features on the earth cannot be copyrighted. --[[User:NE2|NE2]] 18:32, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::Ordnance Survey maps from 1800s are public ___domain, so no worries their. It sounds like what your planning will be ok. ---[[User:J.smith|J.S]] ^{([[User_talk:J.smith|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/J.smith|C]])} 00:18, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for all your input. The area is well known to me and I don't see any mistakes. The current maps also tie up with aerial photographs. I suppose my question was answered when [[User:J.smith|J.S]] said the layout of roads isn't copyrightable. Thanks again. --[[User:ML5|ML5]] 10:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Ucc form for filing a lien on property ==

I wish to ask the following question:

I'm a ucc filer I want to lien property (home)is there a ucc form I can use or attain?

Since I'm already filed as the secured party and have a contract betwween the debor <small>''name removed''</small> and secured Creditor <small>''name removed''</small> what form if any may i use to file a secured intrest in the property?

Please let me know as soon as possible

Thank you

:Hi! The best place to ask questions like this is at our [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous|Reference Desk]] (I've linked to the Miscellaneous part of the Desk). There should be lots of people who can put you in touch with the right resources there. (The Help Desk &ndash; this page &ndash; is more of a place to ask for help in using Wikipedia.)

:When you post your question there, be sure to tell them where you're seeking the lien. Readers of Wikipedia (and the volunteers at the Reference Desk) come from all over the world; the form you file and process you follow will depend on your jurisdiction. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 14:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::Wikipedia is '''relay''' not the right place to get legal advice. You need to consult an attorney or find a website that specialises in that kind of thing. ---[[User:J.smith|J.S]] ^{([[User_talk:J.smith|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/J.smith|C]])} 17:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::I figured that someone could tell him where to find the form, though&mdash;that's not a question of law. If he tells us where he is, someone can probably give him contact info or a website for the right government office. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 17:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== Translations in the English Wikipedia ==

Would a varied personal translation (into English), or a modification of an existing translation on Wikipedia, of a song or a poem in the English Wikipedia ''(in my case "Saare Jahan Se Achcha" by Iqbal)'', because it is personal, amount to '''unverifiable''' content as it is '''previously unpublished''', and is a matter of '''interpretation'''?

:Sounds like original research. Probably belongs in Wikibooks? [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 14:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Can you be a little more specific? Just translating something isn't encyclopaedic (i.e. a posting of an english language poem is just going to get taken down as well) - but as far as I can see, using non-english language references is acceptable - I can't find any citation/sources policy that requires english-type sources. [[User:WilyD|WilyD]] 15:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:[[Saare Jahan Se Achcha]] currently has an English translation listed on its Wikipedia page. Are you saying you disagree with how it was translated -- that you think some words or phrases could be interpreted differently? If so, then I suggest discussing it on [[Talk:Saare Jahan Se Achcha|the article's talk page]], and see if others agree. If no one agrees, then you might be mistaken. If others agree, then go ahead and change it. If there's a lot of disagreement, then maybe both alternatives should be noted on the article page. &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>]] 15:35, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:If the song/poem is the subject of the article and there is any room for interpretation regarding its translation, then the only point of view that should be expressed is that of [[WP:RS|reliable sources]], and said point(s) of view should be carefully given due weight (i.e. not construed to be the absolute truth). That's my take on it, since in literature the interpretation is as much a matter of literary commentary as it is translation. [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 18:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== What is the name of the fund raiser software you guys are using? ==

I own a none profit and am interested in that script or a similar one. I know the question is oput of place, but I am anxious for an answer. Thank you.

:Do you mean the banner at the top of the page? I think it's custom made. I'm sure someone else will be able to point you to the source-code. ---[[User:J.smith|J.S]] ^{([[User_talk:J.smith|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/J.smith|C]])} 16:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes. That's what i am referring to.

:You can see [http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/ this page]. You may ask there for more details &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 18:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I see that the page is using drupal (drupal.org) theme B7 as a template....now i just want to know what in the world is writing to a png file to create the green meter.

== Refs gone funny... ==

In this article, [[Breakfast Television (Citytv Toronto)]], the refs have gone funny. Anyone able to fix it. -- [[User:Zanimum|Zanimum]] 18:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:Fixed. There was an unclosed reference tag, so the entire section was treated as a reference. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 18:38, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::Uhh, I'm not sure what [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Breakfast_Television_%28Citytv_Toronto%29&diff=95561424&oldid=95561282 your edit] did, but I think I had already fixed it in my edit just before yours [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Breakfast_Television_%28Citytv_Toronto%29&diff=prev&oldid=95561282 here]. It was a missing <tt>&gt;</tt> from a <tt>&lt;ref&gt;</tt>. [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 18:43, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:::I had reverted it to a previous version, which apparently still had the problem, although it didn't look like that. So I just undid my reversion. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 18:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::::Ahh, I missed that you had an edit in there before me. So the sum total of our three edits[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Breakfast_Television_%28Citytv_Toronto%29&diff=95561424&oldid=95559813] was to fix the <tt>&gt;</tt> and I'm no longer confused. Looks good. [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 18:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::::: ''Thank you all! -- [[User:Zanimum|Zanimum]] 21:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)''

== where is the create a page ==

i can't fine it can someone tell me where it is {{unsigned|Masterfly 14|19:45, 20 December 2006}}

:Yep say if the you want to create a page on [[asdfasdfadsf]] ^{don't though} Than just click the link and you should see the link that says "create a page on this topic" or title. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="darkgreen">'''Seadog''']]^{[[User talk:Seadog.M.S|<span style=color:darkblue;>Talk]]}</font></span> 19:47, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

::Some useful links: [[Help:Starting a new page]], [[Wikipedia:Your first article]] and [[Wikipedia:How to write a great article]]. <b><font color="#2EC401">[[User:Jacek_Kendysz|Jacek]]</font> <font color="#206600">[[User:Jacek_Kendysz|Kendysz]]</font></b> 19:59, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== table of contents ==

How do I revise the Table of contents?[[User:216.31.110.225|216.31.110.225]] 20:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:The table of contents is created automatically from the section titles in the article. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 20:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

== 20 of december 1989 ==

Hi,

I am a frequent user of Wikipedia and I was quite dismayed by the fact that Wikipedia did not acknowledge the anniversary of Operation "Just Cause" in Panama where thousands of panamanians died and the United States used its brutal force to once again politically rearrange a country in its favor. Regardless of whoever agrees ir disagrees with it, it should be noted, since its quite more significant than the transfer of power of Portugal to China(Macau) or the secession of North Carolina. Thanks so much.

Thank you for your suggestion! Since all the articles in Wikipedia were created by volunteers, we only have those articles which people have taken the time to write. When you feel an article needs to be created or improved, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a [[wiki]], so ''anyone'' can edit almost any article by simply following the '''{{MediaWiki:edit}}''' link at the top. You don't even need to [[Special:Userlogin|log in]] (although there are [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|many reasons why you might want to]]). The Wikipedia community encourages you to [[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|be bold in updating pages]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account] and see [[Help:creating a page|creating a page]] if the article you wish to edit does not yet exist. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out [[Wikipedia:how to edit a page|''how to edit a page'']], or use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]] to try out your editing skills. [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|New contributors are always welcome]].<!-- Template:Sofixit --> [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 20:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:It appears that we already have this article. It's right over here: [[Operation Just Cause]]. Were you including quotes around "Just Cause" in your search? That might have been the problem. &mdash;&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>]] &mdash; 21:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

:I think he is referring to the fact that it wans't on the main page. There are a lot of events that happened on [[December 20]]th so not everything can be listed on the "On this day..." part of the main page. I believe there is a process to picking these, let me try to find a link... [[Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries|there you go]]. It suggests [[WP:BOLD|being bold]] in adding, so get into those discussions if there is something you think should be added. [[User:Mason11987|Chris M.]] 06:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

=December 21=

== Mobile Wikipedia ==

I have seen in my searches that Wikipedia offers a mobile version. Is this true? If so, how can I access it from my Windows Mobile 5 phone?

:I think this page is what your looking for: [[Wikipedia:WAP access]] ---[[User:J.smith|J.S]] ^{([[User_talk:J.smith|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/J.smith|C]])} 00:22, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== math rendering in Firefox ==

Finlay,

In ref to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2006_December_10#math_rendering_in_Firefox

png images did not show because the option "load images from the originating site only" was chequed. Do wikipedia images originate from elsewhere?

Alejandro

:They do, they are loaded from upload.wikimedia.org. Nice job figuring that out, [[User:Prodego|<font color="darkgreen">''Prodego''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Prodego|<font color="darkgreen">talk</font>]]} 02:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Distributing Text ==

<nowiki>What steps should I take to make sure my distribution of Wikipedia text is completely legal? My confusion in what I should really do stems from two parts of the GNU license: the text is "'free' in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially", "provided that this License, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License. You may not use technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further copying of the copies you make or distribute." What if I need to convert the text to a special file format? Could I still distribute the text then? Technically, could I charge for file format conversion of free text? Also, what should I include with each text? Is it necessary to indicate presence of the GNU license on each Document? Would it be good enough to include a link to the Wikipedia page the text was taken from at the end of the text? Lots of questions here, I know, but maybe there's a simple answer somewhere out there. Thanks in advance. ~~~~</nowiki>

:[[Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers'_rights_and_obligations]] discusses this.--[[User:Commander Keane|Commander Keane]] 05:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== dogs name ==

Who was the lead dog in "Snow Dogs"?

Phil Landsberg

I think it was "Demon" according to the [[Snow Dogs]] article. However you really should've asked this at the [[Wikipedia:Reference desk|Reference desk]], which specialises in these types of questions. The help desk (this page) is for questions regarding Wikipedia itself. For a better explanation, see the top of the page. '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:Harryboyles|Harryboyles]]</font>''''' 03:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== How do I correct spelling mistakes on Head Title of aritcles? ==

I am trying to correct a spelling mistake on a page, but i cant find any options to edit the title of the page. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Trilinguist |Trilinguist ]] ([[User talk:Trilinguist |talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Trilinguist |contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:You have to move the page to the new title. Click the "move" tab, at the top. If your account is not old enough (several days), you won't see this tab. Wait a bit and you will. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 05:17, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Article submitted Nov. 16 still not showing up ==

I submitted an article on The International Listening Association on November 16, 2006:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-11-17#The_International_Listening_Association_.28ILA.29

The article still doesn't come up on a search. Has it been reviewed? (There is a decline notice that seems to be for a deleted article just below mine. It refers to copied material, which definitely does not refer to mine.) Is there something more I need to do?

:Since you have an account, there's no need to request it there, you can just create it. And no, it probably hasn't been reviewed, because AfC is chronically backlogged. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 05:22, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. I'm not sure what that means, though. I tried to just create it, but it automatically went there. Doesn't it have to go through that process? Or is there a way to bypass that since I have an account? Sorry for all the questions, but I'm new here! --Thanks!

==Protection==

how do we protect our articles if we don't want people editing our page? {{unsigned|Lavender Potter}}

:That's the point of the Wikipedia, that anyone can add information. To protect a page that has been the target of vandalism, see [[Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy]]. Or did you mean your [[Wikipedia:User page|User page]] when you said "our page"? If so, people generally don't edit other people's user pages. <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 06:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:(edit conflictx2) You can't, [[Wikipedia]] is a [[wiki]] which means anyone can edit any page. You also don't actually [[WP:OWN|own]] any page on wikipedia. If you look just below the edit box when editing a page, you will see this notice ''"If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it."''. You agreed by submitting your writing, so it can and will most likely be edited. [[User:Mason11987|Chris M.]] 06:46, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:I see that you tried to protect your own Talk page. The Talk page is ''specifically'' so that other users can leave messages for you, including the tags talking about the text you added to articles being non-notable. Generally these pages will not be protected unless you're subjected to continuous vandalism. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 17:58, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

==Images==

Is there a way to change a picture on a page in Wikipedia, and if so how?

:Yes, see [[Help:Contents/Images and media]] for starters. <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 08:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

==Unexpected change?==

I like using the template Cquote for quoting long passages and sentimental stuff because of the really neat looking supersized quotes. Today I arrive to continue my ongoing effort to improve the article [[USS Missouri (BB-63)]] and the quotes aint there. What gives? did someone mess with the picture quotes, or what? [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 06:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:There are several problems with this template, but the most immediate reason why it was changed is that it creates problems for blind users, or any users, using screen readers. A stylistic preference for cartoon quotes does not over-ride making an accessible, educational encyclopedia. [[Template:Cquotetxt]] is another possibility, but one of the problems with this sort of quoting in general is that it sets aside a quote as being more important than the rest of the text, and is widely abused. —[[User:Centrx|Centrx]]→[[User talk:Centrx|''talk'']]&nbsp;&bull; 06:59, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:(I edit too slow) There is some discussion on [[Template talk:Cquote]] about it. I didn't see consensus, but it appears blind users can't read (/hear) articles with cquote in it because of the neat looking supersized quote, I think that's a pretty valid reason to not have them. [[User:Mason11987|Chris M.]] 07:04, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

::Thanks for the info. I was unaware that blind people could not read it/hear it. I guess thats a good reason to change the layout. [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 08:11, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

*Is there any technical reason with template parameters or such that prevents us from replacing one with the other? - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 11:43, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Benjamin Netanyahu article, artistic picture, but not a fiting one. ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu

I believe the picture of Benjamin Netanyahu to be distasteful in that it is an altered picture of him. It should be changed.

:It was vandalism, image removed. [[User:Viridae|Viridae]][[User talk:Viridae|<small>^Talk</small>]] 08:29, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Editing a page ==

I would like to add an anti spyware product to the following page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spyware_removal. How may I do it please? Thx

:If the software that you're thinking of has an article already, just go to that article and add <nowiki>[[Category:Spyware removal]]</nowiki> to the bottom. <tt>[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</tt>|[[User talk:Dismas|^(talk)]] 09:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== An Analytical Study on Assessing Human Competencies Based on Tests ==

An Analytical Study on Assessing Human Competencies Based on Tests

Krishnamurthy Prabhakar, KSR College of Technology

..... (Removed 10,000 word article).

*Hello, thank you for your post. We have removed it because this is a page for asking questions about Wikipedia. Wikipedia does not provide any place for publishing your own papers, or reprinting other people's, sorry. Instead it summarises already existing work in the form of articles. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 10:02, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Copyright vio--deleted from website? ==

I'm pretty sure I added the <nowiki>{{copyvio}}</nowiki> tag to the [[Junaid Jamshed]] article, but it doesn't even show up in the article's history. Could it be that some administrator would delete such tag and delete it completely, or should I rather assume that something went wrong with saving it and set the tag again? (I also reported the article on the page for copyright violations, but from what I understand the reporting won't be "answered" no matter what becomes out of it...) --[[User:Ibn Battuta|Ibn Battuta]] 11:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:There are no deleted edits in the article. That means you probably forgot to save after adding the tag. The article however is very old (created in 2004) so its extremely likely that the other site is mirroring us &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 12:22, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

::It is ''very'' unlikely that it would be deleted like that. Admins don't have that power. To permanently delete something (not just admin delete because really that just hides it from everyone non-admin, also they can't remove individual edits) you need [[WP:OVER|oversight]]. The tool is rarely used and is almost always for removing personal or dangerous information from an article's history (like if someone was posting your personal details to harass you). They wouldn't delete a tag. I think as Lost suggested you simply forgot to save, or possibly your browser made an error? [[User:James086|<font face="comic sans ms">James086]]^{[[User talk:James086|<font color="orange">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/James086|<font color="green">Contribs</font>]]}</font> 12:57, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== [[:Category:Broken_redirects_for_speedy_deletion]] ==

:''Moved to [[WP:AN]].'' - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 12:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Page Layout ==

Hello, I would like to change the layout of my Wikipiedia page. I would like to change it to the original scheme, similar to the one and induvidual will get when they visit wikipedia for the first time. ]

Thanks<small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:86.128.183.139|86.128.183.139]] ([[User talk:86.128.183.139|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/86.128.183.139|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:I'm not 100% sure I understand your question. But my best guess is that you are looking for the default skin for your userpage when you are logged in under a username (which you were not when you asked this question). If this is correct, log in and click "my preferences". In some skins it is a link at the top of the page. Now go to skin tab, and change it to "MonoBook (default)." Hope this helps.--[[User:Fuhghettaboutit|Fuhghettaboutit]] 13:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

---> REPLY

Thank you for the prompt reply. When I choose the MonoBook (default)option, I still don't get the proper skin I want. Please have a look at this screenshot picture for a further understanding:

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2678/wikibb8.png

The layout in the FRENCH version is the layout I want for the ENGLISH version. But how...?

Thanks... :)

::Hmm, that's odd. I use the monobook skin and for me wikipedia looks like the french one. Possibly a browser error. I'm not sure what would cause that, try a force refresh (Ctrl + F5) but that is strange, sorry I can't be of more help. [[User:James086|<font face="comic sans ms">James086]]^{[[User talk:James086|<font color="orange">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/James086|<font color="green">Contribs</font>]]}</font> 13:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

It's Ok now, Thanks for all your help :D . There was a NT882.xe.2 bug stored which prevented the full breif-up loading of the article. I disabled the bug which was acting on the browser, and now I have got the scheme I wanted. Thanks for the quick replies, thank you very much :)

== Bullet Points in Infoboxes ==

Please see [[Highway 1 (Israel)]] infobox - notice how there is a blank line on every box with bullets - this is because if you do not have that line the first bullet does not work just comes out as <nowiki> a * </nowiki>. Can anyone tell me how to sort this while still keeping the bullet points. Cheers [[User:Lethaniol|Lethaniol]] 16:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:Why do you need bullets there anyway? They seem to be there for every line. If you insist, you could justtype "- " in front everywhere, but I'd suggest just removing the bullets. It's apparent to everyone that it's a list. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 16:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

::Hey Xiner - thanks for the answer - it is one of my adoptees that wanted to know - I could not work out how to do it. I agree best to get rid of bullets - but I wanted to know the answer anyway - was annoying me :) [[User:Lethaniol|Lethaniol]] 16:43, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:::I see. Well, if you think about it, a bullet is an indentation with a pretty mark in front. You need something to indent against, and that's what the empty line does, I think. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 19:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== auto language select and audio reading of wiki ==

Help I cant read very well and would love to have the articals read to me !

:I'm sorry about that. I think more and more articles have readings. Do you find [[screen reader]]s useful? [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 16:40, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:We have audio versions of many articles. You will find the list at [[Wikipedia:Spoken articles]] &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 17:46, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Requested articles]] is a bit confusing ==

I am trying to find somewhere to request an article on the [[1356 Basel earthquake]]. At the moment, there is a [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremblement_de_terre_de_B%C3%A2le_de_1356 French Wikipedia article], a mention in the [[Basel]] article, and a mention at [[List of earthquakes]]. But I can't work out where to put this at [[Wikipedia:Requested articles]]. Is there somewhere you can request translations as well? [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 16:35, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:Please see [[Wikipedia:Translation]] &mdash; [[User:Lostintherush|<font color="olive">'''Lost'''</font>]][[User talk:Lostintherush|^(talk)]] 17:43, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

::Thanks. The translation process is impressive. Now I just have to watch [[Wikipedia:Translation/1356 Basel earthquake]] and wait and hope! :-) [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 01:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Adding a link ==

Hi there,

I had looked up driving simulator and saw the article on it. In the external links section there was a link that led to a page of simulator companies. My company happens to make a driving simulator for training purposes and I was wondering if it would be okay to add an external link to our site? I know the rules say that you can't link to a site for selling purposes but you can link to a site that's appropriate to the article. Our business is definitely appropriate to the article but still may not be suitable for posting. Since there's a link to a whole list of driving simulator companies, of which we're not listed, I wanted to see if we could list ourselves? I have emailed the person who put the list together to see if they'd add us but I have yet to hear back from them. I don't want to violate any rules and am not sure how to proceed so I thought I'd check first before doing anything. Thanks!

:What's the link to that page? Sounds like some pruning is in order. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 17:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Do a search for Driving Simulators and you'll see the link listed below under External Links.

:Ok, I see the link goes to "a state-financed scientific and technological body", which seems legitimate. The page being in France, however, unfortunately misses out on your company. I'd say write to that website and try to get your company listed there. If you try to insert your link on the Wikipedia page, you'll probably get a warning. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 19:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. I did send an email to the email address that's listed on that particular list to see if we could be added but hadn't heard back yet. Hopefully they won't mind adding us. Thanks for your help.

== Mearging articles ==

It was dusciused to merge the more compleat account of the Battle of Hue City to the less compleat Battle of Hue, I read the instruction how to merge the articles but I wanted to ask how to put the redirect order redirect from one article to another? Thank you [[User:Top Gun|Top Gun]] 17:53 December 21, 2006

:Try looking at [[WP:R]].--[[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>]] 19:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== riprap ==

where id rip rap get its mane.

:Try the [[WP:REF|Ref]] desk, this is the place where you ask questions dealing with wikipedia. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="royalblue">'''Seadog_MS''']] 18:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

How can I create a new page?

:See [[WP:FIRST]].--[[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>]] 20:09, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Way to sync my own MediaWiki site with WIkipedia content? ==

I'm contemplating creating a Wiki on my website. Most of the content there has no business being in Wikipedia (hence my own wiki) but there will be some articles that are appropriate to be in Wikipedia. Rather than trying to keep a separate version of the same article, is there a simple way for me to "sync" or "mirror" the content in Wikipedia to my own Wiki (probably using MediaWiki although I haven't yet begun the project). I know it can be done as I've seen Wikipedia content show up in searches at places like About.com and others. Is there a simple way to do this? TIA!

[[User:Wjarrettc|Wjarrettc]] 19:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:Sites that mirror Wikipedia content do so by utilizing the [[WP:DUMP|database dumps]]. Based on which dumps you decide to use, you could be looking at anywhere between 10-15 GB and several hundred GB to do a full mirror. You may well be better off just copying the articles you're intereseted in and attributing them per the [[GFDL]]. <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">'''Essjay'''</font>]] [[User talk:Essjay|<font color="#7b68ee">(<small>Talk</small>)</font>]]</span> 04:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== [[United States presidential election, 2008]] ==

Hi! Does [[Newt Gingrich]] is still a potential nominee ? [[User:Gridge|Gridge]] 20:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC).

:Try the [[WP:REF|ref]] desk. &mdash; <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Seadog.M.S|<font color="royalblue">'''Seadog_MS''']] 20:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

::Thanks anyway. [[User:Gridge|Gridge]] 21:12, 21 December 2006 (UTC).

== Category Help ==

In the category page 'Characters in The Lord of the Rings' is there a way of, for the names [[Radagast]] and [[Gimli]] getting rid of the '(Middle Earth)' part of the article name, so it just shows their name on the category page?

I think that makes sense.

[[User:Dan crook54|le Dan]] 20:29, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:Unfortunately, no, since those pages are disambiguation pages and not all the articles linked are characters from LOTR. I don't think it matters, though - if people were searching for the LOTR character in that category, they would be able to figure it out (perhaps even more surely) with the disambiguation labels attached. —<font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|K]]</font><font color="2f690d">[[User:Keakealani/Esperanza|e]]</font><font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|akealani]]</font> 20:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

ok thx just seemed a little bit neater thats all. [[User:Dan crook54|le Dan]] 20:42, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:There probably is a sneaky way to do this. It would involve using a character that doesn't display, and creating a redirect and categorising the redirect. Something like [[GimIi]]. Probably won't work. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 01:12, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

There we go! It worked. [[:Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]] now includes both [[GimIi]] (a redirect to the Middle-earth article) and [[Gimli (Middle-earth)]]. I'm sure there are several reasons why this shouldn't be done, but it gives you an idea of what can be done, if you know what I mean. I used the I (capital i) = l (lowercase l) thing in case it's not clear yet. Unfortunately, Radagast doesn't have an l in his name... [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] 01:19, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

*Because 'piped link' text in a category is used to define the sort order rather than how the page name is displayed there really isn't a way to vary the text which appears on the category page for an article placed in that category. Tricks with redirects like Carcharoth describes above can be used to put other pages in the category instead, but you can't change the way a page name is displayed. Using 'in story disambiguation' might make the most sense... i.e. [[Radagast the Brown]] or [[Gimli son of Gloin]]. Having those as redirects and putting the category link on them would result in better 'displayed names'. However, it would also cause double listing of these characters or create potential confusion when people see that there is no category entry on the main article itself. The best option might be to change the articles themselves to these more specific names... have the article be titled 'Radagast the Brown' rather than 'Radagast (Middle-earth)'. --[[User talk:CBDunkerson|CBD]] 11:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Any advice on how to handle this? ==

I have a particular concern with a certain group of users (I won't name names) who very flagrantly disobey the guidelines for Reverts on Wikipedia. There are about three to five of them and they seem to hover around the same genre of article. They regularly revert edits without any discussion on the talk page, and in these cases it becomes the original editor's burden to post on the talk page and argue why their edit -is- justified, instead of the reverter posting why it's -not- justified. They arrive at the discussions at usually the same time, and solicit each other for help on their talk pages. It also seems like they avoid the 3RR by getting each other to revert instead of one person doing it over and over. How do you deal with this sort of thing? Is avoiding the Revert policy (specifically, the part that says you shouldn't revert good faith edits and rather discuss them on a talk page) something that has any sort of administrative repercussions (like violating the 3RR), or what? [[User:.V.|.V.]] 22:07, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:[[WP:SOCK#Meatpuppets]] may be of some help, or if you think the accounts may actually be just one person, [[WP:SOCK]] in general has protocol to follow. Your situation is a tough one to be in. [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 22:12, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

:I keep [[Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace#Template_list|this list]] handy and have found that consistent and fair use of the templates will keep most people in tow. At the very least, you'll alert others to the problem users. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 22:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== pillars of creation lost ==

I created a stub for the Pillars of Creation, those giant gas clouds, but now if you search for "pillars of creation" it goes straight to that messy stub instead of showing results like The Pillars of Creation, the book. --sleepersix <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Sleepersix|Sleepersix]] ([[User talk:Sleepersix|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sleepersix|contribs]]) 22:10, 21 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Sounds like a [[Wikipedia:disambiguation|disambiguation]] page or link is in order. [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 22:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

=December 22=

== Signature name ==

When I edit some work Johnalden appears whenever I sign in with the four tildes jack appers. How do I change this to johnalden

--[[User:Johnalden|Jack]] 00:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:In your [[Special:Preferences|preferences]], change your signature from ''Jack'' to ''Johnalden''. [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 00:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Browser Compatability Problem? ==

I've looked in the help files and FAQ, and I am not finding the information I need to resolve this problem. I use Mozilla Firefox version 1.5.0.8, and ever since it updated to 1.5.0.8, I can't display any of the formulas in Wikipedia articles. The Wikipeida website has provided critical resources during my electrical engineering education. If I can't resolve this problem, I will be forced to switch to Internet Explorer rather than lose the ability to access such a wealth of information.

I understand that formulas in Wikipedia articles are displayed with MathML. I have read that Firefox has "native" support for MathML, which I assume means that it should support MathML without any additional plugins. I tried downloading and installing MathML fonts, but this did not change anything. I'm afraid that I don't know what to do next. Please give me some information so that I can get Firefox to display the formulas. Thank you. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Raeyin|Raeyin]] ([[User talk:Raeyin|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Raeyin|contribs]]) 01:29, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

== Controlling the table of contents ==

Is there any way of controlling the table of contents other than <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>'ing it and creating a new one? See [[User:Albinomonkey/2005-06 in Australian football (soccer)]] - I'd like to restrict it to having only three levels of headings in the contents (up to 2.1.1, 2.1.2, etc) but without removing the ability to individually edit the higher-level sections. Thanks &ndash; [[User:Albinomonkey|AlbinoMonkey]] ^{([[User talk:Albinomonkey|Talk]])} 01:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:I think the page is fine, don't think what you want is possible, and don't think it's worth the trouble to do anything. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 02:20, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

: Not directly. You can float the table around, but the contents are filled by MediaWiki automatically. If you want to make one, you have to create it manually. See [[List of storms in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] for an example. [[User:Titoxd|Tito]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza |<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]^{([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]])} 02:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== user name ==

I can't log in because I forgot my user name----

Richard Cummings <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/24.189.176.165|24.189.176.165]] ([[User talk:24.189.176.165|talk]]) 02:07, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Do you remember any articles you editited. We can easily find out that way. But if you have none than you might as well just create a new account. &mdash; [[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#4169E1">'''Seadog_MS'''</span>]] 03:15, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

==Editing pages==

hello.

I was not aware that one could make changes to a site without being a member. I tried to fix the problem , which was just a couple of words .

Sorry. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:71.28.63.135|71.28.63.135]] ([[User talk:71.28.63.135|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/71.28.63.135|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:Don't worry! The desire to contribute in a positive manner is the first step, and unfortunately one many people never get past. The [[WP:I|welcome page]] is usually a good place to start learning about contributing, and if you have any specific questions, you can [[User talk:Dar-Ape|ask me]] or leave them here. In the mean time, [[WP:BOLD|be bold]]! Cheers, [[User:Dar-Ape|Dar]]-[[User talk:Dar-Ape|Ape]] 04:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::Despite the fact that you are able to edit without registering, there are [[WP:WHY|additional benefits to a registered name]] which you may want to consider if you are planning on editing frequently. It's not necessary, but I would recommend it. —<font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|K]]</font><font color="2f690d">[[User:Keakealani/Esperanza|e]]</font><font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|akealani]]</font> 07:14, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Susan Johnson needs disambiguation ==

I cannot figure out how to set up a disambiguation page for Susan Johnson. There are multiple existing links to the current Susan Johnson page, but the information is for the author, not the singer/actress. I read the instructions for doing this, but they were beyond my ken. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Fshepinc|Fshepinc]] ([[User talk:Fshepinc|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Fshepinc|contribs]]) 05:07, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:See [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation]]. In short, you might create an article called [[Susan Johnson (disambiguation)]] and list the various possible articles referring to Susan Johnson. The decision lies as to which article should appear when "Susan Johnson" is searched - either way, a note would be added to the other articles saying something like "for other uses, see [[Susan Johnson (disambiguation]]" or something. It depends on the circumstance. —<font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|K]]</font><font color="2f690d">[[User:Keakealani/Esperanza|e]]</font><font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|akealani]]</font> 07:13, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Artcile ID ==

Hello,

I am from ePublishing Industry.

I want to know whether there is an ARTICLE ID assigned to each article in Wikipedia.

If yes, how can I get to know this ARTICLE ID.

Please advise.

Regards,

Prakash

:I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but each article has a title, if that's what you mean. All articles can be accessed by their caps-sensitive title either by searching or filling it into the URL. Each version in the article's history also has a "diff number" which identifies only a specific version of the article which may have been edited since. Please clarify your question if this didn't answer it. —<font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|K]]</font><font color="2f690d">[[User:Keakealani/Esperanza|e]]</font><font color="8100b4">[[User:Keakealani|akealani]]</font> 07:11, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::I think the questioner is either inquiring as to something like an [[unique identifier]], which is a feature of databases, or something like the [[Digital object identifier]] (DOI in our references), which is in widespread use particularly in tracking online science papers. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 14:48, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Page move: target already exists. ==

I agree with [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shakespeare:_the_Animated_Tales&diff=95842662&oldid=95841206 this edit summary], but am I right to think that only an admin can do this, since the target page already exists (as a redirect to this one)? If yes, can someone oblige? [[User:AndyJones|AndyJones]] 08:44, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

*Yes, the redirect that's there needed to be deleted first. I've moved and I'm now in the process of fixing links. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 10:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

**Excellent, thanks for your help. [[User:AndyJones|AndyJones]] 19:01, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== who were the zorastarians ==

hi,

i am seeking information about zorastarians. Who were they what were their beliefs etc., any significant leaders etc.

thanks <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/211.75.215.246|211.75.215.246]] ([[User talk:211.75.215.246|talk]]) 09:56, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:You might want to read our article on [[Zoroastrianism]]. Also, questions not directly related to the Wikipedia (such as this one) should go to the appropriate [[Wikipedia:Reference desk|reference desk]], where they should be able to help you if you have further questions. -- [[User:Consumed Crustacean|Consumed Crustacean]] <small>([[User talk:Consumed Crustacean|talk]])</small> 10:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Rules on illegal content ==

Does Wikipedia have any explicit policies on linking to websites or mentioning content in regards to talking about and linking to websites that promote copyright infringement, such as [[The Pirate Bay]]? [[User:NeoChaosX|NeoChaosX]] <font size="1"> ([[User talk:NeoChaosX|talk]], [[Special:Contributions/NeoChaosX|walk]])</font> 11:12, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:As far as I know they are not allowed, and removed immediately upon discovery. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 11:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:If by "promote" you mean "contain copyright infringing material", yes: see [[Wikipedia:External links]]. Links to (for example) copyright infringing pictures, movies, lyrics, books, and software (including "abandonware") should be removed on sight if you are sure of the copyright status. Pages which simply discuss or advocate things illegal in particular countries are not covered by this. [[User:Notinasnaid|Notinasnaid]] 11:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::In the specific case of [[The Pirate Bay]], I'd agree that linking is generally discouraged (site contains copyright-infringing material). It could probably be argued, however, that linking such a site ''in an article about the site'' is appropriate (barring legal concerns... not that we should ignore those, which is why this gets complicated). [[User:Luna Santin|Luna Santin]] 11:28, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:Linking to a site is generally fine when that site is directly related to the topic at hand. However, if you're linking to the site to give a download link... definitely not allowed. &mdash; [[User:Dark Shikari|<span style="background-color:#DDDDFF; font-weight:bold"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Da</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000CC">rk</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000099">Sh</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000066">ik</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000033">ar</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000">i</FONT>]] <font color="#000088">^{[[User_talk:Dark_Shikari|''talk'']]}'''/'''_{[[Special:Contributions/Dark_Shikari|''contribs'']]}</font></span> 11:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

*It's not much of a problem if the site contains copyrighted material. But you should definitely not link to such material directly. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 13:11, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Too bad you don't have real librarians. They rock!

:Okay, maybe I should be more specific; would [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RPG_Maker_%28series%29&curid=6769926&diff=95906007&oldid=95904809 this paragraph], which talks about the illegal translation and distribution of a computer program, be acceptable to have in a Wikipedia article? [[User:NeoChaosX|NeoChaosX]] <font size="1"> ([[User talk:NeoChaosX|talk]], [[Special:Contributions/NeoChaosX|walk]])</font> 20:28, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::Yes, if there are [[WP:RS|reliable sources]]. As long as you are simply giving information about it, and not actually promoting it, it's fine, and if it's important, it should definitely be included. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 20:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Help (watchlist question) ==

I am a new user of wikipedia please giveinformation on how to include something in my watchlist[[User:R.R.Krishna|R.R.Krishna]] 14:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:Go to the page you want to watch, and at the top of the article, there will be a tab labelled "Watch". Clicking on that link will add the page on which you click the link to your watchlist. [[User:Nihiltres|Nihiltres]] 14:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Change Submission Title ==

I want to change the title of an article I submitted. What is the easiest way to do this? Thanks! <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Gkozak|Gkozak]] ([[User talk:Gkozak|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Gkozak|contribs]]) 15:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:You should find some helpful information at [[WP:MOVE]]. If your account is too new, you can [[WP:RM|request a move]]. Hope that helps! [[User:Luna Santin|Luna Santin]] 15:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::Yeah sure, where would you like it moved and what reason. &mdash; [[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#4169E1">'''Seadog_MS'''</span>]] 15:32, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Policies on links to files ==

I wrote an article entitle "Computer repair technician." In it I have laid the foundation for what one it, as well as tools and software one may need to be in that profession.

Some of the files I included are linked to a Google search using said file as a key-word, allowing the viewer to search themselves.

My ultimate question is, can I put a direct link on a wikipedia page?? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Ben414|Ben414]] ([[User talk:Ben414|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ben414|contribs]]) 16:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:The relevant policy is at [[WP:LINKS]]. The rule I live by is, if I send the link to someone during a discussion on said topic, would there be any doubt that I'm providing authoritative, free info, or might it be interpreted as a marketing ploy? Thus, any commercial links or Geocities page would most likely be frowned upon. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 16:28, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Some files have articles on wikipedia already, and can be tracked down that way. One file in particular, blocklist.reg,formerly available [http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php here] is not on the parent's site anymore, but available elsewhere. --[[User:Ben414|Ben414]] 16:37, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Medical expenses incurred abroad ==

How can I reclaim emergency medical expenses incurred in Fuerteventura bearing in mind that

the European Health Insurance Card was not accepted by the practicioner

[[User:Lezahlom|Lezahlom]] 16:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:This is outside the abilities of an encyclopedia to assist you, personally i would suggest that you contact to the card issuer. [[User:Gnangarra|Gnangarra]] 17:13, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:Talk to your health insurance company. You did have health insurance? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Emeraude|Emeraude]] ([[User talk:Emeraude|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Emeraude|contribs]]) 17:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

== Infobox position ==

I don't actually want to know how to do this (though I may find it useful in the future) but here is something that puzzles and annoys me. Most inforboxes appear on the right and do not obscure the article text. However, a number of infoboxes (e.g. city, historical cricketers) appear in articles at the top left before all text, meaning that readers have to scroll down a long way to find out the detail. Why do they do this? I presume it is because the infobox was itself designed to do this. An example page is [[Roanoke, Virginia]]. Should infobox designers be instructed to ensure their infoboxes are on the right, or is it the fault of the article editor when placing the infobox? I have used Edit to examine pages and infoboxes and am no wiser. [[User:Emeraude|Emeraude]] 17:50, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:That only happens if your window happens to be as big as the infobox, so there is no room for text. For instance, I see the infobox on the right there. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 17:51, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:Thanks for your answer, but I don't understand it - my windows are always full size. But I went back to [[Roanoke, Virginia]] after reading your reply and, somehow, it's now shifted to the right! Some temporary glitch perhaps?? [[User:Emeraude|Emeraude]]

::Possible. I'll check the edit history of the template to see if something is wrong. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 18:07, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::I have no idea what was wrong. Maybe someone changed the specifications for the "infobox geography" table class. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 18:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Duplicate articles ==

I just pulled up a random article, and got [[Church Gone Wild/Chirpin Hard]]. It looked kinda sparse, and nothing linked to it. Checking the bands article, I discovered [[Church Gone Wild/Chirpin' Hard]], which is linked to and has stuff.

What is the proper procedure in this case, mechanically and administratively? (That is, what should be done, and how is it done.) Delete? If so is this a speedy criterion, a prod, an afd, or some other procedural deletion? Redirect? How are those made and who can make them? Or something else? [[User:Gnfnrf|Gnfnrf]] 18:20, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:If the smaller article has any information the larger one doesn't, [[WP:MM|merge]] it into the main article, then redirect the small one into the new one. This is done by replacing the entire page with <tt>#REDIRECT[[Church Gone Wild/Chirpin' Hard]]</tt>. I'd also add a template to the redirect describing the fact that it is a redirect from an alternate punctuation/spelling (which, from [[WP:R]], is {{tl|R from alternative spelling}}). [[User:BigNate37|'''<span style="color:#DF2F2F">Big</span><span style="color:#3F3F3F">Nate</span><span style="color:#DF2F2F">37</span>''']]_{[[User talk:BigNate37|(T)]]} 18:26, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Helping identify image issues ==

I sometimes look through the image space on [[Special:Recentchanges]] like the [[WP:RCP|RC Patrol]], looking for stuff that doesn't belong. I'm not always sure what the correct action should be when I find something.

* Image pages that contain article content (often that are non-notable subjects)

* Where someone changes the information that they had when they originally uploaded the image to something like {{tl|PD-self}}

Those are the two that are coming to mind today. Answers to what I should do about those two cases would be nice, but pointers to ''good'' information pages that answer those and more would be better. ~ [[User:BigrTex|<font color="blue">Bigr</font>]][[User Talk:BigrTex|<font color="red">Tex</font>]] 18:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:I find the most common reason for article text on an image page is a new user not understanding the correct way to make an article (so I'd suggest contacting the uploader and explaining what's happened). Occasionally, they even use {{tl|helpme}} to ask why they can't find their article... As for your second question, it could be vandalism, an illegal (as in copyright-law violation) attempt to change the attribution of an image to keep it/delete it from Wikipedia, or it could be that the uploader used the wrong tag to start with. I don't know of any good resource about image RC patrol, so I can't help there. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 18:57, 22 December 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

*If the article content on the image page doesn't look like it's about a non-notable subject, simply move it where it should be and inform the editor. I'm with Ais523, I believe some editors believe they can upload the article text rather than typing it in. When changes of attribution are concerned it's a judgement call. If you have reason to believe the change is fraudulent either go to [[WP:PUI]] or [[WP:IFD]]. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 19:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Recent posting under the name Analog Ear ==

Analog Ear was recently posted. It does appear. It is text only.

However, the text is strung out far beyond normal margins. How can this be corrected?

John L. Stewart[[User:Av-Alarm|Av-Alarm]] 20:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[[User:Av-Alarm|Av-Alarm]] 20:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:I've fixed it. The reason was that Wikipedia treats text starting with a space as text to be non-formatted:

like this.

:On Wikipedia, leave a gap of one (empty) line to start a new paragraph; do not indent. &mdash;[[User:Dbmag9|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">D</span>]]<font color="green">[[User:Dbmag9/Esperanza|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">a</span>]]</font>[[User:Dbmag9|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">niel</span>]] [[User talk:Dbmag9|(‽)]] 20:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Hi Question about youtube ==

I have a video of Ehud Olmert saying that Israel has Nuclear weapons, I tried to link to the site on Wikipedia, but it keeps getting reverted back. Help!!!!

setfree <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Fruitceller|Fruitceller]] ([[User talk:Fruitceller|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Fruitceller|contribs]]) 20:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:YouTube is disliked as a source, because there is little if any information about the video in question. There's no vetting process so it can't be considered reliable, and frequently the video is a copyright violation (which Wikipedia tries to avoid linking to). Unless there is an exceptional reason for including the link, it is likely to be reverted back. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 21:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== EDITING A NEWLY SUBMITTED ARTICLE ==

Yesterday I submitted an article entitled 'Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA)' and, despite roaming far and wide through the Wikipedia website, can't locate it for further editing. Is there a straightforward way of recovering this article? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Benelong|Benelong]] ([[User talk:Benelong|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Benelong|contribs]]) 21:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:It got deleted, sorry there are nothing in your contribs with that article name...this is your first edit. &mdash; [[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#4169E1">'''Seadog_MS'''</span>]] 21:15, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::Just to confirm, it did definately get deleted: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Australian+School+of+Pacific+Administration see here for reason]. &mdash;[[User:Dbmag9|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">D</span>]]<font color="green">[[User:Dbmag9/Esperanza|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">a</span>]]</font>[[User:Dbmag9|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">niel</span>]] [[User talk:Dbmag9|(‽)]] 21:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::Right [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Australian+School+of+Pacific+Administration here]. &mdash; [[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#4169E1">'''Seadog_MS'''</span>]] 21:17, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::The web page I am supposed to have violated is my own web page about ASOPA, which obviously includes related information. The article I submitted to Wikipedia also cited numerous other sources as a basis. This is my first post. It was made in response to Wikipedia's confessed lack of information on this subject. It was an original article. Do I persist or do I stop wasting my time?{{unsigned2|16:32, December 22, 2006|Benelong}}

:::The problem was that your article was apparently an exact copy of the one placed on your website. Posting an entire article/site verbatim is a problem. Further, Wikipedia has a policy of [[WP:NOR|no original research]]. You cannot cite something of your own as a fact in an article you are editing. The best thing I can recommend is to either write a new article, using the same sources as your webpage, or to request someone else write the article. Be sure to make sure the subject is [[WP:N|notable]]. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 21:39, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm grateful for the feedback I'm getting - and for its speed. The article was original, very different to that on the website and it was researched from sources I had not used previously. I don't believe it was badly written. I'm rather perplexed as to what I should do now - apart from give up.

Whoops! The deleted article referred to above was submitted on 26 July and was a verbatim summary of other material on my website. So its deletion was understandable. The article I'm referring to here was submitted yesterday (22 December) and was an original piece. If I cannot locate it, do I assume it was not uploaded and should I repeat the process?

== Deleteing relevant RS cites without discussion ==

I have someone who is deleting my relevant RS cites because he objects to the way the cites are formatted. Isn't there some sort of guideline or recommendation that specifies that such things should be discussed on the Talk page first? If I were to go around deleting relevant RS cites without discussion I don't think it would be viewed very well. Thanks. [[User:Tanaats|Tanaats]] 21:42, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:I'd view such deletions as removal of content, unless he's asked you to learn to cite correctly and you've refused. It'd be useful to know what exactly happened (diffs, etc.). [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] ([[User talk:Xiner|talk]], [[Special:Emailuser/Xiner|email]]) 21:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:It would help to know what article this is referring to. There may be a relevant issue with the way citations are done in the article. I agree that discussing it in the Talk page is recommended, but without knowing more, it's hard to determine what's proper procedure. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 21:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::Here's the diff[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret_Singer&diff=prev&oldid=95852817]. Actually I mispoke in my state of upset. It's only happened once on that [[Margaret Singer|page]]. But it is a ''very'' contentious page, with lots of little edit wars in the past, so I do appreciate your helping me to understand what is appropriate in this sort of situation. [[User:Tanaats|Tanaats]] 22:05, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

::Also, he has ''not'' asked me to learn to cite correctly. (Had I done so I certainly would not have refused.) [[User:Tanaats|Tanaats]] 22:30, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Any further advice would be much appreciated. Thanks. [[User:Tanaats|Tanaats]] 17:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Images and access ==

I do not know where else to go. I am on old fashioned dialup, was Netscape now FireFox. Often [very often] I search an article, click, and it starts. Boxes where images are to be, of the prospective size of the images, with alternate text. The upload continues, at some point the boxes disappear or truncate to just the alternate text, no image. Over the last few days I have yet to see the top image in 'Archeopteryx' - a few days ago two of the three images in the article were there, but not the Munich specimen. Yesterday and today, the Munich one comes up but not the initial Berlin specimen. Is this my setup, or is Wiki sort of terminating image upload after some [relatively short] time?? --[[User:Dumarest|Dumarest]] 21:51, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Problems with graphics anchoring ==

Hello!

I'm having problems getting a graphic to stay anchored to the left, under #2. If I place the graphic on a separate line, #2 goes to the left of the graphic. If I place it at on it's own line the numbering under it goes back to #1. What do I do?

Here is what I'm working on:

===Calendar - Alarms Not Working===

*Have the customer:

#While in the mail view, click on Tools/Preferences/Calendar & To Do/Alarms.

#Uncheck Appointments/Meetings.

[[Image:Alarms_Not_Working_1.jpg]]

#Click on OK.

#Close Notes and then re-open Notes.

#Click on Tools/Preferences/Calendar & To Do/Alarms.

#Check Appointments/Meetings.

#Click on OK.

#*Note: If a message appears saying you have missed some alarms, do you want to see them, select "yes" (choosing "no" will turn your alarms off, even though they are enabled in your preferences!).

[[User:Kestanley|Kestanley]] 21:58, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

:The <nowiki><br/></nowiki> html tag is the solution:

#First Item

#Second Item<nowiki><br/></nowiki>SecondItemImage

#Third Item

:produces:

:#First Item

:#Second Item<br/>SecondItemImage

:#Third Item

:Hope this helps. ~ [[User:BigrTex|<font color="blue">Bigr</font>]][[User Talk:BigrTex|<font color="red">Tex</font>]] 22:03, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

== Edit problem within sections on [[WP:RD/H]] ==

At the moment, trying to edit a particular section on the [[WP:RD/H|Humanities reference desk]] will open an edit box for the ''preceding'' section. What to do about this? (NB: I'm not even sure this is the right or best place to ask, but couldn't think of another more appropriate...) ''Thanks, [[User:85.250.165.159|85.250.165.159]] 23:07, 22 December 2006 (UTC)''

:Sometimes that happens to me too, I'm not sure what it is, but I just click on the next one and edit as I please, and the problem gets fixed pretty soon. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mac_Davis <font color="#6644FF">X</font>] '''[<i></i>[[User:Mac Davis|<font color="#006600" face="Times"><i>Mac Davis</i></font>]]<i></i>]''' <small>([[User:Mac_Davis/Desk|<font color="#6688AA">DESK</font>]]|[[User_talk:Mac_Davis/Improvement|<font color="#666666">How's my driving?</font>]])</small> 02:02, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

*It happens if a section above the one you want to edit gets deleted. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|^(talk)]] 12:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Help Changing Title Information... ==

The title I created for the page is not correct. It reads: User:cookingupastory I would like it to read instead, Cooking Up A Story

Sounds simple, but after trying to discover the answer on your site, it became obvious to me it was not a simple change. My goal is to have the page discoverable for those who use the title (of our show) in Wikipedia. I do plan to add additional content once the basics get properly configured.

Thanks for your help.

Fred

:I think you should read [[WP:USERPAGE|our userpage policy]]. Promotional material is not allowed, and may be removed. Please do not use Wikipedia to advertise things. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 00:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::Change may to will. Don't expect to be able to use wikipedia for only promoting things. &mdash; [[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#4169E1">'''Seadog_MS'''</span>]] 00:10, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

==New Page==

I created a new Wikipedia page, but when I search for it on the web, it doesn't come up. Was there something else I was supposed to do? Thank you,

Susan Montez

:Were you searching here, or on Google? It may take up to 24 hours for a new article to show up here, and several days to a week before it shows up on Google. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 00:53, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Saving articles ==

Can I save interesting articles in my own personal folder?[[User:Ceeliekid|Ceeliekid]] 00:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Absolutely. If you want to save a page to your bookmarks, you are more than welcome to add that page to the bookmarks in your browser. This way, you will be able to bring up the most current version of the page. Additionally, if you want to save one particular edit of a page, just go to "Permanent link" in the toolbox on the left-hand side.

:I see also that you are a registered user. You also have the benefit of adding a page to your "watchlist." Just go to the page that you want to add, and click "Watch" at the top of the page. Then click on "my watchlist" at the very top to view all of the pages you are watching.

:If you're looking to save the page to your hard drive, you can do that too. Just go to File-Save.

:Hope this helps... <font color="#08457E" vlink="#08457E"><b>[[User:Tomtheman5|tiZom]]</b></font>_{<font color="black">[[User talk:Tomtheman5|(2¢)]]</font>} 01:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Question marks where text cannot be displayed: affects editing? ==

Occasionally I will see question marks in a Wikipedia article, signifying text my computer is unable to interpret. This is common with Japanese/Chinese characters and things of that nature. My question is (and by its very nature, this is not something I can test myself), if I edit one of these articles, will the special characters remain, or will they be reduced to actual question marks and affect the users who can see these characters? I'm guessing the actual characters are preserved when I see the ????? in the article and in the article's Edit box, but I'd rather be safe and make sure I'm not resubmitting the article with question mark characters. Thanks.. [[User:Mussavcom|mussavcom]] 01:02, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

*Yup, they'll be safe. The "?" is not an actual "?" character--it is what your computer displays when it encounters a unicode character or the like that it doesn't have the font for. Best option? Just install the fonts, its pretty easy. [[Shift JIS]] encoding is pretty common across the Internet.&mdash; [[User:Dark Shikari|<span style="background-color:#DDDDFF; font-weight:bold"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Da</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000CC">rk</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000099">Sh</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000066">ik</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000033">ar</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000">i</FONT>]] <font color="#000088">^{[[User_talk:Dark_Shikari|''talk'']]}'''/'''_{[[Special:Contributions/Dark_Shikari|''contribs'']]}</font></span> 02:42, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::Oops - edit conflict here:

::Don't worry, you're not ruining these characters! I was actually unsure myself, so I just went to a computer that doesn't recognize Chinese characters. I copied the characters (which showed up as boxes on my screen) and pasted them into my sandbox at [[User:Tomtheman5/Sandbox|Tomtheman5/Sandbox]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ATomtheman5%2FSandbox&diff=96032852&oldid=85199282 diff]). Then I went to another computer, and was able to see the Chinese characters. Seems like you're all set. <font color="#08457E" vlink="#08457E"><b>[[User:Tomtheman5|tiZom]]</b></font>_{<font color="black">[[User talk:Tomtheman5|(2¢)]]</font>} 02:44, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== New Policy? ==

I was just doing a bit of newpage patrolling, and every article I see made has a long complicated edit summary. Is there some new policy or an old one I'm not aware of? Whenever I create a page I just say "created a page". Can someone throw me a link, if it's applicable? '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:DoomsDay349|Dooms]]</font><font color="lightblue">[[User talk:DoomsDay349|Day349]]</font>''''' 02:29, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:I don't know the link, but there's a new feature where page creations have an automatic edit summary like that unless you specify another. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 02:30, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::That would explain it. I don't care to use it, personally. Thank you very much. '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:DoomsDay349|Dooms]]</font><font color="lightblue">[[User talk:DoomsDay349|Day349]]</font>''''' 02:32, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::Actually, I take that back. In the four seconds since I posted that message, I've seen that this thing has merits to it. Does anyone have the link? '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:DoomsDay349|Dooms]]</font><font color="lightblue">[[User talk:DoomsDay349|Day349]]</font>''''' 02:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:::[[Wikipedia:Edit summary#Automatic summaries]]. Is that it? <font color="#08457E" vlink="#08457E"><b>[[User:Tomtheman5|tiZom]]</b></font>_{<font color="black">[[User talk:Tomtheman5|(2¢)]]</font>} 02:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::::That is what I would think. &mdash; [[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#4169E1">'''Seadog_MS'''</span>]] 02:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== #Vandalism-en-wp ==

Hi I just got verified and I am able to go on the IRC channel, but I get this message /msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password>. What do I put in these fields. Thank you. &mdash; [[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#4169E1">'''Seadog_MS'''</span>]] 02:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Okay now it says my password is accpeted, and it says my mode is +e but I can't do anything...I.E can't post a message. Can someone ''please'' help me on what to do. &mdash; [[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#4169E1">'''Seadog_MS'''</span>]] 02:44, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::You need to request ''voice'' to post anything. I think this is usually done in the ''#cvu-request'' channel. -- [[User:Zzuuzz|zzuuzz]] ^{[[User_talk:Zzuuzz|(talk)]]} 03:15, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Software problem? ==

Did anyone just notice the layout of Wikipedia totally change and the sidebar go away? It only lasted a minute, is it just me? Was somebody messing with the software? '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:DoomsDay349|Dooms]]</font><font color="lightblue">[[User talk:DoomsDay349|Day349]]</font>''''' 02:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Could it have been a hiccup on your end? i.e. the [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] didn't load? -- [[User:Consumed Crustacean|Consumed Crustacean]] <small>([[User talk:Consumed Crustacean|talk]])</small> 02:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::I dunno. It's gone now, in any case. Odd. '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:DoomsDay349|Dooms]]</font><font color="lightblue">[[User talk:DoomsDay349|Day349]]</font>''''' 02:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Possibly Controversial Essay ==

I'm considering writing an essay, but I'm afraid the topic might be considered uncivil. Basically, it's about when new users get all uppity and think they know better than the users who have been here far longer. I understand that new and inexperienced users can be useful, I personally know a fantastic one who is very diligent in patrolling an article we have a mutual interest in, but sadly I know more that don't care to read policies and just do what they want. IAR only applies in certain cases, you know. Then again, maybe somebody has already written this, and if they have throw me the link. If the topic's bad, though, tell me and I won't write it, I'll just keep my dark thoughts on the inside...:)

Can't believe I've had three topics here within a few hours, lol. '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:DoomsDay349|Dooms]]</font><font color="lightblue">[[User talk:DoomsDay349|Day349]]</font>''''' 04:54, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:That is a baad idea, you'll most definitely be accused of [[WP:BITE]]. I recommend you don't write it. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 04:55, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::Precisely the reason I've asked the question. Thank you. '''''<font color="darkblue">[[User:DoomsDay349|Dooms]]</font><font color="lightblue">[[User talk:DoomsDay349|Day349]]</font>''''' 05:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Sounds like the basic idea could be expressed (carefully) in [[Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes]]. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 15:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Write it on a subpage in your userspace and ask for feedback privately from a couple of experienced editors before posting it in the project space. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 16:15, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== How do I start? ==

Hi. I have trouble creating an account, registering, logging in or creating a username. Maybe I already have an account, and maybe I don't. How do I find out? What do I do next? How do I register (I couldn't find a place or link for registration). I think the name I would like to use ("Kurtlane") is already assigned to someone, but maybe it is assigned to me, and I don't know it. Could you please guide me through, or tell me where I can look for guidance. (I think I cannot use the "Change username" template, since I don't yet have a username).

[[User:75.84.102.227|75.84.102.227]] 05:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Ok, so up in the top right corner there is a link "Sign in/Create account" click that. Then you click create account. This will take you to a page where you enter the username you want, a password and optionally an email address. That's your account created. If [[User:Kurtlane]] (were you editing [[Medicine wheel]]?) is you then you will have to try and remember the password or if you entered an email address you can get a new password emailed to you by going to sign in and clicking email new password. I hope it helped. [[User:James086|<font face="comic sans ms">James086]]^{[[User talk:James086|<font color="orange">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/James086|<font color="green">Contribs</font>]]}</font> 11:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:To create a new username - click this [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=Special:Contributions link].

:It appears that the [[User:Kurtlane]] is already in use, but only on the 9th April 2006 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kurtlane]. If this makes sense and you still think it is your account - then you will find an email in your registering email account, reminding them you of your password and account details. [[User:Lethaniol|Lethaniol]] 11:12, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Numbers ==

What are those red/green numbers in the recent changes? --[[User:Proficient|Proficient]] 05:35, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Number of characters added or removed. -[[User:Amarkov|Amarkov]] <small>^{[[User_talk:Amarkov|blah]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/User:Amarkov|edits]]}</small> 05:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

::It is all discussed here [[MediaWiki talk:Recentchangestext#New field in recent changes not defined anywhere]]. [[User:Lethaniol|Lethaniol]] 11:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Indian states ==

I would like to know about the details of indian states. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:202.177.152.249|202.177.152.249]] ([[User talk:202.177.152.249|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/202.177.152.249|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:Do you mean the [[States and territories of India]]? If so, start with this article and follow the links. There is an article here about each Indian state. -- [[user:Rick Block|Rick Block]] <small>([[user talk:Rick Block|talk]])</small> 15:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Cant post a Video link on Ehud Olmert page ==

I have a Video clip of Ehud Olmert saying about Israel haveing Nuclear weapons, I tried to post a link but it got reverted, it seems there in NO WAY to post the link, becasue it is hosted on my site at youtube. I feel this is a VERY important video as it is in the mans own words and not just text, please help me post this link, I feel it would add to the completness of the article. But each time I try to post it gets reverted by a 'bot' HELP !!!!

set free

Video clip is the following

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tRrpvyZ9OQ0

:As I answered [[Wikipedia:Help_desk#Hi_Question_about_youtube|above]], YouTube links should almost always be avoided, hence the automatic reversion. There is not information on the source of the video so it could be a copyright violation. If you feel very strongly that this video should be included, start a discussion on the talk page of the relevant article. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 19:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Popular Queries ==

Hi,

Is there information available as to what the most popular queries are in a day, week, month, year...etc? {{unsigned|Ryansittler| 17:35, 23 December 2006}}

:See [http://hemlock.knams.wikimedia.org/~leon/stats/wikicharts/index.php?lang=en&wiki=enwiki&ns=artyku%C5%82y&limit=1000&month=12%2F2006&mode=view#settings this], but you can choose only a specific month as the temporal criterion. <b><font color="#2EC401">[[User:Jacek_Kendysz|Jacek]]</font> <font color="#206600">[[User:Jacek_Kendysz|Kendysz]]</font></b> 17:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Deleted article? ==

I made the Curbed(.com) article, but when i went to look to make sure it was there, it just had reverted to the "this page hasn't been created yet", even though i had already created and saved it a couple of times. Also, how do you create a redirect page for an article? for example, i just created the Oakley THUMP article and i want to be able to redirect a user in case that user searches for Oakley ''Thump'' (not capitalized).--[[User:Technofreak90|Technofreak90]] 18:56, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Checking the deletion log for [[Curbed]], it was deleted on the 21 December [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Curbed]. The deleting admin gave the reason G4 from [[WP:CSD]] which is "recreation of deleted material". It had previously been deleted in July because it had not asserted any notability. For information on how to make redirects, see [[WP:REDIRECT]]. [[User:Trebor Rowntree|Trebor]] 19:02, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Information about films in production ==

As an editor who works on a good number of Wikipedia articles about upcoming films, I'm curious about the best way to handle leaked production information. I've often cited the policy that information reported by scoopers is not [[WP:V|verifiable]], as they are not [[WP:RS|reliable sources]]. However, if scooper information is complemented with pictures, does the information become authentic? For example, the Joker will make an appearance in ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]''. I wouldn't be surprised to see leaked information and photos about how the Joker looks. My question is, does information such as this have any kind of place here at Wikipedia, or should it be dismissed entirely? —[[User:Erikster|Erik]] ([[User talk:Erikster|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Erikster|contrib]]) - 19:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

== Referencing a Talk Page to Group Multiple Sources into One ==

There is currently a debate as to whether the talk page for an article can be used as a source on the [[List_of_best-selling_video_game_consoles|List of best-selling video game consoles]]. To acquire the total sales for some systems, a collection of about 10+ different sources was compiled, explained, and added together on the [[Talk:List_of_best-selling_video_game_consoles|Talk Page]]. The resulting figure was then used on the main article page with the source as the Talk Page section where all the sources are listed. This was done instead of listing all the sources and explanations on the main article page, where it would make the article excessively messy.

Is this acceptable or not? --[[User:Zomic13|Zomic13]] 14:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)