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 How to reduce or enlarge font sizes
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July 13
Minor edit 'what's this link
Hi is there anyway to change the way the "what's this?" link for minor edits on edit pages so that it opens up Help:minor edit in a new window, or at least spatially move it away from the show preview button on the page? If rather than saving your edits and then checking it in the article and having to go back and do multiple edits, you use the show preview button, but accidentally click the what's this? link, you lose every edit that you made on that page since you last clicked show preview. I have done this a number of times after spending between 5 and 20 minutes re-writing or editing pages, and while I'm probably alot more prone than some people I imagine it is a problem that happens quite a bit. JenLouise 00:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- What browser are you using? In Firefox, when I click the 'back' button to go back to an editing window that I haven't saved yet, everything I've done in the edit window is as it is when I left it.
- It's a while since I used it to edit Wikipedia, but perhaps you're using Internet Explorer? If I remember correctly it might refuse to let you go back to the edit window once you've clicked 'save preview', because it counts it as a form that's already been submitted and therefore not something you'd want to look at again. There's techinical reasons for this, and they are "IE sucks", "IE sucks" and "IE sucks", in that order. --Sam Blanning(talk) 00:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- (Alternate solution)I myself face the problem of losing edits often, especially due to edit conflicts. After a lot of heartburn, I have found the best thing to do is to save your edits in shorter intervals so the info lost may not be as much. This may not be the solution you are looking for but does work for me -- Lost 02:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Depending on the time of day, my internet connection can get a bit flaky, and so I've long since taken to the habit of copying to the clipboard the text to the article I'd editing before clicking the "save" button - that way, should something go wrong, I can re-input it without too much trouble. For really long articles or if I'm making a lot of changes, I'll even save a copy as a text file on my desktop - it only takes a second and has saved me many headaches in the past. — QuantumEleven 06:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- All I know is that I use IE, and there has never been such a problem for me - Clicking "Back" always shows all my text right where I put it. Lost: You do know that when an edit conflict occurs, there is a second edit box where your version of the article appears, so you can integrate your changes into the current article, right? In tougher cases, checking the diff of the new edits shouldn't make the integration such a problem. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 08:48, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Depending on the time of day, my internet connection can get a bit flaky, and so I've long since taken to the habit of copying to the clipboard the text to the article I'd editing before clicking the "save" button - that way, should something go wrong, I can re-input it without too much trouble. For really long articles or if I'm making a lot of changes, I'll even save a copy as a text file on my desktop - it only takes a second and has saved me many headaches in the past. — QuantumEleven 06:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- (Alternate solution)I myself face the problem of losing edits often, especially due to edit conflicts. After a lot of heartburn, I have found the best thing to do is to save your edits in shorter intervals so the info lost may not be as much. This may not be the solution you are looking for but does work for me -- Lost 02:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Another tip is to make sure to preview regularly, that way if you do accidentally go off the page (and I've done it myself), when you return the contents of the edit box will be whatever you last previewed rather than the original text. --Daduzi talk 22:43, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
So I assume that the answer is: getting changes to the actual layout of wikipedia is nigh on impossible. Thanks Daduzi, I hadn't realised it saved it, that's the best one can I do I suppose. (And yes its true, I use internet explorer!) JenLouise 05:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Hatnotes as in The Artful Dodger (UK band)
Can someone please have a look at the article and see whether there's a proper way to make the last sentence ("There was also a Power-Pop band in the 1970s named Artful Dodger, and there is also a punk band named The Artful Dodger.") a hatnote? Wikipedia:Hatnotes lists some examples on how to use hatnotes, but doesn't provide help on this case. If there's no way to do so just tell me that there isn't, any answer would be very much appreciated. Thank you. -- dreadlady 20:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- What you're looking for is a disambiguation notice. There's a number of templates that you can use that make creating disambiguation messages easier (for lists see here and here. In this case, given that (as far as I can tell) only Artful Dodger have an article you could probably use {{Otheruses4}} to create the message. To use the template you simply enter {{Otheruses4|what this article is about|what the other article is about|name of the other article}}. So {{Otheruses4|the British garage band|the American rock band|Artful Dodger (US band)}} would give you a message like this:
- If the other band ever gets a page you can use {{Two other uses}} to link to both of them. Hope that helps. --Daduzi talk 09:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Edit Help
Greetings,
I am trying to add a section entitled "No. 1 hit singles" to the page entitled "1949 In Music" I have copied the same format that was used for 1950 and then edited it for 1949. When I click priview, the entire section comes up just as it should. But when I click save, only the heading and the introductory line appear. Please help.
Chuck Ford
Editing Help
Greetings,
I wrote you concerning a problem with editing a page but have solved the problem. Thanks anyway.
Chuck Ford
RE the preceding topic about footnotes, e.g. Grenadier Guards
I think I've got this straight. Do I do the "References" section using Citation Templates - WP:CITET - ? And do I use <ref> and </ref> tags within the text, containing between them the footnote, followed by a Notes section with <references/> for "Footnotes"? as described at WP:FN
- Please confirm that my understanding of this is correct. Thanks for your forbearance. It's a steep learning curve. -- FClef (Talk) 02:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds about right. You can think about it as two independent issues. When you place something between <ref> and </ref> tags in the text, cite.php will move whatever you put there to where the <references/> tag is. Because you're using this for footnotes, you'd put that <references/> tag in a Footnotes or References section at the end of the article. The {{cite}} templates just make it easy to format your whatever as a standard bibliographic form...it's unrelated to the cite.php mechanism. DMacks 08:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for clarification. -- FClef (Talk) 00:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds about right. You can think about it as two independent issues. When you place something between <ref> and </ref> tags in the text, cite.php will move whatever you put there to where the <references/> tag is. Because you're using this for footnotes, you'd put that <references/> tag in a Footnotes or References section at the end of the article. The {{cite}} templates just make it easy to format your whatever as a standard bibliographic form...it's unrelated to the cite.php mechanism. DMacks 08:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
School vanity?
Yesterday someone has spent a lot of effort adding names of staff and prefects to the article on their school King Edward VI Aston. As a contributor to the article I am not sure I can make an un-biased decision to boldly wield the eraser. Is there someone with experience in this who can tactfully sort this out (if it needs sorting)? It seems a shame to remove all that work. Thanks. Oosoom 05:14, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Its probably best to ask at Wikipedia:Wikiproject Schools -- Lost 06:17, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestion. I've asked it there. Oosoom 09:08, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- I have been bold and have removed the nn people. I also removed the lyrics to the school song, until such a time as their copyright status is determined. User:Zoe|(talk) 01:29, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
How to search content for square brackets in content?
How do I write a search string to match square brackets? According to WP:SEARCH, it seems I can just enter [1] and click Search to get all pages that have that string. That gives me no hits. I also tried putting it in various types of quotes--still nothing. I'm sure there are pages that do things like a literal [1] instead of using any of the template or cite.php citation features. I also tried Google as an external engine, but that searches the "outside" view of the pages, not the data as entered in the editor: I get all pages that use cite.php to automatically insert a ref hyperlink. How (if at all) can I do this search? DMacks 07:26, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- The search function uses prebuilt index files based on "words", and pretty much ignores non-alphabetic characters - so as far as I know there is no good way to search for arbitrary text strings including special characters (actually searching all articles for a given string rather than using a pre-built index would take a very, very long time as well). There might be some way to do this with an offline copy of the database. There's a list of folks who write tools that run against one offline copy available from m:toolserver. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
'My bad'
What's this 'my bad'? I've never come across it anywhere else except Wikipedia, so I assume it's another one of those in-phrases here. If so, how did it originate? It seems to mean 'my mistake' or 'mea culpa', so why don't people just use one of those commonly accepted phrases instead? --Richardrj 09:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'd like to know this one too:) -- Lost 09:46, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- So would I - but meanwhile, how about the trusty old Elizabethan standby: "Fie, for shame!" -- FClef (Talk) 10:32, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- I think this is one for the language reference desk. All I can say is that it's not a WP in-joke. It's been used outside WP quite a bit. - Mgm|(talk) 12:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- You're quite right. See here. I ignored the first rule of WP help desk - search first. My bad. --Richardrj 12:15, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- All terms that are uniquely used within Wikipedia (and "My bad" is not one that is missing, i.e. it's used outside of wikidom) should be in the glossary, see Wikipedia:Glossary. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:09, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Urban Dictionary defines the term, but it doesn't explain that it's an Americanism. I hear Americans use it all the time, but Britishers would never use it. I'd like to know whether it's used in other Anglophone countries, though. --Heron 19:17, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- We are seeing a word change before our very eyes from adjective to noun or perhaps both, c.f. "gay". Tyrenius 07:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Actually I'm a Britisher and I use it, and know others who do. For what it's worth the first instance I can remember haring the term was on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air --Daduzi talk 08:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Actor Chewetel Ejiofor
I want to add the pronunciation of Ejifor's name to his article. He is a good actor and I want to be able to talk about him with my friends. I found the pronunciation in another Google reference but I think it should be in Wikipedia. I've read the edit instructions and tried the sandbox, but I still don't know how to do this.----Taraza
- Take a look at International Phonetic Alphabet. This is how pronunciations should be written in Wikipedia. --Schzmo 15:00, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Corporate Wiki
Could a company create a wiki for internal use so that new hires and interns can research and learn about a company while allowing the same editorial ethics encouraged by wikipedia? What all goes into creating a wiki? I know webspace is a pretty integral component.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmunden (talk • contribs)
- Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost 18:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- b:Wiki Science:How to start a Wiki should be of help. Wikipedia makes use of the MediaWiki software which you can use to set up a wiki of your own. Unfortunately, I can't say what it would take to start one. Probably a lot of dedication. - Mgm|(talk) 22:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Tags
Hi! How do I tag an article as containing unreliable information? Is there a master list of all the 'tags' available at Wikipedia? Thanks! -- Byakuren 18:28, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi... Use the {{Not verified}}, {{Verify source}}, or {{Verify credibility}}. For the master list, go to Wikipedia:Template messages and see the many categories of such templates -- Lost 18:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- Will do. Thanks! -- Byakuren 18:34, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
S(s)tates
Not exactly a help desk question, I know, but should:
- some States of the USA...
be:
- some states of the USA...
where it's in the middle of a sentence? Guidance from Americans would be good. AndyJones 21:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- The latter. --Schzmo 21:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- "States" in the plural is capitalized in some uses by the government (e.g., in the official reports of the U.S. Supreme Court). The rest of us generally lowercase it and that's the style here as well. Newyorkbrad 00:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Cool. Thanks for your help. Will apply it here. AndyJones 00:18, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- "some states of the United States" would be my preferred usage. User:Zoe|(talk) 01:31, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- "States" in the plural is capitalized in some uses by the government (e.g., in the official reports of the U.S. Supreme Court). The rest of us generally lowercase it and that's the style here as well. Newyorkbrad 00:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
July 15
Main Page
Just a random q :P
Who writes up the stuff for the main page, and when do they do it?
Thanks~--Deon555|talk 03:09, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi Deon,
- The editors of Wikipedia contribute the stuff that appears on the main page. Featured articles and featured pictures are discussed in detail for their worthiness and once certain, they are adopted as such. Some of the editors attach a summary to the article/picture and suggest it for the Main Page. It is then scheduled by a senior editor to appear on the Main Page. For information in "Did You Know" section and "In the News" sections, the process is less stringent as there are time limitations. After editors provide the summaries, any of the administrators puts it up for the Main Page. Hope I have been able to satisfy your doubts. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- You might be interested in the pages where the content is decided: Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests, Template talk:Did you know, Template talk:In the news and Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries. Although the admins are the ones who do the actual updating, any user can get involved in submitting articles and giving their thoughts on other people's submissions. --Sam Blanning(talk) 13:33, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Lyrics
Is it totally illegal to put lyrics onto an article? Or is it OK to put them on as long as you credit the artist/source? ~Sushi 04:09, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Whenver required for critical commentary, a couple of lines may be added under the fair use clause. For songs whose copyright has expired the whole songs may be added. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:34, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- A few lines for critical commentary to illustrate the song is okay, but songs are copyrighted, so you can't include them as a whole, even when you give credit, unless its copyright has expired. Remember, it's copyrighted even if it's not explicitly said. In the US, stuff from before 1923 is generally in the public ___domain but there are exceptions. - Mgm|(talk) 09:29, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Edits
Wow.... as nice as this site is, it seems difficult, step laden and VERY technical just to upload a photo with a credit. I can’t even use my HTML editor to make additions. It’s seems like you have your own odd sort of HTML hieroglyphics to create and edit a page or add a photo. I've tried those buttons above, and they don't use normal HTML to add photos and such.
Is this really as simple as you can make it? Or is it purposely difficult so as to keep the rift raft out?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mactographer (talk • contribs)
- Hi,
- Have you tried to Special:Upload page. If yes, then please explain the details of your problem. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:39, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, wikisyntax may look odd at first, but once you get used to it it's pretty simple. A good place to start is possibly Help:Editing, Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers, and Wikipedia:Introduction. Hope this helps, and welcome. —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 05:45, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Need Clarification: External Links
Dear Wikipedia,
I just came across your website and it was interesting and quite amazing!! I am in progress to contribute my articles/contenmt/information to Wikipedia. But, I have some doubts,
1. How Should i prepare a content so that it is not removed by Wiki. 2. I gave internal and external links to Wiki, but it is accepting only internal links. Why?
It would be better if you kindly clarify my doubts.
Have a blissful day!!!
Warm Regards, Lisa
- Hi Lisa. With regards to question 1, I usually use a Sandbox or a user sub-page before moving the page into the Article (main) namespace (and then asking for the cross-namespace redirect — that is, a redirect pointing from the old ___location to the new one — to be deleted). New articles should generally be not original research, verifiable, and have a Neutral point of view (if people have concerns, they would normally place a template on the article highlighting what could do with being improved. With external links, you can either add the link normally (e.g. http://www.microsoft.com gives http://www.microsoft.com, or use single brackets. In the latter example you can give a name to the link ([http://www.google.com Google] gives Google) or using no space gives a numbered link (e.g. [http://www.yahoo.com] gives [1]). Hope this helps, and there is some other information available at Help:Editing. —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 08:06, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Reporting Suspected Sockpuppet
How do I report a suspected sockpuppet of someone who has been banned? I noted on the discussion page next to the category page listing several other sockpuppets, but not sure if I should add (or how to do so correctly) to the category page. Thanks much. --NYTheaterHistorian 07:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi. If the user is currently vandalising, you could bring it up on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. For suspected sockpuppets, someone that is able to use the checkuser function is required. The page to post requests is available at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser. Hope this helps, —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 08:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks much for the fas response! Cheers --NYTheaterHistorian 08:21, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
On the autorotation page, some technical details need added. Somebody decided to throw them in on the top just, which isn't exactly vandalism, it just needs wikified - thereby creating another, smaller problem. Anyone know where you get one of those signs, for the top? Can you please respond to my talk, if it isn't rude for me to say this. If it is, remove this sentence. ta--martianlostinspace 09:49, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Answered on his talk page. - Mgm|(talk) 11:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
this topic is closed, and has now been answered. (Thanks mgm) --martianlostinspace 16:26, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Sexual diseases
First want to say I am a gay man, just to put you in the picture.
Last nite I met a guy and things got hot as they do. Anyways after some fumbling, he got on top of me. I mean he lowered himself on my penis..and yes I had no protection on. I politely asked him to get off, and he did. I am just concerned that I have may have 'caught' some sexual disease.
I know it sounds a stupid question, I am just worried thats all.
Any help you would give me..would be appreciated.
j.
- Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost 12:38, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Please note that Wikipedia is only an encyclopedia. I suggest you receive help or advice from a qualified medical professional per our Medical disclaimer. Cheers, Tangotango 12:42, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- See a doctor, they will be able to do tests to see if you caught something. - Mgm|(talk) 18:20, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Palm Pilot
Can Wikipedia be downloaded to my Palm Pilot?
- Yes, for more information see Wapedia and http://en.wapedia.org/. --Hetar 17:22, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Does cropping an existing image require Licensing again?
The article Cooling tower has a photo which is fairly tall. I want to crop it shorter by about 15% and then use the "Upload a new version of this file". The file was contributed by someone else and it is licensed as GNU FDL.
When I crop it and upload it as a new version of the file, must I select a license option again? Must I first delete the old version? Or what? Please let me know how to do it, step-by-step. Thanks, - mbeychok 17:42, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- If you use the upload a new version link, you don't need to supply any new copyright information, the old tag will still be applied. --Hetar 18:11, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- You are only allowed to alter an image if you license it under the GNU FDL yourself. Personally, I would keep both versions and give them different names. Anyone who does edits at WP:FPC does it that way and it allows people to use whatever image they like best. Deleting the old one is a big no no. You need to leave a nice paper trail to the original creator even if you upload it with the same name. - Mgm|(talk) 18:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
questions regarding questionable facts
hello, my question is what does wikipedia do when dealing with facts that may not be completely concrete? And how much backing must a fact have to be posted in an article?
142.161.238.53 19:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- If an editor sees an unsubstantiated fact, they can add the {{subst:fact}} template after it, which indicates the fact has not yet been substantiated. As to the backing needed, see here. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 20:06, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Or they can just remove it. In the case of claims about living persons that could be damaging to them, we remove it immediately and then discuss it. In less urgent cases the claim is sometimes left in (marked as Evocative says) while it is discussed. Any section which is tagged with {{fact}} should be removed once it's become clear that a source can't be found. --Sam Blanning(talk) 13:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Names
How do you look up names? I'm trying to look up someone who is a radio personality.I haven't seen his name. He ISN'T NATIONAL in scope,though he used to be for a while. Matt Alban. <removed email>--69.162.109.251 21:08, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Search for their full name. That's the name the article will be located if we have it. If we don't, I suggest you google it. - Mgm|(talk) 22:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Order (algebra) Deletion confusion
I wish to delete the article Order (algebra). This is not a controversial delete (it is clearly a duplicate), and i have already discussed this with other users in the talk page. I was the main contributor, so there should be no big controversy and the useable data has already been merged into degree of a polynomial. The question is this: the proposed deletion template has already been used, and someone took it down without making a coment. It says specifically not to put it back up, but we don't think AfD is necessary. What is the best method for me to delete the article? Thanks, 48v 21:54, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- If content has been merged the history of the article needs to be retained. The article should either become a redirect to the article that contains the merged text or undergo a history merge. See Wikipedia:Merge. Personally, I think it's useful to keep a redirect regardless whether a history merge is performed. I'll try my new history merge tool on this as soon as I checked there's nothing complicated about it. -- Mgm|(talk) 22:45, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks very much. 48v 22:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
About creating a user-specific template
I wish to create a template that I would only use on my user page. It's the orange table on top of every page related to me, that has a link to every user page relevant to me. I'm fully aware of how to go about making said template, but is it allowed under the wikipedian rules?
The reason I'm asking is because it's a slight pain to go to every page and update it manually, when I could just go to the template page and change it, and it would automatically fix the template in all of my pages. --GUTTERTAHAH 22:55, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- This would not be allowed in the Template: namespace, but you can do it as a user page. Any page can be transcluded just like a template. So, if you were to create the template at User:GUTTERTAHAH/template, you would just put {{User:GUTTERTAHAH/template}} at the top of your pages. Hope this helps, and feel free to respond if you have any more questions. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 23:14, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, that helps a lot. That's all I need to know at the moment too; thanks. --GUTTERTAHAH 23:23, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
July 16
eminems address
im an 11 year old kid who is a big fan of eminem and i want to write him a letter
- Try the talk page of Eminem. They may get you to some fansites -- Lost 07:11, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- You can't usually write celebrities at home. Your best bet is to find an address for his agent or record label. - Mgm|(talk) 23:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
How to get the references small in an article?
See my question on the headline. Here the article: Learning by teaching.--Jeanpol 06:55, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'm assuming you're talking about in the "Notes" section. Instead of just <references/>, you can choose to put <div class="references-small"><references/></div> . Hope this helps, and let us know if you're talking about something different than that. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 06:59, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thank your very much. This was exactly my question!--Jeanpol 07:01, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
the topic in hindi
dear sir
i do not know how do i get the results of my topic in a particular language. i want to know how to find my topic in hindi as it will help me in my project.
yours faithfully, shyam
- In the toolbar on the left side of your screen there is a section for other languages. If your article exists in another language wikipedia, you can usually get to it from here. Also, you might want to try browsing http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki. --Hetar 07:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Question about IP addresses
If you happen to make an edit while you are not logged in, is there any way to remove the IP address and maybe also display the change under your own address? I assume not, but thought it worth asking.
What measures can be taken to prevent this in the future? Would it be possible to change the background colour so that you get a visible cue that you are no longer logged in? Filur 13:59, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- There is no way of reattributing posts nor to change the background colour when logged out. You can however change the "skin" in your user preferences which would change the way things look when logged in, or a more advanced option change your monobook.css to change specific elements when you are logged in to give you a stronger visual hint than the current "Login/Create an account" at the top of the screen. --pgk(talk) 14:26, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, one used to be able to reattribute an edit at Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit, however, the requests are currently on indefinite hiatus. You can still list your request there in case they start processing changes again. — Reinyday, 15:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Despite the name, I don't remember developers ever doing the job for single edits. It was particularly useful for reattributing multiple edits. The method was quite laborious and simply too much work to do for a single edit. If you want to attribute an article, simple link the edit's diff on your talk page. If you forgot to sign (here for example), just sign in and add a note like "forgot to sign" with your signature. - Mgm|(talk) 23:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Suggestion
I would suggest you to add the AUM (OM) audio chant under the Hindu religon. Currently only text references are mentioned / available. In the Vedas (Huinduism), the chants are available under the section "external links".
I searched for the sound / audio file of ancient Hindu symbol OM on internet. But I couldn't find free download samples.
Your promptness would be highly appreciated.
Thanks & Regards, -Mahesh.
- Hi, there is a project called Wikipedia:WikiProject Hinduism in which various members are actively engaged. You may like to pose this on the talk page of that project. You will get a better response there -- Lost 19:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Can't figure out what I did wrong on footnote
Could someone take a look at the footnote in the article on Cannon Beach, OR and tell me what I did wrong. When I click on it, it doesn't go anywhere. What is wrong.
Also, I feel that the Gambling in the United States article should be more easily found by somebody searching "gambling." Yes, when you get to the bottom of the article on "gambling" there is a link, but it is not listed in the "gambling" category, and I cannot figure how to add it.
Thanks, thanks
Tim — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tesint (talk • contribs) 18:52, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- The footnote works for me. I added the category that you asked for, and put the "Gambling in <country>" categories inside the "Gambling" category, although some might argue that I have overdone the linking. --Heron 19:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- (after edit conflict) OK, I've just fixed footnote in the Cannon Beach, Oregon article. Look here to check what I changed in this article. You can read more about footnotes here. I've also just added Category:Gambling to the article on Gambling. Jacek Kendysz 19:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
How to write an article??
How to write an article??
- Hi, its very easy... See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Also please see your talk page -- Lost 19:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Use of reference points
I am noticing in the article about Ohio Stadium that, rather than printing the references at the bottom, it is simply ending the article, thus also cutting off all notes that should be below that point as well. Anyone know why? It's not the first time I've seen this happen; I've tried entering references using the < ref > tags, and the same has happened. ToddC4176
- It is ok now. There was a template in the external links section which I removed. Please check -- Lost 20:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Every occurrence of <ref> needs a matching </ref>. If you forget the "close ref" the software thinks everything to the end of the article is the reference. See Wikipedia:Footnotes. (I've added the missing one at Ohio Stadium). -- Rick Block (talk) 20:12, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Rick is right. I have reverted myself -- Lost 20:16, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Every occurrence of <ref> needs a matching </ref>. If you forget the "close ref" the software thinks everything to the end of the article is the reference. See Wikipedia:Footnotes. (I've added the missing one at Ohio Stadium). -- Rick Block (talk) 20:12, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
movetowiktionary
Didn't there used to be a template called movetowiktionary to put on articles which a user considers more appropriate for Wiktionary than here? I can't find it. How do we propose moves now? User:Zoe|(talk) 20:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- There is, it's called {{Move to Wiktionary}}. Hope this helps, —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 20:48, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well, duh. Thanks. :) User:Zoe|(talk) 21:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Sources
I'm trying to cite sources for the history section of Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio. If the sources come from the same section on the same website, do I have to provide a source for each sentence? And what would be the best way to cite the sources? On Wikipedia:Cite Sources it says there are three ways to do it. 71.31.148.225 21:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Most people prefer in-line references in the form of <ref>[http://www.source.com/page Source's page article] (accessed 16/07/06) and then adding <references /> in the references section. If there are large sections of text that's been copied from a website, it's best to ensure that that it complies with Wikipedia:Copyrights or can be used as Wikipedia:Fair use - if the block of text is copyrighted, WP:COPYREQ has some useful information on requesting that the text can be used under the GFDL. If a lot of the section is from the same webpage, you may want to add something like ''This article incorporates text from [http://www.somewebsite.com/sample_page Some Website's Sample Page]'' to the references section. Hope this is the answer you was after, —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 21:43, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- The section isn't copied from the website, it just uses it as a source. 69.40.246.126 23:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Userboxes
How do you get userboxes on your userpage? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bandgeek100 (talk • contribs) 22:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- Check Wikipedia:Userboxes. Jacek Kendysz 22:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- For example: If you went to Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia you would copy/paste the one that you want on your user page. FellowWikipedian 22:39, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Self promoting user?
So, there's this user, Mike8bit who has spent his entire Wikipedia career editing the Angry Nintendo Nerd. He's also added the line "This game was reviewed by The Angry Nintendo Nerd" line to other articles. Seeing as the Angry Nintendo Nerd site has ads, I'm tempted to think that the user is the author promoting himself. Catch is, I'm new here, and I don't know what to do at this point, except get into a possible revert war with said tagline in otehr articles while the article is up for deletion.
Is there a particular person/page to bother about this? I don't think he's a new user that needs help, and I've looked at the Vanity article, but it didn't answer my question. Thanks! Wslack 23:56, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- The article has been nominated for deletion, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Angry Nintendo Nerd. If it is deleted, the references should clearly go as well. I think the references should go anyway. I notice you haven't brought this up at User talk:Mike8bit. The first step in any sort of dispute here is to talk the user involved, please see Wikipedia:Resolving disputes. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:10, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, those references should go regardless of the article's outcome at AFD. A review by the New York Times doesn't belong there, so a random internet user's review isn't relevant enough to mention either, 0 Mgm|(talk) 10:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
July 17
creating to do lists
I'm trying to become a major contributor to the occupational therapy page, and I'd like to create a to do list in the talk page to organize things in a better fashion. How do I do this? Thanks!--aishel 01:17, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- If the list is for you to use, then put in on your user page. If you'd like to provide it to all, then add a section in the talk page "the + tab by edit this page" and use *s by each line to make things that look
- like
- this, creating a list.
If you want to have a numbered list, use #s
- first thing
- second thing
Good luck! --Wslack 01:24, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, I think I should rephrase my question. I've seen elsewhere, for example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2006_Israel-Lebanon_crisis that there's a pending task table. That's what I want to make. Thanks again! --aishel 01:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi aishel. There is a template {{Todo priority}} (the preferred one over {{todo}}) which you can use. Simply put the template near the top of the talk page, save the page, and then click on the edit link in the todo template. There is an example of using it at Category:To do, by priority, and there's an example of it in use at Talk:SpyAxe. Hope this helps, —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 01:27, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, this is what I was looking for! For some reason I couldn't find it when I was looking through the template lists. --aishel 01:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not sure about the template lists, however it is listed in the {{Resources for collaboration}} template under "To-do lists", and there's a further example of better organising to-do lists at Wikipedia:To-do list. Good luck, —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 01:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, this is what I was looking for! For some reason I couldn't find it when I was looking through the template lists. --aishel 01:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi aishel. There is a template {{Todo priority}} (the preferred one over {{todo}}) which you can use. Simply put the template near the top of the talk page, save the page, and then click on the edit link in the todo template. There is an example of using it at Category:To do, by priority, and there's an example of it in use at Talk:SpyAxe. Hope this helps, —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 01:27, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, I think I should rephrase my question. I've seen elsewhere, for example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2006_Israel-Lebanon_crisis that there's a pending task table. That's what I want to make. Thanks again! --aishel 01:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Deleting from AFD
What is the proper procedure for dealing with a user who removes an entry from an AFD log and marks it as minor to (presumably) prevent an article's deletion? Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PinStack --Brian G 04:53, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'd recommend a polite talk message explaining that delisting the afd was a no-no. If you like, there's always {{Drmafd}}, which you can place on their user talk page, followed in the event of repeat offenses by Drmafd2, 3, 4, and referral to AIV. You can find other user warning templates here. Hope that helps. Cheers! Luna Santin 05:22, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Why My articles showing "For Deletion"
Hello I made 2 articles in AntiVirus secion.
Namelly - eScan and MicroWorld.
Today I find that they mark as "This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy"
- why?
can you help in this case........
- Someone thought they should be deleted. There is probably a big blue link to a discussion about it. This will probablly say more about why.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 06:20, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- The two articles violate WP:NPOV because they read like an advertisement. You can argue your case at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EScan but don't expect to garner much suppor. Remember that in addition to being written in a neutral point of view, they must meet notability criteria outlined at WP:CORP.--Max Talk (add) 05:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
digital photography
- Is there a question or just a test?—WAvegetarian•(talk) 06:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
do i get information about public and corporate communications
information about public relations and corporate communications
- Wikipedia is not a search engine. If you have a question about public relations or corporate communications you might try asking it at the Wikipedia:Reference desk.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 09:10, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
missing words
good day
I have 2 queries:
1. I looked up the word 'enzootic' anmd the result came up with various deseases etc, but the actual word with a discription never came up. So I have subsequently found it and the meanign is as follows: of animal diseases, peculiar to or constantly present in a locality.
I see that epizootic is featured in your results.
2. I did once register and create an account but I cannot remember the password or login, should I recreate my account or would you be able to send me my passwork?
Thank you, Regards, Cristine
- You are more likely to get meanings of words at the wiktionary. Regarding the second query, if you have forgotten both the login and password, its better you recreate an account - Lost 11:20, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- One way to perhaps find your account again is to check the history of articles you edited. Notinasnaid 14:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Printing Wikipedia Articles
I am an eployee of a large IT company. We have a number of promoters working from the market selling our products. However, not all of them are technically adequate to present information on our products. I am in the process of developing manuals for them which we will distribute to our promoters and possibly other employees which explain the various technologies involved in our products as well as general history of our company.
I have used Wikipedia for a long time now to look up information out of curiousity. However, I would like to include certain articles on Wikipedia for our manual. My question is, are we allowed to distribute a manual with our company's logo which include articles taken directly from Wikipedia? What are the conditions of doing so?
- Sure you can. The articles of Wikipedia are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Read it to find out how you can reproduce the articles under the GFDL license. In short, it says that you have to attribute the work to Wikipedia and include a copy of the GFDL License. If you publish printed copies (or copies in media that commonly have printed covers) of the Document, numbering more than 100, and the Document's license notice requires Cover Texts, you must enclose the copies in covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all these Cover Texts: Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on the back cover. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 12:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Your company probably has a legal department. It would be best to contact them for specific legal advice (which is what you're asking for). All that you need to know about specific Wikipedia content is that all of the text is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Your company lawyers can tell you what that means for incorporation into your documentation. Note also, though, that images on Wikipedia may or may not be freely available. A large proportion of WP images are copyrighted and used here only through the doctrine of fair use. Such images would not be able to be included in your documentation; again, your lawyers can help you navigate the sticky wicket that is copyright law. Powers 13:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Copyrights#Users' rights and obligations discusses this a bit.--Commander Keane 13:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[Untitled Query]
hello,
I have just put a page up on wikipedia Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket by Trevor White, which is a new book out.
Yet when I put just kitchen con or with trevor white it does not bring me to the entry.
Can you tell me how to change it so the book comes up when people look it up.
Thanks a lot,
(This unsigned query from User:ValKitchenCon) (Link to new article: Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket : The book) Notinasnaid 14:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Email address removed to prevent poster receiving spam, ham, jam and other foodstuffs. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 14:36, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- First, I'm not at all certain Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket : The book won't be deleted, see the (currently proposed) guideline Wikipedia:Notability (books) and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (specifically the section titled "Wikipedia is not a soapbox"). Directly answering your question, the search index is rebuilt only occasionally so it may take some time (perhaps weeks). You can add one or more wikipedia:redirects that will take effect immediately. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:47, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Downloadable List of All Article Titles
A few months ago I downloaded a (long) list of all Wikipedia article titles, for some offline analysis that I'm interested in. I'd like to download that list again, but I can't seem to find it. Is it still available?
Thanks
WGMarsh
- Hello Mr. Marsh,
- The latest listing can be downloaded from here. For more details see Wikipedia:Database download. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 15:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- The specific file you are interested in is this. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 16:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
How do I search wikipedia:*
Is there a way to search the Wikipedia Community pages? (i.e. those that begin with "wikipedia:") Alf Boggis 15:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi,
- When you search for something not found in Wikipedia articles, you are led to the search page. At the bottom, you will see an option to search specific namespaces (Wikipedia:, Talk:, User talk:, etc). Alternatively, you can use google search to search Wikipedia, which will give results from all pages. Just append "site:en.wikipedia.org" to the search string. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 15:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Earliest to Latest by default?
Howdy. I've been thinking for a while about the possibility of porting versions of articles from early in the article history across to the Simple English Wikipedia, since the older versions are typically a lot more basic and written in a simpler form. While I know it's easy enough to click "earliest" on the history tab, is there any way to set it to do that by default? Maybe something in Preferences that I missed, or a line of code to add to my Monobook.js? GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 17:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- I wonder whether any such option exists. But I don't agree about the earlier versions having simpler English. It is article, as well as user, specific. In order to have correct and updated information, it is advisable to copyedit and use the latest version. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:22, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed, I just use the early version as a starting point. It's a lot easier to convert this into an easy-to-understand article (rewording to use the Basic 800 and cutting out the heavy anti-Microsoft bias towards the end) than it is to convert this for example. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 17:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
bulls and bears
how do I access the transcripts from your bulls and bears segments? George Sepp
- Which transcripts do you mean? Which segments? Could you give an example page? Notinasnaid 18:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
July 18
Contents
Is there a way to move the Contents to the right or in the middle? --User:Jou46 18:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- None I know of, and I doubt if there is any. This is most likely hard-coded in the MediaWiki software, and unlikely to be changed according to a user's wish. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Assuming you mean the Table of Contents, you can move it to the right by placing {{TOCright}} at the top of the document. There are two ways of centering a TOC. The cheap way to do it is to use <center>__TOC__</center>. However, the <center> tag is deprecated in HTML 4.01, so the modern way to do it would be to use <div class="center">__TOC__</div>.--Max Talk (add) 18:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Oops, I was thinking the question was about the navigations tabs of the left of the screen. Anyway, thanks for updating the answer. BTW, other "cleaner" ways of moving the TOC also exist: like {{TOCcenter}}, etc. All such options may be found at Category:TOC templates. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:26, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- You can change the ___location of the navigation links. Go to "My preferences" and click on "Quickbar". Of course, this only works if you're logged in. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:11, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Oops, I was thinking the question was about the navigations tabs of the left of the screen. Anyway, thanks for updating the answer. BTW, other "cleaner" ways of moving the TOC also exist: like {{TOCcenter}}, etc. All such options may be found at Category:TOC templates. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:26, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Assuming you mean the Table of Contents, you can move it to the right by placing {{TOCright}} at the top of the document. There are two ways of centering a TOC. The cheap way to do it is to use <center>__TOC__</center>. However, the <center> tag is deprecated in HTML 4.01, so the modern way to do it would be to use <div class="center">__TOC__</div>.--Max Talk (add) 18:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help --Jou46 18:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- ??????? What's the use of that? It only means you have to type more. Why deprecate useful stuff? - Mgm|(talk) 19:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- The W3C has deprecated all presentation tags in HTML in favor of their CSS style equivalents. The point is to cleanly separate presentation information (font, alignment, etc.) from document structure tags (heading levels, list elements, etc.). The premise is that if all HTML documents only used CSS for control of presentation, the world would be a better place. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- I think what Rick means is that it's SCIENCE, and harder = better. Right? --Sam Blanning(talk) 08:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Adding footnotes to an article with existing references
Hello. If you add footnotes to an article do the existing ones re-number themselves accordingly, or do you have to go through and alter the numbers of the other references? -- FClef (Talk) 00:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- If you're talking about <ref> ... </ref> style footnotes (per Wikipedia:Footnotes), they should re-number automatically. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes I am, I think. I also need to add the reference to the list of references as well as make the footnote consistent with the article's style. Thanks for encouragement. -- FClef (Talk) 02:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
help please
I trying to find all the miniuma prisons in illinois.... I would like the name of the prisons... Thanks
- This desk deals with questions on Wikipedia and how to use it. You may find that you get more responses over at the Reference desk, where editors answer general knowledge questions. Good luck! GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 02:47, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Try Category:Prisons in Illinois. — Reinyday, 19:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Antlion Family Myrmeleontidae
Do antlions in there larval atage have eyes and if so where are they?
Do antlions have eyes? If so where are they?
- This desk answers questions about Wikipedia. You will need to ask your questions at the Reference desk, they might be able to help you over there.This question was modified to make answering easier and to take up less space. --Ali K 04:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
del or change any present article
can i delete some article in "community portal " or make changes to it so i can upload a newer article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aasoobila (talk • contribs)
- Hi,
- First, please be very sure as to what you expect to do as the Wikipedia namespace is often associated with policies of Wikipedia. However, as with any other pages in Wikipedia, they too can be created, modified, or deleted by the editors. But most changes to policy pages should be first discussed with the community before changing. You are welcome to create new articles, people often write essays on Wikipedia, but make sure that they carry a generalised viewpoint that is supported by the Wikipedia community. Those pages that are not considered worthy of Wikipedia namespace are deleted by listing on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion. If you find any delete-worthy pages, you can nominate them for deletion on this page. However, I would suggest you take some more time to understand the working of Wikipedia before actually doing so. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 06:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Symbols in Warning templates
This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to [[:{{{1}}}]] was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
What is the purpose of the "[[:{{{1}}}]]"
Obviously, it's supposed to be replaced with a hyperlink. But what's the purpose of the colon and the brackets? JianLi 05:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
some of help desk screen shots
- It has to do with the way templates work. The template you've just mentioned is {{test4im-n}}; if you use it, you need to reference it to a particular article by typing something to the effect of {{test4im-n|Wikipedia}} (try previewing it to see what happens!). Otherwise, you can use {{test4im}}, or see a list of user talk page warnings here. Note that you should always use the subst: prefix with warning templates. Feel free to let me know if you need anything else. Luna Santin 05:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply. Actually, I did in fact put this on the page using "{{subst:test4im-n}}", so I understand how these templates work. I'm just wondering what the significance of the default text :{{{1}}} is. JianLi 05:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
(edit conflict)
- The {{{1}}} is the article name parameter. So, {{subst:test4im-n|Foo}} results in
This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to Foo was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
- The reason for the brackets is so that there's no need to manually add brackets to the article name parameter, so you can just use {{test4im-n|Foo}} rather than {{test4im-n|[[Foo]]}}. The colon is so that if the edit was to a page which is usually shown rather than linked when added inside brackets (for example an image page) then you get the link rather than the shown contents (if you want to show a link to an image you have to use [[:Image:Foo.foo]] rather than [[Image:Foo.foo]]). To make things a little clearer, if there wasn't a colon {{subst:test4im-n|Image:Stop hand.svg}} would result in:
This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
- With the colon you get
This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to Image:Stop hand.svg was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
- I hope I made things clear, though I'm not sure I explained it as well as I could have done. --Daduzi talk 05:56, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Ahh okay, thanks. That was very helpful. So if a regular article is used, it would still be [[:article]] with the colon. But that works as if it were [[article]], because I guess the people who made the wiki language foresaw this kind of situation happening. So you explained the square brackets and the colon. But what about the squiggly brackets, {{{, around the "1"? Are they just ornamental?JianLi 06:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- The triple squigglies are parameters, in templates. Let's take {{unsigned}} as an example. Supposing I use
{{unsigned|Luna Santin}}, the section after the pipe is now a parameter; using {{{PARAMETER-NAME}}} in a template inserts the text of the variable. Since the parameter in this example isn't given a name, it's treated as "1," so in the case of{{unsigned|Luna Santin}}, the {{{1}}} in the template's code (have a look here) will insert "Luna Santin," giving us:- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Luna Santin (talk • contribs) .
- Make sense? Help:Templates will have more information, if you like. Luna Santin 06:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- In other words: 1 without the triple braces ("squiggly brackets") would be just the digit 1. {{{1}}} is the first parameter given to the template. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 08:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm...still a little confused...so what's the significance of the parameter being six squigglies and a 1? Would it have worked just as well making the parameter a {1} ? JianLi 21:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- No. The syntax to refer to a parameter is three open squiggles, parameter name, and three close squiggles. The squiggles aren't part of the name, they're the syntax cue that says "this is a parameter". Two squiggles were already used for template references. One is taken as a literal squiggle character (no special meaning, just the character). -- Rick Block (talk) 00:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, ok, gotcha. Thanks everyone! JianLi 03:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- No. The syntax to refer to a parameter is three open squiggles, parameter name, and three close squiggles. The squiggles aren't part of the name, they're the syntax cue that says "this is a parameter". Two squiggles were already used for template references. One is taken as a literal squiggle character (no special meaning, just the character). -- Rick Block (talk) 00:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm...still a little confused...so what's the significance of the parameter being six squigglies and a 1? Would it have worked just as well making the parameter a {1} ? JianLi 21:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
first level headings
I googled why =first level headings= aren't used and got this result, which stated that page titles are first level headings. However, we don't input page numbers by typing in "=Page Title=", and therefore first level heading markup symbols are never used, so shouldn't we just free up the "first level heading" symbols by making them designate the second level headings, and then shift each of the othe headings down? JianLi 06:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- I don't see the pressing need to make such a large change like that; ==, and ===, and ==== seem to be working just fine. --Hetar 06:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, there are places where first level heading are used. In fact, you're looking at one right now. The help desk and similiar pages use them for the day header (like the "July 17" header above). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 08:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Oh I see, thanks.JianLi 18:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Infobox person
Is there an infobox for a person? Rather than a celebrity. Djsteen 06:28, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Not that I know of. People who get an article are notable or famous in some way, so regular people aren't included and don't need boxes. - Mgm|(talk) 11:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Is it true that one shouldn't delete material from one's user talk page?
Is it true that one shouldn't delete material from one's user talk page, at least where that material isn't offensive or doesn't constitute vandalism? If so, and a user removes material I've placed there, do I have a "right" to put it back? Thanks in advance! (Part of what was erase was, in fact, a warning that someone should stop violated Manual of Style guidelines.) --Cultural Freedom 2006-07-18 08:27 (UTC)
- Removing warnings is vandalism - generally in such cases, the message should be replaced with a warning (generic ones can be found at {{wr}}, {{wr2}} etc), or if that's too strong you can gently direct them to WP:TALK#Etiquette. "Having a right" is not the term I'd use, but putting your post back would certainly be justified. --Sam Blanning(talk) 08:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick response! (Yes, "having a right" was a bit... legalistic....) --Cultural Freedom 2006-07-18 08:46 (UTC)
Is this a doppelganger account?--Quentin Smith 08:49, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Nope, it's a redirect. There is no such user really. Also note, they have zero contributions Dismas|(talk) 09:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well yes, but to be fair somewhere around 75% of Wikipedia accounts have never made an edit (including our millionth account); which is the main impetus behind the proposal to delete them. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 14:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- There is such a user, actually, otherwise you wouldn't see the contributions link at all. It's true, however, that they've never edited, though. Curiously, though, they haven't been blocked either, so presumably whoever created the account could still decide to use it some day, if they haven't forgotten the password. For what it's worth, the deletion log for the user page says it was "created by accident". Not sure if that refers to the account or just to the page, though. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 20:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
"Bohr's condition,
2πr = nλ where
n is some integer r is the radius of some atom "
I didn't write this myself, I don't contribute much to maths articles. Instead it was an anonymous friend who "can't be bothered" to ask the question. The <math>...</math> tags are around this formula, but it isn't big like the rest. Why is this so? Can someone please fix this? Thanks a lot GizzaChat © 09:36, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- It's because you can represent it solely as normal characters; the default setting is, IIRC, to only render equations as PNGs when you can't render them another way. Look in your preferences under "Math"; it's probably set to "HTML if very simple or else PNG". What you want is to check "Always render PNG". Shimgray | talk | 11:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- That wasn't the problem. I fixed the errors myself through observation despite never learning how to write math formulas on Wiki! The formulas that remained small did not have a \ before the math tags, which is meant to be the case. Thanks for trying solve the issue though. GizzaChat © 12:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Squad Box Template
I would like to add a squad box template to all the Chamois Niortais FC players, for easier navigation like some other teams, but dont know how to create one?
- If you dont know how to create a template, then you can request one at Wikipedia:Requested templates -- Lost 11:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- From your post it sounds like the template you want already exists. Try going to the page which has the template you want, click 'edit', and find the code for the template - if it's a transcluded template you'll see something like {{squadbox}} in there. If it's got curly brackets round it, it's a transcluded template, and the code (and, possibly, instructions for using it) can be found at Template:Squadbox (replacing 'squadbox' with whatever it's actually called).
- It's difficult to give you better information without knowing exactly which template you're talking about. Which articles were you referring to by "some other teams"? --Sam Blanning(talk) 13:10, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- I want to create this type of box↓ but with different players
- You're in luck, recently a few of us at WikiProject Football created a set of templates that make creating squad boxes easier. The documentation is at Template talk:football squad2 start. Hopefully that should be enough to explain how to set it up but if you have any questions feel free to ask me here or on my talk page. --Daduzi talk 17:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
GNU for pictures
I have found some images on a website that I would like to post on Wikipedia, and I'm a little confused about how to obtain the rights to them. Can I just e-mail the GNU lisence agreement to the current copyright holder and have them fill it out electronically, then send it back to me, with the images attached? Or is there physical paperwork involved? I've searched the help pages but it's still unclear to me. Please send me a short explanation of the process. Many thanks!! Medora 12:56, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- It may be optimistic to think that the site owner will give that permission, including all rights to any commercial use of the pictures without a fee. Do they say that they will give away their rights in return for a request? Notinasnaid 12:58, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission explains the process. Basically you just send them an email, then they email you back the permission (which needs to be releasing the image under a free licence like {{GFDL}}). You then paste their reply on the image description page and email the letter to address it says to at the link I gave so we have a record. That's my hazy idea, the link is more reliable.--Commander Keane 13:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- To be honest, the Creative Commons licenses are much more useful for tagging images, since they don't require a huge text to accompany offline versions. They're also significantly easier to understand, and by/by-sa are fully acceptable both on Wikipedia and Commons. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 14:46, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Okay, that all makes sense, but...what address? I couldn't find anything on the link pointing to an adress that I should send the reply to if creator gives permission to use his/her images. Thanks again! Medora 19:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- It's there, immediately under the heading "When permission is confirmed". Notinasnaid 19:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Help me, please
I am having trouble posting my article...so far it shows up under "my talk". I want to post a page with the heading of the name of the company that I am writing about. Can you help me figure this out, please? Thanks. JB.
- It looks like you want to write an article about a company called JK Harris. Its fairly simple to write an article. Please see: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. But please go through the policies and guidelines of wikipedia first. Especially WP:SPAM and WP:Notability in this case. -- Lost 14:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Assigning my actions to myself
When editing or adding comments to Wikipedia from public computers, I don't log in to my account because of cookies and privacy concerns. Instead, I four-tilde to show whatever IP address the machine uses.
It's now starting to get a bit hard for me to keep track of pages which interest me, or discussions which I plan to follow. Therefore, I'd like to know if there is a way I can go back and reassign these comments to my personal account.
I realize that it's possible to reassign unsigned anon entries, but what I'd like to assign are IP-signed entries.
I did try to find the answer to this question in the Help section, but was unable to (probably due to my using inadequate keywords).
Thank you for your time. :) 83.132.98.149 14:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hello 83.132.98.149, there is currently no way that I know of of reassigning comments. You can still sign comments with your signiture without logging in by having the code pasted on your talk page for retreval User:Whatever. You can also keep track of what you want to look at by leaving it on your talk page for addition to your watchlist. Those are my suggestions. --Wslack 15:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you for your suggestions, Wslack. While it is a shame that I can't reassign my schtuff, those seem like pretty satisfactory solutions! :) 83.132.98.149 16:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, one used to be able to reattribute an edit at Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit, however, the requests are currently on indefinite hiatus. You can still list your request there in case they start processing changes again. — Reinyday, 19:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Law of Cosines Image
Figure 1 includes the following:
"This image (or all images in this article or category) should be recreated using vector graphics as an SVG file. This has several advantages; see Commons:Images for cleanup for more information. If an SVG form of this image is already available, please upload it. After uploading an SVG, replace this template with template Template:SupersededSVG in this image"
I have created this file - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/TriangleWithNotations.svg
Despite looking through template help, I have no idea how to "replace this template with template..."
Dweisman 16:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hello Mr. Weisman,
- As I can figure out from my experience, the problem is that the image is hosted in commons and you are trying to update the enwiki page. To change the image description page in commons, you need to edit the page at commons. Here is the link to the required page. It will be advisable if you upload the image at commons so that all sister projects can use the image. I also see that you haven't specified the copyright tag. Please do it as soon as possible otherwise the image may be deleted. If you need help in determining the right license, you may contact me at my talk page, or any editors here. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Userspace links
Moved from Wikipedia talk:Help desk
I created my own watchlist User:TonyTheTiger/watchlist so that I can monitor related changes. Most of the links don't seem to work. Why? TonyTheTiger 15:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- This seems more as if it belongs on the Help Desk itself...? Notinasnaid 15:46, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- You have an invisible character in your links, so "Five-tool_player" is actually "%E2%80%8EFive-tool_player". I'll fix it for you. — Reinyday, 16:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. That solved everything. TonyTheTiger 18:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Deletion of userpage
Can you viably speedy a userpage if there is no associated user? I can't see anything in WP:CSD. --Quentin Smith 19:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- You can speedy delete your own userpage, not someone else's. — Reinyday, 20:13, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, userpages that do not have an attached user, violate the purpose userpages are designed for. There is a few exceptions. Some users have redirected alternative usernames to their own userpage and some userpages contain info on vandal nicknames who didn't actually use those names. Usually the pages you mention violate another one of the speedy criteria. If in doubt, just use WP:MFD. - Mgm|(talk) 21:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Policy
Many have asked about external links to copyvio sites, and we seemed to have established they are not acceptable.
My questions are;
- Where is this in policy?
- If a user does this, is there a warning template to add?
--Quentin Smith 19:56, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- If it's not in WP:EL or WP:SPAM, it doesn't exist. We're not responsible for the copyvios of other sites, but if you can find an original rather than a copy. Link to the original. - Mgm|(talk) 21:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- At WP:EL it is stated that: "Linking to copyrighted works is usually not a problem, as long as you have made a reasonable effort to determine that the page in question is not violating someone else's copyright. If it is, please do not link to the page." (emphasis suplied)--Fuhghettaboutit 22:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
free admition .
respected sir, i want free study applecation form in any university of sweden, but pls in ENGLISH. thx urs truly , saleem ,
- You're going to have to ask those universities yourself. No one here can sen you any such forms because we're an encyclopedia and we don't have access to them. (side note: while there's less of them, there's also respected ladies around here). - Mgm|(talk) 21:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Redundant Articles
List of universities in Canada is split into sections by province. However, Some of them link to 'main article' pages which have exactly the same information. Should I put those articles up for deletion? Foxjwill 21:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- I would just redirect them back to the full list. There's no need for a 'main article' if it doesn't contain more information. - Mgm|(talk) 21:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Video animation question
Hello! I work at a company that makes video animations dealing with the aerospace industry. We have contributed videos to various news organizations on current events such as missle and shuttle launches. We are interested in contributing these videos and images to Wikipedia, I just wanted to make sure this was within the rules of the webpage. All videos and images produced have a small company logo similar to a television station logo. We have many videos of the recent shuttle launch, the North Korean's Taepodong-2 missle, and many different current space missions.
Is this something that we can do? Thanks! --Coolblue33 21:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC) Coolblue33
- Replied on user's talk page. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME
your web page
About one week ago your web page suddenly ceased to display frames and all I get is the classical ugly html serial display. My browser is Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP Professional.
- You're going to have to be more specific, as far as I know the Wikipedia site never loaded any frames. - Mgm|(talk) 04:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Maps
How do you create the green country maps with yellow ___location dots on them? In fact, where can I create the maps that are commonly used in wikipedia (world maps, etc)? Xtrememachineuk 20:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- The folks at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps may have some tips. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Bio's........
I'm a DJ/Hip Hop producer & recording artists. How can I add my Bio/info to your website for people to have access/info about me. Thank you.
DJ Lord Ron
- To add any article is simple. See Wikipedia:Your first article for more info. Please be aware that Wikipedia has notability guidelines for musicians and vanity pages are discouraged. -- Scientizzle 00:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- ... and autobiographical articles are particularly discouraged, see Wikipedia:Autobiography. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
pirates, my new page
I'm new at this, and am having trouble kick-starting my pirates page.
I have alot of questions.
1.) How do I split the page into sections, or even create the contents table?
If even that question alone could be answered, it would help me alot.
Thank you, and you will porbably hear from me often, with my questions and concerns.
BlackTangledHeart 00:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hello BlackTanglesHeart: There is already on article on pirates at Piracy. Please go there to add your information, but also read:
- The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
- Simplified Ruleset
- How to edit a page
- Editing, policy, conduct, and structure tutorial
- Picture tutorial
- How to write a great article
- Naming conventions
- Manual of Style
- Wikipedia Glossary
- And remember:
- Be Bold!,
- Don't let grumpy users scare you off.,
- Learn from others,
- Play nicely with others, and
- Contribute, Contribute, Contribute!.
Inreagard to your question, you make sections with the code ==Section 1== and ==Section 2==. Subsections have ===, and your Table of Contents is automatic. Regards, --Wslack 01:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Template question
Is there a template for "This section appears to contain information that is of little importance or notability", or similar? I can't see one on the templates page. If there isn't, perhaps there should be... BenC7 03:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- {{notability}} and {{importance}} might be of some help. --JD[don't talk|email] 03:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm. Thanks, but neither of those are specific to a particular section of an article. BenC7 12:15, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Help!
Labas! My wife is from Lithuania and I am an American. She is legal and a sworn American citizen also. We intend to soon move back permently to Lithuania to be with her family.
I am sure I will need your services from the encyclopedia in Lithuanian.
I am studying Lithuanian from a text book, and my wife is helping me.
Please inform me how to log into your web site. I tried but had problems.
Sincerely,
John F. Mantia
- There should be a link at the top-right corner of the page, that'll say "Sign-in/Register account" or something to that effect. Go for it. Luna Santin 05:27, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Try the Lithuanian Wikipedia at http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagrindinis_puslapis. — Reinyday, 15:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I would like to know ....
hello -
I would like to know if i want a information about the companies, not particular about the history rather working and related companies.
where do i find? I know this site is not for search companies but i thought it is 'wikipedia' then it must have data related above my queries.
thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.17.93.26 (talk • contribs) .
- I'm not sure if I understand your question. If you're looking for a specific company, try using the search function, or see if you can find it in the appropriate section of Category:Companies. If neither of those helps you, could you be a little more specific about what you're looking for? Either way, good luck. Luna Santin 05:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
om
can i register the word "om" as trade mark in india? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.17.163.30 (talk • contribs) .
- Not the right place to ask this question, sorry. We mainly deal with questions relating to the use, browsing, and editing of Wikipedia. You might consider Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities, but I'm not entirely sure if they'll be able to help you, either. Good luck. Luna Santin 08:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Road bicycle racer infobox
I made a Road bicycle racer infobox for Tadej Valjavec. Because he has not won any professional race yet, I want to change Major wins (look e.g. Jan Ullrich infobox) to Best results but I don`t know how. I would appreciate a lot if someone could help me.
Thanks a lot
Virenque 11:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- You can't add fields to the infobox without changing the template itself, and that's fairly complicated. The best bet might be to suggest adding a "best results" field to the template at Template talk:Road bicycle racer infobox. --Daduzi talk 13:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Question on "Wikipedia:Neutral point of view" --> "Undue weight"
in article "Wikipedia:Neutral point of view" --> "Undue weight" is written:
"Articles that compare views need not give minority views as much or as detailed a description as more popular views, and may not include tiny-minority views at all (by example, the article on the Earth only very briefly refers to the Flat Earth theory, a view of a distinct minority). We should not attempt to represent a dispute as if a view held by a small minority deserved as much attention as a majority view, and views that are held by a tiny minority should not be represented except in articles devoted to those views. To give undue weight to a significant-minority view, or to include a tiny-minority view, might be misleading as to the shape of the dispute. Wikipedia aims to present competing views in proportion to their representation among experts on the subject, or among the concerned parties. This applies not only to article text, but to images, external links, categories, and all other material as well. Undue weight applies to more than just viewpoints. Just as giving undue weight to a viewpoint is not neutral, so is giving undue weight to other verifiable and sourced statements. An article should not give undue weight to any aspects of the subject, but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject. Note that undue weight can be given in several ways, including, but not limited to, depth of detail, quantity of text, prominence of placement, and juxtaposition of statements."
My Question : what do you mean by "popular views" and majority? for example if in one of the wikipedia languages, one view is the most popular and the other views are minority views, but in the whole world other views are majority, which view must be the most detailed one?--Seraj 12:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
in other words, in one of the languages of wikipedia, the viewpoints(majority, minority) of people speaking that language must be presented, or the viewpoints of all the people of the world?
- I'd say these terms are deliberately undefined so that any disagreement can be settled using common sense rather than diktat. Each Wikipedia is governed by a consensus of its own editors, who may introduce cultural bias, though they aren't supposed to. Notinasnaid 12:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Adding content about companies
Hi,
I work in a company which is over 10 years old and has established itself with several major clients like Nokia Siemens, etc... I have seen that Wikipedia is immensely useful in finding out information about companies and people who influence the future. There are numerous companies about which there is a wealth of data, about their practices, their clients etc. There are also several prominent people who work with our company who are significant enough in their field of work to be included here, considering that a lot of trivial (but relevant)information is found in Wikipedia.
My question is : as an established, above the board, company with a product portfolio used by lots of people, and a significant web presence(verifiable) is it fine to have a page dedicated to the company?
My concern is that attempting to do that without getting an approval from you guys would lead to misunderstanding of the addition of content.
Thanks and Regards, Ps: regardless of the possibility of addition of content,wikipedia has been very useful in finding information for us and thats why we felt a presence here would be good for us.
- You should read our guidelines on inclusion of articles on companies. The most typical criteria are inclusion in stock market indices, such as the FTSE 100, and received reliable, third-party, non-trivial coverage (i.e. articles which explictly focus on the company - not just passing mentions, rentaquotes from the MD, etc).
- Even apart from that, writing about yourself is generally discouraged. If your company is really notable enough, someone who doesn't work for it will be interested enough to write an article about it. --Sam Blanning(talk) 12:46, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
chemistry
why ph of a solution doesnt goes more than 14?
- Because pH=-log[H3O+]. pH is partly defined by the ionization constant of water. The fact this has an exponent of -14 means the result of the formula can't get over 14. See pH. Please ask further questions like this at the reference desk. - Mgm|(talk) 13:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- The pH of a solution may exceed 14, given that molarity of [OH−] ions in it exceeds 1 M. This is very strong and is not practically found, though superbases have pH exceeding 14. For more such questions, please refer to Reference desk for better and quicker solution to your querries. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 13:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Because in any aqueous solution (with one or two exceptions), there is far more water than there is solute: the acidity of the bulk solution is governed by the minimum acidity of water, not that of the solute. This is a simplified response, you may get more luck at WP:RD/S. Physchim62 (talk) 13:36, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
microbiology
can anyone say how to culture thermophiles(bacteria)?and one more ....how ozone used in water purifiers....by psg tech muthu 2nd biotech
- You culture those bacteria like any other. Just make sure you put them in the right temperature. As for the other question, see water purifier and ozone. - Mgm|(talk) 13:22, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
visit
I want to visist H M Patel Medical Institute, How to visit? I am from chennai, Tamil Nadu...Please give the route for train. thanks
- Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. - Mgm|(talk) 15:06, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Key word search
How would I be able to associate certain key words to my page when someone types in a search? Food Safety Network 14:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- You don't. Pages on wikipedia can only be searched by their title and the words contained in their text. We don't use keywords as in regular webpages. - Mgm|(talk) 15:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Namespaces for search
When I search for something, there's a search form at the bottom of the search results that allows me to select which namespaces should be searched. Is there a way for me to get to this advanced search form without having to type something in the search box and scroll down to the end of the results? —Bkell (talk) 14:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Multi-NS search —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 15:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Backhanded way to propose deletion?
This user is using a strange template for proposing deletion, rather than creating a proper AfD. I've mentioned this on his talk page, but I'm curious...why does this template exist? It completely avoids both the speedy deletion and the AfD process, in favour of one user's belief that it deserves deletion and a 5 day waiting period, without any attempt at reaching consensus. Unless I'm missing something? --Kickstart70-T-C 15:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Proposed deletion is policy. It's linked to from that template. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, ok. Not sure I like that, per my points above. In any case, I removed it from the article I was involved with, as per the contesting directions. --Kickstart70-T-C 15:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Last Jewish Pope
Who was the last Pope that was a Jew?
- Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost 16:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- No, this question is obviously a bad joke. There is no need to bother the refdesk too with it. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Meni, just a comment. Jesus was Jewish and at the dawn of Christianity, many followers of Jesus believed that practicing Judaism was part of following the teachings of Jesus. Eventually the church decided that people did not need to be Jewish in order to follow the teachings of Jesus, so after that, few people were Christians who practiced Judaism. The revival of this idea is seen with the Jews for Jesus. — Reinyday, 18:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Not sure it's that funny a joke. The answer[2] is either Saint Peter or Antipope Anacletus II . Notinasnaid 18:13, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well guys, sorry for striking and unstriking myself but I am obviously ignorant of the topic in question -- Lost 18:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- It is an interesting question. The thing is that the church did not have a centralized hierarchy until it became the official religion of the Roman Empire and even then there were 5 patriarchs of the church. Eventually the patriarch of Rome acquired power as he was in the midst of everything in the church and became the big bully on the block. The patriarch of the province of Antioch seated in Constantinople disagreed with the centralization of power and thus was created Orthodox Christianity.
- So to answer your question there never was a “Last Jewish Pope” because there never was a first because by the time the office was created Christians had split from the Jews. Unless at some time in history a Jew converted to Christianity and became pope (not likely).
- Note: Saint Peter is not considered a “pope” per say though he did found the Roman Catholic Church the office was created much later.
- I’ll fetch u some links later. --SvenGodo 18:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- "doctrinal differences developed between the Church in the Eastern and Western Roman Empire that ultimately led to the Great Schism in 1054, dividing Chalcedonian Christianity into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy." Eastern Orthodox
- "It is generally accepted amongst most Catholic and non-Catholic historians that the institution of the papacy with all associated authorities and practices did not arise immediately with the traditional arrival of Peter in Rome c. 50. Most historians hold that instead the institution evolved gradually over the first millennium of the Christian era. In fact it was not until the year 1073 that the word "Pope" came to denote the meaning that it conveys today, when applied to the Bishop of Rome." Pope#Early history
--SvenGodo 03:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
GNFDL /copyright question
I'm having difficulties understanding the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). How would I attain one since I want to postinformation from my already published web-site. Food Safety Network 18:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- If this is only text, this is not usually necessary. Very few outside sites write in encyclopedia style. Since it will be necessary to reword any material, this means the new work is not covered by the old copyright. What you submit then automatically gets released under a license for anyone to use for any purpose. Or is it pictures? Notinasnaid 18:06, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
My post was taken off for copyright reasons. So I'm assuming I need to get a GFDL license. And the information is text, not pictures. Food Safety Network 18:14, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- I suspect you would find that if you solved the copyright reason, the article (which I haven't seen, of course) would be immediately marked for deletion or rewrite for its writing style. Copyright always wins, but that isn't the only issue. So, you should be rewriting the text. (You may disagree, of course, and you might be right with regard to your site. If you want to post the URL of a page with some text on it that you would wish to reuse, then we may be able to suggest something one way or the other. But going to the lengths of releasing your text under a license, when it is only to be rewritten, may just be a waste of your time.) Notinasnaid 18:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- You don't need to obtain a license, you need to make sure the text is freely available and that others are allowed to copy it (even for commercial purposes). If you haven't written the text yourself, you are not allowed to make that decision; you need to ask the copyright owner to release the work under the GFDL (I'm pretty sure the article has a link to the specific text of the GFDL) and explain to them what it means. You can never copy any material from books, websites or any other source. Unless otherwise stated, they are copyrighted and copying them would be illegal. Based on your username and your previous questions, though, I suspect your work was removed for violating WP:SPAM or WP:NOT with regard to advertising. - Mgm|(talk) 19:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
new question
can mute swan cygnets 8 weeks old survive without both parents--81.159.75.91 18:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)<removed email>
- Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. - Mgm|(talk) 19:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
External link locator
About 5 days I found a tool that allowed you to search for articles that used a particular ___domain in it for external links (kinda like a "what links here" for external sources). It was a good tool, but I can't locate it (mostly because I don't remember where I found it or what it's called). Does anyone know where to find it? I want to use it because I wasn't able to update all the links I wanted to the other day and want to finish it. If someone could point me to it, it'd be much appreciated. Metros232 19:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- My question is probably related to this. I once found a list of all tools on one of the toolservers, but unfortunately I can't find it anymore. Were is that list located. I know it was off-wiki. - Mgm|(talk) 19:56, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Don't know exactly what you're referring to, but you can try here: WP:TOOLS --NMajdan•talk 21:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Toolserver is an external site that hosts, well, tools created by tech-savvy people to make querying and editing Wikipedia easier. - Mgm|(talk) 21:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Metros, you're looking for the unlinkspammer. Ran across it by accident after finding what I was looking for. - Mgm|(talk) 21:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- This functionality is now available within the wiki: see Special:Linksearch. —da Pete (ばか) 14:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ah ha! That was it. Thanks! Metros232 14:15, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- This functionality is now available within the wiki: see Special:Linksearch. —da Pete (ばか) 14:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- For others: Toolserver. — Reinyday, 23:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Create article
How do you create a artical on wikipedia?
- Try Wikipedia:How to start a page, YFA (your first article) and Wikipedia:Tutorial. - Mgm|(talk) 21:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Question about image use
I would like to add some images to the University of Puget Sound article. I go here and I noticed they had a digital collection of historic images online. Since I work in the library at this school, I went and asked the person in charge if I could use some of the articles in Wikipedia. She gave me permission. Do I now have permission to upload the images, and what do I tag them with? Here is their Image Use Policies. Also, what's the guideline with pictures so old that they are in the public ___domain? --Liface 20:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Unfortunately the policy is that Wikipedia-only permission is insufficient for free use here, since the Wikipedia content is freely licensed and so can be, and is, used by many other sites and distributers. You can tag the image as {{withpermission}} (provided you show some evidence of the permission), but the image must also be tagged with some fair use tag, so that other distrubuters know whether they can use it or not, and it's limited by the fair use policy. A better bet would be to contact the person again and ask if it would be OK to license the images using one of the free licenses (GFDL or Creative Commons are the typical ones). If they give permission then the images can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and used in any Wiki project. It'd probably be a good idea to get them to forward the permission to permissions@wikimedia.org while you're at it. Commons:Email templates has a useful template you can get them to agree to. --Daduzi talk 20:46, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- What about, for example, the third image on this page with the first graduating class from UPS in 1891. Does this qualify as public ___domain? Should I tag it with template:PD-US? --Liface 20:56, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Read here: Public_domain#United_States_law--NMajdan•talk 21:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- So the photo was taken in 1891, but I assume it was never published. If we don't know how long the photographer lived (the article says life of author+70 years), I'm guessing it's just better to assume it's not public ___domain? --Liface 21:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- That's probably the safest approach. Unless it's clearly impossible that the author died less than 70 years ago (if, say, the work was created in the 18th century) then it's best to assume it's still protected unless it can be confirmed it's not. --Daduzi talk 07:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- So the photo was taken in 1891, but I assume it was never published. If we don't know how long the photographer lived (the article says life of author+70 years), I'm guessing it's just better to assume it's not public ___domain? --Liface 21:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Read here: Public_domain#United_States_law--NMajdan•talk 21:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- What about, for example, the third image on this page with the first graduating class from UPS in 1891. Does this qualify as public ___domain? Should I tag it with template:PD-US? --Liface 20:56, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Too early to start a page?
I have a page that I've developed in my userspace (here) that I am eventually wanted to create. As you can see, it will track college football ratings through the season. There is a link to another discussion page on the subject but I'd thought I'd ask here to get outside opinion. Preseason polls are usually released in early August (last year, the first was released August 5). When would be an appropriate time to create this article? I am wanting to leave time for others to edit the opening text and add links and make other modifications before population of the table begins.--NMajdan•talk 20:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- One or two weeks before the polls are released sounds good to me. Nice page! --Liface 20:58, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
weather - temperature change in same area
I would like to know what causes a noticeable temperature change in 2 or 3 days in the same area. Other than temperature all other weather conitions appear the same - one period to the next.
Thank You - bl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.158.195.191 (talk) 21:39, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Jacek Kendysz 21:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Executions
Where can I find information on methods of executions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.12.38.115 (talk)
- See List of methods of capital punishment. In the future, you might want to ask your factual question at the Reference Desk. tiZom(2¢) 00:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I need to Re-Add 3 Templates, I Accidentally Erased! As I Edited a Show.
What Steps are required to redraw A Wikipedia Template? 63x927is58401.
- Do you know which template you deleted? I don't see a deleted template on that page. Here is a link for others to check: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show_episodes&diff=64649156&oldid=59969280 --NMajdan•talk 00:47, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
How legit is Answers.com?
For future references for articles, can I use Answers.com? Is it a good source? I've found unique information on that site (about Captain Falcon) however its information is an official site page that no longer exist. Respond on my talk page. Thank you. FullMetal Falcon 02:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Answers.com is a Wikipedia mirror - that is, the information you find on it is in large part from a (possibly outdated) version of Wikipedia. So no, you can't use it as a source. According to our own article it uses information from other sources as well, but you should go directly to those sources rather than Answers.com. --Sam Blanning(talk) 09:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Can't set column width
I am trying to create a simple table with two even-width columns. For some reason, the table turns out thus:
| Mainstream Christian belief | Corresponding Jehovah’s Witness belief |
|---|---|
| God has revealed himself as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are one God. (Trinitarianism) | Only the Father (Jehovah) is God[1]. (Unitarianism) |
| Jesus (the Son) is God in the flesh. | Jesus is a god, even a "mighty god", but not God.[2] |
| The Holy Spirit is a person of the Trinity, and is personal. | The Holy Spirit is God’s impersonal, "active force".[3] |
| The human soul is eternal and does not cease to exist at any time. | The soul ceases to exist when a person dies.[4] |
| Immediately following death, there is afterlife in the spirit. | There is no afterlife following death and preceding resurrection.[5] |
| Hell is a literal place of eternal torment. | Since there is no afterlife, there is no eternal torment.[6] |
| Jesus’ body was resurrected. | Jesus’ body was not resurrected. [7] |
| At the resurrection, people will be judged by what they did during their lives on earth. | Those who are resurrected to life on earth will be judged by future deeds which they will perform during the millennial reign. [8] |
| The 144,000 (referred to in the Book of Revelation) will be taken from people of the tribes of Israel. | The 144,000 will be taken from "spiritual Israel" (i.e., Jehovah’s Witnesses). [9] |
| The gospel to be preached today is that there is salvation available through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. | The gospel to be preached today is mainly that the Kingdom of God was invisibly established in 1914. [10] |
| All Christians are born again and will thus spend eternity with God. | Only 144,000 believers are to be born again and will thus spend eternity in heaven with God. [11] |
| One cannot see God’s kingdom or enter into it without being born again. | Those who are not born again have only an "earthly hope" and no need to be born again. [12] |
| To be saved, a person must believe in Jesus Christ. | To be saved, a person must believe in Jesus Christ, [13] dedicate himself to Jehovah, [14] recognize the Watchtower Society as God’s organization, [15] and conduct his life in accordance with the teachings of the Watchtower Society. [16] |
| Jesus’ redemptive work alone is sufficient for the justification of a believer. | Christ’s redemptive work alone is not sufficient for the justification of a believer. [17] |
| The return of Christ to the earth has not yet occurred. | The return of Christ occurred invisibly in 1914. [18] |
...even though I have specified the width for each column as 350px. Any help would be appreciated. BenC7 07:53, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- The first column's style was set at
width=”350”, when it should bewidth="350"- note the different quote marks, the software wasn't recognising the slanted ones. I've corrected it - is that what you were looking for? --Sam Blanning(talk) 09:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- I think so. I just opened the page in Firefox, and it appears to have worked there. But viewing it in IE, the second column just goes all the way to the edge of the browser window. Has anyone hit this issue before? BenC7 10:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Same here. I'm not sure why it is, but one workaround would be to use percentage instead of absolute widths. Just now in IE I changed the overall width of the above table to 70%, and the columns to 50% each. That will hopefully work in both Firefox and IE (after I save this edit I have to check it in Firefox), and will also keep the widths constant no matter what resolution the reader uses. --Sam Blanning(talk) 10:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, that worked better. Thanks very much for that. BenC7 10:28, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Transclusion
Hello! This may be a silly question, but here goes: does transclusion only work for things in the Template namespace? I know that if I type {{furball}}, I will get the contents of Template:Furball displayed. If there any way to transclude things from the Wikipedia or Article namespaces? A reading through Wikipedia:Template namespace (which covers transclusion) didn't seem to answer my question...
Thanks in advance! — QuantumEleven 08:31, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- You can transclude any non-mainspace page by typing, for example, {{Wikipedia:Help desk}}. Many pages use this technique, most obviously the current AfD logs (e.g. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2006_July_20), which transclude each individual log. Go to that page, click 'edit' at the top (not a section edit, as that will edit the transcluded page) and you'll see all the transcluded pages.
- Mainspace articles can be transcluded by sticking a colon at the beginning, e.g. {{:Cat}} will transclude Cat. Though I don't know why you'd want to. --Sam Blanning(talk) 09:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Aha - that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Sam! I didn't really have a specific use in mind, I was just curious. — QuantumEleven 10:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
New article does not show up on search
Hey all,
I wrote an article on Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. It shows up when you type it in exactly as the article title or when you click on one of the links I inserted, but not otherwise. How can I fix this?
Amit0108 08:56, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia's search index updates quite slowly. Google's updates a lot faster, and is often the better option for searches on Wikipedia. --Sam Blanning(talk) 09:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- And if you create a wikipedia:redirect from Drugs For Neglected Diseases Initiative, if you type the title in the search box (any any mixture of upper and lower case letters) and press "go" you'll get to the article. -- Rick Block (talk) 15:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
user page
what for a user page is and what should be there in that?plss tell me im new to this place
- Every registered user has the option of a user page. You don't have to have a user page at all, but some people use it to describe what they specialise in or any special skills that help with the encyclopedia. Some people do use it as a personal page for info not related to the encyclopedia, but that is not really what it is for. Some people seem to manage to spend all of their time working on a pretty user page rather than actually editing the articles in the encyclopedia. My advice is to create a user page only when it seems useful to you, perhaps later in your editing career. Here is a tip for you though: when you add to this page, or a talk page, but NOT an article, be sure to sign your message. That way, people understand who is participating in a discussion. You can do this by just typing ~~~~ which is what I did after this- Notinasnaid 09:28, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thk u very much actually i answer many of science questions and always sign them .i din think the user page was tht important..thts the reason i dint create it till now my aim is just to edit stubs and answer questions more related to psychology,medicine and life sciences--hima 16:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)hima
Renaming a Rename
There was a pretty obscure baseball article on Average and Over (hands lost). I mistakenly renamed it to Average and Over, not realizing that there is a related and also obscure article on Average and Over (Runs).
I want to fix my mistake, but I don't know how to do it. The article currently named Average and Over should be renamed Average and Over (Hands Lost) with the latter two words capitalized, to keep it parallel to Average and Over (Runs).
There are a couple of links to each of these articles; everything is related to 19th century baseball.
HELP!!!! Lou Sander 13:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Excuse my complete baseball an cricket ignorance, but why would these words need to be capitalized? - Mgm|(talk) 14:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, both titles should be uncapitalized. I've made the necessary moves (there was no problem; what gave you difficulties?). However, in my completely uninformed opinion, the articles should be merged and cleaned up. No need for two articles for such small and closely related topics. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 14:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I want to start an article but i have little info is it worth it?
I was on the blackpool page (my home town) and i saw winter gardens in red so i clicked it and found i could add my own information.. is it worth starting it when i dont know much about it.
Lombers 14:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- It is indeed very easy to start an article. However, please go through WP:Notability to understand this guideline. If the topic is notable enough, then someone else will surely add info to it in the future. After all, that is the spirit of wikipedia. Also you may like to go through Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost 15:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Lost gave you good advice. I have some specific advice for this particular case. If you create the new article, you will want to add a link to the new article to the disambiguation page Winter Garden, and probably tag the new article with a stub template. You may also want to consider a more specific title for the new article, such as Winter Gardens Blackpool or Winter Gardens & Opera House. Powers 15:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT
DOES IT COST MONEY TO CREATE A WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT?
- It doesn't cost you anything, no. Notinasnaid 17:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
distance learning phd in theology in the UK
I would like to know if i can have a list of universities ans seminaries that affer phds in theology in the UK by distance learning80.87.86.31
- Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost 19:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia policy regarding strong language
Please forgive me if this is answered in the FAQ section, but I cannot find it. What is wikipedia's policy on strong language in your articles? For example, I added an item to the Bono (U2) article, referring to his "fuck the revolution" speech. Another user then changed this to "---- the revolution". I am of the opinion that strong language shoud be justifiable in the interest of accuracy.
Thankyou,
Machisto12. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Macphisto12 (talk • contribs) .
- See also the guideline Wikipedia:Profanity. To quote "profanity should either appear in its full form or not at all; words should never be bowdlerized by replacing letters". Garion96 (talk) 21:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
How to set up a wiki for a website
Hi, how are you?
I am not PC Lit so I may sound a little stupid.
How do I go about setting up my own wiki for a webiste I am involved with.
Thanks Beth
- Please see Wikibooks:Wiki Science:How to start a Wiki. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:16, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
inappropriate comments
I was browsing around in the reference desk and noticed some inappropriate comments there of a possibly sexual nature. What is the proper procedure when this happens? Do I notify someone? Should I say to the commenter that I think his comments are inappropriate and completely irrelevant to the discussion (which they were) and should be removed? I've never removed someone else's work before (except once with a lot of advance notice, by placing it on the associated discussion page), so I'm a little nervous about doing that. Any guidance someone could give me would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Lynne Jorgensen 02:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- Would you mind showing the exact ___location of this comment please? ~Kylu (u|t) 02:32, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- (edit conflict} Hi, be bold and go ahead with removing any inappropriate comments. At the same time, be sure that the comments really are inappropriate otherwise it sometimes also lead to edit warring. You can of course always notify an admin at WP:AN/I -- Lost 02:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
How do I find "cite page", for example.
I can see examples of "cite page" in the page I'm editing, but I can't find out how to search Wikipedia Style Manuals, etc., for the full description of "cite page", or things like "cite paper", "cite serial", ... that I would assume exist. Rwwww 03:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- You need to go to WP:Citing Sources to see how to cite sources -- Lost 03:43, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- More specifically see Wikipedia:Citing sources/example style -- Lost 03:44, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
New article
I want to know how to create a new article, not to edit someother´s one. Is this possible? Thanks, Babarmando
- Hi, its very easy... See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost 05:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
editing the title of the article on Jive Aces
Hi - I know how to edit the article on Jive Aces, but the title reads "Jive aces". How do I edit the title so it reads, "Jive Aces"?
transparent
I checked the image pages for the images at the top of the help desk, and they seem to be unaltered. Why are they no longer transparent? - Mgm|(talk) 10:56, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- Are you using Internet Explorer? I don't think it supports transparancy on any PNG images. —Mets501 (talk) 13:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- It did until now, and I have the same problem with Firefox. Apparently it only works on the white background it used to have which has now been reinstated. - Mgm|(talk) 13:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, I put the white background back. —Mets501 (talk) 14:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- It did until now, and I have the same problem with Firefox. Apparently it only works on the white background it used to have which has now been reinstated. - Mgm|(talk) 13:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Can you always get from one Wikipedia article to another in less than 10 clicks?
If you open up Wikipedia in two browser windows, press "random acticle" in both, is it always possible to get from one acticle to the other in less than 10 mouse clicks and using only links on the main page? e.g One window shows "Dunlop cheese" and one window shows "Peril at End House" (by Agatha Christie)
Dunlop cheese > Scotland > England > Author > Lists of writers > List of mystery writers > Agatha Christie > Peril at End House
I think it's always possible, can anybody prove me wrong?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.100.193.18 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- There is in fact a nice tool at http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/ by river that lets you figure out the nearest path from one article to another. However, it doesn't seem to be working at the moment. You can be proven wrong, though - orphaned pages, which are pages which are not linked from any other pages, will not have links to them, so unless you start at one of them, you can't use them as a node in your trail. - Tangotango 15:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- Special:Lonelypages (orphaned pages).--Commander Keane 15:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Redirect
How do I undo a redirect? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Globalhealth (talk • contribs) 15:17, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- Do you mean you want to move a page back? As long as the destination article in question doesn't have any other edits, it is possible to move a page over a redirect to itself. However, you'll have to be specific - which redirect do you want to undo? - Tangotango 15:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- ^ Aid to Bible Understanding, p.894
- ^ Reasoning From the Scriptures, pp. 136-137, 282-283; Aid to Bible Understanding, p. 919
- ^ Reasoning From the Scriptures, pp. 136-137, 361; Make Sure of All Things, p. 487
- ^ Reasoning from the Scriptures, pp. 136-137, 382
- ^ Reasoning from the Scriptures, p. 30; Make Sure of All Things, p. 143
- ^ Reasoning from the Scriptures, p. 103; Make Sure of All Things, p. 231
- ^ Reasoning from the Scriptures, p. 334
- ^ Aid to Bible Understanding, p. 982; Watchtower, 3/1/87, p. 29
- ^ Aid to Bible Understanding, p. 683
- ^ The Watchtower, 5/1/81, p. 17
- ^ Watchtower, 2/15/86, pp. 12-14
- ^ Watchtower, 2/15/86, p. 14
- ^ Watchtower 12/1/85, p. 9
- ^ The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life, p. 182
- ^ Watchtower, 6/15/68, p. 359
- ^ Watchtower, 12/1/85, p. 18
- ^ Watchtower, 12/1/85, p. 7
- ^ Reasoning from the Scriptures, p. 95