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August 29

Including a Task force on a Wikiproject Template

I've been trying to include this task force into this Wikiproject template. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Magiciandude (talk) 05:30, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Since {{WikiProject Latin America}} calls {{WPBannerMeta}}, you probably need to look at the documentation under Template:WPBannerMeta#Task forces. If the base template can do what you want, then it's a question of whether the wrapper template lets you have the features you want from the base template. If you want more specific help, make a user subpage with your best attempt, so somebody can see what you tried. --Teratornis (talk) 23:03, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Major Bones , Muscles , Muscles Joints and Joint actions involved in Baseball batting.

I am Currently doing a PE course of study for my HSC and for my Area of study and I need to Know about the Major Bones , Muscles , Muscles Joints and Joint actions involved in Baseball batting. This is so I can write an essay on how to optimize performance in Batting and what their biomechanical principles that apply to batting.

Any extra info or links is super appreciated! Thanks guys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.39.13.5 (talk) 05:33, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Please do your own homework.

Welcome to the Wikipedia Help desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here to not do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems.
Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. You can search Wikipedia or search the Web.
If you need help with a specific part of your homework, the Reference desk can help you grasp the concept. Do not ask knowledge questions here, just those about using Wikipedia. Protector of Wiki (talk) 05:49, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

mounting my information on Wikipedia

Resolved

 – User page speedily deleted as spam and username spamblocked. – ukexpat (talk) 14:37, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

I entered my personal info so as to become a Wikipedia contributor. I wrote a Wikipedia page for the Alpha Tau Gamma fraternity in Amherst, Mass. I reviewed it. It looked OK. When I log out and log back in to type Alpha Tau Gamma, I do not find what I entered? Where is my text? Alphataugamma (talk) 13:37, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

It's here User:Alphataugamma but at the moment I'd advise you not to try to move it into userspace as it's likely to be deleted. You might want to ask the people here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities for advice. Dougweller (talk) 13:44, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

is my signature appropriate?

fuck u ya cunts! (talk) 14:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

changed it Maccker (talk) 14:53, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I will block you if you continue to flail around doing strange things and gratuitously throwing around cunt and fuck for no particular reason. I don't give a shit about curses. That's not the issue and Wikipedia is not censored, but the intent of your edits thus far appear to have no legitimate purpose but to get a reaction, i.e., you had no legitimate purpose in choosing that name, and your question here is a pretext to display it again after you were told to change it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

User has been indeffed as a sockpuppet by another admin.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:05, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

template for unbreakable space but without conversion

Hello. I asked some days back for a template inserting unbreakable spaces between numbers and their unit. I was answered to use the {{convert}} template, which is indeed a good choice in many occasions. Unfortunately, I found that I cannot use it for some units, as V, which are not understood by {{convert}}, probably since they do not usually need to be converted. Do you know of a template that I could use in this occasion ? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a good idea to create one ? Thanks in advance. Freewol (talk) 16:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't know about a template; but are you aware that if you select "Wiki markup" in the drop-down menu below an edit window and click on " ", a nonbreaking space will be inserted where your cursor is positioned in the edit window? Deor (talk) 16:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, why would you need to convert Volts? If this is a relatively common need, it might be possible to update the {{convert}} template. Intelligentsium 18:30, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

You can also insert a nonbreaking space with {{nbsp}} or {{Spaces}}. --Teratornis (talk) 23:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for you answers. I'm not wanting to convert volts, just wanting a template to insert correct unbreakable spaces. I understand that there are already means to do it, such as menu below editing window (but I don't think that it is faster than typing " " directly), or using template {{nbsp}}, so I guess there is no need at the moment for a simple "{{unit}}" template. I'll come back and ask if I need more, again ;) Freewol (talk) 12:26, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Use {{val}}. Jimp 12:07, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Requests for feedback

After an article is given to "Request for review" what happens to it? I posted one entitled "Periodic Systems of Molecules" on 13 August and I cannot determine that anything has been done ... the only information that I have been able to obtain is that there is a bocklog. Thank you in advance for your help.Negovori (talk) 16:20, 29 August 2010 (UTC)Negovori

I've added a heading for this query. The request that Negovori refers to is at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2010 August 13#User:Negovori/Periodic Systems of Molecules. Deor (talk) 16:52, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Please note that Requests for feedback is patrolled by only a few regulars (more always welcome - I will get back into it when I can), so there can be a back log of several days, sometimes a week or more. – ukexpat (talk) 14:39, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Saint Julian of Norwich :

Are the writings of Saint Julian of Norwich now available in print ? If so, where and how titled ? 89.241.220.122 (talk) 18:32, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

This help desk intended for those asking for help with using Wikipedia, but I suggest you explore the links at Julian of Norwich and Revelations of Divine Love. The text is online here and is published in print by Penguin Classics. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:35, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Why is it "...likely to be deleted..."?

mounting my information on Wikipedia I entered my personal info so as to become a Wikipedia contributor. I wrote a Wikipedia page for the Alpha Tau Gamma fraternity in Amherst, Mass. I reviewed it. It looked OK. When I log out and log back in to type Alpha Tau Gamma, I do not find what I entered? Where is my text? Alphataugamma (talk) 13:37, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

It's here User:Alphataugamma but at the moment I'd advise you not to try to move it into userspace as it's likely to be deleted. You might want to ask the people here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities for advice. Dougweller (talk) 13:44, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I am now at the Fraternities & Sororities section. Please look at what Dougweller says "It's here..." May it be moved into userspace? Why is it "...likely to be deleted..."? Alphataugamma (talk) 19:48, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Your username appears to violate the WP:ORGNAME policy. Also see Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. --Teratornis (talk) 20:01, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

How can an active editor have no edits logged?

Seeing an article re-appear full-formed after it was once deleted for a WP:COPYVIO, I checked to see if the editor responsible for the deleted article was also the author of its reincarnation. Imagine my surprise to find that User:Rrshum, the author of the deleted version, has no user contributions despite having created two articles, Tuff City Records and, per the warning on his talk page, Aaron Fuchs. The tools on the User Contributions page give an edit count of 13, and no articles created. So, what gives? How can User:Rrshum create two articles and still have no user contributions? Did the audit trail just disappear into the Memory Hole? Yappy2bhere (talk) 19:53, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Deleted contributions are not visible to non-administrators, but are still in the database and will thus still be counted by edit counters, and records such as CSD/PROD/AFD notices will still exist. If these articles were deleted, then you will not be able to see edits to them in the editor's contribution history, but they will still appear in edit counters. Intelligentsium 20:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

So, this editor only edited articles that are now deleted? Or do I still misunderstand what I'm seeing? Yappy2bhere (talk) 20:14, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

That's correct - as Intelligentsium says, the mismatch between the User Contributions page and the edit counter is because the articles have been deleted. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:41, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Weird, but now I understand. Thank you. Yappy2bhere (talk) 21:10, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

As an administrator I can confirm that Rrshum has 3 deleted edits to Aaron Fuchs and 10 deleted edits to a former article at Tuff City Records. All edits were made 10 April 2008, the day the account was created. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:21, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Here is an edit counter that lets mere mortals see that User:Rshum has 13 deleted edits. The output of that tool is more interesting for users who have some non-deleted edits. --Teratornis (talk) 23:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Copyright Material

The body of the page Kohlu certainly looked a copy paste work. Probing more into it I found that it has been copied from here. This is copyright material. Under what license is this material available?

Regrads OmerKhetran (talk) 21:33, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it appears to be just the opposite. Blurbwire appears to be a mirror of enwiki, therefore, it is that website's fault. Also, I think that that is not allowed, and that an admin or a Foundation member should contact them about it. _{But I could be wrong...}  A p3rson ‽ 21:40, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Mirrors are allowed, but attribution is required for CC-BY-SA compliance. This site, if it is a copy of Wikipedia and not the other way around, is an undocumented mirror (which is not a concern in itself), and more importantly, may be in violation of Wikipedia's copyright with "Copyright 2010, Discovery Media" at the bottom and no mention of Wikipedia or the CC-BY-SA licence. There is a brief mention of Wikipedia as a source on their front page, but I don't think that's sufficient. Intelligentsium 21:53, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Just throwing this in here: The mirror, at the bottom of every page, links to a "sources" page, in which they list Wikipedia as one of the sources of their content, in addition to the content being licensed under the GFDL. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 00:42, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Archiving

How can I start automatic archiving of my talk page? MR. PreZ 23:47, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

See Help:Archiving a talk page. Dismas|^(talk) 23:52, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

And how can I get links to archive pages to show up in the box at the top of of the page? MR. PreZ 00:16, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, forget that I even asked that question, I've figured out how to do this on my own. MR. PreZ 00:36, 30 August 2010 (UTC)