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June 8

Internal link via an image?

Probably a question that gets asked here all the time, so I apologise in advance, but is there a way to make an image's link point to an article, instead of the image description page? Or is this prevented so that the image description page is always easily available? It would be to make the logo in this template point to the band's main article. Thanks in advance for the help! Tbone762 00:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{Click}}. Yup, click there. x42bn6 Talk Mess 00:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Tbone762 00:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To use the template insert the following to a page:

Change the functions accordingly. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 02:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Value of the Written Word

The value of asking questions in a meaningful manner. -- JackofOz 02:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the individual is asking what is The Value of the Written Word. If that is your question my friend, then it is more precious then gold. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 02:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I entirely agree. I believe the question - not being one that seeks help with using Wikipedia, which is what this Help desk is for - would best be asked at the Humanities Reference Desk. If the questioner phrases it as a question, clearly stating what he or she wishes to know, it will receive some decent responses, and I can't wait to see what they are. -- JackofOz 03:12, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This non-question illustrates how much more valuable the written word often is when it forms a complete sentence! Writing is valuable for a number of reasons: it augments notoriously fallible human memory; it potentially outlasts its writers; it can be copied and transmitted by machines to readers who would otherwise never meet the writers; and it is potentially more precise than spoken language because it can be edited. Writing is the instrument of scholarship because it allows for much deeper analysis, reflection, and refinement than is possible in a spoken exchange. However, "the value of the written word" is a somewhat vague concept, because different written words have different values to different people. Some written words may be, in some contexts, more valuable than gold, but many of the billions of Web pages, not to mention most of the e-mail spam messages clogging our inboxes, probably aren't more valuable than gold to most people. I certainly would trade all my e-mail spam for any measurable quantity of gold. --Teratornis 03:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Submitting Articles

How do I submit articles?

See Help:Starting a new page. --CWY2190^T^C 04:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Log-in errors

After I log in, the first page I go to shows at the top right that I'm not logged in. Every time I've tried to log-in again and the same thing happens. I've set the cookies option, and the sites I allow, also I've used Firefox and IE 6.0+. Any help?

Help:Logging in gives some possible problems and solutions. I hope this helps Peacent 05:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I required the book or any other thing related to Gaur Rajput.

Dear Sir,

I require book or any other which is related to gaur rajput. thanks

Try doing a Google search or researching at Wikibooks, a free content book gallery. E ^talk 10:20, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Belarus

Hello! I found some mistakes about history of my country, Belarus. I have tried several times to delete them or edit the page, I guess I did it in a wrong way. However, we really need to correct the errors as WIKIPEDIA is the most popular online encyclopedia and it is a pity that it contains errors. Thank you!

Fiorilo

You made the change correctly, but another user undid your change. You might want to discuss this with Zscout370 by editing User talk:Zscout370, to try to come to an agreement over whether the change should be made or not; see also Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. --ais523 08:46, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

As far as I know at least part of that statement is true. Belarus was part of Soviet Russia. Instead of deleting it outright, you should probably explain why you think it's wrong and try to replace the text with something correct instead of removing it.

Defectcon

Hi I think there is a template called the defect con that show the level of vandalism on wikipedia, does any one know if it still exist and what page it's on, I haven't seen it in ages. Thanks. --•Lwarf• Talk! 10:04, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{Wdefcon}}. (It's 'Defcon', not 'Defectcon', although that's quite a good name for it.) --ais523 10:07, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

Thanks. --•Lwarf• Talk! 10:18, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how do

[[Media:Example.ogg]]

Do you have a question? --ais523 10:25, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

Isn't it ironic - in cases like this, the one who asks the question is the one who is here to answer questions. And that question is answered by the one who should have asked a question. Funny old world sometimes. -- JackofOz 10:29, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do well. Thankyou. Anything else I can help with? - Tiswas^(t) 10:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personal info on User & User talk pages

A new editor has placed a telephone number on their talk page - What is policy in this regard? (Assuming the editor is placing their own information on the page) - Tiswas^(t) 10:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As far as policy goes if someone puts their telephone number or email address on the help desk, we are required to remove it. As for userspace, I believe it should be removed, but sorry I can't refer you to any policies at this point in time. E ^talk 11:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just found something here on the userspace policy. Is someone else willing to show their opinion? E ^talk 11:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - Tiswas^(t) 11:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well. Jimbo has a phone number somewhere. As long as the person is entirely aware of the possible consequences I'd allow it, but very few people do know what it could lead to. - 131.211.210.17 11:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Jimbo Wales only has a telephone number there for numerous reasons such as press inquiries. Other Wikipedia users should not really have personal information on their user pages, etc. due to privacy concerns. E ^talk 12:12, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

I was wondering if there was anyway to argue a serious vandalism warning that has been given to you if you were acting in good faith? Tag-molio 11:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

'Replying' to the warning in much the same way that I'm replying to you now is a good way to comment on it and explain what happened. You could also discuss the warning with the person who gave it by editing their User Talk page. --ais523 11:15, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

But that was way too harsh. Mike needs to AGF. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 11:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought so too Cool Blue. So what should I do? Just ignore it? Is it a '3 strikes you're out' kinda thing? Tag-molio 11:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't ignore this. I've invited the warning user to participate in this discussion. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 11:20, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You also don't have to leave a warning template on your talkpage; the warner was in error replacing it after it was removed. Anchoress 11:29, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh so I was allowed to remove it? It isn't the most desirable thing to have there lol Tag-molio 11:34, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that giving a blatant vandal warning is too harsh in this case, but their edits look malicious, they deserve a warning, probably a test1 or something like that. Peacent 11:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think from now on I'll just go back to anonymously viewing Wikipedia, the protocol and disputes don't really entice me. I appreciate the warning user wants to uphold the integrity of the site, but he certainly seems a little over-zealous. Thanks for the help though guys. Tag-molio 11:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How does one get a media wiki download?

How does one get a media wiki download? Hyper flyin' 12:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From the official MediaWiki download page. E ^talk 12:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i need help

i'm quite arty so would like to help with picture bbut have no idea how to imbed one in a artical please help me with this rather important question --Wwjd333 12:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Once the picture's been uploaded (instructions), you include it in an article by 'linking' to it; see Help:Image for full instructions. --ais523 12:16, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

show

show —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.80.166.129 (talk • contribs)

I can't figure out what you're trying to ask. --ais523 12:23, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

I suggest a question like this should be removed on sight next time... Peacent 12:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If it's recent (it no longer is) then it might be somebody who saved too soon and will try to edit the section to ask a question. ais523's comment was 1 minute after "show" was saved.[1] PrimeHunter 13:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Permission for use of Wikipedia photos in a book

Hello. I would like to obtain authorization to use 3 photos taken from wikipedia biographies in a scholarly work tentatively scheduled for publication in October this year. The photos are not marked as copyrighted in the respective pages. Thy will of course be used with attribution ( courtesy of Wikipedia). They are as follows: 1- Picture of Ahmad Qavam former Iranian Prime minister. 2- Photo portrait of Ayatollah Hussein Borujerdi (defunct Shiite leader) 3- Princess Ashraf Pahlavi

The book title ( tentativ) is CIA Myth in Iran; A New Look at Overthrow of Doctor Mosaddegh in August 1953. Author: (personal info removed)

You can click on an article to find out its copyright permission. Image 1 is licensed public-domain, so there is no copyright holder and you can use the image without any extra conditions at all. Image 3 is marked as 'fair use', so neither Wikipedia nor the image uploader holds the copyright and we can't grant anyone permission. I can't figure out what image you're referring to with number 2; could you give a link? --ais523 12:46, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

Hi Thanks for your response. The link you requested ishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seyyed_Husayn_Borujerdi

Image:BorujerdiHossein.jpg is also marked as public domain. You may want to do some research to verify the copyright status of this and Image:Ahmad ghavam.jpg before publishing them in a book, however. While the uploader marked them as old enough to be in the public domain (see the image pages for more information), there is no source provided that states the dates on which they were taken or the dates of the photographers' deaths. Calliopejen1 08:31, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again: Indeed Qavam is dead since 1955 and Boroujerdi since 1962; I therefore believe no copyright question could apply to these two images. On Princess Ashraf the person who uploaded it to Wikipedia may in fact be able to shed light on status of the photo as, judging by scripts handwritten in Persian, it seems it is a picture dedicated to to some one ( seemingly a three- star Iranian general). Would it be possible you contact the original uploader or put me in contact with him/her?

Conflict edit of this page does not work

will save this heading and then edit it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dbiel (talk • contribs)

The Sandbox (Wikipedia:Sandbox or WP:SAND) is better for testing than the Help Desk; if you have a user account, you could also use a user sandbox at Special:Mypage/Sandbox for testing. --ais523 12:47, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

If you want to start a new section on this page then click the '+' to the right of 'edit this page' at the top. That way you will not get an edit conflict with another edit made while you wrote the new section. PrimeHunter 13:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Background colour

Hi,

Wikipedia is so fascinating I spend much too much time following links and learning. This is hard on the eyes since the default background is bright white. I have tried selecting other skins, but even then the background tires my eyes. Is is possible to customise the background colour to something I can comfortably work with for extended periods? One of the skins is called MySkin. Is this somehow modifiable to my taste?

Thanks in advance for your help.

- Rob.

All the skins are modifiable. If you have a user account, you can modify any part of your skin by changing Special:Mypage/monobook.css (for instance, if you use Monobook; other skins have their own .css files, normally named after the skin but standard.css in the case of Classic). In the case of changing the background,

.ns-0 * #content {
    background: #F8FCFF;
}

is the coding to change the background for articles to the light blue that's here on the Help Desk; you can use other color codes instead of the #F8FCFF to change it to a different colour. Bypass your cache after any changes to a personal .css page, or the changes won't take effect immediately. Hope that helps! --ais523 13:05, 8 June 2007 (U T C)

Ok - that did the trick. I would never have found that by myself. Thanks.

Re ; Mercuryrocks

Is Mercuryrocks going to be considered for submission ? please advise

This is a wiki, meaning that everyone can contribute freely. That said, nothing is really "considered for submission". If you think Mercuryrocks deserves its own article, then you can add it yourself. Just make sure it meets our guidelines for notability (See Wikipedia:Notability (music)). You can find help on starting a new article at Wikipedia:Your first article. Let us know if you have any other questions. tiZom_(2¢) 16:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Science

How does the inhibition of prostaglandin E2 production control pain/inflammation?

This is the Help desk. It is for questions regarding the use and editing of Wikipedia. For questions of a factual nature outside the scope of Wikipedia itself, please see the appropriate section of the Reference desk. Dismas|^(talk) 15:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bose radio

Have a Bose AWR1-1W / A9449 s/n AWRIOHU229668. The indicating light (at the front has gone out), but the radio still is working. Does Bose have a repair facility or such. Would appreciate the info or suggestions.

R. Bailey - Houston Texas ((E-Mail removed for security purposes))

This is the Help desk. It is for questions regarding the use and editing of Wikipedia. For questions of a factual nature outside the scope of Wikipedia itself, please see the appropriate section of the Reference desk. Dismas|^(talk) 15:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comet

Why does the Comet's tail appear in the opposite direction of the sun? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.254.70.9 (talk • contribs)

Please see above answer. tiZom_(2¢) 16:14, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Comet#Physical characteristics. Please relay this message to the teacher who assigned this homework question: "Your students probably will not have much use later in life for anything they learn about comets, but if you can teach them how to look things up in Wikipedia on their own they will change the world." --Teratornis 16:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Company info

how do you submit a company and its information about the company in the wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by GazelleInteractive (talk • contribs)

If the company meets our guidelines for notability (See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)), and your contributions won't be considered a conflict of interest (See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest), then please feel free to add a new page for the company. You can find help on starting a new article at Wikipedia:Your first article. Let us know if you have any other questions. tiZom_(2¢) 16:18, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

deleted entry

I was trying to make an entry about an innovative new website, but it keeps getting deleted. I keep changing the information, but then someone else deletes it. Below is the exact text of my most recent attempt. Could you please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Bungee41 16:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was certainly deleted because the site is non-notable or considered advertising. Please note that not just any site can be considered notable enough to have an entry on Wikipedia. You can try Wikipedia:Deletion review/Content review to get the text of the article, however, please don't create it again without going through the appeal process at WP:DRV. The Evil Spartan 16:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may also be interested in reading the notability criteria for web sites at WP:WEB. Dismas|^(talk) 17:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can see deletion logs at [2], [3] and [4]. If you created it all 7 times then that sounds around 6 times too many. PrimeHunter 17:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Expert template

Does any template exist saying something like "this article is written too professionally/from a scientific point of view, using too much jargon without explaining it, so that newbies on the subject can hardly understand it"? It'd be awesome to stick onto pages that seriously need a less complicated wording or more explanation (e.g. endothelial dysfunction, Asynchronous Transfer Mode). Sala Skan 17:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, you might be thinking of {{layman}}, {{technical}}, or {{confusing}}. Dismas|^(talk) 17:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Sala Skan 17:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propulsion

Is there any inspiration/propulsion-related essay or something like that within Wiki (except WP:PRO)? My first sight search was fruitless. Thanks in advance. --Brand спойт 17:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your question. By "within Wiki" do you mean "within the Wikipedia: namespace"? And "inspiration" to do what? "Propulsion" makes little sense in this context because I am not familiar with your apparent idiom. If you are looking for essays in the Wikipedia: namespace, see: User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia which lists lots of them. If you are looking for motivation to edit on Wikipedia, you might read:

Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is so great
The Hive, by Marshall Poe, The Atlantic Monthly, September 2006 - an article describing the history of Wikipedia

Or just browse around Wikipedia, see how great it is, and get inspired to help out. --Teratornis 19:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Skin

Above someone asked how to change the backround color. I tried that. What other things can you customize, and what is the code for it? Maddie^{was here} 17:57, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If I get you properly, try Wikipedia:Preferences#Skin and the rest of that stuff. If you have some knowledge, Help:User style would be also useful.--Brand спойт 18:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it hasnt changed anything, is there something i did wrong? User:Maddiekate/monobook.css Maddie^{was here} 18:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question!!

I wrote about Katrina Dunn, our artistic director. It’s deleted again. I copied our website and pasted, not from artsclub.com. And I made a link for the source of information. Isn’t that enough? She’s a freelancer director, so that’s why her information is on artsclub’s website also. Even though we own our website and just use that, why there are lots of hassles. And if I need copyright, what kind of copyright I have to get and where to get? Could you please explain this in a nutshell? Last time you sent me a mail, and there were lots of links. But I didn’t know what to read and I couldn’t understand well.

I’ll look forward to hearing from you.Please help me out. Thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Donkey7471 (talk • contribs)

Have a look through WP:BIO and Linking to copyrighted works. --Brand спойт 18:02, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And WP:COI. Corvus cornix 18:08, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Currency

I'm copyediting this article on YTL Corporation, and am wondering about the guidelines for including currency.

See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates_and_numbers)#Currency --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

and that article is a copyvio and I have reverted it to the last non-copyvio version. --Fredrick day 18:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am looking for a movie that was out in 1970's or 1980's

Hello, my name is Jacqueline and I am looking for a movie that was out in the late 1970's or 1980's. I remember seeing it as a little girl in the late 1980's on the Disney channel.It was based on a girl named Karen who played Ring Around the Rosie with some of her friends in a temple like place and lightening hits the roof and Karen disappears.The years roll by and a family moves into a house that I believe was hers and the little girl that lives there starts to see her in the mirror at the local carnival and in the house. The little girl even named her dog Nerak which she saw in the window backwards which was really Karen. It is not the horror movie that came out in 2006 named Ring Around the Rosie even though the 2006 movie may have been based on this one. That was a horror movie and the one I am searching for is more of a mystery movie. Please tell me what the name of the movie is and where I may purchase it via e-mail director_<email removed> Thank You, Jacqueline —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.173.4.110 (talk • contribs)

You might do better to ask this question at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment. Corvus cornix 18:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Or just construct a Google Search with some keywords from the question: Google:Karen Nerak dog movie Disney. One of the links on the first search results page mentions The Watcher in the Woods which may be what you want. I never heard of this movie before so I have no idea, but it looks like it might be the movie you describe. Learn to use Google Search and you will have a proverbial "fishing pole" of your own, so you won't have to ask other people for "fish." --Teratornis 18:26, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Using images from the Commons

I would like to use an image from the Commons, but I'm not sure how to link or upload to it from the article. To be specific, the image is here and I want to place it on The Little Mermaid. Do I need to upload it to Wikipedia? If so, what rationale do I use? Thanks, guys, you're always so helpful. María (habla conmigo) 18:08, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, just place it as usual, giving Image:Edmund Dulac - The Mermaid - bright liquid.jpg to any of the article's place. Commons is a shared depository, which means that any Commons image can be used in every language edition. --Brand спойт 18:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks so much. :) María (habla conmigo) 18:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Piped?

In the context of Wikipeida, what does piped mean? See this for an example in context. I don't understand the jargon here. —Gaff ^ταλκ 18:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It means that the Wikipedia:Piped link should not be used. --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. thanks. —Gaff ^ταλκ 18:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citation

how do I cite a source? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peach bellini (talk • contribs)

See Wikipedia:Citing sources --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:26, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Search

How do I conduct a search on Wikipeia? Thanks, Wayne —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.237.108 (talk • contribs)

Type a word (or words) in the "search" box and click the button labeled "Search". --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:34, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Search and User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia#Sea for more details and alternatives. You may prefer using Google search on Wikipedia instead of, or in addition to Wikipedia's oft-maligned built-in search. --Teratornis 18:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please be aware that the search on Wikipedia is case sensitive. Corvus cornix 21:37, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do I automatically alphabetize a list of company names?

I have created a table but they aren't in alphabetical order and its hard to find them. Is there any way to automatically alphabetize them or 'sort by' a column in the table?

Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.35.186.18 (talk • contribs)

Where is this table? On Wikipedia? In a word document? In Excel? On your web page? On a sheet of notebook paper? --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the table is on Wikipedia or another MediaWiki wiki, see Help:Sorting. --Teratornis 18:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot my user name!

I feel pretty stupid, but since I'd only logged in two or three times a few months ago and modified a couple of articles, my user name hasn't stuck in my memory. Nor can I find any email record of the form "Welcome to Wikipedia, your have created an account with the username FOOBAR" or any other email from Wikipedia (perhaps Wikipedia doesn't generate any?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.56.6 (talk • contribs)

Any idea which articles you modified? --Kainaw ^(talk) 19:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You would have received an Email confirmation only if you requested it. If you can remember the titles of some articles you edited, look in their histories for edits around the time when you were active. You might see your username there. --Teratornis 19:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you can remember what articles you edited, you can check the edit log for that place. Your best bet may be just to start another account...—Gaff ^ταλκ 21:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Page

how do you create a new page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by On123123 (talk • contribs)

See Help:Starting a new page --Kainaw ^(talk) 19:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But you won't be able to create one until a few days after you have registered, so it might be a good idea to try an improve a few existing articles first. ElinorD (talk) 19:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where does it say that?? New users can't move pages but AFAIK, new users can create articles as soon as they create their account. Dismas|^(talk) 19:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Starting a new page and Wikipedia:Why create an account?#Abilities given to users with an account both say you need an account. I think page creation was disabled for IP's in 2006 or early 2007. PrimeHunter 19:37, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My time was apparently off. The change to Wikipedia:Why create an account? was 5 December 2005.[5] PrimeHunter 19:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No no, read what ElinorD said again. She said that brand new registered users can't create pages. I'm not talking about IPs. I knew that IPs couldn't create new articles. Dismas|^(talk) 20:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Creating my User page

I poached an interesting table from another user to display, on my user page, some things I enjoy (Ottawa Senators fan, for instance). How do these links work, and is there a catalog of other links which are available? You can just point me in the direction of the pertinent article. Thanks. Ccrashh 19:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Userboxes. Miranda 19:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create an Infobox from scratch?

I want to create an infobox completely from scratch for another wiki I am working on. I tried copy/pasting Infobox templates from here, but they seem to depend on other templates or something like that and they do not work in the other wiki.

From what I can tell, an infobox is essentially a template where you can plug in certain information on indivdual pages. I need something like this for the wiki I am working on, and since I am unable to depend on the templates in Wikipedia I would need to do it all from scratch. Would someone please help me figure this out? --Ihmhi 19:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you really want to start from scratch, read Help:Template and Help:Infobox. Someone should write a guide about how to copy templates and such from Wikipedia to other MediaWiki wikis (or tell me where it is, if it exists) because, like you, I had to suffer through a lot of trial and error to get things to work. Are you working on a public wiki? If so, give us the link, and I can look at what you have so far. I might be able to tell you what puzzle pieces you are missing, having gone through the same thankless exercise myself a few times. --Teratornis 20:06, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I should add that you may need to be an administrator on the other wiki, or have an administrator's help, because you might need to copy some or all of MediaWiki:Common.css from Wikipedia to get CSS style classes to work in your infobox. --Teratornis 20:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have something worth puting here, but i dont know how Please help!!

Hello I am Kristi Mycko, My Husband Wrote a verry special song Dedicated to the Family Of troops who go to War. I know Many people write great songs, But this is special, Becaus of this song Called You're My American Hero, He was asked to Preform That song to all the Lawmakers in chambers in the State of ct. Capitol Last April.

No one was ever asked to do this and I feel this is worth having listed on your site. His name is Robert Allen Mycko, and the song was You're My American Hero, and he has a video of the Capitol preformance posted on his web site [6] along with the 5 TV show this song has to its credit.

I hope you can help me i dont know much about computers or how to get this listed.

you can e-mail me at (E-Mail removed for security purposes)

Thanks

Kristi Mycko

Well, since a song is an original thoughts, I don't think that you can't put that here on wikipedia. I think it violates one of our rules called "wikipedia is not a publisher of original thoughts". Chris 21:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly we can not allow this at wikipedia, but there are other sites that you can uplaoad you lyrics, MP3's, and sheet music to. Try SongShare.org. Best of luck! -Ĭ₠ŴΣĐĝё 07:20, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

send to friend=

like t send this information to ((E-Mail removed for security purposes)) if i can sent to her??pkj

You can't directly email an article to someone, but you can save the article (File > Save (Page) As...), then attach this HTML file as an attachment via email. x42bn6 Talk Mess 20:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Good Article"

I'm quite mystified by the system of alotting "start" "b" "GA" "a" and "FA" quality tags to articles. For example, it appears that Laurence Olivier is a "former GA" now rated "b" on the strength of the "comments" (sic) found here. Now, setting aside the bizarre idea that an article of this huge length somehow "needs expanding", and the bizarre idea that this one bizarre observation could represent a consensus, I still don't understand how the scaling is actually done. Is there a page somewhere which explains it all?

Sorry if the above appears to be a bit of a rant (bedtime soon, perhaps...) but my question really is about how the procedure works, not about what's wrong at the Laurence Olivier page. AndyJones 20:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The comments, at least, were posted in July 2006, when the article was this. After, they were never updated. The Good Article system was supposed to be an informal way of classifying good articles, but it has no turned into a bastardized version of Wikipedia:Featured articles. —Centrx→talk • 20:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Good articles for a listing of the criteria. Basically, the Good Article system is a classification scheme for articles that haven't yet reached Featured Article status, or are unlikely to get to that level. In any case, Talk:Laurence_Olivier#GA_passed explains why one reviewer gave it Good Article status in July of 2006, while Talk:Laurence_Olivier#Delisted explains that it was delisted because it didn't meet some of the Good Article criteria. If you're interested in working on restoring Good Article status to this article, you can get in touch with one of the WikiProjects listed on the talk page and ask if people are interested in working on it. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 20:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to place a picture from commons in an wikipedia article?

I don't know how to do that. Chris 21:18, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Link just like the image was already on Wikipedia. So, if the image were called "MyImage.jpg" on commons, you would put IMAGE:MyImage.jpg. -- MisterHand 21:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use image

I have worked on an article on artist Luke Chueh. I would like to put an image of one of his works, for example this or this on the page, under what I believe would be fair use, in order to discuss his artisitic style. Is this an acceptable use of fair use policy? thanks. —Gaff ^ταλκ 21:37, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say you're absolutely right. In fact, this is what Fair Use is all about. Make sure it's something that is very characteristic of his work, and that it meets all the criteria of Fair Use (low-res, etc.). A good example is The Persistence of Memory.jpg (which, incidentally, is considered Fair Use in several articles — not just that of Dali. tiZom_(2¢) 22:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What am I supposed to put on it for licensing? Its really not a cover or any of the options I see there. —Gaff ^ταλκ 19:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

URL

Hi, I am new to wikipedia and do not understand most of the 'computer language' spoken in the help section, nor can I find anything about adding your URL. I can't find the 'Create Page' button either, just the Edit Button (and I have managed to create a page and can find it under 'my contributions' but not on wikipedia. And when I uploaded a picture and added it to my article it didn't show up! What is the problem? Should I just return here to find the answer to my question? Thanks!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Queen Alyssa (talk • contribs)

Will answer on talk --h2g2bob (talk) 23:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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