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February 1

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 1

  1. Automobile Driving
  2. Saturday Night Special
  3. Charles Edward Stuart: Talk Page
  4. help with editing at all
  5. RE: Saved page but can't find it on wikipedia
  6. nationality
  7. Trojan in web page
  8. Removing dead links from a wikicommons page
  9. European Air Group
  10. Redirect for discussion - HM The Queen
  11. Picture problem in the "Paris By Night" series of articles
  12. Regarding sock puppetry
  13. LiquidThreads
  14. Keep getting advertisement message
  15. Changing page title
  16. recent visits to Wikipedia
  17. broken account pevents me from adding it to my global account

February 2

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 2

  1. The beautiful city....
  2. contributions
  3. Please assist me
  4. Double-matching categories
  5. High traffic site
  6. A tool to generate a list of selective contributions
  7. How to get article live
  8. Slight bug on search results display?
  9. USER:XXXXXXX I want to add the title
  10. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  11. How to cite an Associated Press article?
  12. Ancestors of Qais Abdur Rashid
  13. Any Admins about?

February 3

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 3

  1. Featured articles
  2. Anon whistleblowing
  3. Copyright violation question
  4. Alexandra Powers
  5. Format display
  6. Would like to usurp German and maybe Finnish user account for unified account
  7. Disambiguation for Kazuhiko
  8. Ownership Transfer
  9. Permian extinction
  10. Looking for a specific Wikipedia policy
  11. Transliteration of Cyryllic text
  12. Still more about SUL usurpation
  13. My pages aren't visible?
  14. My Edits Are Not Being Saved
  15. Photo
  16. Hugely confusing for a first time contributor! I can't find a button to 'EDIT' a page I want to adjust!!!
  17. Posting an original but public domain document

February 4

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 4

  1. Naming/page history issue
  2. How to mark a BLP article.
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Action Research in Education
  5. City of Leeds School entry says it reads like an advert.
  6. your article about cremation and Islam
  7. Citing
  8. up and coming new band
  9. Getting ride of extra info for sports team info box
  10. Please edit the page.
  11. coded encrypted words

February 5

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 5

  1. DISPLAYTITLE
  2. Veiled Chameleon
  3. Special:Contributions bug?
  4. EDITORS
  5. How can I create my own wiki?
  6. Personal discussions with subject as verification
  7. Vandalism?
  8. Trouble with Louisiana Senate photo
  9. Linda Christas College
  10. IPv6
  11. External links section
  12. Contributions
  13. Making myself a contributor to a portal
  14. Don Johnson Heartbeat (song)
  15. user page layout problem
  16. Userbox template code
  17. Doris Miles Disney

February 6

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 6

  1. Anyway to get templates to automatically link to their contents
  2. Alexandra Powers
  3. how i enter the new information in wikipedia ?
  4. Suggestion for WP
  5. Summary style
  6. Circular reference for Hibernate Query Language (HQL)
  7. Protecting Page.
  8. Foreclosure
  9. Agave. A plant with many uses.
  10. Ronald Reagan Aritcle
  11. Copyright question
  12. information about bluetooth devices
  13. Burki
  14. Something I've noticed...
  15. What is wrong with the pages?
  16. Image doesn't show
  17. Showing navbox by default
  18. How do I check my messages?
  19. FA in other WPs, FA in all?
  20. Style guide reference for addressing the reader directly
  21. Translate
  22. Rewrote an article, it appeared to be posted, but when I returned, the old original factually incorrect article was there.

February 7

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 7

  1. Arabic translation
  2. Deleting user config subpages
  3. Strangely broken AfD
  4. Help with Citing sources and the message "This article uses the Cite.php citation mechanism"
  5. St. Louis Rams
  6. John Reid. Baron Reid of Cardowan. Sec of State for Defence 2005-2006
  7. not availability of language
  8. Problem of external links in body of articles
  9. Two accounts
  10. Now-Commons date formatting
  11. n Box Media Pvt Ltd
  12. Editing TCNJ School of Engineering Page
  13. editing problem
  14. Error when adding to a talk page?
  15. Facebook Community Pages
  16. Remove link in "Normandie_Hotel"
  17. Trying to find out who wrote the artical on Tobias Wong?
  18. Attribution
  19. Wikipedia users that have me on their watchlist

February 8

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 8

  1. Help editing article with reference list
  2. ChemDiscovery doesn't show up
  3. Deleting an old version of an image file
  4. ABOUT POSTING/CREATING a new article(about a leading company)
  5. Hidden category
  6. Claiming IP edits from new account
  7. Posting pictures...
  8. e-mailadres
  9. Zenith Solar
  10. short stories in german language for children
  11. Big Problems with WP
  12. Info boxes wacked
  13. uploading... from user page.
  14. How can I get my WP back ...
  15. Article on Bokeh has lost it's Wikipedia chrome
  16. Correct the page "National Analysts"
  17. Images
  18. Vandalism on Ishmael Khaldi page
  19. Reference issue removed?
  20. New format for pages?

February 9

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 9

  1. Charley Parhurst
  2. Wikipedia:Requests for feedback
  3. ss paul hamilton liberty ship
  4. Anton Nel pianist posted an incorrect information
  5. Sidebar links
  6. Change title of article being developed on userpage
  7. Cropping a picture
  8. musicals of the 1930s
  9. Adding a WikiCommons image to an existing article
  10. Uploading a Word document
  11. nowrap
  12. Article is missing CSS
  13. LINK CORRECTION - "Investor's Business Daily"
  14. Is it ok to have more than 1 comma per sentence? like in Mechanical fan?
  15. How do I delete my own addition to a page?
  16. Gerard way picture
  17. :Category:Daily newspapers published by Community Newspaper Holdings sorting query
  18. Commonist
  19. Is there a "bureaucrat" protection setting?
  20. stylesheet not loading?
  21. Learning Swiss
  22. Red Links
  23. Can you create an email form on a wiki page like with HTML?
  24. External Links vs Spam

February 10

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 10

  1. Congressmen by seniority
  2. Contributing to a kid/WikipediA
  3. Claiming sole ownership of a page
  4. Highly offensive to homosexuality
  5. Removal of "additional citations needed" banner
  6. Shoot!
  7. SupressRedirect userright?
  8. Swimfan (2002 film)

February 11

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 11

  1. login information, please
  2. Hypothetical
  3. Mass Replacement of Broken links
  4. Why is it that," we the people are not believing in God", with every part of our existence.
  5. Links color
  6. Anti-Vandalism measures (suggestion)
  7. Finding Ip-address of an user
  8. My article
  9. I need some help
  10. How to make a new page "live"
  11. Reject a good article candidate review
  12. Looking for image
  13. Move confusion
  14. Point primary reference for "Widi" to "WirelessHD" rather than "Widi" the town
  15. replacing an existing article
  16. Help with sortable table and small issues
  17. Charles Manson
  18. Unable to delete watchlist entry

February 12

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 12

  1. Pointmaster Joystick
  2. Random (specific) question about soccer goalkeeper pages
  3. Is there an easy way for an anonymous user to check their contributions?
  4. Page move documented but page unavailable
  5. WP:RFM Setup
  6. HELP
  7. Street
  8. out side uk
  9. Wet weather driving doesn't read like an encyclopedia article

February 13

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 13

  1. Southern University Sit-In at S H Kress 1960, Baton Rouge, LA
  2. Editing Glitch with Ref tags
  3. Why is my ID in red?
  4. alt + f
  5. Wally George

February 14

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 14

  1. Statistics: Wikipedia editors
  2. A few things to discuss
  3. Citing other articles
  4. Search keywords/code
  5. code help
  6. Secure server
  7. How to insert a photograph
  8. Referencing Figures/Images
  9. Wiki deletion issues
  10. Help again with this table
  11. Six Nations rugby 2012
  12. A suggestion I have
  13. My user page
  14. making a subpage a wikipedia article
  15. edit / add content to existing page
  16. Clean up and Nutrality problem
  17. Gray bar
  18. Summary style

February 15

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 15

  1. Problems uploading images
  2. Moving problems with Scott Nicholson
  3. HELP!!
  4. Pileated Woodpecker page not proper
  5. maths project
  6. Infront Sports & Media Page - International versions / Can you help?
  7. Demetrias - the Nun
  8. 747-8 PDF causes abort
  9. tagged as possible conflict of interest
  10. delivery of passports
  11. Wikipedia kml or kmz file
  12. Luigi Lucioni
  13. How to save an article without posting it
  14. I never clicked on that!
  15. Image Uploads
  16. how to make the changes in Sanbox
  17. Creating new discussion pages

February 16

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 16

  1. Rating bar on the article
  2. conversion unit
  3. Gordon Brown
  4. Tony Blair
  5. Updating an image
  6. Favorites button
  7. Being harassed - what should I do?
  8. How do I replace the edit toolbar to the original version?
  9. course
  10. disruptive editing
  11. incorrect weg page address
  12. Following Citing Procedures, but not creating footnote
  13. References
  14. Article Wizard - Preview Feature Stopped Working
  15. list of user pages
  16. No more graphic — pfft!
  17. New messages
  18. Still Having Problems Editing and Ref Tags; cannot revert
  19. Bar above edit box has changed again
  20. Log me in globally
  21. Seek Catagory list, instructs for edit photo-summary, and detailed copyright end-point info.
  22. Wikipedia Use
  23. What is the basis for quantifying number of edits?
  24. Problems with edit toolbar and monobook
  25. Interface issues
  26. Hiding the left side of the Wikipedia page (Full page view)

February 17

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 17

  1. Earth's Age
  2. Verifying biography?
  3. Logo moving
  4. Wikipedia on PSP
  5. Template function help
  6. Deliberate attempt by another user to stop my edits.
  7. Unable to edit
  8. How to cite obvious similarity between musical themes?
  9. WAS INQUIRING
  10. Grammar tools
  11. How do you actually install Twinkle
  12. Account
  13. Unable to find an article
  14. HELPME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  15. Small template issue
  16. How to update a company logo please?!
  17. Premier North West
  18. Editing WP as part of a college course
  19. Add to Book
  20. edit interface and toolbar
  21. Another reason for celebrating Nowruz
  22. Autoconfirm
  23. AMA
  24. Inuktitut Contributors
  25. article won't print
  26. How do I remove these ! on my wiki page?

February 18

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 18

  1. edited / fixed broken link, replaced with good link, but page still shows old/broken one?
  2. is that possible to create privately held company page
  3. Behind the voice actors poll
  4. incorrect Burmese font
  5. "Kyle XY" website area
  6. Mother Teresa
  7. Random Articles by Topic(s)
  8. Transwikification
  9. How to revert multiple edits in one step?
  10. PDF printing
  11. How much vandalism
  12. Hallmark Hall of Fame: Front of the Class
  13. Some graphical and practical glitches
  14. Collaboration of the week
  15. monoboarding
  16. HIGH SCHOOL PAGE DOES NOT SHOW OUR SCHOOL MASCOT ARTWORK
  17. Bicycle Transportation Engineering
  18. How can I be added to your youngest great-grand mothers page

February 19

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 19

  1. Taking down an article that is still a work in progress
  2. How can my organization's editor, or I, do minor updates and corrections on your posted biography of me (Amory B. Lovins)?
  3. template AFD
  4. Flagging articles with no references
  5. question about a guideline posted on wrong page
  6. Need to code collapsible table without row height increase.

February 20

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 20

  1. How should I welcome newbies?
  2. Is it possible to disable unified login?
  3. Follow a category tree?
  4. Who to ask?
  5. Edit Conflict?
  6. sock policy
  7. Is this harrassment?
  8. Scorpion781004
  9. Flagging a section that needs to cite sources
  10. My preferences: internationalisation (sic)
  11. Own work or copyright theft?
  12. Using the Wikipedia logo as an icon to a specific Wikipedia article

February 21

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 21

  1. Why am I being asked for a username and password all of a sudden?
  2. A way to search all noticeboard archives?
  3. math
  4. Oakhill College - Old Crest
  5. lisinopril
  6. Dear Sir, Why Marathi Movie Encyclopedia ar enot made.
  7. Linking to a picture that was uploaded into Commons
  8. Floating side bar
  9. link in article on john bunyan
  10. Translating Wikipedia from English
  11. image upload extension
  12. Place of birth through the ages
  13. lord mayor of Cork, Ireland in 1921-22 DONAL O'CALLAGHAN
  14. PR firm needing to update a client's page, but it is locked
  15. Can I change a subject's picture? If so, how?
  16. Error in map image
  17. Suspected violation of block for sockpuppetry
  18. How to list ALL articles that have links to ONE article?

February 22

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 22

  1. Can I crawl wikipedia, I have a specific kind of search engine for movies
  2. Cite problem
  3. Delay in Category listings
  4. article credit
  5. Deleting without scaring off a new editor
  6. Page creation
  7. Facebook like button
  8. This is a mystery and I need someone to explain this
  9. Missing space!!!
  10. Page reverted by someone without a clue
  11. Broken link to MOS
  12. adding an article
  13. Sources, lots of them
  14. ToolTips
  15. Creating a page about a business
  16. how to publish my article
  17. Quick closure
  18. Upload Image to replace old one
  19. removed references
  20. Global log in
  21. DELETE THE OLD ARTICLE URL
  22. @#!*%
  23. How do I cite a peice of Audio as a source?

February 23

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 23

  1. Fannie Branson horses and history
  2. Photos submitted
  3. EX STAFF ,RE THE BRITISH SHOE CORP
  4. New article - submission declined
  5. Am I right to doubt fanfiction.net is a reliable source?
  6. Chiropractic article
  7. obtaining certificate of ordination as minister of god like my mother
  8. Why is your text so small?
  9. Template:ISSN
  10. Protection for article
  11. General Yakubu Gowon
  12. Reviewer
  13. How do I fix a broken link on an article
  14. How do I change fonts/font sizes?
  15. Which template for ambiguous references?
  16. Difficulty printing Wikipedia articles
  17. Naming a page issue
  18. Using the sandbox to Autoconfirm 'fake' accounts
  19. Pronunciation
  20. How do you correct a mis-statement in a sub?
  21. Is Twinkle malfunctioning or is just me?
  22. Fixing Page
  23. ORGANIZATION CHANGED NAME
  24. Alphabetical list of WP codes for the different language wikipedias
  25. Malware external link

February 24

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 24

  1. Wikipedia abbreviations
  2. Article help
  3. Unable to post a vandalism warning
  4. Userbox centering, Wikicode
  5. Recovering a Redirect??
  6. delete ip address
  7. Need to upload an image.
  8. Template for "few, if any, contribs made outside this vote"?
  9. To adding on External Link to a related topic
  10. Invalid link in article on Software Testing
  11. Search Index
  12. Missing item
  13. Global user manager
  14. theme song
  15. Telnet
  16. University crest disappeared on Wikipedia Facebook page
  17. Focus on "Search" bar on Wikipedia main page
  18. Sharing using twitter
  19. Adding a company name to existing list of companies on an article

February 25

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 25

  1. Making an article live
  2. Remove "Redirected from User:name/topic" from new article header
  3. qustion
  4. publish my article
  5. Problems with reflist
  6. linked page completely missing
  7. create an article with an existing name
  8. Mobile Wikipedia.
  9. Global account s4 warning
  10. Article not Appearing in Search Results
  11. University of London emblem
  12. Problem with pdf
  13. identifying authors
  14. Pronunciation guide
  15. Where does his response go?
  16. Misinformation
  17. 2011 EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION

February 26

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 26

  1. What happens when a source is no longer on the net?
  2. Unable to Correct due to existing blocked reference
  3. RFA notifications
  4. How To Remove a Contaminating Image
  5. Why Sonia Gandhi Article - Update Denied Even After Providing The Reliable Source ?
  6. Mr. Advani dn't apologized but he regrets ..Fact need to be checked and Updated
  7. Looking for my draft
  8. torsion field article was made by an impostor
  9. Icelandic letters
  10. How to create my company profile in Wikipedia
  11. How do you "Update" pictures?
  12. Article in article
  13. Auto User name generation code
  14. feature in wikipedia tables
  15. Link jump
  16. Jonny Arnold page
  17. change way page is displayed
  18. who do I talk to int the philosophy of mind section to have the Mandinka think tank added? This is an important omission.
  19. Animated gif

February 27

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 27

  1. Confusion getting started
  2. answer required
  3. deer feeding
  4. editing a "side panel"
  5. Loretta_Jafelice
  6. Image alignment problem in article
  7. Cite template not working?
  8. Pianoforte and others
  9. Book link
  10. NEW HERBAL PRODUCTS
  11. Erroneous information
  12. Getting started with disambiguating

February 28

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 February 28

  1. Problems with Commons
  2. My External Links Always Deleted
  3. 71.211.76.37
  4. Category Questions
  5. Question regarding the notability of an article
  6. Files in Category:Buildings and structures at night
  7. Ford trimotor
  8. I can't read Ol Chiki and Avesta words
  9. Grand Western Canal
  10. Replacing a logo of a non-for-profit organisation on Wikipedia
  11. Why did you delete my page?
  12. Copyright notice on images of Scottish banknotes
  13. HELP!
  14. Lakeland Central School District in New York
  15. Wikipedia API no longer returning image thumbnail information
  16. Copyright violation
  17. Billy Hathorn
  18. Update a company logo