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    upload image problem and licencing

    I'd like to upload an image to the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZGMF-X2000_GOUF_Ignited (right underneath the orange one that's already there) The image I'd like to upload is http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-destiny/zgmf-2000.jpg

    I've saved the image in jpg format, and select it in "Source filename", but I don't know what to put in "Destination filename" and "Summary" in order to successfully upload images. So far I always get "the image is corrupt or in incorrect extension"... So if anyone could show me what to do here it'd be much appreciated, since I can just follow the examples to put them in proper places and make captions myself.

    It's a nice picture. Did you draw it, or did the artist give a special license for putting it on Wikipedia? Notinasnaid 21:34, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Sometimes when i save a jpg locally my system assigns it an extension of jpe. Wikipedia does not accept jpe files, but just changing the extension to jpg usually fixes this problem.
    The summery should briefly describe the image and its source, and give a proper copyright status tag.
    I note that the image already on the page you cite is tagged as fair use but has no rationale for fsir use given. If this image is copyrighted and you wnat to claim it under fair use, be sure to specify the source where you obtained it, and why you feel it qualifies for fair use on the image description page, or in the summary. DES (talk) 21:36, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    I see, but what exactly should I put in "Destination filename", can you guys give me an example?

    • The destination filename is what it should be called on Wikipedia. This way you can give the image another name than the often non-descriptive ones when they come out of a digital camera for example. - Mgm|(talk) 21:55, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
    By the way, the other picture is probably going to be deleted soon, because it doesn't have valid copyright information. (How do we initiate that?) Please don't ignore this difficult issue, or all your trouble will be wasted because the picture you upload will be deleted too. Do you have a license to put it on wikipedia or not? Notinasnaid 07:48, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    I see a new image has now been uploaded, but without the necessary copyright information. I can't remember where to go to initiate the deletion of this before Wikipedia gets sued...? Notinasnaid 13:00, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    AFL-CIO

    Who is the first African American woman to hold the position of vice-president of the AFL-CIO? I believe her name is Rev. Dr. Addie L. Wyatt of Chicago, IL. She was born in Brookhaven, MS on March 8, 1924, and later became a civil rights leader, working with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She also is the founder of Operation Breadbasket now Operation Push-Rainbow Coalition which is headed by Rev. Jesse Jackson. She was selected by Eleanor Roosevelt to serve on the women's board, and she was selected by Time Magazine as one of the Top 10 Women of the Year (1976). Rev.is the co-pastor emeritus of the Vernon Park Church of God with her husband, Rev. Claude S. Wyatt, Jr. in Chicago.

    This is a factual question. Please direct it to the Reference Desk. --Andy Janata 02:16, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I report abuse?

    Someone is abusing the Wikipedia rules and guidelines to push a biased agenda, and is flaunting and antagonizing. How do I report this abuse?

    Depends on the abuse. Give us a specific example and we can point you in the right direction. -- Essjay · Talk 02:50, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    Make Wikipedia my Homepage?

    I was wondering if i could make wikipedia my homepage for my PC? How do i do this?

    What browser are you using? Father Howabout1 Talk to me! 01:39, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    On most browsers the homepage is stored under Tools>Options (or somthing of that sort). This link is Broken 02:51, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Timing of vote for deletion process and closure

    I introduced the article on "The Great Story" and it has subsequently been re-written and voted on. I was just curious how long the "Vote for Deletion" process typically takes before closure?

    02:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)MBDowd

    Usually five days, unless there is a reason to remove it sooner. A VfD might be closed early because the page meets a criteria for speedy deletion or because the nomination is obviously in bad faith (i.e. nominating the Wikipedia aritcle or NPOV.) Early removal is at the discretion of administrators only, as is the closure of most discussions. (Discussions where the result is an unanimous keep may be closed by any logged in user.) See WP:VFD for more information on VfD. -- Essjay · Talk 02:48, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
    See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Albus Dumbledore for a recent example of a bad faith VfD, although rather humorous if you look at the user name of the person who listed it. Dismas 07:39, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    synesthasia

    Where can I learn about how some people see letters, numbers and words in specific colors in their minds?

    Try the article on synaesthesia -- a tricky spelling, that. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:43, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Before anyone else goes to check, the redirect from synesthesia already exists. :) TenOfAllTrades(talk) 03:57, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Tai Chi Chuan

    I keep adding a link to Taijiworld.com by Erle Montaigue, which has more info on taijiquan than most sites I know, but it keeps being removed. Why does this happen?

    The first thing to check is the history of the page you are editing. When anyone edits they should add a comment saying their reasons. (If you added link without adding a suitable edit summary, your edit is likely to be taken less seriously).
    The second thing is to register and get yourself a user name for Wikipedia to use when editing. People take edits by registered users more seriously, partly because they have a discussion page for talking with them. When you add to a discussion (but not an article) you should sign your contributions so people know who they are talking to. You can do this by just adding ~~~~ (four tildes) at the end.
    The third thing, if the history didn't help, is to ask this question on the talk page of the article, because the people editing that article are just Wikipedia contributors like you: there probably isn't anyone "official" doing it. If your reasons are good and the link doesn't break wikipedia guidelines, the discussion may solve things. Notinasnaid 08:25, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Linking to your personal website is basically advertising. As such it is not appropriate for our encyclopedia. Please try to discuss this further on the article's talkpage if you disagee. Dmcdevit·t 08:37, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    Examination Centre at Nairobi Kenya

    Dear Sir,

    Ref: Horizon Institute of Advanced Management as Examination Centre

    This is Horizon Insitute of Advanced Management It is regitered with the government of Kenya to Offer Certificates & Diplomas in Management Courses. Our Students are much interested in enrolling with the University of South Africa especially in Management and Community Development courses. We as the Administration want to process the necessary formalities to facilitate the same. Please advice.

    Sincerely,


    Betty C.Rono Director of Studies--anon.

    Catholic Church in Holica, Podhajce (Croatia)

    hello

    Hello Wikipedia, how fantastic you exist, thankyou. How is it you exist ? where do you gain your references ? Where did you begin ? Please let me know. cheers Peter Mclennan.

    Hello reader, glad you dropped by. See Wikipedia and Wikipedia:About for answers to your questions -- Ferkelparade π 12:48, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Is it possible to remove unwanted search items from the bar? And if so, how do I do it?

    • If you're talking about the fact the search field remembers your earlier choices, that's a browser feature. I'd have to know what browser you use to help removing it, but it is possible. Still, it would also remove them from fields like the main search field of Google or whatever search engine you normally use. - Mgm|(talk) 14:10, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
      • With Safari (for Macs) for example I would choose "Reset Safari" thus deleting all prior search items. There is no way to selectively delete any particular search item. hydnjo talk 15:43, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    For the google tool bar (at least in Firefox) click the g icon at the very left of the bar, and choose "clear search history". Thryduulf 22:34, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:AOL

    Could someone tell me what the Template:AOL is for? A unregistred user has put it on my talk page. CG 14:31, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    It's supposed to go on anonymous talk pages when the IP address is owned by AOL, because they have an open proxy and are thus open to abuse by IP skipping vandals, which if blocked can affect normal users. I don't know why anyone would put it on your webpage unless they were vandalizing.
    • Of course, it could be useful to inform people of the fact you use AOL on your user page, but this template is probably not the right thing to use. Feel free to remove it. - Mgm|(talk) 15:27, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    User 214.13.4.151

    This person is causing some real headaches. I don't know about banning (that's probably too heavy) but if anyone wants to help me keep on eye on his/her changes, please do: 214.13.4.151's additions. He / she has caused a lot of problems in the past too, see User_talk:214.13.4.151 and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/214.13.4.151. I can only devote so much time to redoing his or her additions to be even close to NPOV. Please help! --Quasipalm 15:36, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    • From what I can see the changes were made to highly controversial topics with many watchers and most have been reverted. Since it's not obvious vandalism, it's probably best to talk about those issues on the articles talk pages. Elfguy 15:53, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • The pages have been reverted because I took the time to go through and check all of the additions. It took quite some time, time that I don't always have to spend on Wikipedia. Also, several of the completely POV additions had been sitting on pages for days and days, so I'm not sure enough watchers are responding to these edits. My only goal here is to get more people watching this user and some of the pages that s/he has attacked. --Quasipalm 16:23, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    You might consider listing it on Wikipedia:Vandalism in Progress. -- Essjay · Talk 05:15, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    I've fixed up eis last two changes, on Pregnancy and Oral contraceptive. Thanks for watching this. JesseW 20:02, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Hyde Park Los Angeles California

    Where can I find information for Hyde Park Los Angeles California in the same format as, for instance, Crenshaw Los Angeles California on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?

    • A quick check on the Hyde Park page seems to indicate we have everything but the Los Angeles park listed. - Mgm|(talk) 19:12, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    Favicon

    Why is the favicon different? Was it officially changed? Father Howabout1 Talk to me! 16:48, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    It seems to have been changed back to the W now. — mendel ☎ 19:15, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    Ok. Father Howabout1 Talk to me! 19:22, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    Translation help

    hi i am a new user and iam interested in translating and editing pages but i keep getting lost! how do i go about keeping to one project?? Vidushi 17:35, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    There's many links.

    # of categories

    I was hoping to find the total number of categories; I've already checked Special:Statistics, and it didn't help. Is this info known? Meelar (talk) 18:31, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    You could go to Special:Categories, set view to 500 at a time, and page through. have some time at your disposal before trying this. There are many thousands. DES (talk) 19:15, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, if we've got some idea of the range, better to set view to 500 and do a binary search for the end. They're numbered, so you can tell when you've found the end. (Or, for that matter, set view to 1000 at a time, or 2000, or whatever makes things easiest -- just edit the '500' in the URL to use a different 'limit'. Oops, 1000 appears to be the maximum.)
    I've just tried this myself because it made me curious. There are 67813 right now. Here are the last 1000. — mendel ☎ 19:28, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
    Thanks! Meelar (talk) 19:57, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    I'm just seeing unknown unicode symbols for the last three categories, can someone check whether they are broken or not. The last and third last seem to be supercategories of Category:Provinces of Cambodia, and the second last relates to Prey Veng - a province of Cambodia. Now assuming those are valid characters, what do I do to be able to see them? I'm running Firefox on Linux. Thryduulf 22:43, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Kojo Nnamdi

    Without reading your guidelines I added text to the above subject (Kojo Nnamdi). Can someone please look at it and make sure it is formatted correctly?

    I am definitely a newbie and would like to contribute more AFTER I review the materials you so kindly supply.

    Someone has already begin working on it. He'll format it and fix any problems with the style of writing. Style is one of the things most new wikipedians have some problems with - wikipedia has something of a house style that you just have to get used to. I'd recommend you watch the article and see what changes he made (and you'll discover the joys and horrors of collaborative editing - once he's done it won't be "yours" any more, something else that many initially find rather weird). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:03, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
    I went ahead and fixed a few things, put in a couple of changes, etc. Overall, it's not bad for a first article! Looks as good as the article on Fiona Ritchie who is another radio personality. Welcome to the Wikipedia! Dismas 20:04, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    I tweaked it a bit more, and left a request for more info on Talk:Kojo Nnamdi. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:33, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    Is there any way to find out when a page was deleted if you think it was done by mistake?

    Hi there. I just noticed that the page Roni Size appears to have been deleted, which doesn't seem to make any sense, as he's an extremely well-known musician and DJ, both in Britain and globally. Is there any way to search the VFD log to see why this got deleted, and hopefully recover some of the text? Thanks illWill 20:00, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    The article was deleted because it was a copyright violation - someone copied the content from Musicmatch. I looked at the version prior to the copyright violation, and it read "Roni Size is a Bristol-based drum and bass producer known for working as part of Reprazent with Krust, DJ Die, Suv and MC Dynamite.". If you believe we should write a new article, please by all means start one (you can use the Musicmatch article for reference, but don't copy or rephrase any of it, lest we get back into the same problem as before). If you do this, remember to say in the article why the person is important (it's called "asserting notability"). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:09, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

    Thanks for your help. I found the content via the wayback machine, and have re-inserted the one sentence that wasn't a copyright violation. In these cases, isn't it better to reduce the article to a stub rather than just remove it completely? I would have been happy to rework it from a stub, but I was a bit surprised to see that it just wasn't there anymore. Thanks again illWill 20:14, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    In general you can go to <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=sample>, replacing "sample" with the name of the page to see the deeltion log, if any, on a page. If a significant part of an article is not a copyright violation, it is better to edit it to remove the copyrighted content. But if all or most of the content is copyrighted, or seems to be, then it will often be simply deleted, rather than have the admin try to figure out what parts are copyrighted. While a page is listed on WP:CP, there is a link to a temporary pageg on which anyone can start a revised version. DES (talk) 20:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    If you can't remember that link above, you can go to Special:Log and click "Delete Log". Much simpler, I believe. Hope this helps! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:27, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    I undeleted the pre-copyvio revisions. Copyvio inserted into a non-copyvio article should be reverted. An admin can selectively remove them, but it generally isn't done. -- Cyrius|✎ 22:16, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the help everybody :) illWill 22:40, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    I have a problem in an elevator control panel

    It is an V3F controler using YASKAWA INVERTOR and breaking resistor , now once we give power supply to the controler the breaking resistor is geting heated up extensively. Please help us.

    You might be able to find a solution to your question if you post it at Wikipedia:Reference desk. The Help Desk (this page) is really designed for questions about Wikipedia itself. Best of luck, TenOfAllTrades(talk) 22:44, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    I don't see any way to correct the information that is misrepresented on this site. This site lists Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a remake when it is in fact not a remake at all. Aside from the content of the book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) has nothing else in common with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). Burton's version is a readaptation of Roald Dahl's book. It is not, in the sense of movie terms, a remake.

    • You could change it so it says it's a new adaptation of the book that is more about the children than Willy Wonka himself (as the original was according to my source). - Mgm|(talk) 00:56, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
    Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. You can edit almost any article on Wikipedia by just following the Edit link at the top of the page. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. Dismas 01:54, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Peter Jennings - Section on "Leaving the Chair"

    Some idiot has written absolute rubbish in this section, which most people would be offended by. Please rectify.

    Seems to be gone now. Alex 00:59, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    Name of website

    Why is this website named "wikipedia"?

    --Becky

    It's a wiki and an encyclopedia. Read the link. Father Howabout1 Talk to me! 01:48, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    See the article on Wikipedia also. Dismas 02:10, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding Submenu on Navigation bar

    Hi,

    I am using MediaWiki 1.3.5 version and I want to add a group of submenu under the "navigation" submenu on the left hand navigation bar. Is this possible to be done with the Wiki version I am using?

    Thank you very much for any help on this.

    --Khimw 01:42, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Tag for an image question

    After I wrote the article for The Flying Karamazov Brothers, I contacted their manager to get permission for some images. The woman I spoke to was very nice... yes, spoke. I e-mailed expecting them to fire off a return e-mail with some press photo but their manager, Rhonda, asked for my phone number to talk about what I was looking for. She was very nice and sent me several images to use for the article, which I plan on expanding in the next week or two. One image, Image:Fkb heartwings straight.jpg, she said was not copywritten, trademarked, anything. I found it hard to believe but that's what she said. So would this be considered public domain? I'm asking because I don't know which tag to put on it and I don't want trouble when another editor sees that there's no tag. Thanks! Dismas 03:20, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    • My guess would be that it's in the PD. To make sure other people know where it came from, I suggest you include details about the fact you got it from the manager and that she said it wasn't copywritten etc. - Mgm|(talk) 10:45, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    Merge Notice

    There is a merge notice on my article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverQuest_Slang%2C_Acronyms%2C_Lingo .

    I do not want this article merged with any other. It is already obvious from the content of this article that the lingo used in EverQuest differs substantially from other MMORPGs.

    How do I decline the suggestion to merge?

    First, no article is "your" article. In case you missed it, every edit page has a notice at the top that states very clearly that all edits to Wikipedia are relased under the GFDL. Once you post your content, it is released to the community, and is subject to being revised, merged, deleted, etc. If you do not want your content to be changed, do not post it here.
    You cannot "decline" the suggestion to merge, as the decision is not up to you, it is up to the community. You are welcome to discuss the reasons not to merge the content on the talk page (click the link in the merge tag), but do not remove the tag without discussion. Wikipedia is consensus driven, and if there is consensus to merge the article, that consensus will prevail. Unilateral edits without discussion and article "ownership" are contrary to the mission of Wikipedia and will not be received well by the community. -- Essjay · Talk 05:06, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    Drew Rosenhaus Article

    The article on Rosenhaus contains the following line: "This guy is the worlds biggest asshole, what do you expect from a Jew?" I attempted to delete this line, but it does not appear in the edit window. This is obviously beyond my technical expertise, but I think it's fairly self-evident that this line should be removed from any factual, objective article about Rosenhaus.

    The issue was most likley a cache issue. When the edit page loads, the server automatically pulls the most recent version to the edit box. What likely happened was that you saw the vandalism at the same times as another user, but the other user beat you to the reversion. By the time the edit page loaded for you, the other user had already removed the text, so it did not appear in the edit box. You can check the page history to see who it was that added the text, and who removed it. -- Essjay · Talk 05:21, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    How long before a new article or subject shows up in a site search?

    I've created a new article on mathematician James Harris (Jim) Simons. I've tried to do a search using the exact title, and, not surprising, the article does not yet come up in the results.

    How long does it generally take for new articles to be indexed?

    Thanks,

    Paul Klenk

    • They show up right away. It may not show up for you for a short time if the local cache server hasn't been updated yet, but if you return to it later it will be there. Elfguy 12:13, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Table style width

    What does style="width: 20em;" do? Eg, in comparison to width=???px. It is used in the Template:Infobox_Movie --Commander Keane 11:28, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    "20em" is 20 Ems wide, "20px" is 20 pixels wide. — mendel ☎ 14:38, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
    Em based measurements have the important advantage that they are displayed in a size proportional to the text, not hardware resolution. Susvolans (pigs can fly) 15:17, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Apology...

    Dear Wikipedia,

    I am very sorry but I recently landed on one of your pages and editted it (Brian Lara). I didn't realise how wikipedia worked and was just intrigued. I have returned the page back to normal (I hope). Please don't chuck me off for being a vandal, it is a great project!

    Cheers Woody

    Edit bug

    I performed a minor edit (one word, or to and) on the Vangelis page, previewed it then saved it. After saving it the rest of the info on Vangelis was gone, only the section I edited was saved. What gives?


    Never mind! I figured out how to fix it.


    Hello,

    Please could you tell me if there is a way to get a link to my online store placed on this site?

    My store is (name deleted), (link deleted), and we sell Console, Handheld and PC Games and Accessories to the UK.

    If a link exchange is a better option, then please can you tell me how to go about it?

    Many Thanks, Steve (name deleted) steve@(address deleted)

    Sorry, Wikipedia is an open source encyclopedia, and does not operate a link exchange, nor carry advertisments. Anyone is free to edit the encyclopedia, but linking to a commercial site would generally not fit the encyclopedia's purpose and would be promptly deleted. Notinasnaid 12:57, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Searching

    i use wiki a lot to revise for exams and spend hours typing in word after word (or phrase), what i have noticed is that you seem to have to search for very specific things, and the search is case sensitive (for example i have just tried to search for ATP hydrolysis, my first attempt i entered atp hydrolysis and it gave no results, when i put atp in caps it got the right page) SURELY there is something you can do to the site that, when you search for something it comes up with a list (google style) of relevant searches, or alternative spellings in case you missed a letter etc? its darn annoying knowing that what you want must be there but trying to figure out the correct phrasing to please the wiki search...! (atp hydrolysis is just one of many examples i have encountered just today while revising), thanks HJMCK

    Out of interest, which level are these exams? Eg, school, uni etc. --Commander Keane 14:53, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
    • The search function is not very extensive, in part to save server resources and also because it just isn't. You can however use Google to search for articles, with a search like this "atp site:en.wikipedia.org". Elfguy 15:21, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Gaza

    it was mentioned in your article on the most densly populated countries that the Gaza Strip is one of the most densly populated countries in the world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_density) are you aware that Gaza strip is not a country by any deffinition?

    The article title is misleading. Countries are are ranked (eg Monaco:1) and non-counties have just a dash (eg Gaza:-), so it is recognised that Gaza is not a country. I was a little confused the first time I saw the list too.--Commander Keane 14:29, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
    By the way, you can link to wikipedia articles within wikipedia by just putting the words (with correct captialisation) after the ".org/wiki/" in two square brackets. Eg: "[[List of countries by population density]]" gives List of countries by population density. --Commander Keane 14:36, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    Password Reset requested, not by me

    Hi all--didn't know where else to put this. I just received an email, apparently from [email protected], saying that someone had requested that my account's password be reset, and including a new password. I did not send in a password reset; I haven't logged in to Wiki in several months. I looked at the headers and it doesn't appear to be spoofed, but I still thought it was suspicious. My old password worked; to be safe, I have changed it to a longer, more secure password. Is there anywhere I should report this in case someone is abusing the system? Thanks! xnera 16:47, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Don't worry. Yes, someone tried to reset your password, and as you notice the old one still worked. As long as you have your email address set correctly in preferences (which you clearly do) there's no way for someone to abuse the password reset mechanism to steal your password or lock you out. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:49, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
    This doesn't have to have a sinister explanation. Someone who forgets their password might also forget or misspell their username, so someone with a similar username might be desperately trying to get their password back. I wonder if they will be along for help soon? Notinasnaid 17:11, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    I wouldn't worry about it. Just the other day I found myself having to register for a message board. The board was hosted by a company that hosts a lot of different boards, so they have one universal login. I tried both my usual screennames but both were rejected since someone was using them already. I thought maybe that I had signed up in the past and forgotten about it. So I put in my normal screename and asked for the password to be emailed to me. When I didn't receive an e-mail, I knew I wasn't the one that had registered that name and therefore used a third name to register. That clear or did I confuse everyone? Dismas 19:22, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Text size in a table

    What is the code for choosing the text size in a table. I know you can use small, but is there something like "textsize=60%" that I can put in the style section? Also, is there a glossary where I can look this stuff up, the meta help on table isn't extenive enough.--Commander Keane 17:19, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    Wikipedia popularity

    How many hits does Wikipedia get? Where is it based?

    For usage statistics, you can poke around Wikipedia:Statistics#Traffic. Looking in Wikipedia, Wikipedia is sponsored by Wikimedia, which is based in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA. --Commander Keane 18:48, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
    • Wikipedia:Announcements occasionally mentions Alexa rankings and similar ranks. We appear to be in the top 100 sites on the net according to some counters. - Mgm|(talk) 19:01, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    Pictures

    You have no article on "Color Organ" (lights that dynamically respond to music.) I have one and am thinking of submitting an article on it. However, it is useless without 5 pictures totaling 85k. I note a "suggested" limit of 32k or so. I find nothing on FAQ's about this, except some indication about "tagging" pictures.

    I will need to learn more about submitting an article, but don't want to go through this if the article goes beyond practical limits. The accompying text will be no more than 10k, I imagine.

    John P. Jones 380844

    After looking at the article Wikipedia:Article size, it seems that its the page source that needs to be less than 32k. This allows for a really long article, and I'm sure Color organ would be fine. To start the article, just click Color organ, then click "Start the Color organ article". I'm looking forward to reading it soon. --Commander Keane 18:11, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
    The 32k limit is in the article text box. The limit is because of certain older browsers that mangle text larger than that. It is now a "suggestion" based on reader concerns as the technical problems have reduced with time. -- Cyrius|✎ 00:30, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    signatures

    How do you do signatures, change it?

    • You sign your talk page post using four tildes (like this:~~~~). You can read how to customize them at Wikipedia:Signature, but you'd need to register for that first if you haven't done so already. - Mgm|(talk) 18:55, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
    • Remember to always sign all of your posts on talk pages. Typing four tildes after your comment ( ~~~~ ) will insert a signature showing your username and a date/time stamp, which is very helpful. To customize your sig, I suggest you first experiment in the Sandbox. When you have something you like, copy out the markup and paste it into the Nickname box, and check the box Raw signatures. Please give some thought to your sig and don't be unnecessarily cute; my sig is perhaps at the very edge of acceptablity. — Xiong熊talk* 02:34, 2005 August 13 (UTC)

    Same Name, Different Person

    There is a famous video game player, Billy Mitchell, who is famous for being the first person to get a perfect Pac Man score.

    The problem is that there is already a heading for someone named Billy Mitchell, who served in the army.

    Is there a way to differentiate the two?

    Yes. Usually the lesser known person gets brackets after their name, like Billy Mitchell (Pac Man), and then at the top of the Billy Mitchell article (the army person) a disambiguation notice will be put in, somenthing like: For the Pac Man high scorer, see Billy Mitchell (Pac Man). This is called disambiguation, for more info, visit Wikipedia:Disambiguation and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). If you want some help doing this, then just say something (here or on my talk page). --Commander Keane 18:19, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    Hypnerotomachia

    Info request: pronunciation of Hypnerotomachia You may email to: [email protected] Thank you! Martha Dunn

    The Reference Desk is the place for this question. Try there. --Commander Keane 18:52, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    Lost password and "Email new password not working"

    My password doesn't seem to work (Or I recall it incorrectly). When I click on the "E-mail new password button" I don't receive an email (I've waited a couple of days). Either the email functionality isn't working or I did not have the correct email address on my user preferences. My username is: Davidley, and my email address should be "ley (at) cs.dal.ca" . Can anyone help me reset my password? Thanks.

    • You can simply register a new account (like User:DavidLey) and redirect your old pages to your new ones. Resetting passwords with externally supplied e-mail addresses is something we generally don't do, for obvious reasons. JRM · Talk 03:13, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Please post a comment on my talk page from the computer (IP address) you last used to edit as Davidley, which was to the article Heads of State of Ghana on 2005-07-14. The IP address ideally needs to end with 150.4 to properly distinguish you from two other authors in the area. You don't get the emails because the account doesn't have any email address set, so they are never sent. Jamesday 09:54, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Can a stub be used as a 'newsticker' (or: how do insert data into a stub without getting the stub on that page}

    sorry for the dr s kinda title :P but serious

    on a site i visit a lot the admins desided to put a mediawiki , and that project is starting to roll a bit. problem is no-one actually knows wiki so were forced to look up everything. there were a few visitors that suggested to include a something of a news ticker so the latest few articles are listed on the main page of the mediawiki.

    since i recently discovered stubs and templates and someone suggested this might have features we can use im testing this but it's not going the way i planned, so far i created a template which is based on the wiki shortcut template. a template i spotted that gets dynamic data. and when i use that i do get the article listed in the newsticker , but that way its listed on the page

    is there a way that you can call a stub and inject the data but not list it on that page  ?

    or is there simply a better way to achieve what we're going for :D ? (since after i figured out this there is a new problem on howto list only the latest some) Either way , Thanks a lot for the help --Bverveen 20:45, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    • Any chance of a link? You could just put in a link in to recent changes, right? - Mgm|(talk) 21:20, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
      • omg just wrote a too long reply on my cell! and pushed wr. button .... but that in a infobox for each cat. ( Bverveen in the middle of the night on cellular phone)
      • i remembered the correct movie title (doh) and wanted to fix it, and saw your reply. the link to the template , or at least how its going to look like should it be posible. The mediawiki is intended as a extra for a quitte large news/forum/etc site and there are a lot of specific categories on it (ranging from sport to cooking to conspiracy and a lot more) . i was thinking if its posible to add a infobox style "latest few articles within this category" (and all of its subcategorys) [currently the users do link their articles to the category with the [[Category:stuff]] thing] so a bit more specific than the latest changes Bverveen 16:13, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Image galleries

    There is an image gallery at the bottom of Squash (fruit) but only 2 of the 4 images are displayed. What is wrong? Rmhermen 21:21, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

    I see four. Maybe a bandwidth issue on your end? Browser timed out or some such thing? Dismas 21:31, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Maybe on Wikipedia's end. I was using a DSL connection when I couldn't see them but now I'm using a 56K and seeing all four. Rmhermen 01:00, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

    Question

    I want to write a new entry about the Paramount Theater (Seattle) there is already a page about a like named place in Oakland. I believe the Seattle venue is significant, and the scene of many live albums that have been recorded there.[1] I want to be able to link some articles to this place. My question; how do I set up a disambiguation page so that a Wikipedia user can see both choices for "Paramont Theater" displayed, with out having to type in the specific location and the brackets? I await your guidance, dear veiwer. Hamster Sandwich 00:52, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Disambiguation Rmhermen 01:07, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
    Here's the general idea: If you can positively identify one as the more likely to be searched, you can put that at the main article, and link to the other at the top with a {{otheruses}}, like, for example, heat. If they are both equal, set up a disambiguation page, at Paramount Theater, like at Because (with {{disambig}}) and link to both articles at titles like Paramount Theater (Seattle) and Paramount Theater (Oakland). Perhaps the desrciption at Wikipedia:Disambiguation will be a more full guideline, but that's about it I think. Dmcdevit·t 01:08, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
    • Well thanks Rmhermen and thank you Dmcdevit. I have another question for you specifically concerning a collaboration on an entry. You can help if your handy-dandy with adding pictures and whatnot. Please respond vis a vis my talk page. Thanks! Hamster Sandwich 01:17, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]


    Clearing my user page of edits

    Since I arrived here I've left my user page clear of text for the sole reason that the resulting red colour of my name makes it easier to spot in a sea of blue username links. Unfortunately someone made an inadvertent edit to my page, then cleared/erased it. Is there some way to clear that edit history so I can regain my red name once again? (I've tried editing my nickname to include tags but that doesn't seem to apply anywhere other than signatures) --Hooperbloob 04:54, 13 August 2005 (UTC) (unhappily blue) [reply]

    So basically you just want it deleted I think. I just did it (needs an admin). If you ever have a ever have a userpage or subpage, just add {{db|per user request}} or something along those lines and an admin will come along and delete it for you. Dmcdevit·t 05:09, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
    Woohoo! Thanks! --Hooperbloob 05:27, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Infrared and Heat

    Can you please tell me, is Infrared and heat the same thing.

    DOCUMENTARY LETTER OF CREDIT

    • To the poster of this header: Please read the instructions at the top of this page. - Mgm|(talk) 13:08, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

    Case sensitive headings lead to duplicate entries

    Yesterday we searched for "Synthetic biology" (actually by clicking a link to it, Synthetic biology), and found nothing; so we created a new entry for it.

    Then we discovered that an entry already existed, "Synthetic Biology", with a capital "B".

    Worse, the search engine is also case sensitive (that's ok) but gives no link to the heading(s) identical except for case (that's not ok).

    This is really bad: it means that (1) every time I search for something, I have to try out all possible cases; and (2) every time I want to link to something, I have to include all possible links with case variations. CLEARLY THIS IS NOT GOOD.

    Isn't this a WikiPedia bug? Is there a work-around or fix for this problem?

    A good work-around ought to be that searching and clicking a link include on the target page "See also..." links to the headings with identical (or even similar) spellings but different cases. This would be similar to Google's typo suggestions.

    Thanks much for any help on this, /r:b:

    Where to reply

    I'm wondering if someone asked me a question on my talk page, where should I reply to him? In my talk page or in his? And if I asked a question to an user in his talk page, should I wait for a response in my talk page or watch his? CG 17:26, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

    It depends. Some users reply on your talk, some on their's. Most who reply on their's say so on the top of the page. It is up to you which, but replying on the asker's is more common (and some feel) more polite. Father Howabout1 Talk to me! 17:28, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

    • Answering on the other user's talk page is more polite, but answering on your own may prevent fragmentation of a discussion. So it's really a question what you value most. - Mgm|(talk) 18:21, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
      • There's also the option of putting a copy of your response on both pages. On their page because it's considered polite and they don't have to put your page on their watchlist to see if you've replied. And on yours if you want to be able to have a better record of the conversational flow. Dismas 22:03, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    hurrican house hotel

    How to 1) rename an article 2) get a bias flag removed

    I, and several others, of diverse political persuasions, have been trying to edit the article North American Conservatism so that the bias flag can be removed. We seem to all agree that the title is bad. I have suggested "The Conservative Movement in the United States in the early Twenty-first Century", but that is rather a mouthful. "Modern American Conservatism" has been suggested, but there are two problems with that, which also raise larger issues. First, "modern" is relative. What is modern today will be ancient someday. Second, the use of "American" for "United Statesian" is prejudicial to other countries in America -- but there is no word to replace it. --209.247.222.103 18:57, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    "Modern conservatism in the United States"; "Modern conservative politics in the United States"? Shimgray 18:59, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • There's a tab to move an article, if you are logged in. You can remove a NPOV tag if you correct the article so it is not NPOV anymore. You should check the talk page for that particular article before doing either, however. Elfguy 20:31, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    User:No space between sentences.Like this.

    I came across this user some time ago but neglected to bookmark him as interesting.Anybody know who I'm talking about?Thanks, hydnjo talk 02:32, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Or should I be asking at WP:RD? hydnjo talk 02:37, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    I think you mean User:12.144.5.2. Dmcdevit·t 02:47, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
    Yeahthat'shim.Intededtokeepthisguyinmyspecialfileandforgottodoso.Thankshydnjotalk02:52,14 August2005(UTC)
    Heis,afterall,special.hydnjotalk02:58,14August2005(UTC)

    ogg files

    how do i listen to a .ogg file?

    See Wikipedia:Media help. You can download some good free players if yours doesn't play .ogg. Dmcdevit·t 04:18, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

    Some pictures do not show

    I am sure that I am doing the right thing because most pictures do show but some don't and I don't know why - they seem to have uploaded successfully but do not appear on the page

    Page in question is

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Com%C4%83ne%C5%9Fti

    indexed at Comanesti

    You have to be careful with the case, as the links are case-sensitive. So even though ".JPG" and ".jpg" mean the same thing, you haave to make sure you link it to the one where the image is saved. In this case, two of them were lowercase, so I fixed them. By the way, I think there are too many images there, and you may want to clean it up. Dmcdevit·t 06:51, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

    Is there someway of marking something that you think is wrong?

    I've been looking at the articles on reflecting telescopes and some of the pages about the mirrors used in the Schmidt Cassegrains seem to contradict other pages. The Maksutov page says it's hyperbolic while the Schmidt page says its spherical. I'm pretty sure (but not certain) that the Schmidt page is right, but what I'd really like to do is mark it so someone who knows for certain can fix it. Is there anyway of doing that?

    You should probably put a note on the talk pages of the articles involved. If you do some research yourself and are sure of the answer, you can simply make the corerction yourself, with a proper edit summary, and perhaps a comment on the talk page. Notes on talk pages should normally be signed with four tildas, as i am about to do. DES (talk) 07:39, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Generally, the way to get other editor's attention it to leave a comment (just like one you have made here) on the appropriate talk pages (You can get to the talk pages by clicking on the "Discussion" tab, left of the "article tab" at the top of the article. Good luck! --Commander Keane 07:41, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

    In Madeleine Albright, the edit section link for the Personal information section jumps around and even gets overwritten by text in various screen resolutions and browser text sizes. It's probably due to the image on the right. Do we just have to live with this, or is there a work aorund? --Commander Keane 07:35, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

    • Things look fine on my end. Could you give us a screenshot? - Mgm|(talk) 09:32, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
    Here you go, the edit section button moves around: here and here --Commander Keane 10:21, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

    psychokinesis reading

    Hi,

    I recently had a friend of mine who is gifted with psychokinesis tell me she had seen a stork carrying a baby and a rose opening/flowering. I have no idea what this symbolises and would be very grateful if you could shed some light for me.

    Thank you

    Emma

    The place for this question is the Reference desk, please place it there. Good luck with your query! --Commander Keane 07:44, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
    Psychokinesis (literally "mind-movement") or PK is the more commonly used term today for what in the past was known as telekinesis (literally "distant-movement"). It refers to the psi ability to influence the behavior of matter by mental intention (or possibly some other aspect of mental activity) alone.
    • In other words, psychokinesis moves objects, I doubt such people can do readings. Either you misnamed their gift, or they fooled you. - Mgm|(talk) 09:36, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

    my article on Fritz Belleville

    Hello,

    On August 12 I edited an article on Fritz Belleville for you. I mentioned quite clearly in the text that it was based on an article in [Trotskyana.net]. When I search your website for "Fritz Belleville" I get the following web page at [2]

    Fritz Belleville From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    POSSIBLE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION If you have just labeled this page as a possible copyright infringement, please add a link to it on Wikipedia:Copyright problems#August 14.

    The previous content of this page appears to infringe on the copyright of the text from the source(s) below: [Trotskyana.net]

    This page is now listed on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Please do not edit this page for the moment. If you hold the copyright to this material, or if you have permission to use this material under the terms of our license, please indicate so on this page's talk page and under the article's listing on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Do not resubmit the material that was here before. It will be removed. This article will be restored if Wikipedia is found to have copyright permission. If you want to work on this article meanwhile, write a new article at the temporary subpage, and indicate that you have done so on this page's talk page. Unless the copyright status of the previous content is clarified, this page will be deleted one week after its listing. If a new article has been written, it will replace this message. Posting copyrighted material without the express permission of the copyright holder is a violation of applicable law and of our policy. Those who repeatedly post copyrighted material may be blocked from further editing. The original posting is still accessible for viewing through the history link on this page.

    Raistlin 12:05, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

    This page was last modified 12:05, 12 August 2005. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details). About Wikipedia Disclaimers.

    Can you please tell me how to go about clarifying the copyright status?

    Thanks,

    Avner Falk <[email protected]>

    Well, it depends what the copyright status is. You mention that the article was based on a particular web site. But do you own the copyright to that web site? That is, did you write the original site, and are you now releasing that text under license into Wikipedia? Notinasnaid 08:36, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • There's a difference between basing something of a text and copying it. Use the text to write an article but write it in your own words and format it like other wikipedia articles. - Mgm|(talk) 09:40, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

    The Bible came from Arabia

    Where/how to get book The Bible came form Arabia". I read this book many years ago. Was from public library in Johannesburg but now is stolen. I would appreciate if someone may help. I was going to write article for the discussion in out club.

    Sincerely

    Marek mijalnicki

    "The Bible came from Arabia", by Kamal Salibi; 1985 hardcover ISBN 0224028308, 1987 paperback ISBN 0330295195. Try following the ISBN links for book sources. Shimgray 15:59, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Main page, Featured article of the day, flag of India

    I do not get the point of having Indian Flag on 14th of August in the featured article of the. When the featured article of 14th August should be somethign about Pakistan as 14 th August is Independence Day of PAKISTAN!!!

    Yes & no. It certainly would have been more reasonable to feature the Indian flag article on the 15th (India's Independence Day) than on the 14th. On the other hand, I don't think we necessarily need to feature a Pakistan article simply because it is August 14. — Nowhither 12:28, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    The articles featured on the Main Page do not have any connection implied or intended to the other sections, like anniversiaries and news. The articles are displayed simply because they have good enough quality. You can however try to influence which Featured articles that will be shown on the Main Page in the future at Wikipedia:Today's featured article. — Sverdrup 12:24, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

    Featuered Article 14th August

    Yes I too agree that featured article of 14th august should be something about Pakistan

    Piston engines pictures

    I prepared basic aviation subject to www.tayyareci.com web site for training purposeful.

    Now, I am planning introduction of aircraft piston engines for same section at this site.

    Therefore, I want to use biplane and radial engine pictures from Wikipedia.

    I want permission biplane and radial engine pictures for use.

    Sincerely

    Ercan ÇETİNERLER


    My e-mail address: [email protected]


    Content in wikipedia is generally licensed under the GFDL, so anyone can use it if they give proper acknowledgement, which includes linking back to the source, provided thati their content is also released under the GDFL.
    However many images may be present under "fair use" or not have proper copyright tags on them or sorce information. Click on the image to be taken to the image page. there you will find information about the image status. if the image is released under the GFDL, you can use it if you comply with the license provisions. DES (talk) 16:10, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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