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February 3

Vandalism?

I've been really into correcting pages lately and found out that I could mark pages for speedy deletion (the ones that need it that is) and I'm trying to work my way up to be an admin sometime in the future. Not too long ago I received a message that says "Please do not add speedy deletion tags to articles that clearly do not warrant them. Doing so can be considered vandalism." and then the person edited it and said "Oops, my bad, the page was vandalized previously. Do try to check the history before adding such tags though.". I marked the page with db-nonsense because it was. When I went to the page, it had no tag to be deleted. I didn't check history because there wasn't one at the top. Did I actually do something wrong? It's making me paranoid.

There should be a history tab. Did you ask the person who messaged you? Xiner (talk, email) 01:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There always is a history tab, even for a fully protected article, and even if only one person has ever edited a page.

As I hope is clear, you should never put a db-nonsense or other speedy delete tag on a page without checking the history, because what you're looking at might be a vandalized page. (Consider: a vandal goes to George Washington and replaces the entire article with "GO GEORGE!!!" and fifteen seconds later you put a speedy delete on it because at that point it's nonsense - do you see the problem with that?)

If you want to specify the article name here, someone else would probably take a look. -- John Broughton (☎☎) 01:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Usually articles that truly are complete nonsense are marked for speedy deletion within a few minutes of their creation by anti-vandal users and user that check Special:NewPages, so you usually don't have to worry about established articles being nonsense. Mr.Z-mantalk 18:45, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

please ...

i am a journalist and want to add a page about me as i think i need it, i need people to know about me, that what i am, how i came in this field, what are the resons etc etc, can i create a page for me, please?

Not a good idea. Probably we will delete this article as a violation of our WP:COI policy. I would suggest instead that you make a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles and if someone thinks you pass our WP:Notability requirements, they will make an article about you. — coelacan talk — 04:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please also read Wikipedia:Autobiography.--24.20.69.240 04:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

move my contributions

I have multiple accounts on wikipedia. I was wondering whether it is possible to move my contributions into one account so that I can merge all my accounts.

Sorry, no. Wikipedia:Changing usernames allows you to chane a username, but only to an account that has not been created yet (not to merge accounts that have edits). You can, of course, note your other accounts on each of your userpages.--24.20.69.240 04:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PSU.com using Wikipedia content without attribution

I'm a Wikipedian with a particular interest in the "Devil May Cry" video game series. While researching online for more information about an upcoming release, I found text from the Devil May Cry 4 article reproduced (in edited form) on PSU.com (http://www.psu.com/node/7343). I can assure you that the content on the Wikipedia page is the original as much of what PSU.com is using has been on the Wikipedia page for weeks or months, and I wrote some of it myself. I've looked for guidelines on handling a situation like this, but haven't found anything that tells a Wikipedian what to do when this sort of thing is noticed. I defer to your judgment. --Boradis 02:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The license Wikipedia uses grants free access to our content in the same sense as free software is licensed freely. This principle is known as copyleft. That is to say, Wikipedia content can be copied, modified, and redistributed so long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the Wikipedia article used (a direct link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement). Wikipedia articles therefore will remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to ensure that freedom. For more information please see:Wikipedia:Copyrights. Cheers — WilsBadKarma ^(Talk) 03:17, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More specifically, check out WP:MIRROR and WP:MIRROR#Non-compliance_process. --Wo o ty Woot? contribs 04:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry I didn't mention this (thought I had), but they DO NOT acknowledge the Wikipedia author credit. If you check the link I supplied, you'll see that's the case. --Boradis 08:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, actually I did mention their lack of attribution, meaning they do not satisfy our author credit requiement, in the header for this section. --Boradis 08:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help WIth Infobox

I have been adding infoboxes to articles that need them. I came across a certain article and the infobox is not showing up properly. The article is Side 2 Side. What did I do wrong?

I fixed it for you. There were a couple of issues. One, you didn't close the second set of braces. Two, your nowiki code wasn't around the # mark. Three, there were two carriage returns in the chart section that didn't need to be there, and four, you didn't start the braces for the second template in the correct place. Hope that helps. — WilsBadKarma ^(Talk) 03:13, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, that's four issues, not a "couple" ;) Mishatx 05:03, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's good to undersell, and it worked for Douglas Adams who wrote a "trilogy" of five books. But we digress. --Teratornis 08:06, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Starting a new page

sorry to ask you this question, but I have not been able to find instructions on naming a page/article the first time it is created.

I have used Intellipedia to create a page in my "user" space, but am trying to ensure that it is named so that it appears in the wikipedia space, not just my user space.

Please send me the instructions for naming a page the correct way.

Thanks, Jason

Help:Starting a new page is a good start. I like to just put in my intended title in the search box, then choose the link to add the page. Mishatx 05:57, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Remember to be careful with your capitalisation. Otherwise, the page will need to be moved. Adrian M. H. 13:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List

How can I get my text to appear as a list? I don't necessarily want to use bullets but I do want a list format. I typed my list this way but after I saved it, the items scrolled together in paragraph form. (See list of churches in my article, Robersonville,NC)

RobersonvilleHistoryBuff 07:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are several ways to do it. You could either create a table or if you simply want the names to appear in separate lines, use </br> at the end of the name — Lost^(talk) 07:19, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you say you don't "necessarily" want to use bullets - are they an option for you at all? For they'd probably be the easiest solution... Just put an asterisk ( * ) at the front of the line, then (as typed)

* Robersonville, North Carolina

* Churches in Robersonville, North Carolina

* etc.

... appears as...

Otherwise, the </br> (or <br>) option seems most user friendly... --Ibn Battuta 07:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Break tags should really be self closed. <br/> That meets with Wikipedia's use of XHTML 1.0. Adrian M. H. 13:12, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just to add my two cents: a table could be created with

Title
Row 1
Row 2
Row 3

the code for this is

{|class="wikitable"
! Title
|-
| Row 1
|-
| Row 2
|-
| Row 3
|}

See Help:Table for more info. Bulleted lists are recommended (but not required); see Wikipedia:List guideline#List styles for more information. Finally, are you sure that you want a list? Prose might be better; see Wikipedia:Embedded list. Happy editing! Gracenotes ^T § 07:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can generate a list with no bullets with the HTML tag: <ol style="list-style-type:none">. See: Help:HTML in wikitext#Permitted HTML and Ordered list. Let's try an ugly example right here:

a first item
a second item
Wow, it works

Whether you should "go bulletless" would depend on the situation, I suppose, and of course anyone else can come along later and change your style choice. So I wouldn't expend great effort tweaking the style of a page, unless it's your user page, which by convention other people should not edit. Or maybe if you're part of a WikiProject and a significant group of editors have agreed on a standard style for some pages. --Teratornis 08:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can also create a list by preceding each line with a colon (":"). This does the same thing as a bullet but doesn't put a bullet character in front of the list item. Corvus cornix 17:28, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright?

I'm wondering if the Image:Bank.JPG (currently used on Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)) has sufficient copyright information. The user who uploaded it doesn't seem to be very active anymore (1 contribution in the year of 2006): I wrote onto his page, but I'm afraid I won't get a response any time soon. It's also made me somewhat suspicious to see that other images that the user uploaded have already been deleted for copyright reasons. (see here)... What do you recommend? What's the regular procedure for images? --Ibn Battuta 07:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It does need to state the creator to have full copyright information. You can ask for specialist input at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. --Cherry blossom tree 13:01, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

looking for words

Why can I not look for words in Wikipedia using wild cards "?" and "*" ?

Our search engine isn't that fancy. You can search Wikipedia in Google by including 'site:en.wikipedia.org' in your search. --Cherry blossom tree 13:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More details at Help:Searching. --Teratornis 07:49, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do add Video?

How do I add a video to a page? i try but, when i try to upload it doesn't work. Is there a certain extention that i have to have to upload it? Adammw 09:22, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia uses Ogg Theora, because it is a free format. See Wikipedia:Media for help on creating such files. --Cherry blossom tree 13:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image alignment

I finally got my image uploaded to Socialist Party of Azania with proper copyright tags. But now I'm trying to place it as a thumbnail to float on the right of the text. I followed the instructions in the Picture tutorial, and used the tag Image:SOPA_logo.png|thumb|right|Logo of the Socialist Party of Azania, but to no avail. The image is framed with the caption, but it keeps appearing at the bottom right of the page, instead of inline with the top of the text. Please help.

I have fixed the image position for you. The image appeared at the bottom right since it was placed after {{Politics of South Africa}} template. Moving the image code above the template code fixed the position of the image. Cheers, S .D. ¿п? § 13:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have spotted vandalism.

A clear case of vandalism. The [Brian Krause] article where user: "NeilEvans" is harrasing user: "TrueFuzz" by reverting, reporting vandalism. I Studied the page history and found that "NeilEvans" first delted 90% of the page, it was restored and now he is delteing small parts. //Thanks

Actually, to me, Neil Evans's edits seems to be in good faith. Instead of reverting each other, please use Neil's talk page or the article's talk page to discuss his edits. S .D. ¿п? § 13:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed on commons...

An admin is needed, I could dowith somepictures of mine currently incorrectly named on speedy delete on wikimedia commons. They are now orphaned and have a replacement. Many thanks Fethroesforia 12:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See commons:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. You need to add the {{badname|good file name}} template to the image description pages. --Cherry blossom tree 13:13, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Theres 62 files in that category now..lol..some have been there days!Fethroesforia 13:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wilburforce Colony → Wilberforce Colony

I goofed - did not carefully proofread. Just started an item on Wilburforce Colony, which is a misspelling, and should be deleted. --Dumarest 12:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've redirected it to the correct spelling for you. --Cherry blossom tree 13:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For future reference, in case that happens to you again or you spot a similarly affected article, you just need to move it via the Move tab. See Requested moves and WP:MOVE for policy advice. Adrian M. H. 13:17, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shortly after I posted this question, I realized the 'Move' option would be the solution. --Dumarest 15:48, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how do i upload an image on to a page?

I need to upload an image that i have onto a page, how do i go about it?

See Wikipedia:Uploading images. --Cherry blossom tree 13:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You might find this guide helpful too. -- Anas ^Talk? 14:57, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ip addresses and email

if i use my 6 month trial aol disk and my ip splits from the other 2 computers mine is networked with will i receve seprate emails to my computer and only my computer and not to the other 2 that are networked with mine?--Crocadog 14:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IP addresses have nothing to do with emails. For more info, please consult the reference desk. Xiner (talk, email) 15:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Creating an article on an unreleased album

Hello, I am about to create an article on an album that will be released on May 1, but already has a tracklist and things like that. Where can I find the template to put on the top that signifies it is unreleased? Thanks! NIRVANA2764 15:07, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Add {{future album}} to the top. GhostPirate 17:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

user, name

How do you get on users list? 70.110.185.71 16:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have to create a user account. Click on the thing at the top right that says "Sign in/create account" and follow the instructions there. GhostPirate 17:00, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Contents/Getting started for more details about creating an account. --Teratornis 07:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural question about WP:CSD

Can speedy tags be removed by other editors who disagree with them? Wendy's has been tagged for speedy deletion, and it seems to be a bad faith or vandalism nom. Anchoress 16:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone has already taken it off. Usually speedy delete tags are only put on new articles, so if you see an obviously misapplied tag on an established article, you probably can remove it, as it was most likely added by someone who didn't know what they were doing. GhostPirate 17:03, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to edit the printable version of the topic

Hi there

I just registered today and new to actively doing things on Wiki although I have been here for months.

Lately I see more and more cases where in the printable versions of topics that the lines of sentences start to overlap.

How do I start going about to correct this?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

PS: How do I leave a note saying that there was a satisfactory response to my question? Twilght's End 16:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)Twilight's End[reply]

Hi Twilght's End. Welcome to Wikipedia! Can you give an example article where the lines of sentences overlap? It would help us to understand the problem you are referring to. As for your other question, you can post a reply by editing this page. This is similar to editing an actual article. You can do this by clicking on "edit this page" at the top of the page (or here). Alternatively, click on "Edit" to the right-hand side of a specific section header on a page, if you only want to edit a specific section of an article or talk page. The latter is probably best, as you will only see and be able to edit the text pertaining to that section—in this case, your own question on this help page and any responses. See the tutorial for a general introduction to editing on Wikipedia. Also, please remember to sign your posts by typing four tildes, like so: ~~~~. Hope this helps! —Xhantar^Talk 07:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for replying back. A key example is the Apollo Moon Landing hoax accusations article. The printable version exhibits this problem. Not every sentence overlaps but overlapping is present enough to be noticeable. In the sentences that overlap, (let's describe them consecutively as sentence 1 and sentence 2)sentence 1 runs over sentence 2 in the default "view" of the printable version. However when you highlight the two sentences, I think sentence 2 then runs over sentence 1. I will go back and check on this. Twilght's End 10:45, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see your user talk page for a response. —Xhantar^Talk 19:50, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to add infobox?

Hi, On some tennis players pages on Wikipidea, such as Serena Williams, there is an information box on the right side of the page, detailing residence, singles titles, doubles titles, ranking, etc. I was wondering how you put one of those boxes on a tennis players' page that doesnt already have one? Also, how do you update someones box? I couldn't find an "edit" button to edit the information. Thanks

Tennisacejt88 17:03, 3 February 2007 (UTC)Josh[reply]

I find the easiest thing is to copy and paste from another tennis player's page. I know there will be a template somewhere for it, but this is far easier, unless you know where the template actually is. Asics talk 17:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In more detail, if you edit Serena Williams, there's a section at the top starting with "{{Infobox Tennis player" and ending with "}}" that generates the information box (it does this by "invoking" template:Infobox Tennis player). All of the data presented in the information box is here. To add a box like this to another player's page, one way is to copy these lines from Serena's article and paste them into the other player's page (changing the data as appropriate). -- Rick Block (talk) 18:13, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you are editing tennis articles, see (and perhaps join) WikiProject Tennis. If you are unfamiliar with WikiProjects, see WP:PROJGUIDE. For more information on infoboxes, see Help:Infobox. --Teratornis 07:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Simone clarke

Is Simone Clarke notable enoug to be on wikipedia? I think she is not but i would like some disintrested opinions first before i decide what to do. The reasons i think she is not notable is because she is purly an individual who joined a political party that was reported for a couple of days in the newspaper which exposed her (on dubious legality) and the pressure group UAF. I think The BBC may have done one small bit on her in an article on some protests as well but that is it. I also do not think that wikipedia should have article on private individuals membership of a political party (unless its on polaticians who are public members of a political party)--Lucy-marie 09:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can nominate it for deletion and see what happens but I expect given the sources (especially her giving an interview to the Mail) that it would be kept. --Cherry blossom tree 13:06, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Principle ballerina dancers in an internationally known ballet are notable, but the article probably needs some other material to off-set the controversy/investigation story. - 87.209.70.231 15:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can guarntee If i were to nominate for dleetion certian people would get nasty and spiteful. So what is the opinion here first before i do anything.--Lucy-marie 16:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One more thing I would like a disintersted persons views on the section concerning her on the British National Party page [1].--Lucy-marie 16:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added my website

I have never editted a comment on wikipedia before. I made an addition to "erotic art" by adding my domain as an example? It is relevant. If this is a problem, please remove my comment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.103.111.244 (talk • contribs)

Thank you for your contribution! Unfortunately, your additions were reverted by Evb-wiki because it was seen as a form of spam and, as such, should not be included. If, however, you don't agree with this, feel free to discuss the issue on the article's talk page. Welcome to Wikipedia! —Xhantar^Talk 06:36, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More on Image Alignment

Okay, now I'm having a similar problem to the one I had before. I just uploaded a new image to Socialist Party of Azania, an election poster. So now it has two images, the poster and the party logo. The poster is in the correct position now, but I want the logo to float on the right side of the text, inline with the bottom of the article. But the Politics of South Africa chart is interfering with this. Please help. —cargohook 17:42, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I've kind of solved this problem myself, by making an infobox. But now I'm not pleased with the way the new infobox and the Politics of South Africa infobox stack on each other.... Any advice would certainly still be appreciated. —cargohook 21:00, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing you mean you are not pleased with the height of {{Politics of South Africa}}, which makes it extend past the bottom of the article text due to the height of your infobox above it. In a short article you may be better off with a navigation footer template (short and wide) instead of a navigation infobox-style template (tall and narrow). See if you can find, or create if none already exists, a navigation footer template similar to {{Politics of South Africa}}. Start looking here: WP:NAV. I don't see that any WikiProject has tagged your article; if there was a WikiProject for South Africa, they might have alternative navigation templates suitable for articles of different sizes. --Teratornis 08:31, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why has my page been formatted like this

Hi, my User Page has done something that I don't understand... The first and second section have a big gap between them, is there any way of removing this? So that they all flow neatly with the userboxes still on the right? (They can be moved elsewhere if necessary). Asics talk 17:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the gap you mention, but I do see some overlap between your columns in User:Asics#Pages I Have Created and your userboxes. The overlap goes away when I widen my browser to 1200 pixels. I doubt this helps. --Teratornis 08:38, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I Need STEP BY STEP Instructions On How TO ADD Images To Wikipedia

Ok, so I know how to upload images and all that stuff, but I don't know what to do after that. People explain, and i still don't get it.

I WANT TO ADD MY UPLOADED PICTURE TO AN ARTICLE

Thank you for the help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by XAvengedSevenfoldX (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia:Images or simply add [[Image name.foo|(alignment right left or center)|thumb|frame|(image caption here)]]. ~ Flame vip e r ^{Who's a Peach?} 19:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First edit/pages/account

What were the first edits, pages, and accounts ever made on Wikipedia? ~ Flame vip e r ^{Who's a Peach?} 19:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As for articles, the first page was UuU; see Wikipedia:Wikipedia's oldest articles for others. Dar-Ape 19:42, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

preschool activities and songs on health, and safety

I cant find children department preschool —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.203.80.14 (talk • contribs)

Are you referring to a specific article that you are unable to find? Please try to be more specific. —Xhantar^Talk 06:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Checked FAQ and couldn't find an answer

I submitted (with the authors permission) an article on a writer named Thomas Clough. It posted fine, but I neglected to capitalize his last name. I asked how to fix this and I don't think I got a response. Now the article is completely gone.

Please advise.

Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by Texmike (talk • contribs)

This article was deleted because of "A7" which refers to a non-notable biography (see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, scroll down to CSD A7}. Make sure a writer is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article before creating it. Also, if you look at your talk page, you will see that the user who deleted the article, NawlinWiki, left you a message pertaining to this. In regards to capitalization, you may move an article to a new name after creating it. Dar-Ape 19:36, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Time Userbox

Is it possible to put the current time in a userbox? - Patricknoddy (talk · contribs) 2:57pm, February 3, 2007

Yes. See the examples at meta:ParserFunctions Or below: —Dgies^t c 20:01, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 3 2024, 6:08:53am

Forgot My User Name

I have forgotten my user name. When I created my account I gave my email address. But I have forgotten what my user name is. Is there any way to retrieve it? Thanks!

Ekk. I don't think so, however do you remember any articles you created, or at least tell us some articles that you edited. However if you only have about 2 or 3 edits, you may just want to "create a new account". ~ Arjun 21:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Presumably you didnt make many edits using that username, in which case I advise you get a new username and edit using that. In case you did make substantial edits, look at the history of the article edited, and you should remember your username — Lost^(talk) 21:34, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Pictures

I would like to know how to add pictures to the pages. I have lots for Philmont and would like to add them

You just use [[Image:(Image title)]] Remember to put .jpg or .gif or whatever suffix applies Crazy 29 20:55, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can find the name of possible images to include in the article at Wikimedia Commons, and then add them as Crazy 29 described. If you'd like to include your own images, you will need to upload them first, but please be aware of copyright restrictions; see the image use policy. —Xhantar^Talk 06:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Login Issues

For some reason, I cannot login to my Wikipedia account. When I type in my username and password, it directs me to a page that says "Login Successful", but if I try to click on another link, it automatically logs me out. I've tried everything in the VFAQ, but none of it seems to work. (I am using Internet Explorer v7.0, and windows XP w/ service pack 2) Help!

Did you try checking the "remember me" button? ~ Arjun 21:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I tried the remember me button, the cookie settings, security settings, and even requesting a new password. (Forgive me if I'm not replying to this correctly)

See below for the secure login link. Hope that works! -- Kesh 23:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! The only problem is that every time I change the page, it comes up with a message that says "there are secure and nonsecure items on this page". This is annoying, so if anyone knows how to turn this off, it would be nice. If not, thanks anyway!

Another login issue

I keep getting logged out when my session is inactive for some time (about 30 min or so). Is there a way to stop this or some place where I can specify the time after which I can be logged out. -Myth (Talk) 22:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tick the "remember me" box when you log in. It logs out when cache is cleared or when you select log out. Asics talk 22:42, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any other way ? I use multiple terminals (at different times) and usually do not ask the browser to remember my login info. btw I do not log out (from Wikipedia) before I am told to sign in again. I do not even close the Wikipedia tab. I am just browsing some other webpages in other tabs. -Myth (Talk) 23:04, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you using a satellite (or other poor-latency) connection? If so, try the secure login. It's slower, but more stable. -- Kesh 23:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. I have a broadband connection. but I will give that a try and see if it makes any difference. Thank you. -Myth (Talk) 23:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I tried the secure login, but that also doesn't work. I still get logged out after a time. -Myth (Talk) 03:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a bug, it's a feature. Logins expire after about 30 minutes on purpose. --cesarb 07:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know that and my question is whether there is a way to make my login session be longer ? I am careful about logging out but at time I am browsing other websites or doing something else and since I am inactive I get logged out. This happens quite often and I find it troublesome. There should be an option in the my preferences page to set the inactive time before a user gets logged out. Just wanted to make sure that there is no other way to do this. -Myth (Talk) 07:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

question

my indoor bamboo plant is dieing (i luv flamin ot spearmints) can anyone elp 86.139.1.122 22:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what your question is, but wouldn't this be a question for the Reference Desk?

Infobox External Program

Is there an external program that assists in adding infoboxes to articles with out an infobox.--Natl1 (Talk Page) (Contribs) 22:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I have ever seen, and I would imagine that would be quite difficult since each articles infobox would be different from the next.Cheers — WilsBadKarma ^(Talk) 22:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Create Account" page never finishes download

I clicked on "Create account" and waited. The page was taking too long to open, so I clicked again. And again. Then I just decided to wait. So I waited.. and waited.....and waited. The progress bar wasn't even halfway there, so I left the room, came back, opened other pages, surfed for 10 minutes, then checked again, and the download was only halfway there. I waited 10 more minutes, for a total of 25 minutes of waiting, then gave up.

If it doesn't work after you restart your computer, try WP:CACHE. Xiner (talk, email) 00:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If that does not work, we can e-mail you an account if you give us an e-mail address. However, it is possible that you will not be able to log in with that account, any more then you could create it. If you would like me to try this, send an e-mail to Prodego [at] gmail.com with the following information:

The name of the account you want created (make sure it doesn't already exist)
The email address you want your password sent to, if it is different then the one that you sent me the message from. I will not see the password, and you will be able to change it later. Prodego ^talk 02:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did this problem occur with any other page?
Did you add an email address to the account? (No need to reveal it, just asking, as it can help solve the problem)
Did the creation of the account get through? (Try looking at Special:Listusers)
- If it did get through, can you log in? (Go to Special:Userlogin and enter the name of the account, and the password)
- If it doesn't let you log in, and you created a password, does it send you a reminder password? (You can click on "I forgot my password" on the login form, and it will send you a computer-generated password. Do this only once, though, because if you do so several times, only the newest generated password works)

Tell us how it goes. Titoxd^(?!?) 05:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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