Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/February 2011

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February 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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