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Science in the lakes
Hi,
I have been searching your website for an answer to this particular phenomena. There seems to be not much written about it. Where and how can I find the answer to my query.
My question is --
In some lakes and water bodies in the Himalayan region in India, if you stand on the bank and clap or make a loud noise, small bubbles come out from the base of the lake. Usually it happens in lakes and very small water bodies with rocky bottoms. In most cases these have been surrounded by temples considering them as water god's way of speaking. It is a small miracle of science, but what exactly happens no one knows for sure.
There must be a scientific or geological, chemical reason to this. But nothing has been covered in Wikipedia.
Can you enlighten on this subject, as my kids are very curious to know more about it.
thank you Sangeeta Dutta New Delhi India
- Asking your question at the Science Reference Desk is probably the best place; if anyone on Wikipedia knows the answer, that's where you're most likely to find them. --ais523 14:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Company profile
How do I create the company summary box on the top right side of the page for a company profile?Keeter24 23:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- You're probably looking for Template:Infobox Company. Peacent 03:25, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmel'nyts'kyi (Khmelnytsky)
My grandmother was a decendent from Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky. I need to find a way to get a family tree or some kind of family history. I don't know how to accomplish this and need MAJOR HELP. Have any Ideas? I live in the US now so trying to find out anything here is close to impossible. Any sugestions?
<email removed>
- Perhaps you might helpful information at Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Should you have further questions, please try the Reference Desk. Peacent 03:29, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Darren Bagert ?
I have been doing some research on a producer based in New York City named Darren Bagert. Through internet searches, I have found a variety of information, including he is a Tony Award winning producer as well as being nominated for the Tony award five times, among others.
I found he has a website InvestBroadway.com, and I contacted his office for more information on him. I am from his home town of New Orleans, thus the research.
Why would he not appear on Wikipedia? Is there a process to include his name and history on your searches? I am not really sure from the information given on the site.
Thank you for your assistance. Chris Bernard <email removed> See Help: Starting a new page and Wikipedia:Your first article ; It is worth practising and reading up about wikipedia, and welcome --Edmund Patrick 14:31, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not entirely sure about the person you mentioned above, so please see WP:BIO and check if they meet the notability guideline. If they do, you could just create an article on him, see also Help:Starting a new page and Wikipedia:Your first article. Peacent 14:31, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
adding Geographic Links
I know where a place is located on Google Maps and Google Earth. Are there steps I should take in order to add the coordinates to the Wikipedia page?
- You should use Template:Geolinks-cityscale. Please see also WP:EL and WP:MOS-L. Peacent 14:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Image deletion - Licence status ?
Hello there, I had added a public image to the technology writer Ina Fried. It says, the image will be deleted within a weeek time unless I provide them a licence status for the image. Could you help me on doing this please..
Ina Fried Wikipedia Page is : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Fried Ina Image that I upload is : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Elease_Ina.jpg Ina image the I found from is : http://publicaffairs.uth.tmc.edu/community/star_awards/photo2005.html
- So, not to put to fine a point on this, you stole it from a website? I don't see any public release notices on that site. As a website designer and owner of a large quantity of IP, this sort of thing really annoys me, so please forgive me if my reply seems terse. In case you didn't know, all published web content is subject to IP laws, which means that it is copyrighted. If, however, that image was taken by you and you did not sign over the copyright to anyone else, then feel free to tag it as your own work and license it to Wikimedia under the GFDL. See the links in the panel at WP:COPYVIO, as well as WP:IUP. Adrian M. H. 17:16, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello Adrian, Though it sound teasing, you gave me the best answer that for what I want to know. Thanks for that. So simply what you suggesting is, I cant get a photo from a website unless there is a public release notice on it. OK, I will remove the image immediately. Thanks for your directions..
- Yeah, that's it in a nutshell. Although, there are shades of grey with public release; Wikipedia exists by the code of the GFDL, so any public release images/content have to meet that because Wikipedia's content can by used by anyone for any purpose, broadly speaking. Adrian M. H. 15:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Creating a new entry
I cannot find any indication on how to create a new entry. I see no "create page" button anywhere. All I want to know is how to open the right form so I can fill in the brief text I want to create this new entry. Please don't direct me elsewhere, or answer with diversions or irrelevant responses. A simple direct answer, please.
- Have a look at Help:Starting a new page. Bjelleklang - talk Bug Me 19:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- It is a sort of impromptu Turing test. That, and the fact that if it was even easier for a newcomer to create a new page, we would have even more crap than we do now. Adrian M. H. 20:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- Like Adrian said above we test you first. If you dont already have an account you need one of them aswell, which is another test =] Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 16:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- It is a sort of impromptu Turing test. That, and the fact that if it was even easier for a newcomer to create a new page, we would have even more crap than we do now. Adrian M. H. 20:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Where to find the "Create Page" button
I've read the Article on "Starting a new page" but could not find the "Create page" button to start with. Can you provide some step-by-step instructions?
--CBKAtTopsails 15:29, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
- It's not a button, you just have to find some way to go to the page where the article should be and edit it. For instance, you could search for the article's name (using the search box at the left and clicking on 'Go'), then click on the link you get to the article near the top of the screen. Or you could introduce a [[link]] to it in another article and click on that link. There's also a box at Help:Creating a new page you could use if you want to. Hope that helps! --ais523 15:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
- See the question above. It's not supposed to be too obvious. Adrian M. H. 16:05, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
page Mauro Maur
Hi,
I got the autorization to use the text that is on the new page of Mauro Maur. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussione:Mauro_Maur
What can I do to improve it now?
Thank you very much.
- I'm not sure OTRS tickets can apply across multiple Wikipedias but either way, the link on that Italian Wikipedia talk page doesn't seem to exist. x42bn6 Talk Mess 17:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam,
Keen not to spam or self promote etc, so can you let me know if this is ok.
If so I will add lots more information on the subject matter. If not then Obviously I will not.
can i add links?
Just would like to be clear so that I do not damage the site and support it in the right way.
Kind regards
gareth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Futureglass (talk • contribs) 19:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
User Page
Is there a way to get a template to help set up one's user page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bluestar301 (talk • contribs).
- No, but if you find a nice user page out there, you might be able to ask permission to use it as quick guideline. If you need help, it might be best to contact a user who can do some of the markup for you. Or you can build it gradually. x42bn6 Talk Mess 01:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Adding lists of people
If you go to a small school, are you allowed to add a list of the teachers at the school to the page about it in wikipedia?166.87.255.132 15:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
- Only the key people in the infobox, in my opinion. Lists should be used very judiciously in articles, particularly if the information is not in itself noteworthy or of very much value to the article. Adrian M. H. 16:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
- As far as I know, every country has its own laws regarding to what lists of names can be published. And I don't know which country's laws apply when you publish on Wikipedia. The laws of the country the author lives in??? The laws of the country of Wikipedia's publisher??? Lova Falk 17:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Question regarding the Pring-Wilson murder case in Cambridge
I would like to write a piece about the Pring-Wilson murder case. I have one problem with the way the case was covered. I can present both sides, I don't believe that these two opposite positions are in any way "equal". My own background involves reinacting self-defense situations for the purposes of teaching martial arts. Nobody with any background in self defense has ever written a piece about this case. How do I interject this expertise into the case without producing a "bias"? If I do this, it will be the first time anyone with martial arts or self-defense expertise has ever commented on the case.
Ursa98 18:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
- I am not familiar with the case, or with your writing ability, so you will have to decide for yourself whether it meets the key criteria (including notability and verifiability) and whether you can write about it effectively. Writing with neutrality and factual accuracy comes easier to some than to others. What I can recommend is that you develop the article – any article – either offline or in a drafts sub-page, which gives valuable time to attend to difficult articles. Adrian M. H. 18:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
- There's an assertion of notability for Alexander Pring-Wilson at the Notable non-graduate alumni of Harvard article. The redlink is a good place to start anyway. —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 03:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Problems: Editing and Creating Pages
Whenever I try to create a new page or click the "edit this page" tab, a download window pops up asking me whether to open or save a file called "index.php". When I open it, a program pops up (Printmaster 16), and when I save it, it saves, but nothing happens. What is index.php? If I cannot get around this, how do I create a page? Basically, What do I do? nd2010 03:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- Per the FAQ at WP:VPT: If you are asked to download a file (index.php) when trying to edit, or your browser launches an image editor when trying to edit, disable "Use external editor" on your MediaWiki user preferences. On the most recent version of MediaWiki (as of 21-May-2007), this is found under the "Editing" tab. Hope that helps! —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 03:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I NEED SCHOLARSHIP FROM YOUR SCHOOL
I am a Nigerian,who wish to study more in your college and i am also a science trained person.please,how do i go about it. I also want to know if your school give scholarship to does who are not a citizen of U.S.A
- Wikipedia is not a school nor a University - it is an encyclopedia anyone can edit. See Wikipedia and Wikipedia:About. x42bn6 Talk Mess 14:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- May be unless trying Wikiversity. --Brand спойт 18:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Help
{{helpme}}
Okay I seriously need help. I just got started like 2 days ago, and need help already. I don't want to make an article and its going to be a spam page. I went to my files to look around for help, but it seems that everyone is in troblue. Many users are blocked indefinly and its sicking. So whoever this going to, can you help me? Please do because I'd like to start articles without it becoming spam pages. Thank you. Please reply QUICKLY!!!! So I can get started.
I am signeddarkness.
Thanks for listening. Signeddarkness 15:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)signeddarkness June 6,2007
- Are You familiar with the edit this page button at the top of most page? Lmc169 15:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
How do I create a new article?
how do you post an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimiintheskywithdiamonds (talk • contribs) 17:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- To avoid unnecessary repetition, see the same question a couple of sections above this. There are also some links on your talk page which you should read first. Adrian M. H. 16:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
My page "Swamprocket" has been considered for speedy deletion. I am not sure why this is happening. Is there a way to determine why the page is unacceptable. Thank you. Swamprocket 23:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- Have you read the message I left on the discussion section at Swamprocket? Just click on the 'discussion' tab; I left you a link to the notability criteria that the article doesn't seem to meet, the conflict of interest guidelines, and a few words of advice. -23:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
submitting an article
Is there an easy way to submit an article? I really do not understand all this template business. I rwealise automation keeps costs down, but it can alos harm accessibility Regards Bernie Dowling email Removed email to prevent spamming— Preceding unsigned comment added by Berniedee (talk • contribs) 03:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- I've posted a welcome message on your talk page that should help you out a lot with your questions. To directly answer your question, though, you don't need a template or any automation (other than your computer!) to start an article. There's a good set of instructions at Help:Starting a new page. Cheers! —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 03:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- If you find creating a page complex, you can go to Wikipedia:Articles for creation, give them information, and if it fulfills our guidelines and policies, they will create it for you. -- ReyBrujo 03:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Dealing with Homosexuals in Infoboxes
How should homosexual partners be dealt with in infoboxes? Obviously for homosexuals married in jurisdictions in which this is legal, partners should be listed as "spouse" as any heterosexual spouse would be listed. But the question concerns how to deal with unmarried homosexuals. Should partners be listed as "partner" or "spouse" or not at all? It seems to me spouse would be highly inappropriate since that implies a legal wedding and a reader might come to the false conclusion based on the infobox that the couple was legally married. On the other hand, we don't include partners of heterosexual couples in infoboxes (e.g. Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins), so why should we for homosexuals? After all the status as "partner" could change at any moment and requires no legal process (such as divorce). While I'm personally against listing anyone not legally married for the reasons listed above, this has caused considerable debate on the Charles Nelson Riley page. I believe most of the respondents there were from the homosexual Wikipedia group and that group may not be an accurate microcosm of Wikipedia. So I'm wanting to know whether there is an established policy on this matter. (This has nothing to do with being anti-homosexual or homophobic but rather trying to consistently and accurately reflect societal and legal reality at this stage in time.) Thanks. Talmage 03:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- You might want to take that up with WP:LBGT. Miranda 03:58, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- The problem with doing so as I mentioned above is that most of the members of this group are sympathetic to the homosexual movement and thus might not reflect mainstream Wikipedia. I am not saying their efforts are not in good faith, but that their beliefs are more biased towards promoting homosexual issues than most Wikipedians. Is there another place where this discussion can take place? Thanks. Talmage 04:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- As an addendum, it is not my intent to exclude WP:LBGT from this discussion, but rather to incorporate the opinions of a wider range of people, not just a group of people who by and large are interested in promoting homosexual causes. Talmage 04:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- If unmarried partners are not normally included by established consensus, then that is a clear reason not to include any such, regardless of sexual orientation, which should not influence it (positively or negatively). Two reasons: firstly, consistency between articles is important and valued by the community (any WikiProject members would be able to appreciate that point) and secondly, and more importantly, mentioning homosexual partners without mentioning heterosexual partners may be considered to be as biased as if it were vise versa. Fairness and common sense needs either all unmarried partners to be listed regardless of sexual orientation, or none at all. If there is no prior consensus for including or excluding all unmarried partners, you might want to initiate a discussion. I can think of reasons for and against. Adrian M. H. 18:09, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- As an addendum, it is not my intent to exclude WP:LBGT from this discussion, but rather to incorporate the opinions of a wider range of people, not just a group of people who by and large are interested in promoting homosexual causes. Talmage 04:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- The problem with doing so as I mentioned above is that most of the members of this group are sympathetic to the homosexual movement and thus might not reflect mainstream Wikipedia. I am not saying their efforts are not in good faith, but that their beliefs are more biased towards promoting homosexual issues than most Wikipedians. Is there another place where this discussion can take place? Thanks. Talmage 04:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
translation
how can i translate articles into my native language?Paribus 12:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- Online translators exist but are seldom not the best translations in the world. There may be other articles on other language Wikipedias for that article (they are available on the left, below the toolbox). For example, waste container (English) and fr:poubelle (French). But they are not direct translations - each language Wikipedia works more-or-less independently. x42bn6 Talk Mess 13:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia on CD?
Hello! I'm new here and I need some help. I remember that one time I was on Wikipedia and found an article about downloading an ISO of a number of articles that can go on a CD so that one can browse Wikipedia without using the internets. Today, I was looking for the same article and cannot find it anywhere. Can you please point me in the correct direction? Thank you! DangerousNerd talk contribs email 20:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- Might WikipediaOnDVD.com be what you're looking for? Or else there is 2006 Wikipedia CD Selection and Wikipedia:Wikipedia CD Selection. Hope that helps! — QuantumEleven 11:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Creating pages that can be found ?
I've just created a stub; new page about a person. The page was created with address in the form http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FirstName_LastName
FirstName_LastName has an underscore between FirstName and LastName
Search engines cannot find the page unless the query is in the form FirstName_LastName, with the underscore.
I used this form because I have seen it used on other wikipedia pages and thought it rather common.
What can I do to get search engines to find the page when people just type the name in the form FirstName LastName ?
UPDATE: Well - I guess the problem only happens when I start the process using the Wikipedia search in my MSIE browser - you know the one in the upper right corner where you can choose which search engine you want. After that, I get to a Wikipedia page that says I can search FirstName+LastName if I want. I click on that, and do not get the result I'm looking for. BUT IF I use the search window to the left on this page - NO PROBLEM!
-- Rogerfgay
- MSIE's Wikipedia search support is somewhat broken, as far as I know. Google and the internal MediaWiki search both have no problem. (Underscore and space in the name of a page are equivalent; underscore is used in a URL because you can't have a space in a URL.) --ais523 11:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Under the listing of Jewish actors, you fail to include Marvin Kaplan. Marvin Kaplan was born in 1924 and was in the TV program "Meet Millie" in the early 1950's as well as other.16:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)24.149.185.157≥ Daniel Roth
Is it OK to replace a stub article which is too specific for the entry with a much more appropriate article?
I am a Wikipedia newbie! The Wikipedia entry for "Comedy Workshop" is a stub which refers to one comedy club with the name "Comedy Workshop". However this is a generic description of a type of training in which I have wide experience and expertise (see www.virginmirth.co.uk ). I would like to write an article about comedy workshops - can I go ahead and replace this stub? Should I list the original stub contents at the end of the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ais523 (talk • contribs) 12:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
- You could try renaming the current article to Comedy Workshop (club) (or requesting that the article is renamed for you if your account's less than 4 days old), and writing a new article where the current one is. However, wouldn't Comedy workshop with a lowercase w be more appropriate for your article? (You can start it by clicking on that link). It would help to use an {{otheruses4}} template (click on that link for an explanation) on top of each article so that people who find one but want the other one can move between them easily. --ais523 16:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
New article/ references / toe walking
Hi I created a new page regarding Toe Walking and was listed as not having references? I do have references on my page and I also went in and added in links to the references via footnotes. What can I do to correct my page?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tivon (talk • contribs) 18:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
- It helps us to help you if you provide links and sign your comments, but I found Toe walking easily enough through your contribs. I changed the tag to a more appropriate one, which you could easily do yourself. WP:TM. With most maintenance tags, any editor can remove, change or add them as long as their choices are reasonable and accurate. This particular tag remained unchanged because the editor who added it would not have felt the need to monitor the page in light of the way in which we use tags. Adrian M. H. 13:20, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Using info from personal copyrighted website
Hi My website at "http://www.panamafishingandcatching.com/" is copyrighted by me. Can I use excerpts from my web page to edit/add to articles that are stubs? Regards= Capt. Tony Herndon "captaintony@panamafishingandcatching.com" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarpontony (talk • contribs) 20:51, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
- No, you cannot do that until you go through the process of COPYREQ, which details the process of informing the Foundation that you have permission. Any reasonable suspicion of copyright infringement will normally result in the material being removed on sight, and simply having permission is not enough unless proof is provided through Copyreq. Adrian M. H. 13:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Replacing Flag of Rhode Island with my version
I cleaned up the current Image:Flag of Rhode Island.svg, to Image:Flag_of_Rhode_Island_(2).svg (I made the anchor symmetrical, cleaned up the lettering, got rid of the in-image border, etc.). I think that this is a definitie improvement, and I would like to have this new version replace the old. How would I go about doing that?
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Thanks, and please reply on my talk page! Murraybuckley 01:19, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
- Fixed images on this page, and will answer on talk. tiZom(2¢) 01:32, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Article submission
During the Second World War the British asked America to come in on the British side. The U.S.A. said they would remain neutral and sold weapons to both sides. Then the Japanese attacked Pearl harbour forcing America into the war; on the British & their alias side. The British and their alias had been fighting Germany, Italy & Japan. The British used every man possible to fight this left very few to develop technology so the British government gave all the technology to America so they could develop it; no money was asked or paid. In 1943 the British and Canadians attacked Northern France held by the Germans thousands died on the beach but it gave the British the knowledge of how to do it and win. In 1944 this time with America’s participation and the very important knowledge learned in 1943. They secretly built two harbours that could be assembled off the coast of France and laid a pipe line from England to France so that they could support the men who landed on the beaches with fuel, food, weapons and reinforcements’. The Marble harbours and pipe line wear a great feat of engineering all built in Britain without the enemy’s knowledge and mostly by girls. Things get changed by people who are good at writing but poor in knowledge. Today we see many movies about things that are just fiction, but in reality there were many things that did happen that were far greater than the films and books of today. I sometimes wonder how much of history is really true. In memory of the men who gave their lives so we could live in peace.
I would like to submit this article to the Wikipeadia how do I do it? From Peter Howatson E-mail <rm for privacy>
- Generally speaking, the first thing to do is activate an account. Then you take the time to familiarise yourself with the basics and some of the most important policies and guidelines, often found on a welcome template on your talk page. But in this instance, what you have posted here would likely be deleted if it were to be uploaded, not least because it would merely be a content fork that duplicates existing (and better) articles. Content forks usually go to Articles for deletion. Adrian M. H. 13:27, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
pictures
How do I add a picture to a page--Tdjzcsdrpf 00:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
- Hey, see Help:Image#Linking ;) Peacent 01:17, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Image uploaded
Dear Sir,
I have uploaded an Image called Ajay Hulamani.jpg in wikipedia. but when i am searching it is not showing the image. so how to search tell me?Presidentajay
- You should probably include the image in at least one article; see Help:Image. Images don't show up in the search here on Wikipedia. If you just want to upload an image without it being used in an article, Wikipedia is probably the wrong project; you could upload it to the Wikimedia Commons (images on that project can be used here on Wikipedia too). --ais523 12:14, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- Respectfully, I disagree. You can search for images, but need to adjust your user preferences to do so: Under My Preferences at the top of the page, click the "Search" tab, and select the categories you want when searching. The Wikipedia search engine isn't the best, but it should help you in the future. In addition, you need to be sure that the image wasn't deleted for some reason (i.e. no copyright information given, copyrighted image, etc). Near as I can tell, your image is still there Image:Ajay Hulamani.jpg. — BQZip01 — talk 19:39, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Editing Warning
I got a warning for editing a page on Joyce Carol Oates because I put up two yet unpublished titles. These titles, however, were the titles for her forthcoming publications. I don't understand why it was considered vandalism.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.199.214 (talk) 09:13, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- Wow, that warning seems a bit harsh for edits which were good-faith and quite possibly not even incorrect. I suggest that you contact the user who gave you the warning on User talk:RedSpruce to ask them why they warned you for your edits. If you can provide a source for them, that would be even more helpful. Hope that helps! --ais523 13:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- It's more appropriate to wait until the books have been released to include them in the list of works. If you have a source that reflects that these titles are indeed pending release, it would be best to include this information somewhere in the body of the article. Additionally, it appears that most of your previous edits are acts of vandalism, so it seems understandable to me that the editor who warned you would assume these edits were also acts of vandalism. Please take the warning seriously and contribute to Wikipedia in a positive manner. Such help is greatly appreciated! LaraLoveT/C 14:50, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- Concur. Your edit seems fine, albeit possibly incorrect, but not vandalism. To prevent this to yourself (and others too) in the future, please get yourself a user name. It takes all of about a minute. — BQZip01 — talk 19:48, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Creating One's Own Page
I apologize if I missed this elsewhere, or misinterpreted what I read; I have been reading an awful lot of intro material recently, so it's possible.
I believe I read that a company is not to create its own entry, nor have consultants, etc. do so. I work for a small nonprofit (you might be able to guess the name from my user name) and would like an entry, particularly since some of our advocates have noticed, and we hope to offer edits for, some errors on your "Medicare" entry. I thought it would be sensible for people to know where these edits come from. I already referenced the name in our user-blurb, so a link exists, but being very new and unsure, I wasn't about to write anything without checking in.
Thanks in advance for your help.
CenterForMedicareAdvocacy 20:04, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- WP:COI is a very important and strongly-supported guideline, so you are right to avoid conflict of interest. Also relevant is notability, or otherwise, because if it is not notable enough when measured against Wikipedia's minimum criteria, it does not deserve an article. See WP:CORP for that one. Your honesty and openness is very welcome, I have to say. With regard to editing other articles, your edits may be subject to a bit more scrutiny from interested editors, but verify everything with reliable independent sources and stick to NPOV and there should be no significant issues. Perhaps you could provide me with some info about the company and I might be able to tell you if it meets WP:CORP. Adrian M. H. 20:11, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick feedback. In what forum should I pass along some info about our organization? Here? Your talk page?
CenterForMedicareAdvocacy 13:32, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
- Might as well leave it here. Adrian M. H. 14:24, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick feedback. In what forum should I pass along some info about our organization? Here? Your talk page?
Immigrating to Canada
Are there time difference between the various provinces after what period you can apply for permanent residence? If so, what are the various requirements? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.59.106.110 (talk • contribs).
- This page is for asking questions about editing Wikipedia. For general real-life queries like, "Why is the sky blue" or, "What is the capital of France", you should go to the Reference Desk. For your question, I would go to the Miscellaneous Reference Desk. Click here to add a new question there. x42bn6 Talk Mess 01:34, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
created a new page that doesn't show up on the search engine?
I created a page for the Hospital Universitario San Ignacio. If i click the link on the category "teaching hospitals" or on the page "Hospitals in Colombia", i can access it. but if i look for it through the search tool, it says no such page exists. I don't get what i'm missing, really. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreji (talk • contribs)
- It takes a little while. From Wikipedia:Searching: For reasons of efficiency and priority, very recent changes are not always immediately taken into account in searches. So, just wait a little bit; it'll be there. WODUP 05:18, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
student from India. I have passed my pre unversity in science with 90% now i want to do engineering but no sufficient funds. What i do
rosa
Adding a page for a person when one exists for person of same name?
How do I start a stub for a person that has the same name as someone who already has a page under that name?
That is, they are two different people, with the same name.
Thanks!
- Consider naming the new article with a suffix. For example, if John Doe is the name of an actor and a businessman, then you have a couple of options.
- Use John Doe as a disambiguation page, and name the actor under John Doe (actor), and the business John Doe (businessman).
- If the actor is more notable, the actor goes to John Doe, and the businessman to John Doe (businessman). Then leave a link at the top using {{Otheruses1}} to let the readers know that there is another John Doe in the world, and he is a businessman - just less notable.
- I suggest you use the second method, and then go to the first method if both articles are referenced often. The full process is described at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. If you still need help, then leave another message here or contact me. x42bn6 Talk Mess 12:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Diane
Hello,
My name is Chris Labadie and I met Diane your CEO at the beach this past weekend. She had asked me to stop by and grab her card, but before I could she had disappeared. Could someone please give her my message and have her call me.
Thank you,
Christopher B. Labadie CRPC® Manager | Financial Advisor
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. 3109 West Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Lakepointe One Suite 150 | Tampa, Florida 33607 Office: 813.868.8759 | Fax: 813.876.9185 christopher.b.labadie@ampf.com ameriprise.com
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. offers financial advisory services, investments, insurance and annuity products. RiverSourceSM products are offered by affiliates of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Member NASD and SIPC.
- You have somehow posted to the wrong website, I think. Adrian M. H. 16:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Who edited a certain paragraph last?
In an article with a very long revision history I want to know who is responsible for a certain paragraph/sentence, or who edited that paragraph/sentence last. In a VCS like svn this is easily possible with the blame command. I didn't find anything useful in meta:Help:Tracking_changes. If I have to wade through hundreds of diffs I go nuts.
X-Post: de:WP:FzW, WP:HD (Interwiki links do not work.) -- 77.10.20.15 17:00, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
- Section edits create automated edit summaries from the section heading, to which editors are encouraged to append their own summary, such as you can see in this page's history. Page edits do not leave specific section details, which restricts you to comparing diffs. Adrian M. H. 17:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)