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March 3

Referencing errors on International College, Beirut

Reference help requested. How can I please correct my error? Thanks, Seekerofjustice (talk) 03:39, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You added four, nested but otherwise empty, <ref> tags to the article. A few hours later they were removed by another editor. Is this what you mean? Maproom (talk) 08:12, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of Nokia Products

In this Article of wikipedia "List of Nokia products"

In that there is "3-digit series since 2011" Article you have to Mention About Nokia 220 and Nokia 220 Dual Sim which was released At Nokia Mobile World Congress Febraury 2014 Along with Nokia X, X+, XL

http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/220-dual-sim/

This Is the Proof about Nokia 220 and Nokia 220 Dual Sim Above The Article

You Have to mention in this Article "Worded series (Asha/Lumia/X)Asha (2011–) " http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/asha230-dual-sim/

This is the Proof About Nokia Asha 230 Dual Sim which was also launch along with Nokia X, X+, XL at Nokia Mobile World Congress Febraury 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.178.250.39 (talk) 03:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you have improvements to make to an article, you are welcome to make them youself, or to suggest them at the article's talk page: that is more likely to get acted on than making suggestions for a particular article here. Normally information added should be referenced to sources independent of the subject, so a review in a reliable magazine, for example, would be better than using Nokia's own website; but where for uncontroversial factual information the manufacturer's website will do. (If you do decide to edit the article yourself, please note that it is customary to use capital letters only for proper names and the start of sentences). --ColinFine (talk) 19:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mulatu Teshome Wirtu

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H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu was elected President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on October 7,2013 by the joint session of the House of People’s Representatives and the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Prior to his election as the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Republic of Turkey. H.E Dr. Mulatu Teshome WIRTU was simultaneously accredited to the Republic of Georgia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to the Republic of Tajikistan, as non resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (March 2006 - October 2013)

Prior to his post as an Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey , he was the Speaker of the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (October 2002-October 2005)

H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome was elected speaker of the House of Federation on October 10th, 2002. He is the second speaker in history to be chosen as the Speaker of the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which is the Second Chamber of the Federal Parliament.

H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome has devoted his entire professional life to working for the Government. Prior to being elected Speaker of the House of Federation, He was Minister of Agriculture (2001-2002). During his tenure as Minster of Agriculture, he was Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26- Sep.4, 2002; Alternate Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the World Food Summit: Five Years Later in Rome 10-13 June 2002; Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the 25th Session of IFAD Governing Council, Rome, 19-20 Feb. 2002; and Head of the Ethiopia Delegation to the 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002.

Before his appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Mulatu held the position of Vice Minister (1995-2001) at the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation. He was in charge of international economic cooperation both bilateral and multilateral and lead the Ethiopian delegation in all bilateral and multilateral negotiations and annual consultation meetings with Ethiopia's development partners since in office at MEDAC in 1995. He lead the Ethiopian Delegation to all COMESA Council of Ministers, and

specifically Represented Ethiopia at the Summit level in Kenya (1998 June); Mauritius (1999 June); Egypt (2000 June). He was also Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to all the preparatory meetings of TICAD II and assumed the role of Rapporteur in all of the preparatory meetings in Tokyo (Nov. 1997) Dakar (March 1998), Harare (June 1998), Addis Ababa (Sept. 1998), and finally at the summit in Tokyo (October 19 – 21, 1998).

Before joining the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation Dr. Mulatu was in the field of diplomatic service: Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China (1994-1995); Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan (1992-1994); and non-resident Ambassador to Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines. He started his career as a Counsellor where he held senior positions as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 1991.

Dr. Mulatu's professional experience also includes research and teaching. He was a research and teaching assistant in international relations when he was a MALD student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1988 – 1990). He was Assistant lecturer at the Debre-zeit Agricultural College and Veterinary Institute of the Addis Ababa University (1982-1984).

Born in 1957 in Wollega, Ethiopia, Dr. Mulatu is fluent in English, Amharic, Chinese, Oromifa and tries a little bit of French. He obtained a B.A. degree at Beijing University in 1982 in Political Economy and Philosophy. In 1988 he obtained LLM in International Law and a Ph.D. in 1991 from the same University. After finishing his course works for the Ph.D. candidacy at Beijing University he went to the U.S.A for further studies in International Relations. He was at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (administered by Harvard and Tufts University 1988 - 1990) where he acquired his MALD degree in May 1990.

Dr. Mulatu is married to Meaza Abreham with whom he shares a son, Paulus Mulatu. His hobbies are swimming, Football, Tennis, Classical Music

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.55.104.236 (talk) 05:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome to improve this politician's article, but this help desk is not a good place to submit content for the encyclopedia. Please note that all new content must be backed up by references to reliable sources so that readers will be able to check the information for themselves. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I recovered password a few minutes ago. Ten Years Gone is a long time. I did check the article I started and was pleased it had evolved close to my original vision

Kyle Chapman page

I am Kyle Chapman I have complained before about Lefty wing activists misleading or lying on wikipedia about me. I have been trying to remove a misleading introduction done by a person who obviously has bias. I have done a talk to him/her but there is no change.

The primary issue is the misleading statement that I am well known for fire bombing a Marae, that is untrue as it is is old media news only.

"Haminoon" is the person doing these bias edits and I have concern of the motivations. In one sentence he/she has explained them-self as saying that was the only significant thing I achieved, however, as a social worker, serving on the crime prevention committee and many other social projects and leadership in many organisations, this is hardly the most significant thing, it can only be said by someone who has reason to try and keep slander in the header. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NZTrooper (talk • contribs) 09:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The statement in the Kyle Chapman article is "He was convicted in his youth of fire-bombing a marae". It is supported by two reliable sources. Are you claiming it is untrue? If so can you cite a source for that? It does not say that that is what you are best known for, that statement has been removed in a recent edit. As the subject of the article, you have a WP:COI. You should not edit the article directly -- make any suggestions on Talk:Kyle Chapman and use {{request edit}} to call attention to them if needed. Be sure to cite reliable soruces for any suggested changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DESiegel (talk • contribs) 13:59, 3 March 2014‎ (UTC)[reply]

The lead of an article ought to summarise the rest of it. But the mention of fire-bombing a marae appears only in the lead. This statement, with its references, ought to be moved to the body of the article. Maproom (talk) 17:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of points; I grew up in the same suburb as Mr Chapman and I can assure everyone that the fire-bombing of a marae was an incredibly significant and unusual event. I understand this needs to be expanded on before being placed back in the lede. Mr Chapman is also well known as a serial political candidate but I have never seen any references to him being a social worker, which I doubt is true. Haminoon (talk) 21:24, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Replacing an entry created in my name (without my approval)

I would like to create a new entry for myself to replace one (titled by my name) that some unidentified creature has established without my knowledge or approval. How do I do this? Thanks. Richard Barsam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.170.222 (talk) 16:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, you are unlikely to get far in Wikipedia when your first sentence is to describe an experienced editor as a "creature".

Secondly, we don't need, or even want, your approval to write an article about you - provided you are notable - in our meaning of the word some one will write an article about you - although reading the talk page, there are questions as to whether you actually merit an article, or not.

Thirdly, because you have a conflict of interest the one person who should not be writing an article about you, is you. Furthermore, anyone closely related to you should not do so either.

If you wish to propose any changes, to the article please suggest them at Talk:Richard Barsam and provide reliable, independent, sources where the information can be verified. - Thank you Arjayay (talk) 17:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Turn off 'mentioned you' notices?

How do I get rid of the notice that pings you when you're mentioned on a talk page or whatever? I have a whole stack of them today but when I check there's nothing there, so the system may be on the fritz. Doesn't seem an essential feature so I'll just turn it off if it's possible. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:49, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you click on the notification, at the bottom is a link to set your preferences for notifications. GB fan 16:58, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, no idea how I missed that. Thanks! Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:09, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't give examples of pages you were notified about and the notifications are only visible to you so we cannot investigate but I guess there actually was a link to your user page at the time, maybe from a transclusion. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded an Image of a Statue

I uploaded an image picture of a Statue of St. Therese the Little Flower. I think I did it correctly. Now I don't know where to find it to look at it. Can you help me to find the Wikipedia Commons page where it would show the picture.Polkateer (talk) 17:19, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go: [1] also, the page listing your Commons contributions is [2] Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:26, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder how old that statue is. I fear that it may still be restricted by copyright, meaning that you should not upload a picture of it to Wikipedia Commons. Maproom (talk) 18:07, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Polkateer, Maproom: I have no information about that specific statue but we have to assume it's post May 17, 1925, since that's when she was was canonized.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:20, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why do vehicles emit carbon dioxide?

Why do vehicles emit carbon dioxide??

Umang Shukla — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.52.96.19 (talk) 17:21, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please do your own homework.

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misinterpretation, but it is our aim here not to do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn nearly as much as doing it yourself. Please attempt to solve the problem or answer the question yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know. - Arjayay (talk) 17:44, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting Photos

What HTML codes do i use to get two photos to line up side by side rather than one under the other?

I want to put

Biggish images
and South Dakota Wing

side by side.SDWG-PAO (talk) 19:55, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you're looking to do so in an actual article, don't. Avoid using unconventional methods for displaying content of any kind in actual articles. If you're looking to do this for some other use, you can just do this:

<div style="text-align:center">[[File:SDWG aircraft flies past Mount Rushmore.jpeg.jpg|500px]] [[File:South Dakota Wing.jpg|200px]]</div>

I just picked some random sizes (500px and 200px), you can obviously change them to whatever works for you. Scarce2 (talk) 20:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't {{Multiple image}} with the appropriate switches do what you want?--ukexpat (talk) 15:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now that I have my photo uploaded

I have uploaded my photo and see it in the commons. How do I get it inserted onto my message and question page for the reference desk? Polkateer (talk) 20:15, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just put [[File:St.Therese the Little Flower.JPG|thumb|Caption goes here]] where you'd like the image. Scarce2 (talk) 20:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorting by date in a table when you don't want to write it as YYYY-MM-DD

This isn't a question about Wikipedia per se, but about wider MediaWiki markup and syntax (I'm up to template antics on another wiki). Is there a way to get a sortable table to sort dates in "Month day, YYYY" format correctly that doesn't involve inserting the YYYY-MM-DD date in a hidden format in front of the text date? Is there any sort of way to create a template that would call the sortable date for the table's but display the "month day" one? Or is the best route (since this is a template that will create a sortable table) to create a parameter where the user inserts the sortable date that is housed within the same cell as the text-based date? - Purplewowies (talk) 23:13, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I *think* I've done it. I will come back if it hasn't worked. - Purplewowies (talk) 23:32, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Text of auto signature on edits says comment is unsigned.

Hi. Here's hoping I've found the right place for this question.

When I use the auto-signature device (~ x4)my edits are signed as:

Wayne 16:14, 3 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)

Which seems to be saying that I didn't sign the comment. Now I may be a creature of very little brain, but that seems confusing to me. I thought I was signing it! Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Wayne 00:51, 4 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)

EDIT: Oops ... think I found the answer in:

It is because your signature does not include links to your talk page or user page. See point #2 in the FAQ at the top of this page for more info and how to fix your signature.

I'll try that and re-post if I need further assistance. Wayne 01:01, 4 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)