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January 24

Weird page about a unknown investment house that offers 170% growth?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Obelisk_International&action=history Sounds too much to be true? Worth to check / delete?

Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.149.160.220 (talk) 11:51, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

The article has been speedily deleted. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:12, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

i'd like to see the page here referenced:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Viruses_in_the_Resident_Evil_series_(2nd_nomination)

how must i do? grazie, bastardi :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.48.107.7 (talk) 01:16, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately the article referred to by that AfD discussion was deleted by unanimous consensus among the !voters (in mid-2010, in fact). If you would like to work on it, you can ask the closing administrator (in this case, User:Cirt) to userfy it for you, but you should create an account first. Creating an account carries with it many benefits, one of which is that you will have a userspace in which to work on articles. Intelligentsium 02:38, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Album subtitle left out

I created an article for the Andy Williams album Love Theme from "The Godfather", and when I went in to add the album cover, I realized that I had forgotten the album's subtitle "Speak Softly Love" when I entered the name of the article. I was wondering if the name of the article could be changed to read Love Theme from "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love) (Andy Williams album). Thanks! Danaphile (talk) 02:03, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Just providing a link to the article for those who don't want to have to search through your contributions: Love Theme from "The Godfather" (Andy Williams album).

By the way, is there already another album called "Love Theme from The Godfather"? If not, we probably don't need the "(Andy Williams album)" disambiguator. Dismas|^(talk) 02:55, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. There's already a song page entitled "Love Theme from the Godfather", and other artists have used this album title. Danaphile (talk) 07:46, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Problems with a script in my monobook.js

I added User:Porchcrop/rollback.js (documentation) to my monobook.js. The edit summary works properly, but the line rollbackLinksDisable = [ 'watchlist' ] doesn't seem to be working. I want to disable rollback links when viewing my watchlist, but I still see them. Have I not formatted this correctly? I've already tried bypassing my cache. Goodvac (talk) 04:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Try adding a semicolon at the end of the line. If that works, leave a message at User talk:Porchcrop so that the documentation can be fixed. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:57, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

A semicolon does not work. Any other things I can try? Goodvac (talk) 17:11, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Javascript adds a semicolon to the end of a line anyway, whenever it thinks one might have been omitted. Douglas Crockford lists this in his book Javascript: The Good Parts as one of the "Awful parts". --ColinFine (talk) 23:27, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

It was worth a try. I'm from a C/C++ background -- John of Reading (talk) 08:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm stuck, but I've left a message at User talk:Porchcrop. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:18, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I've tested the script along with many other rollback summary scripts, and none of them seem to be working with the rollbackLinksDisable or the rollbackSummaryDefault. Probably there is a MediaWiki update. Lord Porchcrop ^POWER 22:49, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for replying here. So is there a way you can fix this? Goodvac (talk) 02:56, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

It's a MediaWiki update, so I can't fix it. Lord Porchcrop ^POWER 06:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

2012 Gubernatorial Elections Map is missing Utah

How do I update a map image to reflect a missing state?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_gubernatorial_elections,_2012

The [United States gubernatorial elections map] does not display Utah dispite it being listed.

- Craig Van Korlaar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigvk (talk • contribs) 04:56, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

You could ask the creator of the map, User:Nevermore27, to update the map. Their talk page is here. Dismas|^(talk) 06:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Help! Motorways in Poland has gone pear-shaped!

Help! Motorways in Poland has gone pear-shaped!Nankai (talk) 06:32, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I added {{-}}, which pushed the table down so it didn't overlap with the images. Goodvac (talk) 06:36, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

And, to be frank, all that white space looked hideous, so I have reformatted it with some {{Fix bunching}} templates. – ukexpat (talk) 18:25, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

national civil rights movement uk

why is there no mention, in wikipedia, of the national civil rights movement started by michael mansfield and others in the uk in the 90s? 08:58, 24 January 2011 (UTC)82.21.134.146 (talk)

There is some mention of it at Michael Mansfield. What, specifically, do you feel is missing from the article Michael Mansfield? (just for starters) ..... Mesoderm (talk) 09:10, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Species lists

Hello! I wonder if it's possible to download species lists from Wikipedia. For instance, if I wish to compile a list for a given country (e.g. Liberia). There are Wikipedia pages which provide this information(of e.g. mammals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Liberia). Ideally I would like to download this information in a csv file format so that I can import the list directly into a database or excel, rather that copying and pasting the information from the webpage. I would be grateful for any advise on whether this is a possibility. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.49.242.126 (talk) 10:48, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

This isn't possible; Wikipedia only has the information in its own internal format, which you can see by clicking the "Edit" links in List of mammals of Liberia. But you might get somewhere if you copy and paste that "wiki markup" into a plain text file and then ask Excel to treat the asterisk character as a field separator. This might take some ingenuity or programming skill. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:04, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Image is annotated in Spanish

My language is set to English, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PlantaSchemaFiction.png is annotated in Spanish. A translation to other languages would be helpful.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PARTNERS I, LLC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.169.165.18 (talk) 14:41, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

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

Yes, that's not a good choice of picture for this article. I have added a note to the article talk page. (I have removed your contact details to protect your privacy) -- John of Reading (talk) 14:48, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

NB. The image is hosted on commons. A german language version also exists at File:RO-Plant-Layout.png if that helps anyone translate. Nanonic (talk) 14:51, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I thin a saner solution is to have the parts just labeled "A", "B", etc in the image. Then every language can use the same image-file and add their own commentary in the caption or article-body. MOS:IMAGES advises in general to avoid using images for text-content--not quite the same in specific, but similar rationale. Some specific wikiprojects specifically do advise against even simple text annotations in graphics files. DMacks (talk) 09:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Old logo on the sp.a-wiki

Hi there,

on this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp.a

the old sp.a-logo is still shown. you can verify that there is a new logo on the homepage of sp.a: www.s-p-a.be

the logo can be found in various formats here: http://www.s-p-a.be/logo/

We prefer the red logo on a white background as can be found here: (highres jpeg) http://www.s-p-a.be/media/uploads/logos/logos_downloads/spa_standaard_logo_groot.jpg or (highres eps) http://www.s-p-a.be/media/uploads/logos/spa_standaard_logo.eps.zip

I do not have an autoconfirmed account, so i cannot upload the new logo myself.

Can someone do the necesarry?

Thanks a lot!

Stijn Vercamer communication sp.a Stijnvercamer (talk) 15:33, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

 Done I converted the EPS version to SVG and uploaded it over the previous version. You may need to purge to see the update in the article. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 16:06, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I was trying to improve Constantinople entry but I've read and read and still can't figure it out

I created an account. I read the tutorial. Constantinople doesn't have an edit tab at the top. All I wanted to do was add another line to popularity as follows

The Sheen on the Silk by Anne Perry is a historical novel set in Byzantium (including a major role for Constantinople) set around 1272AD. Published in 2010, ISBN: 978-0-345-50065-6 (0-345-50065-2)

But it seems to be harder than I thought. Please advise. SR — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srwap (talk • contribs) 18:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

There have been hundreds of novels set in Constantinople; such trivialities have no place here. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:15, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

To answer the more general question, Constantinople is semi-protected, which means that it cannot be edited by anonymous editors or users with new accounts. You will be able to edit semi-protected pages when your account is autoconfirmed, which happens automatically when your account is at least four full days old and has at least ten edits. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:20, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Question about an unpatrolled article.

I'm trying to do some New Pages Patrolling (I'm horrible at writing articles, so I thought maybe I could help clean up the place), since I'm pretty new at this, I was wondering what I should to with this article. "Nanningo"

I'm mostly positive that since it has no references, that it should be deleted, or maybe moved to the artist's page. Bluefist (talk) 19:30, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I've redirected the page. This can be done for albums that have no independent notability but may still be a plausible search term. TNXMan 19:36, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

how do I change the URL to not include my user name?

how do I change the wiki URL to not include my user name? Also, I have uploaded the CMAO logo 2 times but have no idea of how to get it to show up on the article that I am creating for the Country Music Association of Ontario Thanks Peter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicmentor (talk • contribs) 22:01, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

The page User:Musicmentor/The Country Music Association of Ontario (CMAO) is a userspace draft article. For advice and instructions on what to do next, see So you made a userspace draft?. -- John of Reading (talk) 22:04, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

BUT the page has a problem - it has nothing to indicate that the organisation is notable. Unless you can show that other people have written about the organisation in reliable sources such as a newspapers, books and journals, the text will not be suitable for Wikipedia. See the FAQ for organisations. -- John of Reading (talk) 22:04, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I moved it to Country Music Association of Ontario (the abbreviation should not have been incorporated into the title). --Orange Mike | Talk 22:07, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I was going to suggest it's a long way from being mainspace ready myself. Rehevkor ✉ 22:08, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Penalty goals

Let's say that a football player scores a penalty goal in a penalty shoot-out. Would that penalty goal count as a goal to the player? Jaime070996 23:47, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Dismas|^(talk) 00:06, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

If you are planning to maintain the goal statistics in Wikipedia articles, I suggest you ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football (or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject American football?) to see what the convention is. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:51, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

January 25

Another new article question

What should I do with individual school articles that are created? I was thinking redirect to the place they are located, but I'm not sure of the correct procedure. Bluefist (talk) 02:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Quite often they are redirected to an article about the school district. This works for US schools but may not for other countries. Dismas|^(talk) 02:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

That's true for grade schools, but high schools and above are generally considered de facto notable enough for their own articles. – ukexpat (talk) 15:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

How to cite: a corner case

How do you cite a book which has what are aparently principle authors on the front but the book is effectively devided into chapters/papers with their own authors listed which can in turn have subsections with further authors? The book is "Our Changing Cost a survey of the intertidal archaeology of Langstone Harbour Hampshire". In the past I've managed to wedge in simular cases by using the plain {{Citation}} template (see Warship 1994 in the HMS Argus (I49) article) but that requires the higher level authors to actualy be editors and only allows for two levels. I'm kinda out of ideas.©Geni 03:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Do something like this:

{{cite book|authors=(authors of chapter)|chapter=(title of chapter)|editors=(names of editors for book)|title=(book title)|publisher=|year=|isbn=|url=}}.

This will give you a citation that looks like this:

Pappaioannou, Virginia, E. (2004). "Early Embryonic Mesoderm Development". In Lanza, Robert Paul (ed.). Handbook of stem cells, Volume 1. Gulf Professional Publishing. ISBN 9780124366428.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Is this what you were after? ..... Mesoderm (talk) 03:30, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

(ec)Personally, I'd use the WP:CITESHORT method, listing all the chapter authors as co-authors (the "cite book" template allows for any number of co-authors) in the primary cite and listing making it clear in the short cite itself who is the chapter author:

• Author A; Author B, Author C (2006). "Title," Publisher, 51(78). (Primary)
• Author A; Author C 2005, Chapter X, p. 47. (Short)

Hope that helps. Rehevkor ✉ 03:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

The problem is subsection of chaperters also have authors and the editor/author method doesn't allow you to go down three levels.©Geni 04:26, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

DOWNLOADING ALL THE CONTENT

CAN I DOWNLOAD ALL THE CONTENT OF WIKIPEDIA FOR SELF EDUCATION PURPOSE

PLEASE HELP ME OUT SO THAT I CAN HAVE ENCYCLOPEDIA THOUGH I AM OFF-LINE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vhkk2gupta (talk • contribs) 05:22, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Database download. ... Mesoderm (talk) 05:41, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

And please stop SHOUTING. Typing in all caps is considered shouting and is seen as rude by many people on the internet. Dismas|^(talk) 05:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thousands of AWB edits in a few hours

Where do I report a problem with another user's abuse of AWB. (redacted to stay on target with the question I want help with) ---Kleopatra (talk) 06:15, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I think you should wait for User:Koavf to respond to your message on his talk page before taking this anywhere else. He will see it as soon as he logs on next. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

True I am in the process of reviewing and correcting errors right now and I am reviewing my AWB list(s) prior to using it again. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

He can respond to the report when I post it. Now, back to the question; where do I post a report about the abuse of AWB? --Kleopatra (talk) 03:38, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

There have been discussions about AWB use and mis-use by various editors at WP:ANI. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I am posting now at the Bot board to get all of the information, then I will post at AN/I to attempt to get this users AWB rights revoked at least until he/she fixes the potentially 1000s of errors he/she has so far created. Thanks for the information. --Kleopatra (talk) 16:14, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Grey stripe

What is that grey stripe that has lately begun appearing at the top of every article page? Its appearance makes the page jump slightly, which can cause link-clicking errors or momentary difficulty while editing. Can we lose it?Kelisi (talk) 08:26, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

What gray stripe? Could you be more specific about what you're seeing? Also, what OS and browser are you using? Dismas|^(talk) 09:05, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I've been seeing it too, and although I know very little about such matters, it seems to be (at least for me) something that appears whenever Internet Explorer shifts, for some reason, to "compatibility view" (whatever that is). It's definitely a browser thing rather than a Wikipedia thing, though its starting to show up only within the last few weeks may have something to do with the WP software. If I pull down the IE "Tools" menu and click on "Compatibility View", it goes away until the next time IE decides to make the shift. Restarting the browser also seems to help. Deor (talk) 13:59, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Others have reported it at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 84#Mysterious 'Grey' Bar at top of pages with no solution. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I wonder if it might have something to do with IE's having trouble dealing with the code we use to hide banner notices (like the one about the steward elections that is currently being displayed). Such notices are the only thing I can think of that regularly appear in the region of WP pages where the gray bar shows up. Deor (talk) 16:57, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Overloaded photo

File:Loretto.jpg looks like someone uploaded a 2010 color photograph of unknown copyright status on top of a 1908 b/w pd photo of a totally different subject. What do we do in such a situation? The tag obviously does not apply to the new photo. —teb728 t c 10:24, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Sanest (in my mind) is to download the newer image, then re-upload it to a new name and add proper tags to it for its actual uploader, etc. Then revert old-name image to its previous one, with an edit-summary pointing to the new-name location. Well, really the sanest is just to ask original uploader of second image to re-upload at a new name his/herself:) I left a note on user-talkpage. DMacks (talk) 11:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Until recently I lived about twenty paces from the door to the Loretto campus. I don't mind whatever you guys want to do with the image. Feel free to rename it. If you want to delete it, you would have to change the Loretto article. Renata (talk) 12:08, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

If we keep the new photo, it needs its own license tag. —teb728 t c 12:48, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I moved the new photo to File:Loretto campus door.jpg, reverted File:Loretto.jpg to the old one, and updated the link in Loretto School to point to the new one. I copied over as much of the sourcing info as was available for the new, but as teb728 notes, we need a clearer statement of licensing for it. DMacks (talk) 13:05, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

It also looks as though you re-reverted the file back (or forward) to the new image again, so the original one is gone...? The sourcing still shows incorrectly. Cheers, Lindsay^Hello 13:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I was having a weird caching problem, made me keep thinking it hadn't been reverted, but it had--had to purge local cache a few times. For me now (and confirmed on another machine using different WP account) File:Loretto.jpg is the b&w old building. DMacks (talk) 13:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Lovely, thank you. I don't know why the cache wouldn't be purged for me either, but going elsewhere has proven i was wrong. Cheers, Lindsay^Hello 13:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

How to split a page

I haven't been able to find any instructions on how to split an article into two separate pages. In this case, the article is "Antiques Roadshow," which is primarily about the British version of the TV show. We believe the PBS version should have its own page as well, and apparently there's already been a suggestion made to that effect. Thanks for your help! Judy Matthews Judy Matthews (talk) 15:10, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Define "We", do you have a connection to the PBS production? --Jayron32 15:13, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

For the "how-to", see Wikipedia:Splitting. But I don't see a consensus, or much discussion, on the article talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Per WP:BOLD, we don't need to discuss everything. The U.S. version gets quite enough reliable press, so I just went ahead and performed the split for the OP. However, given the chance that Judy Matthews has a connection to the American production (her use of the word "We" is troubling), she should read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest before editing the article in question. --Jayron32 15:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Five seconds on Google returned this hit, revealing a clear COI. – ukexpat (talk) 16:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

True, but Judy Matthews is using talk pages and the help desk, which is what people with a conflict of interest SHOULD be doing. They have, so far, done the right thing, and should be encouraged to keep going in the vein. --Jayron32 16:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree completely. I was merely confirming that the OP does indeed have a conflict. – ukexpat (talk) 17:51, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

BENEFICIARY ON REAL ESTATE

hello, i am trying to find out a particular answer on inheriting a house. my mother wants to make me sole beneficiary on her house because my sibling owe money to companys who have judgements against them and my mom is afraid they will take their portion of their hereitance. she wants to leave the house to me, i'm to sell it, and divide the monies between us however she's afraid the if i were to die before the house was sold, that my husband would get the house. i'm trying to research what i can do that in the case of my death that my father picks up where i've left off and finishes the sales and disbursements of the monies to my surviving siblings. (my mom and dad have been divorced for over 15 years) can you guide me on where to get information on this? THANK YOU!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.43.38.82 (talk) 16:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

We cannot offer legal advice. Please see the legal disclaimer. Contact your lawyer. Bencherlite^Talk 16:41, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Change type point size

My eyes are not as sharp as they once were. I need a large type version. What can I do to make the articles readable to me?

--68.105.187.36 (talk) 16:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

You can change type size in your browser itself using several methods. In Internet Explorer, for example, you can use the little "magnifying glass" in the lower right corner. --Jayron32 16:54, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Pop up banners

I can't take it anymore. The pop up banners for all manor of things ( currently I think scholarship applications and steward nominations) is making navigating and editing from my Ipad very difficuly. It was way worse during the fundraising drive, glad that is over. The problem is that the banner loads last, sometimes several seconds after the rest of the page. When it loads the whole page shifts down and I click on the wrong link. I do this over and over, apparently I lack the patientce to wait for it to load. Trickier is that it doesn't always appear. Is there some way I can permenantly turn them off? Admittedly editing and typing from the ipad is a pain in the ass anyway and I shouldn't be doing it. Beach drifter (talk) 17:39, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Are you referring to pop-up banners on Wikipedia (there aren't any) or some other website? If the latter, your best bet is to ask at the Reference Desk. – ukexpat (talk) 17:48, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, pop up is something of a misnomer. To me they appear to "pop up" at the top of the page after it would otherwise appear the page was done loading. Beach drifter (talk) 17:53, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

You can turn them off at Special:Preferences-->Gadgets--> Suppress display of the fundraiser banner. mabdul 18:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much! It took a few minutes to kick in but it appears they are now gone. Beach drifter (talk) 18:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

SVG-thumbnail preview broken

Hi, can somebody help me with a big knolege about SVG files. I constantly update the File:Timeline of web browsers.svg and yesterday after some changes the PNG preview function of Mediawiki is broken. If open the SVG directly there are no problems in my web browser. (Opera 11/Win 7). Can somebody help me? I made already a request at Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab#Problems with a svg file‎ but there is nobody responding at the moment... mabdul 17:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Liev Schreiber

hi.I'm gonna translate Liev Schreiber's article to persian.the problem is I dunno the correct pronunciation of the name and family name in english.would u please help me with this? thx in advance--jasmine (talk) 18:11, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I would render it in IPA as /liːev ʃraɪbɛr/. But I'm not an IPA expert. --Jayron32 19:11, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

You could try asking at the language refdesk, where there are many IPA experts. — jwillbur 22:40, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

spikenard in the 20's of December, 2010

I looked up spikenard around Christman 2010. I think before Christmas. at bottomm of page you had a link to a woman in India who had just finished massive research on Spikenard uses. I can't find it anywhere. Can you check it out for me I really want the link. 18:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)Maybe you could link it in again.96.245.10.222 (talk) 18:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Does the Spikenard article help? – ukexpat (talk) 18:23, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

If the article has changed since then, you can check previous versions by using the History tab. RJFJR (talk) 21:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

How do you change your user name

How do you change your user name ==== — Preceding unsigned comment added by Burwash (talk • contribs) 18:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Changing username. --Jayron32 19:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I think mobile wikipedia needs inter wiki link.

Mobile wikipedias( http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ http://ko.m.wikipedia.org/ etc. ) don't have international wikipedia links. I think mobile wikis also have to have inter wiki links. Because non-English wikipedias don't have many articles. Even their articles don't have enough texts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnulinux (talk • contribs) 19:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

The mobile port of Wikipedia (which contains the exact same article text as the non-mobile Wikipedia, but rendered for tiny screens) doesn't have all the features of the regular wikipedia because of the space restrictions. However, I can understand your frustration. You could raise the issue at WP:VPT, which is a noticeboard for technical issues like this. --Jayron32 19:07, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Guideline question

I'm looking for the guideline regarding relevance -- a fact that might be relevant in one article but not relevant on another. For example, it is notable/easily verifiable that Jane Goodall studied gorillas. This fact would be highly relevant on the Jane Goodall article, but not necessarily relevant on the Gorilla article. I remember reading a specific guideline regarding this kind of thing, but I can find it anymore. Help? 75.196.37.202 (talk) 20:39, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't know what guideline you're looking for, but I must say that your example wouldn't fit into either article since Jane Goodall studies chimpanzees, not gorillas (that would be Dian Fossey). Sorry, I know that's not helpful, but it was bugging me. Matt Deres (talk) 21:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Okay, this is a little more helpful :-). Perhaps you're thinking of the essay Wikipedia:Inherent notability or the user-space essay User:Stalwart111/Notability in context, both of which seem to touch on what you're referring to. Matt Deres (talk) 21:10, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

It sounds like Wikipedia:Relevance of content#Interactions between subjects or Wikipedia:Handling trivia#Connective trivia. Both are essays. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:37, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Although not formally a guideline, WP:TOPIC is also relevant. Deor (talk) 21:48, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

And where guidelines alone do not provide definitive guidance that everyone can agree on, you can propose your additions to articles on their talk pages and let other editors hash them out. Even though Wikipedia has lengthy guidelines, they do not resolve every possible case. And even where guidelines seem clear, someone else can always ignore them and respond unpredictably to your edits. Thus it is prudent to sample the range of editor opinions before doing anything that might be controversial. --Teratornis (talk) 03:19, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

FFC

According to a recent news article, that can be found on Yahoo!'s main page, rapper Flava Flav has opened his own chicken restaraunt. The restaraunt, known as Flav's Fried Chicken, or FFC, is not mentioned in Flava Flav's Wikipedia article, and does not have a Wikipedia article of its own. Since FFC has connections to a notable person such as Flava Flav, and there is a plethora of information regarding FFC, is it OK to create an article for FFC? Or should I just mention it on flava Flav's wikipedia article? Thank you for your time.Gizzardinmymouthhole (talk) 21:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)me

It's unlikely that such a venture would inherit notability from a rapper, see WP:NOTINHERITED. You'd need to show it's independently notable, usually with significant coverage from reliable third party sources, see WP:GNG. But you have to ask yourself, does it really need an article? Can the information not be placed on Flavor Flav? As for the info not being in the article, you are free to enter this yourself (with sources), or bring it up on the talk page. Rehevkor ✉ 21:43, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

copying articles

When I find an article in wikipedia that I want to copy for a presentation I use copy/paste. When it copies in to word for example the print has large numbers of links. how do I eliminate the links but still keep the information? Chrisdenterprise (talk) 22:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Have you tried downloading the article as a PDF (see link in the toolbox on the left hand side of the window) and then copying and pasting from the PDF file? – ukexpat (talk) 22:56, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I think Microsoft Word also has a function to paste as text, and remove fancy stuff like hyperlinks. Another option is to paste text first into a plain text editor that does not support Rich Text Format. That will strip out things like hyperlinks. Then you can copy from there into Word. --Teratornis (talk) 03:11, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I use Extended Copy Menu for FireFox.[1] It has a plain text copy feature. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 07:45, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

January 26

Icons at top right of user page

Resolved

I'm not sure what you call them but I have two icons at the top right of my user page. One is the trout and the other the new Autopatrolled tag. The problem is that they're stacked instead of next to one another. How do I fix this? Dismas|^(talk) 00:06, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Both templates have parameters to change the position. You can read about them at Template:Trout me and Template:Autopatrolled. --Mysdaao ^talk 02:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

D'oh! Sorry. Don't know how I missed that. Dismas|^(talk) 02:10, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Change to your site stinks

Hve you changed the format on the year page. ? I use to plug in a year and would love using your sie.m Something is different. It is hard on the eyes. You used to show each month in a box on the right hand side. Why did you change it. I know alot of people that hate it now and will not be using it anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.113.141.133 (talk) 03:42, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

If you register an account you can load the old format. --Jayron32 04:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Original research

Hi there, and Happy Australia Day! My questions are this. I have submitted a few photos that I have taken myself and when I upload them I put them in the public domain. I have also spent an incredible amount of time adding coordinates for places in Australia (I had it down to none required but now it is back to about 90) and am currently doing Queensland.

Is finding the coordinates for an article (And some of them were extremely hard to find!) classified as original research? If it is not, why not? The same goes for a photo. For most photos, there is no proof of what the photo taken of really is except the word of the uploader. I have put in many coordinates as well where if you look up that location on google maps etc there are no markings to prove that the coordinates are correct. This is especially true for outback Australia.

Maybe I am being pedantic and so on, but it is just a question.

Usually not exactly original research, because coordinates can often be looked up trivially easily in published sources. In the United States, for example, the United States Geologic Survey has published highly detailed, public domain topographic maps of the entire country with most natural features clearly labeled and with latitude and longitude on them. Therefore, just about anything which is labeled on such a map in the U.S. is easily verifiable. I am not sure about the specific situation in Australia, but presuming you can confirm your latitude and longitude on a map which also identifies the features in the picture, you are probably in the clear. --Jayron32 04:17, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for that info...... I don't seem to be able to find anything like what the USA has in regards to the United States Geologic Survey. (Maybe it is to help keep unwanted tourists away :) ). All coordinates I have entered ARE verifiable, but some will give you several hours of enjoyable internet browsing trying to find it!

Regarding images, please see WP:OI.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:31, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Policy on use of honorific titles

I recently received a message on my talk page from an editor who wondered why I had removed the title Shaikh from an occurrence of the name Ghulam Ahmad in a list of notable people from Rawalakot.

My explanation in reply was: "According to the title and infobox of Ghulam Ahmad's article, his proper name is simply 'Ghulam Ahmad'." Wikipedia's article on the word "Shaikh" describes it as an honorific term commonly used to designate an elder of a tribe, a revered wise man, or a scholar. I removed it from that name in compliance with Wikipedia's policy discouraging the use of honorific titles. So I pointed him to WP:HONORIFIC as the page explaning that policy.

The editor has now written back: "I read the section that you quote, it is the most confusing piece of information that I have ever read. Maybe you can put it in simple english. As I see it says that an honorific may be used."

I understand the editor's confusion. WP:HONORIFIC did strike me as contradictory when I first read it, and even still I am not sure I've grasped the whole thing. My application of it in my editing (often to remove instances of "Dr." or "Mr.") has been learned from mirroring common practice as much as from what I absorbed from that policy page.

So firstly, was I correct in removing the "Shaikh" from "Shaikh Ghulam Ahmad"? Secondly, could you help me formulate a "simple English" explanation for the editor of WP:HONORIFIC as it applies here, if it applies here? Your help would be greatly appreciated. AtticusX (talk) 04:18, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

The most important is this line: "After the initial mention of any name, the person should be referred to by surname only, without an honorific prefix." So, the honorific might be tolerable in a list where I'd delete it from body copy in an article. In any case, the title should not be wikilinked, any more than you'd wikilink "Sir" or "Mrs.". --Orange Mike | Talk 14:09, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

While that is true, it is OK to use the honorific later in the article now and then, just to mix up the monotony of constantly referring to the subject by his last name, or to refer to him by title, as in "the judge".--Wehwalt (talk) 14:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

creating/keeping book option open

Every time I exit and come back in the 'save this to your book' option is gone. I click on create a book and click OK when asked to open previous book. I then enter the name of the article again but the 'save this to your book' option still does not show up. I then tried opening a previous article from my book so that the 'save to book' option shows up and then enter the name of the original article I wanted to save to my book but still the 'save to book' option does not appear.

How do I get the option to show up on an article I would like to save. Better yet - how do I keep the option to save to book open all the time wheter I exit or not.

Thanks, RiacostaRiacosta (talk) 04:27, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

As a long time, experienced and constant editor here, with quite a few arcane processes under my belt, I have found the book interface so unfriendly that I gave up on it. I'm sure this is unhelpful regarding your specific question, but it is my offer of commiseration.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:36, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Your account is not autoconfirmed yet so it should not be able to permanently save books. Make 9 more edits to become autoconfirmed. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:53, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Just a question - why do readers need to be autoconfirmed to save a book - although they can create one without being autoconfirmed? It is not the same as editing - where autoconfirmation slows/stops people creating an account just to edit a semi-protected page, move a page, etc.Arjayay (talk) 14:05, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 47#Disabling "create a book" and bugzilla:18902. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:38, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Section header added

developing smaller countries where employement oppertunities are bright for indians —Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.11.228.5 (talk) 06:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Your question appears more suited for the reference desk, this page is for help about editing Wikipedia. [CharlieEchoTango] 06:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Helen Bamber Foundation

Dear editors,

I am a little confused (and the hundreds, maybe thousands, of Wikihelp pages haven't helped me! I almost don't know where to start, it is daunting). I wrote a page yesterday having made an account, but the page has not been linked to my account (Samuelmiles) - will this be a problem? Also I cannot find where my page is progressed to in the edit stakes...it hasn't seemed to have gone live, at any rate. It is called 'Helen Bamber Foundation'.

Any help appreciated!

Samuel Miles

11:11, 26 January 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.136.211.221 (talk)

Samuelmiles (talk · contribs) Helen Bamber Foundation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I don't think you managed to save the page. Your account has no recorded contributions (and no deleted contributions), and the only article here named "Helen Bamber Foundation" was one deleted in 2008. Did you use the Preview button and not the "Save" button? I'm sorry not to have been more helpful. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:21, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

OK thanks for the help. But I think the problem may be that I wrote the article without tagging it to Samuelmiles...so maybe it still exists? If not I have it saved on a word doc including some (attemped) html coding. Shall I sign it, re-make it, and submit again? I don't want to bother editors with it coming up twice... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samuelmiles (talk • contribs) 12:20, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

If you weren't logged in, you could not have created a new page.

BUT I've just noticed that the Foundation's fundraising officer is named "Sam Miles". If that's you, then I'm afraid that you should not submit your text because you have a conflict of interest. Please instead read the FAQ for Organisations. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:35, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Unregistered users can create pages in some namespaces but I haven't found sign of the mentioned page at Wikipedia:Articles for creation or elsewhere. I guess it was never saved. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

@John of Reading,

Yes I work for the charity. But surely it's not a conflict of interest as the tone is neutral? Similar organisations Medical_Foundation have a wikipage, presumably also made by their staff. Can I upload it and then the editors can have the discretion to see that it's not biased? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.136.211.221 (talk) 14:36, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

1. Yes, it certainly is a conflict of interest. Staff and adherents of non-profits have a long history of appallingly promotional efforts, apparently based on their inability to see anything but the worthiness of their organization and its goals. Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause.

2. Similar organizations must follow similar rules; and articles such as the one you mentioned probably have not been made by their staff; we work hard to prevent that. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:44, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

1. Well I have striven to make my entry neutral, in the best interests of disseminating knowledge surrounding the topic. I don't think I have an 'inability to see anything but the worthiness' of the Helen Bamber Foundation, I just thought it would be good to lay out the central tenets, description, and projects on Wikipedia.

2. But their entry does not cite any references or sources - it's got an alarm icon at the top of the page. It also has an icon saying it 'may contain wording that merely promotes the subject without imparting verifiable information'. Mine is similar in wording, so why won't mine be approved if theirs was?

Thanks for any help on this.

--81.136.211.221 (talk) 15:28, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi there. Wikipedia has no editorial 'board' that oversees and 'approves' every single article. Anyone can create an article at any time. If that other article you mention is inappropriate for Wikipedia someone will soon notice and either fix it or propose deletion. Because we are now aware of the problem with your article, we can act proactively to make sure it's appropriate. -- œ^™ 19:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

As to the MF article: It clearly was not created originally by their staff, but its content was replaced in early July 2008 by this series of edits, probably by their staff, as you suggest. Since then much of the promotional content and copyright violations have been removed piecemeal. Having seen that article, I feel I need to warn you that if you do post an article, do not copy material from your foundation’s website (or other websites) unless it is clearly marked on the site as licensed under a free license. For copied material is summarily removed as a copyright violation. —teb728 t c 06:15, 27 January 2011 (UTC) Oh, and your foundation's "central tenets" are probably not appropriate content for an article. —teb728 t c 06:27, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Cannot 'move' my first page into Wiki proper - why no tab?

Hello, I have created my first page on Wikipedia, and it's ready to 'go public'. But I cannot see any 'tabs' for moving it from my private editing page, into Wiki proper? I have had my account for more than 4 days and I have made more than 10 edits - so i think I meet the requirements for rookies, but where are the tabs as mentioned in the section 'how to move your first page'? They are not on my toolbar, up top, as promised. I had hoped they might appear, by magic, after 4 days, but, so far, on this, day 5, they have not. Please advise? Thank you. I can provide the name of the page if you need it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike Ormsby (talk • contribs) 12:38, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

The period of "four days" is counted as exactly 96 hours, so you have another ten hours to go.

But I see that the only page you have edited is your user page. The text there is definitely not suitable for a Wikipedia article, for the reasons explained on the Wikipedia:Autobiography page. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:47, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Please note, it's always preferred that you provide a link to the page in question when asking questions related to that page. Dismas|^(talk) 12:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you John of Reading, for your prompt and helpful advice. To respond to your last point: I did not add a link because of the warning not to include any contact details; I misunderstood, although I did say I was willing to provide the page name, if required.

I've just read the Autobiog page that you recommended, and yes, I was aware that there might be a COI and so I tried to stick to the facts/be neutral but informative. I hope you're not thinking: "what an arrogant person", but please advise, if you can: May I submit a 'proposal' for my page, seeking a neutral consensus/editing by more experienced Wiki editors, such as yourself, and if so, how do I do that? I expect you'll say: "No way." Fair enough, but, here's why I ask.

My book broke new ground in Romania and received not just 'good' but rave, ecstatic reviews, in-country. It's a rare bird: a book by a foreigner that nails the locals in a way that makes them wince, but they love it. These facts can easily be verified by my link to a selection of professional Romanian literary critics. The same goes for my Kigali screenplay - I actually played down the response of Rwandans, who went nuts for the film, because of its tragi-comic story and the fact it was the first ever film made by an all-Rwandan team. Regardless of who wrote the script, I assure you these are facts and the BBC link verifies it. They reported on my film, and the festival. Btw, I did not mention that Presidents Kagame and Clinton attended the screening at the New York Academy of Art. True and verifiable, but irrelevant and desperate-sounding.

The info about my Kinshasa videos is, likewise, all true and verifiable. Those videos highlight a huge moral and social problem in modern D.R. Congo: what to do about 'child witches' being tortured, often to death, in the name of Christianity? Please note: I did not say that the films combined have, to date, generated close to 50,000 hits on You Tube. They were also shown on Congolese state TV and used to help train 68 local journalists in the art of objective reporting.

Back to objectivity: if the work of writer Mike Ormsby has had a small but significant social and cultural impact in three countries in recent years, and this impact can be verified, does Mike Ormsby warrant a Wiki page? If so, would you and your colleagues be willing to edit my submission to date, so that it fits the criteria? Feel free to bin the musical elements, they are not relevant to my status as a writer. But a writer is what I am and what I do. My readers often ask: how come you're not on Wiki? I used to reply: I'm not know how one gets on Wiki. Eventually, I found out and you've seen the result, today. I used my own email address to flag up the fact that my contribution might not be considered 'neutral'. Can you help me make it so?

Thank you, best wishes, Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike Ormsby (talk • contribs) 15:12, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

After you post your aticle you could try to ask for help at WP:FEED. 216.120.192.143 (talk) 16:09, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL (ignore the hits for other people of the same name)

Although your user page has some links to reliable, independent sources where people have written about your books or your projects, I don't see that people have yet written about you. Have a look at Wikipedia:Notability (people) and especially WP:AUTHOR. For a second opinion, by someone more experienced at assessing sources, you could post a link to your user page at WP:FEED. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:53, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Apparently, I was not the first to note the autobiography. I posted some more information on his talk page. Pim Rijkee (talk) 19:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:FEED is not very well patrolled, and you may not receive a reply there. I would try posting at the Notability Noticeboard, state your case there, and ask others if they think you would meet the notability criteria. -- œ^™ 19:10, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

picture not updating...

I uploaded a picture on the page for Groove_Armada (first picture), then I cropped out the white bit at the top but the thumbnail still shows the old version. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamish2k (talk • contribs) 12:59, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I purged both the image page at commons and the Groove Armada article page, and it's now looking OK for me. You may have to bypass your cache as well. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:09, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

thanks Hamish (Talk) 13:10, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I purged page, wikipedia image page, and commons image page, and I still see the old version. CTJF83 chat 13:12, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Purging the commons page seemed to fix the problem for me. Strange though. Rehevkor ✉ 13:16, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I got it now...perhaps ' ?action=purge ' doesn't work on Commons? CTJF83 chat 13:20, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

It only worked for me after manually adding ?action=purge to the url of /media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Groove_Armada_at_Chi_Dubai.JPG/220px-Groove_Armada_at_Chi_Dubai.JPG about 7 minutes ago. I'm not sure whether this was the real fix or just coincided with something else. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:23, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Advice for Multi-entry references.

(This is more of an advice question rather than a technical one) On the Designated survivor page, there is a list of the people who have been the Designated Survivor during the US State of the Union Speech. The references for this list fall into two different categories. The first is links to newspapers or other similar sources for individual years, the other are lists from *almost* every year (1984 and onward) at the US Presidency project at UCSB and at the Senate Historians office. I'm sort of torn on how to do the references from the existing links. While I can have it so that the references for each row look like [1][2][3], [1][2][4],[1][2][5] etc., (using ref name) I think there has to be a cleaner way. However if I pull the UCSB and Senate entries into external links, then some of the entries are left without references (since entries for every year in newspapers haven't been found. I'm wondering which would look better...Naraht (talk) 15:26, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

It's hard to picture the alternatives you are describing in words. Your question will be clearer if you make some user subpages with excerpts of the designated survivor list, and the references in whatever arrangements you have in mind. Then everyone can look at the alternatives you came up with and form an opinion. Also look at {{Reflist}} to see the options for grouped references. Maybe you can use that (I have no idea). As far as having lots of superscripted footnote numbers at the end of each entry, I can't imagine why that would be a problem. It doesn't interrupt sentence flow when the references are at the end of each list item, because that's not a prose paragraph where the multiple references could be obtrusive. --Teratornis (talk) 04:41, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Kenner Army Health Clinic Facebook Page

I am the Public Affairs Officer for Kenner Army Health Clinic. there is a Wikipedia FACEBOOK Page for Kenner that is showing if you search for Kenner Army Health Clinic. I did not create this FACEBOOK Page and my Commander would like for the page to be deleted. Can somoene please tell me how to delete this page? If you search Kenner Army Health Clinic it is an INTEREST page. i created the Government Organization page and another FACEBOOK Page that is entitled Kenner Ft Lee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.141.196.12 (talk) 18:49, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but Wikipedia has no control over which pages are posted on Facebook. You may need to contact Facebook about this issue. TNXMan 18:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Facebook does mirror Wikipedia content - so if you search Facebook for Honeywell, for example, you will see this page which is Wikipedia's article on Honeywell mirrored on Facebook. That is perfectly acceptable as it complies with the terms of WP:REUSE. We have no control over the mirror on Facebook, so you will have to ask them to take it down, but I doubt that they will agree as the content is already freely available here. – ukexpat (talk) 19:05, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

When I search for Kenner Army Health Clinic, I don’t see any page that is both Wikipedia and Facebook. Perhaps you are using the work “Facebook” incorrectly to mean “wiki.” If you are asking about this Wikipedia page, I’m sorry but it is not subject to your commander’s approval. —teb728 t c 20:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, the Facebook page does not appear to be a mirror of the Wikipedia article. – ukexpat (talk) 21:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Ben Sherman [Southland]

Ben Sherman is a fictional character on the TNT show 'Southland'. He is portrayed by Ben Mackenzie as a rookie cop who joins the LAPD and realises that it isn't as he imagined it to be. Partnered with John Cooper, a senior officer, Sherman learns about the troubles of the Los Angeles police officer the hard way - through experience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wattman69 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

This desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. Is there anything with which we can help? TNXMan 19:23, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

re: minor addition to the article on Daniel Bell

There are two issues.

1. My correct email address is <redacted>

2. The basis for the correction is personal knowledge. I was an undergraduate and graduate student at Chicago during those years, and was personally acquainted with Dan Bell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.145.5 (talk) 20:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Personal knowledge is not useful to us, because it cannot be veriable. We need information from reliable published sources. I've also done you the courtesy of redacting our your e-mail address so it won't be harvested by spambots. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:45, 26 January 2011 (UTC) (who was also at Chicago)

Request Review of First Article Before Launch

Hello,

I've drafted my first article on my user page as recommended in the article wizard.

How do I request a review of this article before I post it?

While I have you, it should be a redirect from the "Engineering" page which lists the book I've written about. It is my first post... how do I do a redirect?

Thank you.--pjm (talk) 20:27, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:FEED is the proper place, but now that you have asked here I am sure one or two of the regulars will take a look at it. Presumably you are referring to the draft on your user page? – ukexpat (talk) 20:46, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, please. My user page article titled "What Engineers Know and How They Know It."--pjm (talk) 20:51, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Rushes~meaning unfound

I am a big reader of mid evil books and I am often reading about rushes and how they needed replacing, cleaning, etc. I finally let curiosity get the better of me, came on my favorite site to look it up and see what it was. After typing Rushes in to the search bar, Only to find out there was no information on rushes. I instead found this: Note, it redirected me to rush not rushes:

                     "Rush
                      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
                      Look up rush in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
                      Rush or rushes may refer to:
                          * Rush (band), a Canadian progressive rock band
                          * Rush (name), a surname and given name
                          * Rush (psychology), a sudden pleasurable effect induced by a psychoactive drug
                          * Rush (Thorpe Park), an amusement park ride in Surrey, UK
                          * Rush, any plant in the Juncaceae family"

So I am left to wonder, what is/are rushes, origins, use, and so on. If you would be so kind as to update/add this word to you encyclopedia it would be most appreciated for may readers trying to understand mid evil era. Thank you for taking the time and looking at/into this for a fan of this website!

Information in quotations was copied for informational reasons only from the fallowing page: <Wikipedia.org> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.192.192.145 (talk) 21:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

So what are rushes in the mid evil [sic] context? Without knowing that it's hard to answer your question.&[nbsp;– ukexpat (talk) 21:08, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

See Juncaceae#Domestic uses. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:46, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Rushcart has further information on the same topic. Karenjc 21:50, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Could "mid evil" possibly be medieval? --AndrewHowse (talk) 22:07, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Has my Commons account been hacked?

Is there a way to tell if my Commons account has been hacked? I received this notice regarding lack of permission for a photo uploaded to the commons on July 21, 2010, which originated from this site. But even though this is indicated in the file's edit history, I know that I never uploaded this image, as I would never upload a copyright-protected image from someone's website. Hell, I won't even upload a photo taken by someone else even if I have their permission, because the last time I did this with a photo of Dina Lohan that a friend of mine took, it was eventually deleted because I wasn't the one who took it. So is there any way to know if my account was hacked, or something? Nightscream (talk) 21:29, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Are you responsible for the contributions at Commons:Special:Contributions/Nightscream? —teb728 t c 21:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

There is something weird here. On July 21, 2010 you made 6 edits to Dave Simons between 17:54 and 18:01 UTC. On the same day, in the middle of the span of these edits, the history of the image shows your upload at 17:58 UTC. But then I would expect you to have immediately added the image to the article, but checking the diffs, you did not. Meanwhile, the documentation for the image at the Commons shows that its author is Daniel Best, and User:Daniel best is the person who added the image to the article, here. So it looks like Daniel best uploaded this but how your name got associated as the uploader is a mystery that someone else will need to shed light on. The only way I could think for this to happen is if the image was local and you simply moved it to the commons and got associated in that way, but that does not seem to have happened here. However, the correspondence of edits, times and users involved smacks of a software origin for the file history error, i.e., that there was not any type of hacking involved.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

This happen to me some time ago and none was ever able to explain y (no damage done image was fine). I found that since i did the Wikipedia:Unified login thing it has not happen again.Moxy (talk) 00:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Moxy, was there a discussion when this happened?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:27, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Pacific Grand Prix

Pacific Grand Prix is our licensed business in the state of Washington. Wiki has recently posted this business name on Facebook. Our Facebook business name is : Pacific Grand Prix. Any other business, organization, or person using our registered business name has not been authorized to do so. Please remove the facebook page immediately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.164.2.138 (talk) 23:44, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Provide a link to specify what page you are talking about. CTJF83 chat 23:54, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I guess it's http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacific-Grand-Prix/110640592321022. Facebook has made a large number of Community Pages with content copied from Wikipedia in accordance with Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content. Lots of other websites also reuse our content. These Community Pages are created and controlled by Facebook and not Wikipedia. See http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=382978412130 although some of it may be outdated. You will have to contact Facebook if you want the page removed. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:57, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying with me. CTJF83 chat 01:10, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

January 27

Adding a PDF to the references

Hello. How do you add a PDF file to the references. I paste it into the reference but that is not working for me. Thank you. --pjm (talk) 00:40, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

What exactly do you mean by "pasting it into the reference"? And it might help if you specified what article you are talking about. If the article uses inline citations with a Reflist template, you will have to specify the URL of your source at the place inside the article where it should appear. Often you can youse ref-tags for this (see the wikilink I provided for more info on this). It might help if you provide a wikilink to the article in question here, then one could have a look at the situation.Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 01:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I have a draft of my first article on my user page. I've noticed many articles embed PDF files into the reference list itself so a reader can open the very reference itself. The PDF I'm trying to embed into the reference list of my draft article does not exist on a URL. It exists on my computer.--pjm (talk) 02:09, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

The reason a person can open a pdf directly from the citation is because the pdf exists online; if you were to look at the source code of the citation you'd find a web address for the pdf. The reason this may be confusing you is that pdfs will download from the website hosting it to your computer and open up in your pdf reader, so it may not appear that you are navigating to a website in the normal sense.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:37, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Very clear.--pjm (talk) 02:54, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

As a side note: I took a look at your draft and most of your citations seem to cite the book that is the subject of the article. Please read WP:NOTE, WP:THIRDPARTY and WP:NBOOK. Please understand that the book must be the subject of multible third party sources in order to satisfy Wikipedias notability criteria. Regards. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 03:21, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Grey bar?

Hi. Why does a grey bar appear at the top of some Wikipedia articles while in reading and editing mode but not on other articles? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 03:35, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

As far as I'm aware, no one has figured it out yet, but it definitely seems to be a problem specific to Internet Explorer. See Wikipedia:Help desk#Grey stripe above. Deor (talk) 03:39, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Strange User

I hope I am in the right place here. I stumbled across User:Joseph_Robert_Neil_Landrut. His only contributions (apart from those to his userpage) is bordering on vandalism (and in an article close to his name). His userpage is a non understandable collection of seemingly random material, most of which is found outside of WP (possible copyvio?). The IP address 86.177.194.34 also seems to be him (added to his userpage without a reset by the user, edited in the same article as the main account, again not useful.

On the German language WP-edition I would report this guy on the vandalism report page, but I understand that policies are different around here and not everything is summed up under vandalism, so I do not know where to report this user, so he can be helped (or banned, if necessary). --Ulkomaalainen (talk) 04:43, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

WWII Pacific Woman escapes from POW camp

Please help,

I am looking for a WWII POW Movie that takes place on a Japanese occupied island. I could be American British or Aussie made. The movie was in color and was made during the late 50's but most likely the early 60's because of the violence and brutality.

The story starts out with a female (American, British or Aussie) parachuting from a crippled plane and landing on a Japanese occupied Island were allied POWs are kept. The Japanese soldiers see the parachute and search the jungle for her. Fortunately, a allied POW work detail is near and the POWs sneak her back into the camp, as a male, where brutal torture, starvation and death occurs on a regular basis.

The end of the movie climaxes with a big bloody escape shootout were as all the escapees die and the woman is only able to survive by driving off in a Japanese military truck whilst everyone lays down covering fire. I saw this movie all throughout the 70's on Dallas/Ft. Worth KTVT and only want the name.

This is driving me crazy. Please, I hope that you can help. TMC or AMC has nothing and people think I dreamed this movie. It may not be American made but was in English.

Thanks.

Will —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.69.188.254 (talk) 04:47, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

The only female POW movie I can think of off hand is Paradise Road, but I don't think that is it... --Jayron32 05:47, 27 January 2011 (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.Template:Z38 —teb728 t c 06:32, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Company Notability: Please Assist!

Hi,

I have added a new credible resource to establish notability for this Wikipedia article:
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wikitech001/Sandbox

The official government body responsible for granting Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom has listed Allied Worldwide and its product & services on their site.
Please go through this link - Allied Worldwide Trade Mark.

I hope this should suffice for the notability part.

Please provide your feedback and assist in bringing this article live.

Thanks

--Wikitech001 (talk) 08:15, 27 January 2011 (UTC)