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October 26

Dancarney keeps messing with my page

Dancarney is being an abusive user who is trying to delete a page that contains relevant information about and artist as well as their music. I dont dispute that the Neutrality can be disputed, but his insistance that the page be taken off or drastically changing information is unfounded. The page is for a reggaeton group "Yo Yais". Please advise me as to how to proceed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.114.77.210 (talk) 00:32, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First off, it's not "your page" per WP:OWN, if you don't want other people to edit your work then don't post it here. Secondly, they are not being abusive. They have the right to tag pages as spam, non-notable, biased, etc. I would try abiding by the tags and remove the spam (as the article is very spammy right now) and rewrite it from a neutral point of view instead of just removing them without any discussion. NF24^{(radio me!}_{Editor review)} 00:37, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You might also try talking directly to Dancarney. He can explain to you his (good) reasons for his edits and can advise you as to how to improve it so that it won't be deleted. Sbowers3 05:09, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i want to delete my account

i want to delete my account can you please delete it for me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigstreetdawg (talk • contribs) 00:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Account can't be deleted. Just hit "log out" and don't use it anymore, if you don't want it. Friday (talk) 00:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Right to vanish. PrimeHunter 00:53, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who is the author who wrote this

who is the aruthor who wrote this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.172.126.121 (talk) 01:25, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wrote what? A huge number of people have contributed to Wikipedia. Maybe Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia is helpful to you. PrimeHunter 02:22, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Donations

If I donate to wikipedia, can I specify that I want it to be used to put it in a specific language, like swahili? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.211.247.129 (talk) 01:41, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you can specify that, although all donations will ultimately help all languages. Nihiltres^(t.l) 01:47, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Columns

On the Lessons for Children page, the columns aren't formatting correctly. They are placed next to images and seem to run off of the page and into each other. Please advise. Awadewit | talk 02:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello? :) Awadewit | talk 04:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You might try posting this comment at WP:EAR. This Help Desk is more for questions about how to user Wikipedia. Sbowers3 05:05, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a question about using Wikipedia. I've tried tweaking it. Is this what you were looking for? - Mgm|^(talk) 07:26, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is the "clear=all" part of your tweak? More usefully, where I can find answers to questions like that? I tried br, which redirected to newline; then looked at the xhtml article. Sbowers3 13:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Closing Admin.

When I read the section [1], I noticed it said "any editor" may perform this task. Yet the phrase, "closing admin." appears to mean an administrator. Administrators are supposed to be chosen by another process, don't they? Which is it? Who can close a deletion discussion, and what qualifications must that person meet?--Libertyguy 02:47, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Let me assure you that it is not you. That section is so schizophrenically written I imagine it would be impossible to make heads or tails of it if you are not already intimately familiar with these processes. My response to you below defines some of these deletion processes. Read that first. As to your question: Only administrators can delete articles, so only administrators can close any deletion process resulting in deletion. Generally, articles tagged for speedy deletion are reviewed by administrators who either delete the article as tagged, delete based on a different criteria than the one supplied in the tag, or "decline to speedy" for various reasons and remove the tag; there is no formal "closure". See my response to you below for how it plays out when non-admins remove speedy tags. Prod tags can be removed by anyone, though it is bad form to remove without explanation. Like speedy deletion, there is no closure per se; a prodded article is either deleted, or its tag is removed at some point by someone. Finally, with respect to articles that have had a deletion debate at articles for deletion, which is what the section you cite to was actually speaking about, if an article is to be kept, either because there is consensus to keep, or because there is no consensus which defaults to keep, editors in good standing can perform such closure of the debate. However, an editor who participated in the subject article's debate, or who is involved in editing the subject article, should never do so. Finally, administrators are chosen at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit 03:22, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Way too much information about administrators is here: WP:EIW#Admin. You might start by reading WP:ADMIN, which describes what administrators do, and how they got to be administrators. Yes, a "closing admin" in WP:GD#Closure refers to an administrator, and the previous task which "any editor" can do refers to moving the day's list of deletion discussions from the active page to the /Old page. Once you read about administrators, that section should make more sense, although the process is complicated as Fuhghettaboutit notes. --Teratornis 03:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Getting back to how confused that section is, reading it again, I'm **fairly** certain it is referring to closing debates, and not moving /Old. Doesn't really matter but it definitely need a rewrite.--Fuhghettaboutit 04:05, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Repeated Deletion Prods

If a speedy deletion prod is removed, can it be replaced again later? Can an article be nominated for deletion after a speedy deletion prod is removed?--Libertyguy 02:51, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on what you mean by "speedy deletion prod". As you have some mixed up terms here, first some terminology. Speedy deletion refers to articles that are deleted speedily. The list of critria is set forth at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion. The proposed deletion (prod) process shares some similarities to speedy deletion, insofar as it is deletion without debate on the merits of the article (such as is done at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion), but otherwise, it is not a form of speedy deletion as prodded articles are not subject to deletion until five days after they are tagged. Speedy deletion templates should not be removed by the article's creator or another involved party, but they can be removed by any user if improperly applied. In practice, those other than admins removing such tags, who are not well established users, and where the speedy tag is not clearly improper, are likely to be warned if they do so. By contrast, anyone, including the article creator, can remove a prod tag and it should not be replaced. As to the second part of your question, articles can be nominated for deletion at AfD if speedy deletion is declined, or if a prod is removed. It is also not uncommon for articles which have survived an AfD to be renominated a second, third or even fourth time. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit 02:59, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Five days? I thought it was seven. Did something change or am I hallucinating? - Mgm|^(talk) 07:22, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And yes, if either a speedy deletion or prod tag is removed, but you still think there is a clear argument for deletion, you can list at Afd following the instructions at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Confusing Manifestation 04:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I went back to the first revision of WP:PROD and it's always been five days. Maybe you're thinking of various image CSD or TfD which are seven days? WP:RM, AfD, CfD and Prod all have five day stated recommendations. It's also possible, of course, that you ate some ergot-contaminated bread--Fuhghettaboutit 12:02, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Somehow, I don't think you mean "symptoms include strong uterine contractions, nausea, seizures, and unconsciousness." ... Oh, there it is: "hallucinations and attendant irrational behaviour." The things you can learn by reading the Help desk! Sbowers3 13:29, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marking a page as a blatant ad, how to? F5 Networks for example.

Can someone go thru the steps to mark a page for deletion? F5 Networks page is blatant advertisement.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.75.222 (talk • contribs)

As per the instructions at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, edit the page in question and add the appropriate template - in this case, it would be {{db-ad}}. You can then optionally add {{subst:Template:spam-warn}} ~~~~ on the creator's talk page. Confusing Manifestation 04:11, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Or if the page doesn't need to be deleted: add the template {{ad}} to the top of the page, and comment in the article's talk page on why you've done so. Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 04:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This doesn't help me. That's why I asked for step-by-step instructions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.75.222 (talk) 19:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You were given step-by-step instructions. You obviously already know how to edit a page, as you replied here. Just copy and paste {{ad}} onto the top of the page or, if you feel it should be deleted, copy and paste {{db-ad}} onto the page. -- Kesh 15:55, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

just joined and already blocked?

Hello, I just joined this site for the first time a few hours ago. I've been browsing thru on and off since and I was about to take a crack at testing some editing in the sandbox, and I now see a message that my account is "blocked". May I ask why? I feel like I just got a ticket for speeding without ever having driven a car before:) Kind Regards,Mrrose13 04:09, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you see the message? The block log [2] doesn't show a block on your account. --Bfigura ^(talk) 04:16, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If it said something like "database locked" or "unable to edit" it may have been due to an edit conflict or the database not allowing changes to be made while it catches up to recent edits. (Or was this block on another account?) Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 04:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(via edit conflict) It's a little hard to say, since I assume that with your account blocked you created this one to ask the question. I would like to point out that technically this is a big no-no as (1) it counts as a block-evading sock puppet, and (2) there is an established process for appealing a block, and this isn't it. If that doesn't help, the least you could do is say what username you were blocked under, since then it would be possible to work out why you were blocked (as it should be mentioned in your block log, and usually on a message on your talk page). Confusing Manifestation 04:20, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Now now, AGF. - Rjd0060 04:25, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, such quick replies...cool site. I saw I was blocked when I went to the sandbox page, but that message is gone now and it appears I can try some experimenting now, not sure what happened. I have not read about appealing blocks, and a "block-evading sock puppet" only sounds like Kermit the Frog's retarded cousin that never made the Muppet Show to me right now:) Bare with me as I'm still learning this site. Thanks for the help, Mrrose13 04:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. My bet is someone else used the sandbox to test a block notice, and left it there. Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 04:35, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ps. The Kermit analogy has to be the most amusing thing I've seen on the help desk in a bit. You deserve a barnstar --Bfigura ^(talk) 04:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is a great analogy (and I admit I'm annoyed I didn't think of the possibility of testing a block notice in the sandbox, and hence not assuming good faith, thanks Rjd). I'm not so sure I'm ok with the "bare with me" bit though - we've hardly met! Confusing Manifestation 05:54, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mrrose13 must have seen this sandbox version. It lasted 25 minutes. PrimeHunter 12:26, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot my login!!

I created an account years ago and would like to still use that account, and unfortunately I have forgotten the password! And I checked all the email addresses I think I could have used (except for the domain that I had that expired!) Is there another way to reset my account password?

Thank you! Brett —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.160.102.239 (talk) 04:22, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you can't get it via email, then you have to create a new account. Sorry! - Rjd0060 04:23, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Displaying Images and the some rights reservered commons license

I have two questions,

1. While there is a clear explanation of the image upload process using the tool bar, I cannot readily find an explanation of how to include the commons license. I have used the link on the creative commons website to create the code. Is there a tool bar button that allows for the insertion of that code?

2. Is it permissible to cite reference material obtained online to support my copy edit or must I go to hard copy?

Thanks NYerkes 05:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1)The upload page has a pulldown menu to select the copyright tag to apply. 2) It depends on what you're trying to support but in general it is acceptable to have online sources. Just make sure it's a reliable site. You don't want to cite a bunch of cranks or someone without any experience in the field he's talking about. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How does one contact a writter to let him/her know that thier page is totally wrong!?

I was looking up Peter Steel who was in a band called Type O Negitive, they gave me a pic of him, but ALL the information, up to the stats on birth and such was that of Glenn Danzig. You can look up Glenn Danzig and compare. So what do I do? Cptannebonny 07:35, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was just a little vandalism that has since been corrected. If you find a problem with an article just look at the talk page for that article. violet/riga (t) 07:49, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In this case an editor replaced the previous content with the information from Glenn Danzig's page. I have changed it back and I'll also leave a note asking the editor to be more careful in future. Thanks for letting us know.

In future, you can be bold and attempt it yourself. If you click on the "history" tab at the top of each article, you will be able to see a log of all the edits to the page. If you check the Peter Steele history (here) you will note that MrsSimson (talk · contribs) made some misleading changes today (this page shows the pages before and after MrsSimson made the changes). I have changed it back by clicking on the last good version (20:33, 23 October 2007 Logical Defense) and clicking the "edit this page" tab, then saving the page. This is called reverting. Rockpocket 07:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

arabic change into english

Hi !

I want to know meaning of below in English —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.144.173.20 (talk) 08:28, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see anything in Arabic. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:37, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorting your contributions

Is it possible to figure out which FA candidate pages you commented on? I can't seem to sort my contributions by more than namespace. Is it possible to sort all subpages of for example FAC or AFD for ease of reference? - Mgm|^(talk) 08:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if it is, but Googling featured article candidates MacGyverMagic site:en.wikipedia.org is a bit of a workaround way of doing it. violet/riga (t) 09:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you give us a link to one of the pages you are trying to find? Because I don't see any distinct reference to "featured article candidate" here:

http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=MacGyverMagic&site=en.wikipedia.org

Google Search lets you search all pages on Wikipedia that share a particular URL prefix, up to a slash character, but I can't tell if that fits what you are trying to find. See: User:Teratornis#Useful searches for examples (such as searching the Help desk and its archive). Another option is to use a method similar to Pipeline (Unix)#Example so you can grep through your contributions in HTML format. If the edits you seek fit some regular expression, then you can pipe all your contributions through grep and list them that way. I can't easily provide an example because you did not provide an example of what you are looking for. --Teratornis 12:47, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:COUNT lists some tools that might do what you want, but my quick glance did not find anything resembling an actual manual that explains how to modify the output format of an edit counting tool to zero in on a particular namespace or page basename. The link I gave above, for example, seems to list only the top 15 pages you edited per namespace. I did not see any documentation on how to list more pages than that. --Teratornis 12:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

adding social networking website

I have added a social network website and the reference for it as well but it has been deleted. I would like to know why. The netwok has more than 22,000 people so I dont understand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Modelsconnect (talk • contribs) 10:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone probably deleted through speedy deletion or an articles for deletion discussion. If you go to the deleted page and click "edit", there will be a box that says "You are recreating a page that has been deleted". In that box, right under the text, is the deletion reason and the name of the deleting admin. NF24^{(radio me!}_{Editor review)} 10:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you're referring to Modelsconnect, which was deleted as CSD G11: Blatant Advertising. Please check WP:WEB to see if the website meets Wikipedia notability guideline. If you think it does, then you need to provide third party sources to verify the content. You might see also WP:NPOV and WP:COI. I hope this helps. PeaceNT 11:02, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding background colour to a wiki page

We have a wiki attached to our company intranet. I have been trying in vain for days now to find out how to add a background colour to a wiki page I have created. I have tried many options, but none seem to work. Could you help please. Thanks Anniehall53 10:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, articles on Wikipedia don't have any special background colours, and the background colour of an infobox (if that's what you mean) cannot be changed, either. Could you please tell us the title of the page you're referring to? Regards, PeaceNT 10:54, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think they're referring to a company wiki - not Wikipedia. I don't think you can change the background colour of pages on any MediaWiki installation. NF24^{(radio me!}_{Editor review)} 11:01, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see, thanks NASCAR Fan. :) I was thinking there's maybe a slim chance they meant to talk about something in userspace, in that case, they could go here. PeaceNT 11:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi That's brilliant.

I think that'll do the trick perfectly.

I'm new to this as you can tell. What does the "div" refer to? Thanks Anniehall53 11:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is a block element, simply used to denote a division. See Span and div. Think of it as "blocking" up some text, which has various useful CSS abilities, such as the one you have discovered, putting a background under some text. x42bn6 Talk Mess 11:29, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a container for text, images and other markup to which formatting can be applied. Formatting can't exist on its own: it has to be applied to something, and the <div> is there as something to say which text the formatting should be applied to. (There are actually two tags that do this sort of thing: <div>, which is a 'block' element that surrounds lines of text, and <span>, which is an 'inline' element that surrounds characters; so your multi-line comment uses divs (and is correct to, because you want to change the background colour of each line and the space between them, and want the colour to continue to the right margin on the last line), but to change the background colour of a few words in a sentence I'm using <span> instead.) Hope that helps! --ais523 11:33, 26 October 2007 (U T C)

Yes, that's really helpful. Thanks. Have a good weekend.

Anniehall53 15:45, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Freedom on access/censorship

Why am I unable to access informtion concerning the US Patriot Act - why does this revert to a blank page ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.73.99.6 (talk) 10:46, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, please see USA PATRIOT Act. :) PeaceNT 10:48, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have made the title you were trying to access the article under into a redirect to the correct title. Anyone in the future who types that will find the correct page.--Fuhghettaboutit 12:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Language: Is there a way to find articles that are in one language but not in another?

I'm interested in doing some translating from Finnish articles to English articles.

Do I need to write a web-crawler? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.100.116.143 (talk) 13:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like a difficult question. The answer, if one exists, might be somewhere in the links under WP:EIW#Query and WP:EIW#Transl. --Teratornis 13:42, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You might also join WP:FIN, and ask on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Finland. --Teratornis 14:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I should add that the type of web crawler we use with Wikipedia (and with other wikis) we call a "bot". See: WP:EIW#Bot for information about bots on Wikipedia. --Teratornis 16:34, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amending Entry

Hi, I work for Loyd Grossman as his PA. Several incorrect details have been entered in his Wikipedia entry. How do we change these? Namely where he went to school and also his marital status. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Camillaeadie (talk • contribs) 14:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You just have to hit the "Edit this page" tab at the top of the article, more information at Help:Editing. :) PeaceNT 14:49, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You might also want to keep in mind the appearance of a conflict of interest when writing about your boss. Any changes you make should be verifiable to the readers, so you should cite reliable sources to ensure this. Leebo ^T/C 14:53, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Using icons

Regarding this page:

List of museums in the United States

I wanted to remove the bullet on each museum and insert a small SVG icon that represents what type of museum it is (i.e. science museum, art museum, history etc.) What would you suggest would be the best way to do this? I don't think a full image reference is appropriate because there are hundreds of bullets I would replace.

I like the way flag icons work. You can just use double braces and then the name of a template. I would like to make a template for each icon, but is that appropriate? Could I use just one template and somehow specify which icon to display? I only know how to pass true and false to a template.

Ben Boldt 14:39, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be willing to help you out. Contacted user through their talk page. MatthewYeager 06:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images I uploaded aren't appearing on the article.

Yesterday afternoon, I tried uploading some images for CDs that were missing cover art. I uploaded the jpg file, gave it a summary, and selected the Album Cover copyright. It seemed I uploaded them successfully, but it's been a day and still none of the images appear on their articles. I uploaded cover art for the following albums...

The Union Underground - Live...One Nation Underground, Gravity Kills - Manipulated, Stabbing Westward - Ungod, Seven Wiser - Seven Wiser

Let me know what I did wrong or what the problem is. Thank you.

Gkw1982 15:09, 26 October 2007 (UTC)Greg "gkw1982"[reply]

Hi Gkw, you'll have to add the images to the article, please review Help:Images, and the Fair Use guide, as well as the manual of style, Layout guide, Article development and How to edit for assistance. Hope that helps! Ariel♥Gold 15:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your efforts. Uploading images is both difficult and tedious. IF you have succeeded in uppoading useful images, you are to be commended. After you succeed in uploading images t teh english Wikipedia, you must add links to these inages from the appropriate Wikip-edia articles if you want the images to actually be displayed in the articles. This is a technical issue.

We also have a very serious procedural issue: if the images are "fair use", then you must provide a fair use justification for each and every use of the image on the english Wikipedia. This requiirement derives from the laws of the United States and the state of Florida, where the data actually resides. We (the collective self-elected editors) do not make these rules, so we cannot argue about them. Just do it. Don't argue. We have no choice. Arch dude 04:44, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding background image to a wiki page

We have a wiki attached to our company intranet. I would like to be able to add a background image to a new page I've written but can't find out how. I envisage this as being a faded image, like a watermark, filling the page and behind the text. Can anyone tell me how to do this please. Thanks Anniehall53 15:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TAMIL SPIRITUAL BOOKS

DEAR SIR, WE ARE DA PUBLISHERS OF TAMIL SPIRITUAL BOOKS

WE WISH TO ENLIST THOSE BOOKS ALSO IN WIKIPEDIA PL. HELP US REGARDS, R.DEVARAJAN —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devarajanji (talk • contribs) 15:57, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Email removed, promotional material removed.) Please review what Wikipedia is not, namely, an advertising service, arbitrary collection of information, business directory, or sales site. If your company is notable enough, please feel free to request the article be created at articles for creation, and be sure to list the accomplishments, adding reliable, third-party sources that can be cited to verify the notability. Cheers, Ariel♥Gold 16:50, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

trying to post an article.

I have my article, I used the sandbox and submitted the article saved it and everything but is not posting, how do actually post an article to be viewed on the internet, that is when you type your keyword on the search box you can actually see your article on there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nestorvillalobos (talk • contribs) 16:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What was formerly in the Sandbox, the material headed "LAT TV Co-Produces Desaparecidos," as written is a press release, not an encyclopedia article. It fails our tests for advertisement, conflict of interest, and neutral point of view. --Orange Mike 16:42, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article

Want to submit someone's life work onto this website. How do i do it?

Phil Price —Preceding unsigned comment added by Philprice13 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but if you're talking about the material on your User page, this article would totally fail our standards as to Hendrie's notability. The author of unpublished manuscripts, and founder of an obscure organization of which he is president-for-life, is not suitable material for this reference project. --Orange Mike 16:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(after edit conflict) Try reading Wikipedia:Introduction, Wikipedia:Tutorial, Your first article. You didn't specify what exactly you mean by someone's life work, so you should probably go through the questions outlined at WP:AFC without submitting there, to see if your submission is suitable for Wikipedia. If it isn't try to find another wiki, Wikipedia isn't the only wiki website. - Mgm|^(talk) 18:27, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PLEASE CONTACT ME

I AM HAVING A ISSUE WITH MY WORK PLACE. I AM A MINORITY, MEANING I AM BLACK, WHITE AND ITALIAN. MY WORK PLACE IS SINGLING ME OUT IN EVERY WHICH WAY. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWIN DAUGHTERS THAT ARE THREE. SO I AM BARELY LIVING MAKING 12.00 AN HOUR. WE HAD AN EVAL. DONE ON EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE WORK PLACE. THEY TOLD ME I DO NOT DRESS PROFESSIONAL. NOW MIND YOU, YES I DID NOT DRESS APPROPRIATE SOME TIMES, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THAT WAS ONLY FIVE TIMES IN ALMOST A YEAR IN 12/04/07. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN HERE THAT WEAR TEE SHIRTS EVERY OTHER DAY, MIND YOU I AM THE ONLY MINORITY HERE, BECAUSE THEY EITHER FIRE THE OTHER OR THEY QUIT BECAUSE THEY SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. I HAVE REACHED THE PEAK OF JUST WALKING OUT. I AM MISERABLE AND I JUST WANT TO CRY EVERY DAY AT WORK, I AM 23, AND I REALIZE THAT THERE IS STILL RACISM IN THE WORLD, BUT THIS KIND OF STUFF IS NOT PROFESSIONAL AND IT JUST IS NOT RIGHT.. PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WANT TO QUIT BUT I NEED TO PROVIDE FOR BABIES, OTHER WISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT. IT IS BAD WHEN YOU WALK INTO WORK THINKING THAT YOU MAY LOSE YOUR JOB, BECAUSE I MAKE MISTAKES LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN HERE BUT I AM SINGLED OUT. PLEASE CONTACT ME... I HAVE A FEW EMAILS: <personal contact information removed for your security>... PLEASE CONTACT ME... THANKS SO MUCH... ELESHA D. STOKES —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.118.42.134 (talk) 16:53, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, please calm down. This page isn't really the place to bring a problem like this. If you have legal issues, you need to talk to a legal professional in your area; We can't give you that kind of information. Lastly, I've removed your contact info for security reasons, see the note at the top of the page. Leebo ^T/C 16:57, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You need to talk to a lawyer. I suggest you do research online about community organizations in your area that might offer free legal counseling and other services. -- Diletante —Preceding comment was added at 17:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll chime in here just to let you know that I'm afraid that there is little the volunteer editors here can do to assist you with your personal situation. I'd suggest that you find a support group, talk to family or friends, or perhaps a religious figure of your choice to help talk with you. But, just know that you're not alone. I wish you well. Ariel♥Gold 17:01, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Money problems are no fun. Conversely, it's fun to daydream about easy ways to make money. For example: adsense success story. --Teratornis 20:47, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

helpme

I have gone in circles trying to submit referenced academic based research to post on Wiki..is there no step by step process to show you how to submit this. I saw P&G and this looks great- can you please tell me how this type of format can be done? Sunil —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunil Bechar (talk • contribs) 18:37, October 26, 2007

Can you be a bit more clear on which articles you want to edit and what you want to add? Have you tried reading Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Footnotes? Both contain technical information for referencing material. Also, {{helpme}} is for your talk page, not this page. Leebo ^T/C 18:47, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tools for finding faulty (ambiguous) links?

Hi - I spend a fair amount of time going to disambiguation pages and cleaning up links that point to them, using the "What Links Here" resource. My question has to do with pages that are not disambiguation pages but that receive a substantial number of mis-links. Geographic examples would include Washington state, which constantly gets links intended for Washington, D.C.; New York, which gets a lot of links that are supposed to go to New York City; Manchester, England, which gets links meant for Manchester, New Hampshire and other places; Lisbon; Athens; and so on. It is way too time-consuming to use "What Links Here" on the main articles, since most of the links pointing to these articles are correct. So, is there a tool that an editor could use to ferret out links that incorrectly point to major articles? Thanks, --Ken Gallager 18:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The only way you can do that accurately is by hand, but you could ask someone to do it with bot assistence. See Wikipedia:Bot requests. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:23, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Kind of what I suspected. Thanks for pointing out the Bot requests option. --Ken Gallager 19:31, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've been dealing with a few dab pages "by hand" for several months, including Battery. Rugby. and Hawthorn. Fun and interesting. I have avoided Football, as it is an absolute nightmare. We need a more formal method to request editors to adoppt these pages for manual intevention. -70.177.166.200 04:13, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stage-Gate Process

i submitted thru the index page, Stage Gate Process, now all the work I had saved is gone... can you please tell me what happened to it?

Sunil Bechar 20:22, 26 October 2007 (UTC)sunil[reply]

The page was deleted as advertising. You were left a message regarding the reason; that should explain. See also Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? Leebo ^T/C 20:27, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Content and self promotion

I found this kind of user and I really want to know if this is allowed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Marcello_capotosti the reason of my question is because I use this encyclopedia (as many people different countries and ages) to achieve information, a complete information. And I cannot find ANYTHING of ethics I used to find here in this link. So, I was wondering if was my opinion or a mistake.

Thanks upfront Carina [e-mail removed NF24^{(radio me!}_{Editor review)} 20:48, 26 October 2007 (UTC)] (I really prefer to keep my name in between us) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.61.201.248 (talk) 20:42, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Many people make "articles" about themselves and put them on their userpage. You may put anything in your userspace that doesn't violate WP:USERPAGE. NF24^{(radio me!}_{Editor review)} 20:48, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Marcello capotosti starts with "User:". This means it is a user page and not a part of the encyclopedia. Editors are allowed to say some non-notable and unverifiable things about themselves on their user pages. In this case, creating the user page 4 months ago is the only registered edit.[3] Some administrators might delete even a tiny user page in those circumstances. PrimeHunter 21:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deaths section of October 2 got deleted

I have a problem. Some guy called 65.207.61.65 deleted the "Deaths" section of the October 2 article. I wanted to revert the article to the way it was before the "Deaths" section got deleted, but I don't know how to do it. Can you help me? --Angeldeb82 22:24, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done - In the future, go to the page's history (by clicking "history" at the top), click on the time the version you want to revert to was made, then click "edit this page" at the top then save. Alternatively, you can click "undo" next to the revision's listing on the history page to undo the last edit. Also Twinkle can be useful for reverting vandalism, especially multiple edits in a row by the same user. NF24^{(radio me!}_{Editor review)} 22:29, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you check their other edits too? Looks a lot like a returning vandal. - Mgm|^(talk) 22:31, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it was a good faith edit - no recent vandalism edits from this IP address. NF24^{(radio me!}_{Editor review)} 23:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the "Deaths" section has returned! Thank you, NASCAR Fan 24, for doing a good job! --Angeldeb82 22:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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