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August 1

Checking New Article

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.

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could edit/double check that my new article is ok? 'Holidaysafe'

Thanks

RichMoon

RichMoon (talk) 09:04, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Please do not crosspost. This is being dealt with at Wikipedia:Help desk#Holidaysafe.--ukexpat (talk) 17:43, 1 August 2012 (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.

August 2

GeSI - how to ensure the page is correct - it's not meant as promotion

Hello, I'm afraid I made a mistake putting up a page for GeSI (GeSI (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)). I'm not sure what went wrong, but there is a big message stating it is spam or only promotes a commercial entity. GeSI is a not for profit organization that I am friends with and they asked me to help create a page for them. The organization promotes sustainability in the ICT industry and works with many big firms in this field (I suspect my list of those companies was the problem). I removed this list until I better understand how to add them. GeSI partners with many UN agencies that have wikipedia pages, and they are a not-for-profit organization. I'm concerned for GeSI because the page now seems horrible for them, and for myself as I am not trying to promote anything commercial and I don't want to develop a bad reputation on wikipedia. The only other page I've ever created caused no problems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numéro_deux)

Thanks

Tabularazah Scott (talk) 20:51, 2 August 2012 (UTC) Scott Duncan

The purpose of the organisation is irrelevant, what is relevant is the notability of the organisation, supported by reliable sources, and the tone of the article. In this case the article doesn't demonstrate the notability of the subject nor is the tone article encyclopedic.--ukexpat (talk) 21:00, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

The article has now been deleted, so don't worry any more that you have inadvertently harmed the organisation in question. Take a look at WP:COI, and particularly WP:LUC, for an explanation of the potential pitfalls in creating an article about a subject you're close to, and the reasons why this is discouraged here. If you've read the notability guideline Ukexpat linked to above, and feel that an article could be written that satisfies it, you could always write a draft and assemble the relevant references in a user sandbox, then list it at Wikipedia:Articles for creation for someone else to turn it into a compliant article. - Ka renjc 16:04, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

August 3

mvgarrybowen

i submitted articles about mcgarrybowen and have trying to remove my contributions so that they cannot be read. I ubderstand there is something called a rollback. If you can roll back what I have done I would greatly appreciate it. Im not trying to vandalize the page I just want the history to rrmain as it was before my submissions, they began on 8/2 and have been having trouble elimininating them. Its making their history page look confusing as well. If you could roll back my submissions I would greatly appreciate itOldhamn (talk) 14:53, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

After comparing the recent editions to the article with those on 6 May 2012: here, it doesn't appear as though there are any significant changes outstanding. Perhaps I've misunderstood your request, but I anticipate that this is what you were attempting to achieve? Thanks, Meph^talk 15:00, 3 August 2012 (UTC).

Photo to wiki page

I created a page about a shortline railroad. I uploaded a photo to Commons. I have tried to follow the instructions, but am having a problem figuring out how to get it to my shortline railroad page. How do I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrLaw45 (talk • contribs) 23:30, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

WP:IMAGE#How to place an image has a quick overview and then lots of details if you want them. However, I see that the image itself, commons:File:Cadiz Alco S3 No 8.jpg, is tagged for deletion there due to a problem with the licensing or authorship information. Please clarify the situation there (need to state what the license status is, and supply evidence that "Kameron Miller", the author you listed, agrees with that). Licensing policy can be a bit confusing, so feel free to tell us what you do know about the image and someone can help you figure out how to proceed from there. DMacks (talk) 09:46, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

August 4

New release for discography

hello-

Buddy Cage has a new 2012 release called "Play Pen" with The Crybabies. Can you include this with his discography?

Dan Dowd 14:21, 4 August 2012 (UTC)14:21, 4 August 2012 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.250.65.197 (talk)

Feel free to, if you can find a reliable source to support it. Mdann52 (talk) 17:26, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

August 5

how to make friends

i wanted to make freinds here I want to add my friends list add chat with them — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vijay1071 (talk • contribs) 12:31, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a social networking site. People do become friends here, online and offline, during the process of building and improving the encyclopaedia, and you're welcome to join in and help, but if you're looking for features like friend lists and chat forums, you will probably do better on a different site. (I removed a space in your comment above, so that it displayed correctly.) Ka renjc 15:18, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

kik messenger

i want to go into kik messenger — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vijay1071 (talk • contribs) 12:36, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

I don't know what that is, but try Club Penguin or Runescape. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 14:03, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

You need to download the app from a participating App store on a mobile device - eg. the iPhone or Android. Mdann52 (talk) 17:24, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

August 6

Can I get a mentor?

I have recently set up an account, and tried to make my first submission on the Gallery for Apollo 7. When I went to the IRC site to get help, I could not enter any text, so went nowhere.

Background. I am 81 years old, retired documentary producer living in New Zealand.

I would like some of my films, which are now on You Tube, to be accessible through Wikipedia. Other priorities mean that I don't have the time or enthusiasm for conquering your website without help.

Can anyone assist me one-to-one?

George Van Valkenburg Quickscan1 (talk) 03:32, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

I will happily help you - just post on my talk page, or Email me. Mdann52 (talk) 08:50, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

August 7

New Contributor

User:Clara Bale/sandbox

Good morning! I am brand new. I just got my login a week ago and have created a new article in my "sandbox." I've saved the article, but still can't see it "live" on Wikipedia when I log out. I'm guessing it takes time for the article to be viewed and approved, right? How long will this take and how will I be notified of it's approval/deletion? I'm flying a bit blind here and wondering if it's been deleted and I just don't know it, so I'm wondering how I can find this out. I know the article is "viable," but fear I may not complete my markup absolutely correctly or cite my references correctly, etc. I appreciate any help you can offer this sad little newbie. :) Clara Bale (talk) 19:03, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

There is no formal review process for sandbox drafts unless you submit them via the articles for creation process. I took a quick look at the draft and it needs a few more references from third party sources, ie sources not connected with the subject, to demonstrate notability per the guidelines. If you are connected to the subject, you should also take a look at the conflict of interest guidelines. Hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 19:21, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Creating a Wikipedia article about the company I work for

I work for a 42 year old nonprofit company that has literally "written the book" on Leadership Development. The company is even referenced on the Wikipedia page for Leadership Development, as well as several other pages, but it currently does not have its own page. The company has made history through extensive research and radical innovation that has changed the way many businesses look at their organizational and leadership development and education, which is one of the reasons that I believe it is noteworthy enough to have a Wikipedia page. However, now that I have read Wikipedia's guidelines, I understand that I need an unaffiliated third party editor to write the article. How do I go about finding one of these editors? Thank you for your help. 208.0.118.1 (talk) 20:25, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Frankly, the promotional tone of your inquiry is enough to set off alarms all over Wikipedia. Articles here must be written in a neutral, matter-of-fact tone, sourced to reliable sources. There is no place here for language like "has literally 'written the book' on..."; "extensive research and radical innovation"; or "changed the way many businesses look at...". Such phraseology belongs on your website or in your sales pamphlets, not in a reference work. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:40, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response. I appreciate your honesty and candor. However, I only used the term "wrote the book" because our faculty and researchers literally do write books and have made an impact on business history. I would not suggest that the article itself be promotional in nature, just the facts to be able to reference when referring to the company. This would be why I would want someone unaffiliated to write it. There are plenty of sources that could be used as references, as the company is consistently in the top rankings of credible institutions and publications. Is this a possibility? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.0.118.1 (talk) 21:08, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

You want our "Article for creation" system, to be found here. Be sure to be as open and candid there as you were here about your own conflict of interest. (I only wish all folks with a COI were so honest about it.) --Orange Mike | Talk 12:38, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Perfect, thank you for the advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.0.118.1 (talk) 14:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

August 8

Editing an article

How do I get in to edit an article in Wikipedia? When I click edit on the article, then the article disappears. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dai-dnab (talk • contribs) 01:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

See WP:EDITING for more help. Mdann52 (talk) 13:44, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Help:Editing may be more relevant here. Click the "Edit" tab at top to edit the whole page. If you still have problems then please say which page it is and where you click edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:19, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

New York Beacon Newspaper

The New York Beacon is an African Amercian weekly newspaper established in 1976. It is published by Smith Haj Group Inc., a New York corporation. The company also publishes the Philadelphia Observer, a weekly African American newspaper serving the greater Philadelphia PA communities. Walter Smith is the publisher of the New York Beacon and Miatta Smith is the publisher of the Philadelphia Observer. The New York Beacon was established in 1975 by W.E. Underwood as a daily numeroloyg sheet called "Big Red". The "Big Red" numerology sheet had daily sales of over 200,000. In 1976 the sheet was expanded to a 4 page tabloid to accomodate requests for advertising from community organizations. In 1978 the 4 page tabloid became a 24 page newspaper to accomodate retailers request for advertising space in and around new york city. The daily numeroloyg sheet was included in the weekly newspaper thereby establishing "Big Red News" as the highest circulated African American weekly newspaper in the country. Walter Smith, the newspaper's current owner, publisher and editor in chief, took over management of "Big Red News" in 1980 and purchased it in 1982. In 1990 it was renamed the "New York Beacon". The New York Beacon is audited by VAC and is a member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the Northeast Publishers Association (NEPA). The New York Beacon is also a member of the New York Press Association. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nybeac (talk • contribs) 20:28, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

This is not the place to write an article. If you would like to try writing an article about it yourself, please see WP:YFA; if you woul like to request that somebody else write it, look at WP:Requested articles. Either way, it would be helpful if you find some independent reliable sources that cover the newspaper. --ColinFine (talk) 22:30, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

August 9

Suraj Kafle

Suraj Kafle is born in Murtidhunga-5, Dhankuta, Nepal. He born in 05 August 1990. His father name is Bhimananda Kafle and mother name is Indira Kafle. He has two brother named Bhisha and Dipendra Kafle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.199.155.51 (talk) 11:53, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

this sounds like an article request. Please go to WP:AW to create it. Mdann52 (talk) 13:44, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

I think you mean the wiz. – ukexpat (talk) 13:11, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

How do i add the profile pic in an article...?

i want to put on a picture in article like whenever i search for my favorite artist or singer's Wikipedia likewise Yoon Doojoon it has information about him but no image so it feels a bit not good to me so how cud i put on or upload an image of him in it..? plz help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.56.105.140 (talk) 07:54, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 13:10, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

But it is often the case that articles about living people do not have pictures because there are no pictures available which are not restricted by copyright. Unless a Wikipedia editor can go and take their own picture of the person and then release it under a suitable licence, there may not be any way to get one. --ColinFine (talk) 19:41, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Article declined

Why has my article been declined twice on grounds of not having enough sources?! Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/David Wayman I have cited independent sources for all information and the article is entirely objective. Other artist wikis have been created and approved with far fewer sources than I have provided! eg:Oliver Stark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poacher64 (talk • contribs) 13:44, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

You should ask the editor who declined it at User talk:SarahStierch.--ukexpat (talk) 16:43, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

SarahStierch has added the comment " Comment: Facebook, imdb, and websites that are companies that he works for or is represented by are not reliable". I would say "are either not reliable or not independent". Please see WP:IRS. --ColinFine (talk) 21:34, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

August 10

What happens if someone creates an article before me?

I am currently preparing a draft article here about an album that is not yet released. I was hoping that once it charts it will be created since it will gain notability. I was wondering...what happens if someone else creates this article before me? Masterpeace3 (talk) 06:41, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

If needed, an admin can delete the other one and move yours into its place. Mdann52 (talk) 07:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure that would be the best way of dealing with it - unless there's something delete-worthy about the article that gets created in mainspace first. If only Masterpeace3 has made significant edits to the draft in Articles for Creation, then if someone else creates the mainspace entry first, it would be best for Masterpeace3 to update the mainspace article with the additional material from his draft, and then ask for the draft to be deleted. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 09:33, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Short answer: you thank them, then concentrate on making the article they created better. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:13, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

That happened to me. I was afraid my draft article wasn't up to Wikipedia's standards. Now I need to go and do the same thing.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:11, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Then there's no purpose on keep this on the Articles for creation anymore. I'll have to submit the article soon otherwise my efforts would just be wasted :-/ Masterpeace3 (talk) 01:52, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

The Vaccines' genre

The Vaccines are currently one of the biggest bands in the UK and their genre is still described as 'indie rock', which is not true as they are not an independent band. Their frontman, Justin Young, and other music sites, such as www.musicrooms.net and NME, have said that this is the case. I changed the information on the article last night and now it has been changed back, I don't know how to cite the sources so if you could change and cite it for me that would be very nice and helpful. Thanks. P.S. These two sources show it, http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=1&title=justing_young_s_track_by_track_guide_to_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 http://www.musicrooms.net/alternative/50333-the-vaccines-go-punk-rock.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.201.193 (talk) 20:39, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:19, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

August 11

Speedy Deletion!

My article has been asked to be speedily deleted. Firstly do you think it warrants a deletion on the grounds set, looking at other MMORPG articles (and this is my first). View it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkanius

Secondly, if you agree, in full, what should I add? I'll do anything humanly possible in my power to fix the problem proposed.

Thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artisan Codesmith (talk • contribs) 00:06, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

An indie game in development will almost never be an acceptable topic for a Wikipedia article. Please see Wikipedia:Notability. If your game receives significant coverage from independent reliable sources, then it might be appropriate as a topic for an article. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:18, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

ACEJA Eunapolis Associação Comunitária Educacional Joana de Angelis, preciso de parceiros para desenvolver projeto agricultura familiar

ACEJA Eunápolis, praça Getúlio Vargas 160 bairro Doutor Gusmão Eunápolis Bahia Brasil, fundada em 23 de fevereiro de 2001, organização sem fins lucrativos, missão: educação,meio ambiente, combate as doenças contagiosas e a desigualdade social. Implantar projeto Agricultura Familiar, fazenda Baixa das Pedras,precisamos da parceria para desenvolver agricultura diversificada, iniciar com 100 mil pés de cajueiro anão precoce,conforme resultado das nossas pesquisas e tecnologias gerados foram confirmados através da difusão e transferência e publicação técnica,será concretizado a realização dos principais objetivos e metas propostos no projeto de apoio à Cajucultura Nordestina. Precisamos do apoio do parceiro para o financiamento e o desenvolvimento de equipamentos para o melhor aproveitamento de castanhas, na tentativa de se efetivar o aproveitamento do líquido da castanha de Caju (LCC) e no desenvolvimento de novas variedades de cajueiros produtivos. Estamos dando o primeiro passo para a sustentabilidade de toda cadeia produtiva do Agronegócio Caju. Uma das alternativas para evitar os problemas de propagação sexuada é a viabilização da micropropagação vegetativa, ou cultura de tecidos, a partir de meristemas caulinares ou radiculares. Foi lançado comercialmente pela Embrapa como BRS 189,destacando-se a cor, formato e tamanho adequados, textura firme, elevados teores de vitamina C e carotenóides. Também foi feito o lançamento oficial dos clones com as denominações de Embrapa,respectivamente, para o plantio comercial para a região associarem alta produtividade de castanha, porte baixo da planta e caracteres tecnológicos da amêndoa desejáveis para a cultura. Resultados importantes que foram já encontrados poderão ser empregados como subsídios em programas de melhoramento genético, na produção de cajueiro irrigado e na implantação de Análise de Perigos e Pontos Críticos de Controle (APPCC) de amêndoas,favorecendo a oferta de produtos com palatabilidade e valor nutritivo cada vez melhores para atender as atuais demandas da alimentação moderna e grande perspectivas para a expansão dos alimentos considerados funcionais.Quanto aos eswtudos envolvendo agroindustria de cajuína, especificamente na Bahia, o processo produtivo nas operações e extração,de higiene e sanitização de ambiente, equipamentos, pessoal e operação. MANGA, Plantio Comercial, aparte da pesquisa a geração e adaptação de novas tecnologias para o desenvolvimento da cultura. Apesar do potencial e da importância da manga nos mercados nacional e internacional. BANANA: nos trabalho realizados, considerando-se essenciamento a qualidade das informações que estãop sendo gerados para que os produtores de banana possam utilizar a tecnologia de maneira segura, no geral, foram encontrados aspectos positivos, avanços e progressos nas pesquisas realizadas. Atenciosamente, Francisco José de Santana, Diretor Presidente. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.71.220.232 (talk) 03:07, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello. Your question seems to be related to one of our sister projects. Please note that you are at the English Wikipedia, one of hundreds of projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Each project is operated independently of one another, including Wikipedias in other languages. This page is a help desk for asking questions related to using this wiki, so we may be unable to assist in matters concerning other Wikimedia projects. You may have more luck trying to find help at the project in question. Best of luck. Mdann52 (talk) 05:26, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

August 12

I am the author of the Medal of Honor that was presented to Charles L. Gilliland

I was the Company Clerk of Company "I", 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division when our Company Commander ordered me to investigate the circumstances around the extraordinary bravery exhibited by Charles L.Gilliland and to write him up for the Congressional Medal of Honor. I did so, but did not find out until 50 years later that it had in fact been awarded. He was the youngest person in military history (17 years old) to be awarded that medal. Please correct your entry in Wikipedia. John B. Meyers Conyers, Georgia (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.251.72.202 (talk) 17:16, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi there. Everything published on Wikipedia needs to be verified with reliable sources. If you can find some,feel free to add the info to the article. Thank you, Mdann52 (talk) 18:24, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you want them to be permanently removed from the page history, please email this address.

Removing Racist Comment

There's a racist comment on the talk page of the New Cross Fire article. I assume it's OK for me to delete it? Crinoline (talk) 20:40, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely fine. I will also warn the editor(s) involved. Mdann52 (talk) 21:06, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Someone's already taken it down - glad to see this received such quick attention. Thanks.Crinoline (talk) 21:17, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Resolved

August 13

French influence in Puerto Rico

Please assist with the following. I was looking at sites covering Puerto Rican history and came across French surnames found on the island. I have a particular interest in that my wife is a fifth-generation member of the Lausell family. According to family members, two brothers visited the island from France in the 1880's. One brother settled in Puerto Rico, while the other brother eventually settled in Santo Domingo. I have attempted to find a specific area of your site to request that Lausell can be added to the large list of French surnames on the island. Can you help? My wife and her family would be most grateful. Thanks, Ed Hernandez — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.119.96.65 (talk) 19:43, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Can you be more specific on the website page your on about? Mdann52 (talk) 19:59, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Reply: The title of the article is French Immigration to Puerto Rico.Under contents it appears as item number 8. Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.119.96.65 (talk) 01:29, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

The place to request the change is talk:French Immigration to Puerto Rico. Mdann52 (talk) 04:51, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Note that information in Wikipedia needs to be referenced to reliable sources, not personal knowledge, though I don't imagine it will be hard to find sources for this information. --ColinFine (talk) 20:20, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Questionable claim about a writer

Greetings. On another forum, someone started a thread about a book. She was worried that the book would be biased, because the wikipedia page claimed that one of the authors was "derisive" against the same subculture that the book is about.

I have no idea if the author was derisive or not. I'm quite certain the book was not, although a decade has passed since I last read that book so I might misremember. Anyway, I don't think the quote provided on his wikipedia page support the claim that he was derisive. The quote is ripped out of context, and at least as likely to have a very different meaning than being derisive.

Posting here to get general input on this kind of situation. I'm very new to wikipedia, in the sense that I have done very few edits. Registered years ago, but so far I have only started one minor page and made a few minor edits on other pages. Still learning the system for communicating on this site.

For the individual case, I have posted in the talk page of the individual wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jon_Jacobs_%28writer%29

--Xzenu (talk) 09:59, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

In one sentence of the page, two statements are made about the author. That he has a certain preference, and that he is derisive against those who doesn't share it. The first claim is uncontroversial and relevant, but not supported at all by the quote. The second claim is controversial since it calls the quality of his work into question. This second claim could potentially be supported by the quote: The quote, ripped out of context as it is, could mean many different things. Interpreting it as derisive is only one of many possibilities. I'm thinking, maybe keep the first statement, add a "citation needed" to it, and remove the second statement as well as the quote.--Xzenu (talk) 11:20, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

user contributions

What do the red and green numbers mean (bytes after change) on the user contributions page?Robinrobin (talk) 02:40, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

See WP:+/-.--ukexpat (talk) 03:02, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

August 15

Another question, this time about navigation.

This forum seem to be a great place to ask questions about the English Wikipedia.

But where do i ask similar questions about the Swedish wikipedia? Surely sv.wikipedia.org has a similar page? But I can't find it. Oh, and I can't find any regular link to this forum on the English wikipedia either: The reason I'm here is that the link was mailed to me... I mean, posted on my Talk page. This was done by the system, but no similar post has be made on my Swedish talk page.

Thanks in advance. :-)

--Xzenu (talk) 09:59, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

This page is linked in many places, for example Wikipedia:Questions. Other languages have fewer help pages. You can ask questions about the Swedish Wikipedia at sv:Wikipedia:Wikipediafrågor. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:31, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Tack så mycket. (Thanks.) --Xzenu (talk) 12:21, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Just for your info, it wasn't the system that pasted the welcome template on your talk page, but a real en.wikipedia user - see Wikipedia:Welcoming committee. As far as navigation goes, categories can be helpful. For example, if you look at the bottom of this page you'll find that it's in Category:Wikipedia help forums. Following that link will lead you to the various other help pages on this Wikipedia. The same trick will work on the page PrimeHunter has linked you to on the Swedish Wikipedia. Ka renjc 17:11, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Aha. Thanks.--Xzenu (talk) 20:46, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Some sort of tool for minimizing sections?

Hi, out of curiosity I've been trying to peruse old Arbitration cases, but I've found that many of them seem so long and complicated that getting the sense of them is very difficult and needs lots and lots of scrolling up and down. I know with programming, like with Microsoft Visual C++, that you can collapse and hide subsections, and I was wondering if there's any sort of tool to do the same thing with long and complicated pages here on Wikipedia? Thanks. B-I-G and S-M-R-T!!1! (talk) 20:37, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

There are templates that you can add to a section to collapse it, but the standard user interface has no way of doing it at the whim of the user. There may be gadgets to do it, I don't know. The Wikipedia iPhone app collapses sections by default. --ColinFine (talk) 22:38, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

August 14

Julius Wesley Becton, Jr., retired United States Army Lieutenant General

Notables from: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Julius Wesley Becton, Jr. (born 29 June 1926) is a , former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director, and education administrator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.78.150.253 (talk) 19:47, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

My contribution

Hi,

Where did my contribution go? Can't find it, but I'm pretty sure I sent it to review. Does it mean that it's still under review? Or is it deleted without further notice? I think Wikipedia has the worst UX design I've ever seen. Is it impossible to be a tech newbie in Wikipedia?

Line Line oma (talk) 22:25, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

According to your contribution record, the only edit which you have made is the question above. What else did you think you had done? - David Biddulph (talk) 23:46, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

August 16

Robert Burns links to recitations

I want to put in a links to some sound recordings that I have made of Robert Burns poems, how to I go about this 86.171.230.134 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:45, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

It seems unlikely that these will meet the rather narrow set of justifications for external links in WP:EL. --ColinFine (talk) 19:50, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Doniago and not being able to respond to the Wiki editors. Love you guys and what you're doing.

I love you guys, have donated and am trying to fit into what you're doing and the way you're doing it. It's just that I couldn't REPLY to Doniago and Barumbo (sp?). I have thousands of documents and photos that my father, the late Herbert Mols, left the family (mainly me) after his death in 1986. I have been spurred (sp?) on by the flurry of articles written recently about the controversal 1972 Gold medal men's basketball game between the US and the USSR. My father wrote the Appeal and it has been misquoted often. That's why I finally put the full appeal up on the www.herbmols.com website.

Regards,

Gary Mols — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaryMols (talk • contribs) 21:20, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

You can reply to Doniago, Bagumba, or any other editor by editing that user's talk page, just the same way you edit articles. Doniago's talk page is here. Bagumba's talk page is here. Mine is here. Just navigate to the page and edit it to add your comments, and the user will see what you've written when next they log in. Also, please be sure that you are reading the comments that are being posted on your own talk page, as they address some of your concerns and contain links to Wikipedia policies and guidelines that you'll find it helpful to know. Mwelch (talk) 21:55, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

For example, when you see Bagumba (talk), you can click on the "talk" link next to my name to get to my talk page, which you can edit and start a discussion. You can refer to Help:Using talk pages for additional help.—Bagumba (talk) 22:54, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

August 17

The Use of interviews as Source

Hi

I am contributing to a page of a singer ( Misha B)

My Question is are interviews with the subject of the article (from a reliable source news or online resource) acceptable as sources? any restrictions?...Zoebuggie☺whispers 13:35, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Assuming the interview was published in a reliable source, we are still faced with the problem that what the subject says is a species of "self-published source" and should be regarded with the same caution that other SPSs are treated. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:33, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Just a thought...but if the words of the subject should be regarded with caution, what about interviews with other people commenting on the subject (person) are they any more reliable? ...Zoebuggie☺whispers 18:21, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

How to approach a dispute

I disagree with changes another editor has made to an article to which I contribute. How do I go about talking to them? Do I use the article talk page or do I use the other editor's talk page? If I use the other editor's talk page, where can I find information on how to format my new section on it?

Please reply on my talk page.

User_talk:Nonesuch75

Nonesuch75 13:15, 17 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nonesuch75 (talk • contribs)

August 18

HOW MUCH IS THE USCIS FORM I-821D

HOW MUCH IS THE USCIS FORM I-821D 99.9.32.122 (talk) 05:22, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Mdann52 (talk) 07:08, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

west point graduates:

you do not list George Horatio Derby in any of the categories. ?? 108.201.97.55 (talk) 21:28, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

I have added George Derby to Category:United States Military Academy alumni. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:12, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

August 19

Am I not autoconfirmed?

I am having a problem editing an article. When I hit preview, I get the version of the article BEFORE my edits were made, my edits are removed from the edit box, and there is a pink message at the top of the screen stating:

Note: This page has been semi-protected so that only autoconfirmed users can edit it. If you need any help getting started with editing, see the New contributors' help page.

I thought autoconfirmed users were automatic when your account was 4 days old and had 10 edits. My account is from 2008 and I have 42+ edits.

Please help. --Dmg46664 (talk) 02:01, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

It would say "view source", not edit, if you could not edit the page. There would be no edit box, no preview, no save page button. So yes, you're autoconfirmed. Does this happen on all semi-protected pages, or only some? Does it happen on some pages that are not semi'd? What browser are you using, and which version, and on which operating system? Someguy1221 (talk) 02:17, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

August 20

TCS Associates

Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist}} template or a <references /> tag; see the help page.

I don't understand what i did wrong in the article for TCS Associates? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kareem.dore (talk • contribs) 13:10, 20 August 2012‎

I have fixed the formatting problem at User:Kareem.dore/sandbox; you can read about using "ref" and "reflist" at Help:Footnotes.

However, your draft article is a long way from being acceptable as a Wikipedia article in its current form. Your references need to show that the organisation is "notable" by Wikipedia standards - the organisation must have attracted considerable coverage in reliable sources such as newspapers and respected news websites. The page WP:42 is a handy summary of the kind of coverage needed. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:28, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Not only that but the tone is far too promotional - expressions like "advanced total solutions technologies services" are pure PR-speak. In addition the grammar and spelling need work.--ukexpat (talk) 13:58, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

declined submission - style

Being discussed at Wikipedia:Help desk#declined submission - style--ukexpat (talk) 17:42, 20 August 2012 (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.

Hi!

This is my article: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Caligola (music project)

İt has been declined for the third time now - the sources should be fine now, but i don't know what about the style. What else can İ change? İ'd be grateful for a littie bit of help for İ have changed it so manz times now and İ honestlz don't know what else to do! Thanks to anyone who can help me!!!Andrea Schweinberger (talk) 15:07, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

This is being dealt with at your crosspost at the Help Desk - Wikipedia:Help desk#declined submission - style. Please do not crosspost the same question to more that one help venue -- thanks.--ukexpat (talk) 17:42, 20 August 2012 (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.

HIgh Noon Western Americana Los Angeles

Dear Wikipedia,

We have been stalled since July 14th in review. You have requested several changes over the past several months which we have made. Please review our most recent revisions as we are anxious to get closure on our submission. We have attempted to accommodate all of your requests.

Your prompt attention is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

High Noon — Preceding unsigned comment added by HighNoon (talk • contribs) 21:12, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

I guess you refer to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/High Noon Western Americana. You removed the submission template in [1] and never readded it so the page was never submitted for a new review. I have readded the old submission template. Don't remove it. You can submit the page for a new review by clicking the "click here" link in the box at the top. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:29, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

If [2] was an attempt to submit it for a new review then you made two mistakes: You didn't place it on the page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/High Noon Western Americana, and you included the <tt> and <nowiki> stuff seen in the source code for the instructions at User talk:HighNoon#Your submission at Articles for creation. You should only have placed the displayed text {{subst:submit}}. The nowiki in the source code is needed there to display the text to you without making a real submission of the page the instruction is placed on. If you had only made the first mistake then a reviewer would probably have guessed you just placed it on the wrong page, but the second mistake meant that no reviewers were alerted that you attempted to submit a page. The simplest way to resumbit is to use the "click here" link I readded. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:42, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

August 21

Updating an existing article

Hi there, I am a new user and created an Article that I would like to update on the "Vrededorp, Gauteng" Stub. Currently the Article is saved in User:Michelle19660620/sandbox. How do I go about getting it reviewed? thansk Michelle Michelle19660620 (talk) 21:05, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi there and welcome to Wikipedia! :) Just on my own reading of your proposed article, it's much more thorough than the stub, so my first thought is that you should (since there is no talk page for the article) just put your changes in section by section after you have carefully reviewed them once more by yourself. You need to avoid close paraphrasing in some of your history timeline, and also respect NPOV - for instance where you have "the suburb is in a state of gross neglect", this may well be true, but you need to have a specific reliable source that you can cite. And you should read WP:CITE in general and provide footnotes in the text for your statements - and again, make sure you're not copy-pasting other people's writing - but from my reading, you've done a lot of work, so be bold and add it to the live article.

And if you want some focused review, we have WikiProjects and it looks like this one would be a good place to find interested editors. Hope that helps! Franamax (talk) 03:18, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

August 22

Requesting a primary source to backup a statement made on Wikipedia

"...However, Abe was advised by central military authorities in Tokyo that the new official policy was to execute all prisoners of war in the field, and not to hold any in captivity or to send them to the home islands."

It gives no verifiable reference for this particular statement. At the end of the paragraph it gives a footnote, but having checked the footnote references, nothing refers specifically to the above statement and certainly; as well that footnote provides no clue as to where this statements primary source is (The references in the footnote offer nothing on this statement.)

This statement if true has ramifications in another sphere of The Pacific War in WW2, where 22 Europeans were murdered by beheading the previous day (to the event being discussed in the wiki-page above.) The question has been what precipitated this massacre of the previous day? Hence the importance of this statement and the need for a verifiable primary source. Is there anyway that you or I can contact the writer to discuss this point and seek a verifiable primary source?

60.234.221.203 (talk) 02:05, 22 August 2012 (UTC)Kevin Menzies

Put {{dubious}} or {{sources}} by the paragraph in question and seperately raise it on the articles Talk page. Seeks a dialogue first with the author, giving your objections. Check any conversations on Talk, as this often identifies the major author. if you have found the author, contact them directly. Irondome (talk) 02:23, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Jimmy Grafton

I am Jimmy Grafton's daughter. There are some inaccuracies in the article, how do I correct them? 86.130.57.161 (talk) 09:39, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for asking. Because of you potential conflict of interest, you should be cautious in making changes yourself, and in general should suggest changes you would like made on the article's talk page. However, if there is information in the article which is not cited to a reliable source, anybody may remove it.

It is more problematic when you want to add information to the article: if you can find a published indepedent reliable source, then the information may be added; but matter from your personal knowledge - or anybody else's - is not acceptable on Wikipedia, because it is not verifiable. Most difficult of all to handle is if there is information which is cited to a reliable source, which you would like to have removed from the article: in that case you may not remove it, but should discuss the matter on the talk page, and try to persuade others that there are reasons why this material should not be in the article. --ColinFine (talk) 12:20, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Astern of the convoy?

If the convoy was heading East, how could Bramble be simultaneously astern and North-East of the conbvoy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.58.118 (talk) 10:54, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

We have around four million articles. Searching shows you refer to Battle of the Barents Sea#The battle. The article may be inaccurate. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:20, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Inserting external links to a wiki page

Hello, I am really struggling to insert links in a wiki page - first contribution. The reference section is a sea of red. I understand putting the http address in one square bracket. I do not understand how to attach copy to the link or a reference. Please can you just send me the format for inserting the external link, the text it will link to and code for the reference section. Thanks! Incidentally I do not have a tool bar with the simple add link so need to have the full coding format. Thanks, R — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moorey01 (talk • contribs) 13:55, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

The problem you are having at Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Eurosif is in the use of cite_web; the format to use is shown at Template:Cite_web. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:09, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Sea of Japan

Hello. I am a Korean student living in Seoul, South Korea. I tried to find the manager's e-mail address, but I couldn't find it. So, I just decided to write this here. I want to make an apology first, because my English isn't that good. A few days ago, I was researching about Dokdo and East Sea, and I found a horrible mistake in this website. The description was titled 'Sea of Japan', instead of 'East Sea'. You may know that 'East Sea' is considered to be a territorial dispute-but it is a certain territory of South Korea. And it made me a bit angry that there is a shade of meaning that Korea is claiming it to be its sea-not Japan. It is Japan that is claiming that it is theirs, and Korea is actually the owner of the sea. Well, I guess the mistake wasn't on purpose. It may have been in this way for many years, for there are lots of WRONG websites and maps that are saying 'Sea of Japan', not'East Sea'. I am writing this complaint because Wikipedia is a well-known global website and many people around the world can get wrong information. I wish this to be modified as soon as possible.

^{[details removed]}

This is my e-mail address and you can give the answer by e-mail. I really want this to be modified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ha Kyeong Ju (talk • contribs) 14:42, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Please see Talk:Sea of Japan/FAQ and the pages it links to. I have removed your email address to protect your privacy; as it says at the top of the page, "Your message will be answered here, and not by email". -- John of Reading (talk) 15:16, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

August 23

Article submitted but not online after 2 weeks

Dear editor, About two weeks ago I submitted and article on Prof Howard Chase SCD, FREng, head of the School of Technology and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University. So far, this has not come up on Wikipedia. As this is the first time I have tried to do this, I am not sure whether I have made mistakes in submitting it so that you have not received it, or whether it is still in the queue for consideration, or if for some reason you thought it unacceptable. I would be grateful if you could advise me. Best wishes Keep up your amazingly useful work. Chris Carr Hemmingsxyz (talk) 18:00, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello,

The article submission does not seem to be listed at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Submissions so it has probably been declined. If it has you should find out why on Your talk page. If not, check Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/YourArticleName and also check if it has been submitted. If you still cannot find it, please message me.Thomas85753 18:24, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

It's at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Howard Chase. The box at the top of that page explains why the submission was declined. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:40, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

I am somewhat surprised that it was declined. While the sourcing is all pretty much primary in nature, the guy is a professor at Cambridge University. Unlike US universities, professorial appointments at UK universities are given only to the top level of academics. At the very least I think this guy qualifies for a stub referenced to the primary sources.--ukexpat (talk) 17:35, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

question

can someone review my article about a new music band? some of them come from other rock bands?21:44, 23 August 2012 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoangngu (talk • contribs)

Not done - this page was deleted in accordance with criterion for speedy deletion A7. If you believe that this decision was found in error, or that significant new information has come to light since the deletion, please contact the administrator who implemented the deletion request, user Atama (talk · contribs). If you have already done so, your concerns can be taken to deletion review. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:29, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Adding to an article

I can not, for the life of me, find the answer to the question: How do I submit a brief addition to an already existing article, to a Wiki editor? (If this is an easily answered question that is somewhere and I, idiotically, didn't see it - I'm so sorry.)

It's just a small thing but wanted to include to the Ernestown Secondary School list of alumni; Mike McDonald, Hubble Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2012/08/15/20107336.html http://space.mit.edu/~mcdonald/

Thanks!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.200.93 (talk) 23:41, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Usually lists of alumni are only for individuals who have a Wikipedia article about them. As far as I can tell (see Michael McDonald) this guy doesn't, yet.--ukexpat (talk) 14:58, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

August 24

Editing a page for a Client - Reference

How do you reference a wiki page section if the information you are adding comes directly from the person that the page is about? For example if the wikipage is about John Doe and John Doe gives me information to update for him. Any suggestions on how to reference the entire section?

Any help on this will be GREATLY appreciated. Reddexquisite (talk) 14:15, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:RS for guidance as to reliable sources. More importantly, please read WP:COI for guidance about editing when you have a conflict of interest.--ukexpat (talk) 14:15, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

So basically remain neutral and avoid COI as I edit and remember no one can control/dictate what is added by other users. Sounds good, thanks for the info. But how do you actually reference the information. Let's say I create a new section, do I just add a footnote at the end of the section and say this entire section has come directly from John Doe? If someone later edits the section, then the section no longer comes from John Doe. Reddexquisite (talk) 14:27, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

See WP:Referencing for beginners but note that "this entire section has come directly from John Doe" is not a reliable source per WP:RS.--ukexpat (talk) 14:54, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia requires that information must have been published by reliable sources and display a neutral point of view. "Stuff John Doe told me" does not meet these criteria, and cannot be used. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:32, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

add the definition of tolerance in Optimization

Tolerance in Optimization, maximal increase (upper tolerance) [decrease (lower tolerance) of a single element in the given optimal solution keeping all other data of a minimization problem unchanged — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.190.181.146 (talk) 07:20, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Operation Mockingbird

my wife is writing a book about media manipulation and is naming it Operation Mockingbird. What is the process of editing the page to include a description of my wife's book/synopsis and her biography once the book is published? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.100.244.254 (talk) 20:02, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

First read WP:NBOOK and WP:BIO for the notability guidelines for books and people respectively. Then, if or when either are notable per those guidelines, you can either request the creation of an article here or use the articles for creation process to create it yourself, bearing in mind the guidance as to conflicts of interest.--ukexpat (talk) 20:19, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

August 25

i'm trying to put my photo on my page Liberia9 name; Michel Okai

i'm trying to put my photo on my page Liberia9....my name is; Michel Okai..please help me..please -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liberia9 (talk • contribs) 04:26, 25 August 2012‎

I've edited User:Liberia9 so that the picture is now showing. However, I noticed that File:Michel Okai.jpg lacks the source and licensing information that Wikipedia requires. We need to know who owns the copyright (probably the photographer who took the picture), and what rights the photographer is willing to give up for the picture to be used here. The page User:ww2censor/IfD explains this better than I can, so I suggest you look there. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:07, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

My new contribution: disambiguation, and uploading a photo

Today I submitted a new contribution which is a new article on John Frawley the astrologer.

(1) There needs to be a disambiguation page created. There are two existing articles for other people called John Frawley: John Frawley and John Frawley (actor).

(2) I would like to upload a photograph of John Frawley for this page. I believe I need special permission for this? I also will need some instruction.

I'd have to say so far that the how-to blurb for beginners is really heavily text intensive and difficult to find the way around. It could really do with better organisation - a simple top down menu thing, instead of having embedded links everywhere. But that is just a little feedback.

Please respond on my talk page.

Thanks for the assistance, in advance. Farmer bevFarmer bev (talk) 08:42, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Your draft is at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/John Frawley. Advice for uploading and adding images to articles follows:

If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 15:02, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

August 26

Dinesh DeSousa

Please remove the words "Douche Bag" from under his photo. I can't figure out how to do it67.233.64.125 (talk) 02:42, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

It was reverted by this edit.--ukexpat (talk) 03:32, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

There is no Douche Bag under his picture.Eskimopie300 (talk) 04:14, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Library

I would like to create a wiki page for my library. but i have been blocked and informed that i'm not allowed to create a page because my username gives the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website. please advise 86.36.49.200 (talk) 07:40, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

If your library meets the guideline for notability, then it may be the subject of an article in Wikipedia; but because of your conflict of interest you should not be the one to write it.

Your best bet is to find the multiple substantial references to the library in independent reliable sources without which it will not pass the criteria for notability, and list them in requesting the article at WP:RA. As for your username, you are welcome to create an account for yourself, but accounts may not be shared, and organisations (as opposed to people who happen to be associated with them) have absolutely no part to play in editing Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 13:55, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Filippo juvara origine

Please check or contact Neagu Djuvara ( = juvara ) for corect origin of famili djuvara = juvara

" Mai intai, apare in Sicilia familia marelui arhitect italian, din veacurile al XVII-lea si al XVIII-lea, Filippo Juvara, despre care se stia acolo ca este de origine straina si, de altfel, italienii nici n-au pronuntat bine numele, spunand Juvara, Iuvara sau Ivara. in familia lui Filippo Juvara, pe ai carui descendenti actuali i-am cunoscut, se spunea ca sunt de origine saracena, adica araba. Parerea mea este, insa, ca ei erau refugiati din Balcani, probabil din actuala Albanie, de pe la 1480, cand a fost strivita revolta lui Skanderbeg. "

so , IT IS VERY POSSIBILE THAT HIS ORIGIN IS VLACH = MACEDO RUOMANIAN = AROMAN FROM REGION OF THE MOUNTAINS POIND IN GREECE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.97.147.138 (talk) 20:16, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

If you have a reliable source about the origin of Filippo Juvarra, you may certainly add it to the article. But it is not clear that information about the ultimate origin of his family, even if reliably supported, is relevant to the article. However, "it is very possible" hardly ever has a place in a Wikipedia. I suggest you discuss it on the Talk:Filippo Juvarra. --ColinFine (talk) 22:16, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

August 27

Ted Fetter Wikipedia article

I am Ted Fetter's nephew, and have some minor corrections to offer in his Wikipedia writeup.

Ted was born in June 1906...not 1907..I can double check the exact date of his birth.

Also, Ted was Cole Porter's second cousin, NOT his first cousin. Ted's grandmother and Cole Porter's grandfather were siblings....Ellen Cole Fetter and J. Omer/Omar Cole in Peru, Indiana — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.22.227.220 (talk) 03:51, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

How can I send you a correction...both my Uncle Ted Fetter's correct date of birth...and a correction in his kinship with Cole Porter...second cousins, not first cousins.

Bob Fetter, Cockeysville, MD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.22.227.220 (talk) 03:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

You could add a comment to Talk:Ted Fetter, and include details of published sources to support your contention. Unfortunately personal knowledge isn't acceptable as a source in Wikipedia. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:36, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

August 28

Doubts about the information provided

I have been checking the box office reports of expendables 2 but the reports depicted is weird saying it has grossed over 100 million in North America and almost 24.7 million in rest of the world and the gross total is about 300 million.

While I checked the actual stats and as per box office mojo it is only 52 million in North America.

Can someone help me with the actual figures? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.67.140.45 (talk) 17:58, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I have reverted [3] a vandalism edit from earlier today so our numbers now match the source http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=expendables2.htm. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:37, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

August 29

School Wagon hit by train

School wagon hit by train in 1922 http://www.oldbovinastore.com/Local-Interest.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.240.1.215 (talk) 05:13, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

I think you should add a few brief details about this to our article on Bovina, Mississippi, especially if you can find newspaper references to the event. In addition, since it's likely there is a considerable amount of newspaper coverage, it may be worth creating a separate article about the disaster itself. WP:Articles for Creation is the place to do that. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:30, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Editing of page (updating of picture)

Hi,

I have a Wikipedia account for many years, and am trying to update a page Dirk Kuyt. In the main picture, Dirk Kuyt is wearing a Liverpool shirt. However, he has already moved to Fenerbahce and scored 6 goals in the process.

May I know how we can edit this?

Regards, Andy chapter1 (talk) 09:59, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

The best solution is to find a picture of him that is more up to date, and also freely licensed. If you're able to take a picture of him yourself, you could freely license it yourself.

Another solution might be to crop, or otherwise edit, the currently available free image such that it shows more of his head, and less of his shirt. Your derivative version of the free image would still be a free image. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:20, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Eric William Carlson

This is a person whom lives iN troy New York, is president of teh Empire state Forest Poructs Associtions and is not listed here why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.148.82 (talk) 19:11, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Because either, no-one wrote an article about him on Wikipedia yet, or, no-one wrote an article about him on Wikipedia that met Wikipedia's standards. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:17, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Cannot edit notes or reference.

Hi, when i edit 'notes' or 'reference' on various pages there is nothing there to edit even though it shows links on the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonhope123 (talk • contribs) 20:27, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

The references are in the body of the text itself - what we call "inline references". Edit the whole page (click on Edit right at the top of the page, not on the right) and look for things between <ref> and </ref>. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:32, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Demiurge1000 --Jonhope123 (talk) 05:08, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Handy navigation tip when there are lots of inline references: when looking for a particular one, you can jump straight to it from the "References" or "Notes" section. Immediately after the reference number in that section you will see either a blue clickable caret sign (^) or a nonclickable caret sign followed by blue clickable lower case letters (a,b etc). Clicking on any of these will jump you straight up to where that specific reference sits in the text. You can then click on "edit" and change it. - Ka renjc 18:58, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for all the help it was much appreciated and solved my editing problem --Jonhope123 (talk) 19:15, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

August 30

Why am I not an "autoconfirmed" user?

Would someone please enlighten me as to why I am not an "autoconfirmed" user? I tried to edit The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim but I was told I couldn't. I have been active for quite a while here and I have contributed far more than 10 edits. Robby.is.on (talk) 22:52, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

You are indeed autoconfirmed and should be able to edit The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Were you logged in when you tried? Do you see an "Edit" tab or a "View source" tab? What happens when you click it? You should be seeing a red box starting "Note: This page has been semi-protected so that only autoconfirmed users can edit it." This is only a note and does not mean you cannot edit it. The normal edit box should be below the note. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:46, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, PrimeHunter. It works now, sorry about the noise. At first, I didn't seem to be able to preview changes or submit them. And reading the note I jumped to conclusions. Robby.is.on (talk) 23:55, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

August 31

How to correct name of college?

The college's name is "Yuba College," and I frequently drive by and it is in a stone sign in front of the college. The top of the previous page correctly showed it as Yuba College. It is a community college but that is not in it's name. However, on your intro page, it shows Yuba Community College. It is in the Yuba Community College District. But it's name is Yuba College. Contact the PIO Miriam Root, (Redacted) for confirmation. 74.116.205.6 (talk) 18:24, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by "intro page". The upper right box in Yuba College is called an infobox. I have changed its heading from Yuba Community College to Yuba College.[4] Is that what you meant? PrimeHunter (talk) 20:01, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Article acceptability.

Hi,

I want to write a article on birds that can be found in Baltimore city. Would it be an acceptable article to Wikipedia?

Thank you very much in advance for any attention you can give to this matter.

APL4444 (talk) 23:28, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

I would ask two things: 1) Are there sufficient references which cover the topic? and 2) Would the article be substantively different from List of birds of Maryland? Dru of Id (talk) 13:53, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

I may be misinterpreting, but it sounds to me as if the article you want to write would be original research, and so not acceptable for Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 17:15, 1 September 2012 (UTC)