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Contents 1 April 15 1.1 How do I archive a peer review 1.2 viewing one user's contributions 1.3 PS3 memory sticks 1.4 81237 1.5 When do you have a separate page for a member of a band? 1.6 Permission 1.7 Re: block 1.8 Admin abuse? 1.9 Can I upload an audio file to be hosted in the Wikipedia servers and reference it in an article? 1.10 A question of process 1.11 Creating a new page 1.12 Root beer 2 April 16 2.1 Question 2.2 Linking to content outside this site 2.3 Adding picture to article. 2.4 Changes to the page format 2.5 Missing article 2.6 Total contribution count 2.7 References 3 April 17 3.1 how 3.2 Thorson's rule 3.3 Copyright permission archive 3.4 Woman and willing to acknowledge that I don't know much about car and maintaince but am willing to learn 3.5 DEVARAJ NUMBERS 3.6 Rename a sub page 3.7 Identity theft! 3.8 Gelileo Air Ticketing 3.9 Can anyone tell me where's the spoken articles section in the French Wikipedia? 3.10 Editing List with Link to Wrong Article 3.11 three digi rev codes 3.12 Banjo Player / Bloop 3.13 New entry - "Windmill Girls"? 3.14 Brainstorm.jpg 4 April 18 4.1 Nonsense 4.2 Template:MIG 4.3 wikipedia toolbar 4.4 Move to commons 4.5 Is this image usable? 4.6 Wiki Edit Ccounter Problem 4.7 wikiprojects 4.8 SVG image help 4.9 Subtle vandalism? 4.10 Ball Bearing article 4.11 Deleting Biographical Article at Subject's Request 4.12 Each time zone template 4.13 How to list an RfC 4.14 Edit buttons 4.15 Where do I report sockpuppet disruption? 4.16 Unresponsive Users 5 April 19 5.1 Formulas not showing up 5.2 Image syntax 5.3 How to add copyright info to uploaded image 5.4 Deleted Image 5.5 Where is My Contribution? 5.6 Help!! 5.7 asking abou t my father account 5.8 translating articles 5.9 articles about oneself 5.10 Who created wikipedia.org? 6 April 20 6.1 Barnstar 6.2 ABOUT EDUCATION 6.3 Articles that contain advertising and links for commercial sites? 6.4 bibliographical references 7 April 21 7.1 Uploading picture from the commons 7.2 Raphael Korman death? 7.3 Graph image copyright 7.4 Reverting to earlier Wikipedia version 7.5 How About WikiMaps 7.6 Last names 7.7 How do I create an article? 7.8 prod 7.9 Cams 7.10 Searching for Articles 7.11 im curious 7.12 Why does a weeks-old article not show up in the "Search" page search results? 7.13 My Signature 8 April 22

April 15

How do I archive a peer review

How do I archive a peer review? I looked at the directions on how to do it, but I'm kind of confused on how to do it still. --71.105.7.87 00:33, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello. I am writing this assuming that you have read through the archiving policy and are sure that the Peer Review is ready to be closed. Now, to archive a Peer Review, you need to go to the Peer Review Page and click the edit button. There, you should go and look for the template entry of your Peer Review. Cut it (Ctrl+X) and save the page. Then, you need to to go the corresponding month of peer review page that can be found at the end of the Peer Review Page. Open the relevant page and paste the peer review link (Ctrl+V). This should do the trick. Also, you should not forget to modify the peer review notice template at the talk page by Template:Tl. Hope this helps. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 16:28, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but I'm still kind of confused. Would you mind doing it for me? It's Wikipedia:Peer review/Tikal the Echidna. --71.105.9.131 23:06, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Here's what I did.

1. Removed it from Peer Review Page
2. Added to the Archive
3. Added oldpeerreview at talk page

Hope you are able to do it from next time. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! And I'll try harder to understand the directions and do it myself next time. --71.105.3.211 21:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

viewing one user's contributions

Is there a way I can view a list of the contributions of one user in the same way I view "my contributions"? Pacian 03:28, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Sure. From their user page or talk page, in the toolbox on the left, there's a link to "user contributions". -- Rick Block (talk) 03:33, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

PS3 memory sticks

Hi

I was wondering if you could help me with the following questions.

1. If the PS3 takes the normal PS1 and PS2 memory cards and also are they required to save those old games? 2. Can you still save on the PS1 & PS2 games on the old memory cards if you wish? 3. Also do they save on the new memory sticks? 4. Can you load your already saved games from the old memory cards on the PS3? 5. Can you copy from the old memory card onto the new memory sticks?

Looking forward to your reply. Thanks Frank

You might find what you are looking for in the article about PlayStation 3. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

81237

What is the fastest animal in the world? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.170.32.252 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 15 April 2006.

This is the type of question to ask at the reference desk. Thanks! This response is from Brendenhull Image:Flag of the United States.svg

I believe it is the Peregrine falcon--Fuhghettaboutit 16:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

When do you have a separate page for a member of a band?

When does someone in a band qualify to get a page? do u need a lot info that isnt relavant to the band but is to the person? or should i just keep info o the bands page? --Coda littleking 13:49, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Generaly when the band page becomes too long or when the person becomes seriously notable as a seperate enterty from the band.Geni 13:53, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Permission

I am an education major, currently enrolled in an Instructional Technology course. One of the requirements for this course is the creation of a multimedia project.

Recently, I found at your website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras , an image entitled Pythagoras von Samos.png. May I have your permission to copy this image and use it in my project?

Thank you for your time and for your consideration of this request. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 158.158.240.230 (talk • contribs) {{{2|}}}.

You do not need to ask anyone for permission to use materials you find here. That does not always mean you may. You need to check out individual image description pages. For instance, you are interested in Image:Pythagoras von Samos.png. Read the licensing information there. You notice this is tagged as a public domain work; that means nobody owns any rights to it at all. You are free to copy and use it in any way you please.

Some images you find here may not be licensed so freely. It's important that you check licensing for each image you plan to use. In general, you should be able to claim fair use for nearly anything you do as a private educational project; in practice, I doubt any copyright holder will object. IANAL; you may want to spend some time yourself researching copyright issues.

All text on Wikipedia article pages (as opposed to images) is freely licensed under the terms of the GFDL. This does require you to cite your source but you are free to copy and use our text in any way. John Reid 15:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

The source site for this image explicitly says they do not own the copyright to the images on the site and claims they "believe that most of the images are in the public domain". Since the source site's claim is not definitive, I think the bottom line is that you might want to contact them directly about where this image originally came from (although they also say they didn't keep records about where they got their images from). It's not obvious to me that Wikipedia should be using it. If you find out any further information about this image please update the image description page. -- Rick Block (talk) 15:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: block

Hello,

I have created a username and have created an article but am somewhat confused even though I have gone over some of the format issues.

It appears I have been blocked from editing a page I have linked to in my article on 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the catagory of garage rock. While I understand that AOL may be blocked by proxy, I am not certain that I have done the article 100% correctly in regard to format and some of the explanations and instructions are not entirely clear to me.

Any help with why I have been blocked and suggestions for correction to the format of my article would be greatly appreciated. I am fairly slow when it comes to HTML and any simple fixes would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hamilton Styden (talk • contribs) {{{2|}}}.

AOL users occasionally are blocked accidentally because of the actions of another AOL user using the same IP address you happen to be using. If you find yourself blocked like this, please let an administrator know (you should be able to use the "send email to this user" feature). Blocks of IP addresses known to be used by AOL are generally short, to help with this problem. As far as I can tell, you haven't done anything that would warrant being blocked (and you're not blocked now, right?). -- Rick Block (talk) 23:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Admin abuse?

An admin deleted a page without debate, and I feel the deletion was prompted more by the user's personal biases than any legitimate factor. Is there any way to protest this? -156.34.90.203 21:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

The first step is to ask the admin why the deleted the page and see if they want to reverse the deletion (the admin can be tracked down from the deletion log). If that fails, you can try Wikipedia:Deletion review.--Commander Keane 21:19, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

An explanation as to which page and who the admin was, would help us to better be able to discuss this with you. User:Zoe|^(talk) 21:49, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll keep it anonymous until he has a chance to respond to the message I left on his talk page. -156.34.90.203 21:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not satisfied with his explanation, but he hasn't deleted the re-creation of the page, so I'll let it drop. -156.34.90.203 22:04, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I suppose abuses shouldn't pass un-noticed. It was Dmcdevit deleting the Template:Tl and Template:Tl userboxes. -Objectivist-C 22:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

The admin will probably cite WP:CSD#Templates. Of course you may be able to get round this by takeing the template through DRV.Geni 23:24, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Done. -Objectivist-C 05:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Can I upload an audio file to be hosted in the Wikipedia servers and reference it in an article?

Can I use Wikipedia multimedia section or repository for this?

How can i do it?

Thanks.

Try creating an account on Wikimedia Commons and upload the file, together with its copyright information there. You can then put a box with a link to it on a webpage, I am not totally sure how to put that box on. There is a template for it. Ansell 23:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

A question of process

I have a question relating to WP:PROD. If a {{prod}} notice is placed on an article (in this case Grass mania 2) and the article is then blanked by its only author, should that be considered to be a contested prod and taken to WP:AFD, or an implicit author-request for deletion under WP:CSD G7? - htonl 22:35, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

That seems like a CSD statement by the author to me. I know if I was the only author and wanted to contest the Prod, which by the way may not be working currently, I would just delete the prod message, as anyone is quite able to do. AfD is definitely the way if they just did that. Ansell 23:09, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

In general, if you don't know someone's intent - please ask them. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:49, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Creating a new page

I have just discovered wiki and would like to create a page about a youth football team, I am involved with. I have read the tutorial and played in sandbox's but can't seem to find out how to start of a brand new page. Can you help me?--Fleminh 22:40, 15 April 2006 (UTC). please contact me on my talk page

Hi Fleminh. Instructions on starting an article is explained on Starting a new page. You might also look at Your first article and How to write a great article. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

For others reading this, note that Wikipedia:Verifiability is a requirement for articles (Wikipedia:Citing sources is related). Wikipedia:Notability amd Wikipedia:Autobiography might also be helpful. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:47, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Root beer

The Root beer article doesn't have a picture yet and I would like to add one. (See here.) I want to know; is root beer copyright-protected? Or could I just go ahead and take a picture of some root beer in a glass? Jonathan ^talk Image:Canada flag 300.png 00:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

No go right ahead and take a picture of a cool frosty mug. A copyright violation would be if an image of root-beer that someone else had taken, and which was not released into the public domain or otherwise allowed to be used under license was used without the holder's permission. By created the photograph you are creating intellectual property you own. However, you will have to choose a license when you upload it here, I gather, PD author, which will release it into the public domain. --Fuhghettaboutit 00:44, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

April 16

Question

Hi,

I would like to ask a question, why do i keep getting messages that i have vandalised wikipedia when all i did was to add my own comment in addition to the other requests for articles? Template:Unsigned

Which articles are the warnings for? The ones that I have seen were mostly blankings, ie. removing content from a page. This is considered as vandalism. You can add requests for articles here. The Talk pages are the place to add your comments. Ansell 02:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Your question will be easier to answer if you tell us exactly which comments you added, and where. In any case, take a look here; this is a list of edits from the IP address you are using. If you see edits which you have not made, it means that someone else is also using this IP, which could be a part of the problem. It's much better to create an account. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 09:31, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Linking to content outside this site

Is it ok to link to content out side the page that is your own, even with the no original research guidelines? This is referring to the links at the end of pages only

Have a look at Wikipedia:External links Shimgray | talk | 15:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Adding picture to article.

I am an experienced former professional sub-editor and journalist with 32 years' experience.

I have just joined Wikipedia and revised an article about the Messerschmitt Bf109E and completely re-written and greatly extended a previously short mention of Tilbury Fort, Essex. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilbury#Fort

My question is this. I have many good quality photos of Tilbury Fort in JPEG format. How do I upload a photograph to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilbury#Fort to illustrate the fort?

The photographs are my own copyright.

Barry Slemmings [email removed] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Barry Slemmings (talk • contribs) 11:24, April 16, 2006 (UTC{{{3|}}})

There's lots of help info at m:Help:Images and other uploaded files. Incidentally, I'd guess you'd probably only really want the most representative one or two photos of the fort in the Tilbury article (lest it turn into a photo gallery). If, however, you feel the subject is important and interesting enough to warrant an article all of its own (that's quite a reasonable assumption, looking at the excellent copy there for it already) then a couple more images (such as a PD map or an old plan) might also really enhance the article. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:41, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Barry- welcome to wikipedia! If you are willing to release your work under GNU Free Documentation License, Creative Commons or as Public Domain, you are welcome to upload your work (see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags). May I suggest that you also register on Wikimedia Commons [1], which is a repository of free media that can be used by all languages of wikipedia. If you upload an image there, it is available automatically to wikipedia (for an example of an image of mine, see Image:H19 showing engine.jpg). Anyway, if you just wish to just upload to english wikipedia, follow the link on the left margin of any WP page labelled "upload file" (see Wikipedia:Uploading images) --rogerd 15:53, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Changes to the page format

What is going on? Wikipedia looks horrible!! Argentino 18:51, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

To me it looks like the good ol' Wikipedia. Can you explain in detail? Most probably you might have accidently changed your browser's settings. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:02, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't know, but suddenly i was navigating wikipedia and started to see everything with a light yellow background, without the left side navigation bar, and without any acoount-related link (my page, my watchlist et cetera) exept "log out". Probably you are right and i have to restart my PC. Argentino 19:25, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Missing article

A year or two ago I wrote a lengthy history of the 93rd Evacuation Hospital using original information from my Grandfather's memoirs (he served as Registrar and Chief of Medicine) as well as other sources (with attribution and permission).

Today, I can't find any trace of the article at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S._93rd_Evacuation_Hospital&action=edit

nor on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Shingle

where I had the original link.

It was deleted in November by User:RedWolf as a copyright violation from http://members.tripod.com/~msg_fisher/93evac-3.html. If the tripod page is your own, you can repost the content, and add on the article's Talk page that you are the copyright holder. User:Zoe|^(talk) 21:16, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Do I have to start from scratch? TIA Jfricker 20:25, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

No. Any admin can recover the deleted text for you. Assuming you want it, I've copied it to a subpage of your user page called User:Jfricker/U.S._93rd_Evacuation_Hospital. When you're done with this page, you can get it deleted by adding {{db-owner}} as the first line. -- Rick Block (talk) 22:28, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Total contribution count

Is there a way to find out exactly how many contributions (edits) I have made without counting each one?

Someone asked a question similar to this earlier, and the answer was, "From their user page or talk page, in the toolbox on the left, there's a link to "user contributions"." I hoped that helped! --71.105.3.211 21:59, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Please see WP:KATE for a variety of edit-counting tools. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 22:02, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Note: Some of the tools referenced on that page are not up to date as the toolserver is not currently operational for the english wikipedia and some others. Ansell 23:28, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

The best tools are IMHO Interiot's contribution tree and edit counter. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:01, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

References

I heard that fansites aren't reliable references. Why? I looked at some and some of them are accurate. So how come most people think they're unreliable? --71.105.3.211 21:57, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

In my experience many of them tend to be biased one way or the other Dbertman 22:04, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources discusses sources that are reliable enough to be cited. Especially related to fansites is the section Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Using_online_sources. -- Natalya 22:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

But there are some accurate fansites. Couldn't they be referenced? --71.105.3.211 23:33, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

In rare cases, perhaps. To quote the above guidelines: "At the other end of the reliability scale lie personal websites, weblogs (blogs), bulletin boards, and Usenet posts, which are not acceptable as sources. Rare exceptions may be when a well-known professional person or acknowledged expert in a relevant field has set up a personal website using his or her real name. Even then, we should proceed with caution, because the information has been self-published, which means it has not been subject to any independent form of fact-checking." -- Natalya 23:42, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

April 17

how

how do you cite wikipedia in MLA format Template:Unsigned

Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia gives instructions on how to do so. -- Natalya 02:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Thorson's rule

I have put the contribution on Thorson's rule on the Wikipedia site, but how and when will it be accepted as an article that can be accessed by searching for this term?

It is an accessible article right now. What I imagine happened is that you typed "Thorson's rule" into the search box and hit Search instead of Go. Search checks the entire database for articles that contain the search term(s), whereas Go looks for the name of articles and takes you straight there. The index that Search uses takes some time before it updates, so Search will not find recently posted articles. --Fuhghettaboutit 04:41, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Copyright permission archive

I am currently asking a fan site for a license to an image. Wikipedia:Successful requests for permission suggests me emailing a certain address, if I get permission, for a permanent archive. Is the permanent archive public or confidential? Are email addresses protected from spamming? I tried the talk page with no reply. Thanks, Andjam 05:44, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

• They are securely archived - Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission#When permission is confirmed prpvides some additional information on this. - Mailer Diablo 06:40, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
  • What does "securely" mean? Thanks, Andjam 06:50, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Not absolutely sure, but it shouldn't end up somewhere public (not part of the mailing list). I've personally worked on this aspect for quite a while using my email, and have not received a single spam since. Perhaps you may wish to contact a foundation member for clarification? - Mailer Diablo 00:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Woman and willing to acknowledge that I don't know much about car and maintaince but am willing to learn

Hi there,

I know the usual things eg. put in petrol, check tyres, check oil and hand car over for maintance. However, I really would like the basics about general car maintaince ge. changing my own car oil when necessary, fan belt etc. I have a very capable husband but I would like to teach my daughter and I more. She would like to pursue a mechanical programme in the future and I cannot help her in this regard. My husband is of the older generation whereby women should not be doing this kind of work and is not that keen to teach us more eventhough we have requested and displayed the interest. Please advise me on what books I should be looking at or what courses? I currently live in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Many thanks, Michele

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Tangotango 12:28, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

DEVARAJ NUMBERS

This is the name given to numbers which satisfy the necessary and sufficient condition required to generate Carmichael Numbers.When Maxal programmed the second conjecture on site: www.crorepatibaniye.com/failurefunctions he found that the programme generated all Carmichael numbers (Seq.No A 104016 of OEIS-Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences);it also generated some surplus numbers (Seq. No A 104017) which are not Carmichael Numbers.The two sequences, which satisfy the necessary and suficient conditions mentioned above are ogether known as "Devaraj Numbers).

Akdevaraj 12:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)akdevarajAkdevaraj 12:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi, if you want to create an article see Wikipedia:Your first article - it's easy if you have an account. On the other hand, if you want somebody else to create the article for you, submit your text to Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Hope this helps! - Tangotango 12:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Rename a sub page

Hi, I created a subpage to use as a draft and I just discovered it's getting picked up in the "Catagories". Is there a way to rename the page or do I have to ask that it be deleted? - Maria202 15:14, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Maria, Nope. All you need to do is remove the categories from the page, Categories are created by placing tags like this [[Category:help desk category question]]. You don't however, see this tag except when you're in edit mode; all you see is the blue-linked category it creates at the bottom of the article. What I just did was go to the subpage and place tags around the categories making them ineffective as category tags by taking them outside of wikimarkup (by placing <nowiki>'''[markup text example (see how the boldface and brackets markup aren't doing anything?) ]'''' </nowiki> around them), and so that you can easily see how those tags are placing the subpage in the categories. Now that you see how they are created (and rendered ineffective) you can leave them in for future testing, keeping the nowiki tags around them so they don't propagate into categories, or you can simply delete them. Hope that helps. --Fuhghettaboutit 15:40, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Fuhghettaboutit, I see you fixed it for me. Thank you. - Maria202 15:30, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Identity theft!

How do poeple steel your information over the computer? What type of infomation do people steel when they are trying to get identity theft? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.118.231.65 (talk • contribs) {{{2|}}}.

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Note that the word you should be using is steal, not steel--steel is the spelling for the metal made from iron.}--Fuhghettaboutit 15:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Gelileo Air Ticketing

ANY BODY CAN TELL ME WHERE'S I GET GELILEO FOCAL POINT SIMULATOR..FOR TRAINING. DRGENIOUS Template:Unsigned

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps.-- Natalya 15:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Can anyone tell me where's the spoken articles section in the French Wikipedia?

Thanks. Template:Unsigned

This page is for questions regarding the English-language Wikipedia only; you should ask questions like these at French Wikipedia itself, perhaps at fr:Wikipédia:Le Bistro. --Kwekubo 16:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Editing List with Link to Wrong Article

Want to be sure it is done correctly.

The article List of Registered Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, under the section for New Hope, there is an entry for Cintra. This is a historic building in New Hope, however the link goes to Sintra, a municipality in Portugal. Funny thing is, it is believed that the plans for Cintra in New Hope are based on a castle in Sintra. I haven't researched that much, but found a reference to this on the web (http://www.newhopepa.com/history.htm).

What I am not sure about is:

- Doing a search for Cintra leads to a redirect to Sintra. Is that correct?

- Does this need a disambiguration page with 2 entries. One pointing to a future article for Cintra in New Hope, and the other pointing to Sintra?

- For a new future page for Cintra in New Hope, are there naming guidelines? "Cintra, New Hope"? Or something similar? I don't plan on making the article. I just want to be sure the link in this list doesn't go to completely the wrong place.

Thanks, just want to make sure it is done right. I've edited Wikipedia before, but for simple edits. Nothing with redirects, disambigurations, and future pages, (oh my!).  :-) Thanks for any help! Badger 16:05, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

My lack of knowledge on both Sintra and Cintra limit my ability to provide a useful answer, but here are some suggestions:

• If Sintra is always spelled with an S, and Cintra is always spelled with a C, and Cintra is sufficiently notable, there is no need for a disambiguation - you can write about Cintra under that name. In this case, even if you can't write an article, it would be good if you replace the redirect with a stub - just write a line or two and add an appropriate stub notice. If you don't feel like doing that now, you should remove the link from the list (that is, keep the text but make it not link).
• If Sintra is by far more notable than Cintra, and it is likely that a great majority of people typing Cintra are actually looking for Sintra, the redirect should be kept. In such cases, it is common to add a disambiguation hint in parentheses; For example Cintra (building) or Cintra (building in New Hope). But this is only if it is notable enough to deserve an article. In this case, if you don't feel like writing a stub, you can still pick a name and have the list link to it - It will be a red link, which will possibly encourage people to write the article.

-- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. It's not a particularly notable building except locally, but that's the case for most of items in this particular article (which is a list of all registered historic places). I'll give it a disambiguation hint as you suggested, and leave it as a red link if someone wants to write the article (or I'll come back and make a stub if I have time). -- Badger 17:06, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

three digi rev codes

Is there a new rule, law or guideline going into effect by hippa that requires hospitals to bill with a 4 digit rev code? Can an insurance carrier enforce such a rule before it goes into effect nation wide?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps.--Cherry blossom tree 20:49, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Banjo Player / Bloop

I was pleased to find the term Banjo Player here, as it relates to baseball. Finding that term was very helpful.

However, in reading about Banjo Player, the term "Bloop" was included in the explanation for a Banjo Player.

Since I was in the baseball section, and already in the Bs, I then looked for the definition or explanation of a Bloop and did not find it.

I would like to suggest that the baseball experts create a definition and/or explanation for the word Bloop as used in baseball, along with the term's derivation.

I don't know how else to create a suggestion, or where to send it, so I'd appreciate it if you would get this to the right place in Wikipedia.

Thank you, Rizzolarry 21:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)-rizzolarry

• Try Wiktionary? That's where all our definitions are stored. :) - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 21:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

New entry - "Windmill Girls"?

I was intrigued by the following reference in the obituary of Pierre Clostermann in the 8 April 2006 edition of The Economist:

"... That account comes from “The Big Show”, the English version of Mr Clostermann's story of his exploits, published in 1948 in France as “Le Grand Cirque” and still selling well in many languages. It is a classic of its kind, both gripping and ripping, full of action, walk-on parts for semi-clad *Windmill Girls* and liberal use of the lingo of the day..."

Who and what are Windmill Girls?

Wikipedia does not have an entry. I am relatively new to Wikipedia. What would be an appropriate approach? Should I propose a “stub”?

Thanks in advance,

Michael Eyestone Ottawa, Canada

Windmill girls were women who danced in a non-stop, risque musical revue at the Windmill Theatre in London’s Soho. See here. And here's some pictures (mild nudity).--Fuhghettaboutit 22:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

The topic is already covered in Windmill Theatre. Note that women either danced or were semi-clad. To do both would have invited prosecution. Notinasnaid 08:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I have added a link at the top of windmill too. Notinasnaid 08:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Brainstorm.jpg

I'm very confused. I had uploaded the above image for the movie, Brainstorm (1983 film). Today I found that the image had (properly) been removed from the article as it was no longer linking to the movie poster but rather to a band poster. The user who uploaded the band poster, apparently in place of the movie poster image, User:Mrom, had been working on an article, Brainstorm (Latvian band). The only image I can find in that user's contribution history is Image:BrainstormLV.jpg and not the image at issue. So here's the problem: I went to the original image and clicked "rev" and my original image appeared. Then I went to the movie article and reverted back to previous, stating that I had fixed (or so I thought) the image replacement. However, the image in the article that's coming up is still the new image, despite that the image you see when you go to Brainstorm.jpg, is the image I originally uploaded (I have since reverted the movie article back to the prior version until this problem is cleared up). Moreover, when you click on the movie poster image on its image page, headlined above, it takes you to the image I thought I had reverted. God that's a complicated explanation. I'm sure it's a simple explanation and solution but for the life of me... An administrator's help would be appreciated. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:17, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I see the correct picture - I presume it's a cacheing issue. Try WP:CACHE, maybe. --Cherry blossom tree 23:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Aha! Head slapping time. Yep, pure cache problem. Complicated question form; incredibly easy solution. Much appreciated. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:37, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

April 18

Nonsense

whats yor deffinition of nonsense?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Itwontbelong88 (talk • contribs) 00:55, 18 April 2006.

I presume you're referring to our criteria for speedy deletion. Please refer to that page for more information. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 01:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Patent nonsense also helps. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 01:45, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Nonsense has a decent definition on it. Basically I see it as information that doesn't contribute to knowledge. Ansell 01:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Template:MIG

On MON APR 17 2006 at 10:15 PM EDT, WIKISCRIPPS2K6 wrote:

I need help placing a little hidden message in the template... such as "Please type the call letters in small letters!!!"

How can I do that???

Usage instructions are generally put on the talk page. Ansell 02:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

wikipedia toolbar

is there any wikipedia internet explorer tool bar or desktop bar which gives easy access to 'wikians' ? if yes, can any one guide me where to get it from?

Wikipedia:Toolbars might have some information that would be useful. --Hetar 09:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Move to commons

I've previously uploaded a number of images which are all my own work under GFDL, but has recently found that the Wikimedia Commons is a better place for them to stay. Is there a method to move those images to the commons without simply downloading them, go to the commons and upload them again? --Deryck C. 08:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

In a word, no. Sorry. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 09:46, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Is this image usable?

I'm currently writing an article on The Blanks, and I was looking for a good picture for the article. On their website they have a picture of all four members. Does this qualify for a promotional photograph (and therefore fair use)? --Doug (talk) 09:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

To qualify for a promotional fair use rational the image must come from a press kit, if you want to use the image from the website, it would be best to get permission from the band. --Hetar 09:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Ahh right, thanks! --Doug (talk) 09:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Wiki Edit Ccounter Problem

I've edited numerous pages over the past few days and my edit count remains the same. Is there a problem with the counter? Is this a result of the replication lag?--Gnosis 16:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

The counting tools run on an offline copy of the database on a different machine (the m:toolserver), which has not been receiving updates for some time. See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Toolserver?. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

wikiprojects

How do I join a wikiproject and is joining one a commitment?--Yugioh73036 16:35, 18 April 2006 (UTC)Yugioh73036

That specifics depend on which project, but generally, you join a project simply by wanting to join it. That's all. And of course, it is in no way a commitment - We all are volunteers, after all. Some wikiprojects have a list of participants which you can feel free to add yourself to, and a userbox you can add to your userpage. Of course, the idea is that you will also contribute to the field of the project - but no one will force you to do so. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok thanks. I want to join the pro wrestling wikiproject. I mostly edit spelling.--Yugioh73036 00:22, 19 April 2006 (UTC)Yugioh73036

SVG image help

I was asked by a user to convert a map I created in Illustrator CS2 from gif to SVG, and then upload it to the commons. I had some difficulty uploading the image, and for about a week, the medium resolution version on the image page was rendered very poorly (for some reason it looks ok now). All that strangeness aside, my question is how to embed a font into the SVG. I know I can convert the text to outlines using illustrator, but that seems to defeat the purpose of having selectable, editable SVG images. Any ideas what I am doing wrong, or are fonts not supported? And does anybody know why it took a week for the .png made from the SVG to look decent?--Andrew c 17:11, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

The SVG renderer used by MediaWiki (rsvg, if I remember correctly) apparantly does not support embedded fonts. At least I had this problem with SVGs created by OpenOffice Draw 2.0 (1.x works fine because it doesn't embed fonts). To preserve the ability to edit the text, I suggest you just use a standard font (like Helvetica, Arial, whatever) that does not have to be embedded. I don't think it's important which font is used on the map, anyway. —da Pete (ノート) 09:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Easier said than done. Not caring about what typeface is used is very hard for a designer to do. heh. And my latest project in fact requires specific fonts (I've been adding images for the Template:Infobox font to fill in Category:Typefaces such as Image:Andreas1.svg for Andreas (typeface).) But maybe SVG isn't the best choice for this task due to alias artifacts. So what would your advice be? Use SVG for maps and sacrifice font support? Use SVG but convert fonts to outlines? Use PNG for the font sample pages? Anyway, thank you for your reply.--Andrew c 17:47, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Whatever you do, if you convert a text object to an outline, make sure the font you're using has a wikipedia-compatible licence (PD, GFDL, etc.). If you were to convert a proprietary font you'd be in essence uploading chunks of the copyrighted font into wikipedia, which would violate the font owner's copyright (if they didn't let you do that sort of thing) and our licence terms (even if the font owner did allow embedding). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 14:30, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Excellent point. I forgot completely about that sort of thing. So obviously, SVG is NOT the choice for the the font sample images. And being a designer, I'm very reluctant to sacrifice the typography on my map in favor of the SVG format. It looks like high resolution PNG is the way to go for me. Thanks everyone! --Andrew c 15:09, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Subtle vandalism?

Today I see that the large amount of content on Molly had been moved to Molly (Disambiguation). Normally that kind of cleanup is a good thing, but the content of Molly was replaced with a barely notable current event (name of a cat being rescued from New York sewers). Looking through the editor's talk page and history I see that he seems to do this sort of blanket move a lot in perhaps non-helpful ways that has attracted question from other Wikipedians. Anyone have thoughts on this? Should I undo this rather strange move? --Kickstart70-T-C 18:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes! If the cat is worthy of an article at all then it should be at Molly (cat). I'd say the same thing about Michael Hill and any other similar ones. I think it's probably good faith, but misguided all the same.--Cherry blossom tree 19:30, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Second CBT; since the Disambig part is capitalized, I would go toward naivete on the part of the user, and point him/her to the appropriate MOS sections. Of course, Molly (cat) it will likely get AfD'd. --Christopherlin 20:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I've done his changes as best I could, and let him know. Hopefully that doesn't start an edit war. --Kickstart70-T-C 22:32, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

PS. Could someone fix his changes to Michael Hill? I'm running out of time and this was no as simple as I had hoped. --Kickstart70-T-C 22:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Ball Bearing article

The Robert Conrad mentioned in this article... is not the Robert Conrad of american tv fame as the link suggests... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.67.6.24 (talk • contribs) {{{2|}}}.

I've changed the link to point to Robert Conrad (inventor). See disambiguation for more on how this sort of thing is done in Wikipedia. --Christopherlin 21:06, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Deleting Biographical Article at Subject's Request

If a person has an article posted about him and was not aware of the article, what are the criteria for deleting the article because the subject requests deletion? -JCham 21:25, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I do not believe there is any policy that allows for subjects to request deletion. The two closest things that come to mind are found on the WP:SPEEDY: if the page is an attack page or if the page is "Unremarkable people or groups/Vanity Pages". If the page meets either of these criteria, you can tag it with one of the following templates: db-attack or db-bio. The next think you could do is propose deletion. I suggest you review Wikipedia:Deletion policy, Wikipedia:Deletion process, and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. All this said, there may be a chance that there is no policy or criteria that would allow such an article to be deleted. Good luck.--Andrew c 21:37, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

• Most people who have articles posted on them are not aware of it. But if the people in question are famous and the article is factual, they are allowed to stand. The subject's personal feelings about being written about are not relevant. - 131.211.210.15 07:52, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

In some cases when official complaint is made, it can be deleted by the User:Danny. WP:OFFICE discusses the policy in detail. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 10:00, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Each time zone template

I am aware templates exist to display wikipedian time, do templates exist to display time for individual time zones? – Tutmøsis (Talk) 22:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

How to list an RfC

I have an RfC page that has been created and I would like to list it here since it has met the two person threshold. Problem is, I am clueless on how to go about this.

I understand that I first have to rename the page with the name of the editor I am complaining against, but am not sure how to go about it. Can someone walk me through this, please? Thanks Steth 22:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and listed the page for you, in the future, the easiest route would be to follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct and use the User conduct button to create the RfC page. Once the page has been created, you can edit Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct and add the page to that listing. Let me know if you have further questions. --Hetar 23:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Edit buttons

Any reason the "Your signature with timestamp" button is not working? Using latest version of Firefox. Or any buttons for that matter. -Zeno McDohl 02:24, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

• Do you have JavaScript enabled? - 131.211.210.15 07:53, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Where do I report sockpuppet disruption?

I'm convinced that a user has created some sockpuppets to push a POV on a page as a disrupting act of retaliation (for losing an argument and also getting blocked for 3RR). It's blatantly obvious and I've made a fairly large list of evidence, but where do I report it? It seems like there are 20 different places I could report it.... Is there some sort of procedure for this? –Tifego^(t) _{02:28, 19 April 2006 (UTC)}

I should note that I think it's done because the user believes his POV deserves full detail on the page despite apparently nobody else agreeing... more childish than hateful, if that makes a difference. I don't think it counts as an "incident" yet since he's not quite evading a block, but I'm not sure. –Tifego^(t) _{02:40, 19 April 2006 (UTC)}

Here are two pages that may help you. Wikipedia:Requests for CheckUser and Wikipedia:Sock puppetry. If worse comes to worst, there is always the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Hope this helps. --Andrew c 02:43, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Unresponsive Users

When dealing with a user's controversial edits (that are not neccessarily clear vandalism), what actions should be taken if the user does not respond to questions on their talk page? To word it differently, what should one do if two users are having a revert war but one of the people does not respond to their talk page? 66.30.230.86 03:02, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

If they have broken the 3 revert rule then consider listing them at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. Please realize that all sides in an edit war will be treated equally. You might also consider listing the article at WP:3O to get a third opinion on the issue. If you have already exhausted both of the above options, consider Wikipedia:Requests for mediation. --Hetar 05:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Also, a good guide to some steps to take, in what order, can be found on the dispute resolution page. MCB 05:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

• If they're not responding, keep them informed of the step's you're taking so they still can respond should they feel the need. You should always follow the regular procedures whether a party responds or not. - 131.211.210.15 07:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

April 19

Formulas not showing up

For instance on the article on the Z_transform I see the error "Failed to parse (Can't write to or create math output directory): X(z) = Z\{x[n]\} = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} x[n] z^{-n} \"

The equations in that article are all rendering properly for me, so perhaps it was a transient problem. Are you still getting the error message? MCB 05:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Image syntax

I've been around here a long time, but with my terrible knowledge of image copyright and lack of a camera I don't deal with images often. I just added an image to Joukowsky transformation. The caption isn't showing up - why? Could someone either tell me how to fix it or fix it for me (and I'll watch and learn). Thanks. moink 18:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Schwarzm! moink 19:24, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

How to add copyright info to uploaded image

I have written a Wikipedia entry for Collin Brooks (broadcaster, author and journalist).

I uploaded an image (a picture of Collin Brooks, originally from my family archives as he was my grandfather) to Wikimedia but wasn't sure how to categorise its copyright status. I now see a message telling me that it will be removed within 7 days if I don't provide the copyright status.

Q1: How can I edit the copyright status Q2: What do I set it to bearing in mind the picture came originally from our family collection.

Answer:

Simply add the appropriate copyright tag. A list of tags can be found at WP:IT. In this case, I woudl suggest something like {{No rights reserved}} or {{GFDL-self}}. Make sure you also clearly state that the image comes from your family archive. If you have more questions, please let me know. --Hetar 21:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Deleted Image

Hi, I would like to know why an image that I uploaded a fairly long time ago, Image:Stefano Farina.jpg, was recently deleted? Thanks for your help. Canuck89 21:25, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

This is only a guess, but it was probably because the image wasn't properly tagged, which is now a requirement but wasn't previously. If you upload the image again and add an appropriate tag it should be fine. Of course, it could be something else... --Cherry blossom tree 22:16, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

If you're not sure about where an image went – and you think it might have been deleted – you can check the log. In this case, it seems that the image was uploaded on 16 March 2006 and deleted on 19 April 2006: [2].

It seems that the article had the Template:Tl licensing template, which is applied to images taken from www.soccer-europe.com for which we have permission to freely redistribute. That site's owners have not released all of their images for free distribution, only some selected pictures. In order to be clear about which images the site owners have released, we are only permitting the editor User:Soccer-europe.com to use the SocEur licence tag.

In a recent discussion on his talk page, the image in question was one which the site owner explicitly requested that we remove. Hope that clears things up. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 22:52, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your help. Canuck89 23:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Where is My Contribution?

Hello. I created a new article and submitted it on 4/17/06 at 11:00 a.m. PST. (Today is 4/19/06 at 2:30 p.m. PST. A search on the title results in a message saying there are no articles about this topic on Wikipedia. Perhaps it is too soon for the article to appear?

I also tried searching the list of recent deletions, but could not find it there. If it has been deleted it would be helpful to know why so that I can educate myself and submit articles that better fit your requirements. If I erred in the submission process, that would be helpful to know, too. Where should I look next? Many thanks for your help.Jayme Curtis 21:33, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I think you posted your article to Wikipedia:Articles for creation. As yet, no-one has seen fit to actually make the article, for whatever reason. As a registered user, you can create the article yourself, by following this link: Achievo Corporation, and copying the text in there. The text is here if you need a record of it. I would advise you to read Wikipedia:Editing help in order to ensure that your article is correctly formatted and also to ensure that the article is an encyclopaedia article, rather than simply promotional material for the company. --Cherry blossom tree 22:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Help!!

There are several censors/revisionists on Wikipedia who are determined to delete or gut anythign they personally do not agree with or like. One of these is an editor named Demiurge whose relentless attempts at censorship, blocked only when he is caught red-handed by third party Wikipedians, continues unabated. Please review his attempts to delete my additions to the Tim Pat Coogan wikipage. Evidently he is not the only one.

Demiurge is an Irish censor and a Catholic apologist who has attempted to delete edits to pages as various as Ante Pavelic, Tim Pat Coogan, pre-Code (related, ironically, to movie censorship in the USA by the Catholic church), Eamon de Valera (refugee policy during WWII), and many others. Is this individual going to be permitted to censor, delete, edit, sanitize, gut, or whatever he cares to do, with no one stopping him??? He has just blocked my sourced and cited additions to the Wikipage of Tim Pat Coogan (pls. check edit history).

I do not have my own computer so I am using a rental, but if you wish to contact me, please email me at karas_peter@yahoo.com (my friend's email address). I would like to receive a valid reason for his abusive attempts at censorship regarding his "pet" issues.

Thank You, 70.19.67.28 22:40, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S.: This is a very black harbinger for Wikipedia, and its helplessness to block abusive editors, and certainly administrators (which Demiurge is not yet, fortunately, but he will certainly attempt to become one).

Looking at the edit history, I have to say that I would probably go with Demiurge's edits more than yours (look at, for instance, this edit). Mr Coogan is a controversial figure, and must be treated extra carefully to preserve NPOV. Your proposed edit is too full of inflammatory language to be considered NPOV. Try to resolve the dispute on the article's talk page - that's what it's there for. And while by no means mandatory, may I suggest getting an account? It helps to see all your contributions in one place (especially if you are using a rented computer where your IP presumably changes on a regular basis). — QuantumEleven | (talk) 06:37, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

asking abou t my father account

my father past away and we did'nt know his account so if i give you his name well you help me looking for it ---—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.240.49.179 (talk • contribs) {{{2|}}}.

What's wrong with using/creating your own account? — QuantumEleven | (talk) 06:30, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps the user just wants to find his/her father's contributions. MCB 06:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, good point, MCB. However, since accounts are rarely linked to real names (except for users who use a version of their real names as their account names), I'd imagine it would be rather difficult to find the account in question. Any bright ideas? — QuantumEleven | (talk) 06:42, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Give us the name and we will look and see if we have any accounts with similar names. Also, suggest some articles that he might have edited, and we can look for an IP address (if he didn't have an account). We have a page commemorating dead wikipedians, so we'd like to know about it. PS I'm sorry for your loss. -lethe ^{talk [[[Template:Fullurl:User talk:Lethe]] +]} 07:20, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

translating articles

Is it permissible to publish an article in more than one language version of wikipedia, and if so, should one make an acknowledgment to the version in which it was published first?

Let me point you in the way of Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination. Articles in other languages can be listed on the left hand column underneath the search box - have a look at any major article (like United States) for a good example. Hope this helps! Nuge talk 04:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, you are free to translate articles. Just leave a note of the fact they're translated in the edit summary and on the relevant talk page. - 131.211.210.15 07:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

articles about oneself

Is it permissible to publish an article about oneself in wikipedia, assuming of course that the person has sufficient public interest, for example as a scientist or artist?

It is not recommended. Please see Wikipedia:Autobiography. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:54, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Who created wikipedia.org?

Who created wikipedia.org?

Who created wikipedia.org --152.163.100.11?

Feel free to peruse our article on Wikipedia. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 03:06, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

April 20

Barnstar

This may sound silly, but I recently received a barnstar for merely acknowledging on my user page that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a cool game. Should I keep the barnstar? It seems a bit undeserved to me. --Hammer Raccoon 13:09, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

There are no real rules governing barnstars (yet), so it's totally up to you. Generally, people will take your Barnstars (and you) more seriously if they're "serious", though. Personally, I'd advise moving the award to your talk page, and leaving it there. But, again, it's your choice.

Incidentally, I like the fact that you came here to ask about this; to me, it defintely shows the right attitude :) --Ashenai 13:16, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

• I'd keep it to make sure you're not hurting the giver's feelings, but at the same time work your butt off for a "real" one. BTW, I put a note with every barnstar that details the reason I got it. Make sure yours has one and people will know how serious to take it. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

ABOUT EDUCATION

HELLLLO MY NAME IS ASAD ALI AND I AM FROM PAKISTAN AND I M DOING B.ED.AND IT WILL BE FINISH IN NOVEMBER .I WANT TO APPLY FOR VISA OF HONG KONG AS A TEACHER AND ALSO WANT SOME MORE EDUCATION ABOUT MASTER IN ENGLISH PLEASE REPLY ME ASAD ALI

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. - Tangotango 14:25, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Articles that contain advertising and links for commercial sites?

I'm just a casual Wikipedia user, but I was looking at the article for Moviemistakes.com and under Membership it mentions that the site costs $10 and includes the quotes Well, what are you waiting for? Join! and It's worth every penny. It also includes a link to the sign-up page for Moviemistakes.com.

I'm not familiar with Wikipedia's policy on this type of (subtle) advertising, but common sense tells me it must be against their rules. Is there somewhere I should report this, or could one of the experienced users here deal with it?172.135.29.182 20:52, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

• It's not wrong to mention membership possibilities for sites and their costs, but advertising and recruiting members is. I'll take a look if it hasn't been fixed already. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:46, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

bibliographical references

I want to add a bibliographical reference (link?) to a number of 17th century poets. How do I do that?

See Wikipedia:Footnotes for information on how to put references intext, and have them formatted correctly in the References section. Ansell 22:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

April 21

Uploading picture from the commons

I've seen a picture on the Commons [3], but I'm unsure how to upload it, is it as per a normal method (If so which licence), or is there a method to it, thanks for yourhelp in advance Danny 16:40, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

• When a picture is on the Commons, you can just include it from any Wikimedia project, by typing [[Image:Gb-lu-waterloo-bilingual.jpg]] into an article. Essentially, you can pretend that it's already on the English Wikipedia. -- Creidieki 17:36, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks Creidieki, helped a lot, and also ta for the quick response Danny 18:38, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Raphael Korman death?

I read just the other day about this 17 year old martial artist that supposedly commited suicide. There was no article at the time. I returned today and can't even find the listing. What happened?

I'm not sure what you're referring to here... I can't find any reference to the incident or person you're talking about here or on the web. What is the listing you're referring to? With more details, we may be able to help. --Estarriol ^talk 12:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Graph image copyright

Are there options that would allow the uploading of a graph from a science book illustrating the authors' data? Specifically, it's a tree of human population genetics (viewable here). Since it doesn't diminish the value of the authors' copyright, can fair-use be asserted? Moreover, can I create a custom depiction (without altering the accuracy of the data) combining the two graphs printed on that page ?--Nectar 02:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure about the actual laws, but Fair use most probably does not apply here. The best thing to do would probably be to make your own version of the graph, and cite the data as coming from the source you copied from. Hope this helps! -- Tangotango 08:01, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Reverting to earlier Wikipedia version

The current version of The Sound of Music article has been damaged. Looking at the history, I see that it happened in the 23:01 18 April 2006 revision. How can I restore the prior version? Clarityfiend 05:05, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

When you're in the history page, simiply click on the date of the version you'd like to revert to. Then click "edit page"; ignore the warning and click save. For more informatoin, see WP:REVERT. Good luck! Isopropyl 05:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

How About WikiMaps

Hi I stay in India. I am afrequent user of Wikipedia. Just got an Idea of WikiMaps. I know it doesn't make sense to US folks. But In India roads are very unorganized and there is no proper method to navigate in unfamiliar places. GPS is not in reach of common man. There are hardly any GPS service providers May be two for a country of 1 Billion people. For now I feel wikifying the maps is a viable solution. As GPS and other thigs evolve these can be reused. There are very few commercial alternatives available But they are too expensive. First I thought I will start this project on my own. Later I realised technological and resource limitations. First thing is Contribution and support of people. Second is the Embedded Graphics tool Embedded in Web-browser to make Maps, I am not even sure if one exist some thing like that. So, What do you think. Any Suggestions.

Maps are a problem, because the people who own map copyright will not release it: it costs millions of dollars to walk around the country or fly in a plane making maps. A free project to make maps would be good, but who has the resources to visit the whole world and make the maps? Notinasnaid 08:29, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I understand what you want - Google maps is probably the sort of thing you'd like to create. It would be an enormous project to create your own - with things as they currently stand I'd suggest petitioning Google or similar to cover India in detail. Certainly their current maps go well beyond the USA. Copyright would be a massive issue preventing a Wikimaps. Good luck! --Estarriol ^talk 12:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Last names

Hey my name is Jordan. I am trying to find out about my family's last name. I really don't know where to start and was wondering if you all could point me in the right directions. My email address is [email removed]. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.74.249.207 (talk • contribs) 07:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC{{{3|}}})

Hi. Try a search [4]. Enter your last name in the box, and click on Search. Alternatively, you can use Google to search Wikipedia articles by looking for "YOURLASTNAME site:en.wikipedia.org" (without the quotes). Cheers, Tangotango 07:53, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Honestly, Wikipedia probably isn't the best bet for this kind of research, although the Jordan (disambiguation) has some info that may be of interest to you. However, the search "genealogy Jordan" plugged into Google yielded immediately useful results. I'd recommend looking there - and maybe you could create a Jordan (genealogy) article with what you find?  :-) --Estarriol ^talk 12:22, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

How do I create an article?

Hey,

I was wondering of making some small facts about some small towns in Norway. How do I do that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.0.151.145 (talk • contribs) 07:54, 21 April 2006 (UTC{{{3|}}})

Hi, there's a list of cities and towns at List of cities in Norway. I don't know if the list is complete, but if it isn't, you can create a new article (see Help:Starting a new page) and link to it from the list. You might also like to follow the format of the other Norwegian city/town articles. Good luck! -- Tangotango 08:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

You need to register an account and have it for a little while (I think 4 days, not sure) before you can create new articles. -- Template:Country}}} Ynhockey ^(Talk) 22:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

prod

is prod broken? Geedubber 08:05, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

• Why do you think it is? - 131.211.210.10 09:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
• What, specifically, are you referring to? Are you talking about the Toolserver? One of the biggest issues with the toolserver is that it is not physically connected to the Wikimedia servers, and oftentimes lags behind it. If you're asking something else, my apologies; would you mind re-phrasing the question? -Mysekurity ^[m!] 09:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Cams

Is there a link to all live cams? Thanks.

Can you explain what cams (cameras?) you mean, and how it relates to Wikipedia articles? Thanks, Notinasnaid 09:58, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean live webcams? If so, try this:- List of live webcams in the world. There are thousands of them! --Estarriol ^talk 12:35, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Searching for Articles

When I try to search for my articles using the search tool I cannot get my articles to appear in the results set even when I use search terms that are very specific to the content of the article. What changes might I need to make to an article in order for it to source in the search results and what factors affect whether or not an article can be searched for successfully? 194.159.99.60 09:40, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

If it is a recently created article you can find it by typing in the exact title and pressing 'Go'. The search feature is only updated every few weeks (ish) so you'll have to wait until the next update for it to be found by searching. --Cherry blossom tree 10:16, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Bear in mind also that some edits are reverted quickly if they are deemed to be erroneous or vandalism - a quick look at your contributions shows that some have already been reverted. Don't worry, this is a normal part of the learning process here. Certainly, your contributions have been recorded, although it would help to credit them to you if you registered for a user name. If you need any advice on any of these matters, please don't be afraid to ask. --Estarriol ^talk 12:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

im curious

is it possible to take a bath in water and fire at the same time?14:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Although this is not the right place to ask this question (the right place being Reference desk), here what I feel. If you are burning in a hydrogen flame, its considered fire technically, but you are also taking bath in water (2H₂+O₂→2H₂O). Hope this helps. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 14:38, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Dude, I totally would have never though of it like that, but it totally makes sense. Good thinking, Ambuj.--Max Talk (add) 15:56, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Why does a weeks-old article not show up in the "Search" page search results?

I've just searched for the article "Pantalaine" using Wikipedia's "Search" page. The only hit that comes up in the search results is "McSweeney's," with a relevancy of 6.9%. It seems strange to me that the "Pantalaine" page itself does not show up in the "Search" page search results for "Pantalaine." Is the "Pantalaine" article not indexed properly? (And while we're at it, why does the "Search" page yield different results from the ever-present "search" sidebar -- sandwiched between "navigation" and "toolbox" -- which takes me right to the "Pantalaine" article"?) Thanks --Crudefutures 16:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

The searching is updated every few weeks or so (not on any regular schedule that I am aware of), which is why it doesn't show up when you search. However, when you put "Pantalaine" in the search box and click "Go", it takes you right to the article Pantalaine. "Go" takes you right to the article of the name, and "Search" searches for the article. -- Natalya 16:25, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Additionally, hitting enter will try going directly to the article first, and, failing that, will take you to the search page. -Mysekurity ^[m!] 21:30, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

My Signature

Is there a way I can customize my signature so when I type the tildes, it will come out in the way I want it? Please respond on my talk page. Thanks!--Brendenhull 19:37, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Answered on his talkpage. --Eivind^t@c 20:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Also see WP:SIG and it's talk page (copied to user talk page as requested). --Estarriol ^talk 20:37, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

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