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March 1

Wanting to edit Wiz Khalifa

Hello,

I understand that there are a lot of immature individuals out there that abuse Wikipedia by using their own ideas and place them as fictional statements for their own enjoyment under different profile works. I have been for sometime now editing assorted Wiz Khalifa (Guest appearances, Videos & Tours) while there being no protection for the page. I have then as of today (2/28/11) decided to create an account for Wikipedia with hopes of continuing to edit this page.

My next edit would be:

|"Young, Wild & Free" |Snoop Dogg featuring Wiz Khalifa |High School

EBonanni90,

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EBonanni90 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Replied at Wikipedia:Help desk#Wanting to edit Wiz Khalifa. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:32, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

About a new article

Hi Im new to Wikipedia. I want to know if there will be any problem if I create a new article by name "Taxi Yoga" which is about the specially designed yoga for the Taxi drivers in New York. I will start the article only if it is permitted by the Wikipedia authorities and granted as it is not related with any advertisement or spam.

Faithfully Yours Unnikuttan100 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unnikuttan100 (talk • contribs) 14:45, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Your first step needs to be to read the comments on your talk page, and to understand why your page was deleted last time round. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:58, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Your next needs to be to understand how notability is the principal criterion for acceptability of articles in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 17:59, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguation question

I have created a draft of an article about the American "sportsman" (big game hunter), author, and adventurer Harry Whitney at User:Wildcatman99/HarryWhitney. Harry Whitney is often confused with his contemporary, Harry Payne Whitney. Wikipedia will not let me create a new page called "Harry Whitney" saying that I need a name that disambiguates it from the Harry Payne Whitney page, which is called simply "Harry Whitney". Technically, that page should be called "Harry Payne Whitney", and my page should be called "Harry Whitney", as this is how they were "disambiguated" during their lifetimes.

Since the HPW page has taken "Harry Whitney" as its name, do I need to add a parenthetical description to my page's name? Or is it possible to change the name of the Harry Payne Whitney page, which is a better, more accurate, and more elegant solution?

Wildcatman99 (talk) 15:34, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Not quite correct. The name of the Harry Payne Whitney article is Harry Payne Whitney. The page Harry Whitney is merely a redirect, and could therefore easily be changed to a disambiguation page.

If there are only two relevant articles there is no need for a disambiguation page. Just use hatnotes on each article. So, I would just move your draft to Harry Whitney over the redirect. – ukexpat (talk) 16:12, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

new article format?

I just created a new article on the topic of "iConji," a pictographic writing system for social networking not unlike Emoji (which is already an article). I've created link from 6 other pages to ensure my article is not orphaned.

I have two questions ...

1. How do I get rid of the "This page was just created ..." box at the top of the page? 2. Why does the "Contents" box appear before the intro rather than after? Doesn't appear to be editable.

Thanks. This is my first Wikipedia article and I'm really trying to get it right.

Heimhenge (talk) 18:21, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Delete the {{newpage}}.
The reason that your contents box is before the intro is that you put a section header before the intro. Delete the == iConji == header.

David Biddulph (talk) 18:42, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

You had moved your user page (rather than a subpage in your user space) to form your new article, hence your user page was now redirecting to the article and your user talk page was redirecting to the article's talk page. I deleted the first redirect, but in trying to move what should be your user talk page back to where it should have been, I inadvertently moved it to Talk:Heimhenge instead of to User talk:Heimhenge, and I'm not permitted to put it in the right place. Hopefully an administrator can sort it out; apologies for my share in the confusion. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:54, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Editing question

Changed the "motto" designation to "Mission Statement" on the City of Irvine, CA page, and the entire entry disappeared.

It HAD read: Motto: Innovation, Integrity, Professionalism, Flexibility, Responsiveness. The words are correct, but that is our Mission Statement, not our motto. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.194.45.199 (talk) 20:27, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Template:Infobox settlement does not have a parameter named "Mission Statement". - David Biddulph (talk) 21:21, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

March 2

On the placement of templates &c.

Sir or Madam,
I have embarked upon a project to reformat my user page and have run into a little Trouble. I would like to have my drop down boxes displayed to the left of the vandalism status box (which will be moved up to the same level as the drop down boxes). I'd like to know how I can place them next to each other without the vandalism template forcing the drop downs onto a line beneath it. I'd like it to look like the diagram below:

Box 1       ........... 

Box 2       . Vandal. . 

Box 3       .  Box    . 

Box 4       .         . 

Box 5       ...........

Thank you very much,
I,E ^• ^{Wouldst thou speak?} 16:56, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

It looks like no one here on the new contributors' help page knows the answer to this, but if you're still looking for one you might get more help at the dedicated userpage assistance board, Wikipedia:User page design center/Help and collaboration/Help requests. Many thanks, Gonzonoir (talk) 15:17, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Now has a redirect at WP:UPDHELP. – ukexpat (talk) 16:13, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, UKXP :) Gonzonoir (talk) 16:52, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Tagging bad internal link?

Hi, I just just wanted to report or edit an improper internal link - I could find references to tagging, but no guidance about how to apply/create a tag. I would like to now how to generate a tag. The specific problem with the link is that it is supposed to link to information about a geographical feature of one country (Oman) but it actually connects to a description of an area with the same name in a different country (Libya). So, I was unsure about how or whether to edit, or how to report the problem. Thank you! original link to term "Al Jabal al Akhdar" from "Agriculture in Oman" page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jabal_al_Akhdar 124.108.255.171 (talk) 06:01, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Corrected. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:46, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Too many moves

I have recently created an article. When the article first was being made I used sandbox when I finished and made it live the title had my username in it for some reason so I move it. At this new location I found that I really didn't give it the best title wasn't so I moved it again. Now when I look for the title that I want on google the other earlier two titles that are incorrect pop up but nothing else. I tried deleting the two other titles and taking away their redirection but they still come up pretty close to the top of the search list on google. Is there anything I can do to make it so the title I am happy with is the only wiki page that shows up on google? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hambone05 (talk • contribs) 14:31, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

It takes a while for Google's index to catch up. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:46, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, you created a page at User:Hambone05/Taras ("Terry") Liskevych, moved it to Taras ("Terry") Liskevych, moved it it to Taras (Terry) Liskevych, and then created a separate page Terry Liskevych. One was not moved to the other. They were created independently and both still existed at the time of your post. We don't want to maintain nearly duplicate articles on the same person under different names so I have redirected Taras (Terry) Liskevych to Terry Liskevych (which was better at the time). Google will discover this at a time not controlled by Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:55, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

how do i contribute or stop someone writing stuff about me or my comanys

my name is mark ames owner of club, XXL, arcadia, and Pulse i have people adding and taking things away from wikipedia? regards mark end —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.46.28 (talk) 17:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

If information about you is negative and not referenced to a reliable source, it should be removed, by anybody, according to our policy on living people. Other information which is not referenced to a reliable source may be removed by anybody, but you should read WP:COI before you do so, as you have a conflict of interest. Information which is referenced in a reliable source should not be removed unless it can reasonably be argued that it is given undue weight: in any case, it should not be removed by you, even if you do not like it. Please also read WP:ORGFAQ. --ColinFine (talk) 18:52, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

March 3

need lowercase letter in talk page title

I figured out how to use the lowercase tag elsewhere, but don't seem to have that option on the Talk/Discussion Page for the article I recently created. See: Talk:iConji.

I'm thinking it might take an Administrator to fix this. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

Heimhenge (talk) 01:02, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Fixed in this edit, no admin required. – ukexpat (talk) 03:10, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Editing "This article is about...."

I want to edit the part of an article that says "This article is xxxxxx. For yyyyyy, see zzzzz." It's the part near the top of the page in italics. For the page I'm looking at, it contains incorrect information. I can't find that part to edit on the screen that appears when I click "Edit". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpmatheny (talk • contribs) 05:43, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia! I've left some introductory links on your talk page.

As a typical example, the Alabama article begins "This article is about the U.S. state of Alabama. For the river, see Alabama River. For other uses, see Alabama (disambiguation)". If you click "Edit" at the top, you'll see that the top line is a template that expands to that line of text: {{About|the U.S. state of Alabama|the river|Alabama River|other uses|Alabama (disambiguation)}}. We use templates a lot here to make sure that things are formatted consistently. Is that enough to help you make the edit? If not, feel free to post the article name here and ask for more help. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:12, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

In brief, take a look at WP:HATNOTE. – ukexpat (talk) 13:54, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

creating an article?

hello i wanna create an article about a drama writer from pakistan please guide me through the do,s and donts of creating an article and please notify me on my talk page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fakhir hayat (talk • contribs) 18:24, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. – ukexpat (talk) 19:08, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

March 4

Help with first article/Published article deletion

I am trying to upload my first article on Wikipedia. This is a bio with references and external links as well as one picture and a PDF document with a hyperlink. I have read and re-read the New Contributors areas including all info for first time users. I am still very confused on how to properly upload this bio. From all my research, it appears that I could upload the article and refs/links that I have currently and get feedback from Wikipedia as to what adjustments would be required. In doing so, my article was immediately flagged to be deleted per possible promotional material/spam but this is a bio of a prominent attorney, author and international figure with much historical value added. I attempted to use the Sandbox for practice but was unable to get feedback on format, in addition the edit on the sandbox only stays current for 12 hours and then is deleted. Please help me understand what adjustments in either format, appearance or content are needed in order to be approved by Wikipedia to publish this article. Many thanks. Angelacrockett (talk) 03:58, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

I can't see the deleted article, so can't comment in detail. Is this New York Times article about the same person? I suggest you create a sandbox of your own at User:Angelacrockett/Isaac Shapiro (click on that link to create the page) and then follow the advice at So you made a userspace draft. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:30, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Using multiple Wikipedias

I have registered as a Wikipedia editor in French; when I log in and edit a page in a discussion in Italian, Spanish or English and I type four tildes "192.135.11.119 (talk) 10:57, 4 March 2011 (UTC)" my name does not appear, only a number, and it appears I am not logged in. Should I register for each of the languages I use? 192.135.11.119 (talk) 10:57, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

No, you don't have to re-register. According to m:Help:Unified_login, you only need to log in to the French Wikipedia and then visit Special:MergeAccount. From then on, when you jump from the French Wikipedia to another, you will be automatically logged in there. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:14, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Creating new lists

Hi, I'm thinking about creating a new list that has been requested. My knowledge on the subject is not great, but some research means I have a few entries on it. My question is, when creating a list on, say, domestic animals in Sweden, should I aim to have a "complete" list before creating it, or is it OK to create a list with just a few entries and then work on it (together with others)? Forgiatura (talk) 14:46, 4 March 2011 (UTC)Forgiatura

You can create a list with the information you have. There are many incomplete lists on Wikipedia. You should add {{Expand list}} or a similar template so others know it is incomplete and are more likely to assist. --Mysdaao ^talk 15:07, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

March 5

Citing references

A group of my friends are trying to put together a Wiki article about another friend of ours who has led an amazing and semi-famous life. She's the author of 7 books and has been interviewed by Merv Griffin and Dick Cavett, to name a few. Her books are long out of print, and we're running into brick walls when we try to find references to her history online, as most of her famous shenanigans happened in the 50s and 60s. Can anyone give us any ideas of where we might go to be able to locate obscure information like this? We've interviewed her, but her memory (she's in her 80s) can't bring up specific dates. We'd like to honor her with this before she dies. 72.240.174.190 (talk) 17:05, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

The important thing to be aware of is that references do not have to be online. As long as you cite them with sufficient detail so that they (books, old newspapers and journals etc) can be verified by someone, if they were so minded, that's perfectly acceptable. So cite your sources using appropriate {{Cite}} template, using as much detail as you can, and that should be fine. – ukexpat (talk) 17:13, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Talk to a reference librarian about using major reference sources such as the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and other literary and popular-culture reference works. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:18, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Also, you and your friends should read Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest, which talks about Wikipedia's policy on editors writing about people, businesses or things they are closely related to. I realize you want to honor your friend, but Wikipedia is probably not the best way.

Might I suggest videotaping interviews with her, her associates, her family and friends? That would be an amazing way to honor her. --- c y m r u . l a s s ^{(talk me, stalk me)} 07:41, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Mike Huckabee

I note that in the article on Mike Huckabee his residence is listed as N. Little Rock, Ak. I believe that Mr. Huckabee is registered to vote in Walton County Florida and he is building a $3 million house in Santa Rosa Beach, Fl. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.106.195.134 (talk) 14:19, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

If you have WP:Reliable sources to back up this, then why don't you WP:Be bold and add it yourself! :) Otherwise, try bringing this up on Talk:Mike Huckabee. There, other editors more knowledgeable the subject than I am might be able to help you :) Welcome to Wikipedia!! --- c y m r u . l a s s ^{(talk me, stalk me)} 18:26, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Phil Sawdon

Hi, I'm new to Wikipedia and when I created my first article, my username appeared in the title. I thought I had figured out how to fix it by requesting the page be moved (it should not be 'User:AdaAlgren/Phil Sawdon' but simply 'Phil Sawdon'), but the page has never been moved, so I think I must have requested it incorrectly or something. I created the entry in December and tried to move it in January and I am concerned that the inaccurate title has now been 'live' for some time and it is negatively affecting the whole entry.

Please help - and many thanks in advance, AdaAlgren (talk) 17:24, 5 March 2011 (UTC) Marsha (AdaAlgren)

Creating drafts in a user subpage like User:AdaAlgren/Phil Sawdon is normal and encouraged. Your move request to article space was opposed in [1] and later declined with an explanation at User talk:AdaAlgren/Phil Sawdon. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:04, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Image resolution

I have uploaded the image 'Xcode3.1.3.png' to wikipedia and it is currently in use at the article Cocoa (API). However, after uploading it, I decided that it might not be low enough resolution for copyrighted software, so I shrunk it and uploaded a new version. So, my question is: Was the original image to high of a resolution? If so, how do I delete it? And, what exactly is considered "Low resolution"? --Thekmc (talk) 20:00, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh. I just realized that another image (a better image) is available, and has a fair use rationale. So, I probably need to get rid of the one I uploaded. How? --Thekmc (talk) 21:24, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

I can answer some of this. Concerning the old image, File:Xcode3.1.3.png, use the {{furd}} template to ask for the original higher-resolution version to be deleted, or the {{db-author}} template to ask for it to be deleted.

Concerning the new image, File:Xcode 3.2 project window.png, I see that this has a non-free use rationale for use in the Xcode article, but does not have one for use in the Cocoa (API) article. Without this, I expect that a bot will be along shortly to remove it from the article. I'm not a copyright expert, but I suspect that a non-free screenshot of an IDE may not be an acceptable illustration for an article about an API. You'd best ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

The {{Non-free software screenshot}} wording refers to 'web resolution', but I haven't been able to dig out an explicit limit on what this means. The new image is 1071 × 886 pixels, which seems rather high to me. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:55, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

So, after I ask about the "IDE" on an "API" article (and assuming it is fair to use the image), how would I add a fair use rationale for the other article? --Thekmc (talk) 22:14, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

You would go to the file page, edit, and add a second example of the {{Non-free use rationale}} template. A mere copy+paste won't do; use the "Purpose" and "Replaceability" parameters to explain how the image is essential to the article and cannot be replaced with a non-copyright image. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:41, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Commenting

I have created an account and logged in.

I have gone to the article that I want to discuss, and I have clicked the Discussion tab.

But there is no field for entering text. How do I join discussions?--Stephenrwheeler (talk) 01:13, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

To start a new discussion, click "New section" at the top right of the page, left of the search box. To add to an existing section, click "edit" at the far right, across from the section name. 199.66.146.165 (talk) 01:32, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

See more at Help:Using talk pages. I see you used the "Edit" tab at top of Talk:Objectivity (science) instead of the "New section" tab. Sections should have a heading and new sections belong at the bottom so I have moved your post there and added the heading "Multipe issues" PrimeHunter (talk) 02:18, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Why cannot I find my new Wikipedia page by searching it?

I have today created a page under the name of London Stedfast Association

Whilst I can see what I have written created..... have I not done something correct or not done at all.....because if you search London Stedfast Association nothing comes up?

David for and on behalf of London Stedfast Association — Preceding unsigned comment added by London Stedfast Association (talk • contribs) 10:16, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Please review the messages on your talk page, which explain what has happened and why. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:10, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

infoboxes

I'm trying to add an infobox to an article, but when I preview it, it just shows up as all the HTML symbols used to format it (i.e. I'm not getting an infobox. Just a bunch of brackets and vertical line characters. What's going on? --69.242.155.122 (talk) 21:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps you don't start with {{ but it's hard to say without seeing your infobox code. Can you save it somewhere, for example copy it to Wikipedia:Sandbox, and post again? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:42, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I fixed the problem. But thanks anyway. --69.242.155.122 (talk) 23:20, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

March 8

Advertisement?

I did quite a bit of work a while back on the plasq article. Today, I noticed that it said the article read like an advertisement. Could anyone give me any suggestions to improve it? --Thekmc (talk) 22:23, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes. Ask yourself what information you expect to find about a company in an encyclopaedia. This may include a list of products, but not usually with prices and ordering information. But the main part of the article will usually contain properly referenced information about the company: not just the sort of information that might go in {{infobox company}} (which may be referenced from the company's own website) but also the multiple references in independent reliable sources which are required to establish notability, and without which the article is likely to be deleted for reasons of notability. --ColinFine (talk) 00:18, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

So essentially I need to remove the prices and stuff and find outside sources. Any other suggestions? --Thekmc (talk) 00:23, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes. As I said, you need to turn it into an encyclopaedic article about the company. A list of products is only part of that. --ColinFine (talk) 09:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

And a list of products in itself could be viewed as spammy in some contexts. Major products, with references supporting their notability, are OK, but complete lists that take up most of the article, not so much. – ukexpat (talk) 15:51, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

March 6

March 7

delay between page creation and page publication

Hello,

I did create a page. I would likt to know when the subject will be published on Wikipedia. How long does it take for the page to appear in Wikipedia after its creation?

Nadine SeligNadine selig (talk) 08:37, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

According to the message on your talk page, the page was deleted as unambiguous advertising. That message contains links to pages that you may find helpful; also "Why was my page deleted?" -- John of Reading (talk) 09:10, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

March 9

Request for help on moving an article

Hello,

Good day! I want to move my article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Itkidontheblock/THBS out of userspace, into live. However, a different entry for THBS is already present in wikipedia as a redirect to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombospondin. Can you please let me know what I can do? Thanks for the help!

Cheers, Itkidontheblock (talk) 08:43, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

The way of dealing with that would be either to turn the redirect into a disambiguation page if there is no WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, or to use a hatnote for the benefit of folk who end up on the wrong page. Before you move your page, have you requested feedback (see the note at the top of your draft) as to whether your page would be suitable for userspace? If it is suitable for userspace, it may be more sensible for its title to be Torry Harris Business Solutions, rather than THBS. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:59, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I moved it to Torry Harris Business Solutions, which was the proper place for it under our naming conventions. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:26, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I could no more create an account

hello ;

I'm an Utilisateur:Wikipedia French ; I wanted to create an account in Wikipedia English, but a I made a lot of errors in trying to change several times my username and password during the operation, and I can't now no more do anything ; I would to change completely my choices of usernam et password ; what can I do fort that ? thanks for your answer,

Utilisateur:Wikipedia French, so, without any username here, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.218.36.53 (talk) 15:11, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

You may be able to use your French user name here - see m:Help:Unified_login/fr or fr:Aide:Identifiant unique. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:13, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Article location problem

Dealt with at the Help Desk. – ukexpat (talk) 17:23, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

We recently uploaded a document. The original title was to be "Sleeve Valve". As it turns out this title was already chosen for a completely unrelated product. The title was changed to "Sleeve Valve (Water Type)". Unfortunately, if I type sleeve valve in the search bar and hit enter it automatically goes to the former page. It is unlikely that the new document is likely to be found by people searching for it unless they specifically add (Water Type). As there are a variety of sleeve valves available in the marketplace the article titled simply "sleeve valve" should have to amend the title to be more specific. The best solution is either that or when someone types "sleeve valve" a list of relavent articles comes up rather than a direct link to one page.

Ryanwilliams23 (talk) 17:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Reply at help desk. Please ask on one help page to reduce redundant discussions. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:18, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Creating a page

I understand that one needs references for the information that they are putting up about a certain topic, and also that one can't put up PERSONAL things. But I was hoping there was a chance that I could create a page about my religion, as it is very new, and I'm sure that no one outside my friends and family know about it. I have an entire page of information about my religion that is strictly unbiased, and full of information about the subject. Although I do wish to make my religion known, so as to gain more members, I also feel it is worthy of being known by the world. I only have one site that can be referenced to the information on wikipedia, as I have no clue where else to post it up; I really hope that doesn't matter. I ask that you please consider this deeply. If this is not the right place to ask this question, can someone please tell me where I would ask? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Follower 13 (talk • contribs) 17:09, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, you need to find a different way to publicise your ideas. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. If and when your ideas are written about in reliable sources such as books, journals and mainstream news media, then someone may create a Wikipedia page. Until then, no. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:25, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

How do I join a wikiprojects group?

Answered at Wikipedia:Help desk#joining wikiprojects. – ukexpat (talk) 20:48, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

How do I join a wikiprojects group? Specifically, I would like to join the geology group. it says to add my name at the bottom of the list, but I can see no way to do this. Do I have to be registered, signed in, or what?19:30, 9 March 2011 (UTC)~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.16.253 (talk)

Replied at Wikipedia:Help desk#joining wikiprojects. Please only post questions in one place. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:45, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

March 10

Hello

I am new to wikipedia I want to add new content to wiki pages, kindly help me as to how i should add reference links and media coverage that would help and support my article. Regards, Chirpper — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chirpper (talk • contribs) 06:13, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

There are a number of useful links on your talk page. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:49, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I notice that Itz Cash Card Limited was subjected to speedy deletion less than a week ago, and that you have created it again today. What have you done differently this time? I didn't see the previous version, but looking at the current one it looks as if it may well suffer the same fate. As I said above, please take the trouble to read the good advice which you were given on your talk page when the problem arose. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:17, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I have tagged it for G11 speedy, looks obvious to me. – ukexpat (talk) 17:39, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect name for footballer

I created a page for a Jamaican footballer by the name of Evon Taylor. However, his correct name is EVAN TAYLOR with an A. Can someone correct his name on the page. He plays for Reno F.C. in Jamaica.

Thank you

Dwight antonio (talk) 13:25, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Since you have been registered here for more than 4 days and have more than 10 edits you can do it yourself. Go to the page and at the top near the "Search" box you should see a grey triangle, click on the triangle and you should see the word "Move". Click on move, put the new name in and the reason why you are moving it, then click "Move page". If you need more help l;et me know. GB fan (talk) 13:32, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

(e/c) I've moved it. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:36, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Editing an article regarding a living person and a brand - URGENT

Dear sir or madam,

I am working as the online department manager of Dsquared2 brand which is headquartered in Milano/Italy. The information that is available on wikipedia regarding the brand and its designers are not correct and needs to be modified as soon as possible. Could you please give me a detailed information regarding how I could make necessary modifications immediately?

Looking forward to hear from you,

Thank you and kind regards, Rasim AYERDEN Rasimayerden (talk) 16:48, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Because you have a clear conflict of interest, please use the article's discussion/talk page to suggest the changes that you think should be made to the article, and please provide references to third party, reliable, sources to support your suggested changes. – ukexpat (talk) 16:53, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

14th Dalai Lama article

I would like to be able to edit the "Possibility of retirement" section of the article "14th Dalai Lama." It was protected against vandalism but today there was a crucial update on this that no one has taken care of. Could I please be given permission to edit this section? Thanks. Crimson123 (talk) 22:25, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

The page is only semi-protected, so you should be able to edit it. But if for some reason you can't, put a message on its talk page, explaining what change you want to make, and giving your references for the information. --ColinFine (talk) 23:01, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

WL Manuel

are all your editors as mug and obnoxious as this one?, if so I don't think I will bother with Wikipedia... Hardly polite or encouraging!

Hint. If "WL Manuel is reguared as one of the fathers of British Glider construction", you state that in the first paragraph of the article! Even when someone proposes deletion, you still do not add it to the article! Please learn spelling and wikilinks: not CH Later-needhan (!) but C.H. Latimer-Needham. I have e-mailed you the text. It is probably worth trying again. Create a proper article in User:RaidXtreme/sandbox. Then go to this page and select the first option "submit for review". — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 15:45, 10 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaidXtreme (talk • contribs)

Please use a descriptive title in future questions. - I have inserted one. --ColinFine (talk) 22:59, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

OK, I have now worked out what you are on about (you didn't make it easy!) RHaworth put that comment on your talk page, and you evidently find it "mug and obnoxious". I'm sorry if you do find it so. If is not easy to learn how to create material in Wikipedia that sticks, and RHaworth I'm sure meant to be helpful. He says that your article failed in several ways to be acceptable, and he has sent you the deleted text for you to try again, suggesting that you work in a sandbox. --ColinFine (talk) 23:08, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

finding my article

Dear Wikipedia.

I'm new. I created my first article yesterday March 10th.

Problem: I cannot find my article anywhere using google, and I have searched hard, no matter how deep I search.

Can you please tell me if my article is actually online?

The words I have typed into googles search include:

"How to build pyramids" "Herodotus Machine" "Ancient Egypt" "Pyramids and Herodotus"

thank you

NTSF — Preceding unsigned comment added by NTSF (talk • contribs) 23:34, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Rorshacma has put a message on your talk page explaining why your article has been deleted. But even if it had not been, Google can take a while before it indexes new pages, and Wikipedia has no control over that. --ColinFine (talk) 00:47, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

March 11

Changing a chairman

Hello there,

I am wondering how to change the chairman for a football club as i am currently updating the Nantwich Town F.C. page and have noticed that Clive Jackson is still down as being the chairman even though Jon Gold has now taken that role up. Do you have to change it yourselves or is there away i can?

NTFCcoach (talk) 12:56, 11 March 2011 (UTC)Craig

If you've got a reliable source for the information, you can change it yourself. See WP:RS and WP:V. If your problem is that you can't see an edit button for the top section of the article, which includes the infobox, just hit the edit tab at the top of the page, & that will let you edit the whole article. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:21, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

March 12

Woodford Correctional Centre

Whilst reading the stub http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodford_Correctional_Centre I became aware of some glaring errors that affect much of what is written. Can I simply rewrite this, with some external links, but also based on my personal knowledge of the centre? The original author doesn't seem to have provided links to back their statements?

Any help appreciated. 124.148.58.124 (talk) 07:44, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Any editor can remove incorrect information that has no cited source given for it; but having done that, I don't think you should then add new information that has no reliable source for it either. Wikipedia articles must not be based on personal knowledge; see No original research. The events in 1997 look newsworthy, so I'm surprised that I can't find anything with Google News. Your personal knowledge may help you to find the sources that the article needs. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:41, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

I found some sources to help fix up the article. I don't know much about Australia nor whether these are reliable sources, so I added them to a section on the talk page for an interested editor to add to the article as appropriate. GB fan (talk) 13:37, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Ground on which the two schools are situated

This ground was not and never was a place of coal slag bings but in all my years (68) living in Plains it was always land that was farmed by Jimmy Morton of East Meadowhead farm. I used to lead the horse each harvest time when I was a youngster and my elder brother worked for the same farmer. Houses were meant to be built in this field but due to the underlying amount of moss it would have proved too costly to remove, so the house building was moved to more sustainable ground. When the schools were built on the lower part of the field 20 feet deep or so of moss was removed and type one bottoming placed therein. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.136.112 (talk) 15:29, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

I suggest that you post this on the talk page of the relevant article. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:00, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Image insertion

I'm trying to insert an image of the Collegiate National Curling Championship into the College Curling USA page, but it isn't working! I can't figure out why I can't insert images... I have an account. I even tried linking a new page with the image on it to College Curling USA page and that wont work either as you have marked my new page for deletion. This is Uber frustrating and really shouldn't be that difficult, i'm sure i'm just missing something. I have the rights to this image and dont care if it becomes public domain.

Please advise Piper319 (talk) 18:37, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

You should be able to. Are you doing it like so: [[File:YourImageName.png]]? Can you add an image to other articles, such as your userpage or a sandbox? It might help if you give the exact link to the file you want to include. --Thekmc (talk) 19:23, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) :Have you uploaded the image to Wikipedia or the Commons? If so, what is its filename? Robert Skyhawk ^{(T C)} 19:24, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Error on a page

I have found an error on a page about the musical symbol called a "Schleifer." The musical symbol that is shown on the page is not a "schleifer," it is a "turn." A 'schleifer' is a trill mark with a "tail." See "First Lessons in Bach" Second Edition (c) MCMXCI, Alfred Publishing., Inc. pg. 3. Willard A. Plamer, Editor. A turn - an S shaped symbol mirrored and turned on it's side - is played entirely different from a schleifer and having the turn symbol on the page about schleifer is misleading. What is the best way to get this corrected? 205.208.224.11 (talk) 23:48, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

This is the encyclopaedia which anybody can edit. You can edit the page to correct it, or if you are not happy doing that, you can put a message on the article's talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 17:40, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I think only one editor has been other than peripherally involved in that page (User:Ed Poor), so it might be more effective either to start a discussion on his talk page User Talk:Ed Poor, or to go to the Classical music wikiproject. --ColinFine (talk) 17:53, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

March 13

editing

i would like to write article about fashion designer debashis chakma. who is the first fashion designer in Bangladesh from the ethnic minority and he is devoted and working contentiously for developing the ethnic textiles designs and culture for the CHT peoples in Bangladesh. so his contribution for the nation we would like to write some thing about him also his news and article.

pls let me know how we can contribute to write article and history for our Chakma, and Jumma nation.

detox khisa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Detox khisa (talk • contribs) 08:09, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome to write an article about him, provided he meets the conditions of notability: i.e., that you can find enough references to him in independent reliable sources, which you reference in the article. (The sources do not have to be in English, though it is preferable if they are). If you haven't written a Wikipedia article before, you need to read WP:YFA, as it is quite difficult to write an article in a way which will be acceptable. --ColinFine (talk) 17:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Recent changes patrol?

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this - you might have already guessed that I'm new around here. I was interested in helping out, and came across the Recent changes patrol which seemed a nice way to get started. But, on the wiki page, I can't find anything on What to do, or how to get started. I know what you should do, but is there, for example, a list of articles that need checking, as there is for the New Pages Patrol? Thanks in advance for your help Sarahburge (talk) 16:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest! I would love to recruit someone to help with the Recent changes patrol in the Portal namespace, since not many volunteers patrol there. To get started, go to the "Recent changes" link and then select the "Portal" namespace. Do this for a few days and you will see the pattern of edits there - some experienced editors updating the Portal content; a mad scramble to update the latest "Current events" pages; plus, two or three times a day, someone posting an advert, their CV, or something obscene.

You will find the "Recent changes" page easier to understand if you enable "Navigation popups" at "My preferences > Gadgets" so that you can quickly examine a diff or check a user's contribution count without leaving the page.

You should also read the page Wikipedia:Vandalism, which will help you to decide whether an edit is vandalism, and what to do about it.

Feel free to ask advice, either here or on my talk page. Also feel free to choose something completely different to do! -- John of Reading (talk) 21:06, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! I will have a peek at the Recent Changes in the Portal for the next few days and see what I can do there. Sarahburge (talk) 22:24, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

HELP

I have just tried to create a new article for my band Schallfaktor, and have now received a message saying it is going to be deleted saying I dont follow guidelines and that listing a band it not relevant. But there are hundreds of other bands on here, and some of which mention my band.

Please help me and dont delete the article !!!

Schallfaktor (talk) 18:02, 13 March 2011 (UTC) Schallfaktor

All the relevant information and links (including why your username is not acceptable) has already been placed on your Talk page . Until your band has been written up in mutiple independent reliable sources, the answer is that an article on it is not acceptable in Wikipedia; and in any case you should probably not write the article, as you have a conflict of interest. -ColinFine (talk) 20:30, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Screenshots and copyright issues

I'm working on an article about a character from a movie. I've asked questions about this article before. I would like to add a few pictures from the movie, screenshots, but I'm not sure how I should upload this. But as I'm following the upload form I almost get the impression that uploading such material would violate wikipedias copyright policy. Yet, i keep seeing screenshots from movies and computer games on many other wikipedia articles.

How does this work? Am I allowed to upload screenshots or not? How do I do it?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Fair_use ?

Help would be greatly appreciated. --Carlminez (talk) 23:02, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons does not accept fair-use images, but they can be uploaded to Wikipedia instead. Start here or use the "Upload file" link in the toolbox at the left, and then select "It is a screenshot", about two-thirds of the way down the page. Your use of the screenshot must comply with the conditions listed at WP:NONFREE. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:28, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

March 14

Imerman Angels Page Edit

I am editing the Imerman Angels page to update it, but after saving information it switched back to the old format. Why did it do this and how can I permanently save my changes? 16:50, 14 March 2011 (UTC)~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.150.215.158 (talk)

Your changes were undone by a software agent that caught the addition of a link to Twitter. For the details of this, you can read User:XLinkBot/FAQ.

But your additions were not suitable for Wikipedia for a couple of other reasons too. One is that you copied text directly from the organisation's website, where it is marked "Copyright 2009. Imerman Angels. All rights reserved". Copyrighted text cannot be copied into Wikipedia; see WP:Copyright violations. In addition, your additions made the page look too much like an advert for the organisation; Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a business directory or an advertising outlet. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:16, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

March 15

Copyright violation against myself?

Dear whomever it may concern.

I have a bit of an issue. I was planning to post an article on Wikipedia, and I have been writing one for about two days that I’m very happy with. I have, however, already posted it on another Wiki. Can I still post the article in its entirety here on Wikipedia, and have the same article on two places, without risking having my article on Wikipedia deleted due to copyright issues? I am the author of the article to begin with, so having my own text deleted due to a copyright violation against myself doesn’t make any sense to me.

I’m sorry if this question has already been asked, but I couldn’t find it in the index.

PS: I have actually already requested other editors to review my article, but they denied it without much of an explanation.

--Carlminez (talk) 00:00, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

If you edit in Wikipedia, you will see the following words below the edit box: "You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL". If you or anybody else have already claimed copyright on it, this is prima facie inconsistent with that claim, and you probably need to follow the procedure at WP:IOWN to assert that you are donating the material under a suitable licence.

However, your question makes me think there may be another problem. Wikipedia has quite strict rules on what is a suitable subject for an article, and how the article may be written: in particular rules on notability, verifiability, neutrality and original research. I know of nowhere else that applies quite these rules, so usually material written anywhere else is not appropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia, at least without significant rewriting. --ColinFine (talk) 00:44, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Copyright issues depend on the license of the other wiki. I guess you refer to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bolt (character). Your work is in the page history. You appear to be the main contributor to the Wikia article but not the only contributor. http://disney.wikia.com/index.php?title=Bolt_(character)&oldid=99540 is the version before the first edit by your account, and your Wikipedia article included content copied from that version. disney.wikia.com uses the CC-BY-SA license so their content can be used in Wikipedia but only with proper attribution. You had no attribution so it did indeed look like a copyright violation to me. Your article had other problems as stated in the review at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bolt (character) which also says you can make improvements and resubmit it. An article of that size will require inline citations. It is not enough to list four source url's at the bottom. I haven't compared the article to the sources so I don't know how much of the article is potentially original research. See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) if you haven't already. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:49, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your informative reply, PrimeHunter Very helpful indeed! I’ll make sure to rewrite the article so that it does not include any text written by any other user and I’ll add sources and footnotes to facts and quotations. And then I’ll resubmit it for reviewing. Do I still need to provide the article with a “proper attribution” for Wikias CC-BY-SA license, and if so, how do I do that? --Carlminez (talk) 18:50, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

If you give attribution to http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Bolt_%28character%29 with {{CCBYSASource}} then you can include material written by others in the Wikia article. If you only use material licensed by you then you can technically omit attribution to a former place of publication but it's problematic. It sounds messy for a copyright investigator to go through the page history of the Wikia article to check whether you only use your own contributions. You risk a later editor removing it from Wikipedia as a suspected copyright violation if you don't explain the situation carefully or give attribution to Wikia. Also, if you don't give formal attribution to Wikia then you should document that Wikia's Carlminez is the same as you, for example by making a Wikia edit saying "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Carlminez is my account" and link to it from Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:00, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I have made several changes, added footnotes and sources and what I think is a proper attribution to the original article. I have also included a link in my profile to my account over at Wikia. I've resubmitted the article for reviewing, and while there might be a few things that can be improved, I believe that the copyright issues should be cleared now. Again, thanks for the help!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/Bolt_(character)

--Carlminez (talk) 20:58, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I see it was accepted this time. Congratulations! PrimeHunter (talk) 04:01, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Poole's Cavern

Hi

I have just read an article on "Poole,s Cavern" Very good info ect.. But I felt the photos let it down. I however have just been there and have a few photos of my own. So this is my question.. How can I upload these photos I have taken? I feel that there be some benefit to others whom mat wish to know what this cavern looks like.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.99.12 (talk) 19:13, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

You should probably upload it to Wikimedia Commons. Go here (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), then in the Participate section on the side, click "Upload file." Note that this will (I believe) release your images into the public domain, so anyone can use them. Anyway, once you click that link, follow the instructions to upload. Then you have to go to the article, and change the image. You'll see in the edit page this:[[Image:Pooles Cavern 5.jpg|thumb|The Flitch of Bacon]] at the very top. You have to change the image name, keep the word thumb, and then change the caption. So it should look something like this: [[Image:MyNewImage.png|thumb|My Caption]]. Ask me if you need more clarification. (By the way, I added a title to your question. You need to start a new section so people can see your question easily.) --Thekmc (talk) 20:52, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

March 16

Placing an image in wikipedia page

I have been emailed a head shot of the Mayor of Columbia, Steve Benjamin, and I want to place it in the Wikipedia page that I have created for him. How do I go about doing so? SHantiasia4 (talk) 13:08, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Who took the picture? Have they completed the necessary documentation licensing the photo for reproduction and re-use outside of Wikipedia? --Orange Mike | Talk 14:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

March 17

March 18

March 19

Add new sehrawats

O.J.Singh Sehrawat son of late Shri Sher Singh Sehrawat from village Kair, Accounts Officer,both in Government Service.al

Dr. Seema Sehrawat daughter of Shri O.J.Singh is scientist at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

````````````````` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.180.176.53 (talk) 05:11, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

The article contains a long list of names, but only one of them is a link to a Wikipedia article, and most have no reference to tell the reader how the fact can be verified. Both the US City and UK Settlement guidelines indicate that "Simple lists of names add little of value", and I think the same rule can be applied here. I therefore suggest that you do not add these names to the article until/unless these people have a Wikipedia article of their own. You will appreciate that there are a large number of people in the world with this surname, and it is not feasible to list them all. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:00, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Notability guideline for localities

Is there a notability guideline for inhabited localities? I can't find it out anywhere. Or can I write an article about any inhabited locality? --Id-a-lgo (talk) 08:22, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

See the essay at Wikipedia:Notability (geography). If the locality is a legally-recognised place (it has a mayor, council, or similar), then yes, the consensus is that it deserves an article. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:09, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! --Id-a-lgo (talk) 09:21, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episodes

Somebody should look at this. I did something wrong addidng new information to this document and I don't know how to make it right.

199.126.60.136 (talk) 09:41, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I've fixed the coding of the 2001-2002 season so that the page displays properly. It looks as if there is a disagreement on the inclusion of the 2001-2002 episodes; that ought to be discussed on the article talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:01, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

March 20

Incorrect information

In the article pertaining to the Montana class battleships it is stated that the Montanas turrets would 'fall out' if the ship capsized. This is not true. The Montanas turrets were,other than armor thickness, Identicle to the turrets on the Iowa class. This includes all supporting structure specifically the 'retaining clips' which were bolted to the bottom of the rotating turret structure preventing just such an event. Reference page 71 of Robert F. Sumralls 'Iowa class battleships' by The Naval institute press. ISBN 0-87021-298-2. Library of congress catalog card no 88-71712. Thanks MC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.106.26.12 (talk) 04:20, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Since you have a good source for your correction, you are welcome to edit the article. If you not sure how to do that, you could instead add your comment and its book reference to the article talk page where it will be seen by the editors most interested in the subject. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:10, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

baxtertrees entry for short story writer J. Jill Robinson

Hi. 2 weeks ago I asked if an editor could look at my draft article, but no one has got back to me--maybe I haven't done my request properly? I also don't know how to post the article once it's done. Can you help? I feel overwhelmed by the wuantity of options and directions, being extremely new to all this. (I can't even figure out how to SEND this!)

Thank-you,

Baxtertrees (talk) 20:06, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

You did exactly the right thing: please be patient - there is a big backlog on RfC. When the article is ready, you WP:MOVE it to its proper title J. Jill Robinson (that link is red at present, because the article doesn't exist yet).

The article User:Baxtertrees/J. Jill Robinson is nowhere near ready to be made live. First it contains no references at all, which is unsatisfactory for any article, but particularly for a biography of a living person. Because it has no references, it fails to establish that the writer is notable, and would almost certainly be deleted if you moved it to article space in its present form. Secondly, it is not an article, but reads like notes for an article. It needs to be written as an encyclopaedic article - see WP:TONE. -ColinFine (talk) 20:58, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

March 21

moving a userspace article to the mainspace

Dear Sir or Madam, Is it possible to move an userspace draft created in the English wikipedia to the Turkish wikipedia? Thanks and Best Regards, Kagan Gulat (talk) 10:04, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

It is not possible to do this directly. You will have to copy your draft text and paste it into a new page at the Turkish Wikipedia. Once that's done, you could add the tag {{db-user}} to User:Kagan Gulat/Pfalz D.III to have it deleted from the English Wikipedia. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

how to insert my sources correctly in my article

Im trying to create an article for my communications class as a project, but I am having trouble figuring out how to insert my sources correctly which is from globalissues.org page and my Media Now text book. Any help you have would be great. I need to create this article correctly so that it won't be deleted and I get a good grade.

20:58, 21 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cstevens221 (talk • contribs)

I can't see what you are trying to do since this is your only edit, but you might look at these pages, Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Wikipedia:Your first article. If you start your article we can give better advice. GB fan (talk) 21:25, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

You also need to look at notability: if you choose a subject for which you cannot find the necessary references to establish that the subject is notable, then your article will get deleted. Given how difficult it is to get a first article to stick, I am surprised that your course requires you to do so, and I wonder if those who set the project understand how Wikipedia works. --ColinFine (talk) 23:12, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Long Road Out Of Eden Tour - The Eagles (I request to add one concert missing in the list of 2010 performed concerts)

There is one concert date not included in the 2010 concert list. This is: October 27, 2010 - Fort Lauderdale - Bank Atlantic Center - United States This concert was a rescheduled date for an early october concert which had to be postponed because of a Don Henley's illness. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.86.211.244 (talk) 23:54, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Done, with a reference. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:42, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

March 22

Simple procedure to add a relevant link.

There has to be a simple and quick way to add a relevant hyperlink to an article. I have found an interesting orphan and wish to add a relevant external link but I have no idea how to do this despite wading through hundreds of 'help' advice and FAQs. There should be a simple "add a relevant link" on an article. I am sure there would be a software mechanism to ensure that the link offered was indeed relevant. I've spent a lot of time on this and I can't see how I can do it. Peter S, Australia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.110.20 (talk) 00:00, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

If you found an article labelled as an "orphan" then the problem is that few other Wikipedia articles point to it. To add links from one Wikipedia article to another, you typically replace, say, "John Doe" with "[[John Doe]]", as described here.

The Wikipedia guidelines on external links are stricter than many readers and editors realise. If you think a new external link passes those guidelines, the "how to" guide is here. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:50, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

African American Filmmakers

Keith O'Derek is an Award Winning African American filmmaker of two feature length documentary films. Straight from the streets featuring Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Ice T, DJ Quik and many others. Also he recently completed the film, Barack Obama "Road to the White House". The trailer is narrated by Academy Award Winner Louis Gossett, Jr. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.227.176.34 (talk) 05:33, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Here is some standard advice on creating a new Wikipedia article:

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article, but you will need to create an account to use it. if you don't wish to do so, you can submit a proposal for an article at Articles for Creation. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:56, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

March 23

March 24

help-legal issues and falsity

Hey Wiki,

I represent Mick Boogie as his publicist. The entry created on him originally was not only false but created by an unknown source. I attempted to delete it with no success. I then attempted to edit it several times. The issue is, every time I edit it (correcting it basically), it is reverted back to the original version. This is a major problem. I am the only person authorized to create an entry on him and it's absurd to me that I cannot change a false entry on him. Can you please help me find a solution to this? Either we need to have it deleted and I will re build from scratch, OR, I need to edit and have it stick. Please advise.

Thanks,

Meredith Koko

Meredithkoko (talk) 19:10, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

You have a clear conflict of interest and you do not and cannot control the content of the article. Having said that, I will take a look at the article and make any necessary changes per our WP:BLP policy. – ukexpat (talk) 19:21, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

OK I have taken a look at your edits and they were problematic for a couple of reasons: first, you destroyed the formatting of the article; second, you removed citations to reliable sources. In view of your COI, please use the article's talk page to discuss changes that you think should be made to the article. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 19:24, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

You seem to be laboring under a severe misunderstanding here, Meredith. Not only are you not "the only person authorized to create an entry on" Mick Boogie, you are possibly the person on the planet we would most strongly urge not to create an entry on your client (other than your client himself). For further guidance, see Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. If there is anything false in the current article, why not post to the talk page of the article, documenting the falsity or pointing out the undocumented nature of the false material, and let us correct it? And by the way: there are no legal issues involved here. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:25, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

March 25

DUKE ELLINGTON...MUSCIAN

HELLO, YOU GUYS HAVE DUKE ELLINGTON..AS BEING BURIED IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY IN BROOKLYN, NY...

HE IS BURIED IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY LOCATED IN BRONX, NEW YORK, MILES DAVIS IS BURIED NEXT TO HIM IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY74.90.200.125 (talk) 00:11, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Duke Ellington already said Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx) but after a search I found that Green-Wood Cemetery incorrectly listed him. I assume that is the article you refer to. I have removed him there. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:55, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Adding information - non-member inquiry

Greetings, How are you? My name is Evan Hayenga, First of all,...I want to thank you for this website and the information it has provided me with over the years. Thank you very much. I use Wikipedia on "more than regular" basis and there are times when I feel some small bits of information need to be added. Such was the case with actor "Don Knight." I learned of this man through a classic episode of "Little House on the Prairie" and that was my reason for using Wikipedia. It was not mentioned in his short biography . I feel this fact needs to be mentioned and made public knowledge in his honor. Just inquiring if?how I may do that. If at all possible.

Take care,

Peace~ ~Evan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.235.96 (talk) 13:52, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

You can edit articles by clicking the "Edit" tab at top, or an "edit" link to the right of a section heading. See for example Wikipedia:Introduction for more information. I have added the show to a list in his biography: [2]. This edit required a piped link. Sources say he played the light-hearted Irishman in the "100 Mile Walk" episode 3 at List of Little House on the Prairie episodes#Season 1 (1974-1975), but that is too much detail for the lead of a biography. Some actor biographies have a detailed filmography section but his IMDb filmography at [3] has 75 titles so that could be a lot of work. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:56, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Military Vehicle Trust

I have just added an article on "Military Vehicle Trust" and it has immiediately been deleted as a copyright infringement of the Background page of the MVT website.

I am the Military Vehicle Trust webmaster. How do we put an article on which will say almost the same as the website if we are trying to say what the MVT is about?

Regards

Nigel Hubert — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12mvt8611 (talk • contribs) 17:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Briefly, Nigel, you don't. As webmaster of the MVT, you have an almost insuperable conflict of interest in the matter. I have left some advice on your talkpage about how to handle oneself in such situations, once you've gotten a new username that does not advertise or represent the MVT. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:28, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

(after edit conflict): Hello Nigel, and welcome. There are at least three separate issues here, all of which you need to know about.

First, copyright: all material on Wikipedia must be released under a suitable licence. If you own the copyright and you are willing to release it under this licence, please read WP:IOWN for how to donate it. (Note that the licence explicitly allows the material to be used for other purposes, including commercial ones: it is not acceptable to say that Wikipedia only may use it).

Secondly, notability: a subject merits an article in Wikipedia only if it is notable by Wikipedia's standards - that is, that it has already been written about in multiple independent reliable sources. Your trust may very well meet this criterion, but it is up to the person who writes an article to establish in the the text that the subject is notable in this way, by providing the references. Also see WP:CORP.

Thirdly, conflict of interest. Wikipedia articles are required to be written in an neutral encyclopaedic way. This is usually very hard for somebody to accomplish if they are closely connected with the subject. So if you look at the article I linked to about conflict of interest, it recommends that those with a COI should not edit the article themselves, but should post material on the article's talk page, for others to incorporate into the article as they see fit. The requirement for neutrality also means that an organisation's own web site could very rarely be used even in the absence of copyright issues, since it is unlikely to be written in an encyclopaedic tone.

Since the article does not yet exist, your best bet would be to lodge a request, with the necessary references to establish notability, according to the instructions at WP:RA. --ColinFine (talk) 17:29, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

edition in the history of a village.

Daer moderatror,

I have read the history of village situated in karnal district of haryana state, but as i read there's not full details about the names of the persons as per generation wise & other details, so i wanted to edit these names & details based on my knoledge (discussed with many old person of the village).

HOW CAN I EDIT THIS PLEASE PROVIDE ME THE INFORMATIONs.

Regards

sanjiv —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.240.203.110 (talk) 18:30, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

You cannot edit based on your personal knowledge, interviews, etc. We require that information come from verifiable, reliable sources. In most villages, such as that which my people come from, there is nothing in reliable sources about most of the inhabitants, as the village's residents have never been notable enough to write about in an encyclopedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:37, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Launching Ayurveda (Band) page

I moved my page from my user space to Ayurveda (Band) in an attempt to the launch the page. In return, I now have this message at the top of the page: This page is a new unreviewed article. This template should be removed once the page has been reviewed by someone other than its creator; if necessary the page should be appropriately tagged for cleanup. If you are the article's creator, you can seek feedback on your new article. (July 2010)

Will the "review" happen automatically by WikiReviewers or do I have to take some other action. I am most anxious to get this page launched. Thank you. Whysosirius (talk) 19:53, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

The article has been deleted as unambiguous advertising so it is a moot point, but in any event the best thing to do is ask at WP:Requests for feedback. – ukexpat (talk) 20:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

March 26

Help With Linking One Wiki Article To Another

I was editing the Fanfiction.net wiki article, to update the 30 most popular fandoms, and each fandom name is linked to the wiki article about said fandom. But I cannot for the life of me get the Glee (TV Show) to link properly. I can link it to Glee (disambiguation) page, but it give me problems if I try to change it directly to the TV show page. Help?

I fixed it. The problem was that you had three of those brackets on each side instead of two. Ie. [[[Glee (TV Show|Glee]]] instead of the proper [[Glee (TV Show|Glee]] Hope this helps. --E♴(talk) 00:52, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate the help, I guess I missed the extra set of brackets. DianeKurohyou (talk) 00:55, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

problem

i have a problame with my yahoo messenger —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.98.181.70 (talk) 09:45, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

You could try asking at the Computing reference desk, but you will have to give much more detail than you have written here. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

March 27

creating a new account - is it possible to delete old inactive accounts?

Hello, I am user Furfur from the German Wikipedia and would like to create an acccount in the English WP with the same user name. I have noticed that someone has created a user account with this name on 4 April 2006 but this account is apparently inactive. I have not seen any edits under this user name. Is it possible to delete inactive accounts such that the "namespace" is free again? Thank you --89.247.244.6 (talk) 22:16, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

It is possible, and you can request just that at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. Hope this helps. --E♴(talk) 23:14, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

include image from internet in new Wikipage

I would like to include in a new page an image I found on the internet; the image is of a drawing likely more than 200 years old. Do I needto get permission from the owners of the website?

Thanks,

Raikenmd (talk) 17:53, 27 March 2011 (UTC)Richard

That depends if it's in the public domain or not or if you can use a fair-use rationale. It's best to assume it's not. You may want to read Wikipedia:Image use policy. Hopefully you find what you're looking for there. --E♴(talk) 23:32, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

March 28

how to add subcategory to a category

I would appreciate if someone could advise on how to add a subcategory (taiwanese opera singer) to the following category: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Opera_singers_by_nationality

Many thanks in advance 花迷 (talk) 12:08, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I took care of it, you can see how I did it at this edit. GB fan (talk) 12:18, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much, GB fan. Greatly appreciate your kind assistance. I have just also noticed that "Cantonese opera singer" has not been included and added it successfully. Many thanks once again. Cheers 花迷 (talk) 13:03, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Edward Howland Robinson Green

I am the author of "Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green, and the World He Created at ROUND HILL". THERE are several errors in the report that I would like to correct. I was not able to find evidence that he graduated from Fordham. Next, Hetty sent him to Terrell to purchase at auction, the Texas Midland RR, which he did , lengthened it, and turned it into the finest short line railroad in Texas, a model for the entire United States. His wards were daughters of friends who had passed away. He paid their expenses and tuition, and were insulted when accused of having any sexual connection to the Colonel. 100 rooms in the mansion??? I lived at Round Hill and visited friends who lived in the mansion. There was not 100 rooms, though the Jesuits added many when they took over. Mabel married the Colonel and stuck with him for life. She moved in with him when he lived in Terrell. Nowadays that is not a big deal, is it! For more accurate information read my book. Barbara Bedell —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.6.134 (talk) 14:43, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I have copied this to the article talk page, where it will be seen by the editors most interested in that article. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:45, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

March 29

How to add video come from a Video site

Hi , Im Azurich, How can I add a certain video from a video site like youtube to add in a certain article? Please help me... Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azurich (talk • contribs) 05:16, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Looking at your contributions, I'm assuming you wish to add the link to Earth Hour. For the how, see this help section. But you should also read this other section of the External Links page, and be prepared to begin a discussion at Talk:Earth Hour if another editor disagrees with your addition of the link. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:52, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

March 30

CONTENT OF BASILEA III IN SPANISH

Hi, I would like to see the text of Basilea III in spanish since this is not available until now. I already did a translation from the english version if it would be useful for you. Thanks.

Rodrigo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodrigo ruizmorel (talk • contribs) 17:22, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

This is the English-language Wikipedia. It sounds like you need to consult someone at the Spanish Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:39, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I'm not sure to which article you are referring. I do not see an article titled "Basilea III" on our page listing articles that contain the word Basilea. You may also want to check the Spanish language Wikipedia, as that might have the info for which you are looking. TN X Man 17:44, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

March 31

editing pages, including photos

how do i add photos when editing a page? 58.166.36.19 (talk) 09:00, 31 March 2011 (UTC)bball_is_my_life

Hello - does the advice at Wikipedia:Picture tutorial help? Gonzonoir (talk) 10:02, 31 March 2011 (UTC)