Wikipedia talk:Contact us

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Contents 1 Avoid overloading info-en 2 Contacting other users 3 Typo 4 Interwiki Requests 5 Press contact 6 Redundancy 7 How to create articles 8 3rd section 9 Font size 10 Citing Wikipedia 11 please put inter-wiki to other language 12 So what if.. 13 please add interwiki

[edit] Avoid overloading info-en

A lot of people email info-en asking for:

• Information about products of companies on which we have articles.
• Information about registering in universities.
• Permission to reproduce our text or images.
• General questions on science, history etc.

All these people receive "boilerplate" answers which redirect them away. In order to relieve the load on info-en, all such requests should be discouraged. David.Monniaux 13:19, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure I agree. Boilerplate answers are exceedingly easy to send, and I doubt many people will bother to read the now-lengthy instructions. I prefer to keep it short and sweet. — Dan | talk 15:59, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree with this, with one exception: We need to discourage questions about text permissions. Linuxerist E/L/T 17:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contacting other users

This page is missing some of the most important ways to contact Wikipedia, i.e. other Wikipedians. I suggest including most if not all on WP:HELP here or at least a link to that page called "Where to find answers to specific kinds of questions" or "How to ask other users specific kinds of questions". Also, please correct "adminsitrators" --Espoo 03:01, 25 March 2007(UTC)

WP:HELP is linked from "how to edit." I believe adminsitrators is already fixed. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 21:36, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Typo

There is a section on this page entitled 'for Website adminisitrators' - note the extra 'i'. Perhaps an admin (or whoever has the appropriate permissions to edit the page) could correct this? Cynical 18:37, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it's "adminsitrators", as i already pointed out :-) --Espoo 20:18, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

For future reference, adding the {{tl|Editprotected}} template to a talk page should get an administrator to come by shortly and examine the request to edit a protected page, hopefully =P. — TheKMan^talk 20:37, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

GRAMMATICAL ERROR: It is therefore possible for large numbers of people to write articles and update them quickly as new information becomes available; it also means online vandalism of and disagreement about content are common.

SHOULD BE: It is therefore possible for large numbers of people to write articles and update them quickly as new information becomes available; it also means online vandalism of and disagreement about content is common.

[edit] Interwiki Requests

Since the page is protected, could you please add the lb-interwiki link ? => [[lb:Wikipedia:Kontakt]].

Thanks a lot

Briséis

Done. Mak (talk) 05:42, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Since this page is protected, could an admin add an interwiki link to [[no:Wikipedia:Kontakt]]? Mathias-S 17:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

ok. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 17:47, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Admins add sl:Wikipedija:Stik z nami to interwikies. --Mihael Simonič 12:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. --  Netsnipe  ►  15:31, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Please add link to Georgian page: ka:ვიკიპედია:მოგვწერეთ. Thanks. - Alsandro · T · w:ka: Th · T 08:53, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Press contact

FYI - I redirected the press contact to the Foundation Press page. It's more appropriate and far more up to date than the en page (I also removed the en page and put a link to the foundation press room). Raul654 04:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redundancy

It seems a bit redundant to say "how to contact wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" right below the message saying "from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" no? :) Moulder 12:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, do you have any better suggestions over this redundancy? --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 13:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Just to remove the second "the free encyclopedia" is all I'm getting at. Moulder 20:17, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to create articles

Can someone add a reply to "How do I create an article" and link it to eg. Wikipedia:Your first article? [ælfəks] 02:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Another request: please update the #subtitle part of the link in "Am I supposed to be able to edit your site?" to read: #Am I supposed to be able to edit your site, even if I am not logged on?

Thanks. --Quiddity 03:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Done --  Netsnipe  ►  12:33, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3rd section

The sentence in the 3rd para should read Unblocked for editing. Someone please correct it -- Lost^(talk) 04:13, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I believe it is this way because the termenology is "blocked from editing", so the opposite would be "unblocked from editing". If you still want it changed, you can summons an admin by using {{editprotected}}. Timrem 04:23, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, if it is on purpose, then I guess I'd leave it as it is. Just thought I'd point out a mistake where I saw one -- Lost^(talk) 04:29, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Font size

Why is the font size so huge on this page? Can't it simply be left at default? Not only that, but one of the sections is at the default size, making it look puny compared to the others. I also had an idea that different audiences (i.e. press, newbies, Wikipedians) could each have a box in a different colour (columns?) for questions specific to them. — JeremyTalk 07:54, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citing Wikipedia

Anyone agree the link "how do I cite WP" should point to Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia rather than to a very short FAQs which just points to this link? --BozMo talk 12:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] please put inter-wiki to other language

[[yi:װיקיפּעדיע:קאנטאקט אונז]]thanks--yidi 01:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} done. CMummert · talk 23:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] So what if..

1. your email confirmation has expired and you can't log in to send a new one?
2. you have made a ton (over 5000 for example) edits and you lose your password?
3. you ask the same question to the developers sveral times and they will not awnser you?

_Just a few thoughts going around_ — Darkest Hour 19:02, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

You're stuck and have to create a new account. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 20:53, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] please add interwiki

{{editprotected}} [[ar:ويكيبيديا:اتصل بنا]] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheEgyptian (talk • contribs).

Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 04:42, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Please add [[fi:Wikipedia:Yhteystiedot]] too. --88.112.50.74 14:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 15:18, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Wiki Subroutine and Wiki Parameters (or arguments) should, imho, elaborate in the very important point of passing arguments by value or by reference (or by other possibly existing methods).