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March 29

Template: {{db-r3}} not working on redirects?

Resolved

 – Immediate issue solved through manual deletion; bug filed to fix the actual issue longer-term  Chzz  ►  13:18, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I placed a {{db-r3}} template on a redirect yesterday and noticed that nothing happened (the template didn't appear). I thought this was because the redirect was actually a Commons redirect, so I undid my edit. But today, when I place the CSD template on the File:Doris_Day7.jpg redirect, I'm still not getting the template to appear. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:19, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I just re-added a {{db-r2}} template to the Bierstadt redirect, and in the preview, it worked fine. When I completed the edit, no template appears. :( – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:21, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't see the template either. Maybe the template coding doesn't work on file redirects? – ukexpat (talk) 20:42, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Probably because the redirect is on Commons, but your template is on Wikipedia. —teb728 t c 20:45, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I just received filemover status and I've had no problems tagging both redirects and redirects-from-Commons recently, up until yesterday. It should be working! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:53, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

The only way it could have worked in the past would be like if when you tried to edit File:Bierstadt Albert Lower Yellowstone Falls.jpg it automatically routed you to Commons:File:Bierstadt Albert Lower Yellowstone Falls.jpg. Once you created the local page the effort was doomed, for admins on Commons don’t see the local page. BTW, someone should delete the local page. —teb728 t c 21:20, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm not following. Like i said, I've never had a problem with this before. I'm tagging the redirect, I'm not being routed to the file and tagging the file. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Its a bug - bugzilla:28299. Note, the template is still on the page, its just not visible because its being overriden by the redirect. (but any categories it add should be added, and the page should still appear on whatlinkshere for the template). Bawolff (talk) 22:08, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

So what you're saying is to proceed as normal, tag the redirects, but that I should add the Category:Candidates for speedy deletion category manually? I will do this to the two redirects in question. Thanks! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, the category doesn't show up on the redirect either: [1]. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:20, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

That bug report does not show the symptoms here, for the redirect page has no older version. If there is a bug here, it is that the local content does not show in addition to (or instead of) the Commons page. —teb728 t c 23:06, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

It's a bug. Our lovely devs will fix it ASAP. Meanwhile, I suggest you tag those specific pages with something like this; STRUCK see below  Chzz  ►  00:04, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

{{db|1=Please delete this, per R3; there is a weird glitch preventing me from just tagging this page in the normal way - see https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28299. See also [[Wikipedia:Help_desk##.7B.7Bdb-r3.7D.7D_not_working_on_redirects.3F]]. Thank you.}}</s> STRUCK - see below  Chzz  ►  00:04, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

That looks about right to me; [2]

- you could copy-paste that (and amend it as you wish). Or, speak directly to a clued-up admin and keep pestering them with the requests. The bug will be fixed "in due course". Meanwhile, I hope that will suffice. Maybe we should codify it as {{db|G13#Chzz said so}} :p  Chzz  ►  23:25, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Neither of those db’s works either. It works in your User space test case because it is not in File space with a redirect in Commons with the same name. —teb728 t c 23:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Ooh, evil. Thanks for noticing that, TEB728.

OK, so; Keraunoscopia, I suggest you just put this, on your own User talk page;

{{adminhelp}} Please delete [[<NAME OF PAGE>]] per G3; I can't tag it in the normal way - see https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28299. See also [[Wikipedia:Help_desk##.7B.7Bdb-r3.7D.7D_not_working_on_redirects.3F]] ~~~~

That should work?  Chzz  ►  00:04, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Will do, thanks all of you for your help. I altered the section title because I think I'm having trouble navigating automatically to it. We'll see. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 00:25, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

save from sandbox

how do i save editing from sandbox ?

where is the save button when i am editing in the sandbox?

eustaciavie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eustaciavie (talk • contribs) 00:23, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what you are asking because the sandbox has the same "save page" button on the bottom of the page as this page did when you asked your question (didn't it? Do you actually see something different there?). If you're asking how to retrieve edits from the sandbox, you can always do so by going to the sandbox's page's history. Edits are removed quickly from there because it is, after all, a sandbox for testing. A few other things, I think you might get some benefit from trying out the Wikipedia:Tutorial. Also, it's a good practice to sign your posts at discussion pages such as this one (but never in articles) by typing four tildes after your posts (~~~~) which automatically formats as your signature with a timestamp when you save a page (try it out in the sandbox). Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:52, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

What is the copyright status of my image?

File:AwesomeBlue.png

I can't seem to find the copyright status of My Own Image! James1011R (talk, contribs, log, boxes) 00:48, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Since you say you created it, the status right now is that you own the copyright. You have two essential choices. You can release the photograph into the public domain, taking it entirely out of copyright, or you can freely license the image under various free license compatible with Wikipedia's free licenses. This means that you still own the copyright, but you are allowing free use of it (including for commercial uses). Whichever one you wish to do, you would place the licensing tag on the image. For PD, you could use {{PD-self}}. For free licenses, see Category:Creative commons copyright templates (I suggest {{CC-by-3.0-Works}}). So go to the image, edit it to add the appropriate template. Of course, you can simply retain the full copyright. However, that means we can't allow the image to be used here (except under special circumstances not useful to explore), and it will be deleted. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:03, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.

But I really want a CC-by-nc 3.0 license. James1011R (talk, contribs, log, boxes) 01:20, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, no-can-do. Wikipedia's license require that our users be able to have use of our content with very limited restrictions, which includes not limiting commercial use. See Wikipedia:Non-free content.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:28, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Possibility of giving WP email addresses to select users?

What are the chances of something like this happening? By select users, I mean people like admins, possibly CVU members, etc, STRICTLY for en.wiki business, for things like contacting companies, network admins, etc. Also it could be something only (?) accessible from the website, and could easily be shut off at anytime. This would allow wikipedia users to contact (suspicious, possibly) companies and others without sacrificing our inboxes. Any ideas? Yay/nay?  A p3rson ‽ 02:07, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

It's an interesting idea, but would proabably require adding another layer of functionality to Mediawiki. Also, I would be concerned that it could be abused, especially if given out too freely - bad behaviour from people with "official" Wiki(m/p)edia addresses would not be good for our reputation. I think some people (Foundation? OTRS volunteers?) have access to @wiki(m/p)edia.org email addresses, but I doubt it would be more freely distributed, especially as it's quite easy to obtain a free email address to use on Wikipedia. I could be wrong, though! Some more discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_64#Email_client_built_into_the_MediaWiki_software.--Kateshortforbob _talk 09:37, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I was meaning something for like CVU volunteers (maybe just CVU@en.wikipedia.org for CVU, etc.), and also something that was able to be given and retracted at any time with admin/ArbCom/etc. permissions, but I will look at that.  A p3rson ‽

Adding categories

Hi, I have written my article on Simon Gales (artist) and added the relevant subcategories for him at the bottom and his name was entered under G for Gales in the lists for those categories. But a few days later when I added a further category "People from Suffolk" it seemed to shift his name from the G lists to the S lists of names for all the subcategories I entered for him. Will this self correct over time?

I don't really want to purge my page ththough not knowing what I am doing.

With thanks Selag (talk) 03:28, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Bearcat fixed various problems with the article with this edit, which you overwrote, possibly mistakenly. I have placed back the defaultsort template, which categorized the article by last name, and made a number of other edits.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:57, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

The page is deleted on Yowlink

Hello, the page is deleted on topic YOWLINK. Not sure what the expectation is but I thought I wrote a great article. Who is reviewing the articles. I'm not a wikipedia expert but I've stolen ideas from other pages (hope that's allowed) in terms of the formatting-related characters, etc.

How do I change it to get Yowlink listed? Yowlink is no different from other social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, MySpace, and so on. Those are listed.

Please help. I tried the help-chat but there's nowhere on that page to type anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yowlink (talk • contribs) 05:09, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

The article was deleted due to Wikipedia:CSD#A7. In other words, there was no notability shown to support keeping the article. Like you say, there are articles for Facebook, Twitter, etc. because they are notable, i.e. many people have written about them in magazines, newspapers, etc. A major motion picture was even made about the creation of Facebook. If an article about a web site such as Yowlink is to remain, you much show how it is notable per the requirements at WP:WEB.

Also, since your username, Yowlink, is the same as the article title, you represent a conflict of interest. See WP:COI for more on this. Dismas|^(talk) 05:17, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

(e/c)Have multiple, independent, third party reliable sources written substantively about Yowlink? Can you point out where Yowlink has been a subject of focus in published books, television, magazines, newspapers, etc? That is the relevant inquiry because the subjects of Wikipedia articles must be notable (which is evidenced by such coverage) and the information included in the article must be verifiable (which can only come from such coverage). I can tell you that Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In and MySpace meet these standards.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:19, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Advertising warning - I have made changes to ensure neutral tone. What do I do Next?

Dear Editors

I've received some helpful advice from orange Mike and made changes to the page for Elif Shafak to ensure neutral tone. I looked at various other author and artist pages to check that it is in keeping with theirs.

Please could you let me know if there is anything else I need to do? I need to work out how to get the 'advertisement' warning taken off.

Many thanks in advance

Annabel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annabelr (talk • contribs) 09:49, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I've linked the article name in your question. This is helpful for other editors who try to answer your questions here. This way they don't have to bother doing a search. They can just click on the link.

And as for your question, when you feel that the tag no longer applies to the article, you can take it off yourself. There isn't anyone assigned to check your edits or anything like that. To remove the tag, simply edit the article and remove the template at the top. In this case, it's just below the infobox code where it says {{Advert}}. Dismas|^(talk) 10:39, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I've removed the tag, made a few minor adjustments and added a tag to one fact I think you need to cite, per WP:BLP. If it's not cited, I feel the sentence should be removed. Regards, CaptRik (talk) 12:26, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

What is the raw span class="history-deleted"?

Using the template Redacted example - (Redacted) what is the styles used in the span class"history-deleted"v and how do you find it ?

- 193.61.111.53 (talk) 09:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Example of deleted revisions in a page history.

That CSS class is defined in http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/shared.css as;

/*
 * rev_deleted [
 */
li span.deleted, span.history-deleted {
	text-decoration: line-through;
	color: #888;
	font-style: italic;
}

It is used on the "crossed-out" deleted revisions in the 'History' of a page, giving this appearance: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

I found it by googling, and poking around. There are so many places that these things can be defined, it's not so easy to pin them down, unfortunately.

 Chzz  ►  12:03, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Google reformatting Wikipedia for mobiles

Wikipedia displays very well on my Sony Ericsson mobile phone (which is not a smartphone). This applies to both en.wikipedia.org and mobile.wikipedia.org.

Unfortunately, when I open a Wikipedia page on my phone by selecting a link to Wikipedia from a page of Google search results, Google re-formats the Wikipedia page before displaying it, supposedly to make it easier to view on a mobile device. It actually makes the Wikipedia page less easy to read, and misses out content and graphics unnecessarily.

I understand that webmasters are invited to contact Google if they do not want Google to re-format their pages for mobile devies. Would you consider doing this, given that in my experience Wikipedia is already ideally formatted for mobile devices?

Many thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.198.164.141 (talk) 13:13, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Electronic Readers

How would you define the electronics that are used only to read books? There are so many new devices out, it is confusing. Besides the technical name, can you tell me some background info. on these readers? I am doing a research paper, so I would really appreciate your input. You could include topics like benefits, why electronic and not hard-cover books, etc. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.24.112.22 (talk) 13:31, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 13:37, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikitable aesthetic issue, maybe advice

Hello, I'm working on Scream (film series) and its largely fine but I've had a reader complain that the wikitable near the top of the page (Directly below the TOC and to the left of hte Infobox) is pushed down for them, like so:

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/3222/scream.gif

Though he admits that he is using a PC with a reduced working space thus resulting in a less than optimal browser window size.

The table at current is set to an 80% width and it appears fine for me and otherwise I've had no complaints and I'd prefer to keep it where it is as it seems the most suitable and logical place for the table to go. But I don't want to increase it to 100% width as it just creates a large gap between the 'section header' and the table. The culprit seems to be the infobox due to its fixed width but I don't think there is anything to be done about that.

This is what I see: http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9140/wikitable.gif

So I'm curious what I can do here. Is there a coding option, should I move the table or should the user just live with it as a result of using a smaller interface (Basically seeing what I do if I shrink my browser)?

As I've said, I would prefer to keep the table where it is if possible.Darkwarriorblake (talk) 14:22, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I see lots of white space in the table. Try removing the "width=80%", and the browser should work out whether the table can fit in the space left by the infobox. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:50, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I tried that, it works but then it returns to an aesthetic issue as it leaves a big gap to the right of the table and leaves no space around the text. Aesthetics aren't a HUGE deal but it doesn't look too good that way. If its an unsolvable problem though your suggestion might be a workable solution. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 15:06, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Article not visible

I cannot find the biography I wrote when I search for it. Has it been published?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/to_do&oldid=413614704 Judika39 (talk) 14:51, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Your edits were reverted because the location you placed them was not where they belonged. I moved your draft article into your userspace at User:Judika39/Nzedegwu Robert Olisa. If you click on the link you can continue to work on it there. Then when it is ready it can be moved into the mainspace. GB fan (talk) 15:03, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Inline Citations

Simon Gales (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I am so sorry to bother you again concerning the Simon Gales Biography; I would like to refer the first reference "Who's Who" as an in line citation at the end of the second sentence which ends in "....Christies the following year. " Could I ask you please to do this first one for me as I have tried a number of times and made a mess of it. I will by your example know where I have gone wrong and will be able to continue from there. I am so grateful for your help and advice so far. Selag (talk) 15:06, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done. But please note that you had reverted my previous edits to the article where I had corrected a number of typos. So I fixed those first, then added the ref. The problem you were having with the reference was the ref name, which I shortened. I also addedd {{Reflist}} to the references section to display the cited reference. – ukexpat (talk) 15:27, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Age Restriction

Hi, My 9-year old daughter is starting to get general knowledge questions at school that require her to search online for the answers. I would like to know if it is possible for me to restrict her access on wikipedia to age appropriate content only, and if possible, how to do it. Thanks and regards. Horecrazy (talk) 15:08, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

You may want to see this page for advice for parents. Regards Kayau Voting IS evil 15:10, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

How do I place a table of contents?

I have created a new page, and want to place the table of contents. By default it seems to be at the top. How do I do this? I have looked at other pages and can't find a tag or similar...

This is the page in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_Order_of_Battle_-_September_1939 Thanks! Heywoodg 16:18, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

If you want your table of contents to be after the lede paragraph, type the lede paragraph before your first section header. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:28, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

That is great, thanks a lot! Heywoodg 16:41, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

You can also control the table of contents by putting a __TOC__ wherever you want the it.--v/r - TP 17:07, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Double underlining of some words in articles

When a double-underlined word is clicked, a commercial window pops up. Is this a new feature of Wikipedia or an uninvited commercial intrusion? Wayne Roberson, Austin, Texas (talk) 16:47, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Could you please give us a link to an example of such an article? - David Biddulph (talk) 16:50, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

It's likily a spam/adware addon in your browser.--v/r - TP 17:06, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I've seen this on a mirror site - Is Wayne using http://en.wikipedia.org ? Arjayay (talk) 17:15, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Editing articles in other languages

The pages for Giorgio Battistelli in the English, German and French Wikipedias have all been derived (closely) from the Italian Wikipedia page (itself a copy of the biography page on his publisher's website). There are a few small errors in the work lists on each of these WP pages. When I get a clean list of his works and their premiere dates and locations, I would like to clean all four languages. Can I do this without setting up a separate account for each language (specifically, can I have a single, unified watchlist)? (I have enough knowledge of all four languages to add meaningful comments to the change logs). Thanks. Scarabocchio (talk) 16:56, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

You should check out Luxo's Gwatch.--ukexpat (talk) 17:01, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

that sort of works ... though not elegantly. Is there any way to get around the four accounts requirement (apart from anonymous editing, that is)? Scarabocchio (talk) 17:31, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Not that I know of. You may get some more ideas from the essay at Wikipedia:Integrated, interwiki, global watchlists. – ukexpat (talk) 17:34, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarabocchio (talk • contribs) 17:42, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

FYI: Multiple accounts seem well handled with the Unified Login Help:Unified_login. I've used the same username, Scaraboccio, in the new French and German accounts, and the Unified Login has tied the three language accounts together (and reserved that username across the rest of the Wikimedia universe). The help page also gives me the info about how to usurp the (lapsed) Italian language user. Scarabocchio (talk) 19:44, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I know it is not what you asked about, but as you describe the article in the Italian Wikipedia, it would not be permissible in the English Wikipedia as it would almost certainly be a copyright violation. I'm no expert, but I would have thought that a direct translation of a copyvio would itself be a copyvio. Better to write a fresh article from the information in it.wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 20:11, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I was already thinking about that. I wasn't paying a huge amount of close attention to the degree of paraphrasing, as I was merely trying to get a comprehensive and accurate set of data from any language version. I'll look more closely once I get my accounts sorted out. Scarabocchio (talk) 20:21, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Moving content from articles

Hello. I am working on creating a new Tsunami barrier article. Currently it is in my userspace at User:TParis/Tsunami_barrier. There is some content at Tsunami#Mitigation and Tsunami#Natural_barriers that I would like to split into this article. How to I keep attribution? Do I put it in the edit history?--v/r - TP 17:05, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Have you read WP:SPLIT? - David Biddulph (talk) 17:16, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't know why I didn't. For some reason I got it in my head that this was a "move" and not a "split" since I was moving it to an article I've already started writing. Silly me. Thanks.--v/r - TP 17:21, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Table issues

Hello, I seem to have some issues with tables again. In the article List of colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, which I am expanding completely, the table goes out of the normal page width. I've experimented by removing some sections, but it still doesn't seem right. Would be grateful for any help. Regards, Yes Michael? •^Talk 17:10, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Why not switch the axis? Put the schools along the top row and the degree programs on the left column.--v/r - TP 17:19, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

The thing is, I plan to expand the table to include all of the colleges (only a few are done as of now), and I'm sure that the way you suggested would not be suitable there. Yes Michael? •^Talk 17:23, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

What is that first column, "S.No"? Do you really need that?

You could use a smaller font.

In the below, I've used 86% text size, I've removed the "S.No", and I've split the word "Telecommunication" - and, it just fits on my 1024 display. This uses, {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 86%;".

College Name	Electronics and Communication	Computer Science	Mechanical Engineering	Electrical and Electronics	Civil Engineering	Chemical	Instrumentation Technology	Industrial Engineering and Management	Telecomm- unication	Information Science	Biotechnology	Other(If Any)
R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Apart from that...you could maybe use some "key" - heading columns as "Elect+Comm", "Comp Sci", and so forth - and elaborate the full names in a little key table. Try to keep it simple though; Wikipedia isn't great at such things, because it isn't supposed to be (WP:NOTDIR)  Chzz  ►  12:55, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thank you! Will experiment with it and modify accordingly. Regards, Yes Michael? •^Talk 13:08, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Looking for editor assistance on C-SPAN rewrite

I'm trying to gain consensus to overhaul an article I have a potential conflict with, about the U.S. television network C-SPAN. Recently, I had written a new draft of the article and posted a request for assistance on the article's Talk page. After asking for help in a few places, I finally received some useful comments from two uninvolved editors. They had some different ideas about how to make it better, and I followed their guidance as much as possible (see: many changes since initial posting). I believe there was just one outstanding issue remaining when, unfortunately, one editor was temporarily blocked over a separate issue and the other just seemed to lose interest. I've been unable to get them (or anybody else who had initially shown interest in the C-SPAN article) to pick up the discussion (all of it so far occurring on my Talk page), let alone move it into the mainspace or give me a thumbs up to do so. I am very confident that my new article is a substantial improvement on the existing one, but I'm also wary of acting without first gaining consensus. I'd be very grateful to anyone who could help me take this to the finish line. Thanks in advance, WWB Too (talk) 18:03, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Complete replacement is seldom a good idea. This discussion should all have been going on on the talk page of the article itself, not on your talk page. To what extent have you discussed it on Talk:C-SPAN? --Orange Mike | Talk 18:11, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

That's actually where I opened discussion first, but the conversation came to me on my Talk page, so I continued it there. I posted an update on the C-SPAN Talk page to let editors know that a discussion was occurring on my Talk page, but so far no one has yet followed it up. Also, I generally agree that complete replacement is often not a great idea. But when I started researching and writing in January, I began with the one currently in the article, improving it offline and then posting that new draft in my userspace. I've also incorporated the few (helpful) edits made to the existing C-SPAN article thereafter, to make sure I incorporated that material. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 18:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

how can i advertise on wikipedia

I am interested in purchasing as many US and International popunders per day with a 1/24 frequency cap using JavaScript tags only. Who should I contact? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.41.89.157 (talk) 19:52, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Nobody related to Wikipedia. No advertising is allowed here. -- kainaw™ 19:55, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Nobody. We don't permit advertising here, and probably never will. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:59, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Also, please reconsider your advertising strategy. As an internet user, I find popunders a definite disincentive to buy anything from someone who uses such methods to advertise their products. Astronaut (talk) 11:28, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

seperated,but not divorced

i have been seperated for over 7 years and i do not know the where abouts of my husband.I really would like to change my driving licence back to my maiden name,could you please inform me of how i can do this ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.123.202.232 (talk) 20:42, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. CTJF83 20:44, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, belay that advice. This is a legal question and we cannot give legal advice. You need to consult a lawyer. – ukexpat (talk) 20:48, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

In some countries it is a simple administrative procedure - no lawyers or courts involved at all - so maybe it isn't "Legal advice". Roger (talk) 11:34, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Alexandra Powers

Should Alexandra Powers be in the category Coverts to Buddhism? Because it says in her article that she was a Buddhist for 6 months. Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk)`

(edit conflict, I see you corrected 6 years to 6 months) Alexandra Powers#Personal life says: Powers does not adhere to any religion: "I've sort of looked and searched. I was a Buddhist for about six months.". That doesn't sound serious and shouldn't cause categorization in Category:Converts to Buddhism. Many people who see the category will assume she is currently a buddhist. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)