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February 15

Can anyone help me understand what's going on at the Levitron article?

I got one of these Levitron magnetic levitating spinning tops recently so I was interested to read the Levitron article, but it's just a short section detailing some lawsuit, with no mention of the Levitron itself.

I thought I remembered seeing an informative article about the Levitron months ago, but I couldn't find it. Then I looked at the edit history and it appears the original article was there all along, but someone keeps removing the complete article and replacing it with the lawsuit text. There's clearly something odd going on but I can't work out exactly what. Croxley 00:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bear with me, I'm still going through the history, but a bulk of information seems to have possibly been a copyvio, and was removed by User:TheGreatScott [1]... then a bit of a revert war followed [2], [3], [4], [5] etc etc, there seems to be active discussion on Talk:Levitron. Have a read through that (although theres lots there!) and maybe ther'll be some light shed. Post back if you need anything else, — D e on555^talk_desk^{sign here!} 01:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So at first I thought that this was a simple case of blanking. It looked like someone was just clearing the article and advertising their wholesaler website. But then I saw the talk page, and Holy crap!!! Looks like they're saying that we're infringing on their copyright by having some information here. But really, Wikipedia is allowed to have a lot of this sort of information - because we're an encyclopedia...we're not selling their product. What a mess though - feel free to join in the conversation yourself, but you won't see me there! tiZom_(2¢) 01:10, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did try reading the talk page, but all the talk about Earnshaw's theorem and litigation history just confused me more. As it stands now[6], after having the content replaced , it's a good article. I fear there are some over-protective editors who will try to blank it again though. One of them even placed this warning at the top of the talk page People wishing to modify this article should do so only after familiarizing themselves with the litigation surrounding the trademark "LEVITRON".Croxley 01:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to get a list of all items in Category:Wikipedia templates and its subcategories that I can use in Autowikibrowser?--Balloonguy 02:09, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, according to the lead section of Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser: AutoWikiBrowser can create a list of articles from single or multiple categories. I have not used the program myself yet. If you have a specific question about how to use the program, you might inquire on its talk page, where presumably you might get the attention of its expert human users. --Teratornis 16:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spacing Sentences Of The Same Paragraph

While editing, I frequently find the there are two spaces (rather than one) between sentences of the same paragraph. Is this a policy or what? --Seans Potato Business 03:13, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's just a difference in usage, and it doesn't actually show up when viewing the page, anyway. Guess where I put two spaces. -Amarkov moo! 03:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just guessing, but was it between 'up' and 'when'? --Seans Potato Business 04:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Us old folks who leaned to type on typewriters were taught to put 2 spaces after . ? and ! Mishatx *разговор* 03:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Key combination?

I was editing my user page and I had a couple of words highlighted. I tried to hit Backspace and missed, hit a different key (possibly together with Shift or Control), and the edit page refreshed with a preview of only the words I had highlighted being previewed. There's a screenshot of this here. What was this key combination? --⁪froth^T 03:22, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is just regular preview (Alt-Shift-P in Firefox), when you have text selected. I have never seen that before. I wonder if it counts formatting that affects what is highlighted, but that isn't highlighted... Prodego ^talk 03:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hm.. this is weird. I have the habit of randomly selecting blocks of text while I read web pages.. I was editing one of the above questions (the one about indenting preformatted areas) to see the wikicode behind it, and I was randomly clicking entirely within the text area and I did something weird with a highlight and a triple click or something and the block of text near my mouse click was live-previewed! My hands weren't even near the keyboard this time --⁪froth^T 04:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That just happened to me as well. I assume it just changed, since this did not happen a second ago. I noticed the code in svn, it must have just been activated on enwiki. Prodego ^talk 04:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It just happened to me again. This is really useful; how do you do it on purpose? --⁪froth^T 04:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All you have to do is highlight the text and it is automatically previewed. You must have installed VoA's script pack... PT O 04:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't touched my monobook, maybe it was added to popups? Also, since this is javascript, what did I see in svn? :) Prodego ^talk 13:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a new feature in popups; there's discussion on WP:VPT#Edit box preview feature at the moment. --ais523 13:44, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

Restrictions on user page content?

I am considering adding a 2nd level user page that will be an index to a couple source books that are not indexed. I figured I'd do it there for my own use but also for use by other editors working on the same project. Is that an acceptable use for a user page? What restrictions are there, and where is that described? Thanks! John Cardinal 03:55, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although not up to speed about exact restrictions, I can give you a link: Wikipedia:User page. Hope that helps you a bit. Niels|en talk-nl talk (faster response)| 04:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Index? Search

I just created an entry for our public library is named "Newton Free Library." Most people search for it "Newton Library." How to I ensure that when users type "newton library" that my entry has the highest relevance?65.96.205.96 04:36, 15 February 2007 (UTC)Franklin4[reply]

Create the page Newton Library and put a redirect button on it. Only do this if you know that your article has the highest relevancy #REDIRECT [[Newton Free Library]]. --[|.K.Z|][|.Z.K|] 04:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although probably not a huge issue in this case, if most people refer to it as "Newton Library", then the article should be on that page, and the redirect on "Newton Free Library" (see Wikipedia:Naming conventions). If you haven't already created the redirect at "Newton Library", then you can accomplish this by moving "Newton Free Library" to "Newton Library" -- the redirect from "Newton Free Library" to "Newton Library" is created automatically as part of the move. –RHolton ≡– 13:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject

How do I add an article to a wikiproject? I tried finding the answer on wikipedia by myself but it wasn't anywhere, so would someone tell me. Prb4 04:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Add a appropriate banner, such as {{WP-Tennis}} or {{WP Bio}} etc. ,on the article's talk page. Most WikiProjects should have the banner in their assessment section. --[|.K.Z|][|.Z.K|] 04:59, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you can't find the appropriate banner template, tell us the name of the WikiProject, and someone will find it for you. To learn more about the organization of WikiProjects generally, see WP:PROJGUIDE. The section WP:PROJGUIDE#Recruiting describes project banner templates, and you are looking for one of those. --Teratornis 16:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with references

I need to reference mulitiple sentences in a text to just one source. When I add the ^[1] on each sentence the same link shows up multiple times under the reference section. I want the link to show up just once.

Basically I want to reference one source multiple times in the same wikipedia article.

Help!

Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mutaherazad (talk • contribs) 05:08, 15 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

This can't be done. The best way to cite a source multiple times is to cite it fully the first time, then just cite the author, title, and page number (if applicable) every time after that. See WP:CITE for more information. Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 07:05, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The preceding answer is incorrect. It can be done. See Wikipedia:Footnotes#Citing a footnote more than once. PrimeHunter 12:08, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, i think it can be done. Instead of using just <ref> and </ref> tags, use <ref name="?"> and </ref> (replacing "?" with some kind of identifier). The next time you want to use the same reference, do <ref name="?"/>.

It doesn't matter what you put for the identifier, it's arbitrary, and doesn't show up anywhere except when editing. That way, both references will have the "[1]" (with the same number too) linking to the same reference line. The line will show up only once in the references section. here is an example of an article that does this. Scroll down to the bottom and look at how reference number 7 looks. Is this what you're wanting? --`/aksha 12:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.138.45.217 (talk) 09:42, 17 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Question concerning vandalism

Hello Wikipedia, I thought it might relate to a technical issue when I typed the word "Hair" in the search box and when the page uploaded it said "You suck because you looked this up" and then there was a long artical about Nintando games or something like that. I thought maybe someone hacked this page. Please check it out. Regards, Sophia

What you saw was vandalism but it appears to be fixed now. You can revert it yourself in future, see WP:REVERT. --WikiSlasher 06:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changing a font in a userbox

I would like to change the font of my userbox. It looks like this:

This user loves Brazil

and I would like to change the text "This user loves Brazil" so it isn't in italics or that big. Thanks in advance! --Çiddlər 07:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replace the userbox template on your page with this code: {{Userbox | border-c = #000 | border-s = 1 | id-c = #FFFF00 | id-s = 12 | id-fc = black | info-c = #32CD32 | info-s = 9 | info-fc = black | id = [[Image:Luvbrasil.jpg]]| info = This user loves [[Brazil]] | float = left }}. Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 07:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dashes & hyphens.

I saw somewhere in the instructions something about "en-dash"...or whatever. If I want to indicate a span of time : years 2006 - 2007, for example, what do I use–this or—this–or this or something else? Regards, and where will the answer to this question be found? I may have lost it!!Osborne 09:13, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You want to use the en dash for spans of years (it's this one:–). See WP:MOSDASH for more information (which is probably the page you were thinking of). --ais523 09:17, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

how do i get started?

i was reading an article on violinist David Cross, and noticed one of his records was missing. when i hit that edit button i get an edit window, in no known language in it, to me. so what do you do to add a small piece of info to an article?? i need by step instuctions to do something the first time, and then usually i "get it". thanks, m.k. smith <E-mail address removed to prevent spam> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thrak7 (talk • contribs)

For the first time editting, Wikipedia:How to edit a page and Wikipedia:Your first article would be helpful pages. Pea ceNT 11:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you haven't found them already, Wikipedia:Introduction and Wikipedia:Tutorial are even more basic step-by-steps. (The links PeaceNT has given are also worth reading.) --ais523 12:33, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

Imagemap tag

Where can I find help and the syntax for the <imagemap> tag please? – Tivedshambo (talk) 12:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's at mw:Extension:ImageMap (on the MediaWiki wiki). --ais523 13:05, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

Many thanks. – Tivedshambo (talk) 16:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

correct date of birth, year of birth, timeof birth and place of birth of film actress ileana d'cruz

kindly give the correct date of birth, year of birth, time of birth and place of birth of film actress ileana d'cruz who acted in the telugu film pokiri. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.17.249.223 (talk • contribs).

Are you saying the article Ileana D'Cruz has these incorrect? -- Rick Block (talk) 14:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ficoll Trademark

Dear Wikipedia, me and a colleagie noted that our trademarked product Ficoll is mentioned without the proper TM- mark. We recommened you to do appropriate changes.

Please feel free to contact us

<emails redacted> our website: www.gelifesciences.com/cellprep

"Ficoll is a trademark of GE Healthcare Companies". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficoll

Thanks in advance

//Turid and Katarina

Have taken a quick look at Ficoll looks okay to me with respect to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks) which says not to use the TM symbol. Maybe someone with more experience could comment on this matter. Cheers Lethaniol 16:09, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm actually there is no mention in the article about who owns the trademark, probably should be. A quick google search suggests that either GE Healthcare or Pharmacia may own the trademark [7] - hmm need help on this one. Cheers Lethaniol 16:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a note in the article regarding the trademark ownership.[8] The article still needs a lot of work, particularly sourcing and some assertion of notability. TheronJ 16:39, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

William Golding Article

Hi there!

I've just looked up your article for the author William Golding, and it has errors on it, specifically it states that he was "homosexual" (which he denied in numerous interviews, and there has never been evidence of) and, perhaps more worryingly that "He was famous for quoting "Shak and Kobe love men" in late 2002 after his breakup with Andrea Bonchelli and Rick James.", when unfortunately he had died nine years earlier...

I'm not particularly bothered by these errors, but I was attempting to edit the latter (which is clearly not true) and found that neither the word "homosexual" or the sentence "He was famous for quoting "Shak and Kobe love men" in late 2002 after his breakup with Andrea Bonchelli and Rick James." appear in the source text of the article...?

I suppose the only reason I'm bringing this to your attention is because someone seems to have inserted uneditable material on the article, whether it's true or not. I'm sure this can't be right on Wikipedia, can it?

Anyway, I'll leave it in your capable hands, and hope this isn't evidence of some crazy hacker who is looking to besmurch authors and poets by claiming they said silly things after they had died...

Cheers!

Samuel Pattle —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.151.164.59 (talk) 15:50, 15 February 2007

Erm I can not find either of these disputed content in the article William Golding? Cheers Lethaniol 16:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Those edits were added and removed on February 12 [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14], and are not in the current version of the article. depending on how you pulled the article up, you may have been looking at a previous version or the version in your browser's cache. I recommend visiting the William Golding article, and if the text still appears, hold down shift while clicking the "reload" button on your browser to clear the cache and reload that page. Mishatx *разговор* 16:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

mdf

what does mdf stand for—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.15.78 (talk • contribs)

I am not sure of any Wikipedia related term that is the acronym MDF. See MDF for a number of possible options otherwise. Cheers Lethaniol 16:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alternately, "MfD" is a relatively common Wikipedia abbreviation for Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion, the process by which non-article pages are nominated for possible deletion. TheronJ 16:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

redirects are broken

Hello,

I'm trying to make a redirect from "We can do it" to "Rosie the Riveter". I created the new page "We Can Do It" and inserted:

REDIRECT Rosie_the_riveter

actually, i should have entered it like this, apparently:

REDIRECT Rosie the Riveter

now it seems that two new pages were created, "We Can Do It" and "Rosie the riveter" (lowercase "riveter"). Neither of them redirect appropriately to "Rosie the Riveter". This is crap, I tell you. Please advise.

thanks, Hymie —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hymiegladstone (talk • contribs) 17:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

We Can Do It seems to redirect just as you described. Rosie the riveter has been around for almost two years, and works fine too. What you couldn't do is redirect We Can Do It to Rosie the riveter because that is a redirect already, and you can't have redirects through other redirects. Anyway, crap or not, it all seems to be just as you intended. Notinasnaid 17:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed the redirect on Rosie the riveter and the redirect on We Can Do It is already correct. Mishatx *разговор* 17:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone had access

To my account. See User:Casmith 789/Userboxes/F-Zero. I have never heard of such series or even edited it. Yet it has been done! Under my name too! I was out during this time! For a few days!

15:09, 30 November 2006 (hist) (diff) User:Tedius Zanarukando/Userboxes/User game series-3 (top)
15:09, 30 November 2006 (hist) (diff) User:Tedius Zanarukando/Userboxes/User game series-2 (top)
15:07, 30 November 2006 (hist) (diff) User:Tedius Zanarukando/Userboxes/User game series-1 (Read message at top of category page)
15:06, 30 November 2006 (hist) (diff) User:Tedius Zanarukando/Userboxes/User game series-0 (Read message at top of category page)
15:05, 30 November 2006 (hist) (diff) User:Casmith 789/Userboxes/F-Zero (Read message at top of link I deleted) (top)
15:04, 30 November 2006 (hist) (diff) User:Casmith 789/Userboxes/F-Zero (Read message at top of link I deleted)

my contribs

This is not the only time this has happened. I did not learn about templates until much later on. January was the month I found out how to find templates let alone edit them. I have changed my password to a 10 character letter and number password. I am lucky that he/she had no malicious intent. Let me know what you think. --Darkest Hour 17:26, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To help narrow down the problem, did you make this edit? Did you make this edit? If you had a 'project to remove all the User pages from the computer game templates', then you probably did make the edits above (not realising they were to migrated userboxes). If you didn't, it seems that that was what the other user was doing! --ais523 17:56, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

Could be a variety of things. Could be that you forgot to log out at a public location so you stay logged in and people are using your account. Could be that you have a keylogger (but doubtful that people who keylog would want to use it to grab Wikipedia accounts!). As long as you keep your password secure, you should be fine. x42bn6 Talk 17:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see now. I remember what that was all about. sorry abotu that. I wascaught off guard. --Darkest Hour 18:37, 15 February 2007 (UTC) ;)[reply]

So you did make the edits, but didn't understand what you were doing at the time? --ais523 18:39, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

I guess so. Might have been late at night. After acertian time at night my brain turns off. I could have possibly edited more than that and not known about it. --Darkest Hour 21:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

uploading pictures

If i have found an article which doesnot have many pictures in and i have a good relevant picture how do i upload it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.112.240.115 (talk • contribs).

On the left, you will see a link "Upload file". Click that and follow the instructions. Be sure to note that you have permission to use the image (i.e. it is not copyrighted or is but you are still allowed to use it under copyright law) before uploading for images without (valid) copyright information can be deleted. x42bn6 Talk 17:45, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki logo picks

Ive heard of a wikiman and wikilogo pics. Where can I find them? --Darkest Hour 17:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Popups

How come when I revert with popups, it says "Revert to revision $1" or something like that? That's been bothering me--SUIT^-n-tie 17:54, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That would be an error with popups. You might want to report it on User talk:Lupin (I look at that); actually, someone's already reported it. There's a bugfix suggested there that you might want to try. Hope that helps! --ais523 18:00, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

A user

How do i ask people to look into a user? He completely removed the Cockfosters article and replaced it with a non-notable band. Also, looking through his contributions, he has created an article or two with information copied almost word-for-word off their website(s). Simply south 18:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you think you've come across a situation of non-obvious vandalism, and warning the user doesn't help, you should report it at Wikipedia:Administrator's noticeboard/Incidents. Note that articles copied mostly from websites should be deleted as {{db-copyvio}} (admins can delete them, non-admins can tag them). --ais523 18:29, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

Well, i have placed a warning today. I'm not sure if the band is notable or not. I also however suggested titles if he wants to create an article on it. Should i have done that? Simply south 19:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think I screwed up one of your entries.

I'm a new user/editor, specifically directing my knowledge to the future Interstate System additions and have over the past day or so been submitting edits to the I-7/I-9 entry; this included the addition to the main heading outlining the various legistated future Interstate/high-priority corridors. It was indicated that a cite of the appropriate law was needed; I located that information and attempted to put it in, but in the process, it appears some of your initial sub-entry, that of "I-3", including the graphic Interstate shield, was deleted in the process -- and the cite still is not included. If you could, since obviously one of you out there seems to be a little more attuned to the Wikipedia idiom (funny, how "idiom" and "idiot" have the same derivation!, my mentioning of which indicates my view of unnecessary nonintuitive methodology and internally-generated jargon, which seems to proliferate when some folks spend 110% of their available lifespan on line) you could fix the problem and let me know any shortcuts to providing the info you need to update these articles. I'm not a computer nerd or programmer (interchangeable?) and have admittedly limited knowledge of the specific ins and outs of your particular process; but in the short time I've dealt with you it seems clear that without time-consuming tutorials (I do a lot of this on my lunch hour on the work computer, and can't learn a new effective language in the short amount of spare time I have) editing is a hit-or-miss prospect; making it a bit more user-friendly (but maintaining a high level of integrity) might be a worthwhile future project of the progenitors of this site. Take the heading up at the top. What the %@#$! are those symbols for, and are they used in the editing process? I was able to ascertain your idiom [^[2]] for cites, but it didn't take on the main-page entry; are you utilizing a slightly different format? I can't get email forwarded to my work computer (lotsa stuff blocked) so I'll have to see your reply tonight. In the meantime, you might want to put your future Interstate page back the way it was before I started hacking away at it. Thanks, Scott P (sparks73).

You accidentally deleted the == at the start of a section header: [15]. (It's since been fixed by another user). Wikipedia:Cheatsheet is probably the fastest way to learn what the most common symbols mean without spending a lot of time, and if you have a question about a particular bit of markup you can always ask here. (By the way, Help Desk replies are given on the Help Desk itself, not by email). Hope that helps! --ais523 18:12, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

False Information about Vanguard

The information found in the article below is totally false and should be removed. Vanguard does not use forced ranking. This is important because we've received press calls about it, and had to tell them that it was untrue (but obviously as a PR person, I can't change it, for some strange reason.)

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

Vanguard

The Vanguard Group uses a forced ranking / forced distribution appraisal system for all its employees. At the end of each year, the employees within each grade level are compared to each other and grouped as follows:

10% - excellent performers 20% - above average performers 60% - meets expectations 10% - needs improvement The bottom 10% are put on probation, and they have a 60 day time period to improve themselves, or they will be moved along a disciplinary action track, eventually leading to termination.

I've removed the section in response to this request. --ais523 18:28, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

And I've popped {{citeneeded}} tags on a couple of the other entries which aren't (obviously) supported by the links in the article. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 18:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the case in a wikipedia entry's title

I recently edited a wiipedia entry for a person and I noticed that the case on the name is incorrect and I would like to fix it. For example, the title of the Wikipedia entry appears as 'Charlie smith' and I would like to change it so that it appears as 'Charlie Smith' with a capital S for Smith. I can't seem to find a solution to this anywhere. Can anyone help?

The Field 18:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are looking for the move tab, which is accessible to registered users with accounts that are at least 4 days old. However, you created your account today, so you can not yet move pages. I think you are referring to the "Yunsung hong" article, which may not meet notability guidelines. Prodego ^talk 18:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your account needs to be at least 4 days old to change the title of a page. By the way, the page Charlie Smith has its capitalisation correct at the moment, and it never seems to have been at the wrong name. I've corrected Yunsung Hong for you, because you can't do it yourself yet (it's one of Wikipedia's protections against abuse; you'll be able to 'move' pages soon). Hope that helps! --ais523 18:47, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

What's happened here?

Does anyone know what happened to the above section? Bowsy 18:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{subst:emot}} has been modified so that it only works with subst. If you subst the uses on your talk page (change {{emot}} to {{subst:emot}} and then delete the TfD stuff), it should go back to normal. --ais523 18:58, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

Michael Ewanchuk guy ...

Michael Ewanchuk needs expansion please work on this someone thanx!

Interlaker 19:09, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A userspace equivalent for {{tlp}}?

There's {{tl}} and {{tlu}}, but I can't find the userspace equivalent to {{tlp}}. Am I wrong? Thanks. Xiner (talk, email) 19:13, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's {{tlu}} again (it can act like either tl or tlp): {{User:ais523/Sandbox/ClockUTC|12|0}} was produced by {{tlu|User:ais523/Sandbox/ClockUTC|12|00}}, for instance. --ais523 13:01, 16 February 2007 (U T C)

RC Versailles

RC Versailles needs expansion lol.... plz help here ! ... ... Interlaker 19:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, this is the wrong place. Try making a request for expansion by adding the {{expand}} template at the top of the article. If it's a very short article, which it appears yours is, add {{stub}} to the end of the article. Hersfold ^(talk|work) 21:01, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Watermarks

We would like to have text print onto any page that is printed out. We would like the designated text not to show online only when the items are printed. Is that possible? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.151.17.130 (talk • contribs)

What are you trying to print? Please say Wikipedia (otherwise, please check the top of this page). Could you rephrase your question? Xiner (talk, email) 20:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About the possibility of retrieval of deleted pages

Hi.

I created this page at my user space.

I was blocked for a month at es:Wikipedia due to this page at en:Wikipedia Yes, it is a bizarre thing, see block log in the Spanish Wikipedia (14:41 5 feb 2007)

User Drini created User:Drini/randroide to translate the contents. IMO, the translation is (IMO) very bad, and I am going to protest.

But, on the other hand, the page could motivate and indef blocking at es:Wikipedia [16].

I want the page deleted.

But I also want the original page accesible for an admin to see what kind of (IMO, bad) work Drini made.

Hence my question: Are deleted pages accesible for SysOps?.

Thank you. Randroide 20:09, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, admins can view deleted pages. See WP:ADMIN#Deletion and undeletion. On a more general topic, I don't think that escalating your dispute with Drini will help you achieve your goals. Have you attempted dispute resolution? Thanks, and good luck, TheronJ 20:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- O.K. Case closed. Thank you very much for the answer. And thank you for the suggestion about Drini. Randroide 08:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add a Copyright Tag to an existing image?

How do I add a Copyright Tag to an existing image?
I've been unsuccessful in finding a way to add the Tag that reads:
"This image is copyrighted, however the copyright holder allows the image to be freely redistributed, modified, used commercially and for any other purpose, provided that their authorship is attributed."
The name of the file is:
Image:RicHoldingShirt2006.jpg
Thanks for any help!
IreneWyo 20:37, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go to the page of the image, "edit this page", if someone doesn't do it before you get to it. You have to delete

{{untagged|month=February|day=14|year=2007}} afterwards. I've done it for you. Xiner (talk, email) 20:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Ziner! I am very grateful for your help.
IreneWyo 22:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yankee Candle Company

Hi, I do the Public Relations for the Yankee Candle Company, and I have tried several times to update the history page. Every time I go back and check it, the old information is there. How can I make sure the new information stay's put?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Annmariehall (talk • contribs)

Please read Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy and spam policy. The article must have a neutral point of view and you are writing the article from the perspective of an employee, which you are.↔NMajdan•talk•EditorReview 21:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it appears your are violating Wikipedia's copyright policy by copying information into that article straight from http://www.yankeecandle.com/cgi-bin/ycbvp/ycContent.jsp?page=/Navigation/Non%20Product%20Left/About%20Yankee%20Candle/Our%20Company/YC%20Today. Please read these policies before you continue editing. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.↔NMajdan•talk•EditorReview 21:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ann Marie. As NMajdan explains above, you are running into Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline, as well as its copyright policy. Although you may well be able to waive copyright on the text of your website, you should be aware that if you do have the legal right to release copyright on Yankee Candle's text, Wikipedia's copyright allows future users to use that text for almost any purpose.
If you think there is information that the Wikepedia page on the Yankee Candle Company should have, Wikepedia guidelines recommend that you suggest the changes on the talk page for the article in question. Other editors can then review your suggestions and include them if they think they're appropriate. In particular, your suggestions will be more successful if they are accompanied by references to reliable sources, particularly sources not directly related to the Yankee Candle Company, such as press clippings from newspapers and magazines. If you need more advice, the Association of Members' Advocates would be happy to assign you an advocate to figure out the relevant policies and see what information is likely to "stick." Thanks! TheronJ 21:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removing images

How can I remove an image I have uploaded to Wikipedia?

Place {{db-author}} in the image description.↔NMajdan•talk•EditorReview 21:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppets

Hi, i am just saying i suspect these three users of being sockpuppets:

The reason is that they have constantly set up deletion tags without good cause, althin minutes of each other once they have been reverted. How do i report this, especially as i do not know who is the master? Simply south 22:45, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For evidence see the histories of Jessica Alba and Tom Brown's Schooldays. Simply south 22:47, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like an admin has already indefinitely blocked all three of those accounts. In the future, though, this page has instructions on how to correctly report sock puppet accounts. Hersfold ^(talk|work) 01:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

bibliographies

i am doing a bib and was wondering where the site information is cause this is for a project and when i say info i mean the author the email the post title the site title the post date th elast update an the sponsor the date accessed the electronic adress

See Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. Dismas|^(talk) 23:01, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocking users

If a user comes back about once a week to blank sections of an article, can they be blocked? Or does it have to be within a certain time limit that they get all four vandalism warnings? The article in question is Scout Taylor-Compton and the user is User:Lylith. I'd like to put the final warning on the user's talk page but if I'm going to be told that they need to be more persistant or whatever, then I won't bother. Dismas|^(talk) 23:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's fine for you to give him/her a final warning, if they are repeatedly blanking the page. If they continue to vandalise after you have given them a final warning, you should report them at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 23:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. Dismas|^(talk) 02:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Being Blocked

I hope you will be able to help me. I read everything I could and I am puzzled.

I joined today and made one small contribution to Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. The next time I opened your page it said I was blocked and I was a suspected puppet. I have never made an edit to Wikidpedia prior to today.

Now it appears that I am not blocked but the contribution I made is now gone. There was nothing wrong with it nor did it violate any rules. It merely gave a short account that Babe Ruth played his last major league game there. (My father had attended that game.)

I want to avoid having this happen again. I spent time and thought to make my edit and now it is all wasted. I sure do not want that to happen again.

How can I avoid this and how can I prove who I am?

GrtPyr User ID 3571369

Thank you very much. I hope somebody can help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrtPyr (talk • contribs)

I can't say why you were identified as a sock puppet. However, your contribution to the Baker Bowl article was removed because it was an unsubstantiated personal account of the event. If you read Wikipedia:No original research, you will see that Wikipedia articles should not contain information that hasn't been published in reliable sources. Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 00:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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