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December 27

High Schools in Texas

when clicking on this (see subject line) in wikipedia, you arrive at the correct place to find texas high schools by Alphabetically listed COUNTies. when going to Upshur County, then clicking on Gilmer High School, it takes you to a Gilmer High School in the state of Georgia.

FYI

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.196.7.97 (talk) 01:24, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I have fixed it with this edit.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:01, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Whoops, as caught by Deor, wrong state! The link to the school, properly in Upshur County, has been disambiguated so that the listing is now a redlink to the not yet existing article.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:20, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

how to call a italy mobile phont numer?

i have known the method to add 0039+33xxxxxxxx, but i still can't call this number.

my italy friend's mobile phone number is 33 xxxxxxxx, but she always call me with another card number that is 388 xxxxxxx. i don't know how to recall her. please tell me one method to deal with this problem. thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.89.99.37 (talk) 02:23, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

This Help Desk is for answering questions about how to edit Wikipedia. For general knowledge questions, please see the Reference Desk. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 02:31, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism from IP203.59.92.19

Hi, the user using this IP address 203.59.92.19 has been vandalizing articles for the last few days. Me and the other editors have already warned this person on his or her talk page User talk:203.59.92.19, however, looks like he or she at it again on Liam Bartlett and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie articles.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 03:09, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

For what its worth, users who vandalize Wikipedia are typically reported at administrator intervention against vandalism, rather than the help desk. You may wish to report the user in question there, although someone could already address the concern here. ₮๒Я∆и∂ﾚ∑ㄚ 03:13, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

• TBrandley is correct, WP:AIV is the place to report this type of thing for next time, but since I saw it here I've blocked the IP for a week. --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:20, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Problem to modify AT Internet's page EN

Hello,

I would like to modify AT Internet's Page (English) and add it history and its products.

But when I modify it, the content is deleted after one week, I don't why.

Could you explain me why ?

Regards,

David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dp-at (talk • contribs) 09:28, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Someone has already posted a message to you on your Talk page about the problem. I think you should discuss the issue there. Roger (talk) 09:43, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

CAPTCHA/Updating James H Fetzer

I have tried to update the entry for the conspiracy theorist James H Fetzer to include his "theories" about Dept. of Homeland Security and Mossad involvement in the Sandy Hook school massacre. I have completed my amendments to the entry, but every time I try to save the changes and complete the CAPTCHA box, the CAPTCHA box reappears with a new code. This is my first time making an entry; am I missing something???

for what it's worth, here is my attempted entry:

Mossad Involvement in SandyHook School Massacre

In a PressTV column Fetzer accused Mossad of carrying out the Sandy Hook school massacre, as part of a Department of Homeland Security plot to confiscate civilian weapons as part of a process of "gearing up to conduct a massive civil war against the American people." Claiming that "the killing of children is a signature of terror ops conducted by agents of Israel," Fetzer further linked the Mossad's alleged role in the killings at Sandy Hook to alleged Mossad involvement in the Utøya massacre by Anders Behring Brevik. In the Utøya massacre, Mossad was taking revenge for Norway's support for sanctions on Israel. In the case of Sandy Hook, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyanhu was purportedly angered by American failure to approve military strikes on Iran.

References

You get the CAPTCHA box every time you save an edit which includes an external link. You should only get the 2nd CAPTCHA if the 1st one was incorrect. 74.60.29.141 (talk) 18:30, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

I have experienced Wikipedia's captcha in a state where, every time I entered the words, it immediately displayed a new captcha, making me think I had got it wrong. Eventually I realised that I had got at least one of them right, and could just ignore the a captcha and move on to the next screen.

On a side note, people actually believe this nonsense?--ukexpat (talk) 15:01, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

programming languages

In the article comparing programming languages, references are made to SASS. I believe there was some confusion between SAS and SSAS, resulting in these incorrect references being rendered as SASS.

Owen Hale Clemson University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.127.29.24 (talk) 16:17, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

What article do you mean? --Orange Mike | Talk 16:31, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

There is no mention of SASS in Comparison of programming languages so I guess you mean another article. Is it Comparison of programming languages (syntax)? SASS is mentioned twice there. The first mention is linked like this: SASS. Both mentions are in perfect agreement with http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#comments so I don't see a problem. What exactly do you think is incorrect? If the problem is that you didn't know there is a language called SASS then note that terms are often linked the first time they occur in an article. Simply click the link "SASS" to see there is a language of that name. Or use the search box at top of any page, or an external search engine. For example Google Search where http://sass-lang.com is the first hit for SASS, and our own article is the third. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:10, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

"Common Knowledge" Citations

If a piece of information is considered to be "common knowledge" (ex. "Snowmen are made of snow."), does it need to be cited? Thank you. Henrib736 (talk) 16:59, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

If it is truly common knowledge, and no one is likely to dispute it, then it does not need a citation unless someone disputes it or it would violate WP:BLP policy without one. Note though, that if someone is asking for a citation, just give them one rather then arguing over whether its common knowledge. Monty₈₄₅ 17:11, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

(EC)I'm going to try to provide a balanced perspective here... I fear that the answer you'll get will ultimately depend on the editor you're talking to, the phase of the moon, your credit score, and any sunspot activity at the time. To me, it's always boiled down to, "Not everything needs to be cited...but if an editor challenges material then it usually is best to cite it, and if it remains uncited then removing it may ultimately prove to be an appropriate course of action." Relevant policies include WP:V, WP:BURDEN and WP:MINREF. MINREF discusses what constitutes a legitimate challenge to unsourced material, BURDEN stipulates that once material has been challenged and removed, an editor who wishes to reinsert the material is ultimately responsible for providing an inline citation, and V is everything you'd ever want to know about Wikipedia's Verifiability policies...but these things are in a bit of a state of flux, partly because many editors have differing viewpoints. WP:BLUE and WP:NOTBLUE are two essays (i.e. non-binding opinions) that take opposing viewpoints regarding whether or not it's necessary to cite "everything", and I feel they both have valid points to make. I should note that it's worth considering whether moving the material to the article's Talk page, where interested editors may be able to address it at some point in the future, is preferable to simply deleting it. I hope this helps! Doniago (talk) 17:16, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

pornographic picture

Hello, the article on the Hagia Sophia church has a porn picture mixed in with the rest of the temple's photos. Thanks chad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.252.145.128 (talk) 22:01, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, do you mean Hagia Sophia? If so, I don't see anything now. Perhaps it was fixed. Could you indicate exactly where you saw the vandalism? --Jayron32 22:28, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Possibly Hagia Sophia Church, Sofia or Hagia Sophia Church, Nesebar, though I don't see any recent vandalism to either, or to any of their included images.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:46, 28 December 2012 (UTC)