Wikipedia:New contributors' help page

Wikipedia:New contributors' help page

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Alternate versions of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 - don't know how to edit

While trying to edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 (titled "x86 architecture" and redirected from "X86" I found that the text in the edit window did not match the text I had been reading. Both texts were about the x86 architecture, but varied in significant ways. I was able to access both pages in separate browser tabs (neither one in edit mode), but both had the same URL. I've saved a copy of each page as MS Office Document Images. One begins with the text "The generic term x86 refers to the instruction set of the most commercially successful CPU architecture [1] in the history of personal computing. It is used in processors from Intel, AMD, VIA, and others, and derived from the model numbers of the first few generations of processors, backward compatible with Intel's original 16-bit 8086 CPU, most of which were ending in 86. [2]" and the other begins with the text "The generic term x86 , refers to the CISC instruction set created by Intel and implemented in CPU processors."

I'd like to make typographical changes to one of the two, but can't get the edit page for that instance of the article. Clicking on "edit this page" from that page takes me to the edit page for the other version. You can e-mail me through my user page if you need a copy of the two pages to understand the issue.

--dblanchard 06:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

You've run into a funny situation where:

1. You read a page
2. While you read the page, someone else, who has hit edit before you, edits the page and hits save
3. You hit edit
4. Net result: You don't see the code what you read.

This is why: [1] and [2] - someone has been editing the article. x42bn6 Talk Mess 11:36, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Damodar Rao ( Son of Rani Laxmi Bai)

My question is regarding Damodar Rao, the adopted son of Rani Laxmi Bai.Actualy I never heard anything about him. If anyone can help me about this then its great.

129.35.81.18 11:07, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

This page is for new contributors to ask for help with using and editing Wikipedia. You might want to try asking your question at the reference desk instead. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 16:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

There is some info given at Rani Lakshmibai. For further info, you can also try asking at the talk page of that article. — Lost^(talk) 13:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Choices for inclusion of several images on a single subject

Hello everyone. I'm considering contributing to an article about a city. Not an important or famous one. But I'm planning to write a good article, about many aspects (history, demographics, climate, culture, and so on). I thought about the images: there are many interesting places in the city; part of a cultural heritage; and there are some representative ones, or relevant within the city itself. At all, there are many images. Say, fifteen. Possibly more than what would be suitable for an elegant article.

I heard about image galleries, and thought that it is the choice I was looking for. But, after reading the [[3]], I'm not quite sure.

I think that the pictures are relevant to an encyclopedia: someone might get into the article for that city, and think "hey, it seems that to get to know better this town I should take a look at these pictures, let's do it". It's definitely an useful resource. To my point of view, this can only be challenged by the fact that we're not talking about a very importan place.

I think that splitting the images among articles for their subjects is a bad idea, since each image's subject is far from being relevant enough to have its own article. Putting all the images in the article would be a bad idea too: possibly bad-looking and cumbersome. Having the images hosted at another site, and linking to it, would be ignoring their encyclopedic relevance.

My question is: What can I do to make the images available? Is a gallery a good choice? How is this problem addressed in, say, really big and important cities, full of interesting places? Am I wrong, and this is not important to an encyclopedia, at all?

Thanks in advance, and cheers!!

Alfredo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.220.222.140 (talk) 20:04, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

If its only images that you wish to contribute and you want to categorise them under a particular group, you can load them to commons. Just be sure that they are your own images and that you load them under a proper license — Lost^(talk) 13:44, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

military tactics professional needed

If you know of a suitable person could you let me know. thank you in anticipation Nevilleford 03:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

This is not a job posting site and this particular page is only for help with editing wikipedia. Thanks — Lost^(talk) 13:37, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Removing newly created pages

How do I remove article pages which were newly created mistakenly. The two pages I wish to remove are :

21:28, 16 November 2007 (hist) (diff) Anti-Slavery Movement and Les Amis des Noirs During the French Revolutionary Period 1789-1793‎ (←Blanked the page) (top)

16:37, 16 November 2007 (hist) (diff) Anti-Slavery Movement and Les Amis des Noirs During the French Revolutionary Period 1789-1793‎ (←Created page with '::A common perception of the French Revolution of 1789 is that it was, in part, a struggle for the rights of man. The pursuit of these ideals, exemplified in the re...')

The 16:37 page was supposed to have been created in the sandbox, but obviously I made an error. The 21:28 page was my unsuccessful attempt at removeing the 16:37 page

The page that I have successfully saved, and which replaces the above two pages is:

21:24, 16 November 2007 (hist) (diff) Slavery Abolition Efforts by Les Amis des Noirs‎ (←Created page with '

A common perception of the French Revolution of 1789 is that it was, in part, a struggle for the rights of man. The pursuit of these ideals, exemplified in the r...') (top) Any help is appreciated. -- Judyroly (talk) 21:41, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Just wack {{db:author}} on them, that should work.--Kerotan^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 21:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

By the way, the correct way to spell that is {{db-author}} Tra (Talk) 01:57, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

how to Submit my creation

I have created a new Full length article to submit to Wikipedia but I am pulling my hair out, as there are no Instruction or links to show me where I go to SUBMIT my work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Suenarmy (talk • contribs) 09:06, 17 November 2007

Try Wikipedia:Your first article. If that doesn't have enough info, then ask again here. Sbowers3 (talk) 14:48, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

adding an entry

41.196.178.45 (talk) 19:33, 17 November 2007 (UTC)iqbalbaraka Please fill in the subject box above, then replace this text 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. 41.196.178.45 (talk) 19:33, 17 November 2007 (UTC) How do I add an entry to a category?

[4]

Dear Wikipedia Helpdesk,

As you can see from my faculty website, I have spent much of my professional work having to do with psychedelics:

Teaching the 1st catalog-listed psychedelics course

Psychoactive Sacramentals (2001)

Psychedelic Horizons (2006)

Psychedelic Medicine, 2 vols (2007)

Next March I will be chairing the 4 Rising Researchers sessions at the World Psychedelic Forum in Basel, and doing other tasks.

I would like to be listed in the article "Psychedelic Advocates and Proponents." But this would also require an article about myself, and I see that one of the Wikipedia rules is not to write an article about oneself.

Strange as it may seem to you, so far as I know, I know no Wikipedia article writers. Is there some way to overcome this limitation and write an article about my work and myself?

Please respond to my talk.

Thank you,

TBRoberts (talk) 23:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

how unsigned

How is anything unsigned? One of the acceptable cases of editing someone else's post is to add an "unsigned" tag, but elsewhere I read that the only way to keep your IP address from being appended to a post was to have a registered username, because one or the other would be associated with every post. So under what circumstances does someone need to add an "unsigned" tag to someone else's post? And, when he does, how does he know who left the unsigned comment? Jmichael ll (talk) 05:51, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

A bot (automated account) usually adds those tags to pages. Specifically, User:SineBot does it. You don't need to sign pages for other people. - Rjd0060 (talk) 05:53, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

As to how he knows, the page's History identifies the author and time of each edit, and a link to the specific content change. And the reason for adding a "sign" is to make it easier to follow a conversation, also to make it easier for others to reply directly to that user's talk page, or sometimes to look through the user's contributions to help determine exactly what the user was talking about. Sbowers3 (talk) 13:31, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

(after E/C) There are many times when signing for others is useful. Bots go down for maintenance or are malfunctioning, their operators leave (which is what happened with Hagermanbot), pages deny bot access because they are listed at Category:Users who have opted out of automatic signing or contain {{NoAutosign}}, {{nobots}} and various versions of ?UNIQ776866394936c327-nowiki-00000008-QINU?, a page is not an article or a talk page and is not in Category:Non-talk pages that are automatically signed, or the bot isn't sure if it really should sign something, so it defaults to not signing it (e.g., in cases of complex edits). Getting back to the original question, most discussion posts should be signed so that everyone can see who added the material. As stated at WP:SIG: "Any post made to user talk pages, article talk pages, or other discussion pages should be signed." In order to find out who the user is who left their post unsigned, you go to the page history of the page in question and find their contribution, then copy their name and use it in the template. It is pretty simple to find who added what if there haven't been many intervening edits. If the post is older it can be a pain.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:39, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

How to delete a new page with wrong title

I have wrongly created a new page with double quotes in the title - how do I delete it? I have created a second page with the correct title. Wrong Title : "Galloway Association of Glasgow" Correct Title : Galloway Association of Glasgow. I tried action=purge, but to no effect. Thanks. Ggaweb1 (talk) 12:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

add ?UNIQ776866394936c327-nowiki-00000009-QINU? to the top of the page.Geni (talk) 12:36, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

my job depends on writing a Wikipedia article re corporate client! But I need to vet it w/ company before posting it

oh boy. I hope someone can answer this before I have to do the work. I ahve to write an article for wikipedia. But it has to be vetted by the corporate client before it gets posted (that's assuming I writeitin the rpopoer "neutral" tone, etc.) So my question is: While I'm shaping this article, and before it gets publicly posted, is there a "place"to just edit and save before I post it? Like: an intermediate space where people shape articles before they put them up for others to see??// Help. I need this job and the piece is due monday. Dee Axelrod (talk) 13:05, 18 November 2007 (UTC) Dee Axelrod

Create the article in your own sandbox. Click User:Dee Axelrod/sandbox to create yours. Then inside your sandbox you can create the article or create subpages for multiple articles. E.g. in your sandbox enter ?UNIQ776866394936c327-nowiki-0000000A-QINU?. When you save your sandbox, you'll see a redlink. When you click you can create the subpage "mypage". Sbowers3 (talk) 13:36, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

How to delete a wrong entry displayed in the Category Pages

I have successfully deleted a new page with the wrong title (thanks to everyones help). However, two of the Category pages still contain references to the wrong page (that no longer exists). How do I delete these false entries in the category pages? For example, category page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Charities_based_in_Scotland wrongly refers to "Galloway Association of Glasgow" (ie with quotes) as well as to the correct page of Galloway Association of Glasgow (ie without quotes). Thanks in anticipation. Ggaweb1 (talk) 13:10, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

The category will sort itself out on it's own and has now done so.Geni (talk) 13:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedian Statistics

Is there a statistics page for registered Wikipedians out there? I've only been able to find information for Wikipedians who have contributed at least 10x but not for all registered users. Specifically, I want to look at the growth in registered users since the project began. Thanks! 140.247.154.131 (talk) 16:05, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

See Special:Statistics--Phoenix-wiki ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:10, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Adding images of book covers (copyright question)

I would like to add some images of book covers to a page I am working on for an author. The book covers are copyrighted by the author and I have permission (verbal) to use them. I do not want to violate any laws or Wikipedia rules, so I am posing the question of whether I should do this. Meta.wagner (talk) 16:51, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Verbal permission may not be enough. See WP:COPYREQ. Basically, the author must send an email to OTRS, who handle these things amongst others, allowing the images to be released under the GFDL (which may not be what the author wants), not just for Wikipedia. I'll leave this question open to other responses. x42bn6 Talk Mess 16:59, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

What format

Hi ,

Please let me know te format of the new contribution of my article

~Krithika

Mh, what do you mean, do you mean to link articles (?UNIQ776866394936c327-nowiki-0000000B-QINU?), or do you need help with categories, or is it another aspect of editing? Please elaborate. Regards, —Qst 18:15, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

How do I protect my user page?

How do I protect my user page from vandalism? ?UNIQ776866394936c327-math-0000000C-QINU? _{(talk) (email)} 01:00, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

You can ask for protection of your user page by adding a request at Requests for Page Protection. - Rjd0060 (talk) 01:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

How do I create a new article?

Please fill in the subject box above, then replace this text 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. 58.2.238.143 (talk) 13:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

How do I add a new article?

58.2.238.143 (talk) 13:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC) Krithika

See Starting a new page and Your first article. x42bn6 Talk Mess 14:08, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Note that you will have to register an account before you can create an article. Sbowers3 (talk) 14:40, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. --ais523 14:41, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Adding Pages

I have made two pages from scratch so far. I have come to create a new page, and as always, just can't seem to find the link. It took me two hours last time to figure out how to create a page. I search for the topic, in this case "A-equivalence" and I get a message saying the article doesn't exist and a list of similar titles. There is no link of the sort "add this article". I'm sure one does exist. Where is it? Can you please make these things easier to find, so even simpletons like myself can find them. Dharma6662000 (talk) 13:52, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Enter the name of the article in the search box and then click on 'Go', or press Return; that will give you the 'create this article' link. See Help:Starting a new page for more information. --ais523 14:27, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Your first article has much more information for beginners than Help:Starting a new page.

Can you tell us some of the paths you tried for two hours? Knowing that would help us make the path a little easier. Sbowers3 (talk) 14:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

article naming

How do I create an alternate name for an article? For example "great war" and "first world war" and "WWI" all lead to the same site. How do I include this type of information in my articel? G.M.Weeks (talk) 22:31, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

To do this, you need to create a redirect page. I will use your example of World War I to explain how to do this. If you wanted to create a redirect page from "great war" to "World War I," you would create a page called "great war." The only text on that page would be ?UNIQ776866394936c327-nowiki-0000000D-QINU?. After you save that page, the page Great War will automatically redirect to World War I. Hope this helps. --דניאל - Dantheman531 23:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

article multiple languages

I created an article in English which has a German counterpart. How do I indicate on the side that there is also a German article? G.M.Weeks (talk) 23:54, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

See Help:Interlanguage links. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:59, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

messed up on my preferences.

Dang it! I very erroniously tried to avoid this for a long time and now I think I must handle it: to wit: I shot myself in the foot real good by editing my preferences before I knew what I was doing/@ the terminal @ which I usually contribute to wikipedia, the result was that I: A) cannot save changes in edit mode before viewing them (annoying / disasterouse for some endevors /B)cannot click some links if they are to far to the left. If anyone knows what preference I did wrong, / can tell me, that would be more than great. Thank you bunches and bunches in advance. This is godawful embarrasing. Thats the 1st reason I did not ask sooner. The 2nd is it worked out to an advantage sometimes (sometimes you click a link thats not that important/Sometimes you neeed to check your work more before saving.) I should note that the reason for A above is the same as B above, namely I cannot click things too far to the left. Clicks to far to the left are ignoredif there is a non-textual link to the left of what I'm trying to click. OOPSE: I just realised 1 other result of my preference foot shooting: C) My search field buttons(go/search) cut into my texts, so that I cannot read parts of many articles (It's really embarrasing how long I let that go, but I occasionally read a book that has a page w/ small parts of the left margin on some some pages, figuring its usually deducable, to a degree/ if its only a bit/ not that important, compared to what I need to gleen, I let it go w/ greater or lesser grudge, as well.Thaddeus Slamp (talk) 02:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Listing did appear in Google, now it is gone

I recently began a page for AirTrav Inc. After starting the initial paragraph it did show up in a search via Google. The image bot then asked for use of image clarification and I added the required logo tag including copyright notice. Now the AirTrav listing does not appear in Google but is still active/live here within Wiki. Any ideas? Is it because I made editing changes and image tags that it takes up to 48 hours for the search engines to catch up? NorthernFlyer (talk) 14:56, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

This is really a question for Google, but I see your article is now back in the search listing. Search engines do take a while to find stuff.--Lord Nose (talk) 10:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

user page as wikipedia page?

I wrote a new page under my account, and wanted then to post it. copy-pasted the content, what I shouldn't have done... so redirected it to "nanomesh", but now the page is always visible as "USER: nanomesh".

how can I make that this page become an ordinary wikipedia page, without the word "user"? thanks Nanomesh (talk) 15:00, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the redirect from Nanomesh to your userpage as it is not allowed under Wikipedia policy, and am leaving a request here for the page to be moved. Г^edʃtǁcɭ 15:13, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

how to find scotlands snow falls over the past 200 years

hi i am trying to get a history of scotlands snow falls over the past 200 years ie blizzards snowfall areas of the highlands of scotland. thank you 81.131.29.71 (talk) 23:44, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia doesn't have an article on Scotland's snowfall history. Maybe you should try Google-ing it. If you find it, you could create an article on it for other users with your same problem or request that it be created. That's about all the advice I can give you. ~~~~ 23:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Threat of nuclear weapons in Korean Peninsula

Shall we share the opinions on the topic above, on the threat of nuclear weapons in Korean Peninsula? What is your value points of view on it? Ahlong1234 (talk) 11:23, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a discussion forum. If you can write an article on the above topic in an encyclopedic manner, it will be welcome. For help on writing articles, see the links that I left on your page — Lost^(talk) 11:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

how do you start a new page for your self

there are no directions that i can find Xme (talk) 15:35, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome, Xme! I realize Wikipedia might seem confusing at first, (please click on the blue words to read the policy/guide they refer to). Wikipedia is not like other sites you may have come across. First, it is an encyclopedia. What this means, is that it is not MySpace, or FaceBook, or a place to host personal webspace, or a place where editors can make articles about anything they wish. Wikipedia has Core policies, such as neutrality, notability, verifiability, etc. What does all of this mean? Well, it means that any article on Wikipedia must demonstrate notability (meaning it must be note worthy, covered by the media, etc.), and have reliable, third-party sources (such as news media articles, magazine/trade journal articles) written about the subject, and the information given in the article must cite those sources to verify it is true. From those sources, information is summarized, paraphrased, condensed, and worded neutrally to make an encyclopedic entry (information cannot be copied from other sites). See Wikipedia's manual of style, layout guide, your first article, article development, and how to edit for assistance. Once you are ready to make an article, and you have your sources ready to cite, you could work on it in your userspace, at a subpage, such as User:Xme/sandbox until you're ready, and then you can use the "move" tab to move it to article space. It may be helpful to have an experienced editor help you with it, to help you learn what to avoid, or what to add. Or, if you're comfortable, just type the article's title in the search box, and if it does not exist, you can create it. I'd encourage you to work on it in your userspace first, as using the preview, and seeing how it looks ahead of time is exceedingly helpful to avoid problems that may result in the article being deleted due to issues. Hope that helps! Ariel♥Gold 15:55, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

citing a source in my article

How do I cite/add a source in my article?

--Pbmirish (talk) 20:50, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citing sources. Come back if it's unclear how it applies to your situation. And by the way, nobody owns an article. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Having expanded an article, I am unable to remove the "This is a stub" message

Please fill in the subject box above, then replace this text 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. Richard-artist (talk) 13:19, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I've removed the stub tag, but the article will need to be wiki-fied per the Manual of Style, and needs cleanup, so I added those tags. Very nice job expanding it, thanks! Ariel♥Gold 13:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Question

What is Wikipedia and what is vandalism and vandal fighters? BK4ME (talk) 16:41, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit; see Wikipedia:About for more information. Because anyone can edit, anyone can help it out constructively; unfortunately, some people instead vandalise the encyclopedia by making unhelpful changes. When anyone notices vandalism, they can just remove it or 'revert' the article back the way it was beforehand (using the 'history' tab at the top of the page); vandal fighters are users who watch for vandalism (using tools such as Special:Recentchanges, which lists recent edits) and revert it. There are a number of technical measures in place to prevent vandals harming the encyclopedia; normally vandalfighters will start off with warnings, but if a user refuses to stop vandalising then they are generally blocked, preventing them in particular from editing, although other people can still continue to edit. There are many other safeguards as well. Hope that helps! --ais523 16:48, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! BK4ME (talk) 16:58, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

ability to adjust colomns in tables

I am trying to find out how to center the text in a table column field.

my email address is (email removed to protect you from spambots)

have a good Thanksgiving Meyerj (talk) 21:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

You add style="text-align:center" as an attribute for each cell in the column:

a	b
ccc	ddd

?UNIQ776866394936c327-pre-0000000E-QINU?

It's a pity simpler markup doesn't exist, really. --ais523 17:40, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Admin Power Abuse

I'm looking for an advice on who monitors and manages wiki admins. In particular, who deals with admins who abuse their admin powers. I have an undisputed proof of several admins abusing their powers and having good time doing it. Abuse involves blatant prejudice, favoritism, abuse of the ability to block members and more. One of the admins exercised his ability to block a member without any reason and when request for unblock was issued by blocked member, the same admin came to decline the request that was to appeal HIS (that admin's) block! Blatant abuse of admin powers! I have proof, including screenshots in case abusers have means to modify the database (plus I'm sure it will come handy when contacting media about it).

I would like to ask someone to let me know who or what is in charge of wikipedia administrators, or who has the means to review actions of particular admins and take appropriate actions based on evidence provided, so I can bring this forth for their review. Please note, I will not be talking to another admin. It has to be someone with higher privileges on wikipedia. Admins are notorious for their prejudice and favoritism toward fellow admins so this is not the way to go.

PLEASE NOTE - this is a serious request for help. If you have the answer for me and can point me to the right direction, please do so. Responses not addressing my question will be ignored and so will be all attempts to attack or discredit me. Where do I report admins who abuse their powers? Thank you for your time. MarkMarek (talk) 02:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

The Arbitration Commission is about the best bet you're going to get for that, but considering they're admins themselves and you state you won't talk to another admin, you might have to just e-mail Jimbo. However, you're probably going to want to read the usual dispute resolution methods and familiarize yourself with them before you go further. Tony Fox (arf!) 02:49, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Tony, that's pretty much the answer I was looking for. MarkMarek (talk) 03:16, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

You can also go to the Administrator's noticeboard/incidents too.--Sunny910910 ^{(talk|Contributions)} 03:27, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Change IP Address to User Name in prior contributions ?

Hello I made several contributions (edits, corrections etc) without having logged in. As a result, my contributions do not show my User Name as the signature, rather an IP Address.

Is there a way to change all those IP Addresses to my User Name so that I can track my changes based on User Name and also let others see that I made those changes (in case of desired communication etc) ?

Please answer here and my talk page.

Thanks

WB —Preceding unsigned comment added by WBoutros (talk • contribs) 04:32, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid not: article history can't be changed. You can make a dummy edit in the article's history saying 'that IP was me', if you like. --ais523 17:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Something to Sing About page!!!

How am I doing with Something to Sing About (2000) page? is there any changes that need to be done? If so, can you fix it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bamgermany2000 (talk 02:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I've gone and made some changes to the article. --Silver Edge (talk) 08:01, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Please fill in the subject box above, then replace this text 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. 216.229.79.199 (talk) 16:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC) §§

Microbiology

What is bacteria in microbiology. 216.229.79.199 (talk) 16:34, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

This page is for new editors to ask for help with using Wikipedia. I think you're looking for the science reference desk. You might also want to look at the articles on bacteria and microbiology. If those articles don't have the information you need, you can ask the reference desk for more specific information. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 16:46, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

My article

Hello, I recently submit information on the Brava Breast Enhancement System. It is not an advertisement; I have used the system and want other women to know that there are alternatives to implants. Can I define the system and tissue expansion? How should I word it so it is a definition? Thank you Evayo (talk) 15:44, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

If you want to create article about this system, start with reading Wikipedia:Your first article. Jacek Kendysz 16:18, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Posting

I posted an entry last week that I feel is very legitimate. It was titled The Coxmen and is similar to many social groups that are currently listed in Wikipedia. I saw that it was removed and I saw your reasoning but believe this was removed too quickly. How can I challenge this removal? Kmcdonough (talk) 22:10, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

The deletion log suggests that it was deleted under speedy deletion criteria A7, an article about an unremarkable person, group, etc. that does not make an assertion of notability; the deleting admin also stated it had no references. If you feel that it was deleted in error, you can always request a deletion review, but I would suggest reading our notability guidelines to determine whether the group is in fact notable enough to be included. Tony Fox (arf!) 22:35, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I should note that if this is the article (from Google cache) that you posted, and which was deleted, it's definitely A7 material. It would need substantial reliable sources added to indicate the group has notability outside of itself before it could be considered for inclusion here. Tony Fox (arf!) 22:37, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Worth and Value

What site could I use in order to find the value of an item or items? 71.106.220.109 (talk) 05:46, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, probably not Wikipedia, as Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. - Rjd0060 (talk) 05:54, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

translation into Tamil

thanks for answering my question on Nov.25 ontranslating from French to English. i am unable to access the wikipedia site in Tamil. how do I do it? and also could you tell me how to go about translating anything in wikipedia? do i translate onlky those pages asked to be translated or could i translate any anrticle in one language into another? thank you for answeringJothimike (talk) 14:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

You should be able to access it at ta.wikipedia.org. You can translate any article you like between wikipedia sites; though fulfilling requests such as those made at Wikipedia:Translation would be most welcome. --Jon186 (talk) 21:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

help creating an article

I would like to create an article about "Julie Meyer", who is a London based Entrepreneur. (not the fictional character "mayer" from Desperate Housewives)

Everytime I search for an existing article, other results and spellings come up with variations on her name.

She is already mentioned in an article about "First Tuesday", and I would like to link her up to that article and create a page about her, but seem to be getting stopped everytime.

The help page is rather unuseful. Please advise as to what I do next.

Many thanksAriadneCapital (talk) 14:45, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

The article has previously been created and deleted, because it didn't assert it's significance. If you're sure you can show why it is important, you can start it again by clicking on this page, after reading WP:NOT. Karlww _{(contribs|talk)} 15:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

New article not showing up in search

I posted a new article three full days ago. It's at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H%C3%A9mard It doesn't show up on a Wikipedia search for the title (Joseph Hemard). Why not? Thanks. FarleyKatz (talk) 03:30, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

It takes time for Wikipedia search to index a new article. I think 3 days is more than normal but be patient. I have created a redirect from Joseph Hemard to Joseph Hémard. That works immediately if you write the exact name of the redirect and press Enter or click "Go". PrimeHunter (talk) 04:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

GO button: good. SEARCH button: bad. (The GO button defaults to a search if necessary anyway.)--Lord Nose (talk) 12:34, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Dictionary and Encyclopedia

I have a couple of other editors telling me that Dictionary and Encyclopedia entries on a subject aren't usable as sources that we have to use papers by scholars for sourcing. What argument can I use against this? Alatari (talk) 15:37, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

It depends, for example on whether they satisfy Wikipedia:Reliable sources, whether they are up to date, whether the article satisfies Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. This page is not part of Wikipedia:Dispute resolution and I don't want to judge a dispute I haven't even seen. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:44, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Physiotherapy

PHYSIOTHERAPY IN MALAYSIA.

MALAYSIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION represents the Physiotherapist of the country. There are currenly 369 registered practicing members in the country.---- Bainsphysio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.50.156.230 (talk) 18:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay... This page is for new Wikipedia contributors to request help. Is there something you want help with? PrimeHunter (talk) 18:52, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Bainsphysio

Bainsphysio^TM is a registered Physiotherapy practice in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. It has its head quarters in Taman Melawati, KL and have several branches and associates---- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.50.156.230 (talk) 18:54, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Again, is there something you want help with? If you want to create an article:

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Period in Link - can I remove it?

The following page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic%2C_Inc. has a period in the direct link. Is there a way to remove this? Thanks.

Afreccero (talk) 19:10, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

You can link to Organic, Inc. by writing ?UNIQ776866394936c327-nowiki-0000000F-QINU?. Articles can be moved to a new name but I don't think the period should be removed. There is a period in Nike, Inc. which is used as example in Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Companies. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

If you want to link to the page without showing the period you can use ?UNIQ776866394936c327-nowiki-00000010-QINU? or ?UNIQ776866394936c327-nowiki-00000011-QINU? (only the text after the vertical bar is shown as the link). <Karlww _{(contribs|talk)} 19:21, 29 November 2007 (UTC)