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User interface transfer

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Does any easy way exist to transfer the user interface translation from one project to another. I've greatly improved its translation to Slovenian language on Slovenian WP and want to use it now in the English version and on Commons. Thanks very much. --Eleassar   my talk 14:01, 30 August 2005 (UTC) You should talk to the wikitech people, either at #mediawiki the IRC channel, at meta or at the wikitech mailing list [1] — Sverdrup 01:25, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sun

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Why does Sun gets invisible at night?

This question is really a no-brainer: if it didn't, there would be no night. But the reason it does is that because of the Earth's rotation, the Earth gets in between you and the Sun, and it's quite hard to see right through the Earth. — JIP | Talk 15:38, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

cat vertebrae

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The article on Cat incorrectly states that cats are more flexible than humans because they have more vertebra [60 vs. 34, if I recall correctly]. Cats only have more vertebrae if you count their tails; from skull to pelvis they have exactly the same number of vertebrae as humans [and indeed, all mammals].

I took that out. Thank you for the catch. I hope you soon feel comfortable adding/editing content in articles yourself but a notice here is welcome too. Thanks again. Qaz 19:26, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

VANDALISM REPORT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_events

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Someone posted obscenities on

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

Please delete it. Thank you.

Already taken care of. — JIP | Talk 19:56, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Were did Thomas Edison work

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concert sponsorship

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Hi, my name is Alan Merow with EvelDick Production and attached is a brief description of the concert we are putting on October 29, 2005 . Please look it over and if you have any interests please contact me and I would be more then happy to go into depth about this event and the importance of putting this together and see how your company can get involved with this project.

<snip> ad for concert event removed </snip>

This information is not to be reproduced, transmitted or the information contained distributed in any way

I hope you do realize that just by posting that here, it will be reproduced, transmitted, and distributed in several ways.
Also, ... what? Wikipedia is not a company, it's a group of volunteers that work on an encyclopedia. I'm not sure what you intended by posting that here, but I think I can safely say you won't get any sponsorship from Wikipedia. --Andy Janata 23:08, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

decoding subject

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HI! not sure I am on the right track, but recieved this code in a recent email subject line and wondered why and what it meant. Thank you for direction you can lend.

=?ISO-8859-1?Q??=

It's probably something that describes the data in the mail, and your mailserver or client doesn't read/understand. ISO-8859-1 (also called latin-1) is a character encoding, so the piece of data probably describes the text to come. latin-1 is common to use for english and west european languages. (Unicode is better) — Sverdrup 00:56, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This is a MIME encoding for non-ASCII character data. Any email client that shows you such a string is seriously behind the times regarding worldwide email standards. Without any text between the last two question marks this string is literally a null string (no characters), but the sending system has (quite helpfully) indicated the characters (all 0 of them) are ISO-8859-1 characters where the non-ASCII ones are encoded in quoted-printable. I'd suggest using a different email client. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:31, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain. I'm very appreciative of this bit of insight.

Email Change

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How do I change my email? I don't find it anywhere in Preferences. --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:56, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's the first item listed under "User data" in preferences. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 00:11, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

question

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It says in the Editing Helpl that a colon (:) causes the "line or paragraph" to be indented, however, my experience that it always indents whole paragraphs.

I like to indent the first line of paragraphs - not necessarily the whole paragraph - how do I do that?

BUNI-San 02:03:29, 2005-08-31 (UTC)

Do you want to indent the first lines of paragraphs in a Wikipedia article? No article in the Wikipedia has that format, so it would go against our style guide, and at any rate, as far as I know that sort of indentation is not supported by the MediaWiki software. --Kwekubo 02:07, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, You might try using a space in front of the line to be indented. I went to the Sandbox and made a table starting each row with a space Phil 14:32, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

About Billy Meier

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Hi, I love this place. I've been able to look up so much info about people and things I've had questions about. One thing I noticed about the Billy Meier info you have is that it was ended pretty much saying that critics have found models at his house and pictures were of regular human beings. I listened to a radio show with Michael Horn one day and heard him say that he approached the critics about their claims and one of them actually called in to the show that day. He told the critic that the models were brought to Billy to see if his pictures could be faked. The pictures that were taken of the models were never said to be real. He also asked the critic to duplicate just one of the Meier photos and the critic took about 2 years or more to take photos of some plates. But Meier's photos were put under a whole lot of examination and the critic wouldn't allow his photos to be put under the same examinations. Plus a guy named Marcel Vogel was given some samples from the E.T.s and he was impressed with what he saw. I read that Vogal had something to do with the invention of LCD screens and he worked for IBM or years. I just thought that maybe some of this info should be known also because Billy could be telling the truth. At the end of the summery that ya'll have it sounds more like the case has been concluded and people are just following a lost cause or something. But there hasn't truely been any concrete evidence to disprove Billy.

School Campus problems

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I am a student in a school campus with large amount of computer access by all students, and have seen warnings saying if my IP edits more articles it will be banned. The campus has over 1500 students, and wikipedia is a often used resource, which would be greatly missed. I don't know what can be done about this, but would like to know if there is a way of stopping it.

Banned simply means "blocked from editing Wikipedia", not "blocked from reading" - we wouldn't gain anything by stopping people reading, but we do gain by stopping vandals from editing. The editing block is sadly a major reaction, but it's also a major problem; a lot of schools run through a single server, and school pupils are rather happy to vandalise randomly. However, having an account and logging in can avoid you, specifically, from being blocked.
If you're interested, here's some of the recent edits from that IP address - [2], [3] - you can see why vandalism warnings were issued. Shimgray 02:49, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I've added a shared IP notice to the user talk page to warn future people dealing with vandalism from the IP address. Entering the IP address as a URL takes you to the intranet page for Saint Kentigern College in Auckland. Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:12, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe that having an account can avoid being blocked by anonymous IP blocks. When I was using dial-up, an anonymous user had been blocked for spamming; when I connected via dial-up I found myself blocked as well, even though I was logged in. — Knowledge Seeker দ 03:58, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
See Bug 550: Blocks on anonymous users only Bovlb 05:25:30, 2005-08-31 (UTC)

Number of hits

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Is there a way of finding out how many hits a specific article in Wikipedia gets? Thanks for any help. Thomas S. Major 04:16, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The short answer is no. A slightly longer answer is that page hit counters are a feature of MediaWiki (the software used to run wikipedia), but it is turned off at this site for performance reasons. This comes up often enough that it should be on the Wikipedia:FAQ (I'll add it). -- Rick Block (talk) 04:35, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

picture posting

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I still do not understand how to place an image on a page I want to update. I've read the editing page and yet I do not grasp it. Let me know how to do it.

Logging in to an account from a blocked IP

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If I were to log on to a non-blocked account from a blocked IP, would I be blocked? Does whether the account was created before or after the block make a difference? Does whether the account was created from the blocked IP make a difference? At least both of them together should, because otherwise anyone who has been blocked as an anonymous IP could just sign up for an account and continue. — JIP | Talk 05:14, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. No. No. See Bug 550: Blocks on anonymous users only. Bovlb 05:24:45, 2005-08-31 (UTC)

Can a Wikipedia Image in Be Used in Another Web Site?

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I am creating a web site which contains factual information on several topics to help children with their homework or research. May I use images from Wikipedia articles on my web site? If so, how do I credit them?

Thank you, E. Tal

It depends on the picture. The Wikipedia description page for an image should tell you its copyright status.
Some images in Wikipedia are public domain. Those you can use freely. Others are licensed under the GFDL. If you include those pictures in something you make, then what you make also must be licensed under the GFDL. Lastly, there are some pictures in Wikipedia that we consider fair use under United States copyright law. Those you should probably not use. If you also live in the United States you may be able to claim fair use for an educational website, but if you live elsewhere, most countries use the more restrictive fair dealing. Isomorphic 05:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

is the information in wikipedia true

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I'm sorry for the question but I want to know,well if you say that everybody can edit wikipedia, is there a possibility some articles to be not true.(the info about the subject to be not real) Thank you for the attention!

Of course there is such a possibility. However, if the subject is particularly prominent and/or well-known, someone will eventually spot the false information and fix or remove it. — JIP | Talk 07:59, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
See also Wikipedia:Replies to common objections. Bovlb 08:26:32, 2005-08-31 (UTC)

Images

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I'm almost cretain that you can't but I may as well ask. Can you link to other articls on WP from an image? Forbsey 08:00, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You can link from the caption. You can also link from the image description page. Does either of these do what you want? If not, please be more specific, and perhaps give an example. Bovlb 08:29:46, 2005-08-31 (UTC)
I think this is yet another request for images that don't link to their description page... - IMSoP 23:22, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Missing image

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I uploaded a file where did it go after it was uploaded? --Adam1213 09:00, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find any record from your contributions or the upload log that you have uploaded anything. The best thing I can suggest is that you try uploading it again. Thryduulf 09:19, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If you uploaded before you registered, then perhaps yoy have a rough idea of the upload date. Try searching for your filename or description text in the upload log (as suggested above) or Special:Newimages. Bovlb 15:19:49, 2005-08-31 (UTC)
You have to be registered to upload images. It might have been with a different username though. --fvw* 15:49, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Lord David Sheppard ex England Cricket captain.

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Your entry shows David Sheppard as being born in Reigate Surrey. That is incorrect. He was born in Charlwood Surrey. We live in the house he was born in and have photographs of him when he lived here. His mother visited us some 25 years ago to see what the house was now like and gave us the photographs. The full address is Dormer Cottage, Charlwood, Surrey.

Legitimacy of editing content

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As the coordinator of Tyr-Gwyr-Gweryn I recently edited a link to the TGG website [30th Aug], on the 'Cornish People' page, to change a comment from 'A nationalist organisation' to correctly reflect this groups activities as 'A Cornish Affairs & Research Group'. Today [31st], I noticed that this has been changed back to the previously incorrect entry.

By whose authority?

What is necessary to have the correct comment re-instated and secured?

E J Pengelly coordinator "Tyr-Gwyr-Gweryn"

you need to go to the talk page of the article but clicking on the "discuss" tab and state the reasons that you think that the group is not a nationalist organisation there. If your argument is sucsessful then someone will change the article back to your wording. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 12:48, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If there is some question about the correct way to refer to the group in question, it might be best to bring up the matter on the talk page of the article. (In this case, Talk:Cornish people.) If that route fails to reach an acceptable compromise, adding a note at Wikipedia:Requests for comment will bring additional eyes and minds to the question.
In my–admittedly brief–perusal of the Tyr-Gwyr-Gweryn website, I note that the first objective of the organization is "To secure the political and territorial integrity of Cornwall" [4]. The organization espouses the position that "Cornwall is a country situated at the extreme south west of the island of Great Britain...." [5] In other words, one can see where the perception that the organization is nationalist might arise. (Apologies for repeating some of what Theresa said; we both tried to answer the question at the same time.) TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:00, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Disabled????

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How long will Wikipedia be disabled?

I'm not aware that Wikipedia has been or will be disabled. Perhaps you are referring to one of the following things?
  • a particular article that has been protected. - See the talk page of the article concerned and check the protection log to find out who protected it and why.
  • an error message due to a busy or non-responsive server. This is a hardware problem and out of your control. The best thing to do is wait a couple of minutes and try again.
  • A widely circulated, but incorrect, statement that Wikipedia would be locked or frozen. See Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-08-08/Hype over no announcement
If none of these answer your question, please be more specific about what you mean. Thryduulf 14:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Um, which bit is disabled? Clearly not the part that lets us put messages here, so what are you seeing? Notinasnaid 14:17, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

BRITISH MILITARY DECORATION....GRI

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MY FATHER, AN AMERICAN NAVAL AVIATOR, WAS AWARDED A BRITISH MILITARY DECORATION IN 1943. IT IS A CROSS WITH GRI UNDER A CROWN ON ITS FACE. I DID NOT SEE IT LISTED ON YOUR BRITISH MILITARY DECORATIONS PAGE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IT IS, AND WHERE MIGHT I FIND THE CITATION THAT GOES WITH IT? THANK-YOU........HOWARD S. ROBERTS, JR.

That sounds like the Distinguished Service Cross, which makes some sense, as it's a naval decoration. The citation, hmm. Writing to the Ministry of Defence would likely work, or you can try digging through the online archives of the London Gazette - search here. It's a bit of a finicky service involving PDF files, and you'll need to do a lot of reading - but he should be in there if it was a wartime appointment. If that fails, try the MoD as above. Best of luck. Shimgray 13:39, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Now I'm confused... I can't find any reference to the DSC being awarded to people outside the Commonwealth. Hmm. But it does sound like one... Shimgray 13:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Chasing up a bit, I've found a reference to Leif Larsen, a Norwegian, awarded it. So it looks like it was awarded to non-Imperial naval officers, which clears up that question. Now all we need to do is find out where and when he got it... Shimgray 14:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Vote for deletion?

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Somebody has kindly made a Wiki page about me:

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

Very nice.

But.... I don't think I come up to the Wiki threshold for my site, and would like it deleted for now. Haven't got a clue how it's done, but thought it better I don't have a page until I'm ruling the whole world at the very least.

You can add the page to VfD using the instructions found here. This doesn't mean that it will be deleted, just that the community will consider whether the page is worthy of inclusion. --Canderson7 14:14, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
I would be happy to add the page to the Articles for deletion list for you if you're uncomfortable with the process. At the same time, I think that it would generate better discussion if you were able to initiate the process personally. :) (contact) --Alan Au 04:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Someone else changing my post for advertisement

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I am having a problem with one of our postings. A year and half ago, I posted information on a typical sauce from Costa Rica. I did not do it for advertisement purposes. A compititor of ours found the posting and change the edits to an advertisement for his website. I have been changing his advertisement back to our information post on a daily basis. I now recieved a notice from you telling me not to use Wikipedia as an advertisement avenue. Any suggestion on how to get this other company to stop changing my words, description to reflect as his own information.

THanks.

Could you provide a link to the article in question? Dismas 14:40, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
From his history it looks to be Salsa lizano. The problem seems to be that this user and his competitor are adding advertisements to the (otherwise very stubby) article. See his ad, his competitor's ad. Neither is appropriate for a Wikipedia article. I've reverted it back to the original stub. Both this user and his competitor ought to cut it out. (That said, I am amused how "his advertisement" becomes "our information post" merely by changing the URL of the store.) — mendel ☎ 16:01, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, the only significant difference here seems to be that one of the two advertisers got there first... Shimgray 16:37, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I did not post the info for advetisement purposes. I wish you would not assume that. I only post text regarding the product itself and included a picture. Thanks.

Database Question: Origin of Many-to-Many (M:N)

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In describing the relationship between databases - why is the term Many-to-Many noted as (M:N) as opposed to (M:M)

To avoid implying that there is an equal number on each side. Bovlb 15:45:00, 2005-08-31 (UTC)
That is, the "M" stands for a number, and not for the word "Many". — mendel ☎ 16:03, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

1951 Shriners East/West fooball game

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Any idea where I might find the game statistics for this game played in San Francisco December 29, 1951?? Martin S. Jacobs

Help with Categorization and Namespace

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I want to create a new namespace and category called Hip-Hop Stubs, for all stubs related to Hip-Hop. Is there an easy way to make all stubs within Category:Hip_hop go into the Hip Hop Stubs Category, and also be in that namespace. Also how would I have them all display the stub template for Hip Hop stubs? I know how to do this manually, but one human can't search through all of Hip Hop and find stubs. Any way to do it less manually and more automatically?

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How do I add an external website link to the end of a topic page - and do I need permission or the site checking first?

Put in:
== External links ==
*[http://www.external-link.com/ name]
It may be wise to ask about this on the talk page of the article concerned, as people tend to object to sites added without any reason being given. Shimgray 18:33, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You do not need permission. However, we do have guidelines and a community consensus on such things. Typically, the following are okay:
  • The official site of topic of the article (if the article discusses an organization, person, etc.)
  • A web page that gives additional useful information about the topic of the article.
On the other hand, if you are posting a site so people can go there and buy something, or because you think your company might be of interest to people reading the article, then it will be deleted. So don't bother.
— Nowhither 22:26, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Contacting member "bluuurgh" regarding an image s/he posted

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Hi,

I am interested in contacting member "bluuurgh", who posted the image at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gawhar_shad-1417-2.jpg

But I cannot seem to be able to locate his user or talk page. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Newbie member, boalkan

That user never created a user page. You could try the "email this user" but if that doesn't work (i.e. if they didn't specify and email address) they can't be contacted I'm afraid Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 19:05, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If you click on the (red) user's name at Image:Gawhar_shad-1417-2.jpg, it will take you to an edit screen for User:Bluuurgh. You don't want to edit that. If you click on the 'discussion' tab at the top of that page (also a red link) you will then be able to edit the user's talk page. (Since no one else has left this user a message before, the Talk page hasn't yet been created; you're essentially creating a new page by doing this.) That said, looking at Bluuurgh's contribution history shows only about a dozen total edits, and no editing activity since May—I suspect that Bluurgh isn't reading his talk page much these days. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 19:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Third party contracts

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I would like to know of the potencial liability of a company that fails to addopt the contract concluded with the third party,after it starts business?

Restoring previous article - Valle d'Aosta, Italy page

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While adding an external link to the Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley) page this morning, I appear to have deleted the main article.

Is there a way I can restore the article?

--JVian 19:33, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've done it for you. Here is how I did it. I went to the blanked page Aosta Valley and clicked on the history tab to look at the page history. I then clicked on the second to last edit ( i.e. the one before the page blank) and checked it looked OK. Happy that it was good I clicked "Edit this page". A warning comes up because it's an old copy, but that's fine we don't want the latest version. I then clicked save. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 19:52, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hubbub

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I submitted an article on the etymology of the word Hubbub to Wiktionary (article title, Hubbub), and it was automatically converted to Wikipedia; I am now unable to find the article or any record of its existence or deletion, even though I thought I'd put it on my watchlist. What to do? --shtove 19:42, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've just found that Ambi re-redirected the article - back to Wiktionary! Will it end up in limbo? I'd prefer for it to appear in W'pedia, as it involves interesting history and culture, and may attract intelligent edits. Is it permissible for an etymology article to remain on W'pedia? How should I change it to fit the frame? Or should it just go through the 3 reverts rule? --shtove 20:08, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion. I can't see why the three revert rule would be relevant or useful here. Bovlb 20:18:30, 2005-08-31 (UTC)

Hollywood gossip vs. factual information

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I noticed that the entry on Seann William Scott is almost one-third devoted to *speculation* about whether he's gay.

Whether he's gay or not, and regardless of whether people think it's appropriate to include a person's sexual orientation, wouldn't the Wikipedia be of greater value to all if it focused on what is known rather than what might be?

Thank you for your suggestion! 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. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). 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. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:11, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Is anybody else having a problem with their user links at the top right of the page? It could be just me, but whenever I try to roll my mouse over any of the links, they all shift over to the left hand side of the screen. Is there something wrong with some script that my computer is running? It's really annoying. Thanks. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 20:09, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's happened to me several times on several different computers, but now it's not happening anymore. Hmm... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:10, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I just logged off and closed all my browsers. I logged back on and it seems to be working fine. Weird. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 20:17, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Article correction: Hurricane Katrina

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In the first paragraph it says that New Orleans' mayor is Ray Elgin, he is actually Ray Nagin. You can even refer to your links and they say Ray Nagin. -Angela, Sorrento, La.

Thank you for your suggestion! 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. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). 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.. Thryduulf 20:42, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Javascript to Mediawiki

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How is it possible to add javascript forms to the mediawiki software? I can't find the answer to this anywhere, (i want to add google adsense to particular sections of my site)

For help that is not related to Wikipedia, but the MediaWiki software you should really refer to www.mediawiki.org — Sverdrup 23:29, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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I tried adding Wikipedia to my Bookmarks Toolbar (Firefox for Links bar) but the image has a white background... Is there a page somewhere on Wikipedia for adding to toolbars (ie, a gray or clear background, redirects to the mainpage?)? (I can't just change the icon, it is not possible under the current build of Firefox) --Wulf 21:59, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Um, if your link is in the "Bookmarks Toolbar Folder" it should appear on the toolbar, same as the RSS default link. If it isn't move it there. If you have, open "Bookmarks", open "Bookmarks Toolbar Folder" and click on the link there, works for me with newly moved/created 'bookmarks'. Alf 22:33, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I know how to get it onto the toolbar... What I want to know is whether or not there is a way to make the background of the Wikipedia logo (big W) gray, or clear, so it blends in with the [gray] toolbar, instead of having a big white square... --Wulf 18:04, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Uploading an image

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2nd person "You"

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I know that most encyclopedias and research documents never refer to the reader as "you." I've seen too many 2nd person references on Wikipedia, especially on articles about games (Board games, Video Games, Pinball, sports, etc.), or sometimes movie or book reviews. In these cases, I've changed "you" to either "the player" or the character's name, and "your" into "the player's" or the posessive form of the character's name. The only exception is whenever "you" is used in a quotation.

I am wondering if there really is a (written) rule about this on Wikipedia. Is it? or is it not appropriate to use "you" and "your" in the context of the reader? — Kjammer ⌂ 22:41, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I personally don't like to see the use of "you" unless in a quote. I agree with you. I don't know if there's a policy on this though. Dismas 01:54, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I can't find any specific direction in the Manual of Style, but I think that any move towards removing the second-person references is acceptable. We have a lot of editors who are experts in their various fields (molecular biology, structural engineering, or Pokemon) but who are very much amateurs at writing. That's the nature of the collaborative environment here—some people are good at adding content, and others are good at massaging it into presentable shape.
I'm not sure that we need an explicit policy on this point (though if someone can find an appropriate place to mention it in the Manual of Style, it's worth suggesting). I think it's just good writing practice. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:59, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image file won't upload

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Uploading "BrownAnole1.jpg

I have tried every way I know how to upload the subject photo to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Anole

File:BrownAnole1.jpg | caption =Brown Anole}}

I get this Message every time: Upload warning "." is not a recommended image file format.

Please help: Phillipsacp 20:20, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Have you been trying to set the destination filename to "BrownAnole" instead of "BrownAnole1.jpg", so the upload form doesn't realise it's a JPEG? Images can be used on more than one article, so the upload form doesn't determine where the image appears. Once you've uploaded it (as BrownAnole1.jpg), you then add something like [[Image:BrownAnole1.jpg|thumb|250px|A brown anole (this is the caption)]] to the Brown Anole article. Does this help? - IMSoP 23:17, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Editing question from anon user

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what is the editorial process of wikipedia

You click on the edit link, you make changes, if they aren't Point of View edits and can be backed up with citations from other sources, they stay, if not then someone will take them out as vandalism. It's that simple. Dismas 01:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an image in a user page

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I give up. I thought I was using the correct syntax to add my picture to my user page, but I keep going around in what the Latins use to call the circulus inextricabilus - the circle from which I can not extricate myself. I inserted the following in the text of my page: [Image:Vian-colfiorito.jpg|frame|Vian at Colfiorito, Umbria, 2005]]. I have apparently successfully uploaded the image. Why does my image and the caption not appear on the right side of the text area in a frame? What do I need to do to complete this edit? Help appreciated. --JVian 00:40, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, image names are case-sensitive and you forgot to capitalise the JPG part. Keep in mind user pages aren't supposed to be adverts by the way, your user page is sort of skirting the line in my view, though others may disagree. --fvw* 00:46, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
Try [[Image:Vian-colfiorito1.JPG|frame|right|Vian at Colfiorito, Umbria, 2005]] Bovlb 00:45:44, 2005-09-01 (UTC)
Thanks to both Fvw and Bovlb. On the question of whether or not my user page is a kind of "advert", I don't know what to say. To me it's pretty straightforward, providing a brief description of what I actually do in life, and how I am involved in Wikipedia. I don't like to offend the rules, written or unwritten, of the Wiki community, so I would appreciate hearing more views on this subject, but probably on my talk page not here. ---JVian 01:21, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

how to mark a page violating the NPOV policy/ also how to revert

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how do i do all the stuff above... the previous version (i edited it) of the article on Sphinx Senior Society is quite biased. I dont know anything about it, i just edited out all of the stuff calling the members "turds" thanks --Insert name here 00:49, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:NPOV and Wikipedia:Revert Dismas 01:45, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural Bias

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In all the pages Wikipedia has to offer, I can't seem to find anything on this specific issue. It's possible I overlooked something but I really can't find an answer. What's the policy on cultural emphasis? I know that this is the English component of the encylopedia, but on a random look through of the 1990s page, it seemed that the focus of the "entertainment" section was entirely on the English-speaking world, more specifically North America. Even given that this is the English version, should the emphasis really be on only English entertainment? I'm also aware though about the difficulties involved in English writers writing about entertainment in other languages, I'm just not sure whether or not other things should be included. --Jammoe 01:29, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

You have come across the systematic bias in Wikipedia. As a user created encyclopedia, people are going to write about what they know. A majority of the people who contribute are from the "western world" and so are more likely to have been exposed (in this case) to American pop culture. Because of this what they know is American pop culture and that is what they write about. This can be seen in all parts of Wikipedia. We have a huge article on Terri Schiavo (34 talk page archives and counting), yet our article on Cape Verde is still largely based on the CIA World Fact Book. There are efforts underway to remedy this, such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias. Evil Monkey∴Hello 01:42, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Atlantis

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I see the Wikipedia page on Atlantis doesn't include Atlantis In America by Ivar Zapp and George Erikson. How do we get this important title (and Mesoamerican location for Atlantis) posted? www.AtlantisInAmerica.com

Eriksongd@aol.com

Thank you for your suggestion! 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. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). 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. Dismas 01:34, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Informal assitance, copy editing.

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The information about assisting with copy editing has been reviewed. It is not at all clear that more editors are required to be formally enrolled, regardless of the exhortation at the top of the page.

I spent some years in a cubicle in a Systems Engineering Department in a high tech. company, where, because of my much better grounding in English and other grammars and much wider vocabulary, ended up with a “side” job of cleaning up engineers’ English before it was released from the department. Hinc illae lacrymae!

It is possible that I might be able to help some of the long time, heavily involved copy editors by accepting material, routine or technical, that they would like to off load.

If such adjunct editors are useful, please advise how one might assist in that role.

Scriptor eram.

  • If you're a copy editor, you should've spelled "assistance" correctly.
    • Oh, my friend, you sadly misinterpet the job of a copy editor--it's to fix other people's typos, not to write correctly yourself. An experienced copy editor 18:58, 2 Sept 2005

Lord Marren

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How can I improve on my submissions concerning Lord Marren?

actor Nick Adams background

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would be nice to have nick adams family background--ethnicity--corrected. He was ukrainian (not lithuanian), and might be added, buried in the Sts. Cyril and Methodius ukrainian catholic church/parish cemetery (Berwick, Pennsylvania). This is an Eastern Rite roman catholic church. thnks Bohdan

  • The article says he was the son of a Lithuanian coal miner. Not that he was Lithuanian himself. Anyway, the article seems to be protected at the moment. The best course of action is to mention it on Talk:Nick Adams. Don't forget to add some sources to back up your statement. - 131.211.210.12 07:32, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

7" picture disc

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Hello, I noticed you have on your website the picture of a 7" picture disc by Hot Water Music "I was on a Mountain" (Epitaph Records). Would you have 1 copy for sale; if not, do you know where I could find this record? Thank you for your help. André Decerf Belgium

  • Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a record shop. However, you might try posting this on the talk page for the article where the picture was found (click on the Discussion link), or searching the web to find someone selling it. Consider eBay too. Notinasnaid 12:09, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism Report: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics

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This page has been vandalised with obscenities. The last sentence on the section titled "Hermeneutics of Schleiermacher and Dilthey", which is 3/4 of the way down the page. Many thanks.

Upgrading scientific article to accepted standards of verifiabilty and neutrality

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Please clarify the meaning of "whack-job" (see below a transcript of an article's history). I'm not yet familiar with Wikipedia's particular jargon.

I've been editing aspects of an article that didn't conform to accepted scientific form, eliminating personal opinions which don't conform to the scientific and humanistic literature on the topic, beginning to include appropriate references, and using language conforming with currently published peer-reviewed material.

I just found that they have been all deleted on grounds of "reverting a whack-job." I'd like to re-write the article as to make it compliant with the Wikipedia policies, in particular concerning verifiable and referenced neutral information (ie, balanced when conflicting definitions have been published in the scientific literature). I didn't encounter any problems doing so in other articles.

Please advice how to proceed to attain the intended scholarly encyclopedia character in the article of reference (see below).

J.-C. Lerman, Ph.D., NIH Senior Fellow 1984-1986

- please reply to jclerman@gmail.com -

--- from the history of article "sleep paralysis" ---

(cur) (last) 18:25, 31 August 2005 Frecklefoot (revert whack-job 69.9.31.55 did on the article) (cur) (last) 17:39, 31 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 17:38, 31 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 17:35, 31 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 17:29, 31 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 06:41, 29 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 06:22, 29 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 06:15, 29 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 06:00, 29 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 00:43, 29 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 02:48, 28 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 02:32, 28 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 02:24, 28 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (cur) (last) 06:43, 27 August 2005 69.9.31.55 (→Normal sleep paralysis) -- anon

Some tips to help you get most out of editing articles in Wikipedia.

  • Please don't ask for private e-mail replies, because discussions about articles are best conducted in public, so anyone interested can join in.
  • Register as a user. Your contributions will have more weight.
  • Wikipedia encourages you to be bold. However, others can be just as bold, so major rewrites, especially of maturing articles, are likely to be reverted as quickly as they are written.
  • Many pages may already have a long history of battles, discussion and compromises. You should read the talk pages - and archives of the talk pages - in detail, to find out what has happened before. Some people are very edgy to protect compromises that may have been very long fought.
  • Don't start a revert war.
  • In general, and always after your changes are reverted, go to the talk page for the article, and use that to discuss proposed changes. The aim is to discuss at length and reach a consensus; only them make the changes.
  • I'd recommend going to the talk page and politely asking what was wrong with your contributions. The slang used in the article summary wasn't especially helpful.
  • Bear in mind that Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia, so it may need to use a different tone and language than a specialist journal, as well as covering views other than the prevailing establishment views.

I have not read this article, but I have a vague recollection of seeing wars faught over it before. Notinasnaid 14:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I was the one who reverted the edits. The reason was simple: it looked like he was rewriting the article to fit his particular opinions. I thought my revert was justified. However, I'm willing to discuss these changes.
You earlier emailed me (a big no-no) and I told you to bring up your perspective changes on the article's talk page, but you didn't. Instead you made the changes and they looked very POV to me. Now when I reverted your changes, you again don't bring it up on the articles Talk page (as you should, a wiki-standard way of operating), or even MY Talk page, instead you come all the way over to the help desk and ask for arbitration. I don't want to bite the newcomer, but here's my pieces of advice, do everyting Notinasnaid asked you to do. Never, ever ask people to email you. You were able to find your way to Wikipedia to edit the article, you can find your way back to discuss your changes.
Now, if you want to discuss your changes, please do so on the sleep paralysis Talk page. Nothing on Wikipedia gets lost forever. We can always restore your changes if we come to an agreement. But first get a user account (free, it even offers more privacy, not less). And always sign your posts. Even without a user account, you can do this with 3 or 4 tildes (~~~ or ~~~~). The latter is preferred since it also adds a timestamp. Peace. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:46, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
Well, we do put that link there saying "e-mail this user". I think it is a little too close to biting the newcomer to complain when they actually use it. Since some (perhaps most) Wikipedians see the e-mail option as a last resot, maybe we should put a warning to that effect in the page that comes up when you try to e-mail someone. Johntex 22:02, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Personally if i didn't want to get email, i wouldn't have filled in that field. I would like to see the policy, guideline, or other consensus page that says that sending email to another user is "a big no-no". I don't think it is. Expecting another user to email you may be inconsiderate, but that is not the same thing IMO. It is preferable to dicuss article content on the article's talk page, not by email or on personal talk pages. DES (talk) 22:14, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Languages

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My native language is luganda.and i live in uganda!I am very fluent and i have studied extensively in my language and i would like to share my knowledge with wikipedia by translatying into my own language. The problem is copyright and how i should attain it. i need your advise on this one because i am very eager to work with you directly from my home country and to share first hand information with this media as an ardent fun and lover of Encyclopedia at wikipedia.

Hello!
We have a domain reserved for a Lugandan wikipedia - http://lg.wikipedia.org/ lg.wikipedia.org] - but it currently has no content. If you wish to start translating articles - or writing them yourself - for it, please jump in!
As far as copyright goes, all written content on all Wikipedias is licensed under the GFDL - basically, what this means for you is that you can translate it as much as you want, as long as you give credit to the original author. However, it must then be licensed under the GFDL - but, usefully, all text on Wikipedia projects is licensed this way. The best way to go about this is to make a translation of the article, then add a note on the talk page saying "Original taken from page X at the English wikipedia". You can then add interwiki links to the pages, to link between language versions.
You might also find it useful to register an account here and on the Luganda wikipedia, to make it easier to contact you.
If you've any trouble doing this, or want to ask any more questions, feel free to leave a message on my talk page, and I'll try to help. I've asked some people for advice about working on an "empty language", and I'll see what they say Shimgray 13:23, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Translation

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Hello,

I've been looking around on the English and Dutch Wikipedia site, but I'm unsuccesful in finding information on translating Wikipedia articles from one language to another. Maybe I haven't looked in the right places? I assume that translating English pages to Dutch is allowed? I haven't done so yet, I want a clear answer on it because of possible copyright issues.

Thanks!

Jean-Paul

Basically, see the answer above. Translation is fine between Wikipedias, due to the GFDL license, but it's recommended to say where the translation came from. Shimgray 13:23, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, translations are much appreciated. Just make a note on the talk/discussion page that it's a translation and what the source article was. Since all Wikipedia articles are licensed under the GFDL its text can be used for any purpose as long as Wikipedia is given credit and the work itself is released under the GFDL as well. WP:PNT is a good place to start. - 131.211.210.12 13:26, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Adding 2 names to People from Arkansas

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Sid McMath was a former governor of Arkansas who was an early advocate of rural electric power, civil rights and election reform. He was later a famous courtroom lawyer. Joe T. Robinson was a senator from Arkansas who was majority leader under FDR and a candidate, himself, for vice president in 1929 on the Democratic ticket with Al Smith. Both are the subject of Wikipedia biographies. Efforts to add them to the above category have been unsuccessful. How does one do it? Thanks, SOTO

Go to the articles in question, click to edit the last section, add [[Category:People from Arkansas|McMath, Sid]], add an edit summary and save the changes. Go to the category and they should be there. You might have to clear your browser's cache. Dismas 14:26, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
To add an article to a category, edit the article and add [[category:xyz]] to the end of the article (but before any iterlanguage-links the article has), where xyz is the name of the category. For people it is common for them to be sorted by surname in the category listing, to do this use the format [[category:xyz|Surname, Firstname]]. See Wikipedia:Categorisation for more details. Also, please sign your posts on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~). Thryduulf 14:29, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi,

I recently created the article "Tony Bradan" and included text quoted from a source, which I cited. The text has been removed and a copyright violation statement has appeared at the top of my article. Have I cited the source improperly, or is it forbidden to use quotations in wikipedia?

Thank you, Dan Sich

The text was most likely removed because you basically just copied what someone else had already written... all of it. Including a quote or two for emphasis of specific points is one thing, copying most of an article just to put it in our article is another thing. I would suggest that you read a biography or two about Tony Bradan and then write what you learned in your own words. It would also help you out more if you discussed this on the articles talk page at Talk:Tony Bradan since that is where someone would be looking for discussions on that specific topic. Dismas 14:37, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
A quotation from Tony Bradan himself might be appropriate, as might a quotation from a specific individual commenting on him. On the other hand, I'm afraid it isn't acceptable to reproduce an entire encyclopedia article about him—even when the source is cited. (Some of our articles are based on entries from the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica; those are permitted because the copyright on those articles has expired.)
In all cases, quotations should be from primary sources ("Tony Bradan has said...", "Paul Simon has described Bradan's work as...") rather than secondary or tertiary sources like textbooks and encyclopedias.
I would recommend adding to the new draft article at Tony Bradan/Temp. Start with point-form biographical information, then come back and flesh out the text. That way you are less likely to inadvertantly copy material from the external source(s). TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:47, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
using short, cited, quotations is generally acceptable. However, large-scale copying of copyrighted work, which is what happened on this occasion, is in violation of copyright laws and is therefore rightly forbidden. We have to be particularly careful when the soruce of the material is an organisation or product with which it could reasonably be considered we are competing with. It is reasonable to consider that two encylopaedias to be in competition with each other. An exception to this is if they are two specialist ones with different subjects - e.g. an Encylopaedia of Switzerland is unlikely to be competing against an Encylopaedia of Marine Biology. A general encylopeadia, such as wikipedia, could be competing with both. It would not be reasonable to consider Wikipedia to be in competition with the Weston-Super-Mare Tyre Company, as we are in very different markets, although that does not mean we can violate their copyright. See also Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ. Thryduulf 14:48, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
There were (and are) a number of problems with Tony Bradan. There was a three-paragraph quote from The Canadian Encyclopedia which constituted more than half the article. This is not appropriate for reasons cited above. There was an "About the Author" section giving the anme, email and info about the person who created the article. Wikipedia articles are not suppoed to be signed, insted the history can be use (of course it helps if users register and log on). Books (or other publications, it is unclear) cited as references lised authors but no publishers, ISBNs or publications dates, leading top a suspicion thjat they are unpublished or vanity published. if they are published sources, this lack of info makes it much harder for a user to find them. On the other hand, the editor who added the {{copyvio}} tag did so incorrecntly -- that tag is supposed to completely replace the page. There is a re-written version at Tony_Bradan/Temp which needs to be expanded. DES (talk) 15:08, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

donloadin' on mozilla.....time consumin

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Guess what.. Firefox is all fine..the way the downloads load on my RAM. I hav a SONY Vaio VGN-A290 with 1GB of RAM. and my whol firefox freezes for say 8 seconds each time i save a pic on my hard disk. I mainly hav downloads of the order of 200 and 500kb onto my harddisk... and I save atleast 100 pics each day and imagine 1000 seconds of waiting jus to save on my hard disk which is already on my hard disk n right in front of my eyes..

A) you don't really spell out what you're trying to find out. Do you have a question or did you just put this up to let us know about your computer problems? B) This is the place for questions about how to do things on the Wikipedia, for general knowledge questions like what you may be looking for, please go to Wikipedia:Reference desk. Thanks, Dismas 14:41, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject

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can someone kindly let me know how to start a new wikiproject thank you Gopala Kovvali gopala@optonline.net

See Wikipedia:WikiProject; or do you actually mean a new Wikimedia sister project or your own wiki running MediaWiki? - IMSoP 15:57, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

about wikipedia

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hi! i am a first time user of this portal. tell me how does the title wikipedia derived and what is its meaning?

See Wikipedia for an answer. Shimgray 15:56, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can't Upload "BrownAnole7acp.jpg" to right place

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You have to use the exact image file name, which is "Image:Brown Anole7acp.jpg". (Note the space between Brown and Anole). A sample image tag, to be placed in the artcile where you want the picture, might be: 

[[Image:Brown Anole7acp.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Put a caption here]]

For more help lacing images take a look at Wikipedia:Extended image syntax. Nice picture! --Commander Keane 16:44, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

general

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where do I add a general but very vital information about an household item and can be accessed by anyone?--ann

Probably under the article about that item, which you could create if it doesn't exist. It eould help if you gave a little more detail. It would also be a good idea if you signed your psotes with four tildas (~~~~) which will expand to your user ID (or IP address if not logged in) and a timestamp. DES (talk) 16:17, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This is a confidential letter.

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The page "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(computer_game)" keeps getting a link to a pair of sites where a convicted sexual predator is known to hide out. Please deal with this problem.

Anon

Anon: I assume you are referring to the "No Mutants Allowed" and "The Radiated Society" links? The problem seems to be that the text including these links is associated with some highly POV comments. In particular, in the 16:03, 1 September 2005 revision of the page, you removed those links by (pretty nearly) reverting to the 07:03, 1 September 2005 version of the page. However your reversion also reinserted some comments that had been removed, including "self-absorbed neo-nazi wannabes" and "petty cry-babies". For obvious reasons, someone called your edit "vandalism" and reverted your reversion, which, incidentally, replaced the links you removed. May I suggest that you concentrate on getting the page into NPOV form and not worrying about where sexual predators hide out, which, to be honest, can be pretty much anywhere. A final note: the issue of sexual predators does not seem to have been discussed on Talk:Fallout_(computer_game) at all; that would be the first place to do it. — Nowhither 17:12, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, no, this is not a confidential letter. This is a public web page which anyone in the world can visit. Notinasnaid 19:17, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Using a picture on a page?

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I have sucessfully uploaded an image, but I don't understand how to put it on a page. On the page I wanted to use it for, I clicked "embedded image" but couldn't work out how to put my image there. Please could someone explain to me how you put a picture on a page?

  • Basically you put an image tag in the article, where you want the image to go. Take a look at the Brown Anole question (here a couple before this one) for some more info, particularly the syntax link. Ask again if you need clarification. Good luck. --Commander Keane 16:37, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
This is how the code looks:
[[Image:Example.jpg|thumb|A caption, that describes the image in nice, friendly sentences]]
Note that the Image name (including file suffix) is case-sensitive. — Sverdrup 19:31, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

DATE OF BIRTH

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WHAT DAY IS 23 DECEMBER 1965? WHAT DAY IS 23 DECEMBER 1967?

Look at the articles on 1965 and 1967 and you'll have your answer. AND BY GOD PLEASE STOP YELLING!! Dismas 17:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Dismas: Careful. The answers to those questions are on the pages now, because I put them there. But when you wrote, 1965 contained neither a calendar nor a link to a calendar. Of course, I suppose it was reasonable to assume that the calendars were there .... — Nowhither 21:13, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I had seen so many year pages with calendars that I just figured that it was part of some year page template. You learn something new every day... Dismas 00:31, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Finally

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I wrote the aritcle on Dorothy Melne Murdock, AKA Acharya S.

In my origional Article, I was unbiased. I gave her ideas and backgorund, and also how her credentials are suspect and her ideas considered les than reliable.

I also referenced her soruces, such as Barbara Walker and Kersey Graves.

Now, the article has been edited, and no longer reflects an unbiased veiw.

It seems they have copied hr own self promotion form her website and pasted it her with a little modificaiton to make it appear as a Wikipedia article.

Please reapir this damage, as it will mislead people.

  • Found the article Acharya S. Please move your comments that you have added to the article itself onto the Talk (Discussion) page for the article, so that there can be a proper discussion of the changes, and a consensus can be reached. That is the first stage of resolving disputes in Wikipedia: there is nobody who will take anyone's word for things. (I have also removed the space from one of your paragraphs in this article. The effect of a space is to put your writing into a strange box. Wikipedia style is not to indent paragraphs.) Notinasnaid 18:37, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Capital letters.

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While searching for an article on the film Re-Animator, I noticed something that could be frustrating to your users. When I typed "re-animator" (w/out the quotes) into the search box on the main page, the results said there was no article for the film yet. I then searched on the director, Stuart Gordon & also came up with nothing. I was only able to find the article by searching the actor Jeffrey Combs & using the link listed there.

In the end, the only way I was able to search the article directly was by capitalizing both the R and A in the title. Is there some way to fix this so it isn't necessary to use capital letters. Most users may not realize this & try to enter a new article on a subject they can't find.

  • The "Go" button looks for articles with the title you typed in. If you want to look for similar entries, you should click the "Search" button instead. - Mgm|(talk) 18:52, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
This is the theory. In fact, it does not always work that way. I am continually frustrated by failed searches due to capitalization problems. The way the search button responds to capital letters changes depending on what page you start the search from.

Experienced user, so why can't I find out how to do things?

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I have just spent nearly a quarter of an hour trying to find out how to raise a copyright violation problem. The thing is, I'm a moderately experienced user (a couple of months, I think). So if I can't easily find these things, I wonder how many other people have difficulty and just give up.

Actually, I did find it in the end. (Note: For people who don't read things properly, my question is NOT about how to deal with copyright violations.) But I've found several times in other situations that I just can't find out easily how to do things.

This how-to for "copyvios" is simply an example of what I'm talking about. I had seen other Wikipedians' copyvio notices here and there through random browsing, but I didn't make a note at the time how they did it. I hadn't needed to then. But when I came across a page just now whose material appeared to be lifted from another site, I wanted to raise the copyvio notice.

I must have waded through seven or eight pages of instructions about this, that and the other. Several times I ended up at the "Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ" page. Strangely, it does not actually indicate what to do if you suspect a copyright violation.

So what I'm really asking is: is there a page or a searchable manual anywhere that tells people how to do things? Perhaps there is, and I've just missed it - if so, where is it?. Or perhaps there isn't (and nobody's ever wondered why there are so many obvious advertising pages, copyrighted information etc. etc. lying around).--Finbarr Saunders 19:59, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've found that if I just type Wikipedia: and then the words I'm looking for I can find the help page associated with what I'm looking for. Such as Wikipedia:Revert or Wikipedia:Copyright violation or some such thing. But yes, help can be rather hard to find about specific topics... Dismas 20:18, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You say: "I've found that..." — implying that you too had to scratch around to work out how to do things ;-) But many thanks for your response, Dismas - appreciated. --Finbarr Saunders 20:27, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that it can be very frustrating sometimes trying to find information about using Wikipedia (some people have claimed to have spent three hours looking before posting to this page). Unfortunately, there's a lot to know, and we can't put everything front-and-centre. As you've discovered by now, the page you want is Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Wikipedia:Copyrights links to it (albeit buried at the bottom), and is itself linked from the bottom of every page; a couple of months ago, I proposed adding some helpful lead text to that page, and I have now implemented my suggestion on Wikipedia:Copyrights/e. I have also added a link to copyright problems from Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ. Where else would you have expected to find this information? Cheers, Bovlb 20:33:41, 2005-09-01 (UTC)
Finbarr: I heartily agree. After almost 5 months and nearly 800 edits, my impression is that figuring out how to do the more advanced things here is pretty difficult. The resources for beginning editors are doing okay, I think. I had very little trouble figuring out how to edit and the basic syntax. But how do I (for example) start a RfC, create a subcategory, get an IP banned, mark an article as disputed, submit a candidate Featured Article, request a peer review, or become an administrator? I have no idea, and I have no idea where to look. I could probably find these things, as I've found plenty of other things, using a mostly haphazard search. But there needs to be a better way. I'm not sure what it would be, though. — Nowhither 21:43, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree. I've been here for almost a year and still have trouble finding some things. Some users create their own "Tool" page, or a collection of tools on their user page. See, for example, User:Zzyzx11. If you can find a set of tools you like, just click edit and then copy and paste all the code over to your own page. You can improve the set of tools to suit your own style as you go. I do think we need to look at this from a system wide level, and create a better categorization of links at the Community Portal (or somewhere else). Johntex 21:52, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. I haven't been here that much longer (only since Feb 2005, although i have rather more edits than nowither) but I know how to do most of those things, and am confident that I could find out any of the others in minutes. Why have I found these sorts of things relatively easy to pick up, while others have not? DES (talk) 22:00, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot remember exactly how or when I put those lists of tools on my user page, but I sort of recall that I first saw some admins put Template:deletiontools and Template:Resources for collaboration and their user pages...so I did that to. Then at some point I went through Wikipedia:WP, the list of Wikipedia shortcuts, and started to jot down the pages that I seemed to frequently visit. I also did that for Wikipedia:Special pages, the list of special and statistical pages that are automatically updated by the software. Then I also swa I link to [[Wikipedia: on Help:Contents and listed that too.
But the main thing for an intermediate or advanced user to learn more about Wikipedia is to start with the pages that are linked from Help:Contents and scan through all of them... or you can just ask questions here or at WP:AN. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 10:20, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

FYI:

I hope some pattterns are obvious. DES (talk) 22:00, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • I think most things are relatively easy to find from one of the links at the Help article. But I looked at the various copyright pages and I have to agree it's not obvious. It should be much better now. Elfguy 23:26, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See also Wikipedia talk:Copyright FAQ#Proposed improvement and Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Proposal for new copyright notice. Bovlb 09:01:47, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

I agree with most of the above, finding help can involve a very long 'link trail'. The thing is, the information is there somewhere, but finding it can be convoluted and not very user friendly. My user page will just end up as one huge set of links for helpful stuff that is buried :( This must scare off some newcomers. --Cactus.man 10:29, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

no anonymous posting should be allowed

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Hi

As a new reader of your site and part of a new page, I have found that people who can post anonymously sometimes and quite often do it ruthlessly.

Aa popular radio show that is now being inundated with more facts about listeners and callers than the shows, which is where the problem lies.

when you can hide behind the screen of anonymity, you can tell malicious lies about people (myself and others) change facts that I know are true cause i worked there, alter history and move things around so that someone who lets say called the show once gets listed.

I is odd that the people who appeared on the air with the show have been moved to a separate page, that is difficult to find....by who?...an anonymous poster.

all I ask is that it is fair. Everyone may post whatever they like, but be accountable for it. This is a great site What can be done about this. Everyday it changes and changes and its almost all lies. People write about themselves and blow themselves up so much and no one even knows who they are, except them and their 2 friends

Thank you

You are accountable for your actions. In fact, your IP adress is . I know that because you posted. There are no site hoswts that would take any page down, so there is no worry about that. Thanks anyway for your suggestion and that you care about the site. Howabout1 Talk to me! 23:53, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

I am very much accountable for my actions, indeed, but I believe you are mistaken. this is the very first thing I have ever posted on this wickipedia and I do not appreciate listing my IP for the world to see, please, if I could have figured out how to work this page and talk to u personally I would have

I thank you and was just asking a question.

By posting at all, your IP is visible. That is, unless you create an account. I appreciate your question. What am I mistaken on? Howabout1 Talk to me! 00:42, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

The idea of barring 'anonymous' contributions is not a new one; see Wikipedia:Village pump (perennial proposals)#Abolish anonymous users. There are arguments both pro and con for allowing anonymous editing. For what it is worth, anonymous editors are in some ways easier to monitor than logged-in users, because their IP addresses are visible in each page's edit history. Anonymous editors are expected to abide by the same policies as every other Wikipedia editor, and can–and do–face sanctions when their behaviour is inappropriate. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:57, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of name to list of famous Jews

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Under the category for Political Activists, the name Abbie Hoffman was left out. He was a civil rights activist, anti-war activist, social activist, humorist, author, and founder of the Youth International Party. I feel his name being left out is very noticeable. A cornerstone of Jewish nature is that of social change whether it be Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Schermer and Cheny (Freedom Riders killed in Mississippi conduting voter registration, Karl Marx etc. etc.

Thank you for your suggestion! 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. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). 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.Dismas 00:26, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pop-ups

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I just wanted to mention, in case you were unaware, that there are adverts popping up on your pages.

Thanks,

fabe kuhn

Could you please tell us the address of the page, and the rough time you visited it, so we can look into this? That said, I believe we are popup free; you might wish to check your browser. Shimgray 02:23, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Or download Ad-Aware. --Andy Janata 11:03, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Will file open command create a new document in windows xp?

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You might like to try Wikipedia:Reference desk. RichF 14:44, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

DJs and VFD

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Is there any precedent on the notability of DJs? This DJ seems to do OK on a Google test, but part of me feels that a DJ is inherently non-notable (although that could be just my bias). I was toying with the idea of listing this article on VFD. GinaDana 05:26, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't know about Andrew Casric, but I'm sure DJs are not inherently non-notable. Dutch DJ Tiësto, for example is famous around the world. I would apply the WP:MUSIC guidelines on DJs and treat them like any regular musician. - Mgm|(talk) 15:06, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Eliminating [edit] tag

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On my user page, I am creating headers inside a table, which creates several unsightly [edit] tags. Is there a way to supress these across the table or the entire page? Scm83x 08:35, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there is you'll have to include the text __NOEDITSECTION__ somewhere in the page — Sverdrup 10:51, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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when

Could you explain a bit more on what you'd like help with... Alf 11:00, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Using Wikipedia images for commercial use

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Hi. I am new to the site and have been looking at the images page (dog breeds).I would like to use some of the dog breed images on products like cups etc to sell at the dog shows. Whilst the information on this page says that I may use the images for commercial purposes, another area of your site says that I must check that each image is in the 'public domain'. How do I check that each individual dog image is free to use?

Thankyou Karen -Australia

Clicking on an image will take you to its image page, the details about what licence it has should be there. Alf 11:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Per nasty messages

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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Iago_Dali&action=history

On my user page I found this anonymous note:

Stop vandalizing Pages. This is your last worning or you will be forced to stop editing wikipedia.

I have not vandalized anything. I have had one argument with someone who removed an external link on the Life Of Pi page that I added because he dislikes Internet critics.

From the contributions page I copy the most recent:

I have trimmed the contributions list; it is available at Special:Contributions/Iago Dali TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:25, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

These are all valid edits made in good faith- correcting spelling errors, removing a wrong addition of a novella as a short story, trimmin excess adjectives and prepositions, etc.

The same cannot be said for

(cur) (last) 21:29, 1 September 2005 65.94.117.169

The person who left the nasty- and misspelled threat on my user page. I don't know who this is or why they left it, but I stand by my edits and would like to report 65.94.117.169 for harassment. I can see no other reason for the remark save that someone has a reason of their own for naming my good edits vandalism.

Please get back on this. Thank you, Iago Dali 12:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Followup on harrasment

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I noticed that on the page for theis anonymous user there were other people complaining he/she harassed them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:65.94.117.169

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. -- GraemeL (talk) 18:34, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. -- GraemeL (talk) 18:45, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Im not the one who vandalizes with proxies. You even admitted it in your talk page! Shame on you, you self centered bastard!

Ok, what is going on? I just signed on my computer, I was planning on writing a big article, then it says I was vandalizing and stuff? And whats all that stuff in this talk page? I never once vandalized a page...

Can someone please contact this person and ask them to stop harrassing? Thanks, Iago Dali 12:43, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

As you saw, a number of warnings were placed on the anonymous editor's Talk page (User talk:65.94.117.169). In addition to the spurious message he left on your User page, he was also vandalizing other articles. Consequently, he was temporarily blocked from editing by one of our admins, SimonP: [7]. The block was placed about nine minutes after he left the obnoxious message on your User page. If he comes back and continues his bad behaviour, he will be blocked again.
With respect to the message he left on your User page, you can safely ignore and erase it. The anonymous editor was acting as an Internet troll, hoping to cause trouble and provoke some sort of reaction. Only Wikipedia Administrators can block others from editing, and they won't block without good reasons.
If an editor is engaging in a pattern of destructive behaviour (rude messages, blanking pages, etc.) you can always leave a message at Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress; administrators regularly check that page, and will be able to follow up on your concerns rapidly. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:25, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you much. I have generally tried to clean up redundancies and make NPOV. I've added several links, and clarifications as well, and note all but the most minor grammatic or spelling error changes. I realize that disagreements occur, such as one I have with a link to an online review of Life Of Pi, and I suspect I'll either lose or seek mediation. Troll or not, I think we can disagree civilly, for no one's life is at jeopardy in this process, merely their likes or not. Thanks, again. Iago Dali 13:42, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Policy on using prose?

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Following up a discussion I had with another user, do we have a policy on using prose in articles rather than adding facts in template-style at the bottom of articles? Warofdreams 12:51, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Could you be a bit more specific about the article or situation in question? The short answer is that some data are best presented as part of a table or template, while other data make more sense as prose.... TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:31, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, good point. The discussion was around User:Adam Carr's addition of (useful) information about the representation of various towns in the unreformed House of Commons in template-style format (although not in this case actually using a template). While it seems that this may now have been resolved, I was interested to know if we have any policy on situations such as this. Warofdreams 15:37, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Eno/Paul Rudolph

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On the page for Brian Eno's "Before and After Science" album the musician Paul Rudolph is listed but the external link leads to an American architect of the same name.It would be better to link it to http://www.punk77.co.uk/punkhistory/thesoundofladbrokegrove.htm or http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/classicpop/reviews/pinkfairies_fairies.shtml

which I would do myself if I had any idea how to

tony cheetham

To create an external link, enclose the URL in single square brackets. Following the URL, add a space and the text that you want to appear for the link. So,
[http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia]
looks like: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
There are more details on how and what to link at Wikipedia:External links. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
In fact, the problem was with an internal link. I have teased the two senses of Paul Rudolph apart. Please feel free to contribute an article on Paul Rudolph (musician). You can start by clicking on the link (currently red) in the last sentence. Bovlb 14:50:44, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

e-mail address to fiedol castro

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That is a factual question - not appropriate for this forum. Leonard G. 15:01, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The reference desk is the more appropriate place. Dismas 15:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

National Vanguard is NOT a "White Supremacist" organization

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Why does your website continue to call The National Vanguard a "White Supremacist" organization when the NV leadership has said they are not Supremacists but rather White Nationalists or Separatists?

You do not call the Black Panthers a "Black Supremacist" organization so why the obvious hypocrisy with pro-White organizations? Why don't you refer to them in the manner they wish to be referred? The people who run Wikipedia have a history of negativity towards all things regarding White Nationalists and show no such hostility regarding non-white groups.

I insist you take the words "White Supremacist" OUT of the description of the National Vanguard. Otherwise you risk permanently destroying your reputation as a fair website. What you have done is placed yourselves in the crosshairs of white people who agree with White Nationalism and in fact anyone seeking objective NOT subjective information about any subject.

Sincerely, Dr.Madison Taylor

If you feel a change is needed, feel free to make it yourself! Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone (yourself included) can edit any article by following the Edit this page link, see how to edit a page. Provide an Edit summary in the "Edit summary" box and/or leave a full explanation on the relevant talk page. Alf 15:51, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • You should check out what Wikipedia is and why your "request" is useless. Anyone can edit articles here, that's the whole point. Note however, that articles have to stay NPOV, and anyone including obvious biased material risks being reverted, and from reading your comment, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what you had in mind. Elfguy 16:52, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at National Vanguard (American organization), it currently says "The National Vanguard is a white supremacist / white nationalist organization", with links to both terms, which are further compared and cross-referenced in each other's introductions. The edit history of that page shows that this is a point of contention, but the correct place to discuss the best wording is the article's discussion page. Perhaps the best move would be to clarify the case for calling it supremacist, just as there is currently a quote making the case against - but I know nothing of the topic, and don't particularly want to, so this is just provided as a starter for discussion. - IMSoP 12:46, 3 September 2005 (UTC) [note: perhaps this section should be moved, or archived later, to the Talk page in question?][reply]

I want the show page of manual calledNorton, Thomas (Ed. John Reidy) (1975). Ordinal of Alchemy. London: Early English Text Society.

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I WANT KNOW ABOUT THIS MANUAL & COST OF THE MANUAL Norton, Thomas (Ed. John Reidy) (1975). Ordinal of Alchemy. London: Early English Text Society.

Try a bookseller. Try http://www.abebooks.com/, who have entries from thousands of booksellers. Notinasnaid 19:11, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
This edition, specifically, has ISBN 0197222749. If you click that link, you'll be taken to our book-sources page; it'll give you a set of links to library catalogues and online booksellers which may have this item. (Amazon.co.uk, for a start, have one for about £16). Shimgray 22:09, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Tool Bar?

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I use Wikipedia almost every day now. Are there plans to make a Wiki tool bar, or at least a button that would launch Wikipedia from the standard IE toolbar? It would be so much easier than using bookmarks. Just an idea.

Well, there is a Wikipedia extension for Mozilla Firefox. I'd highly recommend Firefox, actually--I've found it to have lots of features that aren't available in IE. You can get the extension here. Best, Meelar (talk) 20:41, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Englsih

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The place of English language in Nigerian institution in a second language situation.

The best place to seek factual information is at our Reference desk. Here at the Help desk we mostly answer questions about Wikipedia's processes and procedures. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 19:39, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

endorphin

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Dear sirs,

Can y0u tell me which plants increase endorphin

kiss and thank you

Gordana

For answers to factual questions, the best place to ask is at our Reference desk. Here at the Help desk we mostly deal with questions about how to use Wikipedia itself. That said, hot chile peppers will stimulate the release of endorphins—there are probably others. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 19:37, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How does new contrib respond to rejected edits?

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Recently I edited the entry for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) because the information was skimpy and minorly misinforming. My edits were rejected and the page returned to its orginal, citing that the edited text was piecemeal work from the ASME site. I understand why that comment seems or is true, but I work for ASME in the Communications dept. and much of the copy is either written by me and it is accurate. (I also have been responsible for the writing of the history of ASME found on the ASME site. I thought the references provided were sufficient for sources.)

How would I have better approached this or can this be rectified? I could not figure out the talk page, because I did not see a way to enter a message.

The reason I came to be editing this ASME page was at the request of an ASME member who thought better information should be available. Both IEEE and ASCE have additional, more complete information. If what was done for ASME (by me) was not acceptable, what recommendations would you have for updating this information.

Diane Kaylor, ASME Communications kaylord@asme.org

If you cite your sources either in references or on the talk page and the edits you made were not 'cut and pastes' from the article, the edit stands less chance of reversion. I would say however that anything done on or for a companies behalf (likely includes copy written by you), normally is the property of the company, anything done in their time also, I think. Alf 20:07, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
1) Explain who you are and what you are doing on Talk:American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2) It would be better to rewrite the content enough that it doens't look like a cut & paste from the ASME site. Besides, the article should have an encyclopedic tomne which the web site probsbly doesn't. 3) any extensive copying from the site would require a formal release from ASME under the GFDL and this is almost surely more trouble than doing a rewite. 4) Please sign talk page comments with 4 tildas (like this: ~~~~ which expands to your user ID (or IP if not logged in) and a timestamp. 5) Please register for and use a user ID, it helps lend credibility to your edits. DES (talk) 20:21, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Virus Checker

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Does anyone know of a free virus checker? Does such a thing even exist these days? Thanks in advance for any help. PubLife 19:48, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See, thats why I gave you a barnstar. Howabout1 Talk to me! 23:27, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

pictures on your website

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There are pictures of an erect and a non erect penis attached to your coverage of the Hurricane. I am sure this is a mistake. I am not offended by these images but, expect that many of your surfers will be.

One of Wikipedia's great strengths is that anyone can contribute to our articles. Unfortunately, some people are jerks. Wikipedia articles–particularly articles that are widely read or that discuss controversial topics–occasionally attract childish vandalism. Fortunately many of our editors keep an eye on such articles, often by watching the list of recent changes to Wikipedia. Looking at Hurricane Katrina now, it seems that the damage to the article was very quickly repaired. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 20:25, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Unregistering

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How do I unregister my account? Account is jazzybear2

We currently do not have the technical abilities to unregister any accounts. You can, however, either blank your user and talk pages, or request that it be deleted. If you wish for it to be deleted, you can let me know, contact any other admin, or add the {{deletebecause|REASON}} tag on your pages. I do ask, though, to consider the many benefits of keeping an account. I hope this helps! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 00:25, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, User:Jazzybear2 only has one edit (which was to this page), and has no user or talk pages. Thus, there will be no need for the above; there's really no harm done in having an account registered. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 00:28, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rolling over contributions made as an anonymous to a user account

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I've been considering registering a Wikipedia user name (I've been editing here for a few months now under my IP address), but was wondering something: is it possible to transfer over the contributions made when I was posting under an IP address to my new screen name? (In other words, could the contributions listed under my IP address, or rather both of them, be moved to the contribtions list of my new user name)?

Unfortunately, there is not a way to attribute IP edits to a particular user. While bureaucrats do have the technical capabilities to transfer one user's account to another, this cannot be done with anonymous IP addresses. I do, however, strongly urge you to create an account. Once you create an account, you can place something like "I contributed under the IP address of XXX.XXX.XXX" on your user page. I hope this helps, and encourage you to join us! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 00:31, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How to add new article to existing category?

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Hello there, I would like to add a new article to an existing category. The category is Neighbourhoods of Tokyo followed by a list of different neighbourhood names which you can click on for info. I would like to add a new neighbourhood but it is not obvious (to me!) how to do this. regards Nick

To add an aricle to a category, type [[Category:Name of Category]] at the bottom of the page. Edit the article and put [[Category:Neighborhoods of Tokyo]] at the bottom of the article. Although it doesn't have to be at the page's bottom, but that is where future editors will look for them. — Kjammer ⌂ 00:47, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

need to move page to spanish wikipedia

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Maferefun Shango! is in spanish and I don't know how to move it, hopefully, one of you more expierenced can help, thank you Ybbor 02:09, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See m:Transwiki, or list on Wikipedia:Pages needing translation. Best, Meelar (talk) 02:10, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Hurricane Katrina Levee

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

I went to this site, clicked on one of the links and found a picture of a man's genatalia. I don't need your services.

Reed rstrunk@comcast.net

Wikipedia is a wiki, which means anyone can edit. Unfortunately, that means anyone can vandalize as well. The particular instance has no doubt been reverted by now (or else I'll get it forthwith). To learn how to do so yourself, you can visit Wikipedia:Revert. Best wishes, Meelar (talk) 02:38, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Error in spelling

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I'm don't know how to do it myself, and don't want to mess up the article, but your piece on "Benny Moré" should have "Beny" with just one "n" in its title. It is correct in the body of the article, but the title seems to have been written by someone not too familiar with how Beny Moré's name is spelled. Thanks.

Benny with 2 n's gets ~33,000 google hits while Beny with one n gets ~36,000. I'm not saying either one is right but it seems like a lot of people can't agree on the spelling of the man's name. Perhaps the original writer of the article did this on purpose...? Dismas 03:12, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The writer reports that Beny changed his name to Benny in 1945. Is that wrong? Notinasnaid 08:21, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Spelling the name with one n has a redirect to spelling the name with two. This redirect has existed since December 2003. Anyone using the one-n spelling will still get to the article. --Andy Janata 13:32, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

duplicate categories:Cemeteries by Country, Famous Cemeteries

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duplicate categories: Cemeteries by Country, Famous Cemeteries. I have done entries in these two categories for the 'English' Cemetery, Florence, as it fits both but it seems the classification system for cemeteries could be better organised? Thanks, Julia Bolton Holloway

  • The whole point of categories is that you can categorize a page in multiple categories. They both serve different purposes. In the first you can search for cemetaries by country, the other collects all famous cemetaries. I do agree that since most cemetaries need to be famous to get an article in the first place, so it ma be a good idea to put them in the "by country" category every time you know where it is. - Mgm|(talk) 06:33, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Readability

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It would certainly be nice if you would use a typeface that was clearer and more readable. Thank you, Irv Schmidt Lakewood WA USA

  • What's wrong with this particular typeface? Is it too small? Anyway, if you register for an account you'll have the ability to change Wikipedia's appearance when you visit. - Mgm|(talk) 06:36, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
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I was just wondering about lyrics link on music pages, if they should be there. Personally I think not, as anyone can use google to find specific lyrics if they wish. Also some of the lyrics sites commonly have annoying ads and the likes. I am asking because I see them on some pages, and think they are better off without them. Anyway, hope I asked this in the right spot, didn't find anything about it elsewhere. Thanks! Baseballfan 07:29, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

I think not (but am not trying to describe a policy) since almost all lyric sites are in violation of copyright. And, as you say, many of them are also commercial entitities, trying to make money from your clicks. If the band themselves include lyrics on their own web site, well, that probably doesn't need a separate link, but since there would in any case be a justification for that single link the description could mention "includes lyrics". Notinasnaid 08:18, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wikipedia should not encourage illegal activities. And linking to copyvio lyrics sites encourages their use. Stick with official band websites. - Mgm|(talk) 11:28, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

What is difference between half treaded and full treaded wood screw

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We want to know what is difference between half treaded and full treaded wood screw? Why machine screw cannot be used for wood application? Is it advicable or better to use half treaded or full treaded screw for wood application?

Please reply on swanbom@vsnl.com for attention of Mr.Nilesh Shah.

  • Please read the top section of this page. Factual questions belong on the reference desk and we generally don't answer by email. If you're really interested in the answer, you should make an effort to check back for one. - Mgm|(talk) 11:31, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Articles present in most language editions

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Not sure if this is the right place to ask. Is it possible to know which articles are present in the maximum number of wikis and, in particular, which articles are present in the maximum number of wikis but not in en.wiki? Such a feature might be used to create a list of articles worth adding to en.wiki. Thanks a lot. Andrea.gf 09:31, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to upload some images from CalPhotos. All of the images I want to use contain the following conditions:

  • Using this photo Permission is granted to use this photo for any personal or academic purpose as long as notification of use is sent to XXX@XXx and the image is clearly credited with © 2005 XXX. To obtain permission for commercial and other uses, or to inquire about reprints, fees, and licensing, or if you have other questions, contact XXX@XXX.

I have contacted all the authors in question, and all have confirmed their agreement to use under the GDFL license. One author, however, has confirmed his agreement for use of his images, but subject to prohibiting any commercial re-use. I think this precludes uploading under GDFL. I have looked through all image copyright tags, read all the copyright pages etc and cannot see any way to use these images on WP with this restriction.

Could some knowledgeable soul please advise me if there is an available license here, or on Commons, that is appropriate.

Thanks. -- Cactus.man > Reply  09:48, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct; restriction to non-commercial use only precludes licensing under the GFDL. Persuant to a May 2005 decision, Wikipedia no longer accepts non-commercial use or by-permission images (see the mailing list notice here). A full list of permissible licenses can be found at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:27, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the reply. Such a shame, WP must be missing out on so many good images because of this discrepancy with the GDFL. Surely some smart lawyer types could sort that out?? At least I will be able to use the other images under GDFL. Cactus.man > Reply  08:26, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Asking again..

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I asked this earlier, and didn't receive any sort of answer, so, here the question is again:

Somewhere, there was a list on Wikipedia of US towns that had articles (or needed them, too, I think), that had been created independently, without the census additions from Rambot. Can't seem to find it anymore, where is it? Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 21:42, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you are referring to User:Rambot#Requested_cities? Waterguy 21:13, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mirrors

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At Portal:Cricket I simplified the categories section which had links like:

  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cricketers Cricketers]

into the wiki format (which looks the same):

  • [[:Category:Cricketers|Cricketers]]

Then a user reverted my changes, citing "it's better this way for mirrors"

What is the policy about this? --Commander Keane 10:15, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Layout problem with Ipswich page

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There's a problem with the layout of the Ipswich page near the photo of the marina. Can anyone help with seeing what's wrong there? --Phil Holmes 10:29, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've done something with Ipswich re that image, it's better, but still looks odd, but that's due to the lack of text in the surrounding paragraphs: so feel free to edit the Ipswich article yourself. Alf melmac 12:28, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I have moved the map into the info-box, in line with other articles. This seems to have also fixed the odd behaviour with edit links for each section. Layout around the marina image is probably browser specific, but looks fine to me (Firefox 1280x1024) -- Cactus.man > Reply  09:19, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Z transforms

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Intoduction : We are having majorly 2 types of implimentations like Direct form I and Direct form II(or canonical form.

Question: 

             Direct form I 's dis ADV is more no of hard ware using.
            Direct form II 's is more delay involved because 
                            is there any other dis adv other than this in direct form II
please mail me if you get an answer raghavan@ee.iitb.ac.in

units of measure

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I noticed that a great many articles, when providung units of measurements, use a notation similar to this:

21 feet (7 m)

I believe it should be made a policy to default to the standardized metric (and scientific) SI units, adding other units like feet, fahrenheit, mph, etc if desired by an/the editor. Of course there would be reasonable exceptions to this rule, eg: in aviation where the use of nm (nautical miles) or knots is required.

I did a 10 minute search on wikipedia regarding this issue, but (my fault, I'm sure) couldn't find any pertinent info.

thanks in advance - chic happens

See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Measurements, which suggests putting the "original" measurement first, and converted versions later. It also implies that agreement should be sought on a case-by-case basis; in some cases, the units used may need to reflect the geographical or historical position of the topic under discussion, for instance. But in general, I'd probably agree that where neither was the "source" or "more appropriate" unit, the SI should come first. - IMSoP 12:31, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If Merka accepted metric units, we wouldn't have any problem. If the only country in the world to resist metric units were any other country than Merka, we would happily use metric only. But apparently Merka gets to dictate global policy. — JIP | Talk 11:05, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I agree wholeheartedly with the above request by chic_happens, and agree the policy should be implemented exactly as he states, since Wikipedia is supposed to be for a worldwide audience. It's so quaint to pretend fortnights and furlongs are somehow primary measurement units, when 188 countries don't use them and don't have a clue what you're talking about. SI should definitely come first, and typically should be the only units listed, with very few exceptions. Oddball additional units shouldn't be added at all because it clutters every article with incoherent, obsolete garbage that no one else uses. Wikipedia should promote higher learning and set a good example for the world as an intelligent reference resource, instead of promoting and perpetuating the stupidity of using nonstandard units of measure. --Simian, 2005-09-09, 20:08 Z

What Available Sources?

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To what extent can we glean info from encyclopedias and online web pages to flesh out stubs and immature article?

Thank you Phil 14:27, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

As much as you like, provided that you express the results of your gleaning in your own words. What you can't do is copy text from other places. You ought to cite your sources judiciously under "Sources" so that others can verify. Bovlb 14:33:39, 2005-09-03 (UTC)

Thank you Bovilb for such a quick and clear reply. Now I can go to work.Phil 15:29, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Listing sources we have not (recently) examined

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I wish to include a couple of sources in an article: one I have seen before, but not in a very long time; the second I have not ever seen (physically), nor is it in English. However, these are perhaps the only two primary sources for the topic, and anyone interested in the subject would be interested in getting one of these books. Both books are listed in the Library of Congress and WorldCat databases; these provide the information necessary to give complete citations for both books.

How do I handle these? Should they be included under "References"? The Wikipedia pages on the subject state that everything under "References" should be in English and things we can directly examine. (By the way, the article in question is Babm; it's pretty minimal at the moment, but I'm planning on expanding it and getting more (i.e., secondary) sources.) S. Neuman 15:04, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Usually it is preferable to avoid non-English references, but there are certainly exceptions. In this particular case, the text is question was written by the creator of the article's subject. To omit the reference would be like writing an article on calculus or gravity that omitted mention of Newton's Principia Mathematica. If you don't explicitly include it as a reference, it certainly needs to be mentioned somewhere in the article. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:06, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
English references are obviously preferred, but no-one will likely object to a non-English citation if you make sure to mention what language it's in! If it's titled in that language, adding a quick gloss of what the title means might also be useful. Shimgray 16:52, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The most common solution I've seen is to add a "Further reading" section above "References", with a brief note explaining why it's significant. — Catherine\talk 23:05, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Spurious "Edit" tag appears in text

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The "Brown Anole" article has a spurious "Edit" appearing in the text of the "Description" paragraph. Please tell me how to get rid of the spurious "Edit" in that paragraph only Thanks Phil 15:27, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

It seems to be gone now...let us know if it comes back. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:09, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like the same sort of problem that's affecting the Ipswich page. There are 3 edit tags above one section and none above the 2 sections above it. It looks to be associated with photographs to the right of the text. --Phil Holmes 16:16, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting...is it a browser issue? I can't reproduce the problem in Opera 7.54 or in IE6. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:19, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I often get the "jumpy" edit button, in Firefox. I still have a screenshot from the last time I asked about this on the Help desk (and recevied no explanation). The screenshot.--Commander Keane 17:28, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

It is browser related. I've put some screenshots illustrating this at Layout problems --Phil Holmes 18:27, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hooray! The spurious "Edit" is gone. Thanks Phil 00:28, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
I think the problem was the map being placed outside the info-box. See Wikipedia:Help_desk#Layout_problem_with_Ipswich_page. All edit links now seem to appear in the correct place. -- Cactus.man > Reply  11:04, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Ipswich page is now fixed, but I still see a problem with the Brown Anole page with Firefox. 2 edit tags alongside the Molting section, none on the Behavior section. Seems to be a problem with these type of call-out boxes (a taxobox in the Brown Anole case) and images. --Phil Holmes 16:54, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Interim fix, moved image to next section, aligned with infobox. Edit tags now locate correctly. Cactus.man > Reply  11:34, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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I don't clearly understand the GNU Free Documentation License. I just want to know if I could use content from Wikipedia on my website? I know the answer to this is yes, but what must I do in order not to infringe on any copyright issues? Do I just need to put a link on my webpage back to the article on Wikipedia?

  • Putting a link to here would be a good idea. The license says the files are free, you can use them, copy them and modify them. However they are copyrighted so the copyright notice must remain, also if you do copy or modify them, you must provide them for free also, you can't take them and make them proprietary. Elfguy 18:08, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Page has degraded into an ideological fight, how & where do I reoprt this?

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The Liberty Dollar page has degraded into an ideological fight. The article used to be very fact based--it is now a battlefield for the ignorant & rude. Someone with authority needs to step-in & settle this. A reversion to about a year ago wouldn't hurt either.

How & where do I reoprt this?

Thanks,

--Lance W. Haverkamp 19:04, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You can follow the steps at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. If you're looking for more input from other editors, a Wikipedia:Request for comment might be the way to go. Good luck. Meelar (talk) 19:06, September 3, 2005 (UTC)


Hmmm, That's not quite what I'm looking for: Those all appear to assume there is a specific factual dispute, and/or that I'm involved in a dispute. Neither is the case, I'm simply trying to report a fire without being handed a fire-hose. Is there some group who's job it is to be a "beat cop" or "UN Peacekeeper" around here?

Thanks,

  • In the end we need to make sure our articles are factual. And most disputes revolve around what someone perceives as true. Try mediation. It's aimed at coming to an agreement so the article can return to a state everyone can live with. With RFC you can get a bigger group of Wikipedians to voice their opinions. Neither is neccessarily to do with facts. But because factuality is the eventual aim for articles, it's usually part of the dispute. - Mgm|(talk) 20:30, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Correction needed

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In the article Butterflies (television series) the link for Andrew Hall links to a South African cricket player, not to the actor. Does a disambiguation page neede to be created for Andrew Hall, and a new one for the actor? Am fairly new to this, so don't know how to create a disambiguation page.

As an interim solution, User:CatherineMunro has changed the Butterflies link to Andrew Hall (actor), and put the same link on the top of the cricketer's page, but that article doesn't exist yet. FWIW, if at some point disambiguation becomes necessary, the procedure would be to use the Move tab (it is only available to registered, logged-in users--if you don't want to register, post a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves; do not move the content using cut&paste) to move Andrew Hall to something like Andrew Hall (cricketer), and change the resulting redirect at "Andrew Hall" into a disamb page. Waterguy 21:55, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

HOW LONG DO I WAIT

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That depends: what are you waiting for? Mindspillage (spill yours?) 21:27, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If it's a bus; 3 will come at once. --GraemeL (talk) 21:52, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Camper

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why did you delete my article?

Which article specifically are you referring to? Perhaps I can help or explain. For general tips on how to write a good article, you can check Wikipedia:The perfect article. Best, Meelar (talk) 21:37, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Byron Lewis

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I would like to why "Hall Monitor" deleted the article I posted about Byron Lewis?

It had nothing rude or offencive.

Hodge 

2005-09-02 15:23:32 Hall Monitor deleted "Byron Lewis" (WP:CSD A7)

A7 appears to be: An article about a real person that does not assert that person's importance or significance. If the assertion is disputed or controversial, it should be taken to VFD instead. For details, see Wikipedia:Deletion of vanity articles.

I suggest that you contact Hall Monitor directly, or go to Votes for Undeletion. Bovlb 21:56:45, 2005-09-03 (UTC)

The entire content of the article was Byron Lewis is a house master at Queen's College Taunton. He is master of Fielding House.. There is nothing in this article which establishes or even implies any notability concerning this person. Hall Monitor properly deleted the article under the CSD criteria indicated above. Zoe 22:46, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Linking to Same Subject, Different Language

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On Wikipedia:How to edit a page, it describes how to link to a page on the same subject in another language.

It gives the format: language code:Title and example fr:Wikipédia:Aide (shown without the double [])

However, I cannot seem to get this to work.

Would I be correct in assuming this could be used to link the English Ferrari page to the Italian Ferrari page, for example?

Is there something disabled with multi-language links at present?

This does not appear as a link in the text, but rather as an interwiki link at the side of the page - look on the left-hand side, under the "toolbox" section, and you'll see "In Other Languages". The idea is that the two articles are linked this way, rather than relying on links "in the text". If you wish to actually include the link in the text, add a : (a colon) before the beginning, so in yout example it'd be a link to :fr:Wikipédia:Aide - thus fr:Wikipédia:Aide. The same trick allows you to link to image pages without displaying the image (:Image:Foo...) or categories without putting the page itself in that category (:Category:Foo...). How that helps! Shimgray 22:42, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

case on file or how many case?

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hope you can help me or point me in the right way!! i'm tring to find case that file or been in the past. of a trucking company. look for any case that WERNER ENTERPRISES, OR WERMER. LOOK FOR CASE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE YOUR COURT. OR ANY ON GOING CASE. I NOW, AND HAVE SEE THE WEB SITE. THAT SHOW THE CASE. CAN YOU HELP??

Thank you for your help

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The Wikipedia has been an incredible resource for me. Here is my result. Please check if it is correct and pass it on.

e^(phi) = 5

Thanks again.

This contact page is confusing.

Er, it's probably not precisely correct. How did you derive this result? By my calculations,   — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:01, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

One user account in multiple language editions

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Can I use the same user account in two different language editions of Wikipedia?

I've signed up a user account in the English Wikipedia, and created a user page. All seemed to work fine until I tried to log in through the Chinese Wikipedia. My user name and password do not work in the Chinese edition. I ended up having to sign up a new account again in the Chinese Wikipedia. It's as if the two language editions of Wikipedia are not related to each other. Although I used the same user name in both editions, but they appear to be two separate accounts, each with its own user page.

Is there a way to merge the two user accounts? Or can I use one of the accounts for both language editions?

Sam Chen 03:44:34, 2005-09-04 (UTC)

Short answer: No. Long answer: You are correct, each language version uses its own distinct database. There is no way to transfer accounts and use the same one at both places. You can add interlanguage links between your user page and/or just copy it around, though. --Andy Janata 04:09, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Transparency not working

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I edited the image Vatican coa.png, and used green as the transparent colour to prevent the white parts of the image (such as the Papal Tiara) from being displayed as transparent. You can check for yourselves that transparency works just fine - not a slight hint of green on the image:
File:Vatican coa.png
But when the image is inserted with a smaller size, a green glow appears around the edges, the same shade of green which should have been rendered as transparent. Here it is at 120px:
File:Vatican coa.png
Is there anything that can be done to prevent this, other than changing the transparent colour back to white?

--Fibonacci 04:43, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sudoku

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How to find answers to the daily sudoku puzzles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.214.64.95 (talk • contribs) 2005-09-03 22:04:39 PDT

I don't know. Have you tried the sudoku article? Whose daily puzzle? Bovlb 05:44:44, 2005-09-04 (UTC)

How does the tag for "cleanup" get removed?

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I just edited the entry "The Bradley Method® of Natural Childbirth" because I noted that it had been tagged for clean-up. Is there somewhere that I submit the revisions? How does this tag get removed? In my oh-so-humble opinion, the tag, which still appears at the top of the page, is now unnecessary!

Thanks!

Tara Rice

When you hit the "edit this page" link you will notice what appears in between these quotes: "{{cleanup-date|August 2005}}" as the first thing on the page. To remove the tag, just delete that. I left it there so you can have the joy of removing it and also because I did not check to see if I agree that it should be taken off. Be bold in taking tags like that off when you think they no longer apply. If it turns out you are too bold, someone will just put it up again so no harm, no foul. Qaz 05:22, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a Personal Article

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Hello! I'd like to create an article (even if it can only stay on for a day) about a friend of mine. He thinks that this site is very neat, and I'd like to surprise him by having him find an article about himself (listing some of his interests, areas of expertise, the University he attends, ect.) There doesn't seem to be anything explicitly forbidding this in Wikipedia policy, but it also seems like something many people would do if it were permitted. Is this actually an acceptable use of this site, or did I miss the criteria that would eliminate it? Thank you!

-anon

Sorry, that's not allowed. See Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines and Wikipedia:Notability for more details. Hope you and your friend continue to edit, however. Meelar (talk) 05:59, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
P.S. You're allowed to have essentially whatever you like on your user page, User:Masha godina. You can put material about your friend there, if you like. Or your friend could register an account and place it on his user page.
Or you could log in with your friend's name, thereby creating an account for him, and put the information there, then give your friend the password so he can log in as himself. Zoe 22:53, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Edit summaries

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Hey -- I've been editing on Wikipedia for a little less than a month now but I'm still getting used to all the nuts and bolts of things like all the protocol to follow. My question is this -- often I see edit summaries that say things like "Reverted edit by X to last version by Y", or things about helping with disambig links. Are there templates for these sort of things, or are they added by the wiki software, or do people type them in manually? --Quicksandish 06:17, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

That's the automatic summary given when an administrator uses the "rollback" button to revert vandalism. See Wikipedia:Administrators for more. Unfortunately, if you're not an admin, you'll have to do it the long way, and write your own summary (though you could type that it manually, but something like "rv vandalism" will suffice for a manual revert). The disambig link is something different. If you follow the link to that project, you'll see the instructions for it. It's just a copy and paste, wiki linking-syntax holds in the edit summary too, so that's why it works. Dmcdevit·t 07:52, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Revert. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If you use a browser like FireFox it will remember every Edit summary you type, so, for summaries you use frequently, you can just type the first couple letters and scroll to the exact one you want. Waterguy 00:57, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Defender of the Wiki

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Can anyone who was around Wikipedia during the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake crisis explain what were the circumstances behind the creation of the Defender of the Wiki barnstar? The explanation at Wikipedia:Barnstar is not specific or detailed enough. --Titoxd 07:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't invloved in that myself, but I gather it had to do with the sketchy, possibly fake charity QuakeAID (read that and the talk page for more). The User:Baoutrust (see his talk page) after the tsunami used Wikipedia's donations pages to spam it with their fraudulent link along with all the other charities. I think it was User:Radman1 that went after them, resulting in some nasty attacks on him and vandalism of his user page. And then there was this filth on their website that gives me chills to read. I didn't know that's what the barnstar came from, but that's about what happened with that. Dmcdevit·t 07:48, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia lists

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I'm currently editing Television shows featuring older versions of cartoon characters (it's listed on the Articles that need to be wikified page) and I need to know what kind of list I should use to replace the one that's currently being used. Should I use an annotated list and move the show summaries under the name of the show? I'm not quite sure why it's listed as an Article that needs to be wikified, I'm just assuming this is why --Scapegoat pariah 07:51, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I would maybe change it to a list such as:
  • show title - summary
  • show title - summary
Like that with the titles in alphabetical order. You can probably remove the wikify tag now too. Dismas 08:12, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation of CSD Rule

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Can someone please explain the meaning of rule A4 of WP:CSD#Articles? Thanks

--Registered User hiding behind an anon 08:24, September 4 2005 (UTC)

  • Sometimes people write a Wikipedia page to try to contact someone or communicate with a friend. Since this is not what Wikipedia is meant for, such pages can be speedied. - Mgm|(talk) 08:42, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

A New Link?

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Hi,

I was wondering if on the page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco#External_links

whether we might be able to have a link for our new (this week) site http://www.yourmonaco.com

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, and whether we might be good enough to qualify for a mention, but if so our details are:

Hotels, weather and street map of Monaco and Monte Carlo. Also real estate prices and closing costs and procedures, Monaco Grand Prix, articles, press reviews and Monaco flights plus Nice airport information. http://www.yourmonaco.com

Thank you.

Roger welbeck36@hotmail.com

Generally, new links to articles are frowned upon, and may be seen as link spamming. I would recommend not adding the link unless it adds significantly to the article; Wikipedia is not a collection of links. Alternatively, if may wish to ask the community at Talk:Monaco. Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:26, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

change the pronounciation of Orangetang

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During the time I was in Indoniesia with the Nederlandse army,I learned that the name for an Orngetang as the English pronounce it. is realy Orang Utang,the u is pronouncet oo.Orang meens human or person Utang meens bush or forest,how would the Enlish pronounce Orang Belanda,belanda meening whit,or Orang Baru,Baru meening new. Please let me know WYNANDUS ANTOON DEVAAL Email:devaalw@shaw.ca

Please refer all factual questions to the reference desk. Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:27, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Archiving old FA votes

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I have an article I put up before it's time for FA contention, it was shot down, and it's since been heavily edited and withdrawn from that original FA voting. How do I shunt the current content on it's featured article discussion page into an archive (so it can be linked from the new discussion as opposed to BEING the new discussion)?

(If you are resubmitting an article) Use the Move button to rename the previous nomination to an archive. For example, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television → Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television/archive1. - Mgm|(talk) 18:11, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

If you do that you can edit the redirect on the original page to write down the new nomination. - Mgm|(talk) 18:12, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Yes yes, that's all well and good, but where is this move button? I can't find it on either the FA submission page or the FA discussion page for my article...Staxringold 18:16, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Every logged in use can move unprotected pages. You go to the article you want to move, and click "Move this page" →Raul654 18:24, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
AH! I see what you're talking about. Worked like a charm, thanks! Staxringold 18:28, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Picture help!

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I saw on the Land's End discussion page that one of the pictures needed a bit of editing. So I edited it, saved it as a .bmp and tried to upload it, but it didn't work. Then I saved it again as a .png but when I uploaded it, it turned into a .PNG. I changed the Land's End page to go to this instead, but I noticed I had the size wrong. So I corrected it, saved it as a .png, uploaded it so it would replace Image:Land27011.png but it didn't replace it. Would someone sort it out please? Thelb4 20:23, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've sorted it out for you. →Raul654 20:33, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Adding a catagory

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i would like to add a new catagory. is there a way to do that

  • Read Wikipedia:Categorization to understand the naming conventions for categories and make sure we don't already have a similar category. You can create it by writing a lead section on what exactly should be included in that cat. this will turn links to the page blue, then all you need to do is start adding it to articles. Out of interest, what new category were you planning? - Mgm|(talk) 21:40, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

How do I spot an Amazon affiliate link?

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Is there an easy way to see if a link to an amozon book is an affiliate link inserted to make money for someone when people click on it? i.e. is there a part of the url that tells me this is an affiliate link? Shanes 22:17, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Here's an article about the URL scheme: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_quickly_build_amazon_affiliate_links_on_my_pages.html It's not immediately clear from that how to spot a link, particularly if the affiliate ID is itself a meaningless hex string. We could be conservative and reject all amazon links that have a form other that http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IWCU/ (where B00000IWCU is the ASIN). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:24, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
Simple solution -- remove any Amazon links you see. The Wikipedia software recognizes inline ISBNs; for example: the wikitext ISBN 0-12-345678-9 (with a space between "ISBN" and the number) becomes ISBN 0-12-345678-9 (the dashes are optional). This corresponds to Special:Booksources/0123456789. This is a link to a special booksource page, the page Wikipedia:Book sources, which provides links to find that edition of the book (that ISBN) in dozens of libraries, online bookstores, brick-and-mortar stores, bookfinding services, and more -- and anyone who really wants to buy it from Amazon can do so from there. There shouldn't be links to ANY Amazon page except on the Amazon.com article.
A historical note -- a long time ago Wikipedia did once experiment briefly with being an Amazon affiliate ourselves, despite many misgivings about betraying the "no ads" policy, and benefiting the behemoth, etc. IIRC, after a few months, it was found that even with many affiliate links on the most popular book articles, we were making about $30 a month -- definitely not worth the headaches and the community conflicts. Jimbo declared it a failure, and I sincerely doubt it would ever be tried again, even with our increased popularity. — Catherine\talk 23:42, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Licensing Maps

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Example of an image in question. Original here
 
Second example of an image in question.

I've been recently modifying existing maps of Japanese cities and maps from ja.wikipedia. The problem is that there is no license on the ja.wikipedia images. I think they might fit under the GFDL, but I'd prefer to have a professional opinion on that before going on with it. Thanks in advance!

-Nameneko 23:32, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd imagine the ja.wikipedia has the same licensing restrictions as en.wikipedia -- that is, that everything on the site is GFDL. I am not a lawyer, I have no clue, this is not legal advice, blah blah blah. Just my educated guess. --Andy Janata 23:52, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
But many images in particular on en.wikipedia are not released under the GDFL -- they are claimed as fair use or simply uploaded with no proper liscence information. If this is true of the ja.wikipedia one ought to be careful. In any case indicate the source as the ja.wikipedia. If images are to be used on more than one wikipedia it might be a good idea to uplaod them to commons so they are automatically availabel to all the wikimedia projects. DES (talk) 00:00, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I assume these maps might come in handy for other users. I'll start uploading them to the commons with source info. and getting rid of the old ones.
While I'm at it, would you recommend uploading city symbols such as the one on the right to Wikipedia Commons? Prefectural symbols uploaded on the ja.wikipedia were deleted due to cpyright/trademark laws, while the ones on the en.wikipedia have the {{logo}} tag. I don't often go to Wikimedia Commons, so what I'm really asking is whether uploading an image onto the Commons falls under United States copyright law, and if so, whether city symbols such as the one on the right fall under copyrighted/trademarked logo. Thanks again!
-Nameneko 06:31, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Nameneko: First, I'd like to point out that you wanted "a professional opinion", and you should know that you are not getting one. The people who answer questions on this page are other Wikipedia users like you. Some are more knowledgeable about the relevant issues; some are less knowledgeable. But Wikipedia has no professional staff.
Second, the international nature of the web makes copyright tricky. Technically, displaying images on a computer in Japan falls under Japanese copyright law. But if the website is hosted in (say) the U.S., then the Japanese authorities have no jurisdiction, and things get messy. Add to that the fact that anyone (including people with mistaken ideas about law) can edit a Wikipedia page, and things may get very messy indeed. Typically, we make the assumption that copyright law is much the same the world over. Since this is almost true, it works pretty well. Now, in the U.S., small images of corporate logos, music album covers, etc., used the way they are in Wikipedia, are generally considered to fall under "fair use". Thus, you find such images on many Wikipedia pages. I would consider Japanese prefectural symbols to fall in this same category, and so I would have no problem with them being used on Wikipedia. You can certainly discuss this in an appropriate place on ja.wikipedia, but if the consensus is that the symbols do not belong there, then there is not much you can do.
— Nowhither 19:41, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
What I meant by "professional opinion" was someone who had more knowledge on the subject than I had, just to clarify. It wasn't intended to be taken literally. However, I'll try to post a note on the ja.wikipedia sometime in the future to figure out what to do. I think they'll be fine on the en.wikipedia, but I just wasn't sure whether I should go ahead and upload them to Wikipedia Commons. Thanks for the help.
-Nameneko 07:21, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think the images of the Japanese city symbols might fall under the {{coatofarms}} copyright. What do you think? It seems like it would fit better than the {{logo}} copyright tag.

Above: The {{coatofarms}} tag.

login account

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i have tried to login 3 or 4 times now and it keeps telling me there is an error. i asked for a reminder of what my password is. the email told me i could change it. i cant get in with what i thought was my password or this new thing. sandynews@comcast.net auntsandy24c is my user name

Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems

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I am the copyright holder of a new page "Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems" that I have submitted to Wikipedia baed on material from my web site www.alcoholproblems.org/.

How do I get it cleared for posting on Wikipedia?

Many thanks, David Justin (David Justin Hanson, Ph.D.) hansondj@potsdam.edu

If you hold the copyright to this material, or if you have permission to use this material under the terms of our license, please indicate so on the page's talk page and under the article's listing on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Bovlb 04:51:18, 2005-09-05 (UTC)

Subject keeps being deleted

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I keep trying to put up information about Disney's Dixie Landings Resort and someone named Lucky 6.9 keeps deleting it.

How do I add info without it being deleted?

You can't copy and paste from another website. It needs to be on your own words. Plus you need to write in am encylopedic style e.g. Disney's Dixie Landings Resort is a (whatever it is) in (such a such place) Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 05:12, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

chertoff

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the article on chertoff is biased —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aedevbie (talk • contribs) 06:07, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion! 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. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). 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. Titoxd 06:07, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What style of English?

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In different Wikipedia articles, I have seen different spellings for many words. Does en.wikipedia use American or British Spelling? Is there any standard or doesn't it matter? DaGizza 09:07 5 Sept 2005

See Wikipedia:MoS#National varieties of English. Dismas 09:30, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Basically, we use both. --Commander Keane 09:58, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
Often depending on where the subject of the article is from. - Mgm|(talk) 10:15, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
Common practice is to not bother which one is used, except when there's an obvious "local version". So an article on JFK should tell us that he was "honorably discharged in early 1945" not that he was "honourably discharged", an article on the British 1st Armoured Division certainly shouldn't be at British 1st Armored Division... you get the idea.
For articles without an obvious "nationality", it doesn't matter which is used - although it's obviously preferable to keep it consistent through the article - and common practice is to use whichever was the original style the article was written in. Shimgray 12:19, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I think it goes beyond common practice to policy. There is a constant problem with color that about once a week someone thinks that it should be colour and changes it with a global change. Their concern for accuracy never extends to making sure they don't break all the links and categories of course. This is of course reversed almost immediately, but I wish they would stop. And, yes, I use colour at home. Notinasnaid 12:45, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
(goes to look). Yeah, I see what you mean. The last guy who argued with you on the talk page, incidentally, I noticed before; he seemed to have been getting his kicks from trolling talk pages like that. Weird. Shimgray 13:21, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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How is metadata inserted in images and if the description of Image:Viktor_krum.jpg states "NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION", can we still claim fair use? There is another image (also fair use) available, we don't need to replace it. - Mgm|(talk) 11:26, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

This looks like an abuse of copyright tagging, since it claims to be a screen shot but if it was a screen shot, it wouldn't contain metadata on the camera model used, for example. Should probably be deleted. Notinasnaid 11:39, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • I added that screenshot tag, but it's probably a still anyway. What about the metadata "NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION". - Mgm|(talk) 11:50, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
That looks like a prohibition to me. I think it should be deleted, though there may be fans of fair use (aka "I want to use this picture"). Notinasnaid 12:49, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. I doubt that this can be claimed as fair use. --Kwekubo 01:05, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Helpful Resource For Me

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Hello, I have been using Wikipedia as a source of information for a long time now and I feel that it is and can be helpful to many others. I was wondering if I can place a link to your website on my small, humble Geocities site, you know to help out this great resource. I understand if the answer is no, but it would be greatly appreciated by me and it can attract more visitors to your site so they can learn about information on whatever they desire.--Metal gameboy 15:24, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not aware of Wikipedia trying to impose any restrictions on linking to the project. The main problem is with people trying to insert links into Wikipedia articles that point back to their own sites. So go ahead and create your link. --GraemeL (talk) 15:49, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
No-one has the right to prevent any linking to their pages; there's a common misperception that they do, which is conceptually pretty silly. But we're certainly all for it... Shimgray 16:11, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Please, link. If you do, we have some Banners and buttons you can use. — Sverdrup 16:49, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Isn't linking the whole point of the internet? It's your site. If you want to link to Wikipedia, by all means do it. - Mgm|(talk) 18:58, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
  • As I understand it, it is unsettled legally to what extent a site owner my prevet undesired linking. In soem cases so called "deep-linking" that bypasses log-in or introduction pages has been challanged, and i belive that at least some of those challanges have been upheld. In other cases people have challanged links in frames so constructed that they may fool the viewer on what the source of the content is, and again i think some of those challanges have been upheld. Yet other cases have claimed that a link from a site with a PoV opoosed to the site linked to might be incorectly read as an endorsement -- I am not sure if any such challange has been upheld, I supect not. But in any case Wikipedia has no restictions on other sites linking to it, as I understand matters, so whether we might be legally allowed to have such restrictions is irrelevant. DES (talk) 15:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Messages

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Yeah, why do I keep getting messages telling me not to do this and not to do that ... I haven't DONE anything! All I do is rarely use wikipedia to look stuff up. I haven't deleted pages like I'm being accused of, or caused any vandalism. Stop sending me thes e messages. All I want to do is reference things now and again.

harrybonner@aol.com

As an AoL user, you share an internet address with many other users. You may see messages when other AoL users vadalise from the same proxy. You can avoid seeing these messages if you create your own account. For more information, read the purple box on the talk page here: User_talk:195.93.21.6. --GraemeL (talk) 15:39, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

condom

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My girlfriend thinks a condom may have stayed in her vagina as we lost the condom during sex. If this happened, is she in any danger? Should she see a doctor?

First of all, Wikipedia is not a good place for medical advice; if in doubt, see a doctor. Second, the Reference Desk is the best place for this type of question. Third, according to my wife, "It can't be that far up. Dude, stick your hand up there. What's a boyfriend good for?" Bovlb 17:19:51, 2005-09-05 (UTC)
IANAD, but the morning-after pill couldn't hurt in this sort of situation--I'd bet there's a non-trivial risk of pregnancy, depending on how it got lodged. Call Planned Parenthood if you want information on how to get it. Meelar (talk) 23:29, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

New Orleans

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Tell Nagin and the Governor to get the thugs out of jail and let them do something for humanity and rebuild the city and the cllean up

We'll get right on that. Dismas 18:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Search for pictures only

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Is there a way to limit a search on the wiki for images? I found the image library, but there didn't seem to be a search interface. Would something like 'wiki image <subject>' be the correct syntax?

Thanks for your help!

Put the terms you want to search for in the search box and hit "Search". Don't hit enter as this will effectively be hitting the "Go" button. When you get to the results there are a number of check boxes on the bottom of the page to refine your search to different areas of the wiki. Hope this helps... Dismas 18:50, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If you create an account name, you can change your Preferences to only "Search" for Images. You can do this temporarily, then go back and changes your Preferences back to what they were. Zoe 19:40, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

2001

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Check your definition of "2001"... seems to be spam.

When to "wikify" a reference...

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I've been working mostly on biographical articles, and I have usually used the rule of thumb to wikify proper names if I think that someone could write a reasonable article about the person to whom I refer. Others seem to take a different approach, and I was wondering if there is any policy, or concensus on the matter.

For example, take a look at Caroline Kennedy. That is the article about the daughter of President John F. Kennedy. Her two daughters (now teenagers) are mentioned in the article. I would be very hard pressed to write encyclopedic biographies of the two young ladies. Someone (anonymous) recently wikified their names, and they now appear as red links.

The options seem to be:

  • Let them be red links forever
  • remove the wiki syntax
  • let them point to stub articles.

Opinions? Thoughts?

  • Unless they've done something noteworthy, the general VFD concensus seems to be to redirect them back to their parents if ever created, so I would pre-empt it and remove the links. - Mgm|(talk) 21:33, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
    • This is a policy to be followed conservatively as it makes it harder to add new biographical articles later if the relevant links don't already exist. I suppose the question is: Do red links hurt? I know that they encourage people to think the article should exist, and I also know that they seem to encourage people to create new nonsense articles, but I'm not sure this is entirely their fault. Bovlb 22:58:26, 2005-09-05 (UTC)

transclusion and purging

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I could not find help:purge or help:transclusion, so I'm forced to ask here.

I am the maintainer of the Wikipedia:Account suspensions page. Like Wikipedia:Requests for adminship, it uses transclusion to incorporate subpages.

I want to add a link to action=purge so people can see the latest version of the page along with all transcluded text. How can I do this?

(And please, drop me a note at my talk page if you have an answer. I don't know how to "watch" this question.)

(And please don't yell RTFM at me either. I wouldn't ask if I hadn't already spent a lot of time trying to find it.) Uncle Ed 21:17, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

We have a handy template for it {{purge}}. All you have to do is add something like {{purge|Purge this page's server cache}} Dmcdevit·t 21:22, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. Uncle Ed 21:34, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Disambigulation

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Hi. Am a newcomer.

I notice that the page called "Trust company" (where it is described as a "near bank" in its first sentence) cannot be reached from the "Trust Company" disambiguation page, nor by searching "Trust Company" and hitting "GO".

It can be reached from the "Trust" disambiguation page.

Presumably all it needs is a link on the "Trust Company" disambiguation page, but I do not know how to fix that.

I've fixed it for you. All you have to do, once on the disambiguation page Trust Company, is to hit "edit" (at the top), and then add * [[Trust company]]. The "*" makes it a bullet point, and the [[ and ]] make it a link to the article. ~~~~

Thank you. I have tested that and I see it works. However it throws up another question: If "Trust Company" and "Trust Company" are two different articles with the same title, how does the computer know whether I want to link to "Trust Company" or to "Trust Company"? Or is there a rule that no two articles have identical titles?

The Wikipedia software differentiates by case, so there are articles with the same name, but different capitalizations. This makes them different articles. You're being confused by "Trust Company" vs. "Trust company". Zoe 22:03, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Subcategory question

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I've been doing some sorting in Category:Members of the U.S. House of Representatives (e.g into Category:U.S Representatives from STATENAME). The problem is that some of the subcategories show up in the parent category page as subcats; others, however, do not. For example Category:U.S. Representatives from Alabama is listed as a subcategory, while Category:U.S. Representatives from Kentucky is not, even though the content and formatting of the two is the same. I've cleared my cache on general principles, and I'm not sure what else I should do. What am I missing? Meelar (talk) 23:26, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

The subcategories are not all listed on the first page of the listing for Category:Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, but if I go through the pages I find Category:U.S. Representatives from Kentucky (even clicking on the 'K' in the category TOC gets me there). Is this the problem? -- Rick Block (talk) 23:45, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
The problem is that the category is too big. It's only showing the first 200 articles, which includes letters A-C. If you clicked "K" in the table of contents, you would see Kentucky. -- Reinyday, 23:56, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm wrong. Kentucky is not showing up under "K". I'm sure it's a problem with the page being cached. -- Reinyday, 23:58, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I fixed it. Are any others not showing up? -- Reinyday, 00:16, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
OK, I thought all the subcategories would show up at the front. Sorry for wasting your time, and thanks for the help! Meelar (talk) 00:24, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

How do you change an article title?

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Just wondering how you update an article title, if the original poster actually spelled the name of the person or place wrong? I noticed that someone did a page on Calgary's amusement park, Calaway Park, but called it Callaway Park. I fixed the misspelling throughout the article, but I'm not sure how to go about getting the article title changed.

68.146.180.62 00:53, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just moved the page for you. Users who are logged in and who have had an account for a sufficient length of time (I think it's about a week) will have a "move" tab at the top of their page which allows them to rename a page, automatically making the old name a redirect to the new name. Try signing in to your account if you have one, or sign up for an account if you don't! See Wikipedia:Why create an account?. --Kwekubo 01:00, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

question

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What is an example of a unsound argument? and a invalid argument?

Can You Create an article?

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I tried to request this, but I had problems and couldn't find how to. But, I would like to ask you to make in article about Cody Hauri http://codyhauri.blogsome.com (No WWW's!!!) If you need to talk to him his email address is questionmark@invaderzim.net Thank You

I am afraid that with 35 Google hits he probably doesn't meet our standards for notability. See WP:BIO. Dmcdevit·t 02:50, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Who are you guys?

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This Free Encyclopedia seems too good to be true. Where do you get your funding? Is this service is available for the free flow of information and ideas? Who checks the validity of information posted by users? I've always thought of an encyclopedia as a source for what is verifiably true with very little conjecture or prediction and only then, if the distinction is clearly stated. It would be pretty irresponsible to portray a person's opinions or conjecture as fact.

I've also always thought of an encyclopedia as relatively apolitical. I know the Encyclopedia Brittanica comes right out on the cover and tells you that the information within is portrayed through a distinctly Western (BRIT) filter, but imagine an encyclopedia that features entries that matter most to its publishers on the cover of each volume, just like a newspaper. Occasionally, I have been a little put off by your featured front page articles. The selections seem like social commentary. Even if the information is very factual and objective, these selections seem a bit newsy. I often turn to purely academic pursuits to avoid hotbutton topics that beg the reader/viewer to form an opinion about a subject that is already being beat to death in the popular media such as Bush's choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, Global Warming, Intelligent Design, the war...

So far, I like this service a great deal, and have browsed your pages several times. I will likely continue to do so in the future. However, before I really start tooting the Wikipedia horn and offer support in other ways like making donations and buying merchandise, I guess I need to hear it from y'all:

Do your financiers have an agenda? Are you adequately protect your site from bloggers? Do you intend to continue the newsy, or worse, preachy habit of offering a current events page? 4.178.66.32 03:00, 6 September 2005 (UTC) Scott A. Trapman[reply]

Where do you get your funding? - Wikipedia runs more-or-less entirely on private donations.
Is this service is available for the free flow of information and ideas? - I'm not really sure what you mean. Wikipedia is not a chat service, bulletin board, or a blog. It is a project to build encyclopedia.
Who checks the validity of information posted by users? - users generally edit on topics with which they are familiar. So when you post somethings, it gets seen by many other people, who can remove it if it is untrue.
It would be pretty irresponsible to portray a person's opinions or conjecture as fact. - What do you think happens every time you read a book, newspaper, webpage, or (for that matter) any other encyclopedia? →Raul654 03:05, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
Wait, you mean books are written by people? — JIP | Talk 03:46, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:FAQ and Wikipedia:Replies to common objections would be good places to start reading for more detailed answers to your questions. As far as my personal take on the current events section, we try to present topics from all over the world and not be Ameri-centric and I think we succeed to a large degree. I'm glad that you like the Wikipedia so far. I think this is a good project with a good goal. Dismas 05:40, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

VANDALISM REPORT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICICI_Bank

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Someone posted obscenities on

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

Please delete it. Thank you.

Dealt with, thank you. —Cryptic (talk) 04:49, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

PalmOS / Treo Blazer browser compatibility

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Currently, the Wikipedia renders terribly in Blazer. This is unfortunate because the wikipedia provides me an endless source of entertainment. Are there plans to make the wikipedia render better on Blazer (Blazer is the included web browser)?

If the wiki renders correctly in all other browsers except for Blazer, wouldn't this be an issue for the Blazer people and not Wikipedia? Dismas 11:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Copying web

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Is it possible for me to copy the whole web documnents?

I don't get it

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What is the point in Wikipedia? I don't get it. If I edit a page, can everyone see what I have done, or is it just for me?

Everyone can see what you've done. Whenever you edit, you are contributing to Wikipedia. Thelb4 10:19, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • The point of Wikipedia is that we're working together on building an immense online encyclopedia. - Mgm|(talk) 10:55, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
See also - Wikipedia:FAQ Dismas 14:37, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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I started 10 minutes ago. Whenever I try to press 'my watchlist' or 'my talk' or even 'create account/log in' it jumps over to the left. It is really annoying. Thelb4 10:15, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This has been discussed before. I've forgotten the answer. Something like just clearing your cache or some such simple fix. You might try the archives since it comes up about once a week lately. Dismas 13:06, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I use IE. It fixed it self an hour after I posted the above comment. Thelb4 14:18, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It occasionally does that on Internet Explorer, I beleive. The only solution is to wait for it to fix itself, if I'm correct. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:29, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Sadly, I had that same problem the last two nights at about 10:00 p.m. GMT -7. I'm running IE 6.0.2900.2180, if that helps. It fixes itself after a few minutes, but it sure is annoying... Titoxd 02:04, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

UC Berkeley alumni

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Hi...I somehow eliminated the subheading Arts and Media when adding the author Peter Gethers to this list of distinguished alums, and now they all are listed a;pmgside the academics. How does one fix this? anon

  • By putting "adding" before the header, you broke the wikicode. Headers need to start at the beginning of a line. I've fixed it for you. - Mgm|(talk) 11:44, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

What are the main problems faced by payroll accountant?

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Payroll accounting

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What are the main problems faced by payroll accountant?

Repetition of mistakes? You may receive a more comprehensive answer if you ask a more comprehensive question at the Reference desk. --GraemeL (talk) 15:14, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

should one use he/she or they/anyone

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I'm very new to wikipedia, so please bare with me. I spotted a few instances of "he should..." etc, where the reader is assumed to be male. I changed a few lines to "they should" etc. But were promptly changed back.

I would just like some clarification.

Personally I would do what you did, but from a recent discussion elsewhere (WP:RD/L I think) singular they is not appropriate in formal American English. We probably have an entry in the Manual of style about it, but I haven't found it yet. Thryduulf 15:59, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The problem with the English language–okay, one of the problems with the English language–is that is doesn't have a gender-neutral pronoun for the third-person singular. Using the construction "He or she should..." is technically correct but clumsy, while "They should..." would refer to more than one person ("They" is a third-person plural form.) While in speech and casual writing many English speakers have taken to using "They" anyway, strict grammarians and copyeditors cringe when they see it. I am not aware of any modern or classic style guide that supports the use of "They" for the singular third person (correct me if I'm mistaken.)
The usual workaround in English has been to use "He" as a default third-person singular pronoun; in recent years that option has come under fire for being not politically correct. Some writers have tried to compromise by using "He" and "She" alternately in their work; this can be rather confusing. Still others have proposed alternate pronouns (the Spivak pronouns, for example), but these schemes have not been enthusiastically adopted.
Under some circumstances it is possible to rewrite using "One" as the pronoun, though that often gets ugly too. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:54, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I've not found anything in the manual of style, but the articles Singular they and Gender-neutral pronoun are worth reading for background. In discussions, I've seen editors say that they find the singular they ugly and awkward, prefering instead "s/he" or "he or she". In complete contrast I am not alone in finding "s/he" and "he or she" ugly and awkward, prefering instead singular they! Thryduulf 16:20, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]


Its been a long time since I considered the fact that 'they' would refer to more than one person (many years since I last studied formal English ). I really appreciate the effort that was put into your replies ;)

Video Camera to Web site live

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1/6/05

My boss has just asked me to find out how to hook up our video cameras to our Web site. We are wanting to make our services viewable live over our web site. We have the ability to produce DVD and edit ect... So I'm assuming we can produce a good quality digital video signal out of our editor. So what do we do from there? I have heard of firewire, but do I need a pc with special softwear & or hardwear?

Please help me out....

Thanks, Daymond

Why not WikiWord Intellisense?

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Why not WikiWord Intellisense? Im asking why should not wikipedia, direct the user to a correct article, if there is a mistyped spelling in it? I know, there are redirects from one topic to another, for topics with polymorphic names; But what I want is the google type of thing: type 'brootney spearss' then google will ask you, if all you wanted is: 'Britney Spears'.

Today I tried 'Simpons_rule' and it exists but as Simpson's rule. Its quite frustrating to use a technology, if you know its being inferior --MuthuKutty 16:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Do you want o write the program code? It's a long and tedious job to write such a thing and the current developers are busy with other stuff. In other words, we'd be happy to include it, but someone has to step up to the plate and you can't blame someone for not taking up such a large job as that, we work on volunteer basis after all.

We need to the software to be open source as it should be amendable and restributeable like the rest of the wikisoftware, so we can't just buy it or copy it from google.

In the mean time, you can use google by adding "site:en.wikipedia.org" to your query to search within wikipedia and you'll be able to use their service in that regard.- Mgm|(talk) 16:40, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

And if you use Firefox, you can easily create a "Quick Search" that will go a Google search in Wikipedia. (What a great idea ... I think I'll go make myself one :-)
Also, one of the justifications I have seen, for the lack of such features, is that it would put too much of a load on the servers.
— Nowhither 00:47, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Do badgers have tails?

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This was the question I wanted answered, but unfortunately, the Wikipedia page on Badgers did not satisfy my curiosity. Hopefully this will be amended soon. =)

--anon

  • According to the Dutch article, , the tip of a badger's tail is white and my family ensures me they have a tail, so even though, I can't give you a picture, I'm pretty convinced they have one. Feel free to update the English article. - Mgm|(talk) 18:08, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

John Lennon

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Hello, I'm doing a history project in school on John Lennon but I have to focus on one particular part of his life. I was wondering if you could help me and send me information on some of the most historically significant things he did? Thanks a lot, Daragh.

I think vandalism in math main page

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When I click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mathematics

under the Did you know section, it has:

that u r gay and u like men in a sexual way like saneet and kingsley and simran

When I try to edit the Did you know section, these lines do not appear.

It's not there now and probably has been fixed. Probably right between the time that you saw it and when you saw the raw code of the page when you hit "edit". Dismas 18:58, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

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How do you make an exact copy of Template:Infobox_President for the Swedish Wikipedia? --MartinHagberg 18:55, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Luiff article

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I'm at a loss on how to edit Luiff. It's copied from [9], but that page doesn't make any claim to copyrights, so I'm not sure if it's ok to copy it or not. Also, there's a lot of off-topic or non-encyclopedic information there. It looks like this could be an encyclopedic topic, but it needs help. Thanks. -Fang Aili 19:04, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright doesn't need to be claimed. If it isn't explicitly licensed or placed in the public domain, we have to assume that we can't use it. See Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ. I suggest you follow the procedure at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Bovlb 19:29:50, 2005-09-06 (UTC)

Linking to Wikipedia

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Are there any buttons or anything we can use to link to Wikipedia? Some of us would like to spread the word on our websites. —Preceding unsigned comment added by User:67.162.219.211 (talk • contribs) 16:06, 6 September 2005

There are no special buttons, you can simply navigate to teh page you want to link to, copy the URL, and use this as your link target. On article and article talk pages there is a "Permenant link" in the toolbox. This generates a URL that will always link to that specific version of the article, while a normal link to an article will link to the most current version, which may change at any time. DES (talk) 21:25, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, please sign your comments on talk pages and help pages such as this with four tildas (like this ~~~~). Thanks. DES (talk) 21:25, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
There are some at Wikipedia:Banners and buttons. Other promotional material is at meta:promotion. Angela. 22:35, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

What's copyrighted

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OK, so, is it an image itself what is copyrighted or the thing on the image? Say, I take a photo of a tree, I take a photo of Brad Pitt, someone else takes a photo of a tree and someone else takes a photo of Brad Pitt. I guess in last two cases I can't publish the photo myself as someone else holds the copyright. I guess I can do what I want with my picture of a tree becouse you just can't copyright trees. But, what about me taking a picture of Brad Pitt? If I publish the photo of him (that I made) and state it's, say, GPL, can Brad Pitt sue Wikipedia? --Dijxtra 22:35, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The rules on that are a bit complicated, they aren't a matter of copyright. If you photopgraph Jane Doe and publish the piucture without her permission, you may have violated her right to privicy. But if Jane was engaged in some "newsworthy" activity, you probably have not doen so. If You photograph Jane Celebrity, that photo is probably automatically newsworthy because of her celebrity status. But not always. The law on this vsries from state to state within the U.S. and i don't know what the non-US law is, but it probably varies from country to country. DES (talk) 22:42, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
OK, obviously an bad example. Let's consider than taking photo of a bottle of beer (which has a logo on it, of course), famous painting that didn't go public domain yet or a banknote? --Dijxtra 06:29, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Taking photographs of banknotes might be illegal because of security, not copyright, reasons. At least make sure the serial number isn't visible, and if possible, edit the picture afterwards by writing "SPECIMEN" or "VOID" across the whole banknote. — JIP | Talk 07:42, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
OK, and what about banknotes of curencies that don't exist anymore? I'm not asking just for the fun of it, I have a bunch of scans of Yugoslav dinars and Croatian dinars and I'm wondering whether to put all of them them on wikimedia commons and organize a gallery (now, I'd reeeeally like to do that, so scans are "preserved for future generations") or just uploade few of them to Wikipedia and use them in articles... And, now a question just for the fun of it: if a banknote was first published before 1923 and then republished, is it public domain? --Dijxtra 14:02, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Photographs of paintings and other 2-D works of art are generally considered not to have enough creativity to get their own copyrights, and they are covered by the copyright on the underlying work of art as a derivitive work. In this case the photographer need not give a release, but the owner of the copyright on the painting would However if there is a scene in which the painting is only one element, the photo would then have its own copyright, but if the painting could be made out it would probably be a derivitive work, and so the permission of the copyright owner of the painting (assuming it isn't old enough to be PD) would be needed, as well as the permission of the photographer. Photographs of statues and other 3-D works of art involve judgement of angles etc, and so get their own copyrights, so again a release from both the copyright holder on the statue and the photographer (or person the photog sold the rights to) would bre needed, assuming that neither is old enough to be PD. The beer bottle is probaly not subjet to a copyright in the same sense. There coud be trademark issues, but as long as the photo does not imply ownership or endorsement, nor confuse consumers, and isn't being used to advertize another beer, those probably don't apply either, so only a relase from the copyright holder on the photograph is needed (yourself if you took the picture). The same would normally apply to the tree, and to most outdoor scenes. DES (talk) 13:14, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Huh! Thank you very much on the explanation. Now, is there a place I can ask for every image I'm not sure? I just ask here or is there a place on Wikipedia dedicated to sorting out statuses of images? --Dijxtra 14:02, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
There is WP:CP and WP:PUI. Read the isntructions on those pages. both have significant backlogs, adn are mostly intended for images that someone suspects are not proper for use on wikipedia. One can also comment on the image description page, or tag an image with {{unknown}} or one of the other image tags at Wikipedia:Template messages/Image namespace. But none of these is at al certian to get a quick response. DES (talk) 14:21, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Revenue for FedEx

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Is the revenue for FedEx really $29,363 billion? That's too high.

  • Looks like that was a typo, the FedEx 2005 report says it was $29,363 million. -GregAsche 00:22, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Saving page history from a copy-move-edit

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OK, I'm an admin, but after reading Wikipedia:How to rename (move) a page, I'm convinced that I don't really have the expertise to go about fixing this:

  • English Bulldog used to be a redirect to Bulldog.
  • Someone cut the text from Bulldog and pasted it onto English Bulldog. A couple of small changes have been made to English Bulldog since then.
  • A new article was written and edited at Bulldog, which already had (and retains) quite an extensive page history for the material now located at English Bulldog.

Help, how do I/can I fix the histories so they go with the correct material? Argh. Elf | Talk 23:26, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • If the new Bulldog article contains everything that's at English Bulldog, you can probably turn it back into a redirect. If people worked on the articles during the same time period merging the histories may mess up diffs. - Mgm|(talk) 07:37, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Nah, nothing so simple as that. Basically page B looks like a new page but in fact it was all the original text removed & pasted from page A; A is now an entirely different article but it still has all of B's history. Since the copy/paste, B has also been edited. I think maybe I'll create a 3rd page (C), copy & paste newest stuff from A, although I'll lose a little bit of history there, copy/paste text from B back to A, then start doing renames. I guess. Elf | Talk 18:56, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is this content and format OK?

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Would the type of tabular content on my page at <http://argon.csustan.edu/jtb/GUIDES/CYBILL/Cybill.htm> be acceptable to add to the Cybil wiki page?

All the tables are available in simple HTML format. On some I have the original Excel files.

  • Yes if you make sure you put the tables in a way that it doesn't break the page at different resolutions, and of course only text you created or own copyright to. Elfguy 12:13, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • OK - the Cybill stub has been updated. It probably doesn't qualify as a stub anymore but I could not figure out how to change that.

U S Supreme Court Justices

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What about them? Did you want a list? You can find one at US Supreme Court#Current composition. --Andy Janata 00:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Computer Code

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I assume as much that Wikipedia is not a place to store collections of programming code; I was just wondering if someone could point me to a popular wiki that does house such. Thank you. --Ferretsage 00:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Portland Pattern Repository is what you describe, and has the added coolness of being the Ur-wiki. — mendel ☎ 14:26, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Infobox for film and television celebrities

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I can't seem to find an Infobox template for film and television celebrities. Is there one? --Perfecto 02:55, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Alphabetize?

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How do I get my personal entry to be alphabetized by my last name instead of my first in the lists it is included in?

Assuming your personal entry is in the article Joe Bloggs and you want to categorise it under People, write it as [[Category:People|Bloggs, Joe]]. — JIP | Talk 06:33, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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How do I redirect pages to a single page. This is because I am finding 3 pages dealing with the same place.

Thanks

Write #REDIRECT [[Correct page title]] as the page's contents. — JIP | Talk 08:56, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Logo use

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Can the logos of the different Wikimedia projects be used by a student to promote it in their school, or does the copyright expressly forbid this? - Mgm|(talk) 11:55, September 7, 2005 (UTC)


The issue is more to do with trademarks than copyrights. If you're using it to promote Wikipedia and not making a profit from doing so, I don't think there's likely to be an issue. If you want to use it for other purposes, you should contact the board to ask for a license to use the trademark. Angela (disclaimers) 19:48, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

  • Since Angela is supposed to be in the know about this issue, I'll go with her answer and respond to the questioner that it's okay to use the logo as long as it is to promote the project and not for any personal gain. THanks for all the answers. - Mgm|(talk) 19:53, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

How do I send mail to another wikipedian.

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From time to time, when I log on a box appears that indicates I've gotten mail. But I cannot figure out how to send mail or reply to mail within wikipedia.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rick Norwood (talk • contribs) 13:20, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You get msg on your user talk page. (yours is at User talk:Rick Norwood. You can repond on that page, but it is often better to respond on the otehr person's user talk page. Anytime soemone edits your user talk page, you get the "you have msgs" box on every screen you edit until you view your user talk page.
Note that these msgs are not quite like email. Your user talk page can be seen by anyone on wikipedia, and even if you blank it the history is available. So don't sue this for anything very private. Many users have links to their user talk pages in their signatures, as I do.
By the way, please sign msgs on talk pages and help pages like this with four tildas (like this ~~~~). Thabnk you. DES (talk) 13:32, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I don't know why I forgot the four tildes -- or why I can't say "Thanks" without thinking "for all the fish." Rick Norwood 13:54, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How does a BIAS flag get removed?

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Several of us have been working on the flagged article Media Bias in the United States in a effort to achieve NPOV. When we think we've done that, what steps do we take to appeal for the bias flag to be removed?

Editor Qualification

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Hello I am just wondering beside the editors that work from home (regular users), are there other editors that are tested on a person to person basis (people that are employed by the organization to do proffesional editing)? If so, what kinds of things are they tested on?

How do I use "my watchlist"

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There do not seem to be any clickable buttons on the page "my watchlist". Nor do I find any information about what that page is for. If, as I suppose, it is to let me know when a page on the list is edited, it would be very useful if I could get it to work.

  • Whenever you are logged in, each article (or project page such as this one) has a "watch" tab at the top. Clicking it will add it to your watchlist. For more information, see m:Help:Watching pages. Warofdreams 13:23, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • You can aslo add items to your watchlist when you edit them, if you re logged it. Clicking on the check box (on the lower right in the default skin) will automatically add the page to your watch list. You can set your preferences to default this box to checked on every edit if you choose. DES (talk) 13:56, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Once you ahve added items to your watch list, the list itself will show the most recent change to each item. there will be a clickable link for each item, plus clickabnle links to its history and a diff of the most recent change. DES (talk) 13:56, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you I did read the who writes wikipedia article I simply couldn't believe it and had to ask. This helps a lot.

Giant Font

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Help, please! Suddenly my Wikipedia page is HUGE. How do I get my old screen back?? Many thanks in advance - Wikipedia is my home page and I can't stand this!

Juggins

Perhaps Control-Minus would help. Or View/Make Text Smaller. Bovlb 14:17:19, 2005-09-07 (UTC)
And assuming you're using Windows, Control plus the scroll wheel on your mouse. Dismas 16:18, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Duh! And here I thought some evil being had infiltrated Wikipedia... Thanks Juggins

What are hyperlinks?

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This might help. RichF 15:05, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Subcategories

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How do I create a subcategory? 86.129.213.36 15:32, 7 September 2005 (UTC) Sorry, that was me, I forgot to log in. The LB 4 15:35, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Category or Wikipedia:Categorisation FAQ Dismas 16:14, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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I wrote an article (Aerosol-PFC) and I am the copyright holder of this subjet.

I want that the material is published in wikipedia to get it public.

What do I have to do?

Michael kandler (login and name)

  • Nothing. When you submit text to Wikipedia it's written that you must agree to release it under the GFDL or public domain. So you can submit it, and maybe write on the talk page that the text is from you. Elfguy 16:56, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Correct. But be aware that people are free to edit and revise it once you release it, adn also to re-use it on other sites if they comply with the GFDL (for example by acknowledging the source). Note also that for wikipedia an articel must be written with an encyclopediac tone and a neutral point of view. This may require revising your text. DES (talk) 17:21, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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How do I delete the history in the search function on home page? For instance, I once search for "cars". Now, every time I start writing another word starting with "c", my old "car" search shows up -- is there a way to delete past searches?


Looking for help.

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I am a boy called stephen daniel looking for some one who will help me feed me and also cloth me. I stoped school at gread 10 because my perent do not have money to help me continue my education since then i have been looking for a person who will help me continue my education please can you help me in this situation?

Wikipedia does manintain this List of charities. Hopefully you can find an organization there to help you. Note that this is only a partial list, and that inclusion/exclusion from this list does not mean any endorsement/criticism from Wikipedia. Johntex\talk 18:34, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]


Metadata box breaking page format

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I took the dust and scratches out of an image ([[:Image:GBA1(trimmed).jpg]]) and then re-uploaded it. Now the metadata box is overlapping the copyright notice. Is there a way I can delete the metadata box? CDA 19:44, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I put in a clear tag, which kinda fixes it for this case. It wouldn't be very nice if (like a lot of images) the metadata goes on and on for screens. It's a bug, but I hate arguing the CSS box model with anyone, so I don't personally feel very inclined to file such a bug. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:15, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Editing/enlarging a stub

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Greatly daring, I have made my first contribution to Wikipedia (which I've much enjoyed using)by amplifying the article on Parintins and its folkloric festival. Should this continue to stand alongside the original stub, or replace it? When will Wikipedia editors decide whether or not it is a suitable contribution?

Robin Protheroe

You *are* a wikipedia editor. :-) Ta-da, welcome to the club! Usually the strategy is to expand the stub and eventually remove the stub message when it's no longer needed. Anyone can do that--and probably will. Elf | Talk 21:08, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • It appears you've lifted at least part of the addition of another website. Remember that content of websites is copyrighted unless otherwise stated and that you can't copy it without the original author's consent. Please take some time to reword the text in your own words. - Mgm|(talk) 21:17, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Dissatisfied with Digital image processing

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I just posted the information below under the discussion tab of the subject page. I would appreciate your comments and edits. Thanks Phil 22:39, September 7, 2005 (UTC) Dear Wikipedians, This page is a far cry of what I would expect when I searched for "Digital image processing" I expected to see prose describing how popular image editing programs were used as a virtual digital darkroom. I do my digital image processing to improve composition, crop out extranious areas, remove noise, correct brightness, improve contrast, correct alignment, add dramatic effectse, etc. You get the picture.

I would like to flesh out this article, but all of the above does not fit well with what is already there. I edited the page to add one paragraph. Please let me here your views. Phil 22:39, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

The article looks as if it could be improved, but I don't think it should include either instructions for specific programs or tutorials in techniques. What sort of thing do you think should be there (remembering that the articles should be encyclopedia like, not just useful)? Notinasnaid 10:11, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I have listed above some of the coverage I would expect to find in the article. When I look up an article, I hope to find something informative and useful, not esoteric and generic. Phil 10:40, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

The information you are talking about might fit in our sister project, Wikibooks. You could add how-tos and tutorials there. Zoe 22:18, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hello Wikipedia! Question

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Hello Wikiepedia My Name Is Kent And I Was Told You Offer A Free DVD Version Download..I cannot come accross the link. If you can supply me with the link, i'd be thankful.


-kent

  • It's not a DVD. You can download the whole database entries for Wikipedia but it's like 40 Gigs, and you need the proper Mediawiki software and servers to run it. Elfguy 23:33, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

how to cite wikipedia

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See Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:16, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

How to create an archive of a Articles for Deletion/name page?

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How does one create an archive appearing on the daily AfD page, which is in a colored background box and begins,

This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was ________________


(Assuming this archiving is not the exclusive province of Admins.)

I've looked all through the listings of Templates, Boilerplate, help articles on How to Create an Archive of a Talk subpage, etc., but have found no reference. I've even looked at the resulting code, but it does not show the name of the transcluded object. I would like to do this to resolve a case where the AfD was re-nominated because, among other things, I moved the page during the AfD debate; thus discussion is going on in two places. Since I inadvertently caused the problem, I would like to fix it, by archiving the old discussion and referring it to the new one. Thanks, MCB 00:04, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can close an AfD unless the result of the debate is delete. You can find the information you need to do so here. --Canderson7 00:08, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
Although in this case, it sounds like you want to merge the two discussions. It would not be good to end a discussion in the middle because it started again somewhere else without their knowing about it. Dmcdevit·t 00:18, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
Ah, thank you both. {{subst:at}} and {{subst:ab}} were exactly what I was looking for, but somehow I managed not to look at the Wikipedia:Deletion process page. As for ending the discussion, there will definitely be a pointer to the second discussion in the closure of the first, so everyone looking at the first one will have a chance to participate in the second. MCB 00:40, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to wikipedia - search script

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Is there an icon set or search box script that can be place on an external website to allow people to initiate a wiki search from their site that then sends them here?

There's Wikipedia:Buttons and banners. Don't know about search fields though. Dmcdevit·t 00:18, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
You should be able to just copy the html for the search bar and fix the target url:
<form name="search" class="inline" method="post" action="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search">
<input type="text" name="search" size="19" value="" />
<input type="submit" name="go" value="Go" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search" />
</form>
—Cryptic (talk) 01:17, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, works great

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I'm working on fixing the links to Persia, which is a disambig. One of them is in the "Selected Anniversaries", which is protected.

Specifically, on Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/August_11 (and therefore also Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/August and Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/All), the "Persian" link, which is currently 

[[Persia]]n

should be 

[[Persian Empire|Persian]]

By the way, I couldn't figure out the best place to put this request. Is there a better place than the Help Desk?

— Nowhither 01:08, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard? Worth a shot. --Andy Janata 01:50, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I put a note there. Thanks, Andy. — Nowhither 23:32, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Two tables in the same page

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Why is it that if there are two tables in the same page the second table gets rended at the very bottom of the page, no matter where the table is located in the page's source code? An example of this is here where there are two tables. The table with mintage figures gets put at the bottom of the page, even though it's code is above the External link section below it. What do I do to make the table appear above the External link section?

--Kurthalomieu J. McCool 04:19, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

I fixed it. —Cryptic (talk) 04:34, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Medievil Ressurection article

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Hey hows it going? I am a newbie. I accidently deleted part of someones question on the newbie page. I'm sorry. It wasn't intentional. I went through the tutorial and learned what a stub was. I learned how to highlight stuff in bold. I made a very small stub that I do not want to get deleted (Its very short, only a few sentences , but I tried my best) It is called Medievil Ressurrection. If I could add a picture, or maybe a table of contents, maybe I could expand it. It is a very small stub. I need help with it, badly. Please someone help me make it so when you put in "Medievil Ressurrection" on search on the main page it will take you to it. Thank you. Leave a note on my talk page. Spacetimecont 06:45, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • You have to use the correct spelling to find it: MediEvil Resurrection (it's a videogame, not a method of coming back to life associated with the Middle Ages, as I originally thought). --Metropolitan90 07:09, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Capitilization also matters. All article titles are case sensitive.

--Kurthalomieu J. McCool 07:59, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hi`

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How could I read Harry Potter by inet.I`m from Kyrghyzstan,Bishkek.Very sorry for my english.I can`t find the text.I`d be very glad if u`d help me.THanks.
Dinara

  • If you mean you want to read a copy of Harry Potter on the Internet, I'll have to disappoint you. It's illegal to do so. Your best bet is to buy a copy from an online retailer. - Mgm|(talk) 09:41, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Fair use image?

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This image (Image:KennethRMiller.jpg was taken from his university webpage ([10]). Is this useable under the fair use policy or not? Thanks! --G Rutter 09:17, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use requires a specific justification; what is your justification? Notinasnaid 10:08, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can I contact a contributor

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I am interested in contacting the contributor to a particular article. Is it possible to do this?

Taliesin1961

  • Absolutely. Every contributor to an article is listed in the history section (accessed by clicking on the "history" tab, right of the "edit this page" tab. Once there, click on the name of the user you wish to contact and then you will go to their user page. From there click on discussion and leave a message. There is some more info here. Good luck and ask again if you need clarification. --Commander Keane 10:35, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Start date of Wikipedia

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hi

i would like to no when your website was created and who created it please??? as i need for my college work.


Thanks

--Westhamsbestfan 11:08, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See the article on Wikipedia for that info. Dismas 11:18, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

cannot find article which is definitely in wikipedia with long link

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how is it possible that one cannot find an article that is definitely in wikipedia, retrievable by long link? putting in even the full correct headline of the article does not find it? what is wrong with wikipedia? why does it not work properly??? --anon

What are you looking for? Pay attention to capitalization, Wikipedia is case sensitive. You might also try entering key terms from the title in the "search" box and then click the "Search"-button. Lupo 12:19, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
Please tell us what article you mean, exactly. Are you sure it wasn't deleted? Notinasnaid 12:37, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If I am not sure of the exact title of an article or page I often have greater sucess by doing a google search for several key terms in the article, restricting the search to wikipedia. Thryduulf 12:59, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Try Wikiwax, you only need to type in the first few letters and the article title will pop up
  • To elaborate on Thryduulf google method, go to Google and type in "site:en.wikipedia.org Yadafoo", where Yadafoo is what you are looking for. --Commander Keane 13:28, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Info on clavicle

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The clavicle is formed by both endochondral and intramembranous ossification, it is the only bone that does this. M. Beavers

THE NEW FULE PROTEST

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I would like to point out there has been a new website made [removed URL] this site has been setup for unions and the public to talk about the rise in petrol and much more. The site address has also been sent to the bbc, radio stations, and local papers.

please take 5 minutes to give your point of view

regards John

This page is for answering questions about how to do things on the Wikipedia. Not to advertise your site. Dismas 14:32, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Given the economic silliness of the UK fuel protests, titling this "fule protest" does seem wonderfully apt... Shimgray 16:22, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Diaspora Wiki

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Can the line: The flight of refugees from New Orleans represents an American Diaspora. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora be reviewed and the page locked until a consensus emerges?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Diaspora

Thanks carlton.yates@gmail.com

Protecting pages is very unwiki like. It should only be done in the most extreme of circumstances. Evil Monkey∴Hello 23:18, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia photos for book publication

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I write books on natural history for high school and public reference libraries, and would like to include several from your website. Some of these bear the inscription 'I the creator .....release it to the public domain' followed by the photographers name, and I assume it is okay to use those with proper credit. Others do not contain this inscription or the photographers name, eg. duck-billed platypus. Is it okay to use such images?? Thanks, Clive Roots

  • Every image on wikipeda should include a tag on the image description page indicating it's copyright status, but many do not. If a page has no tag and no indiaction of source, it should be tagged {{unverified}}. If it has source info but no copyright data, it should be tagged with {{unknown}}. If an image is tagged as being Public Domain or as relased under the GFDL you may use it (subject to compling with the proper terms in teh GDFL case). If it is tagged as "fair use" in any of its varients, it is copyrighted and may be reasoanble to use in the particualr context of the wikipedia article. You would need to verify if this also applied in the context of your book, or esle get permission from the copyright holder. If ther is any other tag, or no tag at all, i would avoid using the image unless you can seperately obtain permission. DES (talk) 22:08, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Downloading Dad's Army Radio Show

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Sir/Madam; I would like to download the radio broadcasts of Dad's Army shows which I see you have but am unable to wrok out whether or or how to download them onto my pc Thank you Oopsie crikeyalmighty@hotmail.com

We don't have the episodes available for download as this would break copyright laws in at least two countries. We're an encyclopedia. The article you saw is an encyclopedic article on the series, not a source for the episodes themselves. You might try Amazon.uk though. Dismas 23:38, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm so confused...

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What happened to the box at the top of the edit page that allows one to hyperlink, italicize, place in bold etc. It seems to be gone... I thought that was the point of wikipedia? Please help! Vonsnip 23:10, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If you create an account, you'll gain access to the preferences screen which allows you to turn that on and off, and a bunch of other exciting options too. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:10, September 8, 2005 (UTC)


I am in fact a member, but I must admit I am reforming luddite and don't fully grasp all this virtual information. Could you tell me how to make that box reappear? Thanks for the prompt reply. Vonsnip 23:14, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Special:Preferences (which you can access from the list of links in the top right). Go to the 'Editing' section on that page, and tick the checkbox which says "Show edit toolbar (JavaScript)". Click 'Save', and the toolbar should now be there when you open a page in edit mode. If it isn't, let us know here! --Kwekubo 01:18, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A Wikipedia Article was referred to by...

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I remember that when I was moving through wikipedia before, I found a page which had a special banner stating that it had been used as a reference by a reputable source. How do I add that banner? Just in case I forget, which I probably will, could someone add the article referred banner thing to the Mortal Sin article with the user being http://ask.yahoo.com/20050908.html, the Ask Yahoo website.

Just follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a press source 2005. Evil Monkey∴Hello 23:13, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a press source 2005 explains what you should do. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:19, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

CSS classes in other language wikipedias

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CSS classes do not work in other languages. See for example es:Plantilla:Wikificar (or equivalents in any other languages), which uses the same <div class="messagebox cleanup"> as our Template:Wikify, but does not look the same as the English equivalent - no coloured border or background.
Why does it happen and how can it be corrected? --Fibonacci 23:23, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Confused once again...

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I recently posed a question and though I received an instant reply, the answer was of no help. I am no longer able to edit entries as the wikibar has vanished from any page I try to edit. Can anyone help? The previous reply to my query stated that I could change this in my preferences, but this doesn't seem to be true. I'm sorry I need someone to hold my hand as I cross the information superhighway. Vonsnip 23:42, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm. Do the following. Click on "Preferences" in the menue on the top. Then click on "Editing". On the page you then get, you see lots of options either clicked or disabled. Is the option: "Show edit toolbar (JavaScript)" enabled there? Shanes 23:51, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I think the function is broken because mine is gone too. Although I've never used it before so I don't miss it now. If I want something linked, I just put double [[ ]] brackets around the word I want linked. Dismas 00:10, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • It works fine for me. Have you still got Javascript enabled? - Mgm|(talk) 04:58, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Still confused...

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Thank you both for your replies. Yes Shanes, the "show edit toolbar (Java Script)" is enabled, so that doesn't seem to be the problem. I would prefer to use the bar, and ignoring it, I feel, undermines the accessibility of wikipedia, which I feel is its main virtue. Any other ideas? Vonsnip 00:25, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • I just turned on the bar for the first time, and it works fine for me. Odd. If you can't get it to work, then you can always download the 'cheat sheet' of wiki markup codes from m:Cheatsheet. Print that out and keep it beside you while you edit, and soon you'll know the codes so well you'll never miss the toolbar! --Kwekubo 01:24, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

who wrote an article.

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I was wondering who wrote the article on the blue footed booby.So i can source it? Lisa

Look at the top of this page where it gives a link to instructions on citing Wikipedia. Follow that link. Dismas 01:09, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

homographs

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Yes, what about them? - Mgm|(talk) 04:59, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

How do I cite this website?

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I am using informatio from this website for a speech. How would I cite this website?

Read the notice at the top of the page and follow the link. Dismas 02:37, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

what is the elevation for the city of juneau, alaska?

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what is the elevation for the city of juneau, alaska?

It appears the elevation is 16 feet above Sea level [11], however, this type of question belongs at the Reference Desk. -GregAsche (talk) 02:48, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
The elevation of JNU airport is 21 feet. Though because of the mountainous geography, your elevation may vary... :) Dismas 02:56, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dick Cheney search leads to article on waste

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Good evening,

I am new to wikipedia and am not entirely sure about where to direct this question, so please forgive me if I sent it to the wrong place. I noticed that when I performed a search for "Dick Cheney" an article popped up titled "Dick Cheney," but the article was about waste. I then searched "waste" to investigate further and found what appears to be an identical article, except for the fact that it is labeled "waste." I wanted to let someone know about this so that the proper corrections could be made. Thank you.

My apologies, a vandal replaced the Dick Cheney article with a short blurb on waste, it has been reverted. I also fixed the formatting of your above comment so as not to break the tables. -GregAsche (talk) 02:56, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Redirects

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How do I create a redirect? CincinnatiWiki 03:09, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Redirect Dismas 03:17, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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I am a friend of a music composer, Walter Hartley, and I noticed there was no wiki page for him, so I created one. ( wiki/Walter_Hartley )

With his permission I posted his biographical information. His bio appears on all of his published works and also on his personal web page.

I also cited his web page in the biography that I wrote.

The wiki I created was taken down for "possible copyright violation."

In the instructions given on the notice of possible copyright violation, it says "If you ... have permission to use this material..., please indicate so on this page's talk page and under the article's listing on Wikipedia:Copyright problems."

I have so indicated on the Walter_Hartley talk page. However I cannot figure out how to so indicate "under the article's listing on Wikipedia:Copyright problems."

I have found Wikipedia:Copyright problems OK, but how do I do something "under the article's listing" ?

Thank you MDickinson

This is what it's talking about. Scroll down to where it says "Walter Hartley" and put in the fact that you have permission. Also do that on the talk page for Walter Hartley's article at Talk:Walter Hartley. Hope this helps. Dismas 03:30, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Did you copy an existing written biography? If so, you do need more than permission. The information needs to be released from copyright under the license required by Wikipedia. This is important, as getting permission to put it in Wikipedia isn't enough; the information in Wikipedia can be copied, put on any web site, reused or sold subject to minor conditions. This is why rewriting in your own words is generally preferable. Notinasnaid 10:27, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

IP User and Talk Page Rules.

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What are the rules for User pages and Talk pages when you are using an IP address without logging in? Can I edit the User and Talk page of the IP address that I am using, as I see fit? Where are the rules written? What are they? 

207.69.138.137 03:33, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • That depends. If the IP address belongs only to you, you can do pretty much what you want, but a lot of IPs are shared between different users (AOL is an example). - Mgm|(talk) 05:02, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
    • What are the rules, where are the rules written? What is the name of the page, or pages, that I go to? Where in the manual are they? 207.69.138.137 05:13, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • You being impatient or just rude? 99 times out of 100 your IP will change unless you get your ISP to assign you a static IP. There are rules for user pages for registered users but I don't know if there are any for anons behind IPs. For the rules for standard user pages, they're in the help pages. I'll leave it to you to find them on your own unless someone else feels like being nice to you after that outburst. Dismas 05:48, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Original poster: As far as I can tell, there are no rules concerning this situation. As a courtesy, we generally allow registered users to have control over their own user pages. There are no traditions about user pages for IPs. I suppose you can create one. But others might share that IP. Someone might change the page. Someone might delete it. And since there are no rules, you would just have to live with that.
If you really care what is on your user page, then just register an ID. It takes less than a minute, and you do not need to provide any information that might lead someone to identify you. (In fact it makes you harder to identify, since it conceals your IP.) Then you can pretty much do what you want with your user page.
Lastly, you should know that there is no one whose job it is to answer questions here. Wikipedia has no paid staff. Everyone who writes on this page is someone like you, although most of us have registered IDs. That means that no one has any obligation to answer questions. Thus, as pointed out above, courtesy is the way to get results.
— Nowhither 17:37, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How long does it take for an image to be processed and available for insertion in an article?

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I've added tupenu01.jpg, tupenu02.jpg, and taovala01.jpg, but the first two just DON'T show up in the article (Tupenu). Is there a time lag between adding the image and its availability? Zora 04:16, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There is no lag. The reason they're not showing up is because you put ".jpg" in the article's image tags but the files are named with ".JPG". The image links are case sensative. Dismas 04:34, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

service that caused leak in windows 2000 domain controller?

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Contact Details

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Hi,

I recently attended a conference in Orlando where a mr.Mike George,Regional Director of Security was a speaker.I need to to get his contact detail as I have an issue I want to discuss with him.

My contact details are : Gavin Wasserfall
Head of fraud
Investec Private bank
South Africa
Mail:gwasserfall(AT)investec(dot)co(dot)za

  • It looks like you didn't read the top of the page. This page is meant for questions related to Wikipedia. Please try the reference desk and make sure you check back for the answer. Never leave your personal contact details on a site this public. It can lead to spamming or maybe worse. - Mgm|(talk) 09:58, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Technology in the Stargate universe

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This page in the section about Star Gate Atlantis Ancient technology there is no mention of the trap device that held the ascended shadow being. I didn't edit this myself as I do not know the name of the device. It was seen in episode 3 "Hide and seek". Although as side data I can add that it was meant to be the fourth episode until the people scheduling the episodes noticed that it resembled the Star Gate SG-1 episode scheduled for that night "Lock Down"

Need to delete an image

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To the Administrator. Too many hoops - deletion procedure doesn't work.

I have inadvertently uploaded an image of myself standing beside a Fordson tractor in the article "Fordson tractor". I want this image deleted. I have read the instructions for deleting images to no avail. I can't go through the deletion procedure, because clicking on this image points to the image I wish to keep.

I have uploaded the correct image "FordsonFarmacp.jpg" that i want to be used in lieu of the deleted. It is in place in "Fordson tractor"

Will you be kind enough to have some administrator straighten out the mess I have created. I promise not to do it again. Phil 15:40, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

There is no one "administrator". There are thousands of people with the "admin" flag, who are mostly just users, but have been given a few extra tools. That said...
You have edited Image:FordsonFarmacp.jpg and Image:Fordsonacp.jpg which seem to be duplicates, and neither of which shows a person standing beside a tractor. If you want to deelte eitehr of thes or any image you uplaoded bu mistake and no one else has edited, just edit the image page and add {{db|<Your reason>}}. Replace <Your reason> with the reason to delete the image. Mention that you uloaded the image. To find a list of images you uploaded, click "special pages", and then select "logs". From the lull down select "Upload Log" and enter your user name "Phillipsacp" in the User box, and click Go.
I note that you uploaded Image:Fordsonacp.jpg twice. Could it be that you uploaded the correct image over the incorrect one? I also note that Fordson tractor has two copies of what seems to be the same image side by side, with slightly differnt captions, about half-way through the article. I presuem this is not what you intended?
I hope all this has been helpful. DES (talk) 16:04, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Energy levels

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Search engines don't find "Robert Lawrence Kuhn" Wiki page

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Previously, Google, Yahoo, etc. listed the Wiki page for "Robert Lawrence Kuhn" at the top of searches (even for "Robert Kuhn"). Suddenly there is no link at all to this Wiki page from search engines, not even for the search ""Robert Lawrence Kuhn" Wikipedia" -- though the page is still on the Wiki site (and found through Wiki search). Please advise / help.

Thank you.

Robert Lawrence Kuhn

How are we to tell Google/Yahoo/etc. what to do? The article is still here. I guess I'm confused as to what your question is. Are you looking for free advertising? Dismas 16:39, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Google still knows about the page, but doesn't have a cached version for some reason. This is probably why it has dropped off of the top of other searches. --GraemeL (talk) 16:50, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Current two-digit day of month

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How do we specify a variable for the current two-digit day of month, not the one-digit day of month given by {{CURRENTDAY}}? It's impossible to form the ISO international standard date format without a two-digit day of month variable. If not available, could the Wikipedia programmers please add a new variable that gives the day of month always as two digits, naming it, e.g., {{CURRENTDAY2}}? Since Wikipedia is for a worldwide audience, it should only be using the ISO 8601 international standard date and time format for signature time stamps and logged-out skin, instead of inconsistent, mixed formats based on arbitrary user preference. Thanks. --Simian, 2005-09-09, 16:53 Z

Might be worth asking this at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)? You'll likely get a more informed response. Shimgray 16:59, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The full list of time and date variables can be found at m:Variables#Varying_with_time. If those aren't sufficient, you can submit a feature request in bugzilla and maybe someone can implement a new variable for you. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:06, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Earth wires.

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Hello Wikipedia. I have some homework and i am stuck on a question. i wanted to know why some plugs have EARTH wires? i have looked on other pages and i cant find the answer. please help me!

Please can you tell me why some plug have earth wires?

ross. pupil

Ross: Welcome. This page is for questions about Wikipedia. For factual questions, like yours, the Reference Desk is a better place. In any case, it might help you to know that the word "ground" is commonly used in place of "earth". You might find what you want at ground (electricity). If not, try the Reference Desk. — Nowhither 17:42, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Also if you indent your comment it appears in a fixed font unwrapped format, which is usually undesirable. I have changed your question above. Also It hleps to sign your comments with four tildas (like this ~~~~). This converts to your user ID and a timmestamp, or your IP address if you have no user ID or are not logged in. Btw I think that "earth" for "ground" in electrical contexts is a mostly british usage. DES (talk) 17:47, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Question moved to the Reference desk, click here --Commander Keane 04:27, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

how much is the tuition to attend duke university?

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It looks like tuition is $40,180 per year with room and board, and supplies.[12] However, questions like this belong at the reference desk. -GregAsche (talk) 20:19, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Help with colors

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Please help me to get the colors to look right at Solarquest#Color_groups. I want them to look similar to Monopoly_(game)#Properties_in_detail. Thanks, 205.217.105.2 19:03, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • I think it may be irrelevant, as that image is likely to be deleted as a copyright violation unless a fair use justification is included. (Sorry not to have better news. If you can solve the copyright issue you should use a photo editor on your computer to balance the colors) Notinasnaid 20:05, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's not the image that has the color issues; it's the text. I want to get colors similar to this (I tried to use this as a template but couldn't get it to work):
   Name Price Price Per
House 		Rent Rent
(1 House) 		Rent
(2 Houses) 		Rent
(3 Houses) 		Rent
(4 Houses) 		Rent
(Hotel)
   Mediterranean Avenue 60 50 2 10 30 90 160 250
   Baltic Avenue 60 50 4 20 60 180 320 450
   Oriental Avenue 100 50 6 30 90 270 400 550
   Vermont Avenue 100 50 6 30 90 270 400 550
   Connecticut Avenue 120 50 8 40 100 300 450 600
   St. Charles Place 140 100 10 50 150 450 625 750
   States Avenue 140 100 10 50 150 450 625 750
   Virginia Avenue 160 100 12 60 180 500 700 900
   St. James Place 180 100 14 70 200 550 750 950
   Tennessee Avenue 180 100 14 70 200 550 750 950
   New York Avenue 200 100 16 80 220 600 800 1000
   Kentucky Avenue 220 150 18 90 250 700 875 1050
   Indiana Avenue 220 150 18 90 250 700 875 1050
   Illinois Avenue 240 150 20 100 300 750 925 1100
   Atlantic Avenue 260 150 22 110 330 800 975 1150
   Ventnor Avenue 260 150 22 110 330 800 975 1150
   Marvin Gardens 280 150 24 120 360 850 1025 1200
   Pacific Avenue 300 200 26 130 390 900 1100 1275
   North Carolina Avenue 300 200 26 130 390 900 1100 1275
   Pennsylvania Avenue 320 200 28 150 450 1000 1200 1400
   Park Place 350 200 35 175 500 1100 1300 1500
   Boardwalk 400 200 50 200 600 1400 1700 2000

24.54.208.177 03:17, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Speedy deletion"

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I have recieved a notice for speedy deletion and the reason given i "totally nn" what does this mean?? --Lucas42 22:16, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Duplicate Tiltes

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How can I prepare an article on a "James Black" who is different from the one on alerady on Wikipedia? Whenever I try to start the new page, I get directed to the existing page for James Black.

Many thanks for your help. David Justin 22:56, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Add the best definition in bracket after the name, like John Smith (comics), John Smith (Ohio Senator), John Smith (UK politician) and John Smith (BBC). If you think there still might be some confusion when a reader visits the page, you could add This is about the <whatver the person is noted for>. For the <other person>, see James Black (Replace <the example text> with whatever is relevant), as shown on John Smith (UK politician). Alf melmac 23:11, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
At the top of the article James Black, there is a link to a disambiguation page with a list of other notable James Blacks. If the one that you want is on the list there, all is well. (Disambiguation pages are Wikipedia's way of distinguishing various subjects that share a common name.)
If you have a new James Black, add him to the list at James Black (disambiguation). Put his occupation in brackets after the name in the article title, to distinguish him from the other James Blacks. That is, the article for James Black the florist would be at James Black (florist). Clicking on the newly-created link will take you to a page where you can create and edit the new article.
Alternately, typing the new article name in the search box at left and clicking Go will give you the option of creating a new article. (Click the red You can create an article with this title link that comes up.) Cheers, TenOfAllTrades(talk) 23:19, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

why?

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why any one can edit wikipedia???!!!

Because we operate on the assumption that people are inherently good and will work to make wikipedia better, and until someone proves otherwise, they are free to edit wikipedia. -GregAsche (talk) 00:48, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
Well ... something like that, maybe. To the original poster: Edits by anyone and everyone are the way in which Wikipedia articles are written. If we did not allow such things, there would be no Wikipedia. — Nowhither 01:12, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Replies to common objections for more info. Dismas 00:54, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of an authorized biography

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I co-authored an authorized biography of Lester Rodney on your site -- WITH Lester Rodney -- and cited other sources of similar material, and it was deleted as "questionable" copyright? I am one of Lester's biographers, for one thing, and as far as previously published material by myself is concerned, I obtained the proper authorizations for republishing the material I have written on Rodney by M.E. Sharpe and Sportsjones.com years ago.

However, the aritcle was an original piece written specifically for your website, it was not lifted from any other place, other than my brain and Lester's.

Plus, as a history professor, I know to cite sources, which are the only other sources on Lester Rodney, and those sources were cited at the end of that article -- by federal law, citations to sources are proper recognition of copyright, even though this was an original piece.

Lester himself read the content and edited it, and he is well aware of every published work on himself.

It took Lester -- who is in his 90s -- and I weeks to put together a short bio, and I want 1) to know exactly why it was deleted -- from the deleters, not just some non-specific b.s. -- and 2)contact directly from the deleters as to what part of the proper citations to other, SIMILAR work (no other work was quoted or even used as an actual source), they did not agree with? I would think that Lester has a right to write his own autobiography, and that, as one of his published biographers, I have a right to write his biography, especially when he asked me to.

If you had problems with possible copyrights, no one contacted me, the person listed as the author.

Why would the article on the Daily Worker contain hypertext of Lester's name if you didn't want an entry on him? And why would you want it NOT written by him and someone he hand-picked as one of his biographers?

Sincerely, Kelly E. Rusinack [address in page history]

  • The users involved were User:RedWolf (contact) (who did the actual deletion) and User:Arcturus (contact) (who tagged it); the reason given was that "Not sure about this one - looks like it could be a copyright infringement. At the very least it needs wikifying." It languished for two weeks and then got deleted. It looks like this one slipped through the cracks; normally, the appearance of a single large dump of text not written in the conventional manner gets people suspicious, because 95% of the time it's been copy-pasted from somewhere else. The people we have checking these things, however, are horribly overworked (it's incredibly tedious to do), and occasionally stuff slips through. It doesn't, however, appear that the deletion was anything to do with the content per se, simply that on the balance of probabilities it was felt to be a copyright violation from somewhere we couldn't identify. People, as a rule, prefer to play safe on this one.
  • However! Wikipedia keeps a permanent record of all text posted here, including that which is later deleted; we can bring this back from the archive easily enough. As far as I can tell, there was no discussion regarding this page beyond "possible copyright violation" [14], so it should be okay to resurrect. I'll bring this up at Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion; you might find it helpful to keep an eye on that page. However, as this seems to have been a simple and unmalicious misunderstanding, please note that a strident tone such as the above is unlikely to predispose people towards sorting things out for you. Shimgray 14:42, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Email sent to author to notify him of replies)

Error in article?

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In the article on Digital Equipment, it says DEC stopped calling itself DEC to avoid problems with the Dairy Equipment Corporation. I find this very hard to believe. I worked for DEC for many years, and never heard any explnation for dropping DEC other than that Bob Palmer wanted to do away with Ken Olsen's legacy. DEC was DEC for decades before Palmer came along. Also, I believe if companies are in very dissimilar businesses so that there can be no confusion in customers' minds, lawsuits like the article alleges have no legal merit.

The erroneous information is in the very first part of the article. There does not seem to be an edit button for that part?

  • If you click the edit tab at the far top if the article (next to the history tab) you can edit the entire article, including the lead section. - Mgm|(talk) 10:53, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

Terminator entry

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I produced THE TERMINATOR. Your credits are incorrect, and given that the correct information is available, I would like the entry updated to reflect:

Executive Producers John Daly, Derek Gibson Producer Gale Anne Hurd

Written by James Cameron with Gale Anne Hurd

Thank you. Gale Anne Hurd

  • When did you read the entry. It seems it's correct and has been for at least the past 2 weeks. - Mgm|(talk) 10:08, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
    • Wikipedia is an open encyclopaedia, and if you see something within it that is incorrect you are more than welcome, and indeed encouraged, to correct it yourself! Just click the edit this page link at the top of the article. --Kwekubo 01:49, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hydroquinone

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Is it allowed to treat a vitiligo patient in Germany with 30% Hydroquinon?

Wikipedia does not give medical advice. Ask a doctor! Notinasnaid 12:32, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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dear sir, 

  i am aravindh from india.

i had knowladge about digital video production.

i have science related crime and children special stories.i like to make a film about my stories.so i am searching international level producers. because i like to take english film .wich film will have liked by all kind of peoples because it is very good stories.i am very confiedent about my stories and my creativity's sucsses. 

i  will  direct this movie within minimum amout.( $30,000) in corresponding indian money.

the total production cost of film  will be $30,000

if you redy to this .i am also ready to this.

 my stories will break the finding nemo record.

thanking you 

by aravindh

email: *deleted* 

  please reply me

sir

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sir, do u provide software for creating our own blogs for my site (www.apexbug.com)

  • The MediaWiki software that powers Wikipedia is available for free download. It is very flexible, but it not designed for use for blogs. Bovlb 14:49:43, 2005-09-10 (UTC)

Toolbox

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Please, what does Permanent link mean in the toolbox? Gillean666 11:04, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Basically it gives you a link to that specific version of the article. Going to that link will always lead to the same version, with new edits not affecting it. An example of use would be a teacher giving it to their students, leading them to a specific version of the article that doen't have any vandalism. --Commander Keane 12:09, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you Gillean666 14:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

number of articles

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hi, i wanted to ask why it's mentioned on the front page that the hebrew wikipedia has less than 10000 articles although in practice it has more than 20000? it should be corrected. thank you

  • If someone who read this hasn't made the change already, please consider posting at Talk:Main Page. I guess it wasn't changed because no one reported it yet. - Mgm|(talk) 12:35, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

Adding your name and the date to comments on Talk pages

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When people comment on Talk pages, they always have their name and the date of the time they posted appended to the end of their comments (see Gillean666 above, for example). I get the feeling that this is being done automatically by wiki software. However, when I post no such information appears, so I have to add it manually. Is there a setting somewhere that I have to switch on, or something like that? -- Miai


Outlook Express

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My name is Jeremy. I would like to recieve and send e-mail through my outlook express but I cannot set it up with the POP3 and SMTP servers. What does yahoo use, and what do I put in on those empty spaces. If you could help I would appreciate it. Thank you.

  • I think if you peruse Yahoo! they'll be able to help you better. Also, please read the note on top of this page. This page is meant for help with using Wikipedia. Factual questions belong at the reference desk. - Mgm|(talk) 14:33, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • Have you seen this page? Bovlb 14:54:22, 2005-09-10 (UTC)

how to post a comment properly?

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Hi, I came across the article on WinterSoldier and tried to add something to the Talk page, which I thought did go through OK. But I am brand new to all this, and maybe I did something wrong. I have joined (obviously), and have checked the Talk page a couple of times, don't see my comment. Did I mess up, is the comment somewhere else, or does it just take a few days to get posted? I never saw a button that said anything like "submit comment", so I'm really wondering if I missed a keystroke that would have sent it out appropriately. Help, please?

Thanks,

RJD

If you're starting a new discussion topic on the talk page you can go to the talk page and click on the little "+" symbol at the top of the page. That will give you a subject line, plus a field to type out your comments/questions/observations/etc. At the bottom of that field there is the standard "Edit summary" box and the Save page/Show preview/Show changes buttons. To save your comments, hit Save page and you're done.
To add to an ongoing discussion, click on the edit tag on the far right of the topic heading (much like the one by your question here) and add your comment to the bottom of the discussion. To indent your comment you can use a ":" colon at the beginning of the first line of every paragraph.
And finally, please sign your comments with four tildes "~~~~". Which will show up like this... Dismas 15:27, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Your edit record, here, shows only a contribution to this page, I can only think you were either not logged in when you made the edit you are referring to, or you missed a button. Alf melmac 21:18, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

what kind of maths do architects use

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This kind of question belongs at Wikipedia:Reference desk. That said, probably calculus, and check our article on architecture. Meelar (talk) 17:17, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

What tag would you put on this page?

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I ran across this new page for Earl Krugel and I don't know what tag should go on it. If it were you, would you tag it with a cleanup tag, a AfD tag, etc? Just confused as to where this fits. Dismas 20:04, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Probably AfD, because the majority of the article appears to be a court document. If that wasn't there, I would put a "cleanup" tag on. I hope this helps! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:09, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's a copy of http://www.tkb.org/KeyLeader.jsp?memID=5828, and therefore a copyright violation. I have listed it at Copyright problems. Zoe 20:17, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

Hmm... that's odd. I thought it looked like a copyvio, but when I Googled the "biography" section there were no hits. How'd you come upon it? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:42, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I Googled on "West Coast Coordinator of the JDL" and came up with three hits. The first one was the page it was copied from. Zoe 04:32, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

ATLAS IN PICTURES-GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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I WANT TO SEE PICTURES OR STATUES OF ATLAS-GREEK MYTHOLOGY

Series problem

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I am wondering if there is some sort of table template available so I can put all the series from this page into it. At the moment it seems very messy and I think having it in a table would be good. -- Thorpe talk 20:44, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See List of people in Playboy 2000-present for one idea. I kinda like that table as it's not too code heavy. Dismas 22:00, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
How about something like:

Series 1

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Episode: #1.1 - 2 November 2001
Neil Hannon Himself
John Lydon Himself
Tamzin Outhwaite Herself
Episode: #1.2 - 9 November 2001
Kim Cattrall Herself
Richard Harris Himself
Elton John Himself
Episode: #1.3 - 23 November 2001
Ronni Ancona Herself
Björk Herself
George Foreman Himself
Paul McCartney Himself
-- Rick Block (talk) 22:46, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
Cheers. I'll use that one. -- Thorpe talk 23:45, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Include a Page's Content In Another Page

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Technical question: Is there a way to include the content of one page in another? Page inclusion is mentioned on wikimedia.org, but its example of #INCLUDE page does not work (as I don't think it is implemented yet). Is there a way to do this? Note: I am not talking about a redirect, but I am seeking a function to include the content of one page in another.

Yes, the syntax is {{:includedpagename}} (see m:help:template). On the other hand, this is almost always not a good idea so unless there's a very peculiar circumstance I'd strongly encourage you to think about other ways to accomplish your goal (like using Wikipedia:Template messages in template-space instead). If you'd like to talk about the specific thing you're doing, please let me know on my talk page. -- Rick Block (talk) 22:56, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
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