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December 19

Mischsprache

Could someone create a shortcut from "Mischsprache" to "mixed language"? This is a very accepted linguistic concept. I'd done it myself, but I have no idea how. Nadav. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.108.93.181 (talk) 00:55, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

 Done. Jarkeld (talk) 01:00, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

• Fot future reference, you can do so by creating Mischsprache and make the only content #REDIRECT [[Mixed language]]. You would need to be logged in and be an autoconfirmed user, however. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 01:39, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Procedure for uploading sounds ( Audios )

I wish to upload sounds of birds> How can I do and in what format the files have to be ? Thanks & Merry Christmas SONI RAM GOPAL — Preceding unsigned comment added by SONI RAM GOPAL (talk • contribs) 00:59, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I usually go with ogg. --Monterey Bay (talk) 01:47, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Post a school paper (which has bias) on sister project

If I wrote a paper for school that does indeed have a bias, is there any way to have it vetted and then published to one of wikipedia's sister projects? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikigold96 (talk • contribs) 05:13, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

• I don't see why they would want that. Geschichte (talk) 09:36, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Login Unification - Home wiki has different password?

Hi!

Just noticed the whole global / unified login option in preferences. Since I have logins on meta.wikimedia.org, wikipedia.org, quote.wikipedia.org, wiktionary.org, and wikibooks.org, all with the same login (Falkor) and password, I figured I was a good candidate for unifying them.

When I try to do so, though, it tells me that the "Home wiki" for this account is at fr.wikipedia.org. What's up with that? Does this mean that someone at fr.wikipedia.org already did the unification thing, so I'm just SOL? Do I have any options?

Thanks. Ron. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Falkor (talk • contribs) 05:26, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I only have a partial answer. Somebody who knows more may come along but Sundays can be slow. http://toolserver.org/~vvv/sulutil.php?user=Falkor shows that the username has the most edits (23) at frwiki. The wiki with the most edits automatically becomes the home wiki when an account is unified. I don't know whether this can be overridden when it isn't your account. It hasn't edited since 2005: fr:Special:Contributions/Falkor. I guess that if you make more than 23 edits at another wiki then you can unify with that wiki as home wiki. The account at frwiki has not unified so the username is still open for unification. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:31, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

How do i change a secure port to a non-secure port?

i am using an application that shows some certification error.so i want to change port from 443(secure port) to 8080(non secure port) please help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nishant4u2010 (talk • contribs) 06:02, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer 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. But I'm pretty sure you will need to give more information (eg, what application, and what technology or protocol you are using to access it) for anybody to be able to help you. --ColinFine (talk) 11:43, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Soviet Union music recording certification - are there any???

Since nobody answer to my question, and if you know the answer, please reply here. I need it for this disco. It would be great if there would be a reliable soviet cert (even if I am skeptical about this). Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 09:30, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Entertainment 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. You could also ask at Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies. --ColinFine (talk) 11:49, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

BTW, I am a member in WP:DISCOGS, so no need to post this project here.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 12:07, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Please add headlines

ON 09/29/10 I SENT A 15.00 DONATION FOR A POLAR BEAR BLANKET AND SUBSCRIPTION TO NATIONAL WILDLIGE MAGAZINE. INSTEAD OF A POLAR BEAR BLANKET I RECEIVED A BLANKET WITH PENGQUINS. (NOT WHAT i WANTED) ONLY RECEIVED THIS AFTER I CALLED. I HAVE NOT AS OF THIS DATE (12/19/10) RECEIVED ONE MAGAZINE. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? CAN SOMEONE HELP???? JANET — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janet seibert (talk • contribs) 10:50, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our 3,506,057 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. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:15, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

And pleeeeeease don't SHOUT! – ukexpat (talk) 16:39, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Rochville university

Is Rochville universtity accredited? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.96.31.147 (talk) 11:40, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

The artcile Rochville University says no. It is always worth looking for an article relating to a subject before posting a general question (and general questions should be posted at the reference desk: this page is for asking questions about using Wikipedia). --ColinFine (talk) 11:52, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Help merge two articles.

Hi, I would need help to merge, as rightly suggested, the following two articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_Airlines_destinations and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_Airlines.

Thank you. --Propterea quod (talk) 11:44, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Does Help:Merging#Performing the merger help? – ukexpat (talk) 17:34, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank You Ukexpat, it's a good start, soon i will try . :) --Propterea quod (talk) 10:48, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Passerine

If I see another passerine as the picture of the day I'm going to scream. Who is choosing all these passerine pictures as the pic of the day? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oprah999 (talk • contribs) 12:04, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

The box at top of Talk:Main Page says:

• Featured Picture Candidates: Images for Today's Featured Picture are selected in a rough "first in, first out" order in which they were promoted to featured status.

There are many pictures at Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:31, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Two tables columns

Hi, I'm looking for a way to show two tables (see example), having the second table displayed right beside the first one, but without any space between them. When using the column function, there always is a white space between (them getting bigger with higher resolutions). Can the columns be set to the widths of the tables? Any help appreciated. EnemyOfTheState_|talk 12:38, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Never mind, I've found a solution. EnemyOfTheState_|talk 13:07, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Severe Disability Needs

I have a wife who in 1989 was diognosed with malignant tummours in the brain. The DWP gave her a life expectancy of 6 months maximum. She has lasted 21 years as of this year and could survive for another 21 years. As age matures. (I am 73) we need aditional medical care but they tell us we hould pay. My stance is that we have always worked and paid our taxes and Private medical insurance which is no longer affordable. The principle of the Foundation of thye NHC is that care is Free when medical is the sypmtom and I quote the case of Pamala Conchron 2000 who had this reafirmed in the high court. Her situation was both Health and care and my wifes is the same and needs Continuing Health Care which should be given regardless of her savings. What do you think

J —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.20.91.3 (talk) 15:09, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our 3,506,188 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. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:15, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

What you're asking for is a legal opinion (or at least an opinion on the rules governing how healthcare needs should be funded by your local Primary Care Trust). Unfortunately, Wikipedia does not offer legal opinions of any kind, and we can only suggest that you consult an expert or professional. The Patient Advice and Liaison Service is the communications channel between a PCT and its patients, so yours may be able to help you. In the UK, organisations like Age Concern also offer older people help and advice on matters including funding and state benefits, so they may be worth consulting. Good luck. Karenjc 19:45, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia default font size

I've noticed that the default font size is smaller on Wikipedia that many of the other web pages I look at, to the point that it is uncomfortable for me to read it. Can anyone explain where in Wikipedia or the Wikimedia software the font size is set? Does anyone know of a an explaination about how the size was chosen? Jc3s5h (talk) 15:56, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Add this to Special:MyPage/skin.css:

#bodyContent {
font-size:0.95em;
}

---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 04:39, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

That may not be necessary. Some browsers, such as Firefox, remember user zoom settings on a per site basis, so if the OP inadvertently changed the zoom setting on Wikipedia, it would not apply to other sites. If you use Firefox, you can reset the zoom level with CRTL+0. – ukexpat (talk) 16:43, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Volunteer to Translate for Wikipedia (Spanish English)

I have just graduated with a Bachelors degree in Spanish Language plus concentrations in Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Women & Gender Studies. I will like to know how can I volunteer to translate articles from Spanish to English and vice versa.

Gracias,

Paula C. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plcppabon (talk • contribs) 16:58, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

• Hola Paula. You can check the Spanish Wikipedia special page for articles without interwikis and begin translating them and reformatting them for the English Wikipedia. Diego Grez (EMSIUB) (talk) 17:14, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

(I fixed your link to Spanish Wikipedia). Check out this category: Category:Articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia for articles that need translation. – ukexpat (talk) 17:38, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Help needed to fix a layout problem on my user page

The userboxes section on my page is a mess. Can someone please help make the boxes line up neatly. Thanks Roger (talk) 18:12, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Done. For examples of other code and layouts you might use, see Wikipedia:Userboxes#Grouping userboxes. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 18:19, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Now I'm going to mess up your work by adding more boxes - but first I will RTFM. :) Roger (talk) 18:21, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

first time article writer question

i looked through the questions on here and i didn't see anything that fit with my question... i'm think i'm having a problem adding a picture in information box thing for my article... when i put the link for the picture in the template and preview the article the picture is in the box but it has the link text and part of the caption on either side and underneath the picture in addition to the caption being in it's place under the picture... the extra text makes the box wider than it should be and the picture off center... it's my first article so i don't know if it's supposed to be like that while the draft is in my userspace and it changes when it's published or if i'm doing something wrong... i tried putting thumbnails in the article just to see if i'm doing something wrong but the thumbnails work fine when i link them... anyone know what i'm doing wrong or how to fix it... i'd appreciate the help--- Max bemis is pretty cool — Preceding unsigned comment added by Max bemis is pretty cool (talk • contribs) 21:09, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I have fixed it with this edit. As you can see, with that particular infobox you don't need to link the file, just insert the file name. Thanks. —Half Price 21:27, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Discussing a new article creation

I can't find anywhere where you can talk to somebody about the possibility of a new page being created without making one solely on your own. To use a specific example, I was surprised that there wasn't a page on Ray William Johnson, even though he is much more well known than many other people who have Wikipedia pages for no other reason than that they are famous on YouTube. Not only that, but his show, =3, doesn't have a page either. I would say that being the second most subscribed user, with millions of views,is "notable." In addition, he plays a major role in the "Doin' Your Mom" song, and has had articles written about him in multiple online news sources. I'm too new, as well as too bored to find references and stuff, to make my own article though, and in addition, it would probably get quickly deleted anyway, because some admin is like "lol not enough references this guys a troll!" thus making me look bad as well.

-The Airship Pirate (talk) 22:14, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Please see the Wikipedia notability requirements at WP:BIO, WP:WEB and WP:RS. Corvus cornix_talk 22:16, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Corvus, the OP has indicated that he does know a bit about references and that there are some. Pirate, if you use the WP:Article wizard it will help you create it in your user space, where it will not get deleted (unless it is a copyright violation). You can work on it there gradually until your are ready, and then ask for feedback. If you really don't want to write it yourself, you can ask for it at requested articles, though it might be quite a while before anybody gets round to it. In any case, if you know that he has had articles written about him, it would help the article (whether you write it or somebody else does) if you could do the work of identifying those references. --ColinFine (talk) 23:21, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

My user page is screwed up!

Resolved

 – Fixed by user. – ukexpat (talk) 16:22, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Check it out, something is definetly wrong. I think it had something to do with messing around with my signature. SineBot starting posting on it, and then, there was some weird "Template loop" thing, it doubled everything and- can someone just take a look at it?

-Erich von Sturmovich, Airship Pirate (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:48, 19 December 2010 (UTC).

[Edit] Sorry, never mind, I fixed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ErichSturmovik (talk • contribs) 22:53, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Need admin help moving JuJu Chang to Juju Chang, changing redirect

Resolved

 – Fixed by m'learned friend. – ukexpat (talk) 16:25, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

I recently expanded the article on ABC News Good Morning America presenter Juju Chang. However, the article is currently called "JuJu Chang" even though her official bio makes clear that it is in fact "Juju".[1] As I was correcting the capitalization of her name on other pages, I realized that her name was becoming redlinked, because there was no article yet with the name "Juju Chang". I created a redirect, only I made it redirect the correct version to the incorrect version. Now I can't move "JuJu Chang" to "Juju Chang". If there is someone reading this who has administrative rights, can you please switch the two? Thanks. John C. Boot (talk) 23:06, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

 Done Bencherlite^Talk 23:30, 19 December 2010 (UTC)