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Hi! I created 2 article about a city in ] called ] and a mountain in ] called ]. Both articles need work on them. ] (]) 00:53, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I created 2 article about a city in ] called ] and a mountain in ] called ]. Both articles need work on them. ] (]) 00:53, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
:Here's what you wrote on ]: ''Ballowharf is a community in ].'' So effectively you're saying: "I wrote one short sentence on ]; please turn it into an article." -- ] (]) 01:29, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Why can't I edit this article? It doesn't appear to be semi-protected (I don't see a lock symbol on the upper right corner). 198.228.194.216 (talk) 01:17, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
There is a problem where some users sometimes see a "View source" tab instead of "Edit" on unprotected pages. If this happens then try clicking "View source" anyway. It's the same url as the "Edit" tab and it should work if the page is not protected. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:47, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
There is an error in Justice Brennan's bio under "Early Life." It states that he and his wife had four children, but in reality they only had three: William III, Hugh and Nancy. They did not have a child named Shirley Burns Brennan. Reference: Recent biography by Seth Stern, Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.69.111 (talk) 02:11, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
The alleged fourth child was added by an IP who claimed to be related but I can find no evidence of this so I support the removal. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:43, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Editing a Wickipedia Article- How can I change a picture or image?
I would like to change /edit a jpeg image on an article, how is this done pls?02:51, 28 May 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.50.166 (talk)
It depends on the article, image location and image license, but all images must be uploaded before they can be used. See Misplaced Pages:Images and come back with more info if you still have questions. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:56, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
sole survivors of airplane crashes
missing the 9 year old dutch boy who survived last years flight over tripoli, libya (al afriqia airways) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.203.2.65 (talk • contribs) 07:26, 28 May 2011
Thank you for your suggestion. You'll need to supply a reference to a "reliable source" (such as a newspaper, book, news website) to add a fact like that.
As long as you have a reference, please feel free to add it yourself. Misplaced Pages is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CHEMICAL ADHESIVE/SEALANT USED TO ENCAPSULATE OR COVERING THE COPPER WIRE COIL,IN SUBMERCIBLE PUMP, WHICH IS VERY HARD AND BRITTLE DARK GREEN GLOSSY COMPOUND . . THE PUMP IS USED IN Evaporative air
cooler IN INDIAN TERRAINS. . . . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arunbrainy (talk • contribs) 07:31, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
The software only knows which pages currently use a file; I don't know of any efficient way to find which pages used to use a file but no longer do so. The current uses are listed in the "File links" part of the file page. Also, if you are looking at a file page, the "What links here" link in the left sidebar should give you this information. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:22, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Deleted post in the talk page of Pietro Badoglio
Few hours ago I wrote a post on the discussion page of article Pietro Badoglio. Later I discovered it does not show. I checked the page history and discovered it had been reverted i.e. deleted, but the name of the user who reverted the page does not show either. However if I am logged in my post does show!!!???
I do not know what this does mean, anyhow I think this fact is absolutely unacceptable and foreign to the spirit of Misplaced Pages. Please note: actually I did not edit the article according to my views, I just posted some remarks and comments on the talk page in order to inform readers on facts, mostly known to everybody (and accepted by historians) and answer questions asked by other readers in the discussion above. The only speculative point in my post (a tiny part) is the issue of the agreement between B. and Albert Kesselring which is now accepted by many Italians (historians too) as it is the only way to give a plausible explanation to a long series of events: it has been testified indirectly by witnesses on the place.
Whatever the case the suppression of information on a discussion page is a kind of behaviour that I do not think can be tolerated as it amounts to censorship and is in contrast with freedom of speech and research.Aldrasto11 (talk) 12:21, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
The only edits I can see that you've made to the talk page of Pietro Badoglio were today, and have not been reverted. I'm afraid I can't see any sign of a previous change, or reversion there. Suppression of anything leaves a "username removed" or "edit summary removed" notice. Could you elaborate? Is it possible you made the comment somewhere, or that you did not save it? Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 12:29, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
All indications are that it's a cache issue (and you are jumping to large conclusions). You were not reverted; nothing was deleted. Your computer saved a cached version of the page for efficiency of memory use, and is displaying that when you are logged out. Just clear your cache.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:01, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
I see three edits, made roughly six hours ago, related to "Fascist party membership and other issues". They are all present. Are those the edits in question?--SPhilbrickT13:02, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
This is definitely a cache issue and not a reversion. The cached version could be on your computer, at your ISP, or on one of Wikimedia's servers which hasn't updated for some resaon. The bottom of Talk:Pietro Badoglio should currently say "This page was last modified on 28 May 2011 at 07:26." (or an offset if you are logged in with another time zone than UTC in your preferences). If you see an older time then you are seeing a cached version. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:31, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Image keeps being desplayed after reversion of the addition
Resolved
In the article Sony, does anyone else see this image appearing inside the infobox? The edit adding the image was reverted by ClueBot NG, yet I still see the image in the infobox, even in the latest revision. Clearing my browser cache also had no effect. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:47, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
I Love the game, I am hooked but now I have Windows XP and cannot play the Game. My question is there an up to date version of the game or a patch so I can play the version I have? If I have to purchase the game again, so be it, unless there is a down load that would be to quote Tony the Tiger GREAT!!!!! So I hope you can help or steer me to the right Phone # or E-Mail to get the mission accomplished. Please hurry because again I Love the game....Terry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.129.254.212 (talk) 15:52, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
This is the Misplaced Pages Help Desk - for questions about using Misplaced Pages. So, we can't answer that question here.
This sentence in the "Bill Nye" article contain erroneous imformation: "In 2004 and 2005, Nye hosted 100 Greatest Discoveries, an award-winning series produced by THINKFilm for The Science Channel and in high definition on the Discovery HD Theater." The error is in the attribution of "THINKFilm" as the producer of the series "100 Greatest Discoveries."
There are two companies named "thinkfilm." One, "thinkiflm", a production company located in Washington, DC (www.thinkfilm-inc.com) is the actual and correct producer of the "100 Greatest Discoveries" series. "THINKFilm" is a defunct/bankrupt film distribution company that was located in Toronto, Canada which had nothing to do with the "100 Greatest Discoveries" project. This confusion of the two similarly named companies should be corrected as the attribution of professional credits for production companies like "thinkfilm" is an important business credit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.67.25.242 (talk) 17:12, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
This isn't something that needs to be discussed here. This notice board is for the discussion of violations of the Biographies of Living people policy. There is no violation or suspected violation here. This should be brought up on the article's talk page. GB fan (talk) 17:17, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
You are right, not sure what I was thinking. This page is for help in using Misplaced Pages. This question still should be brought up on the talk poage of the article not here. GB fan (talk) 19:56, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Disambiguation and diacriticals
If you have two people of roughly equal importance, and their names only differ in that one name has a diacritical - Zoë Smith and Zoe Smith - for instance... how then would you set up the disambiguation page? - ThafireAndThteel (talk) 18:22, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Whereas I would use the diacritic. As long as both are linked from a disambiguation page, then it shouldn't matter too much. Each page should link to the dab page. Mjroots (talk) 20:40, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
If there's just the two, I wouldn't bother with a disambiguation page - I'd name them "Zoë Smith" and "Zoe Smith" (which is fine) - and add a hatnote on the top of each - for example, on the top of "Zoe Smith" you'd put something like {{About|the English author|the Australian musician|Zoë Smith}} (example only; picking random info) - which will put,
This page is about the English author. For the Australian musician, see Zoë Smith.
Someone or something is preventing me from adding the name of Nino Burjanadze in the sub section 'Silver Revolution 2011' of the Georgia (country) article, also Democratic Movement-United Georgia omits the word Georgia when you try to include this. I have checked the view history tab and I can't see any actual vandalism, all I can see its some kind of unexplained vandalism Zylog79 (talk) 19:35, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Nino Burjanadze
If you try to edit the above paragraph on Georgia, notice the name Nino Burjanadze is not visible ???????? Something fishy going on here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zylog79 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Works for me - as shown in the screen print image here.
The only thing I notice is, "Nino Burjanadze" has a red wiggly underline, because it isn't a recognized dictionary word. Is it possible you've got something set which makes non-dictionary words not show up, on your browser? Chzz ► 22:20, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Zylog there seems to be something wrong with your browser. In your edit here you deleted some random words which I am sure you didn't intend to delete. —teb728tc02:47, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Teb728, thanks for your help, I ma using a different computer today, I was using a standard browser Firefox 3, otherwise I have no explanation why those words are being blocked?? Zylog79 (talk) 14:56, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
One thing to try then, is upgrade to Firefox 4 (unless you have some good reason not to). That might solve it - it wouldn't necessarily tell us why you had the trouble, but if it fixes it, it fixes it. Chzz ► 02:13, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
These are my cats, and while I don't mind that you're using one of my photos, I would like credit for the photo, and to correct one cat description: the blue point IS a blue MINK. Her eyes are closed, but you can rest assured that they are aqua, which makes her a mink.
Ckahler - Courtney Kahler - also wrote, I added a couple of my Tonks, but they aren't the best shots to show body coloration and such. I hope others will feel free to add and/or edit the photos! My 3 are CFA registered, 2 of which are grand premiers in CFA. So they are good representations of the breed, at least in America. Tonks outside the US look a bit different.
The file has extended data to show it was taken at 23:20, 5 September 2006 with a Olympus digital camera.
The user uploaded another picture at the same time, shown here - File:CubbyLego.jpg. That one was apparently taken 5 March 2005, using the same model of camera (according to the EXIF information). It would appear to be the same platinum mink tonk from the first photo. Do you also recognize that one?
Are you absolutely certain it is one of your photos? I'm genuinely sorry to question you; we certainly take copyright matters very seriously. We try to assume the best from everyone, but that includes the original uploader - who did click to say "This is entirely my own work", back in 2006. Chzz ► 21:38, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Why so hard to add photo?
Wow, it is like deciphering an alien code in the dark with music blaring and police dogs attacking. After much searching I uploaded a photo, exactly copied and pasted the precise name into the precise spot in the 'edit' space for the article, deleted the old, and now neither one is visible. Went back to the upload screen, found that the new file is there, tried it again, as above--no success. 3X--no success. Out of ideas on how to decipher vague instructions that when followed lead no where. Took me 15-20 tries to find this page. Bluestem (talk) 20:47, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi
I just got a message from user Nortynort about the article Jim Chapman (Canadian) having copyright infringing content. I was under the impression that it was just the second paragraph (which I deleted) that had the copyright material, but I was sent that message after i deleted the paragraph. I do have permission to use the content in question, but I realized that the paragraph that had the content in it was unnesissary, so I deleted it instead. If there is still a problem, I can do the whole "The contents of this website (or page, if you are specifically releasing one section) are available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 and the GNU Free Documentation License, unversioned with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts." thing, it's just a bit of a hassle.
Thanks in advance
Goodbucket (talk) 21:26, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
It sounds like you have either got permission from the copyright holder, or are the copyright holder. However, we don't know this. In the latter case, see Misplaced Pages:DCM. In the former, it's probably easier to ask NortyNort or post at Misplaced Pages:Media copyright questions, which would also be a good venue to get more information if I've understood incorrectly. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 21:38, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Nelson Mandela semi-protected status
I would like to add some references to Nelson Mandela in film.
Am I blocked because I am new, or is the block on the actual page?
Nelson Mandela is semi-protected (notice the little picture of a lock in the corner). From the protection log comments it is unlikely to be unprotected again anytime soon. You can suggest changes on the talk page or make the edit using an established Misplaced Pages account. (Making your own account is "a good thing".) Rmhermen (talk) 23:24, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
You would first need to create a Misplaced Pages account (which I see you have) and then become autoconfirmed. This happens automatically after you have made at least 10 edits over at least 4 days. Since you already have several edits today you should be able to edit these types of articles soon. Welcome to Misplaced Pages by the way! doomgaze(talk)23:37, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
(short version)
'coz you are new. In 4 days, after you've made 10 edits (you've already made 7), you'll be able to edit these semi-protected pages. Chzz ► 00:45, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
And you are free to make edits to a majority of the articles on Misplaced Pages, there are only a select few which you will be prevented from editing. Tiggerjay (talk) 07:19, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Converting IP history to a handle
I have been editing as an IP for quite some time. I would like to start an account with a handle (Something clever I hope). Q: Is there any way that my history can be brought over? I have had about 10 or so different IP's (they seem to change every few months, the latest happened today). I have a pretty good idea of the past IP's and the articles I improved. 208.85.0.114 (talk) 23:20, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Unfortunately, out software doesn't allow for this. What you could do is create an account and write on your userpage "I edited using IP#1 from A to B, with IP #2 from B to C, etc." (Do keep in mind that it would allow people to possibly identify you, if that's something you're concerned about). NW(Talk)23:22, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
On my userpage, how would I make the DYKs scroll box align right under the header, like under the "Articles created" subheader? Albacore (talk) 00:41, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
How can I text Larry the cable guy with a money making idea that I have? I can be reached by my e mail <email removed> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.246.9 (talk) 02:05, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Misplaced Pages, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Misplaced Pages itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 —teb728tc02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Not "adhering" to any particular religion is not in any way the same as being an atheist. Please remove the category. And, Neptunekh2, please read WP:BLPCAT, which deals with adding sexuality and religion categories to articles about living people. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 03:50, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
More than that: She say she prays when she feels sad; if she is an atheist, who do you think she pray to? —teb728tc21:37, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
An atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a deity. Not adhering to any religion does not mean she doesn't believe in a deity. So we don't have enough information to say she is an atheist. Also WP:BLPCAT, a section of the policy on living people, says "Categories regarding religious beliefs and sexual orientation should not be used unless the subject has publicly self-identified with the belief or orientation in question; and the subject's beliefs or sexual orientation are relevant to their notable activities or public life, according to reliable published sources." There is nothing in the article to say she has self-identified as an atheist nor is it relevant to her notable activities or public life. So it does not belong. GB fan (talk) 21:43, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
I have been heavily editing this page but when I went to save it, it took ages and came up with a Wikimedia Error. I have had to copy the table to Microsoft Word, in the hope that I could add all the references there and replace the table in the article, but it again takes a long time before producing an error. What can I do and why is this happening? The article probably has a couple of hundred references, but this isn't usually a problem in a long list. 03md04:04, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that[REDACTED] was having some performance issues and was totally down at some points. That might have been your problem. Otherwise, I recommend you update in sections instead of the entire article at a time. Tiggerjay (talk) 07:13, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Old style versus new style dates
I have a question regarding dates. In the Misplaced Pages articles, dates before about 1753 are given in which calendar? Are they given in the Old Style (Julian) calendar, or in the New Style (Gregorian) calendar? This question is pretty important. For example, in the article about Blaise Pascal, his year of birth is given as 1623. Is this date already converted to the New Style (Gregorian) calendar, or not?
"France changed from Julian to Gregorian Calendar on 9 December 1582 (O.S.) where the next day was 20 December 1582 (N.S.)." (from Old Style and New Style dates) "Dates of events in countries using the Gregorian calendar are given in the Gregorian calendar. This includes some of the Continent of Europe from 1582, the British Empire from 14 September 1752, and Russia from 14 February 1918" (from WP:MOSNUM#Calendars). HansAdler04:52, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Royal Bank of Canada Fraud cover up With CIBC bank of canad
I have information about a fraud cover up where the royal bank has stone walled the repayment of funds there is information of a cover up and plan to make the client and company broke
how can i get information of this act that happen at the RBC ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (Redacted)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.94.229 (talk) 05:23, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Maybe you would write to the bank?
Or, if it hits newspapers, add it to their article with reliable sources.
Here, at the Misplaced Pages Help Desk, we can only help with questions about how to use Misplaced Pages - not any of the 3 zillion articles we have. Best, Chzz ► 05:26, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
market segmentation
How to use the santoor prouct in geographical concept?
How to use the santoor prouct in psychographical concept?
How to use the santoor prouct in demographical concept?
How to use the santoor prouct in behavioural concept? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.57.21.234 (talk) 05:57, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Your questions, unfortunately, lack sufficient context to be answered. You are at the English language Misplaced Pages, an online encyclopedia. We do have an article on the musical instrument, Santoor though I'm not sure how it could relate to your questions. Maybe you landed on an article and thought we were directly connected with the subject? If you are looking to ask a knowledge question, please visit the reference desk (this page is for questions about using the encyclopedia itself) but even there you will need to be far more focused and clear in your questions.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:34, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
At List of postal entities#UPU members, a single footnote is used to source what will be 163 out of 191 entries (once the list is complete). Using the {{reflist}} system, this generates a rather long and ugly list of backlinks (a,b,c...aa,ab,...). Is there some way to suppress this or is there a more elegant method? Thanks, Sandstein 08:40, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
You could cheat; see - hope that'll be self-explanatory, from the code. Obviously, it could be done 'neater' with a specific one-off template. But give me a shout otherwise. Chzz ► 08:54, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! It still doesn't seem to work correctly with groups, but I'll have to work around this. (The links now go to the ungrouped footnote rather than to the first footnote in the "UPU" group.) Sandstein 11:56, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Mhm; the reference links are numbered, regardless of grouping - starting with zero.
So, if you wanted those others to link to that, you'd need to use ] (or, rather, <sup>]</sup>). See User:Chzz/Sandstein2.
I'm afraid the reference numbers (and thus the links) are out of our control, so if people add another ref above 'yours', that'll screw things up. I don't know of a way around that, unless... well, I suppose you could put in a manual anchor thingy using #tag, and link to that...but that'd make the code a bit more complex. Er. You can kinda see what I mean in User:Chzz/help/footnoteref?
I'm at work and have people working around me. That said, I'm apprehensive to check into the files that Fark333333 (talk·contribs) is uploading. I had a few minutes by myself which I used to tag one of their other image uploads as a copyvio (Flickr source says "all rights reserved") but they've uploaded several more. Could someone who doesn't have prying eyes around them check out this user's file uploads? I don't think any of them will be nude images but I'd rather not take the chance. Thanks, Dismas|09:35, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
I have an account from 1990 for the Anglia Building Society and have £29.94 left in there since 5 Oct 1990 my account no. is (Redacted). Name Sally Morris. Book in the name of Neil Morris and Sally Morris, am now divorced but would like to cash in this amount plus the interest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.221.136.101 (talk) 12:41, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Misplaced Pages, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Misplaced Pages itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25GB fan (talk) 12:47, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Misplaced Pages,
I found an entry for the school I went to. It is a democratic school with a very unique philosophy on how children learn. As a past student, 1967 - 78, I now embody the outcome of this philosophy. How can I contribute my experience to the school entry?
Thank you 16:29, 29 May 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeesaMay (talk • contribs) 16:27, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Yes, you are free to contribute, just like anyone else. However, please note that personal stories are not usually appropriate for Misplaced Pages articles, unless they have been reported in reliable sources--SPhilbrickT18:04, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
What's wrong with a plain signature? Personally, I think the current limit is too lax. I'd like to see no custom sigs at all. DuncanHill (talk) 19:28, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
There are a number of Wikipedian who will just chop off your signature on their talk pages if it takes up more than a given number of lines in an edit box, and others who are distinctly unimpressed with the ostentation of showy signatures. Your current one looks fine. Bielle (talk) 19:37, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Your signature when used on a talk page is much shorter than the 255-character limit; it's just those magic words that make it too long for the preference box. You could experiment by putting the markup in a sub-page, User:Tommyjb/sig, and then configuring your signature as {{subst:User:Tommyjb/sig}}.
When you create the subpage you will have to replace each "subst:" with <includeonly>subst:</includeonly> so that the magic words are not lost when you save the subpage. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:48, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Actually is says that substitution is permissible but discouraged. From the sounds of the conversation above it appears that this would be one of the exceptions to why it is discouraged. It sounds like it would be shorter than the 255 character limit if it is substituted if I am reading right. GB fan (talk) 20:10, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Many people object to long sigs due to their look when pages you have signed are being edited. Please keep your sig short enough so as not to be disruptive. 216.93.212.245 (talk) 20:00, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
I suspect putting the date in brackets like that could screw up bots recognising it as a signature too. Rehevkor✉20:06, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, I don't know much about Misplaced Pages bots. I wonder whether that will be a problem. —TommyjbTalk! (20:38, 29 May 2011)
As alluded to by John of Reading, my (post-processed) signature above is only 170 characters long, well below the 255-character limit. —TommyjbTalk! (20:32, 29 May 2011)
2. Should Alexandra Powers go under the category Category:American_atheists because it says in her personal life: "Powers does not adhere to any religion"?
...which looks like a mistake to me: whatever the deleted article was, it was clearly not a test page. (It even had a "Sources" section.) Anyway, I'd suggest taking a peek at WP:MOSFILM and then recreating the article, this time with a bit more context from the start so that it won't be deleted again. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 19:06, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
If someone puts in an article an external link to a video that I believe is a copyright violation, do I handle such a problem based on the instructions at WP:CP or WP:MCQ? The media noticeboard seems to be restricted to files, whereas the the copyright problem board seems to be restricted to possible textual violations. Mine is a link to something that is arguably unlawful. What's the right procedure?--Bbb23 (talk) 21:10, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Remove it first, if it is readded talk to the user that readded it or on the talk page to try and discuss it. Other wise WP:ELN would be the place. CTJF8321:14, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, I removed it and have engaged in an extensive discussion with the editor who defends it. It hasn't yet been readded, but I wanted to know what to do if it is (I'm not going to edit war over it). Also, I was kind of curious anyway. What if the same link were used in the body of the article as opposed to external links? Then where would I go?--Bbb23 (talk) 21:21, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
What in the world is the context to link to that?! Point the user to WP:YOUTUBE and let them know it is a copyright violation to link to copyrighted videos. CTJF8322:43, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
It's for the Goldie Hawn article. It's a collage of copyrighted film material plus a background audio of a copyrighted song, apparently put together by some user who then posted it to YouTube. To me, it's a clear copyright violation, but I suppose one could try to argue fair use. However, in my view, Misplaced Pages editors, in this kind of situation, should not be appointing themselves federal judges and making a fair use determination, which is difficult enough to do even for judges. In any event, I pointed all this out to the editor who wanted to insert it. If you want to read our extended discussion on the Hawn Talk page, feel free. I'm not continuing the discussion with him, and I told him so. I already went much further and spent more time on it than it deserved. However, the editor is experienced and civil (I'm a sucker for civility), so I kept going, hoping I would get through to him. The only good news is he hasn't tried to add it back in.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:11, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the editor added the link, along with a bizarre note on the Talk page about a fair use disclaimer. I guess I'll start by posting on WP:ELN.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Shameless plug: WP:VIDEOLINK . There is zero precedent for fair use with YouTube videos but linking to them may be contributory infringement. The uploader's channel appears to be full of violations. We should not be mirroring it. Don't get the Foundation in legal trouble! Ask the editor why he needs the video in and seek alternatives to convey the information. Cptnono (talk) 01:57, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
The page lists incorrect information under "Personal life" regarding a statement I purportedly made on Twitter. The article states that my wife's name is "Tyler", when in actuality it is "Priscilla". It also states that I states people would chant "Reks Wrecks", which I didn't. I've attempted to remove the false data on numerous occasions only to have it reappear a day later. The reference (#9) is to a blog with an incorrect quote from a Twitter response. The entire article in that section should be removed for incorrect information.
For verification please contact me via Direct Message on my verified Twitter Account, if necessary.
Thank you,
Gabe Tuft
(AKA: Tyler Reks)
21:30, 29 May 2011 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.10.111 (talk)
Hi i am working with a group of parents to raise awareness of global developmental delay and we was wondering how we can add our awareness colours to your list of awareness ribbons colour directory? We have already created awareness wristbands in the colours yellow band with black writing and once we have had a qoute for actual ribbons they will be yellow ribbons with black writing on them to saying GDD AWARENESS. many thanks Jan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.13.224.193 (talk) 21:32, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
In the guidelines is written: "Misplaced Pages surveys must be existing human knowledge; it is not a place to publish new work." But what about stringtheory? It hasn't ever yet experimentally been proven. It is not existing human knowledge: It is a postulate, or maybe a quess!! So you give me a dammed good answer, why my new work on cosmology is removed!! Info <email removed> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.10.68.24 (talk) 22:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Dozens of papers and books have been published on string theory. See for example the References, Further reading, and External links sections of String theory. Misplaced Pages does not publish previously unpublished material like your theory. (I removed your email address because we do not reply via email.) —teb728tc00:22, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
"Hidden" revisions of a page (offline) ??
Hello,
Sorry to disturb you but I experiment a problem on the page Talk:Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case. I don't know how to resolve it ? I noticed that the discussions on this page seems to be "locked", and all contributions after May 26th are "hidden" to anonymous users (not connected). This is very strange.
I tried to purge cache with the parameter "?action=purge" but nothing appens. Then, I saw on mediawiki that some pages revisions can be "hidden" by using "RevisionDelete" or "Extension:Oversight". I am questionning myself, and maybe an user/admin add this page on "hide revisions/log" with malice ??
Could you help me, and explain to me why all contributions of this page after May 26th are hidden to offline users ??
Thanks a lot !
Nota : You must be "offline" to see the problems (not connected with your login/password)
There is no way to hide comments from only users who are not logged in (other than something called 'pending changes', but we're not using that any more, and it was never used on talk pages).
Can you see, for example, this? That was added on 29th.
Could it be, perhaps, that your browser is struggling because of the sheer size of that talk page? It's quite a big one, at 391 kB.
Are you using quite an old web browser? Under certain environments, Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 6 are known to have difficulty loading articles over about 400 KB.
If you think it might be browser-related, perhaps you could try updating it. Or, give us more details.
I assure you though, nothing is being hidden. If items are revision-deleted, then only admins can see them - it's just like deletion of an entire page. And if they're oversighted (or 'suppressed'), then only the oversight team can see them (not even admins).
It happens on Chrome and IE, but not Firefox, when logged out. I dont think the page size should matter since it's just the history page that's being loaded.—Soap—12:45, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Right - yes, I tried it, and I see. In ie, the "latest" entry is 02:59, 26 May 2011, in firefox it's 15:47, 31 May 2011. How odd.
Anyone else having this issue? Has Twinkle been disabled? My interface (the tabs) have returned to normal and when viewing prior edits I no longer have the option to perform any rollbacks, its basically as it normally is when Twinkle is disabled except I checked, disabled and reenabled it and it isn't coming back Darkwarriorblake (talk) 01:15, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
There's a new version of Twinkle being rolled out, and it may have teething troubles (or not work at all).
I didn't want to have to go through the trouble of signing up to github but I will do so. If there is a new version though you're probably right and that is the issue. Thanks Darkwarriorblake (talk) 01:23, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
(To both question) - sure, why not, if you want to - be bold. If someone doesn't like it, they can change it back. If you are not too sure - or if someone does remove it - then discuss it on the article talk pages, which are, respectively, Talk:Alexandra Powers and Talk:Katharyn_Powers. See WP:BRD.
Just be extra-careful on any biography of a living person to ensure you cite a reliable source. That ew.com ref looks OK to me. If in doubt as to whether something is a good source, you can always ask on Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources/Noticeboard (shortcut, WP:RSN).
WP:BLPCAT says “Categories regarding religious beliefs … should not be used unless … the subject's beliefs … are relevant to their notable activities or public life.” Do you think her former Buddhism is relevant to her notable activities or public life? —teb728tc02:11, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I would go with "No" for #1. WP:BLPCAT, which you've been referred to before, says that they should be in the religious category only if "...the subject has publicly self-identified with the belief or orientation in question; and the subject's beliefs or sexual orientation are relevant..." She claims to have been a Buddhist for six months. They don't self identify as that now and people experiment with religions throughout their lives. Dismas|02:14, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
The same line in which the Misplaced Pages table of contents is such as "Random article" and "Main Page" is always larger and emptier. That appears for all userpages, example: User:Jimbo. I hope this answers your question, SwisterTwister (talk) 02:21, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean. In case I wasn't clear, this image illustrates what I'm talking about. —TommyjbTalk! (02:45, 30 May 2011)
Done And again, if you're posting a request here for several people to see, you don't need to post the very same request at my talk page. Dismas|03:22, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I think that is the second of your new articles that has been speedily deleted today. It might be a good idea to write draft articles in a user sandbox until they are ready to publish. —teb728tc03:57, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I am currently reviewing "Phidippus clarus". This article includes the sentence "Like other jumping spiders, it has vision more acute than a cat's and 10 times more acute than a dragonfly's." Is the grammar used appropriately? Could it be improved? Axl ¤ 09:18, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Because they are copyrighted so we just cant use them everywhere, when we use them in an article we use a non-free-use rationale we have to make a case why the copyrighted images should be used. The use in articles is restricted so we only use copyrighted images under certain conditions. On user pages and other non-article pages none of those conditions would every be satisfied because they would be used for decoration, hence the ban. MilborneOne (talk) 10:38, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I would explain it as a compromise between the point of view that a free encyclopdia should have no non-free content and the point of view that a quality encyclopedia needs non-free content. The compromise is that non-free content is permitted when the encyclopedia actually needs it (and it is permitted under fair use law). The encyclopedia doesn't need it except in articles. —teb728tc11:20, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Feedback - quote marks
Your articles frequently use punctuation marks outside quote marks. Punctuation marks always belong inside the quote marks, in English version anyway. Modern technology has diminished the use of proper language but if you have a choice to get it wrong or get it right, you should get it right. kcd1976 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.217.195.44 (talk) 10:40, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
No, they do not "belong inside". They belong outside. For reasons I cannot fathom, some Americans decided to adopt a silly rule. WP has chosen a more reasonable rule.--SPhilbrickT12:20, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
It has to do with the practicalities of typesetting with actual type (as opposed to Linotype, etc.) Punctuation inside quotes was a little less likely to break off; or so I've been told. --Orange Mike | Talk15:50, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I've found that story in a comment on The Straight Dope too, but again with no references. It strikes me as complete nonsense: what is it about a full stop or comma that's going to break off, that isn't going to happen to the equally small quote mark? And what about the hugely more numerous cases when punctuation isn't associated with quote marks? Without a strong reference I have no hesitation in putting that story in the reject bin. --ColinFine (talk) 22:13, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Shifting existing article to create disambiguation page?
I have created a Misplaced Pages entry for "Drew Berry (animator)". A page for "Drew Berry" (a journalist) already exists. I think it would be appropriate for the page "Drew Berry" to become a disambiguation page rather than belonging to the journalist, especially as the first sentence of "Drew Berry" (the journalist) begins "Drew Berry is an Emmy Award-winning...", which is also true of "Drew Berry (animator)" who also has an Emmy- so may be confusing for people searching for the animator rather than the journalist.
What I'm hoping to do is to create
Drew Berry <-disambiguation page.
Drew Berry (animator)
Drew Berry (journalist)
My questions are:
is it ok to shift the content as it stands from the current "Drew Berry" to a new page, "Drew Berry (journalist)" so "Drew Berry" can then be written as a disambiguation page?
if I do this, is there a way to locate the current[REDACTED] links to "Drew Berry" and redirect them to "Drew Berry (journalist)"? I am not intending to cause problems for Drew Berry (journalist); I just think there will be people searching for "Drew Berry (animator)" who could be confused between the two if they land on the journalist's page.
Normally we don't create a disambiguation page for two articles. One article has a hatnote directing people to the other article. I have added a hat note on Drew Berry telling people if they are looking for the animator to go to Drew Berry (animator). Just as a side note the Drew Berry article need to be worked on. GB fan (talk) 12:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Is there a tool which displays related changes of articles which belong to one category but not another one? Thanks in advance --151.75.64.82 (talk) 12:36, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I don't think you could do it in a single step, but you could use to get a list of articles, create a page with links to them, and use 'related changes' for that - or use a watchlist; but you'd need to get a user account. Chzz ► 17:34, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Misplaced Pages, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Misplaced Pages itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:08, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
How can i turn the[REDACTED] background color into black?
turning background color into black makes it easier to read for many people.
also, computers save energy by displaying black background tone rather than white, if[REDACTED] did this, they would help the world save a lot of energy.
one example for inspiration: blackle.com
A Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year. what about wiki???
Many browsers allow you to blackify yourself. For example, in Firefox, go to tools → options → content tab → colors → change the background to black and the text to whatever you'd like and then untick the option for "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selection above."--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:50, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I have some photos from the Festival that I can't recognize. One is of a violinist with what looks like a red or blond afro, a bass player with shoulder length dark afro and lead guitar, bald, with some beard. I've been told it is the Flock, but as far as I remember, Flock did not appear there. Any other ideas or memories wiould be appreciated. Thanks, Bobby T — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.114.44.160 (talk) 15:38, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I thought this was solved long time ago. I am using an shared broadband connection and apparently someone under this single IP address is using Tor sometimes. I am not using Tor or any other anonymising service. I explained this to a friendly admin, and he set up an exemption from IP blocking for my account some time ago. And it worked fine then. (For me at en.wikipedia and de.wikipedia!)
But now suddenly I am blocked again because of Tor activity on the IP address I am using. This is annoying already, but it got totally mega annoying when I - again - followed all the good and nice explanations and recommendations that followed, cursing silently. I don't like being sent from pillar to post.
"You have been blocked because it has been detected that you are using Tor ... bla bla ... you need to request an account ..." - what? I have an account and I am logged in! - "... and then request block exemption." - I did that long time ago, see my talk page.
Well. So I went to Misplaced Pages:IP_block_exemption. Much text to read, then the useful hint: "A user affected by an IP block that is unrelated to their editing and that prevents them editing with a logged-in account. - How to request.": Misplaced Pages:APPEAL. "7. I want to edit Misplaced Pages, but I keep getting blocked because of others on the same network as me!" - not quite helpful - "Requesting to be unblocked" - okay. "Instructions for requesting an unblock will be placed on your talk page or in the block explanation." - no it wasn't or it was too well hidden for me to see it. - "The preferred way to appeal a block is to use the {{{unblock}}} template, but you can also contact the blocking administrator or appeal by email." - okay let's see the unblock template - "The following should be placed on your talk page:" - well I would like to, but when trying to edit my own talk page it says: "You have been blocked because it has been detected that you are using Tor ..." - back to the beginning!
Well, I still might try to contact an administrator. Maybe the friendly one who created the block exemption before. But guess what - "You have been blocked because it has been detected that you are using Tor ..." - arghh!
Other ways to get help, the IRC chat maybe? No of course not. "Joining chat room... You are banned from this server - Due to abuse we currently accept tor connections via our tor-sasl service only ..." - sigh. This "tor-sasl" service is some service within tor, but since I am not using tor (and neither have a registered account at freenode) I can not use that. The webchat? - "Your reported IP is banned".
This is so frustrating. All that fuss just because I wanted to correct a tiny error on a Misplaced Pages page.
I wish I knew a solution for these problems. Do I actually need to appeal the block again, or is it some kind of error in MediaWiki? Should I send an Email as described in Misplaced Pages:Guide_to_appealing_blocks (one further page about the same topic), or try using the template?
just a few hours ago I successfully (I thought) entered an image in
Wiki Commons (I think). It was a random packing of 1000 triangles in a rectangle. Now I wanted to see if it is still there. It does not show
up in user's (mine) contributions, and it does not show up when I place
a few key words in SEARCH. I am puzzled...
Lsalgo (talk) 17:18, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
It seems I can't vote for the picture of the year because I don't have 200+ edits, I only have 80. This doesn't tally with what I see when I look at "my contributions". Which edits count? Card Zero (talk)17:50, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I think you are misreading what it says at , it doesn't say you only have 80 edits it says you have 80 edits prior to 1 January 2011. According to this you have 260 edits but looking at your contributions it looks like a majority of those were made after 1 January 2011. GB fan (talk) 17:58, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I am the author of the entry: Koren Picture Bible, 1692-1696, which I entered at least a year ago. I now wish to upload illustrations, but find I am not "authorized." I did reregister myself in April 2011, at which time I found that I could not get logged in. Please authorize me to upload illustrations, for which I have permission from the publisher.
You are not yet autoconfirmed (see WP:AUTOCONFIRM). You must be autoconfirmed in order to be able to upload files. More specifically it means, your account must be more than four days old and have made at least 10 edits. Once you meet these requirements, you can upload the files. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 18:41, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
British war medal question (copied from article space)
can anyone help with information of//1914/15 star british war medal &victory medal to pte. f.airton. pietersburg commando south africa forces — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexander1949 (talk • contribs)
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Photos
Hello, I found a picture on Facebook that i think will suite just perfectly with an article. Does Misplaced Pages allow Facebook photos to be used? Thanks!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dom497 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
It depends on the licensing given on the original source of the picture, the licensing given on the facebook page for the picture and what article the picture will be used on. If the picture is of a living person, then the picture must be released under a compatible free license. If the image is of a dead person or an object it might be appropriate if there is no free image that could be used in its place. We would need more info to give a definitive answer. GB fan (talk) 20:47, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Clicking On Image Jumps To Image Only.Siouxdax (talk) 21:07, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
PLEASE NOTE: I hope this is not considered "bumping", as I never really got a response to this that solved the matter.
I recently made some changes to my preferences and have discovered that when I click on a picture it no longer goes to the page containing the picture and its related information. Now it jumps to a page simply displaying the picture alone. I've reset my preferences, but clicking on pictures still exhibits this behavior. How can I correct this so that I can see the details page? Siouxdax (talk) 11:03, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
I don't know a preference which would do this. What happens if you click the example image to the right? What is the url in your browser? For me it is http://en.wikipedia.org/File:Example.jpg. If I then click on the image on that page, I go to http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Example.jpg which displays the image alone. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:41, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
When I clicked on the picture you provided, it went to the page showing the details about the image, but a few seconds later it jumped to a page showing only the picture. Prior to this issue I did make some changes to my preferences, but I can't find anything related to that. Anyone else have any input on this? Siouxdax (talk) 17:10, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
NOTE: A picture was posted by PrimeHunter as an example,
I see you copied the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Help desk/Archives/2011 May 26#Clicking on pictures jumps to fullscreen. You didn't answer what the url was for you. The url is the web address usually starting http:// you should see in the browser address bar when you view a page. Does the same happen if you are logged out? This would indicate it's unrelated to your Misplaced Pages preferences. I wonder whether a problem with your mouse or software can cause your browser to think you have clicked twice when you click once. Have you seen signs of this in other situations? Can you try another browser? PrimeHunter (talk) 21:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
CAUSE FOUND! ISSUE RESOLVED! It turns out that when on another website I had the same behavior when clicking an image. I figured it had to be my browser, maybe an add-on, but it turned out to be a Greasemonkey script called "Just Show Image 2". Its purpose? To do what it did. Whew. Well, at least it did exactly what it said on the tin. PrimeHunter, thank you so very much for your effort and guidance. It's very much appreciated. 68.0.65.250 (talk) 21:34, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Cynthia Townley
How do I find out who the Administrator is who deleted my page setup? I would like my page Cynthia Townley undeleted. What is the process for that and who would I speak to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cynthia Townley (talk • contribs) 21:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Ygrec23 (talk) 23:01, 30 May 2011 (UTC) I made a very minor revision to the article on "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" (a famous guitar composition by Francisco Tàrrega) adding a reference to the soundtrack of René Clément's Forbidden Games (as played by Narciso Yepes). There are Misplaced Pages articles on all of René Clément, Forbidden Games and Narciso Yepes. The links to René Clément and Narciso Yepes worked fine. But the link to Forbidden Games simply won't turn blue. I've made extra sure that the formatting of the reference is exactly like all other movie name formatting and that the title is exactly the same as the title of the Misplaced Pages article. I've been over it twenty times and though I must have made some mistake I can't for the life of me figure out what correction to make. Help would be appreciated. Here it is:
I edited the page Damascus, and also justified my edit with a contribution on the discussion page. I went back to the discussion page to see if anyone had responded, but then my contribution did not appear. I looked at the edit history and it read to me like it should appear, as I only edited once and no one edited after me. When I logged in, then what I wrote did appear. When I logged out again, it disappeared once more. What could cause this? Does the contribution on the talk page appear to everyone else? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atethnekos (talk • contribs) 23:28, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Please delete this image: File:TheTrainEnthusiast.jpg. Somebody (probably one of my grandkids) tampered with it on my computer, and since I've fixed it I need to reupload it. TheTrainEnthusiast (talk) 00:50, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
How do I copy images from Misplaced Pages in other languages or alphabets into English Misplaced Pages?
I am trying to add more images to the Palestine Railways article. The Hebrew counterpart of the article has several photographs that I would like to use. I found the image file names, copied and pasted them into the English article but all I got was a redlink. I searched Wikimedia for the file names but they didn't appear. I've downloaded the images and I could upload them to Wikimedia, but I don't read Hebrew so I can't read which copyright they are under. How can I add these images to the article? The photographs are:
I've had similar problems when finding photos. For example, Ukranian Misplaced Pages has a photo of the front of Ramses railway station in Cairo but my attempt to copy it into Misplaced Pages's English Egyptian National Railways and Ramses Station articles achieved only a redlink:
(Incidentally, it doesn't matter if I put "File:" (in English) or "קובץ:" (the Hebrew for 'file') - ] works just the same, he:קובץ:PalestineRailwaysNG1946ca1.jpg)
To use it on enwiki, it would have to be uploaded to either Commons (probably best), or enwiki.
If a file is on Commons, it can be used on any of the Wikimedia sister projects - that is, it could be used on English Misplaced Pages, German Misplaced Pages, Hebrew Misplaced Pages, Wikibooks, Wikinews, etc. etc.
If a file is uploaded to a 'local wiki' (such as enwiki or hewiki) it can only be used on that one.
The syntax, in either case, is identical. For example, here, I've put a picture of a horsie. That file is actually stored on Commons. If you go to it from 'here' on English Misplaced Pages - ie File:Biandintz eta zaldiak - modified2.jpg - you'll notice it says, "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. " - and if you follow the link, you get to the real page, Commons:File:Biandintz eta zaldiak - modified2.jpg.
So - to cut to the chase - if you want to use those pics, you probably should download them (to your own computer), and then upload them to Commons, yourself. As long as the licences are OK, and you say where it comes from, that'll be fine.
There are also tools that will pull it from any given language's Misplaced Pages to Commons and I think there was one where you can pull from one language's project to another. I need to double check what those are and if they are still functioning. Anyone else know these off the top of their head?Cptnono (talk) 03:14, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I seem to remember seeing somewhere a compact TOC for articles like glossaries whose sections are "A", "B", "C" etc. I think it may have been arranged horizontally, perhaps something like this:
Wikilinking to a specific citation needed tag in an article
I whave begun drafting a new cleanup template in my userspace at User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:Refnumimprove. Is it possible in the place where it says 1, 2, 3, 4 have a sequence of numbers up to the number of citation needed tags in the article? Furthermore is it possible to link each number to the corresponding citation needed tag?
In order to better explain what I mean, lets consider the following example:
Suppose we have an article containing four citation needed tags. I want to make the template, such that the list of numbers (like 1, 2, 3, 4) is automatically generated corresponding to the total number of citation needed tags in the article. Then, when I would for example click on 3, it would automatically take me to the third citation needed tag in the article (in the same way that one is taken to the third reference, when one clicks on the footnote numbered 3).
I will try to create a second template that creates a list of the citation needed tags in the article and transcludes them into the first template. I am not yet even sure if this is possible at all. I think I will have to do some research. :) Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:28, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Hmm. I don't think this is possible. The {{Citation needed}} template doesn't currently put out an anchor that your template could jump to; and I don't see how it could be modified to put out different anchors each time it is used on a page, which is what you'd need. As you point out, the <ref>/<references> system does manage this trick, but that's because it is built in to the MediaWiki software itself. You could perhaps post at Village pump (technical) in case I'm wrong. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:59, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
I believe Misplaced Pages's footnote machinery is in mw:Extension:Cite. Where do you want "the list of numbers" to appear? In the article that contains the {{Citation needed}} templates? Or on some other page? I don't understand the advantage of what you propose. {{Citation needed}} already categorizes its transcluding articles into Category:Articles with unsourced statements. It's easy enough to browse to such an article, then press Ctrl+F or ⌘+F to search the articles for instances of "citation needed". It seems to me that we really need better tools for finding reliable sources and then formatting them into footnotecitations. Preferably with an automatic method to archive each source with WebCite or a similar tool. Having new ways to rearrange the existing backlog of citations needed wouldn't seem to address the limiting step, which is to find sources and format citations of them. --Teratornis (talk) 19:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
A mere list of numbers does not convey useful information about the actual statements that need citations. It could be more useful to arrange all unsourced statements on Misplaced Pages into a taxonomy by subject, which might allow people who have specialized knowledge of the relevant literature to more readily home in on the subset of unsourced statements for which they are able to find sources. For example, someone who knows about aircraft carriers might find a list of all our unsourced statements about aircraft carriers to be a target rich environment. Of course building and maintaining such a taxonomy would be about as difficult and complex as maintaining our categories for articles. --Teratornis (talk) 19:53, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Funnily enough, I'd always thought that anyone capable of reading a sentence in English would realize that Armenian-Japanese relations were relations, presumably foreign rather than (say) conjugal, between Armenia and Japan (even if they confused Armenia with Albania or Japan with Saipan).
But then the cynic in me thought that any prose as stupefyingly superfluous as this must have been prompted by WP's beloved Manual of Style. And so I took a quick look at the MoS's top page, and neither found it nor found any promising link.
Did I do something very naughty? Are there thought to be a non-negligible number of eager if underinformed readers who might suppose that Armenian-Japanese relations were a Japanese yōkai (whether or not most common in the Kōshinetsu region), or perhaps a kind of cheese?
(I was going to post this at the talk page of WP:MOS, but it told me to post a question such as this here instead.) -- Hoary (talk) 09:42, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
The boilerplate introduction could provide some value if it had a link on foreign relations, which has a more specific meaning than the generic "relations". Also it can be useful to state the country names explicitly and link them, for example when the adjectival form of a country name in the title might be unfamiliar to the reader. I don't think the boilerplate introduction is necessarily obvious to everyone. Not everyone who reads Misplaced Pages is an expert in all the topics they read about. And even if the definition seems obvious and redundant, it has the benefit of ruling out less obvious possibilities. Misplaced Pages readers are incredibly diverse - as you can see by reading the Help desk questions over a few weeks, people come to Misplaced Pages with all sorts of peculiar ideas. For example, we get some questions from readers who seem to mistake Misplaced Pages as being affiliated with the subjects of our articles. This suggests we can never spell things out too plainly. --Teratornis (talk) 19:24, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
I think you have a point, but although people do indeed have strange ideas about Misplaced Pages they are generally able to link adjectives with names. Let's imagine that there were an article on "Dutch–Irish relations" (even though such an article would I think be titled differently); this could start "Foreign relations between the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland started shortly after the formation of the Republic and have blah blah". But perhaps we should move this potentially useful discussion elsewhere, as none of us is now asking for help. Though I don't know where would be best. -- Hoary (talk) 00:54, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Seeking an editor mentor
Hi - I'm a newbie to[REDACTED] editing. I have an article to contribute but the topic title already exists albeit as an alternative to my intended usage of the subject heading. Would appreciate an experienced[REDACTED] editor taking me through the steps to add an alternative definition/article. Thanks Emazoff (talk) 09:42, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Well, what's the existing article, and what's your intended usage? If you specify both, an answer will probably be simple and concise. -- Hoary (talk) 09:55, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
If you desire a mentor, I do that and have several current mentees, two of whom have achieved adminship. Check out my user page and judge my experience for yourself, and my talk page and judge my helpfulness, and if you want to join on, let me know how I can help you.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:03, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks all for responses. My proposed topic is Software Lifecycle Management - different from the current entry in wikipedia. My proposed article explains why SLM is necessary as an evolution of Application Lifeycle Management. However, having started the suggested WP:wizard my proposal does appear to fall into neologism category - not too sure. Emazoff (talk) 14:04, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
See WP:NEOLOGISM, WP:RS, WP:V, and WP:NOR. Misplaced Pages articles are not supposed to contain any original ideas. They should only contain material that has already been published elsewhere in reliable sources. Therefore the most important ingredient for a new article is a list of published sources from which you can draw material, and then cite with footnotes. Articles with few or no sources may fail to demonstrate the notability of their subjects, and may be deleted - this is a very common mistake by new Misplaced Pages editors, since the (delayed) enforcement is by the user community rather than embedded in Misplaced Pages's software. (I.e., there is nothing to stop people from editing away for hours on end with no idea that everything depends on sources.) If you have original ideas you want to write about, see the alternative outlets. --Teratornis (talk) 19:06, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Is this due to the kind of CompactTOC used? Those articles are using different ones: CompactTOC2 and CompactTOC8. Rmhermen (talk) 12:55, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
can i print an[REDACTED] book using another print media than pedia press.
i would like to get a[REDACTED] book printed using another printer locally. can i do that or will it be against copyrights. i wish to download a pdf file from[REDACTED] and send the same to another printer instead of pediapress. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.69.16 (talk) 16:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Linking to a documentary website to provide more information?
Hi, would it be okay in the "External Links" section to include the URL for a website about a documentary? The documentary is also for sale, so that may be why I am receiving an error. Before I click "Upate Page" again, I just wanted to get permission.
I would think that like a reference to a book as a source, that it would be alright to show the URL to get more information on this documentary.
Hi. Your external link addition was blocked because your username is the same as the web address that you were trying to link to (see the filter log here). However, the link that you are trying to add also does not comply with our guidelines on external links, in particular Misplaced Pages strongly discourages links to individual web pages that primarily exist to sell products or services, links to sites that require payment or registration to view the relevant content, and links mainly intended to promote a website. Please also read our username policy as having a username that is the same as the name of a website could lead to your account being blocked. —Jeremy (talk) 22:49, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
IHOP Founders
Hi, my name is Bruce Marsoobian and last year I made an attempt to include my father, Peter as one of the founders of IHOP. I was asked to provide proof of my claim. Please tell me how to submit testamony and articles stating my father as one of the founders.
Also, if you could kindly let me know where to go to communicate in the future with you.
Any replies to your post will appear right here and you should respond back right here. In order to provide proof, you need to cite at least one reliable source that verifies the information. The way to cite a source is to place in the text a footnote stating where the published information comes from (it must be a published source). There's lost of information on how to do this at the cite link I just provided, but a simple example would be:
NAME was one of five founders....<ref>"Title of newspaper article." ''The New York Times'': p. 8. January 5, 1986.</ref> which will format like this:
NAME was one of five founders... The footnote will appear at the bottom of the article and will look like this:
"Title of newspaper article". The New York Times. January 5, 1986. p. 8.
According to this Peter Marsoobian developed IHOP’s proprietary pancake batter. I’m not sure that’s the same as being a founder. —teb728tc00:50, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
I have edited WP for a while but had quite a wikibreak and can't remember where to ask. A page I found at random, Russian Republic, seems to me little more than what should be a DAB (Disambiguation Page). Is there a page where I should submit for a request for DAB? Or should I just mark it DAB anyway? Since it seems to me that anyone likely to search for Russian Republic does not want to know about the short-lived etc. but about one of the topics under it, i.e. it is in essence a DAB.
(e/c x2) In the page you'll see the code "{{/Article alerts}}" When something is linked to with brackets or called with curly braces as /something, the "/" automatically links or calls the name of the page it's on. So {{/Article alerts}} on this page, for example, would result in the code calling Misplaced Pages:Help desk/Article alerts. Therefore, at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Albums the code calls Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Albums/Article alerts.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:59, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Ohhh okay. Thanks, both of you. I didn't think that was the problem. I've updated it now. And thanks for explaining why the / template was doing what it was doing : ) – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies00:15, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Resolved
Done And again, if you're posting a request here for several people to see, you don't need to post the very same request at my talk page. Dismas| 03:22, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Have you tried the humanities section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Misplaced Pages. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:31, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
