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November 28

User:Rezonansowy/EasyTalkback.js

Could someone tell me, why parser works on JavaScript specified page, like User:Rezonansowy/EasyTalkback.js? Script should insert ~~~~ in pages, but changes to my own sign, I tried nowiki tag, but it does not work. I don;t understand it, does the parser works differently on this page (nowiki tag doesn't work)? Thanks in advance. --Rezonansowy (talk • contribs) 01:26, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

I don't understand the technical details, but you could look at User:Chicocvenancio/HelpDeskTBLinks.js and copy the code it uses to generate a signature. It uses two JavaScript strings each containing two tildes. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:21, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Removing Advert tag from De Core Group.

Respected Sir/Madam,

We have made the required changes in the page (De Core Group) and henceforth it maintains a neutral point of view.

Please remove the "Advertisement tag" from the page.

Thanking you, Uttam M. Pal Process Engineer De Core Group India — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uttampal18 (talk • contribs) 06:15, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello Uttampal18. I see you have worked it out for yourself, and I agree that the article does not now read like an advertisement. There is still a lot of material in the article which is not referenced, so that could be improved. And please provide an edit summary for your edits, especially when you do something like removing a maintenance tag, so that editors looking at the history can see which edit was which, and also to confirm that the change was intentional and not a mistake or disruptive. --ColinFine (talk) 17:21, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

C Language info

I wish to know about compile time message in C language that

Available Memory : 1972K

Whats this stand for? and can we change value of it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ukmundhe99 (talk • contribs) 07:41, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

You could try posting this question at the Computing reference desk. The volunteers there will need to know more details, I think, such as the operating system and version number, and your C compiler's name and version number. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:24, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Using a image from one on another language wikipedia

So the image that i wanna use used in an article from the English Wikipedia. I wanna use it in an article from mk.wikipedia.org. How can i do this? I thought that images are uploaded to Wikipedia Commons and from there they can be used in any wiki project.

This is the English article: Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends This is the image: File:RiseOfLegendsBox.jpg I wanna put it in the infobox here: mk:Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends — Preceding unsigned comment added by StefanStojkovski (talk • contribs) 11:06, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

That image is a copyrighted picture, being used under the English Wikipedia's Fair use rules. Such images are not centralised in Wikimedia Commons (NOT Wikipedia Commons), as they don't have permission to be used freely. You will have to investigate the .mk copyright rules to see whether you can copy it there. For the .en wikipedia's rules see Wikipedia:Non-free_content. Rojomoke (talk) 13:21, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! --StefanStojkovski (talk) 22:11, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

My Wikipedia book

I created a book of around 180 pages before I left the U K last Saturday, I am now in spain and logged od but my book doesnt appear? Thank you Terry Land14:56, 28 November 2013 (UTC)Terryland41 (talk)

In your userspace you have two books, User:Terryland41/Books/TERRYLAND 41 and User:Terryland41/Books/TERRY' WIKIBOOK but they were both created mid October. There are none that were created last Saturday, not deleted either. All I can think of is somehow you failed to save it. GB fan 16:40, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Listing a company on Wikipedia

I have been asked to put some details of the company De Vere Kensington ltd onto Wikipedia. I tried several years ago and it was rejected! Can anyone give me some basic guidance as to what I can and cannot write. It was a company manufacturing professional photographic equipment, founded in 1947 by my father, my uncle and financed by a third man GFT Wagstaff in Peckham London UK. It closed in 1992 when the conventional photographic industry 'went digital'... Thanks in advance. Paul. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mockeyson (talk • contribs) 16:30, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). In order to merit an article, it would be necessary to demonstrate that the company had received significant coverage in third party reliable sources. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:35, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) A first step is the subject must pass General notability guideline, a second issue is conflict of interest, and a rule of thumb "If a subject is noble enough, someone else will write about it" hope this helps. Mlpearc (open channel) 16:40, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

I guess you are talking about De Vere Kensington Ltd, created in January 2011 by Paulsparks. The article as it stood when it was deleted had no references of any kind and in my quick searches I have not been able to find any reliable sources about the company. Do you have any sources that discuss the company? GB fan 17:15, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

If the company closed in 1992, there may be sources, but none on-line. Sources which are not online are acceptable as references, as long as they are published in a reliable place (eg a major newspaper, or a book from a reputable publisher) and (to establish notability) from a source independent of the company. --ColinFine (talk) 17:26, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Foreign companies of the United States

Heading added, as I assume this is a separate question from the one above. --ColinFine (talk) 22:24, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

What's up with Wikipedia? It doesn't have a List of FOREIGN companies of the United States!!! Yet it has a list of American Named companies of the United States. Terrible fact finding. Foreign companies are foreigizing the America. Sort of like America... Americanizing Foreign countries with McDonalds, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.109.19.210 (talk) 19:47, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

I don't quite understand what you're asking about. I don't know what you mean by "foreign companies of the United States" (from where I am, the United States and everything in it is foreign, but I'm sure that's not what you mean). I guess you might mean "non-US companies which have a presence in the US" - but is that manufacturing there, having an office there, or just selling there? Whichever, I think the list would be too huge to be of much use. It might help me understand what you mean if you linked to the list you have found (I've had a look, but I haven't found it). But the answer to any question "why hasn't Wikipedia got XXX" is always either "Because nobody has created an article yet" or "Because XXX is not encyclopaedic" (or both). If you think there is something missing, you're very welcome to try and fix it: if you're going to create a new article, I suggest reading Your first article. --ColinFine (talk) 22:24, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Please Help! I own this picture.

I own this Photo!

It is mine.

It is been questioned on no ground

How do I fix this?

PLEA.SSE HELP!!!

File:Michael Harris Ph.D., Academic.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.180.159.94 (talk) 21:06, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

The copyright for a photograph is held by the photographer, unless the copyright has been sold or given to you, or you hired the photographer with the clear understanding that you would retain the right to reproduce or alter the photo, and to permit others to do so, makign the photo a Work-Made-for-Hire. You should respond to the copyright question at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2013 November 27#File:Michael Harris Ph.D., Academic.jpg. Be prepared to provide the photographer's name. You may also want to send email to the Volunteer Response Team DES ^(talk) 23:39, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Can you help me with an issue

please help me (Tnoova (talk) 22:40, 28 November 2013 (UTC))

We sure can try - what is your problem Tnoova? -- Moxy (talk) 22:46, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

My guess is that Tnoova is referring to this request on his talk page. Maproom (talk) 23:36, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

See #I own the photo, below. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:12, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

And also #Please Help! I own this picture., above. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:13, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Having an Image link to an article.

Hi,

I have an image: File:Harry Giese 1913-2000 Darwin Australia in the 1970s.jpg and When I type "Harry Giese" into google image search this image shows in the results but it links to the image information page, not the article the image belongs to which is: Harry C. Giese. I want the image in google images to link to the article. How would I go about this? --HCGiese (talk) 23:45, 28 November 2013 (UTC)HCGiese

That's really a Google issue, if I understand you properly.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:27, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

With all due respect, if you're doing an image search, why would you expect Google to show you a link to an article rather than a link to a jpg image (on a File page)? (And yes, this is a Google issue, not a Wikipedia issue.) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:11, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

We have no control over Google and no inside knowledge of their algorithms. But it's possible a search on "Harry Giese" prefers File:Harry Giese 1913-2000 Darwin Australia in the 1970s.jpg over Harry C. Giese because the search term has no "C." It's not really a concern for Wikipedia whether Google links to the image page or an article using the image. Note that an image can be used on many articles and although this one isn't, it's incorrect to say that the image "belongs" to the article. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:48, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi, could I possibly get the title/name of the image changed to Harry C Giese 1913-2000 Darwin Australia in the 1970s.jpg?? --HCGiese (talk) 04:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)HCGiese

We don't rename files to attempt to influence Google searches. The references indicate he is best known as Harry Giese so the file name is fine as it is. If it wasn't for the existing article about another Harry Giese then his article should probably have been called that. Please stop trying to manipulate our own software to direct people to the article when they click a link which should go to the file page. I have linked the file page summary to the article so it's easier to get there for those who want.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 11:54, 29 November 2013 (UTC)