Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/January 2011
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January 1
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- Wikipedia Development
- Content improvement exercises
- $16 Million
- Images and Previews
- Didier Deschamps
- how to use the tag filter
- Need someone who can read and write Thai
- Did we make the goal?
- Category American Women state governors
- Blocked infinitely?
- misspelled name
- cant see my profile
- Need to get the truth out there.
- What Reference template do I use?
- Intimidation to win content disputes
January 2
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- 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?
- What exactly can I cite, and post in an article?
- How to re-nominate an article for deletion
- Hackers really suck.
- Copyrighted Material
- Knowledge Generation Bureau (kgb) article is wrong
- Unreferenced material and concerns of one editor's sincerity.
- Wrong page link - Toot & Puddle / Holly Hobbie
- wiki table quirk
- Computing win percentage in sports
- How can I translate an English article to Korean and make 'Korean(한국말)' appear on the left sidebar(Languages)?
- Viewing of User Page
- Sara Al Hashimi
- Chinese/Japanese character differences
- City sources
January 3
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- Where is the scanning utility?
- US Bank Arena Concerts
- I can't find out how to avoid a proposed deletion of the "hydrail" entry...
- Article deletion process
- Deletion Of A Detail of Edit History
- I want to know that JRN Rajasthan vidyapeeth university is approved or not approved in distance mode for government job in state or central
- Requiring help with blocked account.
- One of my edits has been reverted, but I have never made it.
- Report of phishing "survey" using wikipedia URL
- Article update tag
- T. Mobile end of year bonanza
- Software for wikipedia
- Log In
- Problem.
- Problem with Secure Wikipedia
- How can I stop people using wikipedia as a promotional tool
- pic help
- Creative commons license query
- Company profile article
- Is there a speedy deletion category for this?
- Dotted Line Surrounding Logo in Infobox
- Converting a table from HTML syntax to wiki-markup
- How do I edit an photo on Wiki?
- AfD question
January 4
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- Self-promoting or commercial articles: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Killer_Tracks
- Trouble reviewing reverted edits in history
- what percentage of wikipedia users hail from OUTSIDE AMERICA?
- CAN CHINESE USERS ACCESS WIKIPEDIA?
- uploading photos
- No change to watch on minor edits?
- How can we create texts with brackets like this?
- Where did the Album covers go
- Brad Johnson (1924-1981) actor
- Changing a link from a bad URL to the correct one?
- Requesting assistance
- Changes during my Wikibreak
- Breaker Morant
January 5
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- blocking a user
- tool that turns isbn into a book citation?
- Page protection question
- Additional info on info of Lloyd Corrigan.
- Can i use HTML in wiki markup?
- how to replace a logo (not in-line text)
- International Standards & Codes on Provision of Temporary Material/Passenger Hoist for Hig-rise Construction projects.
- How to create name of article in lower case
- Table alignment
- Submitting an article in another language
- How do i create a page after signing in ?
- Adding entries problem
- Image upload problem
- Problem with image uploading
- Editor Help
- Teen Mom 2
- typographical error/spelling mistake ban the result
- how does one view wikipedia measurements in imperial format?
January 6
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- Information pages
- website design
- Silverfish or any related, can they cause bodily harm to humans?
- Top of page "Aufruf" etc.
- What happened to WikiBlame?
- Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2010 December 31
- More about SUL usurpation
- Visited link
- convert pdf to wiki
- The article has been shortened, but in the editting box, it's back to full size. What's going on?
- question about border in tables
- Fixing an article name
- Template:pufc transclusion
January 7
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- Old vandalism or typo?
- IP address posting / abuse.
- Train engine reverser key
- MBA colleges in germany
- Castle Cover intro is incorrect
- How Do I Put Footnotes At The End Of The Table Caption?
- Editing not visible
- Human Confirmation!
- Rheinish church in Namibia not mentioned
- posting new article by myself or finding an editor?
- Longest articles list
- Save the world...
- Use on Facebook
- Taipei Metro EMU C371
- little help
- "Rights"
- Photo Used can not be verifieds
- entry for Variadic_function goes into a redirect loop or something
- How does one practice editing an existing article using the sandbox?
- This is a test. No reply needed
January 8
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- Need help including images in Wikipedia articles
- maggots
- TV Series
- HTML
- Using anchors
- Andy Russell
- Expand template dead yet?
- Visibility on Wikipedia
- Size of fonts
- Linking to the sandbox from the sandbox
- New Articles
- No understanding !!
- Changes to notable alumni
- copying articles from Wikipedia
January 9
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- Graphic sizes change quite a bit if viewing in Windows (it is a smaller size) vs. a Mac (where it is much larger)
- how to replace an erroneous range map?
- I have a couple of pictures to offer...
- Copyright licence
- Deletion discussions
- Editing titles of redirect Fan pages on FB from Wikipedia
- Which article does this article refer to?
- Citations in editing box
- About GNU Free Documentation License
- Oops, Forgot To Put A Section Title
- forward a page ?
- Lost Article
- delta and star connections
- Fast help
- Uploading image
- Spam?
- Gray lines on articles
- Wikipedia donations header
- Problems with photo upload for USS Vitesse (SP-1192)
January 10
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- translate (or tell me how to, please) a French wiki article to make an English version here
- Username Retrieval
- crossbow
- Citing distances: by air or by road?
- Can we ask Google Maps to stop incorporating non-earth coordinates?
- Request for Wikipedia in Bengali language
- Little help with relisting
- Reporting unreliable websites and mirrors
- incorrect person details (bad Language )
- Fair use logo template
- How can I create a personalised welcome template
- Requests for permissions
- Gauging importance = predicting the future?
- Maslow's chart in public domain?
- Facebook/Twitter Pages
- Attempting To Edit Bio
- Response To Dartells
- Translating articles..
- How become the sole administrator of my Wikipedia page?
- PLEASE return to the old layout!
January 11
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- DYK
- Details of RevDel
- 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?
- Wrong info presented in article
- Mathematic results
- Editing system is extremely poorly thought-out
- how to use wikipedia the first time as a source of information on a subject
- License questions
- Who do I contact to possibly Edit Factual Information
- Special:CentralAuth
- Draft of article on my user page has disappeared
- noah p zarck
- Snark
- Organizations Releasing Images for Editor's Use
January 12
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- Usage of slang terms in editing articles
- Unsure whether article suits wikipedia
- translation from English to Burmese language
- Table formatting
- Google translation
- News articles that list WikiLeaks as being a Wikimedia Foundation project
- Draft articles & unconstructive edits
- free wifi
- article for review
- Help needed with MfD process
- I've received a strange e-mail from "WikiAdmin"
- Editing a featured article
- Refs embedded in section headings?
- Can someone tell me how to de-bork my formatting?
- Re: non-free promotional images
- Citations in an infobox
- Adding link to name entered.
- Applying to enroll
- Which tool to use?
- List of brazing alloys
- References
January 13
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- Canadian researcher William Sommers
- Reference list
- Please reconsider how you post this article ...
- Bookmarks - or other easy tracking idea?
- USS Stickell DD888 How do I contact someone to get statement corrected
- http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
- Hypothetical
- Giuseppe Palica
- Citing things where a well referenced link is already provided.
- Auto archiving talk page
- Does anyone know if the national merchants association is a publicly traded company?
- suggestion
- Requesting assistance
- Sign on problem
- What determines a pages content?
- Remove the picture of our beloved Prophet Mohammad (SA) from http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Kaaba and all the wikipedia pages
- Need help formatting "Article Title [over] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" at top of page of new article
- Query re character in NCIS
- Finding what you need
- Sortable tables with rowspan
- Test help
- I NEED TO RESTOTE ,Y FAVORITES
- Image layout bug?
- Image description only partially visible
- Please Fix
January 14
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- Compact table of contents
- Not seeing images
- Abbreviations
- Images that use coins as dimension indicators
- about the process of deleted data recovery
- Regarding Mithapur
- User:Robcarmi13/Robin Almeida - Editing
- why editing system is so difficult and old ?
- Notability guidelines for theatres
- Ezinearticles
- create article for notable person
- Vandalism
- Issue
- Login issue... can't get new email notification...
- Pointless disambiguation page?
- Notice on my userpage
- ToC columns
- Notes vs. References
- Purple heart
January 15
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- Australia Day In Hindi
- how is the Contents pages populated?
- New logo
- flow chart for Wikipedia/how to window/hit meter
- I've got a few questions
- Positioning of edit links
- redirecting
- Trouble with logging in
- Can i improve my Wikopaedia entry please.More info in it..add if possible?
- How do I add a note in the Notes section of a particular article ?
- Use correct terminology
- [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 January 15#Do_We_Have_A_Section_Template_For_.7B.7Btl.7Cinuniverse.7D.7D.3F|Do We Have A Section Template For {{inuniverse}}?]]
- Editing without the human verification words
- correct ref
- Featured article blurbs
- Irrevertable vandalism at WP:FA University of Michigan
January 16
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- Review tags
- Unique audio recording from 1947 "Launching of the S.S. Ulua"
- Request for help creating page
- Undo permanent disabling of mobile site
- Colspan
- Referring to non-family members with the same surname
- Copyright of Web PicturesTiderace (talk) 13:31, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
- External links from WP
- Link needs correcting
- Javascript
- I Want To Place My Business' Information on Wikipedia
- Switching one photo with another
- Disabling mobile site
- Making Wikipedia my homepage
- Knocked It Out Of The Ballpark Above Top Anticipations
- Questions about edit
- If I write "Chicago" is it obvious I'm talking about Chicago, Illinois, USA?
January 17
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- Link in image caption
- Roper
- help altering a page please....
- Please assist - Changes on company article
- Move the contents box
- Patrick Bronte
- Establishing 'Notability for companies and organisations'
- Using images from Bangla Wikipedia in English Wikipedia
- Question not about "how to use Wikipedia"
- hello sir
- Removing or changing the license details of a picture
- Mich Andersen & Son M.A.& S.
- Tactico
- Removing text box from top of page
- IDK
- Bad link on http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Barrow,_Alaska
- cuda parts
- Sum numbers
- global warming (?)
- Scientific name of tree
- Is there a tool
- Help me find the name of the show
January 18
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- how do I filter out template links from "what links here"
- Add a Company to Wikipedia
- Blogs allowed in "External Links" section?
- Micro editcountitis
- Does not receive: "A confirmation e-mail has been sent to the nominated e-mail address."
- articles that begin with "..."
- pictures as border of a box
- Search by page creation date
- How to find the Writer of an article???
- Login problems
- Function to display some
- DPM is not an acronym, it is an abbreviation. Laser and radio are acronyms.
- Web archive searcher
- Chemical Structure Diagrams
- Rhode Island and The US Constitutional Convention
- Error in editnotice
- Confirmation email is not being sent.
January 19
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- indention!
- Chinese version of Wikipedia and Wapedia
- want to add link to web page
- Lost user name
- Reporting abusive IP hoppers
- External links instead of references
- Highlighting the best language for each article
- Please Help/Review - Company Article
- Tata Nano
- Please have a look...
- Broken shortcut/redirect?
- XFD Red link
- How to review a good article candidate
- Cities With Black Mayors 2010
- Infobox issue
- Good Article Nominations
January 20
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- How to start a Wiki Project
- 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
- Move article
- The_Seventh_Coin
- Ambigous page
- wiki online reader app
- Can Edit History Be Removed - in some situations?
- How do I find the edit history of JUST ONE PART of a page?
- Should Pirg be made into a disambiguation page, due to the existence of (and higher prominence of) PIRG?
- Perdu password
- Voltage optimisation
- Should I report a sock?
- Storing a draft article
- Category name change
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Removing tag on article
- ANI - comment possible? Appropriate?
- trying to put text vertical in a table
- Coordinates
January 21
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- baby great white sharks.
- Contacting OTRS
- Composite article under one name
- Two articles about the same Topic
- template - normally closed
- Family
- List of Railroad Museums in Canada
- printing
- recommending wikipedia pages on facebook
January 22
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- Copyright violation in Tracy Edwards (sailing/business/Qatar)
- Annoying logout
- Text formatting of multilingual translation
- Submitting photgraphs.
- Martyn_Godfrey
- Download to Nook
- finding error log history for a particular date
- Trivia section
- Original source of file uploads
- Unbiased opinion?
- Notability
- Brain drain
- Acetic acid article
- making small changes to EDIT a film within WIKIPEDIA
- Wikilinking in references
- Sub Metal- New Genre classification
- Is it possible to "whitelist" my Talk page so that it will not be protected by the anti-vandalism filter?
- Categories drive me crazy
- getting to your website
- Gadget that easies to switch articles between only two languages. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease!
- Unclear how to add a discussion item in physics portal
January 23
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- Requesting assistance! - Occidental
- preview was fine; saved edits were not
- 11 Wall Street
- Undo SUL account merger?
- what is atom
- Two accounts and the veteran creation date.
- New citation template
- account lost
- foreign language titles
- introductory blocks of wikipedia entries
- Dee Doocey
- An edit summary says I protected a page (though I'm not an admin or crat)
- It is a shame that Wikipedia shows the Cuban per capita income US$5,000 per month.
- did empty sella cause binary vision
- Direct Democracy - democtaic schools section
January 24
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- Weird page about a unknown investment house that offers 170% growth?
- i'd like to see the page here referenced:
- Album subtitle left out
- Problems with a script in my monobook.js
- 2012 Gubernatorial Elections Map is missing Utah
- Help! Motorways in Poland has gone pear-shaped!
- national civil rights movement uk
- Species lists
- Image is annotated in Spanish
- Old logo on the sp.a-wiki
- I was trying to improve Constantinople entry but I've read and read and still can't figure it out
- Question about an unpatrolled article.
- how do I change the URL to not include my user name?
- Penalty goals
January 25
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- Another new article question
- How to cite: a corner case
- DOWNLOADING ALL THE CONTENT
- Thousands of AWB edits in a few hours
- Grey stripe
- Overloaded photo
- How to split a page
- BENEFICIARY ON REAL ESTATE
- Change type point size
- Pop up banners
- SVG-thumbnail preview broken
- Liev Schreiber
- spikenard in the 20's of December, 2010
- How do you change your user name
- I think mobile wikipedia needs inter wiki link.
- Guideline question
- FFC
- copying articles
January 26
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- Icons at top right of user page
- Change to your site stinks
- Original research
- Policy on use of honorific titles
- creating/keeping book option open
- Section header added
- Helen Bamber Foundation
- Cannot 'move' my first page into Wiki proper - why no tab?
- picture not updating...
- Advice for Multi-entry references.
- Kenner Army Health Clinic Facebook Page
- Ben Sherman [Southland]
- re: minor addition to the article on Daniel Bell
- Request Review of First Article Before Launch
- Rushes~meaning unfound
- Has my Commons account been hacked?
- Pacific Grand Prix
January 27
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- Adding a PDF to the references
- Grey bar?
- Strange User
- WWII Pacific Woman escapes from POW camp
- Company Notability: Please Assist!
- Fair use template coding
- New temporary password for Wikipedia
- http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Bass_Museum > wrong address and hours
- Home Depot
- book, journal, site?
- Fourth World Article
- Problems displaying this Wikipedia page in Firefox
- Picture
January 28
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- Submitting picture
- Serious cite tag usage problem
- Outline of Asia
- Proper {tag} to use after the word "supposedly"
- How often are articles reviewed?
- ONTORULE
- bharat matriculation higher secondary school is not listed in school s category krishnagiri
- adding a (sub) category
- Suggestion a semi-protection of an article
- Deleted page
- Adding background images
- Hospital Sisters Health System
- Redirect page that limits visibility of entry? how to fix...
- Hyphenated words and line breaks
- Unnecessary list
- no more able to create a new page
- Why the new font?
January 29
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- Tom Bergeron
- How do I mark a line as original research?
- Disturbing definition of autism on google search
- watchlist in chronological order
- New tab
- Help regarding WP:AUTHOR
- Mobile site on Windows Phone 7?
- Biography Correction
- What url to use Wikipedia as a "Research Site" in Microsoft Word 2010 Research Options?
- Please help with collapsed navbox
- Translation errors: Non-Western script
- Translation help
January 30
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- Wikipedia cybersquatting by yeah.com
- Reassigning my edits from one article to a new username
- About posting a topic
- pet dragon one
- Help with navbox
- Mr. Wales
- Technical help sought
- Nominated article not showing up on todays AfD log
- Table disarrangement
- copyright?
- Automated service
- how do i get the hash for security
- uploading pictures
- external link problem
- Jacob Hubner Commons?
- 1:1 translation of a german article
- Permission in fair use
- Heavy handed cencorship on Finnish wikipedia site
- FIX IMAGE
- Coordinate
January 31
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- Editing "our own" entry (Monash University)
- Where do I Upload Screenshot of Software?
- A few things I need to discuss
- My Bio
- User Page Creation Request
- Section header
- WhatLinksHere without templates?
- Incorrect Logo in company entry.
- permanent injunction decree holder can file execution petition or not
- Bots and other "automagic" to help improve a newly created stub
- Semi-Urgent: 2011 Egyptian protests markup/display error
- Academic Sources that are Controversial: Wikipedia Policy?
- 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?
- User message received upon opening page
- Today's Best Nonfiction
- Australian place categorization