Wikipedia:New contributors' help page/Archive/2010/March

Declaration of Consent for all enquiries...

Hi There!

I recently added the image Alex_Arcadia_SuperGymnast.jpg to the Alex Arcadia page, and it is now marked for speedy deletion. The reason stated is that permission can not be confirmed.

Th email address given to send a Declaration of Consent, permissions-en@wikimedia.org, is not working. Is there another address or some other recourse I can take to prevent this deletion?

I happen to be a representative to Alex Arcadia himself, as well as assistant manager of Alex Arcadia's website where I got the image from. I'm still not sure why it's up for deletion. I'm slowly beginning to understand the wiki-language and laws so please bear with me.

I have Alex's full permission to use this image, and can prove it, so what do I do now?

thank you kindly,

Perfomativity (talk) 05:38, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Try photosubmission@wikimedia.org, while following the directions given at Wikipedia:Contact us/Photo submission. However, photo and permission emails are processed by volunteers and there's a heavy backlog- so be prepared to wait awhile. If the image is deleted in the mean time, don't worry- it will eventually be uploaded again. liquidluck✽talk 06:12, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Article creation - possible COI

I am an experienced Wikipedia editor but this is a new situation for me. I have been working on a draft of an article about my employer, and I understand that to publish it myself without review poses a significant conflict of interest. Is there a way to get a review of my draft, or should I just put the page on WP:RA? -Tjarrett (talk) 15:57, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Here or WP:RFF are good places to ask for review. – ukexpat (talk) 16:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'm asking. :) I think that User:Tjarrett/Veracode is ready for review. I'd welcome some eyes on it other than mine to look for COI and unconscious bias. Thanks. -Tjarrett (talk) 16:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Question about whether or not to create a wikipedia page/article

Hello,

I'm new to wikipedia and am trying to determine if it makes sense to create a wikipedia page for the technology my company produces. I've done a search, and there is currently no entry for the technology. However, there is a much more general entry for the overall space my technology falls into. Would you recommend just adding a redirect for my technology to the existing (more general) page, or creating an entirely separate page for it (assuming I can find enough third party sources to cite)? Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

Sew1288 (talk) 23:50, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

It's hard to answer that sort of question in general terms. Certainly if you can't find reliable sources for this technology specifically, it should not have its own article. But even if you can, that doesn't necessarily mean that it should have its own article. I suggest that you start a discussion on the Talk page of the more general article: in fact, you should do this in any case, because you may have a conflict of interest if you were to write an article about the technology. --ColinFine (talk) 00:16, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

converting bakerlite telephone

how do do convrt old bakerlite telrphone to use with modern sockets can it be diy or will i need to pay to have it converted ----- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.241.217 (talk) 00:32, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

This page is for asking questions about Wikipedia. You may want to try asking at WP:Reference desk. (And the word you're looking for is "bakelite".) --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 01:09, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed addition to Croix de Guerre page under WWI recipients

When doing some research on the Croix de Guerre (French Medal of Honor), I found a name missing. The name is Needham Roberts and the link to the information that I offer as evidence is: http://www.forloveofliberty.net/stories/needham-roberts-wwi-warrior/517 http://www.forloveofliberty.net/stories/henry-johnson-wwi-warrior/79

From the reading that I've done, he was with Henry Lincoln Johnson (who is listed) that won the award. These two guys are the first two men to ever be awarded this medal. If you agree with my findings, I think it to be very appropriate to add this hero to the list. Mrporsche (talk) 02:17, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion regarding Croix de guerre. When you feel 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). --Mysdaao ^talk 03:01, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Duck Soup (1970's band)

Duck Soup was a jazz-rock-pop band (1972-78) founded by Richard Grossman, a jazz pianist. The original lineup included Grossman on piano, Jim Hayne on guitar, Bill Koepnick on drums, Jim Pabarue, lead singer, and Bill Hayward on bass. The band performed mainly in the Philadelphia area, particularly in the suburban Main Line, at various bars, clubs, and colleges, including The Main Point, Grendal's Lair, The Rittenhouse Lounge, Haverford and Harcum Colleges, pool parties, and high school graduations. They later relocated to San Francisco. Basically uncategorizable, Duck Soup played a mix of hard rock, honky-tonk, and latin-tinged music. Their songs, mainly written by Grossman and his wife Dottie, often featured sardonic social commentary, as well as intense but contained jams that allowed the instrumentalists to stretch out melodically and rhythmically. Influences included the Beatles, Randy Newman, Mose Allison, San Francisco jam bands such as the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, and the hard-bop tradition of Art Blakey and Miles Davis. Grossman, who was several years older than the other band members, had played with Blakey, as well as many legendary members of the Philadelphia Jazz scene of the 1950's. Following experiments with electric cello and bass in the 1960's, he recruited several musicians from the local music scene in Bryn Mawr, where he ran a book and record store, The Lampost, with his wife and collaborator Dottie Grossman. Though the band had auditions with RCA records and recorded at the legendary Hit Factory in New York, commercial success was elusive, as record executives expressed concern about the bands "accessibility". Following the departure of Pabarue and Hayward in 1975, the band was joined by a female vocalist, Kirk Wilson, trumpeter Bicey Ferguson, as well as a new bassist and sax player. Following Wilson's death from a horse riding accident, the band moved to the West coast, where they recorded an unreleased album under the name Jack Rozz, a word play on "jazz-rock", a genre in which they were often pidgeon- holed. Following the band's breakup in 1978, Grossman continued his career as a pianist until his death in 1992. His wife Dottie continues to perform poetry and spoken word in Los Angeles and San Francisco. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmghayward (talk • contribs) 04:56, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

• It looks like you were trying to create an article.

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 also available to walk you through creating an article. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:39, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Trying to insert entry in Deaths in December 2008

I'm only new to Wiki & tried to edit a page in "Deaths" 28th December 2008. I wanted to put my Dad who passed away then & was a Champion English Cylist & rode for Gt. Britain in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Every time I put it in & save the page when you go back the entry is gone. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. koolkar55 Koolkar55 (talk) 06:44, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Please use a descriptive title in future questions. I've inserted one for you. --ColinFine (talk) 08:43, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry about your Dad. Wikipedia cannot record everybody, even everybody who competes in the Olympics, so we have a policy of notability, according to which only people who have been written about in several independent reliable sources have articles about them; and people should only be in lists like Deaths in December 2008 if they have, or could have, articles about them.

If you think your father meets the notability requirement, I suggest you go to WP:RA and ask for an article about him to be created (you shouldn't create one yourself, as you have a conflict of interest). Please give the references you have found for him.

If you do that, you can add him to the Deaths article again, and say in your edit comment that he is notable and you have requested an article on him.

If you cannot find references that meet the notability criterion, I'm afraid that an article about him will not be accepted. --ColinFine (talk) 08:51, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

One more thing - to enter him in the Deaths page, you need a reference that records the date of his death. --ColinFine (talk) 08:53, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi Koolkar55, and welcome to Wikipedia! As William Jones does not have an article, any attempt to add his name to Deaths in 2008 will be removed - Special:Contributions/Koolkar55 shows that you tried twice. I would suggest reading my reply to the previous question ("Duck Soup (1970's band)") which explains about how (and if) an article can be created. A quick look for William Jones in the 1952 Summer Olympics did not reveal that he won any medals, and indeed Cycling_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics shows that the only cycling event that the British team won any medals in was the Team Pursuit, where they got a bronze medal - and your father was not one of the 4 members of that team. Unless reliable sources of information about William Edward "Billy" Jones can be found to show that he was notable, an article about him would not meet the criteria for inclusion. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:54, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Looking for insurance providers

We are an NGO {Non Profit Organisation} promoting Social Objectives covering the Essential domain of : > (a) Safe Drinking Water from NON POTABLE Sources without using Electricity,Chemicals and 7 X 24 O&M > (b) Irrigation or general application Water safe ...converted from SEWAGE waste Water...similar as above. > (c) Quick and safe affordableShelters for Poor (BPL Catagory) as well as Condominiums : LIG / MIG/ HIG / VILLA / G+4 Bldg. made to order at Factory and installed at site in eeks and a few months.

• We need Financial and Good Banner Support, from Big Group/s in similar Business in USA, interested in INDIA coverage.

Secondly, PREFAB Shelters are very popular in USA/Europe. INDIA is yet to adopt the Proven Technology of Quick, Safe Built Housing and hence INSURANCE Companies and Municipal Admin sanctioning House Building etc treat the PREFAB as TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTIONS. > This Mindset needs change for quick developments in BUILDING/ Home > Construction INDUSTRY in INDIA. > We request Members to inform us suitble INSURANCE providers who cover PREFAB for guarantee of life beyond 25 / 50 years.

Could you help us please? With Regards, > Thanking You in anticipation, > KISHORE KAIKINI [ President: NGO] > Bio Activated Energy Mission (Regd.) <phone redacted> > —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.96.36.2 (talk) 10:24, 4 March 2010 (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. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 11:55, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

about driving band of projectile(metal)

what is working copper? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Akaash003 (talk • contribs) 17:44, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia: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, select the relevant section, 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. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:19, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Citing nightly talk show

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 – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:44, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

I used the {{cite episode}} template to reference the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but these episodes don't really have titles. So until I find something more suitable, I used the date as the title. The result looked like this:

Jay Leno (producer) (March 3, 2010). "March 3, 2010". The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Season 18. Episode 149. NBC. {{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |episodelink= and |seriesno= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)

Any ideas on whether this is okay or not? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:27, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

I think that's about the only way to do it. – ukexpat (talk) 18:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Works for me then. Thanks Ukexpat. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:44, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

User subpages

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 04:27, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

I have noticed experienced users have subpages, eg User:AustralianRupert/DYKs. How do I create some subpages of my own?SpoolWhippets (talk) 03:14, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

The same way you create any non-existant page - try entering its name in the search box and clicking "Go", then clicking on the red link that appears. Alternatively, just click on a link to User:SpoolWhippets/A User Subpage or such. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 03:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:User page#Creating user subpages. – ukexpat (talk) 03:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks gang!SpoolWhippets (talk) 04:17, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Missing history

I just finished a rather extensive edit of Comparison of download managers and checked the history tab to make sure it got saved properly, to my surprise it never reported either saving or my edit summary, but refreshing the article page includes my new changes, and my own contributions page records my save and edit summary. My question is what happened? Is this a symptom of a much larger problem with wikipedia (acute or chronic, either way I doubt I would know what to do in order to help), or is this error of a missing report my own causing? If so, how should I prevent it from recurring?--202.168.102.96 (talk) 18:39, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

I see your edit and edit summary. Have you tried purging? TNXMan 18:42, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Sometimes, our servers get loaded enough to ensure that changes are displayed only after a time lag and not instantly. Like TN mentions, try purging. Should work in some time any which way. Feel free to write back if this doesn't help. While you're at it, you may wish to create an account if you do not already have one. Creating an account providesa number of benefits; in particular, your contributions are attributed to your username. SeeHelp:Logging in for help with logging in to an existing account. Feel free to write back here for help. ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 19:07, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Missing links

I'm just wondering, if I come across a red link (it doesnt link to any wiki article), should I remove it, or keep it there in case an article with that name is made? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mistrmojo (talk • contribs) 00:28, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

In general, it's best to leave it there so that people can see that there's an article that needs to be created. Lots of editors create articles when they see a red link. (Not all editors think this, and some want to remove all red links, but a lot prefer to leave them.) However, if you think it's unlikely that an article will ever be created - perhaps it's a topic that's not notable enough to ever warrant an article - then you can go ahead and remove it. (See also Wikipedia:Red link) Sometimes, if the link is very similar in identical in meaning to an article that exists, you can create a redirect to the article. --BelovedFreak 00:38, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

You could also kindly note that in case an article has a significantly large number of red links, the article might become visually tough to read. In such cases, drill down the red links (after having read a guideline on what red links should be preferred)so that the final article version is pleasant to the eyes.▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Clean up: Spam? What to do with this?

What do you in cases like in this article Handwriting movement analysis, where the article is full of company names? I added some templates, removed all in-article external links and put them in ref tags but still. Some were real links, some were just text links... I sometimes removed the http:// part but I'm not sure it's the right thing to do. (See edits) - Have I done OK? － Cy21(talk) 16:39, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

"In-line" external links are discouraged by WP:EL so you did the right thing by eliminating them. In fact, I would be inclined to remove all the stuff about the software, it looks spammy and detracts from the article. If any of the software packages or their publishers are notable, they should have their own articles, not piggy-back on this one. – ukexpat (talk) 17:07, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks =) Agree it looks like spam. Should the article be completely deleted? (also if you check the editors, there one named PenComputingPerson who seems to be specialized, should a warning be sent?) Some suspicious manifacturer mentions even seem to overflow to the Handwriting recognition article.

Also do you know if it's better, in case of direct links to websites, to have text link or hypertext links? Text links won't be crawled by search engine bots but on the other hand, doing this may also make links harder to detect for the 'spam link detector' wikibot? That maybe also be the reason why only some were real links... to not be detected. I didn't know what to do so I just removed them to makes things homogeneous but now, more and more, I think that wasn't such a good idea. － Cy21(talk) 22:58, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

No need to delete the article (baby, bathwater); agree with removing all sub-sections dealing with specific software. Also remove all external links, as these are links to the same products. Virtually all citations that point to just a website, come from spammy bits that should come out. There are some valid references, and if the spam were removed, what remains would make for an acceptable encyclopedic article. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 15:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Max Pemberton

I've just created a new page for Dr Max Pemberton, a doctor and writer/journalist. This is my first entry though and i'm not sure i've done it correctly - would be great for anyone else to have a look. There is another Max Pemberton - a novelist - who has an entry too - does this need a disambiguation page? If so, i'm not sure i'm confident enough yet to do this without messing it up! Globe789 (talk) 04:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC)globe789

If your article survives review by our new page patrol who look at recently created articles, then create a disambiguation page according to the guidelines. Feel free to write back for any help on contributions. ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 05:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

If there are only two relevant articles a disambiguation page is not necessary, hatnotes will work just fine. – ukexpat (talk) 02:51, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Background of Help Menu Administrators > Offer to Demystify Technology

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 – ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 06:24, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

The quality of writing of the help menu is unusually high. I wonder if it is possible to get information about the backgrounds of the people who do this. For example, are they professional writers *Question Mark* (Sorry, my keyboard isn`t working properly, and I can`t type certain characters.) // And Nothing But (talk) 06:34, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Information about contributors to Wikipedia is available precisely insofar as those contributors choose to share it in their User pages (and its accuracy is mostly undeterminable). You can look at the History of a page to see who its editors have been, and see if they have put anything on their user pages. --ColinFine (talk) 10:31, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Colin. Personal information is great, if people feel like sharing it, but that was not really what I was after. I was wondering what kinds of backgrounds the admins have, collectively speaking, if there is any pattern. Maybe there isn't any. I'm brand new and don't know much. I was trying to figure out how the help menu could have been so well-written, considering that we are volunteers, and I rarely see such quality even among professionals!

I also thought the admins deserved praise, and since most people complain rather than giving praise, I thought I'd try to balance things out a bit <smile>.

I'm also trying to figure out what I can best do here. I have a lot of experience translating IT concepts into plain English, so that people can understand what's being written. So, I will probably visit some IT articles to see if they are comprehensible by lay persons and, if not, try to as Captain Picard says make them so.

Sometimes, in such articles, I have noticed that there are run-on sentences, items are not logically sequenced, and statements are imprecise (I have seen such articles on Wikipedia in the course of doing my work). If anyone sees any like that, please feel free to let me know. If I'm capable of understanding it, I'll try to fix it. That is my offer to help (for starters: I will probably switch to something else later — depending on where my travels take me). If this belongs in a different section (e.g., an IT section), please feel free to copy it to that place. // And Nothing But (talk) 04:46, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia itself (or the Wikimedia Foundation which runs it) also knows no more than what the editors (all volunteers) choose to write, and nobody checks this information. I'm an administrator but many help contributors are not. Depending on your computer you may be able to type a question mark with an Alt code by holding down Alt and pressing 63 on the numeric keypad. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:53, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for this information and that which you put on my talk page. You are very kind. I managed to fix my keyboard <smile>. I am surprised (and grateful) that I got two responses very quickly. Typically, on the web, I get bupkis — slowly. // And Nothing But (talk) 04:46, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Are leaks worth mentioning?

If a game, movie or album leak onto the internet before its official release, is it worth mentioning in its wikipedia article?EvanVolm (talk) 18:28, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

There are two questions: is the leak notable (I guess that either the information leaked or the fact that there was a leak could be notable); is there a reliable source for the leak. I suspect that the latter test is almost always going to fail, in which case the information should not be put in Wikipedia. If a reliable newspaper publishes an article about the leak, then it could be included. --ColinFine (talk) 18:50, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

And note that Wikipedia:External links#Restrictions on linking doesn't allow linking to copyright violations. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:40, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Are articles linked to organization website considered reliable?

I am getting ready to write an article about a credit reporting association and its work/ties to credit reporting. Articles about their work have been written and published in several newspapers. In order to reference this information I would have to link directly to the association site, as the articles are stored on their server.

Is this ok? or do the articles have to come from the news website, for example if I have a Washington Post article does it have to link back to their site? the articles are old and therefore only available in PDF versions which is why they are hosted on the association's site.

just don't want to do all of this work just to have the article deleted, thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by NCRA (talk • contribs) 18:26, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

It is always preferable to cite the reference at its original source. However if that is not possible, other sources are acceptable. I would suggest that you use the appropriate citation template from {{cite web}}, {{cite book}}, {{cite news}} or {{cite journal}} to show the details of the original location/publication/source etc in a standardised format. Also please take a look at he notability guidelines at WP:ORG and WP:RS for guidance on relibale sources. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 18:42, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

In addition if you are connected with the association please see WP:COI and if your username is an acronym for the association, it's non-compliant with the user name policy. – ukexpat (talk) 18:45, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi NCRA, Ukexpat is right. Once you've read WP:Reliable sources and WP:Citing sources, you'll be clear about our policy about usage of sources. In summary, while it's perfectly ok to link back to the credit reporting association's server, any such linkage would qualify to be a primary source. An article should not be solely made on primary sources. In general, it would be highly preferable if you link up to the third party news site wherever you can find the original news link available. Having said that, I would also encourage you to be careful in another area. In case NCRA happens to be the credit rating association whose article you wish to create, it would be good if you could change your current user name. Wikipedia has a policy against promotional user names. Feel free to write here for any support or help in changing your user name, if you so may require. ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:47, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Would a PDF of a previously published article etc that is now stored on the subject's website because it's no longer available online elswhere be a primary source? I am not sure it would. If it's cited properly so that someone could find and verify the reference in a paper copy, it would be a valid secondary source. – ukexpat (talk) 18:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

I concur with you Ukexpat. It's just that till the time the news pdf reports provided are hosted on the credit association's website, they remains primary sources. The problem is that in the future, if any other editor challenges the veracity of the pdf copies - and if the correct original links cannot be provided - such links would be summarily removed. The danger is also that given that the credit association's servers might also host self-published advertising material using these very news reports, there's a future possibility of original research. But more or less, I think your answer above should help the user. ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 19:21, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

FWIW, I've used the archiveurl parameters in the citation templates in the past for this scenario--leave the original URL in the citation where it's known and fill in the permanent location into the archiveurl field. -20:58, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Remember also that there is no requirement that a citation to a published source include an internet link. I would say that since these are hosted on the subject's own website, they are suspect. Simply site the original articles in their original print appearances and include no URL whatsoever. PDFs hosted at a subject's own website are always suspect, and may also be copyright violations!!!! --Orange Mike | Talk 14:15, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

First time new article questions

Ive written a new article on the abraham lincoln institute and saved it as a work in progress page. I'm having trouble getting the reference to show up right at the bottom of the page. My only reference is the abraham lincoln institute's website (another reference would be our bylaws, but these aren't public). Where would I put the link in this to get it to show up properly:—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gleidner (talk • contribs)

I've done a few changes on the page you were working on. Check how I've used the reference of the website. It'll be good if you could check why we prefer reliable sources in our articles, and also how to use WP:Citation templates. Feel free to write back for help. Thanks ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 06:38, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

And as you appear to be connected with the organization, please read our guidance on conflicts of interest. – ukexpat (talk) 14:06, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Neurotin question

what is the drug neurotin used for.----

You may find the information you're looking for in our page on Gabapentin, for which neurontin is the proprietary name. Otherwise, you might want to try our reference desks, whose volunteers specialize in knowledge questions: this page is for those looking for help in using Wikipedia. Lastly, if your question is a homework question, please keep in mind that though we can help you, we won't do your homework for you. Let us know if you have further questions. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:46, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Nor do we give medical advice. – ukexpat (talk) 14:04, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Renaming a Page

Thank you in advance for your assistance. I wish to change the name of a page with a correct/legal name. I cannot find the "move" tab at the top of the page in order to do this. I am trying to change "Ron Karenga" to "Maulana Karenga" because the latter is the real and legal name and complies with the "Reasons for moving a page" according to the Wikipedia guidelines.

Can you assist me with this.

Ginadumas (talk) 02:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

It appears Karenga goes by Ron Karenga rather than his birth name, so people will be more likely to try to look him up under the name Ron Karenga. In cases like this, Wikipedia places the articles under the most common name of the subject. For this reason, the article is placed at Ron Karenga while Maulana Karenga is a redirect to the Ron Karenga page. If you think the article should change names, please start a discussion on the talk page of the Karenga article (Talk:Ron Karenga) or request it at Wikipedia:Requested moves.

You do not see the move tab yet because you are not yet autoconfirmed, and the move tool is only granted to autoconfirmed users. You will be autoconfirmed once your account is at least four days old and has at least ten edits. Hope that helps! liquidluck✽talk 04:17, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Name Change

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 17:25, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Someone has mistaked and used an unreliable source to change the year in the title/name of my article. How do i change it back? --WhereTheLinesOverlapXX (talk) 10:29, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

It would help if you had told us which article. The Yellow Handkerchief (2008 film) contains no citations, reliable or otherwise. It was moved by User:Xxshannen1xx, and in its text it says it was screened at the 2008 Sundance festival. If you dispute that, I suggest you find a reliable source for its history.

It may be that you are really arguing about whether the date of a film is its first screening or its first public release: if that is the issue, You might find some help at Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Style guidelines. --ColinFine (talk) 10:38, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

ok, then once ive found a reliable source, how do i move it back? --WhereTheLinesOverlapXX (talk) 11:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I was going to say you just use "Move", but I see that you have created a Redirect. I'm not sure, but I think you need Administrator intervention to overwrite a redirect with a page. But unless you have evidence that the facts in that article are wrong and the film was never shown in 2008, please don't undo User:Xxchannen1xx's edit without having a discussion with them first, preferably on the article's Talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 11:44, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Theres many sources that state it only premiered about a month ago, there was a whole red carpet section and everything. But i dont know where or how to use the 'Move' thing. --WhereTheLinesOverlapXX (talk) 21:35, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

OK, now I've found the guideline that says which year to use, and so you are correct and Xxchannen1xx is wrong. (It would have saved me some confusion if you had explained this - I didn't know whether you were disputing the facts about the Sundance screening or just its relevance).

You do "the 'Move' thing by picking the "Move" tab at the top of the page, and entering the new name for the page in the dialogue: this was how Xxshannen1xx moved it in the first place. However, you can't usually overwrite an existing page with a move, even a redirect; so I think you need an Admin to sort this out. Post a request to Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests.

In the meantime, how about adding some citations to the article? --ColinFine (talk) 23:08, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I have moved The Yellow Handkerchief (2008 film) to The Yellow Handkerchief (2010 film). PrimeHunter (talk) 01:38, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Selecting the best infobox template for a biography

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 –  – ukexpat (talk) 17:24, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I've worked on a few articles, but others started each of them. I plan to begin one on the architectural historian Gwendolyn Wright. In looking at the infobox templates, I find many possibilities with minimal obvious order to them. There are exceptions, where it's very clear which one to use, but mostly there just seem to be lots of options. Are they like citations - many possible ways to proceed? Or is there a preferred template that I haven't been able to deduce? What might you suggest for an academic author who is also a minor TV personality? Thanks! --Frankie Rae (talk) 22:08, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

For academics I usually use {{Infobox scientist}} (works OK for non-scientists too). Another option is the generic {{Infobox person}}. You can see a reasonably complete list at Category:People infobox templates. – ukexpat (talk) 22:16, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I'd looked at the list, but it's just a list. Very helpful! --Frankie Rae (talk) 16:17, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Referencing

If I make an insert and list the new reference, or repeat a reference, do I have to renumber every single reference in that particular article. For example, if there are 21 references and I insert a reference in the middle, so that there are now 22 references, is it my obligation to renumber all the references after the one I inserted? Thank you. 68.32.249.41 (talk) 23:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

No, the software will automatically number the citations for you. Also, when repeating a reference you should use a refname rather than typing up a new reference to the same source. Hope that helps, liquidluck✽talk 23:08, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Starting a disambiguation page?

I'd like to create a new page for a school called Vanguard School which is in Pennsylvania. A "Vanguard School" page already exists for another school in Florida. Should I title my article "Vanguard School (Pennsylvania)" or is a disambiguation page necessary? Malvernresident (talk) 16:50, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Vanguard School (Pennsylvania) or further disambiguation with the name of the city or town is the way to do it. There is no need for a disambiguation page for two articles. An appropriate hatnote on each will suffice. – ukexpat (talk) 16:59, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. I put a hatnote on "Vanguard School" offering a link to "The Vanguard School (Pennsylvania)" but now I realize there is a third article, called "The Vanguard School." If there are three do I need a disambiguation page? Malvernresident (talk) 14:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

In that case a disam page is appropriate, probably Vanguard School (disambiguation), and please see WP:MOSDAB for manual of style guidelines for disam pages. Let me know if you need help. – ukexpat (talk) 14:28, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Bruno Carmeni

I am new to Wikipedia and have tried to understand what you have posted on "my talk" page, but must say it is rather confusing. However coming to the point: I have posted the article on "Bruno Carmeni" as it is on the Wikipedia Italian version and it has been there for years, therefore I do not understand why it has a "Speedy deletion nomination". Can you pls. explain and what needs to be done for it not to be deleted? Thanks --aidajudo (talk) 18:25, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

The article needs a lot in terms of citations to reliable sources, but the editor who warned you about the impending deletion reversed himself on that. The article is no longer listed for deletion. Someguy1221 (talk) 19:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Ks0stm sent the message and requested the speedy deletion of the article, but then he removed the request one minute later. Right now Bruno Carmeni it is not in danger of being deleted. You may wish to ask the Ks0stm about it on his talk page at User talk:Ks0stm to find out why he did what he did. --Mysdaao ^talk 19:13, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

hardend veins

my friend did a wellbutrin intravenously and it turned his veins hard and unusable, what can he do to fix the problem? (----) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Piggyloverabc (talk • contribs) 23:39, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not give medical advice. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:09, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

What's this stuff about voting on articles?

Hi, I'm CheeseDeluxe, and I'm relatively new to the community, despite having lurked around for some time. I noticed there were things for voting on articles. But here's my question: What are we voting on? And how come I've never seen anything else regarding this? CheeseDeluxe (talk) 03:01, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

You've probably noticed users talking about discussions about articles for deletion. It's where an article is nominated for deletion, and users give their opinion on whether should be kept, deleted, merged, redirected, or transwikied. It's not a true "vote" because a decision isn't made based on the count of how many users recommend a course of action. Instead, an administrator makes a decision based on a judgment of the consensus of the discussion. Please read Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion for an explanation of why discussion is more important than voting. --Mysdaao ^talk 03:46, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm studying and reviewing the Wikipedia procedures. I understand that there is a concensus approach to managing/editing Wikipedia. But the mention of "administrator" makes it sound like there is, actually, some sort of hierarcy. Is this really the case? Thank you. Zwek1345 (talk) 19:12, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Consensus is Wikipedia's approach. It is used to handle almost all of the editing and decision-making on Wikipedia. But there are a few cases where users with access to more tools are needed. This is what administrators are. They have access to some additional tools like being able to protect pages, delete pages, and block users. It's not a hierarchy, and they don't have any extra authority except in certain cases. Their job is to implement the policy and consensus of the community. I suggest you read the essay Wikipedia:What adminship is not to gain a better understanding. --Mysdaao ^talk 14:59, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Bob (Robert C) Black May 6 1951

Bob Black a great thinker and reverse engineer. Talanted Mechanic on automobiles Boats Aircraft. building enrgineer —Preceding unsigned comment added by BobCBlack (talk • contribs) 04:30, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Have you a question, BobCBlack?

If you're suggesting that there should be an article about you, please read WP:BIO and WP:COI. --ColinFine (talk) 08:20, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Counting Words

I've been asked to join an arbitration case and to limit my words to less than 1000 words. I've been told I'm over the 1000 word limit and other editors are clipping my evidence. Although I've edited it "down" several times, it's still over the limit I'm told.

How do I count the words in my evidence page to know the number of words I've used?--Kala Bethere (talk) 13:41, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

An easy way is to copy and paste the words into this site: http://www.wordcounttool.com/ --Mysdaao ^talk 14:05, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

commenting off page

I have seen people mentioning offpage talks and I wondered what exactly that meant and how it is accomplised. I know that one can ask to enable e-mail, but this is not what I am asking about. Any help would be appreciated. thank you. Mugginsx (talk) 13:07, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Are you referring to article talk pages? They are pages where editors can discuss an article and way to improve it. Learn more on this page. TNXMan 14:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't recall seeing the terms "commenting off page" or "offpage talks". A Wikipedia search of everything gives no results. Can you link to an example so we can see the formulation and context? Is it possible the people are saying "off wiki" or "off-line"? PrimeHunter (talk) 14:10, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Not the talk pages. I cannot find the page where the comment was made anymore. However, if I see it again, I will come back to you. Thank you both anyway for your response. Mugginsx (talk) 12:07, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:IRC ? - Kittybrewster ☎ 12:12, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Writing Requirements

How much experience is a user required to have before being allowed to write articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiwormer (talk • contribs) 03:20, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

There is no minimum experience requirements for users to write articles. Any user may create new articles. Here is standard advice on creating articles:

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 also available to walk you through creating an article.

And my advice on creating articles: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 03:36, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

George Rabasa

Resolved

 – ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 08:36, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I signed up to write entries for Wiki today, and was autoconfirmed. I wrote one called George Rabasa, and I entered the code for "move page" after I saved it. Seems like I'm also supposed to request someone on your end to make it live, as I haven't yet been a member for four days, so that's what I'm doing. Thanks for your help. Best, Jim —Preceding unsigned comment added by James Cihlar (talk • contribs) 20:06, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Your account is not autoconfirmed until it is 4 days old and has made at least 10 edits. You cannot move articles until you are autconfirmed. I can move the page for you, but before I do, I think you need to cite a few more reliable sources demonstrating the subject's notability. The language is also a little too "flowery" for an encyclopedia article so it will need to be toned down somewhat. – ukexpat (talk) 20:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I agree with ukexpat. There are more than a few peacock terms that need to be removed before the article is ready to go. TNXMan 20:13, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

You might find it helpful to read WP:YFA. --ColinFine (talk) 23:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Okay, i'll go back in and insert more references, and see what I can do to tone down language. thanks,jim --James Cihlar (talk) 15:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

help

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 – ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 08:36, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

what do i have to add to my article CONVICTS M.C AUSTRALIA to stop it being deleted? urgent as it may be deleted any minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Convicts 1% (talk • contribs) 14:25, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

i think my article has been deleted/ i was warned about its deletion and so i have been running in circles trying to learn how to fix my article i have no idea!! i get no answer and how am i supose to fix it when i dont know how?? i need help! and also i was unable to retrive my article threw email as i just dont know how! i am new!! my article was named CONVICTS M.C AUSTRALIA can you help me? my username is convicts 1% and thats it i guess?? i mean it all happened within an hour or so!!!! not even enough time to fix this problem nope just delete it why dont you!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Convicts 1% (talk • contribs) 15:14, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

I didn't see the article before it was deleted, so I don't know much about it, aside from the statement on your talk page that it was about a club. If the page was posted as an attempt at social networking, it doesn't belong in an encyclopedia, but I'm just guessing at the content. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 15:19, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

The article was about a biker gang. However, it did not indicate why the group was notable enough to warrant an article. I would suggest reading our info on writing your first article. TNXMan 15:22, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

The initial article was a pseudo-advertisement of the "They're a bad bloody bunch of babyeating outlaws, yeah, we're right baaaaaaaad buggers!" sort. When that was deleted, this account created another one with the same name, stating that administrators are "ROCKSPIDER CHILD RAPIST WEIRDO'S they clearly have no life and spend all day and night on their computers masturbating over child pornography!! they are the lowest scum out! i hope they kill themselves IMEADIETLY upon reading this GO f*** yourself for deleting my article on the glorious "CONVICTS M.C AUSTRALIA""

The new "article" was already deleted; the name has been blocked as a spamusername; now can some dinkum cobber tell me what rockspiders have to do with it? --Orange Mike | Talk 20:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

My only question is, am I meant to Go f*** myself before killing myself, because it said that I should kill myself IMEADIETLY.... which one do I do first, because if I go f*** myself, then I'm not killing myself IMEADIETLY - but if I kill myself IMEADIETLY then I can't go f*** myself. I wish people would be more clear in their instructions to us admins. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:42, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

I had to type that first IMEADIETLY three times until I got the mis-spelling right! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:42, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Steve, you didn't skip the New Admin School zombie autonecrophilia classes, did you? Gonzonoir (talk) 12:26, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Lol ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣}

Account

Is having a wikipedia account free?--Shilnedocth (talk) 15:43, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Yup. It looks like you've already got one, so you're all set up and ready to go. TNXMan 15:52, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Er... donations are always welcome though... ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 08:31, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Reference Guidelines

I'm adding information about the USS John Rodgers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_Rodgers_(DD-983)), as I served on the ship. I see no references to material presented so far, much of which probably was similarly contributed by individuals. I added a relatively small amount of material of highlights during my time onboard, but my edits were rejected due verifiability concerns. My question is: what types of references are relevant for this type of entry, especially since I don't see references to previously contributed material posted? Hsowen (talk) 22:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

See Identifying reliable sources. Personal recollections are not considered reliable. – ukexpat (talk) 22:57, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

And how to add verifiable sources... ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 08:28, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

kropp and Esset or Krupp and Esset.

Who were they within the double barrel shotgun industry?. Thankyou. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.158.57 (talk) 20:49, 14 March 2010 (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. – ukexpat (talk) 20:57, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Senior Move Mangement

This is a career field that helps seniors move to new residences. Typically, a senior who has reached the point when they chooose, or must, move out of their current home, is somewhat overwhelmed with all the details of downsizing and moving. Senior Move Managers are professionals who work as consultants and manage a few, or all, aspects of the relocation. The National Association of Senior Move Managers helps educate and support the industry. Are there positive experiences that the public has had with Senior Move Management? Dianelozier (talk) 22:04, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

You forgot an 'a' in the heading. It's Senior Move Management. This page is a place to get help with editing and finding your way around Wikipedia. Do you have a question about that? If your only question is that in the last sentence then:

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) 22:50, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I am struggling with trying to put references at the bottom of my article.

I'm a total newbie so please could someone assist who can explain this really simply to me? My first instinct would be to put this code < ref > then list my references, then at the end put this code < /ref > but that doesn't seem to be working. What does the Reflist thingy with double curly brackets around it mean/do? I am trying to copy the code from an existing article, to help myself, but I'm not doing too well. Sorry if this question is too dumb. Please don't redirect me to yet another wiki page of stuff I don't understand. I need the simplest possible response because my brain is very simple. Thank you sooooo much for your help - I am utterly grateful and would give you my first-born but he's already spoken-for. I have a couple of other questions, but I am struggling with one problem at a time, at this stage. Hugs and kisses. Shelby --Shelby1611 (talk) 23:36, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

What article ? Mlpearc MESSAGE 23:41, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

To put a reference in, use <ref>This is my footnote or reference</ref> as here. To actually see the references, add {{Reflist}} at the end of your article, typically in a section called "References" or "Notes". See below. The <ref></ref> creates an individual reference or footnote. Reflist (only to be used once per article) is the place where these footnotes will appear.--Stephan Schulz (talk) 23:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

OK, cool. Thanks. Do I have to reference specific parts of the article, or can I just have a list of references at the bottom? I don't want to use footnotes at all - do I have to? I just want to be saying, basically, that I conducted research and this (the article) is what I've put together from that. Also - I'm writing an article about a person, and I have interviewed the person, but I don't know how to reference that either. My interview isn't published anywhere. --Shelby1611 (talk) 01:10, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Using inline citations is not required, but increasingly strongly recommended. You will probably not be able to get an article through Good Article Review or even Featured Article Review unless the major points are supported by inline references. That said, if you don't want to use them, simply create a section called "References" and list your sources as a bulleted list like this:

     === References ===
      
     * A. Author, "The Book", Penguin, 1678
     * O. Researcher, "Booking badly outnumbers Bedding", International Journal of Bookology 1(3):7-14, 2031

Don't mind the exact formatting too much unless you want to. Someone will likely change it anyways. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 17:05, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

There is a new (September 2009) mechanism by which you can put the symbol inline, but list the content of the references in the reflist at the bottom where they appear in the finished article: see WP:LDR. It is not recommended to mix the two methods in the same article, but if you are working on a new article, you might want to considuer using these. --ColinFine (talk) 00:10, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

my factual change "not constructive?"

I am trying to add detail to an existing page -- the name of a company's co-founder. I have received a notice saying that my change was rejected because it wasn't constructive. But I am adding factual data, so I'm not sure what's up with that. Phaedrahise (talk) 14:21, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

You should ask the user who sent you the message, NerdyScienceDude, by writing a message on his talk page at User talk:NerdyScienceDude. However, my guess would be that he reverted what you did because of this edit where you removed a reference with no explanation. You should explain every edit with an edit summary so others understand your edit. --Mysdaao ^talk 14:36, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Parameter estimation

There is an additional means of parameter estimation which is independent of those which appear in the parameter estimation section. Do I "edit" to add this means, of do I establish a new topic title? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monodb (talk • contribs) 01:25, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Please tell us which article you are referring to, so we can consider your question in context. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 02:23, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I cannot insert a photo

Hello. I have tried to insert a photo in a (Spanish languaje)article (Elena Rogers), to no avail. I found it terribly difficult! I thought it would appear in the page, after many steps, but... Maybe my English is not good enough, so I don't understand the instructions? Is there a way I can read them in Spanish? Thank you very much Silvia Marmolejo ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eimaiegwoncemore (talk • contribs) 02:51, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

English Wikipedia does not have an Elena Rogers article, but it does have Elena Roger in English. Did you mean an article on Spanish Wikipedia? If so, you will have to ask about images at their Help Café. – ukexpat (talk) 03:50, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

1. Commons:Primeros pasos/Formulario de subida

2. es:Ayuda:Imágenes

 Chzz  ►  08:29, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

New Editor... Any starting recommendations?

Hi all... I am starting off as a new editor on Wikipedia... Are there any special instructions that I should follow apart from the recommendations that I just read directly through Wikipedia? Any comments or tips would be highly appreciated. 03:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pelosenlamano (talk • contribs)

Best, single piece of advice... If you add any new information, cite your source. If you can't figure out the citation system, don't worry about it. Just copy-paste the URL inbetween brackets (these things: [ ]) and someone will come along and fix it. Otherwise, just try to enjoy it here. Good luck! Someguy1221 (talk) 05:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

 Done - I fixed the references, cleaned up some of the text per WP:NOTMEMORIAL and de-linked years. – ukexpat (talk) 15:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

how to create a new article in wikipedia

please tell me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jyothibasu1k (talk • contribs) 09:14, 17 March 2010 (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 also available to walk you through creating an article. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:18, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Uploading a logo and copyright for inclusion in a company info box

I think I am going slightly crazy, I've found the following URL which seems to be the place where a company logo can be uploaded (with exclusion rationale) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Upload/Uploadtext/en-nonfree but it seems to be a dead end, there are no form fields to complete or links to a form with fields described?

Djmathu (talk) 10:25, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

That page only contains a text description. It is transcluded onto other pages where the uploads are actually done. To upload an image of a company logo, click the link on the left side of a Wikipedia page that says Upload file and select the option for the logo of an organization. However, only autoconfirmed users can upload files. An account is automatically autoconfirmed when it is at least four days old and has made at least ten edits. Your account is old enough, but it has currently made nine edits. Make one more edit to any page on Wikipedia, and then you will be able to upload the company's image by following the instructions I gave. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:26, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Warren Williams

Hi, I'm new to this and I'm not even sure this is the place to do this. I joined because when I followed a link on the Johnny O'Keefe page, for Warren Williams, another pioneer of the Australian Rock & Roll industry, I landed on a page about some American footballer with the same name. Now I have compiled a short history about Warren and I'd like to post it and make sure that the links in Wikipedia that refer to him go to the new page. So, I'm asking for help on how to do this. Can the answer be put on my talk page as I'm not sure where else I'll find the answers you might provide. Thanking you in anticipation. KeniethBaker (talk) 12:57, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Please use a descriptive title in future questions.

Do you mean Warren H Williams? If that is the person you are referring to, then edit the existing article instead. If not:

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 also available to walk you through creating an article. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:33, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Copying to user's talk page at User talk:KeniethBaker#Warren Williams. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:35, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't belive they are looking for Warren H Williams, who is a modern day country musician. There is another Warren Williams from the 1960's (see Blast from past entertains) who appeared on Six O'Clock Rock. I have unlink Warren Williams (the football player) on the Six O'Clock Rock page. I am not sure if this Williams rates an article. I would have made him a red link, but I am not sure what to name him. Current Warren Williams (disambiguation) page has Warren, Butch, and Warren H. (Australian singer and songwriter). (Will copy this update to the user's talk page.) --Chuck369 (talk) 13:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

sorbitan oleate?

would like to know about sorbitan oleate its other names and the use in the cosmetic specifically soap industry122.176.49.17 (talk) 13:26, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I would suggest asking at the science reference desk, but please note that they will not do your homework for you. TNXMan 13:31, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Robert Rocfort of Ireland

trace Robert Rochfort of southern ireland —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.160.153.183 (talk) 04:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but it doesn't sound like it's about Wikipedia. If you have a generic knowledge question (rather than a question about Wikipedia), please ask at the reference desk instead. Thank you. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:14, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Translation from English to Telugu meaning

I have to download a free dictionary for translating the English word into Telugu meaning. For that What can I do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandeepbandari (talk • contribs) 07:08, 18 March 2010 (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) 07:14, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

How to create a page

How to creat a page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by R sarkar88 (talk • contribs) 10:29, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Your first article but also see Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia:Notability (people). You already created Ranajeet sarkar but it will soon be deleted per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#A7. It doesn't satisfy Wikipedia requirements. You can consider another website like Biographicon or WikiBios. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:06, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Trying to get Two Aligned Tables

I have two lists that I would like to align (one on the left and the other on the right). I have tried a table and split it into 3 columns and tried to see if I could change the background of the middle columns to white as to give the illusion of a space in between the two lists. I wasn't successful so then I tried to work with div tags and was able to get what I wanted initially because the dummy data in the two lists were short. Once I added in more lengthy items, it appears that even though I assigned a width, the size of the box was dictated by the widest item.

What I want are two boxes with a header in each box and a list of items below. And I want the two boxes aligned like on the main wikipedia page (Today's Featured article AND In the News). But I don't need a portal.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Teddybeardog (talk • contribs) 14:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

There are two ways to do this. One is to add align="left" to the parameter for one table and align="right" to the parameters for the other table, as seen at List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures)#Statistics. The other way is to create the two tables as cells inside another table which doesn't have a border, as demonstrated at Prime gap#Numerical results. --Mysdaao ^talk 15:24, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Info Box

Hi all, I am really new to all this. I wanted to copy the a version of the WRC Drivers info box for WRC Co drivers (& there should be one for Rally Co drivers too ) I am not sure what I am doing and don't want to make a mistake,

Can any one help?

Steve

Silverbackmedia (talk) 20:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Rather than create a new ibox, it may be better to edit the current one to add specific co-driver parameters. I am not by any means a template coding expert, but it may be a good idea to raise this on the talk page of the World Rally Wikiproject (or Template talk:Infobox WRC driver, although that page has not been edited for some time). – ukexpat (talk) 20:35, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

new page - image

Hi there i've just moved my first page and the image hasn't worked. Any ideas where I might have gone wrong would be appreciated. thanks Bowl4u (talk) 21:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

 Done..all ok HomeGround Services-->!!Buzzzsherman (talk) 21:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

I have pretty much caught typos in the Article I put in on the Birch Red. but have a Table and don't know how the Table Icon works

I have pretty much caught typos in the Article I put in on the Birch Red. but have a Table and don't know how the Table Icon works.

Thus I see the Table Icon. But I'm hesitant to use it.

My table looks fine before being "saved" but loses the column and row orientations after saving.

Is the Icon to be entered just before the Table or does it provide columns and rows where the contents then can be entered?

Thanks in advance. But do tell me where I can find your answer. I'm still awkward in navigating around Wikipedia.

Howard E. Zimmerman 02:29, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

If you press the table icon on the edit toolbar, it will create a simple table with columns and rows where data can be entered. For further help on tables, please read Help:Wikitable and Help:Table. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:43, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

You can make drafts and tests on a user subpage like User:Hezimmerman/Sandbox. If you store your table attempt there and post again here then we can see what is wrong. It sounds like you are not using Wikipedia's table formatting at all so please try that first. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:39, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

DFD(Data Flow Diagram) required

DFD(Data Flow Diagram) required for the project SEARCH ENGINE INDEXING —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arunsubash (talk • contribs) 06:22, 20 March 2010 (UTC) --Arunsubash (talk) 06:25, 20 March 2010 (UTC)M.ArunSubash

To request the creation of an illustration for a Wikipedia article, visit Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. Karenjc 14:42, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Removing Expand and Refimprove Banners

I've adopted an article (Robert Dana) that others had started but had these posted at the top: {{Expand}}{{Refimprove}} I've made some progress on both points.

What's protocol or recommended? I suspect it's more than just waiting, and not just removing them myself. What should I know I do now? Thanks! --Frankie Rae (talk) 15:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

There isn't any protocol. If you feel the issues in the article have been addressed, you may remove them at any time, as long as you explain why you are doing so in either the edit summary or on the article's talk page talk page. If you want to first discuss with others whether the issues in the tags have been addressed and they should be removed, you can do that too on the talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback. Please read Wikipedia:Tagging pages for problems for more information on this. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:41, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

on an editing change that was automatically reversed

Dear Sir/Madam,

I recently posted an editing change on the page for the USS Jarvis, a destroyer which saw action in world war 2 at Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal. I cited as a reference the memoirs of one of her previous commanding officers which our family keeps in our family records. The commanding officer had been my great uncle.

I had assumed that because I had a legitimate reference, the page would not be automatically reverted to its original form.

Can someone please tell me what I did wrong and why the changes I made were automatically reverted. I assume it was an automatic reversion because it happened within minutes after the completion of the page editing. If there is some way that I can avoid an automatic reversion in the future, I would like to know.

Thank you and regards.

Gpancoast (talk) 05:23, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia requires that information be sourced at a reliable source, which means a source that is in principle available to anybody who chooses to consult it for verification. Unpublished memoirs do not meet this criterion.

This may seem unkind, but remember that on the internet, everybody is anonymous. We have no way of verifying that you are who you say you are, or that you do have this memoir, or that it says what you say it says. For this reason we need to be sceptical of everybody, and require verifiable sources.

Incidentally, the reversion of your change to USS Jarvis (DD-393) was not automatic: it was done by User:MBK004, and the edit comment said "Reverted good faith edits by Gpancoast; Memoirs from personal family records are not a published and verifiable source, see WP:SPS". MBK004 also put a message on your Talk page explaining this. --ColinFine (talk) 11:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC) A couple of corrections to my own post --ColinFine (talk) 19:00, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Adding pictures to an article

Hi I am working on an article and I need too Know How to put pictures in the articel. Can you help me?GaGalover13 (talk) 05:59, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Please use a descriptive title in future questions. I have added one for you-ColinFine (talk) 11:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Images. Note that before you can put a picture on a page you have to upload it either to Wikipedia or (preferably) to Commons; and that means that you have to be clear about its copyright status. That page, and pages linked from it, will help you on these matters. --ColinFine (talk) 11:34, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Additional standard image advice follows:

• If you want to add an existing image to an article, add [[Image:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information.
• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must find out what the proper license of the image is. If you know the image is licensed under a free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure what license the image takes, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy. I hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 15:11, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

I edited an article accurately (information was correct) but my section I added to the article was deleted?

I added a section to an article with correct information that should be there, but i got a message saying it was deleted and it was not contructive. What do I do for the edit to be in there and not be deleted --Dolph Molph (talk) 23:35, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Cite the source you're getting the information from. --Darkwind (talk) 23:36, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Adding nonsense is not considered constructive. --BelovedFreak 23:38, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

With regards to the other edit to that article, adding unsourced contentious information, particularly about a living person is highly problematic and goes against our policies such as Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons and Wikipedia:Verifiability. Even if that information were true and well-cited, it would be more appropriate in the article about the individual. However, unsourced gossip and rumour don't belong anywhere on Wikipedia. --BelovedFreak 23:48, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Is it possible to be too accurate?

When adding details to an article, is it possible to be so accurate that the details detract from the focus of the topic?

There has been numerous edits on the page for Game Boy, referring to one of its photos. The photo shows the Game Boy with a peripheral device. A number of people have noticed that in the photo, the game cartridge is facing the wrong way, and editors have written so in the caption underneath the photo. While this is an accurate statement, has been verified, and is relevant to the aspects of the peripheral device (The Game Genie), it seems to be out of place (i.e. it might be more relevant on the Game Genie Page). So, I've removed the statement, leaving the picture and the rest of the caption in place. I have tried discussing this on the talk page for Game Boy, but my arguments were called "flawed" and disregarded.

I don't want to get into an edit war, and I've tried looking around Wikipedia Guidelines, but I haven't found anything that might support my edits. I realize this particular issue is a minor detail, but the concept of being overly detailed in general is at odds with the importance of keeping focus on the particular topic. What options might I have to suggest that overly-detailed passages be changed? 69.210.246.56 (talk) 21:02, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Also, while some of my edits were made under this IP address, I also made some under this one, to be clear: 131.193.133.154. 69.210.246.56 (talk) 21:07, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

File:Redgameboywithgamegenie.jpg

A red Game Boy with the Game Genie inserted. The Tetris cartridge is inserted incorrectly.

I had a quick look at the discussion, Talk:Game Boy#Game Genie - Cartridge is facing the wrong way. My own opinion is, that the caption (as shown here) does not have excessive detail; not knowing the subject at all, I found the short note to be useful.

If you do disagree - as this is a content issue, you will need to remain calm, and continue the discussions to try to form a consensus with other editors. If most people disagree, then you should accept the majority view. If it is difficult to get any clear agreement, you could as for a third opinion, or seek help from the Mediation Cabal - various options are open; see WP:DISPUTE.

I strongly recommend that you get a user account - there are several good reasons for this, not least of which is, it would make it easier for myself and other editors to contact you on your own talk page, regardless of your IP address changing.

Best,  Chzz  ►  10:48, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Surely, the best option is to arrange for a photograph without an error. The mention of an error detracts from the article, but so does the use of an image with an error. Surely it is easy for someone to take a better picture, and deep six this one.SPhilbrickT 12:49, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

issue with an article/page

Hello,

I have recently created a page for Alan Ebnother and have thus far made the appropriate changes asked of me in the upper hand prompt. I was simply wondering if the page hadn't been reviewed yet, or if i made some mistakes. Also the the last name Ebnother appears not to be capitalized when search results appear and i also needed assistance with that.

Thank you,

Mebnothe87 (talk) 05:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I have moved Alan ebnother to Alan Ebnother - the incorrect capital page will now redirect to the new one.

Regarding the problem mentioned at the top; it says that "This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations." - the message is displayed because of the code {{nofootnotes|date=September 2009}}, which is in the first line of the article. Once the problem is fixed, you could remove that yourself; however, there are currently still a couple of external links within the body text, at the end of the list of "Solo exhibitions". External links should only be either a) references, or b) in the external links section.

Also, it looks like you have created two user accounts - "Mebnothe" and "Mebnothe87". Perhaps you forgot your password or something? Please be very careful about this; it is against policies to use more than one account (except in special cases) - so, if you do still know both account passwords, you should change one of them to some crazy-long password, and forget about it; you might want to make redirects from the 'old' user page and talk pages (user:Mebnothe, user talk:Mebnothe) to the newer one.

I hope that is clear; if you do need further help, please ask. Best,  Chzz  ►  10:31, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

And if you connected somehow to the subject (a deduction based on your user name), please read WP:COI. – ukexpat (talk) 14:16, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

How many floppies are required to back up hard drive

How many floppies are required to back up hard drive —Preceding unsigned comment added by Idris kubau (talk • contribs) 07:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

When you leave messages, please remember to "sign" your name, by putting ~~~~ (four tilde signs) at the end. This will add your name, and the date and time. You can also do this by clicking the 'sign' button, pictured here.

This is a forum for asking questions about editing articles; for your question, I suggest that you look at the capacity of floppy disks, and work it out from there.  Chzz  ►  10:18, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

 Done

Susan Rose Tipuna

The story of Susan Rose is one of extreme high's and low's. A professional entertainer since the age of 18 when she was discovered in a karaoke contest, Susan Rose toured the world with her voice. Performing over 1500 shows in such far fetched lands as Dubai, Uganda and for two years at venues throughout the United Kingdom, her exotic Maori looks and smokey vocal tones wowed audiences. Beneath the public on stage facade however lay a personal life that was equal parts tragedy as it was triumphant. The writing and recording of her debut album 'This is my story' finally gave her a chance to deal with difficult issues previously swept under the carpet such as her adoption 'Whangai' as a baby, being witness to her Father's murder in a gang related shooting as an 8 year old, and the turmoil of broken relationships as well as celebrating the positives in her life such as Motherhood, her love of her Maori heritage and culture, and her new found self confidence following her success in Maori Television's popular TV show Homai Te Pakipaki. Nei Ko Au - This is her story.

Her debut album is released on May 10, 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laytonlillas (talk • contribs) 08:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

If you wish to create an article, you could make a user space draft - but your article will have to be neutral, and have references to reliable sources - this is especially important for biographies. Please read WP:FIRST before making an article. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  10:36, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Formatting Page

How we can format this information so that it is un-biased and factual? We are the creators of this page and have access to much of this information and would appreciate any input before we submit the page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LizandMeghan

LizandMeghan (talk) 16:38, 22 March 2010 (UTC) LizandMeghan

Before we deal with the article, sharing a user name is not permitted. – ukexpat (talk) 16:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Deletion

I created a page (Marang Center for Mathematics and Science Education and it was deleted even before I could read the deletion/tag info. Why was it deleted and what can I do so it is not deleted when I creat it again? Thanks. Fsotulaja (talk) 18:58, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Pls notify me on my talk page

Fsotulaja (talk) 18:58, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

It was speedily deleted under criterion A7 because it was an (a)rticle about a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject. Please read WP:ORG for guidance on our notability criteria for organizations. – ukexpat (talk) 19:20, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

speedy deletion

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

my post has been put up for speedy deletion. I did the "hangon" thing and have written a little thing in the talk section. How do I ensure my article is not deleted. And how long will it take for Wikipedia to get back to me about the "hangon" thing —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ejros3 (talk • contribs) 02:14, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

You cannot "ensure" that it isn't deleted. Frankly, the article stands no chance of survival as it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant. – ukexpat (talk) 02:37, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

The only way to ensure that it isn't deleted is to edit it up to the standards past which the deletion criteria do not apply. In this case, the criterion is A7, "an article about a company, corporation, organization, or group that does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject". So, to avoid speedy deletion, the article needs to (a) assert why "Magchild" is a significant topic, and (b) back up that assertion with references to reliable sources that are independent of the Magchild website (since "X is important because X says it is important" is not particularly helpful). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 03:17, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Film Release Dates

Resolved

 – Mysdaao ^talk 12:10, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

If I'm editing an article about a film, which release date should I put? Typhoon966 (talk) 11:15, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

These guidelines say to use the film's earliest release, whether it was at a film festival or a public release, and the release date(s) in the country or countries that produced the film, excluding sneak previews or screenings. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:04, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Typhoon966 (talk)

You're welcome! --Mysdaao ^talk 12:10, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Cameron perry

Cameron perry is an American Writer/Director —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cameronperry2 (talk • contribs) 03:23, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Good to know. It sounds like you are trying to create an article. Here is some standard advice:

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 also available to walk you through creating an article. TNXMan 13:30, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Based on your username it may be you so see also Wikipedia:Autobiography. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:45, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

translate in an other languageCool1212 (talk) 13:01, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello,

how create a translated page of an existing one to link then together etc i must create first a new page in the new language? can i keep the same name? change it? then how to link the translated pages en.wikipedia with fr.wikipedia es.wikipedia etc thanks

You link pages in different languages using interlanguage links. For example, at the bottom of the article United States, there are many interlanguage links including [[es:Estados Unidos]] to the Spanish Wikipedia and [[fr:États-Unis]] to the French Wikipedia, which create the links you see on the left side of the article under "languages". The page should exist in the other language Wikipedia first before linking to it. The name of the article in another language Wikipedia should be the name of the subject in that language. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:44, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Ringworm

Why ringworm ia a fungal disease condition even though there is no involvment of worms? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.97.29.8 (talk) 20:18, 23 March 2010 (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. I suspect it is because of the shape the infection makes on the skin. – ukexpat (talk) 21:01, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Seeking Guidance: Conflict of Interest

I work for a non-profit organization that is represented on Wikipedia by a stub. We would like to expand the existing information, but we are respectful of conflict-of-interest concerns.

May I submit an expansion of the stub to the "articles for creation" desk?

The user page for the original author of the stub states "This username will be mainly dormant from April 2007."

Thank you,

Lcjbean (talk) 21:58, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

If you can point out the article in question and take the discussion of what you would like to see expanded to the article's discussion page, I'm sure that editors would be happy to help out in expanding the article. Tony Fox (arf!) 22:41, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

(ec) AFC isn't the place for article expansion. One suggestion I have is that you could find a relevant WikiProject and ask on its discussion page for help. Also, thank you for taking the conflict of interest issue into account and trying to do things the right way. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:48, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

KRILL (band)

Hi,

I have submitted Krill (band) which is the band I manage. They are also listed on Big Day Out's line-up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Day_Out_lineups_by_year) for 2008. How long before the listing appears? How do I upload an image to the page (one which band owns and has right of use for copyright)? I also edited the link on Big Day Out 2008 line-up but it has not linked to band page on wikipedia. How do I link it? How do I link it and not have (band) appear on the front page of the BDO line-up site as occured when I tried to alter the link? I also want to link to their MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/littlekrill).

That's it.

Thanks Darren ' —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cartsd (talk • contribs) 04:37, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello Darren.

I don't know in what sense you think you have 'submitted' an article: the only edits under your account are to this question and to Big Day Out lineups by year. Or do you mean writing the proto-article above? If that is what you mean, this is not the right place to create an article. Please see WP:YFA. (Note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia: it has 'articles', not 'listings'. Have a look at WP:what Wikipedia is not).

However, you also need to read about Wikipedia's criteria for notability, and conflict of interest. It may be that 'Krill' meets the criteria for notability, but you should certainly not be the one to write an article on them. If you can find the requisite coverage in multiple independent reliable sources, then please request the article at WP:Requested Articles.

Looking at the existing disambiguation page Krill (disambiguation), I see somebody has already created an entry Krill (Band) which they describe as an English band, and so is presumably different from yours. That is a 'redlink', meaning that the article doesn't exist - it was either never written, or perhaps was deleted, probably as non-notable. If your band is demonstrated to be notable, and an article created, that entry can probably be usurped for it. If it turns out that both bands are notable and merit articles, then your title would have to be distinct, perhaps 'Krill (Australian band)'. But before any of this can happen you need to find the multiple independent sources which will establish notability. --ColinFine (talk) 08:21, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Regarding your question about a picture, the best kind to use is one which is not copyrighted, and is "free". By contributing a picture to Wikipedia, you are also contributing it to anyone else who wants to take it from Wikipedia for their own use; it could even be a commercial use. If the picture has appeared on a website with a copyright notice on it somewhere (for example), the picture is under copyright, and should not be posted to Wikipedia. There are ways around this (which involve writing to the Wikipedia Foundation to grant permission), but it's better to use an uncopyrighted picture. You said that the band "owns" the picture and also "has right of use", which are two conflicting things. Usually the photographer has the copyright, unless the picture was done for hire with copyright explicitly re-assigned to the band. If the band didn't arrange for that explicitly by written contract, then they don't own the copyright. They may have permission to use it, but that won't give them the authority to declare the picture free of copyright for the purpose of contributing it to Wikipedia. Hope that makes sense!

Regarding your wanting to include a link to MySpace, this should not be done, as it's promotional, and this is not what Wikipedia is for. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 12:33, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Suggest image of structure in drug article?

Hi there, brand new member here so be patient. I use the pharmacology end of wiki a lot, and noticed that the minoxidil page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoxidil has no drug structure in the box on the left. As I've never done anything on wiki, I don't know where to suggest an image for it. Also, all drug structures here are .svg files which appear to be standardized. Nonetheless, I can provide the structure for a member to edit into the desired format and style. Hope this is the right place btw :) FruitywS (talk) 18:56, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Graphic Lab is a project of people who create and improve images on Wikipedia. I suggest making a request at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. --Mysdaao ^talk 20:23, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Need help with photo / info box

I have created the page: Frank O'Leary. I placed an info box on the left hand side of the page. At the top of the box it says "Frank O'Leary", then two brackets, the word file, and a colon are shown, then Frank's photo, then under that pipestem, 225px pipestem, alt equals pipestem Frank O'Leary, double brackets. I want to get rid of the everything inside the double brackets. Can someone help me? I do not see the code in the edit box, so I don't know what I did wrong to make it appear. Did I upload the photo incorrectly? What should I do to fix?BarredowlinArlington (talk) 20:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I have fixed it. In the infobox {{Infobox officeholder}}, you only need the file name (i.e. File:Frank O'Leary, Treasurer, Arlington County.jpg) and not the full syntax for images. See Template:Infobox officeholder/example for examples on how the infobox is used. --Mysdaao ^talk 20:30, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I think it's about time we standardised image syntax in iboxes on one format. Sure it would be a detailed job but surely something a bot could do, or is that too simplistic? – ukexpat (talk) 20:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Can we add definitions

§Can we add definitions to Wikipedia? I have the following I would like to add that I came up with:

Please put on my talk page as I am new to this and may not find it otherwise.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Shawn Siers —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawnhelene (talk • contribs) 21:24, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm afraid Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. I'll leave some guidance on your talk page. Karenjc 22:03, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Although OrangeMike has got there first. Karenjc

Tracing documents

Iam trying to trace how I can find this particular papers do you have any idea how can find this A certified Copy of:OCT No.386, DegreeNo.2471, december 7,1910,Case No.2724.In the name of Emiliano Guevara 2.Plan II 4347 in the of Emiliano Guevara LOT-1,2,3 & 4. 3.Technical Description of LOT -1,2,3 & 4 of Plan II 4347 Please help me how can get this papers what i need to do and i need a true copy . thank you .E mail <redacted> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cartermc (talk • contribs) 04:31, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Please use a descriptive title in future questions. I have added one

Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you want them to be permanently removed from the page history, please email this address.

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. If you do post at the reference desk, it will be more helpful if you give some idea what country your documents are in. --ColinFine (talk) 08:29, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

human and environmental issues

in —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.154.2.7 (talk) 11:36, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

What was your question? TNXMan 11:59, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Feedback

Digital Reasoning Systems (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I just created my first Wikipedia page and I would like to ask for some feedback please? The page is Digital Reasoning Systems. I am also not auto confirmed yet. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank youSuzanne.carver (talk) 17:00, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I see a few problems: first some of text appears to be copied from the company's website: "technologies that address the problem of information overload by providing the tools people need to read, understand, and make use of vast amounts of data." is straight from the home page. The site bears a copyright notice so I am afraid that anything taken from the site is a copyright violation and will have to be rewritten ASAP or it will be deleted; second, the tone is a little promotional; third, you will have to cite more references to reliable sources to demonstrate that the subject is notable per the guidelines at WP:CORP. Those sources must be significant coverage, not just directory type listings or regurgitated press releases. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 17:19, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

It's generally best not to write articles about subjects you are connected to; in this case, the company you work for. This is consedered a conflict of interest. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a directory, and not an equivalent to LinkedIn or similar websites. If the company is notable, someone else will eventually get around to writing about it.--BelovedFreak 19:02, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Image upload

I want to know that which type of authority one should have to edit or upload an image. Vivekramkaran (talk) 07:06, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Standard information on using images:

• If you want to add an existing image to an article, add [[Image:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information.
• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must find out what the proper license of the image is. If you know the image is licensed under a free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure what license the image takes, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy. I hope this helps.

{Your signature appears in a box above because you began the line with spaces) --ColinFine (talk) 08:20, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

You do not need any special authority to upload images to commons; they can then be used on Wikipedia. The main concern is, they must be appropriately licensed.  Chzz  ►  11:24, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Your account must be autoconfirmed or confirmed to upload images to the English Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:46, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

How to know if an article already exists?

As some of you might know, a major milestone in international politics was achieved today when the new nuclear arms reduction treaty was confirmed. The new treaty's name is apparently "Measures to Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms" (according to this news report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8589385.stm). No wikipedia page which such name exists; but how can I be sure that it doesn't exist under some other name? The "search" feature gives me no answer here. Would you recommend me to create the page with the mentioned name? Lesswealth (talk) 17:23, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Searching is the best way to find if an article exists or not. You can also try using Google to search Wikipedia (by adding site:en.wikipedia.org to your search in Google) but I didn't find a separate article for that treaty either. However, I found that the new treaty is already written about in START I in the section "Expiration and renewal". If you think there's enough material to create a separate article, then be bold and do so. Otherwise, you can add content to START I. If you do decide to create a new article, the title should be the most recognizable name for the treaty. The policy for this is at Wikipedia:Article titles. The only other name I've found the treaty referred to is the "new START treaty" but it's more of an unofficial nickname from what I've read. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:06, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

want to add new topic//...........

hiii. its me vivek want to add a new topic on wikipedia, which is not available here.......what is the procedure for it?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivekgupta668 (talk • contribs) 21:08, 26 March 2010 (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 also available to walk you through creating an article. – ukexpat (talk) 21:43, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

New article on Stephen Fried

Hey, I think I'm doing something wrong in trying to have my article reviewed. (It's on Stephen Fried.) I recently moved it from User:Rowbull/StephenFried to Mainspace/StephenFried -- is that a proper thing to do? Also, I've had the page listed as a new, unreviewed article for a few days now and am wondering if there's a better way to receive feedback so I can edit and update the article. Thanks for your help! Rowbull (talk) 22:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

I have moved Mainspace/Stephen Fried to Stephen Fried. "Mainspace" is not meant to be part of the page name for mainspace articles. The page contains {{New unreviewed article|source=ArticleWizard|date=February 2010}}. This automatically adds mainspace articles to the hidden Category:Unreviewed new articles created via the Article Wizard from February 2010 where reveiwers can find it. Userspace pages are not added to the category so reviewers have only had an hour since you moved it out of userspace. Give it some time. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:06, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

 Done - I have tagged the article for deletion as a copyvio of http://stephenfried.com/bio.html. The site does not bear an express copyright release so we have to assume that it is copyright and we cannot accept copyright materials on Wikipedia without an acceptable release. – ukexpat (talk) 01:19, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

master of business economics

respected authorities of london school of economics.......i want to ask u dat do u provide master of business economics course for two years at ur gurgaon branch nd date for applying if u do provide121.245.83.189 (talk) 06:46, 28 March 2010 (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. --ColinFine (talk) 09:40, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm tempted to say something, but I won't. :) --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 12:50, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

This should be answered at the Reference Desk, but the answer was easy to find so I'll give it here. Look at the website for the LSE's external study centre at ITM International in Gurgaon. Five BSc degree courses are offered, but no Masters' degrees. Elsewhere on the site there is talk of the various institutions to which its BSc graduates have gone on to study for an MSc, making it doubly clear that MScs are not offered at ITM International. Google is your friend. Karenjc 18:49, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

author recognition

Do authors of Wiki articles show up on web (ex:Google) searches?

David Grenoble <email redacted>—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gren*dave (talk • contribs) 17:20, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

No, they do not. Almost all Wikipedia articles are edited by a number of people (and no article "belongs" to any contributor), so there is no single author to be listed. However, you can check the history of an article by clicking the "history" tab at the top of the article. Many articles are primarily edited by either one user or a small number of users, who you can generally find by clicking the "history" tab and then clicking "revision history statistics". For example, the top contributors to the article on poetry appear to be User:A Musing and User:Nihil novi. liquidluck✽talk 17:50, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

On a side note, please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you want them to be permanently removed from the page history, please email this address. Thanks, liquidluck✽talk 17:50, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Also, if you want to edit a possibly controversial article and are concerned about having it traced back to your main account, you are allowed to open a second account for this purpose- but you may not use it to participate in discussions under two names. liquidluck✽talk 17:57, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

editing

Ive been editing this article and have included my sources but Wikipedia its deleting it so i don't know what to do —Preceding unsigned comment added by Luiscesar jc 07 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

See the article history page. It looks like your edits were reverted because in the scheme of things questions about school dinners are not of much encyclopedic significance in an article about Chicago Public Schools. I am inclined to agree.--ukexpat (talk) 21:35, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Editing an article/Adding trivia?

Hi there

I am new here, so I am searching for some help here. I am trying to add some information to an article, information that I found in a public forum and I have in my own web-site. But I received a talk from another user asking to sop this because it´s not aloud in wikipedia even adding other links to the source of the information. I understand that and respect this also, and I am sorry if I caused any problem, but I want to understand how can I add info about this thing in the wikipedia. I would like to make any contribution to what I have informatio about, going through the rules, so can someone please help me?

Regards sury88aki Sury88aki (talk) 21:41, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry about making mistakes on Wikipedia, as long as you are working in good faith; almost all problems are easily fixed. The basic issue with your edits to Sid (band) is that in an article about the band, information such as a band member's blood type isn't relevant. However, some of that information may be useful in an article about one of the band members himself. Also, if you think the information should be included, discuss it with other editors on the talk page of the article- Talk:Sid (band)

Another issue is that you didn't provide a reference to a reliable source for your information. Since Wikipedia is highly visible, it is important that information be cited to a source people can trust, especially when the information is about living people. Information found on a forum or unofficial site isn't allowed, because anyone can write the info regardless of its accuracy.

For more information, please see the policies on verifiability and living people and see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners to learn to cite information. You can also come back here with any other questions you have. Good luck! liquidluck✽talk 21:58, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Snow of Kilamanjaro

I just saw the movie Snow of Kilamanjaro and your explanation of the movie ending is Greg Peck dieing. This is not what happens in the movie, he recops and lives loving Susan Haywood, unless I mis read it you need to have the plot summary changed to correct that error.Vincerino (talk) 22:15, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

You are welcome to fix errors yourself. However, it appears the summary is correct- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (film) says "Diverging from the original story, Harry does not die." Is it possible that you are looking at the book article (The Snows of Kilimanjaro), in which Harry does die, and not the movie article? liquidluck✽talk 22:35, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Help on neutralizing/clean-up - my contributed article is tagged

Hi there! Kindly asking for advice on further steps! article: AHI Roofing

Cheers, Amikis (talk) 10:27, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

article: PRO CUT

Any suggestions on cleaning this up? I wrote it as neutrally as I can!

Thanks!!!

Chad595 (talk) 09:40, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

The most serious problem is the copyright violation which is tagged at the top of the article. A completely rewritten article, in your own words, should be contributed. If you are connected with the company and perhaps even wrote the article at the "procutusa" website, you have a conflict of interest, and should not write an article about them for Wikipedia at all. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 12:40, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Article has been speedily deleted as blatant advertising.-ukexpat (talk) 14:18, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Linking to other languages

Sometimes there are articles on topics in one language but not others. Is there a way for a user who searches for an article that does not yet exist in english to know that there is an article in another language on the topic? I feel that may be a useful tool for wikipedia. THEMlCK (talk) 06:33, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

There isn't any way I know of to do that through Wikipedia itself, but you can use Google. Add "site:wikipedia.org" to any search to find pages with the search term on all Wikipedia projects with Google. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Human Design System

I have joined wikipedia specifically to follow the correct procedures to correct the mistaken deletion of Human Design System from wikipedia.

Keeper77 was the admin who did the deletion a year or 2 ago, but he is taking a wikibreak, and I have no idea what that actually means or how to contact him.

Clearly this decision to delete an important and growing subject was taken blindly by a couple of seriously misinformed individuals, and it is entirely appropriate to restore the page now without this dance of oh-you-have-to-know-wikipedia-etiquette-first - please can someone advise me SIMPLY, there needs to be a HUMAN TO HUMAN discussion of the reasons it was deleted incorrectly and the reasons it needs to be featured on wikipedia.

Thank you

Mike Mahalo

and what is this nonsense, sign your name ^^^^, my keyboard does not have that character, it is from Bangkok Thailand, and it just seems odd, how does four tildes mean "signed"?

This is what my computer puts instead of the tildes: Thai keyboard, do I have to buy a different computer now?

Sorry to be a little grumpy but this is really an ordeal to find a PERSON to discuss the ISSUES of this topic and reviewing the deletion decision

¬¬¬¬ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikemahalo (talk • contribs) 09:15, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

EDIT-------------------------

I can cut and paste the tildes...

no, that does not work either?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikemahalo (talk • contribs) 09:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

ok one more attempt here Mikemahalo (talk) 09:18, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

First, you can read the original deletion debate for Human Design System at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Human Design System. The consensus was that the article consisted of only advertising for a non-notable product.

A wikibreak is just a break from Wikipedia. However, it is written on the top of Keeper76's talk page, "I'll be around sporadically..." so the user may respond. You can contact Keeper76 on User talk:Keeper76 by clicking the "new section" tab at the top of that page. If Keeper76 doesn't respond after a few days, the next step is to make a request at Wikipedia:Deletion review.

Lastly, the tilde (the symbol ~) is common on keyboards in many languages, including English. Instead of copying and pasting, you can push this button above the edit window to insert four tildes to create a signature. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:31, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

The subject may well have changed and developed in the 25 months since the article was originally deleted. If so, you may find it easier to write a new, updated article on the subject rather than attempting to resurrect the old one via Deletion review. It's OK to do this, but it will still be subject to the same criteria: you must demonstrate why the subject is notable, your information must be verifiable (ie you must cite your reliable sources), and you must write from a neutral point of view - so if you are affiliated with the subject in some way, you should read Wikipedia's guidelines on conflicts of interest. Many people find it helpful to create the article in their own user space first, so they can work on it and seek feedback with little danger of a speedy deletion nomination. You can do this by visiting Wikipedia:Article wizard, following the prompts, and choosing "Userspace draft" as the place to create your article. Or you can click on this link: User:Mikemahalo/Human Design System, type in the box and save, to create the new sandbox page. Once you feel you have an acceptable article, visit Wikipedia:Requests for feedback and ask for someone to review your draft and suggest improvements; don't move it to articlespace until you're sure it meets the criteria. If you follow this process, any new article will stand a better chance of avoiding another deletion nomination. Karenjc 16:04, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

vlsi/memory elements

Q- the circuit diagram of row decoder & the column decoder for an eprom with 4 rows & 2 columns using nmos technologyShadma pragi (talk) 16:08, 29 March 2010 (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 16:14, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Call for Participation: A quick Survey on Wikipedian Motivation

Hi I'm Kay K. Lee, a Ph.D student in University of Kansas. I am currently conducting a research on the motivators of online collaboration; What made you start editing wikipedia and why you are keep contributing.

Through the VP and Signboard,I have collected quite a lot of data from heavy-user-wikipedians. However, I suspect the newly joined wikipedians have quite different view for each survey questions.

If you are a new eitor,please drop by for a short survey. Hereis a survey page through which I am collecting the initial set of data (17 Mar ~ 15 May 2010) If you answered a few questions and didn't finish it, please come back and fishinh it.

The first set of data will be analyzed for part of my research aiming for AIS (Association for Information Systems) conference 2010. You can contact me by clicking here.

Your participation will be greatly appreciated.Kay Kiljae Lee (talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.237.57.184 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:43, 29 March 2010 (UTC).

New article?

How do I know if an article was deleted or not? I posted and it was listed for possible deletion, then i added explanation and references. Now it appears on my oage but not if i search for it and there are now no notes on it, Thanks Raveonandon (talk) 20:18, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Are you referring to this page? If so, this page is in your userspace and not yet published in the main Wikipedia space. The page would need to be moved to the mainspace, but please note that the article does not explain why the company is notable enough to warrant an article. TNXMan 20:52, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

(after ec:) It would be helpful if you would provide a link so we could see what you are talking about. However, looking at Special:Contributions/Raveonandon, I see that you created User:Raveonandon/Influx records, then apparently copied the content to your user page User:Raveonandon. This is probably not what you intended. To move a page to article space, you use the 'Move' tab - but that is only available once your account has been autoconfirmed, which means at least 4 days and 10 edits.

However, if you were to move that article to Influx records, it would certainly be deleted, on several grounds: it is too short (but does not say it is a stub), it has no references, and it does not assert that the company was notable. Please read the pages I have linked, and also WP:YFA. --ColinFine (talk) 20:55, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Question on doing an article

Not sure if I should ask it here. But there's an article that I plan to do in the future. It's name is the Venezuelan arms company Compañia Anonima Venezolana de Industrias Militares. Thing is, I'm not sure if I should put the abbreviations CAVIM as the article title or use the abbreviation according to the English translation? Thanks.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ominae (talk • contribs) 30 March 2010

Use CAVIM because an article from an English site mentions the company's English name Venezuelan Military Industries Company, for which the abbreviation is VMIC, but searching in Google brings no results pertaining to this company. The English site I linked above uses CAVIM, so I advise you use that as well. Goodvac (talk) 04:59, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Law and Related Fields

I am a law student. And I use wikipedia alot as a first source. There are few topics that are very well covered and helpful, and organized. but many of them are a combination of only some good things... Some are correct and informative but very unorganized Some are organized but too concise ...

I am wondering i you would be interested in letting me create what I would suggest you do for: For example: the Death Penalty page.... I would not change any information... any additions would be cited and any charts and graphs would be organizational suggestions...

Is there a way for me to do this?

07:02, 30 March 2010 (UTC)07:02, 30 March 2010 (UTC)~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Misskcdunne (talk • contribs)

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). Someguy1221 (talk) 07:07, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

How to handle the controversial Issue

How to handle the controversial Issue when it is already being biased and violates the NPOV on Issue. --Dilpreet Singh Virdi (talk) 17:02, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry you are experiencing this. The recommended course is to engage with the other editors in the controversy on the article's Talk (Discussion) page. For more information, please see WP:Dispute resolution. --ColinFine (talk) 18:00, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Creating a page for a resource for people

I am not trying to create any advertisement for a website. I am really just trying to document the 4 year history of the site and what it does. Is there anyway to create a new page that won't be deleted? I have press articles that are legitimate. We are mostly just a user resource and have been around for going on 5 years. I notice that other businesses are on WIKI so I must be doing something wrong. Again I am not doing this to advertise. I strictly wanted to use a description for the business and then offer links to press as well as other links to artists because we support local artists. Maybe I am just doing something wrong or you just won't allow a legit web resource to have a wiki entry. Help and thank you. Future Mayor of OS (talk) 02:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry you are finding the experience frustrating: Wikipedia is different from anything most people have ever encountered, and its rules and guidelines can be tortuous.

As you have not provided any information about the page you have tried to create, (and your user account has no previous edits) it is not possible to give you specific advice. But in general, you need to demonstrate with multiple independent reliable sources that the company is notable by Wikipedia's standards. It's also worth a look at WP:What Wikipedia is not: this is a resource of encyclopaedic information, not a resource for advocacy, or a business directory (I don't know whether either of these is relevant to your case, because I do not know what company/website you were trying to document; but judging from your question title they might be relevant). There are many other wikis, some of which may be more suited to your needs.

Incidentally, the fact that we have pages on other companies is not a strong argument: some of these articles are probably not appropriate to Wikipedia and will in time get noticed and deleted; others are acceptable because they demonstrate that they meet WP's criteria for notability.

Please read the links I have given, and then, if you think an article is appropriate, look at WP:YFA. --ColinFine (talk) 07:25, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the considered response. The intent was to document the success and notable accomplishments of this site. Before it could be completed with descriptive text it was deleted. It sounds like it doesn't belong here so I will accept that. I understand that WIkipedia is not a business directory. It would not be so useful if it were. Thank you again 23:57, 31 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Future Mayor of OS (talk • contribs)

Your creation History of the LGBT travel website thegayplaces.com was deleted. Only administrators like me can see the former content of deleted pages. I see you only listed references and the page did not have any real article text when it was deleted. As Graeme Bartlett said at User talk:Future Mayor of OS, you can work on a draft at User:Future Mayor of OS/sandbox. This is a user subpage for your account and not a part of the real encyclopedia. History of the LGBT travel website thegayplaces.com was created in the mainspace which immediately made it a part of the Wikipedia encyclopedia, but the content at time of deletion was not suitable for an encyclopedia article. If you can make a draft satisfying Wikipedia:Notability or Wikipedia:Notability (web) then you can ask other editors for opinions. See also Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. Note that the vast majority of websites fail Wikipedia:Notability (web) and should not have a Wikipedia article. Website articles are deleted daily. Most of them were created with a conflict of interest, typically by the webmaster. Any article saying "we" about the subject raises a big red flag with editors. Articles should be written from a neutral point of view and not appear to be written by the subject. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:52, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

London Fax

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tvpakistan.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manzarsupertec (talk • contribs) 11:35, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

This page is a place to get help with editing and finding your way around Wikipedia. Do you have a question? Please see Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations and don't use Wikipedia to create advertisements. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:56, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

KRILL (band)

Hi (Colin Fine)

Thanks so much for your response. I understand the conflict of interest with me managing the Australian band Krill(band) and entering them on Wikipedia. I would like to point out it is Krill (Australian band) which played Big Day out in 2008 - as listed on the page - and not the English band of the same name. Krill is also listed here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_Australia) as one of Sony's artists. I am trying to figure out how best to have them listed on wikipedia so the links of those two at least go back to the bands Wikipedia site and not that of Krill (known for plankton) and I beleive they do meet the criteria of being listed having been signed by a major record label and charted as well as being independently listed by two seperate sources on Wikipedia. I actually altered Krill to Krill (band) to prevent the link going to the Krill (plankton page).

In reponse to the pic...

The photograph was taken for hire and the image given use of to Krill to use. I understand the photographer has 'copyright' over the image, but we have the right to use it.

Regards,

Darren —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cartsd (talk • contribs) 15:47, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

For the notability guidelines for bands, please see WP:BAND and for referencing please see WP:RS. In order to evidence permission to use the image, please follow the process set out at WP:IOWN.  – ukexpat (talk) 17:58, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

UK`s deepest lake

Why not explain a Lake in Scotland is called a Loch in case some people think the name is "lochmorar" ???????????????????????/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.73.233 (talk) 18:48, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Our article on Loch does mention that fact, I believe. TNXMan 19:04, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

"One Less Car"

"One Less Car" is an expression coined by cycling advocate Richard Rosenthal of New York City in 1981 and given by him to Transportation Alternatives, New York's pre-eminent organizational advocate for cyclists and pedestrians. The expression spread to the West Coast where it was used by riders in Critical Mass and put on T-shirts made by Specialized and Pearl Izumi. Today it is used in translations around the world, having been picked up and used by Car Busters of Prague, the Czech Republic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bikeadman (talk • contribs) 19:02, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

I assume that you are suggesting this as article? Standard advice follows:

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

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PELS

PELS is acronym for Professional English Language Students website which provides English learning online services and all the services are recently free. the link below is the PELS website www.pels.ir —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armanasr (talk • contribs) 20:51, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

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