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John Jarvis

how can I verify information about me? John Jarvis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westsail (talk • contribs) 03:39, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Judging by your contributions, I'm guessing that you're referring to the John Jarvis (karateka) article. If you are John Jarvis, you should see the "problems in an article about you" section of WP:Autobiography. Dismas|^(talk) 04:29, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Further to Dismas' reply, a quick look at the article leaves me unconvinced that you would meet the criteria for inclusion - I'll look at the article, and look for sources later today or later this week. Information in articles needs to be verifiable using reliable independent sources as well as meeting the notability guidelines - you might like to look at the general notability guidelines, the notability guidelines for biographies and this essay about notability in Martial arts -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:36, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Blacklist

Is there any way to prevent the creation of accounts that match a specific title? Or even the creation of pages with regards to a specific title? :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 04:04, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

For the second question, see WP:SALT. Dismas|^(talk) 04:23, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

union

when I worked for DWP starting 1965 and joined the union then after 14 years I gave up my rights for I had moved. I want to know if I am able to receive any pension? And I do not know who to ask? I;m 65 now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.66.211.37 (talk) 04:57, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

We can't offer legal advice here. We are also not associated with whatever DWP is or the union there. If I were you, I'd call either the union or DWP and take it from there. Dismas|^(talk) 05:51, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

How do I

When I press review at Pages with pending changes, how can I undo my action, so that (under review) would not appear next to the page Tila Tequila?

Film Page for Vampires Suck (Twilight Parody)

Recently the trailers & information for the movie 'Vampires Suck' was posted on the internet and a page was created for it on Wikipedia. I visited that page just last week and it contained a list off all the known parodies found in this movie (which did have more parodies then just the Twilight Saga. Now this page does not contain the list and I cannot find it anywhere else online. I had been asked to reference some of the info I got off it and was unable to. Can someone repost it, or at least explain why it was taken off and where I may find that information? Thanks, <e-mail removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.157.107 (talk) 12:52, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

On the Vampires Suck page, click on the View History tab at the top. Then, click on the date/time for the version that you saw originally. Bk314159 (talk) 13:33, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

(e/c) Old versions of an article can be found by clicking on the History tab. The last version of the article with a "Parodies" section was this one. It was removed with the comment "rv poorly spelled original research". Information in Wikipedia articles needs to be verifiable through references to reliable sources, and this section failed the quality test. Your email address has been removed to protect your privacy. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:35, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

copyright question

Can I use pictures from wikipedia in my publications? If so, what is the process?Cmadsen1019 (talk) 15:07, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

If you own the pictures in question, please follow the directions listed on this page, which discusses how to license the pictures for use. TNXMan 15:09, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Actually, Tnxman, I believe that Cmadsen1019 was looking to use pictures currently in Wikipedia in his/her own publication; the process for this is at WP:REUSE. Bk314159 (talk) 15:16, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Whoops, you're right. I had it backwards. Thanks for catching that. TNXMan 15:20, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Every image has a description page with tags that tell you exactly what licensing or copyright restrictions apply to it, usually with links giving explicit details about the terms. In addition, at the bottom of every page is a link to the wikipedia [of Use], with a section about images. In general, you can reuse much of the content a long as you clearly attribute exactly where you got it (i.e., cite the exact wikipedia image page). DMacks (talk) 04:55, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I redirected a page and now it is not searchable on google

I created a new page and redirected the old one to the new page, and when I try to search for the (new) page on Google, it is not displayed. When I search for the old one, it does show up and it does redirect to the new one, but this is not preferable. How can I fix this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dykemanassociates (talk • contribs) 17:05, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, it usually takes Google a little while to catch up. If you check back later today, the results should be updated. And remember, the point of Wikipedia is to write a good encyclopedia article, not to drive Google rankings. TNXMan 17:10, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Please see my note on your talk page. TNXMan 17:17, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

• For the benefit of others, I should point out that both the page (Matthew J. Nordgren) and the redirect page (Matt Nordgren) were deleted because the page was a recreation of a page which had been deleted at a deletion discussion. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:40, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Copy and paste - AfD votes

If an inclusionist were to go through the AfD discussions and use copy and paste to put the same "Keep" comment against every article, something like this:

• Keep - Because I believe that this is a subject which has enough interest to warrant an article. The article should be improved, but I do not believe it significantly breaks any policies or guidelines and so should not be deleted.

this would obviously be bad practice, but if they really believed this comment for each article they paste next to, would they actually have broken any WP:POLICY? Thanks IainUK talk 20:17, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Possibly WP:POINT. I consider myself more of an inclusionist that a deletionist, but I've found any examples of article where I think "Delete" is the right answer. Suppose we have an article on Mary Doe, and someone accidentally starts an article called Mary J Doe, written differently, but including no material not in Mary Doe. I chose "delete" for s series of articles about Afghan training camps, where there was only a single line of information, after several years. I thought that material belonged in a general article about the camps, not a single article each of which has one line of information. --SPhilbrickT 22:45, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

How to store a page

I'm having difficulty remembering the word, but I want to know how to sort of refridgerate a page. It's not refridgerate I mean, but like storing a page before it gets published for the world to see. It may not make sense, but I've seen it done on here before, like someone was holding an article and updating it until it was time to publish. I want to create the Pretty Little Liars Season 1 page (and I have done so before) but it got deleted because the show has not yet reached season two, and I was told to wait until the List of episodes page reached a certain size. Well I would like to create the page and keep updating it as the show goes on so information won't get lost or forgotten to create a detailed article on the season. I'm sorry if it's confusing, but if I remember the right word I'll try and put it on. Codywarren08 (talk) 20:25, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure you can just create the page here, then move it when you are ready. I'm no expert though... :) IainUK talk 20:39, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, see this guideline -- John of Reading (talk) 20:43, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps the process you're thinking of is WP:INCUBATE. If you want the article that has been deleted to be restored and moved to the incubator or to a subpage in your user space (like that suggested by IainUK above), you can request that at WP:REFUND. Deor (talk) 20:47, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much, incubation was the word I was looking for. I appreciate the help, thanks again, I'll try and request it, Gavin. Codywarren08 (talk) 20:09, 17 August 2010 (UTC)