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I was going to ask at the reference desk, but this is also about the accuracy of the Ida Lupino article. It says she was born in 1918 and includes a reference from the General Register Office. Lupino appeared in films during 1933 and played romantic scenes with older men, the 1918 birthdate would mean she was only 15 years old (possibly 14) when she filmed those. Can that be the case? I think this would have created a scandal in 1930s England, and it would certainly be something that was mentioned in her biographies today, but I've never heard of this before. I think she was born in 1914, I would change the date but the General Register Office reference looks like a reliable source. 172.141.176.101 00:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
You know how whenever you start a new article, it says "Please cite your references or the article will most likely be deleted"? Well, how exactly do I cite a source. Do I just link to it under a header "References" or something? Thanks! ChipChamp 00:24, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
what is the significance of the five-pointed stars hung on the outside of houses?
the page about pharis aboobacker, the non resident keralite, when it was created
Hello,
I have posted scholarly, factual, cited, relevant, and neutral information on the topic of "Aisha." A user by the name of "Wassel" keeps blocking me. This is clearly a violation of free speech and of Wikipedia policy. How can he be prevented from his malevolent blockings? Is there anything I can do? THanks...Below is my exact post:
Muhammad married Aisha when she was six years old and had intercourse with her when she was nine. The Hadith of Sahih Bukhari, volume 7, no. 65 states, “Narrated Aisha that the prophet wrote the marriage contract with her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old.” Also again in volume 7, no. 88: “Narrated Urwa: "The prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)."" And once more in volume 5, no. 234 this fact is confirmed. Another Hadith of the Sunan of Abu Dawud states in volume 2, no.2116, “"Aisha said, "The Apostle of Allah married me when I was seven years old." (The narrator Sulaiman said: "Or six years."). "He had intercourse with me when I was 9 years old."
Aisha had not yet reached puberty when she and Muhammad had intercourse according to the Hadith of Sahih Bukhari Vol8,Bk73,#151: "Narrated 'Aisha:I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari pg143,Vol.13) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Heymanyosup ( talk • contribs).
I hope that I am putting this in the right place. Basically I am helping out a friend who has started a campaign on myspace to get the television licence in the UK abolished. They are hoping to get as many people to add them as possible and I said that I would help. I thought about adding a link to their myspace page in the links section of the wikipedia page on the television licence but I didnt know if this was allowed or even how to do it. Please can someone give me advice. Thanks.
How do i make wikipedia as my home page on my computer?'
How can I redirect DOA3 and DOA 3' to Dead or Alive 3?
Hello,
I submitted the definition to 1275 exchange about 45 days ago and still has not cleared and it's not posted. WIll you please advise on what i did incorrectly?
Thank you, Larry Michaels Larry 03:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
The text is too big how do i fix it it was normal before — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.118.105.172 ( talk)
Suppose I have an ISBN (e.g., ISBN 0395977894). Is there a website with relatively clean HTML/XML/Whatever output that will enable me to quickly generate this:
{{cite book | title = Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal | first = Eric | last = Schlosser | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Books | year = 2001 | id = ISBN 0395977894 }}
Perhaps you can see what I am getting at here. I am wondering if there is a quick way to turn an arbitrary ISBN into a filled-out WP cite template. I'm doing my due dilligence before undertaking to program this myself from scratch. dr.ef.tymac 04:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
http://ottobib.com/isbn/0395977894/wp
This is the second time this has happened, so I need to know how to avoid this in future. I moved The Glass Key (film) to The Glass Key (1935 film) so I could split off half of it to The Glass Key (1942 film). I then turned the original page into a dab. However, the talk page is linked somehow to The Glass Key (1935 film). Clarityfiend 05:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
When searching for something just now, I got a result with a title that each word should be capitalized, but it is not, and I'd like to edit that but can't figure out how to do it.
For example, I searched for "The Kings Of Classic Rock" and found the appropriate article, but the title was displayed as "The kings of classic rock"
How can I edit that so that each word is capitalized? I couldn't find how to do that in the help topics.
Thanks! Dmeros 05:58, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
When explaining Fifth Wheel you have ignored one very common meaning. It also means something useless or superfluous. In "Moby Dick" the author refers to the soul as the Fifth Wheel. Sentul 06:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
My Wikipedia page is set up as 'User: Nick Wakeling' as opposed to 'Nick Wakeling'. The web address is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nick_Wakeling; as opposed to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Wakeling. Consequently, I cannot search for Nick Wakeling, as I have to search for 'User: Nick Wakeling'. I have tried to work out how to edit this with no success.
Can you please advise how I can edit this to remove 'User:'.
Thanks
I WANT TO KNOW TRANSITION EQUATION " STAT OF MATTER" EQUATION IS F=C-P+2 DRUG SUBSTANCE CONSIDRATION STUDY AND IMPACT OF CRYSTALLIZATION, POLYMORPHISM, HYDRATES, HYGROSCOPITIY
help for adress of m/s mannesmann analagebau AG , DORTMUND , GERMANY
SIR
WE HAVE PURCHASED TURBO BLOWER -7 FOR OUR STEEL PLANT AT BOKARO STEEL PLANT , INDIA.
ORDER NO -- IPU NO -- TIP /G/31-23/82.6/239 AND THE SAME WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1989 / 90.
REFRENCE DRG.NO WAS -- 480-1-012852-A FOR MATERIAL 10CRMO910.
PRESENTLY IT HAS FAILED AND WE GOT IT'S COMPOSITION CHECKED . IT WAS FOUND THAT MATERIAL SUPPLIED WAS NOT AS PER SPECIFICATION.
WE WANT FOLLOWING HELP
1) IF YOU CAN CHECK AND CONFIRM ABOUT THIS SUPPLY.
2) SEND US MAILING ADRESS OF CONCERNED ORGANISATION / INDIVIDUAL WHOM WE SHOULD CONTACT
3)ANY FURTHER COMMENT FROM YOUR SIDE
EXPECTING YOUR REPLY
B D SINGH DY.GENERAL MANAGER (SAFETY) SAIL SAFETY ORGANISATION , ranchi , india
Hi,
I wanted to know how to use an image on clicking on which takes you to another page.
Hello, I have a recordings of the Parsi Jashan prayers which if linked to the Jashan page in Wikidedia could add value for readers. I have already contributed photos and made edits to various pages but need guidance to properly upload and link audio files. Grateful if you could post such instructions. Thanks, Hoorob
How do i link an image to another existing internal page?
Is it possible for me to add a topic of my own, on the main page of Wikipedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Msdaif ( talk • contribs).
who is the publisher of the website —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.235.121 ( talk • contribs)
I tried to put three pictures on the Montezuma, Colorado page. However, it just comes up as a link, and when one clicks on the link it only directs the user to an upload page. I've already uploaded the images to Wikipedia. What am I doing wrong?
McManus42 13:34, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Over the past 2 weeks or so, spammers at random IP addresses have been inserting links to a gambling blog into gambling-related articles, like this. It is getting to be very annoying. If I'm not mistaken, there is a spam blacklist, but I am not sure how to go about reporting this. Help? ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ 14:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
What is the name short for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.68.8.235 ( talk • contribs)
Trying to create a collapsible table on a private Wiki site I setup for internal use.
I did run across the help reference to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NavFrame, however whenever I follow the example and use:
This autocollapse table will initially collapse because there are at least two collapsible tables on this page. | |
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Column 1 | Column 2 |
There is no "hide/show" option displayed, it only shows the text on my mediawiki web site.
Wondering if there is something special I need to download and add to the wiki site for common files, or if there is a feature that needs to be enabled or if this is suppose to work out of the box? The installation and setup all completed successfully, and everything appears to be working fine.. it's just the simple show/hide collapsible table thing isn't working. Cider2007 15:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
On this wikipedia site, the collapse feature works fine. However, it's on my own personal wiki site I setup that it is not working as I expected it to. This may be the wrong place to ask, but I figured if it is then perhaps someone could direct me to where I would need to go if this is an "Admin Setup" type of issue.-- Cider2007 16:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm using the same software this site is running under, to my knowledge. If you look at the lower right of this page it shows the icon "Powered by MediaWiki" which is the same thing I'm running my site under. Perhaps I'm mistaken, or perhaps I'm confused. ;) Are they not the same? It is the "English" version also. -- Cider2007 16:42, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I think I'm closing in on the problem, but not sure what's the best approach to the solution.
If you look at the help link I referenced above, it talks about the NavFrame. In the top section of the web page that talks about the NavFrame, it talks about the technical parts being located in the "MediaWiki:Common.css" and "MediaWiki:Common.js".
I found the "Common.css" located under /skins/common. However, "Common.js" does not exist anywhere in the tree structure.
My first thought is to just copy and paste the content from both the .css and .js and call it a day, but not sure if the .js requires a specific "Import" request or not. As well as the question that surfaces to my mind, why is the .css different than what is referenced here on the site? I downloaded the latest builds when I installed it. Everything installed fine.
Perhaps there is a different version that this site runs under? -- Cider2007 16:56, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you all for your insight and knowledge on the topic. I kept digging until I found what I needed. I did have the latest "stable" release which is 1.10.1 on the MediaWiki site.
After reading through some of the content again on that page, I ran across a reference to 7.6 ...doesn't this work? It works on Wikipedia! and it basically told me what was mentioned above--a lot of the wiki sites run a modified version that is newer than the latest stable release.
Armed with this info, I went and downloaded the latest "Alpha" version out of the SVN and upgraded my site to this. WHen I went to the site, it said the wiki has not been setup yet.. go configure it. So I did. ;) Glad I did though, as it updated the MySQL with the latest changes. The features still didn't work though.
I created the "Common.js" in the /skins/common folder, and it still didn't work. I'm sure there was probably some way I am suppose to add a reference to the .js file, but I don't know where.
I was reading through the comments of the Common.js reference on MediaWiki and discovered some references to functions that will basically overwrite those in "wikibits.js" so I did what I do best and modified the wikibits.js file and updated all the functions from the Common.js and added the missing functions and code calls.
The collapsable table now works as I wanted. =) Thanks again for all your help. I hope this may be of use to others, however with my luck they'll probably be releasing the latest latest version which will include all these changes and stuff..tomorrow. ;) Who knows, but I'm happy it's working now!-- Cider2007 19:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I've uploaded an image, at Image:EdenMaineLogo.png. I was hoping that doing so as a .png would make the white background transparent, but I was wrong. Anyway, is there somewhere that I can request somebody help me out with regards to this? Getting the white to transparent, that is. Seegoon 16:28, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I want to make a new page for a band.. how can i?
When a Wikipedia article shows up in a Google search the text describing the article frequently doesn't appear in the article, and is obviously written specifically for people searching. How is this text added to an article? 172.212.54.153 18:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi! In the last few months I've created many articles that are translations of other language Wikipedia versions or just have a parallel version in one or many languages. I always provide the interwiki link to the other language page on the page here, but I don't always link the other language versions back to the one I created (espically when there are a lot of languages).
I've seen bots adding languages many times before, so my question is this: How do I get the interwiki link adding bot to automatically add them for the pages I create, because it apparently doesn't automatically do it. Hope that question's clear. Thanks! - Theanphibian ( talk • contribs) 18:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I would like the following articles I have written or made major contributions to that have been deleted as non-notable or crystal ball sent to me to post in my sandbox:
Thanks. -- Scottandrewhutchins 18:25, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I had a suggestion about wikipedia. I think, that while browsing, reading things, and clicking on links to other things you have found while reading an article, it would be convenient to have a toolbar or notepad on the side or toolbar to be able to drag a link onto so that you can finish reading your article and then just click on the link in the toolbar and go straight there, so you dont forget...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.181.152 ( talk • contribs).
Hello, how do you create a committed identity thing, and what is it? Thanks, Neranei talk 19:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I am a 53 year old disabled woman living on a fixed income of $760. per month and am looking to set up a non-profit organization to buy a city block of land located in a poor, mostly African American neighborhood which was affected tremendously by Hurricane Katrina. It is my desire to zero in on the abused children. South Misissippi has a severe housing problem and the poor and low income victims of Hurricane Katrina have the worst quality of life and very little hope of ever seeing homes of their owns. I want to shelter the families of abused children and ultimately (within one or two years) provide affordable housing for 100 to 200 persons.
I need to set up a non-profit organization with which to solicit funding from charitable Foundations. I do not know how to do this, but I do have access to the land, location and abused children. can you advise me. Thank you, Katie King
I would like to know how to rename a page I inserted, Network file control, it should be Network File Control. The last two words show under case and should have been upper case.
I havd not logged in for more than a couple of years. There used to be a page with my bio ...Claude Kagan, it seems to have vanished. I tried logging in, failed, I tried to create a new account and I cannot read the puzzling words to complete the login. I have very lw vision and cannot read , Ihave to listen to what I can find when I find it. I cannot hack your help system and read, or rather listen to the entire page. So someone please give me real help.
This is my last hope.
I have not changed my email in the last six years that I have had it. it is:
(removed by Kuronue 19:58, 18 August 2007 (UTC) to prevent spam)
I know that you people are volunteers and you have helped me in the past when I was les helpless.
I contributed a number of items including the sam76, globotype, stinging nettles, additions to Harrow school. and wish to add one more to harrow school pertaining changes I have noted since I was a boy there in 1938 and visited with my grand son last summer in 2006.
So someone take pity, sned me a direct email, and arrange for me to be able to login without having to play gavmes with nonsensical jumbled characters.
Other than perhaps keeping little children out, I cannot imagine what good they do.
Claude A. R. Kagan, aka Claude A. Kagan, Aka Claude Kagan
I cannot proffread this stuff so if there are typos in it , I am on my knees pleading fro forgiveness, if that does not work I will accept a caning.
Cordially Claucee kagan
What should I do when I find a User page that is blatant advertising? For a general article, I know I can flag it for deletion (Speedy or AfD), but what about user pages? I've seen 3 such pages in the past week or so -- they're outside the scope of Speedy or AfD, and the users in question have (so far) not vandalized any articles or violated any policies in the Article space. Should I edit their user pages and risk an edit war? Should I report them to Administration? So many choices. HalJor 22:58, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I have a problem. The article on Nicky Wu has a reference, but it says it has no references! Is someone trying to get the article removed?
{{helpme}} How many kinds of wikis are there? To be more specific, how many versions of wikipedia are there? There may be hundreds of wikis out there!
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I was going to ask at the reference desk, but this is also about the accuracy of the Ida Lupino article. It says she was born in 1918 and includes a reference from the General Register Office. Lupino appeared in films during 1933 and played romantic scenes with older men, the 1918 birthdate would mean she was only 15 years old (possibly 14) when she filmed those. Can that be the case? I think this would have created a scandal in 1930s England, and it would certainly be something that was mentioned in her biographies today, but I've never heard of this before. I think she was born in 1914, I would change the date but the General Register Office reference looks like a reliable source. 172.141.176.101 00:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
You know how whenever you start a new article, it says "Please cite your references or the article will most likely be deleted"? Well, how exactly do I cite a source. Do I just link to it under a header "References" or something? Thanks! ChipChamp 00:24, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
what is the significance of the five-pointed stars hung on the outside of houses?
the page about pharis aboobacker, the non resident keralite, when it was created
Hello,
I have posted scholarly, factual, cited, relevant, and neutral information on the topic of "Aisha." A user by the name of "Wassel" keeps blocking me. This is clearly a violation of free speech and of Wikipedia policy. How can he be prevented from his malevolent blockings? Is there anything I can do? THanks...Below is my exact post:
Muhammad married Aisha when she was six years old and had intercourse with her when she was nine. The Hadith of Sahih Bukhari, volume 7, no. 65 states, “Narrated Aisha that the prophet wrote the marriage contract with her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old.” Also again in volume 7, no. 88: “Narrated Urwa: "The prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)."" And once more in volume 5, no. 234 this fact is confirmed. Another Hadith of the Sunan of Abu Dawud states in volume 2, no.2116, “"Aisha said, "The Apostle of Allah married me when I was seven years old." (The narrator Sulaiman said: "Or six years."). "He had intercourse with me when I was 9 years old."
Aisha had not yet reached puberty when she and Muhammad had intercourse according to the Hadith of Sahih Bukhari Vol8,Bk73,#151: "Narrated 'Aisha:I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari pg143,Vol.13) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Heymanyosup ( talk • contribs).
I hope that I am putting this in the right place. Basically I am helping out a friend who has started a campaign on myspace to get the television licence in the UK abolished. They are hoping to get as many people to add them as possible and I said that I would help. I thought about adding a link to their myspace page in the links section of the wikipedia page on the television licence but I didnt know if this was allowed or even how to do it. Please can someone give me advice. Thanks.
How do i make wikipedia as my home page on my computer?'
How can I redirect DOA3 and DOA 3' to Dead or Alive 3?
Hello,
I submitted the definition to 1275 exchange about 45 days ago and still has not cleared and it's not posted. WIll you please advise on what i did incorrectly?
Thank you, Larry Michaels Larry 03:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
The text is too big how do i fix it it was normal before — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.118.105.172 ( talk)
Suppose I have an ISBN (e.g., ISBN 0395977894). Is there a website with relatively clean HTML/XML/Whatever output that will enable me to quickly generate this:
{{cite book | title = Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal | first = Eric | last = Schlosser | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Books | year = 2001 | id = ISBN 0395977894 }}
Perhaps you can see what I am getting at here. I am wondering if there is a quick way to turn an arbitrary ISBN into a filled-out WP cite template. I'm doing my due dilligence before undertaking to program this myself from scratch. dr.ef.tymac 04:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
http://ottobib.com/isbn/0395977894/wp
This is the second time this has happened, so I need to know how to avoid this in future. I moved The Glass Key (film) to The Glass Key (1935 film) so I could split off half of it to The Glass Key (1942 film). I then turned the original page into a dab. However, the talk page is linked somehow to The Glass Key (1935 film). Clarityfiend 05:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
When searching for something just now, I got a result with a title that each word should be capitalized, but it is not, and I'd like to edit that but can't figure out how to do it.
For example, I searched for "The Kings Of Classic Rock" and found the appropriate article, but the title was displayed as "The kings of classic rock"
How can I edit that so that each word is capitalized? I couldn't find how to do that in the help topics.
Thanks! Dmeros 05:58, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
When explaining Fifth Wheel you have ignored one very common meaning. It also means something useless or superfluous. In "Moby Dick" the author refers to the soul as the Fifth Wheel. Sentul 06:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
My Wikipedia page is set up as 'User: Nick Wakeling' as opposed to 'Nick Wakeling'. The web address is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nick_Wakeling; as opposed to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Wakeling. Consequently, I cannot search for Nick Wakeling, as I have to search for 'User: Nick Wakeling'. I have tried to work out how to edit this with no success.
Can you please advise how I can edit this to remove 'User:'.
Thanks
I WANT TO KNOW TRANSITION EQUATION " STAT OF MATTER" EQUATION IS F=C-P+2 DRUG SUBSTANCE CONSIDRATION STUDY AND IMPACT OF CRYSTALLIZATION, POLYMORPHISM, HYDRATES, HYGROSCOPITIY
help for adress of m/s mannesmann analagebau AG , DORTMUND , GERMANY
SIR
WE HAVE PURCHASED TURBO BLOWER -7 FOR OUR STEEL PLANT AT BOKARO STEEL PLANT , INDIA.
ORDER NO -- IPU NO -- TIP /G/31-23/82.6/239 AND THE SAME WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1989 / 90.
REFRENCE DRG.NO WAS -- 480-1-012852-A FOR MATERIAL 10CRMO910.
PRESENTLY IT HAS FAILED AND WE GOT IT'S COMPOSITION CHECKED . IT WAS FOUND THAT MATERIAL SUPPLIED WAS NOT AS PER SPECIFICATION.
WE WANT FOLLOWING HELP
1) IF YOU CAN CHECK AND CONFIRM ABOUT THIS SUPPLY.
2) SEND US MAILING ADRESS OF CONCERNED ORGANISATION / INDIVIDUAL WHOM WE SHOULD CONTACT
3)ANY FURTHER COMMENT FROM YOUR SIDE
EXPECTING YOUR REPLY
B D SINGH DY.GENERAL MANAGER (SAFETY) SAIL SAFETY ORGANISATION , ranchi , india
Hi,
I wanted to know how to use an image on clicking on which takes you to another page.
Hello, I have a recordings of the Parsi Jashan prayers which if linked to the Jashan page in Wikidedia could add value for readers. I have already contributed photos and made edits to various pages but need guidance to properly upload and link audio files. Grateful if you could post such instructions. Thanks, Hoorob
How do i link an image to another existing internal page?
Is it possible for me to add a topic of my own, on the main page of Wikipedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Msdaif ( talk • contribs).
who is the publisher of the website —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.235.121 ( talk • contribs)
I tried to put three pictures on the Montezuma, Colorado page. However, it just comes up as a link, and when one clicks on the link it only directs the user to an upload page. I've already uploaded the images to Wikipedia. What am I doing wrong?
McManus42 13:34, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Over the past 2 weeks or so, spammers at random IP addresses have been inserting links to a gambling blog into gambling-related articles, like this. It is getting to be very annoying. If I'm not mistaken, there is a spam blacklist, but I am not sure how to go about reporting this. Help? ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ 14:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
What is the name short for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.68.8.235 ( talk • contribs)
Trying to create a collapsible table on a private Wiki site I setup for internal use.
I did run across the help reference to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NavFrame, however whenever I follow the example and use:
This autocollapse table will initially collapse because there are at least two collapsible tables on this page. | |
---|---|
Column 1 | Column 2 |
There is no "hide/show" option displayed, it only shows the text on my mediawiki web site.
Wondering if there is something special I need to download and add to the wiki site for common files, or if there is a feature that needs to be enabled or if this is suppose to work out of the box? The installation and setup all completed successfully, and everything appears to be working fine.. it's just the simple show/hide collapsible table thing isn't working. Cider2007 15:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
On this wikipedia site, the collapse feature works fine. However, it's on my own personal wiki site I setup that it is not working as I expected it to. This may be the wrong place to ask, but I figured if it is then perhaps someone could direct me to where I would need to go if this is an "Admin Setup" type of issue.-- Cider2007 16:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm using the same software this site is running under, to my knowledge. If you look at the lower right of this page it shows the icon "Powered by MediaWiki" which is the same thing I'm running my site under. Perhaps I'm mistaken, or perhaps I'm confused. ;) Are they not the same? It is the "English" version also. -- Cider2007 16:42, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I think I'm closing in on the problem, but not sure what's the best approach to the solution.
If you look at the help link I referenced above, it talks about the NavFrame. In the top section of the web page that talks about the NavFrame, it talks about the technical parts being located in the "MediaWiki:Common.css" and "MediaWiki:Common.js".
I found the "Common.css" located under /skins/common. However, "Common.js" does not exist anywhere in the tree structure.
My first thought is to just copy and paste the content from both the .css and .js and call it a day, but not sure if the .js requires a specific "Import" request or not. As well as the question that surfaces to my mind, why is the .css different than what is referenced here on the site? I downloaded the latest builds when I installed it. Everything installed fine.
Perhaps there is a different version that this site runs under? -- Cider2007 16:56, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you all for your insight and knowledge on the topic. I kept digging until I found what I needed. I did have the latest "stable" release which is 1.10.1 on the MediaWiki site.
After reading through some of the content again on that page, I ran across a reference to 7.6 ...doesn't this work? It works on Wikipedia! and it basically told me what was mentioned above--a lot of the wiki sites run a modified version that is newer than the latest stable release.
Armed with this info, I went and downloaded the latest "Alpha" version out of the SVN and upgraded my site to this. WHen I went to the site, it said the wiki has not been setup yet.. go configure it. So I did. ;) Glad I did though, as it updated the MySQL with the latest changes. The features still didn't work though.
I created the "Common.js" in the /skins/common folder, and it still didn't work. I'm sure there was probably some way I am suppose to add a reference to the .js file, but I don't know where.
I was reading through the comments of the Common.js reference on MediaWiki and discovered some references to functions that will basically overwrite those in "wikibits.js" so I did what I do best and modified the wikibits.js file and updated all the functions from the Common.js and added the missing functions and code calls.
The collapsable table now works as I wanted. =) Thanks again for all your help. I hope this may be of use to others, however with my luck they'll probably be releasing the latest latest version which will include all these changes and stuff..tomorrow. ;) Who knows, but I'm happy it's working now!-- Cider2007 19:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I've uploaded an image, at Image:EdenMaineLogo.png. I was hoping that doing so as a .png would make the white background transparent, but I was wrong. Anyway, is there somewhere that I can request somebody help me out with regards to this? Getting the white to transparent, that is. Seegoon 16:28, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I want to make a new page for a band.. how can i?
When a Wikipedia article shows up in a Google search the text describing the article frequently doesn't appear in the article, and is obviously written specifically for people searching. How is this text added to an article? 172.212.54.153 18:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi! In the last few months I've created many articles that are translations of other language Wikipedia versions or just have a parallel version in one or many languages. I always provide the interwiki link to the other language page on the page here, but I don't always link the other language versions back to the one I created (espically when there are a lot of languages).
I've seen bots adding languages many times before, so my question is this: How do I get the interwiki link adding bot to automatically add them for the pages I create, because it apparently doesn't automatically do it. Hope that question's clear. Thanks! - Theanphibian ( talk • contribs) 18:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I would like the following articles I have written or made major contributions to that have been deleted as non-notable or crystal ball sent to me to post in my sandbox:
Thanks. -- Scottandrewhutchins 18:25, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I had a suggestion about wikipedia. I think, that while browsing, reading things, and clicking on links to other things you have found while reading an article, it would be convenient to have a toolbar or notepad on the side or toolbar to be able to drag a link onto so that you can finish reading your article and then just click on the link in the toolbar and go straight there, so you dont forget...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.181.152 ( talk • contribs).
Hello, how do you create a committed identity thing, and what is it? Thanks, Neranei talk 19:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I am a 53 year old disabled woman living on a fixed income of $760. per month and am looking to set up a non-profit organization to buy a city block of land located in a poor, mostly African American neighborhood which was affected tremendously by Hurricane Katrina. It is my desire to zero in on the abused children. South Misissippi has a severe housing problem and the poor and low income victims of Hurricane Katrina have the worst quality of life and very little hope of ever seeing homes of their owns. I want to shelter the families of abused children and ultimately (within one or two years) provide affordable housing for 100 to 200 persons.
I need to set up a non-profit organization with which to solicit funding from charitable Foundations. I do not know how to do this, but I do have access to the land, location and abused children. can you advise me. Thank you, Katie King
I would like to know how to rename a page I inserted, Network file control, it should be Network File Control. The last two words show under case and should have been upper case.
I havd not logged in for more than a couple of years. There used to be a page with my bio ...Claude Kagan, it seems to have vanished. I tried logging in, failed, I tried to create a new account and I cannot read the puzzling words to complete the login. I have very lw vision and cannot read , Ihave to listen to what I can find when I find it. I cannot hack your help system and read, or rather listen to the entire page. So someone please give me real help.
This is my last hope.
I have not changed my email in the last six years that I have had it. it is:
(removed by Kuronue 19:58, 18 August 2007 (UTC) to prevent spam)
I know that you people are volunteers and you have helped me in the past when I was les helpless.
I contributed a number of items including the sam76, globotype, stinging nettles, additions to Harrow school. and wish to add one more to harrow school pertaining changes I have noted since I was a boy there in 1938 and visited with my grand son last summer in 2006.
So someone take pity, sned me a direct email, and arrange for me to be able to login without having to play gavmes with nonsensical jumbled characters.
Other than perhaps keeping little children out, I cannot imagine what good they do.
Claude A. R. Kagan, aka Claude A. Kagan, Aka Claude Kagan
I cannot proffread this stuff so if there are typos in it , I am on my knees pleading fro forgiveness, if that does not work I will accept a caning.
Cordially Claucee kagan
What should I do when I find a User page that is blatant advertising? For a general article, I know I can flag it for deletion (Speedy or AfD), but what about user pages? I've seen 3 such pages in the past week or so -- they're outside the scope of Speedy or AfD, and the users in question have (so far) not vandalized any articles or violated any policies in the Article space. Should I edit their user pages and risk an edit war? Should I report them to Administration? So many choices. HalJor 22:58, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I have a problem. The article on Nicky Wu has a reference, but it says it has no references! Is someone trying to get the article removed?
{{helpme}} How many kinds of wikis are there? To be more specific, how many versions of wikipedia are there? There may be hundreds of wikis out there!