Wikipedia:New contributors' help page/Archive/2009/July

New page User:Floropolou

Hello! I have already created page called CITY College, Affiliated Institution of Sheffield, but it was deleted because the content was too advertizing. I now created a new page called User:Floropolou http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Floropoulou (just for the test) and I am sending to you in order to get second opinion over the content (is it OK or not) and can it be publish in Wikipedia without deleting. If everything is OK, the page should be named CITY College, International Faculty of Sheffiled. I am working for the CITY College, and we would like top have our page at Wikipedia, hence this is a very important for us! Many thanks in advance. Best regards Floropoulou (talk)FloropoulouFloropoulou (talk). —Preceding undated comment added 10:37, 1 July 2009 (UTC).

Hello, judging by your username it seems that you have a conflict of interest. To make sure that our articles stay objective, we highly discourage users from creating articles in which they have a conflict of interest. However, if you submit the article to articles for creation, and a user reviews it, does not find a COI problem, and accepts it, it will be created.Fingerz 10:59, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Floropoulou, you don't seem to understand: you have a severe conflict of interest with regard to CITY College, and should not be creating or editing articles about it! Various other editors have been trying to tell you this at least since last January, and you continue to ignore them. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:48, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

COI editing is strongly discouraged, but not prohibited. As long as the article satisfies guidelines it should be fine. WP:AFC is probably the way to go here. Aditya ^α _ß 15:21, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Chlorodifluoromethane

What is the freezing point of Chlorodifluoromethane?78.154.200.253 (talk) 22:28, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Chlorodifluoromethane. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. Algebraist 22:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Adding picture to profile from public site

I was looking at the page for Alex Kelly (rapist) from Darien Connecticut. As a new user, I cannot upload a picture if I wanted... even if I wanted to, it says I need to own the copyright of the picture. What about using his Connecticut Sex offender registry image? Here is the link. http://www.sor.state.ct.us/pls/sor/wsor$offender.queryview?P_SPBI_ID=432167&Z_CHK=31032 —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheBigBopper80 (talk • contribs) 02:26, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

The SOR main page at http://www.ct.gov/dps/site/default.asp has a copyright notice at the bottom so the image is copyright and not appropriate for uploading to, and using on, Wikipedia. – ukexpat (talk) 03:25, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Girlosophy

I am attempting to create an article on the Girlosophy book series. I cannot seem to find any third party scholarly information on it and most he information I am finding is on the actual Girlosophy website which summarizes the series, or on other book websites that summarize the series. I do not want to be called out for spamming because that is not my intention however as i sad I can find no other places to get information. Is the girlosophy website or sites that summarize the books okay to reference? If you could notify me on my talk page it would be appreciated. Thank you--KayPet (talk) 03:13, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

If there isn't significant coverage in reliable sources, then maybe the series isn't notable -- WP:BK, but I know nothing about the series. – ukexpat (talk) 03:20, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

From what I've read on the publishers page and these other websites named before at least one book of the Girlospohy series has won a Food Media Award, the series is a bestseller and award winning and renowned by multiple celebrities such as Opera. Are these just facts that don't even need sourcing. I noticed that Wikipedia discussed plot summary of fiction books but not non-fiction. Am I able to summarize the content of the series? Would this need sourcing? Would the publishers website or one of the ones I mentioned be okay to use for that purpose?--KayPet (talk) 13:48, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

For matters of notability, winning prizes etc, you cannot rely on the publisher's website as that is a self reference not a reliable source. – ukexpat (talk) 14:42, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Draft Article to b checked

Hi, I have generated an draft article at Stephenpenndb7/Frazer-Nash Consultancy, I would like more experienced people to have a look at the article and offer any advice/edits before the page 'goes live', how do I get people to look at it? Thanks. Stephenpenndb7 (talk) 08:34, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

You need to find references that indicate why this company is notable per WP:CORP. As far as I can see two of the three current references just confirm that deals have been done, they don't speak to notability.  – ukexpat (talk) 14:41, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

new article ?

I am going to submit an article but I want to set the editing permissions to only myself and my editor. How can this be done. I have created my logon id and my editor also has his logon id. We will be setting up a discussion section.

Question #2, is there a way to submit an article for review by WP before publishing it?

Thanks,

Ken —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.7.2.156 (talk) 15:26, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles are freely editable. If you want something only you can edit, you'll have to go elsewhere. Algebraist 15:29, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I'm sorry, but any articles published on Wikipedia are editable by anyone. There is no way to limit who can and cannot edit something (except for page protection, but that is only used rarely). If you are referring to your own personal wiki, then you may want to ask at the MediaWiki support desk. TNXMan 15:30, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict)You will have to make yourself an account before you can create an article, I echo Algebraist and Tnxman307, anyone can edit wikipedia, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 15:31, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Uploading family photograph

I have a family photograph of relevance to an article. The photograph is approx 80 years old and will have been taken professionally, though there is no record of who this photographer is. Does this qualify under Wiki rules for uploading? Milomaisie (talk) 15:02, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Are the people in that picture still alive? If no, then we can't find a free substitute and provided it satisfies fair use conditions, I'd say you can use it.

Cheers!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 15:15, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

BTW, in the US, any work published before 1923 is in the public domain so you might want to check when the picture was taken exactly.

Cheers!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 15:22, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Though as a personal photograph it may not have been "published" anyway, so that public domain rule may not apply. See Wikipedia:PD#Unpublished_works. Gonzonoir (talk) 15:46, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

St Elmo's fire or ball lightning?

In 1946, flying out of Germany through a fierce lightning storm, repeated strikes on the airframe, I encountered a blue glowing ball moving inside the metal-framed aircraft and thus within a Faraday cage. Where do I ask what this was? Royalairforce46 (talk) 16:35, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Try the WP:Reference Desk/Science or WP:Reference Desk/Miscellaneous. Cureden 16:39, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

You may also find more info in our articles on ball lightning, Faraday cages, or St. Elmo's fire. TNXMan 16:43, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

I can't write my own article!

I'm very frustrated. I can't figure out how to actually write an article. There are lots of tutorial articles on how to start one, but I can't find where to go to actually write one. Can somebody please help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sublevel27 (talk • contribs) 23:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Try here. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:25, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia avoids the truth, but accepts obvious P.R..puffery

I have access to a terrific database on brands that covers most of the major brands marketed in the U.S. -- 653 of them. It is based on a recent survey of a demographically representative sample of midscale/upscale 18-54 year old Americans. The survey data has been available since early 2009 and has not been sold to anyone; no one has paid anything for any of the analyzed information. And I do not work for the company that conducted the survey.

As I have shown in the references in my edits, flattering articles have been published about the study in reputable media. I know the intimate details of how the information was collected and how it was analyzed and know that this kind of information is not the kind that normally ever enters the public domain -- except in selected press releases from companies who purchased the information because it showed that they had something to brag about.

I have tried to introduce this rich, unusual, and objective information into four Wikipedia writeups -- A.C. Moore, Bed Bath & Beyond, Canon, and Dannon -- pretty much selected at random. In two cases, the information was accepted and is currently in the Wikipedia articles. In the two other articles, it was flatly rejected, once as advertising for the study (Dannon). In the other case, I asked for an explanation but none was given.

The main reason I have done this is because this is the kind of information to which the public is rarely exposed, but it is the very kind of information that actually alters and shapes the strategies of these huge, powerful companies. For instance, the study attempts to quantify the specific personal aspirations of consumers that subconsciously drive the choice of particular brands over others. This is one powerful way these big companies manipulate consumer behavior.

Also, there is large-sample information that quantifies the actual satisfaction of purchasers/users of each of the 652 brands versus each other -- including comparison of brands from different categories. For instance, Brand A may be better in satisfying consumers than Brand B and C in the category which includes A, B, and C, but all three brands may be doing a poor job (or, a great job) compared to Brands D, E, and F in another category.

I have no doubts about the objectivity, accuracy, or value of this information to consumers or academics -- and also know that they will not find it elsewhere. But apparently Wikipedia is happy to have self-serving company P.R. men write the summaries on their own companies (under the disguise of an anonymous "user name"), but rejects hard-edged, totally objective, scientific, highly valuable/insightful information because of suspicions about "motivations". Who can really accurately "know" the motivations of a total stranger who has written a few paragraphs (i.e., "this is just advertising for the research")? The real questions should be: a) is the information of value to Wikipedia readers? and b)is it objective and accurate? You cannot sell research if you are giving it away freely, as I have in my writeups. You are defeating your own purpose.

Well, there are certainly other means than Wikipedia to make this information freely available to anyone who wants it. And that is where I am proceding now. But I came here first because of my respect for Wikipedia and all the help and great information it has provided me in the past. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brandnerd (talk • contribs) 01:33, 4 July 2009 (UTC)Brandnerd (talk) 01:35, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Swine Flu 2009 - Heading Vaccine

How do you find out why your edit was removed?

05:27, 26 June 2009 (hist) (diff) 2009 flu pandemic ‎ (→Vaccination: possibly a faster vaccine and a prediction of pandemic? Tfcmc (talk) 04:04, 28 June 2009 (UTC)Tfcmc)

Thanks in advance —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tfcmc (talk • contribs) 28 June 2009

I would talk to the user who removed it, Wikiwatcher1 for an explanation. As far I as I can see, he removed it in an edit here, though he was shifting things around at the time, and I'm not sure if the removal of your text was inteneded or not. I'd drop him a note on his talk page, asking why it was removed.Fingerz 04:16, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy reply, Fingerz. I'll ask Wikiwatcher1 for some feedback.Tfcmc (talk) 04:31, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Rule 5

Not for the first time "Rule 5" has been mentioned in the course of a discussion (End of section. I have searched (and asked) with (due ?) diligence for an explanation about Rule 5 but I have had no luck, only advice not to adhere rigidly to rules. HELP! (Please/thanks)--Damorbel (talk) 15:22, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

I could be very wrong on this one, but is it possible that SBHB was talking about WP's fifth pillar?

Cheers!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 15:30, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

I like it! I think user Boris is just trying to impress a relative newcomer with his magic powers, rather like the Wizard of Oz--Damorbel (talk) 14:36, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

which is the first well educated and well developed community in the world's history

waiting for answer —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashvin.Varde (talk • contribs) 10:04, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but your question appears to be a homework question, which unfortunately, we we can't answer for you. If are stuck on a concept or specific part of your homework, feel free to ask at the reference desk, as they answer specific knowledge questions. You may also want to search Wikipedia for the answer. TNXMan 13:49, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Special Education in the Philippines

Philisophy of Education "Education shall develop citizens who believe in God, love their country and fellowmen, and actively participate in building a just Filipino society and in conserving and developing in the nation's human and material resources." The stae shall promote the right of every individual to relevant quality education. The state shall therefore promote and maintain equality of access to education as well as the enjoyment of the benefits of educatin by all its citizens.(BP Blg.232) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.4.8.51 (talk) 16:37, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our roughly three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. – ukexpat (talk) 16:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Pulinhal

Pulinhal is one of beautiful village in Wayanad district in the Indian state of Kerala. The land lies on the hill land and the Valley of Banasura Mountain. Pulinhal is one attracting with mountain and paddy fields. So pulinhal got into the tourist map of Kerala. In the village living some aboriginal named Kurichiyar,Paniyar and Kadar. Some old home and Thayepalli Masjid are expressing the old artworks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pulinhalshareef (talk • contribs) 17:03, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I'm assuming you think Wikipedia should have an article on Pulinhal. You can write your own! See Your first article and make sure you have factual claims that are verifiable with reliable sources. Further questions? let me know! Fleetflame 17:14, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

proving a a bands sponsorship

how can i prove a band is a bands sponsored? i have a page that i am going to edit and i want to make sure everything is in line before i make a page so i do not have to remove anything so please get back with me on this, its really all i need —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dirtdawg666 (talk • contribs) 15:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

It will need confirmation by citing a reliable source. – ukexpat (talk) 15:38, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Cayenne pepper vs ground red pepper

Is there a difference between Cayenne pepper and ground red pepper?20:03, 5 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.101.134.149 (talk)

See our article on Cayenne pepper; if that doesn't answer your question, try asking at the Reference Desk. This page is for help using the English Wikipedia. Fleetflame 20:20, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

promotional purposes and automated bots??

I am being accused of placing information for promotional purposes - but this is not the case! The articles that I have linked to are legitimate, medically and peer-reviewed articles that contain accurate and relevant information. How do I need o prove that this is not for advertising but for true referencing?

Also, it was suggested that I was including spam as one of my links was reverted by an automated bot. How can I prevent this in the future as the site I was linking to complies with the rules for external links?

Thanks - I am still trying to learn about the editing and want to make sure that I do it correctly!

Can you please answer me via my talk page? Thanks!

BirthControlExpert (talk) 04:34, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

It appears that About sites are on the local spam blacklist. I'm not sure why that is - the blacklist is a confusing thing for me - but you may wish to discuss it either at User talk:XLinkBot or at the MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist page. Tony Fox (arf!) 05:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

I believe that About sites are not considered reliable sources, and indeed often draw from Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical college

I want to create a featured article and an individual page for our new medical college " Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical college". i have write an article about it "Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical college and Hospital".... But how can i open a full page about it?? Please resolve the problem...... Suprokash (talk) 09:44, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

You have created an article at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital. I am not sure what you mean by a "full page". A featured article must, at minimum, conform to Wikipedia's standards for style, layout and formatting; the article that you have started does not follow these standards. You can read Wikipedia:Manual of Style for more information on style standards, and look at how other articles are laid out - Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre is a good example. Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:Starting an article are useful guides to writing articles. When you have read these, you can go on to Wikipedia:Writing better articles and Wikipedia:Article development. Gandalf61 (talk) 10:25, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

fffffffff

how to create my own page on wiki tell me plssss —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.125.230.171 (talk) 11:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:43, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

If you want to practise editing or make test edits, try the sandbox. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

{{help me}}

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Carisab (talk • contribs)

What sort of question did you have? TNXMan 20:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Maybe something to do with User:Carisab/Greenview Regional Hospital? – ukexpat (talk) 21:10, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Correction for St. Louis Journalism Review

I made some changes to the Media entry under "St. Louis, MO" but when I checked the corrections were not made.

The following correction was made:

".... St. Louis Journalism Review (SJR) [www.sjreview.org] founded by Charles L. Klotzer in 1970. He gave it to Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri, in 1995. Ownership was returned to Klotzer in 2006, who created an independent board that year."

These changes corrected the link and SJR's situation.

This was written by Charles L. Klotzer, the founder.

Review18 (talk) 22:06, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

The post here is the only edit by your account and there are no recent edits to St. Louis, Missouri#Media, so it appears you didn't save your edit. You are a new user and tried to add an external link, so after clicking "Save page" there would have been a screen where you had to answer a CAPTCHA before your edit was saved. But you have a conflict of interest so you should suggest your edit on Talk:St. Louis, Missouri for review by uninvolved editors. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:12, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

I need your help!

Sir/Mam:

I was arrested in brooklyn ny on a warrant issued by a superior court of the state of new jersey. After execution of the warrant, I was transported to rockland county new york and charged with being a fugitive from justice from the state of new jersey. The aforementioned warrant of which i was arrested, was the same new jersey warrant, used as evidence, to charge me with being a fugitive from new jersey. I did seventeen years six months behind that arrest.I now come to learn that my daughter was born with HIV. And now i need to return to the US. Can this msg be passed on to the US Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama, in light of some expedicious process that i could return many thanks in advance.

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our roughly three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. TNXMan 12:56, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

We cannot help you as we cannot give legal advice or anything that could be viewed as legal advice. – ukexpat (talk) 14:04, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Content, code. and adding sources

Let me introduce myself. My name is Linicx and I live in the Peoria MSA area. I enjoy the minor edits and I am learning from research. I do not mean to be critical; writing is not easy. What I find about my particular area, is confusing sentences and misunderstood facts. I do not understand Wiki code, yet, or how to add a source.

I need to do a little more research on some of the areas. One of the most confusing I read about in the last two days is a Township and a City that are one in the same. I need to research when the township was founded. The way the article is written, it reads like this City is new. City status was granted 16 years ago, but before it, the area was a township that was settled prior to 1930 when the fire department was first organized.

Another quirky article states a particular village in located in three counties. Factually it is the village and two counties that jointly or co-jointly own an island in the middle of a river that is policed by the State rather than the counties.

There is the matter of a particular area that does extend into two counties that jointly maintain the area. I also found a county seat that is alleged to be located in one or more counties. Not this county seat or city. I suspect the writer confused it with the old unincorporated, unnamed area nearby..

But there is a city in the Peoria MSA that is one of the few in the United States that is not only divided by a river, it is located in two counties. The Peoria MSA has an amazing amount of history. Getting ti right is not always easy.

Directions or suggestions are greatly appreciated. My goal is to improve, not denigrate the work of others. Linicx (talk) 02:33, 8 July 2009 (UTC).

For sourcing please see WP:RS and for help with citing those sources please see WP:CITE. – ukexpat (talk) 03:19, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

View disabled images

Hi I am a frequent Wikipedia viewer. Recently i disabled the common images in the Wikipedia main page by mistake. I am unable to view images anymore. Please help me with how I should enable all the common Wikipedia page images?203.199.199.60 (talk) 04:55, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

I reckon you are using Firefox? If so, do the following (I use FF in French so my translation of the names are approximate):

• Go to "tools" (Outils)
• Go to "options" (Options..)
• Go to "content" (Contenu)
• Go to "exceptions" (Exceptions) next to "load the images automatically" (Charger les images automatiquement)
• Remove Wikipedia from the block list.

Hope this helped.

Cheers!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 13:17, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

FWIW, your translations are spot on, except that English has simply "load images automatically", sans the "the" :) Gonzonoir (talk) 13:45, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Hahaha, good to know! :D

Cheers mate!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 13:29, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

golf game question

Hello- - - what are the rules for a foursome golf scramble game called "Fallback"- -- - I think it is if the team gets a bogey on a hole they tee off from the next closest tee- - - if they get a birdie on hole they move back one tee- -- please help for I am in charge of a tournament and I want a new game format. Bill Fisher —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bfisher4 (talk • contribs) 04:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:24, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Can you create pages?

On wikipedia can users create pages for subjects that aren't already in wikipedia?Minun312 (talk) 13:42, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

You can, but there are certain rules and guidelines that need to be followed. See the templated message below this for more info.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. TNXMan 13:45, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Please HELP getting me started! I need to create a page...

I've looked at the tutorials, I've looked at the 'first-time contributor' page, I've looked at FAQ etc etc etc. AND I can't find a page or a tab or a drop-down menu or anything that indicates "SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A NEW PAGE?" type of starting point. HOW THE HECK DO I GET STARTED? HELP

KENebel (talk) 17:05, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Go here. Scroll down to the bottom where there is section header that says "Inputbox" and follow the directions. If you have questions, just let us know. TNXMan 17:20, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I believe your question is "How do I actually create the page?". It's simple really - you click a red link, or search for an article that does not exist, then you start typing (or alternately, go to Help:Starting_a_new_page). If you've read through WP:FIRST (Your first article), then you might want to peruse WP:CSD. After you're sure you have an article that can survive CSD, you can create it. Personally, though, I prefer creating the article in a word processor or in my user sub-page first. Happy editing! Intelligentsium 17:24, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

posting an article on 'the author of Hebrews' list

What are the steps to posting an article on the question of 'who wrote the book of Hebrews'? I am a new user and need to know. Thanks :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Another idea (talk • contribs) 18:35, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I believe we already have articles that deal with the subject. You may be interested in perusing Epistle to the Hebrews and Authorship of the Pauline epistles. The latter, in particular, seems to relate to your question. The best idea is to suggest your changes on the article's talk page and see what other editors think. TNXMan 18:40, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Legal question

Dear Sir,Kindly help and advise me ,In short:In my case pending before high court in Hyderabad India the judge intentionally recorded a unfounded and false statement of subordinate judiccial officer I am a retired person how to take action for such unchallengeable criminal act of a sitting high court judge ,under UK constitution or international law etc thanks with regards Mr.Shabahat H Khan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.235.48.164 (talk) 02:45, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

We cannot give legal advice, please consult a lawyer. – ukexpat (talk) 03:06, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

how do I delete an article from "my contributions"?

I want to delete these articles and have not yet published them. The right mouse button does not bring up a delete function.

Thanks,

Ken —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwiki777 (talk • contribs) 23:12, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Once you've created an article, you've given up any right to delete it. If you are the only person who has contributed to it, you can request that it be deleted by posting {{db-author}} at the top of the page and saving it. If it's a subpage in your own userspace, use db-user instead of db-author. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:26, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

This user is probably referring to User:Kwiki777/The Challenges Facing Biblical Teachings in Our Modern Society. As it is in user space, it can be tagged for deletion with {{db-user}}. – ukexpat (talk) 14:21, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm

Is it technically possible for lightning to strike an airplane?

Icanhasaccount (talk) 05:59, 9 July 2009 (UTC) Icanhasaccount

Hi! This page is for questions relating to using Wikipedia. I copied your question to the Science reference desk - that's where all the experts on questions on everything else live. — QuantumEleven 09:21, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

And yes it is. Happened to me on a flight from Heathrow to New York. Loud bang, no damage, flight proceeded as normal. – ukexpat (talk) 14:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Mirror Neuron Receptor Deficit

This term was originated by the American psychiatrist, Mark Goulston (1948-) and first desribed in his book, "Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through Absolutely Anyone" (AMACOM, 2009) to describe what occurs when a person spends time "mirroring," "caring," or conforming to the psychological or emotional or even direct needs of another person or situation and develops a hunger to have such caring returned. Mirror neurons are the part of the brain that are activated when we watch, imitate or even imagine what someone else is doing. This part of the brain actually believes that you are doing the activity you are watching or imagining. To this part of the brain, visualizing the flight of a golf or tennis ball is the same as hitting it.

Goulston's theory is based on his many years of clinical experience and posits that the more you care about others, the more it creates a hunger to be cared about in return. In other words the more that mirror neurons mirror the outside world, the more they seek to be mirrored by the outside world. He explains that this is why people tear up when someone in the world understands them, cares for them, or is kind to them, etc.

That also explains the power of "tear jerker" scenes to evoke strong emotional responses in many movies. For instance in the iconic movie, "Field of Dreams," Ray Kinsella (the character played by Kevin Costner) has always wanted to connect to the father of his youth. At the end of the movie, Kinsella picks up a glove and ball and finally says, "Dad, want to have a catch?" At that moment his father, John, recognizes Costner as his son and agrees. Also at that moment, the audience (especially men) cries their hearts out.

Goulston contends that the spontaneous outpouring and "happy" pain at such moments is an expression of release and relief when momentarily, the mirror neuron receptor deficit is eliminated.

<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Just-Listen-Discover-Getting-Absolutely/dp/0814414036</ref> "Just Listen"

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Markgoulston (talk • contribs) 05:05, July 9, 2009 (UTC)

Hi! It looks like you were trying to create a new article. Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. — QuantumEleven 09:38, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Picture

hi how do i insert a picture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RDP67029 (talk • contribs) 08:14, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Check out Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. — QuantumEleven 09:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical college - correct page title

I made a page.... named 'Shaheed suhrawardy Medical college'.... But i want to capitalised the 's' of Suhrawardy and 'c' of college.... Is it possible.......... Can the Wikipedia editors can change it please???? Please solve my problems...........Suprokash (talk) 12:54, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I have done it for you - renaming a page is called "moving" on Wikipedia, and you can find out all about it at Help:Moving a page. Welcome to Wikipedia! — QuantumEleven 12:58, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Amos

what does it mean "a dresser of sycamores" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roofboy (talk • contribs) 13:32, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Amos. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. TNXMan 13:41, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Help: My new article

Hi all, I am a new user and I am not particularly technical. I am slightly overwhelmed by all the jargon. I have managed to create a new article entitled 'Docklands Sinfonia'. It is currently in my new contributions. But I have no idea whether it is 'live' or not. I have just tried edited a page where Docklands Sinfonia is mentioned to set up a wikipedia link to my new article. But the line has turned red (which I think means that my article doesn't exist yet). I have also recently put Docklands Sinfonia into search and there is no reference to it. Could someone advise me. I keep reading that I need to move it. But I have no idea where to? Thank you for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Woobles (talk • contribs) 14:36, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

You have created the article in your user-space. It has to be moved to the mainspace. Without the weird words, that simply means, you have to remove the User:Woobles/ part from the name. After you click the move tab at the top of the page, you can enter the new name in the appropriate box. I didn't read he article thoroughly, but I'm not sure if it qualifies Wikipedia's notability guidelines (the article is likely to be deleted if this is the case). Chamal ^talk 14:48, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I've moved it. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:48, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Thank you to Orangemike for moving it. Very grateful. I'd be interested to find out why Chamal N thinks it does not qualify. I have lots of independent references to back up the article. Many thanks for all your help and patience.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Woobles (talk • contribs)

As I said, I didn't read it thoroughly; my mistake. But it looks all right with the media coverage and awards. Your references are not all reliable sources btw (we don't usually use blogs for reference, for instance), so it would be good if you can add some better references. Chamal ^talk 15:00, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Chamal N! That is very helpful. I guess I just cross my fingers now and hope wikipedia doesn't delete it?-- 15:11, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello again. I have accidently deleted a warning box about my article's lack of inline citations. Sorry. I would like to insert some (most of my material can be verified in the various articles listed in the source section), but I have tried and failed to do this. I have read the tutorials and can insert refs, but I don't know how to cross check that to the articles in the sources section.--Woobles (talk) 17:04, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:CITE. I added {{reflist}} to the article -- you need that template to display the inline refs.  – ukexpat (talk) 18:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

deleted user names

I had just created a different account, but was told that my username was innapropriate by "orangemike." I do understand why- it was circulation foundation. The question I wanted to ask was- how do I contact Orangemike or intellgentsium? As I was invited to discuss it but could find no way to do this! Sorry for rambling- Many thanksAntimaccassarsrock (talk) 16:20, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Per our username policy, explicit use of a company name in a username is prohibited. The name you have now appears to be OK. If you would like to contact either editor, use Orangemike's talk page or Intelligentsium's talk page. I would also encourage you to read our info on conflict of interest. TNXMan 16:34, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

How do I create a page in Wikipedia?

I would like to create a page in Wikipedia that explains what my company, TEC Edmonton, is. How does a person create a page to add to Wikipedia? Tecedmonton (talk) 21:49, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Algebraist 21:51, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Ethiopia-United States Mapping Mission

I'm still a little unfamiliar with how Wikipedia works. I thought I submitted my first article this morning, entitled "Ethiopia-United States Mapping Mission." I see that I still can't find it published when I search for it, and I haven't received any messages from editors or anything. Does it just take a while, or am I missing something or some steps?

Thanks,

Bill (talk) 02:27, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

It is located here: Ethiopia-United States Mapping Mission. If you get lost like this again, you can click the "my contributions" tab at the top of the page. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:29, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Saved edits are visible immediately but it takes some time before the search index is updated and changes can be found by the search function. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:42, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Swaffham Prior railway station

Resolved

 – Article rescued by User:DGG. – ukexpat (talk) 03:54, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi guys, i got a message saying my new Article wasnt acceptable, whats so bad about it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Valizar (talk • contribs) 22:53, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Any "article" which begins, "I'm guessing..." is self-condemned from the start. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:58, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Can someone not ignore all rules and speedy delete that? – ukexpat (talk) 03:09, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

New Article help?

I am very new to Wikipedia. I read the tutorial and wrote a new article. When I saved it.. it disappeared and I can't find it anywhere. I believe I had enough information and credible sources... and was going to continue to edit it.. but when I type in my subject Jack. A. Apsche it does not exist. I can't even find it when I log in to my account. can someone please help me? I am very confused navigating this! Thank you!Nimhits (talk) 13:37, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but it does not look like you have created an article. The only contribution your account has is the question you just asked. Is it possible that you did not click the "save page" button and clicked "preview page" instead? TNXMan 13:39, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Did you create the article before you logged in? If so, it may be attributed to your IP address - do you know your IP address, we may be able to find the article that way. — QuantumEleven 14:33, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, anonymous users cannot create articles. They can submit suggestions to the articles for creation page, but must have an account to create an article on their own. TNXMan 14:35, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Oops - my bad! — QuantumEleven 10:21, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I am not sure what is going on. I sat up reading the tutorial last night and must be missing something. I re submitte dmy article and type din the spam code and then hit save page. then nothing! Where do I find my IP address so I can answer your question? Sorry for being such a pain. I thank youf or your help and patience with me. Nimhits (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:38, 9 July 2009 (UTC).

You weren't logged in as Nimhits when you did that, so the article creation didn't stick. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:50, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

If you want to try creating your article again, you might like to do so in a personal sandbox rather than put it straight into the mainspace. That way you can work on it bit by bit, saving it as you go, and you won't be in danger of losing all your work or having the article nominated for deletion before it's ready for publication. To do this, click on the link User:Nimhits/Sandbox, type into the page that appears, and then save it. If you do this, and need help moving your work into the mainspace when it's ready, just ask. Karenjc 21:41, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Can an admin/editor please review my first article before I release it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rplal120/Urtak

Hello. This is the first article I've written, and not wanting it to get deleted immediately, I thought it would be a good idea for a Wikipedia admin to take a look at it and see if it's good enough for prime time. Thanks! Rplal120 (talk) 04:15, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I think its ready to me moved to the mainspace. It's not perfect, but the idea is to let other editors help out. The important thing is that I can see clear references to substantive, independent, reliable sources, which is the basis for the general notability guide. I think this one is ready to "go live". If you have been here at least 4 days and have at least 10 edits, you can move it to the mainspace using the "move" tab yourself. If you need help doing this, just ask here, and someone can do the hard bits for you. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:59, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Although not perfect (As stated above.), there should be no concern of it getting tagged CSD. It seems to have all it needs to fall under the "Stub" article rank. Harlem675 06:44, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I have moved it to Urtak, but the referencing needs more work. I don't see "significant coverage" in reliable sources. – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

vodka

does consumption of vodka leads to impotencyJHANTE (talk) 07:28, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. — QuantumEleven 10:11, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Copyright infringement?

I revised the article and deleted the URL. Also deleted a segment that I think came across as a form of advertising. I think this is much more informationally based now. Can you adivise?

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital is a 248-bed facility in the Village of Port Jefferson, Township of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. It is home to an Emergency Pavilion, a state-of-the-art Ambulatory and Inpatient Surgical Pavilion and a Medical Office Building, all on a 35-acre campus.

The hospital's historic original structure, which was completed and opened in in 1929, remains as the centerpiece of the expanded campus at the hospital's central courtyard. It's grand pillar architecture serves as a symbolic testament that Mather Hosptal continues to be a cornerstone and pillar of the Port Jefferson community.

John T. Mather

John Titus Mather was a successful local shipbuilder in Port Jefferson in the early part of the 20th century. When he died in 1928, his will outlined his wishes for the care of his family, his loved ones and his community. His will instructed his executor to "Incorporate under the laws of the State of New York a non-sectarian charitable hospital, to be located in said village of Port Jefferson ... so designed and constructed as to permit future enlargement, assuming that future needs may justify such action ... It is my sincere hope that the citizens of Port Jefferson and vicinity will give their liberal and devoted support to said institution and endeavor to make it a success and a credit to the community."

On December 29, 1929, Mr. Mather's wishes were realized with the opening of the first general hospital in the Town of Brookhaven. With 54 beds, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital was fully equipped with what was considered the finest X-ray, laboratory and surgical technology available. The Emergency Room was just that -- a room with a single bed.

Hospital’s Historic Growth In accordance with Mr. Mather's wishes, the hospital bearing his name has grown along with the Town of Brookhaven. In August of 1962, a new wing was dedicated, giving the Hospital a new surgical suite, emergency facility, intensive care unit and a total of 110 beds.

In 1973, Mather Hospital undertook another expansion project, adding a new psychiatric unit and the most advanced electronic monitoring equipment for coronary care and the intensive care unit. This expansion brought the total number of beds in the hospital to 203.

Ten years later came another new wing, along with extensive renovation of the existing building and new equipment. John T. Mather Memorial Hospital had now grown to 223 beds, and by 1997, it stood at its present bed count of 248.

On-Site Facilities In 2008, Mather Hospital unveiled its latest innovation—two state-of-the-art operating rooms with touch-screen command, multi-view LCD monitors, computerized surgical navigation systems and among other integrated advancements in surgical technology. The operating rooms further enable physicians and surgical teams to provide high-quality care to patients and are especially suited for advanced laparoscopic, orthopedic and total joint replacement procedures.

Time and technology have certainly transformed John T. Mather Memorial Hospital far beyond its namesake’s dreams. However, the spirit and mission of the hospital’s founding benefactor remains – at the hospital’s heart; to provide high quality healthcare for the people of the community. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pregina (talk • contribs) 15:21, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Leaving aside the copyright issue which I cannot check, the tone is still promotional and unencyclopedic. I have highlighted some of the problem text in italics. If you want to work on this further I will copy the text to a user subpage for you, rather than you working on it here. Let me know.  – ukexpat (talk) 16:40, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Reference list for my article

I have open a page SHAHEED SUHRAWARDY MEDICAL COLLEGE..... But now wikipedia wanted reference list for the details i have entered... But i have got few reference and that not enough... Please help me to find the reference for my article.... Please send me how can i find the reference list for SHAHEED SUHRAWARDY MEDICAL COLLEGE whose previous name was BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA MEDICAL COLLEGE......... Please help me.......Suprokash (talk) 15:33, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:RS for guidance as to what constitutes a reliable source for Wikipedia purposes. Note that other Wikipedia articles should not be used as references. – ukexpat (talk) 16:34, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Adding Copywritten Photos

If you get permission from the person who owns the copy write, to post a picture on Wikipedia, can you post it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Windows2000bug (talk • contribs) 17:42, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Head over to this page and follow the directions. If you have questions, just let us know. TNXMan 17:48, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Or WP:IOWN. – ukexpat (talk) 18:24, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

to use the template or not

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 03:52, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

In the article Phyllanthaceae, references 5 and 20 are identical. I did not know how to cite the source again without copying it. I was able to cite some of the other sources repeatedly because they were in another format. What do you think is the best solution? 128.171.106.205 (talk) 19:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and fixed it if you don't mind. Should you encounter this in the future, all you have to do is to give one source a name (i.e. change it from <ref> to <ref name= ''whatever you want to name it''>. Then next time you want to use the source, just put <ref name= ''whatever you want to name it''/>.

Cheers mate!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 20:15, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

See WP:NAMEDREFS. – ukexpat (talk) 20:16, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I like the way you fixed it. Simple and easy, but i don't think i would have thought of it.

Also, i would like to thank ukexpat for directing me to the relevant information. 128.171.106.187 (talk) 01:24, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Template

Hi, i'm new but i've been editing as an IP for years, and I've recently discovered "templates", or those "{{}}" things. How do I make my own? Thanx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucretion (talk • contribs)

See Help:Template. Some templates are complicated. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:26, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Online Activation Windows XP

I have been trying to activate my Windows XP on line for the past 3 days - but the telephone numbers are not connecting - please help me with Microsoft's email contact so I can write to them about my problem- Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugrac (talk • contribs) 07:46, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article Windows XP. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. Spitfire^Tally-ho! 08:30, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Find out

some body used my flowing yahoo id "<blanked email address>" and delated some important mail. how i will find out it/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Animate citizen (talk • contribs) 01:42, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're asking. Did someone break into your email account? If so, you may want to ask at the computing reference desk, as this desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. TNXMan 01:47, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Warren G. Bennis

I note two errors/contradictions re this biography

1) I was a Student @ Antioch College for four years with Warren (1947-51), @ the time, a close friend. 2) We roomed in the same dormitory for @ least a year. 3) I was 18 while Warren was a returning WWII veteran. 4) Error: I believe Warren was married while @ Antioch to a student named Lucille Rose. Thus, he was married 4 times not 3 as his bio states... I have no proof of this, but this is what he told me. 5) Error: He could not have been born in 1928 as that would have made him only a year older than myself. Also, consider his biography states his enlistment of 1943 into the army. Fifteen years old does not compute. Elsewhere in the bio his birth date is listed as 1925, which is probably correct. Warren was a very friendly & endearing & interesting friend to an eighteen year old.

I might add that it is quite obscure as to how to make this kind of contact/information available to Wikipedia.

personal acquaintance over a 4 year period.  Check Antioch records to confirm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.56.1.79 (talk • contribs) 

You see, the problem is we have to especially careful with biographies. We need some reliable sources before we can make any change or it will be OR. However, you can discuss that at the article's talk page.

Cheers mate!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 12:06, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

User interface

Resolved

Appears to have been answered correctly. Harlem675 10:16, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Why, when you start Wikipedia, does it not by default automatically position the cursor in the search box? Most other aplications place the cursor in the most appropriate place on the page when it starts - why not here?

Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.117.5 (talk) 17:09, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

If you create yourself an account then you will be able to make the cursor postion on the search box ,when you load wikipedia, via Preferences —> Gadgets. Please ask if you have any questions about this. Spitfire^Tally-ho! 17:14, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page#Why doesn't the cursor appear in the search box, like with Google? PrimeHunter (talk) 19:34, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

nithin roy

He, The Orkut Nithin Roy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nithinroy (talk • contribs) 10:25, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

This is a place to get help with editing and finding your way around Wikipedia. Do you have a question? PrimeHunter (talk) 11:43, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Genetics

Many of the colour varieties of summer squash are determined by several interacting loci(epistasis): AA- or Aa- give white no matter what allele is present at the second locus, aaBB or aaBb give yellow, and aabb produces green. Assume that two fully heterozygous plants are crossed. Give the phetnotypes (with frequencies) of the offspring.--155.239.118.13 (talk) 17:12, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Please add your information to the article on Summer squash; please give a reference to show where the information comes from. For help with the ref, see my own little guide, user:chzz/help/ref. Cheers!  Chzz  ►  18:03, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to the Wikipedia new contributors' help desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here to not do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems. Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know. Thank you. Intelligentsium 20:58, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Balispirit marked for deletion

I believe that I now have content that is not considered advertising for this amazing cultural festival. How do I republish to have the editorial comments removed? BKF99 (talk) 22:17, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

You can edit the article at Balispirit Festival to improve it and make it written from a neutral point of view. Does that answer your question? I'm not quite sure what you are asking... — QuantumEleven 11:23, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

2008-2009 Manitoba Moose Roster

I have created the 2008-2009 Manitoba Moose Roster. Under the "Other Manitoba Moose Rosters", the title is too big and centered. How Do I get the title smaller, and aligned to the left. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr. Wilkins (talk • contribs) 04:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I improved your page by using Wikipedia markup - you can read about it at How to edit#Wiki markup, at Wikipedia we use a standardised markup to ensure all the articles have a consistent look. — QuantumEleven 07:33, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

jpegs

Wikipedia assumes a level of competence in its help pages which I don;t yet have.

Nothing makes any sense at all and I am floundering around, I fear.

I have a jpeg which I'd like to offer for discussion on a talk page. I know there are reams of restictions on these things, none of which I understand fully or at all, and it would be good to know how to put this up for discussion first without publishing it. If it's deemed useful, then maybe someone might help me with how to actually publish it, but for now I can't even work out a way of putting it onto the talk pages

I've got my degree and all that, but I'm feeling that you need a 1st honours geek degree from MIT to be able to manage Wikipedia editing

Thanks Songhouse (talk) 17:20, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

First things first - who owns the copyright to the image in question, or if you don't know, what is its source? – ukexpat (talk) 18:08, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Cake or a bicycle?

My 8 yr old son asked which came first: the cake or a bicycle? thanks for your help 10:54, 15 July 2009 (UTC)~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.198.250.101 (talk)

Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.

But I'm sure they'll tell you that cakes, which were being burnt at least as far back as Alfred the Great, predate the 19th century bicycle. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

In jeopardy of being deleted

Resolved

 – User blocked, fate of article being discussed at Afd. – ukexpat (talk) 14:47, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

I recently set up an article for the award winning artist, Karl Wilkes, that I am working for. However, I fear that the article that I just created is going to get deleted. I'm not exactly sure how I need to edit the page in order to ensure this doesn't happen. He has a credible website, www.wilkesgalleryinc7.com, and I'm not sure if that needs to be incorporated into the article in order for it not to be deleted. Also, I uploaded a picture of him that he took himself and I'm not sure what type of copyright citation I need to include. Please help, I would really appreciate it! Kwilkesgallery (talk) 14:01, 15 July 2009 (UTC)Kwilkesgallery

You shouldn't create articles for people you work for. See WP:COI. Algebraist 14:06, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Weight question

how to get weight for a man? Pengxianzhou (talk) 04:51, 16 July 2009 (UTC)--Pengxianzhou (talk) 04:51, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Put him on a scale? I am not sure I understand your question. If you have a general knowledge question, you should ask it at the Reference Desks. --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 04:53, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

POVERTY

I WAS INTERESTED IN THE STATE OF POVERTY IN SOME MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES AND SO I WANTED TO EXAMINE THEIR GINI COEFFICIENTS AND PROPORTIONS OF POPULATION LIVING UNDER ONE DOLLAR, TWO DOLLARS A DAY, ETC. I COLLECTED SOME DATA FROM WIKIPEDIA FOR ANALYSIS AND I AM BAFFLED BY THE FACT THAT SOME COUNTRIES THAT HAVE FAIRLY LOW PUBLISHED GINI COEFFICIENTS ALSO HAVE UNUSUALLY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THEIR POPULATION LIVING UNDER ONE DOLLAR OR UNDER TWO DOLLARS. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? SOME EXAMPLES ARE NIGERIA, INDONESIA AND INDIA. FOR EXAMPLE, IF AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN NIGERIA IS $2000 AND 85% OF THE POPULATION LIVE ON LESS THAN $2 A DAY ($730 A YEAR) THEN THE REMAINING 15% SHOULD EARN EXTREMELY HIGH INCOME FOR THE AVERAGE TO BE $2000, WHICH SHOULD RAISE THE GINI BEYOND THE PUBLISHED 0.44. I SHALL APPRECIATE SOME FEEDBACK ON THIS. MANY THANKS. REGARDS,

SAM MENSAH —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.21.181.12 (talk) 05:52, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. Also, please don't type in ALL CAPS, it's the equivalent of shouting and is considered rude. — QuantumEleven 07:13, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Can I interpret?

I want to edit the article on the giant bandicoot. On a website, there is a picture of the giant bandicoot, and it is gray. The website does not specifically say that the giant bandicoot is gray, but in the wikipedia article, I want to write that it is. How can I write that the animal is gray, and cite the source, while avoiding legal trouble?

Thegoldenconciseencyclopediaofmammals (talk) 18:18, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

This sounds like a non-controverial edit. Cite the source, and see if no one objects to your reading of that source. If someone DOES object, then don't make a big stink over it, instead leave the controversial bit out until a better source can be found. Read WP:BRD; the important thing is that once an edit has been challenged that you do NOT redo the edit until the issues that led to the challenge have been worked out. --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 18:26, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Loading Pictures

Hello. I am creating my user subpage. I would like to eventually load this as an article, but am doing it on a subpage beforehand to collect all appropriate references, etc.

I am trying to upload a logo onto Wikipedia to use in my subpage/eventual article. It says I have to be autoconverted, which I don't think I am. I did read on Wikipedia that someone can upload the logo for me.

I've been redirected all over the place on Wikipedia when it comes to tagging the photo, finding copyright info for the photo, how to load it, etc. and to be honest, the infomration is disjointed and certainly not in one coherent place to learn how to do it easily. There is also not very clear information about the Common area and how to load photos there.

Is there a way a Wiki editor could load the logo for me and tell me how to put it on my page? It's a company logo that I know for certain I have permission to use at my discretion for professional purposes. Honestly, I don't know what classification of permission you would qualify it as seeing as the definitions are unclear and this logo could qualify under several. Depending on the page I read, the definitions are different. But I know I have permission.

Could an editor contact me and help me upload the logo? And show me how to put it on my user subpage?

Thanks, Liz Abrams WikiTyper2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiTyper2009 (talk • contribs) 14:00, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Your account must be autoconfirmed (4 days old and 10 edits) before you can WP:UPLOAD. See WP:LOGO for guidelines on logo use and WP:IMAGES for coding assistance. I would be happy to help - please leave a message on my talk page with the details. Three other pages to read about company articles on Wikipedia -- WP:CORP, WP:RS and WP:SPAM.  – ukexpat (talk) 14:25, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Upload Photo

i would like to know that how i can upload photo in google earth let suppose i want to upload my village photo eg:there are schools,canal,graveyard,market, fields,mosque. plese help me to solve this severe problem —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.71.33.99 (talk) 21:54, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

At the bottom of the Google Earth page are several lines including (C)2009 TeleAtlas - so that is not possible to copy and upload as it would be a copyright violation.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:10, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Mt Everest article possible corection

Surely you can come up with a title to offer users who think there may be an error for you to check?

Whilst attending a SE Asian people's programme in Des Moines, IA, in the month of May(?), 2009, I talked w/ a person manning the Nepal booth. There was information there purporting that the first Sherpa woman to climb Mt Everest was killed on the way down. She was in her 20s or 30s. The country even produced a stamp w/ her likeness/picture on it. (This s/b easy for you to check) No mention was made of any 15 yr old girl as your article Mt Everest suggests. Myself, I don't know. This is something for you folks to check on. Also, later in the article, you abandon the word "feet" in parenthesis (following "meters"). Puts us Norde Americanos in the dark. You should have my Email address. Reply? BessiePardner (talk) 08:05, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

We do indeed have a tag you can apply to articles where you think there's an error: add {{cn}} after the assertion you think is dubious. The best place to discuss problems with specific articles is on that article's talk page (Talk:Mount Everest, in this case).

The claim in that article about a 15-year-old girl describes her not as the first Sherpa woman to climb Everest, but as the youngest person so to do. It was uncited - I've now cited it to a newspaper article - but I don't think it conflicts with the information you gathered. If you can find a reliable source about the woman you heard about, please do add it to the article. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Concerning your point about feet / meters, Wikipedia has a guideline on this: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Units of measurement. Most of the article is fairly good about using both metric and imperial measurements, although it's true that in the last section the imperial conversions are left off. You can be bold and add them yourself! :) — QuantumEleven 09:33, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Regarding the first Nepali woman to ascend, you are thinking of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who has an article here. I added her to the Timeline of climbing Mount Everest (see 1963). --SPhilbrickT 16:15, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Copyright and tags

I need help, I want to mark an article as having plagiarised copyright information. This is the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_and_John_Connon_School And this is where it is plagiarised from: http://cathedral-school.com/ (Request to helper: Please let me know how it is done rather than doing it yourself)

In addition, it reads like a advertisement, which I want to indicate (since its info is taken from its legitimate website which is indeed trying to sell). The artcile falls under a WikiProject too. Lots of questions. Need help! ~Skye 16:28, 19 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by SuspendedSky (talk • contribs)

To clarify my first question: should I delete all data that I find is copyrighted? Or should I leave it there and indicate the issue on the Talk page? The latter I've already done. Are there any mods to alert? ~Skye 16:32, 19 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by SuspendedSky (talk • contribs)

The two articles that best describe what I'm seeing here are

1. Wikipedia:Copyright violations
2. Wikipedia:Plagiarism

Since the article has multiple references, you would not want to simply blank the whole page. You can remove the information that is a direct violation of our policy on copyright, and note the reason in the edit summary. You can also rewrite the information in your own words, and then cite the the original website as a reference. If you're not sure how to do that, you can read WP:CITE for details. — Ched :  ?  16:43, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Also, the tag for advertisements is {{advert}} — Ched :  ?  16:51, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Adding to this, if you think there is a chance that permission might be granted for the text or if other contributors resist your removing or rewriting copyrighted text, you can also tag simply the problem section {{subst:copyvio|url=http://cathedral-school.com/}} (very helpful, though, if you link to the actual pages violated; you can place as many sources as you like after url =). If you choose to remove the copied text, you might want to note what you've done at the talk page. We have a template for that purpose which you can place by typing {{subst:cclean|url=http://cathedral-school.com/}} on the talk page. It will warn contributors against restoring the text and tell them how to verify the text if they are in position to grant permission. It will automatically add your username. I have not investigated the article itself, but if there is copied text, please address this swiftly, since one of the main purposes of the "copyvio" template is to prevent the illegal displayed of copyrighted text (or text that is probably illegally displayed) as soon as we discover it. We do not typically blank copyrighted text tagged for speedy deletion, because it will be permanently gone soon anyway, but if it isn't tagged for speedy, we should ideally hide or remove it as soon as it is discovered. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:21, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

ww —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul-leeds (talk • contribs) 17:48, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks to all of you for the help! Though I'm not sure what Paul-leeds was trying to say. Thanks anyway and good day! Not to complain, but nobody seems to have addressed the doubt on how to add an article to a WikiProject. In the abovementioned case, only the tag for WikiProject Schools has been added. The article also belongs to the WikiProject Mumbai and is of medium importance there. ~Skye 19:28, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Mumbai appears not to have its own talk-page template. Use {{WP India}} with "yes" in the "mumbai" field. Deor (talk) 11:10, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Posting a link

Hi, I am posting an informational page about a non-profit group, so that people can get a background on what it does. Is it not OK to post a link to the organization's website? is that seen as advertisement? Blackandwhitecookie (talk) 16:53, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

No, the first problem is that you copied text from here[1] and posted it on Wikipedia. That's copyright infringement. (Not commenting on possible notability issue as I did not read the article). --59.95.102.218 (talk) 17:32, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

unable to save changes to any page

I have been trying to fix citations on the National Institute of Atmospheric Research article and also ask for help on my talk page. But when I hit the Save page button, none of my changes are saved. Any ideas anyone? Fiona YDdraig (talk) 22:02, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

I see you have since saved an edit here. Is your problem solved? When you make one more edit your account becomes autoconfirmed and you can save more edits without having to do an extra step after clicking Save page. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Questions about content

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Hey all, brand new to the user side of this, but I've been using wikipedia for the last year or two. I generally love the site, but recently was looking at a page and got confused and frustrated. On the entry for "Bad Girl Art", for the first time on this site, I knew that what I was reading had more opinions than fact, and what little fact it had was either wrong or incomplete. I grew up around comics quite heavily during this period of time, and what is in the entry starts with some decent fact, but from there it goes off into opinion land. Being new to the user side of things, how do I try fixing this information? Or is correcting an entry a losing battle? Thanks for any answers!

JumpinJackHoleMcLean (talk) 04:39, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to the wonderful world of editing Wikipedia articles! At Wikipedia, we encourage you to be bold and jump right in to improve an article, keeping in mind that the aim is for all information to be verifiable. You can improve the Bad Girl Art article by finding reliable sources to back up the information in the article - take a look at How to develop an article and Writing better articles for some general guidance on improving articles. If you have any more specific questions, don't hesitate to post here, on the talk page for the "Bad art girl" article, or leave me a message on my talk page. Good luck! — QuantumEleven 07:54, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Inserting citations

I have tried on many occasions to add two citations to edits that I have made to the entry on Zetnet. They are links to current articles at ISPreview.

Taking the format of existing citations on the same page and altering the details to reflect the ones I wish to cite seems quite reasonable and when I [preview] the page everything looks perfect with the citation numbers correctly appearing in the appropriate position and the list of citations giving the details that I've entered.

However, when I then [save] the page these new citations do not appear and returning to the [edit] page shows that the citations have been deleted. This has happened at least 6 times - I have persisted in trying to find potential errors in my formatting! - so this question is a 'last resort'.

JG (talk) 10:18, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Because your account isn't yet autoconfirmed, I believe there's an extra security stage when you try to save edits. Are you sure you're pressing "save" on every page that occurs after you try to submit your edits? If not they unfortunately won't be kept, which appears to be what's happening. (Your Contributions list shows this as only your fourth edit to WP.) Alternatively, are you seeing any warnings after you press "save"? It may be that your edits are triggering the edit filter. If you tell us what links you are trying to add, we can establish whether the edit filter blocks them. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:29, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

It did cross my mind that there may be an issue with a new(ish) account. Especially since I have tried at least twice to 'confirm my e-mail address'. Regrettably, my ISP is having severe problems with their e-mails servers being overloaded and I have yet to receive an e-mail to which I can respond and therefore confirm my address.

I am definitely pressing [save] and no, I don't see any warnings after dong so.

I have tried to add the citations here but again they are deleted after a [save].

I'll try again but add spaces so that they are not auto-recognised as URLs :

www. ispreview.co.uk/ news/ EEZyAlVVkEkvMPsneE.html

www. ispreview.co.uk/ news/ EkppyVpZlFcUSqMJfx.html

JG (talk) 12:17, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

What do you see in your browser after pressing "Save page" when you try to add an external link? You should be seeing a page still having "Editing ..." (where ... is the page name) as heading to signal nothing is saved yet. Then there should be text like "Your edit includes new external links. To help protect against automated spam ...", where you have to answer a question before saving again. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:21, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

With all previous attempts I did not see a 'question' and this being the first time I've tried to add external links did not know to look for same. With this 'clue' from PrimeHunter I tried the edit in IE (rather than FireFox) and did see the question (I didn't save the edit). Returning to FireFox where I still had the edit window open and I was logged on, I added the citations and upon [save] was presented with the question. et voila! Thanks for your assistance. JG (talk) 16:01, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

By "external links" I meant any url added to the page (for example as part of a web citation) and not just an external links section. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:41, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Adding an image

Dear Sir,

i wanted to add the photo in the existing page (personal biography).

what is a procedure to add a photograph wherever the photograph is not there.

thanks

NabeelOops —Preceding unsigned comment added by NabeelOops (talk • contribs) 16:14, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

It is a somewhat tricky process, but start by reading Help:Images and WP:Images. – ukexpat (talk) 17:39, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

New User

help how do i start —Preceding unsigned comment added by XXX XXX XXX (talk • contribs) 01:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

What specifically would you like to do? Please see notes on your talk page.    7   ^{talk | Δ |}   02:36, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Tense in regards to future prospects

I am not sure if this is the right question board to put this question in, but, I have seen this quite often... "so and so will become the next candidate for..." "so and so will drive the next..." "He will appear at the..." etc. My question is, since these reference unknown future prospects, what would be the proper terminology? Wolfpeaceful (talk) 16:41, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Not quite sure what the question is, but Wikipedia is not a crystal ball so unless there are references for those statements of future intent, they should be deleted. – ukexpat (talk) 16:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

india - is the next super power?

what are the qualities of super power country? why america has super power country? what qualities are required to india beccome a super power country? --59.145.113.173 (talk) 04:25, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

The Superpower and Potential superpower articles will probably have most of the information you're looking for. If you have further questions of this kind, please post them to one of the reference desks, as this page is for questions on how to edit Wikipedia. AlexiusHoratius 04:46, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

i want to know the procedure of creating page in wikipedia

i want to know the procedure of creating page in wikipediaRavirajpatil (talk) 12:14, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. — QuantumEleven 12:34, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Neutral Edits

I recently tried to edit the Conservative party of Canada Wiki page to include its stance on gay marriage and its recent claim that the isotope problem in Canada is "sexy". I was told that these edits violated Wiki's neutral view point. I realise that these facts about the Conservative party may not be favourable to it, but they are, none the less facts. Should I not be able to include these on their Wiki page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chs999 (talk • contribs) 20:18, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Are you aware that we can actually see your edits at Special:Contributions/Chs999? They are clearly gross violations of Wikipedia policies like Wikipedia:Neutral point of view which was linked in the message on your talk page. Please read it and don't make such edits again. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:10, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

How can I replace a picture on Wikipedia?

How can I replace a picture on an article in Wiki? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Watchover (talk • contribs) 03:04, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. --59.95.99.49 (talk) 07:18, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Information that is factually wrong

what should I do about some information that is factually wrong.In the article it states something that did not happen at all .I know this because i was there . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Larry linnville (talk • contribs) 01:06, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Which article and information are you referring to? Wikipedia:No original research says Wikipedia is not the place to publish your own experiences, but maybe a published reliable source can be found, or questionable unsourced claims can be tagged or removed. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:06, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Plantation Old Stone House

HOW DO I ENLIST MY "OLD STONE HOUSE BUILDING" LOCATED ON HIGHWAY #626 HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN THE HISTORIAN RECORDS ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.2.130 (talk) 01:10, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

This page is a place to get help with editing and finding your way around the encyclopedia Wikipedia. Which historian records are you referring to? PrimeHunter (talk) 04:58, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

My posts won't sign.

After several posts, I put 4 tildes as advised to sign my posts. What happened was, the time and date came up, but not my username. I ended up having to go back over loads of posts and removing the signbot's "The preceding unsigned post..." and manually typing out my username.

Upon further experimentation in the sandbox, it isn't limited to typing 4 tildes. To give examples:

4 tildes: 05:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

3 tildes:

5 tildes:05:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Using the signature button above:-- 05:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Using "Sign your posts on talk pages:" below: 05:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

And none have signed my name! I can't figure out at all what I'm doing wrong. Does anybody know what it is?

Thanks, Labrat256 (Manually signed)

If you don't want a customized signature then go to Special:Preferences, remove a mark in the checkbox "Sign my name exactly as shown", leave the signature box empty, and click the Save button. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:12, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Sanjay Dixit

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I am not a new contributor anymore but problem is kinda new.
Please Look at this. "More About Sanjay Dixit" on this page redirects to Wikipedian article.I really have no idea whether this is allowed or not . I believe user is using wikipedia as self promotion coz it is intended to get updated every month. Please look into this. In fact, I couldn't find any established guidelines related to this. Hitro talk 19:20, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Web of Trust blocked that page for me, sorry. - Dank (push to talk) 19:25, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

You might find what you're looking for at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Theleftorium 19:29, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Now Its over. Erased. Hitro talk 09:21, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

MIlitary Honors Listings

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Greetings,

I came across the Military Honors listings and thought I'd check on a relative who recieved TWO Legions of Merit awards during his 30 years in the Air Force. I attended one of those awards ceremonies. He is not listed as a recipient. What use is the listing if it is that inaccurate?

Robscobra —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robscobra (talk • contribs) 01:54, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Which page and recipient are you referring to? Such lists are usually only intended to show people who have a Wikipedia biography or satisfy Wikipedia:Notability (people). Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit has an explanatory box at the top. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:10, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

The folks at the Military History Project may be able to provide more assistance. I know that recipients of some medals (such as the Victoria Cross) are de facto notable, nor sure about the Legion of Merit. – ukexpat (talk) 14:09, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

I doubt it. The VC is the top-ranking medal, while the Legion of Merit ranks sixth. Algebraist 14:21, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Creating a stub or biography on ghanaian footballers

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

i was wondering how to go about creating a stub for ghanaian footballer of which am very knowledgable about.But i am totally lost and and in need of some help form experienced contributors.i tried but i have been told that the page may get delected speedily.could someone take me through the step by step procedure?

AHENFYIE (talk) 15:32, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

See WP:YFA, and also take a look at WP:ATHLETE and WP:RS. – ukexpat (talk) 16:01, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Help with the user name's change

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rozochka (talk • contribs) 19:44, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

I would like to know what to do in order my real name NOT to appear in Internet with all history of my questions to Wikipedia administrators. Internet shows all my questions asked and my guess it should stay between myself and Wiki. I think I made a mistake by making my full name as my user name when I first singed up for my contribution in Russian Wiki but it looks like the whole history of my correspondence with wiki is online open for the whole world. I am so desperate to end this that I am just asking you to help me. Many thanks in advance - User Rozochka —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rozochka (talk • contribs) 19:43, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't think there is much we can do about that - Wikipedia is a highly visible website on the internet. See WP:OVERSIGHT - some types of personal material can be deleted by oversighters but it is not automatic. – ukexpat (talk) 19:58, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

New article

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I created a page "adopt a school flagpole" what next to have published?Robertlong2 (talk)

You mean User:Robertlong2/Patriotic community advertising? Sorry but that is blatant advertising and in violation of WP:SPAM. – ukexpat (talk) 21:41, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

User:Robertlong2/Adopt a school flagpole was deleted for the same reason. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:54, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Uploading biodata and creative work to Wikipedia

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi n good morning.....Wikipedia...!

I am an art director i woul like to up lode my biodata and creative work in wikipedia, pleae guide me how to uplode the same.

Thanking You & Regards,

K.Verma —Preceding unsigned comment added by Verma.kamlesh (talk • contribs) 05:32, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello! I'm not sure what you're asking, but if you want to use Wikipedia as storage for your bio and works, then this is not the right place. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not not a webspace provider. If you are trying to write an article about yourself, please keep in mind that all articles on Wikipedia have to be about subjects that are notable (for people, take a look at Notability). Also, writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged. — QuantumEleven 07:42, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

kirigalpoththa

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Situated in the central highlands of the island ‘Kirigalpoththa’ is named as the second highest mountain in Sri Lanka. Standing at a height of 2,395m the mountain is well popular among nature-lovers as it is known to be one of the best hiking routes in the island. Located within the borders of Horton Plains National Park, the treks are considered to be quite tough, where one will have to walk through forests, hop across streams and delve into the mist and the trek is generally accepted to range from one to four hours. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasikaliyanage (talk • contribs) 05:47, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello! It seems that you are trying to write a new article. Take a look at Your first article for some tips on how to do this. — QuantumEleven 07:25, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

analysis of sodium bisulphite

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

What can analyze sodium bisulphite in mixture of sodium bisulphite & sodium sulphite —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.96.85.51 (talk) 09:34, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

This page is for questions about Wikipedia. Please consider asking your question at the science reference desk. Theleftorium 10:13, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

But note that we will not do your homework for you. – ukexpat (talk) 14:39, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Could an editor please look at my page?

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I am trying to create a page for Rawhide Boys Ranch and I need some help regarding how to make it sound completely unbiased or non-advertising. I really think this organization deserves a page but I would like to get an editor to look at what I've got and maybe correct what I've written or at least give me feedback on how to present that information. My page is User:Bingo478/Rawhide Boys Ranch. Thanks in advance! Bingo478 (talk) 13:36, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I think it would survive a speedy deletion nomination, but it needs some work on references -- more third party refs are required; the formatting needs work too, see WP:MOS - double blank lines between sections, headings should be sentence case (only the first word capitalised), and maybe an information box (probably {{Infobox Non-profit}}). Hope this helps.  – ukexpat (talk) 14:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

OK I guess I was wrong about it surviving CSD, must be losing my touch. If you want to keep working on the article, the deleting admin, Orangemike may undelete it back to your user space if you ask. – ukexpat (talk) 14:54, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Why is an SLR camera there in the Lorenzo Ruiz article?

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Why is there a camera here in place of the picture of Lorenzo Ruiz? This camera is not allowed there. Could someone replace the camera picture with a picture of Lorenzo, please? --Angeldeb82 (talk) 17:48, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I have removed it until a proper image is added. – ukexpat (talk) 18:07, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Creating a disambiguation page

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I recently created a new article about Tom Major-Ball, the music hall performer, circus artiste and father of former British prime minister John Major. It was tricky deciding which of the various names he went by in his life should head the article: born Abraham Thomas Ball, he was know in his stage career and real life at various times as both Tom Major and Tom Major-Ball. I went for the latter as that seemed to be the general consensus amongst source material on the subject.

However, as he did also go by the name of Tom Major, I thought that a search for that name should redirect to the Tom Major-Ball page. But at the moment it redirects to an existing page called 'Tom Majors' about a quite different subject. How do I create a disambiguation page to capture searches for these subjects and then to link to the two existing articles?

Peteinterpol (talk) 22:18, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Since Tom Major-Ball has used the name 'Tom Major', while (as far as I can tell), that name is never used for Tom Majors except in error, Tom Major should probably just redirect to Major-Ball. No need to disambig when one of the options is just a mistake. Algebraist 22:26, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Algebraist, yes I take your point, that does seem the correct way forward.

Peteinterpol (talk) 22:40, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I've added hatnotes to Tom Majors and Tom Major-Ball to help disambiguate if people aren't exactly sure of the spellings. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:35, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

FIJISTAN REPUBLIC

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

FIJISTAN , is the proposed name of the new state to be carved out of Fiji islands. Fiji as you know has 40 % population of indian descent ,they were always subject to discrimination by native rulers . Fiji witnessed an army coup last in 1999 when democratically elected government was held hostage by a dacoit named George speight.The people of indian descent have toiled hard to build up the sugar industry for which Fiji is well known for . The most significant reason for distrust between fiji natives and indians has been the methodist church, which wants to create a theocratic christian state . The indians are fed up with this discrimination which has indirect support from western powers .It is high time indians will fight for there rights. Fijistan is the name for that fight. FIJI WILL BECOME FIJISTAN. Indians will get full rights as citizens , will help in developing it as singapore of the pacific , native fijjians are welcome to be apart of it , but they have to come out of there christian state of mind and live with indians in equal status as citizens of fijistan . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rohithindi (talk • contribs) 13:51, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Very interesting, but Wikipedia is not a soapbox. – ukexpat (talk) 13:56, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict)It seems like you are trying to create an article. However, I would encourage you to read our info on writing your first article, writing from a neutral point of view, and using reliable sources. TNXMan 13:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

how do I make a new contribution

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I wish to write a short biography of author David Johansson, who is not listed in Wikipedia. How do I accomplish this? Thanks. Squirepress (talk) 18:08, 15 July 2009 (UTC)David Squire

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. TNXMan 18:18, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

If you are his publisher or publicist, you don't, or rather you are strongly discouraged from doing so, because of your conflict of interest. Your user name may also be in breach of the user name policy if you are contributing on behalf of Squire Press or similar. – ukexpat (talk) 18:21, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

cold

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why do we get cold when we drench our head in water for long18:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)18:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)18:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)18:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.197.208.57 (talk)

Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TNXMan 18:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

What is there to do on Wikipedia?

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I've been editing for a few weeks now and I'm slightly confused about what there is to do around here. I came here to edit the anime and manga articles but they seem to be in top form already. Well known manga and anime such as Bleach and Naruto have been assessed as the "some of the best articles in wikipedia". All the information seems to be there. I have a vast knowledge of manga but don't know where to start. The new Wiki Project I joined doesn't seem to have much going on. NarSakSasLee (talk) 19:40, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Welcome! Heavens, there is so much to be done on Wikipedia that I hardly know where to start. Take a look at Wikipedia:Community_portal, it's the place to find out about ongoing projects and ways to help out. — QuantumEleven 07:21, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I was talking more about the anime not wikipedia as a whole. NarSakSasLee (talk) 17:00, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Check the Wikipedia: WikiProject Anime and manga project page or ask on its talk page. I am sure there is still plenty to be done. – ukexpat (talk) 17:48, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Greg Starddard, American TV News Reporter

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Greg Starddard is an American TV News Reporter. Most recently a broadcast journalist for WRC-TV NBC 4 in Washington D.C. and WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach Florida. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Starddard (talk • contribs) 03:43, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Do you have a question we could answer? --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 04:53, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

It looks like you're trying to create a new article.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. — QuantumEleven 07:17, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

If you are Greg Starddard, you are strongly discouraged from writing about yourself. If you are notable, someone will write an article about you sooner or later. – ukexpat (talk) 15:33, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

After "Save Changes" to my new article

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Hello, there. I just submitted my first article entitled "TigerHeat." Once I composed the article and pressed "Save Changes," the top of the screen only changed giving me a word to type to avoid spam. Then I typed in that word and pressed "Save Changes". Then, the top of the page gave a caution message. I just simply want to know if my article was indeed sent to Wikipedia editors for approval. Will I hear back from them via my account's email address when/if the article is approved?

PS: If this question has been asked already, I apologize. Your site is just so wordy, and I keep going in circles and get no clear answers. Simplicity is the key. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TigerHeat (talk • contribs) 00:06, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry but Special:Contributions/TigerHeat shows your post here is the only edit your account has saved to the English Wikipedia. An article called TigerHeat was deleted in 2007 and has not been created since then. I don't know what happened with your attempt but nobody has access to the content you tried to save. What did the caution message say? Wikipedia has recently had problems with the CAPTCHA images. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:22, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

The caution might have been from the Edit filter. Algebraist 00:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

If you did not click save after every warning, then it has not been saved. To save your page you must keep clicking save after every warning until the page is saved. There is no such system that sends pages for review. However it has been logged, as seen here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&details=752126\ And about that warning you saw, you may be subject to a spam username block if you submit that article. Spamming and promotion is forbidden, see the username policy. Triplestop x3 01:39, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Not only is the user name a spam name but the article as logged in the edit filter was blatantly promotional. – ukexpat (talk) 04:13, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Ifilos

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I filos is most popular and fast growing comminity website in India. It provides so many handsome features for the users to share their views with their friends. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muraliayancha (talk • contribs) 10:58, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

It looks like you are trying to create a new article. Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.

Created a "hidden page," Now What?

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I have created a "hidden" page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kdelynko/The_Alexander_Dawson_School_at_Rainbow_Mountain. I would like to receive feedback to make sure I am doing it right. How do I get feedback? Also, when I'm ready to "go live" with the page, what do I need to do? Kdelynko (talk) 18:25, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Before we worry about that there is more serious problem - the article appears to be a copyright violation of http://www.adsrm.org/podium/default.aspx?t=112120 -- Wikipedia cannot accept material that is in breach of copyright, even in user space. I am afraid I have had to tag it for speedy deletion as a copyvio. – ukexpat (talk) 18:39, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

See WP:IOWN for the process to release copyright materials. Please note though that even if we clear up the copyvio issue, the article will still have to comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines. – ukexpat (talk) 18:51, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, I went through the copyright approval procedure and it was accepted. Now. . . what do I need to do to get it publicly posted? Thanks so much in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdelynko (talk • contribs) 20:06, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

I will move it to the mainspace and clean it up a little. – ukexpat (talk) 20:13, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

OK I have cleaned it up somewhat, but it still needs a lot of work as indicated buy the maintenance tags I have added. Happy to continue discussion on the article's talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 20:32, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

I cleaned it up a little more and also added relevant outside sources like newspaper and magazine articles. I tried as well to re-word so it does not read like an advertisement. Any additional guidance is really appreciated. Thanks so much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdelynko (talk • contribs) 17:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

New article

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I am new to all this and was curious is there a time delay before your article goes public? I saved it entered the spam code and added my time stamp. I do see it in My contributions but when I search for it in the search box it does not appear? So I'm very confused so any help would be really great.

Plus I'm also confused on how to add images...

Thanks

--S.C.E.M. Studios (talk) 21:48, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

You created the page in your user space, not in the article space, that's why a search does not find it. Your page is at User:S.C.E.M./Skullscape. Actually it's a good idea to create it there and edit it to a nice article, then use that to create the proper article. To upload images see Wikipedia:Uploading images and also Commons:First steps/Upload form (files uploaded to Commons can be used by all language wikis, not just the English one)  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:06, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Before worrying about images, there are more important issues - the draft has almost no meaningful content and it says nothing about why the band is notable - on either ground it is unlikely to survive a speedy deletion nomination if moved to mainspace. Take a look at WP:YFA and WP:RS. – ukexpat (talk) 01:40, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Dr Peter McParlin

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hi could you let me know in eact term why my article on the above is on fast delete

and whether I can resuciate it in any way

as Dr McParlin-is a well known psychologist-radical thinkeri published auhtor on child psychology?

thanks Paul

Paul-leed —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul-leeds (talk • contribs) 15:55, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

x —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul-leeds (talk • contribs) 16:02, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

x —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul-leeds (talk • contribs) 16:15, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

(ec) The A7 criteria for speedy deletion describes the requirement that a subject (person) be notable. You can read about what qualifies as notable at the WP:N page. If this is an article that you would like to work on, you can post a request at WP:REFUND and ask that the article be restored to your own user space, while you find reliable sources to verify the subjects notability. I found 2 in a quick search that may be able to help, so if you want to drop me a note on my talk page (User talk:Ched Davis), then I'd be willing to try and help you get the article up to acceptable levels as well. (I can also restore the article and move it to your user space while so that you can work on it.) Let me know if this is something you want to do. Kind Regards, — Ched :  ?  16:20, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, A7 is about "importance or significance", not about notability.  – ukexpat (talk) 19:28, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Point taken, however, I looked at the article - then did some research, and I think the notability can be established (which is actually a higher threshold in our wiki-speak). For the item at hand, I didn't think that pointing to WP:BIO would be of as much value to the OP as the WP:N link. I've seen plenty of articles go down at AfD, even though they might have met the less stringent criteria, but if an article meets our GNG, it's more difficult to delete. — Ched :  ?  20:11, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

printing

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How can I print an article with printer friendly page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.48.95 (talk) 19:05, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

With any modern browser, the standard print option should work fine. There's a 'printable version' link in the sidebar for those with ancient browsers. Algebraist 19:10, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Editing

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If any body can edit any religious or historic information, then the information will represent those who editing them, and will be not reliable. George —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.48.95 (talk) 19:14, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Do you have a question that requires our assistance? – ukexpat (talk) 19:30, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Maybe Reliability of Wikipedia and Wikipedia:Replies to common objections are of interest. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

How to edit the start of a page?

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Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ramsden%27s

A correction is needed at the above mentioned page. However the correction is before section 1 and there is no corresponding [edit] link.

More specifically the montion of "Hong Kong" in the paragraph below should be removed as this restaurant closed years ago.

"Based in the UK, the business has over 170 owned and franchised outlets internationally, and serves around 10 million people annually[citation needed] . It has locations in Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Walt Disney World Resort in the U.S. state of Florida"

Gentleman wiki (talk) 23:48, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

The edit link at the very top of the page allows editing of the whole article. Algebraist 23:54, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Alternatively, go to your User preferences, then Gadgets and click the box next to " Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page"--SPhilbrickT 16:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Completed my page SG Hambros - how to go live

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I have completed my page SG Hambros but cannot find instructions to move it to be accessible to all.

Please help thanks

Bustercumberland (talk) 14:30, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

It's already "live" at SG Hambros. – ukexpat (talk) 14:33, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Article deletion

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I HAVE POSTED A ARTICLE SEVERAL TIMES AND IT KEEPS DELETING MY ARTICLE. I HAVE READ THE START UP GUIDE AND IT TRY'D DOING EVERY THING THAT WAS ASKED NUT THAT ISNT WORKING? HELP —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregory-D.Blake (talk • contribs) 18:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Did you take a look at WP:CSD#A7? You also have a conflict of interest so please also read WP:COI.  – ukexpat (talk) 18:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia flubs out on gracefully accepting a new added image version

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Hello WP editors,

Maybe you can help a bit

I am creating a page which is redo/addition of a page called "Eight Extraordinary Channels"

This page is the user page: Purebread

Things were going fine until I tried upload a new version of an image file, which is thumbnailed on my main edit page. This file is named Eggs_page_1.png.

Weirdness happens...

The thumbnail on the page reflects the new version, but if you double click to see a larger version, what you get is the older version of the file !!!!

Not sure where to go from here to fix this, ?? delete the older version first ??

Purebread (talk) 16:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about the images for the moment as the draft has bigger problems. First it reads like a term paper or original research; the layout and formatting do not comply with WP:MOS - for example, it is not usually appropriate to use collapsible boxes in articles; and take a look at WP:CITE for help with the best way to cite references (using <ref>....</ref> tags). Hope this helps. If you need additional help, please leave me a message on my talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 16:52, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

A draft like that didn't belong on your userpage, so I moved it to a sandbox, User:Purebread/8EC. Frankly, I don't think in its present form it can be salvaged; but I may be wrong, heaven knows. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:27, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Lloyd Dorfman

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Hi there, I wanted to post an article about Lloyd Dorfman as he has done some impressive work over the last years and is contributing a lot to commercial business, arts and charity. I'm very new to this so was just trying out how to best do this. Somehow Wiki doesn't like what I did and wants to delete my post.

Any tips on where / how I should rather post this article to better conform with the guidelines? Thanks a lot. Yasmin Yasmin Trillitzsch (talk) 09:48, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I think the speedy deletion tag was incorrect, so I've removed it. There is a lot of news coverage of this person, so your next task in improving the article is to add more references from these reliable sources to verify all the information in the article. I see you've already correctly added one reference to the article, though you were missing the {{reflist}} template that makes it show up. I've added that for you now. Does that answer your question? Gonzonoir (talk) 10:22, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

How to edit false claim about me.

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When I discovered a false claim on the page about me (I was the subject of the page), I tried to correct it by inserting a parenthesis with the correct information. The edit was removed as "inappropriate." I am new to Wikipedia--this is my first try at editing--and would like to know how I am permitted to alert readers to false claims about me. Bordo (talk) 14:54, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi.. I removed the entire section of the article in question, because it looked to me like unsourced original analysis, which isn't meant to be on Wikipedia. It looks like this article has not gotten much attention over the years, which may explain why such stuff was in there for a long time. Hope this helps. Friday (talk) 14:59, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Dealing with articles about yourself. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:21, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

The article's got a lot of original research and poorly-sourced assertions in it, as well as a somewhat fulsome tone. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:22, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

File Upload Disabled

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I am trying to add a link to a document on my internal server to my Wiki page. I get an error 'File Upload Disabled'. I have tried to go into preferences to see if I could enable it but did not have any luck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.33.208.250 (talk) 18:09, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

This is a place to get help with editing and finding your way around Wikipedia. It sounds like your question is about an unrelated wiki using the same MediaWiki software. If you are running the wiki then maybe mw:Manual:Configuring file uploads is of help. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:32, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Article tagged for deletion

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I recently added an article that was tagged for deletion because of "No assertion of Notability". What does this mean and how do I go about fixing it?

Thanks for your help. Editor135798642 (talk) 05:55, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

For an article to be included in Wikipedia, its subject must be notable. In your case, the appropriate notability criteria is WP:MUSICBIO. If the subject does not qualify any of these criterion, the article is likely to be deleted. If the subject is notable, then that information should be added to the article (backed up by reliable sources). ≈ Chamal ^talk 06:07, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

How to move page to live environment from user page

Hello, I have created a page regarding Jan Taminiau but I do not know what I have to do next to get the page published and moved off of my user page? According to other answers I am supposed to use the move button but I cannot locate it? Thank you for any help you can give Irishrover121 (talk) 17:37, 25 July 2009 (UTC) Irishrover121 (talk) 17:37, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

About the 5th tab in from the left I think, up where the "edit", "discussion", "history" etc. tabs are. You may want to wait until you get some references posted in it though. — Ched :  ?  06:53, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Your account is not autoconfirmed yet so you cannot move pages and don't have a move tab. You are the only contributor to the page so you are allowed to copy-and-paste the content to another page. If there are other contributors then the page must be moved so the others can be seen in the page history and the GFDL is satisfied. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I added a template so your references would display. I rewrote the first one in more accepted format - I'm guessing the language is Dutch, you can fix if necessary. Unfortunately, I just realized that my edits mean you shouldn't just copy and paste - if you want me to move it I will, if you want to make further edits first, just let me know.--SPhilbrickT 14:44, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit search results

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Hi WP Editors,

I recently added an article about Nellie Fong Wong Kut-Man. I could only find it when typing the exact wordings. How can I direct the other search tags e.g. Nellie Fong into this page?

Sorry if the questions has been asked already, I'm very new to your site. Thanks.

Mimilam (talk) 03:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, yes, checking Special:WhatLinksHere/Nellie_Fong_Wong_Kut-Man, I see there are no redirects. To make one article redirect to another, like you're talking about, create a page, i.e. Nellie Fong, with the text #REDIRECT [[Nellie Fong Wong Kut-Man]]. That will send anyone who visits Nellie Fong to the correct article. Further questions? let me know! Fleetflame 03:19, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! The problem's solved now :-D Mimilam (talk) 03:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Glad I could be of help. :-] Fleetflame 03:47, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Dale Earnhardt Sr. "No Mercy Tour"?

does anyone know anything about Dale Earnhardt Sr. "No Mercy Tour"? I have a tank top with that on it. thank youPips56 (talk) 22:29, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. — QuantumEleven 07:41, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

As far as I know, it was a catch phrase back in the early 90's (I forget exactly which year), that was a marketing bit for the legend. I'm not aware of any "group" that performed or anything - I think it was just one of the "selling points" for that year. Another one was: "The man in black ... is back" (I think that one was late 90's). (Come to think of it, I think Rusty Wallace used a similar catch phrase one year too) — Ched :  ?  08:23, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah found it 1993 — Ched :  ?  08:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Why is my article deleted

Why is my article regarding the story of the company vivax, deleted.??.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by P2400 (talk • contribs) 09:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Your article did not establish the notability of the company by referencing third-party sources. Without those sources it looked like advertising (thus meeting two speedy deletion criteria) The creation of articles about the company's personnel confirmed my opinion. I have protected the title for one hour. You are welcome to research a new article, complete with references from reliable third-party sources. The JPS^{talk to me} 09:53, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations, Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies), Wikipedia:Notability (people). PrimeHunter (talk) 12:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Sources to do not necessarily mean that an article is not promotional. Lots of articles with sources are speedily deleted as spam.  – ukexpat (talk) 14:18, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Problems with Interacting

First of all, I am not exactly a new editor. I have done editing on this wiki as an official editor for several days now. I only used this question post becuase it has occured to me that I never asked you guys a question before. My question is that I want to know about user interaction. I have a talk page and I have made statements on articles before, but I never recieve messages and no one responds to my statements and opinions. Why is that, Wikipedia? LordLiberation (talk) 15:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

You and I have a different definition of "new". I consider myself a new editor - I've been here a couple years (active for six months) and have a couple thousand edits. You have been here 6 days, and have 17 edits. You don't consider yourself new?

What kind of reactions where you expecting? I didn't read all your edits, but I read a few - I didn't see any questions, or anything that would prompt me to visit your talk page. I'm wondering if you were expecting this to be more like a discussion forum? Having said that, I know when I first visit a new place, I hope someone will notice and ask me questions. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.--SPhilbrickT 15:44, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

If you ask questions or make statements or suggestions on an article's talk page any responses are likely to be made there, so you won't see them unless you go back to check. Your user talk page is most likely to be used by others if you're working collaboratively with them on an article, or if they wish to send you a message (positive or negative) concerning your edits, or if you're receiving notices as a member of a Wikiproject or something similar. The more involved you get, the more likely you are to need to interact with others and they with you. Karenjc 18:50, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

User Pages

I'm new and I don't know how to make a user page, although I'd like one. Could you refer me to the tutorial page for making user pages? Please reply on my talk page. Thanks! --Di-Gata Connexion (talk) 21:02, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:User page has information as to what is normally found on a user page (and what is not allowed), and the WP:User page design center has a lot of how-to type of things on designing user pages. If you want to add userboxes, WP:Userbox has information on this, as well as how to make your own, and the categories at the bottom of that page list userboxes that others have already created that you can use on your page if you want. AlexiusHoratius 21:24, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Help getting started

My credit union has given me the opportunity to create a wikipedia and I'm so lost. My goal is to be able to type in my credit union's name and a page of information comes up. I'm sure that I'm making this harder than it is. How do I start a page? SAT1932CU (talk) 03:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, unfortunately, Wikipedia strongly discourages people from editing where they have a conflict of interest, which it sounds like you do. There are some tips for you listed on this page. You may also want to submit the article to the articles for creation page, where it can be reviewed by other editors. The most important thing to remember is that Wikipedia articles must be about notable subjects, well-sourced, and written from a neutral point of view (no advertising). TNXMan 11:51, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

The Carsons

The Carsons are a four piece alternative rock band from Mentor, Ohio formed in 2004. They are known for their back to back appearances in the MDX Cleveland High School Rock-Off Finals.

History

The three original members grew up in Mentor, Ohio and played in a smaller band called the Beverly Cleary Experience.

band editing

hi! How can I create the table on the right side where I can write band members, genre, years active, website and etc. thank you Emin314413 (talk) 06:50, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

If you mean you want to place this information in an article, you may be looking for {{Infobox musical artist}}. Further questions? let me know! Fleetflame 08:47, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasi_Shah

I am an editor of above article which is about a famous poet.

However, Wikipedia is showing me the following message:

(template messages removed by PrimeHunter)

Kindly remove the above message since this is a genuine article. Wasishah123 (talk) 10:17, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I removed the copy of the two template messages {{db-person}} and {{Nn-warn}} from your post. The speedy deletion request with {{db-person}} was declined. The article is now under discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wasi Shah where you can comment. It was nominated for failing WP:BIO so if you want the article to be kept then try to find independent reliable sources to satisfy the criteria in WP:BIO. If you are the subject then see Wikipedia:Autobiography. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:55, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

help

HI

I tried to create a history of project sunrise but could not insert pictures files of slides or photo's

can you help me figure this out....... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rolandfly (talk • contribs) 11:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure to which article you are referring, since you only have two edits - one to this page and one to Talk:Electric aircraft. To upload pictures, your account must be autoconfirmed, which means that it has been active for four days and made at least ten edits. Once you have reached those thresholds, simply go to this page and follow the directions. To actually insert a picture into an article, type [[File:Name of picture.jpg]], where the name is the name of the picture you uploaded. Be sure to match the case (upper or lower) and the extension name (.jpg, .gif, etc.).

Searching for articles with multiple categories

Resolved

Is there any way to retrieve an intersection of articles from two categories? I'd like a list of all articles that belong to both categories so that I can target my efforts.

Thanks! -- Senthryl (talk) 14:34, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:CatScan. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy response -- Senthryl (talk) 14:41, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

electric aircraft

HI

I would like to submit text to be used in the electric aircraft section

1 the early days in the development of electric aircraft including first flight demo flights both in California and in England in 1971-1973

2 details on the concept, construction and flight test of Project Sunrise until july 1975

When i try to submit complete documents all the jpeg files are missing??

Rolandfly (talk) 19:07, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

We don't "submit text" here. Just edit the additional information you have into the existing article(s). If you have illustrations you want to use, and they are in the public domain, you will need to upload those illustrations separately, then link them in the article text. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:48, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Can you be more specific about what you are trying to accomplish?

I see that you tried adding material to the Electric aircraft, but had it removed.

That's because the statements were unsourced. You need to provide a reference or citation for each of your claims.

I think you are saying you have the supporting documentation, however, one doesn't upload the text. If it is available on the internet, you should provide to citation to where it can be found. I can help you do that, if that's the case. If you have the files on your hard drive, it won't work.

Adding images can be done, but there are some hoops to jump through, for example, we have to be sure that the images are [not][added by ukexpat] subject to copyright. Can you tell me something about the images you have, so we can tell you how to proceed?

If you want to go to the next step, we can continue this on your talk page. (You did ask for help there, but no one saw it.)--SPhilbrickT 20:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC) Edit, I see on your talk page that you have some help.--SPhilbrickT 21:02, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

images

hi im a new user and i wanted to change an image in the bakersfield california article. the image is not mine i found it in a web site called flikr.com and i wanted to change the image in the article to a differnyt view of downtown. there image has a copyrite symbol and i want to know how i can put that image on the article?--Torres27 (talk) 20:12, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, first you would need to upload the image, but your account needs to be autoconfirmed (active for four days and made at least ten edits) first. However, you must either own the image or have the permission to use the photo first. Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material unless the original author agrees to release it. You may find more answers here. Also, thank you for wanting to help improve Wikipedia! TNXMan 20:23, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

sandbox

i have been asked to move my article to sandbox until it is complete. how do i move it to the sandbox? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjw34219 (talk • contribs) 15:34, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

In order to move the page, you would need to click the "move" tab at the top of the page. However, your account must be autoconfirmed before you can do this (active for four days and made at least ten edits). I've moved the page for you to User:Kjw34219/Sandbox. Let me know if you have questions. TNXMan 15:41, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Hello,

I see your note about "conflict of interest." I did indeed write on my own page. I am the best source of information regarding myself, and the writing involves factual information, not subjection opinions. I also own the photograph I submitted. All this aside, I don't want to compromise your policies and I'll remain supportive of Wikipedia even if you do withdraw my additions.

Thank you, DeLane Matthews —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeLane Matthews (talk • contribs) 19:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

For sourcing please see WP:RS - with all due respect, we only have your word for it that you are who you say you are. That's why we have policies about reliable sourcing. If you want to release copyright material for use on WP, please follow the process set out at WP:IOWN. – ukexpat (talk) 19:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

BJ MacDonald

Real name Blair MacDonald, born June 1st, 1976. Raised in a little town named Ramea, which sits off the South-West coast of Newfoundland! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weed manus (talk • contribs) 22:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, if we're missing an article on someone, you can create one! Make sure, first of all, that the person meets notability criteria, then write about them using verifiable information backed by reliable sources. Further questions? let me know! Fleetflame 23:19, 31 July 2009 (UTC)