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Contents 1 8th Platoon 2 Who Made Wikipedia 3 Wikiconfused about image upload & copyright stuff 4 new listing 5 Yenangyaung 6 re-inserting deleted article 7 Uploading an Image 8 Unable to edit a semi-protected page as a registered user 9 Glenn Frey page edit 10 Nirmit Mukesh Mukane 11 Green Font 12 Honda 13 HELP! 14 Better photograph 15 My new article on "Adaptive Audio" 16 adding a webpage link 17 x offenders pro 18 Dr Murray Banks 19 Question about what if..... 20 I'm not New User.. .But.. 21 please could yuo link me tocontributions by excursioners in in August 2008 22 Category problem-link won't work 23 An image I uploaded 24 Hurricane Gustav 25 Cite PHD Thesis? 26 How Can i Improve My Page Rank in Google for my website 27 Need clarification for what is a conflict of interest in creating an article 28 Rabinovich Alexander 29 How to add a geneological chart which in excel to an articel 30 User Contribution count 31 Centre for Market and Public Organisation 32 Entry for Ihab Hassan in Wikepedia 33 Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu in english 34 URL for my page 35 Messed up editing article: Green Grow the Lilacs 36 need help in the following article. 37 Help with DramaWiki 38 Creating An Article 39 Adding a Definition 40 How do "Warning Flags" on expanded articles get removed? 41 Centered Headings in Infobox 42 E-mail? 43 Humāt ad-Diyār 44 what is the internal web address for its students`'s 45 How do I find out which editor added tags to article? 46 Social Development International (SDI) Cameroon 47 Removing no references criticism 48 HYPER MAGNIFICENT DANCERS 49 Uploading an image and other questions from a very new contributor

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8th Platoon

Who Made Wikipedia

Hi Im Doing A Internet Bibliography In I Need To Know What The Name Of The Person Who Made This —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixflags101 (talk • contribs) 03:10, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

See my reply at Wikipedia:Help desk#The Author Of Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:15, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Willy on Wheels, wasn't it? ;) --Alinnisawest(talk) 21:02, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Believe it or not there is an article about Wikipedia on Wikipedia.  ;) Bvlax2005 (talk) 15:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikiconfused about image upload & copyright stuff

So I am new to Wikipedia and am creating a page for my company. I have been trying to upload pictures to put on my page and am having a very hard time with it. Mostly the whole copyright thing; seems no matter what I do, the picture gets flagged and deleted. I have a web screenshot, a picture of a print advertisement (we're a marketing and public relations agency), a picture of a direct mail campaign, an exterior shot of our building, a logo, and an interior shot of our building. I would love it if someone could walk me through this or tell me which tags or phrases to use. All of these things were made by my company for our clients, except for our web screenshot and the building pictures (we made them but they're not for our clients). Please help!Summer K. Sellers (talk) 17:17, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not the best person to talk about image work - the free-vs. non-free thing makes my brain cry - but I do see a problem of conflict of interest here. Creating a page on your own company is very much frowned upon; while it's on your user page right now, it's quite likely that it would be considered promotional. It's always better to leave an article until someone not affiliated with the company creates it, to avoid the perception of advertising. I'm not sure that the company is notable enough to meet our guidelines, either; looking at the references currently in place, I'm not sure whether it's got enough there to indicate that it meets the corporate guidelines. Also, using the name of the company as your username isn't a great idea; I'd recommend going to this page and requesting a user name change as soon as possible. (I'll let someone else explain the image aspect.) Tony Fox (arf!) 17:47, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:FAQ/Business. Note that User:TaigMarksInc is not an article. It is a user page, and non-free images are not allowed on user pages (see Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria#9). It may be better to ask about image copyright issues at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:59, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

A number of the items you listed (logos, print advertisements, screenshots) would already be copyrighted and are owned by your company. The two best ways to work around this are: 1) Upload content that is owned by you (such as photographs taken by yourself) and license under either Creative Common or GNU Free License. 2) In some cases copyrighted work can be used on Wikipedia but only if it follows a strict guideline outlined here. When you do upload your content you will need to select "Fair Use Rationale" and fill out the appropriate information. Bvlax2005 (talk) 15:52, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

new listing

Hi How do I go about contributing a new subject/word? The subject is AirdrieLIFE, a magazine based in Airdrie Alberta Canada. The name is trademarked. I am the publisher.24.64.124.115 (talk) 21:37, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's generally not a good idea to write about a company you own or a magazine you publish. If the subject is notable, someone will write an article about it eventually. Or, if you think the magazine is notable, you can request that someone write the article for at requested articles. Finally, if you think you can remain neutral, you can register an account in order to create the article yourself. Aside from being able to create articles, there are a lot of other benefits. Cheers! TN‑X-Man 21:48, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:FAQ/Business. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:30, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Yenangyaung

I made a small addition to the page above, but decided to add another word to my insertion. I again signed this change, but I see now that my UserName etc appears in red with he message "Talk". I am not sure what I did wrong or what I should do --Alexander Burnett (talk) 04:02, 25 August 2008 (UTC)?Please fill in the subject box above, then REPLACE ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS with your question, and don't forget to sign by leaving the following four tildes (~'s) in place which automatically formats to your signature once you click "save page" below. Alexander Burnett (talk) 04:02, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello Alexander, and welcome to Wikipedia. Actually, as I think you've guessed now, one shouldn't sign contributions within articles. That "~~~~" is a shortcut that automatically puts your username, date etc. in. Also, you don't have to sign in the edit summary box - it's clear from the article history who's done what. However, one is expected to sign contributions to discussion/talk pages.--92.41.155.22 (talk) 07:49, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

re-inserting deleted article

How do i re-insert an article which has been deleted previously citing A7 violation. I want to mention the notability of the person in the article. How do i go about it? Stellaelias (talk) 10:18, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

You would have to return to the article page and recreate the article from scratch. Keep in mind that guidelines are available at WP:Notability (people) to explain what constitutes a notable person. Bvlax2005 (talk) 10:48, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion criterion A7 is "An article about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant." If you put a lot of work into the original article you could ask the deleting admin if he/she is willing to move the deleted article into your own user space. You can then work on it in your own space until it is ready for the main encyclopedia. However, you may need to convince the admin that you are able to address the notability issue before they will do that. The talk page of the admin who deleted your article is User talk:NawlinWiki. Good luck. SpinningSpark 12:06, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Uploading an Image

I would like to upload an image to Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol but have not been auto confirmed. No copyright issues are at issue. How can I accelerate this process OR ask someone else to upload the image? --Bernadette Clemente (talk) 11:59, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

You should be autoconfirmed now, I think - this was your tenth edit, and your account has existed for more than four days (the requirements). So, give it a try? -- Natalya 12:02, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Unable to edit a semi-protected page as a registered user

I just registered my account on wikipedia and confirmed it via e-mail, but I am still unable to edit a semi-protected page. Is there something else I need to do? WisdomOfTruth (talk) 14:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Your account needs to be autoconfirmed - in other words, you must be active for four days and make at least ten edits. Once you hit those thresholds, you can edit semi-protected pages. Cheers! TN‑X-Man 14:21, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

See the link on the post above for more information. :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 14:22, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Until you become autoconfirnmed, you can make suggestions on the talk page and optionally draw attention to that with {{Editsemiprotected}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:34, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Glenn Frey page edit

I have added myself to the Glenn Frey page. I co-wrote eleven of the 12 hits he had during his solo career. I think it is valid that I be mentioned on his page. But perhaps it is not. I added myself before but the few lines I added are no longer there. I don't want to shamelessly self promote, but I think my contribution is valid in this case. Please advise. Oh also, how do I provide "references" that my claims are true. It is a matter of record. thank you so much for your time! Flatpickjoe (talk) 09:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

The reason your change might have been undone was that many users are wary when unreferenced facts are added to articles, especially ones that might be construed as false or self-promoting. The easiest way I've found to cite a reference is:

John Doe co-wrote these 12 songs<ref>http://www.musicsite.com/songwriters.html</ref>

The software will automatically add a footnote which will links to the list of references at the bottom of the page. As far as finding a source that claims you as a co-writer I'm not exactly sure where to look. There should be some sort of music database out there that would list you as a co-writer. One try might be to put both the artist's name and your name in a Google search and see what comes of it. Bvlax2005 (talk) 10:06, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

I did as you suggested. Hope I did it right. THANKS again for your time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flatpickjoe (talk • contribs) 10:29, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Perfect! And I did want to toss you an official welcome to Wikipedia  :) Bvlax2005 (talk) 10:51, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Nirmit Mukesh Mukane

Nirmit born on 15th July 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mukeshmukane (talk • contribs) 10:46, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Just so you know this page is for asking questions regarding the use of Wikipedia. Did you have a question? Bvlax2005 (talk) 10:53, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Green Font

hello, can someone tell me what the number in green font mean?, i usually see them on the contribution page...thank youSwindler305 (talk) 00:50, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The number in green text the amount of data that was added in that revision. If the number is in red, then it means that data was removed. Bvlax2005 (talk) 01:11, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The larger the number, of course, the more text that was added or removed. Cheers, ( arky ) 01:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

See more at Wikipedia:Added or removed characters. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:04, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Honda

Specs for Honda 200 s 3 wheeler. appreciate any input thanks!Jules Carl (talk) 03:41, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The Wikipedia help desk for for asking questions about using Wikipedia. I would recommend either checking the Wikipedia article, manufacturers website, or visit the Reference Desk for more information. Bvlax2005 (talk) 03:47, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

HELP!

When going to a discussion page, if i want to respond to someone how do i do that? --Kgardner1123 (talk) 04:36, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Just as I'm doing here, edit the page or section you want and use a colon to indent once (or two for twice, etc.). More at Wikipedia:Talk page and Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. WODUP 04:54, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

At the very top of the page (next to where you had originally clicked to access the discussion page) you can click "New Section" to create a new topic or click "edit this page" and you can add your response below the one you wish to reply to. You can also click "edit" next to the section title to only view/edit that section. It is customer to use a colon ( : ) to indent when replying to a topic (or two colons to reply a comment already indented, etc) Bvlax2005 (talk) 05:14, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Better photograph

If I believe I have a superior photograph to one that is currently displayed on a wikipedia page, can I replace the current picture with my own? How would I go about doing this?

Nohooksbrooks (talk) 13:58, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome to do that if your image has an appropriate license for Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Images and relevant pages linked from there. Here on the English Wikipedia you can upload an image when your account becomes autoconfirmed (4 days old and made 10 edits). If you make an account at Wikimedia Commons then you can upload images right away at that site and display them in articles here. Please come back if you have more questions. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:53, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Just remember that in most cases any freely licensed image is automatically "superior" to one that requires a fair use rationale, so if you have taken the photograph yourself, or are in contact with the photographer, please try to get the photo released under a free license (if you try to upload it on Commons, you'll get that message shoved in your face fairly quickly as well). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 23:58, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

My new article on "Adaptive Audio"

My new article on "Adaptive Audio" was deleted yesterday. I want to edit this to make it conform to your standards.

Do I have to start over, or can you direct me to the deleted page?

Also, what was the reason for deletion and what should I do to rectify that?

Please notify me via my Talk Page. D3innovation (talk) 19:25, 27 August 2008 (UTC) Thanks,

Dan

D3innovation (talk) 19:25, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Answered on talk as requested. Algebraist 19:47, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Could you get me a copy of my deleted page titled "Adaptive Audio"

Thanks

D3innovation (talk) 20:26, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The note on your talk page explains who to speak to about receiving a copy of the deleted article. Bvlax2005 (talk) 20:41, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

adding a webpage link

how do i add a link to my website Blackwoodart (talk) 02:34, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

To add a link to a non-Wikipedia site you add a single set of square brackets to the URL [http://www.google.com] will produce [1]. If you want certain text to show up simply add a space after the URL and enter the text. [http://www.google.com this is a link] will produce this is link Bvlax2005 (talk) 02:57, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Please also read our conflict of interest policy at WP:COI. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:41, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

And note that Wikipedia:External links#Advertising and conflicts of interest says: "You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent, even if the guidelines otherwise imply that it should be linked. If the link is to a relevant and informative site that should otherwise be included, please consider mentioning it on the talk page and let neutral and independent Wikipedia editors decide whether to add it." PrimeHunter (talk) 17:36, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

x offenders pro

I would like to know more about Judge Mathis X offenders expunge program. I saw a segement, on TV-one, Judge Mathis was speaking about program. I did not know how to get information on this particular program, could you please inform me if you have any information. Thanks

Wanttobe= (talk) 16:50, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 17:14, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Dr Murray Banks

Can someone please tell me how to start a page for Dr Murray Banks. he was a famous psychologist in the 1950's and 1960's, who turned into a comedian. Sd110851 (talk) 07:36, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Sd110851. Please see Wikipedia:Your first article. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:29, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Question about what if.....

In the page history whenever an admin protects a page, this appears in the page history as "Protected XXXX..." What happens if you press undo to this edit? I assume it will be a null edit, so why is it that the wiki software allows the undo/rollback next to these type of "logs" in the page history. Even if an admin were to unprotect the page, i assume they have press the protect tab instead of just undoing the log of protection. Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.49.174 (talk) 07:05, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Whether the edit was protecting the page, changing the text, or something else, the "undo" link undoes the changes to the source text of the page. So yes, undo at a protection edit followed by saving will be a null edit. I admit it doesn't appear logical. Maybe the developers would have to add extra code to remove the undo link in special cases but I don't know how the code is or how it was decided. You could make a Bugzilla request to remove the undo link (I haven't examined whether there already is a request). See Wikipedia:Bug reports and feature requests. Note that it's possible to manually change the content of the edit box between clicking undo and save. Administrators have a tab saying either "protect" or "unprotect" depending on the state of the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not New User.. .But..

Hi. I'm active in korean wikipedia, and I want to move this pic.s to my home wikipedia. But I can't understand this two images. Is this a same images? IF this is same, can you delate one of the images? --Bart0278 (talk) 10:34, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

No, it isn't the same image. (Look a bit more closely at the crowns.) AlexiusHoratius 10:44, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh! Thank You very much. --Bart0278 (talk) 11:01, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

please could yuo link me tocontributions by excursioners in in August 2008

Please fill in the subject box above, then REPLACE ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS with your question, and don't forget to sign by leaving the following four tildes (~'s) in place which automatically formats to your signature once you click "save page" below. 41.204.224.41 (talk) 11:13, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Can you please clarify what you mean? There is no user on the English Wikipedia called excursioners.[2] PrimeHunter (talk) 12:50, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Category problem-link won't work

Hello and thank you for helping me,

On this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Tetlow in the Category area, the last category is not linking to the page: List of Carnegie Mellon University people

What have I done incorrectly? It worked on the other categories, but not this one. Also this was my first article, so any helpful criticism would of course be appreciated.

Thank you so much for your time.

MaddyStephens (talk) 18:54, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

The problem is that List of Carnegie Mellon University people is a list, not a category. I've changed it to Category:Carnegie Mellon University alumni. Algebraist 18:57, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much, I now understand. MaddyStephens (talk) 19:42, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

An image I uploaded

Hi, I have uploaded Image:David Borrow.jpg - I think it is fair use and have tried to add the correct templates and rational but as it's somewhat complicated I'd like someone to tell me if I've done this OK. AreaControl (talk) 22:15, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

That image is probably not usable on Wikipedia. The first of the non-free content criteria is that it be impossible to make a free alternative, and for people this is interpreted as meaning they have to be dead. Algebraist 22:23, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah, but perhaps if it is difficult to find the means of creating another image? AreaControl (talk) 22:27, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

You can try that argument when someone tries to delete it. I wouldn't bet on your chances though. <shrugs> Algebraist 22:30, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok thanks AreaControl (talk) 16:31, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Hurricane Gustav

Hey, I think there should be a temporary link to Hurricane Gustav at the top of the Gustav dismabiguation page, as especially now, many will be searching for gustav, even though it is still on the main page. From said disambig page, one has to click to Hurricane Gustav, then to the current one. Thanks. Baseballfan (talk) 06:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

You have a point. It's not exactly per normal disambiguation guidelines but I did it.[3] However, I'm not going to argue about it if somebody else reverts me. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:01, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Indeed. I was thinking of being bold, but thought I'd ask first anyway. Could save some people precious seconds to get to some possibly valuable information! Baseballfan (talk) 16:08, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Cite PHD Thesis?

Is a thesis submitted to a major university as part of PHD requirements automatically considered to be a reliable source? How do I cite it? Phil Burnstein (talk) 11:08, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Nothing is automatically a reliable source. There can be reasons why even non-vanity press published books may not constitute reliable sources, but that always involves a case-by-case analysis. But you can use a published thesis/dissertation and, more to the point, they are not considered automatically unreliable. The published part is, or course, crucial. It must be available (for example at UMI, Interlibrary loan, etc.) for readers to check that it verifies what it is stated to verify. You can use {{Cite paper}} to format your reference inside of <ref></ref> tags.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

How Can i Improve My Page Rank in Google for my website

Hi!] Have u any tips that how can i improve my google page rak for my website http://www.avdhootinvestment.com ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avdhoot in (talk • contribs) 18:21, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Search engine optimization. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They will be glad to try 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. Algebraist 18:28, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Whatever other ways there might be, posting the link here is unlikely to help: the software used on Wikipedia automatically applies the rel="nofollow" attribute to all external links. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 19:32, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Need clarification for what is a conflict of interest in creating an article

I teach at the Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication at St. Bonaventure University. (It's also where I earned my bachelor's degree.) I noticed when I looked at the general university article that the Jandoli School has a red link. At some point, I'd like to try my hand at writing an article about the JMC School to fill in that red link ... but I don't want to be in violation of the conflict of interest policy. Should I go look for a different project to try for my first article or would this one be OK?

Can you leave an answer on my talk page, please? Thanks for your help Musicmountain (talk) 04:16, 1 September 2008 (UTC)musicmountain

Replied on user's talk page. TN‑X-Man 14:44, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Rabinovich Alexander

Rabinovich Alexander (21 juni 1947) — is the violin-maker from St. Petersburg, apprentice of Ivan Krivov. Currently, mr. Rabinovich has created more than 300 string instruments and bows. He makes classic string instruments - violins, violas, cellos and bows, as well as baroque violins, bows and quintons. Mr. Rabinovich also repairs antique instruments.

The main achievement of Alexander Rabinovich is revealing of the secrets of old Italians' grounding and lacquering of wood. It makes possible to compare the sounding of his new instruments to the best of the old Italian ones. Many publications in the mass media are dedicated to this fact.

Many famous musicians, such as Ilia Gringoltz, Virtuoso violinist, winner of Paganini contes and Sergey Levitin, the concertmaster of British Royal Opera House [[Covent Garden|Covent-Garden. His instruments are also in the possession of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory

THe master continues to work actively in his home city of St. Petersburg.

Home Page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.101.8.148 (talk) 07:58, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

This is a place to get help with editing and finding your way around Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Your first article if you want to create an article. But your current text would be unsuited because it has no independent sources to establish notability, and it is promotional. See Wikipedia:Notability (people), and see Wikipedia:Autobiography or Wikipedia:Conflict of interest if you are the subject or somebody close. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

How to add a geneological chart which in excel to an articel

Hi I would like to paste a geneology chart which i have created in excel, which is in two pages width, could you please show me how to do this in wikipedia Khengar (talk) 10:58, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses a wikitext format and does not allow Excel format. If you want to convert then you could try Wikipedia:Tools#Importing (converting) content from other formats to Wikipedia (MediaWiki) format. See Category:Genealogy formatting templates for how Wikipedia articles often format geneology (I assume the automated converter tools cannot use those templates). PrimeHunter (talk) 12:33, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

User Contribution count

Hello

I'm quite new to making contributions - and have gone along well enough, until now

My query is - I just added a small paragraph - and it doesn't appear in my User Contribution count

The page in question is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Martin

and I placed at the top of the section 'Honors and Refs', the following text

Former Yankees legend Graig Nettles has a lot to report about Martin in his book 'Balls' (1984) co-written with Peter Golenbock. This includes the fact that Billy was once analyzed in her daily syndicated newspaper column (the Post) by Joyce Brothers, well-known American psychologist and advice columnist.

Here's my list which doesn't 'credit' me with this item. Can you clarify why please?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=20&target=Colinkilgour

I'm Colin Kilgour .......... email

Colinkilgour (talk) 12:13, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

<email removed to prevent spam> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colinkilgour (talk • contribs) 12:12, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

You were logged out when you added that text. The edits are thus attributed to your IP address, 84.71.228.146. Algebraist 12:21, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Click the "history" tab at top of Billy Martin to see the contributors. IP edits cannot be transferred to a user account. See Help:Logging in for tips on how to stay logged in. Clicking "Remember me" at login works great for me. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:40, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for response - I had discounted not being logged in, as I presumed the edit wouldn't thus have been 'accepted' Colinkilgour (talk) 14:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Many people are surprised that anybody can just click edit and start editing, but that's how Wikipedia does it (although many have suggested to change it). A relatively small number of semi-protected pages require an autoconfirmed account (like you have) to edit. An even smaller number of fully protected pages can only be edited by administrators. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:39, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Centre for Market and Public Organisation

The Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) is a leading research centre, combining expertise in economics, geography and law. Their objective is to study the intersection between the public and private sectors of the economy, and in particular to understand the right way to organise and deliver public services. The Centre aims to develop research, contribute to the public debate and inform policy-making.

CMPO, now an ESRC Research Centre, was established in 1998 with two large grants from The Leverhulme Trust . In 2004 they were awarded ESRC Research Centre status, and CMPO now combines core funding from both the ESRC and the Trust.

The CMPO is based in the Bristol Institute of Public Affairs, University of Bristol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecalt (talk • contribs) 15:14, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi! This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Did you have a question, possibly about creating an article? TN‑X-Man 16:04, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Entry for Ihab Hassan in Wikepedia

Some facts that need to be added: 1. Ihab Hassan is now Emeritus Vilas Professor 2. He was awarded honorary doctorates of letters from the University of Uppsala (Sweden) and the Universirty of Giessen (Germany). 3. He has received 2 Guggenheim Fellowships and 2 Senior Fulbright Lectureships (France). How can these facts be added to the entry of Ihab Hassan? Thank you.Whiteoak2008 (talk) 16:15, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Algebraist 16:17, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu in english

my edited text is not saved exactly as it was written. a line box generated itself and part of the tex is lost How do I modify this error?Yazmame (talk) 18:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Whenever you put in a space at the beginning of a line, it generates a dotted-line box.

This is an example.

I corrected this issue in the article on which you were working. Cheers! TN‑X-Man 18:20, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

URL for my page

Good morning,

I have updated my page over the last week, but have found that the URL for my page ends with "wiki/User: P_C_McKinnon" My page also doesn't come up with a search. All the McKinnons come up, but not mine. Did I do something wrong to have this URL? When will the URL change to "wiki/P_C_McKinnon" ?

Thanks for your assistance. 161.226.4.6 (talk) 16:33, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Well, you created the article in User space (ie as a user page) rather than as an article page. It could be moved to the article space, but at the moment it reads a little like a vanity piece. Do you have any reliable sources to support the notability of the subject? As you are the subject of the article you have a pretty big conflict of interest so you should not be writing articles about yourself. If you are notable, someone else will write an article about you sooner or later. See WP:BIO.  – ukexpat (talk) 17:11, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Messed up editing article: Green Grow the Lilacs

I wanted to add information to the article that the song "Green Grow the Lilacs" appears in the LP album "The Old Chisholm Trail" songs of the american southwest by TONY KRABER. Mercury Records LP MG 20008.

I first added information directly to the Notes section. I then realized that I should add a line to the body of the article and create a reference instead. I did that, and the main body looks OK, but the Notes section is hopelessly garbled. I believe there were four other references initially.

(Minor question: Should I capitalize the reference as above, which is the way the album does it, or use normal capitalization?)

Thanks for your help.

JFistere (talk) 21:37, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

There was an unclosed ref tag in [4]. An editor fixed it in [5]. There is only reason to name a ref tag if it's used more than once. See Wikipedia:Footnotes. You shouldn't write all capitals like TONY KRABER in a reference just because the source does it. If "songs of the american southwest" is part of an official title then it might be written like that but then it should also be clear with quotes or italics that it's a title. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

See more at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (capital letters)#All caps. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:21, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Actually, I was the one who fixed it the way you recommended even before I read your post. I'm learning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JFistere (talk • contribs) 00:42, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Good! There is more learning at Help:Logging in#How to log in and Wikipedia:Signatures#How to sign your posts ;-) PrimeHunter (talk) 01:07, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

need help in the following article.

I want to submit following article on wikipedia but am unable to get approval for the following article. Would appreciate if you could provide me with the feedback how I can improve it so that it goes live on wikipedia.

Soffront software develops Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software for Small and medium enterprises .

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Products 3 Deployment types 4 License 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] History Soffront software was founded in 1992 by Manu Das who was recognized as CRM Leader by CRM Magazine for the year 2004. Soffront launched its first customer service application in 1993.Since its inception Soffront CRM has been installed in more than 2500 corporations worldwide.

[edit] Products Soffront solution is Web-based and XML compliant. It operates as a zero foot-print web client. The databases supported include Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server. Soffront CRM is comprised of following Solutions:

Sales Automation: Automates Sales process Marketing Automation: Automates Marketing process Customer Support: Web based customer support Employee Help desk: Enter, track, manage, resolve and escalate employee support tickets. Knowledge Management: Knowledge Management System for support agents, engineers, employees and customers. CRM Portals: Customer portal: For Customers Partner portal: For Channel Employee Portal: For employees Asset and Inventory Management: Enter, Audit and track company assets and inventories. Sales order processing: Automates the sales order process and integrates with accounting and ERP systems.

[edit] Deployment types Soffront software offers hosted, on-premises and host to own solutions.

[edit] License Soffront's licensing options are - floating, dedicated, site, departmental, timed or leased.

[edit] See also Customer Relationship Management Sales Force Automation Web application

[edit] External links soffront.com Main website

[edit] References http://www.prweb.com/releases/CRM/award/prweb1217744.htm http://crmhelpdesksoftware.com/soffront-crm-supports-multi-currency/ http://www.kmworld.com/buyersGuide/Soffront-Software,-Inc.-836.aspx http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,41032,00.html Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nuzhatara/Soffront"

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuzhatara (talk • contribs) 21:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Nuzhatara —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuzhatara (talk • contribs) 21:43, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Editors must be autoconfirmed in order to create articles: have their account exist for 4 days and have at least 10 edits. In the process of asking these questions, you've passed the 10 edit mark, so you should be able to create the article. However, before creating the article, please read Wikipedia:Notability to be sure that your article is notable by Wikipedia's standards. Striking out my not very knowledgeable comments. :) -- Natalya 21:49, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you don't have to be autoconfirmed to create an article, as that page you linked to says. However, I suspect that the original poster has tried to create Soffront, and found that the title has been protected. If you look at the page, it even says why: "repeated recreation of spam article - contact an admin with a sample article to have this page unprotected". Put simply, this is what you need to do to have the article:

1. Read WP:N and WP:CORP to see what kind of companies can have an article in Wikipedia.
2. Read WP:NPOV and WP:SPAM to see why articles need to be written neutrally, and not appear to be advertisements.
3. Read WP:COI to see why someone with a conflict of interest is advised not to write articles related to that interest, such as an employee of a company writing an article about that company (however, it does not prevent you entirely from doing so, but if you do, do it with caution).
4. Create a draft of the article as a subpage of your user page, in a manner that complies with the above-linked policies and guidelines.
5. Contact an administrator, or put a request at deletion review, asking for the title Soffront to be unprotected. In your request, link to the draft you have created.

Having done this, the administrator will let you know if your draft does indeed comply with policy, and if so will unprotect the title and probably move it for you. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 23:48, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Help with DramaWiki

Hello. I am a first time user and i have made a Wiki account but dramawiki will not let me create an account. I repeatedly go to the create an account/log in page but all it shows is the log in area, NOT how to make a user account. Please help me because i would like to make a correction on a page on dramawiki!

Roxyk9246 (talk) 04:41, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello. We are not dramawiki so therefore we can't really help you make an account on DramaWiki. BoL (Talk) 04:52, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I don't know DramaWiki but just looked at http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Main_Page and noticed it says: "You will need to PM Ruroshin at the D-Addicts forum for an account before you can begin editing." PrimeHunter (talk) 12:43, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Creating An Article

How do I add a biography for painter/artist Paul Collins without it being deleted?

Collins Fine Art (talk) 14:44, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:BLP and WP:BIO for policies on what is required. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 14:51, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Also, if you are Mr Collins, take a look at WP:COI. For assistance writing your first article, take a look at WP:YFA. – ukexpat (talk) 17:49, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Adding a Definition

216.237.17.130 (talk) 15:41, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

How do I post a new definition of a word?

Well, to create an article, you must first create an account. Aside from being able to create articles, there are lots of other benefits. Secondly, new articles must be supported by reliable sources. New definitions sometimes run afoul of Wikipedia's guidelines on neologisms. I hope this helps! TN‑X-Man 15:46, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

On the other hand Wiktionary is just the place for definitions. SpinningSpark 17:26, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

How do "Warning Flags" on expanded articles get removed?

Last month I expanded a stub article on Keystone View Company into a longer article. Immediately 4 "Warning Flags" appeared on the top regarding: the article may need to be cleaned up; the introduction is too short; it may contain original research or unverified claims; and article is a coat rack article.

I've attempted to clean up the article, I expanded the introduction and removed every reference to a museum about Keystone View Company, since I thought that was what made it a "coat rack" article. But I actually reduced the number of reference citations, because I had so many that the last half of them got clumped all together in an unreadable mess. (I believe I now have 13 references, and they all are listed neatly.)

After all my efforts to clean up the article, there are still those 4 warnings at the top, and I feel that makes it appear to readers that there are many errors in the article.

Does an editor, or some Wikipedia official have to review the article and remove those warnings at the top? When making text changes I was sorely tempted to go ahead and delete those warnings, but I assume that is a major contributors' sin.

How do those warning flags go away? --Karenthewriter (talk) 16:31, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Actually, once the issues have been addressed, the tags can be removed by anyone. If you'd like, you could ask the editor who added the tags to review the article and see what s/he thinks. Or, you could discuss the issues on the article's talk page. Since it seems like you're interested in improving the article, it shouldn't be too much trouble to remove the tags. Cheers! TN‑X-Man 16:35, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Centered Headings in Infobox

Is there a way to center a heading in an infobox that is collapsible? The [show]/[hide] offsets it normally. MrKIA11 (talk) 18:40, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

It depends on how the infobox template has been coded. But in this example Template:Linear analog electronic filter (which uses the "infobox" class in the template) putting an align parameter before the heading works as in

! align=center | <type your heading here>

Collapsing the boxes still retains centered headings. If you are trying to use a pre-existing infobox this might not be possible however, some of them use fiendishly complicated code that is not always predictable when you try to do something clever. SpinningSpark 19:01, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

What is the infobox in question? --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 19:11, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

That didn't work for my situation. The template is {{Infobox VG}}, but I'm working on it here since it's protected. Feel free to edit my page if you know how to fix it. MrKIA11 (talk) 19:22, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

You can pad the title by using {{pad}}. This same issue was fixed in {{navbox}} some time back, but I can't remember who fixed it. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 20:50, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Does anyone else know a way? Using {{pad}} would be a hassle in this case. MrKIA11 (talk) 16:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Help, please, someone? MrKIA11 (talk) 13:43, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

E-mail?

I read something about Wiki... e-mail. Is there e-mail on wiki... for contributors? If so how do I access it? Bmoc2012tms (talk) 20:29, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:E-mailing users. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:32, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Click on your preferences at the top of the page. There is a section for your e-mail address there. If someone has enabled e-mail for themselves, it will have a link under toolbox on the left that says E-mail this user. (ec) MrKIA11 (talk) 20:34, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

If you are asking about an e-mail server (like hotmail, gmail) for WP contributors, then I am afraid that does not exist (yet!).

Cheers mate!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 15:02, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Nor is there likely to be (I hope). User talk pages are the place for communication among editors. – ukexpat (talk) 15:30, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Come on! :)

Don't say ukexpat@wikipedia.org does not appeal to you!

Cheers mate!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 13:52, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Uh oh, I think you just clogged up the wikipedia.org postmaster's mailbox with "unknown address" messages.  – ukexpat (talk) 15:34, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Humāt ad-Diyār

There is a user who has changed this page for Homat el Diyar to the current title. I think the new title is not simple enough - no English speaker with anything less than a native level knowledge of Arabic will search for Humāt ad-Diyār. So the user may be right but they seem to be going around articles "correcting" things in such a way that will make them inaccessible! I have made my argument on his talk page User talk:HD1986. I don't know if according to Wikipedia rules I am wrong if so I will back off but I think the title should be accessible to English speakers and that the simplified long standing arabic transliterated title should be re-instated. After all this is geared to English speakers. AreaControl (talk) 20:40, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

See WP:Name for the official policy. I think you will find that someone else has already moved the article back to its original title. SpinningSpark 21:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I have moved it back to Homat el Diyar per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) and posted to User talk:HD1986. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:26, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Note that while it is certainly better at the name it has been moved back to, your concern about it being inaccessible under the other name is probably unnecessary. When an article is moved to a new name, a redirect is automatically created under the prior name, pointing to the new name. This happened here, so anyone who typed the anglified name would still have found themselves at the correct article. The same is now true in reverse.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:48, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

By the way, getting Homat el Diyar on my watchlist broke it! See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Special:Watchlist not working. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you both very much. I did not want to assert myself too much in case I was wrong AreaControl (talk) 14:48, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

The editor was also rather incivil