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November 4

Multilingual support

I recently backed up my hard drive, wiped it, and rebulit it. Apparently, Memeo did not save my multilingual support packs. I went to the Wikipedia page Help: Multilingual Support (East Asian) and installed everything there. This was days ago, and I turn off my computer when I'm done with it, so I don't know why I'm still seeing boxes instead of characters. Greek and Cyrillic are fine, however. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 00:50, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

They might be able to help you at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. RJFJR (talk) 02:46, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Or at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 09:43, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Huh, my browsers all have East Asian fonts by default (for Japanese, I have MS Mincho). Though if it's an older hard drive, you might need Something different; the above linked places can probably help you. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:34, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Porno on the page for Narcissism

Very Important

The article on Narcissism at the bottom of the page titled 'Narcissism Personality Disorder All about Personality disorder Treatment' When you click on it, it will show many people having oral sex.

I really wanted to read this article.

You don't make it easy to contact you, encase of this kind of problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.80.117.16 (talk) 02:27, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

I have removed the inappropriate link. Thanks for reporting it. Goodvac (talk) 02:36, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Why can't I edit this page?

As a registered user (on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki), why can't I edit this page? I can edit most other pages on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki (but I am not yet autoconfirmed there - if that applies on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki). --Mortense (talk) 09:28, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Questions about Meta should really be directed to the folks at Meta - try m:Meta:Babel. FYI, you can link to a page on Meta by putting m: in front of the link, as in m:User:Mortense. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 09:40, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the "m:" tip (and the answer; the question is now at Babel). I applied the tip to the question.--Mortense (talk) 11:16, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

The page is semi-protected, which by definition prevents unregistered and not yet autoconfirmed users from editing. Since you know you're not yet autoconfirmed there, there's your answer.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:43, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

getting an error page when searching for israel

search israel keyword , put it in the search box on the top of any wikipedia page. we get an error page.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.223.163.5 (talk) 11:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

No such problem for me. What does the error page say, and url appears in your browser's address bar when you get the error page? - David Biddulph (talk) 11:43, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Looking for an "Advice for expert editors" page

I once read a page (It was most probably an essay) that gave advice to editors that are experts on a particular topic on how to approach editing such articles and co-operating with non-expert fellow editors. I'm currently involved in a bit of an argument with a subject expert who is treating other editors as "ignorant uneducated amateurs" so it would really help if I could point him to the advice page/essay. Roger (talk) 12:38, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Might be Wikipedia editing for research scientists? Otherwise, WP:EXPERT has some good advice. Yunshui 雲水 12:41, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! That is exactly what I'm looking for. Roger (talk) 14:24, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Picture Problems

Hey. I was recently trying to upload a picture for the article Gloomy Sunday, but encountered some problems in regards to size and positioning. This is a good time to say that I am a new contributer to Wikipedia and honestly not to much of a computer whizz. Can someone fix this? Or perhaps tell me what i did wrong so that i can fix it myself. This would be appreciated :) Trollyboy (talk) 13:11, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

 Done. The trick is that, for one image, you don't need to make it a gallery. Just link it as you would anything else and then add "|thumb" to make it a thumbnail. You can then add "|200px" or whatever to resize it, and "|left" to force it to the left margin. The caption is fine, you did that just right. Best, UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 13:29, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Cheers! XD Trollyboy (talk) 14:05, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

An addition has been Removed

I recently added a short sentence in the Dogs of War page under the gaming section. It involved an external link to a site which is the home of an xbox 360 gaming community so was very much on topic, I want to understand why it was removed. I've looked at why its a possibility it could be removed in the help section but I don't really see how it fits into any of those categories. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.82.11 (talk) 13:53, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Such links are inappropriate, since they add nothing encyclopedic to the article. See our guidelines on external links for a more extensive explanation. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:03, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Also, since the page you are adding to, The Dogs of War is a disambiguation, external links of any kind do not belong. That page is used to distinguish between pages on wikipedia that can be confused. GB fan 14:06, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

History of an address

Where can I go to find the history of a particular address? I am looking for the history of a house in W.C.H., Ohio (Fayette County) which is purported to have been a part of the underground railroad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.41.56.34 (talk) 14:37, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TNXMan 14:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

You might get better results at the reference desk, as indicated. You may also wish to look here for some guidance. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 15:46, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Add Author info to a county page?

An author has written 31 books, both fiction and non fiction, about a Pennsylvania County. There is a link from his entry to the county. Is it appropriate to add a link from the county page to the author's page. If so, where is it appropriate? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Palmrat (talk • contribs) 15:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

This is one of those instances where it would help if you weren't vague about what articles you're talking about.

Normally, place articles have a "Notable people from XXXX" section. That would be an appropriate place for a link to the author's article. Dismas|^(talk) 16:21, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

If he himself is from that county, he will already be in "Category:People from Name County, Pennsylvania". If any of his books are sufficiently notable, they might be in "Category:Novels set in Pennsylvania". That's how it is done. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:26, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Despite the Roy F. Chandler article being here since 2006, I'm starting to doubt he meets our standards of notability for authors. See my comments on the article talk page. Astronaut (talk) 15:58, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

sources to prove the notability of a band

Hello! I am a music fan and very new to Wikipedia - I need your help! I have tried to create a page about a band I like and who I think should be on Wikipedia. What types of sources should I use to prove the notability of the band? The Midden is a very similar band to Malinky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malinky) their page has been allowed while my one on The Midden has not. What do I need to do to prove the notability of this band?

Many thanks for any advice you can give! FireworksFireworksanddiamonds (talk) 18:27, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

See WP:BAND. -- kainaw™ 18:27, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

See also Verifiability and Reliable sources: Your draft doesn't even one reference to an independent reliable source. —teb728 t c 21:29, 4 November 2011 (UTC) BTW, Don't use Malinky as an example: It was created in 2006, before the policy on Verifiability was enforced to the extent it is now. —teb728 t c 22:31, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Chart for comparing different philosophical ideas

It has been suggested to me that a chart be made to compare differences between philosophers on their similarities and differences for the Latin term Otium. I'll be glad to fill in the chart on these similarities and differences, however I don't know how to make such a chart in the first place. I would add it after Quotations and before Footnotes. Any suggestions on such a chart?--Doug Coldwell ^talk 20:33, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Looks to me like a call for the dreaded original research and synthesis.

Welcoming Templates

Hi, does anybody know Wikipedia's policy on adding welcome templates to new users userpage or if it should be done on their talkpage. Thanks (please respond on my talkpage).  Magister Scienta^talk (4 November 2011)

Talkpage; definitely talkpage. The userpage is for the new editor to create and edit, not us. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:50, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Editing

To whom it may concern,

I updated a bio on Wikipedia and now I don't see the updates. Can you please take a look and let me know why it's not showing up properly?

Thank you, Jerry Meng for Dolvett Quince (Fitness Trainer on The Biggest Loser NBC)

Page I updated: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dolvett_Quince&redirect=no — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerrymeng (talk • contribs) 23:35, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Blocked for spamming. Skier Dude (talk) 00:14, 5 November 2011 (UTC)