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Gary Sheffield article

If anyone has any time can they please check my Gary Sheffield article for grammer mistakes and things like that. Thanks a lot. I'm still in the works of writing it. Spatel2 22:57, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Looked pretty good already. I just tweaked a few things, like moving his pic to a more standard location, adding links to BB terms, other teams and players, and TSN, and fixed one or two typos. Oh, and I added his position and make his birthplace less US-centric. I'm not a big baseball fan and haven't editted many (any?) baseball player bios, so someone who has might be of more help in terms of things like whether it is written in a style consistent with other BB bios on Wikipedia--of course, if you've read or editted several you probably already have that down. Niteowlneils 00:06, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You might want to try Wikipedia:Peer Review. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 15:40, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)

Wikijunior

I have heard that people are discussing the new Wikijunior project. This is very different from the current Wikipedia model, and is more of an example of how we can use the abundant information we have here to serve various diverse audiences. For more information, see here. We're just getting started, and any and every bit of help is needed to make this a wonderful project. Danny 11:45, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Question

I did an edit before I signed up for a user name which ended up being kept on the page - is there any way I can get this added to the "my contributions" bit of my account in retrospect? Fairly insignificant edit, but it would be nice! Thanks. --Jaimzc 09:22, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit. There's usually quite a backlog though since only developers can carry out this task, so if it's just for one edit, it might not be worth the effort. Angela . 13:37, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)

Not logged in when submitting an article

Hi there all, Wikipedia newbie here. I wrote the article on LogicaCMG, expanding it from a stub. I worked on it over a few hours, between doing other things. Anyway, when I submitted it, I was not logged in. I would like it listed in 'my contributions', how can I go about doing this?

Also, if anybody has any comments, suggestions, please feel free to impart them.

James

Log it at Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit and they'll get around to it.violet/riga (t) 14:50, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Slank

The article on Slank claims that they're one of Indonesia's largest rock bands. I checked allmusic and Ultimate Band List, but no hits in either of them. Nevertheless, the name gets many google hits, plenty in foreign languages. I don't know how to verify this article, and the somewhat fannish writing worried me. How are we to know if these guys are really notable? [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 23:44, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)

Look at the Indonesian Wikipedia. [1]. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 00:59, Oct 27, 2004 (UTC)

Israel

A filibuster is going on in Talk:Israel. I don't know how to end it. I don't know how to convince someone who is convinced you are wrong. I don't think it is in any way controversial to call the "Occupied Territories" the "Occupied Territories". I don't think I will ever get User:Jayjg to agree. I do think that if some other Wikipedians come in and state their view, that will get jayjg to stop reverting. Palestine-info 01:57, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Talk:Alternative medicine

I was trying to archive the talk page but I could only move very small sections. The result is that the page looks very silly, a lot of stuf only exists in the page history and I can't revert the page for some reason. HelpGeni 04:18, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Problems with User:Vitaly

Hi, I recently added some independant comments to an argument that was getting out of hand at talk:Translation. I know find that User:Vitaly has a paranoid theory that everyone who criticises him (or her) is working together and has published a 'press release' on pretty much every page he has had anything to do with (see his user page for a copy). What can I do about this? I am not happy to have my name used in this libelous fashion, but I know that if I simply remove the press releases it will only make matters worse. Should official action be taken against this user? --HappyDog 18:08, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Encyclopaedia has been deleted

Encyclopadia has been deleted, can somebody please revert it, and point me to the instruction on how its done. Its about time I learnt how. Apwoolrich 18:12, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Found the info on the Help page and fixed it. Case of reading the manual! Apwoolrich 18:21, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

List of Number 1 singles (UK) split

With the size of List of Number 1 singles (UK) approaching 80k (though yes, lists are partially exempt from the size limit) it's time for this article to be split. I'm not sure how well the edit history would survive, however, and that's why I haven't done a manual move/copy/edit/etc.. I'd appreciate it if someone could split it into:

List of hit singles (UK) would be a disambig page (with List of Number 1 singles (UK) being a redirect to it). My plan is to write an overview of the main hits of the decade with the number ones being the main aspect. Any discussion prior/in objection to this would be appreciated. violet/riga (t) 22:56, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

WP:CFD cleanup needed

WP:CFD has gotten about a month behind on its cleanup procedure, and the page is getting rather long and unweildy as a result. I just did a first round of cleanup - mostly a large number of very small, quick things. The cleanup process is well documented - the instruction page is linked from the top of the page. In this case it mostly just requires you to judge the outcome of the various discussions and then move them to the appropriate place. It can actually be kinda fun; it just requires someone to sit down and devote some attention to it. -- Beland 03:22, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Template:CompactTOC2

Can we get an admin to fix this template? The NOTOC reference doesn't actually do anything. The problem has been documented on Template_talk:CompactTOC2, but no response. Thanks. —Mike 05:18, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)

Adding sections to a Template page

How an editor sets parameters when invoking any template is poorly documented, and only after spending several hours searching and experimenting, was I able to figure it out. To save time for others, I tried to add some material (now located in Template talk:Book reference) to Template:Book reference, the main page for the template I wanted to use, but when I saved my edit, it (1) spawned several repetitions of itself onto that page when displayed, and (2) caused a table of contents on the page, and (3) also spawned all of the comments (repeated several times) on any Wikipedia page that made use of this template. Naturally I removed my additions from the Template:Book reference template page as quickly as possible, and have put them into Template talk:Book reference for safety and the information of others.

Sooooo... how can one put examples and other help onto a template page so that an innocent user looking at that page can take advantage of it, without that additional matter affecting the operation of the template itself? StanZegel 07:41, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Moving Kitesurf

Could an admin please move Kitesurf to Kitesurfing, it's much more common, and in line with Surfing. Kitesurf should be a redirect to Kitesurfing. -- [[User:Solitude|Solitude\^talk]] 14:43, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)

Can we use Images from other Wikis?

I'd like to use in the English Wikipedia some images that exist in the German and Dutch Wikipediae. I've tried various constructs, but nothing seems to work. I'd like to use, for example Afbeelding:LocatieTexel.png from the Dutch Wikipedia on the Texel page. How can I do that? StanZegel 23:05, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You have to save them and re-upload them to the English Wikipedia first, but you can use them, assuming that they are public domain or GFDL or whatever (and if they are being used on other wikipedias, then they probably are). I think there is a common area for images being set up, but I don't know if it is working yet. Adam Bishop 04:34, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

See Commons. You can't link to commons images from other projects yet. -- [[User:Solitude|Solitude\^talk]] 07:00, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

help finding author / photo copyright (subject: Ritter von Leeb)

I am trying to determine the copyright status of the photo of Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb on the Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb. I would like to use the photo in a book I'm publishing, but I am not certain if the photo falls under Wikipedia's copyright rules. I can find neither an author nor any photo copyright information in the article. Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks very much,

Geoff Megargee [email protected]