Wikipedia:New contributors' help page/Archive/2011/July

July 1

Shammi Kapoor

i try to edit in Shammikapoor's Page By One simple line, My Gujarati Community like to tell the World That we Call him "BHOLENATH"and mr Shammiji Knows that very well,Jai Bholenath We gujarati Have Respect for One Who we Believe.Jai Bholenath. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.246.48.241 (talk) 00:39, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

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

This addition was removed, probably because it stopped one of the sub-headings displaying properly. Before you put it back, though, can you find a reliable source to confirm that this actor is often called by this name? -- John of Reading (talk) 05:10, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

editing a list

I have read the FAQs and related articles and not found the answer:

I wish to edit the 'list of places of worship in Arun' to include our church which is an established sister church to the already listed st margaret's angmering.

However I am daunted by getting the formatting right in particular with regards to the geo co-ordinates, the references. Neither am I sure about how to upload an image (of which I am the owner) but I think I can figure that out.

Is it possble to ask the original editor of the list to carry out this edit on our behalf. I am not sure how I could edit it myself while leaving some fields blank (like the co-ordinates), as I don't understand the formatting of a list.

This is my first (attempt at) contribution to wikipedia. I would be grateful for help in contributing to the community Please could you notify me of replies on my talk page, thank you Curlymop (talk) 19:00, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

List of places of worship in Arun (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

 Done I have added the entry using the information from the talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:38, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

July 2

how can i add references to my articles when i try to post an article in wikipedia

how can i add references to my articles when i try to post an article in wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carl.steve (talk • contribs) 20:23, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

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

You need to edit the article to show where the information has come from, so that readers can, in theory, check it for themselves. To remove the deletion notice, you need to show that the person has attracted attention in reliable sources such as books, newspapers and so on. As to how to add these references to the article, there is a concise explanation at Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing sources. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:48, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

July 3

INCORRECT INFORMATION ON PAGE ONE OF THIRTEEN, TALLADEGA SPEEDWAY

I NOTICE ON THE LEFT HAND OF PAGE ONE THERE IS TWO MISTAKES ON THE FACTS PORTION OF THE PAGE.

1. THE COST OF THE TRACK WAS uS$9.8 MILLION WHICH ALSO INCLUDED A NEW AIRPORT RUNWAY SOUTH OF THE TRACK. THIS WAS REQUIRED BECAUSE AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION THE US MILITARY WAS USING THE EXISTING AIRPORT 24/7 DAILY TO LOAD UP AMMUNITATION TO FLY TO THE WEST COAST FOR THE VIET NAM WAR. AND THE US GOV. WOULD NOT LET THE AIRPORT BE CLOSED UNTIL A METHOD WAS USED TO KEEP THE AIRPLANES FLYING. THE RUNWAY WAS BUILT BEFORE THE AIRPOLRT WAS CLOSED. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPEEDWAY AND AIRPORT WAS ACCOMPLISHED UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE MOSS THORNTON CO., INC. OF WHICH I WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.

2. THERE WAS NO ARCHITECT OF RECORD FOR THE RACETRACK AS THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED A CIVIL ENGINEER TO DESIGN AND STAMP THE PLANS. THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THIS PROJECT WAS WILLIAM W. MOSS(BILL MOSS), P.E. #7647 IN CONNECTION WITH MR. WILLIAM FRANCE SR..

I HOPE THIS CORRECTION WILL BE MADE TO THE HISTORY AND FACTS OF TALLADEGA SUPER SPEEDWAY

SINCERELY,

---

WILLIAM W. MOSS P.E. (BILL MOSS) BIRMINGHAM, AL — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.248.178.235 (talk) 13:37, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. But please note the following:

Information should be included in Wikipedia only if it is referenced to reliable sources. If you have published sources for the information you have given, it can certainly be included; but if it is from your own knowledge only, and there is nowhere that readers could check it, it should not go in. (On the other hand, the information in there which you say is wrong is not referenced, so it may legitimately be removed).

If you have references for the information you wish to add, you may edit the article yourself, giving the references.

If you are not confident in doing this, or if you have not been able to find references, you could bring the issue up by editing the article's talk page, where people who have an interest in the article are more likely to see it, and work with you to improve the article.

Finally, please don't type in ALL CAPITALS: it is harder to read, and looks like SHOUTING! --ColinFine (talk) 20:12, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

chennappa naiker

chennappa nayaker is originaly as chenniyappa nayaker it was called as chennappa nayakadu by telugu people by his telugu verson but ther is no ani avidence who was a teluku king insted of tamil king. nayaker is titile name of vanniyaR (TAMIL CASTe) communiti people in the aria of kangeepuram and chenkal pat districts even today also who are the original son of the soil.the said area was ruld by the said nayaker kings. no teluku people called as nayaker (nayakadu) insted of naidu at chenkal pat and kangeepuram districts. but caled only at thirunelveli district. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.38.74 (talk) 16:18, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

I suggest you post at the talk page of the relevant article, so that your comments will be seen by the editors most interested in the subject. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:41, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

My userpage

Is it lawful to print there that I don't like muslims and jypsies? I decided first to ask.--DissidentRUS (talk) 16:38, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Please don't add that to your user page. See WP:UP#POLEMIC. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:43, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

• OK--DissidentRUS (talk) 16:58, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Just tried to make aminor but important edit but was prevented from doing so...

Hi, I just tried to update Novak Djokovic's new world no. 1 status from No. 2 but was blocked from doing so because I the page is semi-protected and I am not an autoconfirmed user, how do I attain that status? Ken from Dublin (talk) 18:25, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

What exactly happened? According to the page history, you made that edit at 19:21:05, and then you reverted it at 19:21:49. If you had hit protection (which I don't think you would, because your account is old enough to be auto-confirmed) I don't believe it would show that. ---ColinFine (talk) 20:18, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

The reference to the "6605th ABW" should be "6602nd ABW"

I was at EHABF in 195l-1952 and it was not the 6605th anything,it was the 6602ABW, 6602 ABG, etc. Please correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.14.138 (talk) 23:28, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

We have around 3.7 million articles. Which one are you referring to? 64th Air Division#Wings says "6602d Air Base Group", "Ernest Harmon AFB", "Re-designated 6605th Air Base Wing, 1 June 1954". Ernest Harmon Air Force Base#Construction and operation says "Ernest Harmon AFB was transferred to Northeast Air Command in October 1950. The 6605th Air Base Wing served as the host unit at the base." The latter gives the apparently false impression that it was already called the 6605th from 1950. Is that your concern? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:54, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

hi

can you use a educational youtube vid as a source — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kendoll123 (talk • contribs) 23:47, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

It depends. Which video as a source for what, and who made it? See for example Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites#YouTube, WP:YOUTUBE, Template:Cite video. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:02, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

July 4

About changing semi-protected content

Hello, this is my first post of anything on Wikipedia. I've made an account just for this little issue.

On the article called List of Emoticons I've noticed some protection from editing. I'm aware that it's because of vandalism. I've been to FAQ and haven't found my answer there. Anyway, I'd like to add an emoticon in Eastern_emoticons section of the page but I'm unaware what to do and where. Specifically it would be:

(,,,)(=-.-=)(,,,)

With something like "kitty", "cat" or "purr" in the description. I don't think it counts as vandalism and therefore I ask further instructions or that someone else edits this into the page.

Thank you for your time,

Trlababalan (talk) 16:27, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

P.S.: I'm sorry if there are grammar errors, I'm not English.

If you have found an independent reliable source which has written about (not just used) this emoticon, then you are very welcome to add it once your account is autoconfirmed. If you do not, then please do not add it, as it is not verifiable. (There are quite a few unreferenced icons in that page: these are contrary to Wikipedia policy, and should all either have references added, or be removed. Please do not add more unverifiable material). --ColinFine (talk) 22:50, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

petition file against BSES rajdhani power ltd

Please Help Me SHIV KUMAR KHANNA . Note:SUNDAY CLOSED OR OFFICE time 11TO7PM PLEASE HELP.................no help in court staff {hindi}MAIN BADMASH OR HARAMi JAJO KE KHILaf KARVAI KARNA CHAHTA HOON MERE PASS AISE SABOOT HAIN JISE JOOTHA SABIT KARNA SOORAJ KO HATHH SE CHHUPANE KE BARABAR HAIN OR SABOOT BHI EK NAHI KI PUBLIC BHI KAHEGI KE INHE JUTTO SE MARO MAIN COMPUTER CHALLANA NAHI JANTA PHIR BHI KOSHISH KAR RAHA HOON KYA AAP MERI MADAD KAR SAKTE HAIN YAH RASTA DIKHA SAKTE HAIN MAIN AAPKO BATTA DENA CHAHTA HOON KI MUJHE JIS HARAMI BADMASH JAJ NE BA IJJT BARI KIYA ME USSI KE KHILAF CASE FILE KARNA CHAHTA HOON KYOON KI USSI JAJ NE MERE SATHBAHOOT BAR JAN BHOOJ KAR BAR-BAR DHOKHA KIYA AAP AGAR MERI MADAD NA BHI KARE TO MAIN USSE KISSI KIMAT PAR MARTE DHAM TAK CHHODNE WALA NAHI HOON OR NAHI TO AAP MERI BAAT SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE TAK PAHUNCHA SAKTE HAIN TO AAPKI BAHOOT MEHRBANI HOGI THANKS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.177.165.161 (talk) 18:37, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia doesn't provide legal info. Island Monkey ^{talk the talk} 18:40, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

July 5

Uploading Pictures to my Articles

How can I upload pictures to my articles? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sameerali182 (talk • contribs) 02:37, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable 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 of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
• If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File: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. I hope this helps. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:08, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

question of cumulative

Discuss ways by which you will use the cumulative record for the benefit of the student and the parents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.206.136.19 (talk) 10:54, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

This page is for help in using or editing Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. Your question isn't very clear, and probably doesn't belong here. Sorry! -- John of Reading (talk) 10:58, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

problem trying to edit references section

I was trying to edit the first part of reference number 3

"Frequently Asked Questions about Dragonflies". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

on the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly

The link to the FAQ gives a file not found and I was going to change it to the page where the file can be found, namely, http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/frequently-asked-questions but when I went to the references section of the page all I saw was:

==References==<!-- ActaPalaeontolPol53:165. Zootaxa87:1. -->
{{reflist|2}}

Pvasshep (talk) 20:11, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

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

This "References" section only contains a special marker that tells the software where to display the references. The references themselves are defined within the article text further up. For a concise description of this scheme, have a look at Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing sources.

However, I have made the edit for you this time. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:34, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

July 6

Issues pertaining to publising article on wiki

Resolved

Wiki says my article needs relable sources - i have used renowed and reliable source but still it doesnt match to its guidelines, i have tried best - pls help publishing this article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_World%27s_Largest_Data_Centres — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.124.16.109 (talk) 09:58, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

You were asked to provide inline references. See WP:REF. And note also that you should not abbreviate Wikipedia as "wiki"; there are many wikis which are totally unconnected with Wikipedia. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:38, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

The article was deleted because of copyvio. mabdul 13:41, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

tulu writers with malayalam base

Names of thulu authors in Kochi,Kottayam and trivandrum are not shown.Like krishnajirao,kjk potty,rengarajan potti — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.119.58.18 (talk) 12:26, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Writers are usually listed in these articles after articles about the writers themselves, properly sourced and showing how they are notable, have been created. Such articles in the English-language Wikipedia should be in English, and should reflect English-language rules as far as punctuation, capitalization, and the like; just as articles in the Malayalam Wikipedia should reflect that language's rules. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:45, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

у меня есть картина

morten muller1828-1911 fra oslofjorden — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.146.246.8 (talk) 19:36, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

You are telling us in Russian that you have a map, and then telling us in Norwegian that something is from Oslo Fjord. This is the Help Desk for the English Wikipedia. Have you a question? --ColinFine (talk) 22:43, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

It's the painter Morten Müller, and our poster has one of his paintings, or perhaps a portrait of him. I'm not sure if she wants to donate an image of it to the project, is that it? Or what? Herostratus (talk) 02:38, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

July 7

Why does the new addition to a category shows up in the wrong place in the alphabeticalised list?

Hope someone has come across this before and can advise on a way to fix this. I recently created a page on the Urania Trust which is an educational charity for astrologers. I included the category tag for Astrological organizations and can see that the entry has now appeared within the list of entried in that category. However, it is in the wrong place and appears at the start of the list rather than in alphabetical order as the other category members are. I can't see a way to edit or fix this - can anyone help? Zac Δ talk 03:51, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Removed the link I gave to the Category for Astrological Organizations because it didn't show in my post and appeared at the bottom of this page instead. The hardcode link is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Astrological_organizations Zac Δ talk 03:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

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

I have fixed the article. See Help:Category#Sort_order; you had accidentally asked the software to sort the article as if its name was a single space.

To include a category link in a post, you need to stick a colon before the word "Category". For example, [[:Category:Astrological organizations]] gives you the link Category:Astrological organizations. -- John of Reading (talk) 04:23, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it and for explaining - good to know for future reference. Much appreciated! Zac Δ talk 04:37, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Cape Finisterre

Although there has been a long tradition of burning one's pilgrimage clothes at cape Finisterre, this is now officially discouraged because the practice has caused brushfires. Prominent notices below the light house forbid it.

Verifiability? One can verify this by going out and having a look.

Acey Teasdale — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.33.123.207 (talk) 03:28, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I guess you are suggesting a change to the article Cape Finisterre: if so, the best place is the article's talk page. But please be aware that verifiability requires secondary sources, i.e. somebody having written about the information. --ColinFine (talk) 07:26, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Hindi authors

Sir I would like to edit Hindi uthors/ Writers information. Please guide in this regard — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.97.229.23 (talk) 09:13, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I suggest you begin by reading through the Wikipedia:Tutorial if you are not familiar with how Wikipedia works. Then, feel free to jump in, adding information and its sources. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:34, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm trying to move an article, however nothing seems to have happened.

Talk: PeaceJam

The IRS recognizes this organization as "The PeaceJam Foundation" (minus the quotes), however, I have requested a move and nothing seems to be happening. Agent Smith30303 (talk) 21:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

You requested the move four hours ago. The discussion has been opened at Wikipedia:Requested moves#July 7, 2011, and will remain so for seven days. The top of that page explains that there is a backlog. Please be aware that under the article title policy, the most common name is used for organisations rather than their official name, so the onus is on you to show that "The PeaceJam Foundation" is the most common name for the organisation, which I rather doubt. --ColinFine (talk) 00:08, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I've just seen that you have already asked about this, and have been advised that the name policy was probably against your proposed move. --ColinFine (talk) 00:10, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

July 8

Our publications

In this week, I am contributing several terms that my colleagues and I have developed and published recently. Because we are the developers of those new terms, the reference contains most of our publications. I do not intend to advertise our publications but want to make these newly developed concepts/methods available to the public. I may contribute 0 to 3 more terms in Wikipedia this week if possible. Then I will not have any time to write any contribution to Wikipedia for a while. Please understand that I have no intention to do advertising for sale at all. I am a new contributor and I do not know how to use the talk page for sending messages to editors/reviewers. Any suggestions?SsmdZhang (talk) 04:36, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a venue for the advertisment of neologisms or of up-and-coming new concepts that you claim will revolutionize your field. Such articles will probably be deleted as promotional in nature (not all promotion is commercial) unless you can establish that these new concepts are already getting significant third-party attention from reliable sources. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:43, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Alexander Brodie Spark

I have a portrait of Alexander Brodie Spark - are you interested in adding it to the article. I am a family member with full rights and control of the painting. I have further information also if you are interested. Hunter Gill of Bendigo, Australia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.214.89.185 (talk) 16:13, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

That would be very welcome. I was going to point you to WP:Donating copyrighted materials, but seeing as Alexander Brodie Spark died more than 150 years ago, I guess it is out of copyright! Perhaps the WP:Image tutorial would be helpful. Further information that you have about him is acceptable only if it has been published in independent reliable sources: if it is unpublished family records then it fails the test of verifiability. --ColinFine (talk) 22:45, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Some of the Melbourne land purchases of Alexander Brodie Spark are very public, as they are shown on the First Land Auctions plans of Central Melbourne. Gill's Alley, off Little Collins Street remains today and is a remnant of this land. He did quite a bit of business in Melbourne. He worked with my great, great, grandfather James Gill from Elgin, Scotland. (A B Spark was James' Uncle by marriage, his father was married to his sister Jane Spark). James Gill was a founding director of the Argus Newspaper in 1846, amongst a lot of other business activities and land subdivision. We have always referred to him as Col Alexander Brodie Spark and he was associated with the Gordon Highlanders (and posted to Sydney I was told as a child). I will attempt to photograph our small gold framed portrait of the Col., then ask for advice of how to send it to you. Thank you. Hunter Gill. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.60.46 (talk) 16:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Codes

Hello, I was requesting if I could get a list of all the codes. Thanks, Editor in Chief (talk) 22:31, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

A list of what codes? If you mean wiki markup, see WP:Editing tutorial. And note that if you start a line with one or more spaces it gets formatted in a box like that. --ColinFine (talk) 22:48, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't understand about the codes mentioned - sorry - this is all new activity for me.

I have taken a fairly good photo Alexander Brodie Spark - how and to where do I upload it to . . please, for you to add to the page? Hunter Gill — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.180.24.24 (talk) 11:15, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

July 9

picture for article

I am trying to add a picture to an article on Christopher T. Gonzalez. I have uploaded it using Commons as requested but can' figure out how to get it on the article. Would someone please help or post it for me?Rannman (talk) 03:30, 9 July 2011 (UTC) Rann DeStefano

Christopher T. Gonzalez (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I've added a basic infobox to display the image. You might like to fill in more of the infobox fields, perhaps. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:30, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

July 10

How do I delete a contribution that was intended to go into the discussion page?

I wanted to add a comment to the "discussion" page of the article on Jesus Myth Theory but my commnent ended up in the body of the article under the subheading "The Radical Dutch School". I intended for it to go to the discussion page under "Bruno Bauer". This site is way too complex to navigate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Extremoz (talk • contribs) 06:35, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I've already moved that addition to the talk page: Talk:Jesus myth theory#Question. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 07:16, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

July 11

Loading photograph

I am trying to load a photograph of Michael W. Allen and am having issues determining which type of licensing I should choose. I am in the process of getting formal approval (have a verbal approval) from the woman who took the photograph (a friend). It looks like I can load the picture while I wait for her approval but I am not sure which option I should choose. Sorry, but I am really trying to do this right. Thank you! Ajpahl (talk) 01:27, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

You should forward the permission to OTRS via the process set out at WP:IOWN. The license on the imgage info page should reflect the terms of the release that the copyright owner provides. While OTRS review is pending, add {{OTRS pending}} to the image page. – ukexpat (talk) 19:30, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

If you are referring to File:MichaelWAllen.jpg, it looks like it has all been sorted out. – ukexpat (talk) 19:32, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

draft to article?

Hello,

I have written a draft of an article. It conforms to all the guidelines as best as I can tell. However, when I tried to move it to a final page (waiting the requisite time and making the requisite changes) I ran into difficulty. Part of this is because the name of the person I was profiling is already taken with someone with the same name (who is unrelated to the person in question) but I think I also am failing in some other basic step. Can anyone help me here? It seemed straightforward but this is my first page and it is giving me more problems than I expected. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

Bratsche1 (talk) 02:17, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome. A good start to making the article ready would be to remove all the all-caps section titles, and making the article conform to our manual of style. You then need to establish notability for the person you're writing about, and get lots of reliable sources for this biographical article.Jasper Deng (talk) 02:23, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Another good point would be to realise that Wikipedia does not have profiles, it has articles. This might sound like nitpicking, but a site with profiles of people is nearly always intended to promote them. Wikipedia forbids promotional content: articles must be written neutrally. While there is no specific information in the text that is inappropriate, (except for the evaluative term 'noted' for his father), the tone of the text is that of a profile, not a dispassionate article. More serious is the fact that there are no cited references. Some of the links at the end are to independent reliable sources, and proper in-line citations to these would be adequate, and would probably establish notability as well.

One other point: are you David Yang? If not, forgive my suspicious mind, but your username of Bratsche (German for "viola") suggests that you might be. If you are, please read WP:conflict of interest, urgently. --ColinFine (talk) 19:23, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

I wrote an article on my own user space

I wrote an article on my own user space without publishing it to Wikipedia. Now I cannot find it. How do I find the article? Allycat1208 (talk) 21:59, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Your contribution record shows that you haven't saved anything except for your question here. Perhaps you forgot to hit the save button? - David Biddulph (talk) 22:16, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

July 12

Sarah Joseph

sarah joseph's latest novel is 'aathi' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.3.17 (talk) 09:04, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Sarah Joseph (author) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Thank you. I have added this to the article, with a source so that readers can check the information for themselves. In future, feel free to improve Wikipedia articles yourself. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:33, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

July 13

Emerge Clinical Solutions

Emerge Clinical Solutions is a small company that has created medical software used for EMR systems in cardiology practices much the same as NextGen or Allscripts, but is newer and more technologically advanced. They both (NextGen & Allscripts) have a wikipedia page and I would like to contribute a new page about Emerge, but wanted to verify first that this would be something wikipedia would like added before I spend the time creating the page. The website is Http://www.emergemedicalsolutions.com/

Thank you for your feedback.

Drewdan89 (talk) 19:30, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

What is your connection to this company? --Orange Mike | Talk 19:33, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

I am a medical researcher, my father is also a doctor and led me to this company. Drewdan89 (talk) 19:39, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

I suggest that you create the article as a draft in your user space first, at, say, User:Drewdan89/Emerge Clinical Solutions, or use the article wizard which has an option to create a user space draft. Then ask at WP:FEED for the draft to be reviewed by other users. I have posted a welcome message on your talk page - it has lots of useful links. – ukexpat (talk) 19:56, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

July 14

how is a fingerprint scanner working?

As the title I am a online website owner and I want to source some access control system devices to enrich my product line,I was heard that there are many swindlers on the web. I don`t know how to choose a good reputation supplier. Could anyone give me some advice?

This is Wikipedia, an encyclopedia and wiki. We can advise on how to edit, start articles etc. We do not give advice on products, business solutions or web-hosting. Mlpearc powwow 04:34, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer 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. doomgaze (talk) 17:28, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Nuclear Notation Formating

When I use the notation i.e ¹²
₆C
or ¹²
C
to designate the mass of an isotope the text drops to the next line after the mass number and before the chemical symbol - this makes the string very hard to read. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_notation as an example of this text format. Many other Wikipedia pages also have this text-to-next-line-drop with nuclear and chemical notation so it is a consistent problem for many editors.

How do I get the notations to remain on one line and if there is a solution to this editing problem where is the solution given in the Wikipedia resources - or - where would be a good place to add it?

Send comments to Delphwhite Talk Page?

Delphwhite (talk) 09:17, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm not seeing any problem here. I'm seeing a superscript 12, underneath that a subscript 6, and just to the right of both of these a "C".There's a discussion at Template talk:Nuclide2 which suggests that the results are different in some browsers - which browser and version are you using? Also, the {{Nuclide}} and {{SimpleNuclide}} templates have been replaced by {{Nuclide2}} and {{SimpleNuclide2}}, so you may get better results with those. Here are your examples using the old templates: ¹²
₆C
and ¹²
C
and the new templates: ¹²
₆C
and ¹²
C
. Any difference? (I'll copy this to your talk page as requested) -- John of Reading (talk) 09:55, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Quantitative data (or) numerical data

In Wikipedia it is mentioned that the counts and measurements are numerical data or quantitative data. But in the book "Statistics in Small Doses" by Win M. Castle, Third edition, Churchill Livingstone, Chapter 1, it is mentioned that the data that is obtained by measurement is quantitative and that obtained by count is qualitative. It is also mentioned that qualitative results are sometimes expressed as a ratio, a proportion or a percentage. May i have your opinion for this issue. I have a problem that when a study results are expressed by proportions or percentage what type of study we have to categorize it. A quantitative study (according to Wikipedia) OR a qualitative study (according to the above mentioned text book). I am looking forward to hear from you. Thank you in anticipation. Dr. K. Thin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.203.191.253 (talk) 13:10, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

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

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

A Wikipedia article is only as reliable as the sources it points to. In this case, the two web links at the bottom of the Numerical data article back up the content of the articles; in particular this page seems to contradict your textbook. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:35, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

July 15

Golden Rendezvous

The intro to the article should include the filming location, which was Mossel Bay, Cape, South Africa. I was present in Mossel Bay while filming was in progress. Is it possible to edit the intro? Mack Sly — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mack Sly (talk • contribs) 13:22, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

You can edit the intro by clicking on the "edit" tab at the very top of the page, but please note: you cannot be a source- Wikipedia relies on independent third party sourcing for the information in articles. TNXMan 13:25, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

help

For Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi there is no Cover Art but I have one on my computer. There is no souce for me to find a picture of a Cover Art, so I was wondering....How do you put in Pictures onto Wikipedia from your computer?Munem939 (talk) 17:20, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable 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 of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
• If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File: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. I hope this helps. TNXMan 18:56, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

can someone help me?

need help pls — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterPiperPickles (talk • contribs) 18:50, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

With what do you need help? TNXMan 18:56, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Started an article but want to switch to use article wizard to make it easier...how do I do this?

I have never used Wikipedia and I started my article by putting it as a user page to work on it first. Now I want to use the wizard instead to make the process easier. But of course my article title already now exists. How do I switch to the wizard? Or can I delete my subject and start again? All I have is a title at this point.

Jaenuss (talk) 23:03, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

A Wikipedia administrator will be able to delete your article so that you can start over. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 23:30, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Your only edit other than posting here is to create User:Jaenuss/San Bernabe Market. Do you want it deleted? PrimeHunter (talk) 19:10, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

July 16

How to I put up a "neutrality" header?

Hello! The last time I edited Wikipedia was about two years ago when I made an article for a band called narrows. It's been a while but I'd really like to become an active editor for Wikipedia. Anyway, my problem now is that I can't find out how to put a header up onto an article, like one of those headers with the scales that say "this article should be checked for neutrality." Specifically this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Japan It's clearly endorsing the co-prosperity sphere and the information is dubious as well.

I found a how-to page for editing but I haven't found out how to add one of those headers (assuming I'm allowed to as a newbie).

Thank you for the help! I hope to make more contributions in the future!

Himjl (talk) 17:24, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

This is what I think you are looking for, {{POV}}. GB fan please tell me what you think of my editing 18:01, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

And you can put it on the page. You should also create a section on the talk page explaining why you think the article is not neutral. GB fan please tell me what you think of my editing 18:02, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

July 17

motofen

MOTOFEN IS NOW AVAILABLE mOTOFEN HAS BEEN BACK ON THE MARKET FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.224.133.25 (talk) 04:22, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

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

You are welcome to update the Motofen article, or any article for that matter, provided you give a reliable source so that readers know where the information has come from. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:59, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: Editing Articles

I found an article on wikipedia that had incorrect information and I would add the correct information on that page. How do I do that? There appears to be no way for me to edit that page....Please let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AvatarNavi (talk • contribs) 23:12, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello! Some articles on this wiki are protected from being edited by new or unregistered users. We will be more able to help you if you let us know precisely what article you are trying to edit.

You may also want to check out Help:Editing. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 23:26, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Remove the word USER from my title

Hi there, i have just created a wikipage about my band and when i look on google it says user DARKORIGIN instead of just DARKORIGIN. how do i remove this and could you help me please thanks shaun 90.213.148.80 (talk) 07:03, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, the material at User:DARKORIGIN is not suitable for a Wikipedia page. Please follow the links to Wikipedia:Article_wizard/Musical_notability and Wikipedia:Article wizard/Advertising. These pages should make the issues clear; if not, feel free to post again here. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:24, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Independent Sociological Study

Hello,

I am a Highschool Student in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and am pursuing an independent study on the sociological climate related to Wikipedia. Namely, I'd like to try an experiment in creating an "urban legend" of the likes of Bigfoot, and the Lochness Monster, and record feedback in the form of edits by users. Keep in mind that what I propose will include much hyperbole and nearly no factual evidence (like most tall tales), and is purley an academic pursuit.

What I'd like to know is whether I am indeed permitted to pursue such an endeavour, and if so, what my guidelines and restirctions would be. I do plan on enelisting third party help in editting the page.

I'd apprecitate it if you would getback to me.

Sincerely, Hridindu Roychowdhury — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hridindu (talk • contribs) 20:44, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes, which I think covers what you are describing here. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:04, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

July 19

I Redirected a page from a keyword and would like to insert a slightly reworded keyword to the original site

Hello, I edited the Hebrew University of Jerusalem so that it no longer shows up when you type "Truman Institute" in the search box because I am a part of Truman State University's Truman Institute and we did not have a page. Could you please tell me how to reinsert "Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace" or some variation of that as the keyword that leads to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's page? 150.243.163.84 (talk) 19:44, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

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

From the log I see that the page about the Truman State University's "Truman Institute" was deleted as "unambiguous advertising or promotion". So for now, all the occurrences of "Truman Institute" within Wikipedia articles refer to the organisation in Jerusalem (verify this). Therefore I think it is correct that Truman Institute is a redirect to Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

You refer to "the keyword" as if there can only be one. Actually there can be zero, one or several redirects to a page; they are added to make searching easier. In this case the Hebrew University of Jerusalem article has nine. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:00, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

edit an article

I have written an article and I know who I would like to review it as they know the work. How to I do the edits by others so I can go from the first stage of writing it to getting it vetted to go on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enderbyandjohn (talk • contribs) 17:44, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I think you're referring to your draft listed here. The best place to get feedback is this page. Glancing at the article, though, I would say that a lot of it looks like original research and is not supported by independent reliable sources. Looking at your username as well, you may want to read this page too. TNXMan 17:57, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

antivirusing

when antivirusing please use the rogets' thesauras book of internation definition perpetually horizontally and vertically deactivate definition in the dictionary eliminating the answer.the computer hides 1 to 2 to 25 to 1/4 to 1/3 to 13 to 75 of data analized filed in computers of people made exampled per use is reinfect use sweeter is better is penicillin use hyperspace is fuzzy wormhole and as many dictionaries as possible for complete cure adagirl f.a.b.u loss is not f.a.b. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.64.201.91 (talk) 19:53, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? -- John of Reading (talk) 20:09, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

July 20

Adding a photo to an existing article

I'm a photographer. I came across an article needing a photo that I own, that I'd be willing to donate under Wikipedia's photo-use guidelines …

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

I created an account, clicked to add the photo, and was told I needed to be more than just a "user" …

"The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Autoconfirmed users, Administrators, Confirmed users."

To add the photo, what are the next steps I need to take?

Thanks!

Matre (talk) 23:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello! Please see Wikipedia:User access levels for a full disclosure regarding user access levels.

In your case, you must either be autoconfirmed ("accounts that are both more than four days old and have made at least 10 edits are considered autoconfirmed") or get an administrator to confirm your account (as delineated in Wikipedia:User access levels) in order to upload a file to Wikipedia. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 23:44, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit To request confirmed status, travel to Wikipedia:Requests for permissions, scroll down to "confirmed" and follow the directions. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 23:51, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

In the circumstances it would be better for you to upload to Commons, which has no autconfirmation requirement. – ukexpat (talk) 16:10, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

IB interview

Hello my name is Andres and in my ITGS (Infromation and technology in a global society)course, of the IB I need to interview someone who is related tot he issue of my choice. Since my issue is Wikipedia I was wondering wheter there were any editors or prolific contributors that could help me, its not going to be more than a couple of questions. Thank you

• You must decide what sort of interviews will satisfy your coursework requirements, and especially how many people you are expected to interview and whether your selection needs to be balanced. I know that both Truthkeeper88 (talk · contribs) and HelloAnnyong (talk · contribs) understand the IB. Some editors specialize in producing high-quality content (e.g. Jfdwolff (talk · contribs), SandyGeorgia (talk · contribs), Ceoil (talk · contribs), Malleus Fatuorum (talk · contribs)). There are others who care more about reducing vandalism, avoiding copyright violations, improving wikipedia's governance, etc. If you are looking for someone broadly representative of the community, DGG (talk · contribs) and Xeno (talk · contribs) are very widely and deeply respected. There are lots of other great editors whose names I've missed out. Who you talk to depends on what you want to discuss! - Pointillist (talk) 00:29, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much, this is exactly what I needed. The angle I am approaching is the use of Wikipedia in education (High School and University) so I am seeking for a person who can talk in favor of Wikipedia as a valid source. I would wish to talk to two people but one is more than enough. Also, how do I get in contact with any of these people? Again, thank you for such a speedy and complete response.

• I suggest you register an account first: this allows you to watch pages for replies, and provides you with your own talk page where people can contact you. For each of those editors I listed above there's a link to their talk page just after their account name, and the easiest starting point is simply to leave a message on the talk page of the people you'd like to interview. DGG (talk · contribs) would be an excellent interviewee, if he has time, because he's an information scientist as well as being very experienced here. If you click the "contribs" link after some of the other account names you can see what sort of articles they edit. When you leave a message, don't forget to sign it with your account name by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end. Good luck - Pointillist (talk) 07:32, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

July 21

Linking to a Facebook Fan page

I am in the process of creating comprehensive pages about Hostess Comic Ads that ran in comic books between 1975 and 1982. So far I have found over 300 unique ads.
Because the ads are copyright protect, I've been told I can't upload them to the Wikipedia Common area. I have created a fan page on Facebook where scans of the ad can be viewed.
I have now been told by a Wikipedia Admin that I should not put Facebook Page links in the external links.
Am I just suppose to provide text that tells people they can view the ads on 'Facebook: Hostess Comic Ad Archives'?

What are the other options for allowing people to see the Hostess Comic Ads?
Thanks for you help.
--Imapaqrat (talk) 17:40, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

That website is a copyright violation; we do not permit links in articles which lead to copyright violations. You are attempting to evade copyright, and we will not aid and abet in such an effort; that includes text which tells people they can view the ads on a website not authorized by the copyright holders. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:39, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

So why aren't the SeanBaby Seanbaby's Hostess page links banned? They have the same copyright images, plus many of his comments contain vulgar language?

If there are any links to that website in Wikipedia, they should be removed immediately. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:56, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Your pages may only exist if they contain references to secondary sources: to reliable sources which have written about the ads. If you cannot find such sources then the subject is not notable by Wikipedia's standard, and any such article will get deleted.

Linking to the ads themselves would be an additional extra, if you could do so without infringing copyright, but it is not important for a Wikipedia page. --ColinFine (talk) 21:28, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Show us e.g. 3 newspaper articles about "Hostess Comic Ads". See WP:VRS. Show us why it is notable.  Chzz  ►  00:03, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

July 24

the signature link does not open correctly

Error 404 – File not found http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/extensions/UsabilityInitiative/images/wikiEditor/toolbar/insert-signature.png We could not find the above page on our servers. To check for "extensions/UsabilityInitiative/images/wikiEditor/toolbar/insert-signature.png" on Wikipedia, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/extensions/UsabilityInitiative/images/wikiEditor/toolbar/insert-signature.png Alternatively, you can visit the Main Page or read more information about this type of error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JKLFA (talk • contribs) 06:16, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

The link you have given is to a page that doesn't exist, certainly. Where did it come from? --ColinFine (talk) 12:39, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

The link you gave can be seen in the "Source" field at File:Insert-signature.png. Is that where you saw it? The Source field only indicates that the file was originally copied from there. It has apparently since been removed from that location. You must click the file name at "Insert-signature.png‎ (22 × 22 pixels, file size: 851 B, MIME type: image/png)" higher up on the page to get to the file location http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Insert-signature.png. If you are trying to add a signature to a post then what did you do to end up there and which browser are you using? Clicking the signature icon above the edit box should simply insert the characters --~~~~ in your post. They are automatically converted to a signature when you save. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:26, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Article of Passion Fruit (Band)

Hello

The article on Passion Fruit (Band) appears to have been edited to spell several of the words in a linguistic format not conforming to standard English. However, when Edit is selected, the spelling appears correct. How can this be fixed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.167.149.192 (talk) 13:41, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Please quote an example of what you refer to. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:12, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Editing

I've seen a blatantly libellous article about an alleged murder in Blackpool. I really want to edit this out or at least engage in a discussion about how to do this. I've spent about an hour and got nowhere. I've tried the sandbox and all sorts of other stuff. I feel Wilkiepedia should have some resposibility for allowing this stuff and at least make it easy for people to write in by giving an email address to write to. The article's nothing to do with me - why should I spend hours trying to right the wrong? Maybe Wilkiepedia should be open to libel actions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.153.195.175 (talk) 16:10, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Can you tell us what article you are talking about. We can work on it and fix it. GB fan please review my editing 16:16, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Please see Help:Editing. If you have found objectionable content on this encyclopedia, you can change it yourself directly through the page in question. You do not need to do so through the sandbox.

Do note that some articles are protected from being edited for various reasons. If you are trying to make a change to a protected article, you can drop a note at the article's talk page and utilize the format listed at Wikipedia:Edit requests. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 16:19, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Gen. John Singlaub

GEN Singlaub is listed in Wikipedia and his life is celebrated in detail as one of our greatest living Americans, The Wikipedia article lists him as living in Franklin Tenn. but when you look up Franklin Tenn. in Wikipedia under notable people living there it lists mumerous musicians but not Gen Singlaub. Wikipedia is its own source of this information and Gen Singlaub should definately be listed as one of the notable people living in Franklin Tenn. Thank You. Scott Worsham — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.90.56.88 (talk) 18:48, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome to edit the article to add him. I note, however, that his residence is one of the facts in John K. Singlaub which is not cited to a reliable source. What would be great is if you could find a reliable source that says so, and add the reference to both articles. --ColinFine (talk) 20:16, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

help

i was thinking of writing about an irish band.is it appropriate?178.105.16.44 (talk) 21:30, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

It depends on the band and your relation to it. I'm assuming the band doesn't have an article already. See Wikipedia:Notability (music) and Wikipedia:Your first article. If you are associated with the band then see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:10, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

July 25

article on Arthur Campbell

I submitted extensive changes to this article; however after I submitted it, I go an automated response that it was "not constructive" which is insulting. The sources in the present article are very old and far from complete. I added a lot of material take from 4 articles that I have had published in historical journals.

Why is that not constructive?

I spent a few hours adding information in the article. The whole thing should be rewritten.

I also have a history of Folly Beach, South Carolina that I have written. I do not choose to rewrite that entry if a computer is just going to dismiss it.

James W. Hagy, PhD in history — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesHagy (talk • contribs) 20:19, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Your first edit [1] duplicated a large part of the article and added new content. Your second edit [2] removed a large part of the article, both the duplicated part and non-duplicated parts of the original page. The automated response from the bot was for the second edit where you made a good faith mistake which looked like vandalism to a bot (and to a human editor who doesn't compare to the first edit). The bot message to you said "one of your recent edits ... did not appear to be constructive", with "appear" being the key word in this case. Unfortunately there are many vandals who remove large parts of articles for no reason. Bots are used to keep up with the vandals but bots (and humans) are imperfect. The bot is programmed to revert all consecutive edits if one of them appears to be vandalism. You also made some serious formatting errors. I suggest you look through Wikipedia:Tutorial. It appears you copied the rendered page to an external text editor before editing. This removes all formatting. If you want to edit a page then you must click "edit" first and then you can copy to an external editor if you prefer that. When you deleted the duplicate part in the second edit, you deleted the formatted version from the original article, and left your own unformatted copy. You can edit the article again. Expert editors are welcome but note Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#Citing oneself when you want to cite your own work. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

(Song) "Wanted"

Wikipedia reveals that the song "Wanted" was recorded by Perry Como. I seem to remember that in the 1950's there was an American vocal group who also recorded this song. Is this correct? Wee scottie (talk) 21:28, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Have you tried the Entertainment section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:25, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

can I add a photo to an existing article?

Can I add a photo to an existing article? If so, how is it done? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.233.40.72 (talk) 11:22, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable 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 of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
• If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File: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. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:22, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

photo addition

How do I add a photo to a page?

thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.220.4.161 (talk) 20:55, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable 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 of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
• If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File: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. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:30, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

• Or, see one post above... – ukexpat (talk) 13:19, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

July 26

How to edit citations and delete duplicate pages

Hi there, How do I edit a reference in one of my contributions that I spelled wrong? And I think I've created duplicate pages, how can I delete a page that I think is a duplicate? Thanks! Dvbyrne (talk) 19:53, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

You have to edit the section where the reference is used. See Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. If you are the only substantial contributor to a page then you can request deletion by placing {{db-g7}} on the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:49, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Help! What is wrong with my page

I keep getting a 'vandalism' notice on my page and I don't know what wrong.

Could somebody please check it out and it's really annoying.

The page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnafty

Thank you so much — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnafty (talk • contribs) 22:03, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

User:Falcon8765 has told you exactly why on the article's talk page: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. The subject of articles must have been written about in multiple independent reliable sources. See WP:Notability. --ColinFine (talk) 22:29, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

July 27

To whom it may concern,

Is it possible for any wikipedia volunteer to fix an article completely? Aysinpir (talk) 09:32, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Any editor can edit any article, with only a few exceptions, and editors are encouraged to be bold in making edits that improve articles. I may have missed the point of your question, though. Do you have a specific article in mind? -- John of Reading (talk) 11:30, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm also unsure what you mean. If you mean whether an editor can get control of an article then no. See Wikipedia:Ownership of articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

I wouldn't jump from 'fix' to 'own'. I assume the user is requesting an editor to fix, i.e. look over, the article xe is developing here. However, an RfF has already been opened, as well as talk page messages and a detailed review. I suggest, Aysinpir, you take the advice already given to you in order to improve this article. Thanks Jebus989^✰ 13:55, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Farina as a word comes from "Farenaceous".

"Farina" Wiki entry definition leaves out Wiki discussed word, "farenaceous". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.8.210.18 (talk) 09:37, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

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

The page begins with a link to an article on a cereal, and at the top right there is a link to this Wiktionary entry which explains the derivation from the Latin word for flour. I think that probably covers it. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:24, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

The word is "farinaceous", not "farenaceous", and (to address the point in the section header) the adjective is derived from the noun, rather than vice versa. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:48, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Orphan article introducing a link

Your article on the Hematide is an orphan. I want to link it to anothger article already published. How do? DM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.6.178.18 (talk) 17:55, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

You do so you would find another article that has the word in it, click the "edit" button at the top and put square brackets around the word - it should look like [[Hematide]] in the editing window and then display as Hematide in the article. Help:Wiki markup should have some more information, especially the Help:Wiki markup#Links and URLs section. doomgaze (talk) 18:32, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Use of French spelling for place names etc

Why are so many foreign (non English speaking) places spelt using French spelling instead of the 'home language' spelling? I entered Koln to see some information about a GERMAN city which I have visited and immediately the article went to 'Cologne' as the spelling. I cannot remember when the French 'owned' it but it was some time ago, similarly the Mosel river (which does have some part in France) which is mainly in Germany. No doubt there are many more instances so is it a Wiki policy to use French spelling for anything which English cannot cover?Exminorminer (talk) 18:54, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Generally speaking, we use the common name in English for article titles. Hence Cologne rather than Köln, Rome rather than Roma, Spain rather than España. – ukexpat (talk) 19:26, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

As is typical for the English language (see James Nicoll's famous epigram*), English uses a hotchpotch of versions of non-English toponyms, depending on when the place came to our attention. As English becomes more metropolitan, we are very gradually beginning to use more faithful renditions of a handful of placenames; but since we read old books as well as new internet postings, the process is highly conservative (see the Kiev-Kyiv controversy). --Orange Mike | Talk 20:00, 27 July 2011 (UTC) *"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."

July 28

How can I sign up

How can I sign up — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.24.111.252 (talk) 11:31, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

If you are asking how to create an account, try Help:Logging in. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Submitting an article

How do I submit a creation from my user page? GeorgiaGuardsman (talk) 16:58, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

139th Intelligence Squadron (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I see that you've found the "Move" link now. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:05, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

soul

there is not mentioned a school named by soul situATED at Mohallah Hajian tench dhoke sayyadan road — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.153.68.253 (talk) 19:42, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

I think you are saying that something should be added to an article, but I can't make out which article. Could you be a little clearer? --ColinFine (talk) 21:40, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

July 29

Black Sheep Release Dat e

October 11

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You are welcome to add this information to the article, provided you also add a reliable source so that readers can check it for themselves. There are several "Black Sheep" performers listed at Black sheep (disambiguation), but I assume you know which one you mean. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:53, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Is there a tool that will let me select two Categories, and then display a list of everything that matches both?

I'm sure I've seen a tool for this sometime in the past, but for the life of me, I can't remember its name. Essentially I want to pick "Category:Actors" and "Category:1955 births" and have it display a list of articles that belong to both -- all actors born in 1955. 123.243.223.57 (talk) 06:35, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:CatScan. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:49, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

islam in spain article

the above article mentions two 'second rebellion(s) of alpujarra'. one in 1499 & the second in 1567 how can that be?174.56.93.170 (talk) 15:49, 29 July 2011 (UTC)\

The best place to ask this is the article's talk page at Talk:Islam in Spain. – ukexpat (talk) 16:11, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Userpage

Hello! i am fairly new to Wikipedia, and I have a minor issue. I have created a userpage, but when going to de.wikipedia (for example, since I wrote a german article), this userpage linked to my username does not exist. I was wondering why that is, and how I can change for my userpage to visible from all language.wikipedia sites when clicking my name. Thanks alot! MadameBruxelles (talk) 19:12, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I am afraid that at the moment you cannot create a cross-wiki redirect to your en Wikipedia user page. So you have two options: first, to re-create your user page on each language Wikipedia where you would like it to appear; or second, use the equivalent of the {{soft redirect}} template on each other Wikipedia to provide a "soft" link back to your en user page. On de Wikipedia it is de:Vorlage:Interwiki redirect. – ukexpat (talk) 19:20, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

July 30

How to improve the page

Hi, my username is abandonall. For a week or so I have been working on a user page on 'the Draw a Scientist Test'. I am almost finished with what I can do, except for some cleaning up of references, but I am not sure of the process of transferring the article to mainspace. It sounds like maybe this is automatic once the page reaches a certain stage, but I'm not quite sure. I would appreciate advise on how to improve the page. Could you notify me on my Talk page? Many thanks. Abandonall (talk) 03:44, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Try WP:SYMUD. - David Biddulph (talk) 04:24, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Or try the Article Wizard! mabdul 23:48, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Agrawal

Dear friends,

Good Morning to all of you. I saw some mistakes in the Agarwal page and tried to rectify them. But I was flooded with harassing comments and cyberbullying by some people specially a user named Manticore. I have been regular user of Wikipedia. But I don't know the details about what to do in case of such persistent vandalism of a page by him and his friends. Is there any avenue where I can ask for assistance of admins? I suspect Manticore to have racist tones towards Indians and me in particular. Please help me. His page is [3] 220.225.244.114 (talk) 08:31, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Heading added --ColinFine (talk) 10:12, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Disagreeing with you is not vandalism. I see one revert by User:Manticore, though I accept that it is in an area where several people have been making changes and there is clearly strong feeling. I see no evidence of harassing comments or cyberbullying.

You have a content dispute: this is normal and healthy in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia:Dispute resolution, and note that it asks you to begin by discussing the issue calmly on the article's talk page. Accusations of vandalism, bullying and racism are not conducive to calm discussion. --ColinFine (talk) 10:22, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

horoskop

hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.15.252.65 (talk) 15:15, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Did you have a question? -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\<sup>[alternative account of Phantomsteve]</sup> 15:36, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Roll Film Size 129

The format that caused Kodak to introduce their 129 film size in 1913 was not introduced or used by Kodak. It's origin is that of an English Company - Houghton's Limited and they introduced the size in 1912 when they began to produce and sell thier Ensignette No.2 camera. Whilst Kodak (USA) discontinued 129 film in 1951 some European manufacturers continued into the 1960's and one British maker (Standard, B&W only) was still producing it into the late 1970's and possibly the early 1980's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.112.229.202 (talk) 15:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

You are very welcome to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the history of photography; but please note that you must also add sources for the information so that readers can check for themselves. Alternatively you could post these comments at the talk page of the relevant article (Talk:Film format?), where it will be seen by the editors most interested in the subject. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:59, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Extraneous data around image in infobox

In an infobox I have created (in Ira J. Kurzban), I cannot understand why I am getting text "[[File:" above the image and "|frameless|alt=]]" below it. Can anyone take a look at my code and tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Randy Paul (talk) 20:08, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Fixed - click this link to see what I changed. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:50, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

THANKS! Randy Paul (talk) 14:25, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

July 31

How do I list a source document or comment on an error in the article?

I was using the Wikipedia article on Ventilago viminalis where I noticed that there was a request for documentation. I have a document that is relevent ( A book containing a page of information on this plant.) How do I get this into Wikipedia? The whole process seems totally impervious to my attempts!

Secondly, I note that the botanical illustration used in the existing article is incorrect, as the plant is drawn with the fruits standing up, while in fact they hang down. (This can be referenced by a photo in the book previously mentioned.) I can't find my way through all the pages of commentary to find a way to actually do anything. I am totally frustrated.

I am not sure how to find my talk page, but I will try to locate it. Please notify me there. This whole project is just forbiddingly complicated. As the author of three books on the vegetation of tropical north Queensland I would like to be involved, but it seems just impossible to penetrate the layers of rules. There is nothing that tells me what to do now I written this...

Austrobaileya (talk) 10:57, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

The downside of having the power of wiki markup is that it can be confusing! For referencing sources, you might find Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners useful. Your talk page us at User talk:Austrobaileya or by clicking on 'my talk' at the top of the page. As to the image, you can discuss that on the article's talk page or in the image's talk page (or both!) -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\<sup>[alternative account of Phantomsteve]</sup> 11:31, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

How can I edit a page?

How do you edit the articles on wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.234.27.10 (talk) 14:38, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

See Help:Editing to get started. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Referencing Printed Material

Hi, I was just wondering if anybody knows about referencing old newspaper articles (that are not available online but that I have collected from community archives) for an article that I am creating? Is it even possible? Thanks,Mfavero33 (talk) 16:46, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Nevermind, I found out how to reference material that is not found online in: Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners#References not online. Thanks,Mfavero33 (talk) 16:51, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Death In Venice review of the movie

Although the article reviewing the excellent movie DEATH IN VENICE is well written. The Author makes a mistake about the ending of the movie. It ends as follows:

Tadzio is wrestled to the sand, and nearly smothered by the other boy. But he recovers and when the boy attempts to "make up", Tadzio shakes him off and heads out into the water. In his death throes, Aschenbach is watching Tadzio intently. Slowly Tadzio turns and gives one final look at Aschenbach, then extends his left arm---pointing out to sea, while Aschenbach dies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.128.112.246 (talk) 22:26, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Here at Wikipedia we have a guideline called Be Bold!. This means that if you see a change you would like to make (and the change should not be controversial), the first thing you should do is make the change yourself. If you do not know how to do it on your own, Help:Editing has all the information you should need. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 22:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)