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December 18

Biased Article

How would someone question a very biased article. The article on Anti Psycotics is totally biased toward and anti psycitry point of view with very few supporting studies while the benefits are not mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.159.230.49 (talk) 00:11, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Points can and should be raised on the article talk page. Simply click the "discussion" tab at the top of the article, and ask the question there. --Jayron32 00:23, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia's use of browser cookies

[This is a duplicate of a prevous post which was appended to an unrelated post by another user. My apologies to that individual. It was my first attempt to post to Help and I didn't put in a Subject/Headline.]

Wikipedia's use of browser cookies

I have used Wikipedia for some time and was never asked to allow cookies to be written to my browser.

However, when I accessed the page for what might be considered a controversial piece of US government legislation (the Patriot Act) I was suddenly asked to allow a cookie be set for en.wikipedia.org. Why is this?

Before posting this question here, I created a Wikipedia user account. As soon as I logged in I was asked to authorize seven cookies of the form en.xxxxx.org. I understand possible reasons why, for a registered user, you would want to set various cookies. But why would this be done simply as a result or accessing a page of particular content?

I tried to find a statement of the Wikipedia policy with respect to cookies, but was not successful. If such a statement exists and answers my question (Why does Wikipedia track access to specific pages for non-registered users?), could you please direct me to it.

Thank you. Papanca (talk) 01:41, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Papanca (talk • contribs) 01:40, 18 December 2010 (UTC) 

The policy regarding privacy and cookies can be found at wmf:Privacy policy, specifically in the section entitled Cookies. The remainder of that page answers your questions; a few excerpts:

• "The sites set a temporary session cookie on a visitor's computer whenever a Project page is visited. Readers who do not intend to log in or edit may deny this cookie"; this is probably why you received the cookie notice
• "More cookies may be set when one logs in to maintain logged-in status"; this is why you received the notice upon creating an account

Most likely, it was a coincidence that you received this notice whilst viewing a controversial act of the US government. Intelligentsium 01:45, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. This was very helpful. Papanca (talk) 02:00, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Punjabi programme

i want to know that how can i sing in programme sun sun jeeva teri bani on etc punjabi and whom to i will have to contact? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.224.180.210 (talk) 04:03, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Please use a descriptive title in future questions. I have added one.

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. --ColinFine (talk) 11:12, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Formatting archived discussions nearly lost during page move

Resolved

 – Cut-and-paste move fixed by Bencherlite. – ukexpat (talk) 19:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Last month I moved the Zeitgeist: the Movie article to Zeitgeist: The Movie (capitalizing the "t" in "the"). For some reason, though, the talk page did not move along with it, perhaps because I did not check the settings clearly enough during the move. I just moved the old discussions to the new talk page, but the formatted archive box will obviously not cause the old archived discusssions to show up on the new talk page, I presume because the article name is slightly different. I moved the links to those archives to the top of the new talk page. Can someone here format them into a proper archive box? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 05:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

You didn't move it; you copied and pasted (back in November), which is why things are in a tangle. Details of how to move a page are at WP:MOVE. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:39, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

I will ask at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen for an admin to sort it outI have tagged the latter article with a {{db-histmerge}}. That will alert one of the admins that it needs fixing. – ukexpat (talk) 16:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Aircraft compare

I think that i would be awesome if wikipedia automatically compare to different aircraft 4 me. Going further it can auto compare cars or other types of machinery or guns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.120.160.5 (talk) 10:11, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Saint Nicolass

When did Santa Cluase (Saint Nicolass) move from Myra near Turky to Lapland —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.43.200.189 (talk) 13:46, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Humanities reference desk. They specialise 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. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 14:43, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

I think you refer to the placing of Santa Claus at the "North Pole"? [1] places this in 1869. This is a "lore" question which I am happy to answer here. Collect (talk) 15:27, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

rollback

Lismore, County Waterford has had a series of edits, all of which need to be removed.How do you do multiple undos!? Thanks Edmund Patrick – confer 15:24, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Display the history page, set start & finish to cover the range of edits, display the differences, then undo (& supply a suitable edit summary). I've done that. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:28, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

many thanks for doing and also the instructions. Edmund Patrick – confer 15:42, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

You could also select the last good version from the history page, edit THAT version with a null edit. That will return the last good version. --Jayron32 16:02, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

about A.C CURRENT STORAGE

where the a.c current stores please explain clearly with images or diagrams —Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.194.153.28 (talk) 16:41, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

This is the Help Desk which is for questions about how to edit Wikipedia. General knowledge questions should be asked at the Reference Desk. To help you out for now though, I suggest you start with the article on Alternating current and read other articles on the subject. Dismas|^(talk) 17:33, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Please do your own homework. – ukexpat (talk) 17:36, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Where is everybody's holiday spirit? I will give your answer... The little bits of electricity are stored in tiny buckets which look like raisins - that's why it's called 'currant', as 'electricity raisin' would sound stupid. I hope this helps -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 04:27, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Article Rename

Where do I go to get an article renamed? The article is Luton Old Boys FC, and I would like it changed to Luton Old Boys F.C. Thanks,  RichardOwen97  talk  16:47, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

 Done Baseball Watcher (talk) 17:22, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

At Wikipedia this is called "moving" an article, and you can read about it here. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:25, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

My Contribution for submission

Resolved

 – Subpage deleted as spam, username blocked. – ukexpat (talk) 18:09, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello we are having difficulty in getting our article reviewed for submission. It is drafted under Defanointed. Please let us know the procedure for having it considered. We followed the instructions listed but as of yet we have not gotten a response. Thank You. email address is <redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Defanointed (talk • contribs) 16:49, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

I have moved your draft to a proper user subpage at User:Defanointed/Rihki Kennebrew. I suggest that you take a look at WP:MUSIC for notability guidelines for musicians. At first glance, there are not enough reliable sources to support the notability of the subject. Also, you refer to yourself as "we" - your user name is the name of the record company and that is not permitted. – ukexpat (talk) 17:28, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

The process is to post a request at Requests for feedback, although that forum is understaffed, so it may or may not get reviewed. I took a quick look at it, you should read Notability and Referencing for beginners. --SPhilbrickT 17:34, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

error on page

 Done--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

The link at the bottom of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider-Ericsson_Engine_Company is no longer valid. Bert —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.187.179.235 (talk) 17:49, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, it's gone now.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:52, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Template trouble

I made Template:House of Oldenburg, but when I try seperating the different kings and their family I get this . Can someone help me? I made a similiar template for the House of Estridsen and it worked fine but not for this one.--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 18:07, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

That was a challenge! Fixed -- John of Reading (talk) 18:50, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Phone numbers

Why doesn,t the phone numbers come up on my tv.In my house we have 3 tv on in the front room one in bed room one down stairs.The number comes up on the one in basement,but not in front room or bedroom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.36.166.170 (talk) 20:30, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our 3,505,441 articles, and thought that we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:44, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Is there a higher authority to appeal to, in the event of disagreement with an article's content?

I felt that something was wrong with the article for 'the Colbert Report' and made what I thought was an unanswerable argument to the article's overseers. Turns out they had an answer: "We don't want to change it." Is there a higher authority I can turn to to settle the argument? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.71.21.114 (talk) 21:03, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

In the example you give, I would advise you to first take the matter to WP:Requests for comment. Thanks. —Half Price 21:06, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

There is no such thing as an article overseer. Wikipedia works via WP:CONSENSUS. Corvus cornix_talk 22:14, 19 December 2010 (UTC)