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In case you get doubled references, purge the page. See bugzilla:7162 or the comments at several of the sections below for details.

New section about... something

Response to the below: This information would belong on the Talk page for this article, if anywhere. If the article doesn't exist yet you can create it by following these links: See Help:Starting a new page. You might also want to read Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Antonrojo 04:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

29/08/2006.

The Readers & Editors pl. bear with me. I am using editing for the first time and am likely to miss the correct page.

I want to add to : Swadhyay or Pandurang Shashtri Athavale.

I was associated with Swadhyay or Pandurang Shashtri Athavale in the activities appearing on www.swadhyay.org. www.swadhyay.org is created by The Office of Swadhyay and/or Pandurang Shashtri Athavale.

There are controversial claims about Swadhyay or Pandurang Shashtri Athavale and there is a clash between editors whether to add a particular matter or not.

If a thing can be defined with the help of physics or chemistry, it can be decided whether a particular thing can be added or removed. So can not be done for a human being or social or religious activities.

From the time June, 2000, there is deviation from what is claimed on www.swadhyay.org. Even prior to June,2000, the image of Pandurang Shashtri Athavale or Swadhyay was always glorified or exaggerated.

I am not out to defame Pandurang Shashtri Athavale or lower the image of Swadhyay. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and changing facts have to be incorporated in it.

Late Mr.Pandurang Shashtri Athavale is popularly known as Dada. Dada means elder brother in Marathi - An Indian Language spoken in State of Maharashtra. Here-in-after, I shall refer Pandurang Shashtri Athavale as Dada. Dada gave discourses upon message of Srimad Bhagwad Geeta - A scripture of Hindus. He motivated people to use one's god gifted abilities to speak, move, think, hear for selfless work which he called Kruti-Bhakti. Based on this principle/logic his followers known as Swadhyayees moved from house to house and went to Indian villages at one's own cost and spreaded the message of Srimad Bhagwad Geeta and nurtured these activities. The number of followers went on increasing and at present it could be in millions but that does not necessarily mean that the followers observe dictates of Srimad Bhagwad Geeta henceforth shall be referred to as Geeta.

Dada also motivated Swadhyayees to involve in money producing experiments for spread of renovation of Vedic culture. Experiments known as "Yogeshwar Krushi", "Shree Darshan", "Vruksh-Mandir", "Amrutalayams", "Matsya-Gandha" and so on. The financial returns along with donations received were collected in nearly 100 trusts created for Swadhyay activities. The trustees were dedicated Swadhyayees and Dada was not a trustee. Dada used to say that The President of Swadhyay activities was God (Lord Yogeshwar).

Around June, 2000, Dada told trustees that The Swadhyay activities were his ownership and he was handing over reign of These activities to her adopted daughter Smt.Jayshree a.k.a. Dhanshree Srinivas Talwakar popularly known as DidiSwadhyayee 03:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC). Simultaneously, all the neutral trustees from all trusts were removed and replaced by Didi and her husband Srinivas Talwalkar a.k.a. Rao Saheb. Dada used to take blank resignation letters from the trustees in advance.

This was not well received by old dedicated Swadhyayees who had helped in foundation and nurture of these activities from day 1.

This was protested by old Swadhyayees and it resulted in violent attacks on old Swadhyayees by comperatively new Swadhyayees. The first attempt had taken place on 28th January, 2001 on Mahesh Shah an industrialist.

After an year, In June, 2001, The Hon. Ex-Chief Justice of High Court at Ahmedabad and Andhra Pradesh declared to media that Didi was using money and muscle power against old Swadhyayees, therefore he was submitting his resignation to Dada. He told the media that The funds of the trust in securities were valued at Indian Rupees Two Hundred Crores and property valued at Indian Rupees Five Hundred Crores. All the facts here-in are documented in Indian Newspapers. This fact had appeared first in "Gujarat Samachar" and later in all Gujarati newspapers.

Subsequently, number of old Swadhyayees became victims of violence and faced false criminal cases. The criminal cases were over 100 filed in rural Gujarat & Maharashtra ( Indian States) against various old Swadhyayees and/or ex-trustees. In 22 identical cases, an appeal was preferred by one Pankaj Trivedi and others in High Court at Ahmedabad. The High Court ruled in the matter in favour of Pankaj Trivedi and quashed all criminal cases at one go. The High Court further observed and recorded that the language of all 22 cases were word by word same and cases had been filed by different persons miles away from each other. The Court hence stated that the cases were filed in retalliation of bonafide civil case filed by Pankaj Trivedi for opening of a temple which was closed down by Didi to harass Pankaj Trivedi. The temple at Bhav-Nirjar, Ahmedabad had come in existence with the help of Pankaj Trivedi. The Judgement is documentary evidence and can be varified from The High Court at Ahmedabad.

Those who were assaulted and their bones broken are Vinod Shah, Shankar Thakkar of Mumbai, Vinoo Sanchania of London while he was in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. One Satish Rughani of Rajkot was assaulted in his house. He just came out after bath and his towel was thrown and he was naked. His wife was locked up in other room. Satish Rughani had accompanied Dada for receiving Megsasay Award.

Some of the old Swadhyayees were arrested like core criminals by police from other states and brutally beaten on the way to the state of police and in lock-up too against the legal provisions not to use 3rd degree for confession.

On court dates or while the arrested were presented before The Magistrate, thousands of Swadhyayees from villages were summoned to the court who tried to kill some of the arrested old Swadhyayees. Usually, police had to resort to cane charging to disperse the mob and protect the arresteds lives.

All these facts are documented by newspapers. Cases were filed against number of newspapers by Swadhyayees for reporting such un-becoming attitude of Swadhyayees against old Swadhyayees. The Press Council of India decided in favour of newspapers. In English, a magazine "India Today" had published an article highlighting wrongs of Swadhyay.

Pankaj Trivedi was killed on 15th June, 2006 outside Ellisbridge Gymkhana, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The police arrested eight to ten senior Swadhyayees. One of them was Ghanshyam Chudasama, P.A. to Dy. Comm. of Police under whose jurisdiction Pankaj Trivedi was killed. Ghanshyam Chudasama was working with some other office and using some influence, he had got himself transferred to Dy. Comm. of Police. As confessed by him, the plot to kill Pankaj Trivedi took place in The High Court premises when the order in favour of Pankaj Trivedi was passed.

Pankaj Trivedi was a green card holder and shuttling between U.S.A. and India. He went to U.S.A. just about 3 months before his life was taken away. He was harassed at U.S. air-port. When he came out of air-port, 4 white-skin people in uniform accosted him and warned of not to speak a word about Swadhyay wrongs while he was to stay in U.S.A.

Next day, Home Security Agency raided Pankaj Trivedi's house in U.S. A. as some one has printed some writing in Urdu with his photo along with photo of Bin Laden and this writing was passed to U.S.A. police stating that Pankaj Trivedi was a Bin Laden associate and threat to President Bush. Home Security Agencied investigated this matter and found Pankaj Trivedi was innocent. These facts can be varified from Home Security Agency, U.S.A.

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how do i remove content i added

When I edited something, it didn't turn out the way I wanted and I don't know how to remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.247.203 (talk • contribs)

If you created the article and remain the only editor to the article, then you can add {{db-author}} to the top of it and an admin will delete it. GeorgeMoney (talk) 05:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The question might be refering to undoing an edit made to a page. This can be done by either manually deleting what you added, which is messy or by reverting the changes by 1) clicking on history, 2) clicking on the time/date of a version of the page before you made an edit. 3) clicking 'edit this page' which will give a warning about editing an old page. 4) click save. Make sure no one else has edited since the change you want to reverse and you could always restore their changes manually if so. Antonrojo 04:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS AQUEDUCTAL STENOSIS

With due respect I am earnestly seeking advice for my 04 yrs old daughter who had Congenital Hydrocephalus Aqueductal Stenosis & had undergone BP Shunt Surgery at the age of 01 yr. She is takeing medicine PIRACEAM NOTROPIL regularely. Still she does not sit down or get up on her own. But she could get down from the bed & walk properly.At this stage also she does not speak at all but she blabbers which we can not understand. I would like to know whether she would be normal in the long run or is there any special treatment. So that she can at least communicate with us properly in a manner we could understsnd her. Sometimes she communicate with us in her own way.That is if she needs something she holds our hand & takes us to the object & point her finger.She likes to watch TV specially the music channel & she also loves to travel. . Please suggest us what we should do further and I will be greatfull to you.

Thanking you Tara sankar choudhury — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.18.40.216 (talk • contribs)

Please note that Wikipedia is not a doctor, and you should seek help and advice from a health care professional. _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 09:51, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• I concur with User:J Di. Only a health care professional can give you advice about your daughter. For general information in the condition there is an article at Hydrocephalus--Arktos ^talk 11:12, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Another note: Even if you had been asking about something we can answer, you're going about it all wrong.

1) Don't make your section headers all caps and

2) This help desk is about Wikipedia itself; you should have asked a question such as this at the Reference desk.

Hoping you find the answer to your questions, SoaP 16:32, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Image tag syntax

Is there a way to get a frame around an image while also limiting its size, e.g. frame|225px, without using the "thumb" tag that puts the little thumb symbol on the final product? Also without downloading the image, shrinking it, then reuploading the smaller size. Dismas|^(talk) 15:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Nope, there isn't a way to resize it with a frame without using thumb. GeorgeMoney (talk) 18:41, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, well, there was a way posted to my talk page but it doesn't allow captions which is the part of the question that I forgot to mention. Oh well. Thanks for the response! Dismas|^(talk) 16:28, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Question

I've been editing the truncus arteriosus page and cross referencing. I have a problem with that it should be Persistent Truncus Arteriosus (PTA) to separate with another embryological cross reference of truncus arteriosus. Can I change the title to PTA and how?GetAgrippa 13:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

From what I understand, you want to change the title of the page. You would need to move the page for this. However, before moving, please propose this on the talk page of the article, so that there is consensus about the move. -- Lost^(talk) 15:29, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Moving a section of an existing article to a new as-yet uncreated page

I would like to create a new article on the Sandy Lake Tragedy currently this article does not exist on its own, but is a well-written section within Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa. How can I move that section into its own article with its authors receiving proper recognition? There are several bands of Ojibwe (Chippewa) that recognize the Sandy Lake Tragedy as part of their history but it wouldn't be appropriate to link to the Sandy Lake Band article.

Going off that, on other pages I've seen section headings saying something like:

For the main article see History of Ireland.

I think it would be appropriate to keep the section where it is with such a message, but then also move it to a new, longer article on Sandy Lake Tragedy.

How do I do this? (Leo1410 16:27, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

I will attempt to answer this though there may be more than one ways to resolve this. If everything is already covered in the article and the article is not getting too long because of this, simply create a redirect from the new title to this one. If more can be written about the tragedy, then put the text in the new article and add to it and put a section heading as above -- Lost^(talk) 16:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Image Tag

I have inserted a photo that I made myself on a page and it has told me to give it an image tag, but whatever link I try I cannot find how to make an image tag. Please could you tell me how I create an image tag for this photo since I want it to remain on the page and not be deleted. Thank you.

You dont need to create a new tag. Just put {{GFDL-self}} on the image page and remove the bot notice. You could of course get a more comprehensive list at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags -- Lost^(talk) 15:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

unclear about PROD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion does not seem to contain any information about HOW to get an article deleted after the PROD has been in place for 5 days? So how is it done?

--Charlesknight 15:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Dont worry. An admin will do it automatically if the prod tag is left for five days. Since there is lot of work, it may get backlogged at times but it will be deleted soon enough -- Lost^(talk) 16:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

How to link uploaded image to article?

Hello, I read the article about Swingline stapler company and uploaded a jpeg of an excellent Swingline stapler I have owned for over 40 years but I don't know how to link it to the article.

I started from the article and clicked on "edit" or something similar, then followed the links to become a member and upload the picture which is labeled "Swingline" and is a jpeg.

Please advise how I can link it to the Swingline article.

Thanks, Olejobprinter

Here is a nice tutorial that I, TheTruthBelow, and Moe Epsilon wrote: Wikipedia:WikiProject User Page Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting Pictures. I think you would find that useful. GeorgeMoney (talk) 17:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Thats a real nice project. I will be calling upon you guys soon :) -- Lost^(talk) 17:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Candidate for deletion

Hi. I've written an article about an elected local politician and it's coming up with 'candidate for speedy deletion'. I've read the notes but can't see what I've done wrong? The file is leah Fraser. I've also tried to link an image but that's not working either!Ian Lewis 2007 17:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, I have put a hangon tag for you so the article will not be deleted immediately. What you need to do is go through our policies of verifiability and go through Notability guidelines as well. You need to assert why this person is notable and back it up with reliable sources. If you can do this successfully on the talk page of the article that you just created, it will not be deleted. All the best -- Lost^(talk) 17:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Category Lists

How do you add something to a category list? In my case, I am trying to add a mascot to the list of college mascots (the ASU Indian Family).

Simply add [[Category:College mascots]] to the end of the article. See also: Help:Category. --Hetar 19:27, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks! ToddC4176 20:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Reporting Broken LInks.

I am sure that it is right herestaring me in the face, but I can't find instructions for reporting broken links. Please let me know on my own account space (whatever that is...you know what I mean...I hope). Antigone2

Replied on his talk page -- Lost^(talk) 20:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Adding a company stub

Hi there,

I'm new to Wikipedia and fascinated. Would like to add the following company stub: Is this ok and if so, how do I do it? Thanks very much. Best, Julie Squires <email removed>

Softscribe Inc. is a public relations firm that helps technology companies targeting the US government, hospitality and healthcare industries drive product sales and solidify their brands. The company does this through a blend of traditional one-to-one-marketing public relations and Search Marketing with an emphasis on media and influencer relationships, writing and a focus on messaging strategy.

Founded by husband and wife Michael and Julie Keyser-Squires in 1999, the virtual organization is a pioneer in the area of work-life balance and a triple bottom line: profit, community and the environment. It advances Web 2.0 tools and attitudes through a corporate culture handbook (How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie), use of leading Web 2.0 tools such as PRWeb, and an interest in educating children through global initiatives like One Laptop Per Child, and regional programs like the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ annual Youth Birding Competition.

Although Softscribe Inc. shares a similar name with three other companies (one in Canada, one in Russia, and one in the state of Virginia), Softscribe Inc. owns the “Softscribe” registered trademark for the United States.

Wikipedia welcomes all contributions as long as they adhere to the policies of Verifiability and Neutral Point of View. In this particular case, you would also like to go through Notability guidelines for companies -- Lost^(talk) 21:06, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you.

How To Correct Misspelled Entry Title....?

I found an entry title spelled incorrectly. I cannot find a way to correct this. If anyone tries to put in the correct full name, Evie Tornquist-Karlsson (*not* Karllson), they will not get the page, unless it allows for those errors, and asks about similarly named pages.

In order to rename a page, you actually "move" it to the correct title. See full details at Help:Moving a page. Shell ^babelfish 23:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

about editing entry for Ben Selvin

to whom it may concern:

I have the intial right to edit whatever I want. The United States Constitution gives us those endeavoring freedoms and liberties to say, edit, pursue, and abolish inforamtion that relevant and pertainant to just causes such to those abiding to certain issues concerning anything that within legal boundaries of laws set charters dating back to 1775, 1776, 1778.

Thank you

Hello AOL user,

The US government may not censor you, but your edits can be blocked at the discretion of others as Wikipedia is privately owned. (although for the public good) See this.

--\/\/slack (talk) 23:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not owned by the United States government. It is a website owned by a private corporation. And as such, the US Constitution has no jurisdiction. You do not have the right to walk into a private office and start shouting your opinions, why should you have the right to do so here? You have two rights on Wikipedia:

• Fork the content to your own site (so long as you follow the requirements of the GFDL license)

or

• leave. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:29, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Phishing Wikipedia Member passwords

I just received an email with the Subject title "Password reminder from Wikipedia" From wiki@wikimedia.org.

Here's a copy of the body of text(I've removed the actual IP address and user name and PW);

"Someone (probably you, from IP address xx.xx.xxx.xxx) requested that we send you a new Wikipedia login password for en.wikipedia.org. The password for user "XXXXXX" is now "XXXXXXX". You should log in and change your password now.

If someone else made this request or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may ignore this message and continue using your old password."

Has any other members experienced this and did this actually come from wikipedia.org? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sefner (talk • contribs)

That did come from wikipedia, someone has requested a new password for you. However if you just ignore it, the new password will time out and need not be used. Viridae^Talk 01:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia & Wikipedia images

How do I upload a Wikimedia picture to Wikipedia? Ksax 03:20, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

No need to upload it, all Wikimedia Commons pictures can be used as if they had already been uploaded. Simply put [[Image:Imagename.jpg]] where you want the image to show up. --Hetar 05:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Edits Made Before I Registered My Account

Is it possible to hide my IP address from the history pages of edits that I made before I became a registered user? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LBanks89 (talk • contribs)

Unfortunately, that isn't possible. Don't worry - your IP address can hardly tell anything about you, just your country and (maybe) your state - it isn't traceable in general contexts. Cheers, Tangotango 04:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• IP addresses don't have any personal info and unless you do something to connect them to your name, no one will no a particular IP belongs to you. If you use AOL it's shared between lots of users anyway. There's a few (I think 10 max) people who can do a "checkuser" to link IP addresses to usernames to check for sockpuppets and such, but if you stay out of trouble, you won't be checked and all that information they can get is classified. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Pictures on Commons and Wikipedia

I uploaded a picture to Commons (Image:Retainers.jpg) and want to use it in the retainer article. Basically, I planned on replacing this image with the one I uploaded. But when I edit the article to include my image, this one pops up. So, my question is how do you get a picture from commons onto Wikipedia if there is an image on Wikipedia with the same name? Thanks for the help. P.S. I'm not sure if I phrased the question correctly, and if anyone is confused let me know so I can explain it better. --ClockFace 04:33, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• You can't. The best you can do is give your image a unique name; for example Image:ClockFace_Retainers.jpg so people won't accidentally upload an image by the same name. Don't forget to have the one you uploaded to the old location deleted. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the help. I appreciate it. --ClockFace 15:00, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

About my userpage

Quick question, a user with a suspected sockpuppet tag on his page (User:Tattoo678), has copied my user page verbatim (including a false claim against my article's i've created). While I realize that I have released my contributions under copyleft licensing, is there some kind of policy regarding this, and is there anything I can do about it, or, should I just laugh it off as 'imitation is the best form of flattery'? Autopilots 06:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

As a first step, you could try discussing on his talk page. He may just have liked the layout and may be in the process of changing the text -- Lost^(talk) 06:25, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

If this had been another regular, active wikipedian who had done this, I wouldn't have brought it up at all. However, this user has only 3 edits, back in June, and has been labelled a suspected sockpuppet. One user, User:Wrobertson, I suspect has copied my layout, and for that, I am flattered. Actually, I kind of wish I'd never brought it up, but wished to be careful in case tattoo678 started a trolling spree. Autopilots 06:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, I just noticed that the user has not shown up since June. I am sorry I am not too sure what to do in such a case. I will leave this for someone else to answer -- Lost^(talk) 06:49, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia:Doppelganger_account, I think you can ask an admin to have the account blocked for impersonation. You can also try asking this question at Wikipedia_talk:Doppelganger_account.-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK} 07:05, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Under the GFDL, it's also a copyvio if the user didn't attribute the page correctly (ie. history, etc.) to the original author. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 07:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• This user hasn't shown up since June, so I don't think he's in the process of changing the page to be about himself. I'll blank it. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:04, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, I was a little embarrassed about this, since I didn't want to feel like I owned my page, though I do feel a bit protective about it, which, admittedly, I feel I about all of my edits (No! Don't change my beautiful words! (Just kidding, sort of)).Autopilots 08:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

No Fear disambig?

Would the article No Fear be appropriate for a {{split}} tag, or would the other uses of the term (other than the brand) need to be extensive enough to constitute their own article? --Grant M 06:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Personally I don't think a split tag is needed at this point, but you may want to bring this up on the article's talk page to see what editors more familiar with the subject think. --Hetar 06:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• I'd agree. The meanings mentioned in the "other uses" section are both too short to be made into a suitable stub. Unless you can expand on them with at least a bit more to make the ideal stub, I don't recommend splitting. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

ufo

are ufos real? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sksis (talk • contribs)

Depends on what you mean by "ufo." In actual terms, any flying object not yet identified is a UFO -- this can include birds, planes, or pretty much anything. If you mean aliens, then... uh, sure, I guess. Personally, I rather doubt it, but I'm always open to being proven wrong. Either way, you'll probably get a better answer by posting at the reference desk. :) Have a good day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luna Santin (talk • contribs)

Yes. UFO's or Unidentified flying objects are real. Pilots spot them all of them the time. However, the words UFO and alien spacecraft have become synominous, which, in actuality, is not the case. A UFO is anything unidentified, or usually unidentifiable, which can include such things as a classified weather balloon. Autopilots 07:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Original research question

Please could you explain something to me.

If I was to take public domain information and then subject it to a mathmatical treatment (using well accepted methods which are accepted by almost all professionals in that field and are well documented in text books) to generate a content for wikipedia then is it original research or not.

I know that if a photograph or diagram (which you might want to use) exists which is covered by someone else's copyright, then one solution is for an editor to create their own version (without the assistance of others). The editor now has the copyright for this photo/diagram, then the editor is free to sign away his rights to it when he uploads it.

Part of my interest is in the computational simulation of events which is it not possible for legal, cost or safety reasons for any reasonable wilikedian to reproduce for the purposes of creating copy right free content.

My reason for doing this is that it generates a copyright free version of data/graphs which otherwise we would have a legal problem with using. Also it allows us to compare different reports written by authors who used different standards, this would allow us to make a NPOV editorial commentry on the different reports. Please could you answer via my talk page.Cadmium 10:49, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

(copied from his talk page so others can weigh in)Hi, regarding your question on the help desk, the simple answer would be that any information that is uploaded to wikipedia must be verifiable through a reliable source. If you are submitting a diagram, the information that it offers must be verifiable. In case of text, the information must still be verifiable. Does this answer your question? I will post this reply to the help desk as well so that others can weigh in with their opinions. -- Lost^(talk) 11:04, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

hmmm, "...if a photograph or diagram (which you might want to use) exists which is covered by someone else's copyright, then one solution is for an editor to create their own version (without the assistance of others). The editor now has the copyright for this photo/diagram, then the editor is free to sign away his rights to it when he uploads it." isn't quite right. If you start from a copyright protected work then any work created from it is a derivative work. The holder of the original copyright has the right to allow (or not) derivative works. To answer your primary question of whether something you took from public domain and modified (per your opening paragraph), IMO that would be OR. Brian 17:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)btball

Derivative work, the plan that I have is to take data from accademic journals/goverment reports, combined with other sources of data and then subject it to mathmatical treatments which I am sure that are not copyrighted. I am sure that it is not possible to get copyright protecton on data, for insatnce if I publish a periodic table then I can not get copyright protection for the fact that oxygen follows nitrogen..... The big question is, is the derivative work using several different sources (and well established computational anyslsis) original research or not. For insatnce if I was to measure the diameter and mass of a tennis ball, then look up viscosity data for air from a book before using Stoke's equations to work out the terminal veolcity of a tennis ball dropped from a tall tower.......Would this be original research and how should the issue of copyright be viewed.Cadmium 19:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

1000 articles deleted each day?

Wikipedia:Deletion_policy claims that around 1000 articles are deleted from wikipedia each day. Anyone know if this is actually accurate? There can't be more than 250 or so articles being deleted daily via AfD and Prod, does this mean 750 articles a day are being speedy deleted? --Xyzzyplugh 11:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I can't tell. On a bad day, I find about 50 non-G3 speedies and a hell of a lot more marginal ones. But I edit during the time of least traffic and there are other speedy taggers. There's also other ways to deletion, e.g. {{copyvio}} and transwikis. MER-C 11:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

From the deletion log, I count about 3,000 pages deleted in the last 24 hours. Lots of these are images though, so 1,000 articles a day would probably be quite accurate. - ulayiti (talk) 13:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the responses, and for the link to the deletion log (which I was unaware of). I had no idea how much was being speedy deleted. Looks like, if not for the speedy deletions, AfD would collapse under the weight of all that junk. --Xyzzyplugh 20:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

YFZ Ranch

Do you have the address or latitude/longitude coordinates for YFZ Ranch, a 1,700 acre ranch just outside of Eldorado in Southwest Texas. It is owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost^(talk) 14:42, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

(Update)There is an article about YFZ Ranch on wikipedia. You may like to ask on the article's talk page as well -- Lost^(talk) 14:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Access to talk, contacting an administrator

Hi! Thanks for the welcome to Wikipedia. I added a link to my website at http://www.physiciandigest.com/Obesity.html to the article on Obesity, but it was deleted because it was considered unauthoritative and advertising. I was given a warning that if I did something like this again, my future edits would be blocked. I tried to access a talk page to discuss this with the administrator who removed my link, but I can't find it. I'm just another newbie, I suppose. Anyway I am interested in discussing this with someone, but I am having difficulty finding the appropriate link or access to the right place to talk about it. Any tips you can give me would be appreciated. I certainly wouldn't want to do anything that would get me blocked and I'm not sure I understand why my link was inappropriate. I'm a little clueless here. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Sorry it's so long Belleriviere 16:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

It is generally considered in bad taste to link to your own or any commercial website unless it adds to the value of the article. It is just like advertising that website through wikipedia. See here for more detail Thats the reason for the warning on your talk page. If you would like to discuss this with the person who gave you the warning, please click on this link. Else the help desk is always available. Please let us know if you would like any more clarification. -- Lost^(talk) 16:50, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Redirecting/Multiple Names

How do I get one search query to automatically redirect to another?

For example, when one types "sex with dogs" into the search box, the page on Zoophilia comes up.

I want the page on "Brandon Academy Private School" to come up when someone types in "Brandon Academy." How do I do this?

Thanks a lot!

please see Wikipedia:Redirects -- Lost^(talk) 16:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Policies

User:TRiG/Suggestion for policy on raunchy pictures

1. Does anyone think that this is a good idea?
2. Can anyone suggest any improvements? (If so, do so there.)
3. What is the right place to publicise this? (I imagine it isn't here.)

Thanks.

TRiG 17:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

The right place to take a policy proposal is Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) -- Lost^(talk) 18:04, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Perennial objection/suggestion. The perennial answer is that "shocking" is in the eye of the beholder. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:26, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

adding article with name that already exists?

hi. i was just about to add an article about a farm in norway called Blomberg. at that moment i found out that Blomberg is already used by some place in germany. how can i add my article without distroing the other? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Konrad.baginski@abc.se (talk • contribs)

Just create the title like "Blomberg, Norway". GeorgeMoney (talk) 20:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Also see Wikipedia:Disambiguation to understand how to redirect people going to the above article to the one written by you -- Lost^(talk) 04:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikilinking

Which is better, adding a wikilink when the article it would link to doesn't exist yet, but in all likelihood will at some point, or not? Clarityfiend 21:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

If it's likely that an article will be created, link it always. I find it helpful to click on the redlink and go to 'what links here', that way you can see how many other articles redlink to it also. Ziggurat 21:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Is there a way I can get my user page removed entirely?

I have decided not to participate in Wikipedia anymore and it keeps getting vandalized. Mattisse(talk) 22:14, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

You could try placing {{db-owner}} at the top. If not that, then Miscellany for deletion should get you the appropriate results. Sorry to see you go, but I hope that helps. The doors are, of course, always open, if you change your mind. Luna Santin 22:15, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

That seems like an odd template name, since there is no such thing as an owner of a Wikipedia article, User space or not. User:Zoe|(talk) 22:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

dictionary thesaurus

how do I access dictionary-thesaurus?

                           Fred DiDoemnico

The Wiktionary is located at Wikt:Main Page, if that's what you're looking for. If not, there's always dictionary.com. Luna Santin 22:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Reference help

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why I can't get the {{cite news}} template to work in Charles Ogletree. I finally gave up and saved the broken reference. If someone could fix it and show me the error of my ways, let me know. I've used it before just fine, and I don't think it requires all the parameters. Help! Grandmasterka 22:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Fixed. You were missing a space. :) Luna Santin 22:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

It has come to my concern that in page "Transfer(football)", section" most expensie trasfers" ,the name of Jaap stam is not included. Jaap Stam is an Dutch Footballer and currently plays for Ajax Amsterdam. In 1998 it is stated in "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_Stam" that Stam made a 36milion euro move to Manchester United(ENG)from PSV Eindhoven . In the "most expensive trnsfers" section it does not state the valuble transefer,but instead it states that Hernan Crepo's move to S.S Lazio(ITA) from Parma(ITA), which is 35.5 million euro. Please look into this matter.

PLZ email me back at [email redacted to reduce spam - they know what 'at' means] for any concerns or statements you might have to make regarding this email — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.193.33.90 (talk • contribs)

You're welcome to edit anything that you find here that is untrue, provided it adheres to Wikipedia's core policies. Good luck! (Email address obfuscated to prevent spam) —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 23:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

late night history

In the old days , when television went off the air around midnight of so, cbs would have a close of the day's broadcast. The Lord's prayer sang by the air force choir or similiar closing broadcast program. Where may I get a recording of those closing programs? Please and thank yoy for your help yficjames|a\t|earthlink(dot}net 76.1.86.89 01:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)James Doane yficjames||a|t||earthlink|_dot_|net email formatted to prevent spam

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. GeorgeMoney (talk) 01:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Just edit away?

So, I can just edit away? (following your rules policies, and guidelines?

Also, is there a bulletin board or discussion group where one can post thoughts before editing? Thanks (and thanks for creating Wikipedia) Dan Neunaber

Absolutely. You might want to see Wikipedia:Tutorial first. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

That's our motto -- be bold. As was mentioned, the tutorial is useful (it'll teach you the formatting, and some basic policy). When in doubt, every page has what we call a talk page (see the little "discussion" tab, up top), and there are centralized forums, including the village pump. And, of course, if you need help, you can always post here. :) Luna Santin 04:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

You can also create a working draft at User:Yourname/Subpage for material that's not ready for public consumption. I've done that a couple of times for a major restructuring of an existing page. —Tamfang 06:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

shut your template face, uncle template..

when you put a whole lot of navbox templates together they automatically hide themselves, is there any way to stop them from doing this? Plough | talk to me 02:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Can you give an example - I'm not sure what you mean. Viridae^Talk 02:37, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Also, what's that face/uncle thing a reference to? --Username132 (talk) 16:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

A song from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. User:Zoe|(talk) 22:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Ahhh, I know... thanks! I was thinking of the Addams Family! --Username132 (talk) 17:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Copying/Pasting an article

There's a stub article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xizor%27s_Star_Viper) I wish to clean up and I found a really well written article of it at Wookieepedia (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Virago). I didn't know if I was allowed to copy/paste the entire article? Of course I would reference it. 71.113.159.109 03:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Check the license for Wookieepedia. If they allow free use of their content, which I suspect they do, you can include any and all content from the article that is pertinent to Wikipedia and is correctly formatted for Wikipedia style. Another option is to include only key content and include a link to that article for more detail. Antonrojo 04:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Note that some Wikis like Memory Alpha have Creative Commons licenses, which may not be compatible with Wikipedia. Make sure the license is compatible before copy/pasting. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 22:46, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

index.php

whenever i login using my user name and password and try editing any article i am prompted to download and save a file naming "index.php". I don't know what to do with that but i am unable to continue editing even after asking to run that file in Internet Explorer.

When I don't login i am able to edit the articles....

it will be great if this issue is fixed as I have tried doing this in 3 different computers.

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.11.84.164 (talk • contribs)

Go to Special:Preferences. Click on the "editing" tab and 'uncheck the box that says "use external editor by default". GeorgeMoney (talk) 04:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, it resolved my problem. Thanks a lot.

Problems loading long pages

Hello! I have a question about loading long pages. Today, it seems that I am having difficulty editing or loading long pages. For example, for this page, only about half of the posts show up. The rest, show up as sort of garbled HTML code squished to the side of the screen in blue font. In order for me to edit this page, I had to type a permanent link into the web browser's bar. Is there something wrong with my browser at the moment? Or perhaps there is something intermittent with Wikipedia? Has anyone else had this problem before? Thanks for your help. --HappyCamper 07:35, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

This is most likely an issue with your browser. See here for more details. -- Lost^(talk) 07:55, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Overwrite

Help: I found I had overwrite, how do I cancel this please.OsborneOsborne

What do you mean by 'overwrite'? —Daniel (‽) 11:34, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

If you mean that you have overwritten something on an article, you can undo this by going to the page history, selecting the version before it was overwritten, pressing edit and saving. —Daniel (‽) 11:39, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Bigger map required

I need a map of Europe, but it needs to display all parts of all the countries on this list (i.e. North African nations). At the moment this one is the closest, but I think that a new map needs to be created. 0plusminus0 11:34, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

You could try requesting at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps -- Lost^(talk) 11:40, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

How or where can I get resources in public domain

I'm working on a page about places in HK. But I could hardly find a map that is not copyrighted, such as Google Maps, Yahoo!Maps, they are all copyrighted. So, I'm here to ask how or where can I get a map that is in public domain. Thankyou. Norrisng2001 11:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

See my reply directly above this question -- Lost^(talk) 11:52, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Editing a section with wiki markup in the title

I just found this out today. Editing a section with wiki markup in the title causes problems when the browser tries to go to the section. For example, suppose we have the following section header:

something

Now, when you edit this section, the wiki software marks the name of the current article as "articlename#[[something]]", and directs the browser to this article name. However, the browser can not find anything like "[[something]]" in the actual produced HTML code, and so simply displays the article from the start. JIP | Talk 12:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

License problems

I want to use a image produced by Google Earth. However, from the part of the license text of Google Earth, it states

Thank you for using Google Earth! By downloading, installing or using Google software or any portion thereof ("Google Software") you agree to the following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions"). The Google Software, and any portion thereof, are referred to herein as the "Software."

1. USE OF SOFTWARE The Software is made available to you for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not use the Software or the geographical information made available for display using the Software, or any prints or screen outputs generated with the Software in any commercial or business environment or for any commercial or business purposes for yourself or any third parties. You may not use the Google Software in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair Google's services (e.g., you may not use the Google Software in an automated manner), nor may you use Software in any manner that could interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of Google's services.

.

So, it states it is available to me for non-commercial.Is it means I may use it for Wikipedia? Thanks. -- Norrisng2001 12:05, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Google Earth images cannot be used for Wikipedia. However, NASA images can. —Daniel (‽) 12:07, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

ligitimacy

If anyone can edit wikipedia, how do we know the information is legitimate? Does anyone verify the material before it goes live? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.198.21 (talk • contribs)

In theory, you can't know. In practice, thousands of people read Wikipedia every day, and there is a good chance that false information is spotted within days, sometimes even within minutes, and corrected or removed. Some false information does get through, however. There is no official pre-validation process. For example, I could claim right now that George W. Bush is a mutant man-eating reptile from Dseta Persei VIII and it would go straight to Wikipedia before getting corrected or removed. JIP | Talk 12:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Verifiability is a core policy of Wikipedia. Our featured articles (considered to be our best articles) cite all non obvious statements from reliable sources. Wikipedia itself is a tertiary source, which means the articles can only have content that is already published elsewhere (not verbatim copied, of course. That would be copyright violation). If you see a dubious statement in any article in wikipedia, feel free to place a {{fact}} tag on it. Dont forget to explain your rationale on the article's talk page. That's how we are building Wikipedia, step by step -- Lost^(talk) 13:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

• Also see Wikipedia:Replies to common objections. Keep in mind that even sources that are written by a single person are often incorrect (they have no one to correct them). Even Encyclopedia Britannica isn't infallible. Keep a healthy dose of skepticism to anything you read and track down the sources for any dubious statements. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Copyright violation

Hi, I saw www.ppiblog.com copying an entire article from wikipedia (weepul) without naming the source. What to do? SietskeEN 12:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Under GFDL, one may copy and distribute the wikipedia content in any medium, either commercially or noncommercially, provided that the license, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies to the content are reproduced in all copies, and that the blog add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License. - You can communicate this to the owner of the blog. Due to the nature of the internet, I doubt much else can be done -- Lost^(talk) 12:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I already tried the reaction form. Hopefully this helps... SietskeEN 13:39, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Problem with references (citations) in article (relisting)

Hi,

I am having difficulty citing sources in the article Muqattaat. If you look at the article, you will see that there are some places where the text is Right-to-left. The first citation follows an rtl character, and thus renders that part of the text unreadable with characters overlapping each other here and there.

The second issue is that the references do not actually appear at the end of the article.

If someone can help with these problems, it'd be great.

Thanks, Omer

The references are now appearing. So the second issue is resolved. I dont know about the rtl part though. The article is Muqatta'at -- Lost^(talk) 14:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. Now I figure that you have to add a special references section. Any ideas where could I find help for the first issue. Omer 16:11, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Just bear for some time. It will be answered by an experienced editor on this very forum -- Lost^(talk) 17:10, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• I have cut/pasted this from above as one part of the question is still unanswered -- Lost^(talk) 13:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

• Solved by CesarB -- Lost^(talk) 16:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Does this image have copyrights

I found this following image, it is a picture of a monument; does it have copyrights? http://elguanche.net/imedghasen.jpg Thanks in advance, Read3r 13:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

The copyright will belong to whoever took the photograph. Shimgray | talk | 13:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick answer, i find another picture in this following site. the site says that people may copy the content of the site providing that they refer to the source (their site). My second question is: do i get automatically the premission by adding the name of the site on the image?

http://www.tawalt.com/images/imedghasen.jpg Thanks in advance, Read3r 13:27, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

• I can't find the stuff you said on the site itself. My Arabic is a bit rusty, so I had to open the entire thing in English, but I don't know where the permission was located. Mentioning the site each time you use the image is called attribution. And as far as I can tell from the info you provided you'd get permission. The site looks reliable, which is also important you need to be reasonably sure they do actually have permission to give those right away. When you upload the image, make sure you add both the location of the image to the location of the permission to the image description page. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:44, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Shock Absorbing Tennis Rackets

Which rackets are the best for minimizing the vibration from contacting the ball. I'd like to get manufacturer and models. 24.52.13.129 14:50, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. - Tangotango 14:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Steve Irwin

How can the filthy language be deleted from his biography?

Respectfully, Ione — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ionehill (talk • contribs)

It is a semi protected article. New and unregistered users cannot edit such articles. Just mention the changes that you would like to be made on the talk page of the article. Since he is in news today, a lot of people would be editing/ reading the article -- Lost^(talk) 16:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

My articles don't stay

Some I have created like yesterday I started a david flores(jockey) page and today it is gone...not the link to start the page but the data implimented...the data doesn't stay but the link does quite contradictory if the data is bad wont the link be bad too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Friendlymat (talk • contribs)

From the deletion log [1]:

17:33, September 3, 2006 Mets501 (Talk | contribs) deleted "David Flores (jockey)" (content was: '{{db-bio}}Is a Jockey Primarily based in Southern California.David was born February, 5 1968 in Tijuana Mexico.His bio can...')

Which means someone tagged it for deletion and a administrator deleted it. If you beleive it was unfairly deleted, you can talk to Mets501 or take it to deletion review. You might also want to read WP:BIO. I hope this helps! GeorgeMoney (talk) 16:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Open access

At the Open access article is this section of numbers/trivia, Open_access#Open_access_by_the_numbers. Should it be there? I've not seen anything like it elsewhere on Wikipedia, and it even makes reference to the reader, saying "If you know of numbers that measure the benefits, growth, or status of open access, please add them here". Since cross-namespace redirects are not allowed due to problems with forking and Wikipedia's wider aims as an encyclopedia, should this section not be removed? --Username132 (talk) 16:40, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Contributors to the article may be able to give you better answers to this. You could discuss it on the talk page of the article. Also a wikiproject giving guidelines on structure of articles on specific subjects might be helpful to you. You can find a list of projects here -- Lost^(talk) 16:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Russian Tortoise page

Please check your Russian Tortoise page. It appears to have erroneous pictures (photos of penises) at the top. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.160.222.142 (talk • contribs)

Nope, false alarm -- Lost^(talk) 17:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it was not a false alarm. I fixed it. Thanks to 69.160.222.142 for letting us know. Brian 17:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC)btball

The image had been replaced with Image:Testudo horsefieldii.jpg - which no longer exists. It's strange though, I can't find in the logs when and where it was deleted. I was trying to track back the vandalism to determine who actually vandalized the picture and deliver an appropriate warning. It appears that there was a valid image at one time and that this morning the valid image was vandalized with the above mentioned picture - now there is no picture... I replaced Image:Testudo horsefieldii.jpg with an image that had been used in an older version of the article, so I think it is fine now. I'll notify the uploader of the valid Tetsudo image that his image no longer exists, but I am really curious about why the logs don't show the deletion. Brian 17:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)btball

HELP

Due to recent death Steve irwin I am sure many people are lookign up Stingrays on your website. The first thing that came ip was a picture of a mans penis. There is a second obcene picture under the first one.

YOU NEED TO DISABLE THIS LINK IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.57.38 (talk • contribs)

The page has been semi-protected for now, so it won't be vandalized anymore. Grandmasterka 17:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the vandalism seems to have been done on templates linked in the article. User:Zoe|(talk) 22:40, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Username

Is it possible to change a username while still keeping all of my contribution records and current userpage? - mjg0503 18:41, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, simply put a request at Wikipedia:Changing username. Just remember *not* to register your new username yourself. Cheers, Tangotango 18:44, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect Link

Hi there,

I own www.easyelements.com , and noticed from my traffic statistics I was getting people referred from this page:

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

Obviously this page has nothing to do with me, so I think someone must have directed the link to me in error. I am not familiar with editing Wikipedia, so if someone could remove the link, or redirect it to its proper destination, that would be appreciated. I don't wish to be accused of 'stealing' traffic.

Thanks in advance, Robert.

81.96.189.114 19:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Done, Thanks, Brian 19:21, 4 September 2006 (UTC)btball

A NAME in wiki markup?

I'd like to use the <A NAME="01"> type tag in wiki markup to mark out specific pieces of text and refer back to them with links, but I don't want to use headings to achieve the effect. To make it clearer, I'll describe. I have headings giving dates; these I want to appear in the contents box. But I'd like to have a list of links below it, referring to smaller headings in the article but completely separate from the contents box.

So I need a way to mark out the headings I need and refer back to them with wiki links. This could be done in a snap on a normal webpage with A NAME, but since the tag is deprecated here, I'm hoping there's a way to replicate the effect. CNash 00:29, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand you correctly. You can link to any heading in an article, without doing anything special. For example this link links to this heading of this question. If you really need to duplicate the effect of the depreciated <A NAME="xxx">, you can use <span id="xxx">some text</span>. —da Pete (ばか) 10:42, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Hypertext definition is neither neutral nor correct

My e-mail address is email address removed to prevent spam.

I am deeply distressed by the inaccurate definition of hypertext in that article with the same title. Since attending WikiSym 2006 I've decided that I want to post a comment in a discussion forum related to that page. It is not obvious to me how to do that.

The particular problem I have with the definition (aside from its shallowness) is that hypertext is defined in terms of an interface, as though it is merely an access mechanism.

I look forward to your reply. 142.167.159.207 00:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC) (Jamie Blustein)

If you want to discuss the content of an article, go to the article itself, then up the top of the page look for a row of tabs labelled "article", "discussion", "edit this page", "history", etc. Click on the "discussion" tab, then click on the tab with a plus sign ("+") to add a new discussion section. Confusing Manifestation 01:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Accuracy of articles

I am pretty new to this site and am already impressed with the wealth of information in it.

However, the idea of any user being able to eidt any document disturbs me a bit. How can I be sure that any information I am referring to is accurate? Though I understand people keep 'cleaning' up the articles, I feel at any point of time there may be hundreds of articles that are not 'cleaned up' thus rendering them inaccurate If I or any one referenced them.

Please let me know.

Thanks ! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gururaja murthy (talk • contribs) 12:05, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

As a rule, Wikipedia is not a "reliable source", and as such shouldn't be used as the main source of information in, say, an essay. However, that's not to say that the majority of the information in Wikipedia can't be trusted to a certain extent, as long as you always take it with a grain of salt. A few ways to ensure that what you're reading is likely to be trustable include:

• Checking the edit history of the article to see whether there's been much dispute over the content, and also to see how many people have edited the page (in general, the more different people add information, the more likely it is that they've all looked at the existing information and found nothing wrong with it). You can do this by clicking on the "history" tab.
• Reading the talk page of the article to see whether people have debated the content. You can see the talk page by clicking on the "talk" tab.
• Comparing the content of the article with that in the sources. All good articles on Wikipedia are supposed to be properly sourced, with reliable sources, which generally appear at the bottom of the article under headings such as "External Links", "References", etc. While Wikipedia is not a reliable source, the links in these sections are supposed to be.

Also, if an article is a featured article or a good article, it is generally considered to be well-written, well-researched and well-sourced, so you can have more confidence in the content. Featured articles will have a little star next to their title, and a template on their talk page, good articles have just a template. Confusing Manifestation 01:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

• You should take in every source of information with some good old critical thinking. Just because one person wrote it, doesn't mean it's any more accurate than a Wikipedia entry. Books and other websites can be written by ignorant people too and they'd have no one to correct them. See Wikipedia:Replies to common objections. Always try to verify your information by tracing where it came from (the references section on our articles). - Mgm|^(talk) 04:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

How to Semi Protect

Hi helpdesk, Recent and repeated edits on the page Coalition casualties in Afghanistan by anon user with IP address is causing some problems. I want to semi protect so that the user will discuss his changes. Thanks in advance, Motorfix 01:11, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Probably best to list your concerns on WP:RFP. Confusing Manifestation 01:51, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Nutrition

The subject is NUTRITION

What is a good NUTRITIOUS Breakfast

                         Lunch 
                         Dinner

How can we be assured that we are getting the proper NUTRITION from our food ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.74.214.128 (talk • contribs) 12:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

This is the help desk, which is the place to ask questions about Wikipedia. Have you considered asking your question at the Reference Desk? They take questions of a more general nature there. Also, try looking at the article on nutrition first to see if that's any help. Confusing Manifestation 01:53, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

general

this is just a general question, but where on your site would I find when it was last updated, the name of the site author and editor, the author's or editor's e-mail address, the date of publication? Sorry for all of the questions but I need answers to them because I have to answer these questions on a web evaluation sheet. Thanks 216.68.45.99 02:01, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia for guidelines, suggestions, and examples. You can also click Cite this article in the toolbox on the left side of the page to automatically generate a bibliographic citation for an article in a number of standard formats. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:26, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Templates

How do you make templates for articles?Mvp7 02:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

The help is at Help:Template. If you'd prefer to ask someone else to create a template for you, there's a page for such requests at Wikipedia:Requested templates. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:16, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

case-sensitive searching

Hiya,

Love your site and the community aspects of it. My question is this: I have created a page about the famous California artist Elizabeth McGrath with her express permission. The page is now up and working, and if someone searches for it using the term "Elizabeth McGrath" (i.e. capitals in the right place), they are taken directly to the page. However, if someone searches for it using "elizabeth mcgrath", they are told that page does not exist. I have read over your FAQ and searched the Help area, but am not finding anything about how to make the lowercase name get users to the page I've created. I have done a search on other personages whose pages show up whether or not someone searches using capitals or not, so I know that it can be done. Any info and help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for you time, ~Nefairia

Create the page Elizabeth Mcgrath whose sole content is "#REDIRECT [[Elizabeth McGrath]]". —Tamfang 03:29, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

• When you use capitals and hit enter, it's not actually searching, you're brought to the page with the exact title you typed because you hit go. When you do not use capitals correctly, it will go in search mode, but since the article is recently created it is not yet in the search index. See WP:VFAQ (first entry). -Mgm|^(talk) 04:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

How?

This isn't about editing, but how do i make Wikipedia my Home Page? ````

Depends on your browser. In Firefox, there's a box in the first panel of the Preferences dialog. —Tamfang 03:21, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

• In IE it's Extra > Internet options > the first panel on top. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:41, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
  • That's "Tools", not "Extra". User:Zoe|(talk) 01:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Category - How to create ?

I find there is no Category on People of Bangladesh origin. How it is created? VMO 03:33, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Would this be different from Category:Bangladeshi people? To create such a category, this one might be a reasonable example to start from. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:10, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes, this would be different in that people born in Bangladesh before the country came into being, that is in the erstwhile undivided India but no longer holding the present Bangladesh citizenship. But how to create it? VMO 17:16, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Is this a commonly understood distinction? I think I would call such people either Category:Indian people or Category:Bangladeshi people (although I suspect they are likely not Muslim, which may be why you're hesitating to use Category:Bangladeshi people). To get more input about this, I suggest you bring this up at Wikipedia talk:Notice board for India-related topics. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I can't get my editing to work. HELP!!!

I am trying to edit a list of Chicago Films by ADDING a new film entry to the Directory of Chicago films, under the letter "M". The edit button and ensuing page will not allow me to edit/add an entry to the alphabetical list of Chicago films. Can you please help? Thanks. Judith

Hi Judith. You must first create an article with the name of the film and then add a category link: [[Category: Chicago films]] as a part of the edit. Example: Candyman (film). The film will then be listed automatically in the 'uneditable' list. Also look at existing article pages for examples of additional appropriate film categories. --Profero 07:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

• Please note, you can only add films to categories if we have an article about them. An entry with only a category tag would get deleted. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

add a link helper?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_White I would aks or someone can put a link of my official webiste www.whiteflames.nl of Snowy white to the above site. Thanks Eelcoline

[spam proof]

• No, sorry. Just because you played with that band, doesn't mean your site should be in the article about the other band. It's only tangentally related. Please see WP:EL for rules about external linking. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

'ute'

In Australia and New Zealand, a "ute" is a very commonly used term which describes a medium sized pickup truck - either a single (or in recent times) twincab design.

The term is an abbreviation of 'utility truck', which in itself is an abbreviation of the original term 'coupe utility truck' whose origins date back to the 1920's when the Ford Motor Company in Australia responded to the needs of a group of farmers and produced a vehicle which had a 'coupe' (two seater) cab which was common to a currently produced sedan automobile, and a utility rear to carry livestock or farm produce. The utility truck or 'ute' was born and is now the term most commonly used in Australia to describe what is called a pickup truck in other parts of the world.

• You're probably looking for the Articles for creation page. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

American Assassins; how to add name?

The subject page is an alphabetized list of American Assassins.

When I go into edit mode, I see nothing to add to.

How to add names?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:American_assassins&action=edit

FYI: The name I was intending to add is 'John Wilkes Booth', the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

This is a Category. To add an article to this category, you place [[Category:American assassins]] at the bottom of the page of whatever article you want to add. You can do it here, on the John Wilkes Booth article. Chris M. 11:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Contravention of GFDL

Re: Comair Flight 5191 a commercial website reproduced the majority of the article with no attribution to WP, in fact with a copyright notice for their website at the bottom. What should be done about this? I don't know whom to notify. Anchoress 12:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

• The website itself should be notified first. Tell them that use of Wikipedia requires it to be named as the sources and allow others to in turn take the article themselves under the same conditions. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:34, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Is there a template for that? Because I really don't understand GDFL myself, wouldn't know what to say. Anchoress 12:39, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Standard GFDL violation letter. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:49, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the info. I'll get on it today. Anchoress 16:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

UPDATE: They're wicked difficult to get in touch with. They only have a fill-in form for people seeking injury representation, and their web designer isn't listed. I went as far as to call the toll-free number attached to the site and sent them an email, but it was returned undeliverable. Trying another route. Their phone number goes straight through to voicemail. Anchoress 18:04, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

how to change the name of an entry?

I have created my first Wikipedia entry and now wish to change the capitalization of the entry's name. I can't seen to figure out how to edit the name of the entry, since it does not seem to appear in the edit window. Can anyone help me?

--Securitas

See WP:VFAQ#How do I change the name of an article.3F. Jacek Kendysz 15:11, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

how many countries in asia

kakal Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. - Tangotango 15:24, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Getting Rid of Underlines Below Links

After I created a new wikipedia article, all the wikilinks in wikipedia now appear underlined. How do I get rid of the underlines and return the visual style to the way it was before? -Captain Crawdad 18:14, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Very Frequently Asked Questions#All links suddenly became underlined -- Lost^(talk) 19:05, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Butler law firm

A lawer i retainted threw this station.Need to find him --new number and address, <help me>

This help desk is only for questions related to wikipedia. For all other questions, we would normally redirect to the reference desk, but I am not sure they will be able to help either in this case-- Lost^(talk) 20:06, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

internal referencing of books, journals, etc

i am using the {{ref_harvard...etc notation. but i do not know how it works.

i am simply copying what others have done.

do you have a reference site that explains the edfiting protocol using ref_harvard?? joe 20:58, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Harvard referencing. Do you need help in a particular article. Pls name it and we will try to edit on your behalf -- Lost^(talk) 21:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Update: Template talk:Harvard reference explains the usage in great detail -- Lost^(talk) 21:05, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Major article rewrite

If I want to do a major rewrite on an article (which is currently disorganized and full of extraneous information), is there a "sandbox" I can place the rewrite in so other editors can take a look at it and comment before I replace the current article? Beethoven05 21:08, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, you can use the Wikipedia:Sandbox but someone will mess it up. I would suggest creating the page User:Beethoven05/Sandbox and write it in there and no one will touch it. GeorgeMoney (talk) 21:13, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Excellent. Thanks for the quick response. Beethoven05 21:14, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Another alternative is creating the page User:Beethoven05/Articles/ArticleName and move the page to the real article space when you are done. GeorgeMoney (talk) 21:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

If he's doing a rewrite of an article, he won't be able to move his sandbox version over the existing article. He'll have to ask an admin to do it for him. I do worry about losing the edit history if he just rewrites the article in his sandbox and then it gets moved. The best thing to do would be to rewrite it in his name space, then copy and paste it over the existing article, to keep the edit history. User:Zoe|(talk) 01:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• If an admin moves it over the existing article, they should delete it first, then undelete, but if indeed no one touches his rewrite, there's no reason to keep the entire history of his subpage. In such a case copy-paste is acceptable. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:47, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Template Editing

Where would I suggest an edit of an existing navigational template? --VGF11 00:02, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

On the template's Talk page. User:Zoe|(talk) 01:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. -- VGF11 22:25, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

where my watchlist is saved

Will a larger number of items on my watchlist make the cookie on my computer a larger file? Dismas|^(talk) 02:40, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

No, it's stored server-side. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 02:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Dismas|^(talk) 04:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

hyperlinks in red

Hi there,

Often when browsing wikipedia, I come across hyperlinks that are red (instead of the usual blue), when I click on one of these I get sent to a page telling me that that article does not exist. The first time I ever came across one of these I reported it and the link was removed. However since using wikipedia more frequently I have found that these red hyperlinks are extremely abundant and that reporting it every single time may be a huge task. I am tempted to report all of them, but then I thought that they might be there for a reason. As a user I find it frustrating to find a link to something that does not exist. So my question is are all of these red links necessary? If so, why?

Markoff Chaney 06:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)Markoff Chaney

Yes, red links means that the articles do not yet exist. There's no need to report them to anybody. Feel free to create these articles if you have the interest and knowledge. See Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Infact even your name appears as a red link. That simply means that you have not created your user page yet and can do so whenever you feel like -- Lost^(talk) 06:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

It's often best to leave them be. When you or someone else creates the article that red link will automatically turn blue. Dismas|^(talk) 06:35, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Or if you don't feel like creating the article, just bear in mind that a red link is always a nonexistent article and get in the habit of only clicking on the blue links instead. Notinasnaid 07:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• That's exactly the reason they're color coded. If you see the link is red, you know the related article isn't there yet. You don't need to report them. The great thing about them is that they encourage people to create the article and if they do, all red links pointing to the article will automatically turn blue. - 131.211.210.11 07:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

membership

how do i delete my membership?Hw helper 07:27, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

At current, it's very difficult or impossible to delete accounts which have more than zero edits. There's nothing making you use the account, of course -- if you'd like to stop using it, nobody should get in your way, no? Sorry to see you go, but it is your choice to make. :) Luna Santin 07:29, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

For more information, take a look at Wikipedia:Username#Deleting your user account and Right to vanish. — QuantumEleven 09:43, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Picture copyright

Hi everyone!! So, I've got a website for a picture and I'd like to upload it. However, the copyright (at the bottom of the page), states "2000-2004 copyright" and "All Rights Reserved". So, is that means that I don't have to ask permission? As the copyright is just up to 2004. It confuses me since I joined Wikipedia. Here is the website, CLICK CLICK. Cheers --- Imoeng 10:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• No, the picture will be copyrighted as long as the photographer is alive and then some odd 70-100 additional years. The copyright notice is for the website itself, and they probably forgot to update it. You still need permission, not only for use on Wikipedia, but also elsewhere, our images need to be freely redistributable. If they don't want to release the image under a free license, you're out of luck. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:05, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• What the "2000-2004 copyright" message means is that the material on the web page was created between 2000 and 2004. (The site was probably last updated in 2004.) In other words, those dates are when the copyright expiry clock started ticking—as Mgm notes above, it will be a long time (decades) before the copyright lapses. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 22:35, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

why is search not finding this article/page?

I thought that the "Go" and "Search" functions here are not case sensitive. However, when I enter "funtown" and hit "go", I find nothing. When I enter "FunTown" and hit "go" I see the page on FunTown. Is there a way to edit this page so that it will be found when people do not capitalize certain letters?

Thank you Mienbau 11:05, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• The Go button immediately sends you to the article with the exact name you typed. It is therefore case sensitive, because words may mean different things depending on how they are capitalized. (Boo versus BOO) Whether something is found when you hit search depends on when the search index was last updated. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Question

216.195.208.34 13:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)My Teacher is having the class do articles, as she calls them. To where we have to read mewspaper articles and write a summary about them. She also said that if we use internet sources to make sure that they are lagitimet. So I saw that your site has articles and I need to know for my teacher if your site is lagitimet.

Thank You, Brandi Conner

Yes, the site is definitely legitimate. However, it is written by anybody and everybody. You can take the site as a beginning point for your summaries and then look for references within the site. You are also entitled to ask for references if you dont find them readily -- Lost^(talk) 13:27, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Pain Connection - Chronic Pain Outreach Center, Inc.

I am new to Wikipedia and am lost trying to figure out how to use it. I printed the above article to inform chronic pain patients and their families about available resources. One of the editors said it will be deleted. How do I then put Pain Connection's link under articles dealing with chronic pain, pain, fibromyalgia... as other agencies have? I did it last night but obviously did it wrong.

You can write articles on various subjects. However wikipedia is not a directory, so we cannot have resources and clinics listed here. That is considered spam. -- Lost^(talk) 13:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Signing

When I sign out do I write my name and then Gwenn Herman 13:10, 6 September 2006 (UTC)? Thanks! Gwenn HermanGwenn Herman 13:10, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

No, only sign with four tildes, your name/ signature and a time stamp will be printed automatically -- Lost^(talk) 13:32, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Deleting image files

Sir, I uploaded a image file deliberately. But when it got uploaded I realised that the image file size was larger than I thought. Now I wish to delete that file and upload a smaller size file. The photo is breaking across the page. Also I would like to know if I can mention my website address for further details of the photographs.

Just put {{db-author}} on top of the image. It will get deleted by the admins. It is mandatory to mention the source of the photograph along with the copyright information. Please ensure that while uploading the newer version of the photograph -- Lost^(talk) 14:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Bear in mind that an editor can choose the size of an image on a page, and this does not have the horrible overheads of doing this on a regular site. In fact, it is often recommended to upload a large file for this reason. Notinasnaid 15:54, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, actually Notinasnaid is right. You dont need to delete an image just becuase its large. It can be resized in the article that you want to use it in. See Wikipedia:Picture tutorial -- Lost^(talk) 16:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Can't the editor just upload a new version over the one that's already there? User:Zoe|(talk) 03:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of film

Hi there

Can you delete 'Twin Warriors' page as it's simply the Dimension retitle name for 'Tai Chi Master'. So it's really an obsolete entry for the film.

Thanks Chen lung 15:19, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

There is no page titled Tai Chi Master. Are you saying that the page titled Twin Warriors should actually be titled Tai Chi Master. One would need to move the page in that case. -- Lost^(talk) 16:43, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

How can I become an admin?

And, can I at my current state? Thanks. Trosk 17:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, one needs to apply for adminship. There are no fixed rules for handing over adminship, but generally community consensus is what decides on who should be an admin. The community (various editors of wikipedia) have varied standards on whether they think a person should be an admin or not. Go through them and decide whether you think you can pass the expectations of various people. Also see this. My suggestion would be to keep doing good work and you will be ready soon enough -- Lost^(talk) 17:28, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, can you give a quick opinion of me just to see if I should apply anytime soon? Trosk 17:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Can you tell me why you would like to have adminship? (This is one of the first questions that you will be asked while applying) -- Lost^(talk) 17:34, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, to tell you the truth, my main reason is I want to be able to deal with things when I start to see them. I hate having to wait for someone else to take care of them; to do it right, do it yourself.

My other reasons include having a little more respect, being an arguement resolver (something I enjoy for some reason), and, of course, having a back-up plan for when I am bored :) Trosk 17:39, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I dont think an adminship would succeed with these reasons, but then that's only my opinion. My suggestion would be to participate in WT:RFA and WP:ANI or atleast keep a track of them. They suggest a lot on what an admin generally needs to do and believe me its not as glamorous as you think it to be. There are of course other tasks that admins do, but they are even less glamorous -- Lost^(talk) 17:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, ay this point, I'll try making an RfA....nothing to lose, everything to win. Trosk 17:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh, one last question: will this position at all help with future job oppurtunities? Trosk 17:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

This is just a voluntary encyclopedia where even identities are not usually revealed. If your question is about a job in the real world, I dont see how this position will help you. -- Lost^(talk) 17:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

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

While doing some language research I stumbled across several rather explicit photos of male genitalia at that link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian, that had absolutely nothing to do with the subject of the Austronesian language group. I was unable to remove them by trying to edit the page. Any clues on how to clean up the vandalism?

• Generally speaking, vandalism of that particular type is usually removed within a minute. Try forcing your browser to refresh and it's probably gone before you get the time to report it. I think the bots that report vandalism to administrators are even programmed to notice the use of these images. Anyway, I couldn't find the vandalism you talked about. To cleanup try WP:REVERT or if you are not comfortable doing that yourself, use WP:AIV. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
  • If you couldn't find it, it could have been template vandalism. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 23:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• I thought of that, but I couldn't see any obvious templates either. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

delete my account

how do i delete my account? can u explain

Given the current software setup, it's very difficult or even impossible to delete accounts which have more than zero edits. It's probably easier for everybody if you just stop using it, instead. Sorry to see you go, but do bear in mind that the doors will always be open, should you choose to return to editing. :) Luna Santin 21:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

It is almost impossible to delete your account. This is because all edits need to be attributed to someone, under the terms of the GFDL licence, which is how Wikipedia is licenced (aka we can't do it because of legal reasons). Sorry we can't really help you and we do hope you stay Harryboyles 11:04, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

ArbCom

Can a Mediator from the Mediation Cabal bring their case to the Arbitration committee? WikieZach| talk 22:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• I don't see why not. Just follow the procedure described at the arbcom page for how to format a case. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Printing

Hi I have been trying to print the Dukes of Burgundy Family Tree, from the 9th centtury to 1482. I can see it, all pages but when it prints it only gives me 3 pages. Page 1 Header only, page 2 begins the family tree but only goes to Henry, bishop/hugh 1121-1170, 3rd page is begins with When Charles died... I would like all of this family tree. Please help.

Sharon <email removed>

Did you make sure that, when you printed, that you selected the "Print all" checkbox? Harryboyles 11:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Finding the Wikipedia Library for Templates

I can't seem to find the different 'templates' - specifically sports templates that are ready-made. I see them used in pages that are already established. Templates like '8TeamBracket', '16TeamBracket' and 'TwoLeg' I have seen being used, but I would like to know how to browse through the total library of wikepedia templates. Juveboy 01:35, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

The total library is at Wikipedia:Template messages. WP 02:27, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

How do I edit the title?

I recently submitted an article and I need to edit the title.

It shows up as Eric lofholm and I need the L in Lofholm to be capitalized.

Thank you!

See WP:MOVE for help moving pages (which is our mechanism for changing a page's title). If you have any further questions, feel free to ask, of course, either here or via a {{helpme}} at your talk page. Luna Santin 02:35, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Except, in this case you wait until you become notable and someone else writes an article about you with the correct capitalisation. -- RHaworth 03:07, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

words with 6 letters or less

How can I get a list of all english words using 6 letters or less

This Help Desk is for questions about using Wikipedia; you might want to ask at the Reference Desk instead. I can also suggest Google, since you are, after all, on the internet with a vast store of information at your fingertips. Good luck —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 03:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

schools in Germany in 1939

Hi, did you have a question? You can use the sandbox for more testing, or try the reference desk for questions about fact, history, or any of the RD categories. :) Luna Santin 03:25, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

removing misinformation

In an Article about Samual Francis it said that he wrote that the election of Barack Obama to the US senete was "deplorable" but in the cited article I couldnt find anywhere where Francis had said this.

I think it should be removed.

Regards, Darrin Lee

Then remove it yourself, or add a {{fact}} tag to the statement. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 09:59, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Dictionary of Literary Biography ref

Working on a book article and I have some information in the Dictionary of Literary Biography that I'd like to use in the article. Which cite template should be used for a source of this type (i.e. no author, only an editor)? Does one exist and if not, should it be created? MLA cite follows:

"Robert McCloskey," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 22: American Writers for Children, 1900-1960. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by John Cech, University of Florida. Gale Research, 1983, pp. 259-266.

Thanks in advance. — Scm83x ^{hook 'em} 07:07, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• See Wikipedia:References and Wikipedia:Citation templates. {{cite book}} or some variant thereof may work with an editor only instead of an author. You could use the citation you gave, just don't forget to add the ISBN number. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:15, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Can I add the lyrics to article on Manchester United anthem?

This (Glory Glory Man United) is a relatively new song but I don't think it is copyrighted. If it isn't then can I add its lyrics here? Unitedroad 07:50, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• I think such material would be better suited at WikiSource, but chances are it is copyrighted. Any song that is relatively new will be even when it's not explicitly mentioned. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

MAP

HOW TO NAVIGATE INDIAN POLITICAL MAP

You will need to be a bit clearer with your question. If you just want to access the map, here is a link to some fine maps of India -- Lost^(talk) 16:42, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Civilian Conservation Corps#CCC life formatting problem

I was reading the article about the Civilian Conservation Corps and in the section on CCC life there is a formatting problem. Part of the text is unreadable because of the placement of an image. I use Firefox. I checked it using MS Internet Explorer and it looks fine. I use the default setting in both browsers. I have no idea how to fix this. --Droll 08:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• I think the image may have been too big for your browser window width. I adjusted it. Does this fix your problem? — Reinyday, 09:23, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• • Looks good now. Thanks --Droll 09:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Deleted edits

Does anyone know how to view a list of edits that you made on articles or pages that were later deleted? These edits don't show up in a user's contributions log. Thanks. Carcharoth 09:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• There used to be a way to view this (I'll try to find you the link), but it is currently disabled. — Reinyday, 09:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
  • When working, the link would be http://tools.wikimedia.de/~river/cgi-bin/archive_contribs?user=Carcharoth&dbname=enwiki_p . — Reinyday, 09:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks. Carcharoth 10:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Footnotes and style

The article "European Patent Convention" contains footnotes but also, in the core text, references to legal provisions. For instance:

"The EPC provides a legal framework for the granting of European patents (Article 2(1) EPC), via a single, harmonized procedure before the European Patent Office."

I would like to replace all direct references in the core text, such as "(Article 2(1) EPC)", by footnotes. IMHO this would make the article nicer to view and read. Boundlessly made however the comment that to reach the actual legal provision (outside Wikipedia), one needs two mouse clicks instead of one, one to reach the footnote and another one to reach the legal provision from the footnote (see his remarks here: Talk:European patent law#Cite form). On the other hand, IMHO again, using two browser windows or tabs could enable someone to easily reach the legal provision. With respect to style, is there a guideline or consensus regarding this? Thanks for your input. --Edcolins 10:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citing sources#How and where to cite sources. It states that all styles are acceptable as long as you are consistent within the article. -- Lost^(talk) 10:50, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Both styles are used in the article. Thus there is an inconsistency. The first type of style was the footnotes style ("If there is no agreement, prefer the style used by the first major contributor"). So, footnotes should be used for all citations. Is it correct? --Edcolins 11:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, thats what the style guide says. Go with the style used by the first major contributor. -- Lost^(talk) 12:09, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. --Edcolins 12:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Listing articles that are in two categories

Is there a way to crossreference two categories so that you can see which articles fall under both? This is for looking at articles that are a stub that also are in another category. --chris_huh 10:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• The bottom of my userpage has a link to CatScan on the toolserver, that should be able to do this. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:21, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

first law of thermoynamics applications for non flow procsess

derived and explain applications of first law of themodynamics for non flow process 11:04, 7 September 2006 (UTC)11:04, 7 September 2006 (UTC)210.212.246.134 11:04, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• We are not in the business of doing your homework, especially when it's in the wrong place. This page is for questions regarding Wikipedia. You are looking for the reference desk, but you need to be more specific to get any sort of useful answer. Also, this is not a search engine. Writing in full sentences and saying please will improve the chances of your question getting answered. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:Q94 money magnets.jpg

It came to my atention that I did not have "copyright" information on the Image:Q94 money magnets.jpg.

Therefore I went back to the editing page to see if I could add the appropriate copyright to the image. However I have only been able to add text and there is no selection of tags unlike when I first added in the picture. It seems after you upload an image you are limited to how you can edit after.

Please advise how I can correct this problem

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sidious 66 (talk • contribs)

I have corrected the template that you tried to insert. Please check now -- Lost^(talk) 13:26, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

For future reference, you can incsert a licensing tag after you uploaded an image by editing the image page and inserting a tag like {{GFDL}}, {{PD-self}} etc. into the descrition text. For a full list of all these copyright/licensing tags and an explanation of what they mean, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. -- Ferkelparade π 13:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Bogle and Chandler murders early morning 1.1.1963

I was in the lovers lane next to the Lane Cove River on the same morning as this murder just on the north side of the bridge adjoining Millwood Ave and Fullers Road. I had used the south side, where the bodies were found many times with my girlfriend before. I always took a blanket as there was virtually no vehicle access on this side of the bridge. The theory put forward on TV tonight on the ABC was incorrect and I never noticed a hydrogen sulphide smell.There was always a strong smell of mangroves and salt water, but that water was not polluted as I had seen sharks in that part of the river and once saw a dog get taken by a shark. There was no police tape around the scene where the bodies were found and the next night from memory I along with some friends took some wreaths from The local Northern Subhurbs Crematorian and placed them at the crime scene. At lunchtime the following day, The Mirror carried the headlines ' mystery wreaths found at site......has the morbid killer returned ' The Sun had no mention of this finding. So many police and the press and siteseers had trampled the area that any evidence would have been obliterated (email removed)

Did you mean to ask a question? This is the wikipedia help desk where we answer questions related to wikipedia. -- Lost^(talk) 13:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Change with redirection

I'm relatively new here, so if I've missed something, please bear with me.

Yesterday, I followed a link from the William Norris pages to service bureaus. I was redirected from there to Payroll Service Bureaus. I was surprised because the redirection misses the fact that there are multiple types of service bureaus out there. In this case, it was even more surprising because one of William Norris' big things was the acquisition of the Service Bureau Company in the mid 70's from IBM (I worked there shortly after the acquisition) and at the time, the bigger part of the company was timesharing. They even had an ad campaign (which didn't impress most people within the company that I knew) with the tag line,"We gave our name to the entire industry." Other classic types of activity at service bureaus include AP, GL, and various other accounting functions. During the time I was there, ADP was the biggest competitor. There is no discussion on the page and the history seems to be just for the payroll service bureau, which leave me wondering where to go for whoever did the redirection to begin with.

So, I know how to edit, etc., but how would I figure out who put in a redirection from service bureaus to payroll service bureau so I could ask what their intent was? I could probably come up with some basic information, but probably wouldn't be the best for the overall article. I'd be most interested in the "why" before consideration of writing anything.

The creation and redirection was done on 27th June by User:Reswobslc. See this -- Lost^(talk) 14:13, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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Hi, i am wanting to suggest that a change be made to a page, how do i communicate that? and/or how do i make a hyperlink? (hope that makes sense) cheers, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.217.69.209 (talk • contribs)

Hi there. The best thing to do is to go to the talk page of the relevant article (you can get there by clicking on the second tab from the left at the top of the page) and discussing your recommended changes there. Links to internal articles can be created by enclosing the word or phrase within square brackets - [[ and ]]. External links can be created by enclosing them within single square brackets; one bracket on either end of the URL creates a reference like this[2]; including a word or phrase within the brackets links those words. Hope that helps! Tony Fox (arf!) 15:58, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

can't login

dialog box rejects my username which i thought was my email: <email removed>

I am attempting to add the name DHARMACIST to the Wikipedia Dictionary

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

Am I going about this the proper way?

Edward Namerdy aka Dharmacist

Well, firstly wikipedia is not a dictionary. Its an encyclopedia. There is another project for the dictionary entries. That is wiktionary. Secondly the page you are creating it in is called userspace. It belongs to the User:Dharmacist. Since you have not signed the page, I dont know whether that user is you or not. Please take the entry to the wiktionary project -- Lost^(talk) 16:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• You probably gave your email when you signed up, but that is so we can send your password if you forget it. Unless you put your email address in the user field, it is not your username. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:45, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

how to link to a section within a page

if i want ot link to another page, i use the funtion like highland pipes

however how do I Link

(i) to a sub section within an article. For esample: with the page bagpipes their is a sub section ==modern usage== and within modern usage therir is a subsection titled ===transpostion===. HOW DO I LINK DIRECTLY TO ===transposition]]

(ii) where can i find the rules for linking.

joe 15:21, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

This is how you do it: Wikipedia:Help desk#how to link to a section within a page. Clicking on this link will get us to this section -- Lost^(talk) 16:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Renaming articles

I have just submitted an article entitled 'XCM (Xtreme Card Manipulation)'. However, I have decided now that I would prefer it if the title was simply 'XCM'. Is there any possible way I could change it?

Poppadom

You would need to move the article -- Lost^(talk) 16:18, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• I seem to remember a similar page being deleted a while back. Anyway, Wikipedia:Naming conventions say it should be titled Xtreme Card Manipulation (if it is what I think it is) or [[Extreme Card Manipulation, you can make XCM into a redirect. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

How to add?

How do I add things like "the neutrality of this article is disputed" to the top of an article? If I could get a list of codes that would be great...

Seckelberry1 15:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Adding {{POV}} will do it. See Category:Neutrality templates for others. Deli nk 15:37, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

And you can check out WP:Templates for a bunch more useful templates if you need them. Tony Fox (arf!) 15:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

But don't forget that you have to add your reasons to the talk page, or people have every reason to just take the tag right off again. Notinasnaid 17:09, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Deleted edits

I know that only administrators can view the contents of deleted articles, but is there any way for a non-admin to see how many edits users have made to deleted articles, or if a user has created many deleted articles, etc. It seems to me that things like repeated page creation vandalism can go unnoticed otherwise. Deli nk 15:34, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Please see just a few sections above this one. This one to be precise. It answers the part 1 of your question. Regarding the second part, if you have a deleted article on your watchlist, it will show up whenever someone recreates it -- Lost^(talk) 16:39, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Accidentally Removing Information

what do we do if we have accidently deleted/changed the existing entry by accident? I was trying to remove an unnecessary comment someone left and I ended up changing the wrong section, destroying the previous information.

Simply revert the page. Edit an older version of the page (the one before your edit) on the History, and save that, and it'll revert the page to how it was before your edits. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 16:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Userpage

Hello! I wanted to announce myself under the name Luxo, because I have this name also in ohter wikis. This name is alredy occupied [3]. But the user haven't made a edit or something [4]. Can I have this name? Thank you --62.203.113.212 16:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Changing username#Requests to usurp an existing account with no edits -- Lost^(talk) 16:37, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

The Signpost

The Wikipedia Signpost article on the Italian Wiki needs copyediting. How can that be done? Anchoress 16:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

You could try asking at Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost. Since they share the interest, they can help you out -- Lost^(talk) 17:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Anchoress 17:07, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

You could also add a {{copyedit}} tag to the article, which will list it at and allow editors who specialize in copy-editing to tackle it. Although, asking people who have a specific interest might be better, but if you can't get enough support, this is another method. Best of luck! —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 18:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

bringing back a speedy deletion

My initial entry for Robert D. Arnott was speedily deleted. I responded to the admin who had deleted it in his talk page. He has agreed to support bringing back the article on my talk page. However, I have tried to 'Email this user' to ask him how to bring it back along with a few other questions, but I have not heard back from him. Could someone please assist me in bringing back the Robert D. Arnott entry and help me ensure that I have the proper format, etc to avoid speedy deletion in the future? I can check my talk page for replies. Thanks for your time.

64.60.149.98 17:16, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review ought to be a good start. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 18:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Image Thumbs

Hi - I'm a relatively experienced Wikipedian, but I'm having trouble with one image which I'm trying to add to a page. I've successfully uploaded it, but the string of code I've been using (which works with all the other images I've uploaded for that page), does not work as I intende. The exact string is:

[[image:Blundell Park Pontoon Stand.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Pontoon Stand]]

Instead of the Image thumbnail appearing in the text, only the "alt" ("The Pontoon Stand) part appears, as a hyperlink to the image file. Perhaps the image is too large? Or is in JPG format? I can't think why on earth it won't work - I've been making HTML webpages since 1998 and never had a problem of a thumbnail not loading, and this string of code has worked before (in fact, I've lifted straight from other pages)

Regards - Superbfc 19:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• The page in question is Blundell Park

Try taking this to WP:VPT as you have struck me clueless. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:40, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

: Solved! I've re-uploaded the file - it must have corrupted somehow. Thanks anyway - Superbfc 23:09, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Deleting an Image

How do I delete an image I've uploaded to Wikipedia? Thanks, Paul

Images can only be deleted by administrators. If you want an image uploaded by you to be deleted just add {{db-author}} to the image's page. An admin will soon come by and delete it. --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 19:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I can't edit a page

Whenever I click the 'Save page' button when I'm editting Wikipedia:Dead external links/301, my computer crashes. 0plusminus0 20:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Please take this technical question to the technical village pump they will have the resources there to better respond to your question. Thanks! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:31, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Company or Personal Project?

Can I start a Wiki project for either company or personal use only updatable by a select few?

It depends on what you mean. If you mean here on Wikipedia or another site hosted by the Wikipedia Foundation, no you can't. But if you mean your own private wiki site running the MediaWiki software, sure, go ahead. The MediaWiki software is freely downloadable, and can be used for any purposes, as long as they don't directly break the law. JIP | Talk 20:52, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• b:Wiki Science:How to start a Wiki - Mgm|^(talk) 21:52, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Naming conventions (Finnish)

Could people take a look at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Finnish)? All that seems to have happened so far is me arguing with User:Masterhatch and User:Gene Nygaard, and it seems both parties feel they're talking to a brick wall. We need lots of more opinions, both from Nordic and non-Nordic users. JIP | Talk 20:50, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you guys request a mediator with the mediation cabal. They will be able to assist much more then we can here on this page! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Changing the skin

Dear Wikipedia,

I cant figure out how to change my skin because I don't like it. I have went into the My Preferences but it won't let me click on Skin, I don't know what's wrong. Please respond soon, thank you. Nemato 21:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Please re-ask your question at the technical village pump thanks! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Language Q

how do i put it in spanish? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.70.104.66 (talk • contribs)

In order to change the language of the interface on any Wikipedia, you have to register. Once you have, a language selection thingie can be found in your preferences. If you prefer Spanish, you might want to try the Spanish Wikipedia instead of the English one (which you're currently on). -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 22:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

how to contact you?

Hi Wikipedia,

I don't want to edit an article, so much as note a small point. I was, however, unsure about who to address this to, so I guess I'll use this to relay my point. Under the article Women's Body Shapes you have a section entitled 'Feminism and Body Shape' and there you identify Ms. A. Jolie as a curvy woman. I agree that this is generally accepted in pop culture, but would like to note that according to the specifications of your article, Ms. Jolie's body shape is in fact not traditionally curvy. The top of her body is a lot larger than her narrow 32 inch hips and aside from an ample chest her frame is quite gangly and thin. I think that she is taken to be curvy simply because she has an ample chest, which both reflects the modern western perception of what counts as 'desirably full' and how that differs from the very standards we have said to measure such things. Okie dokie that's all I have to say. You should check out Ms. Jolie's measurements, I'm right about this.

-A.B.