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June 15

Monobook question

Is there a way to edit User:Juhachi/monobook.js so that the sandbox link in the top right between talk and preferences is a direct link to User:Juhachi/sandbox?--十八 00:45, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Turn off the sandbox gadget (It's under My preferences > Gadgets >Appearance > and uncheck "Add a "my sandbox" link to the personal toolbar area."). Once that is done, add the following code to your monobook.js page:

code

// Sandbox link
addOnloadHook( function() {
    addPortletLink( 'p-personal', "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Juhachi/sandbox", 'my sandbox', 'pt-sandbox', 'Link to my sandbox', 'A', document.getElementById("pt-preferences"));
});

And that should take you to the 'rendered' page directly, not the 'edit view' verison. (Note: this will not work as expected if you use the secure server - though it is possible to code for that, too.) ^Avic _ennasis @ 01:58, 25 Sivan 5772 / 01:58, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See User:Equazcion/NoEditSandbox. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:09, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And Help:My sandbox. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:40, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

earmarking a page

Is there a way to 'earmark' or save favorite pages? If so, how please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frogfuzz (talk • contribs) 01:22, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can add a page to your watchlist, by clicking the little star at the top of the page you want to watch. Or, you can add it to your bookmarks list in your web browser. RudolfRed (talk) 01:25, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone watch a page for me?

I have to get to sleep and there is an IP user that keeps adding unreferenced material to the Lexi Love article. Could someone who will be online for a bit please add it to their watchlist? Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 05:23, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add it to mine (I'll be on for the next 2 hours or so), but the last edit was about 2 hours ago. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 14:25, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A couple people helped out through the night (Eastern Time). Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 17:35, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Any way to have different display settings for phone browser?

My computer and phone were recently stolen, and my new phone supports editing (with wikEd even, which was more than my computer would do) and everything (though I don't intend to do it unless I have to). I was wondering if it was possible to put something in my css page or something temporarily until I get a new computer that would improve how the desktop site displays on my phone. Thanks for any help. - Purplewowies (talk) (How's my driving?) 05:40, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am not familiar with cellphone display settings and how to optimize Wikipedia's appearance for them, but it might help other folks here if you could spell out exactly what kinds of problems you are running into when viewing Wikipedia through your phone. If specific problems are identified, then perhaps others may have some suggestions for how to improve them. -Thibbs (talk) 21:18, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Condolences on the theft of your computer, by the way. There's nothing more annoying than losing everything you have saved on your computer. Which reminds me, it's probably time for me to perform a backup pretty soon. -Thibbs (talk) 21:20, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Missing bulleye

In the infobox for 1954 Adelaide earthquake the map is missing the epicenter bullseye. From comparing it to other pages it seems to have the correct info and I've messed around trying to get the bullseye to show without success. Can someone familiar with location templates check and point out whats wrong with the template or info? Wayne (talk) 06:20, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed with this edit, I hope. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:56, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It has been annoying me for some time. Thx for the fix. Wayne (talk) 15:29, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Archiving

Could anybody please help me in this matter? On my talkpage the archive box on the right side is showing archive number 23.Please help me to turn into archive number 1.Max Viwe | Viwe The Max 07:59, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed with this edit. I hope that doesn't confuse the bot. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:20, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank a lot..Max Viwe | Viwe The Max 13:16, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AGF / Wikiquette

Does anybody happen to know if the behavioral guidelines say anything about ABF usage of e.g. templates? The situation is, I'm involved in a deletion discussion, and the nominator has imho displayed some behavior that is rather questionable, especially considering he's the nominator. After contacting the user when he started tagging keep !votes as SPAs, I filed for Wikiquette assistance detailing the situation from my point of view, but nobody responded (not even the user although I had notified him of the WQA).

Now, he has tagged the AfD with {{Not a ballot}}, in what to me appears as yet another clearcut attempt to poison the well with pre-emptive accusations against those he disagrees with. Isn't such behavior considered borderline uncivil? And how is it in line with AGF to assume, in the absence of any plausible reason to do so, canvassing on the part of users who simply disagree with him and who (that would be the most plausible assumption imho) probably arrived at the AfD via the template at the top of the highly frequented nominated article?

Is this kind of behavior typical and acceptable for established Wikipedians? Any advice is welcome. I have decided against notifying the user about this discussion since he has been completely unresponsive so far, but if you think it would be better to let him know, feel very free to drop him a note. --195.14.222.155 (talk) 11:35, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article for deletion discussions are Not a vote, they are intended to be a discussion of policies, hopefully resulting in an article which meets standards, or the identification of material unsuitable for retention on Wikipedia. When multiple, especially new, editors do not contribute to the discussion beyond Keep or Delete, it is sometimes helpful to prompt them to elaborate as to the how and why. Dru of Id (talk) 15:21, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, thank you, I know how AfD is supposed to work. My usage of "!votes" instead of "votes" should have given it away. Armbrust did not "prompt" anyone to elaborate, quite to the contrary. What he did was to "reply" to reasoned !votes with just an essay shortcut (WP:ITSUSEFUL). After he was subsequently told by multiple established editors (including admins) to stop that, he then resorted to tagging IP comments as SPAs. Again, he did not "prompt" anyone to elaborate further. He simply slapped SPA tags on reasoned comments. And now finally, he has slapped the {{Not a ballot}} on the page. Do you, after looking at these diffs, still think his overall behavior in the AfD is acceptable? --195.14.222.155 (talk) 16:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

How do I create a redirect for a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshbob10 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

click on "edit", add #REDIRECT [[target page name here]]. Regarfds.--GoP _T ^C _N 14:02, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That wasn't very clear, GOP. The thing to do is to search for the word(s) you want to be the redirect ("Gooblehausen", say) to see if a page already exists. On the, presumably empty, search-results page, you'll see the line "You may create the page "Gooblehausen", but consider checking the search results below to see whether the topic is already covered." Click on the red link, and you'll get an edit window in which you can type what GOP indicated. You may also want to add an appropriate template from the "R from . . ." set. Deor (talk) 14:33, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fasting

You have everything anyone would want to know about 'Fasting' except how did the word 'Fasting' originate? How did 'not eating' come to mean 'Fasting'? Why that word, and from which language did it originate? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.22.105.236 (talk) 14:14, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 14:23, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a dictionary, so etymologies are not regularly given (though some articles contain them). However the sister project Wiktionary has "fast", and you can see that it is the basic meaning a word found throughout the Germanic languages. "Fast" meaning "solid, firm" is a different basic word, and the most common modern meaning of "fast" ("rapid") is a development only in English from that second word. --ColinFine (talk) 16:06, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Football / Soccer Prediction League

I currently run a prediction league based on the English Premier League and Championship between myself and 15 friends. We currently use Excel to calculate the tables, results, list fixtures etc... I have been running this for 2 years now and feel although I should start to keep a record of winners, losers, tables etc...

I'd very much like to use Wikipedia for this. I see the way the actual Premier League site has its page and I imagine I would attempt to make it look vaguely similar in the outline, but would like to have my own spin on things. I am not looking to advertise this to other members or companies, the prediction league takes up enough time as it is. But would mearly like somewhere to record the facts and figures of it. I wanted to ask if this is something that would be okay (before I put alot of time and effort in) to post to Wikipedia or would this page be deleted?

Any help would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MingeyMPL (talk • contribs) 14:30, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but Wikipedia is not a webhost. Try google docs instead, should be perfect for you--Jac16888 ^Talk 15:11, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Help with citations!!

Hi I page I set up has the following notices at the top "This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (October 2011)" and "This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations."

I added a list of inline citations and references a few months ago and the notices are still there.

Can you tell me what to do to remove them?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vferran (talk • contribs) 14:36, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the tags but added {{Bare links}}. Also note that IMDB is not a reliable source.--ukexpat (talk) 15:06, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

rebecca holden

she was born in 953 in austin, tx, not dallas,tx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terimccollum (talk • contribs) 15:02, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In the absence of a reliable source for either, I have removed birth place details from the article, per WP:BLP.--ukexpat (talk) 15:38, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote an article but I can´t find him on the internet

I wrote an article and I can see the article in my contributions but the articel does not appear in the intrant. What is wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siegwerk (talk • contribs) 15:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's at User:Siegwerk/sandbox, still unreferenced. Dru of Id (talk) 15:09, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Your first article, Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources, & Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. Dru of Id (talk) 15:13, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Would this be allowed on a userpage?

On my userpage, I would like to add a list of links to my accounts in other Wiki projects around the internet. For example, I contribute to both Bulbapedia and the Final Fantasy wiki, so I would like to be able to let others know that I have an account on those sites too. I've read the Userpage help section, and I can't tell whether a list like this would be too off-topic or not. ChaosAkita (talk) 15:21, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Such info can be added to user page.Max Viwe | Viwe The Max 15:26, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please add us to your site

Can you add our 501c3 non profit organization to this Utah page? (List of animal sanctuaries#Utah) Our information is Friends In Need Animal Rescue & Sanctuary

My contact information is Kim O'Donnell CEO and co founder of "Friends In Need". Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Friends in need (talk • contribs) 15:23, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List articles in Wikipedia should contain only items that have, or could have, articles of their own in Wikipedia, which in turn depends on the subjects being notable by Wikipedia's criteria. If several independent reliable sources, such as newspapers, have discussed your organisation, then it passes the test for notability, and may have an article: but because of your conflict of interest you should not write the article. See also WP:CORP.

What I recommend you do is first, do a little research to find the sources required to establish that your article is notable. Once you have found them, then go to requested articles, and offer the research you have done (we're much more concerned with what people have written about you than about your own publications or website). Once somebody picks that up and writes an article (which may take a while: we're all volunteers), then you can be added to the list as you requested.

One more point: I'm afraid your username contravenes our username policy, as it promotes an organisation, so that account is likely to get blocked very soon. You should create a new, personal account (it doesn't have to be your real name, but it must not purport to be for an organisation). --ColinFine (talk) 16:15, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deering High School notable Alumni

I would like to added to the List Of notable Alumni for Deering High School.

Andrew Lano II, Pro Caddie on the PGA Tour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.57.76.92 (talk) 15:38, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In Wikipedia parlance you are probably not notable per the guidelines at WP:BIO, so would not qualify for addition to that list (you will see that all those alumni are the subject of Wikipedia articles).--ukexpat (talk) 15:42, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Jiffy Lube"

To whom it may concern. i am requesting that the paragraph found below be completely removed from the article. Based on industry and manufacturer guidelines Engine Flushes and Fuel injection cleaners are a recommended service by all manufacturers. i.e Mazda. being that i myself used to work for a Jiffy Lube and was a personal service adviser, i was the employee in charge recommending the services and i would personally check the owners manual and call dealerships and see what they say about the quoted service. i feel that there are to many points in this article pointing out the wrong. i am, of course, bias to this article because i used to be employed there but nevertheless, the article has no solid foundation for that specific quoted paragraph except for a news feed. please remove the comment.

"In 2009, Jiffy Lube was found to be performing repair procedures on vehicles that were recommended against by the manufacturer due to the potential to cause engine damage. These procedures included engine flushes and fuel injection cleaning which can cause engine and fuel injection problems." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.90.103.110 (talk) 16:52, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That paragraph does have a reliable source so I don't think it should be removed without further discussion on the article's talk page.--ukexpat (talk) 17:19, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox edits

Is it possible to edit infoboxes? I have seen an incorrect reference to me (spelled wrongly) Trespass (band). Thanks 128.104.31.26 (talk) 17:51, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's possible. Just click the "Edit" link at the very top of the article. It's next to the link for the article history. Dismas|^(talk) 17:53, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Damon Dash

Could anybody tell me why the article was deleted and protected by Wikimedia office? I don't understand any reason behind it.Max Viwe | Viwe The Max 18:38, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Biography of a Living Person. Likely serious unsubstantiated claims/statements/vandalism centered around the major anniversary. Dru of Id (talk) 18:50, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Question about double-checking for sockpuppetry without violating WP:AGF

I have a question. If I've noticed that a newbie account is being used by an editor who has repeatedly made POV edits to an article, and that this editor also has a more long-standing account with which he/she has racked up over 6,500 since 2009, how do I embark or encourage an investigation to double-check this, without making an outright accusation of which I am not certain, thereby violating WP:AGF? I just want someone to double-check this. What do I do? Nightscream (talk) 19:41, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, remember that it is not having multiple accounts which is frowned upon, it's using them in violation of our policies, for example to evade scrutiny or to stack discussions.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:37, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So what do I do? One of the accounts has been used solely to add POV material to an article repeatedly. Nightscream (talk) 03:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

info in wrong place

in my photographic biography you have inserted an item about nude photos in mayfair magazine. this is a new insertion. i don,t see why this has to be inserted into a serious biography about my work. please remove it. it has nothing to do with my work as a photographer. thanks pamela singh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.19.231.127 (talk) 22:10, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed this material here. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:56, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So Tired of POV Edit Warriors

I've been trying to add a section to either the Koch family article, or the Political activities of the Koch family article for the past 3 days. I've been faced with stone-wall, partisan editors (Including a very troublesome admin) Arthur Rubin who has a Wikipedia record of being reported, reporting, edit warring, deleting other people Talk Page posts, etc. etc. in the hundreds. (See my Talk Page for more details on that. User talk:XB70Valyrie Every time I argue down the frivolity of their initial arguments they change their position over, and over, and over, and over again. I have made concession after concession and all they can do is pick more and more and more. I can see EXACTLY what's going on. A 5th grader could. I need Wikipedians involved who don't have obvious agenda, helping mediate this ongoing war.--XB70Valyrie (talk) 22:55, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you can't resolve it on the article's talk page, look at WP:DR for guidance. RudolfRed (talk) 23:24, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

They make me sad too. :( Jrretts (talk) 02:46, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]