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May 23

User talk problem

Hello... I noticed that on my userpage, it doesn't have a little box to list the section contents of the page. Why is this? --Mr. Mentil (Goldblattster) (talk!) 01:54, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

You only get a table of contents if you have more than three section headings. See WP:TOC. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 02:51, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

You can force a table of contents to appear by typing __FORCETOC__ at the top of the page. You can also hide it by typing __NOTOC__. TNXMan 13:42, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

problems hitting internal links

hi sometimes when i hit an internal connection, rather then go to page itself, I get a windows dialog box askong me to save a file. problem exists in both hebrew and english wikipedia i use ie8/vista home answer by email to <blanked> would be most appreciated Rzg (talk) 15:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like you have a box checked in your preferences that shouldn't be. Go to the "My preferences" tab at the top of the page, then click on the "Editing" tab. Make sure that "Use external editor by default" and "Use external diff by default" are unchecked. Let us know if that fixes it. TNXMan 15:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I am not editing. Just browsing through wikipedia and hitting an internal link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rzg (talk • contribs) 09:05, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

nope. no help!!!Rzg (talk) 04:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

I get this sometimes— I think it is a connection issue. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:10, 9 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.134.102.16 (talk)

nope.not a connection issue  !!!Rzg (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:43, 14 May 2009 (UTC).

here is a screenshot of the error msg i got when hitting the link pyongyang File:Pyongyang error.jpg

(outdent)

I notice that that specific article has 2 direct links in the body text to articles on the Korean Wikipedia, and I suspect that this is causing the problem; the foreign characters are being converted into unicode, and it is confusing your browser.

These links are coded like this: [[:ko:아사달|신시]] and [[:ko:낙랑|낙랑]]

They appear like this:

신시 and 낙랑

As far as I am aware, using interwiki links in this manner is not the norm - but I'm not certain enough to remove them. I will therefore note the issue on the articles discussion page.  Chzz  ►  11:37, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Page title

No sure about here is the correct page but I can't find anywhere better
So, is there any page that contains comma(,) or underscore(_) in its title? --Visit me at Ftbhrygvn (Talk|Contribs|Log|Userboxes) 06:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

There are pages with commas in their titles such as 1,3-alpha-L-fucosidase. On Wikipedia, an underscore is considered equivalent to a space in a page title so, for example United_States is the same page as United States. Tra (Talk) 08:55, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank for the info --Visit me at Ftbhrygvn (Talk|Contribs|Log|Userboxes) 18:13, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

{{wrongtitle}} can be used to display underscores in a title, for example in FILE_ID.DIZ, but it only has affect on the article page and not in categories and many other places. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:08, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

The Cancer Guy

I believe his name is Daniel Hauser. I haven't been able to find an article on him, and since he is all over the news now, I think he is notable enough to have an article. 24.5.95.201 (talk) 14:15, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Head over to articles for creation or the drawing board and make a request. – ukexpat (talk) 14:54, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

How to disentangle Commissioning from Commission?

Hello

I would like to create an article in the English wikipedia for Commissioning, which may be briefly defined as "a set of engineering techniques and procedures applied in an integrated manner to an industrial plant, aiming at its succesful operation within requirements defined by the final client". I have already done this in the Portuguese wikipedia, at http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comissionamento.

There is no such an article in the English wikipedia, although there are articles for Ship Commissioning and Building Commissioning which are special subcases of Commissioning.

My problem is that there is already a redirection from Commissioning to Commission, and I don't know what would be the better solution, and how to implement it. Maybe there should be a disambiguation page, separating Commissioning as described above to other meanings related to Commission (which already have its own disambiguation page)...

Could someone help me with instructions about how to proceed, or maybe implementing the first steps, so that I can develop the particular Commissioning page?

Thanks in advance,

Antonio Prates (talk) 15:18, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

First, I think that your idea is a good one, "Commissioning" has little to do with "Comission." Now as to how: Edit the existing "Commissioning" redirect to create your article. Place a hatnote in your new article to point to the "Commission" article. As you ar probably aware, you can get to the redirect article by first clicking on the Commissioning link to bring up ht e"Commission" page, which will have a "redirected from Commissioning" at teh top. click on that link to get back to the reirect page, then click onthe edit link and replace the (failry short) redire syntax with your article. After you are done, plese follow all ofhe "what links here" links in you new article to ensure that they really shuolod point at your new article. -Arch dude (talk) 20:26, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, dude. I've followed all your instructions and I think that the result is quite neat. I've also learned a lot in the process and, as a byproduct, became curious about Singularitarianism...Antonio Prates (talk) 16:02, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Since this issue is already solved, I wonder who should add the "Resolved" box to it. Should I do it myself, or wait for some Admin to do so? Antonio Prates (talk) 01:05, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Special:Categories

In Special:Categories, If I search for X in the "Display categories starting at:" box, the list will return the entry immediately after X.

Example: thbe list when I search for
Mathematics
begins with
Mathematics, sociological theories (1 member)
where the exact match is at the bottom on the previous page (Mathematics (80 members)).

Is it some sort of intended features, some sort of bug that is being worked on, or some bug that nobody has (yet) brought up?
Or am I asking at the wrong place? please refer me to the correct place of technical support if it isn't here. Thanks. K61824 (talk) 15:39, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

That is strange behavior; it looks like an Off-by-one error to me. If nobody here knows an answer, you could ask at Wikipedia talk:Special:Categories. --Teratornis (talk) 18:22, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Bug reports and feature requests to see how to find out whether anyone has reported this on Bugzilla. --Teratornis (talk) 18:24, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Ouch. Looks like it has been there since last year. K61824 (talk) 00:52, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Indian Passport cancellation

I aplied for my passport in the month f june 2007 and by mistake mentioned the Date of birth as 24-04-1986. Correct Date of birth is 26-04-1986. then i submitted my passport with the required details, i got a response that my intial signature are not matching the latest one, so need attested signature from a gazzetted officer. I am trying to submitt these forms for more than 1 year, but when ever i go there is a hughe Line and i have to come back after standing for hours and hours. I also treid to go there 4 in the morning standed in the q for long hours stil no response.

now i have decided to cancell my passport so that i can apply once again from begining.

Please suggest me the procedure how to cancell an existing passport.

Details are :- <redacted>

please help me i will be very grateful to you for your assistance shown towards me.

or please contact me on <blanked>

Thanks a million for helping out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amanjitsingh243193 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

I doubt that we can help you. I suggest that you contact the passport office or your local consulate. – ukexpat (talk) 16:19, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I'm sorry, but I believe you are asking at the wrong location. This is a help desk for asking question about using Wikipedia. You may be better served by asking at your local passport office. Also, I've removed your details, as this is a highly visible page on the Internet and that sort of information is probably better kept private. TNXMan 16:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Strange cite error

Resolved

 – --Midgrid(talk) 18:54, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could tell me why this revision I made to the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix article caused it to go wrong. I copied the format from another article, so I'm completely mystified as to why it didn't work on this occasion! Thanks,--Midgrid(talk) 18:30, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem any more, it's been cleared up.--Midgrid(talk) 18:54, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Adding or Suggesting a Word

Hi,

Can I add or suggets a new word, which is a company name to be added here.

Please let me know.

Thanks, VJ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vjamwal (talk • contribs) 19:58, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

New words are generally considered neologisms and are frowned upon, unless you have reliable sources to support their inclusion. If you're referring to writing an article for a company, I suggest you read our business FAQ and our info on what makes companies notable. TNXMan 20:11, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Editnotice please

Could someone please place an editnotice at this page, telling editors that the page is a list of errors and that therefore they should not fix spelling errors found on that page? As an admin, I would do it, except I can't quite figure out how to place such a notice. Nyttend (talk) 20:55, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Created at MediaWiki:Editnotice-4-WikiProject National Register of Historic Places-NRIS information issues; edit as desired. Since I just re-wrote Wikipedia:Editnotice, it would be nice to get some feedback on what you did not understand— please leave it on the talk page. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 22:40, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

The editnotice has been moved to Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NRIS information issues. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:33, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Every page I edit gets watched in my watchlist

Every single edit that I make gets watched in my watchlist. I went to preferences and unchecked the "add pages I edit to my watchlist" link, but it doesn't work. Is there any other way to solve my problem? Class I Laser ^(talk) 22:22, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Have pages been added since you unchecked it? You do understand don't you that the pages that had already been added automatically will remain until you remove them. —teb728 t c 22:35, 23 May 2009 (UTC)