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November 1

How do we get the article reviewed after being marked "like an advertisement?"

Kindly assist because the article is still being marked "like an ad" & lack of reference even after it is edited with sufficient references.

Our photos has been approved by WikiCommon but the article is pending. How do we know if it should be edited again to get it published?

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Klmarathon (talk • contribs) 09:54, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

There is no formal review procedure, and tags are not removed automatically. If you believe you have improved the article so that the tag is no longer appropriate, you can remove the tag. The worst that can happen is that somebody disagrees and puts it back. Make sure you give an informative Edit summary (eg Removed tag as article has been improved). --ColinFine (talk) 10:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

The article in question was User:Klmarathon/Standard Chartered KL Marathon; User:Klmarathon has been blocked as a spamusername. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:51, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

stolen Unncovered Painting from the New York City Area for a novel

I am writing a novel about stolen art in the 1960's in New York City Area. Iwas trying to locaate information on any solen art that wa not recoverred —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.215.117.79 (talk) 01:21, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Category:Art crime would be a good place to start exploring; you could also ask at the Humanities Reference Desk to see if anyone had any ideas. --Jayron32 01:54, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Advanced search

Under the old interface, "Search" gave the choice of "search" and "go". The former option seems to me now to be effectively missing. Utter pain in the butt if I want to search broadly for a term when there happens to be a Wikipedia article with that name. Offhand, the only way around this that I can see is if I explicitly navigate to Special:Search, which is pretty obscure. Is there some simpler way to do this that I'm missing, or has this capability now been effectively restricted to the highly savvy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmabel (talk • contribs) 02:35, 1 November 2010

When you type a phrase into the search box, you should be getting a drop down menu - at the very bottom of that drop down menu is a link that says "containing...", along with the text you typed in the search box. Clicking on that will perform a search, rather than going directly to the article. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 02:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

You can also search with an empty box to easily get to Special:Search. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:32, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Creating wikipedia for an actress

Greetings, I am an actress and want to be in Wikipedia. How do I correctly create an entry about my career? Thank you TheRealMilDred (talk) 04:57, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, first you have to be notable, as evidenced by coverage in third-party reliable sources. After that, see Wikipedia:Creating an article. Grsz¹¹ 05:06, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged by Wikipedia:Autobiography. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:26, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

One of the many things which Wikipedia is not is an organ for self-promotion. If you have already been noticed in multiple independent sources then Wikipedia wishes to record that. If you have not, then Wikipedia does not, at present, want an article on you. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 10:33, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Please Take This Into Consideration:

I believe that Philosophy should be listed among the prime subject names under the reading tab in your homepage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelo.medina (talk • contribs) 05:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

A philosophy portal exists, if that's what you are looking for. Goodvac (talk) 05:38, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

I guess it refers to the currently 8 portals linked at the top right of the Main Page. It appears from Talk:Main Page/Archive 69#Adding Philosophy to the main portals list that Portal:Philosophy has failed to gain support in the past. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:45, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Task force, work group and subproject

WikiProject Council's directory currently labels sub-groups of WikiProjects as either task forces, work groups, or subprojects. Are there any distinctions between these three labels, for example in breadth and depth of coverage and administration? Or are they merely synonyms of one another? Thanks. ANGCHENRUI _WP:MSE♨ 09:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

violation droits d'auteur

bonjour,

j'ai rédigé un article sur la région Picardie et le tourisme en Picardie. Les éléments de cet article sont tirés en du site www.picardietourisme-acteurs.com pour lequel je suis rédacteur en chef. Il n'y a donc aucun problème d'utilisation de ces informations. Merci de rendre accessible ce nouvel article et de supprimer le message sur l'utilisation des données. Vincent —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.214.253.143 (talk) 11:04, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Si vous souhaitez autoriser Wikipedia d'utiliser le contenu de votre site web, s'il vous plaît suivez les instructions décrites sur cette page. Ici, sur la Wikipédia en anglais, tous les contenus des articles doivent être en anglais: si vous essayez de contribuer à la Wikipédia en francaise, s'il vous plaît visitez cette page.

If you want to give Wikipedia permission to use the contents of your site, please follow the steps outlined at this guide to donating copyright materials. NB that here on the English language Wikipedia, all article content must be in English. If you are trying to contribute to the French language Wikipedia (fr.wikipedia.org), please read this page. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:33, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

reset my page

I am Bruce Schreffler @ <email removed> and need to reset my pass word. can you help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.248.101.86 (talk) 14:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

The only advice I can give is that you should look at Help:Logging in. Posting your email address here won't help, and will only attract spam, so I have removed it. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Where to report copyright violators?

I want to know that if any unregistered user indulges in a clear copyright violation, then what warnings should be given and after how many warnings, the user can be reported, so that an IP ban may be imposed on them. Also, which is the appropriate place to report such users. Thanks. - Managerarc^[talk] 14:36, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Have a look at WP:Copyright problems and WP:Contact us/Article problem/Copyright. -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 14:40, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) If you find a copyright violation, the most urgent action is to protect the project by removing or blanking the text, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. The warning {{uw-copyright}} is suitable for a first-time violation. If the same user continues to violate copyrights after being warned, this constitutes vandalism (see WP:VANDTYPES) and the usual series of escalating warnings can be followed by a report at WP:AIV. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:46, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I got it. Managerarc^[talk] 15:27, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

United States

What is that rating box on the bottom of United States, and what is the syntax (if allowed)? 173.49.140.141 (talk) 15:50, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

It looks as if it's Category:Article Feedback Pilot. David Biddulph (talk) 15:57, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

User:Perseus, Son of Zeus

The coding on my account's userpage (Perseus, Son of Zeus) seems a bit messed up. The one I'm having trouble with is this one, centering it. Thanks! 173.49.140.141 (talk) 18:52, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Parameters for template "user"

Where can I find information on what "en-2" means in the following markup?

{{User en-2}}

--Mortense (talk) 20:02, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

It indicates the user's level of fluency in the relevant language, in this case English at intermediate ability - enough for editing or discussions level, see WP:BABEL. – ukexpat (talk) 20:05, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

"en-2" is not a parameter in the template sense. It's simply part of the chosen name of the template {{User en-2}} which is a completely different template from {{User}}. "en" in the name doesn't have any special markup meaning to the software which handles {{User en-2}} like any other template. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:19, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Logo entry for Wikipedia entry "Linux Professional Institute"

To Whom it May Concern:

Please remove the logo for the "Linux Professional Institute" at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Professional_Institute

This was changed today, November 1, 2010 by wikipedia user: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Iha9c

The logo as published before was correct. This change was highly unprofessional, if not outright malicious.

Furthermore, how do I register a complaint about User: Iha9c

Looking forward to your prompt response.

Scott Lamberton Director of Communications Linux Professional Institute http://www.lpi.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.49.33.151 (talk) 20:25, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

It looks to me as though Iha9c was simply trying to supply the logo of another LPI - the Indonesian Premier League (or Liga Primera Indonesia). This wasn't the right way to go about it, but I don't believe it was unprofessional or malicious. Just about to restore the old version for the Linux Institute, and see whether this other logo is eligible for upload to a different filename Gonzonoir (talk) 20:33, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

In fact, John of Reading's beaten me to the revert. Thanks John. Gonzonoir (talk) 20:36, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Screenplay Submission

I sent a screenplay to Hadley Films but got a broken link when I sent it.

Is there a company by that name?

I guess I'm just being careful.

THank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.69.33.253 (talk) 20:53, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

A Google search found http://www.hadleyfilms.com/ -- John of Reading (talk) 20:56, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

finding a deleted page and un deleting it

How do I find a page that was deleted and undelete it? (it was a page about Amotz Shemi)

Thanks

Gili —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilifocht (talk • contribs) 21:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

The deletion discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amotz Shemi. From the comments there I don't think you'll be able to persuade an admin to undelete it for you. But there seems to be a copy of the text at Wikibin, an unrelated web site which keeps material that has been deleted from Wikipedia. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:14, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of an article

I went through page after page of Wikipedia and finally found the complex way in which to suggest the deletion of an article. I do not have the time nor the inclination to go through such an extensive process but I do want to tell you that the article on Buzzards is 100% wrong and should be deleted ASAP so that people reading it are not led into a morass of falsehoods and misinformation.

Sincerely, Calius —Preceding unsigned comment added by Calius12 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Are you talking about the article Buzzard? It's unlikely that will get deleted, but if there is something wrong there, please indicate on the article's Discussion page what you find wrong. Corvus cornix_talk 22:14, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

I think the stuff in the 'new world' is not correct. None of it is referenced. The article is suppose to be a disambiguation? Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 22:22, 1 November 2010 (UTC)