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    June 12

    How do you create a countdown timer?

    I tried creating a countdown timer in Section 5, Table 4, Row 66, Column 4 (2011 San Francisco Giants season, Game log, June (6-3), 66/Score), at this site, but the cell reads “this event is already finished.” Please help...thanks... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.31.102 (talk) 22:48, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    See the documentation at Template:Countdown. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    add this information {{countdown |year = 9999 |month = 1 |day = 1 |hour = 0 |minute = 0 |second = 0 |event = unknown starts }}

    Add in the correct numbers for the fields for example hear is a coundown clock for Christmas {{countdown |year = 2011 |month = 12 |day = 25 |hour = 0 |minute = 0 |second = 0 |event = Christmas Starts }} Christmas Starts has started. (refresh)


    Umm... it still says the event has already finished.....please help....thanks..........
    Also, did i mention this is being inserted into a TABLE? does it not work in a cell?
    I haven't looked at all your edits but your problem may be time zones. Template:Countdown says: "the time on this countdown clock is GMT (UTC+0)". See Greenwich Mean Time. I guess you are trying to use some American time zone instead. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:57, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Got it. Thanks, A comment by a person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 03:12, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Unanswered question in the WP:WQA

    I earlier got advice on this forum here about what to do with a dispute, and got advice to use WP:WQA. After posting the problem there I haven't got an answer since June 7. Some other user, also involved in the dispute, suggested I moved it to the admin notices or incidents section here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents . What should I do? Davidelah (talk) 00:13, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    COI editing guide

    We've been getting some use out of this on the IRC help channel. Feel free to pass it around, if you find it useful. WP:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide (WP:PSCOI). Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 00:52, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    sound template help

    I am new to displaying sounds. Trying to use a template to show a sound file in Myrrha. I found one in the John Phillip Sousa article and cut and pasted it and edited the values. however, it is showing both the file name (ugly) and a wikilinkied title of the song (pretty). In the Sousa article, use of the template only showed the wikilinked title. How can I make this work how I want it? TCO (talk) 01:04, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    See Template talk:Listen#MIDI issue. Template:Listen#Style parameters says:
    • play#: some media files cannot be displayed inline; if this is the case set |play=no to prevent the broken inline link from displaying.
    PrimeHunter (talk) 01:30, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    For an .ogg file (as on the Sousa page) a play button is displayed. Since there is no player for .mid files, it displays the file link. —teb728 t c 01:58, 12 June 2011 (UTC) In other words .ogg files can be played by clicking on the button, but .mid files can be played only by visiting the file page and playing the file from there. —teb728 t c 02:16, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    computer will not start up

    I have tried to restart my computer and it will not. It says I have to contact the manufacterer for help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.229.152 (talk) 03:45, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry, but this help desk is only for Wikipedia. We can't help you there, sorry - please look somewhere else.Jasper Deng (talk) 03:47, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    It sounds like you need to take it into a repair shop, but you might try asking at the computing section of the reference desk.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:13, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Umm...this is Wikipedia, not the CPU place. You need to Google or Bing a computer place, and...um...why would you come here first for that type of info??? And...have you ever though about... “...contact[ing] the manufacterer for help”??? And read what it says on the top of this page. WIKIPEDIA ONLY. I don't mean to be critical, but WHY would you come to WIKIPEDIA for your computer? Unless it was caused BY WIKIPEDIA, I really don't see why you would do such a thing...anyway, you should bring it to maybe a best buy for inspection. and also how old is the computer? maybe it just died...— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.31.102 (talk) 22:53, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Quoting a Source

    I'm writing an article on a new, canon Sherlock Holmes novel and I would like to quote part of a post on the author's website. To attribute, do I simply add a source and quotation marks? Or are other further procedures entailed? Tatoranaki (talk) 04:03, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Here's the Wikipedia page in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Silk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatoranaki (talk • contribs) 04:15, 12 June 2011 (UTC)Tatoranaki (talk) 04:16, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    First, if it is a direct quote you must use quotation marks. You can reference a source one of two ways. First you can type in <ref>[www.example.com example title]</ref> Otherwise you can click the cite tab above your editing window from the templates list choose "Cite Web". Ryan Vesey (talk) 05:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Great, thanks! Tatoranaki (talk) 05:12, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Signatures

    So I'm new and haven't quite gotten into the habit of consistently signing my edits yet, so I get the auto-signature from the bot pretty often. Up until now, when this happened, I would normally go back to the edit in question and add a signature, since it really annoys me that I forget to sign posts. However, just now, when I did this on a WP:AfD edit, I realized that when I did this, I was also changing the timestamp of my edits, which seems like it could be seen as gaming the system or something equally undesirable. Am I correct in assuming that I should refrain from doing this from now on? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bstbll (talk • contribs) 07:29, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It's fairly obvious what someone is doing when they replace the bot's signature with their own; no reasonable person would assume nefarious intent, so I just wouldn't worry about it. However, when you do this from now on, if the bot has left a time stamp, just erase all the other text in the unsigned message, then place three tildes (which places just your username) before the existing time stamp. If a time stamp was not left (which it often isn't when users add the {{unsigned}} template) you can go to the page history, copy the time code when you made the edit, and then place three tildes before it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:46, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Alright, wonderful, thank you very much. Bstbll (talk) 08:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You can change the name portion of the tag with three tildes, leaving the time portion alone. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 19:51, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    adding pictures

    Ronnie Reed

    I would like to add a photo to the article about Ronnie Reed. There is a photo of Eddie Chapman (spy) in his Wiki article, but not of his Case Officer, Ronnie Reed, in t he Reed article. There is an icon called Picture Gallery, but nothing happens when I click on it. Nicholas J Reed (talk) 09:47, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    See Help:Files for how to upload and use files. It would be particularly good if you have a photo you took yourself or one that has been released under a free license. —teb728 t c 11:30, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Purpose of a parameter in welcome template

    I want to use Template:Welcomespam. However, I do not fully understand the documentation. What is the purpose of the 'Username' parameter? Since I intend to sign my message, this seems quite unnecessary. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:20, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you include this parameter, the words "my talk page" near the end of the text will turn into an extra wikilink to your talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:34, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, using {{subst:Welcomespam|Börse Stuttgart|Toshio Yamaguchi}} has produced what I intended to have. Maybe the documentation should be updated to show, what the markup actually produces when used. It would be better to know what this looks like after being placed on someones talk page. I think I am going to do this. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:45, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
     Erledigt I updated the template documentation to include a usage example. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 12:03, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Photo policy

    I need help about Wikipedia policy regarding using a photo/illustration from this site:

    http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinstateno00dulgoog

    Some of the pictures can be viewed here:

    http://books.google.com/books/about/Bulletin_of_the_State_Normal_School_Dulu.html?id=ihMTAAAAIAAJ

    Would it be possible to place any of these pictures in the Wikipedia Commons images section?

    Thanks Gandydancer (talk) 12:35, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The site you linked to says "Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT", so I believe you can upload any images in it to Commons. --ColinFine (talk) 14:05, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Wrong complaint

    i didnt edit any of the pages in wikipedia and i had recieved a wrong complaint about myself — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.255.1.25 (talk) 13:59, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Actually, there have been 37 edits from your IP, not many recently. Are you using a shared computer? Ryan Vesey (talk) 14:08, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    (after edit conflict:) The warning on your talk page dates from January: if you did not make the edit, it was another user using the IP address which you are now using, and you can ignore it. (As it says at the bottom of your talk page: "This is the discussion page for an IP user, identified by the user's numerical IP address. Some IP addresses change periodically, and may be shared by several users. If you are an IP user, you may create an account or log in to avoid future confusion with other IP users. Registering also hides your IP address.") --ColinFine (talk) 14:09, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict × 2) See also Wikipedia:Why create an account? to read about the benefits of creating an account. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:15, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    It happens all the time due to ip adresses just ignore it unless you get blocked then you should contact an administrator...thanks.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.31.102 (talk) 23:01, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    French Canadian

    The article on French Canada needs a map. It stumbles with words to describe this area of Canada. I'm new at this, and don't know how to go forward. Do I insert a map of my choosing under the edit tab, or what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pb8bije6a7b6a3w (talk • contribs) 15:12, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you have an image you would like to add to the article , you would have to upload it first. However, you are not yet autonfirmed (see WP:AUTOCONFIRM). That means, your account must be more than four days old and have made more than 10 edits. Once you are autoconfirmed, you can upload images to Wikipedia. If you have a free image, you should consider uploading it to Wikimedia Commons, which is a repository for free media and can be found here. If you do not have an image, you can request one either at Wikipedia:Requested pictures or at Commons:Picture requests. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 18:00, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Nickelodeon Shows are a Problem

    It seems that for all of the Nickelodeon shows, the pages, in my honest opinion, look like trash because there are IPs that are editing them and not using proper grammar or language. It gets really annoying, especially on the iCarly episode pages. I think we need to either semi-protect all of these pages permanently or have people go in there any fix all of the problems. This doesn't happen with any of the Disney Channel shows. --DisneyFriends (talk) 15:41, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Trust me, it's not just anonymous IP's. ----DanTD (talk) 16:19, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Wildbot Updates

    I just found out that the original creator of User:WildBot may have left Wikipedia. Could somebody who is in charge of it now update the dab tag at Talk:History of the Long Island Rail Road? The only dab link at this point seems to be scrub oak. ----DanTD (talk) 16:06, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I removed the two other ones because they have been fixed as you noticed. You can see what I did in the history and you can fix this yourself next time. GB fan (talk) 16:11, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Wow, I didn't realize it could be that easy. If I had any knowledge and interest in botany, I'd fix the scrub oak one too, but I'm afraid I have to save that for some other editor. ----DanTD (talk) 16:18, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Large space after col template

    hello,

    please remove the large space between the header "Personnel" and the bulleted list in At Carnegie Hall (Miles Davis album). Thank you.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫Share–a–Power[citation needed] 16:15, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I think the problem is the column in the personnel section. If you make the section one column the white space disappears. GB fan (talk) 16:49, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
     Done. Thank you for reporting this. Thanks again :)
    GB why didn't you fix it instead of telling other people to...? Also, please look at this and see if you could answer this.

    Lamont Dozier Wikipedia Updates

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

    Hello

    You have prevented our edits on Lamont Dozier's Wikipedia pages several times.

    We are trying to UPDATE the page to accuracy and to resemble is Biography on his web page.

    Could you please help us out with the udates. Whoever wrote it added some incorrect information, it is written like a 5th grader, and he deserves something better.

    Also, we HATE the photo being used and would like to substitute another one, it is a BAD representation of Lamont Dozier.

    Thank you in advance for your help.

    Sincerely,

    Barbara Dozier & Lamont Dozier — Preceding unsigned comment added by Napoleongrl (talk • contribs) 16:21, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Please go the the article's talk page and describe what is inaccurate. The best thing you could do is provide there reliable sources that back up your claims of inaccuracies. The edits you wished to add will not be accepted as they are blatantly promotional, are unsourced, and bowdlerize the article's content. The article will not ever resemble the content from the website as the article is not a commercial but an encyclopedia article. We really do want to to know what is inaccurate. Currently, a large portion of the existing content does not have sources, which is a problem, but we are not going to replace it with an ad. Please note that as an editor with a conflict of interest, you should not be editing the article directly but telling us what the problems are. Also, be advised that only one person can have an account. Your post here makes it clear that you are speaking for two people. Please also read Wikipedia:Autobiography. Regarding the photograph, please visit Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials#Donating your photographs. Thank you.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:37, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    As people in the music industry, you should be aware of the dangers of copying someone else's work without attribution. Please do not copy and paste content from another website. Astronaut (talk) 19:50, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Stuff not showing up for users who are not logged in.

    I'm still experiencing this issue.

    Someone else asked about it - but it's still affecting me on a regular basis (on various different machines). So presumably affects others. I spotted it yesterday when I went to an article I've been editing (before logging in), and it looked for a moment as if it had been reverted to several days before. Then when I logged in the page refreshed and contained the expected updates. I then logged out - without closing my browser and looked at the page - it all seemed fine. Today (having cleared my cache) I did the same (visited the page before logging in) and once again the article appeared to be the old version (older than the version I had last seen after I logged out) - logging in again updated the content.

    It's clearly a tech issue - but it may mean that non registered users (perhaps only mozilla + IE8? with win xp?) get versions of the website that don't contain the most recent edits. I'm not sure who to tell - is there a techie dept for wikipedia that might like to look at this sort of thing ? EdwardLane (talk) 18:22, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I've never seen this problem myself so I can only tell you what I would try if I did see it.
    • When you are looking at the article and not seeing your changes, what does the article history show? Does the record of your missing edits appear in the history?
    • Did you try everything applicable from WP:PURGE, WP:NULL, and WP:REFRESH?
    • WP:VPT is sometimes a better place for discussing technical problems with Wikipedia. Also see bugzilla: where you can report the bug if no one else has reported it already. See WP:BUGS.
    • Check WP:BROWSER to see if it sheds any light. See Wikipedia talk:Browser notes for some discussion about browser problems.
    --Teratornis (talk) 19:11, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks I'll check those links out - I saw it again just 30 mins ago with an image not showing until I logged in. I'll leave a note here reporting any further updates. EdwardLane (talk) 22:31, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    You did not mention the names of the article(s) you refer to in this question. The behavior you report sounds something like what might happen with Wikipedia:Flagged revisions, although I'm not suggesting that is what you are seeing. The idea with flagged revisions is that visitors do not see the latest revision(s) of an article until they are "sighted" i.e. approved by someone with the reviewer privilege. --Teratornis (talk) 19:04, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    How do you add a table?

    How do you add a table to a Wikipedia article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.17.50 (talk) 18:28, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    See Help:Table, or click edit to see how it is done on a page with a table similar to the one you want to add. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:47, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    If you need more specific help, describe the table you want to add, and tell us the name of the article. Note that Wikipedia has thousands of templates, some of which insert pre-formatted tables. --Teratornis (talk) 18:56, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


    Umm...use this (click edit to view table text):

    OR use this:




    YOU'RE WELCOME.

    Recently created articles from redirects

    Is there a page that lists pages which were formerly redirects, but which were recently made into articles? Thanks in advance. Neutralitytalk 20:51, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Not as far as I know. You might want to ask at the Village Pump where someone might know of something that would do that -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\[alternative account of Phantomsteve] 12:45, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    William Willard "Bill" Sanders (nationally known political cartoonist

    I am a writer and have a bio draft (semilar to others in Wikileaks. I would like to copy and past onto my users (draft) page section for futher editing and rewrite---but find no space to do that. Would appareciate help. Joyce Mary Wallace (talk) 21:25, 12 June 2011 (UTC) Joyce Mary Wallace[reply]

    Click me CTJF83 21:32, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I have moved the draft to User:Joyce Mary Wallace/William Willard Sanders in accordance with the usual practice for draft articles. – ukexpat (talk) 16:29, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    By the way ... we're not Wikileaks! --ColinFine (talk) 18:42, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Carbon fixation

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

    There seems to be a problem with the definition of "Carbon Fixation" and I want to edit it but for some reason I am not allowed. The current definition: "Carbon fixation refers to any process through which gaseous carbon dioxide is converted into a solid compound." I would like to change it to: "Carbon fixation refers to any biological process through which atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted into a more complex organic compounds such as glucose." I can't seem to get to the header portion of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwatts59 (talk • contribs) 22:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The article, Carbon fixation is not protected at all. You should be able to edit it. When you go to the article there should be an edit tab at the top near the right side. If you click on it and it doesn't open up with an edit box, come back here and tell us what it says. Please also remember to add reliable sources to the information you add or change. GB fan (talk) 23:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    On Wikipedia, we call the header portion of a page the lead section (or lede section). It's often the most-viewed part of an article, and thus the part that gets a lot of edits, so naturally we make it difficult to edit. See WP:LEAD#Editing the lead section. This link opens the lead section of Carbon fixation in an edit window. --Teratornis (talk) 18:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Picture on Thomas Bridges (Anglican missionary)

    Can someone please help me format the picture on this page? I would like it to appear on top of the protestant missionaries template. If I place it directly above the two appear side by side, so I added spaces between the image and the template; however, when I did that the text got pushed down. I believe there is a workaround to this. Currently, I have it placed below the template on the screen, I think this is less visually appealing. Ryan Vesey (talk) 23:00, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I've tried two times myself as well, but I can't get it either because the templates and Protestant box are in the way. SwisterTwister (talk) 23:29, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    How about this layout (copied from Allen Gardiner)? —teb728 t c 02:53, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, I tried for an hour. I never thought to move the Protestant missions template. Ryan Vesey (talk) 02:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I didn't think of it either: I just figured that one of the other missionary articles would have solved the problem, and sure enough, one did. —teb728 t c 06:50, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Dario Suro Images

    I have a few images that I would like to add to the article on my father, artist, critic and diplomat. Please advise me on what I should do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.203.86.227 (talk) 23:48, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    See Help:Files for how to upload and use images. —teb728 t c 02:56, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Wagner SOlar INc

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

    http://blog.wagner-solar.com/international/german-solar-pioneer-wagner-solar-inc-targets-north-america-with-award-winning-products/


    Hi,

    There are some editors who keep redirecting this page to Wagner and Co. This is incorrect since Wagner solar Inc is a subsidiary, and therefore is a different company all together. I would like to stop this from happening because it is erroneous. The other link above is to a Wagner and Co blog announcing that they have launched Wagner Solar Inc as a subsidiary, which proves my claim.

    Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rossjsabasteanski (talk • contribs) 23:51, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, I am "some editors", and when I evaluated a speedy deletion request for Wagner Solar, I determined that while that would be actionable, a more useful thing for the encyclopedia was to redirect and refocus the article on Wagner & Co., which did have evidence of notability. It's all in the article history. LadyofShalott 23:58, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    To explain that differently, Wikipedia does not have articles for all companies--only those that have significant coverage in independent reliable sources. The Wagner Solar article did not indicate why the subject was important or significant. —teb728 t c 02:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    June 13

    Adding content

    i updated the movie credits of two actors who appeared in a movie i made. the changes appeared - they took - now they're gone. did i not do something when i added the content that i should've? OR could someone have removed my changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.58.204.173 (talk) 00:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Someone must have reverted your edit. Maybe you failed to add a verifiable source. I can't help you much more as you haven't included a link to the page and must have a dynamic IP so I can't see your recent contributions. I would also like to suggest that you create an account, for this reason and more that I am including on a template on your talk page. Ryan Vesey (talk) 00:25, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Since this was for a movie you made, maybe someone detected your conflict of interest and reverted your edits as spam. —teb728 t c 02:04, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Bible Verses

    Hello, I was wondering if it is appropriate to cite bible verses as sources in religion-related articles. For example: [1]. 184.36.9.96 (talk) 01:33, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Please consider asking this question at the reliable sources noticeboard. They specialize in answering questions about specific sources and will be able to evaluate the reliability of these verses as sources. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 01:46, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    In the specific instance you are referring to, the citation is necessary because it quotes the bible verse. Ryan Vesey (talk) 02:00, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Facepalm Facepalm Thanks Ryan. I should have looked at this more closely. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 02:34, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Template markup

    Resolved
     - It works now. Thanks John and Fuhghettaboutit. --Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 10:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I have created a template that should be transcluded or substituted into a talkpage. I want to achieve that I can place something like {{Template:Nameoftemplate|Example}} on a talk page and produce something like

    This is template text Example.

    Note that the term "Example" should display as a wikilink. How can I do this? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 02:23, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure I understand but I thought maybe you were looking for something like {{Tltts3}} which allows you to display a template with all its paramters and the template linked (as well as a tool tip). For example, {{tltts3|sdd2|hover over text|par=Article|par2=CSD tag used|par3=reason it isn't a valid speedy}} results in {{subst:sdd2|hover over text}}. There are many variations on these templates which you can explore at Category:Internal link templates (all of these templates start at "tl" which stands for template link).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:40, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Try This is template text [[{{{1}}}]]. "1" with three pairs of curly brackets refers to the first unnamed parameter, and then the usual square brackets turn it into a wikilink. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Template coding help

    Resolved
     - - Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 13:05, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there a noticeboard or a place where I can ask someone to write template code for a sandbox template? – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 07:33, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You might ask at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Alternatively you can give us information about what the template you exactly want to have and we might help you. Regards.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫Share–a–Power[citation needed] 10:51, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks so much! I don't think there is a current need (anymore), but I've been wondering this question for a long time anyway. For future reference, I'll look at the suggested Village pump : ) – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 13:05, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Weird page

    When I attempt to move the page Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Just wanted to try it out, nothing malicious intended ;) ), I get a weird message about Image naming policies like this. Is there a problem somewhere? Lynch7 09:16, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Is that on English Wikipedia? I am surprised you have access to the move command at all on that page, for the protection log shows it has indefinite move=sysop protection. —teb728 t c 10:26, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, that's here. The "move" command is hidden from the user interface, as you'd expect, but if you try it anyway by using the equivalent URL, you get an incorrect error message. I'm not sure that it's worth fixing though. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:47, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, thought so. I use a gadget (sorry, I don't know its name), so I get the move option all right. I guess if its hidden from view, it shouldn't be worth fixing. Thanks guys. Lynch7 14:43, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    log in dates

    if i go to my web site and do not want people to see me signed on how do i block the sighn in date.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.164.9.82 (talk) 13:12, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 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 TNXMan 13:22, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Password help

    I forgot my password. And I swear, I really have looked high and low, and I just cannot for the life of me find the link that will cause Wikipedia to send a temporary new one to my e-mail inbox. The link is supposed to be on the login page, but it isn't there. Can anyone advise me? Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.74.161 (talk) 14:11, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It's a button on the login page. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Uploading a Copyrighted Image w/ Permission

    I have an image I would like to upload that is copyrighted, but I have permission from the author to use it. Can I upload it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SpencerCaton (talk • contribs) 15:08, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Please read WP:COPYREQ#How to ask for permission, Wikipedia:Example requests for permission and WP:COPYREQ#When permission is confirmed. If you follow these steps, it should make everything clear. If you have any questions, please feel free to come back here again. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:32, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I recently discovered

    that there is a counter that tracks articles that editors have started. I am not particularly interested in stats, but I checked me out ("Vanity, vanity, thy name is carptrash?") and I am somewhere in the top half million or so. I just noticed that an article that I started, Adolph Alexander Weinman, was in fact begun by me while I was not signed in. A look at the history shows (opinion) that pretty clearly. So my question is, how do I get credit for starting that article? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:21, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You could post a note on the talk page, perhaps? See Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit; this kind of history fix was discontinued in 2005. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:13, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you, John. I think that I will just learn to live with it. As I have with most of my other youthful indiscretions. Carptrash (talk) 21:56, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    transcluding userbox formula

    Hi, I'm wanting to know what I have to do to my raw userbox formula {{

    This user lives in the USA

    to transclude it. I don't know how anyone else knows how to do this because I can't find a step by step explanation anywhere. Cheers, Tjpob (talk) 15:45, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, simply create a sub page in your user space like User:Tjpob/Lives In USA or some other name, then paste your code into it. To use your userbox on your page, use {{User:Tjpob/Lives In USA}} that should work. I hope that answers your question. Quasihuman | Talk 16:19, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    My own wiki entry

    Hi I have a small profile here at Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gledhill It cites an article it claims I wrote about Peter Mullen. I wrote a blog as recorded but I believe the blog is no longer visible to view. At least I cannot find it. The external link to the source cites an article from the Evening Standard that I did not write. No article as cited ever appeared in The Times . Meanwhile, nearly 25 years of work for The Times, two years for the Daily Mail and two years for the Birmingham Post is ignored. As are five books and countless other articles, interviews and features for publications such as the Church of England Newspaper. This Wiki entry is terribly unrepresentative of my life's work a religion corr of The Times and its focus is fetishistic in way I consider misogynist and sexist. I wonder if there is any way at all of doing anything about this? My entry in Who's Who is much better. (Am I posting this in the right place? Apologies if not.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruthgledhill (talk • contribs) 16:34, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Ruth Gledhill (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
    Please read this guideline before editing the article again - also the following section entitled Problems in an article about you. You are most welcome to suggest new content by posting on the talk page, Talk:Ruth Gledhill, ideally giving independent sources so that readers can check the information for themselves.
    That blog post about Peter Mullen does exist - I found an archived copy - but I agree with you that it does not belong in an encyclopedia entry about your life and work. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Norele

    Norele, pronounced No"rel*e\, n., an internet search meaning no related content and no relevancy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.228.244.123 (talk) 16:55, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 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. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    If you are suggesting a new topic for an article, first read WP:NEOLOGISM and WP:NOTDICTIONARY. --Teratornis (talk) 18:37, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    freemasons

    I wish to add my name in the list of freemasons, please advise.Prem malik (talk) 18:10, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you are notable and someone writes an article about you, then you can be added to the list. – ukexpat (talk) 18:26, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    If you are not notable enough for a Wikipedia article, you can make a user page and add one of the freemason userboxes to it. See Category:International organization user templates, for example User:UBX/Freemason. Also see Category:WikiProject Freemasonry members. --Teratornis (talk) 18:53, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Geoffrey Chaucer

    Hello, I'm translating some of this article into the spanish version and when I was seeking for some references found that there is a book for sale that includes wikipedia content. I don't know if that is legal or correct because the book, even cheap, have to be bought. Please check this links, one of google books and other of a store.

    Thanks, and sorry for my bad english. --Mechusriva (talk) 19:11, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia content can be sold, so long as attribution is given. I can literally take the text of Wikipedia articles, print them in a book, and sell that book, and so long as the terms of Wikipedia's reuse license is followed, there are no problems at all. I have not looked at these books in particular, but it is quite possible to sell Wikipedia content. --Jayron32 19:14, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    See Wikipedia:Alphascript. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 02:11, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiProject Buses

    Can somebody please sort out WP:WikiProject Buses, please? I can't get the box to go at the right hand side and the content to go on the rest of the page (the left). Rcsprinter (talk) 19:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    (Partial answer)
    I think it is a mistake for Wikipedia:WikiProject Buses/right panel to use the {{Float}} template. That template arranges for page elements to ignore each other, possibly overlapping if there isn't room. If you go to Template:Float/doc and then make the browser window very narrow, you should be able to make the word "weapons" disappear behind the second Japanese flag.
    If you want the page to have a full-width heading, some stuff on the left, and some stuff on the right, you could try borrowing some of the clever stuff from Portal:Buses, or perhaps some ordinary table markup might fix it. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:29, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    incorrect information

    An article about Jewelers Row in Philadelphia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewelers'_Row,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania, incorrectly has my father's business as starting in 1851: "The Row is home to the country's oldest continuously operating diamond shop, wholesaler I. Gansky and Co., which dates to 1851." My father, Irving Gansky was born in 1912, came to the United States in 1923. He became an apprentis in the late 20s, and did not open his own jewelry business until the 1940s. Who can remove that sentence from the article? Paula Gansky — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.59.78.124 (talk) 21:26, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Anyone can remove incorrect info. It's best if you could source any change to a reliable source CTJF83 21:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Associated Acts

    Could someone please create a Page about editing the associated acts section of bands / artist articles on Wikipedia

    The whole idea of 'Associated acts' is a bit cloudy what exactly constitutes an associated act and how can this association be shown / cited to be true. I ask as I have seen a few artist pages where Lady GaGa has been added as an Associated act and there doesn't seem to be any apparent artist link or reason for doing so. Likewise this is the case for other artists too the section is a bit vague.

    I tried searching for a how to or guide page about this but didn't find one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.223.49.106 (talk) 21:46, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Does Template:Infobox_musical_artist#associated_acts help? I see people overusing it too much to be honest. doomgaze (talk) 21:50, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes that helps thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.223.49.106 (talk) 21:56, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Help inserting table into template (coding assistance please)

    Disregard
     - Moving discussion to my talk page for now. : ) – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 03:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Intended appearance after final implementation

    Hi, first off, I honestly have no clue where to post this question. Someone above kindly pointed me to Village pump (technical), but that place just doesn't seem right. So I'm posting my question in full detail here. On the very top left of this sandbox, User:Keraunoscopia/sandstorm, is a notice of deprecation. It needs to be inserted into Template:Infobox_album/sandbox, specifically in the header11 or data12 fields (I have no clue). Here's why: album reviews are not supposed to be listed in the infobox. If they are, this notice needs to appear directly beneath the "Professional reviews" bar. Please make any necessary changes to the overall width of the table so that it fits within the infobox. Infoboxes, I believe, use ems for widths, and my example simply uses pixels, which probably won't correlate very well. If this is posted in the wrong area, do let me know. Otherwise, thanks so much for any help I can get with this! – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:58, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Justin Bieber

    There is a spelling error on Justin Bieber's page. It is under full protection. The error occured on the last comment on the talk page and at the bottom of the 2010-present section. It is incorrectly spelled "Beiber" instead of "Bieber". I hope you can fix it. 166.249.132.182 (talk) 23:55, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

     Erledigt I have corrected the spelling error. Alpha Quadrant talk 23:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    June 14

    Listing on your site crashes firefox

    I tried several times to load the following page and it crashed firefox every time.

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

    Please look into this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.3.134.234 (talk) 00:20, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    No problem for me with Firefox 3.6.17. Have you tried flushing your cache? - David Biddulph (talk) 00:59, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    No problem with Firefox 4.0.1 either. GB fan (talk) 01:27, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Just updated to Firefox 5.0 and it works fine there too. GB fan (talk) 01:32, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Zwinger?

    While looking at the edit attribution page, I noticed a reference to something called "zwinger." What is that? Is it some kind of admintool that is hidden from the public, as I looked at a few places it might be (zwinger.wikimedia.org, zwinger.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org/zwinger, etc.) and found nothing.  A p3rson ‽ 01:58, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    http://zwinger.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits.cgi was an edit counter that Kate has provided. I don't think it has worked since some time in 2005.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:23, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, I noticed when I was looking around that zwinger.wikimedia.org didn't return a "page not found" error, but just timed out, so I wasn't sure if that was it, becuase it makes some references to SQL, maybe it was hosted on that server. (anyone else?)
    EDIT - While using the WayBack machine, I found that zwinger appeared to be the main Wikipedia database dump server. Around Feb 2006, it split into 2 websites: [ganglia.wikimedia.org] and [nagios.wikimedia.org]. Ganglia seems to be a server stats viewer, while Nagios seems a kind of server dashboard. However, Nagios also has a login button (my en.wiki login doesn't work), what is that for? Is that related to the old zwinger server?  A p3rson ‽ 03:34, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    This may or may not be relevant, but Nagios is a system monitoring system. From the name I would guess that nagios.wikimedia.org was a server that ran monitoring software. --ColinFine (talk) 21:30, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Image reuse

    I have found some very good images on Wikipedia and would like to use them in a textbook I am writing. However, I have been trying to contact the users to make sure I am free to do this under the Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. I am having no success when I try to e-mail them using the directions on the webpage. Could you please let me know if I need to contact them for this reason or am free to use the images. If I need to contact them, please let me know how to do this. Redheadsheb (talk) 03:06, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Please read through WP:REUSE and even commons:COM:REUSE. They should prove helpful. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 03:39, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Orphan Article Fixed

    Would it be possible to remove the warning that my article about Trevor Clark is an Orphan, as a number of links have been added, connecting it to other Wikipedia articles. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lotus1029 (talk • contribs) 05:56, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You have added links from Trevor Clark to other Wikipedia articles. This is a good thing to do - an important part of how the encyclopedia works - but it doesn't help with the orphan tag. Before that tag can be removed, there need to be links going the other way, from other Wikipedia articles to Trevor Clark. According to this list, there is only one such link, in List of fiction set in Toronto. Is this person mentioned in other Wikipedia articles? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Please, also note that the article isn't yours. See WP:OWN for more on this. Dismas|(talk) 08:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Problem in Kurmi page

    In Kurmi page , it has been mentioned as Shudra farming caste which is totally wrong. I do not know why the different writers have not reported the facts correctly. If one studies the personality characteristics, way of life of the people belonging to Kurmis , it is certainly will prove the point that tag shudra is wrong. Secondly if Kurmis are shudras then why this caste has not been labeled as Scheduled Caste or Tribe by any Govt. Another instance, one of the caste sachan means falcon or 'baaz' in hindi which is a brave hunting word which symbolises the characteristics of a brave class. It is therefore requested that this tag shudra may be removed as it hurts the sentiments of the community. If need be, wiki can takeup an independent study ascertain the facts.

    Submitted for needful action pl, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.253.240.193 (talk) 07:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You are welcome to join the ongoing discussion of this on the Talk:Kurmi page.--Shantavira|feed me 07:39, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    have year membership with pogo changed email address have forgot password andscreen name Judy Anderson

    have changed email address for password and sign in name. have membership with club pogo but dont no how they can send it to me as they don't have new eMAIL ADDRESS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.235.100.62 (talk) 12:19, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 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. -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\[alternative account of Phantomsteve] 12:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Attempt at censorship at Korean Pop Music Scandals by an "insider"?

    I am really fuming about what I read in the debate about whether to delete the "Korean Pop Music Scandals" page. The person who wants this page deleted 1) provided false orders to readers/debaters to ignore whether or not this page is similar to others that have been approved on wikipedia, 2) then established false criteria for whether the site should remain - stating that in order for the site to remain there has to be a consensus for the site to remain (it is the other way around) and 3) he adopted a "King" of wikipedia attitude openly stating that he, himself, could have already totally removed this article had he really wanted to.

    This creates the impression that there are certain insiders who can dominate this site. I am soooooooooooooo angry!

    I do not think his attitude is conducive to the proper functioning of wikipedia - it is un-wikipedia like. I think that this ridiculous debate about this page should be summarily ended. There is no reason for this guy to go after this page. What's his problem and why doesn't wikipedia do something about it please?! Why do people want to bring censorship to wikipedia? This is an outrage.

    arlenesgrocerygirl Arlenesgrocerygal (talk) 12:24, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The proper place for this AfD discussion is on the AfD page here. Starting spin-off discussions on separate pages is known as forum shopping and is discouraged. The article was nominated for deletion less than 24 hours ago, and the discussion still has several days to run. When the discussion has run its course the closing admin will weigh up the arguments presented for and against deletion. The best ways to prevent the page being deleted are (a) to improve it and (b) to present brief and rational arguments why it should be kept, based on Wikipedia policies. Belittling the nominator, writing lengthy posts and using emotionally loaded terms like "censorship" will almost certainly be counter-productive. You might find it helpful to read the procedures at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion; in particular the section on "How to discuss an AfD". Gandalf61 (talk) 12:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Dear Arlene, have you read our guidelines on Notability? They define what can exist within Wikipedia, and what cannot. Once you have read the guidelines and related pages appropriately, perhaps you might understand better the argument that the editor, who has nominated the page for deletion, makes. There is no ulterior motive that the editor has - and most, if not all, of the arguments he makes seem very appropriate. Like Gandalf has suggested above, I too should suggest that you should continue your discussions on this issue at the relevant page. Please feel free to write back here in case you have any other issues related to using Wikipedia where you might need assistance. Kind regards. Wifione ....... Leave a message 12:55, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Any idea when we will get our "insert signature" button back?

    It's really getting irritating to have to hand-type the string to insert date/time/sig! --Orange Mike | Talk 13:09, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I've still got the button, and to prove it, here it is: --David Biddulph (talk) 13:11, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    It's still there for me (Firefox 4, Vector skin), between the embedded file button and the link button.. *click* --Rehevkor ✉ 13:12, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    For me (IE8 and Vector) it's between <nowiki> and horizontal line. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:17, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    MonoBook on IE 8; nothing to the right of the "ref" button appears any more. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:14, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    MonoBook on Firefox 3.6 and everything is as it was (sign between nowiki and horizontal line). Have you tried clearing your cache? Thryduulf (talk) 14:17, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • As much as I can presume OrangeMike, you could have the following issues:
    1. Your JavaScript is disabled. To resolve that, please enable Java Script.[2]
    2. Apart from the above, go to My Preferences>>Editing>>Show edit toolbar (requires JavaScript) and ensure that this option is checked and not left blank. Once that is done, even if your insert signature button does not appear, you would necessarily get a button that is similar to Your signature with timestamp on top of the editing box. Clicking on this would get you to insert your signature in one go. Read Help:Edit toolbar to understand how the edit toolbar functions.
    Does this help in any way? Thanks. Wifione ....... Leave a message 14:25, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Nope; in fact, now everything but the first ("Cite") button has gone!!!! --Orange Mike | Talk 14:34, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh damn. Reverse the move for now. I'll search around and check out. In the meanwhile, try the same with Google Chrome or any other browser and check whether it works there. Sorry for the trouble. Wifione ....... Leave a message 14:51, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Congratulations on seeing the "Cite" button; I haven't seen that for a couple of weeks, or thereabouts.  :-( - David Biddulph (talk) 14:58, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Personal Biography

    Resolved
     - Elwhitmire (talk) 20:26, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi,

    I wanted to write a personal biography about my father specifically documenting his World War II experiences. He passed away before many of the World War II books were written and his experiences were never included. He receive 2 Air Medals one for flying three missions in Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge; two para-supply drops and a glider mission. Later he received the second Air Medal for a glider mission in the Rhine. Source material would come from military records and authors such as Rex Shama and George E. Koskimaki who both wrote extensively about the Troop Carriers and each Wing, Group, and Squadron. He is not famous nor has he been noted in print elsewhere so please let me know if I may create this page.

    Regards, Elwhitmire (talk) 14:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC).[reply]

    Thanks for the question. Wikipedia only has articles about notable subjects. For people, the guidelines are set out at here. If you father does not meet those guidelines then I am afraid that Wikipedia is not the appropriate place for an article about him, even though he was undoubtedly courageous in the service of his country. – ukexpat (talk) 14:14, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Forgot to mention that you do have other options, such as WikiBios. – ukexpat (talk) 14:18, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    amending a family tree (gif)

    I'm a text-only type of person, and have no idea how to amend File:Family tree of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.gif to change Claire Clairmont's father from "unknown" to "Sir John Lethbridge" of the Lethbridge Baronets. This is according to knowledge that came to light in 2010, according to this. BrainyBabe (talk) 14:27, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    My advice is to contact Commons user Kaldari who created the vectorised version of the file that resides on Commons. – ukexpat (talk) 14:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Uploading a picture

    I would like to upload this picture. How can I do that? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.112.128.153 (talk) 14:30, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Why? I'm not sure why we need content like that (warning- link is very NSFW). TNXMan 14:39, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    deadlinked username Communikat

    I'm newly signed up as username "Communikat" which replaces IP signatory 196.215.76.234 Username Communikat was registered and confirmed as accepted, but still shows up in red when signing talk edits. How to fix please? Communikat (talk) 14:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Your username is red because you have not added anything to your userpage. As soon as you add something there and save the page, your username will be blue. TNXMan 14:37, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Just add something to your user page and the link will turn blue. – ukexpat (talk) 14:37, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    The reason for the pages showing up as redlinks is that there wasn't any content on Communikat or talk; I've now added a welcome message to the latter, so it's not a redlink any more. If you put some content on your user page, Communikat, it will similarly stop showing as a redlink. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:38, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Similar user name

    Resolved

    Hello,

    I am using the account PM3 for years within German Wikipedia and Commons. I would like to register with the same name here. The name is unused, but is rejected because it is similar to the existing User:PME. Is there any way to have an exception from this rule? Topics edited by PME are 100% disjunct from those I am interested in. --87.162.136.182 (talk) 14:34, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You may be able to usurp the current name, see WP:USURP. – ukexpat (talk) 14:38, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Have you tried simply activating Wikipedia:Unified login? Login to your de.wiki account and activate it. If User:PM3 does not exist in any other Wikipedias (it doesn't exist in en.wiki), it would automatically create one for you (and in all Wikimedia projects with the same passwords), no need to register it separately.-- Obsidi♠nSoul 14:43, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    it worked, thanks --PM3 (talk) 16:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Printing Wikipedia Pages

    Dear Panel

    With reference to Wikipedia's material, i find it the best way to know things to the best accuracy and details. Almost everything can be found on wikipedia and its awesome..

    I have a difficulty though. I wanted to print the pages or matter for my references and carry the same for reading. But i find that there is no printable version of the topics. As a result, the printed matter is out of boundary and clustered and even out of printable zone and the matter is lost.

    A request to have printable version of the same to be able to read full content of the selected topics once printed

    It will be icing over the cake if this feature is made available. Looking forward for the changes.

    Thanking You

    KNK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.17.246 (talk) 14:56, 14 June 2011 (UTC) [reply]

    There is actually a printable version for every page in Wikipedia. On the left panel you will see a dropdown section named 'Print/export' with several options under it, including 'Printable version'. This might be the feature you were looking for?-- Obsidi♠nSoul 15:03, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I frequently get the non-autoconfirmed new EL captcha, although I haven't added any link. Is this a known issue? --87.78.55.2 (talk) 15:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Could you put up the diffs of some of the edits you attempted when you received the captcha? It would help to know what sorts of things are triggering it. --Jayron32 15:58, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    E.g. this one just now. I simply changed the caption. I believe it has nothing to do with the diff. I get the captcha even when performing the simplest of edits (formatting, typos and such). --87.78.55.2 (talk) 17:06, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • Before filing a bug report, it may help to ask at WP:VPT instead of here. Perhaps one of the techies that patrol VPT may be better able to figure out what is happening. If they don't know, I would say to go ahead with the bugzilla, but at least ask around there first. --Jayron32 15:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Facebook and Wikipedia

    Hello, I am a graduate student at McGill University in Montreal, QC and McGill has a Facebook community page that does not have a picture -- the school's logo. There are nearly 12,000 members that belong to this page on Facebook, and there is no way to add a picture through Facebook; it seems to be a problem with Wikipedia not transferring the Wiki page's logo of McGill. Can Wikipedia help? Bjones06 (talk) 15:39, 14 June 2011 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bjones06 (talk • contribs) 15:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    No, Wikipedia can't help if the problem is with how Facebook chooses to try to mirror the Wikipedia page. That is a question that you need to take up with Facebook. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:41, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    The logo appears correctly on the Wikipedia page, McGill University (is it for you?). If this is not displaying correctly on the Facebook page it'll likely be an issue with Facebook rather than Wikipedia. Rehevkor ✉ 15:42, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Elisabeth Nordberg Schulz

    Resolved

    Her name is spelled incorrectly (middle name lacking a D and her last name must have an U istead of an o) http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Norberg-Schulz.

    When you click on her name in the article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_German_Requiem_discography

    this appears: Elizabeth Norberg Scholz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look for Elizabeth Norberg Scholz on one of Wikipedia's sister projects: Wiktionary-logo-en.png Wiktionary (free dictionary) Wikibooks-logo.svg Wikibooks (free textbooks) Wikiquote-logo.svg Wikiquote (quotations) Wikisource-logo.svg Wikisource (free library) Wikiversity-logo.svg Wikiversity (free learning resources) Commons-logo.svg Commons (images and media) Wikinews-logo.svg Wikinews (free news source) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Elizabeth Norberg Scholz in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. 

       Search for "Elizabeth Norberg Scholz" in existing articles.
   Look for pages within Wikipedia that link to this title.
    A German Requiem discography (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
    Thank you for reporting this error. I have fixed the spelling mistake. You are welcome to fix any similar errors yourself in future. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Harassment

    This person is a former friend of the person behind the article in Wikipedia and is using Wikipedia as a tool to harass and retaliate against the person with his comments and by adding the page for deletion. Please read the thread - but we need help. If the page needs to be fixed please tell me what to do to make it adhere to the guidelines but the content had been approved prior to this person using Wikipedia for his own agenda. Please help.

    copy-pasted text from AFD
    The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.


    Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shpoonkle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia < Wikipedia:Articles for deletion [edit] Shpoonkle 

       Shpoonkle (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)
   (Find sources: "Shpoonkle" – news · books · scholar · free images)

    This website is relatively new and not very notable to have a Wikipedia article. Its Facebook page has less than 80 fans, so hardly anyone uses the website or even know about it or its founder. Almost all of the information in this article was added by the founder himself, User:Robgrantn, with no reliable sources. He even tried to create a Wikipedia article about himself and he is nowhere close to being notable enough for that, being just a 21-year-old law student from New York. The founder is my elementary school classmate and had the audacity of unfriending me on Facebook when I tried to help him improve the article. I know he worked hard with adding all that information, but the website is just not significant enough to have a Wikipedia article at this time. This article belongs more on a Law or Website Wiki like this one, not an encyclopedia. This is not the place to promote a new company. The Legendary Ranger (talk) 14:04, 13 June 2011 (UTC) 

       Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions.
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       Delete per nomination, yet another non-notable web-based startup. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:00, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

    [edit] RESPONSE

    Objectively, a former classmate who was "unfriended" on Facebook shouldn't qualify as the person recommending deletion of an article. This seems like a malicious attack over a bruised ego rather than an unbiased review of content.

    For the record, I submitted most of the content for the information on the page not Robert Niznik. If the site needs work, than I am happy to add or change what is required. The page had been approved and was growing and improving until your ego got bruised.

    This 21 year old, Robert Niznik was in the Wall Street Journal, ABA Journal, and the Economist. He was most recently interviewed by NBC News about the PROCESS he has employed via vie Shpoonkle. The site is about promoting advocacy and the condition of the Legal Environment today and not an advertisement. The site and service has been in over 600 renowned international publications in less than ninety days. To my knowledge the amount of fans you have on Facebook should not and is not a criteria of notability. The website has over 2000 registered users and has thousands of page visits a day which is considered substantial.

    The article has citations from notable sources, its objective about the services offered, and also follows Wikipedia's guidelines. You actually wrote to Robert (see email below) telling him not to worry that the page just needed some clean up and would be fine. So because this person is no longer a Facebook friend your using your position with Wikipedia to have this article deleted? Not only is not ethical and a misuse of the fiduciary responsibilities Wikipedia has entrusted in you it is just plain wrong. The purpose of the article was not promotion of the company but to educate of a process and service that is FREE and trying to help people.

    This is the message you sent Robert Niznik on June 8th 2011 at 8:25:

    ___________________________________________________

    Winson Thai June 8 at 8:25pm Report

    The article will NOT be deleted just because of the template. I put it there so you and the people who work for your company will know that it still needs a lot of work (heck, you did not even include a link to the site at the bottom of the page). Just keep improving the page and you can remove the template. No worries.

    _____________________________________________________________

    We made the changes you suggested and then you marked it for deletion because he didn't want to be your Facebook Friend anymore? I am asking the Wikipedia community to help me stop people like this from using their personal agendas in this forum/site. 

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fierceenigma (talk • contribs) 16:01, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


    I have condensed the copy-pasted text, there's no need to copy text we can all read at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shpoonkle. Otherwise, I am not sure what to do. Wikipedia editors, likely dozens of them, will read the article and the rationale at the Articles for Deletion discussion and apply Wikipedia's standards objectively towards deciding what to do with this article. You are, of course, free to participate in the discussion yourself, but you should first familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's core content policies (see Wikipedia:Five pillars and Wikipedia:Notability) and be prepared to demonstrate how this article covers a subject which meets Wikipedia's long-established policies and guidelines. --Jayron32 16:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Also note that what you are currently doing is Wikipedia:Canvassing. This is inappropriate and very much forbidden. Please discuss your rationale for opposing the deletion in the appropriate page. Deletion is mostly based on the merits of the arguments, NOT on the number of editors voting. Canvassing is considered disruptive to consensus and can get you in trouble if you continue doing this. If your arguments for its retention are sound, you should not be worried about it.
    That said, Wikipedia:Harassment is an entirely different matter from the AfD and a very serious accusation. Be prepared to back up your claims of this if you intend to pursue it. Accusing another editor of harassment is a form of harassment as well and can get sanctions against you if proven untrue (See WP:BOOMERANG). But yeah, please see Wikipedia:Harassment#Dealing with harassment if you do believe you are being hounded by a single editor with a grudge against you.-- Obsidi♠nSoul 18:28, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Craig Dargo

    An article has been posted recently stating that he has signed a two year deal with Dundee Football Club, Scotland as of May 2011. This is totally incorrect and could potentially be damaging to him. Please remove.

    Confirmation can be received from Dundee Football Club, if required.

    Gilber123 (talk) 16:17, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Craig Dargo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
    I have restored an older version of the first paragraph. Any editor may remove unsourced information from Wikipedia articles. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:26, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    hey wiki .... German nationality page link that dosent work

    A link from this page

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

    under where it says

    Victims of Nazi persecution

    There is a details link that dosent open for me

    http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/consular_services/citizenship/persecuted.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.161.199.64 (talk) 16:55, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I have converted the link to a reference that includes an archiveurl. Goodvac (talk) 17:07, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Tagging articles

    Hey guys, I am returning to Wikipedia under a new user account after a long absence, and I have noticed a few changes in the editing form. As a member of the NewPages Patrol I have to tag pages a lot, and I used to use this handy page tagging feature in an editing toolbar that I enabled in my preferences. Now it's gone, and I am forced to locate the special pages that have the tags and copy and paste the templates. Even though I now have the pages bookmarked, it's having a serious impact on my productivity. Is there a page tagging feature I can enable without using an external editor? Or a good external editor that has one?

    --SuperEditor (talk) 17:57, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Twinkle. You must of been away for quite a long time if you've never heard of Twinkle. Island Monkey talk the talk 17:59, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Lol that's what I used to use. I guess I forgot where it was. Thanks! --SuperEditor (talk) 18:09, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Where to post

    At the very top of the page I asked where to put my proposal involving user warning templates, though since no one will most likely answer a question since June 10th, i'm just going to post it at the bottom of the page. The proposal involves how many times can a user get warning templates until blocked, and what warning templates should we use for the number of times the user has vandalized. Please answer back.--GoldenGlory84 (talk) 18:17, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You are always supposed to post at the bottom of the page. That said: most warning templates have a heirarchy, going (for instance) from vandal1 to vandal4 before a final blocking. They will be found at WP:WARN. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:26, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    There were 2 suggestions in response to your original question on where to post your proposal.
    IMO, there is no single answer. Sometimes one edit is enough for a final (4im) warning. Sometimes, depending on how blatant it is, no warning is needed at all. If there's any reasonable chance that the edits are being made in good faith, the 4 stage warning process makes sense. If there are old warnings from months ago, I often start up with a repeat of whatever level the previous warning was. --Onorem♠Dil 18:27, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, be careful how one defines "user". An frequently used IP address from a public computer terminal (like a public library) or which is dynamically assigned by an ISP may get a warning every 2-3 months; meaning that one may see 20-25 warnings since, say, 2005. And yet, if the IP address is used by dozens, or even hundreds, of different individuals to access Wikipedia, it isn't one user. Sometimes an IP address can be positively linked to one individual, and then escalating warnings and longer blocks are in order for frequent abuse. An occasional vandalism from an IP address used by dozens of people, when there are lots of good intervening edits, may require one to patiently warn for each vandalism and proceed more cautiously before blocking. Experienced editors and admins know how to identify the difference between these two classes of IP addresses, and its wise for vandalism patrollers to carefully try to consider the situation they are dealing with before deciding on a course of action. Of course, if this is a registerred account, it should be one person, so there's no need to proceed with excess caution. Warn once or twice, and then report them. There are a set of "scaled" template warnings that some people like to use (see WP:UWT) but there is never a requirement that these are ever used before a block, merely that the individual person has been told to stop, and it is clear that that individual person, after being given ample warning to stop, isn't going to. You can just write a little note yourself that says "If you keep vandaling articles, like you did at XXXX, you may be blocked to prevent you from continuing". If they continue, report them at WP:AIV. --Jayron32 18:38, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    citations for Ed Ayres

    I checked the biographical article on me (Ed Ayres), which was originally written by another person. At the top is a prominent orange circle and exclamation point noting that the article needs additional citations. I registered as an editor for Wikipedia, then entered three additional citations, as well as a little new information. The orange flag remains, however. Is the problem that I still need more citations? Or is there something I need to do to remove the flag? (It is professionally damaging to me to have the verifiability of the article appear to be questionable!)Willhumansendure (talk) 18:48, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    They are just maintenance templates and you are blowing up their importance way out of proportion -- this is an article about you, not your official website. In any event I have removed that template but left the COI one in place. Please use the article's talk page to discuss any further changes. – ukexpat (talk) 19:04, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    The sources you added are also extremely vague and does little to actually verify the information given in the article (VERY important in biographies). Please see Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners for more information on what sources are and how to add them correctly. And yes, by your admission you are in conflict of interest by editing the article, so please be extra careful with ensuring neutrality in the tone if you intend to edit it. Anything that sounds promotional will be removed and can result in its deletion entirely.-- Obsidi♠nSoul 19:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Resolved

    How do I change the logo that is listed in the City Sports page?

    That is an old logo and I would like to replace it with the current logo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgaucher (talk • contribs) 20:04, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    City Sports (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
    Since it can be tricky to get the licensing and copyright details just right, I have done it for you. The new logo is at File:City Sports logo 2011.gif. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I have changed the licensing to {{PD-text}} - it's too simple to qualify for copyright protection, and I revised the summary section accordingly. – ukexpat (talk) 20:54, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    How To Form A Team?

    I would like to form a team/ guild which will serve to make our work as a collective of researchers much easier. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jawz shiachat (talk • contribs) 23:24, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure what you are asking: this is the Help Desk for using Wikipedia. Is your question in some way connected with Wikipedia? --ColinFine (talk) 23:30, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I would assume you are trying to create a project. I would like to direct you to the Guide to WikiProjects. After you read the first link, use this one to learn how to create your project. There is a big warning on top of the second link stating that you must read the first one before you look at the second one. I hope this helps. Ryan Vesey (talk) 23:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Resolved

    Amber's middle name is spelled incorrectly. The proper spelling is Rene — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.98.245.73 (talk) 22:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you have a reliable published source that supports you, feel free to change it in the article. If you haven't, why should we believe you, since we have no way of knowing who you are. --ColinFine (talk) 23:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    It's fixed. See here. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:14, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Ummm...colin dont be so offensive...your welcome...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.21.180 (talk) 21:08, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    suggestion

    dont know where to send my suggetions, please direct me if here isnt good... my suggestion is to enable pages to RSS feed, so that I can keep track of articles or projects and their updates via RSS. Another way would be to make a facebook "Like" button for every article / project. With so many things to keep tabs on on the net, integrating with RSS is key. thanks for all your efforts!Ilanmordechai (talk) 23:09, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Does WP:RSS help?
    In general, the best place to make that sort of suggestion (not about content of the encyclopaedia) is at WP:Village Pump. --ColinFine (talk) 23:11, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Neutrality concerns

    Resolved
     - requestor successfully added tags to the article Tiggerjay (talk) 06:27, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello. I would like to inform us that the article on biocomputers needs substantial editing on its neutrality. It reads like an advertisment on the potential of biocomputing. ("One day, biocomputers using nanobiotechnology may become the cheapest, most energy-efficient, most powerful, and most economical of any commercially available computer. Already, scientists are making significant headway in the advancement of this science.") While the field is exciting, it keeps touting on it like it's some promotional material. It also needs more in text citations, and some statements are vague, like the quote i mentioned. Can someone add templates describing how this page needs them?

    By the way, I think itd be more sensible to change the name to "biocomputing."

    --DSbanker (talk) 23:57, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I realize you're a relatively newly registered user, but the article is completely unprotected. You can edit the article as you see fit within the guidelines and policies of the encyclopedia. You can also raise issues on the Talk page. You'd even be the first (not counting the gibberish I just removed from it). :) As for maintenance templates, here's a starting place: WP:TC.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:04, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Im not actually a new user, ive been on here for 3 years, on other accounts. But, I didn't know what templates to put on or where to start. thanks for helping me out. ;-) --DSbanker (talk) 00:08, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I see that you added the tags, which is excellent. Now feel free to fix the article yourself. Tiggerjay (talk) 06:27, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    June 15

    Video Uploading

    Hello, can someone give me a couple of good web sites were I might be able to get a good video of WindSeeker in action. It can't be YouTube because for some reason, it is not allowed. Thanks.--Dom497 (talk) 00:21, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I think you want the Reference desk; this help desk is for help using Wikipedia. Intelligentsium 00:50, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    The mention of YouTube not being allowed makes me think the Dom497 is looking for a video for referencing from a Wikipedia article, probably WindSeeker. One of the reasons that YouTube is generally not allowed is that much material on it is of dubious copyright status. I don't know if you are going to be able to find such a video that is acceptable: and you also should be thinking about whether it really adds to the article as an encyclopaedia article to link it. See WP:VIDEOLINK and WP:ELNO. --ColinFine (talk) 20:09, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi there.

    Just went to look up "netta skog" an accordian player for the band turisas, and her file has been removed with the claim "there is no proof of the existance of this person".

    This is kind of confusing, due to the fact that:

    A: I've seen her perform in person B: She's referenced in the turisas band page of this website C: A quick search of google, or google images will quickly demonstrate she actually exists.

    I'm thinking whoever deleted this page did not do a second's worth of research... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.49.206.112 (talk) 00:37, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Actually it stated "Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person." Not that she wasn't a real person. A Wikipedia article needs to establish notability. It seems odd, though, considering all of the other current band members have articles. This was deleted in 2008, perhaps it was a very poorly written article (I cannot see it as I don't have admin privileges). If you created an account, you could create an article about her. Just remember to follow the five pillars and read your first article. Ryan Vesey (talk) 00:45, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    An article on Einstein could be deleted under A7 if all it said was "is an Austrian scientist."--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:05, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Right, I meant that it is odd that she hasn't had a good page written about her. Ryan Vesey (talk) 01:06, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    A good argument for you, 210.49.206.112, since you seem interested in this subject, to a) create an account; b) learn some basics of editing; c) be bold and d) create the article yourself.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:12, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Netta Skog was created by User:Ncfcthain and completely unsourced. The only content was
    "Netta Skog is a Finnish accordion player from viking metal band turisas. Netta first appeared as a live session musician on the 2007 UK/Euro Tour after the pervious accordion player went AWOL. Netta was made a full member after impressing on tour. Netta is the youngest member of the band at just 18."
    There are different rules for articles about real people and fictional people. The deletion summary indicated that it was deleted per rules for real people: "A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person".
    Follow the links to see more. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:04, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    pablo picasso

    picasso has a daugter not listed !!!!!!!in your life history paloma daughter of the maestro and francoise gilot — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.40.119 (talk) 00:51, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    From the article: "...they had two children, Claude, born in 1947 and Paloma, born in 1949."--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:02, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    This is the encyclopedia Wikipedia. Our article Pablo Picasso mentions Paloma six times. Were you referring to another page? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:09, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    She has her own page, too. Bielle (talk) 02:20, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Please help with sorting

    Resolved
     - Amazing! Thank you!--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫Share–a–Power[citation needed] 10:54, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    hello,

    please fix the sorting in Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score; the films "10", "127 Hours", "1492: Conquest of Paradise" and "25th Hours" sorts numerically and not quantitative. For example it should be 10, 25, 127 and 1492 instead of 10, 127, 1492 and 25. Thank you.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫Share–a–Power[citation needed] 10:22, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Yes I know all those sortings templates, but if I use nts it displays "127" instead of "127 Hours" and without wikilink.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫Share–a–Power[citation needed] 10:29, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    What about using {{ntsh}} to set the collation key (but not display it) and then you can keep the existing link and display as you like? DMacks (talk) 10:38, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Non-free content in userspace

    Is there an official policy regarding the use of non-free content in userspace? I am aware of WP:UP#NOTSUITED, but that is not an official policy. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 12:09, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Lesen WP:NFCC, #9... --Jayron32 12:12, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Somehow I didn't find that. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 12:15, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Change the entry to NPTA

    National Pest Technicians Association (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    When searching Wikipedia and placing the letters NPTA into the search box an entry comes up stating that NPTA may be one of six organisations. I wish this to now include National Pest Technician's Association as another organisation someone may be looking for. We already have an entry within Wikipedia for the full name. I am an approved person who has my own Wikipedia log in. Regards JBS Jbhygiene (talk) 13:01, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Before we do that, the article has some issues that need to be urgently addressed, see the talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 13:32, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    JBS: you should also read about conflict of interest (I have tagged the page with that as well): If you mean what I think you mean by "I am an approved person" - i.e. approved by the NPTA or one of its members - then you have a conflict of interest and need to be very careful in editing the page. Your user name also looks to me as if it may fall foul of our WP:CORPNAME policy, though I may be reading too much into it.
    Wikipedia as a whole is very keen on getting its information correct, and contributions from people with a direct knowledge of a subject can be valuable; but it is important to maintain neutrality, and Wikipedia may not be used for promoting a cause or organisation, no matter how worthy. --ColinFine (talk) 20:19, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    How to Upload photos

    I am a foundation coordinator at a nonprofit and we would like to upload our logo to our page. How can I get status or approval to do so? Smcagey (talk) 14:20, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    • If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
    • If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.Template:Z40 TNXMan 14:22, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    TSYS

    How do I stop a feed coming straight from wikipedia to a facebook fan page?

    As a company, we want to have control of the content that is on our facebook page, and we cannot edit with this direct feed.

    Thank you,

    Jeanette Crawford TSYS Marketing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.105.192.18 (talk) 15:31, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You need to contact facebook, and not Wikipedia. Wikipedia has no control over what Facebook does. Once content is taken from Wikipedia and reused elsewhere, it is out of our control. --Jayron32 15:36, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Gah! Those damn javascript things!

    Well, I'm having some issues with uploading an image. It comes up with the little window that has the circling light and says 'Uploading image'. Seems harmless. But no! I probably waited about 5 minutes and still nothing. Any help? Island Monkey talk the talk 15:36, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I assume you are trying to upload with the new uploading form in Wikimedia Commons? Try the old upload form in Commons:Upload instead of Commons:Special:UploadWizard.-- Obsidi♠nSoul 16:13, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    No, here. Only if I had no common sense would I be asking questions about WM Commons here. Island Monkey talk the talk 17:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Why? It's perfectly acceptable. Commons is the preferred method of uploading files in en.wiki after all.
    Anyway, large files take a while to upload, so just wait a bit. If that doesn't help, clear your cache and reupload. If it's been happening all the time/If you are getting the same problem with other files (i.e. not just for one attempt at uploading), try another browser and reupload it. If it's only for this particular file, check the image format. The file extension might be incorrect (e.g. .png for a .jpg file, etc.) If that still doesn't help, it's probably your internet connection. The usual trial-and-error approach and such.
    Also try updating your plugins and other stuff. Uploading seems to have no problems on my end.-- Obsidi♠nSoul 18:11, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Erm...this is still an en.wikipedia issue, since I'm uploading an unfree image. Island Monkey talk the talk 18:30, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Did you tried to use another browser or to turn of JavaScript? mabdul 19:20, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    And please don't be more confrontational than necessary. We are trying to help you after all. Commons has that new fancy upload wizard and I naturally assumed you were having problems with that as a lot of other people were (exactly the same issues as you described which I have experienced once myself). But yeah, please ignore all the previous assumptions then and try our proposed solutions. A little more background on what you were trying to do and what happened would also be helpful instead of letting us guess it.-- Obsidi♠nSoul 20:01, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Try Preferences → Gadgets → Multimedia Beta ( mwEmbed ) includes support for video sequencer, video playback, Firefogg uploading and the "Add-Media-Wizard".=unchecked ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 20:15, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It works! It works! Thank you Ed and and Mabdul! Island Monkey talk the talk 20:28, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    lulz, I might as well not have typed two paragraphs of the same things they suggested, eh? I apologize for trying to help.-- Obsidi♠nSoul 20:54, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I disabled the thing for now. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 22:25, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Lost a discussion

    Someone, I thought it was here, was asking for help with historic East African transport, I think principally ships. I have lost that discussion but found a book on the subject. Can anyone give me a hand finding the discussion?--Wehwalt (talk) 15:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Was it recently? --213.196.218.59 (talk) 16:01, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, but never mind, I just found it. It was under the Trains WikiProject.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:02, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    #STUPiDFACEDD

    i am trying to create an article for the word/phrase "#STUPiDFACEDD"

    Can someone please help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claybusch (talk • contribs) 18:02, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Please don't - see WP:NEOLOGISM and WP:MADEUP. – ukexpat (talk) 18:04, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I thought the same thing, but it appears to be a song. I still don't know if it is notable, it doesn't appear that the artist, Wallpaper, even has his own page. Could you (ip) give us some information that would let us ascertain the song's notability? Ryan Vesey (talk) 19:26, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Quality Scale

    I notice that some articles fall under many different projects, with varying importance levels in each project. If an article is reviewed for quality, does it receive the same quality under each project? Ryan Vesey (talk) 20:03, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I think so yeah, heh. At least in practice. Unlike the Importance field, the criteria for quality AFAIK is Wikipedia-wide and people basically just copy the earliest existing assessment from the most pertinent WikiProject. e.g. a stub class in WikiProject Plants is also still a stub class in WikiProject China. The Importance field does vary though. e.g. an article on a single plant species may be high importance to WikiProject China for cultural reasons, but might be of low importance to WikiProject Plants itself.
    More info on them can be found here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment FAQ and here Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/WikiProject#Assessment-- Obsidi♠nSoul 20:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    how do I delete an account?

    Hi Wiki-Team. I have created a Wikipedia account about 2 years ago and can't remember my pw and also I am pretty sure the email adress I used to recover no longer exists. I now created a new account to start using wikipedia again. however how can I delete the old account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heese (talk • contribs) 20:16, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    There is no way to delete an account. You can abandon one, which is what you have already done de facto in this case; but the old account still exists and will continue to do so, in order to maintain the edit history of which it was a part. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:21, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Delete Article

    I think you should delete the article about Shannon Letandre. If you can that would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Croscoe (talk • contribs) 21:06, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Don't delete or elect to delete any articles. And...ummm.......WHY do you want someone to delete this article? Its a perfectly fine article, and theres no reason to delete it. So...GOODBYE I guess.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.21.180 (talk) 21:13, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Received "Proposed deletions needing attention" & a question

    Earlier today, received this because the article, Cherie Roberts, was already proposed for deletion and the result of the deletion review was "delete." However, the page still remains while Ms. Roberts has become even less notable. Apparently, someone has since removed the nomination for deletion tag and it wasn't present on the Articles_for_deletion log though I just entered it again. Still, there is no tag on her page now. She doesn't approach meeting WP:PORNBIO. I attempted to contact someone who was an administrator on his talk page but never received any answer. What should I do at this point? Also, could I have nominated the article for speedy deletion under the circumstances?TL36 (talk) 23:07, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Using Template:IP address

    Are we allowed to use Template:IP address on an IP user, if we have enough evidence that they use that ip (possibly in a dynamic ip situation)? Or is there another template?  A p3rson ‽ 23:35, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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