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[edit] August 25

[edit] linking question

I've created an article and in the list of television programs in it is Espejismo. If I slap square brackets around Espejismo, it gets to an old film named Mirage (released in some Spanish language countries as Espejismo.) I want my link to go to the newer television series. There is no article for the latter and I am not planning to write one. What to do... Thanks. Karen Anne (talk) 13:28, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

The title Espejismo redirects to Mirage (1972 film). What you would need to do is edit this page, erasing the redirect and replacing it with the article you have written. TNXMan 13:34, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, but I think you misunderstand. As I said, I have not nor do I intend to write about the tv series. I want to link in my other article to behave correctly. Karen Anne (talk) 14:24, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm confused. You said that "I want my link to go to the newer television series. There is no article for the latter..." If there is no article, then the link cannot go there. The link will continue to point to the movie until there is an article about the TV show. TNXMan 14:28, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Agh. So. what does one do when you refer to X in an article and only a different entity X exists in wikipedia. Surely there is a way to handle this. If there were no different X, clicking on the link would get you to a do you want to create page. There must be a way tp handle this conflict instead of pointing to the wrong thing. Am I in the right place to ask this question? Karen Anne (talk) 09:10, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes you're in the right place. What you need to do is choose a sensible alternative title such as Espejismo (television series) and put your link in the article as [[Espejismo (television series)|Espejismo]] , which will display as Espejismo. If there are other possible articles in which you can put this new redlink, that would be good, since it increases the chances of somebody seeing one and deciding to start an article. BencherliteTalk 09:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, that pipe thing is just what I wanted. Karen Anne (talk) 15:18, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Dear wikipedia.

I just wanted to tell you that there is a cosmetic procedure that changes the color of the eye, called Newcoloriris.com could wikipedia built an article about this stating the benefits or the dangers of the surgery? thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.92.250.245 (talk) 01:04, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry but we do not allow articles that are written for the purposes of advertising. See our spam policy and our policy that Wikipedia is not a vehicle for promotion, as well as our general notability guideline for more information. ThemFromSpace 01:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
In their defense, they did also ask for "...the dangers of the surgery". Such information wouldn't necessarily be in an advertisement. Dismas|(talk) 03:51, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I noted that also. However, for such an article to be created, as well as meeting the notability guideline mentioned by Themfromspace, there would also need to be sources which verified such information which were both reliable sources (as Wikipedia defines it) and independent of the subject -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:40, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] KVIC

KVIC radio station in Victoria Texas now links to an organization in India. It appears that the radio station information has been deleted but other pages for other stations in Victoria now link to the new Indian article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David Block (talk • contribs) 01:37, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

KVIC has always redirected to Khadi and Village Industries Commission. As far as I can tell there has never been an article about the radio station. I have changed some of the radio station links on "KVIC" to point to the red link KVIC (FM) [1] and will look for the rest of the wrong links. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:15, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Mobile version on my iPod

I accidently turned off the mobile view of wikipedia on my iPod touch, thinking I could switch back to that view but I can't find anywhere to change it back. I enjoyed having the tabs to open n close sections of articles n not having to scroll thru sections I'm not interested in like I have to now. It was simple to turn off but I haven't found a way to switch back. Please help96.227.166.186 (talk) 03:18, 25 August 2010 (UTC)bob p.

Have you tried downloading the Wikipedia app (free) from the iTunes Store? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:20, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Last I looked, there was a link at the bottom of every article to turn the mobile version back on. Dismas|(talk) 03:49, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Mobile view on iPod touch

I just asked a question about switching my view back to the mobile view when I'm on wikipedia. I didn't totally explain that my iPod touch is new n I'm new to surfing the web. I don't own a computer n with the iPod this is basically my 1st internet experience. I wanted to see a different view of the page n now want to switch back. I still don't see a link even after reading your answer. Probaby very simple to switch but i'm not seeing it. Thanks96.227.166.186 (talk) 04:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)bob p

[edit] File:SSL graphic.png

I'm not sure where to report this. I try to stay as far away from image issues as possible, but it's been brought to my attention that File:SSL graphic.png appears at first glance to be a copyvio of this image from this page. Still investigating the text of the article involved, Secure messaging. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 05:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay there are two sections that are pretty much copied from the same site. What's the proceedure for dealing with vital sections (ones that are essential to the article) when the rest of the article isn't being questioned? I don't want to just remove them and leave a gaping hole, but obviously the copyright stuff can't remain and I'm not up to doing a rewrite and hunting down sources. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 07:33, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Put {{subst:copyvio}} at the top of the offending sections and <div> at the bottom. Stifle (talk) 08:48, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Search question: No subpages?

Is there an easy way to search for text in the Wikipedia: namespace, while excluding any and all matches in subpages? (My results are getting swamped by old AFDs.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:07, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

This page may help - it allows you to limit your search to specific areas, such as mainspace, and exclude others, such as WP project pages. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 06:14, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
If the only subpages you're coming up with are AFDs, an easy workaround might be to exclude the terms "Articles for" or "deletion", depending on what you're really looking for. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 12:35, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
No, I'm getting a couple hundred AFD, old ANI archives, and the like, and the page I want to find (again) is definitely a current policy/guideline/essay. I had the page open yesterday to check something else, saw a line in passing, and now want to double-check what I saw out of the corner of my eye, because it appears to directly conflict with WP:CONLIMITED.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:31, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Unified account and bug in watchlist

I noticed some strange things with my account. Suddenly, ru.wikipedia.org appeared in my unified account list, but I never edited there and never established an account there. At the same time, I noticed that an obvious bug page named H A G G Ë R ? ? appeared in my watchlist (in RED for a non-existing page) and all attempts to remove it failed, even on the raw watchlist edit. HELP!!! Shenhemu (talk) 07:34, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Accounts are sometimes autocreated in your single unified account list when you simply visit another language Wikipedia, even if you don't edit there.
For the watchlist issue, try copying your raw watchlist to a file on your computer, remove your entire raw watchlist on Wikipedia, save it, and then copy it back without the H A G G Ë R ? ? page. --Mysdaao talk 12:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
The watchlist issue has happened as a result of page move/renaming vandalism by a certain known, long-term vandal - it's nothing you've done, you just happen to be watching a page he's edited and his changes have affected your watchlist. If you can't get rid of it and it doesn't vanish by itself, an admin familiar with cleaning up after him may be able to help you - I know some active anti-vandal admins watch this page. Karenjc 17:19, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the help! I successfully cleaned my watchlist following your suggestion. Will just ignore the ruwiki. Shenhemu (talk) 01:19, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Courtesy Blanking

Hello, I am new here and was wondering about how "courtesy blanking" works. I was editing the article on the Queen of Hearts, when I found a previous vandalised version of the page had been "courtesy blanked" when I tried to view it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Queen_of_Hearts_(poem)&diff=343861535&oldid=343791614). Being unable to make much sense of the article on courtesy blanking, I was hoping someone would be able to explain to me, in simple terms what it is and also why it was used in this instance.

SRESQ (talk) 08:01, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello, don't worry about it. That was a misuse of the courtesy blanking template. Very roughly defined, courtesy blanking occurs on non-article pages (discussion pages or pages in the Wikipedia namespace), where a living person, either a Wikipedian or a public figure, has been discussed in a manner that is inappropriate. This is to make sure that Google searches are not able to bring up results with the offensive text in them, as Google searches the most recently cached version of a page. sonia♫ 08:09, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. If it was a misuse of the courtesy blanking template, could the blanking be removed in some way?

SRESQ (talk) 14:12, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

The courtesy-blanking template was added, in the diff you cited, by the vandal who replaced the page's content with one sentence of junk. The vandalism was immediately reverted, so the versions in the article's history just before and after the vandalism show how the article actually looked at that time. Deor (talk) 17:13, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Interwiki contributions

Dear Sirs:

I have edited a few articles. My username is mctwht. However, when I click on my profile it only shows two edited articles being one today about Omni Mall in Miami and another on Queen Victoria (that doesn't even appear in the article). However, I have also created a Wikipedia page which is for Centro Deportivo Olmedo (in Spanish) and under the "edit history" of this page, mctwht appears as the original author. Why does the Centro Deportivo Olmedo entry not appear under my "history" of work submitted to Wikipedia. I am trying to tie together all my contributions in one click but your service does not seem to be capable of providing this. Please respond.

Mctwht (talk) 08:59, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

this page only records what you have done here on the English Wikipedia. For a tool which will record what you have done across all Wikimedia projects, try this. You may also want to unify your account so that logging into one language Wikipedia will automatically log you into the other. To do this, please visit this page. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. Cheers, sonia♫ 09:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] images from German Wikipedia

I've just finished Jacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest on the English Wikipedia, and I noticed that the German equivalent has two images in the public domain. Is there any way to use these in my article? I'm under the impression that they will need to be downloaded and re-uploaded to Commons, is there an easy way to do this or is it something I need to do manually? -- WORMMЯOW  10:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

You can also use Commons Helper. More information on moving images to Commons is at Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons, or in German at Hilfe:Dateien nach Commons verschieben. --Mysdaao talk 12:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Thank you so much! That was exactly what I was looking for. Right, now let's see if I can get this on WP:DYK-- WORMMЯOW  12:41, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted Article

Hi. My article Promise (personality development for kids) was deleted yesterday. I am ready and very willing to modify the article as needed. I have used verifiable resources, links, and tried to maintain a neutral tone. I realize that the infobox needs to be modified so that it does not seem like an advertising article. Are there any other changes which you would suggest so that the article can be reinstated? Thank you. Looking4solutions (talk) 10:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

I suggest you recreate it in your userspace (leave the categories off it if you had any) and people can then check it and make suggestions. Most users don't have the ability to see deleted articles. --Cameron Scott (talk) 10:52, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback. How would I need to mark the page: with four ~ or the helpme, or by other means, so as to encourage some feedback on my userpage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Looking4solutions (talk • contribs) 11:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Once you get the article created you can post a message at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback to encourage others to give feedback. ~~ GB fan ~~ 12:15, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
The best way to proceed is to create a personal sandbox in a user subpage, and draft your article there. To do this, type User:Looking4solutions/Name of your proposed article into the search box, type in some text, and save. But do read Wikipedia:Your first article, and also WP:ORG. If the subject is a company or product, it needs to have received significant coverage in reliable independent media sources in order to merit an encyclopaedia article. If you need a copy of the deleted article, you can ask at the talk page of the admin who deleted it, which is here. Karenjc 17:06, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake in article about Brussels Airlines

Dear, First of all I would like to congratulate you all with the great Wikipedia website. Please note that there are some mistakes in the article about 'Brussels Airlines'. Brussels Airlines has no so called codeshare agreements with Turkish Airlines or TAM. Is it possible to adapt this? Many thanks Geert Sciot Vice President Communication Brussels Airlines —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.78.45.187 (talk) 14:22, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Crystal Clear app utilities.pngThank you for your suggestion regarding Brussels Airlines. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).
AROBAZE.png Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you want them to be permanently removed from the page history, please email this address.--Danger (talk) 14:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Template tracking

I just created a template to be used by antivandals. Is there any way to track who and how many people put it on their userpages?--LastLived 16:05, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

The "What links here" link will show all of the links to the template - and, in this case, will specify which of those links is by transclusion (as on a user page). Click here. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 16:42, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I have added a Z number ({{Z42}}). This will allow you to track all uses of the template, whether transcluded or not.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:47, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] looking for a template

Hello. I frequently edit in french Wikipedia, where there is a template known as "unit" or "number" (fr:modèle:unité), which manages how a number with or without a unit is displayed, inserting unbreakable spaces where needed and so on. Is there an equivalent on this Wikipedia ? It's used in almost every page on french Wikipedia. Thanks in advance, Freewol (talk) 16:30, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Since Americans use the silly system of measurement and we thus need to have both, I think {{convert}} is a good one to use. It deals with the spaces, though you do have to enter which units you'd like manually.--Danger (talk) 18:42, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] images don't display on wikipedia

Hello, I have a problem, i can't see images displayed on wikipedia.org, i don't know what's causes this problem and i need help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.248.25.237 (talk) 16:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

What is your browser? Can you see images at other websites? Can you see http://en.wikipedia.org/images/wikimedia-button.png? PrimeHunter (talk) 21:33, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
There is currently some kind of problem with displaying images, but it's on it's way to being fixed. In fact, I believe it's almost completely fixed. --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 21:51, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Yep, the problem has been fixed. However, you may need to purge your cache. Here's how you do it (this was taken from the page WP:PURGE):
From any Wikipedia page:
  1. At the end of the URL in the address bar of your browser, add the text ?action=purge
  2. Press ↵ Enter or click "Go"
  3. The page will refresh itself.
Hopefully, that will resolve your problem! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 22:01, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Movie Review Intelligence would like to be white-listed -- how?

Movie Review Intelligence would like to be white-listed. Nine months ago we made mistakes by posting our information on Wikipedia because we did not understand Wikipedia's rules and regulations. We have no interest in posting our information now and it will not happen again. We are an established movie review aggregator that has been written about by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, AP, CNN.com, et. al. We are relied on by the movie industry as an unbiased source of movie review information. We would like our information to be available to Wikipedia editors because we do not believe the current sources of movie review information are as accurate and complete. There is discussion of these issues here (http://iurl.us/bcn) and here (http://iurl.us/bco). An overview of Movie Review Intelligence is here (http://iurl.us/bcj). We have a new Wikipedia page here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_Review_Intelligence). How do I request to be white-listed? Is it something I can request, or only editors can request? Thank you. David A. Gross, Editor & Publisher, Movie Review Intelligence Dagrossla (talk) 17:15, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Just to explain further, the request is for the the MRI website to be removed from the external link blacklist. – ukexpat (talk) 19:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
You can request moving a site from the blacklist at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#Proposed removals. There, you must explain the reason why you think blacklisting is no longer necessary. Also, use this template in your request: {{Link summary|example.com}}, but insert the URL of the website you are requesting to be delisted where it says "example.com". If possible, include the name of the person who blacklisted the website and their reasons for blacklisting. This information can be found at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log. Hope this helps! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 22:27, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
A request was made to be removed from the blacklist. The request was denied. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist#MovieReviewIntelligence.com_.28removal_request.29 David A. Gross, Editor & Publisher, Movie Review Intelligence Dagrossla (talk) 04:10, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
In that case there is not much we can do about it here. – ukexpat (talk) 15:22, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] bud day medal of honor recipient

Is it possible to receive from you a high-rez, large size e-photo used in this subject article showing the Col. in his dress whites? If not, is there a contact to the Air Force or to your source that might have similar photographs.

Thank you for any help or direction you can offer. Ditty Lavonne (talk) 17:20, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:28, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
If you refer to the picture: File:Col George Day 1987.jpg which appears in the Bud Day article, you can download the high resolution image. The image seems to be in the public domain. --Teratornis (talk) 20:31, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] some one hacked in to my facebook, now I can't login to it, facebook says because of phishing that they are doing I can't get into my account

Help getting login to facebook —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.235.227.115 (talk) 17:40, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. TNXMan 17:50, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] I am trying to write an article about a company

I am trying to write about a company similar to one already on wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elnec&oldid=310114304 That is the company already on Wikipedia and I am myself trying to write about a company similar to Elnec. I was reading over the requirements for what is allowed to be posted and was wondering how the Elnec page has notability as they only post their own website as sources for information put in their article? Thanks for the help. Junjoon (talk) 18:43, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Good question. Two people have now marked it for deletion. TNXMan 18:53, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I have tagged Elnec for speedy deletion. Usually appeals to the "other stuff exists" argument are not very helpful as we have many articles that require clean up or deletion. Please read WP:CORP and WP:FAQO for guidance as to notability, WP:YFA for guidance on writing your first article, and WP:SPAM and WP:COI if you are connected to the company. – ukexpat (talk) 18:57, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

I just wanted to know what kind of notability that page had but I guess it doesn't. Thank youJunjoon (talk) 20:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

It had none and it's been deleted. – ukexpat (talk) 00:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Tracking the number of people sent to an article from a specific link

Hello, i was wondering if there was a method of finding out how many people are sent to an article from a specific wikilink in the hatnote on another article? In order to try and help establish if an article is the primary article or not.

I know it is possible to see page views of a redirect, so are people allowed to create a redirect and then place that redirect on the article (replacing the direct link) for a few days to monitor how many are using the redirect? and then use that information to help build a case to justify page moves. Thanks BritishWatcher (talk) 20:07, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Even if this is allowed, it might be difficult to police because a user who doesn't know there is a test in progress might see the seemingly spurious redirect and "fix" it. It would be best to collect data by methods that are transparent to other users; if the methods are visible to users, they should not present any opportunities to confuse people. I think a simpler way to determine primacy among a set of ambiguous article titles would be to check the number of views each article gets - I'm not sure how it matters how the readers get to the articles. The unbiased way to resolve ambiguity is with a disambiguation page. Hatnotes can be helpful but I would use them in addition to a disambiguation page, not in place of it. Of course it's hard to give general advice that would apply to every case, so you might tell us the particular articles you have in mind. --Teratornis (talk) 20:18, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
The links under WP:EIW#Research might give clues about methods people have used to track usage patterns on Wikipedia. I don't know the details, but I do know that some number of people are researching Wikipedia, so they might have ways to collect data about it. --Teratornis (talk) 20:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
The article in question is New York, at the moment the state has the primary spot rather than the city and has done for many years. The city in my view is the primary article (especially for those outside of the USA) and the page views show that the city gets by far the most views despite not having the primary spot. State = 312,000 views this month compared to the city = 518,000. I am suspecting that quite a few of the state views are by people looking for the city article as well, which is why i wanted to see if there was a way to get the number of people using the hatnote. BritishWatcher (talk) 21:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Presumably you have read Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names). See Special:WhatLinksHere/New York - if you start moving around such heavily linked pages, the mess of garbled links would be substantial. Not to mention the legions of Wikipedia users who have gotten used to linking to New York because it is the correct name of the state. If New York actually pointed to New York City that would violate the principle of least astonishment, at least for editors. Presumably most people who edit articles about United States topics will be more familiar with the proper names of things in the US. Imagine if we started moving United Kingdom topics around according to incorrect names used by people outside the UK. Basically, the longer something has been a certain way on Wikipedia, the harder it is to change, because the more deeply it becomes entrenched in the structure of links and in editors' habits. The only benefit might be to relieve some readers of needing to follow a hatnote, which hardly seems worth the disruption and inconsistency. Just my opinion. --Teratornis (talk) 21:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Changing the pages would create a lot of links that would need correcting, however there will be a lot of articles incorrectly linking to New York thinking that is the city, ive already stated a few examples on the talk page of where its been incorrect. But this is the whole reason for my question about if its allowed to create a redirect. I want to know how many people are going to New York then seeing they are at an article about the state and end up clicking the hatnote to the city. The proposal at the moment on the page is for a disam page which of course after sorting out all the links initially can be checked regularly for new links to the disam page.
This is also not just about people from outside of the USA, i would think the city is what most think of when they say New York. Anyway that is all a debate on the page itself, just because the articles have been a certain way for many years and some editors have got use to it, is not a reason to create more work for future readers. BritishWatcher (talk) 21:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Batch article assessment without AWB

Hi. I'm on a mac and so can't take advantage of AWB, but I would like to be able to assess articles from the article pag. ie open up a bunch of tabs or otherwise queue up a bunch of articles and enter an assessment but not have to manually open the talk page. Is this possible? Are there standalone editors for the mac or javascript gadgets which can replace some AWB functionality? Protonk (talk) 21:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried to run the program via Wine or Mono? Magog the Ogre (talk) 00:11, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser#Frequently asked questions. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 10:51, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] UPLOADING CROPPED IMAGES

HI, IS IT POSSIBLE TO UPLOAD AN PUBLIC DOMAIN HORSE RACING ORIGINAL PHOTO AND ALSO A CROPPED PORTION OF THAT IMAGE TO USE IN SIMILAR BUT SEPERATE ARTICLES INTO COMMONS. THANKS LESHAIGH (talk) 23:14, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you can do that; you might want to reference the original image when you upload the cropped one as well. On another note, can I advise you to not type in all caps? It makes it look like you're shouting. Magog the Ogre (talk) 23:17, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
See these two examples from my contributions at Commons: original version; cropped version. Note the use of the Extracted from and Image extracted templates. (Obviously for a PD image the licensing templates will be different.) – ukexpat (talk) 14:12, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] August 26

[edit] -Why isn't there a section displaying a detailed listing of mathematics notions according to academic levels in the portal named Portal: Mathematics?

It seems so much evident that English-as-second-language learners and also native English speakers would like to consult a complete detailed list of mathematics notions according to academic levels. For example, a list of all mathematics courses could be listed for the high school, college and university levels with the corresponding notions in each course.

It would be at the same time a homework helper, and it would also be a list from which learners of the English language would be able to discern and retrieve mathematics notions related to academic levels individually. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.152.58.186 (talk) 00:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

We have a list similar to what you are suggesting, at Lists of mathematics topics. It should be evident from its size why it is not included in the portal. However, the purpose of Wikipedia isn't really to list "mathematics notions according to academic levels"; it is to create a repository of knowledge presented in a non-arbitrary way, and some maths courses are laid out pretty arbitrarily. Therefore we need to cover university-level as well as secondary school-level material about a topic in the same article. Moreover, "academic levels" may vary from region to region—Wikipedia is, after all, an international project. Intelligentsium 01:56, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

First of all, I sincerely thank you because you gave an answer to this message. In fact, I agree to mention that the pedagogical aspects and the classifying of notions can be an annoying thing. In reality, in the case someone that is an ESL learner or even native English speakers that are not very well educated do not only want to learn English but wants to use it for specific purposes and this aspect leads to the fact that learning mathematics allows to be more complete overall or globally, and we may just think that it is the natural way to be. In reality, wherever one can be situated on the planet, he or she needs to read and write his or her own language but also to calculate, learn and understand mathematics because this is the way to be. We need mathematics to work and live. Buying books correctly and being able to situate your academic level among a ton of notions can be a complex thing. I think that using Wikipedia for this purpose would be certainly more an aim at helping others who try to help themselves, and I think that it would require to be this way in the case of mathematics specifically. Do you agree? This is one of the aims of these comments because I think that there is a bit of absolute truth in this message. Agreeing with it? Nonetheless, I want you to believe that those comments are not reproaches at all. I really appreciate what you do and respect it. I even thank you very much for placing on the Web this huge amount of information that is hopefully reliable because sometimes buying books is really expensive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.152.58.186 (talk) 13:19, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Table Positioning

I have a problem where every time I try to add a table, it just adds it where the text is. I've seen peoples pages that have a chart along the right side of the page, but I don't know how to do that! Please Help!

Mixmasher (talk) 00:17, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Click "edit" on a page to see how it does something. Help:Table#Floating table shows a possibility. Many articles use an infobox with a table floating to the right. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:34, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
(e/c) It would be helpful if you told us exactly what you're seek to do and where—is this for an article? A talk page? A chart of information? An actual table or an infobox? If you could point to an existing page which has the table you seek to do something similar to that would be good, and of course, when you do find an example, clicking "edit this page" and seeing the code that produces the table you like is a very good way to answer the question of how it's done. In any event, you might some useful information on this at Help:Table, Wikipedia:How to make a table in Wikipedia and m:Template talk:Table demo.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] navasha daya

i want to delete an article i posted entitled navasha daya I mistakenly published the article before editing the article and verifying some facts....my humblest apologies...i am new 2 wikiworld and the processes are cumbersome for me...

please assist...i do not understand the deletion processes...who would ever guess there were so many and all so complicated...for me, that is...smiles...

i thank you!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theflyinlion (talk • contribs) 04:24, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

It's done. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Image size/de-uglification

The logo in the infobox at New College Worcester looks ugly (pixelated), while the original file (Newcollegelogo.png) looks okay. It looks as if the image is being (badly) resized. I've tried removing the size spec. in the infobox, or setting it to the actual image width (217px), but neither make any difference. What am I missing? GyroMagician (talk) 09:27, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

The logo has been replaced with a .png file in this edit. Do you still see the same issue? TNXMan 16:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Yes, it was that edit that took me to the page. I still see ugly. The logo appears badly resized on the NCW page. If I click on it, taking me to the PNG page, it still looks horrible. If I click on the logo again, so that I only see the logo and not the licence text, it looks much better. I can't figure out why??? GyroMagician (talk) 00:37, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Urban Definitions

Hi

I added an Urban definition which is used to an item and it was rejected. why can i not add an urban definitiion to Toast as it should not breach any possible terms Wiki has in place

Regards

Matt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt6986 (talk • contribs) 12:46, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

See WP:NEOLOGISM and WP:NOTABILITY. – ukexpat (talk) 13:26, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Also, WP:DICT --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 19:10, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] English literature

Who wrote the English drama 'Hamlet" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.40.11.236 (talk) 13:17, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Srsly? – ukexpat (talk) 13:23, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
See also Shakespeare authorship question. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:25, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
It's just not the same unless it's in the original Klingon. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 14:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
You may also wish to head over to the Humanities Reference Desk, since this question is more under their purview. This help desk is for using the encyclopedia itself, as opposed to its content. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 14:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
You may also find this article of interest. TNXMan 14:57, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] detailed company history Vs promotional

I recently added an entry on Wikipedia. After being given access to Schweppes archive. Within that archive there are items from the 200+ years of the companies history, really great stuff.

We are a creative content agency (exposure, London) and we were given access in order to put some of this history online, other pages like Coca cola or Coleman’s mustard are much more detailed. However my entry was removed for being too promotional.

I guessing that this might have been due to the user name i sued (Schweppes UK) But it was written in neutral tone, much of it was linked from and verified.

It would be a shame if this had this couldn’t go up.

How can I write something that is really detailed about a history of a person / company without it being ‘promotional?

Any help would be appreciated.

Paul —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.150.99.250 (talk) 14:52, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Please read WP:COI - you clearly have a conflict of interest and are strongly discouraged from editing this, or any related, article. – ukexpat (talk) 15:19, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Sorry if all this seems like obstacles put in your way. But the fact is that Wikipedia is absolutely not a suitable organ for what you have been asked to do, as any kind of promotion is fundamentally incompatible with the purposes and procedures of Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 10:57, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Change Username

I would like to change my user name and password. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brizee59 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

The best place to do this at this page. I see you only have a handful of edits - it may be easier just to register a new username. TNXMan 16:13, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
To change your password click on "My Preferences" in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Scroll down a bit, you'll find the link to change your password right under the "Gender" option. --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 19:08, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Reference Desk

[edit] Vandalism Issue Not being Resolved

I wrote the article "Khetran". The article has been vandalized a couple of times before. Not putting much attention to it I have always reverted the changes.

This time I friend of mine reported that there is some misinformation in the article. When I checked out there were several problems with it. Racist remarks were present, Politicians were termed as beggars, false references were given, some references were removed and references to other articles were also removed.

I have been trying to look after this article for quite some time. But it gets vandalized quite frequently. I was hoping something permanent could be done about it, like putting it under semi protection

OmerKhetran (talk) 19:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Khetran (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
There is a good bit of IP vandalism, but it's infrequent. I'll watchlist the article, to be sure. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 20:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Placename detail

How much detail should we give when describing geographic locations? Consider these:

  1. ... [the subject of this article] is situated in Dulwich.
  2. ... [the subject of this article] is situated in Dulwich, south London.
  3. ... [the subject of this article] is situated in Dulwich, south London, England.
  4. ... [the subject of this article] is situated in Dulwich, south London, England, United Kingdom.

Where is the WP policy/guideline that helps choose between them? To me, no. 2 is best, because not everybody will have heard of Dulwich, but most people will know where London is. No. 4 is definite overkill. But, my preference being no. 2, would there be a reason for preferring no. 3? --Redrose64 (talk) 19:19, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I'd say Dulwich, England is probably best. We don't have absolutely rigid rules on this and I doubt we ever will. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:47, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I think every article about a place should at least indicate what country it's in, so basically I agree with Orangemike. I continually see articles along the lines of "Wiggleswitham is a village 2 kilometers east of Uxbury-cum-Northspurlington" and wonder what a reader in Pakistan is supposed to make of that. Deor (talk) 20:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
@Orangemike: I wouldn't want to wikilink England, per WP:OVERLINK specifically "Unless they are particularly relevant to the topic of the article, avoid linking terms whose meaning can be understood by most readers of the English Wikipedia, including ... the names of major geographic features and locations".
@Deor: The articles in question (for there are several) are not about Dulwich the place; each is about one of the railway stations within Dulwich. I think that mentioning London helps to fix the approximate location (ie, helps the reader to eliminate the North, Midlands and West from their imagination). --Redrose64 (talk) 20:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Bylines

Resolved:  – ukexpat (talk) 14:52, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Is there an official Wikipedia policy on bylines? In particular, I'm looking at the article for Sphaeromimus and noticed an edit at the VERY bottom of the page which says, "This page was written by Stephanie Loria, Sewanee: The University of the South and edited by Thomas Wesener, Field Museum of Natural History."

Now, either this falls under No Original Research, or it should just be removed. Edit history preserves the author of content, so there's no reason to put something like this in an article, right?  Amit  ►  20:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Exactly. The section can and should be removed. This page also has relevant information. TNXMan 20:31, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Also see WP:OWN, more specifically the section Use of signatures. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I knew there was official policy that I could link to for this.  Amit  ►  20:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Priscilla Susan Bury - article

Resolved: Redrose64 (talk) 20:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

All I was trying to do was correct the birth and death dates of Mrs P S Bury from info in the DNB. In doing so I somehow wiped the illustration at the top of the article, which I certainly did not intend. I have tried to recover this, but seem to be making things worse. I've tried to follow your instructions but am becoming very confused and frustrated. Can you help? Hyjack7 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:36, 26 August 2010 (UTC).

YesY Done you altered the image's filename. I have put it back to how it was, preserving your other changes (but you might like to have a look at MOS:DATE concerning date formats: we don't write "12.1.1799", etc.) --Redrose64 (talk) 20:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Article Deleted Without My Notice

I recently submitted a revised article called "From Brush and Stone" and it was slated to be deleted next week. I stayed up late working very hard on this article to prove notability. I resubmitted it with questions and now it appears to be gone! This is truly upsetting if this is the case. This is my first article and I'm not feeling good about this situation. Please inform me of what happened and what my options are. Thanks.

Kenwaditty (talk) 23:34, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello Ken. From Brush and Stone was proposed for deletion on the basis of notability but was later deleted under section g11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, which refers to an article that appears to be blatantly promotional. The deletion log entry is here. You can speak to the administrator who deleted it, User:DGG, by posting to User talk:DGG talk page. However, I am providing the article content to you on a subpage in your userspace, User talk:Kenwaditty/From Brush and Stone, where you can work on the article until you are ready to go live again. In the meantime, there are a number of policies and guidelines I would recommend you read. Please read our policy on neutral point of view, verifiability and our guide to citing sources (there's also a beginner's version) and our policy forbidding original research. Note also WP:PEACOCK and WP:SPAM. Basically, if you turn this into a neutrally worded article that cites to reliable sources that verifies the information in it, it is very unlikely to be deleted. By the way, there's some very specific advice on writing articles on albums at Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:03, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
And there is a perfectly clear notice (a couple actually) about this on your talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 14:19, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I did receive these notices and I figured it pertained to the older version. Has anyone read the latest revision? I just want to know why the latest revision was rejected. Thanks. Kenwaditty (talk) 14:39, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

There has only been one version of an article deleted at From Brush and Stone, and the version at User talk:Kenwaditty/From Brush and Stone has not been substantially edited since Fuhghettaboutit moved it - can you clarify what you mean by "the latest revision"? Do you mean the changes you made after the article was proposed for deletion? Expanding the content was a good move, but the article still needs substantial work to cite sources and meet our manual of style. Do you have specific questions? Gonzonoir (talk) 14:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi Gonzonoir,

Thank you for the clarification. It appears you did read the latest revision. I understand more work needs to be done. I just wasn't sure why it was removed. Do you have any recommendations in addition to what was already stated above? Thanks. Kenwaditty (talk) 19:09, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] August 27

[edit] Wikipedia balloon

For some reason every time i high light something with my pointer ,it just started, a Wikipedia Balloon come up and i can not get rid or it . also, most of the time if I just leave my pointer over a word for a long period of time the same Balloon comes up . Please help very annoying. the Balloon also has search Serf Canyon, Google,and

Duck Duck Go along clustered together. Please please help because it will always come up with the Wikipedia across the top in bold . Thanks in advance—Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.148.157.197 (talk • contribs)

Does this happen at http://en.wikipedia.org without being logged in? What is your browser? It sounds to me like something in your browser and not something done by Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] User Warnings

Resolved: Self helped. – ukexpat (talk) 14:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Is there a ranking for the amount of warnings for a user? Thanks JeremyMcClean (Talk) 00:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Never mind, found it. JeremyMcClean (Talk) 00:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Nigerian LGBT-related films

I found a movie called Rag_Tag_(film) and it should go under the category Nigerian LGBT-related films. Nigerian LGBT-related films is not an existing category. Can you make it so that it is? Thanks!Neptunekh2 (talk) 01:41, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I have created Category:Nigerian LGBT-related films. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:29, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Sorting by age

Wikipedia:Age calculation templates lists various templates, but none seem to address the need of List of living centenarians--display the age in years only, but hide the years+days so that sorting will work at the detailed level. I'm looking for advice as to whether I should...

  1. Create {{age years nts days}} with the desired functionality
  2. Use {{Age in years and days}}, changing the appearance of the article to include days in addition to improving the sort.
  3. Take advantage of some other undocumented solution
  4. Other (specify): ____________

Matchups 03:23, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Template:Age#See also lists {{Age nts}}. Does that work for your purpose? PrimeHunter (talk) 04:01, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
{{Age nts}} is what had been used, but that does not sort within years. Someone has been bold and implemented my suggestion #2, which is fine with me.Matchups 22:29, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Can you please restore a wikipedia article?

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=134165029947876&v=info&ref=ts

as evidenced in the above facebook group, 39 people would like this article restored http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Zorro

It was deleted because it was "not notable; a single event," when in fact it was notable to a large suburban community and covered by national news syndicates. Additionally, there were several "Naked Zorro" incidences, a fact which you can corroborate with this news article: http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=1128793&page=1, and in other articles in print if you care to dig them up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.95.4 (talk) 04:11, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Deletion review is the place to request this, but you will have to come up with a better argument than "39 people would like this article restored" and one reference. – ukexpat (talk) 14:22, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Abuse of the Reed Midem MIPIM Congress Customer information

DearMadam, Sir,

We found on your site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPIM that several companies are making misabuse from our congress in Cannes France by offering accomodations apartments through the Wikipedia webpage which shopws info about MIPIM congress the world largest Real Estate Exhibition in Cannes French RivieraFrance.

We have NEVER given any approval to these real estate agents to do nor is there information correct. Please remove this page and or the web links to the agents asap. We own all info streams from MIPIM adn this is abuse of our copyrights.

kind regards,

Reed Midem —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.85.152.88 (talk) 08:03, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

It is against wikipedia policy to offer anything for sale through the website, let alone fraudlent offers of service. Regarding copyrights, the article seems to include a bit of marketing fluff copied from somehwere which editors will be quick to remove.Ktlynch (talk) 11:21, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Monetary value comparsions/In today's money

Hi all,

In the Oscar_Wilde#London_life_and_marriage and again here, I've mentioned monetary sums and am trying to demonstrate their relative value to each other and in terms of today's purchasing power parity. I've seen wiki-code before that converts the value automatically so it does not become out-of-date. Could anyone point me towards a relevant policy or guideline, piece of code or offer other advice. Thanks and best wishes,--Ktlynch (talk) 11:28, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

{{Inflation}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:42, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia university outreach

(Apologies for submitting this twice--it appears that I did not fully understand the form the first time.)

I was advised by a Wikipedia editor to request that this issue be escalated to an administrator: I read in the New York Times last week that (someone involved in) Wikipedia has begun working with university faculty at several U.S. universities to recruit students in their courses to produce Wikipedia pages; unfortunately the article did not say whom to contact. I am teaching a research seminar this Fall that would be an appropriate candidate for this. Can someone please put me in contact with someone involved in this outreach project? Thanks.

72.81.26.185 (talk) 12:25, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

It sounds like something from Wikipedia:School and university projects but I'm not involved and haven't seen the New York Times. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:28, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for your interest. The coordinator of this program is Sage Ross, contacting him directly (via email or otherwise) would seem to be the best way to go. Wikipedia:Campus Ambassadors is a good overview of the universities currently involved. I'm looking forward to seeing a new course added to the list! Cheers, sonia♫ 12:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] I created a page using the wizard, but I don't know how to get it to actually show up?

Hi all,

I created my first wikipedia entry and I don't know what to do with it to make it show up when you search wikipedia. Does it need to be peer reviewed? Is there a step I'm missing?

Thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lolaaugustine/Michael_Ungar_PhD —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lolaaugustine (talk • contribs) 14:10, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Please see WP:MOVE, but at the moment it is not ready for mainspace as it is a blatant copyright violation of http://www.michaelungar.com/ungar_9632.html and obviously way too promotional in tone. I have tagged for deletion as a copyvio, sorry. – ukexpat (talk) 14:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict) The article you created is still in your userspace and would need to be moved to the mainspace. However, the article still needs a lot of work. I do not see any reliable sources to support the subject's notability. I would encourage you to read our info on writing your first article for some tips. TNXMan 14:27, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
User:Lolaaugustine/Michael Ungar PhD has been speedily deleted as a copyvio. – ukexpat (talk) 15:35, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Can't figure out coding; please help

{{User IU}} has simply the letters "IU" instead of an image, so I'd like to add the university logo (don't worry, it's {{PD-textlogo}}) instead. However, I can't figure out how to get it to display properly; when I put File:Indiana U logotype.png instead of the letters "IU" in the box, the image's background is grey instead of white or transparent. What did I do wrongly in this edit? Nyttend (talk) 15:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Better? un☯mi 15:29, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Just what I wanted; thanks! Nyttend (talk) 17:42, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] TMobile

I have the hot pink razor and it was locked by T-Mobile. I live in Tortola British Virgin Islands and must subscribe to the local phone service. How do I unlock my phone so that it will work with the local network ?

Patricia Doty <blanked> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.59.86.224 (talk) 15:21, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. TNXMan 15:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Integrating Wikimedia Commons image into Wikipedia infobox

I've been trying to integrate this picture into the infobox of this article, but somehow I didn't succeed.

Thanks for any help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ARK (talk • contribs) 15:54, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

YesY Done in this edit. – ukexpat (talk) 15:59, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! ARK (talk) 16:13, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] advertising tag

how do i remove an advertising tag from an entry once it has been edited for neutral language? Hthayerwalker (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:44, 27 August 2010 (UTC).

Just edit the article to remove the {{Advert}} template at the top. – ukexpat (talk) 17:01, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] "intitle" & "lookfrom" search options for section titles ?

I find the "intitle" & "lookfrom" search options very useful to find articles relating to a subject of interest. However it would also be useful if i could look for section titles using "intitle" & "lookfrom". I bet there are plenty of sections tucked away which would be of interest to me and i might llke to link to.--Penbat (talk) 17:54, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

If it isnt possible with standard Wiki software, perhaps somebody could do a couple of searches for me on my behalf using specialist Wiki software.--Penbat (talk) 19:12, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Come on guys. There must be an answer !--Penbat (talk) 19:33, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Books

I would like to add additional pages to two (2) separate books through the book generating program. Is it possible to have Multiple books in progress at the same time?

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.70.152.81 (talk) 18:43, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Only users with autoconfirmed accounts can save books. --Mysdaao talk 19:17, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] anyway of getting new Wiki articles only relating to psychology ?

I do keep an eye on Special:NewPages but it makes my eyes glaze over seeing countless new articles on villages in Croatia etc. --Penbat (talk) 19:21, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

It's a frequent request; but there's no way to do it. Most new articles are without categories, among other things. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
User:AlexNewArtBot offers the service of generating a list of new articles based on keywords that you choose, which might be of interest. BencherliteTalk 21:39, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
thx i will check it out. --Penbat (talk) 22:09, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Labshare

A lot of information in the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labshare is wrong (especially the older versions which it keeps getting reverted to) and attacks Labshare and a number of Australian Universities.

The original page defames all of us who are employed by LabShare by alleging nepotism , financial and technical mismanagement.

The main LabShare website is http://www.labshare.edu.au/

Our software has been released under an open source license and is available from source forge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/labshare-sahara/files/ I have added this information to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labshare and posted this same information to the discussion page. Alex Gibson Alxxthegeek (talk) 23:39, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Jane Greer (poet)

My page was marked for deletion because it didn't have the right type of references. I have added 2 references, and the warning note at the top of the page seems to suggest that I can now DELETE the warning note--but I can't figure out how to do that. Please help. Thank you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Greer_(poet)Terrierista (talk) 23:37, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi Terrierista, I've moved this section for you and added a header so that it was more visible than it was before (you'd tacked it onto the end of an older section with a different question, and it wasn't highly visible; in fact, I only saw it because I was reading through that other question and noticed your paragraph).
I see you've added a couple of sources to the Jane Greer article, poems of hers published in collections. they might not meet Wikipedia's definition of reliable sources, unfortunately. The references you added are questionable because they are primary sources; that is, they're directly related to the subject (in this case, the references are authored by the subject). Preferred reliable sources are secondary or third-party sources; that is, they should be completely unrelated to the subject, among other things. General examples include newspapers, journals, etc. Ideally, multiple reliable sources establish the article subject's notability, which is the ultimate basis on which the article's suitability for inclusion in Wikipedia is determined.
The link I provide above gives a good overview of what constitutes a reliable source in general. Below are a couple of more specific definitions useful in this situation:
In the case of this article, I'd suggest instances of coverage of Ms. Greer in reputable news sources and analysis of her works in reputable literary journals, not just instances of her works published for general distribution.
It looks like you still have a day or so; I'd advise:
  • not removing the deletion template
  • using that time to track down a secondary source or two as described above and adding those to the article
Best of luck! Northumbrian (talk) 01:48, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] August 28

[edit] NZ's Queen's Personal Flag

Minor querry in the Article re NZ's Queen's Personal Flag it says the cenre stripe has three ships but I see only 2? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BALMHOL (talk • contribs) 03:07, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

You may have a point. Queen's Personal Flag for New Zealand says: "The central stripe consists of three ships. Superimposed in the centre is a dark blue roundel bearing a Roman E surmounted by a Royal Crown within a chaplet of roses, all gold-coloured, obscuring the centre ship." As far as I can tell, the "obscured" centre ship is 100% covered so is there a ship at all? Or is there perhaps an Invisible Pink Unicorn hiding there? The article displays File:Royal Standard of New Zealand.svg which is in commons:Category:Royal and vice-regal standards of New Zealand which also contains the similar File:Flag of the Governor-General of New Zealand.svg with a third ship clearly displayed in the centre. I guess the design started with 3 ships but if one of them has become invisible then it may make more sense to say that one of the ships was replaced by the blue roundel - assuming the Kiwis don't literally place one pattern over the other when creating physical flags as opposed to strictly two-dimensional drawings.
Symbol move vote.svg Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:41, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Moving item from User page to general access

I have an article on my User Page Keakea123. This is about an entertainer Chris Shaw. I tried to release this article to general access, and it seems without success as when I do a Search on Chris Shaw as anyone may then he does not show in responses. Guidance please ? Regards, FrankKeakea123 (talk) 03:18, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi Frank, It appears you tried to move you user talk page as if it were an article. The page was deleted, and replaced back into your userstalk it appears. My suggestion is to try to create an article in your own userspace (not talk space) by creating here; user:Keakea123/sandbox (You can create the article in your userspace by clicking on the redlink) and not moving the article to the mainspace until it (your article) appears to meet notability requirements See Wikipedia:Notability (people). Hope that helps, second opinions/additions out there that i missed?Ottawa4ever (talk) 04:09, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
You may find this useful in writing a new article; Wikipedia:Your first article Ottawa4ever (talk) 05:13, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Mount Kekneno, West Timor

Hello, I would like very much if you could include a new addition to the mountains of Indonesia.

A full description of MOUNT KEKNENO in West Timor.

As there is nothing on the internet about the mountain.

I have tried to find photographs of Mount Kekneno with no success.

I want to know its altitude and any other details, and photos if you can get one.

Regards Sandra —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.7.220.106 (talk) 05:49, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi Sandra, You can post your request for an addition of an article here; Wikipedia:Requested articles or more specifically here; Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_sciences/Geography,_cities,_regions_and_named_places. It may take some time for an editor to come along and develop the article, alternatively you could create the article as well, seeking offline referencing can help when online websites are unavailable. If you decide to go that route, have a read of Wikipedia:Your first article, hope it helps, Ottawa4ever (talk) 06:01, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Please note, however, that you need an account in order to create new articles. Bk314159 (talk) 15:51, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake in 2nd nomination for deletion

I have created a second deletion discussion for SaxonAir; I haven't done a 2nd nomination before and I have done something wrong, I cannot list it on the AfD log using the afd3 Template. YSSYguy (talk) 08:47, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Fairly similar to nominating any other page (see full instructions at Wikipedia:AFD#How_to_list_pages_for_deletion), it appears when you created the sub page for deletion this template instruction for AFD2;
{{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat=Category | text=Why the page should be deleted}} ~~~~
was missed, I fixed it by adding the template to the page. The page name to list is the name of the article in that template so only SaxonAir. The third step AFD3, uses the name of the nomination page so in this case
{{subst:afd3 | pg=NominationName}}
NominationName would be; SaxonAir (2nd nomination)
The name of your AFD sub page. At any rate I’ve fixed this for you, so it should be listed now. The templates will automatically add the previous AFD discussions to the AFD sub page. Hope this helps, additional clarifications are most welcome here by other editors. Ottawa4ever (talk) 09:16, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Article-count by category

I'm looking for a tool to count the number of articles in the categories while EXCLUDING sub-categories from the count, anyone know of this or anything similar? 93.173.28.155 (talk) 10:40, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

A category page says "The following X pages are in this category, out of Y total." Is Y not what you want? The difference between X and the total Y is that Y may be too large to display on one page and then you have to click something to see more pages. Y does not include subcategories. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:27, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Essentially I would like a list of the categories by "real" size. I'm looking for something similar to Special:MostLinkedCategories (the page is still updated in the language I want this for) - only where sub-categories aren't calculated in the figures (or even better - have those in a seperate list, of categories by number of sub-categories). If there isn't something like this already, what would be the best way trying to figure out the numbers? Thanks in advance. 93.173.28.155 (talk) 12:57, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
If you want a list of the largest categories in the English Wikipedia when only counting pages then I don't know a way. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:06, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] No Wikipedia symbol on map?

Help please - Wilson's School does not appear as a Wikipedia symbol on Google maps or on Wikihood for iPad, etc, yet I tried to ensure that all the proper geographical information is included in the article - well over a year ago in fact, so the various systems should have had time to catch up by now! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ricagambeda (talk • contribs) 15:01, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

See About the Google Earth Geographic Web Layer. The coordinates are in the Wilson's School article, albeit in an {{Infobox UK school}} template which then calls {{Coord}}. The vague and largely useless Google FAQ page does not say whether that would be a problem for Google Earth, since the FAQ says nothing about exactly what code Google is looking for when it scans a page. The HTML source code of the article shows a large <span id="coordinates">...</span id="coordinates"> tag which contains the geocoding data that Google presumably needs. You will have to ask the Google folks to explain what is wrong. --Teratornis (talk) 17:51, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki instructions beyond my capacity to cope at the age of 80.

Thirty years ago, I was at the cutting edge of using electronic mail and publishing my professional writings. Today, at the age of 80, I cannot cope with the complexity of electronic communication and I feel cut off from participating in the important changes taking place on the planet. Would you kindly connect me with one single, simple place where I can continue to contribute citations to my publications that bear directly on the reference information you provide. You are doing a fabulous job, however I am not getting any younger and need help. Recently, I published an important paper on nicestories.com and would like to offer the citation to WIKI for your definition of bioregions. Hopefully, you can locate me from this communication and somehow connect me with a knowledgeable live person who can provide the help for this. My sincere thanks. (I would like to leave you a name or address, but understand your requests for anonymity). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.136.243 (talk) 18:28, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Is this a weasel word?

The webOS article states:

Palm webOS is Palm's flagship mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel.

Isn't flagship a weasel word? Or at least a word that would be in an advertisement and not in a Wikipedia article?

--Mortense (talk) 19:12, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Redlinks question

If there are redlinks, should I removed the Wikilink part, and just leave it as a regular word? For example, BLAHBLANG to BLAHBANG. Endofskull (talk) 19:14, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

You should usually keep the link or better yet, create an article. See Wikipedia:Red link. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:34, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Article layout is messed up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumaranalloor

"random page" click led here, just thought you would be concerned.

regards

ps. thanks for your hard work people =) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.33.189.205 (talk) 19:43, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

YesY Done Thanks for the report. Endofskull (talk) 19:46, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] TV identitiy

who was the previous meterologist (weather man) prior to Spencer Christian on chanel 7, KGO-TV????thank you all very much, Rob Lowe milpitasbob@juno.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.246.238.111 (talk) 19:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Only road trip of Jerry Livingston at the Van Cleve Hotel in Dayton Ohio in 1940, where I took photos of the Orchestra the only pictures of the Road Trip

In 1940 Jerry Livingston was the Resident Orchestra at the Van Cleve Hotel in Dayton OH where I took the only photos taken on that road trip.

I can furnish two photos along with this story.

This was verified by his son and I would like you to tell me how to include photos, and whether you want them.

Lou Shornick (Redacted) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loushor1 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] I want to know how to make a new article.

How do I do it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ultimatewinxclubfan (talk • contribs) 21:59, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.
Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:05, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
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