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December 13

Quoting a foreign language

How do I quote a foreign language in an article? Grsz ¹¹ 00:39, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly do you mean by "quote a foreign language"? Do you want to cite a foreign language source while you write in English, or do you want to add something in a foreign language to an article? If it's the latter then please describe the situation. If it's the former then see Wikipedia:Citing sources#Sources in different languages and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#Non-English-language sites. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The first one, I guess my question was vague. By now I've got it. Thanks, Grsz ¹¹ 04:44, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures?

How do I add Pictures to my wikipedia page?????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TnTcutie (talk • contribs) 01:07, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. I'm not sure what you mean by "my" Wikipedia page but Wikipedia:Ownership of articles may be of interest. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:26, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As may WP:UP#NOT and WP:NOTMYSPACE. – ukexpat (talk) 03:13, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps TnTcutie meant their user page? Hermione1980 03:57, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not MySpace, but we have some JimboSpace. TnTcutie, if your interest is pictures, you may like Wikimedia Commons. If you are willing to contribute your photos under a free license such as the GNU Free Documentation License, and if your photos could be useful in any one of the Wikimedia Foundation projects (such as Wikipedia), then you can upload all the photos you want, and display them on various gallery pages, such as commons:New York City or the equally exciting commons:Category:Wind power in the United Kingdom. If you tell us the subject(s) of your pictures, we could give you more specific guidance. --Teratornis (talk) 10:19, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wapedia

I'm not sure if this is relavent, but is Wapedia truly a product of Wikipedia? I sometimes use Wapedia as it is more mobile friendly when I am away from my desktop computer, and it all appears to be connected. Just curious. --Sweet Pea 1981 (talk) 03:47, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. Not sure, but AFAICT it is not. It appears to be a mirror (see this). Hermione1980 03:55, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not really a mirror per se, see Wapedia. The official English Wikipedia mobile portal is http://en.mobile.wikipedia.org. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 03:58, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category list order

I recently started a page on Catfish Stephenson and put it in the catagory for Wisconsin Musicians; oddly, though, it is the only one that comes up filed by first rather than last name. Did I do something wrong? --76.208.68.247 (talk) 05:15, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you need to specify that you want it sorted in the category by last name using {{DEFAULTSORT: Stephenson, Catfish}} [1]. See Help:Category#Default sort key and the sections above it. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 05:20, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How to Get Someone To Help Edit A Protected Entry

Someone has added a false (and potential libelous) arrest record to an actors Wiki page. It is protected, though, so it cannot be edited by me to remove it.

Who can be contacted to assist in removing the erroneous entry? The person who has added it (twice) lists their source, but the source in question is for a different actor and clearly says so. tracygee (talk) 07:05, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Go to the talk page of the article and create a new section like this:

== edit protected request ==
{{editprotected}}
I would like you to change _____ etc
Thankyou ~~~~

and then an admin will come along and fix it for you. Foxy Loxy ^Pounce! 07:14, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Protected entries can be edited by administrators, you can draw their attention with {{editprotected}}. Which page would you happen be referring to? If the issue needs discussion as well as administrator action, you might want to take your case to the biographies of living persons noticeboard. Icewedge (talk) 07:11, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at Tracygee's contribs list, it looks like the page in question is Robert Pattinson. The offending text has been removed. Hermione1980 14:58, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

File space vs. image space

What is the difference between file space and image space. How did File:Sandi and Jesse Photograph.jpg end up in the former when I uploaded it?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 15:53, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is no difference. The label "Image" was changed in the software to "File" to reflect that there are a lot of things in that namespace that weren't images - such as pdfs, movies and sounds. This change has apparently been on the cards for a few months now and the code was finally updated on weds/thurs. Nanonic (talk) 16:03, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Buttons

You know when you press 'edit page', the white edit box comes up, as do the buttons above it that insert bold and italic text, etc.? Those buttons aren't working. None of them work apart from the 'cite reference' button (and that's only there bacause I use refTools). Is this happening to anyone else? TopGearFreak 15:50, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Works for me. Is it a security/browser issue, possibly? Hermione1980 16:26, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disabled refTools. Buttons now work! TopGearFreak 18:27, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's kind of pointless, refTools is a crucial gadget. They should be working nicely together. I suggest you contact Mr. Z-man about it and tell him as much details as you can. Do they fail on IE7 for you? - Mgm|^(talk) 22:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Changing Password

Dear Administrator, I (Sicilianu101 (talk) 19:07, 13 December 2008 (UTC)Sicilianu101) have forgotten my password and would like to change it. How do I goa bout doing this? Thank you[reply]

If you have an email set, you may request another password on Special:UserLogin (top right hand side of the screen - log in / create account). However, if you do not, I'm afraid that won't be possible. Sorry. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 19:10, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Update) I'm afraid you don't have an email set, and therefore you will have to create another account to continue contributing. Apologies for the inconvenience, and I look forward to seeing your contributions. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 19:18, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]