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June 2

Passenger on board missing air france flight

Hi, I read that Prince Pedro Luís of Orléans-Braganza was on board the air france flight that went missing over the atlantic last night. His article says that he died in the crash, but we cannot be certain that he died in the acident. He could have survived somehow, in a life raft of by clinging on to some debris? I don't know what the odds are that he's alive, probably remote, but it seems wrong to assume dead already. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.47.202.92 (talk) 00:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing that out. I've removed the sentence pending confirmation in independent sources. Verifiability is something we take seriously here, so I'll keep the page on my watchlist until we hear more. TNXMan 00:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

rainbows

Where do rainbows appear? I always see them in the east. Never west, north or south. Thank you. rheea

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Rainbow. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. TNXMan 01:15, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Wiki style for TV program times

When giving the time slot for a TV show, which is preferred: "8:00 - 9:00 p.m." or "8 - 9:00 p.m."? I thought I read somewhere in the Style Manual that the latter is preferred primarily for conciseness. Thanks. RadioBroadcast (talk) 02:16, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

From WP:MOSNUM, it says that date ranges should use minimum repetition, so that June 1-2, 2009 would be preferred to June 1, 2009 - June 2, 2009. Under the same principle, the better version for time would be 8-9:00 pm. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:06, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to add that most wikiprojects discourage adding showtimes for individual networks or stations as its generally unencyclopedic. Wikipedia articles on TV shows are supposed to cover the big picture: reception, concepts, etc; rather than being a "TV guide". --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 05:32, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

• You don't need the ":00"-part in 9:00 pm either. 8-9 p.m. is the best wording. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:29, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Importing Ansfelden heraldic image from de.WP

Ansfelden (talk). We would like to get the coat of arms image imported over from de.WP. An editor asked at WP:EAR and was referred here. Does anyone here have experience with interwiki importing image files? Wilhelm_meis (talk) 06:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

The easiest way to do this is to simply upload the image again, either here or at Wikimedia Commons. If you wish to upload the image here, simply go to this page and follow the directions. Please note that your account must be autoconfirmed (which means that is has been active for four days and made at least ten edits) to upload the image here, while Commons does not have that restriction. TNXMan 11:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, and I see User:Jezhotwells has beat me to it. Wilhelm_meis (talk) 01:05, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Deletion for A7, How to Correct?

I recently uploaded an article about an organization, since it was referenced in another article, but also because I saw a Wikipedia page regarding a similar organization and decided to upload one. It was deleted for A7 reasons, although I do not see any major differences between it and the other. Are there any suggestions I can take into consideration, as I would like to re-write my article and try again. If I mention the article title, can someone give me specific editing pointers? Thank you!Christinastam (talk) 09:17, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

That means you didn't say why the organisation was notable & important-to get in Wikipedia it needs to be notable & be referenced in reliable third party sources. Dotty••|^TALK 09:22, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Please also refer to our notability guidelines. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 09:40, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Slight correction: to survive a speedy deletion nomination pursuant to WP:CSD#A7, the article merely has to "indicate why its subject is important or significant", not quite as high a standard as notability. – ukexpat (talk) 14:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Unable to give a server link in Wiki

Hello

I am unable to give a server link to the page I have created in WIKI. The main intention would be to divert or point users to the respective server link/folder with a single click. Here, I am speaking of links without http. Kindly revertVsn002 (talk) 09:35, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Are you intending to direct users on your server to Wikipedia or the other way around? If it is the former, http links should be fine, although if it is the latter I cannot imagine that the practice would be condoned here. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 09:37, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

If your intention is to automatically redirect people who visit a page on wikipedia to your server, then i can say "Not possible, and not allowed". Also, based upon your edit history i cannot see any page you created; Are you taqlking about the wikipedia wiki, or about a custom wiki? Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 09:42, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. We have a different setup of Wiki in the org and so the page is not available here. Why do you think it is impossible or not allowed? What are the repercussions of the same? Thaks Vsn002 (talk) 09:53, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Aah, that is the problem then - This is the reference desk for Wikipedia, and not the help desk for mediawiki, the software that is used to run wikipedia. I assume that your question should be placed at the media wiki support desk. This helpdesk is only for wikipedia editor assistance. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 09:57, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Richard North

Hi guys, could an admin please remove the 'Richard David North' page please as I have made a mistake, the correct one is 'Richard North (Entrepeneur)' and 'Richard David North' needs removing.

Many Thanks and sorry about that.

PS. Changes made at Richards Request —Preceding unsigned comment added by K9websitedesign (talk • contribs) 09:55, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

i redirected Richard David North so that it points to Richard North (Entrepreneur). If the page should be completely removed let me know. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 10:00, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

• Unneccesary modifiers (words in brackets) are against Wikipedia's naming policies. I've moved the article to Richard North. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:27, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Now, the article has been prodded. hmwithτ 17:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Changing font size

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:54, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

By some unfortunate and unvoluntary key combination, I increased my font size to 16 instead of 14. How can I reverse that? Thanks a lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.194.234.180 (talk) 12:12, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Try hitting Ctrl and the '-' key, or try scrolling your mouse wheel down while holding Ctrl down. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:17, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Ah, thanks a lot once again :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.194.245.212 (talk) 12:49, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Using an image from another Wiki.

Hi,

I referenced Theodor_Döring from the German wiki. It seems like a good idea to add his image which I suppose has been made freely available there. But isn't recognised - is there a syntax to point to the German wiki copy?

Or does a separate copy have to be uploaded? If so, how? I found the upload page but I'm not authorised to use it. Thanks Trilobyte fossil (talk) 12:15, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Just noticed this question seems to have been answered above. So if the following is right please ignore this question.

"The easiest way to do this is to simply upload the image again, either here or at Wikimedia Commons. If you wish to upload the image here, simply go to this page and follow the directions. Please note that your account must be autoconfirmed (which means that is has been active for four days and made at least ten edits) to upload the image here, while Commons does not have that restriction. TNXMan 11:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC)" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trilobyte fossil (talk • contribs)

That's absolutely correct. Glad you found the answer on your own. :) hmwithτ 17:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons. There is a worked-out procedure with supporting tools for this. --Teratornis (talk) 20:06, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Question

How is it, that when some users use Twinkle, they don't have the (TW) thing in the edit summary? 78.150.246.229 (talk) 12:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Twinkle/doc shows the default summary can be changed by the user. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:35, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Tagging {{Stub}} articles as Unreferenced?

I often notice that article's marked with one of the various stub templates don't contain any reference to support the claims made in the article. What i am wondering about: Should those article's be tagged with an {{unreferenced}} template just like regular article's? Or are stubs excluded from reference tags? Both the MOS and the Stub pages seem to include no documentation on this matter; yet i virtually never see any stubs marked with unref templates. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 12:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

There is no clear consensus either way. {{Unreferenced}} has a very vague statement: "Consider not adding this template to extremely short articles." There has been some discussion about this at Template talk:Unreferenced and on the persistent proposals subpage is this thread (although it's from 3 years ago). There is some related discussion going on right now at this bot request for approval. — jwillbur 16:01, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

• Other people might disagree, but I see the unreferenced-template mostly as a maintenance template. Since short articles need only 1 or 2 references to be verified, they don't need the extensive organized fixing larger articles require. If the lack of references can't be resolved after earnest attempts at finding sources (both online and in paper), it should be submitted for deletion, rather than tagged. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:45, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Name change

Hello,

We would like to create a new article about our Chairman, Dr Frederik Paulsen.

However, the name "Frederik Paulsen" is already taken for an article about our Chairman's father who had the same name.

Would it be possible to change the name of the current article "Frederik Paulsen" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Paulsen) to "Frederik Paulsen Snr"?

I saw that a number of other pages were linking to this one. Will the change of name also be modified in their pages?

Thank you

Ferring Communications (talk) 14:12, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

See WP:DISAMBIGUATION. Also, please read WP:COI and WP:SPAMNAME as you are in danger of violating both. – ukexpat (talk) 15:02, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Editing content

Hello, Wikipedia,

We are Newronio, a trend blog from ESPM college which aims to publish through our blog the most important trends and news related to communication, social media and consumer trends. ESPM is one of the most important colleges in Brazil, wich has over 10.000 internet heavy-user Communication, business, design and international relations students.

Willing to enrich the content on WIkipedia through our researches done here at the college and Newronio, we started to edit some articles hosted on Wiki and to testify the information posted, we linked these informations to some of our posts and external websites. This content, besides the published web content, is used during our classes and we suggest them to consult more articles on Wiki when needed. The teachers themselves use Wikipedia articles as a source for their classes, but now without the approval for our changes we are no longer recommending wiki as a reliable content.

On May, 07 we realized that all of our links were removed from Wikipedia, even though the information written by us still remains on the articles. As a response to our complaint Wiki Portuguese (User: Alchimista) said that “on the elaboration of a cientific document, technical report or something similar, it is not advisable to link your content with blog, because it is not certain that this information is reliable. This Wiki positioning is too paradoxal specially because Wiki is a collaborative encyclopedia, which philosophy is also followed by blogs and specially Newronio ESPM. A collaborative encyclopedia which aims to be free and written by people from all over the world cannot deny a nationally and internationally acknowledged college such as ESPM to edit contents, specially subjects related to communication, which is ESPM focus and more: take out the credibility of blog generated contents.

We tried a second contact to this user, but not receiving a response, we are sending this mail to Wikipedia.org.

We are in a complicated situation because we have already published our 2.0 Wiki action to our 10.000 students e many other blog external readers. We would like to know what is Wikipedia’s position about that issue, because our readers want to know the reason we stopped editing articles and soon we will be forced to tell them the first positioning we had from you, including officially stop recommending the use of Wikipedia articles as a trusted source of information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newronio (talk • contribs) 14:56, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

We don't deny anyone the opportunity to edit Wikipedia (it's not a right), provided that they comply with the rules. I have posted a welcome message on your talk page that has links to a lot of useful information. Of particular importance are WP:N, WP:RS and WP:V. As far as external links are concerned please see WP:EL.  – ukexpat (talk) 15:06, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Also, just a quick question- because an article about your blog got deleted, you're going to tell people Wikipedia isn't a good source of information? I should hardly think that the removal of links to your site somehow makes Wikipedia untrustworthy. You may want to read WP:COI, by the way. People and organizations are discouraged from adding information about themselves (or links to their sites) because of the very real possibility of bias, whereas Wikipedia tries to avoid bias. While we don't always reach the mark, we do try. Of course, this isn't saying you aren't allowed to edit information about yourself, simply that it's usually best to avoid it. --Alinnisawest,^{Dalek Empress} (extermination requests here) 00:03, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Ok, what is the proposal of Wikipedia itself? Isn't it colaborative content based on other sources? That's what we did but as we can see you don't want collaboration. We are sorry to hear that specially from you, Wikipedia, a web 2.0 native webpage. And what drive us angry is that our modifications are still on the pages we put them. What we got to do? Not help you spread trustful content anymore and tell our readers Wikipedia has lost its main proposal. Sorry! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.198.121.102 (talk) 17:42, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

City infobox

Actually I don't understand why the default caption 'coat of arms' in the Infobox City template does not change when I enter a new one in the image_caption string. Is it fixable? brandt 16:37, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

It redirects to {{Infobox Settlement}}. Looking at the documentation and the markup, I don't think that image_caption has anything to do with the "coat of arms" text. Without knowing what article you are working on, I can't answer this further. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

You'd probably have the best luck if you ask this question at Template talk:Infobox Settlement. hmwithτ 17:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Specifically I mean adding the word 'present' or 'current' to the caption for Shusha's Armenian coat of arms (since the area is de jure Azerbaijani). brandt 19:15, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh, that's not needed. It's assumed that the most current coat of arms is displayed. hmwithτ 19:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

submitting an article

i can find information on every conceivable questino except the most obvious one...how do i submit an article on Wickipedia? I realize i must be missing something obvious, but i can't figure out how to initially contribute an article on this thing.

Dr. zippidy (talk) 16:55, 2 June 2009 (UTC) Tim

You can start a page by clicking any red link. The easiest way is to enter the intended title in the search bar. If there is not already an article with that name, it will be listed as a red link at the top ("You searched for _____"). Click that red link of the title, enter the information you'd like it to say, and click "Save page". Also, please make sure to read WP:Your first article. hmwithτ 17:19, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

You can also start the page in your sandbox (at User:Dr. zippidy/sandbox), then move it to mainspace when it's ready. hmwithτ 17:21, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

• Can you tell us what you did when you tried to find that information? We obviously want that information to be highly visible and although we believe it is, your failed attempt to find it, might mean we need some additional links. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:41, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Inserting photographs

How do I insert a photograph (there are no copyright issues) into my biography? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lesaucoin (talk • contribs) 17:56, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

If the picture has been uploaded to (English) Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, then it can added using [[Image:FILENAME.EXT|thumb|desired sizepx]]. However, the Les AuCoin page uses an infobox, which means all you have to do is add the file name (eg. Les AuCoin.jpg) after '|image name= ' on the page. See Wikipedia:Upload for details about uploading photographs. Also ensure you sign you posts on pages like this one by typing ~~~~. Anything I've missed? - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 18:07, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Please be careful when editing your own biography, it is not banned outright, however it is strongly discouraged, and those who edit their biographies without conforming to WP:NPOV are not tolerated. However I've given your edits a quick review and they seem to be of a high quality and seem to be fairly neutral, so that's all ok, for additional reading see WP:COI, thank you Spitfire^Tally-ho! 18:10, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Insert a date template in a template

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 00:17, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Good afternoon.
I would like to use a date template (for example template:CURRENTSECOND) in a template in a sub-page in order to display the date of edition of a page when this template is inserted, date which will have to be “frozen” at the date at which the template has been inserted. The result I try to have is equivalent to the signature with the five tildes, without having to type them each time I call this template. Using the following code {{subst:CURRENTSECOND|subst1=subst:}} I'm able to get this: {{#time:s}}, but I don't know how to obtain that: {{subst:#time:s}}. Help:Substitution seems to be the right place to find what I'm looking for but my English isn't good enough to understand the meaning of “subst:” and to find the answer.
Thanks. Sting-fr (talk) 18:56, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I think it's {{subst:CURRENTSECOND|subst=subst:}} rather than {{subst:CURRENTSECOND|subst1=subst:}}, maybe. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 19:29, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

This substitutes the expression by the value in the template itself and I want this happen only in the page where and when I insert the template. Sting-fr (talk) 20:02, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I found out what was wrong: I omitted to use < subst: > when calling the template in order to import its content. That way the variables couldn't be saved in the page in which I was calling my template. Trivial. Thanks for your help. Sting-fr (talk) 20:56, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Help creating a page

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 22:00, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

I read the current featured article (Woody Guthrie) earlier today and was shocked at how slipshod the prose was. I am trying to follow the instructions to list the article for featured article review but I can't create the page. The notice at the top of the talk page (talk:Woody Guthrie) has a link for "add a comment". That is the page I want to create. Can you help me?—141.155.159.210 (talk) 19:13, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

See WP:ACCOUNT#Abilities given to users with an account - it seems only logged-in users can create new pages. You posted this question under an IP address, which means you aren't currently logged in. --Teratornis (talk) 20:01, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes. What I meant to say was, can you create the page so that I can add detail on problems with the prose in the article?—141.155.159.210 (talk) 19:13, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Given the amount of work you have put into this already, it would be much more productive if you would simply improve the article. We really need people with your demonstrated attention t detail as editors. -Arch dude (talk) 23:34, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

No, I highlighted a few major problems in one section of a much longer article, full of problems. Much of the problems I highlighted require knowledge of facts I do not have in order to be rectified. The article needs a rewrite, with information additions, from people conversant with the material and sources. I really do not understand what the problem is with creating the page so I can detail the problems.—141.155.159.210 (talk) 00:37, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

The page for detailing problems is Talk:Woody Guthrie. It already exists; so you don't need to create it. You successfully created an extensive section at Talk:Woody Guthrie#who lived across from Guthrie and his family in Brooklyn in the 1940s. If you want to detail the problems you find in the article, that is where you do it. What more do you want to do? —teb728 t c 01:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

If you want to discuss a different article—one that doesn’t already have a talk page, then as Teratornis says, you would have to login in order to create a talk page. —teb728 t c 01:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

No. There is a formal process. The details are at the page, Wikipedia:Featured article review. The instructions include placing a notice on the top of the talk page: { {subst:FAR} }, which I did. When that saved it posted a notice at the top of the Woody Guthrie talk page that says "This article is undergoing a featured article review to ensure that it meets the standards of a featured article. Please add a comment to assist the process..." In that notice the words "add a comment" are an italicized link to the page I wish someone would create so I can assist Wikipedia! And if someone does create it today, note that I wanted to add comments there about 7 hours ago and it is now time for bed.—141.155.159.210 (talk) 01:36, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

I followed the redlink and created the page for you at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Woody Guthrie/archive1. – ukexpat (talk) 02:15, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you ukexpat. I was getting very frustrated there. The page is now completed.—141.155.159.210 (talk) 20:32, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Happy to help, marking as resolved. – ukexpat (talk) 22:00, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Cropping Flickr image

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 21:58, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I've found an image on commons File:Siti Nurhaliza Khai.jpg, I just want to know whether I can crop it or not, the image is too wide, I just want to show the subject's face. Can I? Is it wrong to crop the images from Flickr ? Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 19:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

As the image is licensed under the Creative Commons cc-by-2 license, which permits anyone to make derivative works (or "remixes"), I don't see why it would be a problem. Under the terms of the license, you would, however, have to attribute (give credit) to the creator.--Kateshortforbob 19:32, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Should I upload the cropped image on en:Wiki or on Commons? Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 19:39, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

To the Commons. The free license requires that any derivative works also be given the same free license. All free license works belong on Commons and not here.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Deleted my misreading of the question. --Teratornis (talk) 19:57, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

You can put a Commons:Template:Extracted from on your cropped image. --Teratornis (talk) 19:58, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

And not that it helps now, but someday we might get image cropping as a MediaWiki feature:

• bugzilla:7757 – Bug #7757 – allow cropping images when rendered – proposal to enable display of only part of an image

To me this seems like a no-brainer. I.e., something we would obviously want as part of the markup language. --Teratornis (talk) 20:04, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey thanks a lot guys for the info Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 20:08, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Sandy Sweet Wiki page deleted...

hi guys...

i did a little work on pornstar Sandy Sweet's Wiki page and it's all gone now. what happened? a few people worked on it and made contributions.. maybe the formatting wasn't correct ... i dunno.

but PLEASE.... i've read alot of the Wiki info on if pages are delete the info will not be lost forever. so PLEASE... PLEASE... help me get this page up. all the info is correct ... and i did provide some reference material and other info is completely verifiable since Sandy Sweet is a very well-known pornstar with alot of movies out on the market as well as appearance in national/international magazine publications.

i am guessing it was marked for deletion because i did stop working on it.. and saved it before i was finished with all the verifiable stuff. then.... later.... i came back to add that stuff and it was market twice for deletion. then.. someone else tried to dispute it... and seems the dispute wasn't even really looked at. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelliedonnelly (talk • contribs) 20:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

thanks xoxo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelliedonnelly (talk • contribs) 20:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi - according to the notes on your talk page, it wasn't the formatting, but the fact that there was no indication of how Sweet was notable. Before you consider recreating the page, I'd suggest you take a look at Wikipedia's notability guidelines, especially WP:PORNBIO, and the guidelines on reliable sources. Please feel free to ask if you have any more questions. Dawn Bard (talk) 20:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

help me, 1987 Honda 1.5L D15A3 to the D15a2?

Can somebody help me in finding out if the carburated Distributor on a 1984-87 Honda 1.5L D15A2 is compatable with the 1987 honda 1.5L D15A3 fuel injected distributor? the reason I am asking is for our racing application we are using, I just found a motor which is the D15A3 and need to convert it to a carb. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Tenmen76 (talk) 22:02, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Science reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps.Fingers^OnRoids 23:04, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Access to my wikipedia account suddenly blocked??

Could you please resolve this issue. I have a wikipedia acccount with alot of precious information stored in it and suddenly today, being June 2, 2009 at 6:46pm I can no longer access it. I was of the understanding I should login once every 30 days, is this correct? My last login was in the month of May, 2009 as I recorded the date. My username is: Sowikeeekuriousladee

I did supply an email to you when I opened up the account. It was a hotmail account. I am quite upset that I cannot access my stored data. Can someone please answer me or do i require a new password??

Thank you,

Sowikeeekuriousladee —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.32.84.44 (talk) 22:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

• Double check the spelling. The English Wikipedia does not have a user with that name, but there is a User:Sowikeeekuriousladeee (with a 3rd E on the end). Try that login and see if that works. Arakunem^Talk 22:59, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

To the best of my knowledge, Wikipedia does not store private information. Anyone can access any data that any other user has added, with the exception of your password and your e-mail address. Even if you did forget your passord, this would not stop you from accessing any data that you have added here. -Arch dude (talk) 23:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

User accounts are never deleted. You don't have to log in every 30 days to keep your account. If you are thinking of the text "Remember me (up to 30 days)" at the login screen then it means something else. See Help:Logging in#How to log in. As Arakunem says, there is no Sowikeeekuriousladee but [1] shows an account with one more 'e' created on 31 January 2009. It has no edits. Maybe you are referring to information stored in preferences and watchlist. This can only be seen when the user is logged in. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

According to the log, User:Sowikeeekuriousladeee (ending in 3 e's) was created 31 January 2009 but has no contributions on English Wikipedia. Maybe you have contributions on another project. —teb728 t c 00:51, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

As noted, it is quite likely that your other account was created at a different Wikipedia. This is the main English-language Wikipedia, one of over 260 different Wikipedias. See List of Wikipedias and make sure you are at the right place. There is another Wikipedia known as the Simple English Wikipedia found at http://simple.wikipedia.org which is a different encyclopedia than this one, though both are in English. You may have confused these two. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:15, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Wasn't there a tool that allowed searching for a username on multiple projects? - Mgm|^(talk) 08:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

looking for pictures

hi im a member of the wexford branch royle british legion, i am trying to find pictures of the men that fort in the north korean war and held hill 614 is there any way i can get info on this project please —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.251.198.161 (talk) 23:09, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi there - as this page is a help desk for people with questions about using Wikipedia, I'm not sure we're best placed to answer you. You might try at our reference desks, where users can help you with knowledge questions like yours. We also have an article on the Royal British Legion, which might be a good starting point for your search for photos. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:51, 3 June 2009 (UTC)