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September 19

Prison Break

Who are the main characters in the show Prison Break? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emundt6 (talk • contribs) 00:40, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Read the article and find out: Prison Break RudolfRed (talk) 01:19, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Building wiki-tables

I thought I could use the new visual editor to build a table, but I guess I cannot.

Is there a way to convert excel spreadsheets into wiki-tables? I tried to use http://excel2wiki.net/index.php to convert an excel sheet to a wikitable but I cannot make it work. Thanks in advance, XOttawahitech (talk) 02:02, 19 September 2013 (UTC)h. T

There's a bunch of others listed at Wikipedia:Tools#Importing (converting) content to Wikipedia (MediaWiki) format. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:11, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

scammers

HELLO, I NEED HELP WITH SCAMMERS IN INDIA, IT IS WITH RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, THEY JUST MY FUNDS AND WILL NOT GIVE IT BACK, THEY PROMISED ME IF I SENT THEM SO MUCH I WOULD RECEIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR WINNING A HONDA LOTTERY. THEY ARE DECEPTIVE — Preceding unsigned comment added by BLUNTJR (talk • contribs) 04:32, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

This help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. We cannot help you with your difficulties. Contact your local law enforcement agency. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:40, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

(ec) This page is the help desk for how to use Wikipedia. We can't help with other issues. Contact your bank and/or your attorney. RudolfRed (talk) 04:41, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

It sounds like a lottery scam but Wikipedia does not give legal opinions. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:49, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

TMS

Hello Wiki

Several times I have tried to contribute the page abot TMS - and without success. You say that you are a free enciclopedia- simple question- how to change a page??

Thanks BG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.101.188.239 (talk) 04:50, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Possibly you could start a new page (see HOWTO) about the organization, fill it with necessary information (see guidelines about notability) and then make a link to it at the TMS page. --CiaPan (talk) 05:16, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

I have reverted you again. The page history [1] shows your edits are being reverted with the edit summary "rm non-article entry". I added "per MOS:DABENTRY" in mine. Disambiguation pages are for Wikipedia articles. There are probably thousands of things in the World called TMS. We don't try to list all of them. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:43, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi User:79.101.188.239, looking at the history of TMS, looks like you have repeatedly tried to add this entry, including with the account User:Bosko.gavovic. I left some more help there, so if you login to that account communication might be easier, thanks. Widefox; talk 11:23, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

August page views just got deleted for all of WP

Resolved

At http://stats.grok.se/ all of August pageview statistics have been deleted. They were there yesterday.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:58, 19 September 2013 (UTC)--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:58, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

The tool lists User:Henrik as the person to contact with questions about the tool, and he will get informed by Echo now that I've linked his name above (though note that he hasn't edited at this Wikipedia in about two months)--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:23, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Surely a link that is listed in the View history of every single page on Wikipedia is important enough to be looked after by more than one volunteer? XOttawahitech (talk) 15:04, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Is this issue being discussed elsewhere at WP? Are there tech folks looking at this? I did not see anything at WP:VPT.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:21, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

(e/c) Well if that is your criterium, we could of course remove all links to volunteer tools from the software UI, not much trouble :D The community are the ones putting links to volunteer software into the UI, the community can remove them. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:27, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

• Note that this is pageview stats in Henrik's tool having disappeared, not the pageview stats themselves; these are still in existence. Andrew Gray (talk) 16:57, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

There is now discussion at WP:VPT#August page views just got deleted for all of WP, and I think that's a better place to discuss this than at the Help desk. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 18:12, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

• Data are now back up.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:58, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Deleted page "Aschoff Solar"

Dear members,

please be so kind and tell me, how to re-create this page: Aschoff Solar

Due to unambiguous advertising or promotion, it was deleted by a member, so I want to remove the part with the advertising or promotion and publish the article again.

What do I have to do?

Thank you in advance

Best regards

Oliver M85 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oliver M85 (talk • contribs) 07:35, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

That article has already been deleted three times this month. I think the best thing for you to do is to stop trying. Maproom (talk) 08:41, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

It was deleted due to advertising. I want to remove the part with advertising and pusblish again. How to do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.43.4.96 (talk) 08:59, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Given the problems this article has had in the past, I think the WP:AFC process is the best option, there it will be reviewed by experienced editors and can be edited as much as necessary to avoid the problems previous versions have had before being recreated in mainspace. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:08, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

I checked WP:AFC, but how to initiate the review process?

My first edit!

HI there,

I recently edited a page: 'Real Insurance' Real Insurance ... but I noticed that the criticisms that were posted about the original article are still there. Did my edit not deal with the issues in the article?

Many thanks,

Louise McCabe (CraftyLMC) CraftyLMC (talk) 07:57, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Louise CraftyLMC! The tags have to be removed manually. I suggest that you leave a message for Widefox, who added them in the first place, and see if he/she agrees that they are ready to be removed. Don't forget to mention the name of he article. —Anne Delong (talk) 08:43, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

In my view, the problem is not now with your article; you have done a reasonable job, the best you can in the circumstances. The problem is that the company itself is not notable. I doubt anything you can do will change this. Maproom (talk) 08:47, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Louise, I'm happy to talk here (saving you going to my page). I agree with Maproom, I think the notability question needs resolving, so I've tidied the article a bit, and nominated it for deletion to clarify. This Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Real Insurance is the place where you can provide any WP:RS so we can see if this topic is notable. Thanks Widefox; talk 10:35, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Barani Institute of Information Technology(BIIT)

Dear editors: I was going to move the above newly created article by adding a space after the word Technology, but then I wondered if the acronym should be there at all, or just added as a redirect. Also, the article has only one primary source. I know that universities are assumed to be notable, but what about an institute within a university? —Anne Delong (talk) 08:04, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

The more I look at this article the more puzzled I become. The single reference leads to a university page, and by clicking on the link to the Institute of Technology, I find that it appears to have a different name .... Oh! I just checked the deletion log and found that Barani Institute of Information Technology has been deleted four times already... —Anne Delong (talk) 08:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Linking to articles within paid software

So I'm considering making a (paid) app for mobile devices, and within it I might link to Wiki articles. I understand that Wikipedia runs under the Creative Commons license, which means I can't use any of the content in the articles if the app isn't free. But is it illegal to simply link to an article within paid software? My gut says no, as long as the content stays on the page but I'd like to make sure. What about just the title of the article as well? And pictures... Is it okay to display an image directly from its URL (accessed through an internet connection to the site, not saved locally) as long as I directly link to the article I pulled it from? Or does the image have to be viewed on the site itself? Thank you for your time. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.204.144 (talk) 09:07, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

You can use Wikipedia content for any purpose. You may copy it, sell it, modify it, do whatever you like, as long as you acknowlege the source. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content for more detail. In particular, many of the images here are not available for unrestricted re-use. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:32, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

emo wiki page

Whoever is editing this needs to put it right, the pronounciation isnt Eyemou, its EE -Mo if anything not Imou... so whoever has put this is sounding pretentious and idiotic.

Add a report fault feature on pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.233.72.232 (talk) 09:45, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

The emo page gives the pronunciation as /ˈiːmoʊ/. The page Help:IPA for English explains "iː   fleece", "oʊ   goat". So the emo page agrees with your " EE -Mo" (and with the only way I have ever heard it pronounced). Maproom (talk) 09:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

"pretentious and idiotic" is not the way to describe the editor who got the pronunciation correct. Perhaps you didn't follow the link to Help:IPA for English? If you do need to report a fault on an article, the place to do it is on the article's talk page, but before you do so, make sure that you have read the existing article sufficiently carefully to be sure that it is a fault, and please provide supporting evidence for the change you wish to propose. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:57, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Who is maintaining HotCat?

Can anyone point me in the direction of whomever is maintaining WP:HC? It suddenly stopped working for me and I'd like to be able to use it again. (Yes, it is selected to be "on" in my preferences). I've left messages on Wikipedia_talk:HotCat and it's compliment on MediaWiki as well as some past contributor's personal talk pages, but have never rec'd replies. Thanks in advance for any help, Meclee (talk) 10:23, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

You can contact User:TheDJ, but note that because I just linked his name, he should be informed of this thread by Echo. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:31, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Still appears to be working for me. Have you changed any settings, your browser, anything else likely to affect it recently? Thanks ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 12:30, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Do you have it enabled in your preferences ? It was previously on by default, and then the community reversed that decision, and now you need to manually enable it again in your preferences under "gadgets" section. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:52, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

From Meclee's first post: "Yes, it is selected to be "on" in my preferences" ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 15:08, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Well in that case, the maintainer is User:Lupo, who usually resides on Commons. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:29, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure what problem you are facing, Meclee, but I found that some categories can not be removed. It seems to be part of some templates that they automatically add specific categories to an article. To remove the category from the page, you have to edit the template and that takes more consideration than how it affects a particular article. It took me a while to discover this fact though, I couldn't figure out why I could add categories but there were a few I could not remove. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:26, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks to all who replied. The only change I've made is to update Windows 7 and Firefox; if that is the problem, then many users should be in the same boat. My experience is that HotCat simply is not there, despite being enabled in my preferences. I will try contacting User:Lupo. Thanks again! Meclee (talk) 22:33, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Just an FYI - Using Mozilla's debug console, I discovered my vector.js file had become corrupted. Fixed that and HotCat is now working again! Thanks again to those who replied. Meclee (talk) 14:17, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Gregor Ramsay Page problems

Hello, I am having problems with Gregor Ramsay's page. This is the error that appears on the page.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gregor_Ramsay&action=edit> or discuss these issues on the talk page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gregor_Ramsay>. This article uses bare URLs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs> for citations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources>, which may be threatened by link rot<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot>. (August 2013) This article includes a list of references<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources>, related reading or external links<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links>, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations>. (August 2013)

I have tried adding links that will not be subject to link rot, I also am not aware of how to resolve the problem with inline citations. Can you please tell me in simple terms what I can do resolve these issues in the quickest manner. Kind Regards Craig — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.69.238.146 (talk) 11:34, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

For inline citations, try reading WP:referencing for beginners and see if that helps. And in future when you are posting to a page like this, try adding internal wikilinks, rather than external internet URLs. So, for example, instead of <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gregor_Ramsay>, you should use [[Talk:Gregor Ramsay]], which gives you the link Talk:Gregor Ramsay. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:49, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

help on removing a reference link.

Need to remove a reference off an article i have posted as its come up and is liable and slanderous (i didnt put this reference up). how do i do this ?

thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petesmith2013 (talk • contribs) 12:43, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

The only article to which I can see that you have contributed is Emma Kenny. I can see no obvious sign of anything which is "liable and slanderous"; where is the material in question? - David Biddulph (talk) 12:52, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Since the editor is new, I've left a talkback message on their talk page so that they can more easily find their way back here. Dismas|^(talk) 13:08, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi, a reference link has been put up which is a blog from a Doctor's blog. Ive been informed is full of untrue facts and statments that can be construed as slanderous and it is being investigated by Emma kennys solicitors. Just need to remove this blog link. Thanks for your help. new to this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petesmith2013 (talk • contribs) 13:33, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. all sortedPetesmith2013 (talk) 14:09, 19 September 2013 (UTC)PetePetesmith2013 (talk) 14:09, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

It wasn't sorted - I have removed the blog reference, blogs are not generally regarded as reliable sources.--ukexpat (talk) 14:26, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks Ukexpat. You are a superstar. Everyone is very helpful on here. P — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petesmith2013 (talk • contribs) 14:37, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

I have removed some more of the promotional language, and particularly where sourced to the subject's own website. -David Biddulph (talk) 14:44, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Please note however, we generally do not remove reliably sourced material just because the subject doesn't like it. Astronaut (talk) 17:17, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Archiving problems

I believe my talk page was automatically archiving daily using User:MiszaBot III, but it hasn't archived in about a week. Why is that?--Bbb23 (talk) 12:44, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

According to the bot owner's talk page, there's already a discussion going on about this. Dismas|^(talk) 13:10, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:34, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

My Talk Page has never archived by bot even though I've checked the code and it's similar to that used on other people's Talk Pages. Not sure what the issue is. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:28, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Palau supports the U.S. on Syria strikes

I found two sources but one says "unsafe connection" and the other says Error 404. Just please type "Palau Syria" on Google and you'll see. What to do? Thank you. I'd like to add Palau's reaction to International reactions to the 2013 Ghouta attacks. Kiplimo Kenya (talk) 14:12, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

What to do, if you can't find a reliable source, is to drop the matter, and move on to something completely . I realize that may sound harsh, but really - Wikipedia is intended to be reflection of the information that is published by reliable sources, and if the media isn't covering/including Palau's position on this issue, then it's not that important to include such information in a Wikipedia article. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 18:05, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Marion Evans

Marion Evans (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I unloaded an image to be included in the above page but the insertion was undone by Visual Editor and I cannot understand why. Everything appeared to be straightforward until the "save" stage but uploading was then halted. Can you help, please? Roy Duke Evans (talk) 16:14, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

I included a link to the article for the ease of other editors. Dismas|^(talk) 16:34, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

The image is here though you never added it to the article. I don't use the visual editor but maybe WP:IMAGES will help you. Dismas|^(talk) 16:36, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

I too don't use Visual Editor, so if it gives you problems I would recommend that you use the [Edit source] link instead. I guess that what you wanted to do was something like this, but you can adjust it to suit. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:43, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

I do also need to point out that WP:PRODBLP requires that biographies of living people should have at least one reference to a published reliable source independent of the subject. The system allows you 10 days to find and include such a source, and there are links in the box at the top of the article to explain how this should be done. In general most of the information in an article should be verifiable, so there ought to be references for each paragraph. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:03, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

AST/ALT

How a man/woman reduce his/her upper limits of AST/ALT (SGOT/SGPT? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.193.175.89 (talk) 16:16, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

This page is for asking questions on how to use Wikipedia. You may find the reference desk a more suitable place to ask your question.  drewmunn  talk  16:22, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

And when you do put your question to the reference desk, please explain what you mean by "AST/ALT (SGOT/SGPT)". Astronaut (talk) 17:08, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

They probably mean alanine_transaminase/aspartate_transaminase. Ruslik_Zero 19:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Articles written in the style of an academic paper

Is there a way to mark articles which appear to be closely based on a particular piece of academic research, or written in the style of a medical report? The templates for "personal essay" and "advertisement" aren't quite right. In particular, is there a guideline against the presence of a "Conclusions" section, or statements like "In conclusion ..." or "further research is required"?

An example of this would be the article Central nervous system effects from radiation exposure during spaceflight. —MillingMachine (talk) 16:31, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

You could try {{tone}}, which is a more general option, and {{technical}} may also be relevant in the example you've cited. I hope this helps!  drewmunn  talk  17:06, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Is there actually a manual of style-type entry advising against an article having a "conclusion" section? I couldn't find one, but it seems obvious that a Wikipedia article shouldn't be concluding that a course of action is good or wise or whatever.—MillingMachine (talk) 20:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles don't present original research so they don't draw conclusions. They can report the conclusions posited in reliable sources, but for us to draw conclusions in articles would be WP:OR and possibly WP:SYNTH.--ukexpat (talk) 20:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

According to WP:NOTJOURNAL, we shouldn't host academic papers or journals, and should not include "academic language".  drewmunn  talk  14:35, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Another (draft) article with this problem is Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Localised provoked vulvodynia. The writer seems to be somewhat resistant to correcting the problems and also ignored advice to seek help from the relevant Wikiproject. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:43, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

If this is a recurring issue, and there isn't already a cleanup template for it (I've looked and can't find one, but that's no guarantee), maybe we should look into having one created; "This article reads like an academic paper" seems like a good place to start.  drewmunn  talk  18:34, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Guinness International Champions Cup Image

Can someone who is a registered user please upload the correct logo for the 2013 Guinness International Champions Cup ?

The correct logo is on the website. http://internationalchampionscup.com/ Please use that.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smcgarve (talk • contribs) 17:02, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

CAST INFORMATION OF SERIAL 'JODHA AKBAR' OF ZEE TV (INDIA) IS INCORRECT

HI,

THIS IS ANKITA DUBEY FROM INDIA. THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT ONE OF THE CAST INFORMATION IS INCORRECT OF THE SERIAL 'JODHA AKBAR ' WHICH IS BEING TELECASTED ON ZEE TV (INDIA) AT 8PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY . THE CHARACTER OF MOTI BAI IS BEING PLAYED BY 'ANKITA DUBEY 'BUT IN WIKIPEDIA OF THE SERIES "ISHITA VYAS" IS WRITTEN WHICH IS WRONG. I AM TRYING HARD AND MY LEVEL BEST TO CORRECT THE INFORMATION BUT HAVE FAILED TILL NOW. PLEASE CHECK WITH WHO SO EVER IS CONCERNED AND RESPONSIBLE AND UPDATE THE INFORMATION.

PROBABLY ZEE TV TEAM WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION.

LOOKING FORWARD FOR YOUR RESPONSE.

THANKYOU

ANKITA DUBEY {phone number redacted} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankitadubey19 (talk • contribs) 18:55, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Ankita. First of all TYPING IN CAPITALS is regarded as SHOUTING: please don't shout. Secondly, the change you have twice made is to change one name in the article Jodha Akbar (TV series); but the name you changed it to is the same as your User name, and you gave neither a reference nor even an edit summary. Wikipedia, being free for all to edit, is very susceptible to vandalism, and you will surely understand that inserting your own name into an article without explanation or reference looks very much like vandalism, which is why (I suspect) EvergreenFir and OrangeMike both reverted you. (I am not saying it was vandalism: I am explaining why it might have looked like vandalism).

So, if, as you say, the correct name for that actor is "Ankita Dubey", you need to find a reliable published source that says so, and include a reference to that source. --ColinFine (talk) 22:28, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Portavadie

Hi . The entry about the village of Portavadie on the east side of Loch Fyne, Scotland, is nonsense basically. The "ghost village" as its called is a failed oil construction yard. As was usual with these out of town planning permissions at the time, the yard was to be self contained, necessitating the construction of workers accommodation (the "village"). The site closed, because there was no work, simple as that, the yard never had a single order.

The current explanation is bunkum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.116.153 (talk) 19:06, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

WP:SOFIXIT?--ukexpat (talk) 20:59, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

But please include references to reliable sources. --ColinFine (talk) 22:33, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

John Wycliffe

In this article, I removed a lot of stuff with cite needed from way way back. What about claims in article that say citation needed from 2011? Should they be removed?199.33.32.40 (talk) 19:32, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

I wouldn't remove content just because it had an old tag on it, unless I had evidence that it was wrong, or otherwise unsuitable for Wikipedia. One possibility is that the problem causing the tag to be placed had been fixed, but no-one had bothered to remove the tag – I haven't checked whether this was the case with the Wycliffe article. In any case, I would prefer to fix the problem myself, or just leave it as it alone and hope for someone else to fix it, rather than delete the whole section. Maproom (talk) 22:05, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, I think you have a point--the sections in question could be really good, and someone put in a lot of work on them, and I'm not qualified to judge them or rewrite them. My problem is that although the citation needed sections are probably not totally wrong, such a thing has happened, like at Kish, the city in ancient Sumer.

But if no one thinks I should remove the citation needed sections, I'll wait a year or two. But I'd ike Wikipedia to be an excellent encyclopedia. Waiting a year or two isn't ideal.76.218.104.120 (talk) 04:52, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

The best way to make Wikipedia an excellent encyclopedia is to research text that is marked "citation needed", looking for a reliable source that either confirms the information or does not; then change the text (if necessary) to conform to the source, and finally cite the source (see WP:REFB on how to do this). if you don't have time or resources to do that, then the next best thing is to leave challenged text as is. (The exception to all of this is biographies of living people; for those articles, challenged text without a reliable source should be immediately deleted, if you don't have time to research and find a good source.) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 00:18, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Is what you said about leaving text as is a wikipedia policy, or guideline, or what you have learned from experience, or..? Thanks.199.33.32.40 (talk) 20:11, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Changing the logo for the University of Calgary

Recently the University of Calgary refreshed their brand and identity logo. I would like to be able to update the University of Calgary's Wikipedia page with this new logo but I can't seem to figure out how to do that. I want to replace the existing logo with the new refreshed one.

How do I go about doing that?

Debby Armstrong Herold Advisor, Digital Communications University Relations University of Calgary 403-220-2250 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ucalgary (talk • contribs) 21:38, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hey Ucalgary.

1. You are currently soft blocked (i.e. not for doing anything bad, but because your name violated our username policy). Go choose another that complies (see your talk page for instructions on that);
2. Once you've created a better name, go make at least ten edits and wait four days so your account is autoconfirmed, which is needed to be able to upload files. Or, once you register under a new name, just drop by my talk page and I will give you autoconfirmation rights immediately (once I see your post);
3. Once those threshold issues are dealt with, have the file available from the computer you are using (you probably already do); make sure it's of relatively low resolution; 230 KB, as the current image is, is about right and reduce it if it's significantly larger (this is required to meet our fair use criteria);
4. Go to the file page;
5. Near the bottom of the page, above "File usage", click on "Upload a new version of this file";
6. Click Browse and select the file from your computer. Enter a description in the "File changes:" field about the file being the current logo and the prior being defunct, and then click the Upload File;
7. Go back to the image page, click "edit source" at the top, paste this code: {{subst:orfurrev}} and click save;
8. You're done, though note that you might have to purge the image page's cache and the article's in order to have the display of the image in the article change.

Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:29, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Alternatively, you can request at WP:FFU that the file be uploaded.--ukexpat (talk) 13:02, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Uploading images - "upload form" button not highlighted

HI there,

I recently tried to upload an image to the King (automobile) page. When I had filled out all of the fields, I was unable to click on the "upload form" button, as it was not highlighted. I tried changing some of the options that I had chosen, as well as double checking that I had filled in all of the relevant fields, but everything seemed to be there.

Is there a step that I am missing, or have I forgotten to include some information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asd36f (talk • contribs)

I'm not sure what you mean by "all of the relevant fields". You have to fill in all fields with a red asterisk whether they seem relevant or not. After filling them all, click another field so the last fill-in is registered. Make sure there are no red-bordered messages about problems with a field. If it still doesn't work then what is your browser and which fields have you selected? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:31, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm not quite clear what you did here, or which page you ended up on. You can't upload an image directly to an article. Instead, you upload it to the encyclopaedia or to Wikimedia Commons, and then you insert it into an article once it has been uploaded. All I can suggest is that you try again, using either Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard or the upload wizard at Commons. If the photo belongs to you, the second link is the better choice. Both these pages guide you through the process of uploading. Once you have done so, you then insert the image into the article using the steps described at Wikipedia:Image tutorial. Hope this helps. Karenjc (talk) 23:33, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dr. Riley Senft

Dear editors: While looking through the old drafts at Afc that are soon to be deleted under the new G13 provision, I came across the above article which was declined because the person was notable for one event. It seems to me that an event that went on for 154 days should get a little consideration, but leaving this aside, the recommendation was to merge into an article about the event. This doesn't seem reasonable when Dr. Senft pretty well was the event, so I thought maybe it could be merged into an article about cancer fundraising, or about cross Canada running events, or something like that. However, there doesn't seem to be a Wikiproject for Cancer, or for fundraising. Can someone suggest an appropriate article? —Anne Delong (talk) 22:10, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

@Anne Delong: - it looks to me like the fundraising organization/campaign Step into Action is in fact notable enough for its own article (per this Google news search). Since Dr. Senft's five month run was part of a his ongoing campaign for this organization, it clearly could be part of such a (larger) article. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 23:18, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. —Anne Delong (talk) 04:20, 21 September 2013 (UTC)