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April 23

What do I need to do to get a pic that is compliant

Hello, I just created an article for the Hugh Lawson White Mansion. I am somewhat familiar with the occupants of this historic home. (Knew them years ago...but to the extent where, if I e-mailed them, I believe they would be agreeable to supplying a picture for the article.) So, assuming she writes back, and I can get her to e-mail me a picture she took from her phone of whatever, what exactly do I need to do to make sure the copyright stuff is all good? Quinn ^{❀ BEAUTIFUL DAY} 01:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Probably the best is, if someone from the organization (using their email account) could email the form in WP:CONSENT - assuming they'll agree to the release there. Once you know they've sent such an email, you could upload it yourself at commons, and put {{otrs pending}} in the 'permission' box (which is noted on the form when uploading) - then you can use it immediately.

Later, the permission will be checked and linked in to the file - assuming the permission is correctly sent.  Chzz  ►  01:06, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

You might find this essay to be helpful. Dismas|^(talk) 01:07, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Just a word of caution, an image from a phone is unlikely to be high quality, so best avoided. – ukexpat (talk) 13:43, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Rate this page

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I just saw "rate this page" at the end of New Chronology (Fomenko). I haven't seen that before. Why isn't it on all articles? Is there a way to add it? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:28, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

More information can be found on the links at Category:Article Feedback Pilot. GB fan (talk) 02:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

There is documentation at mw:Article feedback and mw:Article feedback/Public Policy Pilot. Intelligentsium 02:38, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:41, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

We have an Article Feedback Tool that is in a pilot deployment as of September 22, 2010. Only a few articles have the feedback tool— they are in the hidden Category:Article Feedback Pilot. You can ask more questions at the discussion page for the Article Feedback Tool workgroup. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 13:12, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 17:35, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Preview function

Early on, while I was editing my article in the "Sandbox", I could click on the "Preview" button and see how my formatting would appear in the final published Wikipedia article. Now nothing happens. It simply shows me the text I typed. How do I get it to show me the Preview? CartoonEtc (talk) 04:39, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Looking at this version from the Sandbox history, I see that you deleted only part of the sandbox heading text. You left behind the marker for the start of an HTML comment. This would have made your text disappear from the "Preview". -- John of Reading (talk) 07:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, John of Reading. This fixed it. Boy is my face red!

Submit for Review

I have navigated through the entire Article Wizard and I do not see any way to submit my article for review and/or approval by the Wikipedia editorial staff. Am I overlooking something really obvious? Thanks! CartoonEtc (talk) 04:47, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Requests for feedback. There is no Wikipedia editorial staff. You are Wikipedia editorial staff. So am I. More experienced editors than you will take a look at the article you have drafted, however, if you ask for help at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback. --Jayron32 04:49, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Very helpful. Thanks! CartoonEtc (talk) 05:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

If you have already written a draft in your userspace, simply edit the page and put {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} at the top of the draft. Save it. If successful it should show a big yellow box saying 'Review Pending' with further instructions. This will submit your article to the Articles for Creation review where more experienced editors can look over your draft and pinpoint problems. Your submission will be declined if it fails to meet all policies, otherwise it will be moved by the reviewer to mainspace. It is very important to listen to the recommendations of the reviewers. If a reviewer declines the submission due to some fixable issues, you may fix them then resubmit in the same way.--Obsidi♠n^Soul 11:48, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikibreak

I'm going on a WikiBreak for a few days soon, and I can't get Internet access where I'm going. I'm worried about what my Watchlist will look like without me looking through the changes. Rcsprinter (talk)10:53, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

It makes no difference if you look at your watchlist or not, it will still cover the same time period that you have set on you page (1/2/6/12 hours, 1, 3 or 7 days). If you only have a short period set you may want to temporary set it for example to 7 days to see anything of interest then set it back to your prefered time when you get back. MilborneOne (talk) 11:19, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

No, no, I mean all the pages will be edited and I won't be there to check them. Rcsprinter (talk) 12:01, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

You have a number of options,(1) dont go on holiday, (2) buy a gizmo that gives you internet access via wireless or a sattelite, (3) just leave it to others to keep an eye on everything, most articles have more than one person watching them, you can still review the changes when you get back. MilborneOne (talk) 12:15, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Are there any articles where you are particularly concerned about potential vandalism, POV-pushing or similar? I would be happy to keep an eye on them. doomgaze (talk) 12:20, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia nor the articles on your watchlist will fall apart without you. Your comments make it sound like you are addicted to Wikipedia, maybe you need some help. 67.162.249.232 (talk) 12:39, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I just set my watchlist for 7 days. Even though someone edited an article I am watching, chances are vandalism is already taken care of by someone else; which saves me a lot of work. I have 913 articles on my watchlist. So far, even though I have been away for as long as 7 days, nothing drastic has happened in years. I also am keeping track of my 200 DYK articles (which are fairly important to me) - I see none for you. Take a break - everything will be alright. Here is another secret - don't tell anybody you are going on a Wikibreak and they will always think you are watching, so probably will not try to do any shenanigans. Keep in mind all public libraries have computers, McDonalds and most hotels/motels have WiFi. If none of this helps - see Dr. Phil.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:23, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

913 pages?? Maybe you need to see Dr. Phil. :-) I just went on vacation (not "on holiday" - see WP:BRITISHQUAINT) for a week and didn't access the Internet. Sure enough, Wikipedia fell apart while I was gone. Fortunately, giving my incredible powers (see WP:OMNIPOTENT), I was able to resurrect it AND cast a spell on everyone so no one even noticed the temporary implosion.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:53, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

913? That's it? Mines at 4457, and I cull it down to under 1000 like once a year. I tried to look at it and ended up crashing my browser. Maybe its time to pare it down a bit, n'est ce pas? --Jayron32 03:13, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

4457? Mine's at 7959, but I recently culled it down from 9750, so I'm doing well. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 22:26, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Isn't there the possibility to set up a RSS web feed and track it with any only feed reader services? I mean everybody can set up a feed reader (such mediawiki gives already the possibility to, look in the preferences) and post the url in the (online) feed reader our choice tracking this for some days... mabdul 02:10, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

No deadline. If an article is 'wrong' for a few days, who gives a shit? Wikipedia will be around for many years; it really does not matter. Enjoy your hols. See also m:Wikistress.  Chzz  ►  05:30, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Another tid-bit of advice for User:Rcsprinter123. When you write up a new article, make it a very interesting quality article. Then soon you will have many editors that will make additional constructive edits and put it on their watch list. Then you will have many editors and administrators watching your articles for you. Nobody can get away with any shenanigans then since any bad edits will be reverted immediately. Its kind of neat to have a staff of people working for you - for free! I take many vacations per year and have no worries.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 11:13, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

The Quiet Achiever is the latest article I wrote up. I will soon have many editors and administrators watching and protecting it.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:26, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Louise Bourgeois Boursier is my latest DYK, that appears now on the Main Page. Where did you say your list of DYKs were?--Doug Coldwell ^talk 18:06, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Here is my list of DYK articles. I have about a dozen to add. Which articles did you say you were concerned about?--Doug Coldwell ^talk 19:08, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Here was a pleasant surprise on the front page of my town newspaper I got when I was on one of my vacations last year. You never know what might happen when you go on vacation. (Results are not typical and might vary, so don't try this at home). Page 2 of newspaper article on my Hobby--Doug Coldwell ^talk 19:35, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Conversion template

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I am looking for the "template" that will convert square meters to square feet.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:06, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

{{convert}} ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 13:11, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Stumped! I see square feet to square meters, however do NOT see square meters to square feet. Can you provide exact template? Example: what is 8.5 square meters as square feet? --Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

If you look in the full list of supported coversions, sq feet and sq meters are there. GB fan (talk) 13:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

8.5 square metres (91 sq ft) {{convert|8.5|m2|sqft}} GB fan (talk) 13:58, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 14:06, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

How can I delete my account?

Hello,

how can i delete my account? my login is BenjaminBelgium

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenjaminBelgium (talk • contribs) 14:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Accounts can't be deleted; the Wikipedia software continues to attribute every edit to a user, even after that user has stopped using Wikipedia. If you want to stop using Wikipedia, you don't need to delete your account; just log off. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 14:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Right to vanish. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Mobile site

How can I make the mobile page be the default when I come to wikipedia from google? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djstl1926 (talk • contribs) 21:33, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Your phone or other mobile device should automatically be redirected to the mobile site. Are you saying that this is not happening? Dismas|^(talk) 23:17, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

If you go to Wikipedia:Enable mobile version on your mobile device and click on the link there, you will re-enable the mobile version. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 23:23, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Updating templates in archives

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 – – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 00:03, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm curious about updating some templates in archives (in this instance only). {{gl-DONE}} and {{gl-PENDING}} were both superseded by {{Gl request}} and I tagged the two older templates with {{tdeprecated}}. But the gl-DONE/PENDING templates were only used in the Graphics Lab Top 4 and eventually saved to the archives (click for an example). The archives only date back to 2010. The important part of the archives, I assume, is to keep a record of the images altered and who altered them. I could easily update the templates in the archives. The only discernible change would be a one-pixel change in thickness to the colored outlines. My intent would be to put the two deprecated templates up for TfD. Would this be considered inappropriate? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:16, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Put the templates up for TfD and explain why they should be deleted and how they would be replaced. If there is no objection after a few days, then start replacing them. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 23:26, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Ah okay, put them up for TfD first. Will do, thanks! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 00:03, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Gembrook

I would like to add a website reference to the "gembrook" page. The website is www.gembrook.com.au How do I do this please? 124.168.106.35 (talk) 23:50, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:External links. --Jayron32 23:57, 23 April 2011 (UTC)