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September 7

Please change "Nimble storage" page title to "Nimble Storage"

Hello,

My name is Michael Kieran, and I work in the Marketing department at Nimble Storage in San Jose, CA.

The current page for our company is titled "Nimble storage" with a lower-case "s" in the second word. However, the company name is actually "Nimble Storage" (both words with initial caps). I wasn't able to edit the page title. Is this something you can help with? Thanks so much, Michael

Michael Kieran Community & Social Marketing Manager Nimble Storage 2740 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134 408-240-7510 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkieran (talk • contribs) 00:30, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

 Erledigt ~~ Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 00:46, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. This company doesn't appear to meet our criteria for 'notability' and the citations also appear to be no more than just Advertorial's. Perhaps we should AfD this article. Any comments?--Aspro (talk) 00:53, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Nah, the article's a piece of crap, but as a subject matter the company seems notable enough for an article. Deletion is not cleanup, and all this needs is some bleach and a good wire brush. --Jayron32 04:13, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

User:Drajay1976

Hello, I use this user id Drajay1976 in Malayalam Wikpedia, Wikimedia Commons and other wikipedias. I am most active in Malayalam wikipedia.

I am unable to use the same id in English wikipedia because that was already taken. It is possible that I had created this id sometime back when I was a novice. I dont remember the password now. I have used the password retrieval system, but it seems that the email id linked to this account is not active anymore (frankly, I dont remember what ID it was). It will be a whole lot easier for me if I am allowed to use the same id in English Languate Wikipedia as well. Is there any way the ID can be realeased to me for global usage? - Drajay1976 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.77.247.173 (talk) 05:21, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

See WP:USURP for some help with this sort of thing. --Jayron32 05:25, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

There is *one* edit by User:Drayjay1976 back in 2006, which looks like alphabetizing subdisciplines in Forensic Science.Naraht (talk) 12:53, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Problem with syntax

Looking at [1], I don't know why the dates wouldn't show up on the timeline. I need some assistance. Thanks --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 07:14, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

I've copied that to User:John of Reading/X2. Observe that the only displayed label is "2012.16", which is 29/02/2012 expressed as a decimal number of years. I think you've run into the limitation described at Help:EasyTimeline syntax#TimeAxis, "Currently only format yyyy (default) is supported. More formats may follow."

Unfortunately I don't have a solution for you. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:17, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Np, issue solved. Thanks :) --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 03:25, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Eliott Goblet

Hi Guys,

When doing a google search of Elliot Goblet a photo comes up on the right of the page with a date of birth and other details and a Wikipedia link. As the date of birth is inaccurate due to Elliot Goblet being a fictional character therefore not having a date of birth. When I signed on to Wikipedia to fix this it doesn't come up on the actual page. How can I get rid of the date of birth please?

The Google search link is http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&gs_nf=1&cp=8&gs_id=u&xhr=t&q=elliot+goblet&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=elliot+g&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=32cb1604ee9f5fb1&biw=1655&bih=799

and the page is Elliot Goblet (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Andrew

Larfwithab (talk) 08:38, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

I've removed a lot of spammy crap, as well as categories such as "writer" and date of birth that don't apply to a fictional character. Why is this article not written about the performer himself, anyway? --Orange Mike | Talk 12:50, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Persistent Vadalism

An unnamed user, 83.244.254.189, has twice deleted a link on Debbie van der Putten page. I have twice restored it. How do I report vandalism/get administrator intervention?Paradisepark (talk) 08:51, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism is the place to start, just follow the instructions there. You might also be interested in looking Wikipedia:Twinkle, a set of scripts that speeds up processes like reporting vandalism. Do remember the definitions of vandalism, though - it has to be intended to harm the project. --Shirt58 (talk) 09:04, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

This is not what's usually referred to as persistent vandalism, and the IP in question does not have a history of vandalism either. The usual step at this point would be to post on their talk page and try to engage in a discussion.

I looked at the link in question. I would classify it as unreliable—it baldly states that its information is “a little Googling”, and gives no specifics. If Playboy actually published this, you should be able to find a better citation. If you can't, I think that's more than adequate reason to remove it. Kerfuffler (talk) 09:07, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

What Kerfuffler said! If there is vandalism, and it is persistent, the go to WP:AIV. Start small and assume that the editor is trying to improve things.--Shirt58 (talk) 09:15, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

AFD help

What wrong with this [2] and this [3]? --Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 10:36, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi Shrike. When you were substituting the template there was a closing square bracket missing. I fixed it so everything should be okay now. Cheers, meshach (talk) 11:03, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

A question about the help desk

Why is it called the help desk when it is not a physical desk ? Thanks --QuestionableThesis (talk) 11:56, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

THIS is what a desk looks like. A desk is not a webpage.

--QuestionableThesis (talk) 12:05, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Dictionary.com:

"4. the section of a large organization, as a governmental bureau or newspaper, having authority over and responsibility for particular operations within the organization: city desk; foreign desk.

5. a table or counter, as in a library or office, at which a specific job is performed or a service offered: an information desk; reception desk."

--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:12, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

You forgot to link your date... Regards.--Kürbis (✔) 12:18, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

THANKS Kürbis YOU SEXY BEAST JEE WHIZ YOUR A REAL HELP --QuestionableThesis (talk) 12:21, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Also, since we're linking a bunch of stuff, see metaphor. --Jayron32 12:57, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

They also forgot to link every word in their image caption. - Purplewowies (talk) 16:52, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

dictionary.com says that a desk can be the section of a large organization, as a governmental bureau or newspaper, having authority over and responsibility for particular operations within the organization: city desk; foreign desk. 69.62.243.48 (talk) 23:51, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Does dictionary.com have a definition for "echo"? --Jayron32 14:49, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Whoops. Never mind.  ;) 69.62.243.48 (talk) 21:23, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Printing a section

How do I print an individual section from an article, with skipping other sections ? 14.97.7.27 (talk) 14:52, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

This feature isn't built in, as far as I know, but you should get good results if you copy the section into your favourite word processor. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:12, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

In some browsers (such as Firefox) you can select the section and print it directly by selecting "Selection" in the printer dialog. jonkerz ♠talk 15:18, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't think this is so easy on a PC (not sure), but on a mac: ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+4, hold down the mouse and drag over the section you want to print; release and a screenshot is taken of the section you've designated; print.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:03, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

If you have OneNote, the same screenshot result can be achieved with the use of ⊞ Win+S (or if you're using a Mac keyboard ⌘ Cmd+S). I don't know if there's a way to tailor your screenshot before you take it in Windows if you don't have that program. - Purplewowies (talk) 16:49, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

I simply copy the section(s) into my sandbox - print it - then delete my sandbox after.Moxy (talk) 16:53, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Moxy, Hats off to you....I'll use the advice to create a sandbox of desired article..Thanks ...14.97.252.4 (talk) 13:30, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Editing question re page title

I would appreciate help in making the following change:

Currently, there is a wiki page entitled "Buccaneer 18" and I would like to change it to simply Buccaneer or Buccaneer (dinghy) i.e. the name referenced to a dinghy sailboat catetgory.

I would appreciate any assistance that can be provided.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agbonner37 (talk • contribs) 15:59, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

See WP:MOVE for instructions. Kerfuffler (talk) 16:03, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

A move to "Buccaneer" will not be possible, as there is already an article Buccaneer, about pirates. But a move to "Buccaneer_(dinghy)" should be possible. Maproom (talk) 17:39, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to all. I will move the page to 'Buccaneer_(dinghy)' but will need to wait a day or two for the four day qualification. I will check back early next week and make the change then. Basically, the name for the boat does not and never has included the number 18 other than by some users in the recent past. Also, it is interesting that when you enter simply Buccaneer in the search line for wikipedia, the option of "Buccaneer 18" is not one of the options in the dropdown menue since, i suppose, it is in the server only as the complete string. Thus, fixing this to be simply the original name followed by the category of dinghy or sailboat should be an appropriate fix. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agbonner37 (talk • contribs) 18:45, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Special:Log/Agbonner37 says your account was created 10 October 2007 and the above edit was the tenth so you are now autoconfirmed and can move pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:23, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

I would like to change the title in such a way that when you search the topic of "Buccaneer", you then find this page in the drop down list as "Buccaneer (dinghy)". When I make the change to "Buccaneer (dinghy)" then it does not show up in the drop-down menu. Can someone please help me find a was to sub-categorize for the parenthetical identifier.

A big error on the page about nomads

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

In the paragraph called "Origins" the last sentence claims the pastoral nomads were responsible for the boston tea party. I am certain this must be an error. But I don't feel comfortable editing this.

Thank you. Loribeth Marshall — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.59.24 (talk) 17:46, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism reverted.Naraht (talk) 17:47, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm watch old article

There was an article about the imwatch that has since been removed .

In the article it stated a wealthy Italian billionaire was investing in the imwatch can you confirm what his name was

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.148.246.11 (talk) 17:48, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Since the article is deleted, I can't see what the claim was. But as a general note, articles are usually deleted because they are uninformative, about non-notable topics, or contain blatantly false information. If a deleted Wikipedia article is your only source for a piece of information, don't take it seriously. Kerfuffler (talk) 17:54, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

That being said, I did find a Google cached copy of the old Wikipedia page, and it has a reference that more or less corroborates the claim.[4] Kerfuffler (talk) 18:00, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Section "In the news" add on this

Canada has severed ties with Iran and expeled all Iranian diplomats from Canada. Is it a news important enough to put it on the main page? and If so, how to do it? AmericanMarinee (talk) 17:59, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

The nomination page is Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:17, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Crompo

How do I create a 'Crompo' page? --Jimme-Retchet (talk) 22:10, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Read WP:YFA, it explains how to create an article. RudolfRed (talk) 22:23, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Infobox historical event

I have made an infobox on a historical event, but there is an annoying "Thumtime=" when the pointer goes over the photo. There is no video for the event, however the infobox does not recognize this. How can this be stopped? Cmguy777 (talk) 22:59, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Which page is this on? RudolfRed (talk) 02:42, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

thumbtime=

It actually said "thumbtime=" as the image to the right (if you have Navigation popups enabled then it may hide the mouseover). It affected all pages using {{Infobox historical event}} without a Thumb_Time parameter. I have fixed the infobox.[5] It wasn't elegant to duplicate most of the image code but I couldn't find another way. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:38, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

September 8

Science

May i have this page because it is for me to use it a lot everyday and i love this page a lot also to look every word on this page would you Accept this please my name is Eric Matthew Gill and i use this page a lot everyday that's why i love it so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.133.83 (talk) 01:24, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. This is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Science is one of our around four million articles. You are free to read all of them. If you want to do something other than read then please clarify. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:44, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

List of Victoria Cross Holders - Missing Recipient

The following person is missing from the Scottish list of Victoria Cross holders although his details are held in Wikipedia.

His details are:

• Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn – 1899; Elandslaagte, South Africa

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.97.31.225 (talk) 01:40, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Although he served in the Gordon Highlanders, I can see no evidence that he was Scottish. He was born in Clapham. If you can find any references that identify him as such, you can add him to List of Scottish Victoria Cross recipients. Rojomoke (talk) 05:33, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Template:Infobox mobile phone

Hi, can somebody add the parameters "| slogan =", "| unitssold =", "| unitsshipped =", and "| website =" to Template:Infobox mobile phone? Thanks. --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 03:30, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

 Erledigt Mdann52 (talk) 07:53, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 12:27, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Non free images

I was not able to obtain a written permission to use the following pictures, so please delete them

• File:Thuy Kieu and Thuy Van painting by Tu Duyen.jpg
• File:Tu Duyen Minh Mang Temple.jpg
• File:Tu Duyen Young Lady.jpg
• File:Tu Duyen Le Loi.jpg
• File:Tu Duyen Tran Hung Dao.jpg
• File:Tu Duyen Pham Ngu Lao.jpg

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebaychatter0 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Deleted. Ruslik_Zero 07:01, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Multi-category search

Is there any way to search for articles that full into more than one category? In my case, I want to search for articles that fall into both Category:Chinese emigrants to the United States and Category:Lawyers. This would be a quite powerful tool. Matt's talk 08:50, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Try Wikipedia:CatScan, it scans subcategories as well. jonkerz ♠talk 11:15, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Center my new barnstar

How ever much I try, I fail in putting my new barnstar (Socratic, at the bottom) in the middle of my userpage (horizontally, that is). I have tried putting: align="center" in all kind of places, but it just turns out wrong. How to fix this? Lova Falk talk 09:39, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Hej! Like this? jonkerz ♠talk 11:20, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

 Erledigt That's it! Tack tack! Lova Falk talk 11:27, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

I added 'Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes'. Source: www.ampsonline.co.uk . I will try to create a stub for it.

I think it is appropriate to create a stub for this organisation. Do you agree? I hoped to find independent information about it on Wikipedia and maybe others do too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianxmckay (talk • contribs) 10:29, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

You'll need an independent,secondary source. If ampsonline.co.uk is the only source, then it's going to be difficult to justify inclusion. --Robert Keiden (talk) 00:41, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Pages added to categories

How do I find out what pages were added to the categories that are on my watchlist? I have tried to used User:Ais523/catwatch.js, but it didn't seem to work. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 12:41, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

I have made some fixes to your WatchedCategories.js file: it was missing an opening quotation mark in one place, and a closing quotation mark and comma in another. Hopefully this will make the script operational (you will need to bypass your cache for it to have a possibility of working).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:02, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the corrections. Where do I go to see the results of the script? On my watchlist, I see nothing different. Thanks for your help. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 18:57, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

How can I check my messages?

I saw something that said I had a message. I was wondering where I can view that message (or eMail.).

Thanks! -c — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morriah (talk • contribs) 15:03, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Here. You can reach the page by clicking on "My Talk" at the top of every page. jonkerz ♠talk 15:07, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Invalid confirmation code. The code may have expired.

Resolved

I have tried numerous times now to confirm my email address and this is the response I have received every time. I do receive the email along with the link to click, but upon clicking it as the email tells me to do,this is the response on the page it takes me to: Invalid confirmation code. The code may have expired. Update ... fourth time through it has finally taken the code. This post can be deleted ... thank you K3LYC (talk)

sandbox

Hi,

I wrote an article and moved it to live wiki, and now when I want to use the sandbox again, I see that the article is still in the sandbox too. Do I erase it? how can I use the sandbox again? thanks. Meitalklachuk (talk) 19:30, 8 September 2012 (UTC)meitalklachukMeitalklachuk (talk) 19:30, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

User:Meitalklachuk/sandbox was left as a redirect to the article when it was moved. I've taken out the redirect, so the sandbox is now available to edit again. Yunshui 雲‍水 20:01, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Where to open a debate

I wish to open a debate on the issue of articles concerning criminal acts as I feel there are important issues to be addressed with regard to these. Where would be the appropriate place to do that? I've mentioned it at Wikipedia:Notability (events), but wasn't sure if that is the correct page. Cheers Paul MacDermott (talk) 20:27, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Read your post at Notability, not sure if these are perfect but checking at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Crime_and_Criminal_Biography and Template_talk:WikiProject_Crime might be a start. Marketdiamond (talk) 23:21, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll take a look. Paul MacDermott (talk) 11:41, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

correcting a problem with a source citation

hi. a question was raised about a source citation for a photograph that i uploaded to wikicommons. [6]

I hope to be using this (and five others) as documentation for a submission to wikipedia [7]

I updated the source information as best as I could - and i have looked at many FAQ and other help locations - but i guess i need some advice as to whether i'm on the right track with this. There are no citations on the plaques themselves and quite literally there is pretty close to zero information anywhere about the trail, the monument, or the information signs. Let me know if there is anything i can do to make this better. thanks bill polk Abearfellow (talk) 20:45, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

OK. The immediate problem is that you've uploaded images without saying where you got them from (I'm assuming you took them yourself). That's why they are being queried. Normally this could be fixed with little difficulty - just state the source (self-made) and license accordingly. But there are further questions, because what you've done is make high-resolution photos of some text and images which may or may not themselves be copyright-protected. The specialists at our media copyright help desk are the best people to help, and I think you need to ask about this over there.

I see you made the images to use as a source for your draft article. Did you know that there's nothing to stop you citing these signs as sources anyway? Wikipedia doesn't even demand that written sources for articles are available to view online, let alone uploaded in image form to a Wikimedia project, so you don't actually need to have the photos of the text available. I also see that you're reproducing the text of the signs verbatim in the text of your draft article. This is not necessary at all, and in fact may be another copyright violation. I suspect your submission will be declined when it is reviewed, for this reason if for no other. What I would suggest is that you remove all the verbatim copy from the article, incorporating the important information within the text but in your own words, and citing it to the signage at appropriate points in the text; something like <ref>National Forest Service information signs displayed along Brow Monument Trail</ref> might work. You should also try to find some other written sources on the subject to support your article. Feel free to ask again if you need more help, and good luck with the article. - Karenjc 22:36, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

there seems to be a vandal

at work at Thomas Paine. Not sure what to do. einar aka Carptrash (talk) 22:55, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Interesting article history on that, have you posted this at: Wikipedia:Requests for page protection? Marketdiamond (talk) 23:18, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Admin templates

Hi there. Where can I find a list/page of admin templates for things like speedy deletions and block appeals? Thanks. --Voidywordy (talk) 23:09, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators are editors who have been granted the technical ability to perform certain special actions, for example blocking users. You are not an admin so your post [8] claiming to block a user does not make sense. Please don't pretend to be an admin. Admins are appointed at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:26, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Already indef'ed by Floquenbeam. --Rschen7754 23:38, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

September 9

Hello

Hello my name is amelia and i am 3 years old and I am on the computer with my daddy looking at wikipedia --AmeliaFloraley (talk) 00:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Welcome Amelia. We could use you help in a few years. Please don't forget.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 00:56, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, make sure to share all your time here with mom and dad! Marketdiamond (talk) 02:27, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Patricia schultz page

I was looking for a page about patricia schultz, and there was one, but when I clicked it, it redirected me to 1000 places to see before you die. Is there any way I can get to the patricia schultz page without redirection? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.98.214 (talk) 01:31, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately we only have an article for the book, and there is no separate page for the author. The redirection is there, so that searching for name, will find the closest thing available. If you would like to see an article on the author herself, the best thing to do is covered in here: WP:SOFIXIT. --Robert Keiden (talk) 01:39, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Continuing coverage

• I have a question. If an article doesn't meet WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE, while the article meets all other guidelines, should the article be deleted?--王小朋友 (talk) 02:43, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I've changed the title of this section from "Question" since the instructions at the top of the page specifically say not to title sections with something as simple as "Question". Dismas|^(talk) 02:56, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Unless the article is of a living or recently deceased person it is usually best to put a notice on the page heading or the specific section, or its always fun to research the topic and add the necessary citations and info to bring it up to encyclopedia standards. My 2 cents, (I just really hate deleting volunteered cited information) but other editors may be more knowledgeable about this specific topics encyclopediability. Marketdiamond (talk) 03:10, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Editing references

I am trying to edit the references to a few articles, such as Astrobiology. I can see the references when I see the artilce, but when I click on the edit button of the references section, only the word Reflist comes up and I cannot see or edit the references. How can I do this? Thanks Adam2828 (talk) 02:52, 9 September 2012 (UTC)adam2828Adam2828 (talk) 02:52, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I've changed the title of this section from "Question" since the instructions at the top of the page specifically say not to title sections with something as simple as "Question". Dismas|^(talk) 02:58, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

You don't edit the references in the references section. You edit them where they are used in the article. The references are auto-magically displayed in the correct section when the article is displayed to the user when they read it. See Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. Dismas|^(talk) 02:58, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

See also the new Help:Introduction to referencing. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 10:54, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

indian name for mother

I am doing a poster for my sudent. i need to know what is the name for Mother — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.211.20 (talk) 05:11, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Try Google, or, as a last resort, our reference desk. Kerfuffler (talk) 05:18, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Article for magazine

I would like to ad my magazine to the list of magazines in Scotland. I own Alexa Blu publications in Glasgow and run a lifestyle magazine called edition the magazine covering Glasgow and the West Coast Ayrshire. Can you please have this passed to the correct department. Many thanks Alexandra Blumenthal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Editionthemagazine (talk • contribs) 05:13, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

You can post your request at WP:Requested articles. RudolfRed (talk) 05:31, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Elaine Miles Australian Artist

Hello,

I am a new user to submitting information onto Wikipedia. My name is Elaine Miles, and I am an Australian Visual Artist. That is opposed to Elaine Miles the american actress, and also opposed to Elaine Miles the american Jazz singer.

I have entered Elaine Miles onto the Wikipedia lists for "Australian Artists" and also "Australian Glass Artists" and unfortunately Wikipedia automatically links my name to wikipedia sites for Elaine Miles the amercian actress. Which is incorrect.

I have uploaded a more details profile which is pending approval on my new user name "Elaine Miles Artist" on Friday, so maybe this can be resolved once that profile is accepted?

Is there any way this can be linked please, or atleast remove the link to the actress, but still keeping me on the two australian artists links.

Thanks for helping. I'm sure i will get the hang of wikipedia with your help, soon enough.

For evidence that I exist you can view my website: www.elainemiles.com.au

(as opposed to elainemiles.com which is the amercian jazz singer).

Cheers Elaine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elaine miles artist (talk • contribs) 07:22, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Your additions to the lists have been removed because only articles that already exist are included in such lists. The WP:Disambiguation of subjects with the same name is often done by appending the person's profession or reason for notability to their name so "Elaine Miles (artist)" is an acceptable name. I moved your draft to the correct area for submitting articles - it is now located at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Elaine Miles (artist) The draft still needs a lot of work but you'll get the help you need in the "Articles for creation" system. Roger (talk) 08:08, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

uploading a file on another languages instead of English

Dear wikipedia ;) I have read your guidance about how we can upload a file on English but my question is : how can I upload a file on another language make you comfortable to contact me on this Email address <redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Armin.M.Moghadam (talk • contribs) 07:40, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Firstly, No we will never contact you on that email address because you are not allowed to post an email address here. What exactly do you mean by "file"? On Wikipedia a "file" is most often an image, it can also be a sound or video recording or other media so language is generally not relevant. See Help:Files, if you need more assistance post here again. Roger (talk) 07:46, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps what you want to do is upload a file to one of the other-language Wikipedias? If the file is suitable, you can upload it to Wikimedia Commons - start with this link - and then it will be available to any Wikimedia project. Otherwise, each Wikipedia is separate, so you would need to ask advice on the other Wikipedia. JohnCD (talk) 14:56, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

And by suitable, we mean freely licensed. - Purplewowies (talk) 15:27, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Liberty National Life

Liberty National Life Complex#Background

I used Edit to change those parts with spelling mistakes - but that was only the second part of article. The top part still has errors and can not be changed. I refer to the error of story The article refers to a building, and should be storey Similarly with plural - stories should be storeys I do not wish to join Wikipedia just to change a few annoying words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.178.160.22 (talk) 07:50, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

"Story" is correct in an American context. Please see American and British English spelling differences.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:09, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

And the entire article can be edited by clicking the "Edit" link at the very top of the article. Though it's not necessary in this case as pointed out by Shantavira. Dismas|^(talk) 08:52, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Strong national ties to a topic. The article is about an American building so it uses American spelling. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:05, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Need help on two questions related to accounts

Lost the password of alternate account

I created an account named Vanischenu at some institutions to edit from some schools/colleges, where there is less prone to get compromised than from that of mere internet cafes. But I forgot its password soon after its creation. I have not put an e-mail address with it to prevent threats. How can I recover its password? Is there any one who can either see or change the password at request? I can tell you how the password looked like as a proof. Thanks in advance.···Vanischenu^「m/_Talk」 14:24, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Want to edit from an android mobile using Wi-Fi

Should I use an alternate account. I like to contribute using my main account itself. If it's not good, then I have got two options - to use my old account (I have 3 accounts right now) or create a new one. Which should I prefer? Thanks for your help.···Vanischenu^「m/_Talk」 14:24, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I find editing from my Android phone hard enough to not want to do it, but I use my only account to do it. - Purplewowies (talk) 15:21, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the answer. Since your account is still not compromised, I shall use the main account itself. Actually, I just worried about the following,

• The programs installed (like Wiki Love Monuments), they say that the program can perform a list of actions. Does this affect the security?
• meta page on flies warns about using Wi-Fi, but I cannot understand any of the precautions listed.

Thanks···Vanischenu^「m/_Talk」 15:28, 9 September 2012 (UTC) modified on 15:34, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I'd say if you're using a public connection (or stealing wifi from a neighbor or something), go ahead and create an alternate. If you're editing from your own wifi, you don't have to. What do you mean about the performing a list of actions? Are you talking about permissions? - Purplewowies (talk) 15:59, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes I was referring to permissions. Also I assume I am not stealing WiFi - I can see a WiFi option when I scroll the banner on top of the phone. (I am using a Samsung ace plus, with Idea Cellular sim card for 3G (3G probably not activated). But I may also edit near a computer having Wi-Fi. So does that cause any threat. Thanks for your reply.···Vanischenu^「m/_Talk」 18:38, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank You

Hello, I just wanted to thank the founder of wikipaedia (where paed = foot, not feet) (and a phile is not a vial nor vitriolic, but it is vital).

Thank You Founder of Wiki/Mabo Pedia. We live in the middle of space, how scary !! Buck Minster Fuller had that acknowledged already (when he transposed a 3-D Universe onto Trees . i.e. a 2-D papyral byblos)

Dank ut dante ... Rossetti, mMm, both were great **

Anyway, really * Thanks ever so, it has been so siply hepful and simply, a marvellous idea in itself.

So, I am Thanking You for having the idea in the first place !^! You belong to Plato's Idealisation of Eos (Eros/Erotica/Baby Lyonesse) The Dawn As a Dew that Pleases the Land.

Regards, Emma Pearce. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.172.213.74 (talk) 15:57, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Milosczv2222

Great warning to all. Again he started with his КИМИЦЗБГ02 vandalism by constantly writing an article about yourself that struck several times on the Serbian Wikipedia. Wikipedia has blocked three of 27 orders more than once. Administrators please respond. Greeting! --Kolega2357 (talk) 16:32, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Eddie Griffin (Comedian/Actor) born July 15, 1968

I represent Eddie Griffin and I want to inform you that his middle name is not James as listed, but Rubin. Also, he is not Eddie Griffin, Jr. He is just simply Eddie Griffin.

Please make changes if possible.

Thank you.

Ann Flagella

www.eddiegriffin.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.170.226.248 (talk) 18:04, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Do you know of a published document that has this information? We could cite it in the article. Without such information, anyone could go and change the info to anything else and it would be difficult to know who to believe. Yaris678 (talk) 19:39, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Consequent edits made by the same editor

Hi,

Is there a term for consequent edits made by the same editor? i.e. edits that were made without a different editor doing an edit in between. I am thinking that something like "string of edits" could do it but was wondering if a term already existed.

Yaris678 (talk) 18:31, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

wikt:consequent is a wrong word. You may be thinking of consecutive edits. This is a common term for it. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:38, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

OK. Well I got the term consequent from Help:Reverting#Rollback so maybe the wording there needs changing.

Anyway, is there a term for a set of edits to an article that was made by one editor without another editor editing in between?

Yaris678 (talk) 19:44, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Consecutive? RudolfRed (talk) 19:56, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

We've already had the "its consecutive not consequent" thing. But what do you call a set of consecutive edits by the same editor?

For example, if User A edits an article twice and then User B edits it three times and then User A edits it twice more that is 7 edits but only 3 Xs. What is X?

Yaris678 (talk) 20:08, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't think there is a special term. Wikipedia:Rollback_feature calls it "multiple consecutive edits" RudolfRed (talk) 20:16, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

In the past, I've called them a "string" or "series". I don't think there is a special term. Dismas|^(talk) 20:17, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

We mean it's called just that: "consecutive edits", or sometimes something like "consecutive edits by the same user" to make it more clear in some contexts what is meant. See for example Wikipedia:Rollback. I have changed the word in Help:Reverting#Rollback.[9] PrimeHunter (talk) 20:26, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter, thanks for making that change.

@Dismas, Thank you, you have understood what I am getting at. Yes... starting to look like there isn't a special term! I hadn't thought of series before. Perhaps series is the word to go for. I think I can imagine someone saying "Rollback reverts the top series of edits." or "After 6 series, the article had improved considerably". It also has a nice analogy with Film series. I guess there is the possibility that someone might get confused if a "series" only contains one edit.

"chain" is another option... although a chain of one edit could also be confusing. Yaris678 (talk) 20:51, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

What is this?

?

--Kijoorete-Bahnhof (talk) 22:14, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

The file has a description in a foreign language. Google translate says it translates as "middle-aged man with urinary and fecal incontinence wear all-in diaper tena slip." and thinks it's in Swedish. RJFJR (talk) 22:32, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

The image is explained on Adult diaper article. RudolfRed (talk) 22:48, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I suspect "this" is a sock. --Robert Keiden (talk) 23:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

September 10

I am being treated unfairly

I have seen a deletion notice on my article Fantastic Shabalanga, however I have provided a reference for this gentleman and yet User:And Adoil Descended claims it is not notable even though he can not read Swahili, a language of Uganda.

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fantastic Shabalanga

I am asking for your support in this case. I feel like I am being pounced on for being a newbie by overzealous admins. Thank you. --Kijoorete-Bahnhof (talk) 00:09, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

I've chimed in on the discussion. - Purplewowies (talk) 00:14, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Kijoorete, Can you explain this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipphamedl/1934568609/in/photostream/ and the license which appears to conflict with the image you uploaded?--Robert Keiden (talk) 00:33, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Not to mention that that picture makes no assertion that that man is the subject of the article. "Old man in nursing home" is kinda vague. Where's the proof that he's Fantastic? - Purplewowies (talk) 00:51, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that is my image and I am upset to announce that Fantastic Shabalanga is in a retirement home and gravely ill. I believe this is besides that point though. I invite all admins to partake in the discussion at the Admins Noticeboard. --Kijoorete-Bahnhof (talk) 00:53, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

This is being discussed in many places. Insofar as it needs to be discussed further (and I am not sure it does), it shouldn't be split all over the place. Let's keep this at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard --Jayron32 01:01, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Kijoorete-Bahnhof has been blocked as another Technoquat sock. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:36, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

editing references

I am trying to edit references to journal articles. The information (authors, title, journal name and so on), are already there. I would like to add link to a webpage where a copy of the artilce can be seen as a pdf file. I tried to add url = .... at teh end, but the program cut off part of the address to the webpage. Similarly for a book. How do I do this?

Thanks Adam2828 (talk) 05:50, 10 September 2012 (UTC)adam2828Adam2828 (talk) 05:50, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Are you saying that you didn't copy the entire URL of the web page to begin with? Dismas|^(talk) 06:04, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Where are you copying the URL from? If you are copying from your browser's address bar, what is your browser name and version? -- John of Reading (talk) 06:22, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Please post an example. Several things could have happened and we are forced to guess without an example. I don't see one in your edits. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:45, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Information I added to a page was deleted, and I don't know why or who to contact to discuss the issue

I added some releveant information to a page about a sports star, and it was removed. The information was a link to the sport star's official website, and a mention (including link) that the sport star writes a blog for another, related website.

Both these were removed - can someone enlighten me as to why? They are both relevant facts pertaining to that individual, and information that anyone would find useful and beneficial should they search Wikipedia for that particular sports person.

I was under the inpression that Wikipedia was an open forum and that, as long as you comply with the rules, anyone was free to add relevant information and data.

So why should the particular information that I added be moderated in such a way? And what can I do about it? For example, how do I contact the person who removed it?

Thank you in anticpiation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noj3000 (talk • contribs) 09:06, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

If you tell us which article it was that will help us to work out what happened here. Britmax (talk) 09:10, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

If it was the Ben Woollaston article, both of your additions were regarding his authorship of a blog. Some editors here think that any mention of a blog means that a blog is being used as a reference, or that editing a blog is not in itself notable enough for an encyclopedia. An edit summary on the part of the person removing the information would of course have been helpful. Britmax (talk) 09:17, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

It was Ben Woollaston. And in fact, I also did the same for David Grace, Michael Holt, Liam Highfield, Stuart Bingham and Anthony McGill. They all write blogs for the Living Snooker website - surely that is in the public's interest and information worthy of being included in a reference page about them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noj3000 (talk • contribs) 09:32, 10 September 2012 (UTC) --Noj3000 (talk) 15:30, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Foreign language help (Korean)

Is there a specific help desk or other page to request assistance with material in foreign languages? I'm struggling to figure out what the latest addition to Sarah Baartman#Cultural references is trying to say. It includes a link to a page on the Korean WP so perhaps somone who can read that page might be able to fix the garbled English. Roger (talk) 10:53, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

You could try Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Korea. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:50, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

I am new

Good day. My name is Aitarou Omutsu (相田ルーチンオムツ) and I am a professor at Toin University of Yokohama located in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.

I teach in political and social sciences and I have many contributions to make to the English wikipedia.

Outside of teaching, I enjoy reading and lectures.

I am new to Wikipedia. How do I get started? Thank you. --AitarouOmutsu-TUY (talk) 12:18, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi,

You will find that Wikipedia:Tutorial takes you through most of what you need to know to get started.

You may also want to think about how you want to contribute. Some users like to start new articles. Some users like to make big improvements to existing articles. Some users like to make lots of small improvements in many different articles. Some users like to create maps. Some users like to take photos. And so on.

Yaris678 (talk) 12:37, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Welcome. You might also find it useful to take a look at WP:WikiProject Politics and WP:WikiProject Sociology. WikiProjects are where editors with a common interest meet to discuss articles within their field. There are also WikiProjects covering most of the worlds countries a well as for transnational organisations. This essay has some useful advice for expert editors such as yourself. Roger (talk) 12:53, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Just speaking logically and not practically

Is "Ask a doctor/lawyer; seek professional medical/legal advice" not itself medical/legal advice? It seems equivalent to the statement "On the medical/legal topic you just mentioned, I advise you to speak to such-and-such professional." Though you didn't touch the technical content, you directed them in the direction of someone who would, and for all practical purposes, cannot deny that if said person did go to a professional and get content advice, you were a part of their getting there. If somebody asked me what's going on with their transmission, and I told them to go to Joe the a mechanic, I wouldn't say that in no way whatsoever did I give them auto care advice. Not very specific auto care advice, but nonetheless advice definitely on the subject of auto care. :) 20.137.18.53 (talk) 13:52, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

There is no "logically versus practically" dichotmy. We don't tell them which doctor or lawyer to consult, your scenarios all include specifying which professional to consult. The standard template answer used here basically says "Sorry, we are not qualified to answer this question, please ask someone who is", so it is not equivalent at all. Roger (talk) 14:22, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

I modified my original post after your response. It doesn't seem to cause a major change in the fact that "seek professional advice from either anyone or someone in particular on X" is advice on the subject of X. "On the subject of medical advice, seek a professional" still helps them get closer to the answer to a medical question. 20.137.18.53 (talk) 14:30, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

So what? That's a trivial fact, and not relevant here. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:19, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Does the reference desk only answer "relevant" questions? :) 20.137.18.53 (talk) 15:32, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

This isn't the reference desk, it's the help desk. This page is for questions about using Wikipedia, so relevance matters. The reference desk might be willing to discuss it, but be aware that if you are asking if you can give particular advice then that is a legal question and rather than answer it they will tell you to consult a (licensed) legal professional. RJFJR (talk) 16:25, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the legal advice (Suggesting where I go (the reference desk) where someone would point me to a professional on the topic of legality. "The reference desk might be willing to discuss it, but be aware that if you are asking if you can give particular advice then that is a legal question and rather than answer it they will tell you to consult a (licensed) legal professional."). 20.137.18.53 (talk) 16:34, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Uploading photos taken from the Olympic Games

The London 2012 conditions for ticket holders read as follows:

"Images, video and sound recordings of the Games taken by a Ticket Holder cannot be used for any purpose other than for private and domestic purposes and a Ticket Holder may not license, broadcast or publish video and/or sound recordings, including on social networking websites and the internet more generally, and may not exploit images, video and/or sound recordings for commercial purposes under any circumstances, whether on the internet or otherwise, or make them available to third parties for commercial purposes."

Does this condition mean users are not allowed to upload images taken at the Olympics to Wikipedia under any type of free license? If so, then what happens to the images which have already been uploaded to Wikipedia and had their licenses confirmed by an admin, like Flickr for example? Wolcott (talk) 14:48, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

I Am Not A Lawyer but I believe it means that anyone who has uploaded such a picture here is in breach of UK law. I do not know whether Wikipedia is itself in breach of UK law when it hosts and uses such pictures; my guess would be that it is in breach. Confirmation by an admin would do nothing to change this. Maproom (talk) 15:38, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

The copyright/licensing experts hang out at WP:MCQ, so you should probably ask there. FWIW I am a lawyer and while it would not be a breach of English law in the criminal sense, it is a breach of the contract that you enter into when you buy your ticket. The question is whether LOCOG has the time, inclination and budget to sue uploaders for breach of contract. The ticket restrictions would however mean that any uploads probably do not comply with Wikipedia's or Commons' licensing requirements.--ukexpat (talk) 15:47, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

This was recently discussed at Commons:COM:VPC#Photos of [Olympic] Sporting Events, the view was that this is a non-copyright restriction and does not therefore breach Commons' licensing requirements, which are mainly concerned with copyright status. January (talk) 16:12, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Uploading a picture

Hi, I want to upload a picture from a horror movie, but it doesn't let me because I am not an "autoconfirmed user" or something like that. What's that? I'm new to the site and would like to know whether I'm asking on right desk. Thank you. Cooppeerr (talk) 15:46, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Different Question

on Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongqing I deleted the previous reference by mistake and do not know how to put it back in correctly.

RLC19808Rlc19808 (talk) 15:52, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

User:Mdann52 has put it back correctly. Maproom (talk) 16:07, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

I've fixed it. What you did is accidently changes </ref> to </r .Thanks for expanding the article, Mdann52 (talk) 16:09, 10 September 2012 (UTC)