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May 25

Text shifting location

Hi - I edited a page that had a hierarchy to it. The section I was editing began witha picture that had a caption. This picture was off to the right side of the page in the orignal page before I started editing. All the other sections/categories were on the left side of the page. I edited the caption for the photo and then the first paragraph to the left of the photo (well, in the editing screen it occurred below the photo paragraph. I previewed my changes and everything looked fine. However, when I saved my changes, several sections of the page now appear below the photo instead of under categories to the left as they had before I made my edits. It's as if several sections of text shifted over to the right in the gray box containing the picture. These sections still have their sub-headings in bold but they should be on the left side of the screen flowing with the other content of the page, not underneath the photo on the right. The whole page is now messed up. Since I don't see any "undo" button, I'm not sure how to get this back the way it was. How can I tell the page to display sections on the left as outline items versus displaying them under a photo. This is a real problem. Please help. Rsay3 (talk) 00:16, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

I've fixed the formatting for you; you had inadvertently removed the "]]" from the caption, so the article thought the text following the image was just a continuation of the caption. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Query

Hi there,

I have registered with Wikipedia for the sole purpose of creating a page for the consulting company i work for. I am concerned about the freedom of other users to edit the page content. I am aware that there are various degrees of privacy settings such as full protection. How am I able to ensure that my page is fully protected and that only I am able to edit the content even though I am not a long term wikipedia user or administrator?

Appreciate your assistance in this matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avlaw2011 (talk • contribs) 01:22, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

First, you shouldn't create an article about your company. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Second, Wikipedia works by collaboration of multiple editors. Even assuming your company is sufficiently notable to justify an article, you would never own it.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:26, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

The current number of article in WP is 6,918,767

The number of articles for which a single editor has been granted sole rights to edit the article is zero.--SPhilbrickT 14:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

The purpose you have described is fundamentally incompatible with the aims and purposes of Wikipedia. You are very welcome to contribute to Wikipedia in any way consistent with its five pillars, but if that is your sole purpose, then you have come to the wrong place. --ColinFine (talk) 22:42, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Is Wikipedia an ideal tool for me to use?

Hello,

I have an idea of a large database of information. Information which I do not have first hand knowledge of...thus the purpose of having others edit/add to the information. For example information regarding college scholarships. Readers of my article regarding scholarships could edit/add what they know of various scholarships in their state. Then new readers of the article would learn about those resources. I have several topics to discuss in an article which I would want wiki readers from across the country to add to it regarding resources they are aware of, for others to learn about.

IS wikipedia ideal for such a project? 174.111.120.188 (talk) 01:35, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Nope. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. What you want is your own Wiki. A Wiki is a user-editable site – Wikipedia is one example of the many Wikis on the internet. The MediaWiki software that runs Wikipedia is free for others to use. See the linked articles for more information. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 01:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Articles should be initiated on cogent topics. The title, to an extent, defines a topic for an article, including its scope. Wikipedia tends not to be a database—see WP:INDISCRIMINATE. If I were you I would wait to see what other editors post here. Can you suggest one or more article titles for the article you have in mind? This would of course be nothing that you would be committing yourself to, but it might give others an idea of the sort of article you have in mind. And bear in mind, that a title is the means, at least to an extent, by which others find your article. Other means might include links from other articles. Bus stop (talk) 01:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Starting and Running a Wiki Website may be helpful. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 02:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Also if you don't have the technical skills necessary to setup your own website or wiki, you can perform a quick internet search (Google, Yahoo, etc) for mediawiki hosting, and you will be able to find several low cost or no cost wiki's which are ready to go. Tiggerjay (talk) 04:53, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad

Hi there,

Thank you for the nice information listed in the link above. Please be aware that in Islam we do not picture or draw the prophets over all. So please remove the pictures that claim it is for prophet Mohamed.

Thank you.

Kind regards, Wiki user. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.32.18.92 (talk) 01:38, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Please see the notice and the FAQ section at the top of that article's talk page, Talk:Muhammad. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 01:45, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Comment

If I find a spot in a wiki article I disagree with, and want to insert a comment right there, can I do it? Case in point: article granular material has a passage about Brazil nuts:

"The un-mixing or segregation of unlike grains under vibration and flow. An example of this is the so-called Brazil nut effect where Brazil nuts rise to the top of a packet of mixed nuts when shaken.The cause of this effect is that when shaken, granular (and some other) materials move in a circular pattern. some larger materials (Brazil nuts) get stuck while going down the circle and therefore stay on the top."

I want to append it with a comment which looks clearly separate from the main text, like an insert:

"This is a typical example of people-are-bipedal-because-they-have-two-legs tautology explanation. The text should be modified to remove this explanation and/or a more information-loaded explanation has to be found (the possibility of finding such a one I doubt, though)."

Lsalgo (talk) 04:58, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

If you disagree with something, and it is not a matter of verifiable fact, then please discuss it on the article talk page first. The article is not the place for discussion or general comments. Tiggerjay (talk) 05:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

To expand on that, every article has a corresponding talk page that is available through the tab at the top of the page marked "Discussion". By the way, this site is called Wikipedia, not wiki. A wiki is any website using wiki software; there are thousands of them.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:29, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

For example, Talk:Granular material - where you can say what you like. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:46, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, as long as it relates to the content or development of the article. – ukexpat (talk) 14:13, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Entry on R.C school being maliciously altered . Possible sectarian motive.

The entry on St Modan's H.S in Stirling has been constantly altered over the last few month and although other posters have tried to take out the incorrect statements (such as the ridiculous claim that a £3000 fee was paid for a play that was never staged) the malicious edit keeps coming back. The style and tone of the alterations are not subtle so hopefully most people will see through the motive (possibly sectarian) of the culprit. I don't know anything about how wikipedia works but I have used it lots for research and note that people usually cite sources for the information they give. I wondered why the edit which paint St Modan's in such a poor light does not have these but yet is allowed to go un checked? I am a parent at the school and know it to be a kind and caring institution and am saddened that a project such as wikapedia is being used as a tool to visit sectarian hatred on an institution that is just trying to do its best for the children in its care. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.76.226 (talk) 07:20, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

The page for discussion of the article is Talk:St Modan's High School. The statement that you mention seems to have been added once and removed once; I see no sign of it "coming back". You may wish to look at the history of the article. In Wikipedia we have a policy to assume good faith, and I do not see any obvious evidence of what you describe as "sectarian hatred". In common with many articles, this article has from time to time been subject to vandalism, some of it apparently childish, but this is usually rapidly reverted. You are right that statements in a Wikipedia article need to be referenced to reliable sources, so if you wish to improve the article you may wish to find and include such sources for areas which are currently unreferenced and might otherwise risk removal. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:07, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

It is my observation that most vandalism to articles on high schools is committed by disgruntled students of those schools themselves, not by wicked bigoted conspirators. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:20, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

How to find a topic?

how do i find a good topic that has alot of materials on it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bimbosomide (talk • contribs) 08:26, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Do you mean a topic to create an article about in Wikipedia? If this is the case, I don't think there is an easy answer to that. You could try to do a Google Books search for example on a topic that you find interesting or you think is missing. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Self removal of text?

Talk:Muhammad/images/example css gives an example of how a user can add code to a their css page so that specifc images on the Muhammad page of Muhammad aren't shown. What I'm looking for is how to do the equivalent for text. I want to be able to tell a user how to view the Phi Gamma Delta page without seeing the ΦΓΔ which is in the infobox. It probably won't make a difference for those Fiji brothers who want to change the article, but if possible to add a layer of "if you don't want to see it..."Naraht (talk) 10:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

This could be done if we tweaked the infobox coding in the article, replacing ΦΓΔ with <div id="PhiGammaDeltaInfoBoxGreekLetters">ΦΓΔ</div> so that this infobox element has a unique "id". Then, a user with an account could create or edit their Special:MyPage/skin.css with the line #PhiGammaDeltaInfoBoxGreekLetters { display:none }, and the three Greek letters will then disappear. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

(More) A better place for this coding would be {{Infobox fraternity}}, so that the workaround is available on all the relevant articles. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:05, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

This is the only relevant article. I've worked with Fraternities for a while, and Fiji are the only one that I've heard of that cares.Naraht (talk) 02:42, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Recreating a page

Couple of months an article was deleted due to its insignificance. By now, new references have came up. Can I recreate the page? Should I contact the admin who deleted it? How? T2dieevi (talk) 10:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

If the article was speedy deleted you can recreate it. My sussgetion would be to rcreate it in your userspace at a location like, User:T2dieevi/sandbox. That way you can work on it over time and it is less likely to get deleted quickly. Then when you think it is ready you can ask experienced editors to look the article over at WP:FEED. They will give you feedback on how to improve thearticle and let you know if it is ready for the mainspace. GB fan (talk) 10:41, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

You could request undeletion of that article at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion or give one of the admins listed at Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles a shout, if undeletion of that page would turn up content that would be useful for your recreation of the article. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 10:50, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Toshio, I think you meant he should ask for userfication at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion. At that process page we do two things: undelelete article to the mainspace that were deleted on uncontroversial grounds (generally G6s and prods) and userfication. This can be confusing because both technically, mechanically, involve "undeletion", but the requests are interpreted quite differently. In other words, if this article was deleted as an A7 or possibly at AfD, as it appears from the OP, a request for it to be "undeleted" will normally be rejected out of hand.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:04, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, correct, I actually meant userfication. If the deleted article does not contain anything useful (verifiable information and the corresponding reliable sources), it should be recreated from scratch anyway. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

IP address vandalism problem .

Hello, I've been editing Wikipedia for a few months now and I always edit under this username and log-in. However, I've just used a different browser to look up something on Wikipedia (I use FireFox for editing, and IE for work) and discovered that someone's left a message for me on my IP addresses talk page User talk:212.139.202.136. It's quite an old message (November 2010) that I haven't picked up until now as I always log into Wikipedia. Quite rightly User:Recognizance has undone vandalism made by this IP address (diff link). I live in England, and my ISP is Talk Talk, who I suppose could be sharing IP addresses out between different households. I very much doubt this vandalism was made within my home.

It would be very glamorous to be barred from Wikipedia for using a sock-puppet to push an anti-Israeli agenda, but I'm afraid I did not make these edits, and don't know enough about Israel and the Dead Sea Scrolls to vandalise related articles. Should I be worried by this use of my IP address? TehGrauniad (talk) 10:56, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Your ISP might well allocate IP addresses dynamically. To avoid any confusion, it is better to log in with your user name. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Kobaia_Sierra_Leone

I created an article called Kobaia_Sierra_Leone. Could some add some info to article or clean it up? Thanks!Neptunekh2 (talk) 11:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

watchlist malfunction

Sometimes a page is changed but it doesn't come up on my watchlist as changed. Seems to be one page at a time but of course I can't be sure. Any quidance to this annoying bug? Ring Cinema (talk) 13:35, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Potential reasons that I know of are

• an item won't show on the watchlist if it is being actively edited
• you can set your watchlist up not to show edits marked as minor
• you can set your watchlist up not to show bot edits

are any of these potential explanations? --Elen of the Roads (talk) 13:39, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, yes, I do hide minor and bot edits, but those are not the edits missing. I'll change that for a while and see what that does. Actively edited pages with a recent edit don't come up on a watchlist? That would surprise me but is that so? --Ring Cinema (talk) 13:44, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

If your watchlist only shows the latest edit to a page and you hide minor and bot edits then it will not show if there was a major edit before a more recent minor or bot edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:57, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Also don't forget that rollbacks don't change a page from unwatched to watched either - so you'll not see any subsequent changes made to the page at all. a_man_alone (talk) 14:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

(I'm puzzled by this bit: "If your watchlist only shows the latest edit to a page..." -- My impression is that the ONLY edit to a page that a watchlist can show is the most recent.) Wanderer57 (talk) 14:59, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

There's an "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" option in Preferences. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 15:08, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

"Rollbacks", Solo Sapiens?: does this refer to undo's? I'm confident my watchlist shows undo's frequently. What kind of rollback are we talking here? (2) It's counterintuitive that when I monitor only major edits I am not informed of the last major edit simply because there was an intervening minor edit. That seems more like a bug than a feature. However, that is not the case anyway since I received no notifies in several cases of major edits. --Ring Cinema (talk) 15:26, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Say, for example, you see a bad faith edit on one of your watched pages and revert it, whether using rollback, or undo, it doesn't matter. Then decide to check the users other edits - and you see another vandal edit on a page that you don't watch. If you use undo to revert the edit, it will also (by default) add that page to your watchlist. However, if you use rollback to undo the edit, the page isn't added to your watchlist. a_man_alone (talk) 17:46, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, don't mean to patronise, but rollback is a function that can undo multiple edits by the same author - useful for reverting mass vandalism, but subject to rules of use. Others could probably explain it better. a_man_alone (talk) 17:48, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

No, you weren't patronizing. Anyway, the scenario you described is not the one that obtains when I have my problem. The problem is major edits on pages I watch that don't appear on my watchlist. I think it's strange. --Ring Cinema (talk) 19:39, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Should I Apply for Rollback?

I am interested in applying for Rollback but before I do I wanted to know if it would be worth applying now or later. I have been on Wikipedia for 2 and a half monts and have around 1600 edits. Is it worth applying or should I wait a while? Oddbodz (talk) 15:24, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

(Disclaimer: I don't have rollback myself) I've had a look through your last 500 contributions and don't see you reverting vandalism, which is what rollback is for. Perhaps have a go at reverting vandalism with Twinkle for a while first? -- John of Reading (talk) 19:55, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

How to Delete an Empty Title?

I have written an article about a subject for which no article currently exists; but when I went to post the article, I received a message saying the article exists already. It appears that the title exists, but no actual article: the title points to a broader subject. (Presumably, a previous article bearing this title got deleted, and its title was made to point to the more general article.) However, I believe my article contains more than enough distinct, relevant, and useful information to warrant its own page, and therefore I'm wondering: how can I delete that empty title, so that I can use it to create my article from scratch? Thanks. Chillowack (talk) 15:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

What's the article title? --Orange Mike | Talk 15:33, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Go to the article. You will get redirected. It says "redirected from Mystic River Reservation". Click on the link and you will go to the page without redirecting. Click edit and you'll see this. You can update the page, removing the redirect. -- kainaw™ 15:38, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! (Out of curiosity: how did you know what the title was?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chillowack (talk • contribs) 16:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Kainaw looked at your contributions and saw what you were working on. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

You stated on the Mystic River talk page that you created the Mystic River Reservation article, but couldn't save it. -- kainaw™ 16:36, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.Chillowack (talk) 18:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Appropriateness of a source for inclusion of an entry in a list article

Moved to WP:RSN

 – Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:55, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

I am not sure if Help desk really is the right place for this question, thus if it is not, please point me to the right place.

I want to clean up the article List of conglomerates. Would this source be appropriate to verify the conglomerate status of Al-Ghurair Group? It does not explicitly say that Al-Ghurair Group is a conglomerate, but it is clear from the definition of a conglomerate and the information given in this source, that it qualifies as one. Would the inclusion of Al-Ghurair Group in the list based on this source count as original research? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:18, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, I feel I should actually bring up this question at WP:RSN and not here. Whoops. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Finding an editor with particular language and experience qualifications

Working at the Third Opinion project, I frequently come across disputes where the problem is fueled by the fact that one of the disputants is not fluent in English. I'd like in those cases to be able to enlist an experienced current editor who is fluent in both English and the language of the disputant, but I can't figure out how to search for such an editor. I can find editors listed by language and fluency at Category:Wikipedians by language, but going through them one by one checking their userpage for their English language level and their user contributions for their experience and currency is impossible. Is there a way to search for, for example, SV-4, EN-4, and sysop status? Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 16:24, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to second that this would be fabulous. I, too, have often had to scan through page after page looking for the right contributor to help with a problem. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:33, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Using the example of Swedish given here, there's WP:SWE. Other language noticeboards are available. Mjroots (talk) 19:13, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

• Those language skills status notes are typically from userboxes which put the userpage in specific categories. Wasn't there a category search tool that allowed you to search the intersection of multiple cats? - 194.60.106.38 (talk) 06:51, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest ?

Can I create an article about my own company? I don't want to advertise or express opinions. I just want to put the company name, address, and the services we provide (maybe a brief history of the company). And I don't want wikipedia to become a forum for my competitors to post liable about my company. Would this be a problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelPFG (talk • contribs) 17:38, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

You can, it is not forbidden, but it is very strongly discouraged, see the conflicts of interest policy for details. Moreover, you probably ought to edit existing articles for awhile before trying to write an article. Writing an article without experience here is likely to prove very frustrating. By editing existing articles you'll become familiar with Wikipedia policies, guidelines, and norms that may trip you up. Finally, there's no point in creating a policy about your company unless it is Wikipedia-notable (which is quite different from dictionary-definition notability). See the organization notability guideline for some help on what it takes for a company to be notable. Please sign all your questions and comments with four tildes like this: ~~~~ Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 18:40, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

If you do create an article you will see the message "If you do not want your writing to be edited, used, and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here." See WP:ORGFAQ and WP:LUC. --ColinFine (talk) 22:54, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

how do you make changes in an article?

In looking today at the article on New York's 29th Congressional district, I noticed two comments that the district WILL be eliminated in the next redistricting. That is nowhere near a certainty. Two districts will be eliminated in New York State and it is commonly understood that one of them will come from the area east of the Hudson River. But if you note coverage of yesterday's special election in New York's 26th district, several sources suggested that the 26th may be the district that's eliminated. How does that item get changed?

You can be bold and change it, including references for any information you add. Make sure you leave a meaningful Edit Summary (that will also reduce the likelihood that a bot will think your change is vandalism and revert it).

If you do not feel confident to make the edit yourself, post a message on the article's talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 22:58, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

This is an issue of terminology. Yes, New York will drop from 29 to 27 districts for the 2012 elections which means there will no longer be a 28th or 29th congressional district. *but*, which districts are considered to *go away* is more fluid. For example, I *think* that most of the population loss downstate (where the lowered numbered congressional districts are) will cause a seat held by a democrat to be lost, this will occur by changing the borders between lots of districts in order to make the population right. Some member will probably have their seat cut up into multiple pieces with only a small portion including the members's residence going into a neighboring district. That one will be viewed as "lost". Then you renumber everything so that they are numbered 1-27.Naraht (talk) 11:17, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Two versions of a page live at the same time?

From Internet explorer it seems possible to get to two versions of the St. Modan's high school page. The first is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Modan's_High_School and is a version dated 30th April 2011. The second is a more up to date version at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Modan%27s_High_School which has been edited as recently as today. I think they should be the same (more recent) page and this is the page that Firefox finds every time. Could the first one be deleted (it is vandalized anyway). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.76.226 (talk) 19:56, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

There should only be one version. I have refreshed the Wikipedia server caches for this page. Please try a Control-F5 to refresh the page in Internet Explorer and report back here if you are still seeing an old version. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:05, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

I looked at it with IE7 and both links go to the same version. GB fan (talk) 20:13, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect Information ref Peter Sellers OR Daniel Mendoza

I don't know which is wrong but the page on Peter Sellers says that Daniel Mendoza was his great-great grandfather. The Daniel Mendoza page, however, says that Peter was the great-great grandson of Daniel's first cousin.

I hope this information will be of assistance to someone who is better qualified to correct this error than myself!

Keep up the GREAT work.

Regards,

Cyber.Goose01 (United Kingdom) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyber.Goose01 (talk • contribs) 20:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Curiously, this question has been raised before - see this archive. Does that help? -- John of Reading (talk) 20:09, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

organization and company

what is the difference between company and organization from structure and management point of view? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Memami60 (talk • contribs) 20:46, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous 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. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL

Sirs, COMPLIMENTS! INQUERY

I Stephanie Ann Chapman would like to work at anyone of your nearest locations as an Assembly Worker Trainee.

Thank you,

Stephanie Ann Chapman (Redacted) MAY 25, 2011 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTACT FOR WORK SOON THANKS! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.110.135.130 (talk) 21:45, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 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. GB fan (talk) 22:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Goofball a Barbituate?

Just typed in Goofball, came up with Barbituate. I've always been a Goofball, never a drug.

Epic Fail time...!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.148.50.158 (talk) 22:12, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Goofball is a slang term for barbituates. Nobody failed at anything. GB fan (talk) 22:16, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

how to get an article from the final draft stage onto wikipedia

I have finished an article on artist William H. Calfee. I need to know how to get the article from the place where I wrote it onto the main wikipedia site.

I also have two pictures I would like to include. Please give me instructions on how to do that as well. Thank you in advance.

In sum: (1) How do I get the article on the main wiipedia site? (2) How do I include two pictures?

I am an art historian, and I teach art history at the university level.

__ - - - - - - - — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.38.221.171 (talk) 22:13, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Where did you create the article at? The IP address you posted the message with hasn't created any pages. GB fan (talk) 22:19, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

See WP:SYMUD and WP:PICTURE. --ColinFine (talk) 23:02, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Is User:Trulymoreno the draft you are asking about? —teb728 t c 00:07, 26 May 2011 (UTC) If so, I have a concern that you may have copied it from the William H. Calfee Foundation site. You should rewrite it in your own words. —teb728 t c 00:17, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Clear copyvio and tagged for deletion as such. Copyvios are unacceptable even in userspace. – ukexpat (talk) 14:18, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Mediawiki screen for IP contributions

The Mediawiki screen for IP pages/talk pages/contributions: where is that? The one that has the geolocate information at the bottom? See Special:Contributions/127.0.0.1 to see what I'm talking about. Magog the Ogre (talk) 22:49, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Do you mean MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer-anon? Goodvac (talk) 22:58, 25 May 2011 (UTC)