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February 21

donations

i am a regular donator, based on satisfaction. that i already am a donator for over 10 years or more, signifies my level of satisfaction.

now i wanted to do a spontaneous donation; however i cannot find this on you website.

can someone guide me?

kind regards

ps you warn me not to log in, so i am curious as to how you will provide me with an answer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.161.133.163 (talk) 01:08, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi there - thank you for supporting Wikipedia through donations! If you'd like to do a one-time donation, you can do so here - you can find this link in the future by looking at the sidebar at the left, and clicking the sixth link down that says "Donate to Wikipedia". Here you can donate with a credit/debit card, PayPal or Amazon - or, check out the other ways to give for more options, such as checks. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:14, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

P.S. You mention that you were encouraged not to log in - we actually do recommend creating an account for editing, which I've left more details about at your talk page. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:16, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Are you referring to Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia:Help desk which says: "do not provide your email address or any other contact details —especially your passwords— in your post"? That warning is about writing your password in the edit window and saving it on this page where everybody can see it. Some users have made posts like "Why is my password xxxxxx not working?" There is no warning against making an account and logging in at Special:UserLogin. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:37, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Looking for a article about Signs NY

Hello,

I need to know how I can get an article written about our company and enter in Wikipedia. We restore old historic signs in NYC. We did Nathans famous signs also. I am not a good writer and need help to find someone who does this for living.

Thanks Tahir — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.14.34 (talk) 01:54, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

While that is an exceptionally noble thing to be doing (speaking as a person raised most of his life in NY), I'm afraid you can't have an article about your company unless it's considered notable by reliable sources and written in a neutral manner so as to avoid advertising. You wouldn't be able to write it yourself as you have a conflict of interest here. Sorry about that. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 2 Adar 5775 02:04, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

I believe that I am citing my article right, however it keeps saying "cite error". Help please?

So, I copied and pasted one of the 3 citations that were correct and I did the same thing except replace the source, however it keeps telling me cite error. Any info on how I can correctly apply the citation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surname2021 (talk • contribs) 03:20, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Surname2021: - fixed, see this diff for details about the changes. "Ref name" doesn't need a second "ref" tag at the start and shouldn't be closed with "/", until the whole ref details are finished. And when you use that ref a second time, you only need the "ref name" part, not the full reference. See Help:referencing for beginners for a good first guide on referencing. GermanJoe (talk) 03:32, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The article you are working on seems to be Oakland Elementary School Shooting. One of the citations in the article that has problems is "<ref name="postandcourier.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20121220/PC16/121229917|title=postandcourier - After Newtown, residents of Greenwood, killer’s mother relive school shooting|work=postandcourier.com}}</ref>"

So the first problem is that you want to name a reference, and give it the name "postancourier.com". To define it, one of the times you use it, the definition must be part of the tag that names it. In HTML, and some Wikimedia extensions that act like HTML, the / just before the > means that's the end of the tag. But you don't want it to end it that soon, so you should remove the /. Also, you don't want to start a new <ref> tag before you finish the first one, so remove the <ref> right before {{cite. Jc3s5h (talk) 03:35, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Eliot Slater

No help seems forthcoming at Talk:Eliot_Slater, if anyone could shed light on a couple of Sourcing queries there? (basically how to clarify existing incomplete citations to bio/obituraries, and trying to double check about an apparent visit to Munich in 1939) Wishfulness (talk) 11:06, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Finding translation candidates

Does anyone know of a tool that lets you search another language Wikipedia for articles that are missing in en? (Preferably by category or something such.) Thanks. Guettarda (talk) 14:37, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

@Guettarda: Not for whole categories, but this translate tool lists interwiki connections for all links within 1 source article to 1 given target language. You could try using it for broad main articles in your area of interest and check if all included Wiki-links have translations in the other language. Or check for missing topics with lots of redlinks with this tool, some of those topics are probably already covered in other languages (when the article is about a country-specific topic). GermanJoe (talk) 00:53, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks GermanJoe. I'll take a look at that. Guettarda (talk) 15:28, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

ADDITIONS TO THE ENDING OF MY COMMENT JO ANN SOWINSKI

WHEN I AM ADDING A COMMENT WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING TO ME HOW DO I STOP THIE AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS TO MY SENTENCE

LIKE IF I PUT I UNDERSTAND IT DOESNT' PUT THAT IT PUTS HOUSE OF UNDERSTANDING OR SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THAT — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.184.159.164 (talk) 15:04, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

I assume you're talking about autocorrection on your phone in which case, Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing or Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science are the right place to ask about how to deal with this scourge of humanity. Also, please turn off Caps Lock. Contrary to what people are saying, it is not cruise control for cool. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 2 Adar 5775 15:25, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Question about uploading pictures

Hi. You know how various articles have pictures to accompany the text throughout the Wikipedia? Is it possible to upload a picture for your own personal user page? In other words can you only upload pictures for articles only?Giantdevilfish (talk) 16:37, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

@Giantdevilfish: Yes, you can upload pictures for your own user page using some common sense (i.e., don't turn it into a photo album). --NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:46, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

I just wanted to upload this picture here which kinds gels with my user name.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/1sxe74.jpg

I figure it should be OK. The picture was drawn in 1604 so there shouldn't be any copyright problems. At least I don't think.Giantdevilfish (talk) 16:57, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

@Giantdevilfish: Yes, if that picture was drawn in 1604 then it's in the public domain and can be used freely. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 17:08, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Great thanksGiantdevilfish (talk) 17:09, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

At Commons:Special:UploadWizard you don't even need to upload with addition to a page in mind. commons:Category:Sea monsters includes File:Zahn, Johann - Mythical Satyrus marinus - 1696.jpg and File:De vd17 3-651630T 001.jpg. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:11, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Wow I didn't see those. Is it Ok if I still upload my version? I just think it looks cooler.Giantdevilfish (talk) 17:27, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Yes, please go ahead and add it to the same category. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:03, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced draft

Hi ... I placed an entry "The View, Palace Street, Westminster, London SW1" which I thought was only draft, but I had a strong response from jbhunley, part of which I didn't even understand but asking me to remove it. I apologise if it has offended as no offence was intended. Perhaps you can help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theviewsw1 (talk • contribs) 23:53, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi @Theviewsw1: Welcome to Wikipedia; no need to worry about offending. It appears you created a promotional userpage - even though your userpage wasn't an article, promotional content is not allowed anywhere on Wikipedia. Based on your username, you appear to have a conflict of interest with the subject you wrote about, which is why you're discouraged from writing about it. I've left a welcome message on your talk page to better describe Wikipedia, along with a message regarding conflicts of interest and your username (which happens to be against policy). If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Thanks, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 00:10, 22 February 2015 (UTC)