[edit] August 31

[edit] where do I go on the site to write an article?

There is ample information about how to prepare to write an article, what to include, etc., but where on the site do I go to actually write the article and submit it? Please help...infojunkie 00:31, 31 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eanimal (talk • contribs)

There's an article wizard that you can use to actually start an article. --SoCalSuperEagle (talk) 00:36, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

What do you want to write about? Wikipedia deletes lots of articles by new users for violating our complex and often unobvious rules for content. See WP:NOT and the notability guidelines. The first question to ask is not "How do I write a new article?" but "Can Wikipedia have an article about topic X?" --Teratornis (talk) 06:36, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

And the second question is "Does Wikipedia already have an article (or a section in an article on a related topic) about topic X?" Deor (talk) 13:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] how do i embed a photo?

I'm not given the option to download a photo. How does it recognize where the photo's origin? In other words, how do I download a photo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eanimal (talk • contribs) 01:21, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

To upload an image to Wikipedia, your account needs to be autoconfirmed - that means that your account needs to be over four days old from the first day you edited, and that you have made at least ten edits. Consider looking into editing some articles to achieve those ten edits; I've left a welcome message on your talk page that offers some help and links that you can check out if need be.

Once you are autoconfirmed, you should see a link in the "Toolbox" tab to the left that says "Upload file". Clicking on it will lead you to the beginning of the process of uploading images. You basically select an image that is stored on your computer, and then insert the relevant information (author, description, source, licensing, etc.) in the various fields provided. Note that the image must follow Wikipedia's guidelines to the uploaded; see Wikipedia:Uploading images for more information. The image you wish to upload must either be freely licensed/in the public domain, or must fall under fair use policy (fair use means that you are allowed to upload images that include movie posters, game covers, company logos, and that sort of thing). Also note that if the image is freely licensed, you should consider uploading it at the Wikimedia Commons - that's where most freely-licensed images go, as they can be used across all Wikimedia projects.

I know that this is a lot, but if you navigate the links and read on, that should really help. If you need further assistance, just ask. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:32, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] editing

I saved my article on my user page and would like to edit it. However, the only portion that it is allowing me to edit is the reference section. How do I access the actual article? Thanksinfojunkie 01:51, 31 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eanimal (talk • contribs)

To edit the introduction of the article that isn't placed under its own section, simply click on the "edit" button at the top of the page, placed at the left of the search bar. This will let you edit the entire article at once. For convenience, you can also go to the "My preferences" link at the upper-right, then click on the "Gadgets" tab. Then scroll down to the "User interface gadgets: editing" section and enable " Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page." This will produce an [edit] link for the lead section of the article and will treat it just like any other section. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 02:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] telugu translation

I heard wikipedia telugu localization is done by some paid translators. where cxani get information —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.195.132.84 (talk) 05:38, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

There is a Telugu Wikipedia if that's what you mean. See the links under WP:EIW#Translate for more information about translating Wikipedia articles to and from various languages. I don't know anything about paid translators; on all the Wikipedias I have heard about, contributors are generally volunteers. However, occasionally a philanthropist will donate money to the Wikimedia Foundation to be used for specific purposes, so if somebody wanted to fund a translation project and hire translators, nothing would stop them from donating money to do it (if they had the money, of course). What is the word "cxani"? Is that a typo for "can I"? --Teratornis (talk) 06:41, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Disrupting

There is somebody who is systematically disrupting my editing at the discussion page of Cadmus. Please tell him to stop!!!!Aldrasto11 (talk) 06:36, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I can't see any disruption, can you be more specific? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 07:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

The only account that has edited that page after you has been User:Sinebot who has been signing your posts to that page for you. To avoid this, simply sign your posts yourself by typing four tildes (e.g. ~~~~). Dismas|^(talk) 07:20, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] please help me we have already established orphan home but economically lift up the possibiletes

dear sir please kindly inform me about details of orphanages and child care development. thanking you your sincerely, K.jacob email address: (redacted) I am awaiting soon for your kindly reply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.246.144.32 (talk) 07:49, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! The best place to ask your question would be on the reference desk, although you may want to clarify what exactly you would like to know. Might our articles on orphanages and child development (particularly the "references" and "further reading" sections) help you? — QuantumEleven 08:20, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] HIGH YIELD INVESTMENT PROGRAM-

How about the FALION INVESTMENT- which offers as high as 92 % interest- is it a legal internet investment company; ( FALION.COM)--119.82.252.53 (talk) 08:14, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

• Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 08:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Also see Ponzi scheme and Investment risk. --Teratornis (talk) 17:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Reference formatting in mephedrone

Could someone please advise me on how to reference different page numbers in a long source each time the source is used? I'd like to note the page number when reference 9 in mephedrone is used but WP:CITE is pretty confusing! I think I've seen a format where the first occurrence would have the full reference, and then future occurrences can just be a page number, but it also links back to the first reference. If someone could change it in the article and just add a random page number then I can go back and fill in the correct page number.

Whilst I'm here, could someone also take a look at THC#Toxicity and see if they can get the .gif to animate correctly? I think the problem is related to scaling as when I take "thumb" out of the code it rotates, but then I can't get it to have a caption. Thanks Smartse (talk) 11:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

With standard footnotes, you can reuse cites by use of named references, but each cite will be the same. You can add an in-text page number using {{rp}}. You may also be interested in shortened footnotes. BTW: That quote in #7 neds to be worked into the text; it is never appropriate to use a pull quote inside a reference. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:55, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] the good old format

After looking at 20 links, I still can't find the place to request my return to the old format. I must be pretty stupid, because this is the third month that I have to do it. It's REALLY annoying that you revert to your new default every 30 days, when I want to use the old format FOREVER. This is not good service! So please remind me how to do it, and if you have to continue reverting to the new format, at least put this information someplace prominent on the first page so I don't have to spend a 1/2 hour searching for it! The way I'm viewing this page now is the way I want to keep it. Where did it come from? Search box on the left near the top, please, ALWAYS. Thank you very much. 13:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Conglo (talk • contribs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences. Click Appearance tab and set skin(likely MonoBook) as desired and save. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 13:22, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

At the top of any page, to the left of the links to your user page, talk page, contributions, etc., there should be a link named "Take me back". By clicking on it (or the "New features" link next to it), you can return yourself to the old skin. Deor (talk) 13:54, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Removing an incorrect link.

On the page related to the Usher of the Black Rod for Canada, a link to a wiki page is indicated for Col. Jean Doré. It links to a Quebec political figure of the same name, but they are not the same person. How do I remove the link? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.197.82.203 (talk) 15:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I've fixed it, you can see how by clicking here. By adding (usher) it makes it a red link and therefore won't link to Jean Doré anymore, it still says Jean Doré though because I used a hatnote to hide the usher part. If there's a better way to distinguish them than "usher" then feel free to change it to something else. Smartse (talk) 15:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Actually that was a pipe not a hatnote. – ukexpat (talk) 16:44, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Note at top of article - should it be there?

Hi, whilst editing a related article, I came across an article (Shakespeare authorship question) with a large blue-box note at the top of the article, informing that the article is currently being updated. Is this correct or should it be on the talk page? Thanks for any knowledgeable advice. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 15:27, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

That looks OK. Likely, the active editors of the article would like to notify users that they are working on a major rewrite, and discourage them from editing the main article as their efforts will likely be removed soon. There are templates such as {{Inuse}} or {{Underconstruction}} that notify users of similar situations; they are also placed in the article body. If those templates were placed on the talkpage, no one would ever notice them, especially new or anonymous users who may not know to look there. Xenon54 (talk) 15:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the info! Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 15:49, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] my username is not allowing access

i use 'pinkgenome' as my username. when i enter it, i am told it already used. i cant get an email sent to tell me the password. what is wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.102.210.159 (talk) 17:32, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

The username Pinkgenome was created last year. Is this your account that you registered previously, or would you like to register this name? TNXMan 17:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] text from wikia

Hi. I'm going to use some text from http://tractors.wikia.com , I understand that I need to leave a message:

This article uses material from the "xxxx" article on the Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.

But where? on the main page, or talk page. Also is there anything else needed? Sf5xeplus (talk) 17:42, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Use that message in the edit summary when you add the text to an article. That is all that is needed. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:54, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Done that at Priestman Brothers . Thanks. Sf5xeplus (talk) 19:10, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Resolved

[edit] Temporarily not online much?

Is there a template I could put on my userpage to tell people that I am temporarily not much online?-- 18:21, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

{{Wikibreak}} or you may find a more suitable one in Category:User talk header templates. – ukexpat (talk) 18:26, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Oh, and sorry by the way. I do not know why, but I think my English is really messed up today.--Greatgreenwhale (talk) 18:30, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

There are a huge number of Wikibreak templetes at WP:Wikibreak, covering almost every possible situation. Equisetum (talk | email | contributions) 14:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Tunecrank (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Need assistance at the above article's talk page. The uploading user is querying my speedy deletion nominationg of the page for WP:CSD#A7: non-notable website. The query is how to show the verifiability of independent bands, where they are ususally only heard about through social networking (I think that's what he's saying). With it comes the accusation that Wikipedia by virtue of its own policies is only supporting the big guys and not the little guys. I'm a bit out of my depth now and wouldn't mind some assistance from a user with more experience in this area. -- role^player 18:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Looks like it's been deleted. The creator can take it it to deletion review if they so wish. – ukexpat (talk) 19:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] this is checked Resolved - it is not resolved - my work is not on Wikipedia

mounting my information on Wikipedia

Resolved

: User page speedily deleted as spam and username spamblocked. – ukexpat (talk) 14:37, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

I entered my personal info so as to become a Wikipedia contributor. I wrote a Wikipedia page for the Alpha Tau Gamma fraternity in Amherst, Mass. I reviewed it. It looked OK. When I log out and log back in to type Alpha Tau Gamma, I do not find what I entered? Where is my text? Alphataugamma (talk) 13:37, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

It's here User:Alphataugamma but at the moment I'd advise you not to try to move it into userspace as it's likely to be deleted. You might want to ask the people here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fraternities and Sororities for advice. Dougweller (talk) 13:44, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I am now at the Fraternities & Sororities section. Please look at what Dougweller says "It's here..." If it is here, I cannot find it. I have saved a copy. May my copy be moved into userspace? Why is it "...likely to be deleted..." 71.232.104.236 (talk) 20:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

The answer is in your post (links added): "User page speedily deleted as spam". Your draft article was seen by someone and classed as blatant advertising, then subsequently deleted.

The "Resolved" group of templates do not relate to the outcome of the discussion, rather they identify the activity level. For example, "Resolved" simply means the question is "finished" and does not require any more attention, while "Stale" means the opposite: that the question has not been answered or discussion has been left unfinished for an extended period of time.

You may try again with your saved copy, but most articles that are deleted as spam require heavy editing before they are even close to being acceptable. I suggest you read the notability guidelines for organizations; if your fraternity does not meet that (and most do not), then you should not bother trying again, as you cannot change whether a topic is notable or not, and articles about non-notable topics are always deleted. Xenon54 (talk) 20:18, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

By the way, in addition to the many problems with the article as posted, it was also a copyright violation of this text, and even if you own the copyright to that content, we couldn't use it (were it appropriate) unless you released it into the public domain or under a free license.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:02, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Hoax

Tazzella is a hoax; only exist here and in es_WP, and was created by the same author, who curiosly uploaded the same stolen photo as "own work" in Commons. In es_WP we have a template "destroy|reason", but I´m not sure if applys here. Does it? Or what must I do to ask for destroy it? Thanks. --Andreateletrabajo (talk) 23:22, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

If you think it is a hoax, you must have reasonable proof that it is such. After that, you could open a case against it(read the criteria for speedy deletion policy, it may barely fall under g3). However, there isn't much to work off of it here, so you may be out of luck.  A p3rson ‽ 23:38, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Actually, the burden of any challenged material is on the person who seeks to keep it to source it with reliable inline citations after someone questions its veracity. Also speedy deletion is not the only tool. In this case, though a G3 might possibly be acted upon, articles for deletion is an appropriate forum where any article can be taken to seek deletion on the merits, as opposed to speedy deletion, which, because it is deletion without discussion, is very restricted in its ambit. I have just done some due diligence (see WP:BEFORE) and have not found any source substantiating this topic, so I'm going to take it to AfD now.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:52, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Ok thanks a lot. I deliver this matter in hour hands. --Andreateletrabajo (talk) 00:11, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tazzella.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:20, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia logo

Where is the code that puts the Wikipedia logo at the top left of each page? How can one change this logo (in another language Wikipedia)? --Redaktor (talk) 23:47, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

It is a setting in the LocalSettings.php file - see this page on MediaWiki which explains it -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 13:29, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] September 1

[edit] Steve Sandvoss Section Blanking

This question relates to one of those areas where Wikipedia policy is unclear (to me). An editor tagged the Sandvoss article back in April as needing additional sources. Then, today, he blanked the section on Sandvoss's early life (which had no sources at all). The issue is whether the blanking is appropriate. BLP policy states that all unsourced "contentious" material should be removed immediately. However, it doesn't say what you are supposed to do with unsourced non-contentious material. The editor who removed the material didn't challenge the statements in the section. In my view, even with a warning tag, unchallenged material should not be deleted wholesale without first attempting to reach a consensus on the Talk page of the article pursuant to WP:NOBLANKING. Mind you, I have no stake in the material. I didn't create any of it. However, the truth is that many articles about BLPs have unsourced, non-contentious material, and no one removes it, at least not an entire section. I was going to revert the change but decided to pose the question here instead to see if anyone has any comments on the issue generally and with respect to Sandvoss in particular.

As an aside, what causes some section blankings to be tagged and others not?--Bbb23 (talk) 00:01, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Wow, I've never seen that essay before. There's some rather extreme cherry picking going on there to reach a large brush conclusion actually unsupported by canonical policy. Please see WP:BURDEN. This is part of one of our core content policies and cannot be overruled. Yes, negative, unsourced material in BLP's needs to be removed immediately, and yes, any contentious unsourced material (whether positive or negative) and all quotations must be sourced using an inline citation, but in addition, i.e., separate and apart from this,

Any material lacking a reliable source directly supporting it may be removed, but how quickly this should happen depends on the material and the overall state of the article. Editors might object if you remove material without giving them time to provide references. It has always been good practice to make reasonable efforts to find sources yourself that support such material, and cite them.

While the user did tag the article as a BLP needing additional sources for verification, it would have been better if the user had added something like {{disputed-section}} or fact tags at the end of each paragraph he was disputing, but he absolutely can simply remove, and the burden is on those seeking to add it back to source it. This is fundamental and really, without it we are lost, for lack of sourcing is our number one problem.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:13, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

WP:BURDEN leaves a fair amount of wiggle room, too, actually. In any event, if an editor can remove unsourced material, even if it's not contentious, then the BLP policy should be changed to say so. I understand when you add material to a preexisting, well-established article, the burden is on the adder to source the material. However, if an editor can simply create that burden on a subsequent restorer by removing material, that's kind of cock-eyed. At this point, you might as well delete the entire Sandvoss article. There's only one source in it. The rest has nothing. I might also add that although I sympathize with your statement that lack of sourcing is a major problem, if we were to let loose a bot on Wikipedia whose sole mission was to remove all unsourced material, we'd save a LOT of disk space. :-) --Bbb23 (talk) 01:23, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

There's a difference between blanking vandalism or a bot simply removing unsourced material willy-nilly, and a WP:V challenge to material on the basis of sourcing, and subsequent removal. They are very different things and must not be conflated, which is exactly what's wrong with that essay. Contentious is anything a person challenges. That is how it has been long interpreted. The proof of the soundness of the policy is that whenever an unsourced article of any length, with particularized facts is sourced, it is always found to be wanting. It always has mistakes, misleading material, half truths and so on. When we look at WP:BURDEN in practice, it cannot be used to simply blank entire articles because we then know the challenge is not in good faith. I have seen this play out. There's a balance that's reached, but without the wide stretch of this section of policy, we would be forced to show any unsourced material we wanted to remove was not true, negative evidence, often impossible to find, would be the only basis for removing seemingly neutral facts. This would destroy us.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I agree that the word contentious can be interpreted to mean challenged. However, removing existing material because of a generalized challenge (meaning no explanation as to the reason for the challenge other than the material is unsourced) is effectively the same as my extreme example. I'll just change my scenario slightly. We send a bot out to tag all unsourced material. The bot waits four months and then removes any of the previously challenged material if it has not been sourced. Going back to Sandvoss, what is the appropriate period to leave the warning up? Three months? One month? A week? And what must be sourced? What about the person's birth date? Birth place? Let's take a BLP who's far more notable than Sandvoss. In the Early life section of the Julia Roberts article there's a tag from March 2008 (!) about lack of sourcing. One unsourced sentence in the section says: "Her mother re-married to Michael Motes and had another daughter, Nancy Motes, who was born in 1976." Putting aside the grammar problem, shouldn't that sentence be removed? Should all the unsourced passages in the Roberts article be removed? There are 301 watchers of that page (as opposed to Sandvoss who has fewer than 30). If I started picking unsourced sentences and removing them, I might be shot.:-) By contrast, if someone added unsourced material to Roberts, and I reverted it, few would disagree. Maybe the only reason the Sandvoss article can be blanked is because no one cares that much, or maybe it's a little selective enforcement.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:58, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

There is no timeframe that someone must wait before removing unsourced material. It is best to give a reasonable amount of time, (unless it is negative info about a living person then it should come out immediately) but reasonable is up to each individual editor and what the information is. I don't agree that an editor making a decision to remove unsourced information is no different than a bot tagging unsourced statements and then at some preset time going back and removing them. The bot, as far as I am concerned, would be vandalism, because there is no thought going into what goes and stays. If there is tagged unsourced info that you feel should come out of Julia Roberts then remove it or try to source it if you think it is helpful. If no one has bothered to source a statement in over 2 years it is one of two things IMO. One no one can find a source or two, no one cares enough about the info to find a source, either way it should probably go. ~~ GB fan ~~ 15:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

In the Sandvoss case, I see no difference between the editor's tag and removal and a bot's tag and removal. The editor gave no specific reason for tagging or for removal. The bot could easily be programmed to do the same thing. As far as your suggestion about Roberts, you have an excellent point, but I'm not taking the bait. :-) I don't feel like having rocks thrown at me. My point was that there is a significant difference between unsourced material being caught at the time it is added and unsourced material being caught much later. In theory, both should go, but in practice there's a presumption for leaving the preexisting material, or at least having more discussion before removing it, rather than just citing policy. My other point was that there's a difference between a relatively unknown BLP and a famous BLP in the way this issue is handled.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

There are other possible explanations for the difference in how those two articles have been handled. One possible explanation is that different editors are watching the two articles and those editors handle the same situation different ways. It doesn't have to be about the popularity of the subjects or when the material was added. I know to me it does not make any difference. I probably wouldn't remove the text from either one of these articles, but that is just me. ~~ GB fan ~~ 16:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Agreed, but the popularity of an article affects how many watchers there are. When you have editors handling an issue in different ways regarding a popular article, there is a greater likelihood of disagreement and discussion (whether consensus is truly reached is a different animal), whereas in an article of less interest with fewer watchers, that kind of healthy debate is unlikely to take place.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:58, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Certainly an appropriate blanking. Source BLPs or don't include information, it's that simple. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 06:19, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, if you come across an unsourced BLP you should stub it. Best to have no information on BLPs rather than incorrect information. The burden for sourcing is on the person adding information not the person removing. --Cameron Scott (talk) 15:11, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the unsourced statements in Julia Roberts that have been languishing should be removed and the same goes for any article on anyone regardless of their degree of fame. I think you've fallen into the trap of looking at the status quo of hundreds of thousands of unsourced and poorly-sourced articles and thinking that since that's the case, we can't really mean what the policy says. Well we do. The problem is that it is the status quo and it's so vast, so everpresent, and there are so many users who do treat this site as a place to write down whatever they fuzzily think they heard somewhere, that the fact that it is a problem, it is wrong, it is not the way it should be done, isn't really known to many even longtime established users.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:08, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'm not sure I completely agree that the policy is as clear as you think, but you've been very patient with me, and I certainly understand the points you've made. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Great. You just may avoid being one of the first ones up against the wall when the Great Wikipedia Unsourced Content Revolution comes;-)--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:39, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Kip Morgan

I created a page on Kip Morgan - a detective character created by Louis L'Amour. However, I mistakenly wrote "Kip morgan", instead of "Kip Morgan" in the title. Now, however hard I try, I can't change the title from "Kip morgan" to "Kip Morgan", i.e. I can't make the small "m" a capital "M".

Kazimostak Wikipedia contributor and reader (<e-mail removed>) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.49.40.141 (talk) 08:39, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I have moved the article to the proper name. Please note that the quotation in the article must have a citation provided. You can do so by adding <ref>description of source.</ref> right where I have added (and in place of) the tag that looks like this: ^{[citation needed]} I have already added the markup that will render that reference code a footnote in the article. In that regard, a Google book search indicates to me that this quote may be from The Hills of Homicide, but I cannot confirm. The best information would be name of work, author, year, publisher, page number and isbn.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:27, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I have removed your e-mail address to protect your privacy. Bk314159 (talk) 13:28, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Bath

I am posting this here, at the suggestion of the talk page for "Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Bath" (the text disappears if I try to link it)
Why does the top line on that page say

Classification: Wikipedians: by alma mater: United States: University of Bath

Last time I looked, the University of Bath was in England not the United States
Arjayay (talk) 08:47, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

To make a link to a category, you need to add a ":" after the opening brackets, so you get Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University of Bath. I have fixed the problem by adding "|country=England" to the template that produces that display. Bencherlite^Talk 08:55, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - Arjayay (talk) 09:04, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] page deleted - Amotz Shemi

Hi,

If a page was deleted "Amotz Shemi" is there a way to restore it or do I need to start a new page?

Thanks,

Gili Silenseed (talk) 08:57, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia! As an administrator, I can check deleted articles and I notice that Amotz Shemi is said to be the CEO of Silenseed Ltd. I strongly suggest that you do not write an article about this person, because your username makes me believe that you have a conflict of interest here. See WP:Conflict of interest for guidance. It would also probably be a good idea to change your username, because using a company name as your username gives the impression, firstly, that the account could be used for promotional purposes (which is not permitted) and secondly, that the account might be used by more than one person, which again is not permitted (see WP:NOSHARE). Bencherlite^Talk 09:04, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted page

Hi,

if a page that i did not create was deleted is there any way I can see it or place it again?

thanks,

Gili Gilifocht (talk) 09:15, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

If you are still talking about the same article as the section above, then it was deleted by WP:PROD. Articles deleted that way are supposed to be undeleted upon request. You can either request it from the deleting admin, DMacks or at WP:REFUND. It should be restored just by asking. ~~ GB fan ~~ 09:54, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

(e/c) Only administrators can see deleted content (to the extent it is not cached on Google or otherwise reproduced somewhere offsite) but you can ask for deleted content to be provided to you so that it can work on to improve (see Wikipedia:Userfication). However, only some content is suitable for this. For example, copyright violations and attack pages are never undeleted. All this is assuming we can find the deleted article. On that score, the deletion log is very finicky, requiring the exact name of the article that was deleted and is case sensitive. So in order for us to locate the article you either have to provide that exact name, or give us good identifying information such as when the deletion occurred, what administrator deleted it, what user created it, what user tagged it for deletion, and so on.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:04, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Template

Why don't we have Featured Template?--Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:57, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Featured content is an identification of material that is to be highlighted for our readers as fine encyclopedic work. Templates are behind the scenes material. Essentially, if it has no place being on the main page for view by the world at large, flagging it as "featured" is a non sequitur.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:03, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Or Valued Template, Good Template. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 12:18, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Not everything with "Featured" in the title appears on the main page: lists, topics and portals don't, for instance. Bencherlite^Talk 12:23, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

But they could, the point being that they're part of the front end of the encyclopedia.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Featured redirects. Bencherlite^Talk 13:31, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Awesome link!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:37, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Track ISBN usage on Wikipedia?

How can I track how many times a source has been referenced? For example, if a book has the ISBN 0-19-511001-5 is there a way to determine how many articles it has been cited in, and also the names of those articles? Chicaneo (talk) 12:31, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

There may be a better way, but I just used a regular Wikipedia search for the isbn of a book I've used many times and it seems to have found many if not all examples.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:37, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I had orginally provided a isbn that ended with a 3 but I fixed it now. I'll try your suggestion with the correct #. Thx. Chicaneo (talk) 12:39, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Still didn't work, so I changed it back to the cloth edition # which ends in 5. Chicaneo (talk) 12:41, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

OK- tried it with different book & it works just fine. Thanks again. Chicaneo (talk) 12:45, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Anytime. I just converted the reference to its isbn 13. By the way, a great tool when seeking proper hyphenation of isbns, and finding isbn 13 equivalents of isbn 10s is ISBN Converter. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:48, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Mistakes in an article

Dear Sir, Madam, The article posted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC_Joint_Technology_Initiative contains many mistakes and inconsistencies about the description of our organisation. We need to replace this article with the correct descritpion of ENIAC JU. The description is on our website: http://www.eniac.eu/web/JU/aboutENIACju.php , you can see that it greatly differs from the article posted on wikipedia. Could you please advise how to remove and replace this article? Thank you, Regards

Claire Gerardin <blanked> —Preceding unsigned comment added by ENIACJU (talk • contribs) 14:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

• Kindly read our conflict of interest guidelines to understand why, preferably, you should not be undertaking these changes yourself on the said page. Do also read our copyright policy which might prohibit any Wikipedia editor from reusing contents from your web site. To suggest changes to the article, kindly use the talk page of the ENIAC article. I find one such message already in place. Do wait for a response and consensus on your proposed changes. Write back for any further assistance. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Map

Dear Sir, Madam I work for the AMNRL and we would like to put a map with our teams on it with a link to their Wiki pages like the map on the NFL page. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.6.46 (talk) 15:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

• In case you are requesting any Wikipedia editor to help you create such a map for your internet website, this is not the forum to request such help. This page is only for asking questions about using Wikipedia. You could, and should, employ web designers to undertake what you desire. Please feel free to write back for any help you might require with using Wikipedia. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:08, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I think the poster is asking for help creating a map similar to the one at NFL#Current NFL teams. – ukexpat (talk) 18:14, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

You can submit a request at the Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop.--SPhilbrickT 14:25, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Why is it when i add something to another article, the next time i check it, it is gone?

It is so annoying when that happens —Preceding unsigned comment added by StellaBloomMusaFloraLaylaTecna (talk • contribs) 15:28, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Because you are spamming Wikipedia, attempting to introduce your email address into articles. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:41, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Violin with Wilhelmj imprinted on back.

Can you give us any information regarding this full size (4/4) violin with Wilhelmj imprinted on back at the neck end? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.206.187.12 (talk) 16:53, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:54, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Incidently, we have an article about the violinist August Wilhelmj - and the Baiba Skride article mentions She plays the Stradivarius "Wilhelmj" violin (1725). -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 21:02, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Category sorting

hi i am rmplymouth1 and i have been updating the ben ferguson (footballer) page. However, when i go into the categories at the bottom of the section everybody elses comes up under the letter of their surname. for example, under 'A' it would come up with Simon Anderson, Mike Atherton, etc. I should come under 'F' but I am coming under the 'B' section. HELP!!! please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.87.143.3 (talk) 16:57, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

It just needed a default sort key, which is done using {{DEFAULTSORT:Lastname, Firstname}}. I have added one, so Ben Ferguson (footballer) will be sorted under F in the categories the article is in. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:10, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Why are you saying "I"? Are you Ben Ferguson? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 20:05, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks i'll try it - no, my name is charlie bond, the secretery of Okehampton Argyle FC. Thanks again —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.87.143.3 (talk) 10:07, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] What is philosophy of kaaba?

i know some one who keeps saying that kaaba is a black stone and arabs made it for their profit so that muslims travel there and they make money out of it. he does not accep the history or the basic information that everymuslim has.

so how can i make him shut up?

and when i wanted to research about this on the google, i found out that some websites says that kaaba is used to be a hindo temple and if muslimes says we should not worship the stone, they why they themsleves kiss and touch and worship the stone?

it made me think aren't they right that why we kiss the stone, we beleive that Allah is with us and in our hearts so why we go there saying its Allah's home or kiss the stone?

i will apprecaite if some one help me get out of this confusion.

regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.227.23.44 (talk) 20:16, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TNXMan 20:19, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Also, have you read the Kaaba article? Perhaps that can help, or some of the 48 references, 10 "Further reading" items or one of the 5 external links may be of some use. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:59, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Donate content of web site to article

Premission was give to donate the content of the web site to the page for Gar Francis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgrimme507 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

• Have you read "Copyright owners who submitted their own work to Wikipedia"? That explains how permission can be given to allow re-use of the web site content on Wikipedia. As you will appreciate, anyone can say "I have permission to use this content" - however, for legal reasons, the WikiMedia Foundation require more than just a user's word. Incidently, even with such permission, it is still preferable for an article on Wikipedia to be in the editors' own words, rather than a verbatim copy from a website. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:57, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] pepperdine university article

The article has a rankings box which list Forbes as indicating that Pepperdine is ranked #363. The fact is that Forbes ranked the university in america's best colleges as #142. Please correct.

Thanks,

Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cgcannon79 (talk • contribs) 21:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. Bk314159 (talk) 22:26, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry Bk, must've beaten you to it then? Thanks Chris for your contribution, good catch! Fingerz 22:33, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Why didn't I see an edit conflict warning, then? Bk314159 (talk) 01:09, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

If you click Save page with something identical to the current version then it's a null edit and you return to the page exactly like if your edit had been saved. It gives no edit conflict and no entry in the page history. I have also at least once replied with a claim that I fixed something when the page history credited somebody else. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

My guess was wrong. The page history [1] shows it was fixed after you claimed to have fixed it, so maybe you failed to save. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:24, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Entry Deletion

I recently added a whole new section to an entry on Wikipedia (Tourism, under the "Guam" entry). I checked several times after I entered the new section, and everything appeared in order. Last week, I checked the entry, and all the new information I had entered was deleted. Why? Should I just re-post?

Guamvisitorsbureau (talk) 22:38, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

There is no record that this account ever edited the article Guam, which does not have a "Tourism" section. In any case, an organization such as the Bureau cannot have an account here, since only individual human beings are permitted to have editing accounts; and anybody working for the Bureau would also run grave risk of falling afoul of our restrictions on conflict of interest and neutral point-of-view. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:48, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

(e/c) Nevermind, beat me to it Orangemike. Fingerz 22:50, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Your account was created 4 minutes before your post here. Without knowing the user name or IP address you used it is hard to find out what happened from your description. The page history [2] of Guam does not show any large additions recently. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:49, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I think this is it. The tourism section was removed on 6 April 2010 in this edit by User:Atama. The rationale given was: Removed tourism section. It is redundant with the Economy section already describing tourism with proper weight and NPOV, and violated WP:NOTGUIDE and WP:SPAM. A quick look at the deleted material left me generally agreeing - it did read like a tourism advertising brochure rather than an encyclopaedia entry, although there were some facts in there that could have been salvaged. If you feel you want to try, the article's talk page is a good place to discuss changes. However, you need to change your username, because it breaches Wikipedia's username policy in more than one way. You also appear to have a conflict of interest, which makes it doubly important that you discuss changes to the Guam article with other users and reach a consensus on suitable wording, rather than just adding your contribution again. Karenjc 18:25, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Does this page already exist?

I don't want to reinvent the wheel so I was wondering if the page I am thinking of writing, tentatively to be called Wikipedia:Finding online sources, already exists. It seems to me a hole that should be filled if it does not. The content is to focus on the location of free, reliable, online sources, how to use them, tips for searching and surrounding issues. Basically, the point will be to have a place to direct users for actual advice on the "how", after we give the almost ubiquitous direction to "go source something" for the many, many reasons we do so. Again, only looking for confirmation such a resource doesn't already exist. The only page I know of that focused on this general treatment at all, but not in a way I think was very useful, was Wikipedia:Reliable sources/temp#Finding good sources. This is not intended to be an index like Wikipedia:Current science and technology sources.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:48, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

WP:EIW#Resource includes:

• Dispatches: Find reliable sources online, Signpost, July 2008

PrimeHunter (talk) 01:38, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Great link thanks PrimeHunter.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:45, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] When I search something on yahoo or google

It inevitably has a link to wikipedia. When I click on anything featured by your site I get automatically redirected to some site that I know must have some sort of virus/trojan/malware. Please look into this IMMEDIATELY. This only happens with your site. I managed to get onto wikipedia through putting the address into the address bar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.192.170.150 (talk) 22:50, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Sounds like a problem in your browser, not with Wikipedia. We have no control over search engine results, nor the links that the search engines provide. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

(e/c) I am betting you have a virus or piece of malware on your computer that is causing this. When I search almost anything I can think of using Google or Yahoo, one of the first results is, indeed, Wikipedia's article on the subject, and when I click on it I get taken to the Wikipedia article and nowhere else.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:54, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] September 2

[edit] Is the subject of VEDIC ASTROLOGY approved by UGC.

Please intimate which institution in India or abroad recognises study of VEDIC ASTROLOGY so that I may approach them for learning this great ancient scince of India. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.55.253 (talk) 02:55, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried asking at the Humanities reference desk? --Jayron32 03:45, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• Although you should be asking future questions on the Humanities reference desk, here's a link to one of the Indian government bodies that provides details on a few such course. In the future, feel free to write back on this particular help desk for questions on how to use Wikipedia. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:48, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Language to Language translation

How do I activate the instant translation capability within Wikipedia such that when I am reading an article in one language I can use the cursor to see a translation, into a different language, of a word with which I am not familiar, eg: German to English?204.115.94.55 (talk) 06:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't believe there is such a capability for anonymous users. You may use either Google Translate or create an account and enable GoogleTrans in your Preferences under "Browsing gadgets". I would advise using Google Translate since no registration is required and it requires less hassle. Protector of Wiki (talk) 06:36, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

You can also switch to Google chrome as your browser. It autmatically recognizes foreign languages and ask you if you want to translate using google translate. ~~ GB fan ~~ 07:18, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] On Wikipedia, < math >A< / math > does not render as expected

On my system, the "A" in <math>A^*</math> renders as slanted and serifed, as expected: "A ^* " (<math>A^*</math>) looks like "A ^*" ({{math|''A''^*}}).

However, <math>A</math> unexpectedly renders as an upright, sans-serif "A": "A" (<math>A</math>) looks like "A" (A).

When I try the same on http://meta.wikimedia.org, "<math>A</math>" looks like "A" ({{math|''A''}}), as expected it renders as slanted and serifed.

The issue occurs for simple formulae like "A", "xy" or "AB=CD". For more complex formulae like "A*", the issue is not present.

As far as I can see, Wikipedia does not work as expected here. Why is this so? Can this be fixed? How? --RainerBlome (talk) 10:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

All the As look the same to me. Have you changed your user preferences at all? - Jarry1250 ^{[Humorous? Discuss.]} 10:29, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Good question. Yes, I have set "Appearance -> Math" to "MathML if possible (experimental)". And indeed, when I switch to "Recommended for modern browsers", it works, <math>A</math> yields the expected slanted, serifed "A". On http://meta.wikimedia.org, it worked because my MathML preference was not set there. Since my browser correctly displays a MathML test page, it appears that the HTML source is not generated correctly with the MathML setting. Thanks for your help. --RainerBlome (talk) 11:32, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Chamber Orchestra of Europe page

Dear Sir or Madam,

A while ago, I updated extensively the Wikipedia page for the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, as I am their Marketing and PR manager (cf. www.coeurope.org). However, these changes seem to have been cancelled and the page reverted to the former text on 21st august at 00:09. Please could you let me know what happened and please could you make sure that the COE page reverts back to how I had changed it?

May thanks.

Kind regards,

Coralia Galtier —Preceding unsigned comment added by COEurope (talk • contribs) 14:28, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• Hi COEurope, I have left you a detailed reply on your user talk page. Thanks! Arakunem^Talk 17:02, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Domjur

I wish to know whether "DOMJUR" constitutes part of Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA). Please inform me at: <address redacted>. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.184.126.196 (talk) 17:54, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. But note that we will not do your homework for you. – ukexpat (talk) 18:53, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• We have a Domjur article and a Kolkata metropolitan area article = perhaps one of those would help you to work this out? -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Good sockpuppets

What should an admin do in this situation? A user is a vandal. He is blocked. He creates a sockpuppet. The sockpuppet does not do any vandal edits but instead accumulates a large number of good edits. A checkuser discovers he is a sockpuppet. Should he be blocked? --Chemicalinterest (talk) 17:39, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

If a user is making good edits, why would a checkuser investigate them? Also, if the sock has had time to accumulate a large amount of edits, any technical data that may have tied them to the original account may have expired. TNXMan 19:35, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Irina Shayk

Irina travels a lot but she resides in NY.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.108.154.27 (talk) 19:32, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

It sounds like you are trying to write an article. Please find some standard advice below.

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article, but you will need to create an account to use it. if you don't wish to do so, you can submit a proposal for an article at Articles for Creation. TNXMan 19:38, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia already has an article on Irina Shayk (the page was created in February 2007). Haploidavey (talk) 23:14, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Authorization to copy the abstracts from a Journal. How should I manage this information.

I received the authorization from the editor of the "Journal of Medical Biography" to copy (with a reference) the abstracts of his journal to WP:

  From: M Richardson
  To: User:Plindenbaum
  
  Thank you for your enquiry about reproducing Royal Society of Medicine
  Press Ltd copyright material from the Journal of Medical Biography in
  items for wikipedia.
  
  We are happy for you to reproduce abstracts from this journal, provided
  that a suitable form of acknowledgment is given linking them in each
  case to the source, together with the line, 'reproduced by permission of
  The Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd'.
  
  Unfortunately we are unable to give permission for you to upload any
  pictures or fuller text content.
  
 I hope this answers your question.

• if I get the same kind of authorization from some other academic journals, where should I store this information ?
• if possible, is there a way to avoid the bots to flag the pages as copyvio ?

Thanks, --Plindenbaum (talk) 20:06, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Follow the procedure set out at WP:IOWN to send the permissions to OTRS. Once received and confirmed, the talk page(s) of the relevant article(s) will be tagged accordingly. Note, however, that permission to use only on Wikipedia is insufficient. There is no mechanism to "store" the material anywhere on Wikipedia. If you are merely citing the journal it must be verifiable, so use of a proper citation template, in this case {{Cite journal}} is recommended. – ukexpat (talk) 20:14, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!--Plindenbaum (talk) 20:22, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Where would you use such information? I can't think of any situation where you'd need to cut and paste the whole abstract of an article? --Cameron Scott (talk) 20:51, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

@Gameron, you're right, but sometimes an abstract can be a good source to start an article. e.g: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17153285 --Plindenbaum (talk) 21:01, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Image file won't revert

I'm trying to revert the following image file File:DSC02747.JPG to it's original image, so I can split it, rename both versions, and move them to the commons, but every time I try to revert to the old version, it keeps going back to the new one, and I can't remove the errant revisions. Can somebody fix this problem? ----DanTD (talk) 22:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

On my computer, it's showing the older version rather than the newer version - I'm seeing the Phil-hong version of the image rather than the IRT.BMT.IND one (all 4 of your reverts seemed to have worked from what I can see!) -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:20, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunatley, none of them did. All the attempted reverts put the one by IRT.BMT.IND on top, and the three other times I tried to revert it, the one by Phil.hong came before that. ----DanTD (talk) 22:33, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

UPDATE - Hmm. Suddenly it went back to the original. Something must've changed. ----DanTD (talk) 23:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Current fundraiser

Hi. Where can I find documentation and statistics regarding this year's fundraiser? Cheers, Randomblue (talk) 23:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC).

Please see m:Fundraising 2010 and the many links off of that page. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:27, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] September 3

[edit] How Do I Create a Page for a Term Automatically Redirecting to Another Page?

I want to create a page for Russell Hantz, who was a contestant on Survivor: Samoa and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Right now, typing Russell Hantz will just redirect you to Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, but I want to create a page that talks about his key moves in both seasons as well as his personal life. How do I create a page for a term that automatically redirects to another page?

RandJshow (talk) 03:11, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

When you click on Russell Hantz, you'll be redirected to the Survivor article as you mentioned. At the top of that article, you'll see a link (under the Survivor title) back to the RHantz redirect. Click that. You can then edit Hantz's article. Before you do all that though, make sure that Hantz is notable per WP:BIO. Just because he was on the show, that doesn't mean that he deserves his own article. Dismas|^(talk) 03:16, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Russell Hantz was merged per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russell Hantz (2nd nomination). Please do not recreate this in articlespace. Instead, create a draft in your userspace— I suggest using the Wikipedia:Article wizard. Once you thing you are done, put it up for Wikipedia:Peer review. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 03:23, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Just to confirm so I don't waste a lot of time, I can't create his page the normal way, but if I create it in my userspace and put it up for review, it will be posted if it's approved, right? RandJshow (talk) 03:34, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

To be honest i think your wasting your time it was recently deleted...But that said you could make it in ---> User:RandJshow/sandbox and after you think its ok simply ask for a peer review... But before that read Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Cite_sources and Wikipedia:References.... Moxy (talk) 03:44, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

You should also read Wikipedia:Notability (people) and Wikipedia:Notability. It is important to be able to show that he meets one of those guidelines. ~~ GB fan ~~ 04:05, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Historical diff of a moved page

At Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/finalists we are having trouble finding a historical diff for one of the WP:CUP finalists who changed user names during the competition. How can I find historical diffs for Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions/Coldplay Expert which has been moved to Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions/White Shadows?

[edit] another editor to my account

Hello Wikipedia,

I have recently created an account with Wikipedia. It is frozen now because it gave me a message saying the another editor is editing my page and is asking me if I am the real owner of my account with Wikipedia and I can not edit my page any more.?--E:Y,?:G (talk) 06:05, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't see any notice on your talk page advising you that anything has been done to your account. It is possible that you encountered an edit conflict because you and the person posting a welcome message on your talk page were trying to edit that talk page at the same time. This is nothing to worry about and is quite normal. Dismas|^(talk) 06:24, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] How to report an abuser coordinator?

The coordinator used what powers he has to force his point of view. How can I get a third party to help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaboha (talk • contribs) 06:36, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Perusing your contributions, I find no specific mod to which you are referring. For a 3rd opinion, please see WP:3O and follow the directions to list your conflict. However, I strongly suggest you wait till someone responds to you, as I fail to see that a discussion is in progress. Protector of Wiki (talk) 07:12, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Did you have a specific person with whom you are upset? TNXMan 13:38, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Dutch Het

I need to know what het means in Dutch. I found it used everywhere and looks to be a definite article.

In this instance please: "Usils- genitivus van Usil, Sol, zon (in het Sabijns: Ausel)".Zanzan32 (talk) 08:31, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I've copied this to the Language Reference Desk for you. This Help Desk is for questions about Wikipedia itself. Rojomoke (talk) 10:43, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Google Map

I was thinking of putting onto an article a map of the town where a murder occurred, marking all the key events, i.e. something like this: File:Moors murders map.jpg. Would using a screenshot of the the Google Map to work on break copyright laws? If so are there any other available maps to use, or should I create it myself?--EchetusXe 09:49, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Google Maps is copyrighted, so you can't use a screenshot of a map in an article like you want. If you want an image with as much detail as File:Moors murders map.jpg, you'll probably have to create your own. Another option (likely with less detail) is to use {{Location map}}. For example:

{{Location map | California
| lat_deg = 34
| lat_min = 4
| lat_sec = 23
| lat_dir = N
| lon_deg = 118
| lon_min = 23
| lon_sec = 58
| lon_dir = W
| label = Label
| alt = Alt label
}}

Label

Label (California)

creates the image on the right. It'll use another template based on the location name (I used "California" so it used Template:Location map California) so make sure that one exists for the area you want in Category:Location map templates. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:17, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Might I suggest OpenStreetMap? Magog the Ogre (talk) 12:25, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I'll use OpenStreetMap, thanks!--EchetusXe 12:57, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Same page, different languages?

I'm sure there is a policy on this some where. I just don't know the answer. I was looking to find the german and spanish term for Raster graphics. I found the english here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphic

I wanted to find the pages in spanish an german but noticed there was no link to the equivalent pages in those languages. Is there a policy of not cross linking between language versions of wikipedia?

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A1fico_rasterizado

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastergrafik

If cross linking is allowed I'd love to update that page with the correct links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by STHayden (talk • contribs) 14:31, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I see links to the equivalent pages listed on the very left-hand side of the page. The links are marked Deutsch and Español. You may also want to look at WP:Interwiki links for more info. TNXMan 14:41, 3 September 2010 (UTC)