Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/October 2009

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October 1

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 1

1. Wikipedia articles being sold for profit
2. Regular expression search of Wikipedia articles
3. GD & T for relation gauges
4. How can I change the title of my article
5. Article "Euler"
6. Templates in sandboxes
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_47_Okinawa_prefecture.svg is not clear
8. Linux article redirected to Linux kernel.
9. Is my Wikipedia entry live?
10. writng an article ona new topic and
11. Rollbacking
12. Writing in foreign languages
13. good faith edits but...
14. Vandals have posted items about me on wikipedia
15. how do i create a page
16. Template colour question
17. Image help
18. Where do I request corrections to an image?

October 2

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 2

1. Uploading Images to Existing Pages
2. My contributions to "Enterprise (NX-01)"
3. Possible Plagiarism in Polanski Article
4. Large blocks of uncited trivial material
5. What is the proper procedure for when the reason for an issue notice appears to have been resolved?
6. Enterprise (NX-01) article edit was again removed
7. full fashioned
8. Nicholas Hagger
9. load?
10. translations
11. need help setting my clock
12. Where can I learn
13. What happened to that user contributions page

October 3

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 3

1. missing letters from the 2001 series of the one dollar bill "in god we trust"
2. WhatLinksHere
3. Per row / per column table border properties and CSS.
4. Table converter tool
5. I just installed MediaWiki; how do I permit the public to edit?
6. how data is furnished by wiki
7. Should this article exist?
8. High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy
9. Adding a new definition
10. Question about Facebook or Netlog.com
11. Articles for translation
12. "Risky" template change

October 4

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 4

1. Help with renaming an article
2. mabinogi
3. Searching for information in English only
4. Unknown file type
5. wikipedia
6. Question regarding possibility of "claiming" contributions made when one has forgotten to sign in
7. Unknown File Type

October 5

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 5

1. Image not showing
2. new words
3. This page is a user's work in progress page
4. acid rain
5. Adding all articles in a category to watchlist
6. Transclusion of Recent Changes
7. NoteTA
8. Special:abusefilter
9. Infobox rant
10. Why can't I see my page?
11. A bit stuck with uploading an image from a book
12. Doed wikipedia need money?
13. Twinkle trouble
14. Twinkle question
15. Font faces
16. How long until I can see edit/new discussion topic?
17. speedy delete?
18. HELP ME

October 6

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 6

1. Changing link color
2. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 6#The_article_received_a_.7B.7BWhy.7Cdate.3DOctober_2009.7D.7D_where_it_makes_no_sense|The article received a where it makes no sense]]
3. physics circular motion
4. Header notifications of article
5. wikipedia on mobile handset
6. Translating Chinese wikipedia articles into English
7. How Do I submit an Article?
8. How ?
9. PARTNERSHIP IN SIERRALEONE
10. Tollund Man
11. How do I lower my Contents box so I can add a little more information to the introduction section of the article?
12. Translating an Article from EN Wiki to Japanese
13. Too Many Edits
14. Need help with table

October 7

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 7

1. Permissions
2. Health care certification in US
3. Question about merging contributions
4. Charlotte Beazley
5. Hints, Staffordshire
6. New topic
7. Unencyclopedic edits that are nevertheless not vandalism
8. removing outdated tag?
9. Correcting information in articles
10. Vertical space
11. can i adda aprticular page to view it later ...like favorite types ? or if i have added it to my book i can only print it but hw can i view it again?
12. 304-A 337 ipc section
13. Rules about using <br>
14. Help with first article search on google!
15. Help please
16. Translate French Wiki article to English
17. Why did none of my changes save???
18. How do you put pictures in Wikipedia articles?
19. YOUR VOICE COUNT

October 8

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 8

1. questions about creating new article
2. Deletion of picture
3. Starting a numbered list at something other than 1
4. When to use "et al" in a list of authors of a citation
5. Want to Place a BIO for a professional athlete/trainer by his request
6. Editing Page Title
7. Redirect importance
8. CAN I COPY?
9. Help
10. Special page editing
11. Closing a deletion review
12. wikiadud

October 9

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 9

1. I have a question
2. AFD
3. Article templates
4. Disparging remarks added to a page
5. MediaWiki:Loginerror
6. Uploading resources - Copyright question
7. kerry lugar bill
8. How do I report the article as pure advertising?
9. Can't access user page - getting "404 Error".
10. Adminship
11. What to do about an incorrect category?
12. Simple pedias
13. Mediawiki questions

October 10

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 10

1. Untrustworthy links on Wikipedia
2. The 'G5'
3. Nominated finance articles
4. Images in Spanish Wikipedia
5. How to create company profile?
6. red text from??
7. DMCA template problem
8. How can I HEAVILY edit my article without it being seen as vandalism?
9. Chasing WP links
10. Sorting on Roman Numerals?
11. Corrections to an image
12. Spurious category generated by example in template documentation
13. Braxton Bragg
14. Hogganfield - UK Infobox place snafu
15. IPA tone

October 11

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 11

1. blockcalc
2. Nari
3. Probable homework question about zoos
4. Categories
5. recent changes in wikipedia for the last one month
6. attribute translator in "cite...." template
7. Drop-down search bar
8. US Wiki Account
9. Linking from one Wikipedia to Another
10. "Choose character subset" section of edit page

October 12

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 12

1. If there is a thread on a forum that was covered in 2 newspaper articles, would that be able to be used to say the forum is noteable for it's own article?
2. Logging in to edit
3. Birds
4. Translation from Wikipedia.de
5. Page title
6. More on IPA tone
7. 'what wikipedia is not'
8. center inline some templates
9. Help with LaTeX quirk

October 13

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 13

1. Categories question
2. Edit war?
3. found old Barton & Reed coffee/chocolate pot
4. Spinning Wheel
5. Help, please!
6. Bot to help fix citations?
7. How do I report violations?
8. adding links
9. Gothic letters in HTML
10. Error in the Stana Katic article
11. Adminship
12. When is it ok for editors to change other editors Talk Page
13. problem with article title
14. Printing the editing page?
15. Raname an Image file?
16. New Page
17. I need to delete
18. Seeking input on restructuring of Biomonitoring-related articles
19. How to become an administrator

October 14

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 14

1. How are links "blacklisted"?
2. transplanatation of tamarind tree
3. Using macrons
4. Problem with the main page of Wikipedia in Occitan
5. is there trinity college and university in malaga spain that offers Phd degree is psychology
6. BBC iPlayer
7. Email
8. Hiding a page from search engines
9. Thumbnail not showing
10. American Wikipedia?

October 15

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 15

1. Category articles per page
2. How long before a new wikipage becomes visible?
3. Question about whether several related events should each have their own article, or should be spread into several articles
4. Citing from foreign language sources
5. Column chart
6. Uploaded new logo but old logo still showing
7. Maps
8. Should I disambiguate?
9. Wikipedia architecture and administration
10. Article search keywords
11. Reference templates
12. logging in

October 16

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 16

1. someone using my username?
2. id user
3. I's hates parser functions
4. Transclusion question
5. E-mail address
6. Infobox
7. Using the "ref name" syntax for "#tag:ref" notes
8. Untitled
9. How to turn off?
10. Source: Email interview
11. Templates
12. Duplicate tag
13. I'm involved in the company I want to write about... will the article be deleted for bias?
14. Portla:Current Events -- Day's Events
15. How do I upload music samples?
16. ASKING ONE QUESTION
17. photo magnification
18. List of Authors

October 17

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 17

1. Uncommon surname matches name of city in Turkey
2. ESSAY ON TRAGEDIES
3. Is there any way to organize a list from recent to old without doing it manually???
4. Is there anyway to get information off of a now redirected page?
5. Recreating pointless articles
6. Disruptive AfD exchange
7. How do I find the all the pages whoes name begins with X?
8. i was refered here
9. Image not appearing in article

October 18

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 18

1. Problems with my signature button
2. Help with deleted article
3. Buying
4. Draft articles on user pages
5. HELP
6. Internet Explorer and Firefox
7. UAA
8. Who is paid for working on Wiki
9. strong force
10. Question
11. My first edit
12. Default cursor

October 19

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 19

1. Monobook.Js That Makes Browser's Address Bar Reflect Original Page of a Redirect?
2. Edit count
3. How can I get Wikipedia to accept a link to my YouTube video?
4. Looking for a tool, not sure whether it exists
5. Disambiguate a redirecting page?
6. neighbours
7. Signatures
8. IP address question
9. article move protected, a year ago?
10. Template help, please?
11. Question about huggle
12. Question about wp:irc
13. Deleting public forum-like discussion
14. Where is it?
15. just simply adding info
16. Template piping?
17. AfD nomination of a full-protected article
18. Template for registered users with shared IP

October 20

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 20

1. Editing problem: page blanks itself
2. adding photo to existing article
3. template
4. Wikipedia's Home Page - where's the cursor?
5. How to give a suggestion?
6. Missing article
7. Incorrect location Information
8. Printing articles
9. fuel consumption calculation
10. Uploading logos
11. How to change name of file
12. How do I capitalize my entry name?
13. Adding references
14. sound proofing?
15. Why did my wikipedia page get deleted
16. Can I add an external link to different topics of same section
17. Email received in Spanish
18. Applying WP:NTEMP and WP:NOTNEWS to new article's.
19. Trying to add an external link
20. Editors of an article

October 21

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 21

1. Dubious Bio
2. Would Like to Create!
3. This is a test
4. "Gay serial killers" or "LGBT serial killers" category
5. Hep editing an article for class
6. Jim LeMunyon draft - seeking approval
7. question
8. emailing and article
9. Problem merging accounts
10. How to improve an article in wikipedia
11. Reverting edits
12. Where can I get a copy of the "This article needs an expert opinion" tag?
13. New Article
14. How do I report someone for vandalizing an article?
15. HELP PLEASE AHH!!!
16. Create page for my company
17. Redirect preventing me from creating an article
18. misinformation in wikipedia reference in google search
19. How do I make my article available on Wikipedia?
20. Someone vandalised my talk page...
21. Image
22. How many hits does an article receive?

October 22

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 22

1. what is truth?
2. hurricanes
3. Saving the page links
4. Article on Me
5. translation of english pages to tamil
6. how to change an article name
7. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 22#How_to_use_.7B.7Btl.7CWrongtitle.7D.7D_with_pipe_characters.3F|How to use {{Wrongtitle}} with pipe characters?]]
8. Page Protection
9. Editor Review
10. How to upload the image I am autoconfirmed user
11. Recent Changes/New articles box
12. Missing Spdr gold trust article
13. new editor trying to make an article go "live."
14. Cannot re-enter to continue contribution started 10-21-09 (yesterday)

October 23

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 23

1. considering a page about a comedian
2. Microphone age determination by serial number / manufacturer
3. Images from a webiste
4. Please help
5. archive bot
6. Who can submit articles?
7. montana sextet
8. Out of date, much?
9. Adding Info
10. Question
11. New page question
12. Harriet Christian
13. how do I contact a contributor?
14. Hiding the references
15. Main page
16. Convert MPH to km/h
17. Where can I find information on placing links within images?
18. T:TDYK
19. Reporting Abuse and False Information: Diamond Ranch Academy
20. Search option.
21. How do I get my user page and user talk page deleted?
22. Room divider rubbish
23. Caps usernames
24. 3 Berry Blast from Orange Julius

October 24

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 24

1. Death notice for a recently deceased famous composer
2. Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
3. Cecile O'Rahilly~audio file
4. Daniela Cicarelli
5. Hi all!
6. Misplacement
7. I' m Lost As To Where To Go From Here........
8. How to nominate a picture for deletion
9. "Sponsored Results" sidebar when using Wikipedia
10. How can I get Wikipedia to stop redirecting my title to another page?
11. Infobox Issue
12. Intersection of contributions
13. [edit] links all bunched together
14. Main page revisited

October 25

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 25

1. Creating a dab page - did I do it right?
2. Electric Mary
3. Please Help me with imags showing!
4. Rating gadget
5. Locator Maps
6. Margin problem
7. check an edit, please
8. spam?
9. Uploading picture
10. ARTICLE DELETED
11. List of tags?
12. Disabling Hyperlinks
13. Possible Retirement
14. 1997 lexus ls400 radio fuses
15. Your incorrect comment on film Auto Focus by Paul Schrader
16. dog injury motrin
17. Contact to Excirial
18. terrible article
19. Moves without redirect

October 26

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 26

1. Articles on fake antivirus programs
2. How to post stuff
3. Brackets?
4. Lame avitar/icon on page
5. questionable edits
6. Computer networks
7. Company page?
8. Article summarising
9. resumé on Wikipedia
10. category intersections
11. Can this website be an External link?
12. Confused about the release of an image
13. სურათის ათვირთვა
14. My helpme
15. MIME type
16. MEGAPHONE EVENTS
17. Slide Show
18. Updates for your considerations

October 27

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 27

1. how to give a name to a repeated citation
2. Where would I go to get help for making a complicated template
3. Spoiler alerts on Wikipedia
4. Urgent question
5. Status of an image uploaded to Wikipedia,
6. Why doesn't Talk:Indigo children have a Table of Contents?
7. Localise and use Custom Search Wikipedia Skin on another Wiki
8. reading and writing better
9. Edit my own addition to Discussion in WikiSongs
10. A question of Wikiquette
11. How to sort out difference of opinion?
12. Mountaineering External Links
13. Almost duplicate files.
14. Wikipedia's "query log"
15. My user page no longer exists
16. african studies
17. category help needed.

October 28

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 28

1. Camp Stone Afghanistan
2. Awards in lead sentence of biographies
3. In need of consensus
4. Contest the impartiality
5. Image noticeboard
6. Article about Alexander Pope
7. I can not edit the Microsoft article
8. work cited wikipedia?
9. A critical study on the relaiablity of the Ancient Indians' Cosmological Theories.
10. Sigmund Freud photo
11. Use of Picture
12. Today's Featured Article problem
13. Deleting multiple revisions of an image without deleting the image itself?
14. Embedding Items
15. Updating picture already on page
16. Removing a URL from black list
17. 404 File not found?
18. Trojan Virus?
19. aplogies
20. Title Change
21. How to find new articles of interest?
22. Citation template for historical documents
23. Can a company or individual start a wikipedia page about themself or does it have to be generated from someone within the community
24. Creating external link with URL containing square brackets

October 29

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 29

1. Grammar Improvements Seen As Contributing Nothing?
2. Contradiction between two articles
3. Script to show diffs in watchlist
4. login says I don't exist
5. Image logs
6. in which link of here that can put my article?
7. Spate of edits using a single source
8. Problem with album template
9. Rude people
10. I want to help
11. I'm confused
12. User Page
13. I need MAJOR help starting up an article
14. Finding link rot
15. Adding pictures
16. External Link
17. Help with Page
18. Redirects
19. Finding articles that have been on both DYK and AfD
20. Something wierd
21. is there a way to post wiki badges linking to other wikis?

October 30

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 30

1. FEATURED ARTICLE
2. EDITING HELPERS
3. unsuccessful searchs
4. Page not appearing via Search
5. Affie Yusuf
6. Linking to enlarged images
7. Consensus in a Merge
8. desperately need some help...
9. Deletion confusion
10. How do you move/rename an image
11. article deletion
12. Inadvertently made 5 edits anonymously
13. Automatic "return to" after login?
14. Image link
15. How do I delete an image I uploaded

October 31

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 October 31

1. Plots Behind Songs
2. Incorrect date
3. edit a section of a page which seems to be an imbedded image/text from somewhere else?
4. Use of a Photo
5. Need someone to fix a complex template used in >400 articles
6. adding a page.
7. Multiple references
8. How to past an article?DanielZ16 (talk) 10:30, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
9. Citewebbing external links
10. 淡路島モンキーセンター
11. Reviewing Articles
12. Redirect
13. health capital versus human capital
14. user rights
15. Ipod app download stuck
16. Related Changes