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July 7

Override template default

Template:Infobox fashion designer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Apparently, the template automatically populates the occcupation parm with "Fashion designer". Is there a way to override that? I want to put in "occupation=Fashion designer, film director", but when I do that, it ignores me (story of my life :-) ).--Bbb23 (talk) 00:48, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I think it is automatically fixed for fashion designer. Try this. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 01:09, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

The problem with the template infobox person is it doesn't have parameters for fashion designers.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:11, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

It's always a good idea to tell us what article you're working on so that we can look at the specific case you're referring to. Dismas|^(talk) 01:13, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

What is the page you are trying to edit? I could take a look. Ryan Vesey (talk) 01:15, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I found the page Tom Ford; however, I cannot make it work. I changed the template to infobox person and used the parameters found in infobox fashion designer. Ryan Vesey (talk) 01:23, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, I noticed that the parameter for label_name does not work at all with either template. Ryan Vesey (talk) 01:27, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

(outdent) I have edited {{Infobox fashion designer}} so that the "occupation" field defaults to "Fashion designer" but can be overridden if necessary. And I've fixed the label_name parameter. -- John of Reading (talk) 03:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for not following up in this discussion. Ryan, thanks for finding the article, and John, thanks very much for the fixes.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

pic

This may sound ametur, but how to upload a photo to Wikipedia? A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 00:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Not at all. See WP:UPLOAD for a step-by-step wizard. Make sure you fill out ALL information, including the source of the image and the copyright status. --Jayron32 00:58, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 01:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Also, how to change resolution/size of photo? This one to be specific. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 22:35, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Generally, you can use "<number of pixels>px" to change the displayed size of the image i.e. [[File:Walnut Creek Intermediate.png|200px]]. Although this is rather small, low quality image and changing the size won't do much good. I also note the image lacks a complete fair use rational, see Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. Rehevkor ✉ 22:53, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 01:07, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

How to fix a fair use rational? A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 01:19, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Go to Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. Copy/Paste one of the templates in to the image's description page, fill in the fields, save. Dismas|^(talk) 01:27, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

How to add text under photo? A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 22:16, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

On the article it's on? You can add a caption by adding "|caption=<text>" to the code of the info box, although some info box templates might work differently, in which case consult the info box documents (in this case Template:Infobox school/doc). Rehevkor ✉ 22:36, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

If you're asking how to put the fair use info on the image, just click on the edit link at the top of the image's page. Dismas|^(talk) 23:11, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Bundling citations: Can same ref be bundled in one place and stand alone in another?

If I want to bundle, let's say, three refs at one point, but I would like to refer to one of them somewhere else, is that possible without duplicating the ref? For example:

<ref name="foofinkle">{{cite web | title=Foo | url=http://0.0.0.0 etc.}}</ref>

(Possibly much article material here...)

<ref name="bundled_stuff">{{cite book|title=The Book of Dork|isbn= etc.}}<br/>{{cite web|url=http://localhost|title=Good Luck, Charlie etc.}}</ref>

Is there a way to include the ref named foofinkle in the bundle? From experiments it seems that a <ref> element cannot contain another <ref> element, so adding something like <ref name="foofinkle"/> to the bundle doesn't do it. Rhsimard (talk) 01:22, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

See WP:REFNEST. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 01:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Archiving

What is the correct practice for archiving of talk pages? Pl elucidate.--Nvvchar. 02:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

It's not fixed. See Help:Archiving a talk page. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:24, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

need help

Dear Sir/Madam

I had fill up my form for trading account/demat account through IIFL (India Infoline Ldt.) but till now I am receive any demat/trading account. Can track my account status online? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.250.159.159 (talk) 06:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.6 million articles and thought we were 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 for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right 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) 07:30, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Time Stamp

Sir, How do i can find the time stamp for the time given in the view history option. The time format means IST, UTC PDC etc.--59.178.203.159 (talk) 08:51, 7 July 2011 (UTC)--59.178.203.159 (talk) 08:51, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

It's UTC. Registered users can override this by setting a preference. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:26, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

retriving a page that was seen earlier

Earlier while I was viewing a Wikipedia article on a telecom firm from that page from template, clicking something I was directed to a page that had a list of things relating to business. After that I haven't been able to revisit that page. For example there was a written Business mergers & acquisitions, management etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.211.91.34 (talk) 09:49, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Your browser may be able to give you a list of the Wikipedia pages that you've viewed recently. For example, Firefox has a menu option "History > Show All History". If that doesn't work, you could try typing some of these keywords into the Search box and see if any of the results jog your memory. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

It's a stretch but think back: was there any particular phrase when you were reading it that stuck in your mind—something unique enough that it's not likely to appear in many articles? If so (and if your browser's history doesn't contain the page, per above), I suggest going to Google and typing that phrase in quotes next to the limiter site:en.wikipedia.org.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:08, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Circumventor IP

While reverting vandalism on Huggle, I came across an IP that had Secured Servers LLC listed as the ISP. When I checked the DNS records it showed that that IP is used for outgoing traffic from multiple Peacefire circumventor (web proxy) sites. The IP has some history of vandalism in May 2011, but the vandalism is mostly from this month (at last check there is a Level 4 Warning but no report to WP:AIV yet). Should I wait for it to be reported then note it on the AIV report, or is there another policy that Wikipedia has regarding these sites? RA0808 ^talk_contribs 13:27, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

The policy for which you looking is this one. Wikipedia does not generally allow editing through anonymization services such as web or HTTP proxies. TNXMan 13:35, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! RA0808 ^talk_contribs 13:55, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Image update problems

Hello. I'm here to report a possible bug. When I upload a new version of an image at a different resolution, the image does not update, but it takes the new image's dimensions causing it to distort, stretch or squeeze. I've tried all possible options such as purging the cache, clearing my browser etc. If I rename the image, it updates to the newer version but that's the only way. It'd be ridiculous if I had to rename every image I upload. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, ..George Sorby • Talk • Contribs .. 13:49, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Noticed this too. I removed watermarks on two images recently. Instead of the thumbnails and image updating after purging, they remain stubbornly the same. It's not an uploading problem, the files have already been clearly replaced, having different file sizes.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 14:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

It would probably be a good idea to repost about this at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) so the tech gurus and developers are informed and can weigh in or fix the issue.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:03, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

ELECTRIC POWER 2

IN DIRECT CURRENT,flow of electron is continues i.e.,from negative terminal to positive terminal.but in ALTERNATING CURRENT, electron moves forward and again backward but does not move from negative terminal to positive terminal so that only current wave travel like when we throw a stone in a river then wave only travels not the water particle. is it true or not. PLEASE GIVE ME BRIEF DETAIL ABOUT ELECTRON FLOW IN A.Cvsnkumar (talk) 14:16, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TNXMan 14:22, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

bits

Why do I spend a lot of time waiting for bits.wikipedia.org? I'm on Hughes.net, using Firefox. And what is it? Bluefox79830 (talk) 15:43, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

There is no http://bits.wikipedia.org You probably mean Bits Wiki, but we can not answer questions about it since it's not a part of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. Please do not confuse other wikis with Wikipedia. -- Obsidi♠n Soul 16:01, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I understand *exactly* what this poster is talking about. When I refreshed this page, the message at the bottom of my screen went from "retrieving from en.wikipedia.org" to "retrieving from bits.wikipedia.org" and back to "retrieving from en.wikipedia.org". I've had cases where it has gotten stuck for a while at 'bits'...Naraht (talk) 16:21, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh. So that's why it sounded familiar. haha. In that case, no idea, sorry, maybe the techies can help. :P -- Obsidi♠n Soul 16:30, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Apparently all Wikipedia web pages load their CSS files, JS files and a few other things from this domain. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:03, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

hwy 385 correction

U.S. Route 385 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

This is correct to a highway listing. HwY 385.

"On rural US 385, Speed limit is 75 mph in all counties (except Ector) going south of Gaines County starting between Seminole and Andrews down to US 90 in Marathon" We just drove this highway this week and found NO area that was at 75mph. Since this was a deciding factor on choosing this route we want to make sure it is correct for others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.23.68.40 (talk) 16:16, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Since this information is unsourced, you are welcome to remove it from the article. Even better would be if you could find a published reliable source (not just your own experience) that said what the speed limit was, and put that in the article instead. But it's fine to remove the unsourced information - make sure you put something informative in the edit comment, so people (and bots) won't think your change is vandalism. --ColinFine (talk) 17:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Jamie Floyd

Hello. Please request for your readers a bio of TV personality Jamie Floyd (CNN). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.113.72.173 (talk) 16:18, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Please make the request at WP:Requested articles. – ukexpat (talk) 16:44, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Assistance to disambiguate

Neil Barnes was recently created as a redirect to Leftfield but another person with the same name is a scientist linked into The Periodic Table of Videos, I'm not sure how to handle this, he could be unlinked on The Periodic Table of Videos or should a disambiguation be made, or a hat on Leftfield redirecting back to The Periodic Table of Videos.... Any help here would be appreciated. — raekyt 17:12, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I think the best solution would be to link the scientist to Neil Barnes with [[Neil Barnes (scientist)|Neil Barnes]] I'm assuming it was a red link before the redirect was created. Ryan Vesey (talk) 17:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I actually modified the wikilink to do that, but should the people all be linked anyways? Ryan Vesey (talk) 18:01, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

According to WP:REDLINK if the article could meet notability guild lines it's better to redlink it, since it could help the encyclopedia to grow. I'm not sure all of the presenters in those videos listed there would meet WP:N, Neal Barns may not, I think hes a lab tech, but some of them have grants and doing published research, so they would meet WP:N. — raekyt 18:11, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

How do you edit a title of a page?

I'm currently trying to edit the PeaceJam wiki. PeaceJam is more formally known as the PeaceJam Foundation, which I think would be more appropriate. How would I do this?

Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.218.179 (talk) 20:17, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

It seems like it should remain as PeaceJam per WP:COMMONNAME. An articles title can be changed by moving the article; however, you must create an account if you would like to move articles. As of right now you could use requested moves. Ryan Vesey (talk) 20:23, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You need an account to move pages. However, since this isn't a housekeeping move I would suggest you request a move on the talk page. I recommend to still create an account, though. Island Monkey ^{talk the talk} 20:24, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks... will do! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.218.179 (talk) 20:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

July 8

Injure in spinal card/lower butt

Hi,

I am from Lahore <Pakistan>i need some assistance for the recovery of some pain in my back/lower butt its due to a road clash ,i have also patient of joint pains too ,so please help me can i seek some help and is it possible can i gone through trophy and cure it,back to my normal life if it is please write on<span title="Content was removed for the following reason: <sunbeam_009@yahoo.co.in>">(Redacted)along with its expenses and time(Period) for rehabilitation.

Looking for your reply

With Regards,

Akram — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.2.181.100 (talk) 04:42, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

• I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.6 million articles and thought we were 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 for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right 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.Template:Z25 - 194.60.106.38 (talk) 07:07, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

That said, we cannot offer medical advice. - 194.60.106.38 (talk) 07:08, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

bus nos

I intend to go to Botanical gardens from TAMPINES iNT.May I ask to provide me the buses I have to board? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.11.11 (talk) 05:20, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

• This page is aimed at people who need help with their work on Wikipedia. If you want factual information and can't find it yourself, please turn to the reference desk - 194.60.106.38 (talk) 07:09, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
• I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.6 million articles and thought we were 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 for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right 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.Template:Z25 —teb728 t c 07:44, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

a template won't allow an image to site beside it

See my draft page: User:Brianann MacAmhlaidh/draft. See how the ancestry-template won't allow the sword-image to nest beside it like normal? Can someone fix this so there isn't that big space of nothingness?--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:04, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I've experimented and have perhaps improved the layout, but I doubt if this is the proper solution. If you don't get a better answer here, I suggest you ask again at Village pump (technical). -- John of Reading (talk) 10:33, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

What is the meaning of these colors

Why is the tag here gray [1]

And the tag here golden? [2]?Curb Chain (talk) 09:14, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Apparently the {{rfctag}} template re-colours itself to match other message boxes that are used in the same "namespace". It uses the {{mbox}} template to do this; you can read about it at Template:Mbox/doc. As to what the colours mean, I don't know. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:40, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Article display problem

I have made some changes at the Romania article adding some important istorical events and dates to the formation section. But now the display of the page is affected and I don't know why.Please help me in restoring the correct display. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EddyVadim (talk • contribs) 09:54, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I've fixed the formatting problem - you had missed out one pair of square brackets. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:03, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

applications for nokiac7-00 symbian^3 mobiles

where i can download the video player for Symbian^3 mobiles. i am trying it but it is coming certificate error. if the video player will work in this type of mobiles.kindly tell me some suggestions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.154.251 (talk) 09:59, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

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References aren't showing up

Hi,

I've edited the Cable & Wireless Communications page, but none of the references are listing at the end of the article. I'm directed to this page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors/Cite_error_references_no_key - but still don't really understand what the issue is.

SteveSmith1977 (talk) 10:54, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I've fixed a couple of syntax errors. The proper syntax is described at Help:Footnotes. Welcome to Wikipedia, by the way; I've left you some introductory links on your talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:11, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I made changes to an article which are not registering except when I log in myself

I have made some further small factual changes to the article on Adolfo Müller-Ury recently, but for some reason these only show as live when I log in, they are not showing when you click on the article. They have always shown up before. Why is this happening please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.31.246.123 (talk) 11:05, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't know. I logged out just now, and saw the latest version of the page. I have purged the page, which should refresh all the copies of the article held at Wikipedia servers. You could try bypassing your browser cache to see if that gives you today's version of the article. If that doesn't fix it for you, please post again here. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:21, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

fools gold jewelry

I have tried to find out more information about jewelry made from fools gold and seem to get the same answers but it is not what I want..I have a piece a 'gold' locket beautifully made with 3-4 small pearls and the the same turquoise stones layed on the front to look like leaves..it is a lovely piece, I was told the man who made this jewelry was arrested for treason can you help me find more info.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.216.114.144 (talk) 11:15, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article Pyrite. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps.Template:Z39 Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:22, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Reference Help

Hello, I got pulled into helping with an article ( kevin cook ),I have found plenty of quality references and are verifiable....but, am having trouble with listing them in the edit. Am also confused as to why there are numbers listed above the references on the page.Thank you for your help!Franlan (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:29, 8 July 2011 (UTC).

Please sign your post by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box which looks like this: . Do NOT sign in articles.

Kevin Cook. See Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. The numbers are because someone stuffed citations into the References section and not in-text— these need to be moved if you can figure out where they belong. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:35, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Links deleted

I've tried to link a few wikipedia pages to the site containing the digital sound archive of the Centre for the Cataloguing and Documentation of the Sicilian Intangible Cultural Heritage, a project of the Sicilian Region at www.arcadeisuoni.org. All the pages linked include contents which are perfectly consistent with the public interest Arca dei Suoni is aimed at (namely Sicily, Sicilian language, Soundscapes). The reason for such deletions is not therefore quite clear to me, as the site has no personal or commercial intent but a mere public cultural end. Any clarification will be welcomed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.26.146.175 (talk) 11:39, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

On an article which is as well established and trafficked as Sicily, there will be a temptation for many to add links to various places. These links are likely to be summarily removed unless a good case for their inclusion is given. You added them, without even an edit summary, so they were quickly removed. I suggest you post on the article talk pages to explain what the link is, and why it is appropriate for that specific article. That would increase the chances the link would remain, assuming that contributors agree with the rationale.--SPhilbrickT 11:48, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm not a wikipedia expert but will try and comply with your suggestions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.26.146.175 (talk) 11:53, 8 July 2011 (UTC) By the way, this is what I tried to put in. Link + On-line digital sound archive Arca dei Suoni, CRICD - Dipartimento regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell'Identità Siciliana. Where are the talk pages supposed to be posted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.26.146.175 (talk) 12:02, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

You can reach the talk page of any article by clicking on the word "Discussion" at the top of the page while viewing the article in question. Basically just to the right of the Wikipedia logo. Also, about the links, generally we try to keep links to a minimum. So anything that doesn't have a specific reason to be there gets removed. Not everything that it related to Sicily will be linked on the article. We're not a linkfarm or catch-all for anything related to Sicily or any other subject, no matter how noble the cause. Perhaps our WP:EL external links guidelines would be of help to you. Dismas|^(talk) 12:06, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Please see also WP:LINKSPAM and WP:NONENGEL. The links you add appear to have the intention of promoting the site--especially in light of the fact that you add them to multiple articles. They don't need a personal or commercial intent to be inappropriate. Also the fact that the target page is non-english means the page would need a much higher value to be included. —teb728 t c 12:14, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you again. This is what the site I was trying to link is about (from its homepage). As a matter of fact, it belongs to the Sicilian administration: “Arca dei Suoni” is a project aimed at the collection, sharing and preservation of sound documents related to the life and history of the local communities of Sicily. The core idea is to actively involve high schools and cultural associations in a network, in order to get them to record, upload and download audio(visual) files - after proper theoretical and practical training - through a dedicated platform so as to foster awareness of the citizens’ direct responsibility in the monitoring and protection of the Sicilian cultural heritage. I hope wikipedia is not going to consider me a spammer. I'm only inexperienced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.26.146.175 (talk) 12:28, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Splitting and renaming an article

Hello ! I would like to improve the article "Coherent states", because it is grossly incomplete concerning the developments in mathematical physics. The solution I propose is the following: . rename the present article as "Coherent states (Quantum Physics)", after some minor editing . create a new one, called "Coherent states (Mathematical Physics)" How should I proceed? CSmaker (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:56, 8 July 2011 (UTC).

Where you need to start is on the article talk page, Talk:Coherent state. You should start a new section and explain what you want to do and why you want to do it. I think it would be good to notify the pertinent project on their talk page, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Physics, that you have initiated the discussion. The editors that watch the article and the editors that frequent the project will be able to give better input on the direction for the article. GB fan (talk) 15:11, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

how do I close an unsigned entry?

I would like to make a comment on a discussion page below a comment which was not signed. When I look at the preview page I see that it looks as if the anonymous comment is part of mine. Is there a standard sign I can put at the end of the previous comment that will 'force close' it or something like that? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 15:58, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

One way to do this is to add the {{unsigned}} or {{unsigned2}} template at the end of the unsigned post. You will need to look in the page history to find the correct date and user name. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:07, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

You can add {{unsigned}} at the end of the post. The syntax for the template is {{ subst:unsigned | user name or IP | time, day month year (UTC) }}. The username and the time/date can be found on the history page. If you need any assistance let me know. GB fan (talk) 16:11, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

thank you. worked like a charm! --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 16:18, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

WLTN-FM and WLTN-AM Traded In IRN USA Radio Network For CBS Radio Network News

I was driving through the New Hampshire North Country the other day and I had my radio locked to WLTN-FM and noticed that at the top of every hour, they were now airing CBS Radio Network News (just as they do over on their co-owned station, WXXS-FM). They even featured a promotional advertisement of WLTN Radio's newly-found affiliation with the CBS Radio Network. Although I don't have any non-refutable evidence that this switch has occurred, I can certainly tell you from first-hand experience that this change HAS taken place and is applicable to WLTN Radio as a whole (meaning that both WLTN-FM and WLTN-AM are affected by this latest change). I thank you for your time and would appreciate your attention to this latest update here. 98.229.132.126 (talk) 17:21, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

If you have information which you want to contribute to a particular article, but no sources for the information, your best course is to bring the matter up on the article's talk page: it may be that somebody else there can find a reference for the information. --ColinFine (talk) 22:56, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for that piece of advice...except that the only thing is that...I'm three steps ahead of you, ColinFine (talk), for I have already copied and pasted this same exact message onto both the WLTN-FM talk page and WLTN-AM talk page. Thank you very much for your advice though...but I suppose I got the jump on you with this one. 98.229.132.126 (talk) 00:05, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Cheney Mason

I found Cheney Mason's birthplace (Jacksonville, Florida) and birth date (December 12, 1943) at: http://www.martindale.com/J-Cheney-Mason/820078-lawyer.htm I do not know the reliability of the site, but just to let you know.

Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.176.160.21 (talk) 18:26, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Copied comment to the article's talk page - frankie (talk) 18:58, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

help uploading larger size images, but that have changed file extension

Hi. I requested and got a donation of 3 larger size images. However, the extension is .tif (an allowed kind for us), but our original was .jpg. Trying to upload "new copy" does not work as the extensions are different and it won't let me change destination name. Should I upload as all new versions? run some conversion of my own through Paint (don't want to lose content though)? What?

Concerns these three images: [3]

TCO (reviews needed) 18:47, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

page for historic company with a lot of references on wiki

Our company is listed as the architect for several buildings listed on wikipedia. When you click the company name though, there is no page for the company. Other architects have created pages for themselves and we would like to do the same (eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore,_Owings_and_Merrill). Our company turns 100 years old this year and we have notable projects in our history. Is it acceptable to create a page for our company? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ikminc (talk • contribs) 18:54, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

You could find some nice references for other editors to use and they could make the article. It's inadvisable for you to write it yourself as there is a conflict of interest, I'm afraid. Don't worry though, the article should be to your liking if written in accordance with Wiki's rules. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 18:56, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!--Ikminc (talk) 19:07, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

You could put in a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles. Oh, and just a slight nit... The other companies that you see on Wikipedia didn't (or shouldn't have) written their own articles. Articles are generally written because someone sees a hole and fills it. Dismas|^(talk) 19:10, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I've worked in this industry and it is a huge name. Well notable. And really in an industry where most firms are more local (thus amplifying their notability). Say this with no COI or particular love for them. But it's really a big name. Waxing meta I do wonder whether we start to become like the king who decided to have a large scale map made...at the size of his kingom (1:1!) as we duplicate Google and what is on the web besides. That said, for normal Wiki standards, it's pretty notable. Best thing to help getting an article done would be some references that are not just the website or your own press copy. A biography of a founder or a firm history if one has been written. Also, perhaps a profile by some independent journalist of the firm and perhaps a general article on large AE firms that puts SOM in perspective of the industry.TCO (reviews needed) 19:24, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

But it seems like you DO have an article for the company and have for years?TCO (reviews needed) 19:37, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I think the last two respondents are mis-reading the question. They are only using SOM as an example of an architecture firm that has an article. They don't say that they work for that firm. Dismas|^(talk) 19:46, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

The original poster is a role account for IKM Incorporated (thus the name Ikminc), not for SOM. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:34, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Photo

I am the son of Arden Mounts and would like to share a photo of him and his race car with everyone on your site — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.14.160.22 (talk) 19:41, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Consider uploading it to Wikimedia commons. Go to http://commons.wikimedia.org, register an account (it is free and confidential) and select "Upload file". Please be sure, when you upload the file, that you fill out all relevent information (source of photo, etc.) and be sure to select a lisence when uploading which is compatible for Wikimedia sites (GFDL and CC-BY-SA). --Jayron32 19:46, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Out of date tag

Hi, is there an out of date tag somewhere? I do not want to tag Talk:Supercomputer#Yesterday... for a rewrite, but now that no one responded, should say it is out of date. History2007 (talk) 20:01, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Just fix it or leave it. Or put a comment on the talk page. We know the articles are not perfect, so emblazoning them with tags is actually counterproductive. Plus, you might think you are actually contributing when you are not.TCO (reviews needed) 20:04, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

No, sorry that is no help in my view. I prefer not to accept incorrect/outdaed info. So is there a out of date tag? History2007 (talk) 20:08, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

No worries I found it anyway. In any case TCO, in fairness the reader needs to be told that they are reading yesterday's newspaper. It will take time to fix/rewrite this, until then let teh reader know. History2007 (talk) 20:15, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Peace. You have a stellar user page. Reading it now. Kudos on your content work. Feel bad for trolling you.TCO (reviews needed) 20:18, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

No worries. I will eventually fix the supercomputer page too. But to do it right, one needs to have the other pieces together, e.g. even the basic pages on scalar processor and vector processor that it builds on have no ref tags and need clean up, so those need to get fixed first, then I will eventually get to this page too. History2007 (talk) 20:24, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Found the tag that can serve:

TCO (reviews needed) 21:16, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

• The appropriate tag for articles with major out-of-date content is either {{out of date}} or {{update}}. Zzyzx11 (talk) 01:24, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Requesting Input on Policy Proposal

I'm trying to get more input on a policy idea I started discussing here. But I wasn't sure what, if any avenues were available for me to do so. I thought I might be able to use RfC, but I wasn't sufficiently sure that I could use that for something that is not a dispute or looking for a binding vote. Thanks for any help. ‡ MAHEWA ‡ • talk 20:56, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

The dedicated forum for discussing policy is at the policy section of the village pump. The idea lab is much lower traffic. However, CSD policy is usually discussed at its talk page which is highly active. You could drop a note at the idea lab in place of the current content (leaving the section header) like Moved to Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#CSD Expiration Date and then create a section at WT:CSD titled ==CSD Expiration Date== What is not a good idea is starting the same discussion while the original one persists.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:32, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Reference Desk Trolling

Can anyone suggest a warning template for a new IP user whose only edits have been six or seven troll-like questions and replies on reference desks? I'm like to report the user to WP:AIV, but if I don't jump through the warning template hoops then it'll get ignored per "insufficient warnings". — Fly by Night (talk) 22:45, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace/Multi-level templates. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 03:56, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I've been there already. That's why I came here. — Fly by Night (talk) 05:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I think you'll have to make something up yourself. Perhaps adapt {{Uw-disruptive1}}? -- John of Reading (talk) 06:41, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Trolls love getting warning templates.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:44, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I know, I quoted that policy when I removed the user's reference desk post. The only problem is, like I said at the top, if you don't warn them, then admins won't block them. So they're free to go around causing mischief. It's a tricky one though. Ignore it and hope they get bored, but they might not. Alternatively, take direct action, but risk whetting their appetite. — Fly by Night (talk) 18:01, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I thought about that one John, but it seemed more vandalism orientated, and the mention of a sandbox seemed to not fit. I guess there just isn't one that fits. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. — Fly by Night (talk) 18:01, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Extension

Dear Wikipedia administration (or anyone who knows),

I'm wondering what Mediawiki extension the handy edit utility is. For example, one is able to select special characters (Latin, IPA, Symbols), and it works like a word processor almost. Can anyone help? Thanks, 173.78.122.178 (talk) 23:31, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

If you don't get an answer in a few minutes here, I suggest asking at WP:VPT, which is where the techies hang.--SPhilbrickT 00:44, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Edittools is the message which appears below the edit window. If a browser has JavaScript enabled, then MediaWiki:Edittools.js inserts a compact version in its place. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 01:25, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

July 9

Template help

Resolved

I'm an editor on a Wiki called MicroWiki, and I'm trying to create a template for Coats of Arms (is that the correct plural form of Coat of Arms?). Anyway, could you post the wikitext version of the Template:Infobox coat of arms here for me so I can copy it onto MicroWiki? Thanks in advance! Hekewe (talk) 00:32, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

You can go here, https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Template:Infobox_coat_of_arms&action=edit and copy the text of wikitext of the template. GB fan (talk) 00:42, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

And you need to give attribution on MicroWiki back to the template page here to comply with copyright rules. GB fan (talk) 00:43, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thanks so much for your help! I'll make sure to do that, Hekewe (talk) 15:03, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Porting templates to other wikis can become very complicated, due to Wikipedia's templates often using many other supporting templates, and other things such as MediaWiki extensions and CSS classes. Only rarely will copying just the one template you want allow it work completely on the destination wiki. Template documentation is sometimes harder to port than a template itself, as the template documentation pages often use a bewildering number of other templates to display examples and so on. I made some notes about this in Appropedia:User:Teratornis/Template porting: theory and practice. You may need help from an administrator on the destination wiki, for example the MediaWiki:Common.css page is by default only editable by administrators on a MediaWiki wiki. If you are editing on another wiki that does not already have a lot of templates ported from Wikipedia, you may have to port an incredible amount of supporting material just to build up a comfortable environment for porting the templates you really want. There is no good solution to this problem yet, not even within the various wikis of the Wikimedia Foundation (many similarly-named templates on the English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, for example, are not consistent). See Wikipedia:WikiProject Transwiki for some (very) early steps toward a comprehensive solution. --Teratornis (talk) 20:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Number_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency

There is an upcoming book in the Number_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency by Alexander_McCall_Smith called Botswana 13. I found a source for the book right here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Botswana-13-Alexander-McCall-Smith/dp/1408702606 Can someone please add this information in the Number_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency and Alexander_McCall_Smith articles? Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 01:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I know nothing about this series but it might be best to hold off on adding the book to the article since it doesn't appear to have a title yet and the release date is about 8 months off yet. A lot can happen in 8 months to push it off. Also, is there a reason why you can't add this to the articles? --Dismas|^(talk) 01:29, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Fix Reference

I add the information on the Number_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency and Alexander_McCall_Smith pages. But could someone fix the references I added on those pages please? Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 02:05, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

In order to make references work you should remember to have the "<" before "<ref>" otherwise it will not read it correctly. I ended up removing your revisions, though. I was reluctant to use Amazon as a source because it is a solely money making website. Once the book has been printed, or sources come out on his website you could add the information again. Ryan Vesey (talk) 03:38, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

WP:SALT

Can anyone link me to the page for requesting salting, or is it just WP:RPP? — Fly by Night (talk) 02:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that's the link. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 03:48, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Looking for help

Resolved

 – by User:TEB728 -- John of Reading (talk) 06:45, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I left a "help me" template on my talk page and got no response. Earlier I was adding many sources to the Jill Gibson article and I don't know what went wrong? I can't see the different page numbers on the 5 books that I used for references. I also added sources from old print magazines. I'm not sure why the page numbers are not displaying. Caden ^cool 03:40, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Please direct me to exactly which sources they are, and when you placed the {{helpme}}. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 03:52, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

It's all of the sources I added today on the Jill Gibson article. I think I added the help me template on my talk page an hour ago. Caden ^cool 03:59, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Help on what is a reliable source

Hello

I am currently having difficulty in understanding how reliable a reliable source has to be in order to be used on Wikipedia. I recently made a contribution to the Like A Prayer article using this reference which came directly from this website. It was continually reverted (only by one editor) who gave reasons including it wasn't a reliable source and the website it came from was a fan site. I accept the fact that the article came from a fan site, but the actual article which I am quoting is a direct scan from a physical newspaper that has then been put online. The newspaper NME is very much a reliable source. It is fairly obvious the text has not been edited to be different from the original text. The original article comes from 1989, so it is not included on NME's current website. I fail to see the difference between referecning an online scanned copy of an article and using a full academic reference for the magazine (or any book) from my local library without any online link. Is it more reliable to use a reference for a book or magazine that no-one can actually verify without buying the said item or trawling through their local/national libraries?

I am more than happy to be proved wrong, I'm just confused as to where the line is drawn. Any thoughts are most welcome and appreciated! Paul75 (talk)

The source in this case should be NME, cached at the fan website. This puts the original source as NME, while still giving the working like to NME. Stuartyeates (talk) 10:09, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm... it appears to me that the reference at the fan website is likely a copyvio link. As such, it should not be used. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:33, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

My view would be the same, such sources can never be linked to (see WP:ELNEVER), reliability isn't really an issue. You'll have to reference the NME article directly and alone, but in order for it to be verifiable you'll need the precise issue/page number etc. Rehevkor ✉ 12:38, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Note also that in this era of Photoshop, we cannot assume that what appears to be a scan of a legitimate source is in fact anything of the sort. Fakery is easy. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:29, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Deleted articles

How do I view deleted articles as it seen before the moment it was deleted? 123.24.79.245 (talk) 03:44, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Only admins can do that. Dismas|^(talk) 03:45, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Google search results sometimes retain a cached copy of deleted Wikipedia pages for a period of time ranging from hours to a few days after they disappear from Wikipedia. Sometimes an archive site like the Wayback Machine has old copies of a Wikipedia article stored "permanently", but not likely the last revision before the article was deleted. From WP:AFTERDELETE:

• "If the article is deleted and you would like a copy of it to be restored to your userspace so that you may work on addressing the concerns about the page, you may contact one of the admins listed at Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles. Or post your request at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion."

--Teratornis (talk) 19:00, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Downloading wikitext

I'm interested in downloading a few pages of Wikipedia content. I seem to remember a way of getting the wikitext rather than just screen-scraping; can anyone tell me what that is? Something like &format=raw I imagine.

I looked at m:Help:Downloading pages but, oddly, it doesn't address the issue. Wikipedia:Database download is not relevant here; I just want a page or three, not gigabytes of source.

CRGreathouse (t | c) 04:22, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

It's "action=raw"; see mw:Manual:Parameters to index.php at Mediawiki. Eg This example. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:50, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much. (It actually needs to use the w/index.php?title=Title_goes_here&action=raw format.) CRGreathouse (t | c) 02:56, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Is there an equivalent of BLP1E for articles about dead people?

The only notable thing about Kevin r winterbottom (sic) is his death, so I don't believe the article should exist. Roger (talk) 07:19, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Plenty of people are best known for the way the died.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:53, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

So what? That does not mean they rate a biography here. (If you're not going to even try addressing the issue please don't post a reply.)Roger (talk) 08:01, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) If you think that the article should not exist, start off by discussing this on the article's talk page. Give it a week, and see what people think. If the consensus is that it should be deleted (or there is no response), or you still feel strongly that it should be deleted, you can either propose it for deletion or take it to Articles for Deletion - of course, you can do either of those two right now if you wanted to, but I think it would be a good idea to try to discuss this first on the talk page - someone might come up with a compelling argument for why it should be kept that you agree with - and in this case, there is no compelling reason for a quick deletion, so the week's wait won't do any harm. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:03, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually, having looked at the article, I don't think that Winterbottom meets the criteria for inclusion, so I am going to propose it for deletion. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:07, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

(ec) I just find it strange that the "one event" rule applies only to living people. Does it somehow make someone inherently more notable if the "one event" happens to involve the person's death? Roger (talk) 08:14, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

• For non-living people, see WP:BIO1E. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:05, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks SmokeyJoe, that is exactly what I was looking for. The case of this article has however moved on. It appears the subject may possibly be notable due to being awarded the Honoris Crux medal. Roger (talk) 09:28, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Editing raw watch list

I have a few entries on my watch list that just will not go away, no matter how I edit them. I would expect editing the raw watch list would be pretty straightforward, but it is not. Is there a way to access the raw source code? There used to be, if I remember correctly. --TimL (talk) 12:12, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

At the top of your watchlist right under where it says "My watclist" it says, "For GB fan (Display watched changes | View and edit watchlist | Edit raw watchlist)" You should be able to click on the edit watchlist link. GB fan 12:18, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Well I guess I wasn't clear, no matter how I edit them. Including the link you referred to. --TimL (talk) 12:35, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Please tell us what happens when you click on Edit raw watchlist. Does it not bring you to your raw watchlist? Or are you saying that you were able to access it but didn't find the page titles in order to remove them? Or are you saying that the page titles were in there and you removed them and saved (by clicking on "update watchlist") but even after you did that the pages are still coming up in your watchlist? Something else?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:52, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Or are you saying that the page titles were in there and you removed them and saved (by clicking on "update watchlist") but even after you did that the pages are still coming up in your watchlist? That. Regardless of method. --TimL (talk) 17:16, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

If this were a page viewing issue, I'd think it was a cache issue on Wikipedia's end. I don't know if watchlists are cached like this, but they may be. How long ago did you clear the pages? Try clicking on the following purge link (which may do nothing but won't hurt) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist/raw&action=purge --Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:29, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I tried the purge link but no dice. This looks like some sort of bug in the wiki software. I'm not sure what you mean by how long ago did I clear the pages. If you mean how long ago did I try to remove pages from my watch list? 5 minutes ago, Two hours ago, several times a day ago. It seems to be certain entries, for example, I just removed 'Edwin Drake' from my watch list with no problems. Definitely seem like a bug in the wiki database. --TimL (talk) 17:54, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Are you trying to remove page names that contain a question mark? There is a known bug in this area. A workaround is to use "Edit raw watchlist" as follows: copy your watchlist out to a text file, then delete the whole watchlist and save it, then paste the text file back in except for the unwanted entries, and save that as your new watchlist. Messy. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:30, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Sean Burch article

I submitted an article on an individual named Sean Burch and have not yet seen anything on him on Wikipedia. Does that mean I did something in error when submitting? Should I resubmit?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 239Catapults (talk • contribs) 14:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Your contribution list shows only this posting to the Help desk, and I don't find Sean Burch in WP:Articles for Deletion, so my guess is that you did not manage to save your work (perhaps you pressed "review", or perhaps your article contained links which were rejected). Since you have not yet made ten edits, I would expect that your account is not yet WP:autoconfirmed, so you will not be able to create new pages anyway.

There is actually no such thing as "submitting" an article to Wikipedia: you edit articles, and when you save an article it is live. It does make a difference, however, whether you create the article in main space or in a subpage of your user page.

Have a look at WP:your first article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ColinFine (talk • contribs) 15:24, 9 July 2011

I believe that any registered editor can create pages. See WP:AUTOCONFIRM -- John of Reading (talk) 20:35, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Special:ListGroupRights says the "Users" group (i.e., all registered users) have the createpage right. --Teratornis (talk) 21:24, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

X5 Winner

Hiya

I came on to this site on 9th July 2011. It said that i was the X5 winner for the day and gave me some prizes to choose from and the system was counting down. However, when i went to pick a prize, my computer wouldnt allow it and kept saying i am not authorised.

Is this a legite prize?? If so what happens now, can i still get the prize or have i missed out because of this??

Please reply to my email address: Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by LucyTwin86 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

You are at Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. As far as I know, Wikipedia never gives prizes or offers to give prizes, so I don't think the site you came on to was Wikipedia, or anything to do with Wikipedia. If you were trying to go to Wikipedia, it is possible that your computer has been compromised by malware which is redirecting you do a suspect site, and you should get your computer disinfected as soon as possible. --ColinFine (talk) 15:28, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I've seen this before, both here and on other sites. You probably typed in "wikpedia" or some other misspelling. If you'd managed to give them your email address, you'd be deluged with spam. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 18:08, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguation page please

Hi, caught up in editing Al Capone, Prince Buster and so on, I have created a redlink for The Trojans (group), London based ska and blues band, as this group was wrongly wikilinked to The Trojans, would someone be so kind as to do a disambig page for The Trojans? and then I might get around to creating a stub for the group some time soon. Cheers. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 16:13, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Normally we only create a dab page when there are three or more articles that are known by the same name. I only see one article right now and with yours there would be two. In this instance once you create the article you can just put a hat note on the top of The Trojans directing people to the new article. GB fan please tell me what you think of my editing 16:24, 9 July 2011 (UTC).

There is an existing disambiguation page for Trojan, which lists Les Troyens. I added a hatnote on Les Troyens with a link to Trojan, using: {{about|the opera||Trojan}}. Trojans is a redirect to Trojan. I see no need for another disambiguation page with the similar title "The Trojans", just use the page we have, to list The Trojans (group) when you have created the page and shepherded it past the deletionists. Also see Sports teams named Trojans, which does not directly apply to this question but lists many more articles with Trojans in their titles. --Teratornis (talk) 18:35, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

When searching for applicable disambiguation pages, one should search also for variants on a title, for example without the definite article "the". The Trojans is currently a redirect to Les Troyens (the opera) but might be better as a redirect to Trojan which lists many other articles that someone might search for under "The Trojans" (for example the many famous and obscure sports teams). --Teratornis (talk) 18:44, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

adding attribution

I started a page Oryctes Rhinoceros , and the content was from wiki.pestinfo.org, and that site was under creativecommons. How to add attribution to that page? -- Raghith 18:42, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Look through Category:Attribution templates to see if a specific attribution template is available. If not, then the procedure seems to be to use a generic template such as {{source-attribution}} or {{citation-attribution}}. --Teratornis (talk) 18:47, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Except that {{source-attribution}} refers to public domain, and you want a Creative Commons attribution template. {{Cc-by-sa-3.0}} might work, although we normally use that template on file pages. You could also create a {{Pestinfo}} similar to the other attribution templates, which could be used in many articles that draw content from this source. --Teratornis (talk) 18:53, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I created one as you said, {{Pestinfo}}. I am not sure whether it is correct or not.-- Raghith 09:18, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

username

If usernames cannot be taken by someone else once they are taken, then won't there eventually be no usernames to choose from? A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 19:11, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Strangely, WP:USERNAME does not seem to specify the maximum length of a username, but the length is probably high enough to allow for an astronomical number of possible usernames, making it unlikely that all usernames will be taken any time soon. However, increasingly more of the "good" usernames will probably be taken as time goes on, making it harder for new users to pick a name they like which is not already taken. Maybe in 100 years if Wikipedia still exists and virtually all of today's editors are dead, Wikipedians of the future may come up with a scheme to archive off some or all of the old names to alternative aliases, to free up the "good" names that future editors might want to usurp. Note that a similar issue arises with Web sites such as Tinyurl that provide shortened URL aliases for Web pages - thanks to the wonders of combinatorial mathematics, it only takes a relatively few characters to give enough combinations to equal all the Web addresses that exist. Of course the vast majority of character combinations will not have grammatical meaning. --Teratornis (talk) 19:26, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Also, WP:USERNAME excludes many possible usernames, such as those that are misleadingly similar to existing usernames. Thus a given username occupies a larger "footprint" in the possible space of usernames than just one place. Again, this would mostly create an issue of using up the "good" usernames that new users would be likely to try choosing. The number of possible usernames is so vast that we can afford to consume them wastefully by forbidding similar usernames. --Teratornis (talk) 19:30, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

It appears from mw:Manual:$wgMaxNameChars and http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php that the current length limit for Wikipedia is 64 bytes. If we only allowed lower case letters, spaces and digits then this would still give around 37⁶⁴ or approximately a googol possibilities. This is more than the total estimated number of fundamental particles in the observable universe so we could give each of them a username, if we could just figure out where to store the username database. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:19, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

That's nothing that 37⁵² monkeys each a login screen couldn't handle.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:30, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

First, ForgetAboutIt/FuhGhettAboutIt, what does monkeys have to do with this?

Second, PrimeHunter, I really don't care how many username possibilities there are.

Third, Teratonis I have no clue what the !!! you are talking about, but I'm sure that it's not going to answer my question.

Thanks anyway, A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 23:59, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Fuhghettaboutit made a joking reference to the infinite monkey theorem but it's not relevant to your question. If you don't care how many username possibilities there actually are then here is the short answer to your question: There will always be usernames left to choose from. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:28, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Well, he never showed us a link, so I thought it was spam. Also, thank you very much for your answer: “There will always be usernames left to choose from”, or even shorter:

“If usernames cannot be taken by someone else once they are taken, then won't there eventually be no usernames to choose from?”

“No.”

“Thanks.”

“Mm-hmm.”

“Yup.”

“Uh-huh.”

“Bye.”

“See ya.”

Anyway, thank you so much, now read this: READ IT: Thank you Now read this, a long, infinite essay about monkeys, which is not at all humerous nor entertaining and is TOTALLY not a link to your page, where I have left a plate of cookies :) Just to clear any understanding, the link in the previous sentence is actually to a plate of cookies. I was trying to make a joke, and please do not interpret it as anything else otherwise, nor think for a second that it is actually an infinite essay about monkeys that is not at all humerous nor entertaining. It is actually (REALLY) a plate of cookies. Verify it. Again, I was only trying to make a joke, and please do not interpret it as anything else otherwise, much less an insult leaned or preferred to anyone, thing, affiliate, or company. Thanks, A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 04:39, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

CLOSED CAPTIONED UNDER SPENCER FAMILY AS HENRY FONDA AND JAMES MACARTHUR

THE MOVIE IS REAL GOOD PLAY HENRY FONDA, JAMES MACARTHUR, MAUREEN OSULLIVAN AND TWO PEOPLE MORE ADDED I DID NOT NOTICE ENOUGH I KNEW THEM ONE WAS PLAYED EX WITH ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW WITH AUNT BEE (FRANCES BAVIER ) AND MALE WAS PLAYED WITH "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" WITH LARRY HAGAMAN THE SOLIDER WAS BOSS I DID NOT CATCH HIS NAME. I HOPE YOU WILL REALZIE THEM. THANK YOU BARBARA SMITH — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.84.25.180 (talk) 19:39, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Do you have a question? If you are trying to identify actors who appeared in a film, you can ask on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment. Stating the name of the film, if you know it, would make such questions easier to answer. --Teratornis (talk) 20:23, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Another way to approach this is to do a search in the Wikipedia search box: If you enter "Henry Fonda, James MacArthur", Spencer's Mountain appears as the first result; is that what you are looking for? (Maureen O'Hara appears in it; Maureen O'Sullivan does not.) —teb728 t c 23:43, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Searchable table number order

Hello. I'm using Wiki markup to create a searchable table on Wikia, and one column is intended to have any of the numbers from 0 to 10 and the ? symbol. The table is working fine, I'm very happy with it, but now that there are some 10s in this column, it sorts going 0, 1, 10, 2, 3, etc. Is there any way to fix the order to numerical without breaking the rest of the table? Thank you. Lady BlahDeBlah (talk) 20:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Do you mean "sortable" rather than "searchable"? All the text on a Web page is normally searchable in a Web browser, with Ctrl+F or ⌘+F. See Help:Sorting#Numeric sorting with hidden key for one possible solution to your question. --Teratornis (talk) 20:27, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, it's sortable. We generally called it searchable because the sorting makes it easier to find things...it's lateish here. XD Lady BlahDeBlah (talk) 20:30, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Am I correct perhaps in thinking that the ?s are making the column sort like this, and not numerically? Lady BlahDeBlah (talk) 20:35, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Help:Sorting#Sort modes explains how the sort function decides what to do. The presence of a non-numerical string in a column (such as "?") might cause the sorter to treat every element in the column as a string, in which case the string "10" would sort before "3" since the sorter would compare the the two strings character by character, starting with the first character. I'm not familiar with the details. You should be able to get the sorting behavior you want by specifying hidden sort keys. "Searchable" is not a good synonym for "sortable" as searching and sorting usually have very different meanings in computer science. Searching is like finding one item in your house, whereas sorting is like tidying up the entire house (something I have never actually done, although I have contemplated it on occasion). You are correct to note that a sorted list is usually easier to search, both for humans and for computers. --Teratornis (talk) 21:18, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

When creating sortable tables, there can be issues with how a column sorts. See Help:Sorting for a complete overview.

• Columns that mix alpha and numerical data will sort alphabetically— this can be resolved by using {{nts}}.
• When using general text with and without wikilinks, use {{sort}}.
• To sort dates, use {{dts}}.
• For sorting names in the format last, first use {{sortname}}. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 23:41, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

File:William Hearn umpire.jpg

Can someone crop File:William Hearn umpire.jpg to remove the whitespace? Thanks, Albacore (talk) 21:11, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Done.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:06, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Photo confusion

Can someone tell me how to upload a photo? And when I click on them some look like they're on the English wiki and others say "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons (icon) Information from its description page there (icon), is shown below." I don't get it. Thanks.PumpkinSky (talk) 22:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Free images should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. This is so that the image is available to all projects within the wikimedia foundation. The english wikipedia, here, allows some non-free content to be used in articles. Those images are uploaded here. GB fan please tell me what you think of my editing 22:58, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Okay, but how do you do the upload. Where's the button to click on? I'm very new.PumpkinSky (talk) 23:06, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

See Help:Files. To upload on Wikipedia your account needs to be 4 days old; so you will have to wait a couple of days here. There is no such restriction on Commons. —teb728 t c 23:13, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah okay, thanks to all. PumpkinSky (talk) 23:16, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

If you have a free file to upload here is the link, commons:Upload wizard. If the file is not free here is the link, Wikipedia:Upload, but you will have to wait as mentioned above. GB fan please tell me what you think of my editing 23:20, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

(e/c) The Wikimedia Commons is a sister site. All media hosted there can be used directly here. However, while we allow certain types of copyrighted images to be used here in certain circumstances, the Commons is only for public domain and freely licensed images. So if your image is going to be used under a claim of fair use it would have to be uploaded here. But if its PD or under a suitable free license, it should always be uploaded to the Commons. Since the Commons is a separate site, you would have to sign up there (or unify your accounts). The problem you are having uploading here is that your account is not yet autoconfirmed—a threshold that requires an account to be four days old and to have made at least ten edits before it can do certain things including uploading files. Since you account was created at 22:37 UTC on July 7, 2011, you would have to wait about two more days. There is no autoconfirmation threshold for uploading files to the Commons however. So the upload form here is at this link but you won't be able to use it yet. The upload link for the Commons is here which you could use immediately after signing up.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:23, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I have a Navy photo of the attack on the USS Bunker Hill from WWII. I've found the ship's category on Commons so I know now what type of info they're looking for. Thansks all. PumpkinSky (talk) 23:27, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

July 10

The edit feature is missing off the page I am looking at for the NJ mob

I was going to make a correction and the edit feature is missing. Is this specifically an issue with the computer I am working on ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karriecole (talk • contribs) 00:26, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, the page has been semi-protected you must be an autoconfirmed (at least 4 days of editing and ten edits) editor to edit it. You can make a request by using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template on the talk page of the article. Ryan Vesey (talk) 00:29, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I guess you mean DeCavalcante crime family. Ryan Vesey's reply applies to that article. Note however that his "Yes" was not aimed at your second sentence. The missing edit is due to your Wikipedia account and not your computer. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:36, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, clarification time: I meant "Yes the edit feature is missing for you". Sorry for the ambiguity. Ryan Vesey (talk) 00:38, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Need help with adding reliable sources for Living Biography Entry (Joe Cabot)

Embarrassed to say that while I am good-intentioned, I am not very tech proficient and can't figure out how to add reliable sources or even what exact form they need to be. I have ny times reviews, album liner notes, etc. I've read the FAQ page, but I can't make heads or tails of it...told you I was clueless! Any help is really appreciated. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dina Fox (talk • contribs) 00:31, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

The best way in my opinion is to use the cite templates. If you look at the top of your edit box you will see a section to the right of help that says cite. Click that to open the drop down menu. Then click templates. If you are using NY Times you would choose cite news. Fill in all of the information that you can. Ryan Vesey (talk) 00:37, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) No problem. When you said you read the FAQ page did you mean that read this page? I've found this page on referencing for beginners very helpful in the past. I hope this helped. :) MJ94 (talk) 00:41, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Joe Cabot is living? Happy 100 on Tuesday! He will qualify for List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons) by then. The source requirements would have been less strict if he wasn't still alive. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:56, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I've made a bunch of edits including adding reference markup for you and one citation as an example.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:10, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

does wikipedia reference desk draw its knowledge only from wikipedia

or can the source of answers be from anywhere on the internet, and/or from the answerers life experience? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.199.45 (talk) 01:50, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

The answers can come from anywhere, but Wikipedia will be used fairly often as a source. Ryan Vesey (talk) 01:51, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

We try to avoid using personal experiences, but are not always successful. Opinions do creep in. We prefer to provide answers with links to references. We use the whole of the internet for references. Bielle (talk) 02:03, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Some of the questions aren't as conducive to being replied to with references as other questions. For instance, a couple weeks back there was a question about things to see/do in Northern Vermont. The OP could have been referred to tourism sites that list many many things to do and have to weed out those that don't fit their desires. But it's easier to ask real people to give suggestions based on the asker's preferences. Since I live in VT, I gave a rather lengthy reply. Dismas|^(talk) 02:12, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

The source can also be offline such as printed books, but online sources are usually preferred. See also Wikipedia:Reference desk/Guidelines. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:18, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Please don't delete the following categories

1. Category:Hudson_bay_native_people I think there is some native people from Hudson Bay and this category need to exist. 2. Category:Television_series_set_in_The-Yukon and Category:Television_shows_set_in_Prince_Edward_Islands. Categories for tv shows set the united states by state Exist. So why not Canadian shows by province? Neptunekh2 (talk) 02:45, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I linked the category names in your post by putting a colon in front of the name. You can follow the "this category's entry" link on the category pages and comment there. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:54, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't find that anybody has proposed deleting these categories: do you have a reason for thinking somebod wants to?

If somebody does propose deleting them, then your comment here is unlikely to be noticed. I guess that if you want to make this point in a place that is more likely to be found, the talk pages such as Category Talk:Hudson bay native people would be the best place.

If somebody did propose deleting the categories, they would put their arguments on WP:CFD: it would then be up to people who wanted the categories kept to put counter arguments. The particular points would depend on why they had proposed deletion in the first place. But note that "other stuff exists" is not considered a very strong argument. --ColinFine (talk) 09:17, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually all of them and a couple others are CfD'd. —teb728 t c 11:58, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Is there a way to view someone's speedy deletion tags for articles that were deleted?

When I review the edits of a user who does not have a CSD log, I can only see the speedies that failed. Is there a way to see the one's where the user accurately tagged the article? Ryan Vesey (talk) 04:34, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Directly? No, not without the administrative tool of seeing deleted edits. However, *if* the tagger is doing what they should be doing, then they are notifying the creators of the articles they tag every time they tag, and so you should be able to go to their contributions, limit the results to the user talk namespace, and then make a catalogue of the pages they link in the notifications of their tagging. A bit of a pain but doable.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:28, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

For people who use TW it is even easier, just search their contributions for "Speedy" as it is included in the edit summary of the talk page notification. You can just cruise through those counting red and blue links, the only problem is that you wont know if they tagged the wrong CSD rationale and it was deleted under a different one, or even under a different process. Monty₈₄₅ 05:57, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Infobox error

The Infobox in Kevin Winterbottom shows his age as if he is still alive even though his death date has been entered. I can't see the source of the error. Roger (talk) 09:29, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

How's this? (The death_date parameter was misspelled as date_death. And {{birth date and age}} always calculates the age assuming the person is alive.) —teb728 t c 10:20, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Roger (talk) 10:34, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Template parameters

I just made a template, Template:User creations, but all the parameters are linked and I can't get the [[]]s off there if the parameter is not in use. Any help? Rcsprinter (talk) 09:51, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I fixed the Box1-title1 parameter with {{{Box1-title1||*[[{{{Box1-title1|}}}]]}}} Change the rest of the parameters the same way. —teb728 t c 10:45, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't link it now though. Rcsprinter (talk) 10:46, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

 Fixed —teb728 t c 11:41, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

vandalism

What to do when a page has been repeatedly vandalized? (see Beram Kayal) --Sreifa (talk) 11:43, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

If it is vandalism by a particular editor, you should start by issuing warnings. When the editor has been sufficiently warned, you can report to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, where an admin can block, if appropriate.

If it is vandalism by multiple editors, you can ask for page protection. However, unless I'm misreading the history, I only see a couple reverts in the last week, which is not normally enough activity for page protection.--SPhilbrickT 13:10, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Inappropriate and misleading picture on your WWII article in Facebook with promoting Hitler instead of telling the truth on the outcome of this war and of crimes against humanity by the person you are promoting on Facebook with Hitler picture.

Wikipedia MUST be more truthful and factual with history showing how this terrible WWII tragedy ended with the liberation from the dictator and criminal Hitler, showing instead in a picture, Allies personalities such as Eisenhower, Churchill, De Gaulle together, etc for example or better a picture showing DDay. Amazing what you do with Hitler's picture as center stage on Wikipedia Facebook page just to distort the truth and insult history and the free world. Thank you for correcting this, it gives Wikipedia a horrible image. Be factual all the way not only partially and in a misleading way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.177.48 (talk) 13:13, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

What page are you referring to? Our World War II article only has a small image of Hitler, and we have no control of what Facebook does with our content. doomgaze (talk) 13:24, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

To be fair, a picture of Hitler seems to me to be a good picture to have on that article, as he was the main instigator of the World War. None of the others that you name are main participants throughout the war. Your suggestion (even if it applied to our article rather than the Facebook page which Doomglaze quite rightly points out has nothing to do with us) would give undue prominence to the other people you mention or to D-Day (which was only a small part of the overall subject). Wikipedia is a neutral encyclopaedia, and so personal opinion about Hitler or the War is inappropriate. Looking through other neutral encyclopaedias, both online and in print, all have pictures of Hitler featured prominently because of his importance to the subject. -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 13:37, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Also, the first images do not include Hitler, so which image are you referring to. Furthermore, you said "Wikipedia MUST be more truthful and factual with history" - truth is relative: different people see it differently! Wikipedia is about verifiability, not truth - what is reliably sourced. If there is anything which is factually inaccurate (and for which you can provide reliable references to demonstrate that your version is 'correct') then discuss that on the article's talk page. -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 13:47, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

As others have said, Wikipedia has no control over Facebook content, but I got curious what they did. You didn't give a link so I'm not sure which Facebook page you refer to but after some searching I guess it is http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-War-II/109429592416229. Facebook copied the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article World War II, and added the first image outside the infobox. This is in the section World War II#Background. An image of Hitler (and Mussolini) seems appropriate to me there. You will have to contact Facebook if you want them to change their own page. I agree the page is unfortunate but it may have been computer generated by Facebook software. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:10, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. Please also read Wikipedia:NOTFACEBOOK. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 15:51, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Erm how is that relevant to the question at hand? doomgaze (talk) 16:05, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:NOTFACEBOOK is not relevant here. {{HD/facebook}} is relevant and could have been used in the replies. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:37, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

TeX font size

Is there a way to force the TeX form we use to render at a large size? I've looked through Help:Displaying a formula without luck. I've tried <big>$a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}\!\,$</big> and <span style="font-size:200%;">$a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}\!\,$</span> but these elements which work fine for regular text do nothing for TeX formulae.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:43, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I really don't know if this will work. Toshio Yamaguchi used {{math}} with the parameter 1=big and it did not superscript the exponents. I used {{bigmath}} and the same result occurred. The formula can't even be bolded. Ryan Vesey (talk) 14:31, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I've experimented a bit and {{math|big=1|a² + b² {{=}} c²}} seems to work and produces a² + b² = c². Does that help? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:42, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

There is also Template:Bigmath, which can be used like in the following example:
{{bigmath|a² + b² {{=}} c²}}
which produces
a² + b² = c². Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:51, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the responses. I think I goofed by using an example formula rather than being specific. Let me be more transparent. What I want to do is make this particular formula significantly larger (about 300%): $S={\frac {\pi Akc^{3}}{2hG}}\,\!$--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:01, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't think this can be done. I am not an expert regarding the technical aspects of the MediaWiki software however and this is only a guess, so perhaps you should ask the guys at WP:VPT. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:42, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

As a last resort, one thing you could try if nothing else helps is to let Wikipedia produce the formula with one of the markups above, save that image to your computer, change the size with some image editing software, then upload it to Wikipedia or Commons and use the size parameter in Template:Image to make it bigger. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:55, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Toshio. I already created the image with Gimp. The issue was that users stated a preference for it to be TeX so that it could be changed at any time.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:00, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Requests for Articles

Your request for articles page seems to make no provisions for actually requesting an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.17.196.8 (talk) 15:31, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Start at Wikipedia:Requested articles, follow the links until you get to the right section, and click the "edit" link to the right of the section heading. If there is no edit link then which page is it? PrimeHunter (talk) 15:36, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

edit conflict

During an edit conflict, if both people keep copying and pasting, who's version is submitted? And who is credited with the edit? Please provide me with an ACTUAL answer. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 15:53, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

The first person to press save edit has their version saved. If the other person copies their information into the new page, a new edit is created. Ryan Vesey (talk) 16:01, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

"Both people keep copying and pasting" doesn't make any sense. The first person to save just saves normally: there isn't any conflict yet. Anybody else who was editing when the first person saved will be told when they try to save that there is an edit conflict, and shown the current page and their edited page. If they decide to transfer their changes to the current page and save again, that will be their edit - unless somebody else has saved in the meantime, and they again see an edit conflict. --ColinFine (talk) 18:43, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I can't log in to the Chinese version of Wikipedia

Dear Wikipedia

Every time I tried to log into the Chinese version of Wikipedia with the username NeoBatfreak, it keep displaying the page "Error 404 – File not found," even trying to leave a message there without using my user account has the same problem. What is going on?--NeoBatfreak (talk) 16:19, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Great Firewall of China? CRGreathouse (t | c) 16:50, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

No it is http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5 (talk) 16:19, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I was suggesting that the Firewall may have blocked the Chinese Wikipedia. My understanding is that it usually sends false 404s rather than indicating a block. CRGreathouse (t | c) 17:21, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

please provide us wikipedia in hindi...........

We indians surf your site the most and still your site is not available in hindi language. I would like you to inform that we would be hugely obliged to see wiki in hindi. Please take my opinion in a positive way and please do work on it. THANKING YOU.

                                                                                               SANDESH CHAVAN

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandy9o7 (talk • contribs)

http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/ has existed for a long time, at least since 2005, and has tens of thousands of articles. CRGreathouse (t | c) 16:54, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Can't login

I can't login into en.wikipedia.org. I can login into nl.wikipedia.org with the option globally selected. As far as I know I had the same username at both sites.

It seems there isn't an e-mailaddress set at en.wikipedia.org for my account. Is there a way to find out if this account is really mine and get a new password? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.161.166 (talk) 18:16, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I want to run this by you all of you=

Is the category Category:People_from_Hudson_Bay_Quebec a good category to create? Please let me know. I'll use Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith. What do you want me to do? Neptunekh2 (talk) 19:00, 10 July 2011 (UTC)