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October 1
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 1
- I am not a coder, but I think I have a major addition to an entry that dates the "oldest surviving wooden structures in Massachusetts"
- When I create an article, why does the title come out in italics?
- how to publish a page from my user space
- Creating and properly referencing a page
- Issues with edits to our wikipedia pages
- Advanced search question
- Tech feature request: high-res images for mathematical formulae
- is it wp:or OR it is an extension of Wikipedia:You don't need to cite that the sky is blue
- Idiot (me!) accidentally hits "patrolled button; how to undo?
- trouble using "move" function
- Can person's entry be deleted if it endangers them?
- Long image name
October 2
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 2
- Genesis 3:21
- Unclear question from 197.210.248.50
- doughs on editing
- Can I take help from Wikipedia article in writing a book?
- problem
- images in an article: Is there a 1 image per section limit? Are extra images a POV problem?
- Galliane
- Ever a reason for a left bracket followed by a space (particularly prior to http:)?
- Request to archive Talk:Verizon Communications
- Pictures
- All My Changes are Gone
- Packing Squares with Side 1/n
- JETGO edit potentially defamatory and posted with malicious intent
- What do you call....
October 3
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 3
- My edits have been falsely tagged as vandalism
- Neville Garrick- Art Director
- EASki wikipedia page
- info is not in B. G. Kher
- Watchlist indication for reverted edits
- What's happened to this reference?
- Brigadier Jerry
- spam blacklist
- Template for future/planned events
- temporary/new/retype password
- Silver star recipient
- Assassination attempt
- Susan G Komen; Breast Cancer Awareness
- Equal sign in Redirect template
- Wierd notification
- wiki pages in different languages
- Changing company logo
- Potentially libellous?
- Benjamin F. Johnson
- report changes being made
October 4
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 4
- Error in entry entitled War on Terror
- wikipedia on google maps
- I am stupid
- Hide TFD notices?
- how to develop a family tree
- Article for deletion
- Institute of Translation and Interpreting page
- New page redirect error
- I am forced to use https
- Development Department
- What's Wikipedia's definition of criminal?
- New Subject Request
- David Dutton Page
- Getting input without forum shopping
- Deleted pages
- Why does the talk page of an article redirect to the talk page of a different article?
- Statistics
- Newbie Q's, can I create an article if I lack of DOB and DOD?
- How can I avoid being redirected to the HTTPS ("secure") site?
October 5
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 5
- Paul Ashwood
- Elision of Animus
- article to generate discussion, cannot follow process to upload
- Batch linking request
- Request a class article on bromofluorocarbons
- Addressing users
- Adding and editing my page on WIkipedia
- lost books of the bible
- Please report readable prose for Fluorine
- HMS kite
- Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton) Regiment
October 6
editOctober 7
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 7
- Need advice on "edit war"
- NE AZ communities
- Redirect page
- How to add a new topic in the Wikipedia?
- Cite fix request
- Hot Cat - making it work
- Jeton Kelmendi
- Archiving
- exoplanation of out of body and near death experiences
- How to enable feedback?
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy Please remove this page
- Copyright of image
- How do i find pages that need spelling/grammar fixes?
- a manuscript to publish in yr journals
- Blue is the Warmest Color
October 8
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 8
- Academics Notability
- redirect a page
- Using software 'mwdumper'
- sirvi or seervi caste community certificate pali zilla which category it belongs
- Can't find recently created article
- deleting a wiki page
- History of gunpowder and gunpowder
- Wikipedia editing policy
- Unwanted page, which is also inaccurate
- Watchlisting pages outside of Wikipedia
- Block or semi-protection?
- Gerard Catholic High School
- starting a new page
- PoIgb template
- Changing an Article Title
- Help with WikiBlame
- dele jegede
- Account
- I've just created a help page
- Notification of changes to my company's page
- Pageview tool missing days although data seems to exist
- Henry F. Holden
October 9
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 9
- Readable prose for Fluorine please
- Attracting outside input
- Essay
- bob grant.actor
- drive-by POV tag search
- Walt Disney Concert Hall
- please dont delete as i elections are coming and i have also updated references.
- List of Grand Theft Auto V characters
- correction for Minneapoli , MN Chief of police
- article re: Social Botany
- How to locate in Wikipedia Material I Published.
- Flag of Canada
- Idea for Wikipedia to Synergize with Open Source Software: Requirements Pages for Articles which are about Sciences, Technologies or Processes.
- Capitalization question
- Searching within an article..
- Viewing own deleted userpages
- Is there a bot/script to remove ELs?
- Editing the entry Quantum Healing
- Permission to use photo from Wikipedia
- purchased an image from Getty Images
- Signature gallery
- Problems with use of <math> tag
- Revision history "thank"
- Editing bias articles
October 10
editOctober 11
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 11
- Please explain the edit filter
- Crooklands
- Virus on source website
- How can people be allowed to lie in Wikipedia? Article 'Charles Towns' belladonna cure
- linking to Wikipedia pages when the text you want to link is different from the headline of the article
- Where to find the boxes in a simple biography
- Removing information
- Leon Roger Payne
- Wikipedia bio on Fernando Fischmann privacy concerns
- Blocked from moving when I shouldn't be?
- Finding problem articles by category
- How to add an article for clean up
- [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 11#Using_ASIN_parameter_in_.7B.7Btl.7CCite_AV_media.7D.7D|Using ASIN parameter in {{Cite AV media}}]]
- Ramtha's School of Enlightenment
- comments to editors
October 12
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 12
- Removal of Unauthorised Religious Images
- Lack of bias and improper linking in Sparkman High School page related to recent student death
- List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1975–79)...under this article I tried to post an entry about a t33 crash in elma. iv got it posted under the 1977 year , 11 feb. its all there, but doesn't look right. can someone fix it..
- Language changed from English
- unanswered edit request
- Putting back site reference I accidentally erased
- Undo 2 or more Versions
- WILLIAMSON AMPLIFIER
- Ann Winterton - parliamentary career
- Sharing WP pages to social websites
- Von Glocken
- Pushpin map help plz!
- Feedback
- asap
- Referencing an article
- Solution for Name Dilemma/Ambiguity
- Copyright violation
- Arnis did not originate from India
- remove
October 13
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 13
- Black Philosophers?
- Missing or empty |title= (help)
- McCann
- Edits to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barry_McCaffrey
- please delete this page
- Asking for Help on a Page
- Why was my article deleted?
- Liccardo using Wikipedia as a campaign mechanism
- What is the first step: A wp:rs or a talkpage consensus?
- Protesting Against the Deletion of a Page
- Editting name on Wikipedia
- Concern regarding another editor
October 14
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 14
- Page title needs changing
- reporting problem with an article WP:International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society
- Cal Smith
- Carrier Strike Group Five Wikipedia-page Update
- citing references
- Hebrew wikipedia editors racism
- Sandbox
- "Biosphere Conciousness"
- Help with the table needed
- Content submission - revised
- Request for unprotection
- Hide Order of Battle list?
- Adding a photo to an infobox issues
- Adding references and citations
- Archive date for Australia's Pandora archive?
- JUNKUNU DANCE
- dele jegede edit
- Pool queue is full
- Edit conflict question
- image upload etc question
- Why do my edits keep getting deleted?
- Political Violence Page
- the praia grande macau
- Help
- guarding an article against malicious editing
October 15
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 15
- flickr2commons
- What is loan mart
- We need advice regarding WP:PLACE
- Forgot my password
- biblical images
- Captcha insanity
- Updating articles/removing warnings
- how to creat a article
- non free image used for an Article for creation/Target Project
- Wiki mess up!
- Martin Caidin
- Re Edits to Comparison of Project Managment Software
- How to post an Article on WikipediA?
- Can you please review my article?
- help
October 16
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 16
- Is the correct parameter |displayauthors= or is it |display-authors= ? The Cite template documentation doesn't agree with the CS1 errors documentation on that issue.
- Correcting Korean Director Kim Jee-woon's name
- How to change the article title?
- United States Senate election in California, 2012
- Can someone please fix some edits I did on 3 articles about 3 different actors?
- Speedy Deletion Flag
- Create Wiki page for internal company only
- Beauty Ngxongo's wikipedia page
- Headline on NCFE page has been changed to Northern Council for Further Education - INCORRECT
- Mladina classification of nasal septal deformities
- Help me
- Carlisle
- Not Sure if my article was submitted for review
- Lana Clarkson images
- Changing an article and verifying information
October 17
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 17
- article is incorrect
- Santa Fe Springs burial
- spelling
- Bogo City - Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
- MIS PRINT ON BRANDON MARSHALL!!!!
- Two articles with same name
- Should be a disambiguation page
- Table format problem
- watchlist for a specific section?
- Etretat
- MediaWiki API: Orphan pages
- Navbox on other pages
- Russian language Wikipedia
- Question about my father
- User pages and Google
- 'about me' page
- Articles created in main-space despite being rejected at Articles for creation
- how can I edit my user name?
- Format for initials
October 18
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 18
- Can I report my employer for editing their own Wikipedia article?
- Minor Location articles in other countries
- Edit page
- Popularity section of Blog article, following up/expanding
- Searching Wikipedia's other languages
- Dooley Wilson, actor
- Horsham, Pennsylvania
- 2014 Kansas Governor race.
- Request for an editor to review the errors on the Whole Foods Market article
- insurance
- Three clicks to get to a footnote
- Correction to AL RAI newspaper Kuwait
- Adam Dreamhealer
- Editing photo caption
- Why am I being constantly logged out?
- How long does it take to register an account? What if I receive no password?
- Where do I ask a BLP notability question?
- Spelling Error
October 19
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 19
- Remove bio
- William Bowes
- Search and Replace
- Domain inactive
- Alumni L. I. U. C. W. Post UNIVERSITY
- articles
- John Hunter (physician)
- Moving an archive page
- Facebook chat
- Major General Sir Michael Creagh
- Mackenzie Lee
- Reversing a redirect
- subject "Epic" not properly represented
- adding a artist
- Misdirected Message
October 20
editOctober 21
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 21
- bolekaja on Dele Jegede
- Start a new entry
- Watchlist filtering of user talk pages
- Asking for article expansion
- from Olga Papkovitch, creator of PopImpressKA
- Mary Elizabeth Hawker (1848 - 1908) - Lanoe Falconer
- Bio-Graph
- Significance of article.
- Hallo i wanto be on your page! wo work wery hard and fore free
- Campden Media
- Search tips for editors
- Incorrectly titled article and a new correct one
- Can't get pdf file to link properly
- I would like to know the difference between English and Francais Wikipedia versions because:
- Vandalism by User:Chriv77?
- we want in
October 22
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 22
- Can't seem to create a thumbnail! Help.
- 15:05, 21 October 2013 Deb (talk | contribs) deleted page Nanda Mallawaarachchi (G2: Test page)
- Reflist Problem
- Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Switzerland
- Reversing a redirect
- Adding content to a previously deleted page.
- Pajala-Ylläs Airport
- Typeface Size
- Brackets Around Reference
- defining custom constants in a wiki page
- New article, but the page with the same name already exists
- Need help with a figure file
- The entire Commons has disappeared (or seems like it)
- Creating an article
- Unclear question
- Is there a rule concerning the deletion of quotes?
- Table with different number of rows in each column?
- Wiki page edits
- XOWA
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Speed of signup
October 23
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 23
- creating an new article with unique page name
- Profanity
- Need to create a topic in Wikipedia
- Correction of an article written on our company
- Help with my signature.
- Saarang
- Professor Jonathan Shepherd
- British Chambers of Commerce
- article
- Pilling's Lock Marina
- Credits on the page about Lone Wolf (gamebooks series)
- I have been trying to add links to our web-site
- About an edit I have made
- Foundations, Institutions and paid advocacy
- User needs help retrieving deleted article from sandbox
- Change Logo
- Compromised account?
- Reverting page name change
- Is this person notable?
- Re-naming a Wikipedia page?
- Non-English sources
- How to remove and add a photo in wikipedia?
- Edit Warring
October 24
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 24
- Interaction ban
- Citing Personal Correspondence?
- Multiple Personal Sandboxes?
- Hateful Content on a Page
- Edits for the page on the Economy of Cyprus
- Linguistic issues
- Quote request
- What is Talk?
- Wikilinks
- Organization Chart
- Copyright
- Article star rating feedback system where is it ?
- The correct Bulembu description
- Copyright question
- >Bad interwiki links
- New formatting of "IP editors"?
- SOROTI UNIVERSITY
- Creating an article 2
- What does a proper sandbox look like
- Not showing up in category
- medication and low blood pressure
- Can this new category be created?
October 25
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 25
- Sappi Fine Paper
- Used a wrong user name while creating account on wikipedia.
- largest malls in india
- Searching within a category
- denada versus De Nada
- Edit the Title of my Company's Wikipedia Page
- How do I change the name of a Wikipedia Category?
- Now that someone has redirected the Connect-a-Ride page, it isn't showing correctly
- Slaight Communications
- RW Johnson
- Eli Harvey
- Photo uploaded for article on Thomas Wakem Caldwell
October 26
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editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 27
- CANTONISTS
- Teahouse Skins
- The Moon is made of green cheese
- Requesting Neutral Arbitration Regarding Speedy Deletion of Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership
- How to lock the posted / edited content in wikipedia
- Uploading a photo
- Proposed food wikilove template
- Boris Duncan is the same person as Ronald Duncan (alpine skier)
- Dobos torte boxes are too long
- Elevation Church & Steven Furtick.
- Vandalism fix
October 28
editOctober 29
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 29
- incomplete information on an article.
- Lead length
- re Book Creator - My book of over 300 pages just disappeared! What do I do? I didn't cancel it! Please Help
- Drummondville Voltigeurs
- Incorrect Information in Article
- Repeated citations in infoboxes
- Duplicate Page - one is incorrect
- looking for stats
- Writing up references
- The astronomical researcher Adnan Al-Shawafi reveals the secret behind the movement of planet Pluto
- A possible gender categorisation issue brewing...
- expired copyright?
- Pablo Picasso error
- Deletion of file
- Editing help
October 30
editWikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2013 October 30
- Eleanor Tomlinson
- New articles
- Not possible to log in using IE8
- please delete article published under my user name
- HOME FARM FC
- Submitted Article
- Why is that policy called Biographies of living persons?
- Adding an image
- John Henderson Sinclair
- samuel h silberkrus
- I would like for an article i found on Russian Wiki to be on English site; bing translation is good
- Image at Bonilla de la Sierra
- ImaCor
- 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards
- Can someone review my article and how can I upload a photo of the person in the article
- Can Korbajram
- My user name was on the Feedback Page, but I did not make the edit