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Jared Padalecki

While at Chicago Con 2012 Jared discussed his wrestleing with Misha Collins and TorCon and how they almost killed each other with kindness. Misha broke some rib bones and Jared cares so much about Misha this was very difficult for him. Jared is looking forward to how the GISHWHES group NSBIP will integrate this information on to Jared's Wiki page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KMKitt2000 (talk • contribs) 23:45, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Pages are not going to unprotected to allow GISHWHES to mess around with the page. Thanks. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:18, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

I have no idea what this is about, or whether Reaper Eternal's rather brusque reply is merited (and the articles Jared Padalecki and GISHWHES give me no clue - the latter redirects to Misha Collins with no explanation on the page of why) but some possibly relevant policies are : it is not Jared's Wiki page, it is a Wikipedia article about Jared (WP:OWN); User accounts are required to be individual and may not be used by groups (WP:NOSHARE); material in articles must be supported by reliable sources: unreferenced material may be deleted by anybody; and editors who are closely associated with the subject of an article need to be very cautious about editing that article (WP:COI). --ColinFine (talk) 16:59, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Bkara

File:FileBirkirkara

bkara

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.203.93.22 (talk) 21:26, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Is there something that you want help with on Wikipedia? I think you mean File:Birkirkara.png, but I don't know what you are asking about it. --ColinFine (talk) 17:01, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

October 31

New mayor

Subic, Zambales has a new Municipal Mayor who was elected in 2010 local elections. His name is JEFFERSON F. KHONGHUN. His term as Municipal Mayor will be from 2010 to May 30, 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.191.86.9 (talk) 22:46, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

If you have a citation to a reliable source for this, you are very welcome to update the article. --ColinFine (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

November 1

November 2

November 3

Help with disambiguation page creation.

I just created an article for Zhao Yi (poet and historian). There is already an article about another Zhao Yi that is retrieved when I type Zhao Yi into the search box. I would like to create a disambiguation page to include both, but I am not sure how to accomplish this when the other Zhao Yi article seems to occupy the location I need for the disambiguation page. Can someone please help me understand how to do this correctly?BaseTurtle (talk) 05:10, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

The swimmer seemed pretty clearly the less notable topic. I moved the swimmer to Zhao Yi (swimmer) and made the poet, historian and critic the primary subject, with a hatnote about the swimmer. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:21, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

how do you put images on the chembox?

I want to edit the page on sodium tetrathionate. for this,i needed to put the image on the chembox.i tried doing many things,including put the whole url on the imagefile part of the chembox,downloading the picture onto my desktop and putting in the new name e.t.c. Nothing has happened. I am clueless. please show me how to put images on the chembox. 122.167.111.106 (talk) 05:48, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

To display a picture in a Wikipedia article you have to upload it first - see Wikipedia:Uploading images. But since you mention that you have downloaded the picture, it is likely that the copyright to the picture is held by the owners of the website you are copying it from. If the picture is copyrighted, it can't be used at Wikipedia because the fair use exemption will not apply to a chemistry image.

It would be great if you were able to take your own photo of a sample of this compound. To upload it, you will first have to register an account, and then you can upload it to Wikimedia Commons using the Commons Upload Wizard. Once that's done, edit the article by adding the name of your uploaded image after "ImageFile =", for example "ImageFile = Sodium Tetrathionate sample.jpg". -- John of Reading (talk) 07:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Miniature page

Why is my page miniature? I can't even read any of it it is so small! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.53.135.33 (talk) 12:03, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Text size is controlled by your browser, not by Wikipedia. Look for "Zoom" settings on the "View" menu of your browser, or try Ctrl+0. If this doesn't fix it, post here again with your browser name and version. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Andre Dubus III Legacy

Bold text Andre Dubus III did not write The House of Sand and Fog. His son Andre Dubus II wrote it. Read your own Wiki on Andre II. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.233.231.166 (talk) 14:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Why would the son of Andrew Dubus III be called Andrew Dubus II ? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 14:55, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps because there was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine? -- John of Reading (talk) 17:36, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

I did read the article on Andre Dubus II. It states that House of Sand and Fog was written by his son, Andre Dubus III. So does the Andre Dubus III article, and so does House of Sand and Fog (novel). - Ka renjc 19:24, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Changing Title of Article: Not Yet Confirmed

Hello, I recently submitted an article for confirmation/release, however couldn't figure out how to change the title. Currently the article is sitting in my sandbox as "User:JordanAH/sandbox" waiting to be confirmed but the actual article will be titled: Christopher J. Howell.

Not sure how this will affect the confirmation but wanted to make you aware.

Thank you, Jordan JordanJAH (talk) 00:01, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Your sandbox article has been moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Christopher J. Howell, but the submission is likely to be declined because there are no references to verify the notability of the subject. Try reading WP:1st for further advice. - David Biddulph (talk) 02:41, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

post frame construction

The article on post frame construction is for the most part an advertisement of the benefits of this type of construction. References are to trade group or industry members.24.49.29.72 (talk) 22:22, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

You're right, it's not brilliant. I've tagged it for now. - Ka renjc 21:45, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

November 4

Adding An External Link to the "Peanut Butter" Entry

My book "Creamy and Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food" will be published at the end of November by Columbia University Press. It's a serious and (if I say so myself) well-written pop-culture history of peanut butter, the only book of its kind on the market.

I think it merits inclusion on the "Peanut Butter" page of Wikipedia and would like to add an external link to my website. How do I do this? I think the "peanut butter" page has some kind of lock or block on it.Bluewombat107 (talk) 18:12, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

You seem to have asked a similar question on the article's talk page back in September using another account name, here. It's not against the rules to have multiple accounts, but WP:SOCK explains the protocols for using them. The article is semiprotected so unregistered users can't edit it, and since your account is not autoconfirmed yet (this requires four days and at least ten edits), you can't edit it yet either. Before you consider doing so, please read WP:BOOKSPAM and WP:REFSPAM. I suspect your book is genuinely a reliable source on the subject, being a university press publication, but as the author you should probably discuss your proposed changes at the article's talk page before including references to the book in the article. Wikipedia is not a forum for authors to raise the profile of their own publications by citing them or referring to them in articles. - Ka renjc 21:30, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

November 5

views

plz show me tha venugopalaswami and anjaneyaswami temple at adusumalli — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.79.43.146 (talk) 12:18, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry: Wikipedia can only show you information (including pictures) that somebody has added to it. Since there are currently no pictures in the article Adusumalli, this probably means that nobody has added any. Perhaps if you were to ask at WT:WikiProject India there might be somebody there who would take some pictures of the temples and add them to the article. --ColinFine (talk) 18:21, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

November 6

Draw

My iPad does cool poos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yamumpooed (talk • contribs) 05:38, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing. Is there anything about Wikipedia we can help you with? --Jayron32 05:53, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Creating New Article with Branches for Expansion

I am trying to understand the stub process. I am an attorney, and one thing I think could prove very useful in Wiki is to start public domain legal treatises. Much of Wiki's law discussions and topics are so loosely organized, the "treatise" value is almost nil.

For example, there is the category "Law of the United States." In the article, there is a section "State law (United States)." When you go into "State law (United States)," a list of states is provided, and if I click on Texas, I find myself ready to be the first create N Article on "Texas law." That's a good start, seeing as nobody has even gone this far, but really, to have any use as a road-map for a treatise, the new article, Texas law, would itself need to have stubs (or whatever you use) to allow creation of sub-Articles, such as Constitutional law, Civil Procedure, Torts, Business Law, etc. That way, a treatise could begin to grow.

I am not versed in Wiki and have done a few edits, and that's about it. What is the process to accomplish what I describe above?

Thanks. JeffInTexas (talk) 03:48, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. It publishes standalone encyclopaedia articles, not treatises, and everything that goes into an article must have previously been published in a reliable source. (Discussion about an article's content takes pace on the article's discussion page (aka talk page), accessed by clicking the "talk" tab at top left, behind the "project" tab marking the article page itself.) Law of the United States is an article, not a category. So is State law (United States) and so would Texas law be if you started the article. What you're seeing is not a series of articles and sub-articles, but a simple set of top-level articles connected in various ways by clickable links - there's no hierarchy of levels in real terms. A stub template simply marks an article as a very short one that could use expansion; if someone expands it and removes the template then it ceases to be a stub. Texas law could be written, if someone decided that the law of Texas was sufficiently distinct from the law of other states to be worthy of a standalone article. If someone did write it and it got big enough to warrant the hiving off of sections into their own articles, then a link to the new article(s) would be created from the appropriate section(s) of the Texas law article. But it's likely that such a split wouldn't be necessary; see Kentucky Revised Statutes (a redirect from Kentucky law) to see an example of the scope and length of such an article. I would suggest you go and have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Law - here's the project's talk page - which would be an excellent place to look for other Wikipedians interested in improving the way legal subjects are organised and covered here. - Ka renjc 09:39, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Rereading your question and my answer, I think I should also have explained how an article is created. Texas law is a red link to an as-yet uncreated article and clicking on it offers the chance to create it, but that's just because someone created the red link as a kind of placeholder. To create a new article without having a red link to follow, you can type the name of the article you want to create in the search box top right. We have an article creation wizard to help with the process. - Ka renjc 09:52, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Jeff, if you're still watching here, I'm going to leave a note on Your user talk page. Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 19:23, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Making changes to entry that was initially declined.

Hello, I am trying to create a new entry about Oxford Polish Association. First submitted entry has been declined. Now it was corrected and I am not sure if it was properly submitted for another review. Please could you check and let us know what to do to submit this? ThanksOxfordpolishassociation (talk) 19:15, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

It's at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Oxford Polish Association. It will need to be resubmitted in order for it to be reviewed again. At the moment though. IMHO, it still does not have enough references to reliable sources to demonstrate the required notability.--ukexpat (talk) 19:24, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

November 7

closing tags

4 November 2012

I have had a go at editing Bella Wright as i have new information.

I have got some closing tags wrong and I am trying to put references

thanks

alison — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alisonkeay (talk • contribs) 14:40, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

I can try to help you sort out the reference formatting, but I need to understand which reference you are trying to name "Keay". Is it the Leicester Mercury article from 1919? There's some work needs doing to remove duplicate info and wrongly formatted headers from the article as it stands, but I don't want to touch it until I understand which information you're sourcing to "Keay", and what "Keay" is. (I can see it's your name, but I'm assuming you're not citing yourself as the source.) - Ka renjc 22:09, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

I see that someone has now reverted your edits because they were unsourced. If you feel the information was relevant and appropriate, feel free to ask for help to get the citations correct. Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners is a good start. - Ka renjc 08:40, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Creating new content

I want to publish information about a company Trivial Works how to write the article about it that will not be deleted.09:30, 7 November 2012 (UTC)09:30, 7 November 2012 (UTC)09:30, 7 November 2012 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vindhyachal Tiwari (talk • contribs)

Trivial works was deleted for "unambiguous advertising or promotion"; so the first thing is to write about the company as it would be written in a newspaper or magazine, not presenting the company's point of view. Also most companies are not notable enough for an article on Wikipedia; please read WP:CORP for our notability standards. Also please read WP:COI; the fact that you wrote a promotional article suggests that you have a conflict of interest with regard to the company. —teb728 t c 10:11, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

November 8

Autobiography

How do I add a phototgraph to my page? Sutton Porter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sutton Porter (talk • contribs) 04:18, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:50, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Maybe this person means a user page, not an article. And if that's the case, this is the standard information:

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.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:05, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I see what was going on after going to the talk page, but a proper user page is still a possibility.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:07, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Publicizing an RfC on user conduct

Hi, I have recently participated in creating a RfC on user conduct and after a few days editors have not commented on it. Is there any acceptable way to publicize the RfC in order to get outside input? Thanks. Fordx12 (talk) 04:19, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:RFC#Publicizing_an_RfC. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 20:23, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

new account

I have tried to create an account with no success. The website says that the user name is already in use. I have changed my user name and password and tried my second email address but still get the same result saying the user name is already in use----- If wikipedia have a problem there is no way a user can let you know ------ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.91.149.10 (talk) 04:50, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

There are currently 17,811,497 registered accounts, so it is quite possible that both the names you tried are already taken. You can search the user name list at Special:ListUsers. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:04, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Special:Log/newusers shows several accounts are created every minute so the system seems to work. It's hard to say something specific about your problem when you don't reveal any of the names you have tried. I guess they are simply taken already as you were told. There can only be one user with a given name. Your post here shows that you found a way to contact Wikipedia. Lots of people contact Wikipedia every day. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:29, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

November 9

My picture on Wikipedia

Hi folks

I was sent a link to my picture on Wikipedia - apparently it was placed it there for for public use. I prefer that image to be taken down. How might that happen without violating Wikipedia laws?

Would appreciate any assistance

Khadija — Preceding unsigned comment added by KSharife (talk • contribs) 13:40, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

It depends on the circumstances, for example the license of the picture and whether there is an alternative picture. We have many articles about people called Khadija. Which picture is it and why do you want it removed? Do you only want it removed from a Wikipedia article or do you also want the picture file itself removed from our servers. Is it only this specific picture you have a problem with or don't you want any picture? Article subjects cannot control content about them but we can review requests. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:38, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Are you talking about file:Khadija Sharife.jpg? GB fan 14:57, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

I have tagged file:Khadija Sharife.jpg for deletion as missing evidence of permission to use.--ukexpat (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Guide for newcomers?

Hello peeps. Is there a guide for newcomers, maybe a list of FAQs, that can be accessed? Though I've been using Wikipedia for years, I've never plunged in as an editor until recently and find it bewildering at times. Sorry but it's just not that user friendly. Coretheapple (talk) 15:48, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

You could start from Wikipedia:Introduction and follow some of the links from there. I've also put a few useful links on your user talk page. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:16, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. That's very helpful! Coretheapple (talk) 19:28, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

November 12

orgasm

Can I include the science behind why people oftentimes have orgasms by the types of stimulation they do?Joshsmith9991805 (talk) 06:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome to edit articles provided you can cite reliable sources to support any new material you introduce - for example, peer-reviewed papers or published articles from recognised authorities on the subject. If the new material would be contentious or controversial, the best way forward would be to discuss it first on the article's talk page and reach consensus on the proposed wording with other interested editors. - Ka renjc 09:27, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Links

How do I add a link to an article in foreign language (ex. I contributed to an article in czech and I would like to add it to my user page here on en.wikipedia -> I would like to mention it was in the czech version, not in the english one.) Thank you very much. --KaiThe (talk) 17:09, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Use a ":cs:" prefix before the article title. For example, [[:cs:Městské divadlo Mladá Boleslav]] displays as cs:Městské divadlo Mladá Boleslav, a link to today's featured article at the Czech Wikipedia. See Help:Link#Interwiki links. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:18, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much, it worked and it helped me a lot. --KaiThe (talk) 17:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Adding an image

Please help me to add an image into a wiki article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nanduhari.jgd (talk • contribs) 18:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

What part of the process are you having a problem with? What image? What article? Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 21:09, 9 November 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.—— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 22:03, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

November 10

Lost functionality

I have just lost access to my sandbox at the top of Wikipedia pages (I have to go through my watchlist to access it), the dropdown menu to the right of the Read and Edit tabs, and more (hovering over Wikilinks bringing up first paragraphs, collapsing templates, etc). While I assume that my firewall or antivirus program did this, is there a way to reload them? I'm using Windows XP, IE 8, AVG Free Antivirus, and use Registry Mechanic periodically. Lineagegeek (talk) 22:22, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Try asking at WP:VPT.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 22:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I always wondered what the pump was for -- but trail and a lot of error located the problem with which cookies I was accepting in my security settings, --Lineagegeek (talk) 23:07, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

November 11

Reattributing edits

I had a long-standing problem logging in, and for the past several months have been editing anonymously. The IP I used for many of these edits has dozens of listed contributions. Is there some way to sign those, either globally or at least manually in special cases (ie; the ones that engendered some discussion)? JasCollins (talk) 08:20, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

There's no way of reattributing posts, and it would not be right to edit signatures, but you could manually add an attribution: on a talk or project page, where comments are signed, you could edit the section and insert something like

::<small>The preceding IP comment was actually by me. --~~~~</small>

which will appear as

The preceding IP comment was actually by me. --(your signature)

If it's an edit to an article which you wish to take responsibility for, you could make a WP:Dummy edit, and put in an edit comment saying "previous edit by IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx was actually by User:JasCollins. --ColinFine (talk) 11:18, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Editing an article

Header added. --ColinFine (talk) 12:28, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Can someone please help me edit this article so that it can appear on Wikipedia?

Please let me know if more information is needed. Thank You

— Preceding unsigned comment added by DJWatkins and TonyTee (talk • contribs) 12:03, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know what article you are talking about. If you are talking about an existing article in some other format (magazine, blog, forum) it is unlikely to be suitable in tone or content, and will need complete rewriting. But maybe you mean something else. Perhaps WP:Your first article will give you some pointers.

Please also note that for reasons of attribution, shared accounts are not permitted on Wikipedia: each person that edits should have their own individual account. --ColinFine (talk) 12:33, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

My guess is that the question refers to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/DJ Watkins and MC Tony Tee, in which case there are useful links with advice, both in the response to the submission on that page & on the user's talk page. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:41, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

November 14

Adding to a already existing topic

Hi, I'm new to wikipedia as far as editing goes. The topic I wanted to make an article already exists, but has very littler information on it. How do I add to the existing page without taking credit for that content? Thank you! Malloryschad (talk) 03:15, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

No one owns an article, so you never have to worry about taking someone else's article. Further, the history tab on any article shows who made which edits, so there's no need to worry about who takes credit for what – it's all there in the history for everyone to see. Just be bold and make your changes. If someone doesn't like them, they can hit the undo button, and then the two of you can discuss it. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:21, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

I see that you've already seen Wikipedia:Tutorial, so follow the advice there. When you are adding material to an article, remember to follow the advice at Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing sources to ensure that the material is verifiable by reference to published reliable sources. - David Biddulph (talk) 03:26, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

uploaded some photos as instructed

OK i uploaded some photos as instructed; that seemed to work. but when i updated the target page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Ph%C5%93nix#The_greenhouse my update appears as text rather than photo as desired ... help! Tennisjazz (talk) 01:46, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

I fixed it thus by removing the new line after your file name. I am surprised that the syntax is sensative to that. —teb728 t c 08:07, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you TEB728. Yes that is sensitive syntax. So I went in and added another picture and got into lots of trouble, but managed to undo almost all of it. Couldn't figure out how to make the original (now leftmost) picture as tall as the new (now middle) one, but got it bigger anyway. Also improved its caption, but was unable to centre the captions -- the Picture tutorial doesn't cover that. Sigh. Tennisjazz (talk) 04:39, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Take a look at my changes: I specified the heights of the first two photos (forcing them to be the same) and centered the caption with html. Is that what you want? I frankly think left justified captions look better (or at least more familiar). —teb728 t c 00:02, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Perfect, thank you. Once I see the html I can understand better what I should do. Tennisjazz (talk) 01:37, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

November 13

How to resubmit my article

I wrote an article that was declined by the reviewer. I read the comments and believe I have fixed the problem. My question is I do not know how to resubmit or know if the page it's on is the correct page to resubmit. The link is: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dextro, LLC. Thank you!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by NOVAstories (talk • contribs) 20:09, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

I have restored the "declined" box at the top of the draft; half-way down that box is a "click here to resubmit" link. However, since the draft has no reliable sources that are independent of the company you are writing about, I would expect the draft to be declined again. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:26, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

November 15

Inserting an image

How do you download an image to the Wikipedia entry you are editing? I have downloaded an image, but it has been placed on a page all of its own and not on the page I was editing, which latter was intended. Is there some way I can insert the image by making a link. Thank you Historybuff60 (talk) 09:40, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

You can link from an article to an image page, but if you are referring to File:The Earl of Orkney by Michael Rysbrack, 1733.jpg there are two problems. One is that the orientation is wrong but more importantly there may be a question over your claim to be the copyright holder in that work. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:52, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Indeed. You claim to hold the copyright, but you also give a published source for it. Unless you actually took that picture yourself and nobody else has any claim to it (such as the journal in which it has appeared) then you can't upload it under that licence or use it in an article. Wikipedia:Media copyright questions is the place to ask for help with image licensing problems. - Ka renjc 11:13, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

November 16

November 17

Deleting a page

How can you can you delete a page you have uploaded — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paddyfromthewest (talk • contribs) 17:57, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Assuming you mean Patrick Durcan, it should have been deleted after you did this with it. However, for whatever reason, it wasn't, and other contributors have now added significantly to the page.

If you believe that members of the Irish Senate are not notable (by Wikipedia's standards) just by being such, you could consider nominating the article for WP:AFD. Another way of looking at it is that the article doesn't look so bad how it is right now? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 18:48, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

The relevant guidance is at WP:POLITICIAN. As a former member of a national legislature, he would seem to pass the notability test. - Ka renjc 09:57, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

He most certainly does! --Orange Mike | Talk 16:55, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

November 19

Translation into English

Hello Wikis,

I would like to translate an already existing German article into the English language. First of all I do not know how to connect it to the German one so that you just have to go to the lanugage link and click on "English". The other problem is that I belive it has to be in accordance with English Wikipedia regulations. I do not know if these are the same as the German ones or if this even applies if the origional text is in German. Thank you for your help, N2nina N2nina (talk) 08:35, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

You link to the German article by entering [[de:Title of German article]] on the English article. For example the link to the German version of this page is [[de:Wikipedia:Fragen von Neulingen]] A bot program will come along shortly link back to the English article. See Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate for some useful advice on translation. —teb728 t c 09:17, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

notability and verifiable evidence

Hello, I need to provide 'notability and verifiable evidence' - can i do this by linking back to valid articles and websites that credit the new page? If so, do I have to put it in a specific bracket? Rosiehannah (talk) 08:41, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

If you are trying to demonstrate the notability of Girls' Day Out Show, you would cite newspapers (or other reliable sources) that give significant coverage (not just mentions) to the event (not counting places that just copy the event's publicity). See WP:42 for a short summary. —teb728 t c 09:03, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

You should also have a look at Wikipedia:Notability. It explains what this concept means in Wikipedia terms, how to assert notability in an article, and how to support your assertion. - Ka renjc 09:30, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Hello - thank you for your help! Please can you check out the revised pages of Girls' Day Out Show - i have added reliable references [not just to newspapers promoting it] - is this okay now? Can i delete the notification proposed deletion message? Rosiehannah (talk) 11:55, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I see you've gone ahead and removed the proposed deletion template. I can see the new references, but they need improving because they are not formatted correctly and many are quite trivial or spammy - and references to other Wikipedia pages are not acceptable because Wikipedia cannot reference itself as an external source. I will see what I can fix or tag for maintenance when I have some time, but the article needs a fair bit of work and IMO is still at risk of ending up at WP:AFD. - Ka renjc 12:49, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

That would be really great if you could! Simple so i can learn what a correctly formatted reference is/looks like. I thought you could have trivial references? However, do you agree that there are appropriate 3rd party references? Look forward to seeing what you do and learning more. Thank you very much for helping me learn. Rosiehannah (talk) 13:03, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ Thomas Mortimer IV

I need this article to be published. It is very important please tell me how to change it so that my sub mission is successful! Please. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Najwaabdali/sandbox Najwaabdali (talk) 13:54, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

The only way you can get the article retained is by successfully showing that FoCuSandLeArN's criticism of it does not apply, that is by showing that Mortimer is notable (has been written about multiple times in independent reliable sources) for more than just this one event. If you cannot show that, then Wikipedia should not have an article about him.

And I don't know what the reasons are that it is important that the article be published, but while they are evidently important to you, they are probably of no importance to Wikipedia. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 16:28, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Fintage House - Is this video a reliable source

Am I able to use this video as a source for Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Fintage House. It's an interview with Fintage House's Co-CEO on a third party website - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAx6FBZsHDo&feature=plcp

Thanks Rosievero (talk) 14:59, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I think you can use it, but you must treat it as a primary source, so it can be used for uncontroversial factual information directly in the video, but not for any conclusions or deductions, and not for any opinion or evaluation (except "the CEO has said that ... "). --ColinFine (talk) 16:35, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

deleting a declined article from sandbox

How can I delete an article that I submitted - but was declined (so I can work on a different topic)? Or is it possible to start another project without editing/improving the declined topic? Thanks Srhmybhl (talk) 19:12, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Just blank the article, with an edit summary that says, "Please delete". --Orange Mike | Talk 20:06, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Can I add an article about myself?

How do I go about citing even though there is limited information available? Mikehaz (talk) 22:47, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

If there is limited information available then you probably aren't notable enough for an article. It is highly recommended that you not write about yourself. This rarely has a good outcome. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:57, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

November 20

My Status

How do I acquire my status on an article I submitted to Wikipedia, but have not received any feedback on yet?

Cathe — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.253.138.1 (talk) 03:22, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

This is the only edit by your current IP address. Maybe the page was not saved, or maybe you had another IP address at the time or were logged in. What was the name of the article? Do you know where you submitted it? Do you have an account? PrimeHunter (talk) 03:33, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

November 21

Username in red color

What does it mean if a username link is shown in red - and not in blue as for the majority of users?

Modalanalytiker (talk) 15:14, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

It simply means you have no user page - if you create one, it will turn blue. Mdann52 (talk) 15:22, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick and clear response. Modalanalytiker (talk) 15:28, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

November 22

References

What is a references section please send examples

as I am trying to add my book from Reprint

alison — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alisonkeay (talk • contribs) 16:45, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

It's been answered on your talk page (and at WP:HD). - David Biddulph (talk) 16:53, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

November 23

New articles for review

Per recommendations elsewhere, I would like to request that other editors review two new mathematics articles that I recently created: matrix splitting and convergent matrix. — Anita5192 (talk) 04:51, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Uxbridge High School (London)

The above page has been created by a third party with incorrect information and no authority to publish anything on our behalf. The page has been locked by them until February 2013 and we, as the school , are unable therefore to edit the page. Please advise how we can unlock our page and also how we can prevent unauthorised users from editing or locking our page in future.

We are very concerned that as a school, defamatory or incorrect information can be published by unverified sources.

This is the second occurrence of this nature in the past week.

Many thanks Carr12345 (talk) 11:12, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

You have asked the same question at WP:HD#Uxbridge High School (London), and it had already been answered there before you asked here. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:23, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

November 24

Why can't I edit semi-protected pages?

Why can't I edit semi-protected wikipedia entries?Gemdog (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:42, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Your account should be autoconfirmed. What happens on a semi-protected page like Plant? Do you see an "Edit" tab or a "View source" tab? If it's "View source" then try clicking it anyway and see if you can edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:51, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

I don't understand: What makes you think you can't I edit semi-protected articles? Your contributions show you edited the semiprotected Michael Jackson one minute before posting here, and your edits were not reverted until a couple hours later. —teb728 t c 23:26, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

If what you mean is that your addition has been removed (more than once), it is not that you cannot edit semi-protected articles (if you couldn't, the software would have stopped you) but that another editor thinks your additions were inappropriate for the article, as he has explained in his edit summaries and on the talk page. If you disagree, discuss the matter on the article's talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 11:21, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

November 25

Using a reference more than once

I am currently in the process of editing an article. I need to know, when using one of my references in more than one area of the text, do I cite it each time or only once for each of my references? Moocow6and1 (talk) 19:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

You need to put a reference (<ref>) in at each point where something in the text needs a reference; but they can all point to a single named reference. See WP:REFBEGIN#Same reference used more than once. --ColinFine (talk) 20:31, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Gettysburg Address question.

Many years ago, my mother told me and my sisters that she had read that in delivering his Gettysburg address, Abe Lincoln had emphasized the word 'people' three times, not 'of'. That is, "of the People, by the People and for the People shall not...........".----

Any info on this??

Ed Rogers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.168.246.173 (talk) 23:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Ed and welcome to the New contributors' help page. This page is for finding your way around Wikipedia. So one way to get an answer to a factual question like that is to ask at Wikipedia's Reference desk. —teb728 t c 01:02, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

November 26

vanishing of introduction to an Urdu writer from India due to copy right issues

Dear Wiki

I have added an article about an Eminent Urdu writer Dr. Kewal Dheer from India, but that article was removed for copy right issues as that material was already present on the author's website too http://drkewaldheer.com/iframe-life-sketch.htm.

Kindly guide me how can I solve this issue as the author (Dr. Kewal Dheer himself gave me the material to upload on Wiki)

best Regards

Fahad Hameed Masriffa (talk) 06:17, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. It is, however, normally better to rewrite the material into your own words, as plagiarism is frowned on. - David Biddulph (talk) 06:24, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

and material from the subject's website is unlikely to be sufficiently neutral in tone for Wikipedia. In fact it is better in every way if none of the material in the article comes from the person who is the subject of the article. --ColinFine (talk) 17:23, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

You have already been given this advice, including the pointer to Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials, both on your own talk page and when you asked the same question at User talk:Yunshui#Deletion of Kewal Dheer page, an eminent Indian author. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:52, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

autoconfirmed user

Hi,I would like to be an autoconfirmed user,to save the books made with wikibooks. How can I do?

Many Thanks

VV Chitammuo (talk) 18:11, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Unless a passing administrator sees this question and waves his magic wand, you will have to do it the usual way: your account must have been registered for four days, and you must make at least ten edits. Asking a question here counts towards the total. One way to make nine more useful edits would be to use one of the searches on this page to find and fix nine spelling mistakes. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:06, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Anyone There?

I am a usual user of the Wikipedia, meaning that by now it is the principal resource I turn to for reference information before I turn somewhere else. I am a fierce and cavalliere defender of the idea of the Wikipedia, trying to explain to a lot of different people how the concept of an expanding and verifiable encyclopedia is superior to an authoritative one. I am also a minor contributor: I have no claims to educate the masses, but when I see significant factual mistakes I correct them. Some time ago I received a message through Wikipedia channels from somebody who identified himself as a Wikipedia volunteer who could help me with editing or contributing. At that time, I was far too busy with other things. But now, I found it impossible to find on this site a contact to this or another person to assist me in trying to contribute. Small, simple things: how to quote, how to insert a link, how to put some sense into clearly nonsensical entries; for people in my outgoing generation this is not obvious. Is there anybody out there? Best, and good luck in what you do, Jaroslaw, Cairo, Egypt Grzdacz (talk) 23:14, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Does WP:Adopt-a-user help? --ColinFine (talk) 16:00, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

November 27

Editing a Clients Page

Hello,

I have been trying to edit a client's page at her request, but the changes are not being saved. The page was not made by her, however, she would like to have some sort of protection in order to make edits in regards to her life. Can someone please help me? You can also notify me on my talk page. DanikaBerry (talk) 05:01, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I am the one who removed the promotional content that you added to the article, and restored reliably sourced content that you removed. As her agent, you should not be editing her article. You can also see WP:BIOSELF for more information. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 05:21, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Danika, You seem to be confusing Wikipedia with social media sites like Facebook. Such sites allow a subject to control the content of what the site says about them and even enter promotional content. Wikipedia is not like that: Wikipedia strongly discourages subjects, and their employees and agents from editing articles about them directly, and we do not tollerate promotional content. Sorry —teb728 t c 21:32, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Deleting article

I would like to propose a page for deletion. The instructions in the "articles for deletion" page are bewildering. Is there some "idiot's guide" that I can refer to? Coretheapple (talk) 18:00, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Does WP:AFDHOWTO help to explain the process?--ukexpat (talk) 18:08, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

That's what I found a bit hard to follow. I was wondering if there was some other way to skin that cat. Coretheapple (talk) 18:57, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

You can install the Twinkle gadget which will automate the process. Check that page for details.--ukexpat (talk) 19:04, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

I will. Thank you. Coretheapple (talk) 19:19, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

editing "Public Art" listing

I am professionally knowledgeable on this topic and have successfully editing sections a year ago. I recently edited the main "Public Art" section for clarity, brevity, and to remove self-promotional/unsupported data. It would have been good to have a side section where I could have listed the issues I addressed in the edit, for the sake of your reviewers. Also, how long generally before edits show up? Thanks, guys. K. M. Williamson, Ph.D. K. M. Williamson (talk) 21:29, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Edits show up immediately, but yours have been reverted because you blanked sections without explanation. Please use the talk page at Talk:Public art to discuss your changes. You will also have to cite reliable sources for your edits - personal knowledge and expertise are not reliable sources as required by Wikipedia. I have left a welcome message with some useful links on your talk page. --ukexpat (talk) 21:34, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

November 28

Template does not behave as i would expect

Hello,

The template for football national teams has an option to be added for women's team, changing some general links such as world rankings from their male to female versions. So logically adding "|type = women" is supposed to do the magic. The page for Germany women's national football team uses this template and does feature the "|type = women" line, but the links (check "FIFA Rankings") point to the Men's version. (Be not fooled by the apparently universal title of the page "FIFA World Rankings", as it does concern only men). For the record, the template works fine in that respect for other teams, see for example France women's national football team.

I just can't figure out what's wrong with Germany's page, although i suspect an experienced user would spot the issue in a blink of the eye... I'd much appreciate some insight here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Racaillou (talk • contribs) 13:30, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Fixed in [1]. A parameter ends at the next pipe character "|" (or when the whole template ends at "}}"). A newline does not cause a parameter to end so there was a lot of junk in the type parameter which should only say women. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:55, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation & fix! Racaillou (talk) 14:07, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

November 29

Adding links that include a semicolon

I was trying to add an external link but part of the link ends up in the subject line and the link is broken. I did figure out that it is because of a semicolon in the URL but I can't figure out how to get around it. Does anyone have some advice? Here is an example of the URL type I am dealing with http://kyhistory.pastperfect-online.com/35577cgi/mweb.exe?request=keyword;keyword="moon rocks";dtype=d Kyhistsoc (talk) 15:54, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

You have to replace the semicolon with the magic characters %3B, the double-quotes with %22, and the space with %30, thus: http://kyhistory.pastperfect-online.com/35577cgi/mweb.exe?request=keyword%3Dkeyword=%22moon%20rocks%22%3Ddtype=d. See Help:URL#Fixing links with unsupported characters.

That's the answer to your technical query. You should be aware, though, that Wikipedia's guideline on external links is much stricter than many editors realise, and your links are likely to be removed. In addition, your choice of user name suggests that you are adding links to your own organisation's web site. This is generally frowned upon, and you should instead post the link as a suggestion on the talk page of the relevant articles. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:11, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

I think John had a typo or two in his reply. His link was probably intended to be http://kyhistory.pastperfect-online.com/35577cgi/mweb.exe?request=keyword%3Bkeyword=%22moon%20rocks%22%3Bdtype=d (3B a couple of times, not 3D), and in his text he probably intended %20, not %30. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:35, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

(Sigh) Thanks, David. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:40, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

This linking was fixed by me and user Doug Coldwell on a couple of articles. The linking to a search result was problematic as described above because of the special characters and really inappropriate, anyway, since linking to search results are not generally accepted per WP:ELNO. A direct link to the appropriate article at the KY Historical Society's site is http://kyhistory.pastperfect-online.com/35577cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=EB099A9E-763C-4C6F-9798-809260993416;type=101 Thank you. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 17:32, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

November 30

How to edit information of a keyword?

i am a newer here, i want to edit something to introduce a article, how do i operate it? thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anniextar (talk • contribs) 09:16, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Your question's not very clear, but I'm guessing that you mean you want to edit the introductory paragraph (the "lede") of an article. To do this, you pick the Edit tab at the top of the article, and that will let you edit the whole article. --ColinFine (talk) 11:34, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Also, if it is a long article, click on any section and change the URL in the URL window of the browser to =0 from =whatever else, and it will let you edit only the lead section. Apteva (talk) 07:08, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

edits are being deleted

I am logging in properly. I do the edits. I check and save onto the now edited article. When I return 12 hours later, that edit has reverted to the original pre-edited pagePhilosopheroflaws (talk) 03:11, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Your changes were deliberately reverted by another editor because they contained no sources to back their claims. You can see this under the "history" tab of the article. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:08, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Help

HELP! Vineeta.singh87 (talk) 07:05, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

With? Someguy1221 (talk) 07:06, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Userspace draft

Hi, I have tried to create a userspace draft. There seems to be a conflict. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Multiview99/Papillon-Method&action=edit&preload=Template%3AArticle_wizard%2Fuserpageskeleton&editintro=Wikipedia%3AArticle_wizard%2FWizard-New_edit_instructions_userdraft Can you give me a little support? Thank you very much and kind regards--Multiview99 (talk) 16:58, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

For your response to the talk page I am sincerely grateful: User:Multiview99/Papillon-Method --Multiview99 (talk) 17:19, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Use the link in your second message: User:Multiview99/Papillon-Method, and then there is no conflict and you can edit your draft happily. The link in your first message http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Multiview99/Papillon-Method&action=edit&preload=Template%3AArticle_wizard%2Fuserpageskeleton&editintro=Wikipedia%3AArticle_wizard%2FWizard-New_edit_instructions_userdraft was trying to save a new file, and warning you that the file already exists. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:00, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

- Thanks for your great help and useful guidance. I am very relieved that everything is okay. I will ignore the link in my first message. Thanks again and kind regards --Multiview99 (talk) 20:01, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

put edit in wrong section by mistake

Hi- I am updating a bio on WIkipedia and mistakenly added work experience in the reference section (clicked on wrong "Edit" button). My first time...How now can I remove that small PP and put in the correct section, Work experience? Thank you 18:20, 30 November 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisasheeran (talk • contribs)

Looks like you have already figured it out.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 19:49, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

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