Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/September 2012
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September 1
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- PROD
- Loading wikipedia pages result in "busy javascript"
- WP:ALT
- Reassessing quality rating of articles
- Nevado del Tolima
- These here Internet tubes got me confused
- Sheenagh Pugh
- Signature customization
- Page title
- Could someone please fix this botched RfB?
- Lassad Nouioui
- Astrology & Horoscope articles
- Trouble when it comes to categories
- "Blurb" about PADRES gives incorrect date of 1979 although content of article gives correct date of 1969 for founding
- Government images public domain?
September 2
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- How much weight does Wikipedia give to the opinions of experts in a particular field?
- Feedback is confusing
- Creating userpages for IP address
- Wikilinking newspaper publications
- How do you relist an AfD manually?
- Where is my image embed code?
September 3
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- Account creator
- Articles appearing mysteriously in a category
- This is Melody Anderson and My WEBSITE IS FULL OF LIES.
- Art of Ancient Egypt
- malicious link
- confirmation code
- Do you have an easier way to submit a request for wiki aticles to be created?
- Altered a page and can't seem to 'undo' it.
- I am unable to create a new account.
- Formatting funny
- "A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding."
- Find articles that link to another article
- Mass revert
- "People from Golders Green"
- Link
- Editing jockey profile
September 4
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- content incorrect
- Going Live
- Citation needed tags in an article
- Article for Creation, Avenue 32
- How to create a flag template?
- About User Pages
- Cannot login
- South Africa
- Is he relevant enough or not?
- screen shot
- Application/дадатак
- IP History
- The Lottery
- Editing pages with HTML?
- User Reame Process Followed and Seemingly Successful, But Both Original and New User Names Still Appear in Red and are Shown as Being Invalid...
- Raymond Charles Hanson source material is incorrect in a few things.
- New template
September 5
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- OVERBOARD
- HTML Error, cannot revert
- UserId/password not accepted
- Free Use of Newspaper and Magazine Materials
- Hat, Hab, Collapse Bottom, Collapse Top
- my permanent block on swedish wikipedia
- May I ask you to please help me?
- Symbol looks ugly
- City Partnership
- Approval workflow to get my new page approved?
- Resubmitted articles
- Has my submission been accepted?
- Questionage
- Pronunciations
- How do I get my biography posted?
- History updates
- Tiny interface
- Just a quick note
- Editor statistics
- Wikicommons
- Printing
- codec for WMP windows 7
- Image conflict
- Egypt Map is Wrong !
September 6
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- References etc
- How do I add a poster to my page
- Formula not shown
- Change logo/Image
- I need some help to create my first article
- Homepage
- Making an infobox collapsible
- Talk:Madhuri Dixit
- Problem with template
- adding pictures to articles
September 7
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 7
- Please change "Nimble storage" page title to "Nimble Storage"
- User:Drajay1976
- Problem with syntax
- Eliott Goblet
- Persistent Vadalism
- AFD help
- A question about the help desk
- Printing a section
- Editing question re page title
- A big error on the page about nomads
- I'm watch old article
- Section "In the news" add on this
- Crompo
- Infobox historical event
September 8
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- Science
- List of Victoria Cross Holders - Missing Recipient
- Template:Infobox mobile phone
- Non free images
- Multi-category search
- Center my new barnstar
- I added 'Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes'. Source: www.ampsonline.co.uk . I will try to create a stub for it.
- Pages added to categories
- How can I check my messages?
- Invalid confirmation code. The code may have expired.
- sandbox
- Where to open a debate
- correcting a problem with a source citation
- there seems to be a vandal
- Admin templates
September 9
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- Hello
- Patricia schultz page
- Continuing coverage
- Editing references
- indian name for mother
- Article for magazine
- Elaine Miles Australian Artist
- uploading a file on another languages instead of English
- Liberty National Life
- Need help on two questions related to accounts
- Thank You
- Milosczv2222
- Eddie Griffin (Comedian/Actor) born July 15, 1968
- Consequent edits made by the same editor
- What is this?
September 10
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- I am being treated unfairly
- editing references
- Information I added to a page was deleted, and I don't know why or who to contact to discuss the issue
- Foreign language help (Korean)
- I am new
- Just speaking logically and not practically
- Uploading photos taken from the Olympic Games
- Uploading a picture
- Different Question
- WZVN
- Copyright help
- Vandals
- Language settings - Gaelic (Scots)
- User:Felipito1.966
- Two MW: namespace questions
- cancelling or withdrawing an AfD?
September 11
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 11
- Reference style for a whole multi-volume book with different ISBNs
- paraphrasing
- Making new topics.
- Reference removed - why?
- Title subcategories
- Second articles
- Wikilink of second or later instance of phrase.
- hello
- Gary A. Klein -> Gary Klein
- My Chromosomal rearrangement contributions (to Wikiowdia) being used by others for their gain
- Wierd section order on geographical location
- Deleted revisions not in log
September 12
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- My edits are constantly being cancelled
- Edit Conflict
- title redirect
- New Article
- Cicadas live in Mobile,Alabama they are all over the big oaks in my yard. Thank You.
- Article Vandalized, but not visible in Edit mode
- legal terminology?
- Uploading Images
- How to upload images
- avoiding automatic redirects
- Getting random pages by email once a day
- Question about redirects
- Copyright updates at Wiki Commons
- Language boxs
- User on English Wikipedia
- Prostitution in the Faroe Islands
- Cory Monteith
September 13
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2012 September 13
- Accessing text included in Special:WhatLinksHere
- Timeline display issues
- Wanted to Edit my personal information content on Wikipedia a.s.a.p
- My Article has disappeared from Google Search?
- wish to remove all the deadlinks related to my site on Wikipedia. how can i do it?
- No correction allowed?
- Book malfunctioning
- How to establish a Preferred Language in an article
- Detected possible vandalism
- Citing specific volumes in a 3-volume work
- Use of panorama images
- Math Symbols unreadable.
- Unable to move Untitled Star Trek sequel
- Rita Hayworth
September 14
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- "Freak City" entry
- Talk Page
- The Jekyll island history center
- Born again
- VPR discussion closed. What to do next?
- i need help here in cameroon
- Where to request renaming a "file"?
- Petyer Tonkin Article
- Chandrika Balan
- How the hell do I download a movie?
- Kinsley Power Systems article creation
- Donations...
- How do I restore a previous version
- Problem verifying sources for an official biography.
- Watchlist e-mail notifications
- Francis Judd Cooke biography
- Savannah Smith may be deleted
- WLTN-FM and WLTN-AM Traded In IRN USA Radio Network For CBS Radio Network News
September 15
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- Saving articles
- Submissions
- Edit warring at Sport in Australia
- Timezones
- "Humans and other animals"
- Junk talk section
- For which type of enquiry Wiki pedia portal to use
- How to find out more about deleted articles
- Renaming Alexandrine Tinné
- Mistake
September 16
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- Italic title not working?
- Is it possible to customise the order of Main Page feature boxes?
- HOW TO EDIT THE TITLE?
- Chandrika Balan picture
- "d. o. 995"
- I REQUEST THAT ALL TRACE of "ROBERT S. PRATTICO" BE REMOVED FROM WIKIPEDIA
- Request to contact fi.wikipedia.org for the block of 91 154 53 180
- Article assessment
- Concern about images someone is uploading
- Hawaii auduban Society
- 14th Armord Division, additional information
September 17
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- Possible malware linked in Solomon's Key article
- Inappropriate Lack of Anniversary on Main Page
- Public domain but not visible
- What does the MOS say about using descriptors?
- stop that annoying ad on the top please
- How to "turn off" temporarily a page which should be validated first (before being published)
- Help with Move and Re-Direct Please
- revamped my article and want to make sure it's ok before I submit??
September 18
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- Show Currently Viewing User
- Page lost several sections - no deletion found in history
- Collapsible List has been mucked with (broken)???
- Trolling
- Wikipedia List available for download
- creating article
- Why is this image so big?
- Erroneous facts about our client Aaron Zigman that can affect his career
- Citing sources without pages
- Question a fact
September 19
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- I don't know how to add a source to the information I edited
- I need help creating an article about..
- Preview references when editing a section
- wildlife artist listing on Wikipedia
- Articles appearing in a template category
- Discussing a possible deletion
- a poet's biography with the evaluation pf his work
- Free BMD
- Urdu Language
- Article creation: copy / paste a chart
- bullock family
- Editing in progress
- Redirects
- User ratings
- Creating a PDF shows HTML markup in the result
- Article ready for editing and possible inclusion in wilkapedia
- Script for article size
- Font size
September 20
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- Jpeg image in monument contest and in commons? How? Thanks
- How do I request an article?
- Some info on Chinese ruling cliques with US/UK/Canadian passports/PR
- DAB link
- hlist template displayed with nowrap - apparent bug
- Would a block hinder a username change?
- Status of Created Article
- Unified Primary references vs. Diffuse Secondary references.
- Changing my company's logo
- translations
- problem with image upload
- Is my submission in the correct spot?
- Democratic Party extending from Democratic Republican Party
- Libels on wiki article "Ariel Fernandez"
- using the help chat
- block
September 21
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- I can not access my account!
- Need help fixing a table
- Draft article
- The Burmese System of Measurements
- Display of Wikipedia info on a Facebook fan page
- Greenlands
- Special Code
- Romania =crimes committed by Russians and communist regime during 1940-1989
- Assistance with "Basketball navigational box" template
- Organization name is out of date
- Recover a deleted file
- Font on your pages
- background color: table headers in wikitables
- A little help please
- geomedical engineering
- how to help?
- Good link. Bad title (error)?
- how do I edit an article and make the edit stay
September 22
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- Adding attachments
- My name is in an article where it doesn't belong.
- My account is "locked" but not "blocked". What can I do?
- My new helplink article
- What exactly does "This article has an unclear citation style." mean?
- Edit Page and Main page don't match
- DYK submissions
- Uploader / photographer's name on a photo
- Varnish cache server error message: What does it mean and what can I do about it?
- Bo Guagua's nationality is UNKNOWN
- Atteeq-Ur-Rehman
September 23
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- Overriding magic words
- Brochure request
- Confused about city former names
- Stop the chinglish today!
- Geomedical Engineering updated article
- Geomedical Engineering need support to get formatted
- Page moving policy
- Wikipedia page for Mary Garofalo
- 504 ERROR WITH TOOLSERVER
- guru meditation
- align="center" no longer working?
- A problem with establishing a Fast Forward page
- Cannot Edit Table
- No visible stub message
- Retrieve Deleted Image?
- I'm turning here because I can't find my answer anywhere else.
September 24
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- Still Under editing from 2 years
- typographical error in semi protected article
- Edit/addition to current page – We Didn't Start the Fire
- I have written a completely new draft
- Despite uploading pics as instructed, they do not appear on my Wiki page
- Why is there Serbo-Croatian and Serbian and Croatian Wikipedias?
- HELP! I can't find the replys....
- Search bug?
- something wrong in Kling Klang Studio
- Article Title still includes my User name?
- For sale
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of iran article
- New article question
- How to create an article? - Articles for creation/Zorpia
- Android login failures
- Historical Landmarks for San Bernardino County, California
- Remove my personal information
- Help About Problems
- Italicizing an article's title
September 25
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- watchlist and recent changes showing one line per edit
- Want to delete my birth date on my page.
- Hack of History of Buddhism
- Cite book - multiple authors
- Absence of brackets in transclusion
- Can I link a PDF file as reference?
- I have the following two tables but i cant get the right hand text out of bold. if i take away
<h2>
it ruins the rest of the page below it. Help!"!| - 4umf.com
- Derby School entry in Wikipedia
- Bad Wikipedia Maps
- Image Policy and Editting
- How to fix the references?
- How to publish a page I created?
- Bobby collins (American Football)
- Lieberman page
- I'm not 4'11 and other concerns
- Clearance of suspected copyright issue
- help with a template / table
- Vandalism regarding living person biography Alphonso Jackson
- Search for !
- Wrong Photograph
September 26
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- Copying Wikipedia text
- Copyright waiving
- How do I edit the ADHD Wikipedia article?
- Image question
- About anonymous users
- Anna Maryniak Wikipedia Page
- Master Aracon E'Kerion
- Pointing out an error.
- 4+1 Architectural View Model
- Number of contributions changes.
- Aloys Sprenger
- Significant coverage
- Italian blasphemy on a user page
- SwissGMs
- Rename
- Walter Jones, Jr. (R) NC
- How to add reference
- Computer Crashed After Clicking LInk in Beslan School Article
September 27
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- Making it easier to share articles
- how to change a title page heading
- Review Waiting
- Regarding our newspaper EKDIN
- my article about my father Eddy Novarro
- Can someone guide me on how to expand a table?
- My account of 5 years has been deleted?
- Analysis tool within Wikipedia
- Test Creation of Talk Pages for Templates
- Special Pages - too much information
- My edit was deleted
- What is the maximum number of references that should be provided to help verify a single piece of information?
- What is the meaning of 'Currently Active' ?
- Register edited pages
- Converting sizes or acreage
- Bush IAH Airport edit removed
- If I see an RfA...
- getting "The webpage cannot be found" while opening perticular wiki page by providing complete path
- References to "move log" (or such) in watchlist
- How to submit a fact about an article
- References columns
September 28
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- Inclusion of NASDAQ ticker symbol/link in intro sentences
- Changing phone number
- I'm getting set up for calling someone a fucker and I didn't.
- Syntax error in math formula
- Talk page changes not appearing on watchlist
- CharInsert not working
- Stub class template
- RSS/Atom Feed
- Editing help has disappeared
- Editing help - Tildes
- Quattro pro did not transfer
- Editing on iPhone
- Dear
September 29
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- Character entity references
- Wiki Mark Up not showing?
- Colin Ratushniak wiki page
- adding a photo to an actresses page (my own)
- Unification of my usernames on it.wikipedia and en.wikipedia
- Published source is wrong?
- Antoune Molden
- HI
- page I veiwed to print
- corrcetion
- Moving an image
- Chastised for an edit I never made
September 30
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- Sport uniform colors (light and dark)
- ancestry website
- Wikimarkup in edits
- Indef-blocked user status
- Troubles with inflation
- Swinton and counties
- Enviromental science
- Huggle
- Can't find my article draft that I just made
- Renaming an image
- Someone please update an article:
- Editing tools disappeared
- R.M. Engelhardt Article On Author
- LIST OF MEXICO'S 37 MOST-WANTED DRUG LORDS