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February 15

Alexander Henry the Elder

Hello, I am a descendant of Alexander Henry the Elder's family and Matthew Henry a Reverend has been sourced in several academic publications as being related to Alexander Henry the Elder. I am attempting to trace the Henry family England connections thru Matthew. I just want to know if you know anything more than they were related, How are they related, cousins, or granduncle etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.92.49.236 (talk) 01:39, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Everything "we" (fellow readers and contributors to Misplaced Pages just like you) know is in the article. You might be able to get further relevant information from the sources cited in the article listed in the References section as well as the list under External links. Roger (talk) 09:44, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

need to left justify caption text in a gallery

Please help me left justify all the caption text in this gallery:

TCO (talk) 02:24, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Not sure that's possible. {{POTD condensed}} is coded to center align the captions.--ukexpat (talk) 02:59, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Two of my questions weren't answered at the reference desk

I'm sorry to bring this up here but Two of my questions weren't answered at the reference desk. Is this appropriate place to bring this up? Venustar84 (talk) 03:29, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Only if it's about Misplaced Pages. This page is only for questions about how to use or edit Misplaced Pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:34, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

if there is place on[REDACTED] where I can ask my questions to be answered properly? Venustar84 (talk) 04:19, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

If there is place on[REDACTED] where I can ask my questions to be answered properly efficiency and right away? Venustar84 (talk) 04:20, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

No. We're all volunteers here, so you take your chances. If you expect immediate answers to your questions, you need to go to a site where you pay the responders. I count 27 questions you've asked on the Ref Desk, so if 25/27 were answered to your satisfaction, that's a darn good result. StuRat (talk) 04:21, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

• What two questions? Venustar84 is an admitted sockpuppet. μηδείς (talk) 04:28, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Don;t worry about Medis. I'll ask the questions about on the reference desk. It's not important. Venustar84 (talk) 04:33, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

How does one withdraw or request a tainted RfC be closed early?

I posted a neutrally worded RfC and a hostile editor added a comment to a separate discussion to which I had been party saying that the discussion from that thread was continued at the RfC I filed, even though the matter was not discussed there. Four of the subsequent five opposes then mentioned the prior discussion the op linked to but which was not a subject of or mentioned at the RfC. How do I close the tainted RfC? Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 03:58, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

You can use my name in public. It's OK. --Jayron32 05:31, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

• Instructions on closing RfCs can be found at Misplaced Pages:RFC#Ending RfCs. If this is an RfC/U then you'll have to follow this instead. The issue of taint (forum shopping, meatpuppetry, or whatever your concern is) is probably best resolved by simply mentioning this concern in the RfC itself and then definitely seeking outside closure at WP:AN/RFC. The closing admin will certainly take that into consideration. -Thibbs (talk) 14:53, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Requesting an article?

So there's a page that says a person can suggest something be added to Misplaced Pages but the only link I can see is to create an article so I'll suggest it here.

I think an article needs to be made about Dr. Carin Bondar who is a biologist in Canada that does incredible learning videos and articles. Some of her stuff can be found at www.carinbondar.com/

Thanks and I absolutely LOVE Misplaced Pages.

Sincerely, Trevor Hinesley — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.70.75 (talk) 04:57, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Please take a look at WP:Requested articles.--ukexpat (talk) 05:23, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

rounding in inflation template

Can you make the rounding go to 26 billion (not 25.8) for the inflation converter in second para here:

TCO (talk) 04:07, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. You need to set r=1 for one decimal place of rounding. See {{inflation}} Tips & Tricks section. RudolfRed (talk) 07:08, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Nope, sorry, please check the output.TCO (talk) 07:11, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

It's r=-9 to force the last nine dollar digits to zero. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:09, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Guinness nit

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes

No. 8 is incorrect - the actor is Sir Alec Guinness.

Also, the tabulation is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.92.32.129 (talk) 06:55, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

The list in the article is from the AFI list, and AFI attributes the quote to Han Solo so that's what stays in the article. You can see the discussion on the article's talk page. May the Force be with you says the line is spoken by several film characters, so I guess AFI chose the Han Solo version. RudolfRed (talk) 07:03, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Edits do not trigger default edit summary

Why do my edits such as this one not leave an edit summary saying new section such as is the case for example here? -- Toshio Yamaguchi 08:17, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

You can create the section part of the edit summary on your own by entering "/* Section name */ this is what I did in the section". This is automatically filled in for you if you edit using a section link. If you create a new section at the end of the page using the "+section" link, you automatically get the edit summary "/* Section name */ new section". If you create a new section by editing the page an manually entering "== Section name ==", then this obviously doesn't work. You could be doing other things in addition, e.g. adding several new sections. The software doesn't inspect your changes to check if you just added a new section. Hans Adler 09:01, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

When you start a new section in a talk page you will not be able to leave a custom edit summary but it will be automatically added. --Ushau97 09:07, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

When I click the new section link at the top of Talk:List of wars 1945–1989, nothing is filled in automatically as this edit of mine shows. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 09:12, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

If you click New section and write something in the "Subject/headline" field then you get "/* something */ New section" as automatic edit summary. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:47, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Following PrimeHunter's suggestion, I clicked on New section, added "foo" to the "Subject/headline" field, selected "show preview" button, and saw "Subject/headline preview: (→‎foo: new section)." -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 13:54, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's how "/* foo */ new section" renders in an edit summary. This can be checked by entering it as a manual edit summary when not using the New section link. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:14, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I am confused. When I click the New section link, I get no field for an edit summary at all and in the page history it doesn't say new section. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:00, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

When you click New section, the "Subject/headline" field should be above the edit box. There is no edit summary field. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:06, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

The section created in this edit is created by substituting {{User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:Original uploader NFCC concerns message}}. Does that mean I cannot provide an edit summary for these edits when using the New section link at the top of a talk page? Note that I do not give that section a heading, as the heading is automatically supplied by the substituted template. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 16:19, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

A heading made inside the edit box by typing or substituting is not transferred to the edit summary. But there should be a field with heading "Subject/headline" above the edit box when you click "New section". See for example File:Sandbox edit new section.PNG. Are you saying you don't have that field? Which skin are you using? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:43, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I am using the vector skin and I have the header field in edit mode. My concern is with the edit summary, as edits such as this one have a blank edit summary. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 16:55, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

If you want a default summary, you'll need to remove the heading from your template and enter it manually into the section header. Alternatively, you can use the normal edit window or the section above and leave an edit summary. Finally, I think there's an option in your preferences which will autofill the edit summary with what you posted if you don't have one. (I'm not totally sure on that one, talk to Kiefer.Wolfowitz, I know he uses it. Ryan Vesey 17:02, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, I guess I prefer to have no edit summary then, because I don't want to provide the header separately. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 17:14, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Wrong name

The Vodafone Germany Company was renamed on Feb 1st. It is now Vodafone GmbH, the "D2" in the name was deleted. Effected site:

Vodafone Germany — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.233.250.6 (talk) 10:38, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I have changed the article's text to refer to "Vodafone GmbH", but Vodafone Germany is a perfectly acceptable title for the article as a WP:Common name.--ukexpat (talk) 14:29, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

History of perpetual motion machines

My name is Sanjay Amin and Misplaced Pages has incorrect information on the following page:

History of perpetual motion machines

The following is the incorrect information:

1. The company I founded Entropy Systems Inc., has not received $3.5 million in investment.

2. I am still working on this technology.

3. I have not made a claim that my technology violates the second law of thermodynamics. Please note that the United States Patent Office does not issue any patents on inventions that are perpetual motion machines. I was already issued a United States Patent for this technology. My US Patent No: 5,765.387

4. I have not made a claim of creating a perpetual motion machine.

5. There is no article or any paper in any reputable scientific journal that has disproved the facts of my invention or technology.

The websites that are used as reference have incorrect information.

Incorrect information about me is slanderous and injurious to me. Please cease and desist publishing incorrect information about me on Misplaced Pages.

Sincerely, Sanjay Amin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amincycle (talk • contribs) 13:54, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

The paragraph about Sanjay Amin and his company was unreferenced, so I've removed it. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 14:16, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

That very editor had removed the multiple cites that had been in that paragraph. At least some of them were independent analysis/commentary on the device and/or his company. DMacks (talk) 14:47, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, sorry, I didn't check the history. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 23:06, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

font size is too small to read

The font size is too small to read, is there a way in which I can make it larger so it is easy to read? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.60.35.95 (talk) 14:28, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Try resetting your browser's zoom level: Ctrl+0 or adjust it with Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-.--ukexpat (talk) 14:32, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Another simple way is you can use your mousewheel as a zoom control by holding down Ctrl, this works in most applications including all web browsers that I know of. Samatarou (talk) 00:53, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Aligning a userbox

Why does the last userbox here appear at the right despite being wrapped into {{Align}}? How can I make it appear beneath the first userbox in the first row? -- Toshio Yamaguchi 14:49, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

There are a number of ways to handle this. For example, you could add "{{clear}}" immediately after "{{Template:User web archive}}". -Thibbs (talk) 14:56, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:02, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

No problem. -Thibbs (talk) 15:05, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

User talk page issues

My computer has developed a strange issue with user talk pages. It starts to load the page and then it looks like it restarts and hangs with the progress bar at ~30%. If I refresh the page in the middle of this hangup, it does the same thing. If I try over an over (maybe 15-20 times in a row) then it seems to break its pattern and it works, but if I refresh the page again, it's back to the annoying hangup again for another 15-20 tries. I haven't been able to find any info on this weird problem online, and I know there are things I could try like reinstalling my browser, but I'm just curious about what is going on here. So I'm looking for help from people with a technical understanding of the page code for Misplaced Pages. What makes user talk pages any different from all other pages on Misplaced Pages? Is this some kind of javascripting error? -Thibbs (talk) 15:05, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

It may be a caching issue. Have you tried a WP:BYPASS?--ukexpat (talk) 15:07, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I hadn't tried that before, but I've just gone through all the steps and it still seems to be causing the same problem. I'd imagine that would affect my ability to load up other pages too, though. This problem is definitely restricted to user talk pages and only at Misplaced Pages. There must be something specific to this kind of page that my computer doesn't like. -Thibbs (talk) 15:22, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

OK next step - do you have any gadgets or scripts installed that work only in user talk space? If you do, you should try disabling them one by one to see if any of them, or a combination of them, is the culprit.--ukexpat (talk) 15:48, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Or start by logging out and see if it works then. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:03, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I didn't knowingly get any gadgets/scripts that are specific to user talk pages, but I do have greasemonkey and I pick up gadgets occasionally when I need them. I haven't ever gotten anything specific for Misplaced Pages, though, as far as I know. Interestingly it does seem to be connected to me being logged in, though. If I'm logged out a hungup user talk page can be refreshed and it works fine. -Thibbs (talk) 16:20, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Well I am all out of ideas. Maybe the regulars at WP:VPT can help.--ukexpat (talk) 16:24, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

OK it's not terribly pressing since I've just bought a new computer a few weeks ago anyway and it's no problem there, but thanks for your help though! -Thibbs (talk) 16:32, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

What is your skin? Does it happen at other MediaWiki sites, for example, meta:? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:37, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I've never changed skins so my skin is whatever the default is. And it seems not to be a problem at meta. I randomly tested the German Misplaced Pages too and no problems there. So it seems to be restricted to en.wikipedia. -Thibbs (talk) 17:13, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

The skin is shown at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. The default is Vector. What is your browser? Can you test what happens if you disable Javascript in the browser? Special:PrefixIndex/User:Thibbs/ shows no personal css or js files, except an empty monobook.js. Maybe you have a problematic gadget at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:12, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

My skin is Vector, and the gadgets I have turned on are:

1. "Ask a question" feature

2. Reference Tooltips

3. Hotcat

4. Form for filing disputes at the dispute resolution noticeboard

5. CharInsert

6. Add a "Sandbox" link to the personal toolbar area.

As with the skin, this is just the default gadgets that presumably are ticked for anyone who doesn't go into the gadget area. I'm using Firefox 3.6.28 (can't get the most current version since this is the last one compatible with Mac OSX 10.4.11). Interestingly I find that turning Javascripting off does fix the problem. So that may be the best workaround for me for now.

Another quirk I just realized is that this problem has really only come up for me when I'm trying to place a warning tag on a vandal's talk page. As I think about it, it's not just any user talk page that I have trouble with, it's particularly user talk pages of IP editors. If they have no talk page (i.e. it's redlinked) then I can create one with no problem, but if they have a bluelinked talk page then it seems to hang. -Thibbs (talk) 00:23, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, those are the default gadgets. I don't have problems with them with Vector and Firefox 18.0.2 on Windows Vista. They use Javascript. You could try disabling them. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:48, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

I just tried disabling them each one at a time to see if I could identify a single one that was causing the problem, but no luck. Then I tried disabling them all in a single test and that still didn't work. I assume it's just because I'm using an outdated version of Firefox on this machine and that's causing the javascript to break. And actually with all of these various tests I've been running the problem seems to be marginally better. It only seems to be hanging around 50% of the time now. Things seemed to get better like this after I set my cache to 0M. Anyway thanks for your help on this. -Thibbs (talk) 05:35, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Deprecated tags categories

Categories such as Category:United States articles with deprecated tags, amongst others with the same task, track pages with deprecated tags. How are the pages added to said category? I'm thinking automatically, in which case I was wondering how it finds the pages with deprecated tags. I haven't been able to find any script that does it and nothing obvious in Special:Version. 89.168.137.160 (talk) 16:25, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

The category is added to the tag itself, which propagates the category to all the articles that have the depricated tags.--Jayron32 16:28, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Is it possible to give an example of how such a thing is done? I've never seen anyone attach anything to something like <font>, <center>, etc. 89.168.137.160 (talk) 19:37, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

See Template:WikiProject Massachusetts. It is tagged with {{Tdeprecated}}. When you view Tdeprecated in edit mode you can see that it includes <includeonly>]</includeonly>. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 20:03, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Standardizing Misplaced Pages Usage of Princess Elizabeth

I've had a discussion today with another editor at this link with respect to standardizing Misplaced Pages usage as to how Elizabeth I is to be referred to in Misplaced Pages articles during the years 1536-1558. As I noted in my comments, almost every modern historian refers to her as 'Princess Elizabeth' during this period, as do very authoritative sources such as the Calendar of State Papers . Is there somewhere on Misplaced Pages where a discussion can take place and consensus can be reached on a topic such as this so that there isn't a discrepancy among the many Misplaced Pages articles which mention her, with some referring to her as 'Princess Elizabeth' and others as 'Lady Elizabeth'? NinaGreen (talk) 20:52, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I, the other editor, noted in my comments that authors who have been knighted for their work on this matter (if we are going to use argumenta ad verecundiam) explicitly say that Elizabeth was no longer a princess after 1536 and that it was high treason to imply otherwise. The fact that she was not a princess anymore was of great significance, which is what the authors also explain in great detail. Anyway, I suggested a compromise - referring to Elizabeth simply as Elizabeth, which is plain, simple and accurate. However, this was flatly refused and no reason was given. Surtsicna (talk) 21:29, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm hopeful someone at the Help Desk can indicate where on Misplaced Pages discussion of this topic can properly take place among a number of editors, and consensus can be reached as to the way Elizabeth I should be referred to during the period 1536-1558 in the many Misplaced Pages articles which mention her during that period, i.e. 'Princess Elizabeth', 'Lady Elizabeth', or just plain 'Elizabeth'. There needs to be consistency among Misplaced Pages articles so that readers aren't confused. I'm sure there must be someplace on Misplaced Pages where discussion takes place about the 'style' to be used when referring to royalty and members of the nobility. I'm just not sure where it is. NinaGreen (talk) 23:35, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

How about Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject English Royalty or the talk page of a related WikiProject?--ukexpat (talk) 01:55, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the helpful suggestion. I'll post something on the English Royalty Talk page. NinaGreen (talk) 18:06, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Removing page do to lack of reference.

Hello, It was brought to my attention that some of my content under the title, Tadahiko Mizuno, did not have the required supporting references. I have subsequently listed references supporting the content.

Currently it is proposed for deletion however I trust the supporting information will satisfy your needs for the removal of this notice.

Could you please confirm? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scientistssupporter (talk • contribs) 20:59, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

What makes you say it is currently proposed for deletion? A proposed deletion was declined last week after 16 minutes. I don't see anything since then. If you refer to User talk:Scientistssupporter#Proposed deletion of Tadahiko Mizuno then it's from the same declined proposal last week. Such notices are not removed from user talk pages – unless you do it yourself, but there is no need to. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:22, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Song titles in articles

How do you show a song or tune title? Is it "Jumping Joan", Jumping Joan or "Jumping Joan"? I've seen all three in articles, and a look through the style guide hasn't helped. Alansplodge (talk) 21:14, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

"Jumping Joan". See Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style/Text formatting#When not to use italics. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:24, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanking you kindly. Alansplodge (talk) 22:00, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

February 16

Fairy tales.

There is a nice bunch of authors creating articles based upon fairy tales written in the 19th century, at least twenty of them. I think these people need a bit of guidence and tidying up. Some of the articles are here on User_talk:Clevermammoth

The Devoted Friend, The Prince's Dream

Martin451 (talk) 01:07, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

I looked at The Heart of Princess Joan noted above under Stories of Mary de Morgan and it seems well referenced. Can you be more specific as to what guidence the Heart of Princess Joan editors need and what tidying up the Heart of Princess Joan article needs? -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:10, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Nuru

Hi, I would like to amend the content of this page: Nuru (massage). All my corrections have been deleted. Here are the explanations:

1. Nuru is a brand for a massage gel and not a massage technique. Active registration: https://www.swissreg.ch/srclient/faces/jsp/trademark/sr30.jsp

2. The word does NOT originates from the Japanese language and does NOT mean slippery: http://translate.google.com/#ja/en/nuru

3. Nuru is not a massage oil. It is a brand for a massage GEL. Oil is better for massaging purposes and keeps your skin greasy. Gel is easily washable and not so good for massage purposes.

4. External Links: The indicated link is pure commercial and should not be in an encyclopedia. These people abuse our brand. Please cancel it.

Conclusion: Please amend the content or delete the whole topic. Thanks. Adrianme (talk) 01:44, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

It looks like you are attempting to use Wikiepedia to promote your product, the gel, which just happens to have the same name as the technique, and that is not permitted. You may very well own a trademark registration for your product in a particular class or classes of goods but that does not give you any rights over the generic term. In any event the article does not have a single reference and only a single external link of dubious usefulness, so unless references can be found it is probably heading for deletion.--ukexpat (talk) 02:16, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Don't engage in an edit war. If an editor reverts your changes, don't put it back. Instead, discuss it on the article's talk page. See WP:BRD. You've already been given explanations on why your changes were undone on your talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 02:39, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

• The article now is at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Nuru (massage). -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:02, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Division I athletic directors

North Carolina Central University -NCAA Division I FCS - Athletic Director - Dr. Ingrid Wicker McCree — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.26.69.23 (talk) 03:02, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, what was your question? – Philosopher  03:14, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Apparently, it's a riddle that we're supposed to figure out. :P --76.189.111.199 (talk) 01:04, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

CORRECTION PLEASE

Hi....article linked below leaves me out as co-author of the book. It says it was written by Howard Rosenberg. But a check of the reviews already posted or googling the book , will show it was written by Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman. I am a former CNN investigative correspondent in New York and L.A.; a current investigative reporter for KNX (CBS RADIO) Newsradio in L.A. and a former adjunct professor of journalism at USC Thanks Charles

http://en.wikipedia.org/%27%27No_Time_to_Think:_The_Menace_of_Media_Speed_and_the_24-Hour_News_Cycle%27%27 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.123.234.226 (talk) 04:03, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Name added in first paragraph. Nasnema  Chat  04:15, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

request for articles

i am preparing for exam on subject science so for gainig more information i request for articles on following topics:

1. Machines (motors, switches, circuits, hydraulic lift, wind mills etc)

2. Wind and Light (application of wind energy, working of parachute, working of camera etc)

3. Structure (Principle of Bridges, buildings, pyramids etc...)

4. Designs (Designing materials to solve challenges imposed by environment like tyres for rocky places, trebuchet to through marbles etc) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shubhi 6061 (talk • contribs) 09:25, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

At the top right of the page is a search box. If you type any of these terms into that box, you should be directed to Misplaced Pages articles on the subjects. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:57, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Did I do this move correctly?

There was an article, The psychology of film. A student blanked the page, wrote some new notes, and then moved the article to Dual-route hypothesis to reading. I discovered this, restored the version that existed before blanking, but discovered that the move was not undone. I tried to undo the move, failed, and manually moved the article back to The psychology of film. Now Dual-route hypothesis to reading had got an automatic redirect to The psychology of film which I erased and replaced by a sentence. I also wiped out the redirect of the talk page. Now I know that moving pages can be a bit tricky, so my question is, is everything as it should be or are there things left to be fixed? (Next time I'll undo the move before I revert to a previous version...) Lova Falk talk 10:51, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

You have restored The psychology of film correctly, as far as I can tell. I suggest you tag Dual-route hypothesis to reading with {{db-author}} so that Edienicol (talk · contribs) can start from scratch. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:05, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! Lova Falk talk 11:59, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Per the naming conventions, I have moved it to Psychology of film.--ukexpat (talk) 01:28, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Karen Harup

This:

"Death

On July 19, 2009, a Toyota Prius crashed through Harup's bedroom wall, hitting her and sending her flying out into the street, where she was run over twelve times. She was pronounced dead on the scene."

on the page Karen Harup#cite note-politiken.dk-1 is something of a mystery to me, since my mother died in a hospital bed after a stroke.

Is it possible for someone to delete the chapter?

Best regards and thanks,

Per Harup, eldest son of Karen Margrethe Harup Danmark — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.58.60.150 (talk) 11:42, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

There was apparently vandalism to the article in December, so I have reverted it. Thank you for pointing it out. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:51, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Logo

Can someone help me make this logo transparent? It is for Serbian Misplaced Pages 10 year anniversary.--Strower (talk) 15:16, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Joe Paterno page

Please consider changing the content of is page. It is based on the Freeh report which basically was a PSU Board of Trustees' attempt to buy a scapegoat. Please consider adding a more relevant report "The Paterno Report" produced by Dick Thornberg and individuals like Clemente who have prepared a report more substantial than Freeh's slanderous fit against Joe Paterno. I appreciate the fight for justice and not where money can place blame. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.92.92.66 (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

The best place to make this request is here. Chances are nobody here at the help desk is very familiar with the details of these different reports and so it's hard for us to make a good determination regarding their relative reliability. The other editors at the Joe Paterno talk page will be much more familiar with the topic and can help you make appropriate changes to the article. Good luck. -Thibbs (talk) 23:28, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

72.92.92.66, Misplaced Pages articles must never take sides. Article content is required to be completely neutral, reliably-sourced, and worthy of inclusion. Also, articles must give due weight to different sides of contentious issues. Therefore, your clearly biased views on the Paterno issue have no place in the article. For the record, the article includes content about his family's investigative rebuttal to the Freeh report. However, it certainly can be expanded. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 23:50, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

The help desk is supposed to be a place where questions about how to use Misplaced Pages are answered. But this is turning into a discussion about the content of an article. That discussion belongs at Talk:Joe Paterno. -Thibbs (talk) 00:05, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

The IP's request (to change the article's content) was properly addressed to explain where s/he can discuss the matter and how articles are to be edited. Therefore, there's nothing more to be done here. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 00:16, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Normandy, Missouri

Why can't I get my photo, "Glen Echo Country Club", to appear on the Normandy, Missouri page? ThanksBridgian (talk) 16:42, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Bridgian. You have to be very technical when using computer code to use the exact name of things because close just doesn't work. Here, you left off the file extension (.jpg) which is part of the image's name. It's fixed now. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:02, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Please add ROBERT COTTINGHAM as a notable people of NEWTOWN CT.

Hi there, I grew up in Newtwon CT. and after looking up the info written about Newtown on Misplaced Pages, I noticed under the "Notable people" section, that the list is missing Robert Cottingham (who happens to be my dad).

There is a[REDACTED] page written for him which explains "He is considered to be one of most important original Photorealist painters." Robert Cottingam and my mom Jane Cottingahm have lived in Newtown Connecticut for over 35 yeas. They still live on the same property...Blackman Farm (founded in 1758). Some of the barns are converted into studios. Robert is still an active painter and is very much an influence in the art world today.

THANKS SO MUCH! Molly Cottingham — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.78.195 (talk) 18:30, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Molly! I have added him. With friendly regards, Lova Falk talk 20:03, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Information about an article meeting the notability guidelines for wikipedia

Hello thanks for your help, I see that the picture I donated has shown up on the wiki article I am writing you about. I work for the company that represents Oryn the Rebel the american rapper out of Boston, it says that his article is an orphan and may not fit the music guidelines I would like to introduce articles that prove some of the musical accomplishments written about in the article Oryn the Rebel here is a link to the record "Underground heat volume one" http://www.rarehiphop.com/mixtapes_details.php?id=1 Oryn the Rebel produced this record along with Grand Master Caz ] featuring artist such as Freeway ] on number 14 and artist Shock G ] on number 18 of the Underground heat volume one mixtape. Please note that Oryn the Rebel is also known as Oryn the rebel, O-ry-n, O-ry-n the rebel, and oryntherebel his other records can be found at the following links http://www.icuentertainment.net/#!oryn-the-rebel/crkr http://soundcloud.com/oryn http://www.last.fm/music/oryn+the+rebel http://www.datpiff.com/Oryn-the-rebel-The-Best-Of-A-Rebel-mixtape.361533.html https://itunes.apple.com/dk/artist/oryn-the-rebel/id473529967

please let me know if this is sufficient to prove the musical accomplishments of Oryn the Rebel and have the article removed from orphan status and or have it meet the musical guidelines of Misplaced Pages thank you for your help173.48.241.46 (talk) 19:23, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

To "de-orphan" an article all you need to do it to create incoming links from other pages. That is, you need to edit other pages and create a link from them to the orphan article. This link will show what articles are currently linked to Oryn the Rebel. As long as there is a minimum of one incoming link from another actual article, you can simply remove the "orphan" tag at the top.

To establish notability is a bit more difficult. You'll need to provide multiple "reliable sources" that discuss him and include them in the article. Right now I see a New York Times link and that's a good start. You'll need more of these high quality sources to establish that the subject of the article is notable. The notability and orphan tags at the top of the page at Oryn the Rebel have important links inside them that can help you understand how to provide proper sources. -Thibbs (talk) 23:22, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Category German murderers of children

I've added the category to the articles of Helmut Kunz and Ludwig Stumpfegger, Hitler's personal dentist and surgeon respectively. I know that some oppose it. I ask here to open the discussion. Whether or not it's appropriate. Kotjap (talk) 19:52, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Kotjap, I think I remember you from somewhere! Thank you for being willing to discuss this. However, the better place to discuss it is probably on the talk pages of the two articles concerned. If discussion there is unfruitful, perhaps get a WP:3O or have a WP:RFC on those talk pages. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:48, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Banda (opera)

(Also posted on Talk:Rigoletto)

Rigoletto#Instrumentation includes "banda", with a redlink to Banda (opera). I've just been looking for what is meant. "Banda" is Italian for

Band (in all senses); banner; company, crew. — civica, municipal band.

(Cassell's Italian Dictionary, 1967)

I have started a draft article, Thnidu/Banda (opera), which so far is barely even a stub but does have one offhand reference. I would appreciate any elaboration, especially by someone who knows the territory.

I have been looking for a more exact forum to post this in but without any success. List of musical ensemble formats looked promising but is minimal.

--Thnidu (talk) 20:55, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

The the finale of the 1812 Overture calls for a banda of any available brass instruments. Rmhermen (talk) 22:41, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Banda is Italian for band, but it has a special and well documented role in opera. I've expanded your draft at User:Thnidu/Banda (opera) and added further sources. There is definitely enough now to move it into main space where it can be further expanded. Let me know if you'd like me to do that. Voceditenore (talk) 15:06, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Now moved to article space at Banda (opera). Members of WikiProject Opera are helping to expand it. Voceditenore (talk) 18:47, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Video in gallery

2013 Russian meteor event includes a video in a gallery. Clicking on it causes it to run the video but their doesn't seem to be a way to get to the image page. Is there a way to add a link like the icon in the regular video thumbnail? Rmhermen (talk) 22:46, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

I created a template for this, which currently is at User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:Video link with thumbnail. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 23:15, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

It doesn't show a thumbnail from the actual video, though, just a generic thumbnail I chose for this. I am not sure whether for most videos on Misplaced Pages showing a thumbnail from the actual video is really needed in the cases where a link to the video is to be provided such as you intend. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 23:26, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, I have to log out now. If the template is what you want to have, then feel free to move it out of my userspace into the template namespace (in that case, remember to move the doc subpage as well). -- Toshio Yamaguchi 23:43, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect information on page

Under the "Professional Career" section it states "Neutrality Disputed" because 'Citation needed'. However, cittion is clearly given:

Page Babar Ahmed (director)

Citations which are provided: http://www.seniorsworldchronicle.com/2011/06/usa-babar-ahmed-on-challenges-of-global.html http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/news/2010/08/10/video-highlights-innovative-cities-global-dialogue Computer998877 (talk) 23:53, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

You posted your thoughts on the article's talk page before you came here. That is the correct place to discuss the matter, not here. Good luck. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 00:09, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) It looks like the "Neutrality Disputed" tag was placed on the article nearly 2 years ago. But the citations were just added a few minutes ago. Also the citations only cover one of the three "Citation Needed" flags. After you've introduced sources to cover the other two claims then I think it would be OK to remove the "Neutrality Disputed" notice. -Thibbs (talk) 00:14, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thibbs, the tag is solely about the neutrality of some of the section's language, which is unrelated to the recently added cites. As I said in my prior comment, the editor did the correct thing by posting in the existing thread on the article's talk page. This matter is therefore resolved. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 00:27, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I disagree that language choice was the central issue here. If you look at the original edit that placed the "Neutrality Disputed" notice, you'll see that the editor who placed this notice simultaneously tagged three separate lines as "citation needed". I think it's most likely that the editor who placed the "Neutrality Disputed" tag was equally concerned with the lack of citation for all three lines. Indeed this is reflected in the talk page post he made. At any rate finding citations for the two remaining "citation needed" claims or alternately removing the claims from the article would seem to cover the most likely root of the problem and couldn't hurt. -Thibbs (talk) 00:40, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thibbs, you can discuss the matter on the article's talk page. While citation needed tags were added, there was also a separate neutrality issue with some of the content that still exists. We've addressed Computer998877's comment, so no further discussion is necessary from the help desk's perspective. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 00:55, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Again, I disagree that the "citation needed" issue is separate from the "neutrality disputed" issue here. All evidence points to the contrary. Applying proper sources where indicated by the cn-tags will fix any neutrality concerns. This isn't a content issue, it's an explanation of how to interpret NPOV tags. If you're unclear on the difference between help concerning content (like a discussion over the Paterno family's investigative rebuttal to the Freeh report) and help concerning how to use Misplaced Pages (like how to interpret cleanup tags) then please feel free to contact me at my talk page where I can elaborate without cluttering up the Help Desk. -Thibbs (talk) 06:06, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

February 17

Agnosticism

I have a problem with your definition of Agnostic. I was seven years old when I accepted the definition as my belief. That was 45 years ago and at that time the definition I read and took to heart said that an agnostic was a person who BELEVED in a Higher power ( something higher than Human) but did not believe in or condone any organized religion. Later in life a Phd in theology explained to me that that was then in fact my religion, which I couldn't argue with but which doesn't change the fact that I self describe myself as "Agnostic" defining it as a person who believes in a higher power but not in organized religion. If Misplaced Pages doesn't define my belief structure as agnostic, then what would Misplaced Pages define it as?

P.S. I believe Jesus could be defined as Agnostic if it weren't for the fact that he didn't believe in a higher power, he claimed to have personal knowledge of its existence. I believe Jesus lived (Human), I don't presume any relation he claims to of had with any diety. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.252.200.32 (talk) 00:28, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately, we can't discuss article subjects here. The help desk "is only for questions about how to use or edit Misplaced Pages". Feel free to discuss the matter on the article's talk page if you have any suggested content changes for which you have reliable sources. However, per WP:TPG, please keep in mind that "talk pages are for discussing the article, not for general conversation about the article's subject. Keep discussions focused on how to improve the article". Good luck! --76.189.111.199 (talk) 00:34, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, published reliable sources are critical to Misplaced Pages. I have never seen a source which used your definition, and lots which use Misplaced Pages's definition, so I don't think you would get support for a change. I don't know whether there is a term for your belief. That question would belong at Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/Humanities. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:55, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't want to register, for fear of getting something wrong. Is there a link to suggest a topic, if so where? I couldn't find it.

I want to know more about a topic and i came here to see if i could find it. It is not a topic and i would love to know more about it. I searched around the site for a good hour, looking for a button to suggest a topic that hopefully someone would write about. Is that a thing on this site, or am I out of luck? 174.55.63.62 (talk) 01:11, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Look at WP:RA. That's the place to suggest new articles. But, only things that are notable get articles, so its possible what you're looking for doesn't qualify. RudolfRed (talk) 01:23, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

can a lawyer if he changes the contents of a will be charged for doing so?

That will depend on the laws of where you lived or where the lawyer works. You can try asking at the reference desk, if you provide more info, but the answer will only be in general terms. We can't give legal advice. RudolfRed (talk) 02:16, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

search box

simple question - how do i get rid of the drop down list on the search box? It's suddenly reappeared after years of using wiki and now i can't get rid of it.

Go to your preferences page, under the search section check the box to disable AJAX suggestions. RudolfRed (talk) 02:46, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Morgan Freeman's daughter not wife in that picture

The woman attending the Academy Awards with Freeman is not his wife, it is his daughter. Please change it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.6.159 (talk) 01:57, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

 Done. I have corrected the caption in the article and on the image info page. That image is a crop of a bigger image that does include his wife.--ukexpat (talk) 02:45, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

oddity in Special:Search

When I do a search for "talk utc" in the Special:Search page with the default namespaces checked (including article) it returns nothing. However if I limit the search to only the article namespace, it does give me results. Why should reducing the namespaces increase the number of matches? (Note, I'm searching for this to find places where people have signed incorrectly on articles.Naraht (talk) 02:01, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm not seeing this. Here you've added quotes around "talk utc" - did you search with or without the quotes? -- John of Reading (talk) 08:18, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I see what Naraht is talking about, but I don't know why it's happening. To replicate this you have to click the "Advanced" tab from Special:Search and then enter "talk utc" without quotes into the search field. If only "(Article)" is ticked then results show, but if any other boxes are ticked in addition then no results show.
The same result can also be seen if you switch from "Content pages" (the default setting at Special:Search) to "Everything". Presumably "Everything" should cover "Content pages" too, yet whereas "Content pages" gives search results, "Everything" gives no results. -Thibbs (talk) 08:53, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thibbs, thank you. That is *exactly* what I am talking about.Naraht (talk) 15:31, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Noob Under Attack by an Old Pro

I'm new to the game and I think I've spotted a problem with an article but each time I make a change or propose a change, "SlimVirgin" undoes it with either no explanation or an argument based on demonstrably incorrect information.

For reasons I do not understand, "SlimVirgin" now seems to be accusing me of "harassment" and is threatening to contact the "admin".

I don't know what I did to earn this seemingly hostile and irrational response.

I'm willing to learn but I'm not being offered any explanations or assistance.

Please help! MalibuSurfKing (talk) 02:09, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

You are not under attack, you need to read WP:NPOV and WP:BLP. Heiro 02:31, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Is this about Candace_Dempsey? If so, please follow the advice that you were given on the talk page there to read WP:NPOV and WP:BLP. You can also follow the advice at WP:DR to resolve the dispute. RudolfRed (talk) 02:34, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

• See Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Candace Dempsey. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:19, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

why has mad bot deleted my article

I spent hours creating a page about my great grandfather which you have now deleted,MADBOT wahtever that is. some computer program no doubt|?? and there is no body else even called his name let alone being defamed or whatever, I HAVE GENEROUSLY DONATED TO YOU IN THE PAST AND FEEL extremelly let down to be treated in this way. and[REDACTED] has gone down in my estimation as result and now has no credibility. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thorp12 (talk • contribs) 03:34, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

The message from User:MadmanBot is a little confusing, but I think it's saying that you tried to recreate a deleted article without making changes to address the reason it was deleted in the first place. The article Bernard Andrew O'flynn was speedily deleted by User:Jimfbleak due to the criteria at Misplaced Pages:CSD#A7. If you disagree with that deletion, you can leave a message at that user's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 03:46, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thorp, you should fully educate yourself on Misplaced Pages's conflict of interest guidelines, which explain that "you should not create or edit articles about yourself, your family or your close friends". Therefore, you should not attempt to re-create an article about your great grandfather. Also, the guidelines instruct that if you are participating in an article in which you have a conflict of interest, you should disclose it on both your user page and the article's talk page. Good luck. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 05:03, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

@76.189.111.199: The guidelines do not so instruct as you assert: "Also, the guidelines instruct that ...". In fact, the guidelines (currently) say

COI editing is strongly discouraged. Editors with COIs who wish to edit responsibly are strongly encouraged to follow Misplaced Pages policies and best practices scrupulously. They are also encouraged to disclose their interest on their user pages and on the talk page of the article in question, and to request the views of other editors. If you have a conflict of interest, any changes you would like to propose that might be seen as non-neutral should be suggested on the relevant talk page or noticeboard.

— Conflict of Interest guidelines

So, please don't bite the newcomers. You may be interested in my own views on such help-desk behaviour --Senra (talk) 12:07, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Senra, I provided relevant information which was intended in a friendly manner. I'd suggest you re-read your own comments to see a much more applicable example of biting. The bolding and excessive wikilinking can be considered shouting and, therefore, uncivil. I'm sorry you objected so strongly to a single word (instruct), but I would have been happy to change it had you requested it. Perhaps I could've used a term that was more accurate. In any case, this issue was rather simple: Thorp created an article about his great grandfather and the guidelines say that "you should not create or edit articles about yourself, your family or your close friends". Pretty straightforward. In terms of the rest of the COI guidelines, anyone can of course read the full text for themsselves if they so desire. I chose to allude only to the ones which I felt were most relevant to Thorp so that he wouldn't be unnecessarily flooded with information. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 05:34, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Who gave the right to a bot to leave messages on a user talk page that chews them out for re-creating a deleted article? This can really confuse new editors which doesn't help the project. Should we look for a shut-down slam-dunk button and clue that bot in?--Canoe1967 (talk) 06:24, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Now, I'm not sure that's what happened. The message from the bot is confusing, so that was my guess. I see now that the bot left its message before the speedy delete happened, so I think I was wrong. It's still a little confusing as to why it says the one article was a copy of itself. I'm going to ask the bot operator for an explanation. RudolfRed (talk) 06:32, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

The bot operator is very lucky I just got off a block for civility BS or my comment on her talk page would be far harsher.--Canoe1967 (talk) 06:37, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm a he, by the way; otherwise, I suppose I'd have to change my username to Madwoman. Cheers, — madman 07:10, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello Thorp12. I may be able to help you. I have left you a message on your talk-page --Senra (talk) 11:13, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

• The article is userfied at User:Thorp12/Bernard Andrew O'flynn. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 11:45, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

reference page numbers

Is there a way to specify a reference and assign it a name, and then use it multiple times, each time with a separate page number? Or do I have to repeat the entire reference, with only the page number changed? PAR (talk) 06:15, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Look at the examples here: Help:References_and_page_numbers. I think the rp tag or the sfn method would do what you want. RudolfRed (talk) 06:24, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Basically, you can use a References/Notes approach. The References section contains book information, for example, in Template:Citation. the Notes section can link/refer to the book in the Reference section and the page number listed in the Notes section can link to the Google book page showing the sourced information. See this article for an example of the References/Notes approach. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 11:38, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

For the references/notes approach to work via the {{sfn}} template (do not enclose {{sfn}} in <ref> tags), ensure that each citation (in the references section) has a |ref=harv parameter and either a |year= or |date= parameter --Senra (talk) 16:42, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Problems searching multimedia

I am trying to add pictures to an article and using the advanced search multimedia setting but no pictures come up and the message: "There were no results matching the query." appears. If I try refreshing the search, the pictures can come up some of the time. Could this be a poor internet connection?, too many people on Misplaced Pages to ask for pictures (be that pictures are a lot of data)?, or did one of my roommates somehow blacklist this computer by trolling or doing some kind of mischief? Biobrit (talk) 06:24, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Biobrit. Are you searching Misplaced Pages for images? Could you possibly give an example of an article you would like to add an image to? That would give a start on answering your question. --Shirt58 (talk) 09:18, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Yeah I noticed that yesterday. Most of the time it finds nothing I'm looking for. I did some searches on "margaret court" and "ken rosewall", tennis players whose images I uploaded awhile back. margaret court seems to find nothing for me and ken rosewall finds some pics the first search, but if i re-search for 50 images it finds nothing at all. Wikimedia Commons search has the same problem right now and is very frustrating as i know there are a bunch of pics that I uploaded. Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:48, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I was looking for sketches by Leonardo da Vinci for fun by searching “da Vinci” and I was going to put an infobox on the article on thumb sucking reflex in babies using the search “thumb baby” (note I already put infoboxes on sneezing and yawning). Thinking about it I was searching for a solution to this problem. I found that Misplaced Pages maybe reducing servers to save money, can this be why? On the trolling suggestion 1 I find it unlikely and 2 wouldn’t Misplaced Pages make some accusation of ill will coming from this computer?Biobrit (talk) 07:21, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

references

Hello,

I wish to insert article references is my contribution about I.J. Berthe Hess. Which I have done, but this message appears: Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist}} template or a <references /> tag; see the help page

I don't understand what I should do.

Thank you very much.

That happened because you didn't add {{Reflist}} at the references section. I have fixed it now. Sincerely. --Ushau97

Thank you very much!--Gregpec (talk) 11:35, 17 February 2013 (UTC)GregPec

Personal data or profile

How can I upload a personal data or profile93.186.31.239 (talk) 11:40, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

What format is it in? If it is in Microsoft Word, then copy and past would work. If it is an image in a .jpg, .gif, etc. format, then those can be uploaded via Misplaced Pages:File_Upload_Wizard. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:43, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

For what purpose? If you're talking about putting a full résumé or c.v. on your user page, please read WP:UP first. —— 18:22, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

You should probably post it at WikiBios instead.--ukexpat (talk) 15:21, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Picture Sizes in Galleries

Wherever there are pictures on Misplaced Pages organised as "galleries" they are a bit small for me. Obviously I don't want to edit the pages involved every time, but is there something I can do (e.g. in my preferences) to make them appear bigger, by default, just for me. AndyJones (talk) 12:44, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

No. The template "{{Gallery}}" image sizes cannot be changed using preferences. The size of images in the gallery default to a maximum of 180x180 pixels unless modified by the person creating or editing the gallery. Your own user preferences can affect the display of other non-gallery images on Misplaced Pages. For example adjust your preference settings

• Preferences->Appearance->Image Size Limit (320x240px–1280x1024px default=800x600px) and
• Preferences->Appearance->Thumbnail Size (120px–300px default=220px)

then "Save" to enable the changes --Senra (talk) 13:49, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

measurement and instument.

a copper resistor at 20 degree centegrate is used to indicate the temperature of bearings of a machine.what resistance should nt be exceeded if the max. bearing temperature is nt to exceed 150 degree c the resistance temperature coefficient of copper is 0.00393/degree centigrade at 20 degree. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.195.104.98 (talk) 12:50, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

You need work on your spelling and proof reading skills. If no-one answers the usual procedure is to tell your teacher that your dog ate it. Britmax (talk) 12:58, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/Science may be able to answer your question. To follow up, please post there. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:10, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

But they won't help you with your homework unless you show that you have tried to answer the question, and need help with something particular. --ColinFine (talk) 21:36, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

List of Jewish Actors

About your Lists of Jewish Actors and Jews in Sport. You have to understand something a Jew is someone with a Jewish mother, regardless of the father. If you have a Jewish father and a non Jewish mother, they are not Jews, some may consider them half Jewish. If you had a list of Italian actors you wouldn't include half Italians now would you. But Jews don't think there real Jews unless your mum is Jewish. It comes from your mothers side. Strictly! So I think you need to change all your Jewish Lists of people to only ones with a Jewish blooded mother. And why do you have a list of Jews in industry anyway. Are you trying to make a point? I think you are? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.190.250.123 (talk) 12:59, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

The issue you mention has been widely discussed multiple times in the past over many years and probably will be in the future. Also, there is no "You" in Misplaced Pages as in "Are you trying to make a point? I think you are?" Per Misplaced Pages:Size of Misplaced Pages, the total number of users as of this post is 18,431,685. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:07, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Much of what you wrote is the viewpoint of some (not all) people. You might want to read Who is a Jew? to discover the others. There are other viewpoints. Talk:Adam Yauch § Request for comment is one such large-scale discussion on the subject. Personally, I don't like the religious/cultural categories, either. Throughout history, such lists have almost never been used to benefit the subjects. —— 18:16, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Strange redirect

Why is Media Communications Processor redirected to nForce? There is nothing in article nForce about Media Communications Processor (or media communications processor or MCP). One instance of a link is from article Northbridge (computing), section Recent developments --Mortense (talk) 13:24, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

The redirect is explained in the 00:25, 24 May 2009 edit summary here. - Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:01, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Template for maintenance category

Is there a template to tag a maintenance category for files that advices not to add files to that category manually and where I can indicate how files are being added to that category? -- Toshio Yamaguchi 14:15, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I've seen this kind of thing done using category headers mainly. For example, Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Mississippi/Article alerts/Header includes a warning not to manually edit the list and it's transcluded in this page. You might be able to model something similar based on these pages. -Thibbs (talk) 15:09, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I think I'll leave that categories I had in mind as is for now. It's probably not that important. Thanks for the links anyway, I do appreciate them. I might get back to it at a later point. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:08, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

How to join WikiProject Singapore?

I thought about joining Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Singapore. How can I do this? Or can't this project be joined like other WikiProjects where I just add my name to a list of participants and add a userbox to my userpage? -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:06, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

You may have noticed that there is no direct Wikiproject Singapore project page. The link you provide above actually is a redirect to Misplaced Pages:SGpedians' notice board. There does not appear to be a list of participants on that page like some Wikiprojects have, but there is {{User WP Singapore}} which will add you to Category:WikiProject Singapore members. Given that only four people use the template and are in the category, it looks like it's not well recognized.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:56, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I added the userbox to my userpage. Thank you. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 17:58, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

How to edit a page?

how can i post or edit on Misplaced Pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dalton Wienhoff (talk • contribs) 18:05, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, in general just as you did when you edited this page: Click the Edit tab at the top of any page and enter your post or the changes you want to make into the edit window. You can click Show preview below the edit window to check whether your edit does what you want to do (note that the edit won't get live at that point). If not, simply make any changes necessary. If the edit looks good, click Save page and the edit will be saved. As a note, it is sometimes considered a good practice to leave an edit summary in the field below the edit window (see Help:Edit summary). For more information, you might also want to check Help:Editing and Misplaced Pages:How to edit a page (concise). -- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:17, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Also it is considered good practice to sign your posts when posting a comment to a talk page. You do this by simply typing four tildes at the end of your post like this: ~~~~

Help:Using talk pages covers everything one needs to know about talk pages. Note that only edits to talk pages should be signed, not edits to articles. Note that, for that matter, this Help desk also counts as a talk page. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:25, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Procedure for referring to a person who appears on Misplaced Pages, but in another language

I'm preparing a biographical article in English on Pierre Schwartz whose descendants Pedro Schwartz and Juan Schwartz Díaz-Flores are the subject of biographical articles in the Spanish version of Misplaced Pages. Is there a way to attach a link toward the Spanish articles when their names appear in the English one?Lisaby 20:02, 17 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisaby (talk • contribs)

Use the :es: prefix for the Spanish Misplaced Pages, so ] for es:Pedro Schwartz. Note that it does need the leading colon, or else otherwise it would treat it as an interwiki language link for the article where you are inserting the link. - David Biddulph (talk) 20:18, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, you'd really want to pipe that link into ] (which shows as Pedro Schwartz), wouldn't you? At any way, that's how those links are created. If the use is for within the article space, though, I generally prefer the redlinked way, as redlinks tend to shout "Hey, I'm about someone notable! Create me!" To do that, just use ] (which shows as Pedro Schwartz). – Philosopher  04:48, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

If you want to pipe you can shorten the syntax and use the "pipe trick", so ] gives Pedro Schwartz. You can, if you wish, combine the redlink and interwiki links, as shown at Help:Interlanguage links#Inline interlanguage links. -David Biddulph (talk) 05:09, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Some Bio Info If You Like?

Hi---seems whomever posted about the book I co-wrote with Howard Rosenberg (link below) is having difficulty finding bio info on me....so, second link below is from the website of a media consulting company I am affiliated with...pretty up to date bio . I write under the name Charles S. Feldman (Stuart) --but you can also find stuff about me by just Googling Charles Feldman or Charles Feldman KNX or even Charles Feldman CNN. FYI

No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-Hour News Cycle

http://dunlopmedia.com/charles-feldman/

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.123.234.226 (talk) 21:53, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the information, Mr. Feldman! The Help Desk is really a place where people are supposed to come to ask questions about how to use Misplaced Pages, but it looks like User:Maproom has cross-posted your above comment at this page. Hopefully someone will soon update the page as needed. Thanks again. -Thibbs (talk) 00:05, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Antipsychotics

You have some horrible material on this page about Antipsychotics, including brain shrinkage and lower mortality and bad for heart. No psychiatrist on the planet thinks that and believes that. And they should know. You scare people because lots of people take them including me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.190.250.123 (talk) 23:06, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Whether or not the material in the articles scares people like you isn't really something Misplaced Pages is concerned about because this is not a censored encyclopedia. But it is supposed to be an encyclopedia based on reliable sources, so the claims that are made in these articles need to be properly attributed and are subject to removal if they are not properly sourced. The claim about brain shrinkage in the article, for example, seems to have a "citation needed" tag next to it. This means that if no reliable source for this claim can be located then it should be removed. I'm not sure where you see the claims about reduced mortality and heart problems, but if these claims do not have sources then you can edit them to affix "citation needed" tags. -Thibbs (talk) 23:54, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I removed the unsourced sentence about brain shrinkage from Antipsychotic. The phrase "possible increased mortality (death)" had a source. I did not find "bad for heart". -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 09:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Category:Incest in fiction: moving pages to subcategories where applicable.

Dear administrators

I tried to move articles within Category:Incest in fiction by myself to subcategories where applicable. However, I do not have the time to move them all, but if anyone who could help it would be great.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 23:28, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

The Help Desk is a place where people can come to ask about how to use Misplaced Pages. It's not a notice board where you can recruit other editors to make edits. I think the best place for you to post your request is either at Category talk:Incest in fiction (although that's probably not a very commonly visited page) or at Talk:Incest in popular culture. Good luck. -Thibbs (talk) 23:58, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

February 18

Erroneous photo caption of Bishop Emmett Michael Walsh with president Truman

The photo caption of president Truman, Bishop Walsh et.al notes that Bishop Walsh is fourth from the right behind the judge. Actually, he is fifth from the left (wearing glasses). How do I know? I am his cousin

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Dr. Robert M. Gehlken--68.48.62.232 (talk) 03:49, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

According to the photo's information page the people shown are (left to right)

1. Miss Anna Lord Strauss;
2. unidentified man;
3. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz;
4. the President;
5. Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (administering the oath);
6. Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown;
7. Rt. Rev. Karl Morgan, Episcopal Bishop of California;
8. unidentified man.

The fifth from the left is not wearing a clerical collar nor glassses. Maybe you are counting differently. Counting from the right is more difficult, it is not clear how many photographers to include. Maproom (talk) 08:14, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Karl Morgan is 6th, not 7th from left per image here. That makes Emmet M. Walsh 7th from left, and I revised the article here and fixed the commons caption here. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 09:01, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Removing Table Of Contents

Hi, is it possible to make sections of an article not appear in the table of content's? If you click here you will see the table of contents includes what is inside the 'This is the title text' box. How can I get the table of contents to exclude what is in the box?--Dom497 (talk) 04:11, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

What you'd want is a "magic word", and I don't see anything like this at Help:Magic words. Nyttend (talk) 04:19, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

So is it possible to get one added?--Dom497 (talk) 04:21, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

You could fake section headers so they would not be recognized in the table of contents. For example:

This is not really a section header

though it look like one, huh? Also, if you use a lower level section header, say three equal signs, you can hide it from display using {{TOC limit|2}} --Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:21, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Although that has the weakness of missing an link. I don't believe magic words can be added by us, since it's a software thing; you'd have to ask the developers for that. I think doing that requires you to file it as a bug with Bugzilla. Nyttend (talk) 12:42, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I was edit-conflicted out of mentioning "TOC limit" yesterday, but I think that's the ideal solution here. "TOC limit" does not result in a missing link. Its only effect is on the visual display of the TOC. -Thibbs (talk) 15:11, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

My personal view on TOC_limit is that if you have to use it the article has far too many levels of subheadings. For most articles sections with two levels of subsections should be sufficient, otherwise it gets confusing and messy.--ukexpat (talk) 15:29, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

In this case it would being used to hide material from the TOC, though. There's no reason the page has to be confusing or messy. In the scenario I'm imagining, the deeply subsectioned portions would only be used as anchors for linking and wouldn't show up on the TOC. There needn't be any more than a handful of subsections including the deep ones. -Thibbs (talk) 15:34, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Ok, thanks!--Dom497 (talk) 20:09, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Bridgewater, South Australia

see Bridgewater, South Australia's infobox.--淺藍雪 (talk) 05:08, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks for reporting it. RudolfRed (talk) 05:14, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Alter page

Hello, I was reading the page about Quinton Kynston school and there is a factual error. I was a very un-willing pupil there from 1964 untill I walked out in 1969. The headmaster listed left at christmass 1964 and his deputy, Caterling took over. He was head when I waked out in 1969. We had no school uniform and it was not a tecnical, it was just a school. I am sorry that I am doing it this way. In the 44 years since then I have become a Grade 3 Serial Epileptic with PTSD from my service as an attendant at the House of Commoms. I there for do not understand your method of editing a page and I can no longer spell. My E-maill addresse is, XXXX — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.61.50 (talk) 06:18, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I assume you're talking about the articlle Quintin Kynaston Community Academy? That says the school became a Technology College in 2001, long after your time there. That appears to be correct according to the sources cited. If you have other concerns about the article, you should raise them at the article's talk page. I've removed your email address to save you from being spammed. Rojomoke (talk) 06:37, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I think the factual error OP wants addressed is that Caterling was headteacher from 1964 until at least 1969 and the Misplaced Pages article does not say that. I'll see if I can find any sourcing that will all us to add that to the Quintin Kynaston Community Academy article. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 08:30, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

A quick search online google archives, official website did not turn up anything. The information is old, so it might not be online and Caterling might not be spelled correctly per OPs initial post. It would help to have a first name of Caterling. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 08:44, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I've had a quick look through the school history page here but sadly it doesn't go into that amount of detail: it names names, but not all of them. I'm not sure how this can be taken forward. It's particularly awkward because of the merge and name changes. If I find anything (frankly not that likely) I will report back. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 08:55, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Looking for Wiki Editor to do Wiki on my website

Hello i seen on the wiki submission page i personally cannot write a article about my own company and what i do for independent and unsigned musicians and bands, so it said to find someone on here who can do it for me. The site i need a wiki on is

Chicago Music Promotions http://www.chicagomusicpromotions.com

The site has great reviews on yelp, and other social platforms, we have done many local events including festivals and talent shows, the site has been around since 2005 its been the only major outlet for consumers and music fans to find local talent and djs.

Respectfully Matthew Nalett (talk) 08:53, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.170.226 (talk) 09:28, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Even if someone else wrote the article, the subject (your business) would still need to be notable enough to warrant an article. For businesses, the notability standards are at WP:CORP. Can you say that your business meets these qualifications? Thanks, Dismas| 11:38, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Different Person

Hi

I have modified a date on[REDACTED] and I want to add the respective reference page; but I am not able to...

Kindly advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephmaan (talk • contribs) 09:36, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

You seem to be referring to Michel Aoun. I have no idea what tayyar.org is but considering that Aoun was an officer with the Lebanese Army, I'd tend to believe them when they say what his birth date is. Therefore, I have reverted your changes which, by the way, also broke a template at the bottom of the page. As for references, please see WP:Referencing for beginners. Thanks, Dismas| 11:04, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

changes on page of 1(German/Netherlands) Corps

I have just updated / corrected info on 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps. There are several boxes, though, that I do not manage to correct. The same applies for the profile text, which does not read our correct unit's name. It should be 1(German/Netherlands)Corps. Could you pls advise me how to do this.

Thx in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chiefpublicaffairs (talk • contribs) 10:13, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Pleease discuss this on the article's talk page. Britmax (talk) 11:08, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Pictures

How do I create a picture with the caption in the centre at the bottom of the image and the list underneath (birth name, birth place so on...) and what is the text or coding I would have to use? RVvDtink (talk) 11:28, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

You seem to be referring to an infobox. You can find more info about infoboxes at that link. Which infobox you use is going to depend on what you're writing about. For instance, if you're writing about a person, you might use Template:Infobox person. But be aware that there are special infoboxes depending on the occupation of a person such as models, athletes, etc. Dismas| 11:31, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

i do not know how to edit a headline

i went to a site to find the results of the 2012 general elections in bermuda. the headline is bermudan general elctions. the correct spelling of the adjectival form of bermuda is bermudian. that is, there is an "i" in the adjectival name. (just like a person from canada is called a canadian; not a canadan.)the content of the article has the correct spelling. how do i edit the headline? Aminorsbda (talk) 13:29, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

When you say that you went to "a site", do you mean one of the articles here at Misplaced Pages? Are you referring to the title of the article, i.e. what is displayed in big bold letters at the top of the article? If so, then the article must be moved to its correct spelling. It would help greatly if you told us which article you're referring to. Dismas| 13:35, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I agree that the article should be renamed, as the articles Bermudian dollar and Bermudian pound also use Bermudian rather than Bermudan and the infobox at Bermuda also gives the demonym as Bermudian. Maybe all articles in Category:Elections in Bermuda should be renamed in this fashion. You can rename an article by simply moving it to the new title as pointed out by Dismas. You can do it yourself if you like, but if you do, be prepared to explain to other editors why you are making this change. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 13:43, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

No User:Aminorsbda cannot move the article themselves, as they are not WP:autoconfirmed - Arjayay (talk) 15:20, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

There are a number of pages that will need to be moved if this is accepted; I'd suggest filing a move request for all of the in one place (maybe Talk:Bermudan general election, 2012). Whilst "Bermudian" seems to be preferred by inhabitants of Bermuda, "Bermudan" is widely used in English and may be the more common spelling. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:50, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

The most commonly used is irrelevant. Under WP:ENGVAR, this clearly falls under the subsection "Strong national ties to a topic" (WP:TIES) so should use the English of that nation. - Arjayay (talk) 15:42, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

• For the curious, OED: "Bermudian adj Of or pertaining to the Bermudas or their inhabitants. Bermudian rig n. a rig for a yacht, carrying a high tapering sail, called a Bermudian mainsail. So Bermudian-rigged adj., fitted with a rig and sail of this kind" and "Bermudian n. An inhabitant of the Bermudas; a Bermudian ship; a Bermudian-rigged ship." whilst (confusingly) The Times Style and Usage Guide (2003): "Bermudian, not Bermudan; but a Bermudan-rigged boat" --Senra (talk) 16:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
• Even curiouser, many adjectivals are formed by the suffix -ian such as Lancastrian (from Lancashire), Mancunian (from Manchester), Novocastrian (from Newcastle) and, erm, Yorkie Yorkshireman (from Yorkshire). Bermudan would be odd in {{British English}} --Senra (talk) 16:16, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Just as a comparison, a google search of bermudian on site in .bm gives 239,000 hits, bermudan less than 2000. I'm good with a change in the article names.Naraht (talk) 21:47, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Move request done at Talk:Bermudan general election, 2012Naraht (talk) 22:33, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

this page is inaccurate

Frank Farrelly

content is inaccurate, description is inaccurate. work was extremely controversial yet none of this is mentioned. Omission also of biographical details, early life, personal life. Article slanted to the positive, omitting the negative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.88.245.254 (talk) 14:35, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I added it to WP:BLPN. The wise ones there can probably bring it up to our standards.--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Misplaced Pages is a volunteer-based encyclopedia where editors donate their time to write and improve articles. Anyone can join, and everyone is encouraged to help edit the articles to improve their quality. So if you see an article that needs work, please feel free to boldly make changes to it. Articles can be edited by clicking the "edit" tab at the top of the page and then edits can be saved by clicking the "Save page" button at the bottom after the edit is completed. It's important to remember that all content must be based on reliable sources, and information must be presented neutrally. This sometimes means presenting both sides of a controversial topic. If you need further help please ask here again. -Thibbs (talk) 15:07, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Netaji Palkar wrongly edited - Died information

Hello,

Just wanted to let know team that information of Netaji palkars death is wrongly edited. there in no such district in Karnataka "Raigad". it in Maharashtra. Request you to confirm and change. below is the Link of ur page where mistak is done. Please go to below link and correct the mistake.

Netaji Palkar

Thanks and regards, Ravindra Kumbhar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.94.20.7 (talk) 17:27, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing this out. All the information in the infobox was added by an anonymous user about a year ago, and as you say the place of death seems to be nonexistent. As I haven't found a reference which mentions his place of death, I have simply removed it.

Misplaced Pages is the Encyclopaedia that anybody may edit, so you could have removed it yourself; or even better, if you have a reliable source which gives the correct place of his death, you could add that. In fact, if you have reliable sources for any of the information in the article, you could add citations, as the article is woefully lacking in references.

--ColinFine (talk) 23:37, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Watchlist question

i just came back after being away for a few days and i have two new option on my watchlist patroller edits and wikidata what are theses?Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 21:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

You can learn more about patrolled pages at WP:NPPLOG, and you can learn about WikiData at WP:WDATA. -Thibbs (talk) 00:51, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Regarding, Jonathan Smeeton, British Lighting Designer. Which just so happens to be myself.

I'd rather like to apply a picture (head shot) And update the currently working information and something more in the worked for item. Just so happens to be Diana Ross, loads of theatre, Babyface and soon Beatlemania in Spain. How do I go about this? Can you help please.

Best regards, Jonathan Smeeton. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smeeton (talk • contribs) 21:30, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Jonathan, and thanks for asking. The answer is in two rather different parts.

With regard to a photo, Misplaced Pages is always glad to accept photos which are relevant to articles; but be aware that in order to be used a photo must be either public domain or explicitly released by the copyright owner under a licence compatible with Misplaced Pages, allowing the material to be used for any purpose, commercial or not. See WP:Donating copyright materials for more information.

With regard to the content of the article, the situation is a bit different, because of the requirement that all articles are required to be written in a neutral tone and not promotional: people who are close to the subject, because of their conflict of interest, are likely to find it hard to write in an acceptable way. While we would welcome your suggestions for how the article might be improved, you are strongly discouraged from editing the article yourself, and should instead make your suggestions on the article's talk page, for uninvolved editors to decide what changes to make in the article. You should also be aware that, particularly for biographies of living people, all information in the article should be referenced to reliable sources, independent of the subject: material from your own knowledge, or private archives, is not acceptable unless it has appeared in a published reliable source. --ColinFine (talk) 23:52, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I would also point our that the Jonathan Smeeton article currently lacks any independent references – the only reference is to his own website. Without third-party references that establish its subject's notability, the article is in danger of being deleted. So, while a headshot would certainly improve the article, Mr. Smeeton could also help improve it by finding a few such references, and mentioning them on the article's talk page so that an independent editor can add them to the article. Maproom (talk) 00:05, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Excessive copying

I have discovered an editor has been copying and moving text among articles frequently and without attribution. Some material has been moved enough times that I am having problems figuring out the articles from which some content may have originated. Other than warning the editor, what steps should be taken?Novangelis (talk) 21:49, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Your first step should be to discuss your concerns with the other editor. Their talk page would probably be the best place.--ukexpat (talk) 22:05, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Then what?Novangelis (talk) 22:46, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

There are some examples of how to fix this problem at WP:CPM. If the other editor doesn't stop doing the copy-paste, and you've warned them about it, then that might fall under vandalism and you could ask they be blocked from editing. But, that should be a last resort. RudolfRed (talk) 23:38, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

If this is about David Hedlund, then Novangelis is, I believe, right to draw attention to the problem. Maproom (talk) 00:23, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

If it's not cut-and-paste moves of entire articles but only sections or paragraphs which are copied or moved then see WP:RIA. I have for example made dummy edits with edit summaries like "The edit by XXX copied content from ]". PrimeHunter (talk) 00:29, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Deficient article

As per the community guidelines for Autobiography, I'm writing about an article about which I'm the subject: Ken Kalfus. The page, which I did not originate, could be more complete, more accurate and more interesting, if anyone wishes to take the trouble. Some suggested revisions:

- I never attended Trinity College. It's true that I don't have a degree; the last school I left, however, was New York University. Reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/22/books/it-started-with-a-vision-of-tolstoy-s-death-then-segued-into-a-first-novel.html?gwh=1245049D7B4BAD52B1D7CAF68CF3985D

- My first collection of stories, Thirst, is comprised of short stories that I published in literary magazines, including the Village Voice Literary Supplement, the North American Review, and the University of Arizona's Sonora Review, when David Foster Wallace was its fiction editor. References: already cited Salon piece; also, about the Sonora Review: http://www.sideshowmediagroup.com/?p=88

- From 1994 to 1998 I lived in Moscow, where my wife Inga Saffron was the Philadelphia Inquirer's correspondent. (reference: Times article)

- My story "Pu-239" was adapted for film by Scott Z. Burns and starred Paddy Considine, Radha Mitchell and Oscar Isaac. (Reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472156/?ref_=sr_1)

- My new novel, Equilateral, is being published in April 2013. It's set in Egypt at the end of the 19th century; its theme is the search for extraterrestrial life. (Reference: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_10?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=ken+kalfus+equilateral&sprefix=Ken+Kalfus%2Cstripbooks%2C262)

- My wife is now the Philadelphia Inquirer's architecture critic. (Times article)

Please excuse me if I've violated some protocol by making these suggestions. I'm an enthusiastic supporter of Misplaced Pages and would like its article about me to be as complete as possible. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walesspeed (talk • contribs) 21:58, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

No, these type of *referenced comments* are just fine! However, they *should* be placed on the talk page for the article (Talk:Ken Kalfus), hopefully an editor will take care of it (which will take care of any WP:AUTO issues. If no one has done so in a week, comment here again.Naraht (talk) 23:02, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

No apology necessary: apart from not knowing the best place to put them, these are exactly the kind of contributions with which somebody who is the subject of an article can best help with that article. --ColinFine (talk) 23:55, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Covario page

Trying to add reference and text, but keep getting error when I add reference. I added ==References== , like it said, and removed <relist/> (not sure what it was. But no luck in correcting this error.

The {{reflist}} or <references /> tag needs to appear after all the references. There's a reference at the very end of the article. If you move that up, it will work. RudolfRed (talk) 22:32, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

editing the page "Peter Vettese"

I am continually blocked in editing the page "Peter Vettese" or "Peter-John Vettese". The page has incorrect information and is dramatically out of date - I planned to upload with completely new text - but it keeps getting bounced. Please can you advise how to review the page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Violet Lushington (talk • contribs) 22:31, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

First, don't mark edits with the minor edit box unless you're changing something very small like a typo. When someone reverts your changes, instead of putting them back, raise the issue on the article's talk page. See WP:BRD. Also, read the guidance at WP:COI. Some of your edit summaries suggest you might have a conflict of interest. RudolfRed (talk) 22:37, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Besides the above raised by RudolfRed:

• You cannot replace a cited article with a new version that doesn't contain any reference.
• The new page is completely unformatted whereas the previous page contained correct Wiki formatting.
• Most importantly: You cannot overwrite it with a page that is both advertising and non neutral in tone.

And to parrot the previous statement: please read WP:COI as well. Excirial 22:42, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata and its impact on English Misplaced Pages

Based on responses to my query here and this signpost report I wish to find "... the current RFC is out there ...". How do I find this "current RFC"? See also Wikidata first steps ... and Wikidata live on English Misplaced Pages --Senra (talk) 22:39, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure where it is. It might have been posted on one of the Village pumps, you could try looking through the archives there. Or ask the user who mentioned the RFC. RudolfRed (talk) 23:34, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

The quoted signpost comment also says "The first service offered is interwiki links, so it makes sense to look at that issue first." I guess the mentioned RFC is Misplaced Pages:Wikidata interwiki RFC. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:55, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect information

Dear Sir,

I am writing to you about the following URL -

http://en.wikipedia.org/St._Martinus_University_Faculty_of_Medicine

The History is incorrect. We have corrected it several times but someone changes it every time we fix it. Please contact me via email or via phone to discuss this matter. Our contact information is on our website - www.martinus.edu

I want your attention in this matter as this information hurts our business. Please help us out here as we can not afford Misplaced Pages to ruin the name of our business.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.153.133.82 (talk) 01:17, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

The edits that were added by User:Caribmd1 were promotional in tone, so they were reverted. Also, if you or the other editors are affiliated with the school, you need to read the guidance at WP:COI before making more edits. RudolfRed (talk) 01:28, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

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