Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/January 2011

= January 1 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 1


 * 1) Wikipedia Development
 * 2) Content improvement exercises
 * 3) $16 Million
 * 4) Images and Previews
 * 5) Didier Deschamps
 * 6) how to use the tag filter
 * 7) Need someone who can read and write Thai
 * 8) Did we make the goal?
 * 9) Category  American Women state governors
 * 10) Blocked infinitely?
 * 11) misspelled name
 * 12) cant see my profile
 * 13) Need to get the truth out there.
 * 14) What Reference template do I use?
 * 15) Intimidation to win content disputes

= January 2 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 2


 * 1) I can't log in sucessfully to my account using firefox.  I seem to get dumped out immediately.  It still works in IE.  Any ideas?
 * 2) What exactly can I cite, and post in an article?
 * 3) How to re-nominate an article for deletion
 * 4) Hackers really suck.
 * 5) Copyrighted Material
 * 6) Knowledge Generation Bureau (kgb) article is wrong
 * 7) Unreferenced material and concerns of one editor's sincerity.
 * 8) Wrong page link - Toot & Puddle / Holly Hobbie
 * 9) wiki table quirk
 * 10) Computing win percentage in sports
 * 11) How can I translate an English article to Korean and make 'Korean(한국말)' appear on the left sidebar(Languages)?
 * 12) Viewing of User Page
 * 13) Sara Al Hashimi
 * 14) Chinese/Japanese character differences
 * 15) City sources

= January 3 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 3


 * 1) Where is the scanning utility?
 * 2) US Bank Arena Concerts
 * 3) I can't find out how to avoid a proposed deletion of the "hydrail" entry...
 * 4) Article deletion process
 * 5) Deletion Of A Detail of Edit History
 * 6) I want to know that JRN Rajasthan vidyapeeth university is approved or not approved in distance mode for government job in state or central
 * 7) Requiring help with blocked account.
 * 8) One of my edits has been reverted, but I have never made it.
 * 9) Report of phishing "survey" using wikipedia URL
 * 10) Article update tag
 * 11) T. Mobile end of year bonanza
 * 12) Software for wikipedia
 * 13) Log In
 * 14) Problem.
 * 15) Problem with Secure Wikipedia
 * 16) How can I stop people using wikipedia as a promotional tool
 * 17) pic help
 * 18) Creative commons license query
 * 19) Company profile article
 * 20) Is there a speedy deletion category for this?
 * 21) Dotted Line Surrounding Logo in Infobox
 * 22) Converting a table from HTML syntax to wiki-markup
 * 23) How do I edit an photo on Wiki?
 * 24) AfD question

= January 4 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 4


 * 1) Self-promoting or commercial articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Tracks
 * 2) Trouble reviewing reverted edits in history
 * 3) what percentage of wikipedia users hail from OUTSIDE AMERICA?
 * 4) CAN CHINESE USERS ACCESS WIKIPEDIA?
 * 5) uploading photos
 * 6) No change to watch on minor edits?
 * 7) How can we create texts with brackets like this?
 * 8) Where did the Album covers go
 * 9) Brad Johnson (1924-1981) actor
 * 10) Changing a link from a bad URL to the correct one?
 * 11) Requesting assistance
 * 12) Changes during my Wikibreak
 * 13) Breaker Morant

= January 5 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 5


 * 1) blocking a user
 * 2) tool that turns isbn into a book citation?
 * 3) Page protection question
 * 4) Additional info on info of Lloyd Corrigan.
 * 5) Can i use HTML in wiki markup?
 * 6) how to replace a logo (not in-line text)
 * 7) International Standards & Codes on Provision of Temporary Material/Passenger Hoist for Hig-rise Construction projects.
 * 8) How to create name of article in lower case
 * 9) Table alignment
 * 10) Submitting an article in another language
 * 11) How do i  create a page after signing in ?
 * 12) Adding entries problem
 * 13) Image upload problem
 * 14) Problem with image uploading
 * 15) Editor Help
 * 16) Teen Mom 2
 * 17) typographical error/spelling mistake ban the result
 * 18) how does one view wikipedia measurements in imperial format?

= January 6 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 6


 * 1) Information pages
 * 2) website design
 * 3) Silverfish or any related, can they cause bodily harm to humans?
 * 4) Top of page "Aufruf" etc.
 * 5) What happened to WikiBlame?
 * 6) Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2010 December 31
 * 7) More about SUL usurpation
 * 8) Visited link
 * 9) convert pdf to wiki
 * 10) The article has been shortened, but in the editting box, it's back to full size. What's going on?
 * 11) question about border in tables
 * 12) Fixing an article name
 * 13) Template:pufc transclusion

= January 7 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 7


 * 1) Old vandalism or typo?
 * 2) IP address posting / abuse.
 * 3) Train engine reverser key
 * 4) MBA colleges in germany
 * 5) Castle Cover intro is incorrect
 * 6) How Do I Put Footnotes At The End Of The Table Caption?
 * 7) Editing not visible
 * 8) Human Confirmation!
 * 9) Rheinish church in Namibia not mentioned
 * 10) posting new article by myself or finding an editor?
 * 11) Longest articles list
 * 12) Save the world...
 * 13) Use on Facebook
 * 14) Taipei Metro EMU C371
 * 15) little help
 * 16) "Rights"
 * 17) Photo Used can not be verifieds
 * 18) entry for Variadic_function goes into a redirect loop or something
 * 19) How does one practice editing an existing article using the sandbox?
 * 20) This is a test.  No reply needed

= January 8 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 8


 * 1) Need help including images in Wikipedia articles
 * 2) maggots
 * 3) TV Series
 * 4) HTML
 * 5) Using anchors
 * 6) Andy Russell
 * 7) Expand template dead yet?
 * 8) Visibility on Wikipedia
 * 9) Size of fonts
 * 10) Linking to the sandbox from the sandbox
 * 11) New Articles
 * 12) No  understanding !!
 * 13) Changes to notable alumni
 * 14) copying articles from Wikipedia

= January 9 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 9


 * 1) Graphic sizes change quite a bit if viewing in Windows (it is a smaller size) vs. a Mac (where it is much larger)
 * 2) how to replace an erroneous range map?
 * 3) I have a couple of pictures to offer...
 * 4) Copyright licence
 * 5) Deletion discussions
 * 6) Editing titles of redirect Fan pages on FB from Wikipedia
 * 7) Which article does this article refer to?
 * 8) Citations in editing box
 * 9) About GNU Free Documentation License
 * 10) Oops, Forgot To Put A Section Title
 * 11) forward a page ?
 * 12) Lost Article
 * 13) delta and star connections
 * 14) Fast help
 * 15) Uploading image
 * 16) Spam?
 * 17) Gray lines on articles
 * 18) Wikipedia donations header
 * 19) Problems with photo upload for USS Vitesse (SP-1192)

= January 10 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 10


 * 1) translate (or tell me how to, please) a French wiki article to make an English version here
 * 2) Username Retrieval
 * 3) crossbow
 * 4) Citing distances: by air or by road?
 * 5) Can we ask Google Maps to stop incorporating non-earth coordinates?
 * 6) Request for Wikipedia in Bengali language
 * 7) Little help with relisting
 * 8) Reporting unreliable websites and mirrors
 * 9) incorrect person details  (bad Language )
 * 10) Fair use logo template
 * 11) How can I create a personalised welcome template
 * 12) Requests for permissions
 * 13) Gauging importance = predicting the future?
 * 14) Maslow's chart in public domain?
 * 15) Facebook/Twitter Pages
 * 16) Attempting To Edit Bio
 * 17) Response To Dartells
 * 18) Translating articles..
 * 19) How become the sole administrator of my Wikipedia page?
 * 20) PLEASE return to the old layout!

= January 11 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 11


 * 1) DYK
 * 2) Details of RevDel
 * 3) my user name was being used as a "sock puppet" i would like to use it and i see the user that had it was faking me as both links refer to me?
 * 4) Wrong info presented in article
 * 5) Mathematic results
 * 6) Editing system is extremely poorly thought-out
 * 7) how to use wikipedia the first time as a source of information on a subject
 * 8) License questions
 * 9) Who do I contact to possibly Edit Factual Information
 * 10) Special:CentralAuth
 * 11) Draft of article on my user page has disappeared
 * 12) noah p zarck
 * 13) Snark
 * 14) Organizations Releasing Images for Editor's Use

= January 12 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 12


 * 1) Usage of slang terms in editing articles
 * 2) Unsure whether article suits wikipedia
 * 3) translation from English to Burmese language
 * 4) Table formatting
 * 5) Google translation
 * 6) News articles that list WikiLeaks as being a Wikimedia Foundation project
 * 7) Draft articles & unconstructive edits
 * 8) free wifi
 * 9) article for review
 * 10) Help needed with MfD process
 * 11) I've received a strange e-mail from "WikiAdmin"
 * 12) Editing a featured article
 * 13) Refs embedded in section headings?
 * 14) Can someone tell me how to de-bork my formatting?
 * 15) Re: non-free promotional images
 * 16) Citations in an infobox
 * 17) Adding link to name entered.
 * 18) Applying to enroll
 * 19) Which tool to use?
 * 20) List of brazing alloys
 * 21) References

= January 13 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 13


 * 1) Canadian researcher William Sommers
 * 2) Reference list
 * 3) Please reconsider how you post this article ...
 * 4) Bookmarks - or other easy tracking idea?
 * 5) Email
 * 6) USS Stickell DD888  How do I contact someone to get statement corrected
 * 7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
 * 8) Hypothetical
 * 9) Giuseppe Palica
 * 10) Citing things where a well referenced link is already provided.
 * 11) Auto archiving talk page
 * 12) Does anyone know if the national merchants association is a publicly traded company?
 * 13) suggestion
 * 14) Requesting assistance
 * 15) Sign on problem
 * 16) What determines a pages content?
 * 17) Remove the picture of our beloved Prophet Mohammad (SA) from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba and all the wikipedia pages
 * 18) Need help formatting "Article Title [over] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" at top of page of new article
 * 19) Query re character in NCIS
 * 20) Finding what you need
 * 21) Sortable tables with rowspan
 * 22) Test help
 * 23) I NEED TO RESTOTE ,Y FAVORITES
 * 24) Image layout bug?
 * 25) Image description only partially visible
 * 26) Please Fix

= January 14 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 14


 * 1) Compact table of contents
 * 2) Not seeing images
 * 3) Abbreviations
 * 4) Images that use coins as dimension indicators
 * 5) about the process of deleted data recovery
 * 6) Regarding Mithapur
 * 7) User:Robcarmi13/Robin Almeida - Editing
 * 8) why editing system is so difficult and old ?
 * 9) Notability guidelines for theatres
 * 10) Ezinearticles
 * 11) create article for notable person
 * 12) Vandalism
 * 13) Issue
 * 14) Login issue... can't get new email notification...
 * 15) Pointless disambiguation page?
 * 16) Notice on my userpage
 * 17) ToC columns
 * 18) Notes vs. References
 * 19) Purple heart

= January 15 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 15


 * 1) Australia Day In Hindi
 * 2) how is the Contents pages populated?
 * 3) New logo
 * 4) flow chart for Wikipedia/how to window/hit meter
 * 5) I've got a few questions
 * 6) Positioning of edit links
 * 7) redirecting
 * 8) Trouble with logging in
 * 9) Can i improve my Wikopaedia entry please.More info in it..add if possible?
 * 10) How do I add a note in the Notes section of a particular article ?
 * 11) Use correct terminology
 * 12) Do We Have A Section Template For inuniverse?
 * 13) Editing without the human verification words
 * 14) correct ref
 * 15) Featured article blurbs
 * 16) Irrevertable vandalism at WP:FA University of Michigan

= January 16 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 16


 * 1) Review tags
 * 2) Unique audio recording from 1947 "Launching of the S.S. Ulua"
 * 3) Request for help creating page
 * 4) Undo permanent disabling of mobile site
 * 5) Colspan
 * 6) Referring to non-family members with the same surname
 * 7) Copyright of Web PicturesTiderace (talk) 13:31, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 8) External links from WP
 * 9) Link needs correcting
 * 10) Javascript
 * 11) I Want To Place My Business' Information on Wikipedia
 * 12) Switching one photo with another
 * 13) Disabling mobile site
 * 14) Making Wikipedia my homepage
 * 15) Knocked It Out Of The Ballpark Above Top Anticipations
 * 16) Questions about edit
 * 17) If I write "Chicago" is it obvious I'm talking about Chicago, Illinois, USA?

= January 17 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 17


 * 1) Link in image caption
 * 2) Roper
 * 3) help altering a page please....
 * 4) Please assist - Changes on company article
 * 5) Move the contents box
 * 6) Patrick Bronte
 * 7) Establishing 'Notability for companies and organisations'
 * 8) Using images from Bangla Wikipedia in English Wikipedia
 * 9) Question not about "how to use Wikipedia"
 * 10) hello sir
 * 11) Removing or changing the license details of a picture
 * 12) Mich Andersen & Son  M.A.& S.
 * 13) Tactico
 * 14) Removing text box from top of page
 * 15) IDK
 * 16) Bad link on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow,_Alaska
 * 17) cuda parts
 * 18) Sum numbers
 * 19) global warming (?)
 * 20) Scientific name of tree
 * 21) Is there a tool
 * 22) Help me find the name of the show

= January 18 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 18


 * 1) how do I filter out template links from "what links here"
 * 2) Add a Company to Wikipedia
 * 3) Blogs allowed in "External Links" section?
 * 4) Micro editcountitis
 * 5) Does not receive: "A confirmation e-mail has been sent to the nominated e-mail address."
 * 6) articles that begin with "..."
 * 7) pictures as border of a box
 * 8) Search by page creation date
 * 9) How to find the Writer of an article???
 * 10) Login problems
 * 11) Function to display some
 * 12) DPM is not an acronym, it is an abbreviation.  Laser and radio are acronyms.
 * 13) Web archive searcher
 * 14) Chemical Structure Diagrams
 * 15) Rhode Island and The US Constitutional Convention
 * 16) Error in editnotice
 * 17) Confirmation email is not being sent.

= January 19 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 19


 * 1) indention!
 * 2) Chinese version of Wikipedia and Wapedia
 * 3) want to add link to web page
 * 4) Lost user name
 * 5) Reporting abusive IP hoppers
 * 6) External links instead of references
 * 7) Highlighting the best language for each article
 * 8) Please Help/Review - Company Article
 * 9) Tata Nano
 * 10) Please have a look...
 * 11) Broken shortcut/redirect?
 * 12) XFD Red link
 * 13) How to review a good article candidate
 * 14) Cities With Black Mayors 2010
 * 15) Infobox issue
 * 16) Good Article Nominations

= January 20 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 20


 * 1) How to start a Wiki Project
 * 2) I would like to copy text for use as free information on a website I am planning but i don't understand what I read here in Wikipedia regarding this
 * 3) Move article
 * 4) The_Seventh_Coin
 * 5) Ambigous page
 * 6) wiki online reader app
 * 7) Can Edit History Be Removed - in some situations?
 * 8) How do I find the edit history of JUST ONE PART of a page?
 * 9) Should Pirg be made into a disambiguation page, due to the existence of (and higher prominence of) PIRG?
 * 10) Perdu password
 * 11) Voltage optimisation
 * 12) Should I report a sock?
 * 13) Storing a draft article
 * 14) Category name change
 * 15) Myasthenia Gravis
 * 16) Removing tag on article
 * 17) ANI - comment possible? Appropriate?
 * 18) trying to put text vertical in a table
 * 19) Coordinates

= January 21 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 21


 * 1) baby great white sharks.
 * 2) Contacting OTRS
 * 3) Composite article under one name
 * 4) Two articles about the same Topic
 * 5) template - normally closed
 * 6) Family
 * 7) List of Railroad Museums in Canada
 * 8) printing
 * 9) recommending wikipedia pages on facebook

= January 22 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 22


 * 1) Copyright violation in Tracy Edwards (sailing/business/Qatar)
 * 2) Annoying logout
 * 3) Text formatting of multilingual translation
 * 4) Submitting photgraphs.
 * 5) Martyn_Godfrey
 * 6) Download to Nook
 * 7) finding error log history for a particular date
 * 8) Trivia section
 * 9) Original source of file uploads
 * 10) Unbiased opinion?
 * 11) Notability
 * 12) Brain drain
 * 13) Acetic acid article
 * 14) making small changes to EDIT  a film within WIKIPEDIA
 * 15) Wikilinking in references
 * 16) Sub Metal- New Genre classification
 * 17) Is it possible to "whitelist" my Talk page so that it will not be protected by the anti-vandalism filter?
 * 18) Categories drive me crazy
 * 19) getting to your website
 * 20) Gadget that easies to switch articles between only two languages. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease!
 * 21) Unclear how to add a discussion item in physics portal

= January 23 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 23


 * 1) Requesting assistance! - Occidental
 * 2) preview was fine; saved edits were not
 * 3) 11 Wall Street
 * 4) Undo SUL account merger?
 * 5) what is atom
 * 6) Two accounts and the veteran creation date.
 * 7) New citation template
 * 8) account lost
 * 9) foreign language titles
 * 10) introductory blocks of wikipedia entries
 * 11) Dee Doocey
 * 12) An edit summary says I protected a page (though I'm not an admin or crat)
 * 13) It is a shame that Wikipedia shows the Cuban per capita income US$5,000 per month.
 * 14) did empty sella cause binary vision
 * 15) Direct Democracy - democtaic schools section

= January 24 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 24


 * 1) Weird page about a unknown investment house that offers 170% growth?
 * 2) i'd like to see the page here referenced:
 * 3) Album subtitle left out
 * 4) Problems with a script in my monobook.js
 * 5) 2012 Gubernatorial Elections Map is missing Utah
 * 6) Help! Motorways in Poland has gone pear-shaped!
 * 7) national civil rights movement uk
 * 8) Species lists
 * 9) Image is annotated in Spanish
 * 10) Old logo on the sp.a-wiki
 * 11) I was trying to improve Constantinople entry but I've read and read and still can't figure it out
 * 12) Question about an unpatrolled article.
 * 13) how do I change the URL to not include my user name?
 * 14) Penalty goals

= January 25 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 25


 * 1) Another new article question
 * 2) How to cite: a corner case
 * 3) DOWNLOADING ALL THE CONTENT
 * 4) Thousands of  AWB edits in a few hours
 * 5) Grey stripe
 * 6) Overloaded photo
 * 7) How to split a page
 * 8) BENEFICIARY ON REAL ESTATE
 * 9) Change type point size
 * 10) Pop up banners
 * 11) SVG-thumbnail preview broken
 * 12) Liev Schreiber
 * 13) spikenard in the 20's of December, 2010
 * 14) How do you change your user name
 * 15) I think mobile wikipedia needs inter wiki link.
 * 16) Guideline question
 * 17) FFC
 * 18) copying articles

= January 26 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 26


 * 1) Icons at top right of user page
 * 2) Change to your site stinks
 * 3) Original research
 * 4) Policy on use of honorific titles
 * 5) creating/keeping book option open
 * 6) Section header added
 * 7) Helen Bamber Foundation
 * 8) Cannot 'move' my first page into Wiki proper - why no tab?
 * 9) picture not updating...
 * 10) Advice for Multi-entry references.
 * 11) Kenner Army Health Clinic Facebook Page
 * 12) Ben Sherman [Southland]
 * 13) re: minor addition to the article on Daniel Bell
 * 14) Request Review of First Article Before Launch
 * 15) Rushes~meaning unfound
 * 16) Has my Commons account been hacked?
 * 17) Pacific Grand Prix

= January 27 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 27


 * 1) Adding a PDF to the references
 * 2) Grey bar?
 * 3) Strange User
 * 4) WWII Pacific Woman escapes from POW camp
 * 5) Company Notability: Please Assist!
 * 6) Fair use template coding
 * 7) New temporary password for Wikipedia
 * 8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Museum  > wrong address and hours
 * 9) Home Depot
 * 10) book, journal, site?
 * 11) Fourth World Article
 * 12) Problems displaying this Wikipedia page in Firefox
 * 13) Picture

= January 28 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 28


 * 1) Submitting picture
 * 2) Serious cite tag usage problem
 * 3) Outline of Asia
 * 4) Proper {tag} to use after the word "supposedly"
 * 5) How often are articles reviewed?
 * 6) ONTORULE
 * 7) bharat matriculation higher secondary school is not listed in school s category krishnagiri
 * 8) adding a (sub) category
 * 9) Suggestion a semi-protection of an article
 * 10) Deleted page
 * 11) Adding background images
 * 12) Hospital Sisters Health System
 * 13) Redirect page that limits visibility of entry? how to fix...
 * 14) Hyphenated words and line breaks
 * 15) Unnecessary list
 * 16) no more able to create a new page
 * 17) Why the new font?

= January 29 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 29


 * 1) Tom Bergeron
 * 2) How do I mark a line as original research?
 * 3) Disturbing definition of autism on google search
 * 4) watchlist in chronological order
 * 5) New tab
 * 6) Help regarding WP:AUTHOR
 * 7) Mobile site on Windows Phone 7?
 * 8) Biography Correction
 * 9) What url to use Wikipedia as a "Research Site" in Microsoft Word 2010 Research Options?
 * 10) Please help with collapsed navbox
 * 11) Translation errors: Non-Western script
 * 12) Translation help

= January 30 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 30


 * 1) Wikipedia cybersquatting by yeah.com
 * 2) Reassigning my edits from one article to a new username
 * 3) About posting a topic
 * 4) pet dragon one
 * 5) Help with navbox
 * 6) Mr. Wales
 * 7) Technical help sought
 * 8) Nominated article not showing up on todays AfD log
 * 9) Table disarrangement
 * 10) copyright?
 * 11) Automated service
 * 12) how do i get the hash for security
 * 13) uploading pictures
 * 14) external link problem
 * 15) Jacob Hubner Commons?
 * 16) 1:1 translation of a german article
 * 17) Permission in fair use
 * 18) Heavy handed cencorship on Finnish wikipedia site
 * 19) FIX IMAGE
 * 20) Coordinate

= January 31 = Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 31


 * 1) Editing "our own" entry (Monash University)
 * 2) Where do I Upload Screenshot of Software?
 * 3) A few things I need to discuss
 * 4) My Bio
 * 5) User Page Creation Request
 * 6) Section header
 * 7) WhatLinksHere without templates?
 * 8) Incorrect Logo in company entry.
 * 9) permanent injunction decree holder can file execution petition or not
 * 10) Bots and other "automagic" to help improve a newly created stub
 * 11) Semi-Urgent:  2011 Egyptian protests markup/display error
 * 12) Academic Sources that are Controversial: Wikipedia Policy?
 * 13) I see authentic info in other publications on topics/bios etc.that Wikipedia doesn't have. How do I alert your folks to the source of the info so you all can continue on the path to total knowledge?
 * 14) User message received upon opening page
 * 15) Today's Best Nonfiction
 * 16) Australian place categorization