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November 15

RS question

Is boxofficemojo.com [1] a rs for a movie's budget? Crystal Clear x3 03:23, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Wikiproject Films lists it as a resource here, and it's used in a couple of featured articles on films that I picked randomly, so it appears to be widely accepted as a reliable source. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 04:08, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Crystal Clear x3 22:07, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Can I turn off the Personal Appeal by donating ?

https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserLandingPage?uselang=en&country=AU&template=Lp-layout-default&appeal-template=Appeal-template-default&appeal=Appeal-default&form-template=Form-template-default&form-countryspecific=Form-countryspecific-variable1

is a pain. Perhaps its meant to be. Last year i did donate, and I will again, because the cause, not the face, is good. But you could offer a Carrot by offering to turn Off this painful header for Donors.

Please. Cant find a better place to ask this question... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.70.102.98 (talk) 03:34, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

You can disable the appeals if you create an account, which has many other benefits. Without an account, there's no way Wikipedia can reliably identify you, so I don't think there's any easy way to disable the appeals. Thanks for donating! Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 04:04, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Please would you elaborate? I have an account but I can't turn off appeals. According to previous answers to this perennial question (though missing from the FAQs) there used to be an option in preferences > gadgets, but it seems to have disappeared.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:59, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I turned it off by clicking the close button in the upper right corner. (After a few days it came back again, but clicking the button again got rid of it again. —teb728 t c 13:18, 15 November 2011 (UTC) The reason that works for me though may be also because I have checked the "Styling to hide interface on isolated pages for ongoing WMF fundraiser 2011 test" preference. —teb728 t c 13:26, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

That's a bit obscure (why not just "hide fundraising banners"?). I do have that option ticked, but it doesn't always seem to hide the banners.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 14:17, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes after you donate the banner will be hidden. You can also hide it by clicking the cross in the upper right hand corner, or if you're logged in enabling the "Suppress display of the fundraiser banner" gadget which I just re-added. It was taken out simply to avoid cluttering the gadget list all year round, I meant to restore it before the fundraiser but it totally slipped my mind. (It should be added though that gadget hides all CentralNotices, so you may also miss notices you wanted to see). the wub "?!" 14:54, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I just contributed, the banners stopped. That's easier than figuring out how to turn them off:)--SPhilbrickT 16:10, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 94#How to hide all fundraising banners on all Wikimedia wikis until next year you can also go directly to http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Thank_You/en. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:34, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Number of sensors

how many 0/2 sensors does a 2002 chevy silverado 1500 2wd have — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.223.10.13 (talk) 04:40, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Welcome. This page is intended for questions about using or editing Wikipedia. You can ask this question at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous. The people there specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer your question. Just click on the link and ask your question there. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 08:15, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

How to upload pictures to a Wikipedia page

I am trying to help author Belo M. Cipriani upload a picture of his book on his page, include his website too. Can someone please reply to this message and let me know how I can do this? Also, what reference would he need for his page not to get deleted?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.192.225.3 (talk) 08:22, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

In the first place the Belo Cipriani article has been proposed for deletion because it has no references; unless at least one reference is provided, the article will be deleted soon; so work urgently on referencing before you worry about images. All facts asserted in the article must be verifiable by references to reliable sources; so add references that verify facts asserted in the article—particularly those that show that he is notable. As to a book cover image, I'm sorry but you can't use a book cover image except in an article on the book (unless the the copyright owner of the book cover releases the image under a free license.) —teb728 t c 12:01, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Translation of a bengali article

Hi. I was thinking of an article on Pratima Banerjee (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1716134/). There is minimal information on her. One significant bit of information is at: http://www.banglatorrents.com/showthread.php?13887-Gaaner-Pratima-A-beautiful-article-on-Pratima-Bandopadhyay . Unfortunately it is in bengali. I did trying to go the bengali wikipedia page but couldn't quite find an email link. I need help in translating it - is there any way this can be done via the wikipedia community? With Thanks. Master Of Ninja (talk) 09:52, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Translation aside, that is a forum on a torrent site, would that be considered a reliable source? Яehevkor ✉ 10:49, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Good point! I assumed as it was an image it was from a newspaper, but thinking about it, it can't be used as a reliable source. Pity as there is not much information I can find. With Thanks. Master Of Ninja (talk) 12:56, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Downloading in a format other than PDF

I've been asked by a supervisor to download a userspace page in Microsoft Word format, but I told them that I thought it wasn't possible. Was I correct in saying that we can't download individual pages of any namespace except as HTML or PDF? If I'm wrong, please point me to a page that discusses downloading in other formats; Wikipedia:Database download and m:Help:Downloading pages don't address my needs. Nyttend backup (talk) 14:28, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

mw:Alternative parsers mentions some conversions tools. I don't see Word there but perhaps Word can open one of them and save as .doc. You can also try the "Printable version" link under "Print/export" and then see if you can copy-paste directly from your browser into a Word document. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:09, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Date ranges

Not sure where to ask this, so I'm asking here. (I couldn't find anything useful at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers) Should I format a date range that occurred with the same prefix like this: "June 21—27" or like this: "June 21—7"? Thanks. HurricaneFan25 16:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

June 21–27. That's an en dash, not an em dash. I've never seen a date presented like "June 21–7"; to me that looks like a typo or something. It's under the second bullet point of Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Dates. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 16:09, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

"June 21—27". - David Biddulph (talk) 16:08, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Not "June 21—27", but "June 21–27". ( en dash (–) rather than em dash (—))--SPhilbrickT 16:35, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to bother

Can you please take a look at this page?

User:Jp vasaio/John Todora

I think it is what you are asking for, but I am not sure. Any notes would help. This is part of my grade this semester so its very important to me. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jp vasaio (talk • contribs) 16:03, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I've changed your link above from an internet link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jp_vasaio/John_Todora to a wiki link [[User:Jp vasaio/John Todora]]. This question is presumably a follow on from the section above at #A little help please? In which case, no, you haven't responded to the advice you were given there, either in terms of providing references {see WP:References for beginners) rather than inline external links, or about the style and formatting. Please go back and read the advice again, and also please read the links provided in the welcome message on your talk page, and particularly WP:Tutorial. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:23, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

looking for a friend

hallo, well i know this is a quastion you probablly where neve asked but i am in big need to locate a friend, and he has this school listed. please beleve me i am a honest woman, i will try to make this long story short. i have met BRAD THICKLE on a dating site last june and we have been in touch ever cince. he is comming here to WI next week to meet. He trully sounds like an wonderfull Man. i guess my quastion is is there a way you could PLEASE Locate his relation so i could get in contact with them. as i said earlier i am a honest woman that thinks HE IS THE ONE :) but need to be sure. my email is <redacted>

thank you for taking the time to read my mail — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.156.192.186 (talk) 16:56, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

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WP:Unusual requests? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:04, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I think so. —Entropy (T/C) 19:15, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Mamadou Doudou Diouf

Te article on Mamadou Doudou Diouf contains several issues. While it appears he is a notable subject based on his time with Senegal's national team, he never played for Senegal's national team. They didn't play on October 30t, and even if they did, Mamadou was playing for UConn per boxscore. However, the rest of te information about him is true, albeit Non-Notable. Should I propose a speedy deletion as a hoax since the notability information is untrue?? I'm going to do that. Smartyllama (talk) 18:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Request for name change is in delay

I just sent a name request to Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple yesterday and i got no response. Usually there fast at responding to name request on all other name request except mine, I made a small edit to it to see if it gets there attention or maybe it messed it up? My name request might have to much words what is the limit and how can i get it requested faster or noticed by someone. Shawn laser lightning plasma (talk) 18:12, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Directly contact one of the Bureaucrats on that page who do other renames, and ask why yours was skipped. CTJF83 18:20, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks i guess i never went to the new fresh page, it worked chris bot said no problems with my new name, but i cant log into it why is that. is that the right page to officially change your name request. How long should it take. Shawn laser lightning plasma (talk) 19:48, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

That I can not help you on, sorry, CTJF83 19:56, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

"Robot clerk note: No problems found" is not a decision, it's only an aid when the decision is made. It will clearly say Done or Not done. You made the request correctly and will just need a little patience. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:56, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Editing a user page

Using a template for translating a page from Spanish Wikipedia, I followed the examples, pressed Submit and saw my new User page with the beginning translation. When I tried to go back and edit, however, each successive edit resulted in new text being added to the old - rather than replacing it - resulting in three repeats of the same five paragraphs. What am I doing wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mawgrit (talk • contribs) 18:24, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I've reverted your last two edits to put the draft back to as you started it. When you want to edit, after you've hit the edit button don't copy and paste the existing content, just change the parts that you want to change. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:53, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Biggest wave surfers

I looked up where the biggest waves in the world are. I got a list , then saw up in the corner biggest wave surfers( or something like that) and your list was right on! I also saw my dads name on there! Along with his twin brother Michael . He has Ben in surfer and surfing magizien for ridding some of the biggest waves in the world. Also for being one of the pioneers of tow in surfing. But he was in a bad car accident where some one was killed and there was alcohol involved. There was a lot of press. In the news paper here in Hawaii the accident was in the sport section, although it happens in San diago ca. Slot of people said that he was at fault. After the accident I was showing my cousin the wikapedia biggest wave surfers. Her dad is Michael. But there names had Ben removed. Why was that? Being in trouble with the law dose not change the fact that Milton and Michael Willis are still world famous for the big waves that they have rode.please consider this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.91.5.167 (talk) 19:16, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Getting into trouble is irrelevant but lists like Big wave surfing#Noted big wave surfers are generally only for people with a Wikipedia biography which is linked. Milton and Michael Willis do not have articles (I assume Michael Willis is somebody else). Somebody added them to the list anyway in April 2009 but they were quickly removed because there was no article. See Wikipedia:Notability (people) for requirements to get articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:44, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

RfC on existing discussion or new?

When you put an RfC on a talk page for something you have already been discussing, do you put it at the top of the existing section and its discussion, or do you make a new section? StandFirm (talk) 21:54, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I always throw it at the top, it "encourages users" to read the whole discussion and not just from the template down. CTJF83 23:27, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

All-Time Chicago Bear Roster

Hi. There is a great player missing from this all time roster. Not sure how to add the information but you have 'Curtis Conway' in Wikipedia article, 'All-Time Chicago Bear Roster'.

He had over 1,000 yards three times in his twelve year NFL career, in which he played for the Chicago Bears, the San Diego Chargers, the New York Jets and the San Francisco 49ers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.216.36.11 (talk) 22:49, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I've added it for you, see this edit.

Feel free to edit any article yourself, of course. You might try WP:TUTORIAL.  Chzz  ►  01:23, 16 November 2011 (UTC)