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December 15

Working for Wikipedia

Hi,

I'm a great fan of Wikipedia. I was wondering if you sometimes hire researchers to help with the writing and research of your site's various articles?

Thanks for your time!

Cheers, Robert Inglis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.224.233.233 (talk) 00:28, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a volunteer service. Nobody gets paid. Jim.henderson (talk) 00:51, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting my monobook.js page?

Is it possible to have this deleted? I created it earlier today, then decided I didn't want it anymore and that I wanted it deleted. Since it's a code page, it doesn't seem like adding the db-g7 template would do anything. Thanks. - Purplewowies (talk) 00:35, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you need to add the db tag to the talk page. Яehevkor ✉ 00:38, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is gone. GB fan 00:41, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. - Purplewowies (talk) 00:43, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit incorrectly attributed to me on Hindi Wikipedia

Resolved

I just discovered that an edit on the Hindi Wikipedia (creation of an English warning template [1]) appears on my global contributions history. I never made it, and in fact I doubt that I ever visited the Hindi Wikipedia before. The account was shown as "SUL: Account unattached", yet when I went to the Hindi Wikipedia I was automatically logged in as the user who made the edit. Since then the account is shown as attached.

This looks like a potential serious bug to me, but I don't know who to contact about it. Any ideas? Maybe somewhere on Meta? Mail to developers? Hans Adler 00:50, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like they transwikied {{Vandalism warning warning}}, but when they did so they only imported it from the single revision you made to the local template, rather than importing the complete history.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:59, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I completely forgot that one can import edits as well as pages, and I forgot that I had ever seen that template. Now it all makes perfect sense. Hans Adler 01:17, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anytime!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:23, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfair Practice

6 months ago I contact Wikipedia to see if Black Fig Vodka could be article created. I was told after 48 minutes of various editors talking on line that I could not without over a million dollars in sales for this vodka. Now I see Bacon Vodka listed and they have nowhere near a million dollars in sales. I now again appeal to Wikipedia to create an article for Black Fig Vodka. All should be treated equall and you are not. Thank you and I appreciate if this is revisited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.120.152 (talk) 01:26, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sales has little to do with the matter. What matters is whether Black Fig Vodka meets our notability and verifiability requirements such that an article can be created with cited information derived from reliable sources that are independent of the vodka brand and its promotion and which discuss the product in some detail. Where was this discussion? It sounds like it might have been on IRC but was it written out on this site? What was the name of the page if so? Meanwhile, most articles are created (if they should be at all) because someone is interested enough to sit down and start writing. Since we are all volunteers, even if Wikipedia could and should have an article on this topic, asking here for one to be created is not likely to get action. There is a forum for requesting articles but when last I checked it was not very well staffed. One can also write an article as an IP through Wikipedia:Articles for creation or you can signup for an account and attempt to write it directly. However, please note our conflict of interest page (I suspect you may be involved with this brand), and also note that if an article is written like an advertisement, and fails to cite to reliable sources, it may very well be deleted rather quickly.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:22, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Help please with a new article

I created a new article Rufus Cole. I am new to wikipedia, and would appreciate the help. Thank you Standard2211 (talk) 02:22, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Birth date discrepancy

On Matthew Moy, the birth date seems to have triggered a dilemma for verifiability. Someone keeps putting 1984 (honestly, he doesn't look 27), with no source, when it used to say 1994, sourced from a Twitter post (Moy said "Turning 17 today") But a user added a note claiming that he was not serious about 17. So, now I have hid the info, until a source is provided. I also made a comment on the talk page, but wasn't sure if there'd be any feedback. What is the best thing to do? Tinton5 (talk) 02:57, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Until you can find a reliable source, there's not much to do. See for example, WP:DOB. Dismas|^(talk) 03:13, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A (non-reliable) source for 1984 is http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3211555/ —teb728 t c 03:30, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As noted, IMDB is not reliable. For more on that, see WP:RS/IMDB. Dismas|^(talk) 03:44, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Update abd correction to a user article about my enterprise

Dear Wikipedia Help Desk,

Please refer to URL link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Liwumi/Ecco2_Corp

The current article shows a few statements that are not fact or out of date.

<-----CURRENTLY THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE DISPLAYS----->

ECCO2 Corp. is a Texas based non-profit organization dedicated to assisting in climate control in the US and globally. The company recently gained accreditation from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Under the sister company of DBS Distributor the product lines of ECCO2 and ECO Systems are manufactured and distributed. For the past 9 years, government agencies worldwide have used ECCO2's patent technology to reduce greenhouse gases output by all motor vehicles, fossil fuel generators, and boilers. Major carbon emission reduction projects are in development in Haiti, Austria and Nigeria. (www.ecco2corp.org)

ECCO2 Haiti: A program developed to reduce greenhouse gases, create employment and help to rebuild the nation of Haiti. Working in conjunction with the Prime Minister to accomplish mission of economy restructure.

ECCO2 Nigeria: A program developed in efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, carbon emissions, stimulate the Nigerian economy, and increase confidence in Kyoto Protocol. Working with Nigeria Minister of Environment John Ogar Odey to achieve goals.

<-----END OF ARTICLE----->

<-----THE ECCO2 ARTICLE SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS----->

ECCO2 (acronym for Environmental Control of Carbon Dioxide) is a corporate interface for universal clean technologies that are sustainable, reduce carbon emissions, and energy efficient in residential homes, commercial buildings, and transportation.ECCO2 solutions consist of multiple partnerships with active companies that manufacture late stage technology grids that have displayed several years of proven results in the marketplace. The company has partnered with major job recruiters such as Manpower Corp in anticipation to create thousands of new jobs opportunities; something that is currently much needed in the US and many other parts of the world.ECCO2 brand is associated to for-profit entity, DBS Distributors, Inc. and non-profit sister companies, Fuel Concepts Pty Limited (Australia), ECCO2 Corp, and Center for Climate Change and Environmental Studies (Nigeria), that are also observer organizations for United Nations.

The company's highlights from the past two years include project development in Haiti (ECCO2 Haiti Foundation), which was supported by both, Haiti President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. Earlier last year ECCO2 formed alliances with non-governmental organizations and government agencies in Africa for clean development mechanisms to generate carbon credits that would be used as a source of financial aid for ECCO2 projects in developing countries.

The company has been seen in Wall Street Journal, featured in Forbes Magazine, and several other major media outlets such as MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, USA Today, and Yahoo News.

^[1]

^ News Release - Public Company on OTCBB Makes Multi-Million Dollar Offer to ECCO2 for Licensing Rights

<-----END OF ARTICLE----->

ECCO2 has many more news releases and editorials that can be found on our media/news page at http://www.ecco2tech.com/news.html

Other facts about ECCO2

Headquarters: Austin, Texas Year Founded: 2009 (Sydney, Australia) Founder: Cary Lee Peterson President & Chairman: Cary Lee Peterson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.28.82.19 (talk) 04:23, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The page you refer to is a draft article being written by User:Liwumi. If you have any proposed improvements, you could suggest them at User talk:Liwumi, together with references to reliable sources (like the Wall Street Journal or Forbes Magazine or CNBC (but not when they print press releases)) that verify your proposed change. Bear in mind that the organization and its press releases are NOT reliable sources. You should also know that if your version were in an article, the article would be speedily deleted as promotional. —teb728 t c 05:05, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sons Of Anarchy Founders

The article about the tv series "SONS OF ANARCHY" lists several names as the founders or "First Nine" of the club. I would like to know who authored that information, because as a fan of the show and I own the three seasons that have come out in dvd, there has not been any mention of the founders except John Teller, Clay Morrow, Pierpont "Piney" Winston, and Keith McGee. Could that author substantiate that information? Thanks! Joe Thornton <email removed> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.119.105 (talk) 04:37, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Look back at the old versions of Sons of Anarchy from its version history. The version history shows the editor of each version. —teb728 t c 05:34, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Arpaio

I've tried to enter a response to another comment about Sherrif Arpaio. It was TOTALLY generic, it simply said "agreed" to a comment I was trying to reply to which originally said "my hero" about Sheriff Arpaio. Upon trying to enter my SMALL comment, entering ALL the information that was asked for, and my ONE WORD RESPONSE, which could hardly be considered incendiary or inflammatory or insulting, I got a message that said my email address had been PERMANTLY deleted from the site. May I ask why?

Mark Manozzi ^{[details removed]} — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.127.140.90 (talk) 05:01, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The removal of your email had nothing to do with your comments. Your email was removed for your own safety; publishing your email address on a public website like this means that it will be used to spam you, or steal your identity, or to otherwise invade your privacy. To prevent this from happening, emails, and other personally identifying information (phone numbers, house addresses, etc.) are removed. You did nothing wrong, per se, except to ignore the warning pasted at the top of the page where you posted your message, explaining exactly that. --Jayron32 05:13, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you create a user account. Then, people will be able to contact you via email through Wikipedia, without you needing to reveal your email address. Chzz ► 09:19, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Upload resume

I want to upload my resume and history of my City in Nigeria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.127.54.75 (talk) 05:47, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid you are mistaken. This is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and not a place to host your online resume. You may be looking for a website like LinkedIn instead. --Jayron32 06:03, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But you are very welcome to contribute historical information to an article about your city (or even create such an article if it doesn't exist), provided that all the information you add is referenced to independent reliable sources and is not original research or copyright violations. --ColinFine (talk) 08:09, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

black listed

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The user name "IKnowEverythingAboutAnything" has been banned from creation as it matches one or more blacklisted character strings.

>

this message pops up when i try to log in to the commons. why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IKnowEverythingAboutAnything (talk • contribs) 06:33, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They might be able to help you better at Commons:Commons:Help desk. You don't need to be logged in to post there. Mention that you do have this account on English Wikipedia. —teb728 t c 07:29, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think, probably, the question can best be answered by a Bureaucrat on Commons - so I have asked on Commons:Commons:Bureaucrats' noticeboard#"IKnowEverythingAboutAnything" blacklisted. Chzz ► 09:06, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The answer from Commons is that a username there cannot have more than 30 characters, including the User: namespace prefix. —teb728 t c 01:55, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

However, there seems to be some way around it, because if I'm rightly understanding a note that Kwj2772 left, your account it about to be created over there. Nyttend (talk) 02:28, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback links in watch list

Is there a way to disable the rollback links in my watchlist? They don't play well with a touchscreen and fat fingers. Yworo (talk) 08:24, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

One option is, of course, to remove the 'rollback' permission from your user account. But maybe you want it, just not on that one page?

I think that's a bit tricky, so I'll ask over on the Village Pump/Technical...please see over there for replies...

Moved to WP:VPT § Rollback links in watch list

Chzz ► 08:58, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cary Capparelli

There is a public interest page titled: Cary Capparelli

It included information on him as a candidate for political offices.

Within the last 3 weeks someone changed the photo. There is now a photo of Mike Quigley who was an opponent in one of the elections. The information was also changed to generic information about Quigley winnning a congressional seat.

The photo needs to be removed as it is not Cary Capparelli and the information should be returned to its former copy - OR - change the title of the page to Mike Quigley. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.34.22.142 (talk) 08:55, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There was an article titled R. Cary Capparelli (or Cary Capparelli).

It was an accurate article and professionally written.

About 3 weeks ago it was removed. One can assume it was removed by a political opponent.

This article should be returned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.34.22.142 (talk) 08:59, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On 21 November, Jerzeykydd (talk · contribs) "merged" the article on Mr. Capparelli into the election article, by changing it into a redirect, with this edit. That's fine (we encourage bold editing) but, because I cannot see any discussion about it, I have undone that [2], which has restored the article Cary Capparelli.

Please discuss it on Talk:Cary Capparelli#Merger. Thanks, Chzz ► 09:12, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Logged out of facebook on my PC ,GRAND SON LOGGED IN

My grand son used my PC and is loged into my facebook. How do I remove him off my PC and re-log into my face book ON MY PC HAVE ALSO FORGOTTEN MY PASSWORD -this Granny needs help- Mrs Christine Erasmus Many thanks ,much appreciated — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.177.50.118 (talk) 10:21, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing § Logged out of facebook on my PC ,GRAND SON LOGGED IN

Chzz ► 10:23, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Second 2011 Editor Survey"

I'm an experienced user, so I'm baffled to be baffled.

I had a message appear at the top of a user talk page I was editing, mentioning the "Second 2011 Editor Survey" and telling me to click "here", warning it may be the only time I see the message. When I clicked "here", the message had indeed disappeared, but I was back on the user talk page I'd started at.

After a bit of head scratching, and searching, I have no idea what's going on.

Any ideas? --Dweller (talk) 11:04, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does this article in The Signpost help any? The banner was taken down shortly after it began to appear. RJFJR (talk) 15:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Think the article is about a different banner, RJFJR. --FormerIP (talk) 15:35, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am still investigating this issue. If anyone else experiences this, please report it at meta:Research_talk:Wikipedia_Editors_Survey_November_2011 Also, as PowerIP pointed out, this survey is not related to the Harvard/SciencePo study in any way. Akhanna (WMF) (talk) 21:01, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Appeals

This could be the wrong place to post this message, but I find your personal appeals at the top of the page a bit creepy. It looks like a scam. I'm not sure if its the graphics or what, but I feel like you are pressuring people for money every time I go on your website! Admittedly I use wikipedia quite a lot to quickly gain information, but do not feel I should have to pay a monthly fee to access this! If I wanted to spend money I would not be on the internet, I would be in a book shop buying an encyclopaedia. If wikipedia didn't exist, it would just take a bit longer to trawl through other websites to get information. No biggie. I think you should take a leap out of Facebook's ideas. Probably the most used website in the world, and the adds don't bother me AT ALL. I use it everyday, facebook makes money, advertising companies are happy. Every one is happy. Just whack some adverts on your site to break even! you don't have to do it for profit. No-one will care!! I know you have your morals, but have some business sense!

Hope this helps,

C

(Could you pass this on to the right people if this is the wrong place to post it? Thank you kindly) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.19.126.18 (talk) 11:23, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will certainly pass your message along to the Wikimedia Foundation, yes.

However, it's really the Wikipedia community which has - after lots of discussion - rejected adverts. Part of the reason is, because we strongly want to keep it neutral. You can see some of the reasoning in WP:PEREN#Advertising. Chzz ► 11:36, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have now copied the above to Meta:Talk:Fundraising_2011#Comment re fund-raising copied from English Wikipedia help desk. Chzz ► 12:06, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Convert to excel

I would like to take a table on one of your articles and put it into an excel table. Copying and pasting did not work. Is there an easy way to do this?174.254.192.231 (talk) 13:45, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not aware of a converter for the special wiki source syntax used to generate tables. and simply copy/pasting from the displayed article doesn't seem to work. However, if I save the article in HTML format, Excel can then open it and does correctly translate the tables into rows and columns of cells. DMacks (talk) 17:07, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How can I use GLNF inside an infobox without screwing it up?

Is there a way to use {{GLNF}} without screwing up infoboxes? See for example this edit where I replaced an infobox image with the GLNF template. Is there a solution that makes this template work with infoboxes? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:45, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't see how it could be used with infoboxes such as {{Infobox scientist}} where the "image" parameter is just the name of the image file. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:55, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

why is my FACTUAL edit of IPPOLIT wikie deleted and BLOCKED

if the one who blocked me will come forward they might learn something useful and FACTUAL NOT in the wiki instead of acting like some jumped little HITLER

THESE ARE FACTS Source codes are released by the authors / makers & Decemberists . In Febuary 2010 windows compiler Peter Pan brought Ippolit to Worlds attention when his compile (mod63 )of Decemberists source code IvanHoe 999963 Beta became the fist MP Engine to break Rykba 3 domination of computer chess by becoming the then worlds strongest chess engine Note * Decembrist-57703 and VadimVolkov were instrumental in making the original source code that Peter Pan compiled for windows (other windows compilers ie Leonardovinci , Vlad0 , K.L.O and more have continued to keep Ippolit /IvanHoe on centre of world computer chess's stage Ippolit ( Robbolito )derivative Houdini is presently the Worlds strongest chess engine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angels 77 (talk • contribs) 16:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This may very well be factual, but we don't add material to articles without published reliable sources to back them up. Find these, and it can go in the article. And on the subject of 'learning something useful', after you have read WP:RS, read WP:NPA. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:45, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Login Unification

I have been making edits for some time as Tearaway in en.wikipedia.org and I just made a Wiktionary edit and wanted to unify my accounts to be able to indentify myself for this and any other future Wiktionary edits. Apparently, I can't unify my account since the same user name "Tearaway" has a home account at de.wikipedia.org.

Is there any way around this? I would be OK with changing my own user name, but would like to preserve my existing account, rather than starting a new one, if possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tearaway (talk • contribs) 17:04, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are in luck - according to this report you only need to make four more edits to overtake the German account. Once you've done that you should be unify your accounts; you will then own the "Tearaway" account name in all projects except the German one. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:08, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks! I'll make the edits tonight, I have some I have been sitting on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tearaway (talk • contribs) 17:25, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Need help creating/requesting a page for a book

Not sure if im asking this in the correct area, but I am unable to find a wiki page for the book "Young Years: Best Loved Stories For Little Children" I wanted to ask someone to make one or help me make one as i'm not extremly good with these things, but i couldnt figure out how to request it... Thanks in Advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.21.30.4 (talk) 17:21, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, please read Wikipedia's criteria for notability for books. If you believe that those requirements are met, please provide reliable sources to justify that contention. If you are contemplating writing your first article, try reading WP:Tutorial and WP:1st. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:30, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ive tried reading all of that plus quite a few other links but i dont understand 95% of it which is why i asked for help actually doing it rather then attempting it myself — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.21.30.4 (talk) 18:16, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you are trying to convince someone of the subject's notability in order to persuade them to write such an article, you might care to note that while a Google search for the phrase "Young Years: Best Loved Stories For Little Children" finds only one relevant hit, if you change the search phrase to "Young Years: Best Loved Stories and Poems For Little Children" you will find many more results. You might try adding your request to Wikipedia:Requested articles/Arts and entertainment/Literature, but you will see how long the queue of requests is. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:34, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I want this pic deleted

Hi i was just experimenting and never intended to upload this picture [3] but unfortunately i got confused and uploaded it at wikimedia commons...can you PLEASE delete it right away? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SoapJar21 (talk • contribs) 18:07, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have tagged it for deletion. You may get some automated messages at your talk page; just ignore them. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:25, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Account unavailable

Why is my account temporary unavailable?please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.0.8.224 (talk) 18:24, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid this isn't enough information for me to answer properly. For help with logging in to a Wikipedia account, see Help:Logging in. If the account is at some other website, then you will need to look at that website's help pages. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:28, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

AD's on WikipediA

It is SO Freaking hard to find out how to simply ask a question or comment on this site! I see that I'm not alone in the matter. Someone else quoted it a "Maze". Agreed. Anyway as a loyal reader, I wouldn't mind advertisements on your site. Then members can choose to block them, where as non members would have no choice. If donations do not do so well, Please, Please consider selling AD space to save WikipediA. I'd rather a stupid banner... then NO WikipediA at all. PLEASE Don't just take my word for it: Set up a petition and ask the people (Ad's or NO WikipediA), I bet you'd be surprised. Keep up all your great work everyone! Digital Hunny — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.188.67 (talk) 19:01, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are apparently assuming that the donations are not sufficient. They are. There is no need for ads. -- kainaw ™ 19:10, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, I don't know why everyone has such a hard time about a banner at the top of the site every few months. The donation scheme has worked for National Public Radio here in the States for decades as well as for other non-profits. I really don't see the problem. And adding an advertising department would just add to the overhead of the organization. You'd have to have people making phone calls and knocking on doors to sell the space, those same people would have to field questions about "Why was my ad put on such and such article?!", and then there'd be all the coding involved. With a simple banner, all they have to do is throw the banner up there and then point people to the donation software to accept payments. Am I the only one who saw the header for the section and thought "What's an AD?" and then tried to work out some sort of acronym involving Administrators? Dismas|^(talk) 19:20, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am interested in why you found it hard to ask a question. We have lots of pages, each for asking different kinds of questions but, by now, I would hope our guidance would lead you to the right one. Where did we fail? Rmhermen (talk) 19:49, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not quite sure why people who object to banners at the top of the page every few months are all in favour of replacing them with... banners at the top of the page all the damn time. Additionally, Digital Hunny, if you set up a petition and asked the people who actually do the "great work" of which you speak whether they wanted ads or no further work on Wikipedia, I bet you'd be surprised. Although I'm a low-level editor, I certainly can't see myself sticking around if the WMF gave in to advertising agencies trying to monetise the project. Brammers (talk/c) 00:06, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See also Wikipedia:Advertisements, which is an FAQ-ish page about why there aren't AD's on WikipediA. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:29, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Case sevsitive

because case sensitive restrictions limit information to users on searches and re: in this common era, please stop with the case sensitive restrictions on searches. these case sensitive restrictions on searches add unnecessary heartache time waste and unneeded frustrations. thank you for your consideration on this matter. i am an english teacher. kevin c. watkins san francisco, ca ^{[details removed]} — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.10.71 (talk) 20:46, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you press the "Search" button, case doesn't matter. The "enter" key on your computer defaults to the "Go" button, which will take you to the article or redirect with that exact name. If there isn't one with that name, it takes you to the search results page. - Purplewowies (talk) 03:41, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Jack" McCall

So Called Jack McCall was my great uncle and your article on him is riddled with errors. I would like to correct some of those errors but don't know how do do that. Would you let me know how to do that?

His name was Julius (he had a twin sister named Julia) and his sister Mary Jane was my Grandmother.

I would be happy to supply you with complete information on Julius McCall if you will tell me How to do it.

Thank you,

Howard C. Hallford ^{[details removed]} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drofllah (talk • contribs) 20:49, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your concerns Howard. We are indeed interested in getting it right. Assuming your great uncle is the same Jack McCall that killed Wild Bill Hickock, the article at Wikipedia could certainly use some help. The one thing it absolutely needs is reliable sources (please read Wikipedia:Reliable sources so that any information in the article will be verifiable (see Wikipedia:Verifiability. What we need is good sources to cite. The idea is that Wikipedia should not be a publisher of original research (See Wikipedia:No original research), but rather should merely aggregate or collect information which is published elsewhere. If you have access to written, published, and reliable source material (books, magazines, journals, reliable online sources, etc.) which have more accurate information about Jack McCall, you can add pertinent information (in your own words, of course) and then cite those books or magazines as the source of the information. If the technical aspects of doing so are daunting for you (it can be for new users), then you can leave a message at Talk:Jack McCall with the updates you would like to make and the sources of your information, and another person may come along to work your information into the article. We are quite interested at Wikipedia in "getting it right", and we're always looking for other people to contribute who are as well. --Jayron32 21:09, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Help is sought with a new article.

Please help with new article - thank you in advance Standard2211 (talk) 21:47, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your creation of this superb article! I have done some cleanup and proofreading. If you have any specific questions, feel free to post here again. Goodvac (talk) 23:10, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

I am trying to change the title to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONCACAF_Women%27s_Gold_Cup

The CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup took place in 2000, 2002 and 2006. Starting in 2010, the tournament was called the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifier (it was not called the Women's Gold Cup). How do we change the title of this article?

We also need to change the title for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_CONCACAF_Women%27s_Gold_Cup

Thank you Richard Scott National Teams Communications, Canadian Soccer Association, <redacted> (editor's note - yes, I was there and brought home the trophy to Ottawa, so I can send a picture to confirm that this was not a Gold Cup tournament / the last Women's Gold Cup was in fact 2006). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.210.173.222 (talk) 22:24, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reference for this? For this relatively uncontroversial change, something from ussoccer.com or fifa.com or concacaf would be fine...Naraht (talk) 17:33, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[1] News Release - Public Company on OTCBB Makes Multi-Million Dollar Offer to ECCO2 for Licensing Rights

[1]