Wikipedia:Help desk/Archive 44

= March 8 =

HTML Limits
Are there certain HTML tags that people can use or is all valid HTML ok? If not,what are the limitations, and is there any other scripts that I could use? Thank you! pt9_9 22:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Edit window font
When I edit the font in Firefox, the font of the text in the edit window is good. If I edit in IE, the font is terrible. Can this be set anywhere? (I suppose it might be set somewhere in IE, but I couldn't find it.) Bubba73 (talk), 00:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Click on "tools" in internet explorer menu on top of your browser window (dropdown menu)--->internet options--->font button (near bottom of screen), select a plain text font from the right-hand menu--->voila! --Fuhghettaboutit 00:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * On mine, there is no way to adjust the size, and that is my main problem. Bubba73 (talk), 01:26, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I think that exhausts my IE knowledge. You could try going to Computer help desk. Someone else might also might come along here who knows more. --Fuhghettaboutit 03:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Upload a text file
I had successfully submitted a text file (uploaded)as one of my contributions. However I am unable to do the same for the other 2 files I want to upload. It does not recognise the word document (.DOC)file format which was the same format for the 1st file uploaded. Kindly help me on this.

Many thanks.

Dr. Mehta

There could be several reasons you cannot upload your file. You would first need to tell what Wikipedia says once you press upload. Does it say .somthingoranother is not a supported extension by Wikipedia (that seems to be where I mess up most). schyler 01:47, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If I remember correctly, .doc files are not supported by the upload software. If you want to submit an article, you should insert the text itself, rather than uploading a word file. You probably have an account. If not, that could have something to do with why the upload didn't work. If you do, you can start editing existing entries so your account matures. Once it does you can start new pages yourself. In the mean time, you can visit WP:AFC. - 131.211.210.14 09:28, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Please bear in mind though that if you upload original research or add it to an article then it will be deleted. Wikipedia is not a place for publishing your independent research, which I suspect you may be trying to do . See No original research. Notinasnaid 09:41, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Stuck on March 3rd
Over the last few days, whenever I access Wikipedia both my watchlist and the homepage are stuck on the display of March 3rd (it's now the 8th). Anyone have any idea on how to clear this? It's never happened before. Thanks Quill 05:05, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Have you tried clearing your browser's cache? Open the page in question, and click CTRL+Refresh (in your browser toolbar, in Internet Explorer, CTRL+F5). &mdash; QuantumEleven | (talk) 07:09, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That worked like a (embarrassingly simple) charm today. I couldn't clear it before, I swear! Thank you. Quill 22:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Vandal patrol
How do i become a member of the vandal patrol squad? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.134.13.194 (talk • contribs)

You mean RC Patrol? Roy boy cr ash fan  07:07, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Or do you mean the counter vandalism unit? You might want to start with registering an account, so the people there know you mean business. - 131.211.210.14 09:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

external link
Dear Sirs, I recently found my website "Virtual Roma" listed among the dead external links, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dead_external_links/404/r The URL of the link is in fact the old one, no longer working, whereas my website is still online at the following URL: (the website is also mirrored at  ). I personally made sure that both the aforesaid URLs were working before posting this inquiry.

My questions are:

Am I entitled to edit the old entry concerning my website, so to make the link work properly, or whom should I contact for this?

Once the URL has been corrected and the link is working again, can I remove the entry from Wikipedia's dead external links page? And how should this be done?

Being a complete rookie with Wikipedia, I would be very grateful if you could please give me easy step-by-step information.

Thank you in advance for your help, and best regards from Rome,

Andrea Pollett (webmaster of "Virtual Roma" website) If you want to become less of a rookie, try reading Tutorial and Welcome, newcomers. - 131.211.210.14 09:24, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No one is "entitled" to having a link to their website on Wikipedia, but since it was there before (how else would it be listed as a deadlink?), I see no harm in including this specific one. I've included the updated link in the external links section for you. :)

How to wikify an article
I just started working on a contribution, and I'm not sure what I need to do to "wikify" the article (I've tried to follow the style sheets, etc). Can you direct me to information/advice, etc. that might help make this clearer for me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.140.83.176 (talk • contribs) 11:28, 8 March 2006


 * The manual of style has the full instructions, but as you'd expect, it can be quite imposing. Off the top of my head, some of the basics are:


 * Articles should begin with an introductory paragraph that includes the name of the article (or variants) in bold, using three apostrophes . E.g. "Joe Bloggs (commonly known as Joey B) was a Burundian astronaut and hip-hop artist." Use two apostrophes for italics and five for bold and italics, if necessary.
 * Wikilink to relevant articles by putting them in square brackets.
 * Articles should be split into sections, divided by ==headings== and ===sub-headings=== . If the article is long enough this automatically produces a contents table.
 * To create lists such as this one, use asterixes (*). (Simply edit this section and look at the syntax of this post for an example.)
 * Consider putting the article into one or more categories to help editors find them. Browse has an organised list so you can find the appropriate categories more easily. To do this, put them in square brackets at the bottom of the article, e.g. and  to add them to those categories.
 * Ask if there's anything else specific you want to know how to do. Above all, be bold - if you make style errors, other editors will be happy to correct them. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 11:43, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppet
What makes a sockpuppet legitimate? Eg. CUTELITTLEDOGGIE? And what about Bling-Chav? Who were they a sockpuppet of? And those exclamationmarks cluttering up listusers are sockpuppets, no?
 * Sock puppets are allowed when they are not used to vote multiple times on the same issue, not used to avoid a ban and not used to press your viewpoint on a certain article (called POV or edit warring). If you want a separate account for work in another type of articles, or one of subjects you don't want your "real" account to be associated with, that's fine. Just don't abuse either of your accounts. - 131.211.210.14 13:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * If they're not doing those things, they're not sockpuppets, just alternate accounts. The name sockpuppet specifically means an abusive alternate account. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:01, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Translating wikipedia articles
What is the policy, if any, on directly translating an article from one language wikipedia to another? What cradit needs to be given, if any?

I am sorry if this is answered anywhere, but after 15 minutes of searching I have not found anything. Thanks. Clq 15:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You may translate freely from one wiki to another. Put this in the edit summary and try to cite sources if you can (English references)--Adam [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px| ]](talk) 15:51, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Please make sure you use at least a good edit summary when you do this, so the author attribution doesn't get lost (this is similar to cut-and paste actions, where GFDL violations by a loss of author attribution are unfortunately very common). Kusma (討論) 15:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. Sorry for not signing the question, signed now. Clq 15:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

There is no universal convention that translators follow, in my experience. Here's what WP:TIE says:
 * Please do indicate in the references section of the newly created article that an article in a foreign-language Wikipedia was among your sources. For example, the references section of the article "Paragraph 175" begins, "Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language wikipedia article (retrieved September 30, 2004). The following references are cited by that German-language article..." Note that something like this (without that last sentence) would be in order even if the German-language article did not cite any references of its own.

Personally, I usually just put a sentence in the "References" section of my article that reads
 * This article is based on a translation of the German Wikipedia article Artikel, [which cites the following references]

and I also always put a note in my edit summary that says where my text came from (which allows one to find out the date after a couple of extra clicks). In any case, the GFDL (under which the foreign Wikipedias are released) says you have to acknowledge the authors if you do a derivative work (like a translation), and these kinds of links are an attempt to do that. Kusma (討論) 15:46, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, so I can put in references This article is based on a translation of the German Wikipedia article Artikel, [which cites the following references] and a link to the article (link going to the specific edit I am using as a source), and perhaps also mention the author of that edit? Again, thanks for all the help. Clq 16:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The link to a specific oldid will be perfect. I think I will change my format to
 * This article is based on a translation of the January 19, 2006 version of the article Bildergalerie on the German Wikipedia.
 * You don't have to explicitly mention the authors, they are available in the page history of the original Wikipedia source page that you link to. Kusma (討論) 16:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Credibility
Is wikipedia a credible site. If so how credible?
 * You might be interested in reading Replies to common objections. The journal Nature found Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica to be comparable in the field of science, see report here. All encyclopedias have some errors as they are secondary, tertiary or even further removed sources. A 12-year-old schoolboy found five errors] in the Encyclopædia Britannica within a matter of days.&mdash;WAvegetarian&bull; CONTRIBUTIONS TALK &bull; EMAIL &bull; 16:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * How credible Wikipedia is, entirely depends on the type of information and subject you're looking for. Information that's not disputed and fact checked by many editors is likely to be accurate, but some articles are the repeat victim of pushers and vandals. Always check more than one source and think critically. Never take anything you read for granted. (Those last two sentences go for any source of information, not just Wikipedia) - Mgm|(talk) 19:55, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Offensive language
Is it permissible to delete comments from talk pages that are obviously obscene vandalism? For instance, someone had added a random list of obscene words to the talk page on Absolute Monarchy, which I deleted. I realise this may be viewed as stifling freedom of speech, but this particular comment had nothing to do with the article, and was clearly just intended as a very immature joke. Did I act correctly? Walton monarchist89 16:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure. Simple vandalism can be reverted on sight, even if it's on a Talk page. Wikipedia is not a social experiment in anarchy, nor is it a project to test the limits of free speech. It's an encyclopedia. --Ashenai 16:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Simple English Wikipedia
The Simple English Wikipedia seems to be a different site to Wikipedia. This is not apparent when entering the Wikipedia site.

I recently clicked the 'Random Article' link on the Wikipedia Main Page. It took me to a short article about ice, which had a major error - saying that ice is denser than water. We began correcting this and got quite carried away, ending up with a much longer article. The next day we entered 'ice' into the search bar and found altogether different articles about ice but no evidence of ours. We went back through our history to find our article which was still there but it took us quite some time to notice that our article was in the Simple English Wikipedia, which we didn't even know existed. There is no evidence of the existence of Simple English Wikipedia on the Main Page. In fact it takes some persistence to find it at all.

We are delighted to contribute to the Simple English version of Wikipedia (it really demands rigour in our writing style) but being sent there from the 'random' link seems a bit unfair. What is totally unfair is that the search bar does not find the Simple English entries, well certainly not the one we made, and that Simple English Wikipedia is a well-kept secret.

I'm certain we were in the main Wikipedia page when we pressed 'random', because I wouldn't have known how to get to the Simple English version, having never heard of it.

Why don't the Wikipedia Main Page or the Community Portal contain promotion of and links to Simple English Wikipedia?

Why doesn't the Main Page's search for 'ice' contain a link to the simplified and hence more accessible version of ice
 * I don't believe that it is possible for the random article link to go to a different project. The Simple English Wikipedia has a very different looking front page. Click on the link. Is that what you saw? The Simple English Wikipedia is listed along with other Wikipedias of its size in the "Other languages" section of the regular English main page.
 * &mdash;WAvegetarian&bull; CONTRIBUTIONS TALK &bull; EMAIL &bull; 16:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * What do you mean by "we"? Are there multiple people editing from the same account?  User:Zoe|(talk) 18:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Using selective Info as adjunct to existing webpage
SirS: I would very much like to use Wikipedia Info on the 504PIR in my existing webpage.

BUT only with your permission and our assurance all extracts will be cited.

For a review of my website: http://home.hawaii.rr.com/pir504

Respectfully

Hugh S Ames

Chairman, Awards and Markers, 504PIR Association Inc.


 * All content on Wikipedia is licensed under the GFDL-license, so as long as you comply with its terms, you are free to copy anything. Please see our copyrights page for further details. Regards, Henrik 17:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

UGPulse.com
http://www.ugpulse.com

Modifying header style
A help from a WikiSyntax expert would be appreciated. What I'm trying to achieve is to change the style of a header such as above. The annoying thing here is that underlining across the box which makes it just plain ugly. So far I've had no idea how to remove it. Why do I insist on keeping this as a "==" WikiHeader? Because I want to retain the auto-created section-edit links - this makes managing a large user page like mine much easier. Any help appreciated. Thanks! Misza 13 T C 18:31, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * One way to do something similar would be to just use subpages instead of sections and to use edit links that edit these subpages as in most Portal pages, see Portal:Germany for the one I know best. Kusma (討論) 19:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Can you add a section to your page? (I've never tried it.) Just say .  &middot; rodii &middot;  00:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Delete an Article
Wiki-star: Hello again fellow wikipedians! I have very important question to ask you all! How can i delete an article? I am now editing an article i see to have another sub-article that is usless. The Topic discussed does not need an article of it's own, and i would like to delete the article and inster whatever was in that article in the one i'm currently editing. Once again, i would like to know how i can delete an article. No not move it, delete it!
 * Why not just redirect that article to the one that you want to keep? If you don't want to do that, simply put  at the top of the article and insert your reason for the deletion.  Then an admin can delete the article.  Dismas|(talk) 23:17, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * We could give better advice if you told us which articles you are referring to. - Mgm|(talk) 00:00, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe only admins can delete articles. However, if other people have worked on that article, it would be a courtesy to tell them that you plan to ask for its deletion. They may have reasons for keeping it you're unaware of.
 * ...On further thought, I agree with MacGyverMagic--what page are you thinking of? I took a look at the pages you've been editing, and none of them have sub-pages that I can see, so I wonder exactly what you mean by "sub-article." If it's just a linked or related article, I would tread lightly before I went trying to delete it. People here can be very passionate about what "needs an article of its own" and what doesn't.  &middot; rodii &middot;  00:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Printing/publishing wikipedia articles
I am considering starting a website which sells small books created from wikipedia articles. I have spent several hours reading different copyright pages on wikipedia but I am still not sure what I need to do when applying the GFDL to wikipedia articles in printed form, as most of the advice relates to copies of articles on web sites.

My intention is that the books would include verbatim copies of about 10 articles but with images and some of the sections removed. The website would provide pdf versions of books for free and deliver a bound copy of the book for a fee. Part of the fee would go to wikipedia :) I'm just scratching an itch really as I've often wanted paper copies of wikipedia articles to read off-line.

These are my questions:
 * 1) If removing some sections is classed a modification then section 4 of the GFDL applies so I need to include 5 authors (4B) and a history (4I) for each article. I assume this mean the history page for the article. Can I get the history programatically ie. without screen scraping it? I'm using wikipedia Export to get the articles themselves.
 * 2) If there is no api like the wikipedia export feature am I allowed to use screen scraping?
 * 3) Do I need to print the whole history for every article included? This would amount to pages and pages of boring text for the users.

thanks ThomasRynne 23:40, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You should look at WikiReader. The German WikiReaders, as far as I can see (an example is here (PDF)) just list all the exact versions used and the names of the authors, not the complete revision history (see page 42 of the PDF). The "cite this article" feature links to a tool that gives all the authors of an article in a more easily readable/scrapable way: Here's an example. The German wikireaders probably use this tool to create their list of authors and claims that is GFDL compatible. Hope that helps, Kusma (討論) 23:59, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

= March 9 =

Deleting
Is there any way to unmake a user page? I rather liked my name being red. Besides, I don't have anything to say about myself, and the only other options are blanking it out or leaving the welcome message someone just added. Black Carrot 00:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes.Geni 00:31, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Please note that if you ever want to apply for adminship, many people will vote against you if your User page is a red link. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Why? And thanks for changing it. Black Carrot 22:47, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's just a requirement some voters have. I'm not saying it's my criterion.  User:Zoe|(talk) 16:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

IP address logged, now I'm getting attacked...
I recently edited an article for the first time and wasn't logged in... my IP address now appears in the article edit history. Shortly after this happened, I became subjected to a series of attempted attacks. Fortunately my firewall program has blocked them. But what can I do to remove my IP address from appearing on this public forum?
 * Register a username and log in! Once you have a username, you can edit logged in, and your username will appear instead of your IP address. Registering is easy, quick, and requires no personal information (not even your email address). --Ashenai 01:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, there's no way to change the IP to your username afterwards. We had Changing attribution for an edit, but that's dead. ☢   Ҡ i∊ ff   ⌇  ↯  01:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

AFD help
I have listed this article for afd, and created a page for its vote, and followed the directions on the Articles for deletion page, however, I have noticed that the page does does not show up anywhere specifc other then a subpage, which does not up on its main page. So I wanted an expirenced user to double check to make sure I have done everything right, and that I did not leave anything out. Avador 03:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, I see two problems. You did Step 1 of the instructions at WP:AFD right, but not Step 2 and Step 3.
 * Step 2: In the article's AfD discussion page, you simply wrote your reason for deletion, instead of the template. What you should have written there is this: ~
 * Step 3: I don't think you added the template to the March 9 log at all; at least, I can't see it.
 * Don't worry about mistakes; the AfD process can be a bit confusing at first. You'll get it :) --Ashenai 03:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much, I think I have corrected the problem. Avador 03:36, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep, everything looks good! --Ashenai 03:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Meaning of abbreviation
I have observed a deluge of edits whose edit summary reads simply rsc (see User:MarkSweep's contributions for an example). I've searched the world over, as the song says, but can't figure out what this means. (Mr. Sweep seems to not be taking calls.) Any ideas? Thanks - Her Pegship 04:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I think it stands for "removing superfluous categories." It's not an "official" abbreviation. It's just a small part of a big controversy of the use of userboxes and user categories here.  &middot; rodii &middot;  04:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

emailing a page
How do I email a page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Budeluv2004 (talk • contribs)


 * What do you mean, email a page? What would you like to accomplish by doing so?  You can always email the URL of the page to someone, if that is what you mean.  Do you want to do something more?  Elaborating should allow for a more useful answer. -- Nataly a  12:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Making a Linebox.
If I make a linebox like this one by putting a space before it, it sure does look pretty, but long lines don't want to wrap. Do I need to put &lt;BR&gt; or something manually? That would screw the resolution for some browsers. Oh, I am using Opera, which should render it fine. Anyone else see a long line here?
 * I think the boxes look horrible, myself. There is one case for using them, however: putting pieces of computer program. These don't look right and in some cases are actually broken by adding new lines. So these boxes are a good way to show a fragment of a program. Can't think of many other good uses: tables can be used to box elements for presentation. Notinasnaid 09:21, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You could use hard page breaks, you could start writing on the next line. Both would work. 0-131.211.210.17 09:50, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, but that would make it different (either lots of whitespace for high res or still offscreen for low res). I'd like the user (or his browser) to handle the wrapping. Can it be done?

A bit round-a-bout solution: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. The text is wrapped in tags with font face set to &;quot;courier". Then everything wrapped into a  which sets up the table itself. Misza 13  T C 10:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC) Except is not part of the HTML standard. Better to use the CSS   property: You don't have to use Courier, of course—that's the worst side effect of the preformatted style in my opinion.  · rodii ·  19:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Search button Vs Go button. for T-Spoon Software
Hi; I posted this a few days ago, and I can't find it or any replies. When I type in T-Spoon Software into the Firefox search bar, it takes me to the Special Search page where I have to pick which namespaces I want to search in, and states no results found, even if I select every check box. BUT down the left hand side of the screen is another search box, but it has a Go button and a Search button. If I select Search I get taken straight back to the no results found screen. If I select Go then it finds the T-Spoon Softwarae page..

Why does Go work and Search doesn't.. Trevor..
 * The article T-Spoon Software was created only several weeks ago, so it doesn't yet appear in the search database (which only gets updated once in a while). "Go", on the other hand, links you directly to the article. However, this articles looks like nothing more than an advertisement, so it shouldn't be in Wikipedia to begin with (with the current format at least). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:08, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I forgot to log in; how do I claim edits I made before logging in?
I forgot to log in before editing a page. My edits were saved, but my username is not associated with them (my IP address is). How do I go back in after logging in and claim credit for the edits I made? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Setver (talk • contribs)
 * I'm fairly certain it can't be done. The most you can do is put a note on your user page which states that these-and-those edits were made by you. But I can't really see why would you want to do this? Wikipedia is not about taking credit for edits, and a few edits which are left out of your record have a negligible impact on the evaluation of your contributions to Wikipedia. In an unrelated matter, don't forget to sign your posts with ~ . -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 14:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think you can. Your IP address is a different user than your username.--Adam [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px| ]](talk) 14:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * This used to be done, but not anymore. See Changing attribution for an edit. And remember to log in! :-> I've done this too. Fortunately, there's a message above the edit box now. --Christopherlin 15:43, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You can make reciprocal links from your User page to the anon page and vice versa, explaining that you are the same person. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

If you use AOL or a similar ISP, you should probably be careful. Be sure to mention which articles you edited as more people can use the same IP. - Mgm|(talk) 21:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Search feature - re more than 2 name individuals
I recently posted a wiki article re Linda Marie Fedigan (primatologist). I notice that a search on wiki for "Fedigan" or even "Linda Fedigan" gets zero results. I need to type in "Linda Marie Fedigan" in order to be redirected to the article. I believe this may be a result of her 3 names, as when I search for a 2 name individual this does not happen (e.g. searching for "Goodall" get you Jane Goodall).

It would be helpful if users could type in "Fedigan" and at least be given Linda Marie Fedigan with some relevancy. Many individuals may not know her first name, let alone the fact that she goes by "Linda Marie." Can you assist?

Kelly Seguin
 * The database used for the search only gets updated once in a while, so new articles don't appear in the search for a few weeks. That's why you can't currently find Linda Marie Fedigan in a search for "Fedigan" and the like, but it's only temporary. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You need to make "redirect" pages for each of the other names that you think would be searched for. For example start a new page Linda Fendigan and on that page type: #REDIRECTLinda Marie Fedigan . After that you should see the red link in this paragraph turn blue. Do the same for any other search title that you would like to be redirected to your article. * Also, the comment above by Meni Rosenfeld is not correct, you will You should be able to use the newly started search article names right away, *but only if you type the exact article name into the box and then use the Go button or your "enter" key. Meni Rosenfeld's statement about the time delay is correct if you use the Search button for the article name or its derivatives.   hydnjo talk 15:58, 9 March 2006 (UTC) *amended hydnjo talk 20:10, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Please make sure you understand what I've said before stating that it is incorrect. Creating redirects is of course always a possibility, but we didn't discuss redirects but rather a search. Writing "Leonhard" in the search box doesn't redirect you to Leonhard Euler, but makes a full text search and finds all articles containing this phrase, including Leonhard Euler. Searching for "Fedigan" will only give results in a few weeks. Redirecting is possible right away, but it is not recommended since there could be other people called "Fedigan". -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course, redirecting from less ambiguous names, such as Linda Fedigan, as hydnjo recommended, is fine. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * It would be helpful if users could type in "Fedigan" and at least be given Linda Marie Fedigan with some relevancy.
 * It's this sentence that's ambiguous - type in where? If you mean type it into the URL (so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedigan ), then you want a redirect, however, you may want to read Redirect, where you'll find that it's preferable to create redirects from less ambiguous names (as per hydnjo and Meni Rosenfeld) is preferred, so Linda Fedigan as opposed to just Fedigan.
 * If you're talking about typing "Fedigan" into the Wikipedia search (the search box on the left), then that will eventually work, but Wikipedia needs some time to update its search index. Be patient, it should work in a few weeks. The same goes for Google (which you can use to search Wikipedia, see Search), although it tends to be a bit faster, a matter of days is usual. &mdash; QuantumEleven | (talk) 17:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I've also written a few notes in Kelly Anne Seguin's talk page. I hope this clarifies things a bit. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Is "Aisakos" the Roman version of the Greek name "Aesacus" in mythology?
Hello, I am trying to find out the answer to a question and was told I could submit my query to a wikipedia volunteer for assistance.

In Greek Mythology, there was a character named "Aesacus", which I believe was Greek. Yet it also lists his name as "Aisakos".

As many names were taken by the Greek names were taken and turned into Roman counterparts, is "Aisakos" the Roman version of the name "Aesacus"?

Thank you for any assistance you can offer.

Sincerely, Dino Vannucci dino@vannucci.net www.vannucci.net 619-252-5059
 * Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * But the answer is: the questioner has it backward: Aesacus is the Latin form; Aisakos a transliteration of the Greek - and, yes, they are the same name. Septentrionalis 17:09, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Nuclear reactor
someime ago I read a item concerning nuclear  reactor design. Supposedly it concerned a different theroie than is commonly used with fuel and control rods. Can anyone find information concerning a reactor that was supposedly self regulating and the fuel was introduced  as spheres  in to the reactor?? My source then ,could have been "Scientific American publication. I belive it was promoted as  being friendly to the non poliferation of nuclear fuels.   Would be interested in any information that would lead to understanding this process and or if it ever got into testing  operations.
 * Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: [ click here]. I hope this helps. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:33, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * The answer though, is Pebble bed reactor. Henrik 20:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Unviewable Wikipedia main site
Dear Sir or Madam:

I am having difficulty viewing Wikipedia's site and I can't figure out why. Every other website I visit seems fine; yet, Wikipedia's appears jumbled and smaller in size. I want to e-mail you a screen shot of what it looks like but I'm unable to do so through your e-mail function. Granted, my computer was just reimaged but the settings are fine. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Jeff Snyder
 * Perhaps you set the letter size smaller in your browser? Anyway, did you try emailing a screenshot to info-en@wikimedia.org? - Mgm|(talk) 21:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Can I recover an old account?
I created an account not too long ago. Well, today I couldn't remember my password and clicked "send me a new password" but I must not have put my email address in because I haven't received anything yet! Is it possible to keep my old account? I've tracked changes in a few pages and have edited one or two pages and it would be nice to keep this. Is there any way to make up for my mistake? I can tell you exactly what I edited before!!

Thanks.
 * Well of course you can save what you edited, that information is freely available. Without a working email address or knowing the password, you can't prove its your account. Are you sure the email isn't blocked by some overzealous spam filter? What email service do you use?-Mgm|(talk) 21:36, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I see. Nope, unfortunately it wasn't an overzealous spamscreen. I'll just keep my new acct (with email address!) and re-add my watch pages.

As the other acct is really me, no one else will use it. Will it disappear after a certain period of inactivity?

Thanks!


 * Nope. It'll be there as long as Wikipedia exists.  You should go to your original account pages and redirect them to your new ones.  You can also go to those pages and click on "User contributions" in the left-hand sidebar to access your changes under the old account name.  --Go for it! 23:22, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You can also edit the user page and the talk page for the old account, to say that your new account is . That way it easy for someone to contact you about your old contributions. Notinasnaid 10:18, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Clueless Newbies
WP:CN used to be where you could list yourselves or others who were clueless newbies, yes? Now it seems to be a silly mixture of WP:HD, WP:RD, and WP:VP. People are usually referred somewhere else when they post there. Also, WP:UR and WP:BJAODN/HE seem to do a lot of making fun of Clueless newbies.


 * Is there a question in here or I am I just typing to read my own words?
 * Yes, can someone explain this?

Wikipedia is editable by anyone. Someone didn't like it, so he changed it. If you don't like the new set up, you can change it too. I've changed the WP:CN shortcut to point to Nomination of new users in need of help which is the new nominations page. Though I can't guarantee that the shortcut won't get changed again. --Go for it! 22:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S.: please sign your posts.

largest numerical category
What is the name list in order for those after million, billion, trillion?? --64.86.141.133 21:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC) Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. --&#123;&#123;subst:user&#124;4836.03}} 21:33, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, etc. See Names of large numbers. --Go for it!

I Can't find what I'm looking for....
I'm looking for Philippines Judicial Branch powers, in a chart or database/spreadsheet form. I see information, but looking for a Database that list the powers.

If you can, Email me at ryan.ninja@yahoo.com.

I would appericate it if you tell me where to find it on the site, or you can copy and paste the powers and seen it to me.

Thanks.

The information you seek is not in Wikipedia (yet). Our knowledge experts can be found at the Reference desk. There they will try to answer any question in any field of knowledge. They specialize in questions that aren't yet answered in Wikipedia. --Go for it! 22:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Are there consequenses for moving an article?
I'm planning to move one of my sub-pages to my userpage, since it is completely useless as a sub. Is an admin going to punish me if I move on of my own pages without permission? Please reply to me on my discussion page. Please and thank you! Funnybunny 22:10, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * We use the term "move" to mean "rename". You can't use the move tab at the top of the page to move a page onto an existing page.  This we call "merging".  To merge two pages, you need to cut and paste one onto the other.  You can pretty much do anything you want with your userpages.  (Actually, you can do almost anything you want to any page anywhere on Wikipedia, as long as it's good-intentioned and doesn't freak anybody out.  You have to use your best judgement on whether or not a page move or merge is going to freak anybody out.  If you expect a freak out, then the thing to do is discuss it first.)  But with respect to your own subpages (such as My empire and Quotes), feel free to merge them onto your user page if that is what you want to do. --Go for it! 22:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Read more: User page

Alright, Thanks! Funnybunny 22:32, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's your userpage. Do what you like with your own subpages. Be a little more careful and ask for opinions before moving an actual encyclopedia article to a new title. In that last case, you should take a look at Naming conventions. - Mgm|(talk) 23:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I've got another question. If your talk page becomes too long, how do you archive it? Please reply to me on my discussion page. I might have to archive my talk page in the near future. Funnybunny 22:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * See How to archive a talk page. --Go for it! 22:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Userpage: what if there's an underscore in my username?
I'm a bit confused about how a userpage is created or determined to exist.

I have never created one for myself yet, so if I go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:King_V, I get a page that says an article with this exact name doesn't exist, and would I like to start it, etc.

However, given that the underscore seems to be used as a substitution for whitespace in the URLs, and when I go to that page, it says "User:King V" rather than "User:King_V", I am just wondering if it's going to be problematic for me to create the page, or problematic in other ways because of the underscore in the username.

Basically, I just want to make sure I don't break anything.

Any advice?

Thanks.


 * Click on your username at the top of the screen. If you don't have a user page yet, your name should be red.  Once that page is created, try the URL again and let me know what happens.  --Go for it! 22:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I did a little experiment, and tried to create an account called Go_for_it! It said that username was already taken.  So I searched for that user's name, and it took me to my user page.  So then I logged out and tried logging in as Go_for_it! and it worked.  Therefore, the program treats spaces and unscores as the same character.  Don't worry, you won't break anything.  --Go for it! 23:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It works correctly. My name shows up in blue when I'm logged in now, instead of red, and the page is there with no apparent ill effects. --King V 18:10, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Childrens' TV series Jabberwocky -- episode availability
Hi.

Many moons ago I was one of the child actors on the TV show Jabberwocky. Our neighbor was one of the producers, and I appeared on it a few times. Is there any way to get copies of old episodes to show my children?

Thanks,

Beth Guzzi --24.34.215.137
 * Please refer such questions to the reference desk in the future. I know it's not a good idea to answer misplaced questions, but I like TV questions. You could ask for a copy from the archives of whichever channel broadcasted it. Where was it broadcasted and how long ago was it? - Mgm|(talk) 23:18, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Jabberwocky was a Boston Saturday morning children's TV show that aired for two seasons in the early 1970s, but was rerun in the wee hours of Saturday mornings by many TV stations up until the 1990s.

Filmed and created by Harvard University and broadcast on WCVB-TV 5, Jabberwocky featured real actors and puppets and various interstitial cartoons. Actress JoBeth Williams -- in one of her earliest roles -- and actor Tucker Smallwood played roommates who moved in together, yet never seemed to unpack all their crates.

The friendly antagonist in most episodes was puppet character Dirty Frank, who popped up from whatever packing crate was convenient. He apparently lived in the half-open boxes, jumping from box to box as if all were somehow connected. Dirty Frank's inquisitive nature and his sloppy behavior drove the plot of most episodes.

Another mysterious box-dweller was the helpful and venerable Mr. Buchanan, a human handyman whose workshop lay in one particularly large packing crate. In many episodes, Mr. Buchanan's vast knowledge led the characters toward answers to their questions.

The characters' apartment was a studio set, but episodes often took them out into the greater Boston area for miniature documentary segments.

Tucker Smallwood was also a writer for the show.

--Go for it! 06:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

= March 10 =

Spelling of name(Rolf Aamodt) is incorrect. Correct spelling is: Rolf Aamot
Please correct the spelling for Rolf Aamodt, painter, visual artist, listed in Wikipedia. His name is spelled without a "d". Correct spelling is "Rolf Aamot". Please advice on how it can be corrected if this is not the right link to use. Thank you.--Kristin Lødøen Linder 00:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Kristin. There doesn't seem to be an article at either Rolf Aamodt or Rolf Aamot, and I can't find his name in any articles in a search.  Can you tell us where you found this?  Or, you could fix it yourself with the "edit this page" link.  moink 04:43, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Here's the link: Rolf_Aamodt I don't know anything about the name's spelling, so I'll leave the edit to somebody who does.  --Go for it! 06:41, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Here's what to do: follow this link: Rolf_Aamodt, and log on with a username, creating an account if you have to. Then move the page using the flytt tab at the top of the window. Good luck. --Go for it! 06:47, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Also note that the link is to nn:, the Nynorsk Wikipedia, which is supposed to contain articles in Nynorsk, but the article is in English and probably belongs here on en:, the English-language Wikipedia. So you can copy the input text from the "edit" ("endre") mode to your text editor or copy buffer, and then log in here and create it as a new article (under the correct spelling, of course). MCB 06:56, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

I am being accused of vandalism
Hi,

I received a message (under the tab discussion) in which I was told to stop vandalizing. However, I can't recall ever vandalizing any of wikipedia's articles. I mainly edit and correct the Dead or Alive video game character pages.

Have there been any specific complaints about me?

sincerely,

Arnizipal

--Arnizipal 00:37, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Going by the date and time that you were given that warning, plus looking through the edits made by the user that gave you the warning, it was because of this edit. You may want to take it up with the user who removed the edit you made.  Dismas|(talk) 00:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Your articles look mostly productive, although there was one that was removed because someone disagreed with you about its relevance, and maybe he thought that it was nonsense since it was something he wasn't aware of. Some people are better at assuming good faith than others.  I wouldn't worry too much about it; you're not at any risk of being blocked as long as you continue to make edits like the one's you've been making.  Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  moink 04:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, does Jann Lee play the trumpet or not? If he does, then go back there and add it back in!  (And cite your source for your information in your edit summary).  Tip:  When someone mistakenly reverts an edit and calls it vandalism, it's best to defend your edit and post a note to the reverter's talk page explaining how your edit is not vandalism.  Then correct the innappropriate revert.  Good luck.  --Go for it! 06:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * He does play the trumpet in his GC ending in Dead or Alive 4, but the user that made the revert (Dynamo Ace) obviously never played this game, otherwise he'd know. Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. I'm a newbie here and this warning really bothered me. I tried to track down who it was that warned me (his warning didn't have a signature) but I couldn't find my way around the right links. And allow me to apologise myself again to Dismas. Sorry man, got some links confused... --Arnizipal 00:56, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I am also being accused of vandalism.
Last night (CST) I was patroling the recent changes for vandalism, and I discovered the option that shows only anonymous edits. I was excited because I mostly only look at the anon edits anyway. So, I was reverting vandalism, as I often do (you can check my contributions), and I got a warning on my talk page about an edit I made to the Doctor Who page. I specifically remember the edit I made; earlier in the day, I was reading the article for the first time (after following the TARDIS link on the main page). The edit I recall reverting was a blanking of the page. The funny thing is, no such edit appears on the page history. After I logged off for the night, confused, it appears that I was accused of a second vandalism at Terre Haute, Indiana, the details of which I don't remember. I don't know how this happened; I try to be very careful in my reverts.

I wonder if this could have happened because I was using the recent changes page that only shows anon edits. I copied the address for the page, and after making a revert, I would paste the address and refresh. Also, I don't know what the odds are that both edits came directly after reverts by User:Gwernol. Help! I'm afraid to make edits, lest this happen again. --Maxamegalon2000 03:08, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * It looks like both you and Gwernol were patrolling recent changes simultaneously. You both encountered some vandalism, but Gwernol got to it first in two instances.  Gwernol rolled back the vandalism, and then you tried to roll back the vandalism, but instead rolled back Gwernol's edits and returned to the vandalized version.  They were both pretty easy to fix, so no lasting harm.  I've never used popups, but the admin rollback version doesn't let you make this mistake.  Maybe someone using popups can help you avoid this little mixup in the future.  moink 04:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * It's happened to me before. After reverting vandalism I always go to the article's history to find and warn the anon who made the vandalism, so if someone's accidentally double-reverted me I see very quickly. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 10:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Chichuachuas
I would like to know why, or make you aware that under the animae section of your encyclopedia, you have a listing for chichuachuas that is from Chichuachua Mexico, the city not the dog. Just thought you would like to know so you can correct it.


 * There are articles on both Chihuahua the state and Chihuahua, Chihuahua the city. &mdash; ApolloCreed (comment) (talk) 06:05, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

What you are looking for is chihuahua (dog). You misspelled it or used an alternative spelling, and chihuahuas leads to the same article. I've created a redirect for your version of the dog's name, in case it is an alternative spelling, and in case someone else happens to use it (a Google search shows that you are not the only one to spell it that way). The article on the Mexican state has a link to the disambiguation page for that word. Tip: When Go doesn't work, try Search. I hope this answer helps. --Go for it! 07:14, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Read more: Using external search engines
 * Our friend meant that the link in the article animal led to Chihuahua rather than chihuahua (dog). I've corrected it.--Cherry blossom tree 10:15, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Charlotte Rampling
Hello,

The image you display of Charlotte Rampling at this url:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RamplingMED.jpg

comes from the Lone Star Film Society website. The particular book and image is from my personal collection -- as stated on the website. I'd appreciate it if you amended your listing to reflect the fact that this image comes from the private collection of Ryan Brennan.

Thank you,

Ryan Brennan Lone Star Film Society


 * Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I went to the website you mentioned but could not find the page you referred to.  Would you mind providing the URL, so that we can look into this matter further?  Thank you.  --Go for it! 07:58, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Ryan, one question -- I see at least two other copies of this book cover on Google             (and I didn't do an exhaustive search nor look at all the search result pages). Do you have some reason to believe that the image is of your copy as opposed to other copies, of which surely thousands were printed? MCB 08:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Sheesh you are claiming to be the sole owner of a Mickey Spillane paperback? I'd like to see your copyright, there must be thousands of copies of that book out there. Williamb 11:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I think it's pretty certain that it is the same image as http://www.lonestarfilmsociety.com/ramplingMED.jpg. The file sizes are the same, the cover creases look identical. The ethics in this case are far from clear, especially with regard to the regional law of fair use, but it seems it would be polite to acknowledge that the file was a copy of one which someone took the trouble to scan, whether or not they acquired copyright on it. I think it would have been polite to ask permission too, even if there was no legal obligation because the copyright holder isn't involved. Notinasnaid 12:01, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * The problem with that is that under U.S. copyright law, Ryan Brennan is incapable of giving permission for use of the image even if he wanted to; that privilege is reserved to the actual IP rights holders, which may include the photographer, the book designer, the book publisher, and in some contexts (such as appropriation of likeness for commercial exploitation), the subject of the photo (Charlotte Rampling). Basically, Mr. Brennan's own right to use an image of the book cover on the Lone Star web site is identical to Wikipedia's, that is, an assertion of fair use under 17 USC 107. This is completely independent of his ownership of a copy of the work itself. I am not sure of Wikipedia's policy on acknowledgement for (public domain or fair-use) images of works in, for example, museum collections, where an object in a collection may not be accessible to the public; that might be applicable here. MCB 02:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


 * There is no U.S. copyright created by scanning an 2-D image because there is no creative content added. Politeness is another matter, unrelated to legal issues. Rmhermen 17:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Uploading images.
Whenever I try to upload an image either here or at the Commons, it always shows this message: '"." is not an allowed file format. See Commons:File types for more information.' It's a perfectly normal .jpg file, why isn't it uploading?

--Le Grey Intellectual 08:17, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Have you made sure that the name of the file ends .jpg as well as containing a JPEG? Notinasnaid 10:16, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Just checked. It ends in .jpg, and it's in JPEG format. I don't know what could be wrong. Please reply ASAP. Okay, I just got it. I wasn't putting a .jpg in the destination filename. *facepalm*

--Le Grey Intellectual 17:59, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Is there another dot somewhere in the filename. The software gets confused if a file name contains more than one dot. - Mgm|(talk) 19:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

How do I list only articles I created?
It's obviously easy for me to see all articles I've edited (via "my contributions"), which includes those I've created. But, how do I get a list of only articles that I started, anything else showing? I'm thinking it's not possible, but I thought I would ask before giving up. --Rob 08:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not possible, I'm afraid. Someone may have written a tool to do it, but I think it's unlikely. You can check WP:TOOLS if you like.--Cherry blossom tree 10:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Time it takes to confirm Wiki page
How long does it take from creation of a page to being able to read it through the Wiki search engine?
 * It's pretty much instant (if all is working well). --Rob 09:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, the "Go" (exact title match) button is pretty much instant, but the "Search" (full text search) only gets updated every couple of weeks or so and thus is often out-of-date.--Commander Keane 10:08, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Google updates a bit faster. So all you need to do is go to Tip of the day and look up all the tips on searching. There are several ways to use Google to search Wikipedia. --Go for it! 16:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Contributing an article
Dear Wikipedia,

I am new to your service and am finding it a bit daunting. I would like to contribute an article, but do not know how. I am a writer and journalist working in London. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary Lachman (talk • contribs) 14:08, 10 March 2006
 * Try reading Your first article. Or you could go to the Community portal, it has plenty of other ways to contribute apart from writing entirely new articles. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 14:15, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Go to any article you really admire, and click on "edit this page." Then study the source text so you can see how the article was constructed. The main thing you will need to learn is the markup codes, like headings, etc. You should be able to figure most of the codes out by looking at source text. But for those you can't, they are covered in How to edit a page. Also, the help menu has everything you need to know about creating and developing articles under the editing topics. Welcome aboard! I'm sure you'll do fine. --Go for it! 16:45, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Editing error
Re: Rouge Plant. I attempted to provide a source and inadvertingly lost the balance of the original page. Please help to restore. Thanks (Mpmartin 14:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC))
 * Fixed. The article was River Rouge Plant by the way. Took me a second to figure out what you meant. In the future you can fix this yourself by reverting the article. Thanks for asking for help though! Dismas|(talk) 14:37, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem was caused by not properly closing the reference tag. I frequently have this problem, good thing we have the preview button. Rmhermen 17:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Synergy & Synergistic benefits
I am currently in my final year of an MBA at Derby University and I am planning doing my dissertation on 'Synergy' or the 'Synergistic Benefits' between two business units.

Is there any reading material you can recommend on this subject?

Many Thanks, Richard Wellings

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Synergy. If you cannot find the answer there, [ click here] to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 14:34, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

There are many forms of business synergy. I guess you need to start collecting articles on them. Here are a few to get you started: Coopetition, Mergers and Acquisitions, License, and Game theory. Off the top of my head, a good example of a synergistic relationship was Simplot and McDonalds. Simplot had financed the development of a new kind of french fry, but nobody wanted it. Then McDonalds came along looking for items to add to its menu that it could mass produce. Simplot, being the pota       of Idaho, was just the one to supply it to them. Simplot got a nationwide market for his innovative product, and McDonalds did too. The rest, as they say, is history. --Go for it! 17:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Dates
I have seen many references to "anniversaries" for events that happened long before the Gregorian calandar was used. How do you arive at these dates? 64.31.91.142 15:06, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * My guess is, through reverse extrapolation. The gregorian calendar has a very precise cycle, so it is easy to find, for every specific day, what its date would have been if the greogrian calendar existed then. You may find some more information in the article gregorian calendar, or some more knowledgeable people in the reference desk (which is used for questions that are not directly related to Wikipedia). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:14, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

conditionals in templates
Is there an "if"-like expression that can be used in a template? If so, can someone provide a pointer to some documentation or examples?

thanks - MattHucke(t) 15:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. The standard method used is qif. Look at Template Talk:qif for instructions. If you need additional functionality, check out Category:Boolean templates and Category:If templates. You can also find more information regarding template syntax in Help:Template. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:44, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If you need more than two choices, or need to test for something other than empty/non-empty, switch is a better choice than qif both in terms of convenience and server load. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 16:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Chemicals causing cancer
Can someone tell me if there are toxic chemicals in radiator steam heat? If so what kind of chemicals is in the steam?

I would like to know because I think I am inhaling something from my radiator when the heat comes on. Then I start feeling ill. I start having a choking cough when I’m sleeping. That I must wake up from.

I’m having headache, chest pains, stomach problems, feeling drowsy like I’m going unconscious. Losing my memories. And more but everybody I talk to tells me there’s nothing in the steam heat. Nobody seems to believe me. And I’m not crazy I think something is making me ill. I have graves disease and recovering from breast cancer.

Your knowledge will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Donna Sweeney

(address removed)


 * I'm sorry to hear about your problems. However, This type of question belongs on the reference desk. The help desk (this page) is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please follow the link to the reference desk, select the relevant topic, and post your question there. Thanks. --Fuhghettaboutit 16:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And in either case, it's best to consult a physician regarding your condition, rather then asking on the web. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Radiator steam is just made out of water. Unless there's something in the system that shouldn't be there, it's unlikely it is causing any illnesses. I recommend you contact a doctor about it. - Mgm|(talk) 19:25, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

New York School info blocked
I just attempted to edit the New York School entry. It failed to mention the New York School Composers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolf and others. I was also confused as to why Jackson Pollock and William Dekoonig are regarded as lesser members of the New York School Painters. I sent my changes in but was blocked. I've never participated in this before. When I tried to get through to question my blocking, I was led to some blank page. Is this an indeterminate joke? Patrick Greene
 * I can't find any record that you have tried to edit the New York School article or that you got blocked. Can you describe exactly what you did and what messages you got? The more information you provide, the more we will be able to assist you (no need to get into details about which facts you tried to change, just what did you techincally do). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:08, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually the article doesn't say that they are "lesser members" but that they are less commonly regarded as members of the group. Rmhermen 20:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

cover girl
I hope im asking the right person this question. I would like information on how to have the opportunity to be on the cover of the magazine. Thanks in advance for any help.
 * Which magazine? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:13, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

MT760
In international finance, what is an MT760?

Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: [ click here]. I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:07, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Custom Wikisignature?
I've noticed many users have custom signatures (ie. formatting, extra related wikilinks, etc.) when they sign their name using the 'four tildes'. I was wondering how I can go about customising my own sig? Thanks in advance! - Wezzo 20:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Go to 'my preferences' and change the 'Nickname' field. Mine, for example, is Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) . See WP:SIG for full instructions (as well as what not to include in your sig). --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian)  (talk) 20:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, great. Thanks very much! - Wezzo 20:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And don't forget to check the "raw signature" box. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 07:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Did I delete a page?
I think I screwed up an entry, I wanted to created a redirect to Imaro (novel) that would show up in searches beside an already existing IMARO page that dealt with a computing organization, the redirect works but I don't see the other page anymore, can this be fixed? And could you show me what i did wrong? I'm pretty sure the page can be restored, well I hope so anyway.

Okay I just checked one can be found using IMARO, the other by using Imaro. Will that be okay? Basique 20:52, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You are fine. Both pages can coexist. Article names are case-sensitive except for the first letter. I have added a disambiguation header on top of the Imaro (novel) header to link to the IMARO page. Rasmus (talk) 20:57, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

rossignol boots
i acquired a pair of rossignol touring 210 advantage skis, bindings and poles. i need boots. are all and which current rossignol boots compatiable with these older skis? 71.39.236.9 22:44, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant topic, and ask away. I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 22:48, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

moving articles
I'm trying to renominate an article for featured status. It says to use the move button to rename the previous nomination to an archive. I don't understand how to do that. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.167.116.7 (talk • contribs).


 * First, if you haven't already, you'll need to create a user account. See Help:Logging in. Once you do that, you should be able to move the page. The help file is here: Help:Moving a page. I hope this helps. Good luck! --Christopherlin 05:16, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * A slight correction: A newly created account needs to age a little to be able to move pages. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 07:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, instead of nominating directly, perhaps you ought to suggest it on the article's talk page first. For standards for featured articles, see What is a featured article. --Christopherlin 18:30, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

references/
George W. Bush contains a long list with a misspelled name, but when I try to edit it I get this instead:

==Notes==
 * to
 * should do the trick. Is that what you wanted? --Cherry blossom tree 09:27, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That is exactly what I wanted. Thank you Cherry blossom tree and Fetofs, who made the code change while I was with Morpheus. --Fuhghettaboutit 13:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That is exactly what I wanted. Thank you Cherry blossom tree and Fetofs, who made the code change while I was with Morpheus. --Fuhghettaboutit 13:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

flagging Kit Cope
I wish to flag the Kit Cope page on grounds that it is not of a neutral point of view. how do i do that?


 * Just add the POV tag to the top of the article, which expands to .--  Talk [ (add)] • Contribs • 05:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, please don't just do that. As the tag says, please add your views on the problems with the page, on the article's talk page. Otherwise... well, these tags turn up regularly on pages, without background on the talk page. What I tend to do is look quickly over the article, to see if there is a really glaring problem. If not, I just delete the tag, because my psychic powers are weak. (To emphasis: an obvious point of view problem to you might not be obvious to anyone else, so please explain in the talk page). (I see this has been done on Kit Cope but I still think it's important to anyone else considering the same action). Notinasnaid 10:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Can I upload more than one image at a time.
I would like to take on a major project of adding screen grab images from The Andy Griffith Show to add to the (still unfinished) episodes list, similar to what is done for many other television shows such as The Simpsons. I have images for over 200 of the 249 espisodes and it would be a real pain in the ass to upload them all one at a time.
 * Is there a multi-image upload function?
 * Is there a recommended dimension? I'll probably use 100px in the list, but people may want to click to see a larger image.
 * Is there a recommended naming process? If not I'll probably use something like "TAGS_ep_121.jpg"
 * Are there any other recommendations for what I want to do?
 * Images from the episodes are copyrighted. And I doubt you could use 200 images effectively. Try uploading only the ones you're using. - Mgm|(talk) 06:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * To the original poster: please read the Simpons episode list's talk page. There was a lot of discussion about this. Each image must have a specific, individual and detailed fair use rationale. That's likely to take a lot longer than uploading the images. And if you don't do that, your images must be deleted. (One day, I suspect all the fair use images will be deleted, so there's no way I'd use my time uploading images on that basis.) Notinasnaid 10:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Article Categories
Ok, i want to know what is an Article Category. Something thats on the bottom of most articles (even this one). It's like a rectangular box, with links, and most labled "Category". What is this and how can i add it? Why am i even adding it? Please, if you cannot explain thoroughly, then please do not respond to this question. Although i'm grateful, i would like 1 respond to be enough to fully answer each corner of my questions.
 * Wiki-star: Hows life fellow wikipedians? It's a little shaky over here, but i'm oky doky!

Thanks! Wiki-star 06:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, there's not nearly enough space to explain thoroughly here, but a good place to start is Category, which is a good introduction, and Categorization and Help:Categorization, which are fuller references. MCB 07:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Flash memory chips
Who are the players in order of their size and production? Thanks, cheers and ...

Best, Ed Thomas


 * Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: [ click here]. I hope this helps. MCB 07:37, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Copied text from Wikipedia
Hi, searching the net and I found a website that has copied text from Wikipedia and presented on their own site. It's http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/2342/index.php

--203.164.93.68 06:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * They need to apply with the GFDL to use it, or perhaps someone copied it from them. I'd put this to WP:CP and Mirrors and forks with a note saying we're not sure who copied who. - 131.211.210.11 09:01, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Contributing articles and Pictures to Wikipedia
I am a traveller to heritage sites of India. I recently visited Sewri Fort. I have some recent pictures of the fort. I have gone through the page regarding Sewri fort in your site. I want to add some pictures, how do I do that? regards Capt Haridasan, Mumbai, India -91-022- 24132531
 * See Picture tutorial. That should get you started.  If you have any further questions, let us know!  Dismas|(talk) 07:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: Article needs attention
Hi, i have noticed some articles have a big red box with 'Article Needs Attention' etc or words to that effect, i have found an article that needs HEAPS of attention, too much for me to fix, could someone please advise me of how to add the 'Article needs attention' box,

Thanks,

--Deon555 07:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Just add to the top of the page. Though not a big red box, but a big blue one. If you believe the content is false and not represents a NPOV,  might be appropriate. There are also other templates, see the See also section of this page. Henrik 09:01, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Add attention to the top of the page. - 131.211.210.11 09:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

account
will my account run out? i didn't quite understand what 'If this is *not* you, please do not follow the link. This confirmation code will expire at 07:06, 21 March 2006.' means
 * No your account will not expire. The link will deactivate after a certain time to make sure people who it's not meant for won't open it. It's a safeguard. It's common for activation codes to expire after a certain period. - 131.211.210.11 08:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Non-Latin characters show as boxes in IE6/XP/Monobook
On my IE6/XP computer, most non-Latin characters (e.g. Greek, IPA) show up as boxes. Examples are the Greek characters at the beginning of Anode and just about all the IPA characters in IPA. I am using the Monobook skin. I have Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode installed. I even installed Bitstream Vera, which I found mentioned on Wikipedia:somewhere. I have tried fiddling with the 'fonts' settings under IE6/Tools/Internet Options, but this has no effect. The Classic, Cologne Blue, Simple, and Nostalgia skins works fine. Chick does not. Any ideas? --Heron 10:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC) Thanks. I have the very latest updates to IE6 and XP, according to Windows Update. I can believe that I might have a font missing, but which one? --Heron 10:55, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * YOu need to upload some fonts, I think. Did you ever update your browser? - 131.211.210.11 10:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

User status?
I noticed that some users have their name show as red and others as blue. Mine recently turned blue while other members that have been here for months are still shown as red. Does this color actually indicate some kind of status? And if so, what are the differences for? Just curious... Gregory9 11:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it shows you've got a userpage. People with their names in red have a userpage that is still empty. The same applies to red links in articles. Blue ones exist. Red ones don't ... yet. - 131.211.210.11 11:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Someone posted on my user page instead of my talk page; that must have done it. Seems obvious now. Thanks for the quick answer. --Gregory9 11:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Can these be used in the Wikipedia: namespace?
I'd like to make use of some of the following icons for a menu on a page in the Wikipedia namespace, but I need to track down information on the legalities of doing so before I proceed. What do you know of the licenses, copyrights, and trademark rights to these icons?

- a link is included on this page to a crude translation of the author's permission. Though it's hard to tell, because the translation is pretty rough.

Image:Finder icon.png Image:Pages icon.png Image:Apple Dictionary Icon.png Image:ICal Icon.png Image:IPhoto Icon.png Image:Apple iDisk Icon.png Image:ISync icon.png

Though it appears that these icons are from a trademarked program. So I'm still not sure if they can be displayed as menu items for a page. Any help you could provide in tracking down the information clarifying to what uses we can legally put these icons to would be most appreciated.

See user:ElAmericano for an example of how they are currently being used on Wikipedia.

--Go for it! 13:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * These are all Mac OS X icons, so they are probably copyright of Apple Computers. --Heron 13:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I also think not, as you're using copyrighted logos not for describing the product in question. Read Fair use and see what is your conclusion.  F e  tofs  Hello! 14:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * From my understanding of fair use you can't use them. Try Crystal apps for some freely licenced icons that you may like to use. There may be others hanging around on Commons, too. See commons:Category:Icons. --Cherry blossom tree 14:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I have an account ...
1) I have an account for the Wikipedia in Portuguese. But when I try to log in to the Wikipedia in English, I receive the info that I do not have an account. Do I have to create 2 different accounts??? And, if so, can I use the same username and the same password?

2) I have tried many times to add to my profile the languages I speak, in Babel, but I didn't succeed. I put Portuguese as my nativer language, English level 4, French and Spanish level 3, basic Latin. How do I add these to my profile????

thank you for your help!

Betty Hastings

my e-mails are:


 * 1) Yes, you have to sign up for each separate Wikipedia as they use different databases. There's no way for one of them to know you're signed up with the other. If your name isn't taken here, you're free to sign up with the same one you used in the portoguese Wikipedia. 2) Have you tried reading Babel? It looks like you need to type:  - 131.211.210.11 14:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Creating a template with &lt;pre&gt; tag
Hello! I would like to create a template for source code for an HTML book (in the hebrew wikibook site where no-one could help me...) it shall be used as followed:

I would like this template to output the following:

Code Code Code &lt;/pre&gt;

Code Code Code My first obstacle is using the &lt;pre&gt; tag inside the template. any ideas? It is rather imporatnt that at least some HTML will work in the second block and as little wiki as possible. how do I do that? --85.250.118.96 14:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC) (Erez Segal)

Texas histroy
How Texas was Affected during the Civil War by social?


 * Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: [ click here]. I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian)  (talk) 15:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

IP address logged
I updated an article on Hans rookmaaker - in the process I did not realize when I uploaded the page that my IP address will be logged - is there any way I can undo that now that I have created an account - please help me with this as I have been reprimanded for this although asked to update the info at work. Many thanks EK
 * Unfortunately I don't think contributions can be disassociated from their IP addresses. We need some form of identifying contributors in order to remain compatible with the GFDL, and for users that don't create accounts that has to be the IP address. If you've already been reprimanded, perhaps the damage has been done anyway? --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 15:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You may want to try asking on WP:AN if an admin will speedy delete the image. You can re-upload it under a user account. Good luck getting this solved. --BWD(talk) 15:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * What image? He was talking about the article Hans Rookmaaker. Nope, your employer's IP address is now in the page history. But (a) it is unlikely that this will cause him any harm, and (b) please note that self-promotion is generally frowned upon. We just give the ISBN of the book and let the reader choose for themselves where to buy or order it if they are so inclined. Not that many people would want to buy a £190.-- (or U.S.$ 332.69) work... Lupo 16:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Is it not possible for the article to be deleted and then all the edits other than the one from the IP undeleted? Though I can't for the life of me see why anyone would be bothered by an IP showing up in an edit history.--Cherry blossom tree 17:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I misread. No idea what I was thinking. --BWD(talk) 18:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

WP:V
I have a question about the new verifiability guidelines. I'm working on an article which I'm hoping to get to Featured Article status someday (Trobairitz, and I want to make sure that it's properly sourced. I was taught that if something is "Common knowledge", i.e. is stated in all your sources about something, then there is no need to source it. How does this compare with the new Verifiability policy, which states that "Any unsourced material may be challenged and removed"? I realise that one of the operative words in this is "challenged", but frankly I'd rather be on the safe side, but without going overboard. Mak emi  16:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Try thinking how a total newbie would look at the subject. If the "common knowledge" is only known to experts, it's a good idea to source it. At some point this information must've been not common and anyone new to the subject needs to be taught the "common stuff". Try using the oldest possible sources or a course book for people who study the subject to source this kind of thing. Anything particular piece of info you had in mind when you wrote this? - Mgm|(talk) 21:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I was thinking about how every source says that the trobairitz were noble women. It's in every source I use, but I can see someone questioning it. But I also don't want to do something like: "Bob Smith (cite) (1950(cite)-1999(cite)) was a man(cite) who composed(cite)." I've given the basic works in the general bibliography, I'm just not positive where to use inline cites. Mak emi 06:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Use inline cites for disputed facts. If every source mentions this, a reader will find it if they pick up one of those sources you list for other facts. - 131.211.210.17 10:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyright Violation?
Hello,

Recently, the article on "Rowland Caldwell Harris" was edited by Wikipedia user "John Lorinc". He added a lot of information to the article, but ended the article with "By John Lorinc, Spacing Magazine (Fall, 2005)." I am wondering if this is allowed, because I presume the large amount of information he added was from an article that he may have written himself and published in a magazine. If his Wikipedia account is an assumed name and he is not, in fact, John Lorinc, then I think a person's work would have been added without permission. I am wondering that if he is indeed John Lorinc, if he is allowed to write "By John Lorinc, Spacing Magazine (Fall, 2005)." and whether he needs to state that he allows Wikipedia to use the published article.

Thanks for your help! --Pouchkidium 16:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * One: Attribution goes in the edit history. Two: if someone wants to have previously published material included we need prove they own it and we need to have it explicitly licensed under the GFDL or a compatible license. Just adding that line is not enough. You could try rewriting the info, though. They specific text is copyrighted, the information isn't. - Mgm|(talk) 21:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Minor edit
Should template substitution be marked as a minor edit? Nothing related on WP:ME. I'm asking becuase I am not actually changing any of the article text. Help much appreciated. Thanks! Kilo-Lima Vous pouvez parler 17:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I would call it a minor edit. There are some templates that shouldn't be substituted, but if you're completely sure that no-one needs to review your edit then I think it should be ok.--Cherry blossom tree 17:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

CONTINENTS
WHAT CONTINENT IS DIVIDED INTO THE MOST COUNTRIES?
 * Probably Africa, but Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant topic, and ask away. I hope this helps.--70.158.89.185 19:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

How do I began an artical about myself?
I read the information that said you allow others to put inforamtion about them selves into their own articals. I am having small problems understanding how this is done. I am trying to create an artical about myself, mainly some minor information and such but I realy can not figure out where to begin, perhaps some one could help me by telling me where to begin? I am new here, sorry if this is something basicly understood. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sin Vergil Bollea (talk • contribs)


 * Starting or editing articles about yourself is generally frowned upon, though not always banned in all cases. In most instances, such an article is likely to be deleted as "vanity".  If you are sufficiently notable to deserve an article here, somebody else will probably eventually create one.  If this happens, it's still discouraged for you to edit it yourself, as you are considered a biased source regarding yourself; however, if you find errors in your article you may discuss this on the talk page.  I might also suggest you learn how to spell "article" before attempting to create one. *Dan T.* 17:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And if you meant how to create a User page, just click on this red link and write whatever you want about yourself. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:53, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

need to know
I just have to know the answer to this,how can u sell these stars and why do people buy them.You cant sell something that doesnt belong to you.You dont own the stars you cant just go in your workshop pick one out and say here this is yours now.I need to know the answer to this.I can print out a certificate and name a star for anyone just point and pick. thanks nancy
 * Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant topic, and ask away. I hope this helps.--Cherry blossom tree 18:01, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, what makes you think Wikipedia is selling stars? Notinasnaid 18:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Maybe he's thinking of Barnstars? They're not bought or sold, any editor can give any other editor a barnstar whenever he feels like it. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Article Pictures Version 5: 2 in 1

 * Wiki-star: Theres no holiday like Spring i tell yah wikipedians! It's sexy, cool, and beautiful! LOVE IT!

Now, i'd like to know if it's possible to put two images one one picture. If it is, i'd really like to know how.

Thanks! Wiki-star 18:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I tried to answer this before and give an example of syntax, but it was making the page load all funny - so you will get the short version! As far as I'm away, you can't use normal image syntax to do so without creating two separate image tags.  However, you can use something called a Gallery - see Gallery, which does show you the syntax.  It lets you put images next to each other in the same box, as well as give them individual captions. -- Nataly a  20:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

adding website urls to a list
I was going to edit a page, but could not get the body of the table to move when I added a new column heading. I have a suggestion to add the website URL's to the great listing you have for "List of radio stations in Washington". I even have some I can give now. I will get this info to you and you can get it to the proper people so I don't mess up the page.

Under AM radio  1000 Komo  is komonews.com  / 880 Kixi is kixi.com

Under FM radio is 95.7 is 957kjrfm.com / 96.5 kJack fm is 965jackfm.com /

Thats all I have for now.

But Thanks for having an awesome website!!

Meg Malone —Preceding unsigned comment added by Megpook (talk • contribs)


 * I was going to suggest that you bring this up on List of radio stations in Washington's talk page, but it looks like you already have! Good thinking - since adding a whole new column of information would be a pretty drastic change, that is the place to discuss it. -- Nataly a  20:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Entering an Obit
I noticed that the reigning Miss Deaf Texas, Tara Rose McAvoy, killed while walking along train tracks yesterday, did not have her death noted in Wiki. So I added an entry, but it seems to have been deleted. I think this young woman's death does meet the Wiki notability guidlines, so what gives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.226.153.24 (talk • contribs)


 * At Deaths in 2006, as with many things on Wikipedia, it is important that the person is notable. While the edit summary of the entry's removal was somewhat ambiguous ("rvt, despite the sombre-yet-hilarious irony"), it is likely that that is why the entry was removed.  If you feel that she is notable enough to be mentioned, consider bring it up in discussion on the article's talk page. -- Nataly a  20:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

How do u make an article.
How do you make an article on something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fin Meh Kel (talk • contribs)


 * The information at Your first article and Help:Starting a new page should be of help to you. -- Nataly a  19:52, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Need help with Categories
I've created a category called "Miss USA delegates" but I want to add in the main text (see also "Miss USA 2006 delegates" and "Miss USA winners") which are categories in their own right. Is it possible to do this and if so how? CarlyPalmer 21:35, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If I'm understanding you correctly, then it seems you (or someone) has already done it. If not you'll have to be more specific.--Cherry blossom tree 00:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Not exactly -- the text currently reads "Delegates in the Miss USA pageant prior to 2006." -- I'd like it to read "Miss USA delegates - see also 'Miss USA delegates 2006' and 'Miss USA winners' and have those last two "see alsos" link to the appropriate cateogries.  Is that possible? CarlyPalmer 00:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Protecting
I have seen a page with vandalism. How do I protect it? Brendenhull 22:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC) If you know the answer, please respond immediately.


 * Only administrators can actually protect a page, but anyone can help fix vandalism, it's easy once you learn how. Thanks for helping. Canderson7 (talk) 23:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * By the way, it's easier for us to fix it, if you give the title of the article. - Mgm|(talk) 12:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Adding border to an image
Is there a way to add a border to an image? I looked through the docs on images but didn't see anything in there about adding borders. I want to avoid editing the image to add a border as it seems people have been and I don't want to get in the middle of that. As you will see if you look at the image it is mostly white and therefore blends into the background of the page. I had added a border to the table cell but that caused a problem when the page size was small. Please respond via email or here. Mperry 22:30, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You can add a frame to an image. See Extended image syntax for more, but it is basically [[Image:Whitealbum.jpg|frame]] . This has to be the actual size of the picture. You can also use [[Image:Whitealbum.jpg|thumb]] which automatically makes it smaller. Neither of them are really ideal for your purposes. You might be able to do something with the Wikitable you're using, though.--Cherry blossom tree 00:08, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I've messed around with the table and managed to put a border in. I think it looks ok, but feel free to revert/alter further.--Cherry blossom tree 00:18, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * It still wasn't working right when the page width was small. I wrapped it in a div and styled that. It looks like it's okay now. Thanks for your help.  &mdash; Mperry 01:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

= March 16 =

Question about wiki logo
I dont know if this is an appropriate place to ask this, I couldn't find a better spot. A group of people, including myself, have been working on another site using the wiki format, and I was wondering how to put the logo up for the site, as you have in the top-left corner. Thanks --Smoothtofu 02:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Please see the MediaWiki support page for help with running your own wiki. There are a number of resources listed there for questions like this. Cheers, MCB 07:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Template Issues
I'm working with these two templates: Template:Miss USA 2006 Delegates and Template:Miss USA state. How do I get the title/link in the header part centered?

Thanks in advance! CarlyPalmer 03:03, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it not already centered? Or am I looking at something else? Weatherman90 03:32, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * It looks centered to me too. If it still doesn't look centered to you, could it be your browser? -- Nataly a  12:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

placing LINKS inside of an existing listing
can you please place a LINK on my name, antoinette nora claypoole within the anna mae aquash entries?

that is, my name is in wikipedia and also exists in your anna mae listing. could you please link me appropriately?

thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.186.103.115 (talk • contribs)
 * Done. For future reference, you can wikilink words yourself simply by editing the article (click 'edit' at the top of each page or section) and adding square brackets around them. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (  T  |  C  |  A  ) 12:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Subsection 1
Is there any way to force a new section to appear BELOW an image/box in a previous section?

Subsection 2
For example, this text appears to the right of the image, even though it's in a separate section. How would I force Subsection 2 to be below the image? &mdash; SteveRwanda 07:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Like this. I have added the clear template just after the image. Misza 13 T C 12:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Help with a list I am seeking
Hello,

I am trying to find a list of US colleges and universities, by state, by enrollment numbers, so I can determine the sizes, by enrollment, of these institutions on a state-by-state basis. Can you direct me to a source? I have been Googling myself crazy, and find a lot of lists, but not broken out the way I need them.

Thank you in advance for any help, or direction, you can provide.

Tony Comazzi The Newman Group 734-426-0703


 * You might find what you are looking for in the article about List of colleges and universities in the United States. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page.  If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for).  I hope this helps. -- Nataly a  18:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Talk pages for Help pages?
Hi. I have two questions. Firstly, where does the discussion happen about what the Help pages should say? I looked at the Talkpage for Help:Piped Link both on en:WP and on Meta, but it doesn't look like those are places to discuss the content of the help page. Secondly, the reason I was looking for that, is because I wanted to discuss that I feel directions for how to pipe link to a category page should be included on Help:Piped Link, and currently there are not. Thanks in advance, dfg 16:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

question about viewing
i am doing a research paper for school about congress altering their biographies. how can i figure out what was changed by congress and not somebody else. i tried looking through the history of edits but didnt have much luck. any help or advice you can give me? thanks email redacted for privacy of user.
 * Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant topic, and ask away. I hope this helps.--Adam [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px| ]](talk) 19:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * There's been people who investigated it. Try going through the archives of the Wikipedia Signpost. The article about congrss people altering their biographies will tell you who investigated it and how. Basically the IP address was traced to Congress which pretty much means someone in there did the editing. - Mgm|(talk) 19:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Answering a question posed by another user in the category section
Please advise how (if permitted to do so) I go about answering a question posed by another user. I know how to ask a question and see the answers (for which help please accept my gratitude), but I cannot find anywhere on the site that tells me how to physically answer a question. Or is it that I am simply not allowed to?
 * You can click on the "edit" link on the right hand side of the page next to the question header. Dismas|(talk) 18:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Which is consistent with the way anything else in Wikipedia can be edited. An alternative is clicking on the "edit this page" tab at the top. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Many thanks. I shall give that a try.

Wikpedia Is Inclusive?
What's the link to the Guide page which is titled something like "Wikipedia is inclusive", which talks about erring on the side of inclusion, and what kind of things can be included? --Kaz 19:35, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You're probably talking about "Wikipedia is not paper" (see WP:NOT) but be sure you mention notability guidelines in the same sentence. - Mgm|(talk) 19:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmmm...I'm not certain that's it. And I'm not thinking of people wanting to exclude an article for unimportance, but people wholesale removing parts of pages because they say they're not certain about the exact way some subset was presented, et cetera. For example, I'm looking right now at a page where the ENTIRE "external links" section has been removed to the Discussion page, the user saying "I think some of these may not fit the guidelines for external links". He's surely correct; a minority of them are at least debatable, though the majority obviously fit the external links guidelines he cites. The default, naturally, would be to remove only the questionable links, not ALL links "just in case", like he did.


 * I think there was a guide-like page on just that. Something more of the gestalt of Be Bold than of Not Paper...but I don't think it was simply Be Bold, it was more specific. It essentially said "Err on the side of inclusion. Only remove stuff that's obvious, and FIX the rest instead of deleting it just because it has something minor wrong with it". --Kaz 20:09, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * If he's moved valid material to the talk page, just copy it back with a note in the edit summary and keep discussing the debateable stuff. Make sure they're not references for some of the content placed in the wrong section before entirely removing the article. - 131.211.210.17 10:05, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Current and Future Population Growth Demographics in America
I have looked some on your web site and still have a few questions. 1. Is there a section that is specific in American-city and county population growth? 2. How current-date wise can I get on the question listed above and is there an extended forecast for the future? 3. Is there a fee for anything asked in the 2 questions above and if so, what are they?

change licensing on an image I've uploaded -- or delete it
Can I change the licensing on an image I've uploaded? I made a mistake. If not, how can I have the image deleted? Lbelledit@bellsouth.net 20:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course you can, on the image page simply click edit this page and change the tag. If you have trouble finding the image click on my contributions it the upper right corner. Hope this helps Flying Canuck 20:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I suspect his problem is that he first set the license using the drop-down in the form for uploading a file. Therefore he doesn't know how to change it, because he doesn't know how it got set in the first place, nor where to find the alternate licenses or how to include them. --Kaz 20:41, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * We could give you more specific help if you told us what the image is and what is the correct license. But I can say that to change the license you edit the page and substitute what's inside with the appropriate tag from here.  F  e  tofs  Hello! 21:17, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Can the author of an article vote to keep an article...
...if he has less than 100 edits (~75)? 83.5.208.169 21:32, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I should think so, but it is down to the discretion of the closing admin exactly how to judge the discussion.--Cherry blossom tree 23:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, sure. Just make sure you give a good reason as per Wikipedia policy and guidelines like Notability (WP:BIO, WP:WEB WP:VAIN, etc) and especially WP:NOT. You get the best result if you refute the reasoning given by the nominator and/or give good reasons on how Wikipedia policy agrees with keeping it. What article are you talking about? - 131.211.210.17 10:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Jesse Cowell
Hello,

I am a new user. I have been talking to Jesse Cowell and We were wondering if I may start a non-biased and totally opinion FREE Wikipedia Bio On him and the things he has done. However there are a few things on here that we noticed aren't true. So is it possible you could wipe clean everything on here of Jesse Cowell and his Movie Shades Of Gray? Please notify me as as soon as you can.

-Aaron/Jeskid's Associate
 * If there's an existing article then you're quite free to correct any mistakes, but take note of WP:AUTO.--Cherry blossom tree 23:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You are free to correct mistakes (make sure you cite your sources) and you are free to bring up errors on the talk page of the article for discussion. We generally don't remove articles for containing errors unless the article and all its previous versions are libellous and or slanderous. If you point out what's wrong and give prove some other piece of info is right, you get it corrected sooner without the need to write an entire article. - 131.211.210.17 10:11, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Seeing as you have a personal connection with Jesse, I'm very much doubtful you can be entirely non-biased and opinion free. Make sure you stay away of opinionated words and stick with the facts and you should be okay, though. - 131.211.210.17 10:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The Jesse Cowell article was deleted after an Articles for Deletion discussion that ran from March 9 to March 15. The consensus appears to be that Jesse Cowell was not notable (prominent) enough to merit a Wikipedia article, that the article itself was excessively promotional, and that relevant material was already in the Shades of Gray (film) article (which remains). There is a very strong presumption against the re-creation of deleted articles, and coupled with the perception of bias based on your connection with the subject, I would suggest not attempting to re-create the article. Feel free to edit Shades of Gray (film), however, to correct any factual material in a neutral manner and with cited sources, as mentioned above. MCB 19:02, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

How many different ethnic groups exit in the world today
Hi, I need a ruff estimate on how many ethnic groups are there in the world. I did a search first before getting to this point —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.109.75 (talk • contribs)


 * Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant topic, and ask away. I hope this helps. -- Nataly a 21:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * What do you consider an ethnic group? - 131.211.210.17 10:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Just put bio about myself THE MOJO MAN on Wikipedia
I'M new to the internet ,can anyone but me go in and change that bio above--22:09, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia, the online, free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit. That being said, most people won't edit your userpage unless you have offensive content on it or it is vandalised. However, they can in the sense that they are able, but they usually won't. H e rmione1980 22:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That said, there are those who see the user page as a place where you talk about your work on Wikipedia, and who may frown on (and change) something that is seen as self-promotion, not related to Wikipedia itself, or your work as an editor. You can read about the policy, and decide whether your user page is suitable, on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page. Notinasnaid 10:05, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Pictures uploaded, then changed
I uploaded a picture a while back. Someone recently uploaded another image on top of it and didn't change the tag. Now, I'm pretty sure I know what the tag should be (promophoto); however, the uploading user has an image copyright warning on his talk page and I'm wondering if I should bring it up with him, just replace the tag, or revert the image back to my version. Thanks, H e rmione1980 22:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's probably best to revert that to the file you uploaded, since the filename is very misleading otherwise. If you think the new image is better then it could be uploaded under a better filename.--Cherry blossom tree 23:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Fiddling with user page - trying to center userboxes
I'm working on a new version of my userpage. I'm trying to create a section which alternates userboxes with explanatory text. Basically, what it looks like at the moment is this:

(I've removed the tables, which contained a userbox, to avoid this page being wrongly categorised as thanks to the editors here the problem is solved.)

The main problem I have with this is that I want to centre the userbox in the middle of the overall box, but can't figure out how. The tags don't work as they do with the text, nor do any other tags I've tried inserting. I tried to get around it by using a wide margin, but that constrains the text when I want it to fill the whole horizontal space. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (  T  |  C  |  A  ) 22:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm no tables expert, but I tried substing the template and changing the div style to "float: center;" instead of "float: left;" and it sort of worked. H e rmione1980 22:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

(I've removed the tables, which contained a userbox, to avoid this page being wrongly categorised as thanks to the editors here the problem is solved.)
 * Is that right? It's taken me a lot of messing about to get there. --Cherry blossom tree 23:35, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I think I'll be able to fix it now... thanks for all your help. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (  T  |  C  |  A  ) 09:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Changing a Link
Hi there, I would like to know how I can change a link. The specific link I would like to change is found under the category "Fort St James". It is the Indian reserve called "Tache". If I click on this link I end up going to "Moustache". How can I fix this link by creating a new page devoted to "Tache" the community, not the facial hair?

Thanks. --207.194.78.212 22:31, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * To create a page you will need to regsiter an account. Then you should create the page Tache (Indian reserve). You should also change the link in the Fort St James page and make a reference to it at the top of the Moustache page. If you don't want ot create an account then you can post the content of your article on Articles for Creation and it will be done for you. Alternatively, if you post it here I (or someone else) will do it for you.--Cherry blossom tree 22:41, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

= March 17 =

Article Columns

 * Wiki-star: A good day to you too fellow wikipedians. It truly is god to be alive and healthy! Now, i'd like to know if its possible to organize your list into columns within an article. Heres an example:


 * 1) blah
 * 2) blah
 * 3) blah
 * 4) blah
 * 5) blah
 * 6) blah
 * 7) blah
 * 8) blah
 * 9) blah
 * 10) blah

Is there a way to divide those numbers into 2 or more columns? Like make 5 on one side, and 5 on the other?

Thanks alot! Wiki-star 01:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * There are ways, but I think it's more trouble than it's worth. A way is to make a table, like this one:

It's the only way to do this I know. -- F e  tofs  Hello! 01:30, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Wiki-star: (Is it me, or are the edit buttons down here alittle screwed up?) So you're saying it is completely impossible to organize a list into colums without adding borders? Wow, wikipedia needs some more formatting tools.

Thanks again! Wiki-star 02:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * It's HTML that has the problem, not wikipedia. Until the CSS3 column support shows up in all browsers, tables are what we have.  &middot; rodii &middot;  02:51, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * See Animal for a five-column format&mdash;perhaps you can adapt that to your liking. &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 07:23, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Two technical questions
Hello, I have two questions that concern viewing one's own edits.


 * 1) Is it possible, when viewing the history of an article, to see which editors has the most edits on that specific article, which one has the second highest number of contribs etc. I remember reading somewhere that this is/was possible.
 * 2) Is there a log or a feature that allows you to see all the new articles you have created, listed neatly?

Thanks in advance! N eo fe lis N eb ul osa  (моє обговорення)
 * For question one see this tool. Question 2: it's much requested, but as of yet impossible. I do it manually. -- 131.211.210.17 10:17, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks a million, Mr/Ms IP! N eo <font color="#6a5acd">fe lis <font color="#CC99FF">N <font color="#9370db">eb <font color="#6a5acd">ul osa <font color="#CC99FF"> (моє обговорення)

finding an new article using the "search" function
Hi, I recently created an article for the "University of Southern California Law School," but, unfortunately, the article does not come up when I search for it using the "search" function. I can only find it by connecting to it through links from other articles. Is there a way that I can fix this problem? Thanks, --


 * It will come up when you enter the exact text into the "Search" box and click "Go". The full article search (by clicking "Search") takes a while to be updated, usually a week or so. Be patient! :) Google also indexes Wikipedia, that's often a bit faster (on the order of several days), but, again, just wait and it will all happen automagically! &mdash; QuantumEleven | (talk) 07:15, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

RD tip template has been split
To everyone who is using the RD tip template (RD): It has been split, and should no longer be used with the old format. See Help desk/RD tip for more details. In a nutshell, the new format is, section or article. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 09:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Section editing broken
Can anyone remove the h3-headers in the userbox question above without breaking the box, so they don't break the section editing anymore? - 131.211.210.17 10:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Better?  &middot; rodii &middot;  13:06, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

color
Hi can anyone tell me what the meanings are for the A's, B's, C's... 1's 2's 3's... etc. in the color definer?
 * See Web color. Notinasnaid 11:21, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Memorial - too many pictures
Maybe I'm being fussy, but it seems to me there are too many pictures on the Memorial article. Most of the writing is blocked out by pictures. However, the talk page suggests that removing pictures from this page is quite controversial (someone got really stressed out about a picture of a war memorial from Australia was removed). As such, I don't want to take the decision to remove pictures unilaterally. I've posted a note about it on the talk page, but haven't received a response. What do I do? Walton monarchist89 11:57, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, if you feel you've waited long enough for a response and none was given, I'd be bold and remove the pictures. If someone complains you can tell it that you've waited for an answer~and used your best judgement.  F e  tofs  Hello! 12:53, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Section editing broken at the Help Desk
Do you guys have any idea why the [edit] links aren't working? They display a blank page. -- F e  tofs  Hello! 12:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I think it was because of the embedded H3 tags in the userboxes above. I replaced them with "simulated" H3s does it work for you now?  &middot; rodii &middot;  13:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

How do I become a Wikipedia volunteer?
I would like to become a volunteer- how do i go about doing this? Could you please email me with this information? This is my email address (removed to protect from spambots) Thank you, crazy chuck —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charles urquhart (talk • contribs) 14:44, 17 March 2006


 * You've signed up, so you already are one! Just leap in wherever you feel like it. The Community portal has lots of ways you can get started. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (  T  |  C  |  A  ) 14:49, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Template for articles that have been featured in the mainstream press.
I think I have seen articles with a special box on their talk pages that refers to how they have been used by the mainstream press. Where might I find such a template as an article on the Valsalva maneuver was directly linked to by Slate magazine. --Wikipediatastic 15:16, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You might start here or here. This stuff doesn't seem very well organized.  &middot; rodii &middot;  20:41, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Historical Split of Companies
I try to make some articles on two totally different companies with the same root-- and even the same name-- but split due to the Chinese Civil War, causing one to be in Guangzhou and one in Hong Kong. I tried to compare this to what happened to Merck KGaA in WWI and Schering in WWII, but they are portrayed in different ways:
 * Merck points to a disambiguation page; and
 * Schering points to the "original" Schering in Germany.

Since this have happened to a few Chinese entities around 1949, I wonder what should be done to this? Samuel Curtis 15:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I suggest entitling one article "Company (Guanzhou)" and the other "Company (Hong Kong)", and include duplicate information in both articles about the company before the split. Luvcraft 17:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The trouble with this approach is that whenever you have diplicated information, it's possible for one version to change and not the other, leading to inconsistency. If you take this approach, maybe there should be a page that;s transcluded in both, rather than just having duplicated text.  &middot; rodii &middot;  14:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I would consider a page which talks about the company before its split and then disambiguates to each of the others. jnothman talk 14:43, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Until/unless the article gets too long, I like the idea of one page, with the history of the original followed by a section on the dughter companies, possibly with redirects for both (if they had different names, which isn't the case here) pointing to the main article. I'm a mergist, I guess.  · rodii ·  14:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, if you write in roman characters, they will be of different names due to the difference in romanization systems. Samuel Curtis 14:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I'd agree with jnothman and rodii; one article about the company before the change, with a one-paragraph section on each daughter company and a pointer to the main article on the daughter company: see Summary style.  &mdash; Catherine\talk 21:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect Entry
Dear Sir,

Some nice person has hacked into your site and put a rather rude an incorrect essay about Portmouth Grammar School.

I would be grateful if this could be removed immediately

Thanks

Tim Howlett IT Manager Portsmouth Grammar School High Street Portsmouth

Please confirm by email that it has been removed (removed e-mail address)


 * Anyone on Wikipedia can fix incorrect information and vandalism by reverting to an earlier version of the article. You do not have to be a registered user or log in to edit a page.


 * 1) Click "history" on the tab above the article. A list of all recent versions appears.
 * 2) Click the link (the timestamp in the fourth column) to display the version you want to use to replace the current version.
 * 3) With the version you want to use displayed, click "edit this page" on the tab at the top of the article. A warning tells you that you are editing a prior version of this page. That's true, and it's what you want to do.
 * 4) In the Edit Summary box, type a brief description of what you are doing, such as "reverting vandalism"
 * 5) Click the Save Page button. The displayed version will be saved as the new current version.
 * Hope that helps. DavidH 17:19, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Mr. Howlett, Wikipedia is a community project open to the entire world, and anyone has the right to write whatever they want to about Portsmouth Grammar School. If you don't like what's written there, your duty is to go to the Portsmouth Grammar School article and change it yourself. As an IT Manager I'm sure you will find the process trivial, and perhaps even fun, and it might inspire you to improve or create additional articles for Wikipedia. Luvcraft 17:23, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, to follow up on what Luvcraft said, "duty" is a bit extreme. But the point of Wikipedia is that good edits are easy, and bad edits are hard - that is, they're easy to make, but impossible to keep in, as you've now seen. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (  T  |  C  |  A  ) 17:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Deletion process
how does an article get deleted after a consensus has been reached on AfD? Luvcraft 17:15, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Administrators have arcane and mysterious powers which they use to delete articles. Generally the guy you see who closes the debate (inserting the 'The result of the debate was...' text) is the one who does it. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (  T  |  C  |  A  ) 18:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

losses not related to primary business operations.
losses not related to primary business operations.


 * That's not a question. I don't really know how I can help you. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (  T  |  C  |  A  ) 18:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

ABO-World
Hello  I am interested in contacting Toshitaka Nomi's Web-site. I am extremely interested in his work and I am interested in learning more. Please help me if you can. Thank You  John


 * You could try using the address, phone number, fax, or e-mail address given on the web site. Notinasnaid 18:27, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Change picture info.
I am the owner of a particular dog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vizsla.jpg#filelinks and I would like to change the information given.

The dog no longer belongs to Mr. MacKenzie as when we split he went with me. The dog is now owned by Olivia Donaher. I was never Mrs. MacKenzie although we'd had that intent. Also I would like to add that the breeders are John & Debbie Reid, rather than just John as Debbie is very involved.

If you know how I can do this please let me know. Thanks. Olivia


 * Just view the image (by clicking on the link in your message) and go to the top. You will see "Edit this page". You can change anything, but be careful not to remove any funny looking tags, as they give vital copyright information.

Vandalism, and I have no idea who's doing it.
This userbox:

<div style="float: left; border: 1px solid ; margin: 1px;"> Category:Religious Wikipedians

was recently vandalized from "This User is an Atheist" to "This user is religious". I have no idea how to edit or look at userbox templates, so I don't know who did it, so I can't list them on any vandalism pages. Could someone check this out? Tokakeke 19:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The template is edited at Template:user religion. However, your description is incorrect: This template has no optional parameter, it's just a template for "religious". What you're looking for is user atheist or one of its variants. See also Userboxes/Religion. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:53, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I get it. This template used to have a parameter and a very convolved switch structure. According to this, on January 21st (not exactly what I'd call recent) it was split to specialized templates. So you should change your template to user atheist, user atheist2 or other variants. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 20:04, 17 March 2006 (UTC)