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December 21

Paris By Night

I don't think this article is written like an advertisement. Could we think again? The " {{advert}}" sould be removed.Memberofc1 (talk) 00:15, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I think the artists and trivia sections should be removed. I also checked a few of the "episode" articles and they look distinctly non-notable to me. – ukexpat (talk) 00:37, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Patriot Guard Riders

The Patriot Guard Riders is NOT a motorcycle club. The Patriot Guard Riders do not have a membership fee, membership dues, or scheduled meetings. You can find THE TRUTH about the Patriot Guard Riders by going to www.patriotguard.org . You said it was a MOTORCYCLE CLUB on this page: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Guard_Riders> Oldsalt6585 (talk) 01:26, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

If you have issues with a specific article, as it seems you do in this case, it would be best to take up those grievances on that specific article's talk page. You can reach the talk page for any article by clicking on the "Discussion" tab at the top of each article. For instance, the talk page for the Patriot Guard Riders article is at Talk:Patriot Guard Riders. Dismas|^(talk) 01:34, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Citing/Reference Question

Hello, the page for Kenneth S. Kosik has markers saying that "this page needs citations/references," and have continued to remain even after adding sources. When I went to pose a question to the person who put up the marker on his user-page, it says the page has been blocked indefinitely. Who do I contact now? Thank you. 70.109.39.209 (talk) 01:43, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

If you feel the references are correct now simply remove the tag. As for the blocked page, it is not the page that is blocked it is the editor that is blocked. No need for you to worry about that though. Hope this helps, Sumsum2010·T·C 02:10, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I looked at the article and took off of the tags. I don't think the tags are necessary at this point. Thanks for pointing it out. ~~ GB fan ~~ 02:15, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Where are my images?

I uploaded some images to the English Wikipedia and now cannot find them. Where are they? I have to find them so I can get their accurate file names. Yours in puzzlement? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeorgeLouis (talk • contribs) 05:05, 21 December 2010

You'll find your contributions at Special:Contributions/GeorgeLouis. And next time you're here, please try to remember to sign your contribution by using 4 tildes ~~~~ or the signature button. - David Biddulph (talk) 05:10, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

fonts

hi can u help me my Wikipedia is stuck on a font that makes it hard to use Wikipedia can u tell me how to change it david —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.194.248.71 (talk) 05:26, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia hasn't changed its font, so either this is a problem with your browser, or you're actually looking at one of the many sites that has a similar interface to Wikipedia but no affiliation with Wikipedia. You may find it helpful to increase the text size. On many browsers you can do this by holding the Ctrl key and scrolling the mouse wheel. I'd imagine macs would have some similar function; maybe try holding the Option or Apple key and scrolling the mouse wheel. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 07:07, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

ctrl (not Macs) and the + or - key if you do not have a wheel on your mouse. Good luck!Cptnono (talk) 07:12, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Article Being deleted

Hello,

Pls just let us know the reason for taxmann.com info being deleted. I am trying to register again but in vain.

Waiting for your kind revert.

Regards,

Taxmann Employee —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.212.29 (talk) 06:28, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

You can see in the deletion log here that it has been deleted a couple times because it keeps getting recreated. There was a discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taxmann where it was determined that Taxmann doesn't meet our notability requirements for corporations. See WP:CORP. Dismas|^(talk) 07:17, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

You might be interested in Wikicompany, which has no affiliation with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 07:21, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

looking for a job

hello my name is florentina and im looking for a job for my boyfriend he is a wrestling coach in romania he is the coach of the national team there they win lot of competition europeans and mondials and i would like to know if u have some vacancies in this if so plz let me know my email adress is <<redacted email>> thx alot —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.143.194 (talk) 09:55, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our 3,508,180 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. ~~ GB fan ~~ 10:05, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Sharing same account across WP & WN

Hi guys, just created an account on Wikinews ( Darigan), and I was wondering if there was any way to combine/join the two accounts? (I've put a note up on both my WP and WN user-pages linking to the other userpage, but is there a beter way to do this?) Cheers Darigan (talk) 10:19, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Try unified login. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:36, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia content quoted without attribution/reference to the authors

Hello,

i think i have found a Wikipedia quote on a web page without reference/attribution(?) to wikipedia or the authors. (Well it could as well be the other way around.)

What do i do now? Should i report it? If so where and how? There doesn't seem to be any reference to Wikipedia or Creative Commons License. Could they be permitted to quote without attribution?

If you could provide me links to answers to my questions, that would be helpfull. (I am a bit overwhelmed with the topics.)

I am not a native English speaker i hope my questions are understandable.

thx, Hyashiona (talk) 10:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Your English is very good and thanks for notifying us of this. Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License clearly states that Wikipedia must be attributed. Can you please link to the webpage in question? Thanks. —Half Price 10:41, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response. Here is the link: http://www.file-extensions.org/elf-file-extension-executable-and-linkable-format-file. It is not that much of a deal, but since File-extension.org is in itself a reference they should give the source. Here is the source article: Executable and Linkable Format. It is an almost verbatim quote from the beginning of the wikipedia article. Just for my interest, what is going to happen next? Hyashiona (talk) 11:34, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I have posted the website at Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks and then at Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA Compliance. Wikipedia does not actively challenge websites that copy its content, but editors of copied pages can. I have not significantly edited Executable and Linkable Format and so cannot go through the Non-compliance process, but I have put a notice on that article's talk page so that any major contributors to it can challenge the website if they wish. Thanks again for bringing this to attention. —Half Price 12:04, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Malfunction

The article "Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi" is almost complete with the reflist, category section and other links but about half an hour ago the page just shows the matter which i have provided on the topic and does not show the reflist and other notes even though i have written it in the editor...whats the problem?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tahashoeb (talk • contribs) 11:04, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

You had missed off a "/ref" tag - I have fixed it. The trick in cases like this is to look very closely at the text that follows the last text that is still visible. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:10, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Reclaiming an account with no email attached

I've been inactive (except for a very small number of unsigned edits) for a very long time, partly because it seems I never connected an email address to my wp account. I did however cross-reference from the en:wp pages to my user pages on sv:wp where I used the same user name and where I did attach an email address. From time to time I think that it would be nice to have possession of my original en:wp account but I always give up since I can't find a way to fix it. Is there a way to do that? // OlofE (on en:wp and sv:wp) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.73.15.6 (talk) 11:31, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm afraid the standard advice here is that if there's no email address there is no way to recover from a last password. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:42, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. //OlofE (as above...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.233.102.222 (talk) 21:57, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Diana Dors

RE: the Diana Dors entry...

I recall a ITV educational presentation of ..'A Taste of Honey' with Diana Dors in the role of the mother.

I have attempted to pin this down, even tried to obtain a recording, but to no avail.

I suggest this be added to the encyclopeadia on an open ended insertion basis –in the hopes someone can verify it, with more definite and verifiable information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scouse55 (talk • contribs) 11:36, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

One of the core policies at Wikipedia is that readers should be able to verify the information they see by checking the references to reliable sources. Information added without a source is likely to be challenged and removed. But if you do manage to track down a source for the information, then, yes, your addition would be very welcome. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:44, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps http://www.dianadors.co.uk/filmography_3.html? Doesn't say who she played, but it might do for a start? - David Biddulph (talk) 11:55, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

submitting the biography of an author

I would like to submit the biography of author Gordon Parker, UK novelist. (not to be confused with the American psychiatrist) for inclusion in Wikipedia. Can you adise on the simplest way to do this please.92.30.88.97 (talk) 16:09, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article, but you will need to create an account to use it. if you don't wish to do so, you can submit a proposal for an article at Articles for Creation. TNXMan 16:10, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

AFD help

Can someone help me with setting up an AFD for this article? I botched an AFD yet again. --Endlessdan (talk) 16:39, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Tag added to article. Is that what you needed? TNXMan 16:42, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

The tag and to add it the list of AFD noms for the day. Thanks for your help. I'm sorry. --Endlessdan (talk) 16:44, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

No problem. It should be all set now. TNXMan 16:46, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again. --Endlessdan (talk) 16:48, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I have tagged it for A7 speedy, looks like a clear case to me. – ukexpat (talk) 16:58, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

why was my page on uiolentapneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosising deleted

this is a real word that describes a real act and it gets labeled as vandalism by PMDrive1061. can somebody un delete it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samsam1993 (talk • contribs) 17:21, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but you're describing a neologism (especially since the article claims the word was invented today). Wikipedia is not a place for new terms like that, because they cannot be supported by reliable sources. TNXMan 17:27, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

And please stop re-creating it, or you may find yourself unable to edit any longer. Arakunem^Talk 18:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia should support advertisements for a revenue stream

Hi,

I have been seeing this for a while now. That wikipedia has been asking for donations and is having a hard time. But what I don't understand is why would wikipedia not use advertisements as a revenue stream. Small harmless advertiesements.

regards manishgarg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.118.79 (talk) 18:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

This has been discussed many times; for example, there is a long essay at Wikipedia:Advertisements. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:33, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Briefly, there is no such thing as "[s]mall harmless advertiesements" when one is trying to preserve both the fact and the appearance of neutrality. It's a slippery slope problem; compare "a little bit pregnant" and "we already settled that; we're just haggling over the price". --Orange Mike | Talk 18:40, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps this post was motivated by this article (relevant Signpost article here). Intelligentsium 22:52, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Updating Abdul Khaliq Hazara, Formatting Error with RtL Font/Text

I am editing Abdul_Khaliq_Hazara_(Politician) trying to correct the split bracket for the citation on the Urdu/Persian name that is in Right-to-Left text. Anyone have a solution to correct this? Sire TRM (talk) 18:31, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

After a bit of experimentation I found the template to fix this: diff. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:43, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Sigma Gamme Rho

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority,Inc. is listed as a social organization this information is incorrect. Sigma Gamma Rho was founded as a service organization only by seven school teachers this is not a social organization and this information needs to be updated and corrected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.59.8.10 (talk) 21:22, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

If you have a reliable source for this information, please be bold and edit the article, including a reference to your source. If you do not feel confident at editing the article, add a section to Talk:Sigma Gamma Rho explaining what changes you would like made, and including the reference.

If there is no independent reliable source that has this information, then you may not introduce it into Wikipedia, as it would be original research. --ColinFine (talk) 22:03, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

At {{Infobox fraternity}} there is a note that the "type" parameter should match the organisation's listing in a work named "Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities". -- John of Reading (talk) 08:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I was heavily involved in that discussion. The decision was made to have add an emphasis type to allow for service for the NPHC fraternities and sororities. However Title IX (US Law) allows only Social Fraternities and Sororities to continue to be single gendered. So Type=Social, Emphasis=Service. (In short if Sigma Gamma Rho was social, then a lawsuit could be brought against any College or University which has Sigma Gamma Rho as a recognized student organization. They would either have to derecognize Sigma Gamma Rho or become ineligible for Federal Funding. Additionally, if they were ineligible for Federal Funding, then students would be unable to use federally backed student loans.Naraht (talk) 15:13, 22 December 2010 (UTC)