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August 1
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 1
- List of past titles?
- Where do I submit a request for an article?
- Can someone help me create an article?
- Table help
- X
- Forced addition of dot in middle initial?
- What do you do when someone joins Wikipedia to edit to promote his own agenda?
- Need to edit a page, but option is no longer available.
- Searching for Improper Latin replacements for Greek Letters.
- Value of card
- Anxious to help?
- User name
- help
- I experiment in my sandbox
- Congratulations Wikipedia User..
- Move multiple pages
- I added dalasta in List_of_women_warriors_in_folklore#Historical_Czech_Lands
- Spam protection filter
- Help Link
August 2
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 2
- Article "San Francisco Choral Society"
- my hp printer
- Does the site "Dear God please help me" on freewebs contain some kind of virus?
- I started a new article on Dlasta
- Wikipedia article rule...?
- Acceptable username?
- Wrong URL leads to Wrong Article
- WHY can I not figure out how to request an article!!!?
- Editing Janet Ross - Adding Sections
- Cannot create "Copal Partners" page on Wikipedia
- TEXT STYLE
- Deleting an account
- Usage of titles in articles
- Image not showing
- When are redirects considered useful?
- I can be logged in only on my country's wikipedia page. Why?
- Requesting an Article
- 2010 U.S. Census data bot?
- Creating a page for a company I work for. Is this kosher?
- Tool for creating wikilinks from all entries in a category
- Split history
- Adding items to Discography
- IN ERROR I BLOCKED AN ACTIVE GAME OF FRONTIERVILLE`````.
- Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Adding a photo to an article.
August 3
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 3
- Website
- Should the article Dlasta get deleted
- New to Wiki (except for reading); I do not know where to go to address an issue.
- Posts deleted
- adding to an article.
- Reference question
- Can I flag users?
- Wiktionary wikilink
- Commons
- Standards for naming articles about buildings
- Number of deleted article?
- Deleted Links to Richard Ebeling
- Looking to reach consensus on minor update to BLP
- Talk:Anders Behring Breivik: New section becomes new subsection.
- Misspelled word through out Wikipedia
- Incorrect spelling of town on map
- Where is the articles for improvement page?
- Need advice
- Is there a way to get one contributor's permission to authorize an article for publication that has over 500 anonymous and robot authors?
- Deleting vs. merging
- How is this possible?
- I joined your book club
August 4
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 4
- reticular theory
- IP addresses
- How do I move my Content Box?
- Help needed with Harvnb references
- New entry
- How to remove 'User' from main title of Wikipedia entry?
- Speedy deletion needed please
- Wiki users request money
- Wikipedia Nazis on power trips who "dominate" and act like little Hitler's in determining content on some pretty important subject matter
- Author identification for Confidence in Factual Correctness
- Citation taskforce
- Editing in General
- Linking new picture to facebook info.
- Uncategorized template
- Russell Crow
- How do I create a page for a songwriter?
- Scott_Evil
- Live help
August 5
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 5
- Protecting my wp account
- Vector images of trademarks
- Article accreditation
- template for code of federal reguations
- It's unfair to add such Allegations/Controversies on a biography when nothing has been proved yet. Article Subrata Roy
- Changes to Country Risk wiki page and editing country pages
- Privacy and Safety
- Drop of Contributors
- Reporting an error
- Usablenet Wikipedia Page Status
- Wonder Man comic book
- Making coords visible through infobox
- List of Publications critical of the Latter Day Saint movement
- Image info
- Technical help about moving two articles
August 6
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 6
- Internet Explorer and Firefox
- Add new article
- Why is Wikipedia so slow?
- Why the hell am I banned in IRC???
- Help finding anything on vixon Ayala
- Please help
- Foreign language redirects
- about thevenin theorem
- Belly amphora and wierd title
- Non-free
- Exact copying from Government forms OK?
- Locating records from Moryn, Poland
- posting box
- i want to make my artcle permanent
- publishing a specialized resume
August 7
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 7
- User created a page for a file that is on Commons
- Producer forgotten on "Bangin' On Wax" album page
- Lawrence Tribe article- two versions??
- You got Frank AbeckNALE Jr in here as an American Consultant & And Colton Harris Moore! My God!
- a "Like" link for anything to for facebook
- {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}
- THE SCENARIO OF THE DEPOSIT COLLECTORS IN INDIAN BANKS.
- Feature at WP:UTN not working
- Display of Wikipedia on my laptop
- Correcting instructions
- Kurt Russell
- Best Article of All?
- about GATE prepiration
- KISS
- University of Liverpool - Incorrect Crest
- add photos to Wikipedia
August 8
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 8
- Italicize species title
- What do I need to create a new Church page?
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/98.171.190.114
- Set an upper limit for the rendering resolution of uploaded images
- Islamic Mobiling
- References confirmed and requested to be validated
- Editing
- Interstate highways exit lists
- Talk page problems
- Older dumps of Italian Wikipedia
- backprocess of transmission of e-mail
- case sensitivity
- Impossible unicode combination?
- page move
- index error
August 9
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 9
- How do you rate an article?
- Will it blend, AWB?
- Vandal editors
- I keep getting a message that my article has missing end reference tags, & I need ((reflist)) at the end.
- ASSISTANCE IN COPYING A TABLE TO AVOID PRINTING OFF MORE THAN IS NECESSARY.
- Why was a subject removed?
- Can an admin please open Gabriel Obertan again
- Should I close the RFC?
- editing the page name
- Page view statistics question
- Question
- Help! What to do?
- Katharine's son?
- University of Liverpool Logo/Crest
- Error: no |title= specified when using Cite web
- Registered accounts, IPs and Checkuser
- article about Mike Hudock Jr.
- Multiple edits at one time
- Tool that ranks top contributors to a specific article
- Disambiguation redirect title question
August 10
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 10
- Editing window size
- Correcting rationale on picture file
- Wikihounding?
- So here is the deal
- Adding a picture which I own (personal)
- Deletion log
- Userbox help
- Shaikh Aziz- The Legend of Sindh
- remove my incorrect wikipedia page
- Problem with Login unification . . .
- Editing statistics
- Copy/Paste Prevention
- What are the guidelines regarding current lawsuits?
- Reason for deletion of a file
- Changing name of category
- Crop whitespace
- How to include email address in example code in article?
- Luke Evans page lockdown due to debate on notability of sexual preference
- The Mussolini-Montessori conflict described meeting the "citation needed" plea.
- Article Feedback Tool - can't disable it
- Define "review" as it pertains to film
- Page was deleted - we want it back!
- Issue with Google Chrome browser
- The word "hell" is replaced with "@#!*%"
- Sound Files
- WORLDS STRICTIST PARENTS
August 11
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 11
- Links can not be displayed in IE8
- External link problem
- MediaWiki 1.17wmf1
- Incorrect spelling
- Reference does not format correctly
- Who did the edit?
- Translation
- fixing page discussion for past
- Word Listing...
- Editing a protected page
- Expanding article
- How to remove the "This page is a new unreviewed article" tempelate from an article that I have reviewed ?
- List of all Bot's UserIDs
- Where are yesterday's pageview stats?
- Wikipedia policies on first-person
- Report users?
- a permalink to present version template?
- Possible redirect would have two equally valid targets
- Switch hitter's
- I was here recently
August 12
editAugust 13
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 13
- Help with resizing an upright image in infobox
- Someone with nutritional knowledge could help.
- Requests for help
- User:krispin16/VSide
- Fantasy (Regine Velasquez album)
- Marketing activation
- Theft by finding
- ARC Energy
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cryer
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Roots
- Borje Oscar Rosaen inventor
- User:StoneCircleMetal/Stone_Circle_(Band)
- Hailey Dunn
- Andrew Abercromby
- ISAFF
- Music of the Soul (book)
- Obstacle Race
- Davies public affairs
- Stem Cell topic
- Templates to mark articles with problems due to a lack of historical depth of coverage?
- Deleted pages in raw watchlist
- Ryan Hobson
- latitude and longitude coordinates link
- Completing the "Featured article" nomination procedure
- making a templete collapsed.
- "upright=" in image tags
- jon the dentist (entry in wikipedia)
- U.K. Flash crime wave
- Alignment of a map legend
- Sisters of St. Joseph
- Spoliers!!!
- Title of page
- Mistake posting article - help!
- How to remove hypertexts ? [Feature request]
- I would like to get a copy of all the national parks in the USA, I really like what you have on the parks a picute and a description, please send a copy of this inforamtiion to David Conley, <redacted>
- Somebody wrote a false article about me on the Wiki and I would like it to be removed.
- Article on the "Personal Computer Industry" or "Personal Computing Industry."
- Editing M F K Fisher
- Need help to backtrack article to earlier version.
- Editing M F K Fisher (2)
- Template:Post-it small
- How to reach a consensus?
- Deletion.
- Joshophobia
- Inactive projects
- Wikipedia:User page design center/Menus and subpages
August 14
editAugust 15
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 15
- Decade birth cats
- How do I get rid of unwanted visible code above / below an image from Wikimedia Commons in a Person Infobox?
- request
- Problem with the Scanning Electron Microscope page
- Template moved but subpage with references was not moved
- Indefinite blocked user
- what happened to my new article "Google Ideas"?
- content writer
- Jesse Lee Peterson and Linda Christas
- Rating articles
- ritual abuse
- Two Users
- Thicker vertical border in table
- Griffon Corporation Logo
- FA voting?
- My legitimate edits were flagged as vandalism
- Referencing help
- How can I change my article name?
- Facebook duplicate page
- facebook question
- REQUEST a New Article ?!
August 16
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 16
- Doesn't remember my login
- The rating of an article
- In re policy on ritual abuse.
- Split template does not generate a response
- How do I delete my whole contribution
- Can't contribute to referendum
- omanual - freeware need (container)or Program to open it.
- Problems with my Talk page: David J Johnson
- Rick Richter
- Editor count
- Olympus µ article naming
- Re: Michael Jingozian biography
- Article revision problem
- information missing in an article
- How to insert a photograph into a wikipedia article from your computer
- Wikipedia talk:Peer review
- Rename and Redirect?
August 17
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 17
- The League For Spiritual Discovery
- Bach's Minuet
- Touchscreen Article
- Browser troubles
- Formula One WikiProject template
- PayPal Topic Hacked / Hijacked
- Archive
- Pigment Volume Concentration
- time format
- pronunciation
- Image 'gremlin' in infobox template?
- Creating an article based on a foreign language stub
- Cancer treatment help
- About the section of Ancient Egyptian Mythology in popular culture.
- Ryan Moats false information
- Jean Kirkpatrick, Ph.D
- Adding sources to Wikipedia biographies of living people
- How to give a different colour to templates' lower lines.
- I need some help with IPA
August 18
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 18
- Label for "British English" articles?
- Better than ref label note label?
- FIFA Soccer 12 Cache
- Incorrect photo caption
- Adding content on Transport related issues to Wikipedia
- line wrap in template
- income
- template talk:Authority_control#Bot_support_required
- Entertainment technology as an article category for Applied Technology
- Is User:Talktalk a misleading username?
- Dj Mike Whitfield
- Barnicklemusic
- A Problem finding an article that has been posted
- Dj Mike Whitfield - Malibu Vibes
- Orthomolecular Medicine
- Stupid question
- Please speedy delete
- Searchable content
- Can someone fix the citations for me?
- Problems with two references in article
- Template:Rfd2
- Wikipedia Policy
- Was my page deleted?
- Disturbed
- "Night Triangular" video
- "It appears you are adding external links to many different Wikipedia pages in rapid succession"
- updating my reflist
August 19
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 19
- Sort string length
- HАGGER?
- Tool for creating redirects
- Disable WikiLove
- correcting an article about me
- University of Liverpool
- Transclusion problem with footer
- how do i report vandels
- Feedback on Proposed Edit to Spotify Article
- wikimedia emails without a wikimedia account
- US Census question
- Photoshop help
- Quotations section
August 20
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 20
- viewing images
- Redirect question
- Photo of church
- Jordan Christopher Michael
- Information on pictures
- tokyo spam
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Capitalisation of "The" (etc.) in Movie (etc.) Titles
- Disabling mobile site
- Album cover
- Special:Export - Categories with Colons
- Can I restrict another users from editing the wiki-page which I create
- Illegal Wikipedia copy
- Edit Page Intro?
August 21
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 21
- Uploading copyrighted photos I own
- Copyright question
- Link photo with article
- Article talk page template for close connection
- Twinkle on an iPad?
- May 3, 2015
- "Yellow-billed pintail" article has a serious problem
- Template loop detected: User talk:George SJ XXI
- Hello can I mix ultram and naproxen
- adding a listing to a category
- How do I contact user HUGHPUGH
- Photo submitted for article
- Numbered and unnumbered references
August 22
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 22
- Help requested
- Using Books
- editing Marshall Hall (musician)
- Interlanguage links - Samuel Morris
- Marshall Hall (musician) again
- mistake about our coaches nationality
- article
- Wikipedia in other languages
- Adding a link to a Blog
- Unusual message notification on Wikipedia landing page
- Big Dig
- What if the acronym is already used?
- Regarding montly donation.
- arrest records expungement
- Incorrect information on the Brian Bendis page
- A company releasing an image under CC?
- Which date to use in citation?
August 23
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 23
- editing
- Merging help - my first merger attempt
- remove article
- Template question
- CSD G11, normal deletion WP:NOTPROMOTION or WP:COI, or cleanup?
- Missing option when uploading non-free image
- Random article function and browser "Back" button causes anomaly
- Different language, same topic
- What if a newspaper article wasn't microfilmed?
- uploading photos error
- Weird issue while editing
- problem with second to last userbox
- What should happen with an RFC?
- Leslie Brooks
- Schilieffern Plan
- 2000 visa free to europe by dangote
- What should happen with an RFC? (Continuation from four sections above)
- Incorrect link in article
- Image misspelled, how to fix?
- Fixation index
August 24
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 24
- How to reference an academic thesis?
- Formatting problem with section heading on my userpage
- Fixing links to the English Place-Name Society database
- Everyday I Wake Up On the Wrong Side of Capitalism
- How to USE Wikipedia to ask about general knowledge
- Wrong Birthday: Adam Gazda Bio
- Australian edition
- State Bank of Mauritius
- Transfer and rename
- subst
- Rex Rabbit title
- Image licence question
- Book in progress is gone
- Interlanguage map?
August 25
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 25
- Requesting editors to review AfD
- High Rock, North Carolina deletion
- On dead links in articles
- Taking information from other wikipedia pages
- Using EndNote or other bibliography programmes to add citations
- Notable parents
- User warning template for inappropriate profane personal opinion on an article talk page
- Disable automatically watching a page only for specific pages
- Preventing the protection & deletion logs from showing on a watchlist
- Song Lyrics missing?
- Pictures
- Simple watched pages list?
- abdomen pain
- does it violate wiki rules?
- No Edit this Article showing on a Wikipedia article.
August 26
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 26
- Uploads
- Infobox_album in artist article italicising title
- Uploading scanned images
- Request for archived page deletion
- Images in BLP
- Moved article with German interwiki link
- Image Opening in a New Tab
- Article about a company I work for
- Loud text
- Use of primary sources for verification of the entries in a list article
- Hurricane Irene (2011)
- Kitchen Nightmares
- Transliteration and (or against) sources
- I have a website I built and used Fortune to publish it,
- user talk message: how to respond
- Peer review
August 27
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 27
- 60 yr-old, low computer skills, wants to make 1 edit of an article
- Football
- Frank Zappa
- Introducing Myself
- User:Srobak
- Peg
- Military Log
- Finding articles belonging to two or more specific categories
- Where can I find guidelines on notability for video games?
- Image file speedy deletion
- Unreviewed article
August 28
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 28
- Help with template coding
- Looking for relatives in Germany
- Semi-protection and ANI
- Userbox issue
- Ownership question
- References Do Not Show Up On List of hard rock musicians; It Shows Up As Template:Reflist
- Linking text to another page on wikipedia
- References – style variation and consistency
- Coordinates on the left?
- Navbox autohide?
August 29
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 29
- i am a play in africa, looking for team
- Nasty WiKi on people who may be attacked for their logic
- Uploading scanned images of stamps
- Gath, (city).... Goliath.
- finding a family in other countrys
- Image in article pending review
- article about treasure hunt movie
- NFL Pages
- redlinked categories
- Photos of 1903 Cannstatt fire
- Using 'dashes' for sports scores etc.
- Company page, operated by others, no log-in available
- Personal Sandbox?
- "Mullingar"/people
- Tool to search character string in EDIT SUMMARIES across the PROJECT (not just a single article)
- Wikipedia source code syntax highlighting
August 30
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 30
- biography of Ann Chandonnet
- Can't login (Work PC)
- Update numbers in NRHP list
- Rules of providing a summary in a language other than the article's native language
- Wikipedia keeps crashing
- Three different Unicode characters for "micro"
- article is written like an advertisement
- Water Filter
- how to represent a capsule summary
- Strange transclusion
- Generated confirm email link appears to be broken (404 - File Not Found)
- Moving and categorizing a userbox
- Using sources written by myself
- There are 2 "Peter Lehmann", but only 1 to find with the search button
- List of publications for Bio of Living people
- David Platt Director
- Possible Inappropriate Link
- exclamation point banner at top of article
- Chocolate bars
- Text from AP
- Article about a local music artist who is quite unique in our country
- 328 BS error
- University of Liverpool Logo as Main Image
- Problems with images in info boxes
August 31
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 August 31
- Signing Talk contributions
- Cleaning Up Audio Files?
- Doppelgangers
- Withdraw nomination from RFD
- Case-sensitive on 1st letter in WP?
- Question about newspaper "Archive" citations
- How known are Hamburg?
- Security alert on a page
- download pages WITHOUT using webcrawlers
- new article saved - yet not visible to all
- Internal link help
- Old closed AFD's for books
- TurboCAD 16 Deluxe 2D/3D Tool Symbels
- A style question
- Two versions of "Medical University of the Americas – Nevis" depending on URL syntax; can this be fixed?
- Wikipedia Nederland does not appear on startpage
- Jayalaithaa
- Olympus camera category subcategorisation
- Is this photo really allowed?
- Disruptive behaviour again?