User:Vector Potential/HelpDesk(temp)

June 16

Where's the article?

A few days ago I created an article in Spanish by translating the original English version but it's not showing. Can you tell me why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.170.235.246 (talk • contribs)

If you created the article in the Spanish Wikipedia then it is somewhere at http://es.wikipedia.org. Contributions by your IP number to the Spanish Wikipedia are not registered here at the English Wikipedia which is located at http://en.wikipedia.org. Instead, they can be seen at http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Contributions/205.170.235.246. Is the article http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Austin ? PrimeHunter 01:25, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

By the way, you can link articles on the same subject in different languages. See Help:Interlanguage links. PrimeHunter 01:32, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Referenced translations missing

The article Moonmilk has 7 links to other languages, of which the following don't exist:

• it:latte di monte
• hu:montmilch
• pt:leite de lua
• ro:montmilch

Of course, each of these could have been deleted for a number of reasons. But in none of the languages did I see a link to "why was this article deleted". The language links have been in the article for quite a while, and have been edited in between, so that it appears unlikely that they never led to articles in the first place. Is there any other explanation for this, or is it just coincidence that it happened in so many languages? — Sebastian 00:10, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

They were added by this edit by 194.138.39.97 who hasn't made many edits. The article was only a sentence at the time. Before deleting them, you might want to confirm with Wikipedia:Translation. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 01:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for looking this up, and for the hint to WP:TIE. I now see that there probably never were articles in those languages, but the IP editor still added useful information - I'll ask on TIE what best to do with that information. — Sebastian 02:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

King of Pakistan

Was there a king of pakistan?

King of Pakistan might assist you. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 01:11, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Inserting a photo

I inserted a photo of a book into Guy de Rothschild but there is some sort of printing appearing with it. I'm new here and (some anonymous edits) and have no idea what it was that I did wring. Can someone help? Warren WL

The printing appearing with the image came with the original, uploaded image. See Image:ContrebonnefortuneRothschild.jpg. Book covers may be fair use to illustrate an article discussing the book in question. However, use of a book cover in an article about the person on the book cover might be copyright infringement. This page has some discussion on the topic. Also see Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 01:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

funnel

what is a funnel? and its functions?

Try the funnel article. - Zeibura ^Talk 02:02, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Spam filter?

Two users have said they were unable to post to my talk page because of a spam filter? One user said "PS... I can't post on your talk page because of your "spam filter" it says it's because of ORKUT.com...which I am on..."

Any heads up?Sethie 02:25, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Your talk page included the text "orkut.com/Comm", as part of a link. A link tag (<a href="url">text</a>) is automatically created by the software Wikipedia uses when a URL begins with "http://" and is otherwise normal, so I removed the "http://" from the beginning (diff). You can see the spam blacklist, which triggered the filter, here. "\.orkut\.com\/Comm" is the regex there that caused the spam protection filter to go off. Gracenotes^T § 03:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Basically, it's fixed now. Sorry if I gave too many details :| Gracenotes^T § 03:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Interesting... not sure Sethie understands and, thank you so much for fixing it.... your note was very gracious. ;) Sethie 04:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Word processing

Word processing term for feature that allows text to flow down onto the next line without user hitting the return key? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.236.132.16 (talk)

See Word wrap. PrimeHunter 03:25, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

images of super mushak aircraft,s instruments

i need pics and animations of pitot static system of supermushak (MFI-17) aircraft— Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.163.91.166 (talk • contribs) 03:52, June 16, 2007 (UTC)

I would suggest you try searching Google. This is a page for asking questions about Wikipedia itself. -- Kesh 03:57, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Translations

Is it allowed (legal) to translate an existing English article on Wikipedia to another language and post it as an article for the destination language? That would imply that the contents will not be changed at all.

Thanks.

Yes, that's encouraged. See Wikipedia:Translation for more info. - Zeibura^(talk) 04:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Image credits

I'd like to know what the Wikipedia policy is on crediting photographs uploaded under (for example creative commons attribution) license IN THE ARTICLE.

The case that I am referring to is of one photegrapher putting a 'Photo by XXXX YYYYYY' into the thumbnail description of every image. For some reason, this irks me quite a bit. It is not standard on Wikipedia, at all, and it is a bit like me putting my name under an article I just wrote (not legally the same I know, different licenses), so everybody will know:"Hey its me!" So what is the policy on this? MadMaxDog 06:55, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

That should definitely be removed. Not sure on policy, but it's definitely not something that falls under the MoS - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 06:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

If you look at the Wikipedia fair use copyright tags, the tags typlcally only requires that "all available copyright information" be listed on the image page, not on the article page. Wikipedia:Captions states that Who took the photo generally is only included in the caption of the image in the Article if the photographer is notable, such as Ansel Adams. You may want to check out Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 19:33, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Wrong information

While reading Dielectric i found some missprint.Like "EM wave trvel through a dielectric both speed & wavelenth decrease.& frequency remain constant.

MY view is that if wavelength decrease in dielectric material ,then how can frequency remain constant.

frequency = 1/wavelength.

Please check it.

I thought it was $v=f\lambda$, which allows for speed and wavelength to decrease while frequency remains constant. x42bn6 Talk Mess 11:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

And note that frequency is one over the time period, not wavelength. Frequency is number of oscillations/waves/anything per second and has dimension s^-1, while 1 over wavelength has dimension m^-1. i.e. the units don't match. x42bn6 Talk Mess 15:09, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Um..you might want to check it out at the Reference Desk, which specialises in general knowledge. Cheers!! -Zachary_crimsonwolf 13:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I am having a problem with signing in

Hi how is everyone today,the reason I am contacting you is that I am having a problem signing in . my sign in name is kenfred yet every time I attempt to sign in I am told that I do not exist .I became a member when I set up my account back in march of this year I have not had a need to ask for any assistance up untill now as I was trying to find a way to mount my old hard drive to retreive my important information from it and then to purge it so that I could use it as a storage drive.Have I done something wrong or to cause you to block me if so please let me know at it may be as simple as the fact that I have not signed in from march untill now, if it is the problem ,could you please help to rectify this problem.Thank you for your time in this matter.Sincerely kenneth clements I look forward to hearing from you ,bye for now. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.150.83.195 (talk • contribs).

According to the user list there is no user registered as Kenfred (User:Kenfred). As users are never deleted (no matter how long ago you last signed in), and the account hasn't been renamed, the account has never been created. Might you have used a different spelling for your username, or did you register with one of our sister projects instead? If not, then it appears your registration didn't complete properly, but the username hasn't been taken since so you can still register it if you wish.

Regarding your hard drive issue, if you wish to find out some advice, you can ask at the computing reference desk at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. Hope that helps, mattbr 13:43, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia

what are the conditions for joining wikipedia and can a dot org domain join it. is it free — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.208.47.6 (talk)

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. All you need is an account. And the volunteers who help wikipedia are called wikipedians. For more info see: Wikipedia:Introduction . Regards Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 10:34, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

If you are wondering whether it would be appropriate to make an external link to a given domain then see Wikipedia:External links. PrimeHunter 12:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

And if you are considering to make an article about a website then see Wikipedia:Notability (web). If it is your own site then also see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. PrimeHunter 12:15, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Preferences

I went to my user preference page with the aim to seeing how a different "skin" affected the appearance of articles. Having done that, I can access the page, but cannot use some of the functions on the menu, including the "skin" which I want to set back to the default. The current "skin' i have is reaaly bugging me and making it difficult to edit, but when I click on the menu, it doesn't respond at all. --Amandajm 12:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't really know much about skins, but another user might. But in the meantime see: Help:Preferences#Skin, Wikipedia:Skin and m:Skins. Regards Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 12:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

The problem that I am having is not just trying to change the skin back. It is as if, having changed the skin, the entire preferences Menu is not functioning, except the time and date option. Everything else doesn't work any more. --Amandajm 12:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I am not an expert on this either but trying the page with a different browser might do the trick. If you only have one, the new Safari3 beta, or Mozilla firefox are easy to download, assuming you have a high speed connection.--Fuhghettaboutit 13:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I can't help with the other issues you are having, but this link from the Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) FAQ should load your preferences in the default skin and allow you to change your preferences back again. Hope that helps, mattbr 13:25, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! I really beginning to get quite cross! Now I back with the default that looks nice and tidy, I'm happy! --Amandajm 13:38, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Wiki Integration?

Why don't wikimedia, wikipedia, wikitionary, Simple Wikipedia and the like all use a single account?

SpeakoutLOUD 14:44, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

They should eventually, it is in the process of being worked out. Viridae^Talk 14:47, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Link: m:SUL. Gracenotes^T § 14:59, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Help with tables

I'm having trouble getting table code to work properly. Is there a table code guru somewhere who can help me fix the problem? Thanks, Gatoclass 16:16, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi! I'd be glad to help if I can. What's the problem? Gracenotes^T § 16:19, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Gracenotes would love to help, but more info is available here: Help:Table. Regards Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 16:35, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I've been to the Help table. Unfortunately, it gives a quite inadequate explanation IMO.

My specific problem is with a sortable wikitable. The problem is that if the first cell in a column contains text as well as numbers, the column defaults to alphabetic sort mode instead of numeric sort mode. The help table says that to get around this you have to include the code "sm=n" in the first cell, but it gives no further explanation and no matter how many different ways of including that string I try, it doesn't work and the table continues to sort alphabetically. I just need someone to tell me how to get the "sm=n" string to work. Thanks! Gatoclass 17:13, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Apparently the instructions would be at Help:Sorting. But to be frank, I am very confused by them. Our sorting script is from the 1990's, with a couple of hacky modifications... it is just baffling to me. Gracenotes^T § 18:54, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, me too. Thanks very much for trying though :) Gatoclass 05:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Where have the footnotes gone

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

I tried to create some footnotes, following the Wiki instructions (at least I thought I was) but they don't appear in a list at the end of the article. Where have I gone wrong? Thanks.Staug73 16:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

You cannot use <ref/> to close a reference entry. You must use </ref>. There is a HUGE difference. Youth in Asia 16:43, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Youth in Asia, and thanks for fixing footnotes in the article. I shall be more careful in future.Staug73 13:00, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

editing email address; deleting second account

Hi -- I joined Wikipedia this morning and, because it's early, entered an incorrect email address on the new user form. The account is steveng57 and I entered steveng@soonic (or some double-letter typo) instead of steveng@sonic.net

And of course when I didn't get an email confirmation of the account setup, I just created another one: steveng68

So I'd like to fix the email typo on the steveng57 account and kill the other account entirely. The only info I can find on modifying user accounts is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet -- and it's not helpful in this case.

Can I do this myself, or does a sysop, administrator or bureaucrat have to do it? If the former, pls direct me to a page that tells me how; if the latter, I'd appreciate it if you or someone in tech support could make those changes when you get the time. Also, it seems there's a third option; I could request sysop powers long enough to make the changes myself, then revert to the peasant class? I may have misread that one.

Anyway, let me know when you can. Thanks a lot.

Cheers,

sg

Log in as steveng57, and click on this link. In the email-address field, type in the correct email address. However, user accounts can never be deleted. > Animum < 16:33, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, but so far the confirming email hasn't arrived. Is that because the other login requirements -- password, et, -- are fine and I'm already logged in? I just can't tell from available information. Also, too bad about wiping the other account. Think that might change someday?

And thanks again for getting back. I'm going to go mess with some of the functions and, if I'm cleared at basic security level, then I guess this all worked. If not, I'll send you a message and we can go from there.

Best,

sg

About IRC

Can I invite myself by typing /msg chanserv invite #wikipedia-en-help ?Arnon Chaffin (I'm listening!) 16:51, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Now you can, since the channel is +g. However, the general way to join a channel is by typing /join #wikipedia-en-help Gracenotes^T § 16:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you,anyway I know how to join a channel thank you for your help.Arnon Chaffin (I'm listening!) 17:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I was wrong. You can only invite other users with +g if you're in the channel. (+g != ChanServ inviting) Gracenotes^T § 17:02, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Trying to fix a problem on the MECHANICAL TELEVISION page.

I can't seem to access the top paragraph for editing. I've edited this paragraph previously, but now can't find the "EDIT" link.

In the top paragraph, I made a statement that only mechanical television electronics come from the twentieth century.

I also mean to say that mechanical television mechanics come from the nineteenth century. Somehow, the current version says instead that the electronics come from the nineteenth century. Here, I want to change "electronics" to "mechanics."

Please help me to find the "EDIT" link for this paragraph.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.193.177.2 (talk • contribs) 13:27, June 16, 2007 (UTC)

Use the "Edit this page" tab/link at the very top of the page. In general, the first section in an article (the lead) doesn't have an edit link associated just with it. --ElKevbo 18:35, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Book mark within an article

Could you tell me. Is there a way to put a reference like see section 45 and link it to section 45? of the article (as you would do with a bookmark in html? --Akc9000 21:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Bookmark (or save to favourites) normally as usual. Then go to that bookmark and then right-click it and go to its properties. To the URL/location, add #your section. So, for example, for this question, bookmark the Help desk. Then change its URL to "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help desk#Book mark within an article". It should then link to this question (as long as it isn't archived, of course). x42bn6 Talk Mess 21:06, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

When this question archives, its link will be:

• Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2007 June 16#Book mark within an article

The above link will change from red to blue in a few days. --Teratornis 21:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Mark Boyle site

Hello i am Mark boyle's site agent he Makes sites which are generally called Boyle111 and are forum and arcade sites but he currently doesn't have a site but one is going to open in July and i was wondering if it is against the rules for creating a page called Boyle111 (Site) and site info in there and also make a page called Mark Boyle (Site creator) with info about Mark but thats the reason i signed him up on her because i wanted to create one for him and i would be active if this is allowed but if it's not allowed then there is no point in creating a page and getting it delted therefore i won't be active so i would like a quick reply and thank you for reading my enquiry.

Mark's agent

Like it says several questions above, if you are considering creating an article about a website then see Wikipedia:Notability (web). If it is your own site then also see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. -- Rick Block (talk) 21:47, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles typically are built/edited from information contained in Wikipedia reliable sources, such as information from newspapers and books, and usually by people who have no relationship to the topic. As Mark's agent, you may run into conflict of interest problems in creating the Boyle111 article and the Mark Boyle (Site creator) article. Also, writing an article from your personal knowledge may be using original research, which does not meet the No original research policy. For others reading this thread, see Mark Boyle boyle111 on Teenwag. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 21:47, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

hello

please let me know in the easiest way! how to delete my user page, eberything is very confusing, too many options to click, thanx, peter

See How do I delete my user and user talk pages? -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 21:40, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Same Names.....but the other individual has "questionable credentials"....??

Hello my name is Robin Galloway. I am a working American Actress here in the US. I seem to be having a cyber war with a Scottish DJ named Robin Galloway....well,not a war exactly.....but he is a confrontational person passive-agressive and across the seas... not a warm person, let's put it this way. I have begun making move very quickly only one year out of graduate school......theater and now moving into television.....i have reviews.....references, sources, "big names" of American theater, writers and directors. Film with whom I have already worked. Links to tv.com,, two of my own personal website's , imbd, etc, etc..... And I am not a confrontational person......but this guy has tried to shut me out at every corner since discovering we shared the same name......taking robingalloway.com......big deal....i could care less. But now it seems he has made a preimtive strike to prevent me from submitting my name and information to Wikipedia. Are there ways to get around this? I noticed his sight is "on watch" because he has no credentials. I do!! Lots of them! I am by no means famous - yet - but I believe this sight to be an excellent and strong marketing tool for professionals across the board....not too mention I was a historian before becoming an actor, and I just could navigate for hours. And I am a Robin Gallowy with an interesting story and history......I am currently working on the first one woman show about growing overseas as a child of the US soldier......in collaboration with a screenwiiter.....22:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)22:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)~~.not that i am trying to bump the guy.....how can we share the wikipedia and maintain our names and integrity?

Thank you.

Sincerely, Robin Galloway

Wikipedia has a built-in way for handling two people with the same name. It's called Disambiguation. In this case, we could move his article to Robin Galloway (musician) and you could have yours at Robin Galloway (actress), with the main link going to either a disambiguation page, or the most notable article.

However, we have strict rules about notability. I'm not sure if either of you would satisfy those rules well enough to have your own pages. You'd be best to request someone else write an article about you to prevent a conflict of interest. Hope that helps! -- Kesh 23:16, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Robin. Are any of the Robin Gallowy's listed at IMBD you? This will help us to give you better assistance. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 03:13, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I am being harassed

sOMEONE IS THREATENING TO BLOCK ME WITHOUT GIVING ME A REASON Warfwar3 22:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

According to your talk page, you've been edit warring and vandalizing. So, yes, they've given reasons you can be blocked. -- Kesh 23:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

World Calendar template

I need some help at editing of Template:World Calendar. Can somebody make an uniform of columns. It is quite messy. Let them be spacious. Thanks, --Janezdrilc 22:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I must admit I don't understand what the table is meant to show, but I made the columns widths uniform. To increase the width of the whole table (to make it all more "spacious"), add a "width" tag to the first line. E.g.

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" width="70%"

or whatever percentage (of the whole screen width) that you want. Matt 01:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Very thanks, it works. --Janezdrilc 10:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Unhide

Oops! I wanted to test the "Hide" feature on the current top of page message and it worked just fine but now I can't seem to figure out how to undo that that hiding action. Am I destined to never again get a worldwide WP alert?  :-( ~ hydnjo talk 22:21, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

There is another way but deleting your browser cache/history/private data will work. Ctrl+Shft+Del in Firefox. GDonato (talk) 22:23, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Tools/Delete Browsing History/Delete In IE. GDonato (talk) 22:24, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I tried that (Safari) without success and also closed the browser app (which really clears the cache) but the message is still hidden. ~ hydnjo talk 22:28, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

So GDonato, what is the other way? ~ hydnjo talk 22:51, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

On Safari simply click Safari -> Reset Safari... and then OK. This will clear everything (including your Autofill) but not your bookmarks. Scottydude _talk 23:13, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Pretty radical Scottydude but it did indeed work. So, was the "hide" instruction in the WP cookie(s)? Oh, and thanks for mentioning about the bookmarks or I wouldn't done it - thank you. ~ hydnjo talk 23:23, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure, anytime. Scottydude _talk 02:15, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

login

Hi, I'm Alethe. I've worked hard on several articles, opened stubs and have groomed others. Once I used Firefox instead of Safari, due to the latter's repeatedly collapsing on my Mac when clicking on Amazon titles, as I did bibliog. research. Consequently I'm asked to login again, but what I tho't was my password isn't working. Apparently, I failed to provide an email address when I first logged in. However, I'd like to keep the name "Alethe", which means 'truth' (from 'not forgotten') in Greek. Any way I can get a new login password without giving it up? Thanks, 74.112.219.182 22:39, 16 June 2007 (UTC)Alethe

If I'm understanding this correctly, you switched browsers and the browser you were using before had you logged in by default, correct? Now that you've switched, you realize that you've forgotten your password. Why not switch back to the old browser, that has you logged in, put in an email address into your preferences, then have your password sent to you? Dismas|^(talk) 22:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed - if the cookies are on the computer, you may still be able to use it to log in and provide an email. But in any case, the answers you're looking for can be found at Help:Logging in. I do not believe this is possible, though. However, if it's really bugging you, because you do have a fair number of you might be able to contact a developer at User talk:Secretlondon. Just don't tell him I sent you. The Evil Spartan 22:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Naming a page

I would like to create a page on the 1794 treason trials, but I cannot decide whether to name it "1794 Treason Trials" or "1794 treason trials." Help:Page name and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) did not clear up the matter for me. Sometimes the 1794 Treason Trials are capitalized in the scholarly literature and sometimes not. Are they a proper noun? Are they sometimes a proper noun? Should I default to lower case since they are not always capitalized? Thanks. Awadewit | talk 22:59, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

As a unique event, I'd go with full capitalization on the title. I would consider it a proper noun, like War of the Roses. -- Kesh 23:20, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

You're probably as knowledgeable as anybody about the subject - use your own discresion; this kind of naming convention issue comes up all the time. ;) The Evil Spartan 23:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Awadewit | talk 23:44, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

And ensure you redirect one name to the other. Youth in Asia 00:15, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Check out how Treason Trials (1794) named their write up. The Wikipedia artice Treason Trial may need to be renamed to provide some clarity (e.g., there were more than one of 'em). Oddly, the articles on John Horne Tooke, John Thelwall, and Thomas Hardy (political reformer) do not mention Treason Trials by name. You might want to fix this (with Wikipedia relialbe sources. It seems like a good topic, one that will fit well within Wikipedia. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 03:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

June 17

How do I create an entry?

how do I create an entry?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pacaurora (talk • contribs) 00:16, June 17, 2007 (UTC)

See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. PrimeHunter 00:25, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

And see Wikipedia:Why was my article deleted? for what happens to a large percentage of new articles by new users. Check out the deletion log; several articles are getting deleted every minute. The harsh reality is that Wikipedia has very demanding requirements for encyclopedic content, and often new users have incorrect assumptions about what they can write on Wikipedia. Before you create a new article, it's better to spend some time reading the manuals and making small edits to existing articles that have been around for a while, until you learn how Wikipedia works. --Teratornis 16:05, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Another tip: look for a WikiProject in your area(s) of interest. Wikipedia:How to write a great article mentions WikiProjects briefly, but you might overlook them if you are in too much of a hurry to start your new article. Haste often makes waste on Wikipedia (or, specifically, deletion of your work), so do take the time to read the instructions first. --Teratornis 17:44, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Business Pages

I noticed that there are pages about Sears JCPenny Wal-mart and so on. It is agaist policy for a person to put a page on here regarding their own business? If not please let me know all of the guidelines as I would like to have a page about my business, it may be small but it is important to me. Thank you Nettie

Please read WP:COI. Putting up a page about your own business may present a conflict of interest. Then, read WP:N and WP:V: if you business is notable (see WP:CORP) and you can provide third-party sources to prove it, an article could be written.

The best course of action would be to request someone else write an article about your company. -- Kesh 01:05, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles should be developed from Wikipedia reliable sources, such as newspaper articles and books. Of your business is small, it may be unlikely that enough Wikipedia reliable sources exist to create a Wikipedia article. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 03:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

help me

i have tried to find the answer to my question in the help files, but i've just given up. apoplogies if it's there.

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

i posted the article a few weeks ago but it doesn't appear on a search for C.C. Saint-Clair.

i thank you for your time :) soulward — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soulward (talk • contribs) (e-mail removed for security)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Soulward is your user page. It is not part of the Wikipedia encyclopedia and it is not included in normal searches. If you want to create an article then see WP:VFAQ#How do I create a new article?. PrimeHunter 01:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

That's because it's not an article, it's your userpage. You would need to copy & paste the contents of that page to C.C. Saint-Clair for it to show up as an actual article. However, the article does not read like an encyclopedia entry, more like a synopsis of the book. Not to mention tons of original research. It needs rewritten before you move it to an article. Be sure it satisfies our guidelines on biographies of living persons. -- Kesh 01:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Soulward. You are in luck. C.C. Saint-Clair has posted her press clippings, the very sources you may need to develope a Wikipedia article on her. If you need assistance on developing an article on her, please contact me directly. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 03:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Searching for images and help articles

Hi, is there any way to:

1. search for Wikipedia images by keyword?
2. search Wikipedia help pages (only)?

Matt 01:18, 17 June 2007 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.30.101 (talk)

First use the normal search box but click "Search" and not "Go". Then use the search box at the bottom and choose where to search. PrimeHunter 01:22, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, would you know it? I have never noticed that one before. Thank you. Matt 01:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Infoboxes

How do I create an infobox? The pages I found on it are too confusing, and most of them just say how to edit the information in an infobox. I'm playing around with Template:Infobox a little in the sandbox, but, once I get my infobox created, where do I put it? And I don't know much about writing code for it, but I want to learn. --Tea and crumpets 02:04, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, there are two types of infoboxes. Some subjects already have predefined infoboxes for various types of articles (see Wikipedia:Infobox_templates). If you want to create your own infobox, it might be easire to use Template:Infobox. The three sample entries are there to indicate how to create an infobox.

Look at User:RJaguar3/Sandbox and User:RJaguar3/Sandbox 2. In the first sandbox, I cut and pasted the code from T:I. Look at the code. The things in triple brackets are variables, which allow the infobox's content to change. Look at the code for Sandbox 2. I've put User:RJaguar3/Sandbox in double braces and defined each of the variables by using the form

variable1=foo|variable2=bar

and so on for each variable. The values I put in for each variable determine what the infobox will display.

I hope this helps. If you have any more questions, leave them on my talk page or right here in this section. Thanks. RJaguar3 | u | t 02:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Also, try finding a WikiProject related to the subject at hand, they might already have a similar infobox and if not would probably be more than willing to help. akuyume^T_C 02:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Template:Infobox_kana is a box with information, but it is not actually an infobox (called "infobox template") as that term is used in Wikipedia. As stated in Wikipedia:Template namespace, templates are used to duplicate the same content across more than one page. It appears that Template:Infobox_kana is such a template. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 04:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Can't Create An Account

I have tried many times to create an account but for some reason nothing happens. I am taken back to the page to create an account.

Try emailing the encyclopedia though the "contact us" link to request an admin to securely create an account for you, and report the bug. --Haemo 10:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation

Hello, I'm appologize for not finding this info in help so far, but my question is on disambiguation pages. I am interested in writing an article on a word that is a homonymy in the computer technology industry - which I teach in. The term is 'hardlink', meaning to link from a physical object - like hyperlink. When I do a search for hardlink I do not see a disambiguation page for the option of meanings. Is this something I can create or since the meaning I am looking for does not exist as a stub does that mean that I can not add it?

Thanks for any help.

You can create the page Hardlink (disambiguation). First create your article Hardlink (homonymy) or whatever you prefer. Place an {{otheruses}} template on the top of each article linking either to the disambiguation page or the other article. LaraLove^T/_C 05:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Is Hardlink helpful? -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 05:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I think he/she wants to write an article on "Hard link" as opposed to "Hardlink", homonyms with apparently different meanings. If this is the case then she will have to rename the existing Hardlink page, then create a disambiguation page called "Hardlink", followed by creating the new article Hard link. This process is outlined at Disambiguation. JimDunning 05:47, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I think I understand. The current search result for 'hardlink' finds 'Hard link' but my interest is in creating 'Hardlink', which is why I thought a disambiguation page would be needed. Thank you both for your assistance.

Make sure that the topic is encyclopedic, not just a definition, which should be submitted at Wiktionary. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 08:37, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, I think I figured it out. The redirect Hardlink previously lead only to the article Hard link. Both Hardlink (disambiguation) and Hardlink (homonymy) were created, and Hardlink was redirected to Hardlink (disambiguation). I think some is going to slap a merge tag on all of it. I've tagged the two article talk pages with {{WikiProject Computer science|class=|importance=}}, so perhaps someone from that Wikiproject will give the scheme a second look. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 15:13, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

help me

If you need assistance on developing an article on her, please contact me directly. -- Jreferee (Talk) 03:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

jreferee, i've done as suggested in the reply that came just before yours and have pasted the text under CC Saint-Clair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.C._Saint-Clair, but it still doesn't show. i've looked up your pages but there's so much info there that i can't find how to contact you directly, as i'd love to accept your offer. cheers ~ S— Preceding unsigned comment added by Soulward (talk • contribs) 04:16, June 17, 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean by "it doesn't show"? It shows just fine under C.C. Saint-Clair. -- Kesh 04:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Sometimes you need to hit the F5 key to reload a page just after it is created so that it appears on your computer screen. It is there. I'll clean it up a little before the deletion crew hits it. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 05:28, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok. that'd be great, Jreferee :) i'll keep checking this space for a while, looking for confirmation that all is A Ok or to see how else you can help me get this right- cheers Soulward 05:43, 17 June 2007 (UTC) soulward

I revised the C.C. Saint-Clair article. Any other questions regarding the article can be posted on the C.C. Saint-Clair talk page at Talk:C.C. Saint-Clair. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 06:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Watchlist question

Is there a way to add all of the articles under a particular category to your watchlist, without having to manually go into all of the articles and press "watch?"----La Parka Your Car 05:21, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

No. Sorry. Dismas|^(talk) 05:29, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Using popups, you can hover the mouse over each link and click the watch link. You don't have to open the page that way ;) - G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 05:32, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Summary of Articles

Please ask all the contributors of wikipedia to include summaries of all articles. Thank you.

I don't think that's going to happen - nutshells are provided on policy and guideline pages to get to the heart of an issue; otherwise, we're an encyclopedia and are bound to not include summaries for general-purpose articles. --Haemo 10:05, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

We do already ask all contributors to include edit summaries (it's right down there at the bottom of every edit window), but the MediaWiki software does not force contributors to type edit summaries, nor is there a proactive feature such as a blank-summary warning dialog that would make contributors more aware of edit summaries and how they help other contributors. So it's quite possible for a contributor to be lazy and deliberately ignore the edit summary field, or to be completely oblivious to it. (The design philosophy of Wikipedia in some ways appears to favor convenience for the user who edits over the convenience of other users who try to understand what that first user did.) Also see WP:LEAD which tells how an article's lead section should introduce and summarize the article's topic. --Teratornis 15:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

if i just started an account.........

how do I set up my username "profile"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elpasohighdesert (talk • contribs)

First, remember to sign all your posts with "~~~~" so that we can see who you are! :o) To get to your user page, just locate the page called "User:username". In your case, it would be User:Elpasohighdesert. If you're logged in, you can also access your page by clicking on your user name at the top of the page.

Once you're there, you can then draw up your page, and save it. See WP:UP for more info on what to include, etc. tiZom_(2¢) 07:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Also see Help:Preferences, which might include some aspects of what you had in mind when you wrote "profile." I don't think Wikipedia commonly uses the word "profile" like that; for example, the word does not appear on User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia. The main things you customize after you create your account are your user page and preferences. I see you already received a welcome, but welcome again! Be sure to read all the pages linked from your welcome message before you attempt any major edits to articles. Also be aware that Wikipedia may be different from anything you have tried before; in particular, it takes time for many people to get used to the idea that anything we write here is likely to be changed by someone else. Try not to take offense if you write something you think is great, and then someone comes along and deletes it. As the Editor's index shows, Wikipedia has an incredibly complex set of policies, guidelines, and procedures, and they take some time to learn. --Teratornis 15:45, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Problem in notes

Can anyone work out what has gone wrong at William Shakespeare#Notes?

Compare the text on the page:

These dates use the Julian calendar. Under the Gregorian calendar, Shakespeare died on May 3. Others scholars, though, discount this, stating that the parallels are simply commonplace.

With the text on the edit screen:

An essay by Harold Brooks suggests Marlowe's Edward II influenced Shakespeare's Richard III, Other scholars, though, discount this, stating that the parallels are simply commonplace.

I assume the second is correct - it makes more sense. I've removed all markup and references from these sentences, above, although they have lots and presumably that's where the problem lies. Also, if it helps, note that the stuff about the Julian Calendar is in the preceding note. AndyJones 08:42, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Someone screwed up a ref tag; they used <ref name=Cal> instead of <ref name=Cal/> which wipes out everything until the next <ref> tag. I fixed it by adding in the slash, which now makes the rest of the line parse properly. --Haemo 10:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

See WP:FOOT for more information about <ref> tags. --Teratornis 18:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks guys. AndyJones 12:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

How do I create my own new page?

I want people to know what my internet radio station is all about so how do I create my own new page?

Well, before you do that, make sure that your station is notable according to our guidelines, and that you can cite reliable sources to back that up. Then, read this page to help you make a new page. --Haemo 09:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Self-made smiley template on talkpages?

I made my own template (in my namespace) for using smileys , my question: Am I allowed to use this template in public talkpages like this one? If not, then what about talkpages of other users? I suppose that will be up to them right? I intended to make this a public template but I saw the Template:smiley had been deleted many times before. Freestyle 09:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

That should be fine because it's in your user space. Template:smiley didn't belong in template space as it has no encyclopedic value, but you can generally get away with these things in user space. Try to remember, though, that Wikipedia is not a social networking site :) - Zeibura^(talk) 09:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I see. Nothing wrong though with showing your emotion when all you can do is type... Thanks for your answer. Freestyle 10:00, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You might want to look over Wikipedia:Emoticons. Also, to get an idea of how others use a particular emoticon, go to the image page of an emoticon and click "What links here." -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 15:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Only half of the page saves

Just started an article called List of Cricket incidents and when I submitted it only the first half of the page saved. The second half of it, including references and categories are non existent yet if I click 'edit page' they are there. How can I fix this problem? Cheers Crickettragic 11:42, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You messed up with the <ref> tags. You used <ref> as a closing tag instead of </ref>. I fixed it. 84.144.253.195 11:53, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy assistance, cheers mate Crickettragic 11:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem. 84.144.253.195 12:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Key word Mannatech not neutral -- admin owning definition

There is very biased information being selected for formulating the definition for Mannatech. The entire definition is slanted heavily toward a negative nature. I have attempted to communicate with the admin about the problem but there is clearly no wish on their part to establish a neutral definition. Please let me know what can be done from here, if anything.Cosmochao 12:08, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like you all have quite the edit war going there. I suggest a request for comment about the article. I would also like to remind you to remember that you aren't creating a definition for the company. You are attempting to neutrally report what other sources have said. We haven't established a "neutral definition" for child abuse or world peace, either.—WAvegetarian (talk) 12:49, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Please review Resolving disputes carefully to see if the process there can help you resolve this dispute. You and the other contributors involved have been having a discussion about the edits, so it's safe to say you're at the first step, Talk to the other parties involved. Since the article has now been protected by an admin, this may be an opportunity for all involved to engage in the second step of the process, Disengage for a while. This will give editors time to review the other options offered in the dispute resolution process and choose an appropriate course.

Please ensure that reliable third-party sources are used for all new edits, use Edit Summaries to minimize inadvertent reverts, and assume good faith. Consideration of forking the article content and creating a specific section addressing the controversy surrounding the company and its products may be an option as well. JimDunning 13:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You might want to review Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 15:29, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Notification of page alterations

Hey guys, Does Wiki have the capability of allowing a user to sign up to a notification system for when a page is altered? If so, how do you access it? If not, maybe it is something you could consider. Regards, Ryan

It sure does. If you register a username, you can add pages to your watchlist using the watch tab at the top of your screen. Then the my watchlist link will take you to a page showing the last change made to each article on your watchlist.—WAvegetarian (talk) 12:42, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Ryan, if you're talking about a push notification (similar to eBay notifying bidders about new activity), then no, WP does not have that capability (the servers and you could potentially be overloaded). You could consider using a service like http://www.changedetection.com to watch a select few pages, although I can't vouch for it as I've never had direct experience with it. JimDunning 13:49, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually we do, via the recent changes IRC feed. But to get anything useful out of that, you'll have to write your own client/script to monitor the channel, or perhaps find one written by someone else. Actually, MediaWiki does have feature where you can ask to be e-mailed whenever any page on your watchlist changes, but it has been disabled on the English Wikipedia, presumably so that the servers wouldn't collapse under the load of sending all those e-mails. It's enabled on Commons, though, for example. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 22:19, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Oy! Created page by mistake

While attempting to archive an old discussion, I mistakenly created a new page called Original version. Will someone please blow this away for me (I don't know how).

Tnx, --Ravpapa 14:17, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

deleted. Viridae^Talk 14:18, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You can ask for deletion directly by adding {{db-author}} to the top of the page to be deleted. This alerts an Admin that the page's author wants it deleted (you might also include your rationale in the edit summary). As long as you're the primary contributor to the page, it will usually be deleted without further discussion. Jim Dunning | talk 14:24, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

So how do I go about getting a name change?

I have read my Right to vanish, but how to I go about getting a name change. Which bureaucrat do I contact? Vagish 15:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Changing username should have the answers for which you seek. --ElKevbo 15:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You can request a name change at Wikipedia:Changing username. Any talk pages that you have signed will still display your former username. If you feel strongly about your name no longer being on visible pages on the site, you can edit these pages to remove your signature. (Your old signature will still appear in diffs and in earlier versions of the pages.) Jim Dunning | talk 15:36, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Adminship

Just out of curiosity, who is currently the youngest administrator? Or better still, how old is the youngest administrator? Many thanks.

There's no way to tell the age of any admin. Are you referring to the admin's tenure? Jim Dunning | talk 15:43, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Some administrators reveal their ages, but, ironically, young Wikipedians are discouraged from revealing their age and they are also removed. Off the top of my head, I think I recall someone who was 12 pass adminship, but, obviously, I'm not allowed (or, rather, ethically and security-bound) to reveal who it is. x42bn6 Talk Mess 15:48, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Page creation

I'm trying to create a page called Thomas Baxter. When I do a search, the name Thomas Baxter seems to only take me to this url: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_J._Bulger&action=submit

How can I create a new page named Thomas Baxter that won't be tied to the above url?

Wenda Crawford

If appropriate, revise [1]. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 15:45, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

There is a redirect from the Thomas Baxter page: it appears Bulger used that name as an alias. I think a Thomas Baxter disambiguation page will have to created. Jim Dunning | talk 15:50, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Since there is a redirect from the Baxter article to the Bulger article (because Bulger used Baxter as an alias), a decision must be made as to whether Thomas Baxter should point to only "Thomas Baxter" (Wendy's article), or to both Baxter and Bulger. In other words, is it still a valid concern that readers may search for Bulger using his alias? If the redirect is no longer needed, then it can be modified and replaced with Wendy's article. If it is still needed, then a disambiguation page is required so readers can choose between the two articles. Jim Dunning | talk 16:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Stupid ref tag issue

I can't figure out why my tag at Fantastic_Four:_Rise_of_the_Silver_Surfer#Reception (tag 19), isn't reading like the others on the page for an internet cite. The date shows up by the author insted of after the article title and publisher. what am I doing wrong? ThuranX 16:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

How about now? --Smokizzy (talk) 17:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

(ec)You have used {{cite web}} whereas the others use {{cite news}}, both of which provide a slightly different layout. Hope that helps, mattbr 17:04, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

That helps. Thanks to both of you. I'll adjust to cite news, and that should resolve it. ThuranX 17:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

procedure of getting Indian equivalency of American degrees

I am interested in getting equivalence of American degrees . Pl. give me the office address and phone numbers.please reply at [email address removed] pradeep j jha

Sorry, Wikipedia cannot help with your question. YechielMan 21:17, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

This help desk is where Wikipedia answers questions about Wikipedia. Wikipedia's reference desk is where Wikipedia answer questions not related to Wikipedia itself. The reference desk probably is where you want to post your question. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 04:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia may be able to help. See: Bachelor's degree#United States, Bachelor's degree#India, and Academic degree#Types of academic degree: United States. Most articles about universities here have contact information or links to official university Web sites which routinely contain contact information. To find a specific institution see List of universities and colleges by country. We don't e-mail answers from the Help desk, sorry; the Help desk functions as a wiki page which archives rather than as an e-mail discussion list. --Teratornis 05:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Displaying GMT, not "Wikitime"

Hi, How can I get the Wiki to display GMT, i.e. an hour later than is displayed by CURRENTTIME or LOCALTIME. Thanks. Hogyn Lleol 18:47, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Did you look at Help:Preferences#Time zone? I'm asking because I can't tell from your question whether you already tried changing your preferences (i.e., select Special:Preferences and the "Date and time" tab). If you already tried that and it didn't work the way you want, please give some more details about the problem you are seeing. --Teratornis 20:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I've looked all over for help! My preferences already state that my local time is 1 hour different. I'm really only playing, but what I want is a box on my User page along the lines of "It's 20:48 on Sunday 17 June", but both CURRENTTIME and LOCALTIME both display CURRENTTIME. Whislt the local time is displayed on many users pages, it doesn't work on Userpage, so is there anything like a bit of code I can use to show it? Hogyn Lleol 20:38, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

It works on my user page. Corvus cornix 01:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

There's probably a parameter on localtime like |UTC-5}}. --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 01:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you really want mw:Extension:TimeZoneInfo. I don't see it here on Special:Version's list of installed extensions. But you could install it on your own instance of MediaWiki (see mw:Manual:Wiki on a stick for instructions on how to run MediaWiki as your personal wiki). There are, of course, lots of Web pages that display the current time around the world; search for some with Google:time zone. And don't forget to search the Help desk archive for: time zone to see what has come up here before. --Teratornis 05:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Get the stats of my edits so far

Can I get the consolidated list of my edits thus far? If yes, How?Hallenrm 18:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

1. List of edits
2. Statistics and most edited pages

Prodego ^talk 19:07, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

How to find an article that has been redirected by someone

One of my articles Energy (chemistry) was mischeviously redirected to Energy can I locate the contents of that article? Hallenrm 19:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

When you go to Energy (chemistry), click the link in "(Redirected from Energy (chemistry))" at the top of the page you are redirected to. Then click history, and then the timestamp of your revision. However, it looks like Energy (chemistry) was actually merged into Energy here. Prodego ^talk 19:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

No the content that appears is totally different from the content of Energy (Chemistry). How can it then be a merge? Hallenrm 06:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Cells in table

A			B
1	2	3	4	5	6

I have such a table. For now cells A and B each have 3 cells below. But I want that cell A have 3,5 cells below it self (also half of violet cell) and cell B have only 2,5 cells below it self (second half of violet cell). What shall I do? Please edit the code.

It should look like this:
|---------|------|
|--|--|--|-.-|--|--|

Look also an image of table. Thanks a lot. --Janezdrilc 19:49, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Just split up the 4th column like this:

A				B
1	2	3	4		5	6

— Sebastian 19:58, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again, it really works. --Janezdrilc 20:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit summary question

It is about time I asked this question. Whenever I revert to a previous edition of an article (be it due to vandalism or what have you) I always write 'rvv' in the edit summary box. What I would like to do is have that automatic thing where you get 'Undid revision by.... ' or 'Reverted to ..... ' - what do I have to fill in, in order to obtain this? Many thanks indeed.

When you check the diff of a page, it has a little link that says UNDO. when you click that, it automatically does the edit summary ur were talking about. Try it on this page! but don't revert! It only happens on the second newest edit i believe Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 19:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

For more help, see Help:Reverting and WP:UNDO. Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 19:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

By the way, you should only be using rvv for obvious vandalism, as it stands for "revert vandalism". Using it elsewhere is likely to aggravate good-faith contributors, who don't take kindly to being tarred as vandals. For non-vandalism reverts, you should always give a brief explanation of why you're reverting in the edit summary, so you might put "rv - fair use galleries are not permitted" or some such instead of "rvv". Cheers, --YFB ¿ 20:00, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Further to the above, as a registered user, if you select "history" of an article, then hover over the date of the desired revert, the drop-down box will offer a number of options, including "rev". Select this, wait a couple of seconds, and it will automatically revert to this earlier version, giving the detail you requested. Hogyn Lleol 20:11, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

The drop down box you are referring to, Hogyn Lleol, is not a feature of MediaWiki, but a user script originally created by User:Lupin. You can find it at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. Harryboyles 15:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Excellent! You guys are the best.

Also, the undo link only provides an automatic summary if you undo just one edit (that I've seen, anyway). However, there are some programs and similar devices many people use to edit Wikipedia (especially when vandalism reverting is involved), and they often create edit summaries for the common tasks they perform. See Category:Wikipedia tools, particularly Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser. Confusing Manifestation 23:41, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

looking for jewish cantors

i would like to get into cantors Moshe stern and others

If you want to read about Jewish cantors, please see Category:Hazzans. YechielMan 21:15, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Is there ANY way to delete an account and the history of it

Hello,

Just wondering if there was ANY way possible to delete an account and all of its history including edit page history and the name changing log. ANY way at all. If this might have to do with an administrator, how do I get in touch with them? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Projectileman (talk • contribs)

Accounts cannot be deleted, but you can request that your User and User Talk page be deleted by placing {{db|U1, User requests delete}} on the pages in question. However you will have to use the account in question to place this tag. Furthermore, I believe can also request the account be blocked from further edits. akuyume^T_C 20:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

See How do I delete my user and user talk pages? and m:Right to vanish. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 04:55, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Article rename?

Hello there. I found an article called Make new entry but it seems the original editor of the article wanted it to be called Self-Compassion. I am not sure what to do about it, as it isn't wikified at all. I am worried someone may list it for speedy deletion. This would be a shame as it seems to have quite a few references and clearly represents some hard work. I am happy to help add wikilinks etc to the article. Any advice would be appreciated. What should I do? Best regards... 195.137.96.79 21:24, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Moved to the correct location (Self-compassion). I'll wikify the article while I'm at it. x42bn6 Talk Mess 22:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

It was created as the only edit by User:Kristinneff and the only link is to http://www.self-compassion.org/ which is by "Kristin Neff". Google searches indicate some complete sentences are copied from other sources. I would investigate potential copyvio problems before spending time on this. PrimeHunter 22:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

6 of the references are by "K. D. Neff". There may also be WP:COI problems here. PrimeHunter 22:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

OK thanks a lot for your help here folks. I'll read up about conflict of interest and copyvio and see what I can do, now that it's there as a propper article, though psychology isn't really my thing. Thanks a lot. Best regards 195.137.96.79 22:48, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

It does seem like a notable topic by a quick Google search (but of course that can just be meaningless, and I am nowhere near psychology in terms of knowledge). Although I've wikified the article, I've let the author know about WP:COI but it does seem a shame that an article that seems notable has problems. If anyone is confused about this, see the original version. x42bn6 Talk Mess 22:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Eek, actually I think I'd do more harm than good editing this article as it really isn't my topic and I'm not really experienced enough here to deal with any potential WP:COI and WP:COPYVIO issues. Thanks again for helping me on this - I encountered the original article using the Random Article function - and I just thought I'd bring it to your attention. Best regards 195.137.96.79 23:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

why is PE wiki down?????

I try to use PE Wiki over the last whole week and this is all I get why??

Server Error in '/' Application. Too many connections Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException: Too many connections

Source Error:

Line 422: } Line 423: con = new MySqlConnection(ConString); Line 424: con.Open(); Line 425: Line 426: return con;

Source File: g:\home\cmce.se\pe-wiki.info\www\App_Code\Service.asmx.cs Line: 424

Stack Trace:

[MySqlException: Too many connections]

  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.PacketReader.CheckForError() +91
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.PacketReader.ReadHeader() +229
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.PacketReader.OpenPacket() +119
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.PacketReader.ReadOk() +10
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.NativeDriver.AuthenticateOld() +217
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.NativeDriver.Authenticate() +116
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.NativeDriver.Open() +1140
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlPool.CreateNewPooledConnection() +139
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlPool.GetPooledConnection() +49
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlPool.GetConnection() +115
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlPoolManager.GetConnection(MySqlConnectionString settings) +215
  MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection.Open() +143
  PE.Service.GetConnection() in g:\home\cmce.se\pe-wiki.info\www\App_Code\Service.asmx.cs:424
  PE.Service.LoadData() in g:\home\cmce.se\pe-wiki.info\www\App_Code\Service.asmx.cs:151
  PE.Service..cctor() in g:\home\cmce.se\pe-wiki.info\www\App_Code\Service.asmx.cs:50

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'PE.Service' threw an exception.]

  PE.Service.GetConnection() in g:\home\cmce.se\pe-wiki.info\www\App_Code\Service.asmx.cs:416
  PE.PageBase..ctor() in g:\home\cmce.se\pe-wiki.info\www\App_Code\Template.cs:39
  PE.Welcome..ctor() +23
  ASP.default_aspx..ctor() in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\662f66fa\e3fcba7f\App_Web_3v7e9-zp.8.cs:0
  __ASP.FastObjectFactory_app_web_3v7e9_zp.Create_ASP_default_aspx() in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\662f66fa\e3fcba7f\App_Web_3v7e9-zp.34.cs:0
  System.Web.Compilation.BuildResultCompiledType.CreateInstance() +49
  System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CreateInstanceFromVirtualPath(VirtualPath virtualPath, Type requiredBaseType, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean noAssert) +115
  System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.GetHandlerHelper(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath virtualPath, String physicalPath) +31
  System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.System.Web.IHttpHandlerFactory2.GetHandler(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath virtualPath, String physicalPath) +40
  System.Web.HttpApplication.MapHttpHandler(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath path, String pathTranslated, Boolean useAppConfig) +139
  System.Web.MapHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +120
  System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +155

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210

This help desk is only for help with the editing of Wikipedia. Furthermore, we are not mind readers, thus we do not know what PE wiki is. If it is another wiki ran with MediaWiki software, perhaps you should visit the MediaWiki support forums or try a Google Search. akuyume^T_C 22:07, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello, I assume you mean www.pe-wiki.info. I am getting the same error. You can still look at (older versions) of pages by using the google cache, do a search with [2], add a keyword, and click the 'in cache' link at a search result. Browsing the site this way doesn't seem to be possible though. As far as I know PE-Wiki is not in any way associated with wikipedia, so we can not tell you why it is down. Maybe it's just overloaded? ssepp^(talk) 22:11, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

A Google search shows a problem is discussed at [3]. That forum seems a better place to discuss PE-Wiki problems. PrimeHunter 22:20, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

We are not mind readers but it seems some here are pretty good Google readers. If there ever is a Google Olympics I think the Wikipedia Help desk team would make a decent showing. --Teratornis 05:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

What was wrong with the picture?

I uploaded a picture of Peri Gilpin PeriGilpin.JPG a few days ago and yet now I find it deleted because it was "not fair use". But why wasn't it? It was a small web-resolution screenshot taken from an episode of Frasier just for illustrative purposes. I've seen loads of this type of image on here before so what did I do wrong exactly?

You can contact the editor who deleted it [4] at User talk:Jeffrey O. Gustafson. PrimeHunter 22:46, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You must always include a fair use rationale for any image you claim for fair use. In addition, if it's a screen shot from the TV show, then under fair use, it can only by used on an article about the show. Fair use is generally only allowed when there is no possibility of someone taking a public domain picture. Since Peri Gilpin is still alive and not a hermit, somebody somewhere with a camera would be able to take a picture of her at some point. Corvus cornix 01:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

It is fair use in an article on Peri Gilpin, but it is not Wikipedia fair use in a Wikipedia article on Peri Gilpin. Wikipedia has requirements in addition to fair use laws. The uploaded a picture of Peri Gilpin would only be Wikipedia fair use in a Wikipedia article about that specific Frasier episode. Yes, there are loads of improperly used fair use images, but someone eventually will get around to tagging and bagging them. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 05:10, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Using a web based IRC client

I can vaguely remember that there are two tools that are designed to connect to the Wikipedia IRC channels. One goes to #wikipedia, #wikipedia-en, or #wikipedia-en-help, and can be found at WP:IRC. There's another one that only connects to #wikipedia, but I can't find it. If someone knows where it is, could you please leave a note on my talk page (and where you found it, if possible). Thanks, G1ggy ^Talk/_Contribs 23:18, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Crockery Township article

I'm brand new to Wikipedia. How do I find out how to locate a source cited in a Wikipedia article? The article on Crockery Township refers to an oral history published by someone I've never heard of, and mentions facts I have never run across. I would like verification of the facts by referring to the source cited in the article. Is that even possible?Chasm 23:18, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You'd be talking about Crockery Township, Michigan and the reference entitled Boom and Bust: A Brief Oral History of Nunica, I would guess? Google doesn't give me any results for the title other than the article itself, so I would suggest your first point of call would be a library - I'm not sure where you live, but I suspect a state or national library would be more capable of helping you than a local one. Confusing Manifestation 23:24, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You could ask the editor who added the source [5] at User talk:Pianoguy. But the latest edit by Pianoguy was 13 May 2007. PrimeHunter 23:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Boom and Bust: A Brief Oral History of Nunica is not on Amazon.com and a google search for Kent Publishing House does not clarify things. Since the book is not used for in-line citation (e.g., footnotes), if there are facts that you find shady, there is nothing wrong with deleting them or putting a {{fact}} next to the fact. I would try contacting User talk:Pianoguy first, but proceed after a few days if there is no response. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 05:19, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Flexible image

There is an image on the top of my user site. But the size fits just for 17'' screen (I selected pixels so). That means when I work with 19'' screen, the image is too narrow. Beside I don't know how does it look like on laptop screen. Can somebody make the image flexible? --Janezdrilc 23:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

What you want is a width of "100%". To my knowledge. Wikipedia bans percentage-based widths. Why? I have no clue. It could be that someone thinks they are evil. It could be that they are too hard to program into the wiki program. It could be that the programmers don't know that percentages can be used in html. Until they allow percentages, you are stuck using a fixed-pixel width and hoping for the best. --Kainaw ^(talk) 14:43, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio's

What is the procedure when you find out that someone is apparently inserting copyvio's into articles? Thanks, Gatoclass 23:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Revert and warn using {{uw-copyright}}. Repeated offences can be treated as vandalism ({{uw-vandalism3}}, for example). x42bn6 Talk Mess 00:07, 18 June 2007 (UTC)