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

upload pictures

I was just wondering how I upload pictures to a wikipedia site thanks Shiaili (talk) 18:11, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Brand new users are not allowed to upload pictures to Wikipedia. You can however, upload to Wikimedia Commons and they can then be used on Wikipedia (or any other project). If you did not take the pictures yourself, please make sure that they are released under a free licence and that you place an appropriate licence tag on the image. Copyright violations are taken seriously and always deleted. SpinningSpark 18:57, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

What do you mean "released under a license"? I don't understand this part. Does it mean that the source where your image was taken from need to release a license to upload to wikipedia? NarSakSasLee (talk) 19:14, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that is exactly it. If you copy a picture from the web then that web page must specifically say that it has a free licence. Common licences that are acceptable are GFDL and Collective Commons and also it is ok if the picture is released into the public domain. The licence must not be restricted to certain uses such as educational only, non-commercial only or Wikipedia only. Although it would be legal for Wikipedia to use such restricted licences our own rules do not allow it. Wikipedia wants its contents to be freely usable by anybody. If the page does not say anything that does not mean that the licence is free, just the opposite, it is presumed to be copyrighted unless proved otherwise. See Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. SpinningSpark 09:36, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

How do you ask questions on here

How do you ask questions on here —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emillianna (talk • contribs) 18:32, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Ha ha. Do you have a serious question? SpinningSpark 18:58, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

End your sentences with a question mark, and you have! Livewireo (talk) 19:51, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Making a Portal

Can someone help me out.

I want to make a new Portal regarding Gangs.

Am I allowed to make a new portal regarding Gangs.

What name should I use? ( Portal:Gang or Portal:Gangs )

--Zink Dawg -- 01:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Have you read WP:P and all relevant outgoing links? Intelligentsium 02:11, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I have. I'm just asking for permission before I start. I may need a little help, But I think I know what I'm doing!!--Zink Dawg -- 02:44, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Ask permission? Just dive right in! Go ahead and make the page using the information you've gathered. Other users will be able to help you put the portal together. Do make sure that you are familiar with the structure of a portal, as well as the relevant material. Robert Skyhawk ^{So sue me!} (You'll lose) 02:48, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Ok, Thanks. I will get started on my Portal now. If you see that I'm doing something wrong, please tell me on my talk page or help me out.--Zink Dawg -- 02:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

I just created the Portal (Portal:Gang) I need your help. If you have time, Can you help add some content to my portal. I would appreciate it, Thanks.--Zink Dawg -- 06:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Mistress Absolutes profile page

Hello I have been trying to publish this page some time and finally believe it is in a format that would be suitable for Wikipedia. The page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Malstrome/Mistress_Absolute and to be added here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistress_Absolute would it possible to get some feedback before I roll it accross as I want to ensure the format and structure is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malstrome (talk • contribs) 16:43, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

1. There is no inline referencing (important for verifiability and establishing notability), and given that the article has been previously deleted four times, you will need to make the referencing rock solid and absolutely prove that this character is notable.
2. There is no wikilinking
3. There are no categories
4. The references are not correctly formatted. See Wikipedia:Citing sources

SpinningSpark 19:59, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, and phrases like "She is well known and revered worldwide" are not considered encyclopaedic WP:PEACOCK. SpinningSpark 20:03, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Items mentioned when you asked before, which haven't yet been addressed:

• The second sentence “She is well known and revered worldwide’ is problematic. On one hand, it is important to establish notability early on, but on the other hand, it cannot simply be asserted, it needs to be sourced.
• Don’t simply say she is well-known. Cite references to support the statement.
• Don’t say she is revered, she may be but that’s not a conclusion an editor should be making. If you want to use the word, find a quote from a reliable source.
• Please read WP:Cite. While you have included some citations, they are not in the correct format. The guideline will help, and you can look at other articles for examples. --SPhilbrickT 20:23, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Labor Force

Hi, and thanks in advance!

I am looking at the article for Labor Force, and agree with a note on the discussion page about some verbiage that was deleted but seems to make the article make more sense.

The talk page is labeled with all sorts of scary disclaimers about being sensitive and part of lots of projects, so in addition to not having the foggiest clue about what steps I'd take to add the bit back in, I'm guessing it was deleted for a reason, and ... well... I just don't know the foggiest bit about what goes behind the scenes here.. but I do really think a clearer definition of types of people who are not counted in the labor force would be helpful.

What would the next steps be for someone like me who would like to see this article get better in a way that's a fit with your standards and customs?

here's the talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Labor_force

thank you! 67.169.223.168 (talk) 20:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Don't be afraid to edit. Especially do not be intimidated by all the project banners (a lot of projects are actually quite moribund with no active members and are very unlikely to bite anyone). Anyway, I have restored the passage in question, no reason was given for the deletion. By the way, the article is very US-centric and at least needs the US-specific facts moved out of the lede into a later section. Feel free to work on it. SpinningSpark 22:04, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

I have been told that I am deleting the Speedy Deletion Template, and I'm not sure how I'm doing that. It said I may be blocked from editing this article. I don't know how I'm deleting that template. Could you tell me how I am so I can stop doing that? I have just been editing my article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newboy27one (talk • contribs) 04:46, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

I was told I am deleting the Speedy Deletion Template. Can you tell me how I am doing that, because I don't know how I am. I have just been editing my article. And can you tell me how I will know my article has been accepted? Thanks --Newboy27one (talk) 05:15, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps you had an edit conflict and just copied and pasted your text? That would cause the edit that inserted the template to be removed - it's the {{db-a7}} at the very top of the page. In any event, I declined the tag for now, but you need to clean up the article somewhat. WP:Your first article is a good place to start. Tim Song (talk) 05:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Letting Gases settle After moving a Fridge/freezer

How long must a fridge freezer be left to stand after it has been moved in order that the gases have a chance to settle down please??------ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.247.23.243 (talk) 17:49, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

We bought a wine fridge last week, and were advised by the delivery men to let it stand at least six hours before switching it on. Karenjc 17:59, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Translation

Hi,

I'm new to Wiki and my question is very simple. I want to know if I'm allowed to translate from English to Dutch. Some articles are not available in Dutch, so I would like to translate that. I'm asking this, because I know you have to put your text in your own words in Wiki. So is it allowed or not?Studio-deciBel (talk) 18:20, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, very much you are allowed, more translators are always welcome on Wikipedia. Take a look at WP:Translation which explains everything. Basically, the only requirement is that you give proper credit to the original authors. SpinningSpark 18:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

And the equivalent page on Dutch Wikipedia is nl:Wikipedia:Vertalen naar het Nederlands. SpinningSpark 18:44, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

How many MB or GB's of data is being added to wikipedia?

I was just speculating but how much of data is being added daily? NarSakSasLee (talk) 20:09, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

how do you tab?

Yahoo/Google searches

How do I get my subjects to show up in the search results on Yahoo or Google, or some other search engine, when a person searches the subject of my article.--Newboy27one (talk) 06:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

It's all up to the search engines, actually. It usually takes them a few days to cache any new pages. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:17, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

The also needs to be linked to other articles, orphaned articles are less likely to be found in a search engine. -- Luk ^talk 14:35, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Luk, is that definitely right? What you say seemed intuitive to me, but when I asked about it over on the Village Pump technical page I was told internal links couldn't affect e.g. PageRank. Gonzonoir (talk) 15:17, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Good question, I think I have read it somewhere some time ago. I might be wrong then :). However, having internal links to the article ensures the crawler will eventually index the page. -- Luk ^talk 15:38, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Those are two different questions. The presence of internal linked might decrease the time it takes to show up in a search engine, without necessary affecting where it falls on the list. Consider one article, an orphan with no links, and the same article with 20 links. If a webcrawler finds any one of those 20 articles, it presumably will check outgoing links, so your page will be found a fraction of a second after it stumbles across any of the 20 articles. In the case of the orphan, it has to hit on the article itself. However, the PageRank might not be affected by how many internal links exist.

My (limited) experience is that article are found by Google fairly quickly, usually within hours. Having said that, I created one yesterday that is still not found.--SPhilbrickT 17:46, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Interesting, I see that True_Love_(Jessy_J_album) is in Google, but not Tequila Moon nor Jessy J.--SPhilbrickT 17:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Even more interesting—I checked several pages created on 3 October and found none of them in Google, even though later pages are in Google.--SPhilbrickT 18:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Weird. Elliot Weintrob was created four hours ago and it has been in Google for three hours. Maybe they took off a day on 3 October.--SPhilbrickT 18:05, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a bit of an arcane art. During new page patrol I frequently find articles already Google-crawled within minutes of their creation. Probably a question for Googlers rather than Wikipedians. Gonzonoir (talk) 19:58, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Unlinking tool

What tool can I use to unlink Wikilinks in articles quickly?--Otterathome (talk) 08:50, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

If you want to orphan a page, Twinkle's unlink function works nicely. If you want to remove all links, Find/Replace in a random notepad? :D -- Luk ^talk 14:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Question about editing/writing about specific websites.

I have noticed that some websites have WP entries while others do not, can someone direct me to guidelines for authoring an article about a particular website?

For example I see that wwtdd.com (a celeb gossip blog) has an entry but ftvgirls.com (a gigantic, moderately famous adult site) does not.

If I wanted to write an article about ftvgirls could I? Are there guidelines or are those types of articles verbotten?

Jfreeway (talk) 19:54, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

WP:WEB holds our notability guidelines for web-content. Look at this first, then see theArticle WizardIntelligentsium^review 20:10, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

To answer your specific question, you definitely can, however, some advice—Writing an article for Wikipedia is harder than many people realize. Even professional writers find that the format and style needed for a good encyclopedia article are different than what might be appropriate for other venues. You could:

• Get someone else to do it—If your only goal is to make sure that an article is added to Wikipedia, you can request that someone write an article on the subject.
• Start by editing other articles—If you are interested in becoming an editor at Wikipedia, our experience demonstrates that it is better to start by improving existing articles, which will help you get a sense of how this place works, and then you will be ready to write your first article from scratch. A good place to visit is the Wikipedia backlog, where there are literally hundreds of thousands of articles needing help from editors. Find an article in a subject area you know, and add a source, or a reference, or simply help write it better.
• Go ahead and try—If you do decide to write an article immediately, please read our policy on conflicts of interest, then read our guide to writing your first article, which will repeat some of the good advice above. Then please use the Article wizard, which will help you through the steps. I urge you to accept the option to save your first draft in your user subpage, which will reduce the chance your work will be deleted before it is ready.

userboxes

How do I put pictures inside userboxes. I want to put an arizona cardinals picture on my userbox. A piano keys picture and picture of a cameraAdenR (talk) 20:27, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, use of non-free images in user boxes is forbidden. See Wikipedia:Userboxes#Caution_about_image_use, so the Arizona Cardinals image is out.--SPhilbrickT 23:42, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

You can also go to the Commons page here and search for Piano keys or camera—there are many options available.--SPhilbrickT 23:48, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Here's a few options:

{{User:UBX/photography}}	User:UBX/photography
{{Template:User piano}}	{{User piano}}
{{User:UBX/NFL-Cardinals}}	{{NFL-Cardinals}}

--SPhilbrickT 00:09, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia like website

I'm working on a wikipedia like website for one of my math classes and I need some help editing. I put in this:

< div style="background:#faecc8; border-bottom:1px solid #fad67d; padding:0.2em 0.5em; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">Pictue of the Week< /div > (I put spaces in so you could see what I have in the editing section)

It looks like this:

Pictue of the Week

This created a division in the page with the text Picture of the week. I want to divide this line in half and put another box next to it with some other title like article of the week. How do I go about making it like this. I see it on the front page of Wikipedia and the Wikipedia Commons page so I know it is possible.

Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kzinser517 (talk • contribs) 22:56, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

It would take too long to explain here. You can view the source of the Main page and find out, though. Intelligentsium^review 00:29, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Dealing with duplicate articles?

Hello. I found two articles that deal with the same subject. How do I handle that? Do I have permission to fix that by myself? Thank you. Warrah (talk) 20:47, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Any editor is free to merge the articles together, and then redirect one of the pages to the other. But if both pages have either very long histories or are being actively edited, it may be wise to suggest the merge on the talk page first. Someguy1221 (talk) 20:56, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

That was helpful. Thank you. Warrah (talk) 03:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Starting a new topic on Wikipedia - PocoPouch

I would like to add a new topic (i.e. cocacola) that has not been created yet. It is for a product called PocoPouch. I am finding it dificult to start a topic. Can anyone help? <redacted E-mail> —Preceding unsigned comment added by PocoPouch (talk • contribs) 00:52, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Please read our guidelines on Conflicts of Interest and Promotion. Then, use the Article Wizard. Thank you. Intelligentsium^review 01:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure you are anxious to start, but the track record for article created by people with no prior experience is not great. If you want the article up in a few days, and deleted a couple days later, then jump right in. If you'd like the article to remain, I urge you to try editing other articles first, and then read some helpful advice such as Wikipedia:Tutorial SPhilbrickT 12:30, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

WYSIWUG?

I'm new to editing Wikipedia but I've used the wiki we have at work often. OUr work wiki uses Wikimedia software too but it has a WYSIWUG toolbar to make edits even easier. Does Wikipedia have such?

Thank you Cmcandrl (talk) 17:29, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

There is a gadget called wikiEd that allows this. Go to the gadgets tab in your preferences, and check "wikiEd".--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 17:50, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

help for a new page

I would like to creat a new page for our company. How can I do thatRiedon inc (talk) 19:10, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

We discourage articles about organisations being written by anyone directly connected to them due to conflict of interest. If your company is truly notable, someone will eventually write an article. You can also request the article be written, but there is no guarantee that the request will be acted on, it would first need an editor who found the subject interesting. SpinningSpark 22:41, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Affiliate marketing-eBay

Affiliate marketing (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi everyone,

I have just posted an article about affiliate marketing. I wanted to edit a page to add in a piece about why people wish to start affiliate marekting , or working from home. There many people who do not understand about affiliate marketing and I wanted to outline the benefits as much as the pitfuls of doing such. Wiki have dropped my edited part as well as the external link which in fact leads to an article that highlights the reality of affiliate marketing

Any suggestions??

Swifttruman (talk) 20:28, 7 October 2009 (UTC) Mervyn Johnson

The immediate reason you were reverted is that you included a link to an external site in the body of the article. This is against our manual of style and could be seen as intended to promote that website. Secondly, your ideas on why people want to become affiliates and what the benefits are are not notable. If reliable sources have those same views then it can go in the article along with the references (although one of the editors reverting you said in the edit summary that the article already covers this material). Finally, much of what you wrote was copied verbatim from the linked website. This is a copyright violation and is cause for deletion regardless of the quality of the insertion. Even if it were not copyright it is still plagiarism which is not good for Wikipedia.

When you say Wikipedia have dropped your edit, you appear to think that we have made some kind of central decision. This is not so, it does not work like that here. Individual editors have decided to remove your contribution. If you wish, you can discuss it with them on the article talk page, or the talk page of the individual editors. SpinningSpark 22:32, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Page title

How do I correct the spelling in the page title that I have created.Ceiliboy (talk) 23:00, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

The process is moving (or renaming). You must be autoconfirmed to move a page, though if you tell me which one, I would be glad to move it for you. Intelligentsium^review 23:22, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done I went ahead and moved it for you.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 23:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Pextaxians

Request unclear

 – What?--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 17:35, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

A large online community devoted to discussing and sharing ideas related to Pentax DSLR and 35mm cameras. They are a group highly devoted brand loyal consumers, who appreciate the Pentax approach to camera design. Pentax research and developement listen to the Pextaxians while still in the developement stages of camers design.Ghillindy1 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:54, 8 October 2009 (UTC).

So, what are you asking, exactly?--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 17:35, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

I expect the poster is suggesting an article, in which case s/he should read Wikipedia:Your first article. SpinningSpark 17:55, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

How do your make your signatures colorful?

SpinningShark has a lot of colors mixed together. How do you edit that?--Fuzzyhair2 (talk) 22:08, 8 October 2009 (UTC) Fuzzyhair2 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Special:Preferences will let you set a custom signature. Be sure to check off "Sign my name exactly as shown". Wikipedia:Signatures also has some wise words on the matter; in summary, don't include images or external links in your signature, and too much fanciness will cause the signature to be too long in the edit window, which others find annoying. @harej 02:39, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Choi Woo Hyuk

[version of the article Choi Woo Hyuk was posted here by Seoulrock in [1], removed by PrimeHunter]

This is a place to get help with editing and finding your way around Wikipedia, not for posting articles. Do you have a question? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Left Coast Pool Concepts, Inc.

Left Coast Pool Concepts, Inc. is a Palm Desert, California U.S.A. based swimming pool construction company specializing in new design, construction and remodels. The company is owned and managed by Mario M Horvath.

The companies website is located at: http://www.leftcoastpoolconcepts.com--Mariomhorvath (talk) 17:11, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what you are asking. This is a place to ask for help from other editors about a page you may have in progress, or are planning to write. I don't see that you've started anything. The link is a bad link. Assuming it is your company, please read WP:COI.--SPhilbrickT 17:20, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Question about sources for a new page

I am currently working on a wikipedia page for a well-respected and widely published author. A great deal of the source material regarding him is in the form of reviews in various respected magazines and papers. Is this acceptable? Just trying to figure this thing out.

Thank you,

Leslie7278 (talk) 22:41, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Those sound like good sources, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources, basically, we like sources that are independant of the subject of the article and have gone through some sort of editorial checking process. Publicity material that is generated by the publisher and then printed without any journalistic input is not independant of course. I suggest you need more than just reviews to be able to write a decent article, something on the background and life of the author would make a well rounded article. SpinningSpark 23:54, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

i need me

== how abuot me for help me

becouse i need help me == —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.248.58.233 (talk) 10:07, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

What is it you need help with? SpinningSpark 15:16, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Deleted pages

Is it possible to view deleted pages??? JV Smithy (talk) 00:24, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Only administrators (like me) can view and restore deleted pages. In some cases an administrator may copy a deleted page to you or say roughly what it contained. Do you have a specific page in mind for a specific reason? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:46, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiggmin JV Smithy (talk) 16:09, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Jiggmin was written by User:MADDH4X who has no other edits. It was deleted two hours after it was created on September 10. It was about a flash game creator Jacob Grahn, or rather about his games. It was unsourced, not encyclopedic in tone, and the author encouraged readers to play a game at a given website, to mail him at a given mail address, or mail the subject at a given mail address. Wikipedia has restrictions on information about living people and things like email addresses. Why do you want to see the content? PrimeHunter (talk) 17:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Some friends were adding pages that have been deleted about things related. JV Smithy (talk) 22:46, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

QUESTION

will wikipedia remember me for a long time?--Siddhua (talk) 06:06, 12 October 2009 (UTC){{{}}}

That depends on how you get involved here (and of course, since Wikipedia has no corporate memory of its own, on what its users learn about you). I've placed a welcome template on your talk page with some links to things you can do make a positive contribution. If you're asking technically whether Wikipedia will retain your login details, there's a "remember me" button on the login page that will keep you logged in for 30 days on your current computer, unless you manually log out. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:15, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

See more about staying logged in at Help:Logging in. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Glorious Dawn

On YouTube there is a song recently created by a user named Melodysheep which gives tribute to the late Carl Sagan. Can someone please check it out? It's a wonderful piece that I'd like to see shared with as many people as possible. It has reached nearly 900,000 views in less than a month, and rarely is there a recent comment more than an hour old. Average comment frequency is approximately 13 minutes (from my observation, anyway).

If considered for inclusion into the Wikipedia database, it would be nice to see who created it, what is his/her background, why it was created, what were the tools used, etc.

The url is below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

Thank you for your time

RocketeerRich (talk) 12:17, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for your suggestion, but I'm afraid Wikipedia is not just a webhost. We are an encyclopedia; we have articles about notable subjects, covered with citations from reliable sources. We cannot add videos, however important, simply on their own merit. Further questions? let me know! Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 13:10, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Editing International Samaritan page

So I was wondering if I could possibly undo some editing. I was attempting to replace a photo and accidently screwed up the page format. I need HELP!!! thanksIntsamaritan (talk) 15:37, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done - I reverted it to before you edited it.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 15:47, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Questioningly

"Questioningly" is a Ramones song written by Dee Dee Ramone and released in 1978 on the Sire album Road To Ruin, the Ramones' fourth studio album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greendayfan7 (talk • contribs) 18:07, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

OK. Did you have a question about using Wikipedia? TNXMan 18:15, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

question about Bibliography

in an article about someone who wrote books, isn't the Bibliography section supposed to be a list of the books written by the subject of the article? Kenatipo (talk) 01:27, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

No, the bibliography section (otherwise known as "References", "Citations", "Footnotes", etc.) is a section devoted to sources used in the article (generally print sources, though web sources are sometimes also included in the bibliography section). Books written by the subject would go under a heading labelled "Works", or something to that effect. Intelligentsium^review 01:32, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

of course you're right. i knew it all along. thanks for your help. Kenatipo (talk) 03:14, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Contents

How Do you make contents? --Daniely.23 (talk) 06:30, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

If you're asking about making a table of contents for an article, it's done automatically once the article reaches a certain number of headers. If you're looking to start writing a new article, please go see our guide to your first article. — QuantumEleven 08:32, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

You may also find more information about the table of contents for Wikipedia articles on this page. TNXMan 11:47, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

That links to the same as table of contents in the first reply. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

mail transit time & mail damage in Transit of Unregd/registered mails.

mail transit time Guideline / rule for ord.mails / registered mails. how mails can saved from damage during transit. accountability at various level from bottomline to top . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.245.95.16 (talk • contribs) 10:34, October 13, 2009 (UTC)

I don't quite understand what you're asking about, but it seems prudent to point you towards the reference desk. — QuantumEleven 11:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

ATBLA subject matter, No conflict of interest

ATBLA (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

(ATBLA is the organization that promotes and Administers the Los Angeles Black Gay pride event that occurs during the fourth of July American independence Day Celebration, the ATB stands for At The Beach which exists as the focal point for the black pride events. The Usual Beach party/ Pride celebration occurs every year for 26yrs now, the non profit organization started a trend for black LGBT which resulted in the formation of an annual black gay pride event across the USA and now being done all over the world today In the summer of 1988, Duane Bremond and a group of friends decided to come together to organize and enjoy a day "At the Beach" on the 4th of July. Every year since, At the Beach (ATB) has grown in participants and in scope. It has become the nation's largest recognized Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride celebration. 20,000 + attendees over week long celebration 40&percent; of ATB attendees are from out of state Only event in California that brings together thousands of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people Today, ATB is a progressive and socially responsible organization over 20,00 strong. ATB strives to provide unity celebrations as a networking forum for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender of African descent to increase awareness in areas such as health, civic, and community empowerment.)

I Have created the ATBLA information into Wiki not as a representative of ATBLA but as a concerned person because very little information appear to exist on black pride in Wikipedia. Most of the information I have added where actually received from the ATBLA webpage, Social networking sites as you have stated, also from reads on online news source and news articles including but not limited to

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79460616.html http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur15190.cfm And the Los Angeles Sentinel

Bloggs http://simplyfredsmith.blogspot.com/2005/07/atbla-literary-panel.html http://www.jasmynecannick.com/

and personal attendants of a couple of the ATBLA meetings, I may have created the Information under ATBLA because I choose to name it as such since i found no information on the organization on here, no information on Black gay pride and also no information on the international federation of the black gay pride.

This are very important information first because the black pride movement/ events and celebration took root in Los Angeles through the work of the ATBLA and as quickly but over the years become an international event where all cities pick a date to celebrate in their own fashion, ATBLA had giving courage to black LGBT communities, showing them that they can be black and it's ok to be gay, lesbian, transgender and still celebrate their existence.

While writing my article, one of the rules was that I could not put in any URL. So I had to take all the URL's out and stream line my article according to the policy since the original would not post

Please let me know how I can reformat this article so that it can be accepted by Wiki. It's shameful that the black LGBT community is not well represented in Wiki discuss, probably as a result of no fault of Wiki; Possibly because no one has even bothered to talk about it or write about it on wiki or most other medium. The black community in general feels marginalized and have taking a defeatist position "we can't be bothered because we will not be accepted anyway" this is even worse within the Black LGBT community who feels they can't be accepted by the larger black community and worse still by the general public

I have taking up the personal mission to make a change on this issues, please furnish me with more details on how I can achieve this objective of online medium inclusion on the black LGBT . I will be adding more information as time permits on Wiki and other online mediums as I find them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ATBLA (talk • contribs) 17:20, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

First of all, I have to take issue with you that LGBT is not well represented on Wikipedia. Take a look at Category:LGBT and read some of the articles in that category, then look at the articles in its many sub-categories, and then the sub-categories of the sub-categories - I think you will find we have rather a lot. By the way one of the many faults with your article is that you have not put it in any categories. Its other shortcomings are pretty well summarised by the templates that have been placed at the top of the article. The major thing you need to do right away is provide reliable sources that;

1. Establish the notability of ATBLA (please read the linked guideline so you understand what Wikipedia means by notability).
2. verify all of the statements in the article. This is a firm policy here.

For the most part, the rest of the faults are to do with the tone of the article. This is important, but not as important as the above which you need to do first. Basically, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and expects a dry, neutral and factual tone. The technical complaints, like wikilinking, are not so important and you can ask other editors to help you with those.

On your specific point about external links, you should not put them in the body of the article, but you can put them in an external links section at the end - provided they are relevant and not on the blacklist (see WP:EL) for what is acceptable). It is also acceptable to use an external website as an inline reference provided it is considered reliable as defined at WP:RS.

SpinningSpark 18:23, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

GHETTO SHANGHAI

When accessing the Shanghai refugee content, I was chagrined to see that my name was not mentioned as the author of GHETTO SHANGHAI, published in 1994, second edition 2000. You did mention the excellnt documentary "Shanghai Ghetto" in which I am featured. What do I need to do to get recognized. I am also a lecturer and have contributed various articles regarding the refugees in Shanghai (I am one of them from Germany) and also wrote articles on the 2006 Shanghai reunion. We are having another reunion on a cruise this coming January.

Evelyn Pike Rubin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghettoshanghai (talk • contribs) 19:28, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

It would have been slightly easier to reply to this if you had linked to the article you were talking about like this [[Shanghai Ghetto]], which would have produced a link like this in your question: Shanghai Ghetto.

Anyway, I can't find a mention of your book in the article: is that your complaint? (I thought you meant that your book was mentioned without attribution).

Normally if you know of a relevant book on a subject, I would urge you to simply edit the Further reading section of the page to add a citation. In this case, because you are the author of the book, there is possibly a conflict of interest; but since it is simply a citation, I would suggest you go ahead and add it, but make clear in your edit summary, or perhaps in a separate discussion on the article's talk page that you are the author of the book you are citing. --ColinFine (talk) 23:03, 13 October 2009 (UTC).

Millenium Diet

I POSTED THE MILLENIUM DIET ARTICLE, THEN HIT THE SAVE ICON. NOW I CAN'T FIND THE ARTICLE----- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Platosrun (talk • contribs) 02:07, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

It was deleted by PMDrive1061 (talk · contribs) as a copyright violation. You can ask him for more details. Someguy1221 (talk) 02:30, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

writing

Hello can people write on wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carson99 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

It seems you just did! Anyone can edit any page (with a few exceptions). Go on, edit a page right now! (Helpfully, please). Be bold! Intelligentsium^review 23:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

want sponcers

how can i contact people who like to sponsor money for my studies.my email address is:<email removed for your protection!> 210.212.244.4 (talk) 06:32, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:42, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Undoing an edit

if you undo an edit does it also disappear from the history? DianeBernier (talk) 14:53, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

No, it stays in the page history. Revisions can be removed using a special permission called oversight though, which is available only to a limited number of editors. ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 14:58, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Earl of Clare

I am a new users and do not know how to correctly report objections. I have added material to the Earl of Clare article. Only have I added the Medieval Earls which are well documented as far back as the medieval chroniclers themselves. I have been threatened and now the deed is done as my material has been constantly taken out by two users: Lindsay and Marmaduke. Lindsay's only given reason is that "he read a book" that does not believe that the early earls of clare where really earls. I have quoted correctly I think, all of the material, some of which goes back to medieval times and accepted throughout the centuries, even by the principal clerk and pastor of Henry II HIMSELF. Yet, they continue to harass me and they know that I do not at present know how to make a valid complaint. I am a qualified researcher, by somewhat of a Wikipedia procedure illiterate. PLEASE READ THE EARL OF CLARE DISCUSSION PAGE, AS WELL AS LINDSAY AND MARMADUKES TALK PAGE AND YOU WILL SEE (if they have not deleted it) the way they seemed to have ganged up on my material, apparently they have nothing better to do or anything constructive to add to Wiki and so they troll other people's pages and, using no valid argruments, just their opinion, slash material which is well documented and has survived centuries with little or no dispute. In spite of the fact that I have tried very hard to prove what should be obvious to anyone educated in valid research. I have made one mistake, adding one paragraph of copyrighted material and I removed it as Lindsay's correctly requested, but apparently he will not be satisfied until his version of the history of this family is all that is on the page.

I have even corresponded with the Clare family to verify some of this information. The research I have used is easily verificable ONLINE and is all UNCOPYRIGHTED.

I do not know how to correctly deal with this issue. Would you please help me? Thankyou Mugginsx (talk) 19:16, 14 October 2009 (UTC) Mugginsx (talk) 19:11, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

First off, unpublished letters from the Clare family (ancient or modern) are not published verifiable sources, and have no place here. Second, Lindsay and Percy have been trying to make clear to you that we do have procedural rules as to how information is to be added to articles, and how it is to be cited (have you read the instructions at WP:CITE, for example?). Please do not attack people who are attempting to maintain the procedures and standards we use to keep this project running; and above all, do not take things personally when your edits are reversed or your sources challenged. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:03, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Casa Loma Toronto

Hi,

I was on Wikipedia yesterday and noticed that the information posted about Casa Loma was fairly poor- it was full of errors. I spent much of today making the changes only to be told that there may be a conflict of interest- I am the Curator at Casa Loma and I think that I know the historical facts about the house better that most- why is this a conflict? If someone were to interview me and quote me, I am sure that that would not be seen as a conflict.

I have just been on the site and noticed that my changes have been removed and the old article is back- what am I doing wrong? Can I not contribute? I do not have a bias- only that I want accuracy in this article.

Can I be notified on my talk page please.

Casalomabelle (talk) 19:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

A conflict of interest occurs when you are affiliated with the subject of an article. Though being affiliated with the subject of an article you edit is not in itself a violation of Wikipedia guidelines, editing to portray a subject in a positive light, to mitigate the subject's negative aspects, or to advertise the subject are some, but not all, examples of violating the neutral point-of-view policy that you might tend towards unconsciously because of your affiliation with the subject. You may find that you cannot be unbiased or neutral, or else, you are unaware you are not being unbiased or neutral, when you edit an article with whose subject you are affiliated. Though this does not necessarily happen all of the time, we tend to discourage editing articles with which one is affiliated because of the potential for this happening, as the neutral point of view policy is one of our most valued policies. You may still contribute freely and in good faith to other areas of Wikipedia; however, editing this particular area will continue to be discouraged. If you see any edits you want made, but you are afraid you might have a conflict of interest, you can use the template {{Request edit}} on the talk page of the article you want edited, so that other editors can review the edit(s) you want to make, determine if they are within our NPOV guidelines, and if so, either make them crediting you in their edit summary, or give you the "green light" to make them yourself. If you do not understand, you may ask again either at the help desk, or here, or on my talk page. (Further information: WP:?, WP:COI) Intelligentsium^review 23:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Also note that if you are closely associated with the subject, you may be tempted to include information which you know to be correct, but which is not available in any published sources. Unfortunately, such information is not permitted on Wikipedia, because it must be possible in principle for other readers to go to the cited sources and verify any information in the articles. See WP:V. --ColinFine (talk) 22:57, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

preview that shows Reference section

how do i edit a reference so i can see the result of my change in the preview screen? since references are added/edited in the body of the article, you can't see the result of your work in the Reference section when you hit the Show preview button if you're editing one small section (instead of editing the whole article). do i have to save the page, go to the Article tab to check the result in the References section, then go back to the Edit this page tab to continue editing? Kenatipo (talk) 05:13, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

You can temporarily add {{Reflist}} to the bottom of the section so that when previewing, it will show the references in that section. However, be sure to remove it before saving, and not leave it like that. ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 05:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Chamal. You've been very helpful with this tip! Kenatipo (talk) 18:40, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Copyright material

Hi

I have tried to start a page twice for Haddington Curling Club. I am the secretary of the club and I included general information, which replicates information which I compiled for the clubs own website (Initially I also included a link to the site) The club website is a microsite on the Royal Caledonian Curling Clubs website which is currently administered thru 'Sportsfocus'

I have contacted the RCCC's webmaster Mr Lindsay Scotland and have copied my email and his reply giving consent for the link and article below.

Can you please advise on how I can 'publish' the item on Wiki ???

Thanks Graeme

<cut and paste of private email removed>

javascript:insertTags('Barbieboy (talk) 10:32, 15 October 2009 (UTC)',,)

Please read the replies that have been posted by others on your talk page. It gives you the links to 3 important pieces of information:

1. WP:PERMISSION which explains the process for stating the copyright holder is giving permission to use donate copyrighted material to Wikipedia, a process which involves changing their copyright claim for the applicable block of text, to a shared license. From the email you posted, it does not appear the person who supposedly gave permission, has read the explanation that they are supposed to have read, when permission is requested. Obviously, cutting and pasting an alleged email to a public message board is not proof of anything; something like that could be a fabrication; but more importantly, the process is not just a case of someone saying "okay". Notification of relicensing needs to be sent by the website owner (not you) via email, using the instructions on that page.
2. WP:NOTABILITY which explains notability requirements for articles at Wikipedia, which is also part of the concern that led to the removal of your article.
3. WP:COI which explains the problem of a person working for an organization, being able to write or edit an article about that organization, because of conflict of interest concerns.

There are some other informative links in the posts left at your talk page. You need to read them. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 13:24, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Incomplete

How do I complete an incomplete list? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race&action=edit&section=1 is confusing..

Appreciate your guidance —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zvn (talk • contribs) 13:03, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

See this, the previous year's table, for help. It's formatted exactly the same way, just find the information and make sure it's properly sourced and you'll be good to go. --tennisman 13:07, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Making a subpage public

Hi I have recently created a page and am trying to move it (it's currently a subpage) so that it visible for everyone but I don't have a move tab. Can you let me know what I need to do or if it's not possible for me to move the article into the mainspace can someone do this for me? I have only just registered on wikipedia does this effect thing? Would it help to post a link here of the page?

Thanks Passenger69 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:02, 15 October 2009 (UTC).

Hi Passenger69. You are not yet autoconfirmed, a rights threshold requiring at least ten edits and that your account be four days old. You only have four edits (go make some typo corrections to fix that) and your account was created today. If you don't wish to wait, you can ask for a subpage draft to be moved to the mainspace at Wikipedia:Requested move#Uncontroversial requests. I would also advise you to please look at WP:BAND and WP:CITE. The article could really use some fleshing out, and better and more reliable sourcing using inline citations before posting to the mainspace.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:30, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Heeeeelp!

I'm trying to create a Wikipedia page for my association, NAILBA. I'm not trying to promote or sell any products or services, just trying to have a general page with a brief description of my company. I've been trying to upload this page for several weeks now, the article seems to be stuck under the "my contributions" tab with no "upload" button to make the page live and visible to the public. I've had my account for the required time and edited the page the required amount of times, and am stuck. I know there's a lot of issues with uploading company pages, however, I've found hundreds of association pages on the Wikipedia site - and, if they can do it, why can't I? Think my boss is getting a little ticked that I can't figure it out. Any suggestions? Sarah.ohanley (talk) 15:02, 15 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarah.ohanley (talk • contribs) 14:50, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Sarah.ohanley. Your page is currently created under what is known as "Userspace"; this area allows you to make your own pages under the User:Sarah.ohanley/[pagenamehere] heading. As such, your page is viewable to the general public but is not an actual article. To do that, simply follow the link NAILBA and copy/paste your page body there. (For more information on this process, see the help article for creating a page) This will create an actual encyclopedia page for your association. If you need any more help on this or other matters, feel free to respond here or contact me directly. --tennisman 15:08, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I've moved it into articlespace, but it's an advertisement for the organization, even written in first person! --Orange Mike | Talk 15:23, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

For some reason, this editor has created, and edited under, two identities, User:Sarah.ohanley and User:Sarah.ohanley1! I've blocked the second one as a sockpuppet, but don't know what else to do. The sockpuppet warning template I put on her userpage is incomplete (don't use that feature once); and the language is rather bitey. Could I get some help here? --Orange Mike | Talk 15:39, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, hold on. I can see why this user might feel bitten, when her request for help led to a sock puppet label and the deletion without warning of her contributions (which, if left in her userspace, might have survived long enough for her to fix them up once she'd been directed to our COI policy). Perhaps you could explain account policy a bit better on her talk page?

Sarah.ohanley: your page was deleted as an advertisement: to answer your question ("if they can do it, why can't I?"), have a look at our "Other stuff exists" guideline, which explains why the presence of other pages for companies like yours may not mean that one for this company is justified. OrangeMike has now posted to your talk page some information about our policy on conflicts of interest: essentially, we discourage editors from working on subjects with which they have some personal affiliation. I can't see what you wrote now it's been deleted, but if you believe the company meets our notability requirements you could request its creation at Requested Articles. Then someone else without a potential COI could look at creating the article. Gonzonoir (talk) 15:50, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

You should also take a look at our policies on operating multiple accounts. It appears that you created a second account, which has now been blocked, per the rule of "one editor, one account". If you want to ask about this or need any other information, please just ask here. Gonzonoir (talk) 15:52, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Not being an admin, I don't have all thta much expertise in the area. I think your steps have been correct so far; given that it's a new user, though, who more than likely has little or no knowledge of policy...[s]he seems to be capable of receiving information but I doubt any direct communication will work. Either go to WP:SPI or wait a few hours to see if there is any response to your sock warning, and then take it to CU ... I think? --tennisman 15:45, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Sarah, I'd also suggest you show your boss the paragraph at the end of this link. If he/she is pressuring you to create a Wikipedia article on your company as part of your work duties, it might help them to understand that you're having trouble because you've been asked to do something that is discouraged here, and that your work may well be heavily edited or removed by other editors as a result. Karenjc 17:16, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

advice please

hi, can you edit and advise on how best to place the information, this is a big story Barbados we are being covered by international media eg bbc etc. its the way we are tackling the recession and also the medical tourism aspect —Preceding unsigned comment added by Strategy Consultants (talk • contribs) 15:38, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Strategy Consultants. Not having expertise in the subject, I would not be the one to add this information. However, I would suggest to you to be bold and add in the information you desire, as long as you can find references for the information you enter. If this is indeed notable news, then I imagine other editors will soon help you out with the addition of information that is indeed encyclopedic. Cheers! --tennisman 15:40, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Ricky Rupra

Ricky Rupra (born March 31,1984 in Leicester,United Kingdom is a professional online poker player who regularly plays online in the biggest No-Limit hold'em cash games and tournament's primarily on Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars where he plays under the screen name "ricki186". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clairetilley (talk • contribs) 20:26, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like you are trying to create an article. The message below has info that may help you get started.

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

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 with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite 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 Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at 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. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article. TNXMan 20:27, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Lockerz

I've written a rubbish article about the Lockerz online survey site. This site has already more than 350,000 active members, plus there are by my estimate more than 100,000 "invite to Lockerz" sites jamming up nearly every message board on the internet. That seems to me more than a significant enough site to have a proper Wikipedia entry. Lockerz gathers personal details from members as young as 13 (or even younger with parental permission), and cleverly "rewards" its members for divulging even more personal information about themselves through survey questionnaires. I have struggled for hour to understand Wikipedia, but I'm on the verge of giving up. How can I get help with this entry (which is currently sitting in my userspace)? Can someone move it on?

Wyldman (talk) 22:08, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Done. See Lockerz. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:06, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

SideBar

How do I include a sidebar in an article?

24.105.128.173 (talk) 17:26, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

I think you are referring to an infobox. You can read more about them on this page. There are different infoboxes for different subjects (people, historical buildings, organizations, etc.) TNXMan 17:37, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Another Name

How do I make that the article opens when people search "Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty" AND "Met Council." When I searched "met council" there was another article (a different organization. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rwizenfeld (talk • contribs) 17:30, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Add Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty to the Metropolitan council disambiguation page. It is also possible to add a hatnote to the Metropolitan Council article, but in this case probably is not necessary. Note that Metropolitan council and Metropolitan Council are two different articles (different capitalisation). SpinningSpark 19:55, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Question about the donkey page in wikipedia

The wikipedia page on donkeys mentions that the donkey is also the symbol of the Democratic Party in the USA. If I have something to contribute to that then how do I add that to this page and where do I send it to get it approved?

Marinablue (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:42, 16 October 2009 (UTC).

I'm not sure what you mean. What did you wish to add? Do you mean something about how the donkey became used as a symbol for the Democrats? That would go in the Democratic Party (United States) article and/or the Thomas Nast articles. If you mean adding something to the article donkey, I'd say it might be undue weight to add too much more.

You don't have to "get it approved"! You can edit whenever you want, by clicking the edit tab, at the top of a page. Please make sure you contribute constructively, however. If your edit gets reverted, don't worry about it! That's what Wikipedia is about! Be bold!. Intelligentsium^review 23:04, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Help

help me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iqbalians (talk • contribs) 15:14, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

With what do you need help? TNXMan 15:15, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Help Me please

Hi,

I am so trying to add my info to my name Garry Pastore which is already in your search engine and it's a little confusing even for a brainiac like myself. Please help me!! Here is what I have right now.Garry Pastore (talk) 23:20, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Garry Pastore was born in New York City in December 1961, he was the middle child in a family of six, his parents were both born in New York and are now deceased. Garry currently resides in central New Jersey and has 3 children with his wife, Melody. Garry has appeared as an actor in well over 40 television and feature films since 1981. He was also a property person with IATSE Local 52 for the last ten years. [1]

Garry is a published author and wrote the book titled, "You're Not in Mom's Kitchen Anymore"[2]Garry has written ten screenplays for film and televison which he is now developing with his company Hudson Film Group. [3] Hudson Film Group is screening it's first film "Waiting for...BUDD" [4]which is Garry's directorial and producing debut on October 29th, 2009 at the NYIFF[5] this film has been submitted to 20 film festivals around the globe.

Garry has most recently become a member of the famous New York's Friars Club [6]and is in the pre production phase of Hudson Film Group's next film--Garry Pastore (talk) 22:12, 17 October 2009 (UTC).

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Garry_Pastore"

Please see WP:User page. You can put lots of things on your user page, and what you have so far, while perhaps a bit excessive, seems fine. Please note the difference between mainspace and userspace, i.e. your user page is not part of the main encyclopedia that is the mainspace. --Odie5533 (talk) 23:39, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Need Help

I'm trying to develop my first article on my User page but i am clearly lost and going around in circles. Two things are stumping me:

How do i create a Category, ie: NOTABLE QUOTES for example on the User Page and how do i insert a Reference Link? RE: the latter, I note the reference lists give a descripion of the link, but I am trying to add a link, ie: John Smith's Official website and of course what I am getting is simply the URL )link, ie: http//etc, etc

thank youDigby scallops (talk) 04:46, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

For citing sources, see WP:NOTES and WP:CITE. Basically, add <ref>http://google.com/</ref> to the article somewhere, and then add {{reflist}} to the bottom of the article so the references will print out. Do not add mainspace categories to your userpage, instead, wait until you place the article in mainspace to add the categories. If you have any other questions let us know. --Odie5533 (talk) 04:57, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Or you can surround the categories with <nowiki></nowiki> tags while the article is in userspace. This prevents the page actually being added to the categories but when you move it into mainspace all you will need to do is remove the tags. SpinningSpark 09:23, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Everton Barnes

Biography —Preceding unsigned comment added by Taurean17 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not have a biography of somebody by that name. Do you have a question? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:21, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

adding information to a wikipedia page

I am a new contributor and was just making some substantial additions to a page. When I clicked save I received an error page that was a warning about vandalism and if there was nothing wrong with the new info to click save again, which I did but none of the changes to the page are posted. Then I was directed to a page for reporting a false positive. Can you explain why this might be? Will my edits be posted? Saxaphony (talk) 06:31, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

There was a software block on the edit because it contained the word "poop", which 99.9% of the time is used by people who just like putting the word poop all over articles. If you leave this out of your edits, they will be allowed through. I've asked at the discussion page for the software block (Wikipedia talk:Edit filter) about a way to allow you to bypass it (I noticed and investigated your reports of false positives). Someguy1221 (talk) 06:37, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

After dinner payback

hey i have created this page for my band "After dinner Payback"

i dont know why i have a speedy deletion on it?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ADP4 (talk • contribs) 04:16, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

The article After dinner payback was deleted under speedy deletion criteria A7. That is, there was no indication that the band was notable to be included in Wikipedia. For something to be included in Wikipedia, it must be notable. In this case, the notability guidelines can be found here. If your band does not meet that, I'm afraid it can't have an article here. ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 04:21, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

In addition, you might want to review WP:COI. Sorry to sound so negative, but I'd hate for you to put the effort into tracking down information to support Notability, and only then find that you are running afoul of Conflict issues.--SPhilbrickT 14:57, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

It is proposed that this article be deleted

Hello. I am a complete newbie in Wiki community and wish to create my first articles. After I saved my newlt created article, however, the message popped out, which says It is proposed that this article be deleted No indication of notability. A quick search reveals no reliable sources that could establish notability either. Could you help me, please, I have no idea what I can do to improve the article, I added some external links with information on the company that I describe in my page and the message still doesn't leave, please, advise. I attampt to create a page about the company I work for, no advertising expressions of course, just short info.

Intellectus language centre

Intellectus Language Centre —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fetard (talk • contribs) 12:07, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Anybody can remove a PROD notice. I'm assuming you want to contest the PROD, and I went ahead and removed it.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 12:24, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

To demonstrate the notability of its subject, the article needs to show that its subject has been covered in independent reliable sources. I am afraid that the company's web site does not count as "independent"; articles in the press or trade journals about the company would count. As you are writing an article about your employer, you should make sure that you read and understand our conflict of interest guidelines. Gandalf61 (talk) 12:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

The article is up for deletion through AfD.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 12:34, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

When removing the PROD, the instructions should have been followed: post reasons for objecting to the deletion on the talk page. I realize the person who removed the template wasn't the one who had the objection, but for that reason, it should be the objector who removes it. The PROD page says "if this template is removed, it should not be replaced", and clearly it was. The original says not to add the "hangon" template if it's not a speedly deletion request, and neither the first nor second template says "speedy", but in the deletion discussion itself it is being converted into a speedy request, which is kind of unfair to the editor. This is all happening because procedures are not being followed! --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 15:45, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Not sure I fully understand your point but this was clearly an A7 speedy, so there was no point letting the Afd drag on for the full 7 days. – ukexpat (talk) 18:21, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Someone has the same name

Hi what do I do if I want to create an entry for someone who has the same name as an existing entry? Can two entries have the same name? --TracyAwhite (talk) 21:09, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Pick an article name like "Name (profession)". If you tell us the name, and the profession of the person you want to add, we may be able to make suggestions. You can also start your article in your own user space, as a sub-page: User:TracyAwhite/article, and it doesn't have to be the final article name. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 21:29, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

What you are talking about is called disambiguation, and the guidelines for how to resolve it for people can be found at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)#Qualifier between bracketing parentheses. — QuantumEleven 08:28, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

No Move Tab

Hello I'm Disneyfolly2 and I need help moving a draft that I did called User:Disneyfolly2/The Princess and the >Frog: Original Songs and Score. Because I'm a new contributor I don't have the move tab yet so I was hoping ypu can help me. Thank YouDisneyfolly2 (talk) 02:17, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Done. You can now find it at The Princess and the Frog: Original Songs and Score. — QuantumEleven 08:31, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Question

Why can't I pull up our used car inventory listing on my computer ? Our new car listing comes up on the same sight but not used cars.The sight is http--h-kchev.com 69.129.226.28 (talk) 15:10, 22 October 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) 15:53, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Editing Articles

I'm sorry if this has already been asked, or the answer was already provided to me via beginner help pages, but are you alowed to just on the spot delete/drastically edit pages if they're poorly written? A lot of editors have been leaving very redundant comments on the discussion page for that article that it should be rewritten, but it doesn't seem like it has, and then I edited a minor bit of it and then I, too, added my own comment about this minor change and my belief that the page needs to be edited. So I want to know if anyone can just start scrapping paragraphs, and if I can, how much change would be too much? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.44.97.166 (talk) 21:22, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

If there appears to be consensus that the article needs to be rewritten then be bold and go ahead and do it. Take a look at WP:CITE and WP:RS for info on citing and sources. Remember that your changes can easily be undone if necessary. Also remember to use edit summaries. You should also think about creating an account, though that is not a requirement to editing. – ukexpat (talk) 21:30, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

You can't delete pages completely - only admins can do that - although you can nominate them for deletion if you can produce a valid reason: see here. Ukexpat's advice about drastic editing is spot on. And your instinct to use the talk page to seek consensus, or at least to explain your edits if they are considerable, is absolutely right. If you're going to make large-scale changes to an article you're much less likely to have your work undone if you've explained your rationale on the talk page and are obviously open to collaboration. Good luck and thanks for helping. Karenjc 22:15, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

uploading picture from main page to stub

Hi I am a new contributor and am not sure if my unsuccessful attempt to copy a picture from the main page to a stub is due to a syntax error, or whether it is an access rights issue.

the page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Agricultural_Standard

Regards

Mike Smith 01:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karkariki (talk • contribs)

I got it working, by copying the syntax from Organic certification. --Commander Keane (talk) 08:25, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Wiki Bots

Can someone tell me how to make bot for any task. I am from Hindi Wikipedia and I want to know that how a bot is made. Please provide me some link for this task. Thank you. रोहित रावत (talk) 08:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Rohit this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Creating_a_bot explains the method of creating bots--NotedGrant Talk 08:25, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

high voltage DC measurement

how are high DC current and voltage measured ??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waghmare (talk • contribs) 12:17, 23 October 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 Page is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Spitfire^Tally-ho! 12:29, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I wrote an article but it was deleted....Why??

Hi,

I wrote an article but it was deleted....Why?? I am trying to write an article on SEO and have my company name placed on it with 2 links. one to bing and one to my website with helpful tips on seo. As i'm a newbe to this, i am stuck and do not know what to do. Can someone please help me and let me know the best place to post the article?

Handws (talk) 13:44, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Please see Why was my page deleted? The most common reasons are:

• The subject was not notable enough to have their own article
• It was a test page
• It was vandalism

To find the specific reason a particular page was deleted:

1. Go to the Deletion Log
2. Type the page title in the case-sensitive search field
3. The date, time and reason for deletion will be displayed--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 14:01, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

See the messages on your talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 14:44, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Tajaajila sagalicha Dhiigicha Hafuurichaa

Tajaajilli Sagalicha-Dhiigicha-Hafuurichaa fayyuu cubbamootaatiif akka ta’utti, labsii wangeelaa fi bal’ina Mootummaa Waaqayyootiif akka gumaachanitti barreeffamoota adda addaa qopheessuudhaan Saba Oromoo biyyaa fi lafa hundaa jiruuf dhiyeessaa ti jira. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdhh (talk • contribs) 15:50, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

As this is English Wikipedia, you are more likely to get a response to your question if you ask it in English. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 15:52, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

How do I publish my article I created with the article Wizard?

I created my article with the article Wizard, and now it is still in my "user" space. How do I move it to published?Charlottealex (talk) 17:28, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

You can WP:MOVE your page to the article space --NotedGrant Talk 17:31, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Moving article, new user

Hello,

I am a new user. I've created a draft article and would like to move it, but the move tab is not present/active on my page. How can I get approved to move my article? Alternatievly, can someone else move it if a probation period is required? Cpleamon (talk) 19:57, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Your account has to be autoconfirmed (4 days old and 10 edits) before you can move articles. I have moved it for you. The references will have to be cleaned up too - take a look at WP:CITE - I will do a couple for you so you see what I mean. – ukexpat (talk) 20:30, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

It is now at Folate targeting. As you are the creator of the process please read our advice on conflict of interest. – ukexpat (talk) 20:37, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Wrote an article that is in my draft space and would like to move it

Hello,

I'm a newbie Wikipedian and I've written a new biographical article that I believe is ready to move to the main space. But I'm unclear on auto confirmation and the "move" tab. Can you explain? Also, is there a page or cheat sheet on how to note diacritical marks while editing an article? I looked, but couldn't find one.

Please notify me on my talk page, and thanks in advance for your help.

Autrylibraries (talk) 21:47, 23 October 2009 (UTC)Autrylibraries

Your account is not yet autoconfirmed (4 days old and at least 10 edits) so you don't have move rights yet. I will move it and tidy up the formatting and layout for you. – ukexpat (talk) 21:54, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

The article is now in the mainspace at Mark Raymond Harrington. – ukexpat (talk) 21:59, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

You asked about diacritical marks—when you click on edit, notice the "insert" box below Save Page. Click the down arrow, and select Latin, and you will see letters with marks.--SPhilbrickT 01:58, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

The other way to insert characters with diacritics is to learn their alt codes. ALT+0248 will produce an "ø" for example. Mjroots (talk) 06:01, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Metal-Roid

Metal-Roid is a Melodic Thrash Metal band from Seenu Atoll, Maldives, Formed in 2007. The band is composed of Andy (lead vocals), Shaam (rhythm guitar), Vittu (lead guitar), Wacho (bass guitar), Shirra (drums) and Anaxx (keyboards). They were formed under the name of Metal of Addu and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Traphic Jam and Fasylive. We recorded five songs which were not released.

(was posted at top of page on Oct 7 by User:Metal-Roid)

Your post was overlooked because you added it to the top of the page, and we look for new posts at the bottom. If you click the "new section" tab to add to a post, it will be added automatically to the right place. Also, please remember to sign your posts. In reply to your post, it does not appear your band would be notable enough for an article. See WP:MUSIC for guidelines. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 14:49, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Also if you are in the band, which is what I'm assuming because you said "We" then you should wait for someone else to write the aricle see Wp:COI--SKATER ^Speak. 15:55, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

how to cite a telephone interview when writing a wikipedia page?

How do you do it if you have the person interviewing and the date it was given. Iloveschool15 (talk) 17:38, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, you can't. All content used on Wikipedia must be verifiable, and that means it has been published in some reproducible medium. A telephone interview doesn't qualify, as only the two people on the phone know what happened. So unless this interview was recorded and broadcast over television or radio, it can't be used. Someguy1221 (talk) 18:08, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Someguy is correct, though it would also suffice if the transcript had been recorded in a newspaper, book or other reliable source Olaf Davis (talk) 22:02, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

CAN I UPLOAD MY OWN PICTURE FOR MY PERSONAL PROFILE?

I would like to know if i can upload my own picture for my personal profile. I would like to also know if someone else can search for information on my personal profile. i am wanting to place a few pages of a book i am writing and i would like ot know if people will be able to read it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nhlanhla J Thomson (talk • contribs) 01:24, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not MySpace. We don't have "personal profiles". Instead, we have userpages, or pages Wikipedia allows editors to "own" (though they don't really own them, the WMF does) and use as they please, within limits. Intelligentsium^review 02:16, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

I advised the user about using their userpage for their "book"--SKATER ^Speak. 16:01, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

what is pharmacology/

what is pharmacology 08:38, 24 October 2009 (UTC)Nihir.pandit (talk)

Pharmacology. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:34, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

New guy

Resolved

 – User has been welcomed on talk page. Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 20:20, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi everyone. I am a new contributor in the Anglish Wikipedia. Normally, i contribute on the French Wikipedia. For the moment, i contribute on the French Version. For the Anglish Version, i see that later or another day ;). My question is: Someone can explain to me the rules and indicate the good link's of The Anglish Wikipédia on my Talking Page?

I'm a Swiss guy and the anglish language is not very good, my mother teach me lesson's. I cannot continue, my anglish language stop here (i now anglish word's, but for reading a long text, is hard). Thank you and good bye, --Joe La Truite (talk) 12:10, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

How do you add the external link category to an existing page

I would like to add a helpful external link however, this category does not currently exist on the page how do I add this?

Angel Angelbws (talk) 14:59, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Before trying to add external links, please be aware that most external links do not belong on Wikipedia. Please read our entire guideline regarding them first. Once you have that down, the code to insert a section for them is as follows:

==External Links==
[<link> <spacebar> <title>]

Make sure you include the single brackets. Further questions? let me know! Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 20:37, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Che Guevara

In your information about Che, its states that his wristwatch and something else was taken by some murderer as a souvenior and now is at the CIA. There was a number above 163. Is this historically true. I've been to Che's Memorial two months ago and do not remember a watch. Thee items belong to his family. If it is true I will tart letter writing. Kate---- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.87.160.66 (talk) 18:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't say his watch was taken. It says a flashlight was. Also, it was not a murderer, it was his executioner. The full text reads: "After the execution, Rodríguez took several of Guevara's personal items, including a Rolex GMT Master wristwatch which he continued to wear many years later, often showing them to reporters during the ensuing years. Today, some of these belongings, including his flashlight, are on display at the CIA." The source, if you check the citation, is [2], and that is what says, "After the execution, Rodríguez took Che's Rolex watch, often proudly showing it to reporters during the ensuing years." Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 20:33, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Afd Subject with additional biographic information

I am the subject of the article (or stub) "Gary Anderson/recycling symbol". I have additional information on myself, if it would be of use to the editors. The informaiton includes an image of the original recycling symbol, as well as the press release with photographs that was promulgated by the Containter Corporation of America, the company that organized the competition through which the symbol was selected. There are other articles that have been published concerning me and the recycling symbol, in addition to the one that is cited in the Afd. And I have a few other achievements to my credit. I only acquired a Wikipedia account today, so I'm somewhat daunted by all of the procedures and protocols. What is the best way to make this information available for possible use?Gdanderson (talk) 00:32, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Nobody owns articles; firstly, please be aware of the problems of conflict of interest, and please read WP:BESTCOI.

Accordingly, any such suggestions to articles should be made on the relevant article discussion page, for example on Talk:Gary Anderson (Recycling).

Do not put any copyrighted material on there; you could link to pages on the web with the information. The press-release will be of limited use, due to it being a primary source - articles require independent reliable sources, such as newspaper articles, books, etc.

With regard to images, they can only be used if they are released under an appropriate license that permits them to be used for any purpose - if the symbols are subject to copyright, then they can only be used according to very specific restrictions. The copyright FAQ should help with that side of things.

If you have any further questions, please ask them. Best,  Chzz  ►  01:17, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Irish/Welsh ancestor

I am looking for details of my great-grandmother, Martha Woodham (married name) who had 10 children (one of whom was Clara Woodham my grandmother), was born in Southern Ireland and lived in South Wales (Barry area) as an adult. Her husband William Woodham was possibly English.

Where do I start. I was born in 1951.

Alison Drapier-Hendry —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drapier-Hendry (talk • contribs) 12:03, 25 October 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. TNXMan 14:20, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello Alison. Wikipedia doesn't contain genealogical information that could help you in your search (unless one of your ancestors was notable enough to have an article in the encyclopaedia). The best place to look online is on the specialist genealogical websites, such as ancestry.co.uk. These are basically subscription sites with access to a large number of records, although a limited amount of information there is also available free, mainly from free online births, marriages and deaths databases. Searching on your ancestors' names on one of these sites may help you narrow down the possibilities, particularly if you have a rough idea of where they lived. Best of luck. Karenjc 15:55, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

the base of the word in morphology84.36.156.23 (talk) 14:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

the base of the word in morphology

Welcome to the Wikipedia Reference 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.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 14:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

New User seeking guidance on appropriate sources to expand an article

As a new user I have spent some time reading the extensive guidance on how to contribute to Wikipedia and think I have grasped the basics. I am planning initially to contribute to the existing article on Prestel where I worked some 25 years ago. I hope that this connection would not be considered to constitute a Conflict of Interest given the time that has elapsed and the fact that the public service was discontinued some years ago.

I recognise that primary source material is generally not considered to be an ideal basis for writing articles but given the paucity of sources currently available on the relevant page I wanted to include information based upon such sources in this case. These comprise publicity material produced by the Post Office in the early 1980's which go into considerable detail on the technology etc. which I doubt would be available in other third party publications.

What is my best course of action: to read further guidance, to ask on the relevant discussion page for the article - bearing in mind that there have only been four issues raised in the past four years, spend time searching for alternative sources of the same information or Be Bold and go ahead with some editorial additions?

I'm not seeking "carte blanche" simply wishing to respect best advice.

Inspeximus (talk) 17:52, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

I'd suggest adding it one item at a time, and seeing how other editors watching that article react. You can also seek guidance at the reliable sources noticeboard. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:06, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Editing notes

Hi,

I just want to spent a few weeks thinking about structure and presentation of the content for my article on 'Female Sexuality'. Consequently I will be making hundreds of edits. Should I be doing this somewhere else?

Thanks, Jane Nosper (talk) 18:30, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

I assume you are talking about the draft article in your user space Female sexuality.

Please note that there already exists an article on Female sexuality, so while you are free to work on a draft article in your user space, you will not simply be able to move that article into main space without discussion.

I urge you to post at the talk page to discuss what you have done/are planning to do, to see how it meshes with the existing article. If there is little overlap, perhaps the article you are working on can become a main space article with a different name. If there is overlap, you should work with the editors to reach common ground.

As to your original question, you are free to make edits, even hundreds of edits to a draft article in your user space - however, if you are going to go to that much work, it would be a shame to do so and not have something to show for it, so it would make sense to discuss with at the talk page now.

Finally, while it is natural to refer to an article as "my article" when you are the only one to have edited it, please be aware that once it is in main space it can no longer be referred to that way.--SPhilbrickT 18:59, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Changes will not stay!

I keep going back in to add my new content, and saving it. It shows up on the page, but then when I search, it does not show it in the content of the page anymore! What is going on? I did this about 4 different times and it still will not work. Thanks, Camelot Records (talk) 20:11, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Please view the history of the page you are editing and your own talk page. In your specific case, editors (including myself) are reverting your changes because they are inappropriate for Wikipedia. Please read the comments posted in your talk page for full details. --ShadowRangerRIT (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Flag Icon

Morning, I recently included some information about Irish rail accidents which hadn't been previously included but I've been unable to insert a flag icon for The Republic of Ireland, can you advise me further Mossy44 (talk) 09:18, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

The flag at my left is produced by typing {{flagicon|Ireland}}. Is that what you were looking for? Someguy1221 (talk) 09:23, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

But please also note the guidance for the appropriate use of such icons at WP:MOSFLAG. – ukexpat (talk) 15:17, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

The History of the Rent Acts in England and Wales

I have some material I would like you to consider including. It was written by me as part of a training manual for Rent Officers. It is my own copyright. It is in printed form. If it could be transferred to CD how do I transmit it to you?81.159.234.36 (talk) 17:03, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

It sounds as though you wrote it for someone else, and it is under their copyright. It would probably not be usable at Wikipedia for that reason. Content contributed to Wikipedia can be edited and changed by anyone, so you would not be contributing a "static" article. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 02:11, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

As you have described it, the material would probably not be acceptable for Wikipedia on at least two grounds, perhaps three:

• Copyright material is not permitted, unless licensed under one of the acceptable licences - merely granting permission to Wikipedia is not enough
• Original research is not permitted. This is an encyclopaedia, in which everything is supposed to come from published sources
• You may or may not have included sufficient reliable sources for an encyclopaedia article.

If you would like to use your expertise to contribute, please think about improving existing articles (such as Landlord and Tenant (Rent Control) Act 1949 for example) or consider writing a new article - but please read your first article first. --ColinFine (talk) 23:41, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

New article from existing reference

My article topic is referenced by name only in a related article, and the "Go" button sends me there rather than giving me the opportunity to write an article about this topic. How do I get around that?18:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC)Saltwater27 (talk)

Click the "Redirected from ..." link at the top after clicking Go. See more at Wikipedia:Redirect#Navigating redirects. See also Wikipedia:Your first article before creating an article. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:12, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

I am going to merger and redirect Mountaineers Books into The Mountaineers (club) as it does not appear to be sufficiently notable for its own article. – ukexpat (talk) 15:21, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Deletion

Good afternoon,

I'm a new user and recently moved my page from User:CelebrationHealth to make it a live page Florida Hospital Celebration Health. However, it looks like the page might be deleted for copyright reasons. I'm not sure what other changes might need to be made. In the meantime, can I move my page BACK to the Sandbox?

Thanks, CelebrationHealth (talk) 18:43, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

The page is gone now. Here who can send you an email containing the article, however they might refuse to do so if it was deleted for copyright reasons. As you probably know now, you should write the article using your own words instead of copying from copyrighted text, so perhaps having the original article would not be much of a benefit. FYI, you could have copied the article back to your sandbox via copy/paste of the edit box, before it was deleted, and you also could have created the article by copying from the sandbox to the article, so you would have it in two places. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 21:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Image tags

I have two images that I created myself and am happy to be in the public domain and added them to an article but forgot to fill in the copyright information section. How do I now add tags so that they are not deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msharwood (talk • contribs) 20:23, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Edit the image info page to add them. Please consider uploading them to Commons so they can be used in all Wikimedia projects. – ukexpat (talk) 20:29, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Publishing my article

I submitted an article for review, but have not had anyone review it. How will I know it is ready to publish, and then how do I publish it? I can also be reached at my talk page.

MsleethMsleeth (talk) 22:34, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

I take it you mean User:Msleeth/What Causes a Bank to Fail and the Bank Liquidation Process. I don't know what you mean by 'submitted for review': you have made only three edits - one to create that page, one edit to Checking account, and this question above.

You may 'publish' it, as you put it, any time you like, by using the 'move' tab at the top to move it to a page that doesn't start with 'User:Msleeth'. However, if you do so at present it will almost certainly get deleted, on the grounds that it reads like an essay, so appears to be what Wikipedia calls original research. It also needs a lot of formatting and wikilinks. Please read your first article. --ColinFine (talk) 23:53, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Move Button

Hello, I had just recently signed up for wiki and the article I am writing; I am unable to move so it can be published. Can someone please help? Thanks Jimbo328 (talk) 23:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC)Jim

I've now confirmed your account so you can move it (you'd have been confirmed automatically in two days or so, accounts are autoconfirmed after 4 days/10 edits). Cheers, Cenarium (talk) 23:18, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Images/Pictures

To Whom it May Concern, My question is a 2-part question.

1) How do you upload an image?

2) Is an image of a movie DVD cover art or of a movie film poster copyrighted material or are those okay to post?

Thanks!

Ibrflvs (talk) 01:11, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Uploading images. For the guideline on movie posters, etc., see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Further questions? let me know! Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 01:20, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Why can't I see my article? Title: Willis M. Rivinus

I wrote, edited, referenced, formatted an article titled Willis M. Rivinus in my userspace. How does it get published? I don't understand the "move" thing or what it means. Thanks Wellred (talk) 04:08, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

See Help:Moving a page to see how it works. Let us know if you don't understand it. I'd caution you, however, about moving the page in its current state. Your article presently cites almost exclusively articles written by Rivinus instead of sources written about Rivinus. Such sources are necessary to determine whether a person is notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. You would do well to find articles or sections from newspapers, magazines, books, and other reliable sources that discuss Rivinus or his work, and include that information in the article. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:32, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

nepal

dear sir

i am one of the hotel management student from nepal which is affiliated to preston university USA so called by the school. the school provides 2 and half years diploma from AH&LA which i don't have any problem but the article about preston's unacredited university i am curious to know that is this college's degree of preston's bachelor degree worth? does it ha a value in the market? or is it just making fgool to its students please reply with full detail thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.199.177.56 (talk) 10:30, 28 October 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. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:47, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Background information box

you know the background information box? how do you create that? Scahyadi (talk) 12:33, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

I guess you are referring to infoboxes which are a form of template. See Help:Infobox and Category:Infobox templates. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:06, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

What Message Appears After a Speedy Delete Request?

I would like to request a Speedy Delete of my first article The Bangellame. What I would like to know is:

1. How do I do this?

2. Is it possible to convey that the request for deletion was made by the author?

Something like: 'This article has been deleted at the request of the author'.

I am a newbie and have made several mistakes, I don't wish to make any more. Thanks in advance. --123flamenco (talk) 15:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Edit the page and add {{db-g7}} to the top. That will request a speedy deletion of the page under criteria for speedy deletion G7, "Author requests deletion". --Mysdaao ^talk 17:34, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and put the G7 tag with a comment confirming that you requested deletion out of good faith.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 17:41, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me out. --123flamenco (talk) 18:20, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Moving an Article

Howdy, I'm a new user and I don't have a move tab to upload a biography I have written. I could use your help. Thank you. It is under user:Thetruthaboutmoviestars/new article.Thetruthaboutmoviestars (talk) 20:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Please read our Conflict of Interest guidelines. Intelligentsium 21:47, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Citing sources

How would you cite information gained from personal correspondence? Or is that just not something that's done because it's not verifiable? Ekillian (talk) 23:17, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

You are correct: See WP:NOR. Intelligentsium 23:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

No Move Tab

Hello, I have created a new page

User:Barratta/Ventana Wildlife Society Template:Userspace Ventana Wildlife Societydraft

But I'm unable to move it, as it is less than 4 days old. Can you help? Thanks Alison

Barratta (talk) 03:15, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Done Sole Soul (talk) 05:33, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Draft to article

Hey there I cannot for the life of me find how to publish my draft page into a proper article. I'm sure it's simple, but I seem to be failing! Thanks in advance Letty

Zeppyloo (talk) 22:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done here. Hope that's what you wanted. Tim1357 (talk) 22:24, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Question

I want to buy 100 animals and spend $100 chickens .50 pigs $2.50 cows $10 how many of each do i buy.216.145.77.115 (talk) 01:52, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to the New contributors' help page. 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.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 01:57, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

What does this tag mean?

I had my article, Mobility as a Service reviewed by one of the wiki editors and the article got tagged as an advertisement. Is an "advert" tagged article eligible for speedy deletion. The message sounds little confusing. Can you please confirm?

Since this is my first wiki article, can you please also help me identify few sections/lines that sound like an advertisement. I would like to use your expertise in revising my article to meet the wiki standards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.76.135.254 (talk) 08:54, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about speedy deletion, the tag on the page is just a way to help users identify, and hopefully fix problems within the article. It also helps readers to know when certain parts of an article might be incorrect. A speedy deletion tag looks more like this: Template:db (follow link).

As for the second part of your query, I recommend contacting Orangemike, the user who added the tag, and politely asking him what his reasons for doing so were so that you can try and fix them. To me it looks like on of the main problems is the format of the article, if you study the layout of a different article on a company, Halfords for instance, and then build Mobility as a Service up around the same basic layout it should be improved greatly. Remember that the article should be completely unbiased, providing the reader with a well rounded view on the subject, and that all statements must be attributed to a reliable source. Kind regards Spitfire^Tally-ho! 10:02, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

how do i edit

i do not know how to edit and i really want to know —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.22.241 (talk) 20:19, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Go to any wikipedia article and simply click the edit button (rather like you just did asking this question), from there just change the code and click save. For more see Help:Editing. Remember that all contributions must met our policies and guidelines, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 20:36, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

This help page actually has a link saying "Click here to ask your question about editing Wikipedia". Articles and most other pages only have links saying "edit" at section headings and a tab at the top saying "edit this page". PrimeHunter (talk) 14:15, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

can someone look up then update the page

hi i am not really good on computers but i was looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SP-KP/ToDo/salvage2 and i noticed that "cock rock" was missing from the list please feel free to look it up your self but here is a link to what i am refering to http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfcat_aus/2523703263/ as i am not that interested in getting to know the internet that well can some one please do this for me. thanks Adrian

Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 21:49, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

New Guy

I am new and do not yet have a Move Tab. My ID is Knight1971 and I need help moving my draft User:Knight1971/A Deal in Ostriches. I formally requested a move for my first article and was notified that this request method was more appropriate. Can you help?Knight1971 (talk) 23:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

I would, but I have concerns that too much of the article is plot summary. Consider revising with content you would find in an encyclopedia.--Unionhawk ^{Talk E-mail Review} 23:35, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

feedback

How do I get feedback on suggested changes.

Irvdiamod (talk) 01:37, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, the idea here at wikipedia is that users should be bold in their editing. Go ahead and make the changes, and don't worry about making mistakes, all mistakes can be undone if they need to be. The article's talk page is a good place to start if you want further feedback. Tim1357 (talk) 02:19, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

See more at Wikipedia:Talk page. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:12, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

New Article, help.

Hello Wikipedia community,

I recently started work on an article I wish to put out at some point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Krakaet/Tommyknocker

• I was wondering if anyone could look over it and give me some tips for improvement.
• How do I actually put it up as its own page once it is finished.
• It seems there is already a page with the Tommyknocker name, what do I do in this situation?

--Krakaet (talk) 05:25, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

The page called Tommyknocker is a redirect to Knocker (folklore). (To get to the redirect page after you're redirected, click on the link on the "redirected from" note at the top of the page, and there you are.) Since the word is an Americanized version of a Welsh / Cornish folklore creature, it probably isn't significant enough to be the primary entry. So I recommend replacing the current redirect page with yours, and putting a "hatnote" pointing to "Knocker (folklore)" at the top, for which you can see an example in the existing Knocker article, and copy/modify from there. You don't have to rename or move your page, just copy and paste from edit box to edit box. As for the state of the article, it looks close to acceptable. I'll let others comment on whether it meets notability requirements. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 16:12, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Before taking the above advice, you should address the copyright issues on the image you used. Just click on the image to see the issue.--SPhilbrickT 16:16, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm not good with editing that, exactly what do I click on in order to add my fair use rationale?--Krakaet (talk) 18:16, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Ok so I ditched that picture in place of another one that is under creative commons so that settles that. However, I'm still not quite getting this disambiguation thing. . . what are the list of steps I need to follow to get my article off of my user page, set it up as its own, and have it linked on a tommyknocker disambiguation page? and will that take an inordinate amount of work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krakaet (talk • contribs) 20:36, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

blackberry

how to unlock black berry cellphone —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.95.9.56 (talk) 05:58, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:07, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Admiral Dudley North RN

The current Wikipedia item seems inaccurate in one respect. He is listed as commanding the battleship HMS NEW ZEALAND during World War I, but I have a book of his with the flyleaf inscribed: "Dudley North, Comr. [i.e. Commander], HMAS AUSTRALIA, 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron, Grand Fleet, Decr. 1918". He could not have commanded any capital ship in a rank lower than Captain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.151.103 (talk) 09:41, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

I would encourage you to look for verifiable sources that confirm what you have found. Unfortunately the source you have is not acceptable for Wikipedia, so in general you should not change the information only on the basis of what you have. However, I see that the article you refer to, Dudley Burton Napier North (it would have been helpful if you had included a link to the article) has no sources at all, so perhaps an appropriate action would be to remove the information which you are contesting. If you do so, it would be a very good idea to add a section to the article's talk page explaining what you have done and why. I see that one contributor is already asking for help there, so perhaps you can work with that person to find some sources and improve the article.

I must confess that I don't follow your reasoning: I don't know anything about naval ranks, but I don't see how your information is inconsistent with what is in the article. --ColinFine (talk) 10:36, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

I think the OP's point is that if North was still only a master and commander in December 1918 as per his book flyleaf, then he couldn't have been a full post captain (a higher rank) earlier, during WWI, and if that was so then he couldn't have been in command of HMS New Zealand during that conflict as battleships are commanded by captains, not commanders. I see his logic, although I can't say whether he's right. (Were there special war provisions for command? Was North temporarily promoted in some special way, or an exception made during war? Did North have a fit of amnesia the day he inscribed his book?) The book is an interesting clue, but more solid sources are needed to clarify the article. Karenjc 16:56, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

How do You Create a new Page?

How do you create a new Wikipedia page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cookieandfrankie (talk • contribs) 13:20, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

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 with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite 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 Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at 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. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article. ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 13:25, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Writing an article for Wikipedia is harder than many people realize. Over 99% of all articles submitted by someone with no other editing experience in Wikipedia are deleted. Even professional writers find that the format and style needed for a good encyclopedia article are different than what might be appropriate for other venues. You could:
* Get someone else to do it—If your only goal is to make sure that an article is added to Wikipedia, you can request that someone write an article on the subject.
* Start by editing other articles—If you are interested in becoming an editor at Wikipedia, our experience demonstrates that it is better to start by improving existing articles, which will help you get a sense of how this place works, and then writing your first article from scratch. A good place to visit is the Wikipedia backlog, where there are literally hundreds of thousands of articles needing help from editors. Find an article in a subject area you know, and add a source, or a reference, or simply help write it better.
* Go ahead and try—If you do decide to write an article immediately, please read our policy on conflicts of interest, then read our guide to writing your first article, which will repeat some of the good advice above. Then please use the Article wizard, which will help you through the steps. I urge you to accept the option to save your first draft in your user subpage, which will reduce the chance your work will be deleted before it is ready.SPhilbrickT 13:09, 7 October 2009 (UTC)