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March 1

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 1

1. Purge Problem
2. I'm New to Wikipedia...
3. Section
4. Talk page squeezing
5. Left align header template
6. Protection of a user talk page?
7. wrongly accused
8. please define 'established registered users'
9. My Username
10. House centipede pages
11. Would this stage actress pass the english wikipedia's bio notability guidelines?
12. Robert Godwin
13. How to create an article??
14. Odd font
15. Placement of marker dots on maps in Settlement infobox
16. I edited a page and that part got deleted?
17. Double redirect + lost history
18. PDF Version with Mozilla Firefox Plugin
19. Help With Deletion
20. Making a "stub" for a topic.
21. Adding images to the user page
22. "Based out of"
23. Pre tags help

March 2

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 2

1. cannot login to Wikipedia
2. Nonsense in Burn Hall School page
3. speech topic
4. PDF file map
5. Garbo - German Actors
6. :File:New York Islanders logo (1995–97).svg
7. Someone keeps undoing my corrections
8. Easy template problem
9. Admins protecting their own userpages
10. Degree symbol (superscript)
11. Car Dealerships
12. releasing it to the web
13. Arnold M. Zack
14. How to prevent a vicious circle of account creation and blocking
15. Uploading new image
16. Gubernatorial elections?
17. Missing footnote links
18. Canadian & American Government Parties.
19. book references
20. Image gallery
21. Question about a speedy delete

March 3

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 3

1. Unprotected Article
2. What does this edit do?
3. Everyone Else
4. Mathematics / symbols
5. query
6. :Category:Club software
7. Logged in but cannot edit a semi-protected page
8. Conflict of Interest?
9. David Bryce
10. Difference between negative "Deleted edits" and positive "Deleted edits"
11. How to patrol an article ?
12. Notability requirements for YourStory.in, The Indian Website for Entrepreneurs
13. Wikipedia to Commons image transfer
14. Proper protocol for requesting rename for the Village Pump subpages
15. For my son's 16th he wants to eat at every fast food place in the area.
16. Accessing user page
17. How do you edit the title for a page
18. Dunno what i should edit
19. How to test templates by supplying test argument values on the template page?
20. Apollo astronaut Lovell's family

March 4

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 4

1. Article Title
2. I ain't nobody's sockpuppet
3. Not being able to submit pict
4. Subject: The page called INDIGO CHILDREN
5. Huggle
6. Google Books
7. Electronic siganture software?
8. How do I add clean up templtes which I do not find in the list...
9. Information about Economice trends
10. copyrights
11. Adding links
12. Video question
13. NO PICTURES
14. changing the text at the top of a page
15. quick question
16. Sicilian Language
17. New Template
18. Siouxsie Sioux
19. Edit to article just disappeared

March 5

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 5

1. Help with redirect/shortcut mess
2. Talking to an administrator
3. Editing organisational pages
4. Revert vandelism "to last version by____"
5. Can anyone fix this problem?
6. What font do I need installed for Wikipedia?
7. utorrent
8. transgender operation terminology
9. Editing & using DVDs & video for references
10. Bot reverting to vandalized version
11. laser
12. hey there
13. cymbalta
14. how to submit a new article in wikipedia
15. Online Recharge for prepaid mobile phone & DTH services in India
16. Page rank
17. vandal warn
18. New title
19. The method of preparation for yaga kondam - how to make the yagna oma kundan?
20. Categorisation of articles
21. About usernames and IP addresses
22. How do I?
23. Indigo Children
24. Links - Internal and External
25. Northwest Province - Bamenda.jpg
26. How do category pages work?
27. trying to download a photo

March 6

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 6

1. Wikipedia does not display correctly in my browser
2. TONY ALVA'S WIKIPEDIA
3. Citation template trouble
4. Articles I would like others to take a look at
5. Mega Tribulus PM
6. Live near SF and have an hour to help Wikipedia?
7. Please help! Another editor keeps reverting my corrected page.
8. Adding a space in a template
9. Question
10. unreadable font
11. AARGH! Purge!
12. about hartley oscillator
13. How to archive a GA review
14. Wikipedia looking strange
15. RfC Template Help
16. Sorting Wiki pages
17. What does it take for a new page to stay up?
18. Citing Magazine
19. Product label
20. database administrator in canada
21. language
22. FPC, sort of...
23. Quoting a letter
24. COI resolution
25. More Than Warmth and Judith Meeker
26. print friendly version

March 7

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 7

1. Linking to a Windows file share
2. How to upload pics
3. lupin spell check
4. Secret page game
5. Request for Administatorship
6. I would like to be an admin
7. Now that i have requested for adminship, what next?
8. Thats not the way it is or should be
9. Terminator Salvation
10. editing articles by the subject of the article
11. Rollback rights
12. author of article
13. May I translate?
14. www.truthorfiction.com
15. Pictures in Article

March 8

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 8

1. Extension:VariablesExtension
2. How do I fix this rectangle?
3. Searching Watchlist Pages
4. Considered myself as vandalizer- OOPS
5. BOOK / OLD / RARE
6. cree language
7. Reading Wikipedia to a Blind person
8. Moving to Commons
9. Cite Error
10. Could someone review my first article before I submit?
11. wiki page
12. Watchlist limit
13. save my image!
14. Documenting current state of research

March 9

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 9

1. user talk pages - can I tell them about another wiki?
2. Watchlist anomaly
3. Some weirdness is going on...
4. Overt or Covert Bias By Volunteer Administrators
5. Saving and sharing a book?
6. Multiple Sclerosis
7. Why is wikipedia editing out factual information about Barak Obama?
8. new article with same name as current article
9. Censorship?
10. Should a spaced em-dash in a proper name be preserved?
11. PatelShots account posting not getting shared with everyone
12. FORGOT PASSWORD
13. Copyedit
14. Created page for The Poncherellos and it was deleted (of course)
15. ip addresses
16. Should a new user be threatened with police action by a moderator for adding ane xternal link?
17. Very Very complex history merge! (Possible?)
18. How does an academic cite a Wikipedia article?
19. printed versions are all bold with fonts that are too large
20. Musings from a drunk man about notability, reputable sources, 'good vandalism', and awards for Wiki-comedy
21. How do I let the Wikimedia Foundation know that I'm not going to donate any more money to their organization?
22. Removing COI banner
23. STACEY KEACH MOVIE
24. Inaccuracies in a article
25. Query about deletion process
26. How do you know what articles need clean up?
27. Sean Goldman
28. Censorship and banning users
29. Banning and censorship
30. Infobox uk place not working
31. Wannabe Kate problem
32. Reliable information
33. Watching talk pages of articles in a category

March 10

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 10

1. The Bishop's School -- La Jolla
2. How to convert Word Document into RTF
3. Survey in San Francisco
4. telecom
5. Translation from German into English.
6. CSD
7. About Local TV (Telugu Infotainment Channel)
8. Article count
9. Not the Truth
10. Adding a picture
11. What mean?
12. Citation trouble
13. Help with link color
14. Securely sharing private files
15. download image
16. finding personal home addresses
17. How to changing the "search" name on an article
18. How do I link to a file on Wikimedia Commons, when there's a file by the same name here on Wikipedia?
19. Cash cow
20. creating a page
21. What do the red words in an article mean?
22. why new info wont be accepted

March 11

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 11

1. Ames Monument
2. Restoring my watchlist
3. Chateau Dudley Wayland MA
4. WP:NPA
5. commons
6. template for undeleted article
7. Proper way to copy or cite discussion on talk pages?
8. transfer of credit hours
9. :File:Kenya Provinces Riftvalley.png
10. Linking to Commons
11. Getting autoconfirmed status
12. Letters with accents
13. Editing titles for articles
14. Warnings
15. in-line template for "wrong" link?
16. Capitalizing the title
17. Why my posting is Tagged
18. footnotes
19. Upcoming albums for musicians
20. false information
21. archives fort lauderdale florida

March 12

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 12

1. AFD history
2. Problem with another editor
3. How do I print an article
4. How can I find articles in Sicilian? On the left there are so many languages but not Sicilian.
5. Search for untagged words
6. stub types
7. Notice About Orphaned Images
8. Hey
9. How do I delete a Wikimedia commons picture that I uploaded?
10. Television introduction
11. What is the definition of NPT,BSPF,orPT124.195.194.1 (talk) 10:28, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
12. Signature
13. Toolserver help
14. Footnotes
15. How can I delete an article I created in error?
16. Pulling a Ripper
17. Working on New page
18. Misspelled title
19. SVG image corrupted
20. replacing factory sound system
21. I need to edit my own wiki account
22. Enzo Farrari Coupe
23. Maintaining GFDL history on article split - what to do in this case?
24. How To Handle Possible External Link To Viral Site
25. editing from a mobile

March 13

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 13

1. Advice on how to make a template with yes/no parameter
2. Incorrect link, as opposed to a dead link: How to edit?
3. creating an informational box on article
4. Table code
5. warn editor about AfD
6. Changing spaces to underscores
7. Information on Flash Professional why is it used and who are the people that use the software?
8. Font
9. Update Company listing
10. How do I add a jpg file I just uploaded to my Wikipedia article?
11. Donation Banner
12. Chicken Supreme
13. question regarding when certain topics are highlighted with different colors
14. Putting images on my wiki page
15. Large volume media additions to WikiSource and/or Commons
16. Removing Information
17. Questions about corrections of material, editing, Conflict of Interest
18. Article for RFID

March 14

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 14

1. Self-Created SVG
2. Correct Article template
3. IP Address
4. Age in BLP?
5. Wikipedia access
6. Locate Huggle on my computer
7. HELP REGARDING ROBOTICS
8. NPWatcher
9. prctical topics
10. email evidence for permissions
11. hello to every1
12. Burning a dvd ,without a graphics card installed..
13. Photo credits / links
14. What's the point?
15. New user log
16. problem logging in
17. Full Page Protection?

March 15

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 15

1. Wiki taskforce
2. If I write it - will you load it up.
3. Is the stanford university recognized/accredited with the ministry/government ofTCIsland, America?
4. forum as a source ?
5. how should I place sand box link on my user page
6. A question about notability
7. Windows mobile
8. Problems with bots
9. History link
10. 1939 WORLDS FAIR-PERISPHERE
11. Inserting Pictures
12. abreviations
13. Copyright on specific artwork 1923 and before
14. Image problems
15. Guidlines for use of aerial photographs as external links
16. ?
17. Finding interwiki links
18. Easy questions (I think)
19. two questions:
20. Help - Need to translate English into Sanskrit/Hindi Text
21. Signature formatting/customization
22. Section of recently created article does not print out
23. Treament
24. Printing problem with Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company
25. Don't know the name of what I'm looking for...
26. Which (US) political party does Wikipedia endorse?
27. When is certain pet article content a "How To"

March 16

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 16

1. What are the attributes of the WikiProject template?
2. Convert this code to wiki markup?
3. BIPM question
4. Should I delete this artcile and how?
5. Copy right
6. Arif Mardin
7. Make a new page
8. archives talk page
9. Digital Light
10. Continued printing problem with Dovey Johnson Roundtree article
11. IE 7 reports errors on Wikipedia pages
12. Question about replacing images
13. medical measurements compared to teaspoons
14. Discussion Talk page
15. Contributing to :Category:Articles_needing_non-English_script_or_text
16. Requests for Permissions
17. Creating Profile for my CEO
18. templates
19. Wikipedia Vandalization Contest by Something Awful
20. adding templates to my page.
21. How do I...
22. Category:Enoch
23. Delete previous images
24. AFD closure
25. Help with username conflict
26. Deletion of image
27. Cannot reset password for account
28. Pictures on PC

March 17

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 17

1. Univesity creates false information
2. categories
3. Why does search for "wiki:<anything>" goes to a site of Ward Cunningham?
4. Logo usage
5. Why are my additions constantly deleted.
6. Deletion of image
7. history on coal camps
8. some fear regarding location of tree in house
9. problem with Professor Calculus page
10. Help!!!!!
11. Citing audio commentary
12. photo's
13. Redirect editing deleted the legal article
14. Adding to listings
15. Reflist
16. can't recieve aol.com emails from my aunt
17. After a final warning?
18. Significant lag in updating Special:WhatLinksHere
19. Ip as sockpuppet
20. assignment
21. Category
22. importance of epidemiology to public heath
23. Information Deleted...Why and where is it?
24. Pet Peeve - log outs
25. Following up on templates in article?
26. Insert an image from Wikimedia Commons
27. Unavailable on the mainland
28. How Many?
29. Quotation templates
30. Missing for cargo plane crash in victoria lake on 09.03.2009
31. Can I create a spoken wikipedia?
32. How do I create an article if when I search the title, it redirects me to an already existing article?
33. Proposal
34. Streamlining certain types of pages
35. Creating a New Page
36. traveling distance from Singapore to Mauritius Africa
37. Edit the edit page
38. WHAT HAPPEN TO MY PAGE
39. Plagiarism
40. Special:LongPages

March 18

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 18

1. Huggle
2. Sheboygan, Wisconsin
3. I need some help
4. recording artist updates
5. Reporting abuse
6. photograph is mislabeled
7. Distributor Information is currently incorrect

March 19

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 19

1. Quick sourcing question
2. The Abuse Filter Editor privilege
3. How do I find out why my edits were deleted?
4. Viewing ISO 15924 4-letter codes
5. changing kids their last names from their original names?
6. IP adress of registered user!
7. Image from German page
8. External Links by namespace
9. quote of arms
10. Creating a Page on Wikipedia about my Book .
11. Wikipedia Author
12. Changing a Title of an article
13. Screenshot of Wikipedia article source
14. Username
15. How do I make it where the text is hidden, until someone clicks on something to make it appear?
16. Error in Osvaldo Ardiles
17. Why let anyone edit?
18. creating a link
19. messed up afd
20. Special characters in names of places in Vietnam in article titles
21. how do i delete an article name that is spelled wrong, but keep the article that has the correct spelling?
22. Is it appropriate to edit for grammar and/or spelling?
23. What did User:Willy on Wheels do?

March 20

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 20

1. page revert and link editing problems
2. RE: page revert and link editing problems
3. Unable to edit Semi-protected article despite being an autoconfirmed user
4. Poem "Two Irishmen and a Hebrew"
5. Eternal Security in Jesus
6. LOOKING FOR AN ONLINE DATA ENTRY - A GENUINE PORTAL
7. For Malayalam Famous writer and director Ranjith
8. is it
9. Tracking Changes on an interactive page
10. Unauthorized use of Wikipedia logo?
11. Galich street map
12. Random Article Button
13. Adding to the list of languages

March 21

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 21

1. Delmer Daves Filmography
2. Watching talk page only?
3. Quick question re Creative Commons
4. Editor review
5. Check an EL please
6. New feature???
7. Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the United States
8. How famous does somebody have to be to have their own article?
9. Save edit without leaving editing page
10. Creating tables?
11. Can I edit pages?
12. Editor comparison tool
13. archiving long user talk pages
14. How can I respond to anonymous concerns about my new page?
15. Expert-subject tags
16. Warnings-Do they ever get cleared?

March 22

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 22

1. :File:NCZooelephants.jpg
2. Can I buy a cd with all of your articles on it.
3. Non-free images in articles about living people
4. Article formatting
5. Adding External Links to Article on Naked Short Selling
6. Uniting two userpages
7. i would like to create a page for an artist of Pakistan based in UAE
8. Making picture gallery larger than 4 across
9. User page to encyclopedia
10. Your entry on "EPSN Top 5 Reasons you can't blame..."
11. Languages
12. Following up on templates in article?
13. Citing Wikipedia
14. How many screen shot JPGs is fair use on a “List of Characters” page?
15. Copying a talk page
16. missing category
17. link rerouting to an article on wikipedia in a malicious way
18. Articles for Deletion/Voting
19. Linking to a section of a new page

March 23

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 23

1. MsAccess
2. How to find some of newest articles?
3. Mistaken Ip identity
4. How do I request undeletion of a deleted page?
5. How do I get a copyrighted university logo uploaded on a site when not beeing a confirmed user
6. problem viewing wikipedia page via firefox 3
7. How do I make a complaint against a user?
8. Changing the headline / search criteria
9. New Article
10. Email from wikimedia address
11. Flickr images upload for a User
12. A picture i took of a copyrighted work
13. An account I no longer use needs deleted

March 24

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 24

1. Death Certs
2. To secure or not to secure?
3. Wikipedia
4. Departing editor vandalism?
5. cameo jewelry
6. Looking for a template
7. Collin palmer
8. Rootsweb
9. Need to cancel account, and I no longer have the email address
10. find locations
11. review my first article, please
12. Creating a contents box
13. How to ADD my companies description as an article.
14. linking data with wikipedia articles
15. changing the title of an article (when searched for)
16. BLP
17. Entires with the Same Name
18. 10,000 reviewed article
19. My problem or everyone's?
20. Fiction Type

March 25

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 25

1. Information box on side
2. Tables embedded in collapsible tables
3. Uploading Creation of article
4. Edit counter
5. Can I use information i read in my report?
6. Can some one help
7. edit this page
8. Moslem Terrorism
9. Can't 'Go' or 'Search' when logged in
10. Adding a definition
11. Merge request remedy
12. Creating a new page with disambiguation
13. User script compatability
14. Adding pictures
15. uploading images for use in the main encyclopedia
16. Wikipedia table formatting
17. Categories still not working for article
18. Erase the search history
19. Request for Un-Deletion of Article of Muhammad Abubakar Durrani

March 26

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 26

1. Citing websites for use as a reference in a wiki
2. How...
3. Subpage and new article
4. Forgot password for old account
5. Images
6. Help with uploaded picture and the copyright tag
7. Migrating images using Commons Helper
8. Anti euphemism patrol
9. How to contact someone who is credited with a photo caption for more references and usages. Please.
10. disconnect database from WinXp to server Linux
11. Problem with Wikiproject Philosophy Participants page
12. Namespace numbers
13. Lost login details
14. How to toggle to insert mode for symbols, Wiki markup, Greek, etc. while editing
15. Editing Protected Pages
16. Viewing changes made on a certain date
17. Report a User
18. How To
19. Translations
20. Country locator maps - claimed territories
21. what are Hedge Funds
22. Table cleanup
23. Article
24. march 25th.
25. Where to put code snippets
26. Where do I ask for a semi protection
27. Citing Sources

March 27

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 27

1. How do i do it?
2. Page Edits_ do not appear
3. Uploading pages in different languages
4. 405th Fighter Bomber Group
5. Understanding Archiving bots
6. How do I get my article to go public?
7. Image problem
8. WP:CSD#I9
9. Can you crack a avvvount for me? or I hare to Start ocver
10. Adoption? sorry
11. Ancient sources
12. Fixing capitalisation
13. Online Status
14. Best way to remove lots of red links
15. Mido (watch) deletion??
16. need to know how to get to sao paulo
17. make your own userboxes
18. The consensus on lists
19. Changing title
20. Publishing the source
21. Wikipedia will not display math formulas or illustrations.
22. When it's just so wrong...
23. How to get list of all articles in a category
24. Article draft question
25. Mindwipe
26. Pipe in article title
27. Napoleon I article
28. How does one create a new article?
29. onesided article
30. daniela mercury
31. Revising the rules for deleting articles on open-source software
32. Look Over an Article

March 28

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 28

1. Leo Rautins
2. Finding an upcoming Movie
3. Trapped in 1995
4. How to edit an article
5. Article reference question
6. Redirect or AfD?
7. How do I put a video in an article?
8. Uploading PDF files
9. Identifying Articles without Images
10. hello
11. Article help
12. mcafee

March 29

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 29

1. Wikipedia doesn't display on IE7
2. Moved Sandbox
3. Importing image from foreign Wikipedia article
4. How do I add a template to dispute neutrality?
5. Engineers Without Borders Wikipedia Page
6. Printing articles
7. Favorite articles
8. Copyright tag for a Logo...
9. My login name
10. Obama
11. Enlarging Maps
12. Swaminarayan
13. Citing for projects
14. Chess grandmaster Igor Miladinović page.
15. Error in article name
16. author
17. Uncreated finance articles
18. How do I contact a person ?
19. Shipping

March 30

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 30

1. Wikipedia Stats
2. do I need a cite for things like this......?
3. i need help;
4. Most recent articles
5. question
6. Watching user contributions
7. Logged me out
8. Can I remove the speedy deletion tag form this aritlce
9. Article Help
10. Where's the talk page?
11. Talk page to Article(Main) page Conversion
12. Population in cities
13. Delhi College of Engineering
14. Problems with category use in User pages
15. monochrome TV transmitter and reciever
16. Trey Hooten
17. Trouble reverting vandalism
18. how to format user page?
19. Copyright

March 31

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 31

1. website hosting
2. Rename 2009 Lahore police academy attacks ?
3. Editor passed away
4. Inaccuracy in Scott Vitale entry
5. Quick question on regexes
6. Wikipedia alphabetization policy
7. Royal Descent
8. External links
9. Luciano Zotti
10. 3G Card
11. Australian Number
12. Editing the title of the page
13. abanded propery law
14. Subject line on the page I entered is not showing up as ALL CAPS like it should.
15. Fixing Infobox template
16. new web pages
17. Deleting your user account
18. chemistry
19. Sciences
20. What do we call articles like this one: