Wikipedia:New contributors' help page/Archive/2009/April

what if ithought acouple of time ihad been abducted

back in the 1980s iwent the local hotel,had two beers went to the toilet,2very tallshadow like figures 1 on either side of me,that was about 2.30pm.next ifound myself in the back of ch urchyard.i was disorentated. ilook at my watch 8.30pm.after while ifound my way back home. another time i went to local just pickup a 6pk that was about 4pm.next iwake up on the ground next the railway track only about 3ft from it and was now 9pm.what happen to me i was to scared to say much more about it to anyone,they probably iam crazy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agon9 (talk • contribs) 10:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, you probably are... But if you're serious, we still can't help you. This page is for help on using Wikipedia only. Chamal :  Chat  11:52, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

See a therapist. – ukexpat (talk) 14:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps after a good nights sleep, a lack of alcohol, and a fresh prospective, could lead you to returning with some valuable contributions. Optimistic perhaps - but just a thought — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  09:01, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

How to Move an Article from User Talk to Main Site

Per the suggestions, I started by creating a draft of the article in my Talk section. However, now that it's finished I cannot find any way to move it over to the main site, i.e., to publish it.

My article is on a philosopher named "Ian Buchanan." There is currently a page for an actor by the same name, but there is no "disambigation" link, and I don't see any way to add one. If I could do that, I would just re-do creating the page directly on the main site.

As it is, I can't seem to find any way to add the new page.

Thanks, --Digital Excess (talk) 11:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

You need to make a few more edits to become autoconfirmed so you can move the page yourself. I'd do it for you, but I don't see many reliable independent sources to establish notability. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 11:30, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it needs some references besides things he's written himself to establish notability which looks to me to be possibly questionable. Since there already is an article Ian Buchanan about an actor, your article would have to be titled Ian Buchanan (philosopher) or something like that. Work on some more references. Books about him, not by him. Dan D. Ric (talk) 11:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

New Article

I have a new article/page that I would like to submit to Wikipedia, how do I do that?

Rryen (talk) 20:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)Rebecca

Article Submission

Type Public (NASDAQ: EURX) Founded 1969 Headquarters Amsterdam, The Netherlands Key Executives Gearóid Faherty, Chairman and CEO; Mario Crovetto, CFO; Manya Deehr, CLO; John Fraher, CCO; Ruth Thieroff-Ekerdt, M.D., CMO; Michael Walters, EVP of Sales and Marketing; Industry Pharmaceuticals Proprietary Development ProductsEUR-1008, EUR-1025, EUR-1073 Licensed Products Ultrase®, Amrix®, Unisom® SleepMelts™, Innopran XL, Diffucaps, Eurand Minitabs, AdvaTab, Microcaps Revenues $124.7 million in 2008 Employees 576 at January 31, 2009 Website www.eurand.com Founded in Milan in 1969, Eurand is a global specialty pharmaceutical company that develops pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products based on its proprietary product development technologies. The Company and its partners have had four products approved by the FDA since 2001 and has a pipeline of product candidates in development for itself. In May 2007, Eurand completed its initial public offering and became a publicly traded company. . Eurand has a strong track record of developing products using some of the most innovative drug formulation technologies in the pharmaceutical industry. . With integrated manufacturing and R&D facilities in the U.S. and Europe, the company has four broad and well-validated proprietary drug technology platforms:: • Bioavailability Enhancement • Taste Masking/Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODTs) • Customized Drug Release • Drug Conjugation These platforms include nine distinct technologies and are covered by more than 300 patents. Eurand uses these technologies to develop and expand the Company’s own internal pipeline and to partner with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies to develop their products. Currently, more than 40 products using Eurand technologies are commercialized in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Eurand is a leading industry partner that provides the broadest range of novel and proven oral drug delivery technologies. Using these technologies, the company focuses on turning difficult-to-develop drug candidates into easy-to administer, successful pharmaceutical products. Additionally, the technologies can be used to enable the creation of new chemical entities and can also be used as innovative and effective lifecycle management tools to prolong the market life of products. Products EUR-1008 Eurand’s lead product candidate, EUR-1008, is an innovatively formulated pancreatic enzyme product that is being developed for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, a condition associated with cystic fibrosis, chronic pancreatitis and other diseases. EUR-1008 was developed in response to the 2004 FDA guidance on pancreatic enzyme products, as amended and supplemented,which outlined the need to reduce variability in enzyme levels and the instability of currently marketed enzyme therapies and regulate them under the New Drug Application process. EUR-1008 is a highly stable formulation of porcine pancreatic extract that is biologically similar to the endogenous human pancreatic secretions necessary for proper human digestion. Eurand plans to market EUR-1008 itself in the U.S. pending FDA approval and to out-license the product outside the US. Licensed Products Eurand has a number of prescription and over-the-counter products available for licensing. In general, these products are new formulations of existing drugs that incorporate one or more of the proprietary drug delivery technologies. Eurand licenses these products to pharmaceutical companies for marketing throughout the world. Manufacturing Eurand manufactures all of the products that are developed for direct marketing and for licensees. The manufacturing process and units are integrated with R&D facilities, thereby facilitating the scale-up and manufacturing process for products in development. Shared facilities, processes and development teams enhance this strategy. Additionally, Eurand has facilities in the U.S. and Italy approved to process controlled substances. The manufacturing sites are regularly inspected by national regulatory agencies and the licensees. Locations Eurand is a global company with integrated research, development, and manufacturing facilities in the U.S. (Dayton, Ohio) and in Europe (Milan and Trieste, Italy; and Paris, France). The Company’s sales and marketing offices are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ©2009 Eurand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in USA EUR-0111 3/09

You don't. It has a copyright notice so in that form it would be a copyright violation. – ukexpat (talk) 21:30, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, be careful about conflict of interest. You might discuss your article at WP:DRAW, but if you work for this company, conflict of interest will be a problem for you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dthomsen8 (talk • contribs) 22:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

My entry was deleted - Shall I bother!??!?!

I added a reference earlier today to the 'Bridge Loan' page and have seen that is has now been deleted!? The link was to the Bridging Finance guide on my website I created. I'm in the process of creating detailed entries for 'Closed Bridging Finance' and 'Open Bridging Finance' but if someone is going to come along and delete them I might not bother!?!!?!!!

Why did the they delete it?

The reference page is http://benrandall.co.uk/bridging_loan_finance_guide.aspx

BTL-GURU (talk) 21:32, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Please see WP:EL for guidance on external links. Spamlinks are inappropriate. – ukexpat (talk) 21:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Page name need to be capitalized

Resolved

 – Page has been moved under correct name. Chamal ^talk 15:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I just joined Wikipedia and am creating a page on the Texas children's cancer center. When I created the page, I apparently didn't capitalize children's cancer center. Can someone fix this or help me fix this?

Please notify me in my talk thread.

Thank you, Backspacekey (talk) 18:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I have moved the page to the correct capitalization. Once your account has been autoconfirmed (made at least ten edits and existed for four days), you can move pages as well. You'll see a "move" tab at the top of most articles. TNXMan 18:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! This is fun to learn-Backspacekey (talk) 18:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Creating a new Article

Resolved

 – User has c&p to main space - John Frederick France. – ukexpat (talk) 16:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I've had some trouble working out how to set up a new article on Wikipedia but have got to the stage where I have an initial article prepared and sitting in my Userpage:Jackross. What do I do next, as I'm afraid it's certainly not obvious from what I've read so far. I registered yesterday and it appears from a previous question I have to wait four days. What then? Also I'm not sure if I've set the article up correctly, heading-wise etc. Could you check it to see if it's ok? Many thanks for any help you can give me.Jackross (talk) 08:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

The draft on your user page will have to be moved to the article mainspace, but you can only do that when your user account is autoconfirmed. The article does need some formatting work but more importantly it needs to make it more clear as to why the subject is notable and you will to cite some reliable sources to support it. – ukexpat (talk) 14:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

name change

I put in a specific name in the "signature" box of my registration page that I would like to delete. (It shows up at the bottom of this page, I think.)

I don't know what to put in that box!! We are not supposed to use real names, so how do I "sign" it? They ask for signature. Do I just repeat my username?

Thank you,

Kim Chung 18:12, 5 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldstar353 (talk • contribs)

Yes, in the preferences page put your username, Goldstar353, into the signature box and make sure that the 'Raw signature' box is not ticked. That should reset your signature back to the default setting. Tra (Talk) 18:44, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Aeroplanes

How does an Aeroplane fly? Whats the Principle behind it?122.172.123.145 (talk) 15:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Airplane. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. TNXMan 16:52, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I think you may be looking for this.— Kortaggio ^{Proclamations} _Declarations 01:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

changing image in the 'summary' box

Hi there

I would like to update the logo featured in the 'summary box' on this page http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Reckitt_Benckiser.

However I am under the impression that to upload an image to wikipedia I need to have had an account for at least 4 days and have made 10 edits? Is that correct?

The company has recently changed it's logo and I would like to reflect that - how do I do this without having image upload permission?

Many thanks Athpappas (talk) 10:58, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You can make a request on Wikipedia:Images for upload. Tra (Talk) 11:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm guessing that a company logo would come under the non-free fair use copyright goup which I'm not allowed to upload in the Common. Have I interpreted that incorrectly? Athpappas (talk) 11:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

No, that's correct. Tra (Talk) 11:33, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

For more on logos, see WP:Logos. – ukexpat (talk) 18:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Comment on an article - Etiquette

Hi! Article that I created was tagged or commented with: {{orphan}}and{{Wikify}} If i made revisions to the article, can I delete the tag/comment? Xapis (talk) 17:40, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You can indeed. Be sure to read the links in the notices to see what needs to be done. TNXMan 17:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Do I need to reply to the user that tagged my article of changes I made? If so, how would I know what tagged he/she placed in my article in order to properly respond? Xapis (talk) 02:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

No, just explain on the article's talk page the edits you have made to deal with the tagged issues. – ukexpat (talk) 03:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok, Many thanks to you both! Xapis (talk) 04:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Why, why, can I not find archived discussion pages?

Hello. How are you I am fine, except, apparently, for being retarted.

How can I find a discussion page that has been archived? Specifically, I was today at the Alan F Alford page. I know there will be lots of discussion about that page. But the discussion page is empty, and despite hours of trying to figure it out, I cannot find any previous discussion pages. Please end my pain.

Also, just wondering why I shouldn't list my email address here?

Thanks, David, blucat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.142.19.143 (talk) 21:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually, there has never been any discussion on that page. You can see here that the only two edits have been to the templates at the top of the page. Your question mentions that there "will" be discussion and that is still possible. However, no discussion appears to have happened yet. As for your email address, Wikipedia is a very popular site (4-6 most popular, depending on your source) and is mirrored by very many sites. Listing a live email address is a very good way to attract spam. TNXMan 21:46, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the quick response and the spam answer. But I'm still confused re: the discussion. On that page, if you go to History, there is a long list of different editors over a fair amount of time discussing what should be on the page. here's a small sample.

(cur) (prev) 12:44, 24 November 2008 Rjwilmsi (talk | contribs) m (17,753 bytes) (gen fixes: (1) fix web link format (1), using AWB) (undo) (cur) (prev) 15:46, 22 October 2008 89.216.141.253 (talk) (17,821 bytes) (→Retraction of Ancient Astronaut Theories) (undo) (cur) (prev) 14:49, 13 October 2008 Dougweller (talk | contribs) (17,732 bytes) (→Ideas on Ancient Egyptian Religion: again, we need more evidence for a claim of respect by Egyptologists then provided by the references) (undo)

Does this mean these registered editors discussed these issues on their own Wiki pages before posting the first version of the article, and no one has suggested a modification since?? Also, the page says it was last modified yesterday, yet I know it's been around for quite awhile, how can there have been all these changes without any discussion?

Thanks, David - blucat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.142.19.143 (talk) 22:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

It happens. On occasion entire arguments take place through those edit summaries, up until the point that an admin protects the page and points out the handy-dandy Talk page that is there for that purpose. It is possible that some of those editors talked to each other via user talk, which you could track down if you tried, but there is no rule saying that all edits must be discussed. Usually, discussion happens if an edit is controversial - sometimes it gets discussed before the edit is made, frequently it gets discussed afterwards, perhaps including some edit warring.

Also, some of those edits are relatively minor, and occasionally automated or semi-automated, in which case there isn't much to discuss. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 23:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Blatant Advertising?

I wrote a page about a local coffee shop. Just wanted to be the first to write about it, and I thought it was neutral but my page was deleted. I went over it again to make it more encyclopedic, but it was deleted again for the same reason. Is it really because the article sounded like an advertisement, or just because it's about a shop that people outside the Philippines don't know about? I don't understand why it keeps getting deleted. Kat.the.rookie (talk) 03:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Without being able to see the article in question, I have to ask - did the article contain referenced claims to the coffee shop's notability? I notice that while at least one of the speedy deletion tags placed was the "blatant advertising" one, on both occasions BoNa Coffee Company was deleted under criterion A7, which generally means that the article did not indicate why the topic was notable. Put roughly, the notability requirement asks "Why would anybody care about this place?" and the referencing/verifiability requirements asks "What proof is there that this place is like you say it is?" and if you can satisfy those, the article is much less likely to be deleted. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

????

what does the number in parentheses before the signature for example (+7) mean ben (talk) 04:54, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

It shows how many characters were added or removed in that edit. A large negative number, for example, may indicate that a lot of content was removed, e.g. if a vandal is blanking the page. A number close to zero often indicates that just a minor typo is being corrected. Tra (Talk) 07:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Gerald N. Epstein

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 16:07, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

My original entry on Gerald N. Epstein was tagged with various faults. I have done a substantial revision of the entry and on April 6 tried to replace the original -- but nothing has happened (at least so far). Am I being impatient? Is there a "button" I should have pressed? Please notify me on my talk page. Many thanks. David Hollidays (talk) 15:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 16:07, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Multiple Questions

my article keeps getting deleted, what are the most common reasons for this, how do i link photos etc to it as well. thanks catfade —Preceding unsigned comment added by Catfade (talk • contribs) 16:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Please take a look at the messages on your talk page: User talk:Catfade. The article was deleted (twice) because it did not indicate the importance or significance of the subject (see WP:CSD#A7). – ukexpat (talk) 18:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

To link images, see WP:Images. – ukexpat (talk) 19:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Question about notability/episodes

I've been maintaining some pages related to Theme Time Radio Hour episodes which are getting flagged for clean-up. For instance Theme Time Radio Hour: Weather has a {{notability}} notice. My thought is that each episode of Theme Time Radio Hour has 10-15 songs, and each season has around 30 episodes. So a single page including all the episodes of a season would be very large (300-400 songs). I could fairly quickly merge all the episodes together (wget/vi to the rescue), but just wondering if this is preferable considering the size of the resultant pages?

Mn monkey (talk) 19:33, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

The issue appears to be not how long or short the various articles are, but whether they meet the inclusion criteria set out in WP:N. From a quick look at a couple of the articles they need to refer to significant coverage in reliable sources to show notability. – ukexpat (talk) 19:42, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

i was informed that my contribution of the origin of the term wow factor

was inadequate.

I was told it was slated for quick delete.

I sought guidance.

BEYOND a shadow of a doubt, the IRS, the CIA, the Pentagon papers and the dictionary have nothing on the "Who's on First" by Abbott and Costello bit that Wikipedia has invented.

I am convinced I could spend about 2-3 months studying the rules and methods of W and I would only get as far as "here is how to write to place our rules." NOW, see if you are correct in your presumptions.

I am not a novice writer. I would never ever want to spend as much time again, as it took JUST to find out where to leave a note; that took me 25 presses of links and searches for this page; and I am not even sure where i am today.

IF W wants to simplify things, great. I am labeling W's Wow Factor as confusion, fuzziness and obfuscation!

I think I will have to poll my peers at W. Wow thinks things here are easy to understand and who can reach quickly what they seek? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kkemper1 (talk • contribs) 22:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

It appears that you are complaining that a poorly written vanity article about something called The Wow Factor (which you claim to have originated), with no sources and no indication of the notability of the term, was deleted. I fail to see what your concern is. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Was it perhaps because it was a neologism? You can always create the article on your user space first and then ask for assisstance at WP: EAR. If you have any other questions, let us know! Livewireo (talk) 14:35, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Fixing something I changed by mistake.

Hi: I was editing the Yoga as Exercise article. Under the section "Yoga as Alternative Medicine" I added a {citation needed} flag. I neglected to preview my change before I saved it. Somehow I did something to the next sentence, so it is separated from the rest of the paragraph and appears inside a box. I have no idea what I did. I know there is a way to revert edits, but I don't have time to try to find those instructions right now. Can someone fix this for me and lead me to the instructions on how to revert edits. Thank you. --Little Flower Eagle (talk) 00:53, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

There was an extra space in front of the paragraph. You probably just hit the spacebar by accident or something. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:57, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

If you look at the edit history page, there is a link after every edit that says UNDO. You can click that to revert your last edit. Livewireo (talk) 14:07, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Translation from other editions

Are there any considerations of which I ought to be aware if I am planning to translate an article from the Italian Wikipedia for placement into the English edition?

Italtrav (talk) 03:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Only to make sure it satisfies English Wikipedia standards, with notability and verifiability probably the most likely to be issues (just because an article exists on another Wikipedia doesn't mean it won't be deleted from this one). Also please place {{Translated page}} on the talk page. Otherwise, translating pages is a great way to add content to Wikipedia. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:56, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

If you post some information about the article here, perhaps you can get a reaction as to notability and verifiability before making the translation effort. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

All I want to do is add an artist's bio to Wikipedia

I have read and researched pages in the help sections to the point of exhaustion and extreme frustration. Please tell me in simple terms how to put a contemporary artist who has been painting since the 1970's onto Wikipedia. I am beside myself with confusion so please help me. I'm not even sure where to look if someone answers this question! Thank you Lavanderblue (talk) 05:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

There are a few things of which you need to be aware and/or read before writing an article. The first is the notability guide for biographies. Secondly, remember that all articles must be supported by independent reliable sources. Finally, check out this guide to writing your first article. If you have questions as you go, feel free to ask here. TNXMan 13:57, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

the Article

my Article was on a club my friends and I created and they wished to have it put on wikipedia I thought wikipedia was a site where one could place an article on there to share with the world but i have now seen that only "important" things are allowed and now I would like to ask if you can remove my user as I am fed up with the way you don't care my article is important to me and I get scary almost rude warnings saying that my Ideas aren't good enoughKyle25157 (talk) 12:59, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, Wikipedia has a guideline for just that very thing. WP: Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day. Articles on wikipedia have to be notable and they have to be verifiable. I recommend you read these articles. If you have any other questions, please let us know! Livewireo (talk) 14:05, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

(e/c)You obviously misunderstood what Wikipedia is, it is not a free webhost. For subjects to have articles here they must be notable, which is not the same as important. I am afraid that we cannot delete your account. If you no longer wish to contribute, then that is your right. You also have the right to vanish if you wish. – ukexpat (talk) 14:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Two user names

Having two user names is causing me problems. I would like to have all contributions signed as Dthomsen8, but sometimes I accidentally sign in as Davidt8, as it seems that I have both user names. I am using Mozilla Firefox 5.0 as my browser. Is there anything I can do to reduce the chance of using the wrong user name? (Yes, I know, I should be more careful.) --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:02, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

If you don't want to use the account Davidt8, then just setting the password to a random string and not memorizing it seems the easiest option. Algebraist 16:32, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you using the 'remember my password' feature? If so, go to the login form, click in the username box and press the down arrow. Use the arrow keys until Davidt8 is highlighted and press delete. Then, FireFox will stop remembering Davidt8 so it will be harder to log on with that username accidentally. Tra (Talk) 16:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I am using the 'remember my password' feature. Also, I have Davidt8 as my user name on Wikimedia Common. I think that my difficulty is that I have a global identity as both Davidt8 and as Dthomsen8, so there is bound to be overlap and confusion. For now, I will try to be careful. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:50, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

New entrry for Wikipedia

I have prepared an article for submission to be included in Wikipedia. I did so after noticing that there is no present entry under that title: Co-Pay Cards, which represent a five-year-old industry that works closely with major pharmaceutical companies to lower or eliminate the customer's/patient's co-pay costs for prescriptions. This has lowered my own health care costs considerably and I believe that other will want to know what that is about. The article is written. How do I submit it? I am not a computer genius and just want to know how to send the article to you for possible inclusion in Wikipedia. Thank you. Linda Skladzien —Preceding unsigned comment added by Linda Skladzien (talk • contribs) 16:46, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. – ukexpat (talk) 16:53, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

solar heating

I would like to know the best materials to use to build a solar geyser for my parents house. Im a college studente like to build staf nevadaserNevadaser (talk) 02:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. But note, they won't do your homework for you.  – ukexpat (talk) 03:05, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Can we read the clients Hardware and the browser specifications from the which our web applications (developed using the JAVA) are called. Is there any methods to retrieve the client information using

Can we read the clients Hardware and the browser specifications from the which our web applications (developed using the JAVA) are called. Is there any methods to retrieve the client information using the JAVA servlet? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.68.105.170 (talk) 07:01, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:05, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

deleting sections with citations

I'm looking at Biblical_Literalism where a whole section with many references was just deleted. Is there any policy for (or against) deleting material referenced with citations? TKempis (talk) 14:16, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

There is no specific policy against it. I would recommend discussing the issue on the article's talk page or with the user who removed the info. TNXMan 14:29, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

The citations are only going to matter if they are sound ones, fitting our standards of verifiability, neutrality and reliability. If the "references" are to blogs, hate sites and partisan/sectarian venues, chat sites, and rumor mills, they aren't going to be taken very seriously. Did the edit summary state why the deletion took place? --Orange Mike | Talk 14:38, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Nazareth Academy (Wakefield, MA)

Nazareth Academy will open in September of 2009 as the only all-girls college preparatory school in eastern Massachusetts.

The school is promising to feature an outstanding liberal arts curriculum, a performing arts program with instructors who are professional actors and vocalists, and a competitive athletic program.

This will be a faith-based school in the Catholic tradition, which puts an emphasis on creating self-confidence, leadership, and preparing young women to succeed on the college level. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Racroce (talk • contribs) 19:03, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like you are trying to create an article. You may want to review the following templated message, as it has some tips to get you started. Message as follows:

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. TNXMan 19:15, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Editing a subpage

Greetings,

I have been reading every tutorial on your site and I have been given a message that my editing is "destructive" and I may be blocked. I thought I created a subpage that I could edit as many times as I wanted. Why is this destructive? What did I do wrong? My username is "Lifein2009". I created a subpage called "sandbox".

Thank you, Lifein2009 (talk) 22:03, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Lifein2009

You create a subpage in your own userspace, so a subpage for you might be called User:Lifein2009/Sandbox (created with this code: [[User:Lifein2009/Sandbox]]). Everything that begins with "User:Lifein2009" is "your" space on Wikipedia.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 22:14, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I've created this subpage for you and filled it with sample content in the hope that this is helpful.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 22:17, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Need Help Moving Page

I recently created an article titled "UA Archives" and then realized the title would be clearer if it was "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ohio)". When I attempted to move the page, I received a notice that I need to request help with this move, since I'm a new editor. Thanks Archua (talk) 22:07, 9 April 2009 (UTC)Archua

I've moved this article for you.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 22:20, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

how do i edit a article plz can any one help me —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinterBlake97 (talk • contribs) 22:11, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Same way you edited this page!—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 22:21, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Need a Small Change to Help Moving Article

I asked for help a few minutes ago with moving the "UA Archives" page to "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ohio)". Thanks so much for your quick response in moving the page for me, but it looks like the new page ended up with the name "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ontario)". Could you please change the page title to "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ohio)" and remove the page with the title "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ontario)"? I'm worried the title with "Ontario" might confuse users if it appears in the drop list when they are typing their search. Thanks Archua (talk)Archua —Preceding undated comment added 22:30, 9 April 2009 (UTC).

My mistake! I'm sorry, and I've fixed it.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 22:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Create a page

How do you create your own article about someone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reuterstewy (talk • contribs) 22:41, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 22:46, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Joseph Carl Reuter

Joseph Carl Reuter was born on July 21, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reuterstewy (talk • contribs) 22:43, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry But I Still Need Help Moving Page

Thank you so much for creating the "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ohio)" page! I'm a little bit worried, though, because now if you try typing "UA Archives" in the search box, you receive a page that says "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ontario)" at the top with no article text. The "UA Archives" search doesn't seem to automatically redirect to the "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ohio)" page. What I need is for the "UA Archives" page to redirect to the "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ohio)" page, and if possible, I'd really like the "UA Archives (Upper Arlington, Ontario)" page to be completely deleted, since there is no place by that name. Thanks --Archua (talk) 22:49, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Done. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 22:56, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Page not in Google

Why doesn't my Wikipedia page come up when I google The Originators? We are legit business. I need to know how to make our page public. The Originators (talk) 22:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

• For one thing, it wouldn't show up until found by Google which doesn't necessarily happen right away. Beyond that, there are several problems with your article. It reads like an advertisement. Wikipedia is not a place to advertise your business, there are commercial websites for that. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and articles should reflect that. Also, you did not create an article, but a user page. Good luck. Dan D. Ric (talk) 22:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Also, it appears you did not actually create an article, but just posted information on your user page, which was deleted. User pages are not searched by Google. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 08:39, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, they are. However, search keys need to be very accurate. My user page only shows up if I search "ZooFari Wikipedia". ZooFari 17:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Capital letter in title

Resolved

Smallman12q (talk) 13:26, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

The Explore Kent article should have a capital K in the word Kent. Can this be modified?

Kentexplorer (talk) 15:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I have moved the article to the correct capitalization. If your account has been autoconfirmed (active for four days and made at least ten edits), then you should be able to move pages as well. TNXMan 15:52, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Signature from Edit bar

I have entered my signature, Dthomsen8, on my preferences page, but clicking on the signature icon adds only the four tildes, not four tildes followed by Dthomsen8. How do I get that to work? --DThomsen8 14:09, 2 April 2009 (UTC)Dthomsen8 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dthomsen8 (talk • contribs)

The wiki software compiles the four tildes into your signature plus a date stamp. You don't need to manually write out your username. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 14:11, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You should be aware, though, that your signature ought to link to your user page or user talk page. The simplest way to do this is to uncheck the 'raw signature' box in your preferences. Algebraist 14:13, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

(ecx2)The four tildes are automatically replaced with your signature. The edit page shows ~~~~, but once the page is saved, the tildes are replaced with the info you've listed in your preferences. You can see more info on signatures at WP:SIG. TNXMan 14:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

The Wiki software substitutes the four tildes with your signature.Smallman12q (talk) 13:27, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Roboticized - new word, made wiki to define it, now up for deletion???

Please see the wiki for 'roboticized' I entered this new word / concept, as I thought that is the type of thing Wikipedia is here for, but it put me up for deletion as soon as I entered it. Somebody help! I am brand new to this, and don't know what I am doing.

Jason Mallory —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasnmallory (talk • contribs) 07:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Jason. Wikipedia is not here to explain words, but topics. We do have articles on both robotics (the field of research) and robots (as made by US Robots and Mechanical Men). Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a dictionary. However, our sister project, Wictionary, does deal with words. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 07:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

My edit was erased twice

Resolved

 – tempodivalse [☎] 03:14, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Greetings,

I recently edited an article related to Tito Ortiz. It was a small thing, in that one of the T-shirts he wore was misquoted.

I have a source (several including photo documentation) indicating my edit, and when I edited the page, I recieved these two messages:

"Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Tito Ortiz, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you." (signature removed)

"Please do not make test edits to articles, as you did with this edit to Tito Ortiz, even if you intend to fix them later. Such edits constitute vandalism, and will be reverted. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. Thank you." (signature removed)

I've been reading tutorials, and using the sandbox... but I just don't know how to make the edit and make it stick.

Please advise 206.130.173.56 (talk) 09:40, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

actually, why don't i just give you the information.... and maybe you can change it for me.

Under the T-Shirts heading, It stated that Tito wore a shirt that said "Guy Mezger is my Bitch" This is not the case. It actually read "GAY Mezger Is my Bitch" (spelling and punctuation exactly as read here). I know it may be construed as offensive, but it is historically accurate. My references are: http://sfuk.tripod.com/interviews_01/tito_interview1.html This is an interview conducted by a MMA organization. Here Tito is quoted speaking about the T-Shirt, and there is also a picture of him wearing the T-Shirt. Further, the same table is on the 2nd last page of his autobiography. This reference is already quoted in the Wikipedia article.

Thank you,

206.130.173.56 (talk) 09:53, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I've fixed this for you, sorry about the warnings, we get a lot of anon contributers who just go around changing things in that way (replacing Guy with Gay, etc) obviously your edits were actually correct, just a note, if you ever find one of your edits is reverted in the future, please take it up with the reverter straight away, instead of just re-adding the infomation, all the best Spitfire^Tally-ho! 10:09, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Spitfire. I did take it up with the reverters just now. I'm just happy it's accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.130.173.56 (talk) 10:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

translate

please translate this for me,je parle pas l'anglais.115.129.31.9 (talk) 10:58, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

This page is only for help on using Wikipedia. You might like to try at our language reference desk. They will probably be able to help you there. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 11:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

It means "I don't speak English".—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 12:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Your phrase is missing the "ne". It should be "Je ne parle pas l'anglais." In French, when you want to make a statement negative, "ne" precedes the verb and "pas" follows it. --Thomprod (talk) 14:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

In practice the redundant "ne" is often omitted in conversational French.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 18:03, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of my article

I have just been informed that my first article about Gary Wehrkamp is to be deleted soon. I can't understand why. Gary may not be a rock star, but he sure is a renowned musician in progressive rock circles and has worked with several other renowned musicians. Besides that, he is the key member of Shadow Gallery, a band that has a quite large fanbase. So he should be classified as "notable" enough to deserve an article of its own. I don't know why you are making such a fuss out of this. I've seen articles on far less remarkable persons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahkala (talk • contribs) 11:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Then you have to show why he is notable. An encyclopedia article should provide the information assuming that the reader knows nothing about the subject. If it just mentions some random facts, the reader won't understand a lot, much less know if he's notable or not. Please see WP:MUSIC for Wikipedia's notability guidelines for this subject area and make sure that the subject qualifies them. Then you can edit the article as necessary including references from reliable sources. Chamal ^talk 11:48, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Adding rows to table

Hi: The article "List of Plants Used as Medicine) is basically a big table. How can I add rows to this table? Thank you to everyone who answers my questions. --Little Flower Eagle (talk) 04:05, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Little Flower Eagle. Each row of the table is produced by markup code that looks like this:

|-
|A
|B
|C
|D

and produces a row containing A, B, C, D in the four columns. So, to add an extra row containing the letters E, F, G, H to this, just add five more lines like so:

|-
|A
|B
|C
|D
|-
|E
|F
|G
|H

(If you press 'edit' and look and what I wrote above there are lots of '<br>'s. I just put those in to stop it appearing as |A|B|C|D on this help page: you don't need those in the actual table code.)

Hope that helps. If you have more questions you can ask me on my talk page. Best, Olaf Davis (talk) 15:56, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, you might want to look over Help:Table. Olaf Davis (talk) 15:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Can someone add David Boreanaz's Height into info box?

I have tried to format it correctly but apparently do not grasp the Wiki way of editing. All I wanted to do was to add David Boreanaz's height into the info box under his name but it kept coming out wrong. So please someone add his height that being 6'1" (1.85 m) thanks to whoever does this.

Ksmithjr23 (talk) 04:24, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

That particular infobox (Template:Infobox Actor) has no parameter to add height. That's why you can't add it. The infobox shows only the most important details about the subject, a kind of overview, and details like this are not included there. Chamal ^talk 06:48, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Bulleted Items

Resolved

 – tempodivalse [☎] 23:40, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

How do you list phrases as bulleted items? Indexcard88 (talk) 21:02, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Insert an asterisk character in front of each item. So

* text here
* text there

renders as:

• text here
• text there

 – ukexpat (talk) 21:24, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Reference numbering needs to be changed after my edit

Dear Staff, I am new to Wiki and have made an edit to Pio Pico with several new references. I have finally figured out how to insert the references in the correct format but I don't know how to correct the numbering. There were already two references when I began and I am trying to now insert numbers 3-5. However, when I follow the instructions in Footnotes and Referencing for beginners my references always begin with number 1. Can you guide me to a section to explain how to fix this, or, teach me how to do it? Also, when I try to edit the Pio Pico page I don't actually see the existing two references typed out in the edit page anywhere; where are they? --Samson22911 (talk) 19:43, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

You may have formatted those references in a different manner. Take a look at the existing references, and model yours after them. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:45, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

It appears that you added superscripted numbers to the article text here and then tried adding the citations directly to the Reference List. The actual references should be added to the text (and the software will assign its own numbers based the citations' locations in the entire article). The actual citations are displayed in the Reference List automatically. See our article WP:Cite. If you need more help, ask on my talk page. --Thomprod (talk) 20:07, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

By the way, these answers are not coming to you from "staff", but from other editors like yourself who look at this page when we have a little spare time. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 11:18, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Frequency Modulation

I edited an article "Frequency Modulation" on 22 Feb 2009. A subsequent edit by Oli Filth removed all but the first line of my edited addition. I would like to ask him why he did this.Mofelix2 (talk) 04:47, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

The other editor said this in his edit summary, which you can see on the article's history page: "partial rv - speculation and POV" which means "partial revert - speculation and point-of-view" (these being discouraged at Wikipedia, see the guideline at WP:POV). You say you would like to discuss it with the user; you can do so at his talk page, User talk:Oli Filth, or a better choice is to use the article's talk page, Talk:Frequency modulation, where other regular editors of the article can also help. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 11:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Diesel Generator

Resolved

 – Wrong venue, the correct place to ask this question is the science reference desk. Cheers, tempodivalse [☎] 02:54, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Diesel Generator didn't start during power outage,wwhich module/timer/relay could cause the problemJerupaja (talk) 02:32, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TNXMan 02:45, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Christianity portal

When I clicked on a link to a Christianity page, one of the first things I noticed was it includes information about Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses. While these two religious groups read the same Bible Christians do, contrary to popular belief, they are not Christians. I want all information about Mormons and Witnesses to be put on seperate pages so everybody can clearly see they are not like each other or Christianity. When I tried to edit, I got a message the page is semi-protected. How can I move the content from Christianity to a new page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by FaithHopeLove1313 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

You will have to discuss that on the Portal's talk page, but I suspect that it has already been discussed and consensus reached. – ukexpat (talk) 04:16, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Mutu (singer)

Mutu (Muthu Browning) is an Australian singer/songwriter of Australian and South African heritage. Has was the support act for Flo Rida on his 2008 Australian Tour and was featured in the January 2009 issue of Rhyme & Reason Magazine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jontlim (talk • contribs) 03:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Jontlim, this is not a page to add references. Kulture Break and Mutu MAY become notable enough to add to Wikipedia but about all I see right now is facebook. Try editing a few other articles first then see about creating new ones. Dan D. Ric (talk) 04:11, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Biography Correction

My biography, published on Wikipedia, very much needs correcting and bringing up to date. How do I go about doing this? Dr. Jesco von Puttkamer Jvonputt (talk) 20:53, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Because of your conflict of interest you should not edit the article yourself. The best thing to do is leave a message on the article's talk page declaring your conflict and explaining the changes that you think should be made to the article. Please note that you will need to provide reliable sources and maintain a neutral point of view. – ukexpat (talk) 21:07, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

--- But isn't it so, that deletion of incorrect information is permitted anyhow under the BLP guideline and that there is no conflict of interest in doing that? (I'm not the original questioner, btw). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.195.182.68 (talk) 21:28, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Irene Barberis

can you tell me why the new page irene barberis is up for deletion. Can you give the area which is contentious please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metasenta (talk • contribs) 08:17, 13 April 2009 (UTC) — Metasenta (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Irene Barberis has been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irene barberis where you can comment. The arguments refer to Wikipedia:Notability (people), Wikipedia:Notability (academics), Wikipedia:Copyright violations. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:16, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Mombasa Air Safari

A local airline based at Mombasa's Moi International Airport that flies daily services on tourist routes to Amboseli, Masai Mara, Tsavo and Lamu. One way and return tickets available on all routes plus air safari packages on the airlines own routes as the airline is also a licenced tour operator. MAS starte4d in 1974 and is the oldest established airline at the Kenya Coast. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.220.118.30 (talk) 11:50, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like you're trying to write an article. Instead of posting here, you should check out the articles for creation page, where anonymous editors can submit content. TNXMan 12:44, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

photos

How can I add photos to wikipedia? can I? --13:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)58.68.6.38 (talk)

You can, but you'll need to register an account first and become autoconfirmed (active for four days and make at least ten edits). Once you've done those things, head over to this page to get started. Alternatively, you can upload the images on Wikimedia Commons, which does not require autoconfirmation. TNXMan 14:08, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Just FYI, Commons is here. – ukexpat (talk) 14:14, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

EASTER RABBIT

Good morning, Where do I research why is the rabbit linked w/Easter Holiday, What does a rabbit have to do w/Easter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.93.42.238 (talk) 18:27, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

I think our article on the Easter bunny has the info you need. TNXMan 18:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

file redirect

When I type Mark Fidrych into the search box it tries to execute a file instead of doing the search. 72.150.186.120 (talk) 00:59, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Hm, the search works fine for me. Not sure what's causing that. tempodivalse [☎] 01:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Our article on Mark Fidrych appears OK to me as well. As the subject is something that it is currently in the news, the article will probably go through many changes over the course of the next few days. It's possible you caught the article in the middle of one of those changes. TNXMan 01:09, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

It's possible you have a virus on your computer that is trying to track your search habits. Don't want to be alarmist, but if that's what it is, it apparently isn't working properly anyway. I suggest running a virus test program. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 14:05, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Should I add an article if all I have is a picture?

I took a great picture of Echinocactus texensis yesterday and I'd like to add it to Wikipedia.

Should I add it to the Echinocactus page or add a new page for Echinocactus texensis? If I make a new page, do I have to find out more info about the cactus? All I have is the info from the marker next to it at the Wildflower center. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrixena (talk • contribs) 01:06, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure where it would go, but I know who would. There is a whole WikiProject dedicated to plants and if you ask on their talk page, they should be able to give you more info. TNXMan 11:56, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Better on wikicommons than wikipedia. Kittybrewster ☎ 12:32, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Kuwait

I am new to Wikipedia. I lived and worked in Kuwait for 12 years.I wish to include under the history of Kuwait the story of the British expatriate community who built the oil industry over half a century and prominent personalities e.g. Dame Violet Dickson who played an important role while the Kuwaitis slowly took over control of their own affairs and their own industry. At present none of this is mentioned in the current article. I don't want to offend the Kuwaitis who have written the British out of the story. I also have some historical early photographs to add. Please advise how to diplomatically plug this gap.

Regards,

Adam Reay ¬¬¬¬

You could post a draft on your user page User:Adam_Reay/Kuwait or you could discuss it on the Kuwait talk page. Make sure you have references. And please add your signature (four tildes ~) after your posts (which I see you tried to do). Kittybrewster ☎ 12:37, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

You don't actually have to type out 4 tildes. When you are in edit mode, there is a row of blue boxes above the edit window. One near the middle (to the right of a "W" in a circle) will add them when you click it. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 14:07, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Here are some links to policies I think might help you here: our policy for notability, our style guide, and what type of sources we accept. I hope this helps. Best regards, tempodivalse [☎] 14:12, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Mary Reynolds

Dear Wikipedia I cannot find an article on Mary Reynolds that isn't in gibberish! I NEED HELP!!! --Carlisle10 (talk) 00:50, 15 April 2009 (UTC)Carlisle10

I'm not sure what you mean. Our article on Mary Reynolds appears to be OK. It does incorporate some non-English words, so perhaps those threw you off? TNXMan 02:18, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Moving a new page

Resolved

 – Article speedily deleted as spam – ukexpat (talk) 18:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I created ClearBooks and want to move it to ClearBooks Online Accounting Software for the full name. Unfortunately, I am not allowed. Please help :)

TimFouracre (talk) 18:14, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I think the name is correct as is. ClearBooks is the name of the company as well as the software, so the title should reflect the more general name. TNXMan 18:27, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Suggest you also read WP:COI as it clearly applies here. – ukexpat (talk) 00:12, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Creating a new profile on Wikipedia

Dear sir/madam,

I would like to contribute information on a lady Gurpreet Gill. She is mentioned on Vivek Oberoi's page and is his ex fiancee. She has been a successful Indian model and an international brand ambassador. She is very socially prominent as well. I have a lot of information about her and have compiled it, so just need assistance in finding out how and where I can submit this information for it to be featured on Wikipedia.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Simbubbles —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simbubbles (talk • contribs) 04:52, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

You can go ahead and create the article in your userspace via a user subpage. Here's a direct link: Special:Mypage/Subpage - if you're logged in that should be were you would want to create a subpage. When you're happy with the article, come back here and we'll help you move it into the mainspace. Before you start, you might want to look at WP:YFA. Best, Zain Ebrahim (talk) 09:55, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Please also read WP:BIO and WP:RS - notability is the key here and without reliable sources to show notability, the article will almost certainly be deleted. – ukexpat (talk) 17:57, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Creating a project page

I'm hoping to create a wiki project Nottinghamshire. I posted my proposal on the project council proposal list. I would like to start working on the page, I read WikiProject#Initial_setup but can't work out literally how to create the page! I read somewhere it was a good idea to create it as a subpage of your user until ready to be made public, how do I do this? KlickingKarl (talk) 19:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Just create the subpage at: User:KlickingKarl/Sandbox. Then, when the creation of the Project is approved, it can be moved the correct namespace. – ukexpat (talk) 20:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Linking to the "On this day..." page

I am writing my own private wiki (with MediaWiki) for my work, and I would LOVE to link directly to the "On this day..." page. I clicked the "Permanent link" listed in the toolbox sidebar, but all that did was give me the permanent link to that specific date.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!!

67.88.219.23 (talk) 21:25, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

If {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} and {{CURRENTDAY}} work on your wiki then you could try Selected anniversaries or the longer page This day. The source shows how I made the links. Your page might have to be purged to update the links on a new day. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:45, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

PrimeHunter, how do I know if {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} and {{CURRENTDAY}} work on my wiki? And if they don't, how do I make them work? I tried to enter both of your suggestions on my html page (it's the front page of my wiki, and links directly to the main page), and they both come up with bad link rejections. 67.88.219.23 (talk) 19:53, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} and {{CURRENTDAY}} are magic words in MediaWiki. When written in a wiki page they should produce the name of the current month and the number of the current day: {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} produces December, and {{CURRENTDAY}} produces 4. I'm not sure what you mean by "my html page". Magic words are used as wiki source and not html. If it doesn't work on your wiki then I don't know how to fix it. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:31, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Moving my page out of my sandbox to be published on wikipedia

I am new to this process. My entry for The Dorsch Gallery (Miami) is my first entry on wikipedia. I followed the tutorial and the formatting guidelines and have also poked around the help questions (which is why I am writing this question) and still cannot figure out how to get my entry published and out of my "sandbox." Can someone help me? Dont know how this works, feel like there's a group of wikipedia judges back there grading my entry or something....worried I might not pass. Ciao for now, Allthatisholyis94 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allthatisholyis94 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

It still reads too much like a press release or promotional piece IMHO, even if that was not your intention. Do you have some more sources to demonstrate notability? – ukexpat (talk) 17:59, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Your article has already been deleted. You need to study how to create an article with WP:NPOV and avoid any conflict of interest issues (WP:COI), if you have any connection with this gallery. Perhaps you can find art gallery articles with the proper objective point of view. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:32, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

No, it's in the user's sandbox here: User:Allthatisholyis94/Sandbox. – ukexpat (talk) 18:47, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

It is in the user's sandbox, but the user did have it deleted. User talk:Allthatisholyis94 has the deletion notice. --DThomsen8 (talk) 10:45, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

degree certificate

how to get degree certificate from magadh university —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.197.96.27 (talk) 07:11, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried calling or e-mailing them? In any event, this is not an appropriate question for the Help Desk. Ref desk template message follows. Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 13:42, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Current revision as of 15:59, 15 April 2009 (edit) (undo)Dp76764 (talk | contribs)

Hi, I have posted my first entry to Wikipedia with good intentions and as far as I can discern I have received two warnings for trivia (vandalism) 'I think' or similar, based on the idea that Second Life Feegles are a fan club.

I'd like to say that Second Life Feegles do exist in Second Life and feel that they deserve a mention in the Wikipedia. They do not seek to be Mac Nac Feegles 'if they are prohibited to do so', they do not seek to profit from their existence either. They hope to afford to the many fans of Second Life, the opportunity to be a Feegle as a lived experience, all be it, a cyber experience, by listing the existence of the possibility and some of the experience that have been to date, which can be validated by Second Life records. The AV's mentioned in the entry are not real life charactors, they are simply well known Second Life Feegle AV's.

I do not believe my entry is trivia. I believe Second Life itself to be a new world dimension, worthy of Feegle attention.

I respectfully request that the edit to the information I offer be reconsidered, thoughtfully reduced in size or simply included as another referenced entry to valid Feegle charactors, but not removed completely.

If the entry is to remain removed, could you please advise me of any alternate action, in realtion to a Wikipedia entry for Second Life Feegles, that I can take.

With respect and for your consideration.

Littlemaven —Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlemaven (talk • contribs) 14:02, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi. One of our core policies is that we must always make references to reliable, third party sources whenever we add information to an article; generally, if you add lots of info without citing a source, it is likely to be removed, as what seems to have happened with you. If you can find some reliable sources documenting the information you put in, please reinsert it with the sources included (preferably as external links). Hope this helps, tempodivalse [☎] 14:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

St. John's Fire District

{{Infobox '''St. John's Fire District''' |Established = 1959 |Staffing = Career |Strength = 121 |Stations = 7 |Engines = 7 |Ladders = 1 |Towers = 1 |Rescues = 2 |}}—Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruizer626 (talk • contribs)

It looks like you are trying to write a template or an article. Did you have a question about how to do that? TNXMan 18:46, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Create a new page

How do I create a new page? Do I add a book or Add Wiki pageTrosier (talk) 20:42, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. TNXMan 20:46, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Replacing raster image [convert-to-vector template] with vector svg

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 – ukexpat (talk) 18:37, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

When I replace a raster image with a vector should I recreate the image in inkscape and then upload it, or simply open the raster graphic and save it as an svg and then upload it? One more question: When I upload a vector svg to replace a raster image, what should I put in the description? Thanks for answering! Goldblattster (talk) 14:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't know about these specific formats, but I don't believe you can replace an image with another using the same name. You have to upload under a new name. Guidelines for file names appear on the upload page. It doesn't need to have the same name on Wikipedia/Commons as its name on your computer. How you create the file, what you name it, and how you describe it after upload, are all up to you. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 20:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok! thanks for the information. Goldblattster (talk) 14:17, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Article needs attention - CTF-150

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 – ukexpat (talk) 18:36, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Combined Task Force 150 needs attention. I cannot figure out why a certain paragraph about change of command results in a bad display in the article, so I have removed the problem paragraph and posted it in the talk with a comment. It displays correctly there. I do not see what causes the problem, so I am asking for help here. A more experienced editor can help by fixing the problem. Meanwhile, there is a break in the command chain in the article, but that is better than giving the general public a bad display, IMO. This article is about anti-piracy efforts off Somolia. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

The problem is that a line was starting with a space.

That causes special formatting like this. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I put it back in the correct place (I think). – ukexpat (talk) 19:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

A line starting with a space is a rather hard thing to detect as a formatting glitch, but now I know to look for that possibility elsewhere. I have seen the same problem elsewhere, but this article is popular due to the increased awareness of piracy. Yes, the line is in the right place. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I forgot my password

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 – ukexpat (talk) 18:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I've created the account "Traute Meyer" and forgot my login password. I have not inserted an email address (Send password to user), so I don't know how to get access. How to proceed in such a case? I also have an account with the same user name on wili DE. 82.113.121.165 (talk) 19:11, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, in this case, you are probably locked out of your account for good. My suggestion to you would be to simply create a new account, if you didn't have many edits under the old one. Alternatively, if your password at de.wiki is different from this one, and you remember that one, you might be able to log in there, set your home wiki for de.wiki, and the password for all Wikimedia wikis will automatically update. (I'm assuming you're using a global account, right?) tempodivalse [☎] 19:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I'am not using a global account and now created a new one. Thanks for answer. Traute Meyer2 (talk) 19:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem. tempodivalse [☎] 19:31, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

my first article

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Am I allowed to write a bio on myself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frankscarlatella (talk • contribs) 22:30, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Autobiography. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:47, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletezorz

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 – ukexpat (talk) 18:36, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Can you delete my user page but not my user talk?

--Starkinator (talk) 18:13, 17 April 2009 (UTC)Starkin M. Nyrdi

 Done For future reference, you can tag the page with {{db-author}}. TNXMan 18:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

I want to start my own wikipedia page

I want to start my own wikipedia page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph A. Bellardino (talk • contribs) 13:33, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 13:33, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

If you mean starting a Wikipedia page about yourself, please read WP:Autobiography first. TNXMan 13:37, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Help

Has my blog been published? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Indublon (talk • contribs) 05:07, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

No, it's been deleted. While I have no intention to belittle your hardships, Wikipedia is not a blog. You should try another website, like Blogspot. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:47, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

?????

what does &nbsp; mean when a bot adds it to an article when it mentions the title or other linksben (talk) 07:24, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

See nbsp. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:09, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

New art form

Hello I have developed a new form of art that in not listed any where on the net as far as I have seen. Can I write an artikel about this new art form and publish it here? What is the best way to start? Thank you

asharnos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asharnos (talk • contribs) 16:12, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I am afraid not, as all subjects of our articles must be sourced with references to reliable, third party sources. I don't think that your work would meet our standards of notability or verifiability, as you say it isn't mentioned anywhere, so we will most likely not be able to accept your article. tempodivalse [☎] 16:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) Unfortunately, Wikipedia only contains articles that have been covered in third-party reliable sources. Once your art form has received significant coverage, then an article will be warranted. See this page for more info. TNXMan 16:17, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

WASHING MACHINE

h bought a washing machineENERGY EUROPE NAMED BENZO WM 642 WORKED ONLY ONE MONTH NOW IT DO NOT WORK WHERE IT,S FUSE TOCHANGE IT THANKS JAKIMASO —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakimaso (talk • contribs) 19:48, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 2.8 million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If that is not fruitful, we have a reference desk, divided into various subjects areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. tempodivalse [☎] 21:35, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

New to Wikipedia

Hey, I'm curious on how best to get my start. I originally signed up with Wikipedia because I wanted to flesh out/ add information on the electronic medical records/prescription/medicare entries that are pretty incomplete but I'm very nervous about making sure I do it in the right way. I know there's a big problem with people trying to use this for Marketing and I want to avoid anything that would make people feel I'm attempting to do that. It's a company-centric industry as well which makes me even more careful in how I approach fleshing it out.

I'm really wanting to just flesh out a lot of the existing entries on the topic and add more information on the subject, the industry and etc. Any suggestions on how best to go about doing so in the correct fashion would be extremely helpful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bchess77 (talk • contribs) 15:49, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

First of all welcome! Don't worry too much about being perfect. We all started from scratch :). I can't really help you on the medical subjects, but Wikipedia:Conflict of interest is a must-read if you are concerned about what you should and shouldn't do when writing about a subject you are closely related to. Good luck! -- lucasbfr ^talk 16:13, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Notable People from Kamloops BC

I am not a registered contributor but I really want to know exactly who decides what constitutes a NOTABLE person? I have lived in Kamloops since 1960 and do NOT have a clue who most of these people are, especially the (former), and most likely 'mediocre' hockey players. Who exactly decides what names can be included? Friends? Family? Is there any way that (some of) these names can be taken out? There are many other more qualified individuals who deserve to be named as 'ambassadors' of this city. There is one person in particular who was BORN in Kamloops and went on to being the biggest and most significant influence in the United States' space program between 1959 and 1970. Just go to another city's page, such as Edmonton, and almost every (notable) person mentioned is somewhere in my memory. Just when I think it cannot get any more ridiculous, someone adds the name of (former Mayor) Terry Lake. Good grief. Is he Kamloops' ONLY former mayor? What exactly is his personal claim to fame? How long do we have to wait for more 'qualified' persons to be 'nominated'? Two examples are (well-known) musicians, Henry Small and Terry Black. Please, someone get back to me and let me know the answers I seek. Wayne. *trophybf@yahoo.ca* I do NOT care about Spam. I can cancel any Yahoo address in a moment's notice. Just SOMEBODY please give me the answers. Thank-You.

p.s. I have no talk page or account at this time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.50.207.144 (talk) 05:55, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

A person is notable if they meet either the general notability guideline or the biographical notability guideline. Generally, anyone with an article will be listed as a notable person from X on X's article. As for the email, removing it isn't just about preventing you from receiving spam; we also usually don't respond to people via email. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:34, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Citing Sources for Films

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 – ukexpat (talk) 17:28, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I want to add authentic information about Punjabi Films. The problem is that i cant figure out a way to cite references and sources for the information... simply there aren’t any apart from their Official Websites and Public Forums. The newspapers that write about them are in print only, no online alternatives.

I spent a whole day looking for an answer but couldn’t find any. The closest i got was in archive 6 of citing sources where a question was asked by Aleal, but the question wasn’t answered aptly and the doubts still linger. Whenever i add any info, i get "citations needed", so how do i make them proper articles? Bobbysandhu (talk) 04:12, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

There is no requirement for sources to appear online, only that they be reliable and accessible to other users, in some manner. Even if it requires visiting a library (something many people cringe at the thought of these days), it can still be a reliable source. Just use the {{Cite news}} template, and leave the URL parameter blank. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the quick turn back. Now that we're discussing it, let me show you the problem itself. Now, i was intending to write about this movie Tera_Mera_Ki_Rishta (I have it in a proper format in my sandbox pages, but for a non-user the article is still a single line). Anyways, You wont find any written or documented article about it. The only refernce is their official site and a web launch center. Are these two enough? If you were to write about this movie, what would you cite as a reference? Bobbysandhu (talk) 05:02, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

If those were the only sources that existed about the movie, the article would most likely be deleted as not passing the notability guideline, which requires the existence of multiple reliable sources published by third-parties. But there seem to be plenty of sources for this movie (a sample), so that won't happen. Ideally, sources along those lines (news and reviews from newspapers, magazines, notable critics, etc.) should be used for the bulk of a larger article on a movie. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:38, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks once again for the reply. Well there are many references of this kind on the web for this movie. If these can be considered authentic, then im sure i can cite many of them. I was just worried that even if IMDB is not considered a much reliable source for citing references in films, then these news bites certainly wont stand up. I think I will write one article and see how it fares. If it works then ill go ahead with more. Regards and Thanks. I recon this question has been resolved. Bobbysandhu (talk) 13:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

The very fact that there are no reliable sources for information about the films, argues pretty strongly that they are not in fact notable enough to get articles about them in this encyclopedia. Print sources such as reputable newspapers and magazines, even if in Punjabi, are sound sources; but if all there is are gossip sites, blogs and the like, that's not much evidence of notability. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Susan Boyle and voice type

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 – User referred to article's talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 18:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I note singers commonly have their vocal types listed, such as tenor, alto, baritone, soprano, etc. However, the article you have on Susan Boyle just states she is a "singer." I would like to know her vocal type. I am guessing she is a mezzo-soprano. Thanks- 24.13.88.236 (talk) 02:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)Suzanne

Hi there - your best bet is probably to ask on the talk page of the relevant article, where someone knowledgeable about the singer may be able to add this information to the article. For more information on using talk pages, please click here. You could also try the reference desk, which specializes in knowledge questions; this page is intended for questions about using Wikipedia. I hope this helps: please let us know if you need more assistance. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:54, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, Gonzonoir. I had no idea what I was doing, lol, and it is very difficult for me to figure out how to find the correct links I need. I took your suggestion and posted my question to the 'Talk' section. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction... Suzanne —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.13.88.236 (talk) 14:02, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem! We're here to help :) Gonzonoir (talk) 14:48, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Guinness World Record

thanks for this site who has given me opportunity to solve the problem I want to give my project( this is the first project in this world ) in guinness world record how can i contact6 with them pl. inform me thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Singhnavdeep09 (talk • contribs) 08:30, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 2.8 million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If that is not fruitful, we have a reference desk, divided into various subjects areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.

Gear manufacturing

Hello Respected person In gear manufacturing (leibherr Hobbing)machine there was a problem, In running condition after 10 to 15 component the DOP(diameter over pin) size of the component suddenly goes to undersized by 50 to 70 micron. every thing is ok that means fixture & Hob run out, material of the part, speed & feed is also well set but why this happen I can't understand Please if u have any solution then please inform me.

Thanks chin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.211.246.53 (talk) 09:43, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 2.8 million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If that is not fruitful, we have a reference desk, divided into various subjects areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Need help, please! {Question was previously on userpage design center help}

Hi, I've been always an avid Wikipedia searcher as to I even search things that I'm interested in and research from there out. The only problem is that I've decided to create, on behalf of an organization that is apart of an educational institute, to make a wikipedia page. Unfortunately, when I made the attempt, it says I'm "promoting" or claiming that I'm advertising. I understand why I had to change my name because it was a affiliated with the actual school, but if a well-known university can have fraternities and other organizations on their user page, how come I can't link and make one up that benefits all of its students? Our Mission Statement is exactly as follows: To provide free *confidential* (meaning doesn't conflict with legal issues) information, advocacy and support to Students, Faculty and Staff who may be victims or survivors of crime, violence or abuse on or off the UCF campus. We are not even a non-profit organization: UCF Victim Services. We are an educational facility. I could really use some help, especially since I'm totally new to Wikipedia and its design. VSKnights (talk)) 1:44 PM, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

So far...My responses...

Hi VSKnights! You've placed this request on a page dedicated to helping with user pages and actual design (i.e. coding) of Wikipedia pages. The best place for your question is probably the Help desk, where experienced editors assist new users. The reason I can't help you much here is because I am not an administrator (and therefore cannot see deleted material) and this page doesn't receive very much traffic, so an administrator may not see it for some time. Therefore, I encourage you to make a post at the help desk, repeating your issue with the article you tried to create.

However, what I can tell you is that there is a difference between creating a page that gives factual information on an organisation, and creating promotional material for an organisation. It's possible (though I can't confirm it) that the tone of the article came across as advertising, and therefore qualified for deletion. An administrator would be able to provide you with more advice though, so the help desk is the best place for you, ;-) Hope that helps at least a little bit! Good luck. Maedin\^talk 18:28, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I've had a look at the page (it was at User:UCF VictimServices) and I think the problem is that Wikipedia isn't a good place to promote your organisation. We focus more on subjects that are already well known. If you become more notable in the future, someone independent from you might create a page. Thank you anyway for contributing to Wikipedia. Tra (Talk) 19:25, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

UCF_VictimServices (talk)) 2:19 PM, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I would suggest reading our guidelines on Conflict of interest. Wikipedia generally frowns upon editors creating articles or editing topics that they share an interest in. Also, articles generally have to pass notability and verifiablity guidelines. You can remake your article on your userspace and then head on over to WP:EAR and request for some outside editors to go over it with you. Livewireo (talk) 20:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Big blood pressure

Hi sr. I have Big blood pressure from big explode from 2year .i gonig to hospital many time the doctors give me medicine to use it every day but no way to low thy change it three time in 2year and now kindly i need help from Big pressure .im tired. best regard —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonsaer (talk • contribs) 22:04, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

We don't give medical advice here. I would recommend you see a doctor about this. Tra (Talk) 22:09, 21 April 2009 (UTC)\

Please see our medical disclaimer; Wikipedia cannot offer any medical advice. I would recommend you seek advice from a doctor. tempodivalse [☎] 00:52, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Question

Are links to a particular artist's fan sites forbidden? Even when they were designed to support an artist and are not for profit? Jasonsgothgirls (talk) 00:46, 22 April 2009 (UTC)JasonsgothgirlsJasonsgothgirls (talk) 00:46, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Generally, yes, they are not allowed, per our external links guideline: see WP:EXTERNAL. tempodivalse [☎] 00:51, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I triggered an automated filter?

I attempted to move Sarah Whedon to Sarah Walker (Brothers & Sisters) since the character no longer goes by Whedon. Apparently, I triggered an automated filter and need to ask for assistance moving this page. Could somebody help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armyable (talk • contribs) 07:04, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Done. Dragons flight (talk) 07:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Visual studio.net

I am developing a web application using visual studio.net 2003 version. I discovered that the toolbox in web application development environment has limited tools unlike windows application development environment.For example, I wanted to draw a line, no such tool to draw a line. I also want to know how I can insert animation objects for advertising etc.196.3.182.250 (talk) 11:26, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:38, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

International trade

What are the organization, agencies and business sectors that may be involved in International Trade and International trade finance? Please elaborate the roles each of the parties play in the international trade arena. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.8.254 (talk) 17:10, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Did you try searching Wikipedia? We have a vast catalogue of encyclopedic articles, so you should be able to find what you want to know. Perhaps our article about International trade will tell you what you wish to find out about. Hope this helps. tempodivalse [☎] 17:12, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

You may also want to ask at the reference desk, but please note that Wikipedia will not do your homework for you. TNXMan 17:26, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Comment

why did the great pyramid of giza build —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.79.65.236 (talk) 21:06, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

See Great Pyramid of Giza or if that doesn't help, please ask at the Reference Desk. But note, we will not do your homework for you. – ukexpat (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

helpme

Dear help desk

I was wondering why you will not let me put the following website up on the relevant pages.

http://www.yourlocallondon.com/bow http://www.yourlocallondon.com/bethnal-green http://www.yourlocallondon.com/hackney

We aim to be a one stop local information site to get people to connect with their community and support their community. We are not advertising for use via payment or subscriptions - it is free for the general public to use giving free promotional opportunities and free networking opportunities.

We do offer wider use for local businesses as we encourage people to shop local and thereby support their community. So I guess this is the only section that has subscription fee if you are a local business that wants to market themself.

I saw other sites listed on these areas not sure why they can be listed and not us.

Maybe you could throw some light my way.

Thanks and Best wishes Sarajn5814 (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

As explained in the message on your talk page, because Wikipedia is not a collection of links. This page may also help. – ukexpat (talk) 21:23, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Notable Resident

I live in Hindley, Greater Manchester and frequently look at the relevant page for Hindley on Wikipedia. I recently tried to make an addition to "notable residents". Currently the entries are for several ancient residents who happened to be landed gentry and a few Rugby League players. There is one person who really was a notable resident in that he was the most well known, loved and respected man in Hindley over the last 50 years or so. He was a celebrity in the true sense of the word and at his funeral two weeks ago, over 700 people packed the local church to pay their respects.

All I tried to do was add his name to the list. It did appear for a few days but has now been removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.104.16 (talk) 13:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi. You must provide reliable sources when adding substantial information to articles, otherwise, generally, your entry will be removed. I understand that it might be disappointing to have your edit undone, but that is the way Wikipedia works. I would recommend that you read some of our policies and guidelines, such as Wikipedia:Cite your sources, to get an idea of how to cite things when adding information. Also, for the individual to be notable enough for mention here, he or she should have at least some mention in independent, reliable sources. I hope this helps. tempodivalse [☎] 14:05, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Gainesville, Florida--The First Butterfly City

Gainesville, Florida, designated itself as the First Butterfly City at a City Commission meeting on Dec. 4, 2008. In May, the City will review 10 requirements to qualify as a Butterfly City. In the future other cities will be bound by these requisites.

Can I include this in the information about Gainesville, Florida?

Can I create a "Butterfly City" entry?

Gabe Hillel (talk) 22:15, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

If there are reliable sources that make this self-designation notable, just add it to the Gainesville, Florida article, with references per WP:CITE. I would doubt that the term "Butterfly City" would be notable to qualify for its own article. – ukexpat (talk) 22:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Moving a page

I've created an article on my personal page and want to move it onto Wikipedia's main pages. Instructions say to click on the "move" tab. I don't see a "move" tab. How come? William M. —Preceding unsigned comment added by William Mirglip (talk • contribs) 02:10, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

You have to be an autoconfirmed user to be able to move pages. For that your account must be at least 4 days old and have at least 10 edits. Chamal ^talk 02:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Look at the "my preferences" tab and see how many edits you have. You have been an editor for more than four days, so that is not an issue. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:36, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Reverted post

I reverted the last post here. I didn't see anything in it that made it relevant to this page, and it didn't seem to be a request for any "New contributor help". To be blunt, it looked like spam to me. If I'm wrong, please feel free to re-add, or revert my edits. — Ched :  ?  18:20, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem, looks like a good revert. TNXMan 18:39, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what he was trying to do, it looks more like a blog instead of spam or vandalism. Even though it's an ISP, I gave him a talk page welcome links box. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 19:21, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

It looks like it was some sort of spam or something. In any case, it had no place here, I think you were entirely justified in reverting it. tempodivalse [☎] 19:28, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Not sure how to cite a potential edit

I came across an article earlier about the US Open Cup, which had the text, "At some point, the competition became known as the U.S. Open Cup though the date and reasons for the name change are unknown." I accessed a few soccer archives, and was able to determine that the change occurred with the 1959 competition. The problem is that there is no single source for this. I determined the date by comparing archives for different years until I saw the name listed differently, and the change was the same in each archive. I guess that would be considered original research? Anyway, although I think adding this to the article would be an improvement, would this change be valid, and what would I list as the source of the information? Interestingly average (talk) 19:54, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Good question - I don't know what the answer is. Looks like this would violate WP:NOR but I think you should use WP:IAR and go ahead and make the changes IF you feel that the differences among soccer archives you looked at reliably demonstrate when the name change took place. One way to "cite" it would be to explain (with links) in the footnote. Best, Zain Ebrahim (talk) 21:27, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

In any case, the unsourced claim "the date and reasons for the name change are unknown" should be removed. I have done that. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:55, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, explain what you did on the article's talk page. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:31, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Editing your profile

Hi

I'm trying to edit my profile so I can add more of those category box things like the one I currently have on my profile for Firefox. When I clicked on the Firefox one there was something that said "if you want to add yourself to this category then please see the tips on the talk page" and that's how I managed to join up. However all other category boxes I've seen, I can't find a link like this. How do I add other categories?

Also, at the minute I can only find other categories by going onto peoples profiles. Where else can I find them?

Thanks.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 5 albert square (talk • contribs)

First, please sign all your updates. Second, you may find other categories by looking at article talk pages, and following links for projects mentioned there, or sometimes, just as you say, from other editors user pages.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dthomsen8 (talk • contribs)

I think the boxes to which you are referring are userboxes. You can learn more about them and how to add them to your page by looking at this page. TNXMan 01:17, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Looking Inuit Family Names In Port Burwell, Nunavut

Where would I find information on Inuit Family names that used to live in Port Burwell in the early 1900-1940's period? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nakoolak (talk • contribs) 03:45, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey there. This board's actually for questions regarding how Wikipedia works. You might have better luck asking this question over at the Reference Desks. Tony Fox (arf!) 03:58, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

'Dance In The Vampire Bund' editting question.

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 20:02, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

This will likely sound strange but here goes X_x

Quite honestly, I'm a noob at altering pages to add references and such. The page for "Dance in the Vampire Bund" (one of my favorite manga series) is currently having multiple issues with needed references, and with some people thinking that it should be deleted entirely from Wikipedia.

So I went in to try and fix the page up to add all the required information (ie: characters, story, add references, etc) so that it would look good and so I wouldn't have to worry about it vanishing.

Hence the issue: I'm a total NOOBLET at this, and have no idea how to add references that look like the professional ones on other pages, or how to add subpages (ie: for a characters section or such).

Can someone please have a look at the page in question, and then let me know how I can do these things that I mentioned so that I can make it better? (I have tried going through the information area, but I need a plain English version for a simpleton like me)

Thanks a lot! ^_^

Hope I sign this right x.x

Zefie Kirasagi - Knowledge of Eternity Lies Within (talk) 00:06, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll take a shot here- even though I'm not really familiar with magna topics. Probably the first place to read up on things is: WP:REF - that will give you an idea on how to add references. I noticed one reference you used is gomagna.com - I'm guessing that might be considered a "fan sight" .. you'd want to look over WP:RS to read up on reliable resources to use for reference. That should be enough to get you pointed in the right direction anyway. There is a huge section here WP:MOS that relates to so many different things in regards to how things are formatted and such, and I'm sure there is an entire section there on formating references (I just don't remember the link off hand) It's a huge read, but worth bookmarking.

A note on the references too ... if you click on "my preferences" (toward the upper right of your browser window). Once there, you'll see a tab called gadgets. On that tab you can find a box to tick for refTools - I think that is one of the handiest things to use when working with references. Hope that helps, and if I run across that MOS specific link to refs, I'll let you know. — Ched :  ?  01:47, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually Ched, I added the Gomagna ref: after seeing this post I made a little attempt at improving the article, Spitfire ^Tally-ho! 04:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

^_^ Thanks for the help, I'll do what I can from here. Zefie Kirasagi - Knowledge of Eternity Lies Within (talk) 00:25, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Flash Disk

hello, i have a flash disk but whenever i try to connect to the computer it cannt open it tells me new hardware found and yet its are USB flash disk [HD2851(haide)] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Musoke2009 (talk • contribs) 09:26, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. You could try asking your question over at our reference desk, or searching Google for hardware support forums. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:30, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

edit not accepted

I submitted an opinion based on my experience with Clayton College of Natural Health and cited, in the edit, examples of the philosophy of Clayton College. The edit was refused but I cannot find what was said that violated editing rules. Can you help me?

"....The Clayton College of Natural Health is an American distance-learning natural health college based in Birmingham, Alabama, offering an extensive list of classes on natural health.[1] It was founded in 1980 by Lloyd Clayton Jr.. According to its website, it has matriculated over 25,000 students.[2] Prior to 1997 it was known as the American Holistic College of Nutrition. Originally described as a "diploma-mill" (on-line courses with no lecturer and open book learning) Clayton College of Natural Health (CCNH) is now seen as an alternative health education organization that seeks to educate in natural fields of health rather than conventional college & university health degrees. Graduates of Clayton College of Natural Health typically do not apply for positions that require conventional college & university degrees instead focusing on private consulting type practices that forward natural answers to health issues. Clayton College of Natural Health is today a major supporter of the herbal preservation programs here in the United States. Clayton College of Natural Health is one of the few USA alternative educational organizations that follows a well-established practice of offering alternative health courses found in both Europe & Asia. An example of the success of that philosophy is "Bingen Medicine"; allopathic medical practitioners in Germany who strictly follow Hildegard von Bingen's 10th century writings focusing on use of herbal natural remedies as a means of controlling illness. Additionally, the NIH (National Institute of Health) has, in the last few years, opened an entire new wing of accepted health research: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine....."

Sciguybm (talk) 14:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a place for writing about your own experiences. What you add to articles must be verifiable, and a source must be cited. Thanks. Jwkpiano1 (talk) 14:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles must have a neutral point of view. They must not debunk or try to sell any particular philosophy or product. See WP:NPOV.--DThomsen8 (talk) 18:28, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi

I know about formatting and all of that, but where can I learn about policies and how to help etc? Can a person help? An article? Anything? Thank you. Pixle1234 (talk) 17:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I've left you a welcome message on your talk page that should help you get started. tempodivalse [☎] 17:15, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

can't add inormation to Infobox!

Resolved

This Is What It Looks Like:

Crispers, LLC

Company type	Private
Industry	Restaurants
Founded	Lakeland (1989)
Headquarters	109 N. Kentucky Ave., Ste. 2 Lakeland, FL 33801
Area served	Florida
Key people	Bill Whitaker, Founder, President
Revenue	$13M USD (2007) (est)
Number of employees	600 (2007) (est)
Website	www.crispers.com

I want To Add more Key people I do not know how! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tcalight (talk • contribs) 00:59, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

If you edit the article you will see this line in the ibox template:

| key_people = [[Bill Whitaker (Crispers)|Bill Whitaker]], [[Entrepreneur|Founder]], [[President]]

Add the additional people to that line and save (after completing the edit summary). But don't add a long list of people, 1 or 2 more max, CFO, COO maybe. – ukexpat (talk) 01:34, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

If there are more people that really are "Key" (such as a corporate chef or something) you could add them to the article but the infobox shouldn't be too big. Now I have to go eat a salad. Dan D. Ric (talk) 01:55, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

New page needs disambiguation

As a new user I'm willing to add a new article, but after some time reviewing the help files I see to add the article I'll need to add some disambiguation code to the existing same name article.

I see many options in the disambiguation area and as a new user can't be sure I'm choosing the correct one.

Existing article is "Nolan Miller" (the fashion designer.

New article I'm ready to add is "Nolan Miller" (the author, 1907-2006).

Any chance someone can modify the existing "Nolan Miller" (fashion) to include the correct disambiguation link? That would in turn I believe create a stub for "Nolan Miller" (author).

Or perhaps someone can point to the exact disambiguation code I should use on the existing Nolan Miller page?

Thanks,

Ed Carmien (talk) 15:44, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like you need a hatnote that says something to effect of "This page is about Nolan Miller the fashion designer. For the author, see Nolan Miller (author)." TNXMan 16:06, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

You might also want to discuss your new article at the drawing board (Shortcut WP:DRAW) to see if it meets Wikipedia requirements for notability, sources, and the like. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:06, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

{{otherpeople4|the fashion designer|the author|Nolan Miller (author)}} would be the correct hatnote template to use. – ukexpat (talk) 18:26, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Referencing

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 04:19, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I have a feeling this must come up regularly because the FAQ explanation is akin to Greek.

I can't figure out how to adjust the references. I added a reference citation and went down to the reference section to add the citation to the reference list. When I try to edit it and click on edit the existing list of references does not come up. When I try to simply put in a new list I end up with TWO reference lists, which obviously isn't what I'm looking for.

So . . . How the heck do you add something to the reference list? After trying about a dozen times I'm at a total loss. JRScotia (talk) 02:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

The references are not actually contained within the Reference section (bear with me). The reference section usually contains something like a {{reflist}} or <references/>, both of which cause references elsewhere in the article to display at the bottom. To cite a reference, go to the end of the sentence/section you wish to reference and type <ref>INSERT REFERENCE HERE</ref>. This will cause a superscript numeral to display at the end of the sentence and the full reference to display in the reference section. If you get confused, just ask here again and we can help you out. See also WP:Citing sources. Best, TNXMan 02:57, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict)You don't edit the list per se. You add new inline citations between <ref></ref> tags and the {{Reflist}} template generates the list automagically from the tagged references. – ukexpat (talk) 03:00, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict)It seems that you have tried to add a second reflist. The reference list does not show up on the preview if you edit the article section by section. You'll see it only if you edit the whole article at once. You just have to add the reference and save, as Tnxman explained above. When you save, your newly added reference will be displayed in the list. Chamal ^talk 03:01, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

That's what I thought at first but my new reference didn't show up. Hmmm. I'll take a look at it again and try again to figure out what I did wrong. Thanks for the response. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JRScotia (talk • contribs) 03:36, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Whew! Fixed. Thanks again for the explanation.

JRScotia (talk) 03:51, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

editing main

Sorry if this is a common one with an answer that's posted somewhere. I couldn't find it.

Why can't I edit the main page?

The number of confirmed swine influenza deaths is being over-reported and I don't know how to correct it or ask for a source to substantiate the high number. Thank you! Jcblackmon (talk) 17:04, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Lots of high-traffic pages that get a lot of views, like the main page, have been protected from editing. This is to stop people from making unconstructive or inappropriate edit to the page, which we call vandalism. This is, sadly, a necessary precaution, because there are lots of folks out there who would like to deface the wiki, usually for fun or some other reason. If you see an error on the main page, leave a note at the main page's talk page, which is Talk:Main Page, explaining what needs to be fixed, and an administrator will fix it. See also WP:Protection policy for more info on what certain types of pages are protected from editing. Hope this helps! tempodivalse [☎] 17:14, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Good to have this information. I saw a questionable statement on the main page once, but didn't know anything that could be done about it. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:01, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

If there are disputes over the numbers (and there always is, in a big news item like this), it's a good bet there is a lot of discussion on it, and the figures being reported reflect current consensus. Sure enough, the article is now protected because people have been going in and making changes without agreement from other editors. However, you can discuss your concerns on the article's talk page, which is already quite lengthly with disputes over numbers; see Talk:2009 swine flu outbreak. Even with protection, the article is getting updated 100 times a day. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 01:47, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. But who exactly can change the apparently false and sensational information currently on the main page? The WHO is reporting only 7 confirmed deaths as of today.[1] The talk page already has a few of us pointing this out, and no one that can do anything about it is doing anything about it. How can I get one of the people with special access to address this?Jcblackmon (talk) 16:14, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Sheila Blair bio

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 18:46, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Her name is being deliberately mis-spelled as Sheila Bair, without the "L" after the "B". If her name is not spelled correctly, why should anyone believe any of the information is correct? I have completely lost confidence in your website. Adele Pam —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.105.140.96 (talk) 21:59, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

The FDIC's official biography of Bair, as well as the White House and various media sources have spelled her name Shiela Bair. If you can demonstrate that the correct name is, in fact, Blair, I'll be happy to correct it myself. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:15, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Clearly "Bair" is correct, I am marking this as resolved. – ukexpat (talk) 18:46, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't know if this belongs here, but...

On the pages of dates (e.g. January 1), is there a set convention on how the nationality of a person is given, because Russel Crowe was born in NZ, but claims himself Austrailian, and he is called a New Zealander on his birthday short. Meanwhile Keisha Castle-Hughes was born in Australia, but considers herself a Kiwi, and is refered to as Australian/New Zealand actress. Should Russel Crowe's be changed?

Also are famous animals given space on the lists of birthdays, or is this considered too unimportant?

Thanks --ScribbleStick (talk) 04:02, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

The first question you might want to ask at :Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Days of the year. As to famous animals, I suppose that there might be some notable enough to be listed. Dan D. Ric (talk) 04:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Good Shepherd Cathedral School

The Good Shepherd Cathedral School (GSCS) is a diocesan and Filipino school committed to giving preparatory and basic education that is grounded on the faith of the Catholic Church. In order to realize its avowed vision, the school aims to:

• Make GSCS an institution of learning to provide academic excellence with Christian spirituality as its core through Gospel values integrated in all learning areas;

• Promote the spirit of good character through relative inquiry, critical thinking, and moral decision-making in the face of the ever growing complexity of living in pluralistic society;

• Advocate compassion to serve through active involvement in upholding Catholic teachings pertinent to current moral, social and ethical issues;

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS

• To sustain the holistic development of the child in its academic offerings through a developmentally appropriate curriculum rooted in Gospel values;

• To provide a wide range of opportunities in addressing the needs of every student where character is formed through contemporary theories and research-based findings on effective teaching and learning;

• To encourage concern for others through creativity and innovation in an environment where every experience is seen as a learning opportunity.

HISTORY

The Good Shepherd Cathedral School formerly known as Good Shepherd Parish Academy or GSPA, began as a preschool in 1995. Founded by the first pastor of the Good Shepherd Parish, Msgr. Fidelis Limcaco, it was simply a Parish Learning Center. Since then, with the help of Dr. Carina G. Dacanay, as school principal, the GSCS has grown and developed complete services of preschool and grade school. In August 2002, with the assumption of Msgr. Jesus-Romulo C. Rañada as school director , the school expanded further and developed a high school and a Center for Internal Evangelization. Rev. Fr. Albert N. Delvo is the current Director of GSCS and also the Superintendent of the Parochial Schools Association of Novaliches. His coming in May 2007 signified the direction of the Bishop of Novaliches, Most Rev. Antonio R. Tobias, D.D., towards unification of all the members of the PSA-Nova under one directorship. With the bishop’s and BOT’s splendid inspiration, the curia’s solid support, and Dr. Dacanay’s exuberant and effective cooperation, Fr. Albert made possible the construction of a new five-storey building with real big classrooms, air-conditioned library, air-conditioned speech lab with state-of-the-art equipments, air-conditioned faculty room, and a covered activity hall.

CURRICULAR OFFERINGS & FACILITIES

PRESCHOOL (fully air-conditioned classrooms) -with 2 teachers (Adviser and Teacher Aide) per class *Nursery *Kinder *Prep Complete

ELEMENTARY Course (fully air-conditioned classrooms) *Grade 1-6 Complete

HIGH SCHOOL Course *1st to 4th Yr. HS Offering State-of -the-art Facilities: *Computer Laboratory (1:1) *Science Laboratory *Speech Laboratory *HELE Room with real interiors *Big Library, AV Rooms, Gymnasium *Kiddie Pool

CULTURE AND VALUES GSCS gives our students integral formation and makes them active witnesses to the ideals of nobility of character, academic excellence and compassionate service in living, learning and loving like Jesus the Good Shepherd. NOBILITAS-EXCELLENTIA-MINISTERI! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.69.9.115 (talk) 09:19, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

It appears you are trying to write an article, however, this is not the correct space in which to do so. I suggest you take a look at the articles for creation project, as that will probably be better suited to your needs. TNXMan 11:50, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

My article was in the sandbox for less than an hour, I want to publish it but now I cant see it? Help

My article was in the sandbox for less than an hour, I want to publish it but now I cant see it? Help —Preceding unsigned comment added by EdinburghScot (talk • contribs) 12:49, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Were you logged in when you made your edits to the Sandbox? I don't see any edits in your contribution history except your messages on this page. In any event, the safest thing to do is to create your own user sandbox - I have done that for you at User:EdinburghScot/Sandbox and put a link to it on your user page. If I can find your edits in the Sandbox history, I will copy and paste to your new sandbox. – ukexpat (talk) 13:55, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Oops, forgot to ask - what was the subject of your draft sandbox article? – ukexpat (talk) 14:00, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Carrie Otis

it's the first time to use the wiki tools for me . i don't how to edit the update news or informations about the actress and model of carre otis . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baduine0917 (talk • contribs) 01:15, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Take a look at the links in the Welcome message that I just posted on your talk page.  – ukexpat (talk) 01:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Question about archiving talk pages

I have a question, What is the purpose of archiving talk pages? Aren't old discussions available in the history page? Do we have to archive a talk page when we delete old duscussions or is this optional? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sci fi writer (talk • contribs) 20:23, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

If it's your User talk page, what you do to it is your business. An article talk page should be archived because, honestly who wants to keep clicking "<- Previous diff" for a while, when you can just scroll through a few archives?--Unionhawk ^Talk 20:27, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok thank you Sci fi writer (talk) 22:39, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

have anybody capable of updating about Carre Otis 's infos?

i'm a pc-net stupid idiot and poor English and really unable to edit in using any wiki tools.i have no knowlidge to update the BEAUTIFUL MS. CARRE'S data ,i just can support some references (net articles and addresses) i hope somebody can help me to do it.Sincerely. listing update infos: 1:carre otis has two daughters,jade and kaya.not only one child. 2:her husband's name is matthew sutton .her title name shall be carre brennan otis sutton . 3.she has moved to Colorado.not in LA. listing references: (1.2.)articles "Matthew Sutton Joins Board of Trustees" http://www.taramandala.com/newsletter/TaraNet/2008/2008_8_8.html (3.)articles "Mickey Rourke: my last chance of redemption" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3774738/Mickey-Rourke-my-last-chance-of-redemption.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baduine0917 (talk • contribs) 03:25, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

If you are reluctant to try editing the article directly, you may want to ask for help on the article's talk page: Talk:Carré Otis. It does not have any recent activity, but give it a try. If you don't get a response in a few days, you might try contacting other editors who have made changes to the content (other than formatting changes which could be done by anyone, not necessarily familiar with the subject); take a look at the article's history page and see who has made which changes. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 14:50, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

2009 Archives missing, and question about a deleted longtime page.

Hi. How's it going, blucat here.

Firstly, the archives for 2009 aren't there. 2008 is there, listed by month rather than an older archive, and a heading for 2009, but nothing is there. Does it just take time?

My main question, what happend to the Phychic Vampires page? It was big, and had lots of discussion, and had been there for a fair while. I kind of agree that it was not discussion that met Wiki's standards, by a long way, but there is no final discussion that the page was rubbish and going to be removed, no indication whatsoever that it was going to go, and now it's gone. The previous versions simply chopped out text without discussion, until it was gone. Sorry if this is obvious, thank you for such a great resource.

blucat David. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.142.19.127 (talk) 14:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure to what you are referring. When you say "archives", which archives? For this page or for an article? Also, I'm not sure to which article you are referring. There has never been a Psychic Vampires page and Psychic vampires is a redirect to another page. TNXMan 14:52, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

The article was merged into Vampire lifestyle. Here's a tip: If you type in the old name, Psychic vampires, you get the lifestyle page, but at the top it says "redirected from" and a link to the "redirect page" which used to be the article. If you click that link, you will get to the actual page with the old name (all you will see at this point is an arrow and the new page name; this is the redirect code), and you can look at the page's history to see an old version of it, when it was actually an article. I also notice someone copied the whole article into its talk page for preservation, which isn't necessary, and really shouldn't have been done since the article can be seen in history, but at this point I don't suppose it matters much; it's all hidden away in history now. Anyway, you can see the reason for the change explained on that talk page. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 15:03, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

1: I'm referring to archives for this page. If you go to New contributors' help page, the first question is: [edit] Replacing raster image [convert-to-vector template] with vector svg Resolved. ukexpat (talk) 18:37, 17 April 2009 (UTC), which is 17 April 2009. But if you go to Archive Of Old Questions, you see this:

Answered questions, January 2008 – present This is an list of answered questions stored in the /Archives subpage. 2008 January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December 2009

There doesn't appear to be the questions from Jan 2009 to 16-April 2009. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.142.19.127 (talk) 15:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

2: Mr Knight who says ni, I can't find it. The talk page doesn't have the entire article copied into it, or the reasons for the merge. ALso, the original article was many pages long, in 'Vampire Lifestyle' it only gets about 10 lines. Could you do this idiot a favout and put the URL where the reasons are explained? Could it be my Internet Explorer 6 is too old? Thanks you very much. blucat David

Well, as for the archives, I have added the links for the appropriate months. You should be able to see them now. TNXMan 16:18, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

For the psychic vampire talk page, see Talk:Psychic vampire (note singular). For the article history, see here. Deor (talk) 23:10, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

About IVF treatment

Sir/ Madam, I would like to know about the treatment of IVF and the cost involved. I have cervical problem. By doing Laproscopy my cervix was dilated and after that IUI was done for 6 times. After a period of 6 months I was not under treatment. Then again I went for IUI after 6 months but it could not be performed as my cervix got tight once again, even a small needle could not be passed through.The doctor said that again it should be dilated. I would like to know how I get my periods correctly and I ovulate every 30 days when my cervix is so tight. I would also like to know how could IVF be performed with such a problem. Thank you.

DEVI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.201.8.57 (talk) 14:56, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Wikipedia does not provide medical advice. Please consult a licensed medical professional. TNXMan 14:59, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Organizing / Archiving Talk pages by Topics instead of Dates

I am looking to clean up a relatively inactive Talk page using the Wikipedia:Talk_page/OBT method.

I would like to create some type of Table to access the main talking points instead of having just one long list of various points; some of the same points were discussed under several sections and I want to archive / merge them.

Anyone have examples of a proper way to do this? I've been browsing numerous talk pages looking for what I'm attempting to do with little luck. --Chasingmytail (talk) 17:09, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I copy & modified this talk page into a sandbox on my username, then transferred it to the live talk page. Talk:Homebrewing Any objections to how I did this? --Chasingmytail (talk) 19:16, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't think it's possible to do that by bot. But there's not necessarily anything wrong with changing talk pages yourself, as long as you don't get on anyone's nerves.

Remember that anyone adding a new topic with the "new section" button will automatically add it to the end of the page. Stifle (talk) 20:07, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I don't know how to revert vandalism edits

This user Manazarib has vandalised the article Gilaki language and possibly also other articles. Just see the contributions he has made. What can be done about this? His edits got reverted before, but he just edited again. CoverMyIP (talk) 17:53, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Help desk regular TNXMan has reverted the vandalism. Usually vandalism is quickly reverted by "new changes" patrollers using one of a number of tools available, perpetrators given appropriate warnings and, if necessary, reported to admins for action at WP:AIV. – ukexpat (talk) 18:28, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

changing user id?

Hello! I just created my account today and have not yet made any edits. Is there a way to change my user id? Or delete and recreate my account? Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bright tracks (talk • contribs) 23:38, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

The best idea is probably just to abandon this account and register a new one. If you do want to keep credit for the edit(s) you've made, then head on over to the username change page to request a new name. TNXMan 23:46, 30 April 2009 (UTC)