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January 10

Nobody's answering!

What do you do if nobody answers your question in the refrence desk? (Superawesomgoat (talk) 01:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Then nobody answers. Try waiting a few days longer. It's not like everyone has an answer to your questions. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 01:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You should try reading "How to ask questions the smart way" by Eric S. Raymond to make sure you have posed a question that is enjoyable for unpaid volunteers to answer. In real life, to get answers to un-smart questions, one usually has to pay cash money to an expert, who will inwardly experience anguish if the question is really un-smart, but outwardly remain polite and composed if the cash money is sufficient. In communities of online volunteers, the only payment is fun. To get an answer to your question for free, you have to make it at least as fun to answer as the other questions that are getting answers for free. --Teratornis (talk) 04:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jimmy Valant

where is the BoogyMan Jimmy Valant of the WWF now defunct and the WWe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.104.12 (talk) 01:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It appears you misspelled him. His article is Jimmy Valiant. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Special Ops Paintball

The 01:13 edit, on 10 January 2008 contained deliberate inaccuracies and libel against Special Ops Paintball forum staff. The IP address that made the edit was 65.27.220.214. Please prevent this user from performing further edits on the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.44.224 (talk) 01:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The edit you removed appeared to me to just be vandalism, which you correctly removed. I've informed the IP you mentioned not to make such additions. Thanks. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 02:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I have a very simple question. Is it possible for an FA or a GA to also be an FL?--S TX 01:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so. If an article is any sort of featured, whether article or list, it's of higher quality than GA. And, I'm pretty sure a featured list is considered only a list and therefore can't be an FA. I could be wrong, though. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 02:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that a featured list is unlikely to be a featured article. However, my hunches have occasionally been wrong (difficult as that may be to believe), so you might try checking Category:Featured articles and Category:Wikipedia featured lists with CatScan to see if their intersection is nonempty. --Teratornis (talk) 04:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You'd do better to scan Category:FA-Class articles, since Category:Featured articles is now empty. Algebraist 05:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's reassuring to know that when I give a link, someone will actually click on it, even if I did not. --Teratornis (talk) 16:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

can not log in

every time i go to hotmail a page pulls up that is blank and it will not let me sign in to check my e-mail. why is it not working? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.28.171 (talk) 02:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't what causes your problem. I happen to have a working hotmail account but this help desk is for the Wikipedia encyclopedia which is unrelated to hotmail. Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge of Narumi into List of Alice Academy characters

Narumi is up for merge into List of Alice Academy characters.Kitty53 (talk) 02:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the notification, you may perform the merge yourself. You may want to see the merge guidelines. If you need help, feel free to ask. Best of luck, and happy editing! Regards, Keilana^talk_(recall) 03:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How do i type my own article

i would like to know where to go to type in my own article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dyertrini (talk • contribs) 02:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. -- kainaw ™ 02:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You may also want to look over WP:CSD and WP:NOTE as well. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 03:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles

How do I create an article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rct3guy (talk • contribs) 03:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From the previous post...

See Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.

Good luck! Soxπed Ninety Three | tc db 03:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

copying pictures with citation text from archives.

I would like to save some of the pictures from the archives but also want the citations that come with them. How can I keep the photos and citations together.130.221.224.7 (talk) 06:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

how many accounts do I need?

Very confused. Where I am now on this site, I seem to have been logged in automatically. I have just been at the Wikistore, where my username was not recognized. Suggestions: one username/password for all Wikis if not possible, a complete list of all pages where I need to login separately, with same or different username and/or password.

Background I do not see why a unique combination should not be possible. It exists in other systems I have a very very slow internet connection, only a few hours per day (live ib SE Asia). Creating a new account takes about 30 minutes. How do people keep track of all those different usernames/passwords?

I am not sure I will find this page back. I have scattered crumbs of bread... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poldebol (talk • contribs) 06:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you're on en.wikipedia.org, you only need one account (generally). If you wanted to contribute to other wikis, such as en.wikiquote.org, or different language editions, like de.wikipedia.org, you'll need to register a new account for each wiki -- they can all have the same name and password, if you like, but unfortunately each wiki is on a different database, and merging the user tables is rather difficult. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:53, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See these entries under WP:EIW#Username:

m:Help:Unified login and m:Single signon transition - moving to a single username (signon) across all Wikipedia domains

There are also several thousand public wikis that run the same software as Wikipedia (which is called MediaWiki), and many of them resemble the Wikimedia Foundation's wikis. You will need to create separate user accounts on any of those other wikis where you wish to log in before editing (many of them require all their editors to log in, as an anti-vandalism measure). --Teratornis (talk) 16:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help with display text

I am editing the stub for the New York Ukulele Ensemble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Ukulele_Ensemble). I am trying to make an internal link to 'costume party,' using the title of an event (the Village Costume Ball).

The coding that I have been using is Name of page|display text. I am entering it as Costume Party|Costume Ball (with the appropriate brackets, of course), but for some reason it still keeps coming up as red link. Is there a way to accomplish this that I'm not doing, or am I trying to do the impossible?

Thanks, DSJH (talk) 07:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're running into a problem with case-sensitive page titles. The first character in a title is automatically capitalized, but after that, links are case-sensitive; to wit, there is no Costume Party article, but there is a costume party article (note caps). – Luna Santin (talk) 07:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah -- that was my take on it, too. But since it's an actual title it has to remain capitalized; I was hoping to circumvent that problem. Good to know I had figured it out correctly, though. Thanks again! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DSJH (talk • contribs) 08:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Write [[costume party|Costume Ball]]. --ais523 09:00, 10 January 2008 (U T C)

Incorrect Coordinates on Google

Hi

I was using Google Earth and found that for my village the local church was relocated into the middle of a housing estate some 500 yards away.

The coordinates ( according to Google Earth) come from Wikipedia.

The church is St Peters C of E, Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnggold (talk • contribs) 09:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinates from Google Earth do not come from wikipedia. Lex ^T/_C Guest Book 09:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some of them do. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates and [1]. I haven't tracked down the source of these coordinates. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One set of coordinates can appear in different physical locations depending on the datum (e.g., WGS84, NAD27, NAD83, etc.). For Wikipedia's coordinates to plot correctly in Google Earth, the source of the coordinates must use the same datum that Google Earth uses (and of course the coordinates must be correct with reference to their datum). According to Google Earth#Specifications, Google Earth uses WGS84. --Teratornis (talk) 16:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The only Wikipedia article from the Geographic Web / Wikipedia layer in that area that had coordinates at the time of the Wikipedia database dump Google is currently using, is Inkberrow Castle. However, if the Places of Interest / Places of Worship / Other Places of Worship layer (which has nothing to do with Wikipedia) is active, there is a marker called "St Peter C Of E Church" at 52°12′52″N 1°58′54″W / 52.214473°N 1.981760°W. If that's not the right place, it's best for you to contact Google. --Para (talk) 21:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Diffusion of gases

What are some examples of diffusion taking place in our daily lives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.21.154.88 (talk) 11:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please see our article on diffusion and come to your own conclusions. The form of your question leads me to believe it may be a homework question and you get no benefit by others doing it for you. Please also note that this help desk is for asking questions related to using Wikipedia. Knowledge questions are asked at the reference desk.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See {{dyoh}}. You won't get any benefit if we tell you the final answers, but you will get benefit if you click on the following clues, read the entire articles, and construct answers for yourself: diffusion, respiration, carbon cycle, transpiration, haemoglobin, Special:Whatlinkshere/Diffusion. --Teratornis (talk) 16:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

United Kingdom Libertarian Party

Dear Admins,

The page that I created, United Kingdom Libertarian Party, was deleted by admin, Addhoc, because it "does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject."

I would like to ask what I might have done about that? The party is relatively new, but I had included links to its website and Electoral Commission page, so it cannot be an issue of verifiability.

I would also question whether the significance of the party -- whilst new -- is any less than any of the UK Joke Parties listed (except the well-known Monster Raving Loony Party) or many of the other minor parties listed.

You even have a Spectre (Political Party) page listed; this is not only a party that I (a UK resident and keen political anorak) have never heard of, but also is not registered with the UK Electoral Commission and is thus not even a political party.

As such, I would like to appeal the decision that you have made. Otherwise, I would appreciate some guidelines as to how the United Kingdom Libertarian Party page might be considered as significant as that of the unregistered "UK political party", Spectre.

Regards,

Devilskitchen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devilskitchen (talk • contribs) 13:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article was deleted because of ""United Kingdom Libertarian Party" ‎ (It is an article about a company, corporation, organization, or group that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject. ([[WP:CSD#A7|CSD)" Basically you didn't include enough information to show why this is an important subject. Everyone can form a club or organization, but that does not make it important. In your case, including links to newspaper articles or referencing magazines (not weblogs) that have written about the party or election results would assert the notability of the party. I have to say that the deletion may have been a little hasty, and if you contact Addhoc personally on his usertalkpage, and show him that this party is more than a weblog party, that he will gladly undelete the article. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do others think it might be an idea to request deletion of Spectre (political party) --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Spectre article contains allegations of notability and a link to an article from the Grauniad, so I don't think it's suitable for deletion. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. What I will do is wait until we have coverage, which should be in a week or two. Regards, DK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devilskitchen (talk • contribs) 21:58, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

editing

i want to make jessie caves profile but how do i everytime i go to edit it says type in and make sure there isnt one existing but their is because when i type in jessie cave it redirects to list members of harry potter yeah but joshua herdman and jamie waylett arent famous or recognisable but they have there own page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 984cooper (talk • contribs) 17:52, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jessie Cave's page is here. There was formally a short article on her, but it was thought she did not satisfy the notability criteria. Algebraist 18:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jessie Cave is not yet considered notable enough for her own article; there are two links in the Potter article to articles about her, but she is not yet famous in her own right. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Critical - Exposed IP address

I joined a discussion on the Aids page. I believe one of the editors accused me of being a 'sock puppte' of another user becase we shared similar, although not exact opinions. When I submitted an additional comment, my IP address came up exposed instead of my log in name. My user identification name for the site is Too.cat. Currently my IP address remains exposed.68.48.94.27 (talk) 18:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You have apparently logged off or been logged off by your ISP, so of course your IP address remains exposed. You will have to log on again. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can see at the top whether you are logged in. You can manually change the displayed IP signatures but they will still be stored in the history of the pages. It's possible to request removal from a page history but accidentally editing and signing while logged out is not among the reasons listed at Wikipedia:Requests for oversight. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV problems

Freedom fighters etc at List_of_Iyers. - CarbonLifeForm (talk) 18:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Content disputes should be handled through the dispute resolution process, starting with negotiations like requests for comment. --Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 18:57, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

template problems.....

I've been trying to create a version of Template:Climate chart that's accessible to people who only understand fahrenheit, and I've got something that's nearly working at Template:Climate chart convertible. I achieved this by simply autogenerating and hiding a fahrenheit version that readers can click to expand and read. The problem is that the it causes all text below the template to also be hidden. You can see the havoc I accidentally wreaked at the Tokyo article here[2] for an example. It seems to me that the template I'm using to hide things has the }}s paired, but on the talk page for that template others have mentioned problems they experienced when trying to add tables. Can someone help me out? Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:39, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, someone from the templates wikiproject fixed it for me. :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Company Stub

Dear Sir/Madam,

How do I add a company stub or company profile to Wikipedia?

Please advise,

Thanks, Ankush Agarwal —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankushagarwal (talk • contribs) 19:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Please see Help:Starting a new page. You might also like to take a look at Wikipedia:Notability :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 19:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for companies and organizations and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Algebraist 19:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Laundry Soap from Sludge waste from cotton seed oil refining

I would like to know the process of making laundry soap from the sludge received after neuteralising the cottonseed oil with caustic soda.I want to know

a) The process b)Ingredients with proportions or any literature or book available to learn the process. c) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.27.105.41 (talk) 19:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Saponification for information about the basic soapmaking process. The Cottonseed oil article doesn't mention a process for making soap from cottonseed sludge (presumably, the material left over after mechanical expression to remove most of the oil), but you could work out the stoichiometry if you knew the composition of triglycerides in the sludge. An excellent reference for industrial chemical processes is the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, which should be available in any major public library or a university chemistry or chemical engineering department library. If you know of a company that makes the laundry soap you have in mind, you could search the Web for information about its processes, or try contacting its engineering department. --Teratornis (talk) 05:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How can I change my user ID?

Is this possible or do I need to create a new user account? I would prefer not to lose my history. I simply am tired of this user ID. Thanks. Newguy34 (talk) 20:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Changing username. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I knew there was an easy answer, but I just couldn't find it. Many thanks. Newguy34 (talk) 20:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You may wish to bookmark the Editor's Index to Wikipedia, where you can find this item and lots more. --Teratornis (talk) 05:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of Wikipedia Term Please

What does the term "retrieved" mean in the context of the reference lines.

For example: News Article, Newspaper, Date retrieved 27/10/2007

12.33.141.36 (talk) 20:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It means the date the information was obtained. For example, if a newspaper is stored in a database, you will have the date the newspaper was published, and the date you retrieved the article, as in when you actually looked it up. This is important especially for online sources as the content of a page can change over time and the information on the retrieval date can be different than the date it was written and the current date.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 20:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) The retrieved date is meant to be the last known date an editor examined a reference and saw it was there and fitted what it is used for. It's intended for online sources which can change content, change url, or disappear completely. It would be fine for an online newspaper archive but meaningless for a printed newspaper. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)

Hello:

Would you please update this page (Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)).

Please change Montana http://www.doj.state.mt.us/enforcement/concealedweapons.asp to http://www.doj.mt.gov/enforcement/criminaljustice/concealedweapons.asp

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.7.2.160 (talk) 21:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:30, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I updated the page. Sbowers3 (talk) 00:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Use of ESA images

Can we use ESA images here?--Phoenix -wiki 22:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, ESA = European space agency.--Phoenix -wiki 22:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:49, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well to be more accuratly, "You can, BUT". As long as a no free alternative exists for what you are illustrating (no NASA images of the subject), and you are using a proper fair use rationale when you actually use the image. The images cannot be uploaded to commons however :( As a side note, i tried contacting ESA on this issue multiple times (requesting them to release a SET of pictures of Columbus and ATV under a free license was one of my requests), but like most government agencies, they don't seem to read their email. Perhaps I should give them a call some time. Similar problems exist for any other space agency that is not NASA --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's been some previous efforts on negotiating with them, but it's been a while now. See meta:ESA images. --Para (talk) 15:43, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Problem creating a page.

Hello. I've been trying for quite sometime now to create a new article. I've followed the instructions except the main part of that is to click "Create a New Page." There is no "Create a New Page" link there or anywhere else I've looked. I cannot find anything anywhere for creating a new page and am extremely frustrated. How do I create a new page and where is that link? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ICopyright (talk • contribs) 22:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just type the name of the article you wish to create in the search box and click 'Go'. You should see (among other things) a list of bullet points of which the last contains a 'Create the page' link. Algebraist 22:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you tell us what instructions you read and where you saw "Create a New Page"? We'd like to update those instructions to make them clearer. Sbowers3 (talk) 23:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look at Wikipedia:Your first article.--Addhoc (talk) 23:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is that a response to my query or to the user's initial query? It's a good answer to his question but not to my question to him. Wikipedia:Your first article has the phrase "Create a new page" but isn't a link and doesn't say to click it. Sbowers3 (talk) 00:21, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They were possibly looking at Help:Starting a new page, where one of the first paragraphs has a sentence that reads "Just type a title in the box at the bottom of the page, click "Create article", and start writing." The problem is, the box at the bottom has "Go" and "Search" buttons, not "Create article". Or, further down, "perform a search for the new title with the Go button (as you should have done before). When the search finds nothing, press "create the article"." I think that in the past, searches may have offered the option to create a page, now it instead gives a big bold link to the search term instead. I'll comment on this at m:Help:Starting a new page, because I'm not sure of the easiest way to fix it. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I fixed the second one myself (will have to wait until the local one refreshes on meta though), but for the first one, it looks like this has already been a bone of contention on the meta talk page and no-one's found a decent solution yet. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Specifics

Is it possible to create a poll, and if so, how? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paradox King (talk • contribs) 23:31, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion. If you say what the poll should be about then you may get a more precise answer. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanx, but not what i'm looking for. i think it goes like:

{{poll:???
question?
choice a
choice b
choice c
}}

but i've tried that already. if it can't be done, i probably just saw it on a different wiki.

I think you mean code that lets users click on their choice and automatically adds them up. The only place around here I've seen something sort-of like that is at Wikipedia:Wikipediholism test, and I can't figure out how they did it. Wait, I see: the link to the automated version of the test actually takes you to a different website. So, I'm guessing it was probably on a different wiki that you saw something like that. --Coppertwig (talk) 02:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

yeah, i think i just saw it on a different wiki, but thanks anyway-Paradox King (talk) 02:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews and Wikiversity both have options enabled for quizzes, and I think there is a similar extension for polls, but neither of these is enabled on Wikipedia, probably for performance reasons (or just because no-one's found a need for it). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I assumed you meant Wikipedia policy about polls and not special software to create polls. I haven't seen anything fully automated on Wikipedia (see meta:Poll). It's possible to make a bot which periodically scans a page and creates a count. See Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/RfA Report for a User:Tangobot generated count of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Bots must be approved at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is a MediaWiki extension or something like that which adds polls. It's installed at Uncyclopedia. For example, see uncyclopedia:Poll, and it's created simply with the <poll> tag. It's not available at Wikipedia however. • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 18:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How do I export to a MS Access format?

I have a standard AQT license for a month now and I've been learning SQL on my own. I work for the State of Oregon and AQT is required to query a very large database. In my former job, I relied on MS Access to query but it is not able to handle the size of this new database. I would like to export the results set in a MS Access format but do not know how to do this. For example, the results set resulted is just over 410,000 rows and I need to continue to manipulate the data. How can I take the data and save it as a MS Access table? Thanks for your help, Aaron —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.131.0.194 (talk) 23:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.. Algebraist 00:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]