Wikipedia:New contributors' help page/Archive/2012/March

Creating an article for anthony bagarozzi

I am a huge Death Note fan. I devour any news about the series and movies about it. So, I looked up the writers of the long overdue remake of it and didn't see their names. So I researched them on the web and the. Set about writing articles about them. Thing is, they keep getting deleted as advertising. I don't get it. They also get tagged that someone close to them is contributing. I'm a fan, but is that wrong? I only list the facts that I find and don't write a commentary. Can someone else create the articles then? Am tired of trying. How does this work? Thank you.

Redbird88 (talk) 00:15, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Apparently the creator of the Anthony Bagarozzi article was User:Greengate1; is that you? Wikipedia is an encyclopedia; it does not tolerate an advertisment masquerading as an article. The Bararozzi article has been deleted three times as unambiguously promotional. If a promotional version of the article is created again, the title will probably be protected against recreation. —teb728 t c 01:14, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm not an admin, so I can't look at the deleted articles and tell you what was wrong with them, but WP:SPAM may give you some pointers. --ColinFine (talk) 21:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

February 29

Listing our historical museum under South Dakota Museums

I am wondering how to add our museum to the museum listings. Is there any charge and how do I go about doing this216.106.197.203 (talk) 20:57, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

You can edit List of museums in South Dakota or post the relevant field data on its talk page or here which can then be included by any editor. Dru of Id (talk) 22:48, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

That is, if your museum has been written about by independent reliable sources it may be added. If on the other hand it is a brand-new museum which has not yet been noticed in publications, then it does not at present belong in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 22:02, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

March 1

How do you create sections?

How do you create sections? I always see them in other articles.

24.107.100.200 (talk) 00:04, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

See Help:Section. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:09, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Articles edited by someone else

If I write an article and someone else edits it, will I be notified that it has been edited? 160.62.4.10 (talk) 16:30, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

See WP:Watchlist. Note that you must have an account and be logged in in order to use a watchlist. Singularity42 (talk) 16:41, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Noob. My new article and image both marked for deletion - I must be doing something wrong!

Hi, I created a new article Kith and Kin Pro and from what I can see it looks just as valid as any of the hundreds of similar articles. But it has been suggested for deletion and I really don't know why. Maybe someone can take a look at it and tell me what I need to do to fix it. Also the screenshot has a "may not be free" tag on it. I own copyright to the image and selected the correct license type when I uplodaed it. How do I fix that? I followed the links to "talk" about it but Wikipedia is so complicated to use that I can't see where to explain it. RedKobold (talk) 17:23, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

I will start off with the easy question first, the image. We have nothing at this point that says you are the copyright holder of that image that is why it was tagged. There is a page about donating copyrighted materials at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. The short of it is you need to show that you are the owner of the copyright and that you are releasing it for that image. The easiest way is to post the image on your website and specify the same licensing as you did on your upload. Then come back here and change the source from the generic SpanSoft.org that is there now to the specific page that contains the image and the license. GB fan 17:44, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

... but, of course, if you are indeed the owner of the copyright to the image the question might arise as to whether you have a conflict of interest, and hence whether you should be editing that article. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:54, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

As for the article itself, speedy deletion has been declined, but there is still a big question mark as to notability. None of the sources cited in the article are sufficient to demonstrate notability. Please take a look at WP:RS for guidance as to what are considered reliable sources for Wikipedia purposes.--ukexpat (talk) 17:58, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I changed the licensing type of the image. RedKobold (talk) 20:05, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Change the size of the print

how do I change the size of the print I am viewing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.242.115 (talk) 22:05, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

If you want to change size in your browser then try to hold down Ctrl while you scroll up or down on the mouse wheel, or press +, - or 0. Does that answer it? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

March 2

help me

I redirected the search query "Role of Japan in WWI" to the page "Japan During WWI" which was marked as immedieate deletion or somthing similar. Can this be fixed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.65.46 (talk) 15:17, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Can you provide a link to the page? The only edit I see that you've made is the post to this page. TNXMan 15:24, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

The OP is probably User:ZamzamakingZ and if so the page they are talking about is Role of japan in wwi. It was deleted as a implausible redirect a couple of hours after they created it yesterday. GB fan 15:40, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

March 3

Determined to get my first article to stick.

Hello,

I've unsuccessfully created a page 'Steven A. Williams' several times and despite my best efforts, it has been shot down (quite rudely the secondly time I might add).

I'm not doing this for advertising, nor do I have any vested interests in the creation of it. I understand the policies and criteria required for new articles. I would like to create an article for Mr Williams due to his profession and standing as a music producer.

My attempts followed the formatting/referencing style of other music producers such as Trevor Horn. They were from a neutral perspective and frankly quite brief, in line with references I could find. Simply re-posting it again is not going to get me very far but I really would like this article to stick.

I did not agree with the feedback from the last attempt as it was a significant improvement over the first with correct references from a mix of sources. Any further help would be appreciated.

Tjhawken (talk) 14:01, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

The article was deleted after a lengthy discussion period. If you disagree with the deletion, then you must take it to Wikipedia:Deletion review for re-consideration. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:10, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

(e/c) Since your previous efforts have been deleted I can't see the content, but it would appear from the original deletion discussion that insufficient sources were found. If you want to recreate it, I suggest you do two things: firstly, ensure that you've read the guidelines as to what constitutes a reliable source and the guidelines for inclusion. Secondly, submit your article via Articles for creation; that way you can get feedback from other editors before it goes "live". Yunshui 雲‍水 14:12, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I would suggest generating a draft in your user space, such as at User:Tjhawken/Steven A Williams, and seeking comments on it there before you try to publish it. Those of us who aren't administrators can't comment on your earlier attempts as we can't see them, but Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven A Williams seemed unambiguous, and you received comments on your later attempts at your talk page. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:16, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you to all three of you. Will take on-board and have another go. Tjhawken (talk) 14:36, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Notability (music). I don’t see any indication at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Steven A. Williams of why he would be notable. —teb728 t c 22:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

I just attempted to help out by finding sources, such as searching his name in conjunction with each separate entry in your draft article at Google News Archive (e.g. "Steven A. Williams" "Van Morrison". I am now fairly convinced this individual is simply not notable, as we use that word in the Wikipedia sense of the world having sufficiently taken note of him by substantive writing (or other publication) about his exploits in reliable publications, and does not warrant having a stand-alone article. Tjhawken, I know you may feel you've wasted a lot of time on this, but I hope instead of letting it sour you, take what you've learned from this experience and vow to take up a new subject that will stick. There are plenty of notable people out there that don't have articles. Now you know what we are looking for in th way of reliable sources. If you drop me a line on your next effort, I'll try to help out.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit of article didn't appear or was removed

Hi, I recently added a sentence to a wiki article on the song "Jordu". At least I thought I did. It's not there now, however. It's not a big deal, but I'm curious about how this all works. I checked in FAQ's but found nothing relevant to that.---- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.104.79.146 (talk) 14:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Your edit [1] was reverted [2]. You can see these actions by using the 'View history' tab next to 'Edit'. Dru of Id (talk) 15:38, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Since you added it without a published source, someone assumed your edit was not serious and removed it. —teb728 t c 20:26, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

IP address coincidence

Today, after receiving a message from Wikipedia, I discovered that inappropriate changes were made to one of the articles via my IP address before I bought this PC. Nobody used this PC before I bought it. How is this possible?Asdfvcxzjkl;poiu (talk) 16:20, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

IP addresses aren't tided to a particular computer, but are doled out by your ISP. The IP address you are using today may well have been assigned to some other computer previously, and you may be given a new one whenever you reboot your network connection. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:44, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

See also the box at the bottom of the talk page with the message. I don't know your IP address but here is an example: User talk:180.253.253.190. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:38, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Article translation

How can I translate an article in order to rewrite it in another language?18:40, 3 March 2012 (UTC)Tsabalos (talk) 18:40, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

For translation to English see Wikipedia:Translation. For translation from English see Wikipedia:Translate us. You may find helpful information for translation to specific other languages from inter-language links in the left sidebars of Wikipedia:Translation and Wikipedia:Your first article. For example the Greek page corresponding to Wikipedia:Translation is el: Βικιπαίδεια:Μεταφράσεις, and the German page corresponding to Wikipedia:Your first article is de:Wikipedia:Neuen Artikel anlegen. —teb728 t c 20:05, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

March 4

Presidential Election of 1876

In the article on Samuel J Tilden, it says that Tilden is the only presidential candidate to win the popular vote and not gain the presidency. George W. Bush did not win the popular vote in his first election and Cleveland won the popular vote three times but was only president in the first and third of these elections. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.174.111.253 (talk) 03:01, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Bush and Cleveland served as president; Tilden never did. Dru of Id (talk) 04:07, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Dru of Id is right but it's not the issue here. The lead of Samuel J. Tilden correctly says: "Tilden was the first (and only) candidate for the Presidency of the United States to not be elected despite receiving an absolute majority of the votes."

And Samuel J. Tilden#Presidential election of 1876 correctly says: "Tilden is the only candidate for President to garner an absolute majority of all votes cast for President in an election (that is, greater than 50 percent; Tilden garnered 51.5 percent) who was not ultimately elected President in that election."

The other candidates you mention received a plurality but not a majority. See United States presidential election, 1888#Election results and United States presidential election, 2000#National results. They both receved less than 49%. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:02, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

To be slightly picky, the anon did not actually mention Gore. —teb728 t c 10:43, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

March 5

Blogs?

I'm pretty familiar with the policy here about not quoting from blogs......but what if the person (whom the article is about), wrote something notable in their own blog that would be salient for the biographical article here? Bddmagic (talk) 00:42, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Using the subject as a self-published source. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:22, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Where to suggest changes to edit Onyx Pharmaceuticals and carfilzomib pages

My name is Adam Silverstein. I work with WCG, the public relations agency for Onyx Pharmaceuticals. I have in the past worked with the Wikipedia community to make edits to the Onyx and carfilzomib pages. Just wanted to refresh my memory and ask for help regarding the best way to suggest changes to these pages and have them reviewed and commented on by the Wikipedia community. Should I be submitting suggested changes to the Onyx or carfilzomib talk pages, or to my own talk page? I appreciate any guidance. Thank you. Adam Silverstein (talk) 15:06, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

To the talk page of the article. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:20, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

March 6

Dr Hook and the Medicine Show Studio albums

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

I'm not sure how to add this info to the article however the article excludes the little known 4th album Fried Face(c.1974) It also does not mention a later album Street People. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.16.151 (talk) 00:11, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

If you can find reliable sources which mention these albums, you are welcome to add them to the article (or post in the article's Talk page if you're not confident at doing that). If external sources (such as the press) have not noticed these albums, then they are not notable and should not be included. --ColinFine (talk) 09:20, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Editing

A rather simple question really: I edited an article this evening on the 'Royal Air Force' page that stated that Warrant Officer Gary Wilcox is the CASWO (Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer) when I know this to be factually incorrect and that it is in fact Warrant Officer Graeme Spark that is the CASWO. I then received a message from Wikipedia stating that my edit had been removed. Why have a process in which a user can edit an article so that it indeed correct as opposed to incorrect: yet when an edit is made disregard it?

This is the first time I have edited the site, and quite simply, I cannot understand how you can proclaim yourselves to be a reputable 'encyclopedia' if you have incorrect information that is out dated and not current or live. I will not be editing the site again.

I am very disappointed in this and quite frankly I struggle to understand how you could expect me to believe anything I read upon this website as true as my experience has clearly shown this not to be the case.

I would be interested in any comments you have to make on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.39.11.75 (talk) 21:20, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

The problem is exactly as you have stated: the only way in which a reader can determine whether the information in Wikipedia is accurate is if the information is referenced to a reliable source. Unfortunately much information is not so referenced, but many of us do what we can to fix this.

What happened here is that you changed a fact which was referenced to a reliable source, without changing that source: the result was a claim in the article which was directly contradicted by the source it referenced, so David Biddulph correctly changed it back.

If you have a reliable source which updates that information, you are welcome to change the article and update the reference to point to a current source. But without a reference, I'm afraid we have no way of telling whether your change is correct. See verifiability. --ColinFine (talk) 00:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Click the "View history" tab at the article to see the page history. Your edit was reverted in [3] with the edit summary "contradicted by ref". ref means reference. Right after the name you changed is a reference number "²¹". Click it to see the reference which links to http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/caswo.cfm. This is the official website of the Royal Air Force and it says the Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer is Gary Wilcox. Wikipedia content should be based on published verifiable and reliable sources, not personal knowledge. And if there is an inline reference like in this case then the article should never contradict the reference. Otherwise Wikipedia would effectively be lying about what the reference says. If you believe the reference is outdated and you have another reliable reference then you can consider changing the statement and reference at the same time. Du you know a published source? I could only find one source saying Graeme Spark had been appointed to the next CASWO, no source saying he is currently the CASWO. It's perfectly possible he already has the position by now but our policies require a published source and it has to be a pretty good source if we are going against the RAF's official page about the position. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:23, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

I have posted to User talk:217.39.11.75 that the edit was problematic because it was unsourced and went against the existing source, but after examination it doesn't look unconstructive. There are unfortunately many unconstructive users who change names, numbers and other things for no reason other than deliberate vandalism. It took some investigation to see this was not the case for your edit so I don't blame the first editor who posted you. There isn't time to carefully investigate all unsourced edits which go directly against a reliable source in the article. If you make references and use edit summaries to explain your edits then they have a much better chance of staying. I hope you stay around regardless of this initial experience. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:38, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

March 7

Can i please edit music in The Dark Knight Rises

I want to edit the music in The Dark Knight Rises, And i want to make it very long too, Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrew Haxley (talk • contribs) 02:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

You can do this once your block has expired. Please only add information that is referenced to reliable sources, following Wikipedia's policy of verifiability. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:51, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

New article

Sir/Madam,

i'd like to begin an new article about OpenEyes , an open source electronic patient record being developed. I am the project manager, does this preclude me from being the original author of the article ?

Drtimothyelliott (talk) 11:25, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Short answer: no. Longer answer: no, but you should read our conflict of interest guidelines and ensure that any article you create is supported by citations to reliable sources; you will need to provide sources which are independent of the project and cover it in depth in order to avoid the article being deleted. You might want to use a personal sandbox or Articles for creation to create a draft. Yunshui 雲‍水 11:30, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't entirely agree with Yunshui's answer. I would say "Short answer: yes, it does preclude you. Long answer: no, it doesn't, but it is very difficult for a person with a close association with a topic to avoid promotional language and write the article to meet Wikipedia's criterion of neutrality. Also, I advise you to check before beginning that the subject already meets Wikipedia's guidelines on notability, or any work you do put in will be wasted. If the system is "being developed" it is quite likely that it will fail this test: see WP:UPANDCOMING. --ColinFine (talk) 00:53, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Adding a page in English to one that already exists in German

How do you add a page about an existing topic in a different language? Zcmgh31 (talk) 20:31, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Does WP:TRANSLATE help?--ukexpat (talk) 20:36, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Broken link

I apologize but I have not done any editing yet so I do not know my way around.

I found a faulty page link and am not sure how to fix it. I have found that if you search for 'Polymers' you are redirected to the 'Polymer' page and all is well. However, if you search for 'Polymer' (without the s) the page that is displayed has a broken image. The first paragraph looks like encoding for the image display on the right.

I have no idea how to fix it or what to do so if someone can take a look and/or let me know what to do I would appreciate it.

Thx.

TonyAndraza (talk) 22:23, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Pages that redirect to another page will sometimes redirect to an old version of the page for users who are not logged in. This is a known issue and has been reported. Purging the page should fix it. The time of the displayed version can be seen at the bottom of the page after "This page was last modified on".

When you posted, Polymer had been broken in this edit which was fixed here after your post. I guess you saw an old version at the redirect Polymers from before the image code was broken, so in this case the normal redirect fix of purging would actually have lead you to see broken image code at both titles. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:47, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

March 8

Possible deletion Currency House Incorporated

Currency House Incorporated (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) As this is our first Wikipedia entry I need time to edit the page as we are a small organisation. Will it be OK if I post the new copy on Tuesday 13 March?

Priscilla R Yates

Can you please notify me on my Talk Page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Priscilla R Yates (talk • contribs) 00:38, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Governor James Lindsay Almond biography

James Lindsay Almond, Jr. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

1. Information in right hand box: I think you will find that the Lt. Gov. was Allie Edwards Stakes (not Stokes) Stephens. 2. Under Political heading, 3rd paragraph. Verb "heading" needs to be changed to "heeding".66.87.2.55 (talk) 13:18, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Copying to that article's talk page, here. That is the best place for that, thanks.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:57, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Corrected typo; linked lieutenant governor's article. Attempting to source 'Stakes'. Dru of Id (talk) 14:07, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Found 'A Guide to the Papers of A. E. S. Stephens, 1949-1961', which I've included, and moved the article, linked from Gov. Almond's. Dru of Id (talk) 14:45, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

first time contributor

You certainly have a LOT of instructions and help for contributors, but as a first-time contributor, I find it overwhelming. I would like to contribute images and video clips to an existing article. Advice or instructions, please. WikiTom6 (talk) 16:17, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

I left a welcome message on your talk page with lots of useful links. For image help in particular, see WP:UPIMG.--ukexpat (talk) 17:31, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Defs, such as Ptychography, need pronounciation guide. ALL Wikidefs would benefit from ...

Defs, such as Ptychography, need pronounciation guide. I imagine that the P is silent - or nearly silent - but I can't tell from the Wikidef. 2. ALL Wikidefs would benefit from inclusion of a date(year)the word first appeared.

This (historical context)is part of what makes the O.E.D. the absolute best. Thank you.74.198.150.93 (talk) 20:29, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

This is Wikipedia. It is an encyclopaedia, not a dictionary. Were you thinking of Wiktionary? - David Biddulph (talk) 21:01, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

The anon is probably refering to Ptychography. Neither wikt:ptychography nor wikt:Ptychography exists. Calling an article a "word" or "definition" is a fairly common mistake (much like calling Wikipedia "wiki"). Articles with unclear pronunciation are often annotated with an IPA pronunciation. —teb728 t c 03:05, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

If the pronunciation of the title of an article is unclear, you could request it by tagging it with {{need IPA}}. The first use of a term would seldom be notable enough to justify mention in an article. —teb728 t c 03:38, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Suggest an edit

I noticed a missing type of drive from "List of screw drives" but don't feel I am qualified to edit the page myself. Is there any way to suggest that something be added to an article?Profcbsjr (talk) 22:09, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

That is what the article's talk page is for: in this case Talk:List of screw drives. If you are suggesting an addition, it would be helpful if you would find some sources for the addition, which can be referenced in the article. --ColinFine (talk) 22:14, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

March 9

Question about Proposed Subject Matter

I have helped compile a history of our local geocaching organization, which is a nonprofit social group. It was suggested that I use this information to create a wikipedia entry for the St. Louis Area Geocachers Association. Would this be an appropriate subject for a Wikipedia article? DenmotherSTL (talk) 21:57, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Only if it meets the notability guidelines for organizations described at WP:ORG.--ukexpat (talk) 22:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

March 10

proper method of referencing a primary document

I am doing some editing on City of Ryde article. The City was formally gazetted at the end of 1991 to take effect as at 1 January 1992. I want to add extra information and properly reference the article with this link:

http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/DLG/Documents/Reports/AR92_Boundaries.pdf.

However, I don't know how to reference it in the proper sequence, as existing references are numbered 1 to 6 and reference 3 is a dead link. I don't know who administers this project either. Please contact me through my talk page if you can help Nev (talk) 11:18, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Reference numbering is automatic: you insert the reference at the point in the text where the link is to appear, and the system automatically adds it to the list of references at the end. See WP:Referencing for beginners. --ColinFine (talk) 13:09, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

About Tista Das

Dear Sir,

I am Tista Das. a recent user of Wikipedia. I have just seen an article on your page about me( Tista Das ). In which some information about me need to be corrected. I really don't know how to make those important changes on that page.

I will be really grateful, if you let me know the way to edit the content of the page.

Thinking You,

Regards,

Tista DasAshramkonna (talk) 11:58, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

We are very concerned to get information in Wikipedia correct and referenced, especially information about living persons. Almost all the information in Tista Das is unreferenced, which is contrary to Wikipedia's policies, and in principle you or anybody else may remove such unreferenced material. However, our goal is to produce a high-quality and useful encyclopaedia, so it is much better to add references to material where possible than remove the material.

My suggestions to you are:

1. First read Wikipedia's guideline on conflict of interest, to get a sense of what you should and shouldn't do in an article about yourself.
2. Anything in the article which is untrue and unreferenced, you may remove (do give some explanation in your edit summary, so that a bot will not mistake your edit for vandalism).
3. If there is information in the article for which you know a published source, you are welcome to add the reference (see WP:Referencing for beginners). For uncontroversial factual data you could use a non-independent source such as your own website, but for anything else it needs to be a source which is independent of you (though it does not have to be online) See WP:IRS.
4. For any other changes you would like to see made to the article, you are best not to make them yourself, but to suggest them at Talk:Tista Das, so that other editors can decide if they are appropriate. --ColinFine (talk) 13:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Removing user

I need to remove User:?115.135.122.108 (talk) 13:11, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Heading added --ColinFine (talk) 13:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Please make your question clearer: what is it you want to do? --ColinFine (talk) 13:23, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

How upload picture and write short article with hyperlink?

Thank you for this opportunity for tremendous work and helpMikabed (talk) 17:00, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

See WP:Your first article and WP:UPIMG.--ukexpat (talk) 18:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Infobox settlement not visible

Hello,

I am trying to use Infobox settlement but, it is not getting visible on page.

FarhanSaifee (talk) 22:59, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

It's documented at Template:Infobox settlement. You can only use the parameter names there. However, I guess you refer to Dr. Kabir Sadeghi who is a person and not a human settlement so you shouldn't be using Infobox settlement there. You can use Template:Infobox person instead. This template has parameters called birth_place and nationality. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:47, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

March 11

Proposed addition to an english version via translation of a section from German Wiki.

Hello,

I noticed that the Wiki page for Funny Valentine has an interesting jazz background section in the German Wiki but not in the English version. I propose to translate this section from German to English and add it to the English version. Would this be welcomed?

A Wiki fan ---- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.72.119.171 (talk) 08:47, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but make sure that any information you add to the English Wikipedia is properly referenced. The policies of the German Wikipedia may not be the same, so it is possible that there could be material in the German article which would not be acceptable in the English. Also have a look at WP:TRANSLATION#How to translate. --ColinFine (talk) 10:06, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Upload article from my sandbox

I can't find instructions on how to get an article out of my sandbox and up on wikipedia. Help, please!Wordorder (talk) 21:41, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Your draft of American Verismo looks well written, but has no references yet. As such, a move to main space would be premature. Once referenced, to the right left of the Search box is a down arrow; selecting it will cue the Move option. Dru of Id (talk) 22:39, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

March 12

Primary School Article

I have started to look at ways of preserving the history/memory of my children's primary school one of the ways of doing this is a wikipedia entry on the school. I can easily cite references about the closure of the schools and can cite some references about the site the school was built on. The bits in between ie. the history, would be word of mouth/local knowledge and this is the part I'm having problems with since i cannot cite a reference even though I know the information to be correct. Am I barking up the wrong tree here or does this article stand a chance? LongRobin79(talk) 00:09, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Unless exceptional, primary schools do not have their own articles but are mentioned in the appropriate education section of the community they serve, or school district article. They may be listed in a disambiguation page if there are two or more with the same name, such as Washington Elementary School. Exceptional primary schools would be those included on the National Register of Historic Places, or where momentous events are documented to have occurred. Middle schools are treated the same. Dru of Id (talk) 01:19, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Changing a picture

How do I change a picture on an existing article on Wikipedia? I have never posted or edited anything on here, but a friend of mine has an article here that is about her. (Randi Wright) She wants the picture updated. How do I do this for her? Thanks.

50.9.147.8 (talk) 03:07, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

You need to upload the picture to WikiMedia Commons before you can use it. See Help:Files for an overview of how to do both. Note that the photographer of a photo of a living person must license it under a free license -- one that allows reuse by anyone for anything. Permission for use only on Wikipedia is not enough. Note also that in order to upload you need to create an account and login. —teb728 t c 03:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

saturn

what is the phisical charactics of Saturn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rawana68 (talk • contribs) 08:09, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

In the Saturn article there is a section headed "Physical characteristics". Any use? -- John of Reading (talk) 08:20, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Stick Figure World

Stick Figure World is an animated Internet series created by Wayne P.(Wayne2221 as username).As of February 1,2012 it has had a total of 30 episodes (not including an upcoming film based on the series) spanning over 4 seasons.in 2010,episodes started going on hitaus after each episode came out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.63.55.48 (talk) 21:59, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

What is your question about editing and finding your way around Wikipedia? —teb728 t c 03:39, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

March 13

Editing and Updating new Wikipedia page

I recently updated a page for one of my favorite artist Jon B only to find photos I thought I added correctly were immediately removed. I own the actually photos from purchased music I brought from amazon.com. well i really would like someone too show me where i iwould need to go to read up on how to update, create a new page or correct errors without being treated like i did something so wrong!!! i am very new to this but been a user of this iste for years. It just fustrates me that when i look someone up i admire or like and they have no page or an musician releases a new album and its not update for months or years due to the lackk of interset on the topic/article/etc. I would like serious help please, ugh! thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rshurn (talk • contribs) 16:18, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Just because you own the physical pictures, does not give you any right to post them to websites such as ours: the copyright remains with the photographer(s), so when you posted them, you violated the photographer(s)' rights as the creators of those pictures. As to the other issue: not all musicians are notable enough to have an article in an encyclopedia; even among notable musicians, not everything they do is going to be notable enough for a separate article. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:53, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Neutrality in a Biography question

I am conflicted. I've been asked about 100 times (unverifiable I know) why my Bio is not on Wikipedia yet. Being extremely sensitive to the neutrality policies, I have not proposed that any of them write such an article. Am I being too modest and careful?

As a 18 year executive transition coach, agent, relationship strategist and Wiley/Jossey-Bass author who has coached more than 500 CEOs (mostly) and executives globally, I'm wondering if a regular Wikipedia editor would want to take this assignment on. A quick Google of "Gordon Curtis Well Connected" should provide such an editor with the preliminary information they need to make that decision. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GordonSCurtis (talk • contribs) 21:28, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia's notability standard for biographies and say which of the criteria listed there qualifies you for a biography. —teb728 t c 03:37, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

March 14

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Muzaffar Hanfi

Hi

I am struggling to cite the reference on my fathers article Prominent urdu writer and well know urdu poet Professor Muzaffar Hanfi I have made many attempts but my article not uptto the requirment of wikipedia as I can't do in line citing.

Please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parvez1965 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Have you read WP:Referencing for beginners? --ColinFine (talk) 23:25, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

March 15

Sources

Hello, I'm trying to figure out what the best (most trusted) sources I can use when I'm adding to a page. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

--JPemb (talk) 02:46, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:49, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Film: Identity

It is my opinion this movie was partly filmed at various locations in southern California in addition to Lancaster: Cajon Junction, an orange orchard near Highland and an abandoned motel in Amboy.

How can I edit the filming locations to reflect my statements. I cannot prove anything. I have no official sources but I think I recognize these filming locations. 17:44, 15 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by NickTheHiker (talk • contribs)

"I think I recognize these filming locations" is not a reliable source, but rather original research. It has no place here. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:47, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Sorry, but if the information isn't verifiable by reference to reliable sources, then it doesn't belong in Wikipedia. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:49, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

In need of Help!

I just started my account, and I am totally confused to how everything works on Wikipedia. One of the issues which I could not find the answer to in the FAQ section was how to get involved in a current discussion (or for that matter, starting one). Could someone help me?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pykaboo (talk • contribs) 23:20, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

See Help:Using talk pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:27, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

March 16

First Article in limbo?

Three days ago, I submitted my first article, and received no warning messages about it, yet it is not visible to the public.

Is there are normal turnaround time for articles to be reviewed or have I possibly missed a step in the submitting of my article?

NettyNet (talk) 21:32, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Your article is still at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/HillTop Records. There are references in it, but none of them establish notability. The Los Angeles Times article, for instance, doesn't mention HillTop Records. IMDb and MySpace are not reliable sources, nor is Wikipedia. The others are press releases, self-published, or don't seem to mention HillTop Records either. None of them are Reliable Sources (RS) for establishing Wikipedia:Notability. Dru of Id (talk) 22:05, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Also, with this edit you removed the warning messages and the submission template that enables you to submit the draft for another review. I will revert it for you. —teb728 t c 09:35, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

replacing an article

The article on Shiatsu is incorrect in many respects. I am an author in the area - recently had a book published that is the only serious history of the subject in English. I wish to replace the current article with an accurate history. How do I do this?137.108.145.40 (talk) 12:19, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

You edit the Shiatsu article in the same manner that you edited this page. You're allowed to change or replace article text written by others – that's what makes a wiki a wiki. Help:Editing contains some basic instructions. I'd recommend you check two relevant guidelines, Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine) and Wikipedia:Fringe theories. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 12:47, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Also read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi

Hi how do you upload photos when editing pages as I can not seem to do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacko544 (talk • contribs) 16:03, 16 March 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. TNXMan 16:07, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Creating a page for a Company

How do I create a page for my company? Cmartinhalock (talk) 18:18, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

You don't. If the company satisfies the notability requirements, someone can create a page for it (and you could suggest it at Wikipedia:Requested articles), but you need to read Wikipedia's policy on conflict of interest. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:27, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Biography Box on top left page

I am creating a new article about a living filmmaker. I can't find instructions for how to create that little biography box that appears at the top right of the page for articles about people, where it shows a picture of the person and underneath gives demographics and other info such as "Born", "Residence", "Nationality", "Citizenship", "Influenced by", etc. Where are the instructions on how to create this? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.87.18.5 (talk) 21:29, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Template:Infobox person might be what you're looking for. Dru of Id (talk) 21:41, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

March 2

Sproutoon Network

Sproutoon Network is a good channel for kids, just like PBS Kids Sprout does, from March 2, 2012 we created Sproutoon Network, the show could not show The Sunny Side Up Show or The Good Night Show or The Sprout Sharing Show or Sprout Wiggly Waffle, Pee Wee's Playhouse is coming here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.41.136.176 (talk) 01:24, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? -- John of Reading (talk) 08:44, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

EFM Page

Dear WIki community, my question concerns this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFM_Academy EFM Academy continues to exist under a different name, namely SCOPE Maastricht; you can read about here: http://scope-maastricht.nl/page/about-scope-maastricht www.efmacademy.nl also used to redirect to this new site, but it was already taken offline; is it possible to change the page title to SCOPE Maastricht, such that we can update the information in the article? All the best from the Netherlands, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.120.210.177 (talk) 14:23, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

I have moved the article to SCOPE Maastricht for you. However, there are problems with the article, and I have applied a number of tags to it. The main problem is that it has no references to independent reliable sources. This is not acceptable - in fact, without any, it does not meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, and may be deleted. Other problems are that it has far too much detail for an encyclopaedia article, so some people might think it was rather promotional in intent.

From your question, I suspect that you are associated with the institution: if so, please read WP:conflict of interest before you make any further contributions to the article. --ColinFine (talk) 18:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Question

Why can't I edit pages that aren't secured. It says it's not constructive! It is though. I'm just adding info they left out! 50.131.32.88 (talk) 22:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Your edits [4][5] were reverted because they did not make sense. For example, a sentence is a larger element of language than a word, and your comment about -cheese sounded like a bad joke. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:37, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Are there some things I'm not allowed to edit and why ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moviegeek266 (talk • contribs) 22:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't know whether you are 50.131.32.88. Wikipedia:Protection policy explains there are pages your account is not able to edit. Any edit may be reverted by other editors for a number of reasons. This applies to everybody including me who is an administrator. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:37, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Feedback on draft article

Hi. How do I request/submit my draft article for feedback befor posting it? Thanks :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tdereis (talk • contribs) 23:44, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Click the "Submit" link in the box at top of User:Tdereis/Steph St. Laurent. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:06, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

March 18

nzsas

Hi

As a proud New Zealander and Papakurian. In line with the so called "War on terror". I find publishing the location of our special forces compromises our national security. It wouldn't take much to fly a small aircraft from Admore into the SAS compound killing a small handful of elite soldiers.

If something like that did happen i would have to question where did the aggressors get their intelligence from. Wikipedia!!!!!! — Preceding SAS trooper Kura! comment added by 118.148.151.162 (talk) 01:07, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored but is anything secret revealed? The official website of the New Zealand Army has many pages mentioning NZSAS and Papakura, for example http://www.army.mil.nz/at-a-glance/news/media-releases/media-release.htm@guid=%7B8dc3bbea-d9cb-499c-b1f4-7e63de8a8f42%7D.htm which says: "Papakura Military Camp in Auckland where the NZSAS is based". PrimeHunter (talk) 02:19, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Adding a new picture to an article's main photo

I'm new to the editing system of wikipedia and i have a problem, on the wikipedia page about Robert Harvey (AFL Legend) he has a photo which isn't exactly how he should be seen, instead i'd like it to be http://www.jeld-wen.com.au/img/st-kilda2008/RobertHarvey_Article.jpg which is much MUCH more fitting, can someone please tell me how to replace it? his wiki is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harvey_(footballer)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wattosacrim (talk • contribs) 12:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't know where that photo comes from, but unless it is stated by the copyright owner that it is either in the public domain, or released under a licence acceptable to Wikipedia it may not be used in Wikipedia. (There are certain circumstances where a non-free image may be used, but pictures of living people hardly ever meet the conditions for this). --ColinFine (talk) 18:42, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

March 19

Usability of 'Press Release' photos?

There are some photos from a press release that could be useful for an article, but I am unsure if they would be considered 'fair use', 'public domain', 'copyrighted' (or ???). Also, they are huge and would need to be resized.

INFO:

• WP page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Anghiari_%28painting%29
• Press release : http://press.nationalgeographic.com/pressroom/index.jsp?pageID=pressReleases_detail&siteID=1&cid=1331556733225 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.76.225.106 (talk) 03:33, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
• Press release images (user name: press / password: press) : http://press.nationalgeographic.com/downloads/anghiari
• Download site : http://press.nationalgeographic.com/downloads/anghiari/NOV_DEC_2011_bkgd_materials/
• Example photo: http://press.nationalgeographic.com/downloads/anghiari/NOV_DEC_2011_bkgd_materials/Anghiari-004.jpg

~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 03:02, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

This says "IMAGE IS FOR YOUR ONE-TIME EXCLUSIVE USE ONLY AS A TIE-IN WITH THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC “THE BATTLE OF ANGHIARI” PROJECT. NO SALES, NO TRANSFERS." and lists the copyrights. --ColinFine (talk) 10:57, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 12:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Adding source code references to pages describing software

Hi,

I recently updated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmdk with a reference to vmdktool - a tool for reading & writing VMDK files.

I wrote this tool some time ago after being frustrated about being unable to find any VMDK reference implementations. I believe that the source implementation is a relevant item that should be referenced from the wikipedia page and it's free (BSD licensed), but I understand the update was rejected because it looks like I'm advertising.

Can anyone advise on how I should do the update? Should I just mention the tool and leave it to the reader to use a search engine to find it?

Thanks for any help.

Awfulhak (talk) 17:43, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Are there any reliable sources that support the notability of the tool? If not, it probably should not be mentioned in the article.--ukexpat (talk) 18:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Ah, ok - I think I understand. So until I have a way of showing that it's not just "my opinion", I should hold off with the references (to avoid any possibly blinkered view). Of course my view isn't blinkered (!!), but yes, that makes absolute sense. Thanks. -- Awfulhak (talk) 19:35, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Content

Hi. Just wondering if any business can create their own Wikipedia page. Thanks Brandonvermont (talk) 18:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

It is strongly advisable not to. See WP:COI, WP:BFAQ, WP:SPAM and WP:CORP.--ukexpat (talk) 18:23, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)If the business meets the Wikipedia:Notability and the article is created without Conflict of interest. The normal rule of thumb (and certain policies) "If the business is notable someone will write about it. Mlpearc (powwow) 18:26, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

By "someone" we mean "someone ELSE, someone without a conflict of interest"! --Orange Mike | Talk 19:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Orangemike for the clarification of my "Specific light" comment. Cheers Mlpearc (powwow) 22:15, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Music Album Contents

I want to update all the albums on an artist, and I just updated an album, then created a link that had all the track listing and length of the song. A few of the links got deleted! Do I have to find somewhere that information was cited? 19:39, 19 March 2012 (UTC)Mahlebronjames (talk)

Not only published, but albums should meet the guidelines of Wikipedia:Notability (music)#Recordings to show they are notable and have multiple independent in-depth coverage by Reliable Sources (RS) to justify a separate stand alone article. Dru of Id (talk) 23:14, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Editing Article's Main Title

Hi, I have a two part question: When I first created my article using the Article Wizard, it started me out with a page template, including this at the top -- "Userspace draft|source=ArticleWizard|date=March 2012 -- Please leave this line alone! " -- and (I believe) some code for entering the article's main title. I entered the title for the article (person's name plus "filmmaker" in brakets, as I have seen done in other articles), and for the first several times I was editing my article, the title appeared at the top of the article: "Stephen (Steph) St. Laurent (filmmaker)". At some point however, I noticed that the title had disappeared. I think this may have happened when I added and then removed a picture link near the top of the page; I think I may have accidentally deleted the title code along with it. I have been searching and searching around wikipedia's "Creating your article" pages, but cannot find that page that gave me that original code/template (Userspace draft|source=ArticleWizard|date=March 2012 -- Please leave this line alone!) and the "Title" code. So...my questions are 1) Where is this link and/or how do I re-enter the title for my article, and 2) now when I look at other filmmakers pages, I notice they no longer have "(filmmaker)" behind their name...has wikipedia done away with this formatting in the last week or so?? Thank you so much for your help!! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tdereis (talk • contribs)

Another editor removed the text "Stephen (Steph) St. Laurent (filmmaker)" in [6]. It was correct to remove it. Title additions like "(filmmaker)" are only made when it's needed to distinguish the subject from other articles. For example, John Hughes (filmmaker) is one of many people linked from John Hughes. See more at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. There is no article about any Stephen St. Laurent so User:Tdereis/Steph St. Laurent would currently have the right to that name. It looks like your draft was created by starting at Wikipedia:Articles for creation or Wikipedia:Article wizard. The link "Create an article now!" on the former leads to the latter. It was yourself who manually added "Stephen (Steph) St. Laurent (filmmaker)" in the first version. The article wizard does not ask for that. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:45, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

--- Thanks for your reply PrimeHunter :) So I understand about the removal of the "(filmmaker)" from the title, but I'm still not sure how to get the basic title back...what is the format so that it appears in large, bold text as a title? Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tdereis (talk • contribs) 02:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Don't do anything. The pagename is automatically written at top with large letters. The current pagename for your userspace draft is "User:Tdereis/Steph St. Laurent". If the page is moved to an article called "Steph St. Laurent" or "Stephen St. Laurent" then that will automatically be written at top. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:10, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Ahhhh, ok, thanks for helping a n00b out! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tdereis (talk • contribs) 03:14, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

article MitOst bisazza

Hi!

My article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/MitOst is not submitted because of absence of references. It's only the translation from GErman wikipedia.Not my own article. The ukrainian variant was submitted without problems. Should I add the category - translated article? Could you please explain me how to add the category?

Thank you, Best regards,--Bisazza99 (talk) 21:17, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I've linked it in your comment for you. Dru of Id (talk) 23:06, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

None of them have any references, see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. Dru of Id (talk) 23:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

The fact that the article is translated does not remove the need for sourcing. And you cannot source it to German Wikipedia, for Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Apparently the German and Ukrainian Wikipedias are less fussy about sourcing than English Wikipedia. Another problem with the article is that it does not indicate why the organization is important; so that if the article were in article space, it might be speedily deleted under criterion WP:CSD#A7. —teb728 t c 07:38, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

March 20

Pending article approval - BroadLight

Hi, Thanks for the explanation to my prior question about getting my article (Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/BroadLight) approved. I have cleaned up whatever may appear / read as an advertisement so I would appreciate your review again. As for the external links, I originally just had references without relation to the prose in the article but received feedback to change this (or at least that's how I understood it). So I'm not sure how to format the references at the moment. Thanks in advance. Orit Didiivancovsky (talk) 12:19, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

On the last, see WP:Referencing for beginners. --ColinFine (talk) 12:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I have created a biography on someone

I have created a biography on someone and want to 'post' it on Wikipedia. But I have clicked 'show preview' and, after double checking it, I have clicked 'save' but the biography is not being saved on Wikipedia for anyone to view. Can anyone help me (in simple 'computer speak')? Please would you let me know via my talk page.

Thanks!Professor1949 (talk) 12:56, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

You created your draft article on your userpage, which is supposed to be an introduction of yourself to your fellow editors (see my userpage, for example). I moved the draft to User:Professor1949/Tim Wilson (mathematician); but it's going to need an incredible amount of work, even after I removed the junk (HTML codes, etc.). For example: is he really called "Tim" on a regular basis; i.e., at the Universities, etc.? There are no sources given in the entire article. Many terms that are not clear to non-English readers are left without Wikilinks. There are too many bits of advertising-like language ("University adopted its business-facing mission and brand, differentiating itself in the UK higher education sector and reflecting its history and its culture" is just too shameless promotional and smarmy, for example). I also have a nasty suspicion, Professor1949, that this account of a professor born in 1949 is an autobiography; see WP:AUTOBIO. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:25, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Peter Austin Lue

I have a theory that has not been proven wrong which explains why relativity is wrong and what I believe to be the correct theory is. Since I have published my papers, people have been digging up relevant information and your work has cited more aether works. I have submitted my work previously and it seems like my work is being used as a reference for other articles but my work has not been given any credit in your wiki. I do have intellectual property rights on my work and I think the fact that you refuse to publish any alternate theories given the paradoxes of relativity and quantum almost a way to persuade the public to not consider any other positions. My argument is scientific and the fact that people who have other completely scientific beliefs are considered crackpots is an endemic problem with physicists and their refusal to consider other ideas and they resort to this type of argument when they cannot refute other theories. My papers were originally submitted to the annals of physics and you can find them here.

• http://gsjournals.net/category_list.php?id=18

Peter Lue:

• May. 31, 2011 Aether Physics

Peter Lue:

• May. 31, 2011 Matter of Time

Peter Lue:

• May. 31, 2011 Circular Reasoning

Peter Lue:

• May. 31, 2011 The Aether of Time

My theory agrees with every observed phenomena and it explains gravity. Peter Lue <blanked>— Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterlue (talk • contribs) 15:33, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but Wikipedia is not a place for original research. Furthermore, Wikipedia is not place to publish an article on yourself (see this page). You may want to read what Wikipedia is not. TNXMan 15:42, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

If your ideas have been published in a reliable source (which in this case probably means a refereed journal) then there may be something written on them in Wikipedia: not necessarily an article of their own. If they haven't, then they are not notable by Wikipedia's standard, and as Tnxman says, we do not publish original research. If some coverage is appropriate, WP:WEIGHT and WP:FRINGE may both be relevant to how extensive that coverage should be. --ColinFine (talk) 00:45, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Review of User:Arghya Roy/Army Attack

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Army Attack

Help me to write this article from a 'neutral point of view'.Plz someone edit & modify this article.Thanks Arghya Roy (talk) 16:53, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I only looked as far as the first line. No article in Wikipedia should ever describe something as "the best ..." unless it is directly quoting, or very nearly directly quoting, a reliable source. See WP:PEACOCK --ColinFine (talk) 00:39, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Cynthia Gooding

I have been trying to get an article about Cynthia Gooding uploaded. I have it written, but I am not very adept at the technical aspects of all of this. She was my mother, and I have been asked by several people why there is no page about her. If you Google her you will see that she is most well known at the woman who interviewed Bob Dylan in the early 60's, but she was also a musician in her own right, and had about a dozen albums released in the 50's and early 60's. I you ask almost any woman singer who grew up then, they would probably cite her as an influence.Seconddaughter (talk) 18:22, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

You had saved your draft on your user page -- I have moved it to a user subpage which is the appropriate place for a draft that you are working on: User:Seconddaughter/Cynthia Gooding. The article still needs work, in particular the references need to be properly cited, please take a look at WP:Referencing for beginners. Also take a look at WP:YFA, WP:RS, WP:BIO and WP:MOSBIO for additional guidance. When you are ready to submit the article for review in articles for creation process, please click the Submit link in the blue box at the top of the draft.--ukexpat (talk) 18:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

March 21

Remi Nadeau

Under listed publications of Remi Nadeau, Fort Larry and the Sioux Indians should read: Fort Laramie and the Sioux Indians. 174.26.170.124 (talk) 19:31, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Mlpearc (powwow) 19:45, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Stick Figure World

Stick Figure World is an animated Internet series that premiered on August 1, 2008 and is currently on hiatus due to an upcoming film adaption.As of January 31 2012,a total of 30 episodes have aired spanning over 4 seasons.add to stick figure — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.63.55.48 (talk) 20:16, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

You didn't ask a question at Wikipedia:New_contributors'_help_page/Archive/2012/March#Stick_Figure_World; do you have a question now about editing and finding your way around Wikipedia? - David Biddulph (talk) 20:37, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Internet series

Can I create wikipeadias based on INTERNET series? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.63.55.48 (talk) 20:41, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Assuming you mean Wikipedia articles, the answer is yes, provided they meet the criteria for notability. --ColinFine (talk) 23:07, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

See examples at List of Web television series (some of them may have notability problems and risk deletion). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

March 22

How do I add the box with all the info at the top of the page?

Just wondering how to? Sniper Team Dengo (talk) 20:39, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Without knowing the topic, Category:Infobox templates is the over-category, Template:Infobox person for people generally; more specific ones are available. Dru of Id (talk) 22:13, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

March 23

Incorrect data Regarding Newberg Oregon

The Wikipedia article about Newberg, Oregon, contains incorrect information. In regards to Herbert Hoover's moving to Newberg to live with his aunt, and uncle, the article states he moved in 1885 at the age of 9. In the Wikipedia article on Hoover, It states that he was born Aug. 10, 1874 and move in Nov. 1885, which would make him 11.

Jack Sprat 27 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack Sprat 27 (talk • contribs) 06:56, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Newberg, Oregon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Herbert Hoover (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I found other sources confirming the 1885 date, so I have removed the words "at the age of 9" from the Newberg article. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:35, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

I dont success with an article ??? all time reject !!

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Janusvm&diff=483514029&oldid=483511022 please need help !!! Jean65001 (talk) 18:23, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. We cannot accept copyrighted content taken from websites or printed sources. Note that copyright protection is granted to all works automatically, whether it is asserted or not. Unless stated otherwise, assume that most content on the internet is copyrighted and not suitable for publishing on Wikipedia. Copyrighted content can be cited as a reliable source if it meets Wikipedia's guidelines; however, your submission must be written in your own words, and in continuous prose.

I will also note that you provided no evidence that this software is at all notable enough to have an encyclopedia article about it; and that the tone of the language you pasted was highly promotional, and not at all encyclopedic in form. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:04, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Lithuaniai Wikipedia problems

Sometimes i correct or rewrite some articles in Lithuania Wikipedia. But almost 90 % of articles i correct next day came back to it's first state. Last article i tried to correct from big fact mistakes was this. Can someone tell my why this is happening? Sorry for my bad English and hope someone will take closer look at this problem, and i don,t quit writing for wikipedia as some of my friends. p.s. thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proktas (talk • contribs) 20:50, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

This page is for the English Wikipedia. You will have to discuss at the Lithuanian Wikipedia. See Help:Page history for how to find out who changed your edits, and Help:Using talk pages for how to discuss. You can also try lt:Vikipedija:Pagalbos biuras (Lithuanian help desk). PrimeHunter (talk) 21:05, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Lithuanians do nothing about this . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proktas (talk • contribs) 00:11, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

We have no more influence on Lithuanian Wikipedia than you; you at least speak the language. —teb728 t c 21:28, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

March 24

RUINING "THE MOUSETRAP" FOR AN ENTIRE GENERATION!

I'm an intelligent fellow. I have an advanced degree. I read books, I read plays, I go to the theatre. I saw The Mousetrap in London in 1972, and was delighted. Now you come along, and in the interests of being "encyclopaedic" you give away ALL the twists and surprises at the end of the play! These have been happily semi-guarded secrets for the last 60 years. That has helped serve readers and play-goers in their excitement and enjoyment of the story. My questions are: 1. What is wrong with you people?! 2. How is it "censorship" to simply insert a blue spoiler warning just ahead of the current last paragraph? 3. Do you understand that people who may read your article in preparation for reading or seeing the play will have their whole experience ruined, and that the point of a MYSTERY is that it remain MYSTERIOUS until the AUTHOR reveals the ending? 4. Do you understand that the many, many people whose experience you are destroying are mostly unfamiliar with the whole process of editing, commenting, voting, etc. on Wikipedia, and thus their countless dismayed voices are unlikely ever to be heard? 5. Do you routinely describe all the plot details of every work of fiction you feature in your pages, down to the last paragraph, or do you take special delight in ruining the entire world's appreciation of its most famous mystery play? 6. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE??!!

Yours in disgust, MAG1950 96.242.27.105 (talk) 14:09, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

At the top of Talk:The Mousetrap there is a box beginning "Before commenting on the fact that the article gives away the ending of the play...". Please have a look at the three pages linked from that box. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

1. Nothing, what is wrong with you?

2. It is not censorship, but if you were reading through the article and see a header "Identity of the murderer" what would you expect to find in that section? If someone doesn't want to know the identity of the murderer they can just stop reading at that point. If they continue they are to blame, no one else.

3. If their experience is ruined from reading the section called "Plot" and its subsection called "Identity of the murderer" then that is their fault.

4. Do you understand that they are to blame for the ruining of their experience, no one else?

5. Yes, if it is pertinent. and we don't ruin anything for anyone. they make the choice to read the "Identity of the murderer" subsection of the plot.

6. Once again nothing. 65.40.155.250 (talk) 16:03, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

The JayHind Express

The JayHind EXPRESS ISMAIL ZABHAĦ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.207.40.65 (talk) 23:44, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Do you have a question? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:58, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

March 26

The name Evan

The name Evan is also used frequently in Greek names as it is short for the Greek Orthodox name of Evangelos. My nma e is Evan Pezas and I have been usinmg the Evan instead of Evangelos since graduating from High School and that was in 1963. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.92.70.145 (talk) 09:04, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm guessing you want to add something to the article Evan. Please note that you should only add information if it is referenced to a reliable source: your personal experience is not acceptable, as readers are unable to verify it. --ColinFine (talk) 09:34, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

March 27

Can somone help me get this approved??? What a'm I doing wrong? what do they want?

Can somone help me get this approved??? What a'm I doing wrong? what do they want?

Hello

I have cut my submission down to a monotonic one paragraph sentence as requested, but they still won't except it. were I can see thousands of submit ins just like mine....... Here is that one paragraph sentence.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevray123 (talk • contribs)

Submission removed. Can be seen at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Toucan cove.

Kevray, please be patient and wait for a response at the Articles for creation help desk. You can also ask a question directly to the reviewer who most recently declined your submission. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:36, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Neither of the references in the article is to an independent reliable source, so the article does nothing to establish that the company is notable. You need to show that other independent reliable sources have written about it, and the article does not do so.

In addition, there is no context in the article (it does not even explicitly say what Toucan Cove is), and the list of artists signed should be trimmed only to notable artists, i.e. those that have or might have their own articles in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 09:01, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Dokdo!!

Dear editor, My name is Sangheoyn Jeon. I'm Korean, and I am member of VANK(Volutary Agency Network of Korea). VANK is working for correcting errors about Korea. I know your encyclopedia is one of the biggest Internet encyclopedia. But there is a big mistake and it could give wrong information to world. I have found error in your article. If I type 'Dokdo', the main title is not Dokdo, the title is Liancourt Rocks. And there is a name of 'Takeshima'. Dokdo is Dokdo, not Liancourt Rocks or Takeshima. Dokdo is Korean territory, so we must call it Dokdo. Liancourt Rocks or Takeshima is wrong word. Especially, Takeshima is Japanese expression and it's not right expression because Dokdo is Korean territory. And there is a sentence that Dokdo is disputed between Korean or Japan. But Dokdo is not disputable islet. It's certainly Korean territory. So please remove the expression 'Liancourt Rocks' and 'Takeshima'. And please correct word 'disput' to 'Dokdo is Korean island certainly.'.

sincerely Sangheoyn Jeon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.146.16.127 (talk) 13:29, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Liancourt Rocks (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Liancourt Rocks dispute (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The issue may seem clear to you, but the many sources listed at the foot of Liancourt Rocks dispute show that others disagree. On the face of it, both pages are correct in saying there is a dispute. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:16, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. It is not Wikipedia's job to judge this dispute. And see Wikipedia:Article titles#Common names. If "Liancourt Rocks" is the most commonly used name in English then Wikipedia can use it regardless where the islands belong and what they are called there. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:59, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Peabody

On the page for Peabody (surname) there are two Nathaniel's listed born in New England, one in the 1740's and the other in the 1770's. The latter is the father or the Peabody sisters. Then, on the page for Elizabeth Peabody, her father Nathaniel is highlighted, but it brings you through to the other Nathaniel born 30 years earlier. Not sure how what to do about it. I'm just from Peabody, MA. :). Marcella! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.118.24.161 (talk) 19:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Fixed, I believe. Try editing Elizabeth Peabody to see how I've done it, with a piped link. I've also merged what seem to be two separate entries designating the same Nathaniel Peabody in Peabody (surname).

Resolved

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March 28

Citing Information from Personal Experience

Dear Wikipedia,

I would like to edit the article on the Evacuation of Children in the Spanish Civil War to add some information on locations, however my source is a family member that was alive during the time and recalls information the article is lacking. How would I go about citing this? Am I even allowed to cite information from personal sources?

Thank you. RoadMart (talk) 17:53, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

No. Unpublished original research can't be used as a source in Wikipedia. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:15, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Incomplete info on list of schools in Enugu State

Pls, I could not find Community Secondary School, Edem, Nsukka in the list of schools you published. Thanks 197.253.4.162 (talk) 12:36, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Is the one in Ugbo listed at Enugu State#Education another one, or a different way of nameing the location? Dru of Id (talk) 12:55, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Trying to add an external page link

I am confused. Your instructions are laudably detailed, but not so clear for a new user unfamiliar with this type of page creation.

Here's the page I'm trying to edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2012#cite_note-8

Now, in the graphic where all the 2012 US Senate races are detailed by state, I'm trying to add an external page link for the Independent from Massachusetts, Bill Cimbrelo. I can see within the chart itself only Wikipedia links show, and any that are externals are numbered to a corresponding entry in the References section.

I'm working on Bill's Wikipedia page, but until it's ready I wanted to add a link to his campaign website.

I've read all I can find and tried what I thought were correct ways but for the life of me I cannot figure out HOW to:

  -- Add the external web link to the References list with a correct "number" (I think we're at
     268 currently)
  -- Add the correct symbol and Reference # after Bill's name in the chart to link to the Ref list
  -- And which one to do first?????

Help! This one simple technical thing is driving me nuts, and holding me up from working on the more important Wiki page for him, as well as all the campaign content I need to be writing! I'm his Communications Director, btw, and Wikipedia is a new media for me.

I appreciate anything you can offer to clear my confusion!

Bcanndid (talk) 01:28, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

I added a reference with the link.[7] References are usually added and edited where they are used and not where they are displayed. They are automatically numbered. See Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. But see also Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. As his Communications Director you should make talk page suggestions instead of editing articles directly. And see Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Politicians. I'm not sure Bill Cimbrelo qualifies for a Wikipedia biography. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:30, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Titus Salt

According to various articles about Sir Titus Salt, it is claimed that he attended at least three different Grammar Schools/ Can anyone shed any light on this? The Schools he is said to have attended are

Heath Grammar School, Halifax Heath Grammar School, Wakefield (I am not aware of such a School, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is in Wakefield) Batley Grammar School

I am interested as a former pupil of Heath Grammar School, Halifax (though not a contemporary of Sir Titus Salt), to know whether he did indeed attend the School in Halifax. 78.151.58.201 (talk) 10:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

He did not attend Heath Grammar School, Halifax, though I (and maybe others) at one time misread the sources to think that he had.

Holroyd (writing in 1871, when Salt was alive) says "Young Titus attended Heath Grammar School, near Wakefield, for some time; and also for about three months, a school kept by a Mr Harrison, at Wakefield."

Balgarnie (writing in 1878 after Salt's death) says that "there is credible evidence that when eight or nine years old he went to a school at Batley, then under the care of the Rev. J. Sedgwick", but does not name the school; and that from the age of eleven he was sent to "the day school connected with Salem Chapel, Wakefield", which was run by Mr Enoch Harrison from 1815, and under whom Balgarnie says he spent four years. Balgarnie also gives much circumstantial detail about his schooling, where Holroyd just has a few sentences.

So we have some inconsistent sources: Holroyd says Heath Grammar School, Wakefield and that this was different from Harrison's school where he spent a few months; Balgarnie says a year or two at a school in Batley, and then at least five years at Rayson/Harrison's school in Wakefield.

I will attempt to tidy the articles over the next few days. --ColinFine (talk) 12:47, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Done. I've expanded the section in Titus Salt, and removed him from Heath Grammar School.

Resolved

--ColinFine (talk) 10:06, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

KHADIJA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

Our school name is khadija girls high school.It is situated in Buner.It is one of the most beautiful schools in Buner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.185.56.183 (talk) 15:40, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm guessing you are talking about the article Buner District? If you have information about schools in the district, you are welcome to improve the article by writing a section in the article about them. But, like any information you add to Wikipedia, it should be referenced, and it ought to be a section about schools or education in general in the district, not just naming one school. --ColinFine (talk) 10:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

units of measure in articles

I recently editted an article that listed a British celebrities weight loss in "stones". I changed it to kilograms. I could not find a wikipedia guideline on what to do about units of measure for articles. Is it country specific? I mean, if the article is about a particular country or individual from a particular country then use the units that are most common in that country? Or should the article follow whatever reference is used for the facts? For example, if it references an article that lists the data in "slugs" then the article would mention the weight in slugs. That would be very odd to the readers. Guidance would be appreciated.War (talk) 08:42, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:MOS#Units of measurement. Dru of Id (talk) 09:29, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Formating

Hi

How can I format my typing by using right side because I want to write my article in arabic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yyousef (talk • contribs) 17:22, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Articles in English Wikipedia are to be written in English, so that's why it's only left-to-right. ... discospinster _talk 17:53, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

You will find the Arabic Wikipedia here.--ukexpat (talk) 20:52, 31 March 2012 (UTC)