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April 12

Barnstars

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 – tempodivalse [☎] 02:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I would like to award this editor a barnstar for his major contributions to an article that was, before his revamping, a scrawny little thing. Anybody know where a collection of barnstars to hand out is kept? --Under22Entreprenuer (talk) 22:25, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe that WP:Barnstars has what you need. TNXMan 22:33, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk page emergency

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 – tempodivalse [☎] 02:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

All right, it's not really an Emergency. But I the problem want it fixed ASAP: I heavily modified my talk page, but everything on it is now flushed to the right, as you'll see here. Can somebody correct this for me and tell me what went wrong? Thanks a bunch. --Under22Entreprenuer (talk) 23:15, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I played around with it a bit, (but didn't save) and I think it's in the following line:

• {| class="infobox" width="300px" ...

when I changed it to read width=800 - it spread it out. I'd have gone ahead and changed things, but I'm not sure exactly how you want it. Good luck, and happy editing. ;) — Ched :  ?  23:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

It is definitely what Ched said. Don't change it to 800px though. I would get rid of the whole width option instead of modifying it. The reason being is that people have different screen widths. Removing it will flow the templates automatically when viewed in a different monitor. ZooFari 00:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. Just to save a few headaches, I've reverted my page to its original format. Thanks's for your help, though. :)--Under22Entreprenuer (talk) 02:04, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

CHANGING THE COLOR OF MY WIKI SKIN FROM WHITE TO BLUE OR GREY

HI! I really want to know what Java Script(?) or whatever you call it to type into the box under the "changing skins" tab for personalizing my Wiki experience *grin ... I am a person who isnt into staring at bright white computer screens (one of my pet peeves)over extended amounts of time because bright light really does promote migraines in people. Infact this is why I use http://www.blackle.com/ as my starting page because black webpages are more energy effecient than white ones aswell as they dont promote migraines or burn out my eyesockets when surfing them.

I kinda wish ALL WEBSITES WOULD GO GREY OR BLACK FOR THOSE REASONS!!!!

Anyways, PLEASE, can someone tell me EXACTLY what code or commands to type into the box under "preferences - my skin" so I can from now on surf and read a darker blue or grey page so its easier on my eyes and not cause headaches???

I would greatly appreciate this helpful information!

(thank-you Wiki people for this awesome phenomenon called Wiki!!)

G2thef (talk) 02:00, 12 April 2009 (UTC)G2theF

I think you're looking for Special:Preferences - (or My Preferences up on the top line of the page). You'll see a skins tab there that will let you tweak your "Wiki Experience" ;) — Ched :  ?  02:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

If you use Firefox you can code it so that every page on the Internet will display by your preferences and there's no monobook java playing around or molting of your skin needed. Go to: Tools -> Options -> Content tab -> Colors -> Change the background color from white to black; change the text color from black to white or other light color; and uncheck the boxes for "use system colors and "allow pages to choose their own colors". You may also want to change the color of links from dark blue to soimething lighter, as well as for visited links. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:24, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Fuuhhgg buddy ommggg THAT IS SO AWESOME AMIGO!!!!! MAN I WANT TO THANK-YOU FOR THAT TIP LOL!!!

Thing is, you 2 people didnt answer my question though ... I'm not sure if I am going to browse the net WITH EVERY PAGE ALWAYS THE SAME COLOR ...

I asked for the java or html(?) code to type in the box of the "change skin" page so I can from now on surf ONLY Wiki with a darker color to save my eyes

SO IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT KNOWS THIS TO HELP ME?

Thanks.

G2thef (talk) 02:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)G2theF

Go to your preferences and put a check in the box marked "Use a black background with green text on the Monobook skin" (the last box under "User interface gadgets"). Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:26, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Fuhghettaboutit, YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!

I'm sure there is a way to change any skin to colors I'd prefer but I won't be fussy and so will use these green and black colors I guess.

Thanks very much.

G2thef (talk) 03:39, 12 April 2009 (UTC)G2theF

See Help:Skin#Customisation (advanced users) for more customizing options. --Teratornis (talk) 04:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Ya Teratornis thanks but I had already found that page and realized I dont know what to type for the Java or Html(?) code and so I asked how to do it but so far people are giving responses that don't answer my question. I thought someone would know computer stuff here but I guess noone does.

I'm actually getting used to this green and black anyways.

G2thef (talk) 06:53, 12 April 2009 (UTC)G2theF

Creepy photo

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 – tempodivalse [☎] 02:56, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

So on the left side of the screen, by the Wikipedia globe this creepy picture of Jimbo Wales keeps coming up. It is just his face and it leans out, the eyes move around (as if he is looking around), then the face will lean back off the screen. What is the deal with this?? TharsHammar ^Bits and^Pieces 02:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

You mean something like this? – ukexpat (talk) 02:21, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, what the heck is that and why does it show up on random pages!?!? TharsHammar ^Bits and^Pieces 02:26, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

There was an AfD on April Fool's Day involving Jimbo Wales' user page (or something like that), intended as a joke. It featured that animation. Was that what you were looking at? tempodivalse [☎] 02:26, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Random pages? Do these include articles? Please let us know if this shows up on articles. They aren't supposed to. ZooFari 02:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, could you tell us what pages, specifically, you saw this on? They shouldn't be in articles in the mainspace. tempodivalse [☎] 02:38, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I figured out what it was from and where I saw it. I was looking at an IP address's talk page, [1], and it appears that a user is embedding the image in their signature [2]. I was wondering if it was specific to a page, or if it was a wikipedia wide problem, now I know its a userbox that was added to talk pages. TharsHammar ^Bits and^Pieces 02:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

It was this userbox. I think he screwed up the coding and has it going past April fools day. TharsHammar ^Bits and^Pieces 02:47, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

wait a second - someone called a photo of our exalted leader "creepy"? .. ;) — Ched :  ?  03:04, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Dang, I missed it. Sounds hilarious!--Tyranny Sue (talk) 03:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Just hope you don't find Jimbo walking across the help desk "naked" someday. Then you would call it "creepy" :) ZooFari 03:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

lol .. I really didn't need that image introduced to my sub-conscience this close to bed-time. Now I'm gonna be having all kind of strange nightmares! ;) — Ched :  ?  03:37, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

lol :-) ZooFari 04:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

This animation would be more interesting if it also included some of the young women who helped to finance Wikipedia in the early days. Let us never forget our proud heritage. --Teratornis (talk) 04:52, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Find an article for me?

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 – Chamal ^talk 03:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

OK, I'm here asking questions for a change... :) Do we have an article on the recent hostage rescue operation carried out by the French military (the pirate thing)? I can't seem to find it, so I'd appreciate it if someone could direct me to the article if it exists. Chamal ^talk 03:27, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Action of 9 April 2009. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. We should make some sensible redirects to that. Surprised to see it's not on ITN... Chamal ^talk 03:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. The name was so unituitive so I moved it to French Navy yacht rescue operation.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:38, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Partisan Warfare

I have a question, is a partisan attacking another partisan really a noteworthy controversy? On Bill O'Reily's criticism page I tore out a bunch of controversies mainly b/c they were limited to Media Matters, Al Franken, Keith Olbermann, FAIR, a few other left-wing organizations/individuals, or any combination of the aforementioned. None of the controversies had links to non-partisan sites or sources reporting on them, except in cases of "evidence" of Bill O'Reily's alleged wrongdoing. Basically, it was just a bunch of 'events' that were confined to a very select group of individuals and didn't seem to be real controversies but typical partisan bickering. Soxwon (talk) 03:27, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I would suggest bringing this up on the Bill O'Reilly talk page. That's the place to discuss content issues and what should/should not be in the article. TNXMan 03:32, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, my question is in general. If it's only necessary to have a partisan commenting/attacking it, wouldn't that mean every liberal article would be covered in Limbaugh, Hannity, Free Republic, and other conservative pundits? Soxwon (talk) 03:36, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, it's hard to extrapolate from one article to others. Each article is written (and sourced and edited, etc.) on it's own merits. If the consensus is that the Bill O'Reilly article should have a controversy section, then it does. But it sounds like you're already on the right path, which is to make a bold edit, see if someone reverts you, and if so, start discussing. If you're successful with this article, then you could try the same thing elsewhere. TNXMan 04:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

spelling or correct usage

which is the correct spelling - time table or times table or the usage of the words.

I've always said "times tables" (as in "learning my 5 times tables"), but I bet the people over the language reference desk would know more. TNXMan 04:11, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

On the other hand, if you are asking about a schedule, then I think it is called a "time table." —teb728 t c 04:49, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I've always referred to it as the "multiplication table" if talking about multiples, and "time table" if talking about a time sheet or schedule. If I had to choose though, "times" sounds more reasonable because people say "5 times 5" not "5 time 5". In any case, saying "time(s)" table is a big slangy if you ask me. --Poet  Talk  05:44, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Image source not valid

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 – --Poet  Talk  03:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I have a question about an image I ran into today. It was a copyrighted and unlicensed image that qualified as "fair use". A valid rational was given and everything was in order EXCEPT for the source (which led to a broken internet page).

Does this mean that the image no longer falls under the blanket of fair use anymore? Should it be marked for speedy deletion or should a tag such as {{no source}} be added?

I guess I'm getting confused because the terms of fair use are no longer valid, but they WERE valid at one point in time. Does that even matter? Everything I read seems to explain that it should be tagged for no valid source and deleted after 7 days, but generally that's regarding images that were uploaded with no source at all. I think I'm slowly answering my own question here. --Poet  Talk  06:05, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

On a similar thought, if I could find a new source for that exact same image, could I substitute the source for the new source that I found? Would a new image/fair-use rational need to be done? --Poet  Talk  06:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

• Finding an alternate source for the same image to replace the broken link would be the better solution of the two. Personally, I see no problem to begin with. We assume something is copyrighted by default, so from there to finding proper fair use reasons is really nothing complicated. Being copyrighted is the whole point fair use would need to be applied for -- not having source doesn't change anything about that situation, but I'm not a lawyer. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:30, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

That sounds reasonable. My only concern was that after an image (in this case) is listed as fair use, and a source is added but becomes invalid... who's to say that the source was EVER valid? I think I have found an alternate source in any case, so I'll mark this as resolved. --Poet  Talk  03:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

A problem with references

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 – Equendil Talk 13:25, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi! I am working with the article about Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. When I wanted to add the two last references, they turned out pretty curious. (Please, take a look!) I dont know how to correct them.--Tellervo (talk) 10:45, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Two problems here: References are numbered automatically from the <ref></ref> pairs in the body of the article, so you basically *don't* want to attribute a number to references added manually in that section. As for why they turned out blocky, that happens if you start a line with a space character. Equendil Talk 10:56, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Oskar, oskar, ''oskar''

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 – Celefin (talk) 14:06, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I tried to move the page Oskar to a lower case italic version as appropriate for a Drosophila gene name. However as you see it didn't work out so well and went to ''oskar'' which I can't even work out how to link to :) How should I have done it and how should I clear it up? Thanks Celefin (talk) 12:06, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

• Due to technical limitations, the first character of the name of a page cannot be lower case (though it can be displayed in the title as such using a template as described). Italic or other formatting is not possible either and probably against naming conventions. So basically, the page should go back to Oskar and the new page deleted (you can request deletion using the {{db-author}} template. Equendil Talk 13:39, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I always thought the first letter would be capitalized, but then I ran across moe.. How did that happen? TNXMan 13:41, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Display trick, the actual page name is "Moe.". Equendil Talk 13:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

• I would also suggest you comment on the talk page why you think the title should be displayed in lowercase. Equendil Talk 13:46, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Interesting! I found {{lowercase title}}, which I did not know existed before. I'll add it to my list of handy templates. TNXMan 13:46, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the help. I was just beginning to realise that italics in titles is work in progress. To summarise: for a lower case first title character use Template:Lowercase. For italic titles: in the case of biological species names this is now done automatically by the taxobox. There is also Template:Italictitle. However at this point it seems that the lowercase and italictitle templates cannot be used together, which is needed for gene names in certain species. See also this discussion. Thanks again for the assistence. Celefin (talk) 14:06, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Languages Problem

Hey, I am curious as so why in the Wikipedia: About section, in the languages part, "Bosanski" is in the 20 000+. It should be in the 50 000+ since it is the same language as "Srpski" and "Hrvatski", which are both in that category. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by BioInk (talk • contribs) 13:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

The Bosnian language Wikipedia (Bosanski) is here and has 26,588 articles. The Serbian Wikipedia (Srpski) is a separate Wikpedia, as is the Croatian Wilkipedia (Hrvatski), so the number of articles is counted separately. The section you refer to in Wikipedia:About does not refer to different languages per se, but to different Wikipedias. My reading of our articles on the Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian languages is that they are all mutually intelligible, but are separate dialects. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:34, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Firefox freezing on page histories

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 – To keep the discussion in place, all further comments should be placed at WP:Village pump (technical)#History pages taking forever to load with javascript enabled. tempodivalse [☎] 22:55, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

For some unknown reason, since yesterday I've been having a problem with Firefox (3.0.8) freezing when I go onto a page history. I'd never come across the problem until yesterday but now it seems to be happening nearly every time. It seems to be fine on pages with only a few edits in the history but anything more and it has a problem. I've tried searching for help on this but couldn't find anything. Anybody know what's up?--Thetriangleguy (talk) 14:33, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I've seen several mentions of this, along with complaints of session data loss and other items. I don't know the technical reasons behind the problem, but I think this extends beyond your computer. It seems to be more of a Wikipedia problem concerning servers and perhaps bandwidth rather than your individual settings, browser, or computer. There have even been complaints and problems mentioned via the IRC channel. Hopefully it will be resolved soon, if it hasn't been already. — Ched :  ?  15:03, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

There is a related discussion at WP:Village pump (technical)#History pages taking forever to load with javascript enabled. I suggest continuing there to keep everything in one place. --Hans Adler (talk) 15:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Question on corrections/additions to existing articles?

There is an entry for Cedar Beach NY. It says that it exists in Babylon, Long Island, NY - which is correct. However, there is another Cedar Beach on Long Island. It is in the town of Mt. Sinai. How can this get posted?Physicalgrafitti75 (talk) 15:13, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

We have Cedar Beach as a disambiguation page. It contains a red link to Cedar Beach (Mount Sinai, New York), which means nobody has created that article yet. Creating new articles on Wikipedia is pretty easy (just click a red link and type something), but getting your work to stick can be much harder, as Wikipedia deletes thousands of articles that fail to comply with our policies and guidelines. I strongly recommend that you gain practice first by making small edits to existing articles and watching what other editors do to your edits. If you want to take a stab at starting the new article, it's best to practice first in a user subpage, by clicking this link: User:Physicalgrafitti75/Cedar Beach (Mount Sinai, New York). Editing this way in your "user space" partly shields your work temporarily from other editors, while you are figuring out what to do. See WP:LAYOUT and WP:FIRST for instructions. Perhaps the most common new-user/new-article mistake is failing to provide enough reliable sources in footnote references, so your first step is to find some published accounts of the article's subject from which you can draw material. --Teratornis (talk) 18:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

How to make columns?

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 – 190.17.201.142 (talk) 18:13, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

How can I format a personal page to have 3 columns. For example: in this links page. Gracias. 190.17.201.142 (talk) 15:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

See Help:Columns, which gives instructions on how to do this. Please feel free to ask if you need any more help. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 15:18, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

To make it more clearer, your format should be;

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

Text of column 1

{{col-break}}

Text of column 2

{{col-break}}

Text of column 3

{{col-end}}

Hope that helps. Chamal ^talk 15:23, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. No way to make them automatically so that they adapt as new content is added I guess then? 190.17.201.142 (talk) 18:13, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Where can I find a list of pictures I created here on Wikipedia?

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 – tempodivalse [☎] 22:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Raaggio 15:19, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Here. This is provided as the "Files uploaded" link at the very bottom of your contributions.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:22, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

It Isn't Working

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 – ZooFari 03:13, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I was trying to edit Rational Numbers so it would show "a over b, where a and b are elements of the set of integers and b does not equal zero" mathematically, but I got this "Failed to parse" stuff, like this:

Failed to parse (syntax error): {\displaystyle \frac{a}{b}, a, b \in \mathbb{Z}, b ≠ 0}

Can anyone show me the correct way to show this, please? Thanks!99.179.26.161 (talk) 16:17, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

${\frac {a}{b}},a,b\in \mathbb {Z} ,b\neq 0$ --Teratornis (talk) 18:01, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

See the "Relations" entry under m:Help:Displaying a formula#Functions, symbols, special characters. You have to use \ne rather than the character ≠. --Teratornis (talk) 18:04, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Teratornis! 99.179.26.161 (talk) 23:44, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Willie "The Lion" Smith

I'm a newbie and I tried to make a major edit to the Willie "The Lion" Smith site. They have him marrying the wrong Blanche Merrill. I knew the right one very well and tried to include quite a bit of her biography as well as the circumstances under which they married and separated which I learned first hand from the correct Blanche Merrill.

The edits I made disappeared when I tried to save them. Have they gone to the original authors of the site for verification/acceptance or rejection, or have did I just been inadvertantly delete them. Please let me know before I try to do it all again.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crowebobby (talk • contribs) 16:41, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

This is your only edit with your current account, so it is difficult to understand what article you are referring to; there are several articles on William Smith. --Gadget850 (talk) 16:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Surprisingly, I found Willie "The Lion" Smith. You should discuss this on the article talk page. --Gadget850 (talk) 16:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Editing entry

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 – --Edward130603 (talk) 18:34, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I just edited the "Mozart" section with regard to K581, "Popular Culture" section. However, when I went back to the main "Mozart" page, my contribution had been added to the subsequent section, "Reference". How do I get it moved into the "Popular Culture" section, or can someone at Wikipedia do that?

Thanks. John. Barfeld (talk) 18:23, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

One way is to click the "edit this page" tab at the top of the article, to edit the whole page at once. --Teratornis (talk) 18:33, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Done.--Edward130603 (talk) 18:34, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

• The section edit links are besides the header of the section they belong to. You most likely hit the wrong edit link on your first try. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Copyright

Hello, I'm having some copyright issues on the article corruption in Cuba. I tried to quote a passage from the BBC and also tried adding a quote to the censorship in Cuba article from the site allbusiness.com, does this break copyright laws? I've seen others quote directly from these sites, but an editor removed my edits because he said it is illegal to quote these sites. Zd12 (talk) 22:24, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

If you quote what someone said (a head of state, spokesperson, etc.) then that is perfectly acceptable, because what people say cannot be copyrighted. Lifting passages from a website (which are not quotes that someone said), such as the BBC, CNN, et cetera, however, is not allowed, even if you attribute it to them, as most sites don't have a compatible copyright licence. See WP:COPYRIGHT. Hope this helped. tempodivalse [☎] 22:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Watchlist

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 – tempodivalse [☎] 23:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Can anybody explain why my watchlist doesn't show IP edits on the articles in my list. (I don't have the hide button clicked off). Fainites ^barleyscribs 22:47, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I never had any problem with this. Maybe it's because IPs didn't edit the any of the articles that are on your watchlist? tempodivalse [☎] 22:53, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah they did! I didn't realise until the admin who reverted them all showed up on my watchlist. That's why I was puzzled. It makes watching for sockpuppets in a sockpuppet prone bunch of articles a little tricky! Fainites ^barleyscribs 22:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Is the "show anon users" option in the watchlist options set to "hide" or "show"? It's rather counter-intuitive, when you see "hide" it actually means that it is currently set to "show". tempodivalse [☎] 23:00, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

You see 'hide' so it should be showing them. I tried clicking it on and off a few times in case it was that. All the other 'hide/show' ones are working. Fainites ^barleyscribs 23:01, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I suppose it couldn't be that they don't show up because they were reverted rather than edited if you see what I mean? Fainites ^barleyscribs 23:03, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Possibly. Do you have any gadgets or monobook stuff that might be interfering with the watchlist? tempodivalse [☎] 23:06, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't think so. I don't know what they are. I've only just started using the watchlist because I couldn't make it work before. It just watched everything I'd ever edited on. I haven't modified anything. Just listed articles in the "edit raw watchlist" section. I suppose I could try logging off. Do an IP edit. See if it comes up and then revert and see what happens. Fainites ^barleyscribs 23:09, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

That worked! I edited as an IP and it appeared. Then I reverted when logged in and only the revert of the IP appeared. Many thanks for your help Tempodivalse.Fainites ^barleyscribs 23:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Glad I could be of assistance. tempodivalse [☎] 23:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Question

Dear Editor - Please comment on the message below. Is there some way I can add my book to this page? I feel it is very relevant, since it is a accurate and realistic rendition of the life of King David - published by a very reputable publishing house! The book will not have much Google hits since it is a new publication (May 2009). I put much work into the paragraph, and tried to make it as relevant and constructive as possible.

Please don't write about yourself unless you follow the notability standards at WP:BIO. See also WP:COI. Your advertising for your own book, which does not seem to have any meaningful Google hits, could be considered spam. I have reverted your edits, and those of the anon who is coming along behind you, to the article at David. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Please take a look at one of our policies that I think would be relevant, our conflict of interest policy. It states that generally, you should not write content about something you are involved in. Since you appear to be the author of the book in question, as I can see from your username, there seems to be a very large conflict of interest here. If your book meets our standards for notability, then someone else will eventually write about it. tempodivalse [☎] 23:47, 12 April 2009 (UTC)