A friend of mine suggested that a word I recently learned should be added to the Wikipedia Dictionary. I don't know the origin of the word but I think his idea has merit so I would like to add this word to the dictionary. The word is: Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) -- a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.
I put links from MY website and flicker to leclanche cell page to pictures that I TOOK of cells that I have in my possession as an Electrical Eng, for public benefit, and somebody or system removed them.
could you please put them back. You probably have lost a lot of important information because of this happening to people.
In order to use an image on Wikipedia it must be uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons; images on other websites cannot be used directly. See Help:Files for how to upload and use images. Since Wikipedia has a goal of producing reusable content, images must be licensed under a free license, one that allows reuse by anyone for anything. Since your photos are “all rights reserved,” they are not eligible for upload (unless you license them under a free license).
By the way your edits garbled the formatting of the page; so it is good that they were reverted. Fortunately they were reverted by a bot; so reverting them did not waste the time of other editors. —teb728tc08:53, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I have to say that I find it absurd that you do not publish Nassim Harameins work. In the age of freedom of speech - when we have/should have learned from our past errors - such as silencing Einstein for 15 years prior to finally accepting his genius - you are taking us backwards!
You also publish Higgs Bosun which is just a theory - and one which will Never be proven correct.
This suggests you are a propaganda information site and no one there has the knowledge to discern what is important.
Looking up "propaganda" may also be helpful. The factual accuracy of people's work or their theories is never a threshold of inclusion here, it's based the coverage they receive in reliable sources. If this individual has received significant coverage in the intervening time then perhaps someone will re-create the article in a way that follows our guidelines (someone without a conflict of interest). Яehevkor✉12:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
thank you I know the meaning of propaganda and a theory
The point which you missed due to being defensive is you should not support Higgs Bosun over Nassim Harameins theories, therefore positioning the public that HB has more credibility!
That Is PROPOGANDA - Maybe it is you who shoulld look it up
If you had studied both theories you would find that position quite ridiculous
You are not a physics forum, therefore, you should not be guided by the peer manuals etc...but be neutral
It is ludicrous that the same thing is happening that happened to Einstein repeatedly! You are attempting to silence someone as their theories are too difficult for you to understand
NH crosses over science, physics, spirituality, cosmology so can be placed under any of these headings.
You have a page for Abraham/Hicks - Aleister Crowley and many others who are not recognized in peer manuals So what is your agenda here?
To ignore your reading public repeatedly strongly suggests some agenda
The public are voting by repeat requests and if you looked at any of his pages you would see the support and amount of people who you are ignoring.
Why do you think you have that right to silence so many
The credibility and hidden agenda of Wikipedia is what needs questioning here. Right now you have decided to become a political forum making value judgements where you have NO RIGHT TO DO SO
We have enough of that from our governments and media.
Now instead of a quick defensive response, which did not address what I wrote - how about a considered one instead
I suggest you read the information provided in the "defensive" replies you were given above. Then you can learn how to sign your posts (4x~) and how to spell the word "propaganda". Then come back with any further questions you may have, keeping it civil. Britmax (talk) 16:31, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Want to work with and contribute to Wikipedia for Summer
Hi there,
I am Apurva Tripathi. I am pursuing B.Tech (I.T.) 3rd year from Jaipur Engineering College. Me and my friends want to join your wonderful team and understand the Media Wiki technology and Architecture for our summer training during May - June. It would be great if you can accept us and send us details regarding the same.
I have a question about the naming conventions of articles that I was hoping someone could answer. I have already read the naming conventions article, and my question was not answered by that. I have written several articles (La Floresta (FGC) and Sant Cugat (FGC)) about train stations run by a Catalan train company called the FGC. I was at first unsure about how to name these pages, but then I found a page on the same topic, Les Planes (FGC), which used the naming convention (putting 'FGC' in parentheses after the name of the station) that I then adopted for the two previously mentioned articles I created. But I am not sure if this is the right way to name these pages, as the redlinks to them are often inconsistent. Also the articles about the FGC's train lines are named as FGC lineand then the name of the line (for example FGC line S1). Should the stations be named as La Floresta (FGC station)? or FGC station La Floresta? Also, if you look at the names of some of the articles about the FGC stations, you will see that they have the name of the article followed by(Barcelona Metro) (for example, Sarrià (Barcelona Metro), but it is only correct to name articles about FGC stations this way if they are serviced by a FGC line that is part of the Barcelona Metro system, which the stations I am talking about are not. Please advise.
Thanks, Liam98716:46, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I was guessing that sort of amount. I did however think that there would be more than that, or maybe it just varies on how popular that subject is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gourleyo (talk • contribs) 14:04, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Given that we have many articles about small businesses, wide places in the mud in India, and similar that probably rarely see a page view, it would be more interesting to know what percentage of articles that are rated C class or higher are semiprotected.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:09, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A better metric would be ratios of page views, which would roughly correspond to the probability of seeing a page that is protected. I am sure that protected pages have much higher than average page views, which will explain why it seems like the proportion of pages protected is higher than it is.--SPhilbrick(Talk)22:29, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you are probably right. For example, the article Greendown Community School would not be protected, while some articles like Queen Elizabeth II would be. Probably about 1/3 popular articles would be semi protected but only about 1 in a few hundered pages overall would be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gourleyo (talk • contribs) 15:29, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
URGENT
My username is appearing before the subject I have been writing about “Adam Tedder” when I search for “Adam Tedder” online. This is very embarrassing. I deleted my username before I moved the article. How can I fix this?
I look forward to your kind help. Maya Frida Barr (talk) 14:32, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The page that's coming up is User:Maya Frida Barr/Adam Tedder, which I assume you used to draft the article. When you moved the article from there to the article namespace that page was automatically made into a redirect to your article. I would recommend putting {{db-u1}} on the page (User:Maya Frida Barr/Adam Tedder), and an administrator will come by and deleted it for you. I have deleted the redirect on the page so that you will not be redirected when you go to delete it. Hope that helps, Liam98714:46, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
When you asked about this draft last month you were told that the article needed references to demonstrate the notability of the subject. That was sound advice, but you seem to have tried to move the article to mainspace without including any such references, so it may well not last long there. It would have been advisable for you to keep the draft in your user space until it was ready for publication. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:17, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
For future reference, when you are redirected you will always see at the top of the resulting page (Redirected fromNAME) just below the title of the page. If you then click on the link, you can access the redirect itself.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:58, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
New section
Regarding the pages about Phoenix floating docks used during WWII in Normandy, how do I ask why there is no reference in these articles to Emil Praeger ,the american architect who designed them ? I am not an expert, just a reader so I do not want to actively edit the pages-but it would be nice if they were complete and accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.59.162 (talk) 16:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If you believe an article is missing important content, or want to know why an article does not contain certain information, you can raise the issue on the article's talk page. Just click the Talk tab at the top of the article. Singularity42 (talk) 16:43, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
music lyrics and chords
I use to be ble to go to roughstock.com for free lyrics and chords. Now it will not pull up as easy. I must say even your site is a whole lot of clicking , simply to as a question. I wa looking for the lyrics and guitar chords to the song If I die Young by The Band Perry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.128.202.249 (talk) 16:34, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 16:37, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How do I dispute an edit performed by another editor
Another editor has added a statement to an article I have been working on. In my opinion, this new statement gives undue weight to a certain point of view and also incorrectly interprets the citation he provides. I believe that the other editor is well meaning and is trying to improve the article.
I would like to somehow flag the statement he added and direct him to the talk page but I am not sure how exactly to go about this. Is there a "How to dispute a statement" article somewhere? Thanks--Bill 17:46, 26 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillF4 (talk • contribs)
About 1 hour ago (11:30 am) today, I registered for a new account. the user name (Swami Savitripriya), password, and email address went through fine, and I entered my new account. I left the account to look up how to insert my first article (which I could not find). When attempting to signin again, your computer did not recognize name or email address. I Don't want to sign up for a new account because the account is for
Swami Savitripriya, so I can't use a different account name.
I see. I'm so used to all the timestamps on help and ref desk being on UTC, I didn't think that other pages would be different. Thanks for the explanation. RudolfRed (talk) 20:41, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Premier League table
How do I indicate a team in the English Premier League has qualified for the Europa League, but the phase is still uncertain? In other words, how can I make "TQ" appear beside the team's name on the league table? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MasashiInoue (talk • contribs) 19:29, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You can add the parameter |tournamentqualified=y to the team's row (see example by clicking "Edit" at [4]) but it doesn't sound like the time for it. Where do you want to do it? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:53, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Liverpool has clinched a Europa League place by winning the League Cup, but still have a chance to win the FA Cup or secure a Champions League berth, so I think I may put a TQ mark for them--MasashiInoue (talk) 00:46, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have several user pages which are drafts! I didn't realise how visible they were, can someone please tell me how I can hide them so that they are not indexed?2829VC19:32, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If you mean so that google doesn't index them, add __NOINDEX__ to the top somewhere. It's not possible to hide them from other users, but it does at least make them harder to find on accident. sonia♫ 19:38, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Great thanks, so if there's a unique name in it, then Google (eventually) won't index it, but will it still be found through a search at Wikipedia?2829VC20:17, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As a note to other users who create such pages, which they might consider drafts, but the public can in fact quite easily find, I have had to include my own disclaimer: (Readers please note, if you have accidentally come across this page, please note: this is a draft, written by me! and not intended for public publication within Wikipedia! It has not been finalised! It is not subject to the checks normally imposed on articles published in Wikipedia!)2829VC03:12, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, yes thanks, that seems useful and 'we' almost agree on the wording! I think mine is more understandable however to the complete novice so I think I'll keep both2829VC 04:09, 27 February 2012 (UTC)2829VC04:11, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Time zone setting -- where does it apply?
Another poster reminded me that I have my Wikipedia time zone preference set to U.S. west coast time. Which pages does this effect time display on? Why does the help desk show all the times in UTC for me and not my preferred timezone? RudolfRed (talk) 20:44, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please delete the page "Adam Tedder" while I sort out the citations. Also, somehow by a mistake, there is the page "User Maya Frida Barr/Adam Tedder" appearing online. Could you please delete this too.
If you could please delete these two pages online as soon as possible, while I sort them out, I would be most greatful.
Thank you for all your help and patience. X Maya Frida Barr (talk) 21:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
With reference to your answer to "Delete please" above, could you please also take them both off the internet so they are no longer visible. Then, in the meantime, I can amend the article etc.
In the first link, there's something odd about the rn and atinInternational causing to copy/paste as Inter-na-tional. Not sure what's causing it yet. Singularity42 (talk) 22:05, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There seems to be very small spaces on the red wikilink that you have written ([[Amnesty Inter(small space)na(small space)tional]]). Not sure why it's there though.--Hallows AG (talk) 22:23, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps.. Also, you can read about the website at Snopes.com. Singularity42 (talk) 22:15, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As a result of discussion at WT:NRHP, {{NRHP row}} was updated so that it will add pages to Category:NRHP list missing coordinates and display the text "Coordinates missing" if the pages transclude the template without including coordinates in the lat and lon parameters. The discussion also included a provision for an override, for situations in which we don't have coordinates but don't want the text or the maintenance category; however, Multichill, who made the update, overlooked adding the override, and he's busy enough that he's not been able to do it. Could someone please add code to the template so that the word "override" in these parameters prevents the category and the extra text from appearing? For an example of what I mean, see this diff of my sandbox: the first line of the table is how a line looks with coordinates, the third is how it looks if it lacks coordinates, and the second (with the "override" option) should look like the third except without the "Coordinates missing" or the maintenance category. Nyttend (talk) 23:37, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Does exactly what I'm talking about; thanks. To implement this, what do I need to do? Will it work if I simply copy this edit into the template with attribution, and then add the nolatlon=true to transclusions that need it? Nyttend (talk) 17:19, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there
I am the official rep for my company and trying to update our pag(change logo and some text) but your editor works in a weirdest way, no offense!
How do I go about making those changes?
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharams (talk • contribs) 01:27, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have a couple oil paintings with artist names and am trying to find them on the internet. I cant seem to do it. I know not the year of painting, and I have a couple variations of the artist name. Could u email me back some suggestions on how to find the oil paintings online? Any help would be much appreciated Thank you.
It seems that wikipedia takes longer to open now, and as of tonight, it also seems like the format of the website is broken up, or disordered. What's wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.91.144.229 (talk) 02:51, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
At that time, about 9 PM Eastern Standard Time, both en and Commons were delaying, then showing me pages without Javatext. I changed to my netbook, saw the same thing there, turned off both computers, and watched television. Jim.henderson (talk) 10:29, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This article appears to be written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by rewriting promotional content from a neutral point of view and removing any inappropriate external links.
I went through all the sentences, words and checked it and skipped all the external links from my writing article however it seems does not work either.
I want to know what the problem is please.
I am looking forward to hearing from you, thank you .
You did not create an article you created a Wikipedia:User page. Your username and the improperly promotional nature of the page lead me to suspect that you are part of the CF team that you write about. If so, you should read WP:COI. And your username may be a violation of our username policy, for it indicates a connection to an organization; see WP:ORGNAME. —teb728tc09:31, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
WELSH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Hi own the above company. Someone is altering its entry is a perversive manner. They have also blocked me from correcting the entry. Please unblock me and ban them. I am considering what steps to take if this continues. Please help Christopher david — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.0.119.3 (talk) 11:58, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This matter has been discussed at some length on the article talk page. The article concerns the WDA quasi-governmental agency, not any later initiatives using a similar name. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:00, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As you consider what steps to take, try to get independent reliable sources to give significant coverage to your company. Then it would be notable enough to have an article of its own. Unless and until that happens, you and your company will get no coverage in Wikipedia. In any case do not consider making legal threats, for then you would banned from editing anywhere on Wikipedia. —teb728tc02:38, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Demand for help
Hello! i'm called Zinchem and i'm from cameroon.Please i'll like to be in contact with a student in the king Fahd university of petroleum and minerals in Dhahran,in Saudi Arabia.To be precise i don't know any student there but i'll like to have one friend in that school for educational purposes.Please help me get a contact from that school.My email address is (Redacted).I'm anciously waitting for an answer,thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.204.89.228 (talk) 12:38, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25Roger (talk) 13:09, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I teach at an International school in Cairo. Most students speak arabic. One of my students told me that the arabic lyrics at the website Bilady, Bilady, Bilady need to be corrected. The anthem's words are reversed, letters are not connected together, and lyrics have to be written from right to left, not left to right. If you want I can send you the proper text by email.
I think this is a case where WP:Be Bold applies. It is clear to me as a non-arabic speaker that the text in Bilady, Bilady, Bilady is not exactly equal to that in the arabic version *and* that the version in the english speaking wikipedia is not joined up. I think it would be just fine to alter the arabic to what it is in the Arabic language article.Naraht (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hope Keng-Wai Lee page should be Hope Keng-Wei Lee. The entry title can not be edited.
Warnings and scoldings but NEVER EVER edited anything, NOT AOL user
I had a page full of messages pop up scolding and threatening me for vandalizing etc.. yet I have NEVER EVER edited a single thing on this stupid site. I HATE being falsely accused like this! Not an AOL user, never have been. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.196.64.57 (talk) 17:53, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Have you tried the Mathematics 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
Consider clarifying what you mean by millennium leap year. My interpretation would be being born on any day in one of the leap years 2000, 4000, 6000, ... Maybe you had something else in mind. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:29, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that the Gang-Stalking/Cause Stalking page has been written by a perpetrator who is trying to deny the reality of this heinous crime.
A lot of perpetrators/disinformation agents do that all over the internet trying to mis-inform people on the excistance of secret crimes such as Gang Stalking. Gang Stalking is another name for COINTELPRO. If you/those who edit Wikipedia or the dis information agent with the user name (Saudade7 ) want to hide the real crimes that are destroying lives in America, then you're enabling secret crimes to go on un-detected by claiming that it is a mental illness. And that means you are an ENABLER of a vicious Organized crime.
Thats exactly what the perpetrators want. I suggest you re-edit the whole content and bring this heinous crime to light, so that other people can learn about it. here's one example of gang stalking i have below ....
I have a lot of other proofs about this crime existing all over the world .As long as there is Cointelpro there will always be Gang stalking of targeted individuals. Don't tell me Cointelpro never existed either ? So as the previous editor "Skitzs" said it, unless you are part of the Organized crime, you should be able to tell the truth and not let crimes like this go by un detected !!!
On various Wikimedia files I have seen an infobox saying that it is free for Wikimedia to use because it was created by the US federal government and other similar infoboxes referring to state governments. Is there a central place where all such permission boxes are listed? I am of course particularly interested in one from the State of Indiana and possibly one that says 1893 is old enough to be out of copyright. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:31, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What is the purpose of uploading a txt file? If you want to use it as a reference in an article, there is no need to upload it, just use the appropriate citation template, {{cite court}}, completing as many parameters as you can. References do not have to be online, just verifiable. – ukexpat (talk) 21:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In this case, being accessible is extremely desirable because there are a large number of people who believe the false quote that is mentioned at Plummer v. State (of Indiana) and who would like to do a text search on the entire decision.
I had a very difficult time finding the text to this court case until some law students with free access to an expensive ($3000 per year or $150 for one download) database of legal decisions found it and one of them put it up on Pastebin.
So basically we have a public record published before 1923 and thus in the public domain that is only available if you are a law student or a member of a large law firm. Now it's my turn to move it somewhere that is suitable for use as a Wikipedia citation and then to document the exact steps it took so there is no question of it being a fake. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:13, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well you could convert it to PDF and upload that, but you will still have a verifiability issue -- txt and PDF files can be open to accusations of manipulation. – ukexpat (talk) 22:17, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think I can address the verifiability issue if I can get multiple law students to attest to having verified that what I uploaded matches what is behind the paywall. Alas, converting it to PDF will make that a lot harder - if it is text they can use any number of programs to compare the database version with the Commons version, but if it is PDF the comparison will be harder. So, it looks like I am stuck unless anyone has a better suggestion. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:53, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That's a very good point. I have brought the issue up at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Plummer v. State (of Indiana) to make sure that I am doing the right thing. Even if it turns out that I cannot use this particular source, I am still interested in the underlying technical / policy issue of not being able to upload a txt file, but that's not really a help desk issue. Unless anyone has anything else to add, I think I am pretty much done here. I do appreciate the help. --Guy Macon (talk) 23:41, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know whether your file meets their verfiability requirements, but it sounds to me as though Wikisource is the place for you. Wikimedia Commons is basically for images, not texts. Deor (talk) 00:10, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Permission to use of a section of wikiHOW in a book about Design and Designing
I recently completed a book to aid young designers learn more about Design and Designing. The book is titled " People want Toast not Toasters: Lessons and Maxims for Design and Designing" and will be sold in a total quantity of less than 500.
The book uses the Toast and Toaster analogy as a metaphor, and to add flavour to the text I would like your permission to incorporate the wikiHOW (two page) section on How To Make Toast, which begins with - "Steps 1. Choose the kind of bread you wish to use...", and ends with the "Items needed - Bread, Bread knife (for unsliced bread), etc."
Obviously these instructions will be appropriately referenced.
Thank you for your help.
Brian Burns
Associate Professor
Carleton University
Ottawa Ontario K1S 5B6
Canada — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.101.30 (talk) 21:35, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Im sorry I use wikipedia multiple times a day & very few times have I not found an article but it is way too complicated & time-consuming to suggest an article. I would like a bio on actor Ulas Kilic from the BBC's "MI-5"/"Spooks". Im sorry if this is not the way to do that but i do not have the time to go through a hundred pages to request one. I suggest someone make that process a little shorter. Thank-you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.239.2.96 (talk) 21:46, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I set up User:Static11/sandbox to learn how to use infoboxes, as well as teach my wife how to edit pages without feeling like she was going to ruina real article if she messed up. I didn't have a handy topic to write a real article about, so mocked up an article about a birthday party for our daughter (to give the wife some incentive to actually try out editing the page - which worked!). Everything I've read about sandboxes says that limited personal use is fine, as long as the content doesn't stay there forever. User:Future_Perfect_at_Sunrise deleted the sandbox (speedily) less that 24 hours after its creation, despite Wikipedia:UP#DELETE and Wikipedia:About_the_Sandbox both read to me that they condone the use of a sandbox in this manner, and Wikipedia:User_pages EXPLICITLY says this is not a criterion for speedy deletion.
I don't particularily want to call sour grapes, but it sure seems like the internet opinion of Wikipedia moderators being bureaucratic overlords may hold some truth after all. I'm less than inclined to continue donating money and become more than an infrequent editor when this is how the active commuinity treats less-experienced members. Static11 (talk) 22:52, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Your best bet is to contact Future Perfect at his talk page and explain the situation. He may well restore your sandbox for you. (Although simply copying an existing article, or part of one, on a subject that your wife is interested in—linking to the article in your edit summary for attribution purposes—will also provide her with something she can mess around with to learn about editing; and she may come up with some ways to improve that article as well.) Deor (talk) 23:54, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Two different URLs for same page comes up as different versions.
The Wikipedia page for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcho and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCHO come up as different revisions in certain browsers (Chrome and Safari, but not Firefox). The newest revision is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCHO and if you are on the old page (/Tcho) and click "Read," it will jump to the new revision. I've tried clearing cache and cookies. Also, if you wiki search "tcho" in the aforementioned browsers, it goes to the old page (/Tcho) and if you search "TCHO" it goes to the new page (/TCHO). Is there anything to do about this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.38.211.148 (talk) 23:02, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Pages that redirect to another page will redirect to an old version of the page for users who are not logged in. This is a known issue and has been reported. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)talk23:10, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A federal judge's bio is labeled 'Curlypie72.' There's nothing in the talk page about it. I think this is perhaps a mistake, but I'm not sure how to change it. Anything I can do?
The draft is a fork of our article at Tena Campbell, and appears to have been abandoned by the editor. A cursory reading suggests it has been much improved - perhaps the changes should be merged into the live article? AJCham11:22, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
To mark an orphaned fair-use image, add {{subst:Orfur}}, or, to save having to remember these strange codes, enable the "Twinkle" tool and use its "DI" option. However, none of these three images are currently orphaned. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:30, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm having trouble sorting in the "release date" column of this article. Specifically, I cannot get the three letters "TBA" at the top of an ascending sort and vice versa. I've tried doing this on other tables, and it sorts properly. I am using {{sort}}, but I also tried it with {{hs}} and I do not get the desired result. Am I missing something obvious? – Zntrip06:17, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Making the 'Show' button on a collapsed table look right
I decided to collapse a lengthy table, but the 'Hide' button shows up in a rather ungainly place – could someone please show me how to fix it? Here's the table in question: 1994–95 Vancouver Canucks season#Regular season; the game log table. Thanks a ton. Been looking for comparable tables to help me out but they haven't had any luck. Vranak (talk) 06:25, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, this tag has been attached to the Battle of Romani for some time. I was told by Okeyes (WMF) that it was only a test and it would end early in February but its still on this GA. Is there any way to get this tag taken off? p.s. I have asked Okeyes on several occasions questions regarding this tag and its removal, without success. --Rskp (talk) 06:34, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The tag should not be interpreted as saying "This article is sub-standard". Eventually, when the tests are over, something like this may end up on every article. But here is a fairly recent post by Okeyes (WMF) (talk·contribs) on the timing of the end of the current test. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:02, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Okeyes has been leading me a merry dance for months. He has answered none of my queries; he only prevaricates and adds side issues. After soo long without any answers, it is not forum shopping to try a help site. And it has worked. Thank you John of Reading for the informative link above. --Rskp (talk) 00:26, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Inserting improved photo
I recently inserted an improved photo that has been deleted by a user, apparently, there was issue with the liscense of photo. The photo however, is public domain having been made before 1923. I am trying to reload the photo. Wikipedia does not allow the photo to register stating that the photo was deleted. This seems to be a never ending cycle. How can I insert a photo that has been deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmguy777 (talk • contribs) 06:38, 28 February 2012
Maybe the easiest way would be to ask the deleting to restore it, explaining that it is {{PD-US}}. If you had told us which photo, we could have told who the admin is. —teb728tc08:17, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Undeleted. The source was given, contrary to the assertion of the tagger and the decision to delete - the url in question was simply put in a non-functioning template parameter ("location=" instead of "source="). Anyone looking at the wikitext should have seen this, but mistakes can happen. I have undeleted it and fixed the template. BencherliteTalk12:03, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. The file was the William W. Belknap photo. I must have put location instead of source. I appreciate Bencherlite for restoring the photo. I need to make sure I have all the parameters set properly before uploading the photo. Thanks to everyone who help in this endeavor. Cmguy777 (talk) 15:40, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
How to handle situations when a fellow editor appears to be mentally/cognitively deficient in some or other way
Is there any guidance available for handling a situation when it become apparent that a fellow editor has some or other mental issue?
I am aware that this is a very sensitive issue with possible ethical/moral/legal considerations, so what is the correct way to handle a fellow editor's contributions if it appears that he/she may have an "abnormal" obsession, be delusional, incapable of understanding other editor's views, etc. I'm not referring to any particular instance, this is just a question about the general principle. Roger (talk) 07:02, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If I (an Aspie) am ever both obsessive and wrong in my editing, please feel free to call me out on it on my talkpage. :P But also what teb728 said. And if someone hasn't disclosed a mental health issue/condition/disability, don't say that they have one (if that isn't an obvious thing you shouldn't do). - Purplewowies (talk) 21:38, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed it's completely unacceptable for anyone to "diagnose" a fellow editor. That brings us back to the basic rules of AGF & Civil. So even if one suspects the editor has a problem, treating them differently from any other editor would amount to discrimination.
@Purplewowies, on a personal note, my experiences of interacting with people with Aspergers has been universally positive except for one occasion when I got involved in a very convoluted argument. I found myself unable to communicate the subtle nuance of my position to my "opponent". His rigidly literal POV (AIUI) was impossible to shift. (It was not on WP.)
At WP:AFD, I found that "Today's AfD log" is linked to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2012_January_29. I tried the Reload button, but no change. How do I get to today/yesterday's AFDs? Do I have to WP:bypass or purge? I think it's something else, as someone would have complained already if the Jan 29 AFD had been there for x-thousand updates during the last 30 days? 217.251.167.66 (talk) 08:05, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Did Jimbo forget to wind Wikipedia's clock? ;)[reply]
Pages that redirect to another page will sometimes redirect to an old version of the page for users who are not logged in. This is a known issue and has been reported. Purging the page should fix it. The time of the displayed version can be seen at the bottom of the page after "This page was last modified on". PrimeHunter (talk) 13:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Planespottingworld.
Reference planespottingworld A380 production.
This wiki was taken over by PSW but has since 08/02/2012 been locked?. Is there any other means of contacting the owner as no response is forth comming. It seems the page has grown to big and needs to be devided in pages as editing an entry does not want to save. Is there any boffin that can help with this or could you advise me how to do it. Regards Joe Fourie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.145.186.92 (talk) 09:26, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Scores? I'm guessing that you mean the green or red numbers. That is the number of characters that were added or taken from the article with that edit. So if someone changes the word "ask" to "as", you'd have a red 1. Dismas|(talk)11:44, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please do your own homework. Welcome to the Wikipedia Help desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here not to do people's homework for them, but merely to aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems. Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. You can search Wikipediaorsearch the Web. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, the Reference desk can help you grasp the concept. Do not ask knowledge questions here, just those about using Wikipedia. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:44, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Out of curiosity, where did you receive this request (on-Wiki, via e-mail)? Also, for what kinds of information was it asking (generally, of course)? --McDoobAU9315:35, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Wikipedia accounts cannot be closed but in some situations they can be renamed if they don't make edits and another user wants the username. You were not logged in when you posted so I cannot see whether this is the case for your account. Your description doesn't sound like it. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Some people confuse us with one of the thousands of organizations and websites we have articles about. If it's about something other than Wikipedia then I cannot say whether it's a scam. However, I personally get many scam emails of this kind, claiming my account somewhere (often a place I have no account) will be closed if I don't reveal personal information or a password. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:39, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There is also the possibility that you received notice that your account might be blocked which is not the same as closed. We really need more information like a username and quotes from the message you received. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:44, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
{{subst:requested move (Client First Settlement Funding}} Client First Settlement Funding is the legal name of the business located in Boca Raton, FL. Client First is merely a nickname. Please rename the title of the article to Client First Settlement Funding. Lynnssheft (talk) 15:47, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was recently improving the bare references the McGraw-Hill article, and one of the references already there was this. The link is to a blog, and the author of the post on the blog quotes someone who was quoting a newspaper. Take a look at it. Anyone know how to reference this properly? Thanks, Liam98716:19, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ideally, you'd reference the newspaper directly. Even if it's not available online, you'd still be able to cite it by author, publication date, and page, if you have that information. If not, "Some newspaper a few years back" isn't sufficient as a citation. In this case, my google-fu may be weak today; I can't confirm that the Florida Times-Union ever published an article entitled "Bush ties prove to be lucrative", in 2006 or ever. UltraExactZZSaid~ Did16:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You can make a request for the original article to be made available to you at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request. There's no guarantee, but they've often provided to me quite hard to find sources. For what it's worth, I just checked newspaperarchive.com but they don't carry the Florida Times-Union. A Google search does indicate the article was published, as it's mentioned by title, author and date at a few locations, including the credited author's bibliography.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:53, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Evaluate the role of the public sector in the economy with special references to its socio-economic responsibility in the south african context under the education aspect — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.186.31.244 (talk) 17:07, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your various attempts to help, but I am thoroughly confused. I uploaded two images a couple of weeks ago and put them in the article Lake Worth Historical Museum. I do not understand copyright law or copyright jargon. So I probably did not properly document the right to use these photos. Here is what happened. Perhaps you can tell me how to proceed.
I visited the Lake Worth Historical Museum with a friend who is a professional photographer with the understanding that the photos of the Museum would be free and available to the public without restriction. He sent me the photos with his company name which I, in turn uploaded to Wikipedia and placed in the article. I was then told to remove the watermarks, which I did with the verbal permission of the photographer and reuploaded the images. I was sent a release form to fill out and send back to you as proof of right to use them in the Wiki article. The form had lots of codes and parameters and I could not figure out exactly what you wanted to have done. I have tried to fill it out showing that these images have been released to the public domain, but somehow that was not properly communicated and the images have been removed. Neither I nor my photographer friend understand the legalisms in the proposed release, how to fill it out, how to get the images reinstated, etc. HELP!!!!
Is it possible to talk to someone on the phone who could explain things in plain English? Every explanatory page seems to be another maze of codes.
Is there a script for viewing all of the talk page datestamps appended to signatures in local time (+5 GMT for me) instead of the current UTC one? --lTopGunl (talk)18:45, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The copyright status of images with quoted text in them
Hi, I was wondering: if I uploaded an image with a quote in a specific font within it, would there be any copyright implications? (I'm thinking an image would be easier than manually changing the <font family> as I don't suppose every operating system would have Deutsche Zierschrift installed, for example, but I'd welcome any other ideas...) -- Mentifisto20:03, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have created web pages before, and I guesss I need to know a little about Wiki itself. Are pictures, sound, etc actually stored at Wiki, or are links to external sites utilized?
This page lists some commercial preparations of Brodifacoum, a second generation anti-coagulant. I checked the MSDS for three of them and each stated the Brodifacoum was present at 0.005% concentration, consistent with the information at Rodenticide. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs)22:21, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm afraid I don't understand your question. The wikicode of the reference looks normal to me, and it renders correctly in the final page on my browser. Are you actually referring to periods, which look like this (.), or the pipe symbol, which looks like this (|)? Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs)21:53, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The periods in the text the template rendered are absent. Instead of "Van Cleve, John Vickrey, ed. (2007). The Deaf History Reader. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. ISBN978-1-56368-359-6." (what's supposed to happen) I see "Van Cleve, John Vickrey, ed. (2007) The Deaf History Reader Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press ISBN978-1-56368-359-6", which is incorrect. However, I have no idea what's screwing it up (your purge and a bypassing of my browser's cache did nothing). - Purplewowies (talk) 22:05, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The template was doing what you told it to. The separator is normally a period, but |separator= with no value sets it to no separator. We recommend that you don't include unused parameters. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)talk23:04, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Facepalm Ah. I was attempting to create it as I went and didn't see that separator was one of the parameters (though if I had seen it, I would've known that was the problem). I only had all the unused ones still in there because I wasn't done creating the ref when I noticed the problem, and I saved it that way. (I was making the general refs for the book I was using before adding the content). - Purplewowies (talk) 23:13, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
An OTRS volunteer added an OTRS permission tag together with a non-free use tag at File:Arnold Leibovit.jpg. Is this right? It seems a contradiction to me to combine OTRS permission with the non-permission of non-free use. —teb728tc04:44, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am not an expert on the subject, but if I read it correctly, the OTRS says that there is copyright release for Wikipedia to use the image, but there isn't a free use release for anyone to use it, and the Wikipedia policy is that for subjects such as living people it generally doesn't use non-free images. My interpretion of the OTRS permission is that the copyright holder has released it so that it could be used for a purpose in which Wikipedia allows non-free images. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:33, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The OTRS ticket tag needs to say the specific kind of permission which was granted by the copyright holder. Otherwise it's misleading. If they didn't specify a compatible license, then the permission letter is invalid for keeping the image. See Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries. The most usual compatible free license is CC-by-SA. Permission for use on Wkipedia only (or only for non-commercial purposes) is incompatible with our licensing and still makes the image non-free. As it is an image of a living person and therefore replaceable, it does not count as a valid fair use and should almost certainly be deleted. File:PuppetoonMovie(2).jpg is another problematic one from the same user. At least it has a valid fair use rationale, but does not state who the copyright holder is and again, has a misleading OTRS tag. Voceditenore (talk) 11:12, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Singularity42 (talk) 04:55, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
had a few 'citation needed' references. It is categorised as both
Articles needing additional references from February 2012
and
All articles needing additional references
This is why (I think) that a big box appears at the top of the article saying "This article needs additional citations for verification.". Now that I've added citations to the article neither this box nor the categories above are relevant any longer but I can't seem to remove them. They aren't in the body of the article like normal categories. How do I remove them? Or will they disappear once the citations have been accepted?
I have looked under WP:TITLE and WP:CAPS here, without much guidance. The trouble here is my natural instinct is to cap the T in Television, and I am not sure why, but it must have something to do with it starting with a number that somehow "3D" does not count as a word and so "Television" needs to be capped. I should appreciate views, or at least a better place to ask for them. The article is marked as requiring cleanup, which I shall do as best I can, but I should appreciate views on whether the T in Television should be capped. Thanks Si Trew (talk) 06:03, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A very sensible argument. Somehow to me it just "looks" wrong. But probably best left stet, there is no good reason to move, especially since the WP search is now case insensitive. Thanks for your help. I am a bit busy this morning but then will get on doing the cleanup as best I can. I only have an old fashioned black and white telly that still picks up episodes of Coronation Street from 1968, so you can guarantee an NPOV.
There is an error in the displayed set of bookshelves in the graphic illustrating the size of Wikipedia. This is hosted at User:Tompw/bookshelf. Details reproduced below.
So I’m still left with my original questions regarding how to proceed (again, see detail below).
Is there another place I should seek consensus, or should I go ahead and make the edits in Tompw’s user space, move the code to another space (I’m thinking this should probably be a template), and fix it there, or...?
....
The display of "how big is Wiki in terms of printed books", which is included in several places (notably Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia), appears to have a problem in the way it calculates the size of the display. For example, the current display computes the size as equivalent to 1634 volumes, but then displays that as approximately 7 1/6 full stacks (shelves of books), rather than the correct (approximately) 8 1/6th stacks. It appears to be a relatively simple miscalculation (rounding the result to nearest rather than rounding up, see description below).
Unfortunately Tompw appears to be inactive. They've made one edit since last July (in October), and they've not responded to my message in several days.
So I have two questions.
First, as a matter of etiquette, should I go ahead and fix the code under User:Tompw/bookshelf?
Second, given the general use of these pages/images, should this be moved out of user space, and perhaps set up as a template?
-- Missing stack in User:Tompw/bookshelf, Wikipedia:Size in volumes etc. --
I believe the number of stacks in the various "how big is Wiki in printed books" graphics is missing a stack.
It's currently 1634 volumes, which should be eight full stacks, plus a partial ninth stack. It's displaying
seven full stacks plus a partial eighth. I believe the problem is with the calculation in
User:Tompw/bookshelf/stacks. It's currently:
{{ #expr: {{User:Tompw/bookshelf/volumes}}/200 round 0}}
It should probably be something like
{{ #expr: ceil({{User:Tompw/bookshelf/volumes}}/200)}}
(I think I did the conversion of braces correctly, but if the above has ended up with a missing or extra brace,
I apologize in advance.)
The round function is not what you'd really want. Round would convert 300-499 books (1.500 to 2.495 stacks) to
2, and 500-699 books (2.500 to 3.495 stacks) to 3. Ceil will get the next highest integer. Thus 1.005 through
2.000 (201-400 books) would get 2, but 2.005 through 3.000 (401-600 books) would get 3.
Likewise, the calculation in User:Tompw/bookshelf/volumes, should probably be changed from:
{{#expr:({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/(500*2*2*80*50/(6*562)) round 0) + 1}}
{{#expr:ceil({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/(500*2*2*80*50/(6*562)))}}
Although that's only going to be off a book at worst.
I haven't quite traced through how the partial stack gets drawn, so I'm not sure if there's an impact there or not.
Rwessel (talk) 21:14, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If the stacks are reproduced outside his userspace, then I think it would be OK to correct it. If it's purely something he has had in his own userspace for his own enjoyment, it's fine to leave a note about it, but I would not alter it.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:37, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
See the example at Help:Table#Width, height. Instead of | abc || def || ghi, just have | abc. Look in the source of this section to see how the following table is coded.
I've recently created Template:Knots as a navbox for pages on individual knots. However, it's fairly large (it may actually warrant breaking down into individual boxes at some point) and I'd like it to display by default in its collapsed state when added to an article. What I can't seem to do is get persuade it to do so - I've tried changing the | state = parameter to collapsed, and I've even tried nesting it in <noinclude> tags, but it still shows in its expanded state when in article space (at present, I've only added it to one article, Adjustable bend). Suggestions welcome - this is my first attempt at building a template, so I've probably cocked something up somewhere. Yunshui雲水09:20, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It's working for me. When I go to Adjustable bend, the navbox is automatically collapsed. Also, I changed{{{state<includeonly>|collapsed</includeonly>}}}to<includeonly>collapsed</includeonly> because I don't think {{{state|collapsed}}} does anything useful in this context. According to Help:Template#Handling parameters, "{{{1|unknown}}} will be replaced by the first unnamed parameter if there is one, or otherwise by the text 'unknown'." Since I'm assuming you want the template to be collapsed for all transclusions and since I don't think you're going to have parameters when using the template, the "state" parameter will not exist and "collapsed" will always be returned. If this isn't your intention and you want to make it customizable (e.g. choose whether to collapse by default or not), feel free to revert and have |state=autocollapse as a parameter of the template when you transclude it if you don't want it collapse by default. Goodvac (talk) 10:14, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome, thanks for the fix. It still shows as expanded for me, so I guess my cache needs a spot of refreshment. Any other tweaks you want to make will be appreciated! Yunshui雲水10:57, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Help with random
This is a tough ask (or as I know). Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge/RandomArticle, I created for the project, when you click on the merge icon it will link you to a page which links you to a random article needing merge. Can anyone format such that the icon directly links you to a random article needing merge. Thanks, extra999 (talk) 09:31, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
I forgot my log in password and when I click for new password its forwarded to my email id which is expired/closed long back, can wiki admin help me retrieve my password?
Regards,
Avinash Birambole — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.213.125.250 (talk) 10:35, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
When I open any new page, a large white space comes up, which disappears after refreshing. I have been facing this problem since last week or so. I use updated version of chrome, thanks in advance for your help! — Bill william comptonTalk13:31, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Links in References do not appear for editing, need to be changed
Someone inserted malicious links into my References section, but when I view Refs- there are no links listed.
Our competitors regularly go in and replace our company's links with links to their own websites, and I regularly go in and change them back, but am no longer able to do so.
Kathleenglica (talk) 14:21, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You need to click the edit tab at the top of the page so that the whole article is in edit mode, then you can edit the references where they appear in the article's text. Please also read WP:COI and WP:RS - at the moment the article relies almost exclusively the company's own website for references and that is not sufficient to demonstrate the required notability for Wikipedia purposes. – ukexpat (talk) 14:32, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(e/c) The reason for this is that the References section transcludes the information on references from the article text. The references are placed within the body of the article and the <references /> markup makes them appear in one place on the visible version. So that's why you can't see them.
The article is currently in dire need of better referencing (it currently relies entirely upon the company's own website), and it may be that the whole article meets our criteria for deletion. In addition, you have repeatedly added inappropriate external links to the article, in violation of our external links policy. Please read the conflict of interest guidelines as well before editing any further. Yunshui雲水14:33, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Historians, &c.
I regularly edit in quiet corners of WP that are usually edited by historians or researchers. Accordingly, their writing styles are best suited for research journals or historical essays -- but not what would be called "encyclopedic". These articles usually contain generalities, assumptions, and weasel and peacock wording. Is there any essay or guideline I can reference when questioned about this? The only thing I could find was WP:TONE (besides WP:WEASEL and WP:PEACOCK), but, while it is a good start, it doesn't necessarily touch on all of the points I hoped it would. Is there an all-in-one essay that helps when editing with historians, &c., maybe a "the difference between writing for a journal and an encyclopedia"? Rgrds. --64.85.217.15 (talk) 14:52, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's never been an issue with positing any agenda or anything. It's more of, how do I put this, an old guy telling the history of a town like he was reminiscing to his grandson. I guess what I am looking for is an easy way to explain the difference between the writing style you would expect from a historical society and an encyclopedia. Most of the time, these editors aren't WP-savvy at all, so they aren't the easiest types to template. I apologize for not being any more clear, I guess I'm more brainstorming than asking a direct question. Is there maybe a "instead of writing it like that, write it like this" help page? --64.85.217.15 (talk) 15:41, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
On second thought, maybe WP:NPOV is what I'm looking for, or at least will lead me to it; I just wish there was something specific I could use with historians and researchers. Thanks. --64.85.217.15 (talk) 15:50, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I was more concerned with helping the editors change their writing style. I usually clean up the articles rather than tag them, but the template did lead me to click on a few more links. The MOS doesn't really have a page on the actual writing style, it just dances around the topic. I guess the best I've found is Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch, which ironically contains the WP:WEASEL I linked to in my OP. Thanks for the links. --64.85.217.15 (talk) 17:03, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame
Hello,
I have been trying to get info on the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame on Wikipedia. It was on for a while but was deleted.
What do I have to do to correct or add info to get it back on? Can you please help me. Gary Daigle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garydaigle (talk • contribs) 15:30, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, so I've found the following strange text in two articles (and by in the articles I really mean inline text inside the main articles):
"INVALID BULGARIAN CHART ENTERED! Only the charts at www.bamp-bg.org are acceptable. Please link to an individual chart, and remember that the charts published at acharts.us are not acceptable"
I thought this was someone not knowing about using Talk pages to highlight problems, so I tried to delete the text from the article to move it to the talk page. However, I couldn't find it anywhere in the article's edit text - I assume it's some kind of template that is invisible. How can I find how this confusing text got here?
The article at the above URL is irrelevant. I was in this band and I made the article myself and inflated the band's importance so it wasn't removed. I did this so when people searched Phaethon (alternate spelling of Phaeton, mythical Greek figure) in Google, our band would be near the top of the list. The fact is, the band was never payed any attention and was more of a case of high schoolers screwing around recording together. I feel that the article is illegitimate and should not be in an encyclopedia that is supposed to be taken seriously, so in the interest of ridding wikipedia of inappropriate material, I felt I should notify the administrators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.62.40.177 (talk) 15:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done I've tagged the article for deletion. While I'm not 100% sure of the IP's stated connection to the article, it's not necessary after looking at the article itself and judging it by its own merits, or lack thereof. --McDoobAU9315:50, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
and was preparing to add an unreffed article tag to it when I noticed a ref section at the end (but no inline refs).
Curious, especially because the reference is a whole chapter of the book: Muddyman, Dave. "A Basic Expression of Life". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 567–578. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books.
I went to check it at Google books (btw the ISBN in the article is wrong, it leads to Vol.2 of the same series).
Now the other day I could see pp567-568, the copyvio is obvious, it's just a conciser form of the text, with an occasionnal word changed or sections presented in a different order. But today I can only access from p569 onwards, but if you check the two the copyvio for the later sections of the article is obvious. As I said above, sometimes the info is presented in a different order but the wording is (almost) identical everywhere. Google books link, you need to scroll to page 569 and onwards for the relevant sections
But you could convert them to .jpg format and upload them - provided, of course, they are your diagrams, not ones you have copied from somewhere else, and you do not mind releasing the copyright. Arjayay (talk) 18:22, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
About my new page
Hello,I am Beril Tanriverdi and i made an information page for myself.I am a singer and student so i need to be seen on Wikipedia,people will need and look for me.All the sources are true,I just want to keep my page.Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beriltanriverdi (talk • contribs) 17:49, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If you intention is solely to promote yourself on Wikipedia anything you write is unlikely to survive. If you are notable some day someone should write an article on you, until then you should not write one yourself. Яehevkor✉17:56, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There is a Facebook page for my job from wiki that is confusing our workers. I need wiki creator of VAW 117 on Facebook to change their name from "VAW 117" to "VAW 117 Wikipedia". Our workers utilize this site and sometimes get confused thinking that is our Facebook page when it isn't. Do do i get wiki to chnage the name on Facebook? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.163.0.41 (talk) 18:35, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Your question is a bit vague, but I believe your question is whether Wikipedia can change the way a Facebook page is displayed. Unfortunately, Wikipedia has no control over what happens on Facebook, so we cannot help you. Sorry about that. "Pepper"@18:55, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, an image was uploaded to the Bill Drummond page in November, but it has now disappeared - only the file name is visible. I tried to re-upload it, but am getting a message saying that it is a duplicate. Where did the image go?! It is the Penkiln Burn poster, under the section heading "the17". Thank you for any advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katrinacrear (talk • contribs) 19:02, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Lost uploaded image
Hello, an image was uploaded to the Bill Drummond page in November, but it has now disappeared - only the file name is visible. I tried to re-upload it, but am getting a message saying that it is a duplicate. Where did the image go?! It is the Penkiln Burn poster, under the section heading "the17". Thank you for any advice.
Have you tried the Entertainment 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. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:53, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please do your own homework.
Fixedinthis edit and in the next edit, I moved the medal table to follow the ibox. – ukexpat (talk) 16:45, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
--lTopGunl (talk) 19:02, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Facepalm Ah. I was attempting to create it as I went and didn't see that separator was one of the parameters (though if I had seen it, I would've known that was the problem). I only had all the unused ones still in there because I wasn't done creating the ref when I noticed the problem, and I saved it that way. (I was making the general refs for the book I was using before adding the content). - Purplewowies (talk) 23:13, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
We cannot offer financial advice. Please see the general disclaimer. Contact a financial adviser. Singularity42 (talk) 04:56, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done, just replaced the url in the 
