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Hi
I am looking to write an article about an artist that has minimal exposure, (one article written about them). The name is already in the Wikipedia database, but none of the titles that come up are for this particular person, how do i make a new article for a title that is already on wikipedia?
What part of the requests page should I go to make a suggestion for a feature on wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lollipop-3 ( talk • contribs) 01:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I think that I may have inadvertently erased the section of "Notable People" from the "Staten Island" page. I have been re-hauling the page and adding photographs as it was a real mess, however this section is now missing and I don't know where to find it. Could someone retrieve this section from the history and put it back in? It was a rather long list of names of famous people form Staten Island. Thank you and I'm sorry. I'll try to be more careful. (Unless someone else deleted it?) Hannahgoldstein ( talk) 03:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)Hannah Goldstein
Let me begin by apoligizing if this is the wrong place to put this, I looked for an overall Wikimedia help desk and did not find one.
I recently had the idea of a Wiki Social Contract - more or less a constitution with possibly thousands of editors - in hopes of an ideal Social Contract. I first posted it on Wikipedia but it was immediately revoked, for the reason that it was an original work. I have no problem with this, as it is logical. I soon found that there are other Wiki sites under the umbrella Wikimedia; one of these being Wikisource. It seemed to me that the contract would fit there, though again, for the same reasons, it was deleted.
I am not at all bitter about these happenings, having now read more in depth the 'new page' requirements - and heck I learned about more Wiki sites that look pretty neat.
And now my question: Is there a Wikimedia site which exists for new thought and where my social contract idea would fit. Thank you, especially if this is the wrong spot for this question about wrong locations ha) Que? ( talk) 06:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Bold text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.197.115.80 ( talk) 06:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello. My name is Phil Smith & recently while trying to update info about Janette Geri, my wife, I incurred a deletion dispute. Please know that it was totally my ignorance in using Wikipedia that allowed this to occur. I would like to ask how the page can be restored within the Wiki guidelines etc. and apologise for making a mess. Thankyou, Phil Smith. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Halftonerecords ( talk • contribs) 07:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
What is Different beatween Hub & Switch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.19.26.131 ( talk) 07:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Hub -single collision domain Switch -multiple collision domain
Hub-basically a multi port repeater Switch -basically a multi port bridge
Hub-suppose I/P bandwidth is 100MHz and 10 devices are attached to it then O/P bandwidth is 10MHz each Switch-suppose I/P bandwidth is 100MHz and 10 devices are attached to it then O/P bandwidth is 100MHz and at a Time only one devices is connected through a virtual connection(a dedicated virtual connection.So a multi port bridge sort)
Hub-Not an intelligent device as it broadcasts the message to all devices attached Switch -Is an intelligent device as it stores tables and decides which device to connect to so not a broadcasting device
contact at:91-9999637772
I am very impressed with knowledge of people who conribute to Wikipedia. - Do they ontribute to Wikipedia voluntarily? - How long each arile remain on the portal? - Do you site another article by differnt contributor on the same
suject later?
Thanking in advance for your response to this inquiry.
T. Shimada, Ph.D. <e-mail removed> NF24( happy holidays!) 21:05, 21 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.168.45.218 ( talk) 12:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
hOW CAN I ORGANISE A TRIP TO VISIT TAJ MAHAL FROM COLOMBO —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.31.241.79 ( talk) 12:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Is it still useful to keep the {{europe-airport-stub}} and {{Bremen-geo-stub}} below the Bremerhaven Airport article, as there is nothing more to add — unless we add the full content of the airmen charts and information of this kind? If not, may I remove these banners? — Kanġi Oĥanko ( talk) 12:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to wikipedia, and I was reading the faq and everything but didn't got any normal explanation of my question for example what I should do if I want to post an information wit photos about a very famouse Bar in Santo Domingo - Dominican republic ?
Can you please tell me step by step what should be done ?
thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vladicorp ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
CDW is no longer Fortune 500 we are a private company bought out by Madison-Dearborn Partners. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.32.91.114 ( talk) 16:05, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm absolutely new to this -- I don't know how to resolve a "citation needed" notation in someone else's entry, so I (probably erroneously) created this User Talk page asking the question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Bartbrn#top
User talk:Bartbrn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search
I hope I'm doing this right... I was looking at a Wikipedia article on Del Close and found the following: "Around this time, Close also worked with John Brent to record the classic beatnik satire album How to Speak Hip. The album became a prized record for DJs worldwide, and was one of Brian Wilson’s favourite comedy albums.[citation needed]"
I happen to have that citation, but I don't know how to add it, or anything else on Wikipedia, for that matter.
The Del Close "How to Speak Hip" comments by Brian Wilson are from the Beach Boys' 5-disc box set, Thirty Years of The Beach Boys, on disc 5 of 5, track 6 of 24, "Hang On To Your Ego (sessions)"
Thirty Years of The Beach Boys Label: EMI Number of Discs: 5 Release Date: July 3, 1993 Item UPC: 077778129424
Bartbrn (talk) 23:34, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Please let me know how I SHOULD have done this.
Thanks!
bartbrn Bartbrn ( talk) 16:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
The track in question is a studio outtake, in which Brian Wilson is joking with his studio musicians, and he quotes from Del Close's "How To Talk Hip," an album which he admires. Then the track goes into the studio session of the Wilson song "Hang On To Your Ego." Bartbrn ( talk) 17:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Are editors that are not Wikipedia administrators allowed to place Image:Admin mop.PNG on their user pages? Some do, which I find misleading, and I was curious as to why. Thanks. ↔ Dennywuh ( talk) 16:59, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I realized that article deletions (or any kind, I presume) made by admins could be restored... thus, WMF retains backups of everything that was deleted including the myriads of articles that newly registered users create each day about themselves? As I understand it only oversight users can delete material truly (and only revisions, not articles... as I read) - and then, not really, since developers can restore it. -- Menti fisto 18:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
i put a edit on the page and it is gone. I am the Rabbi of the CommandmentKeepers cong. I want to change the wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Semiticcushim ( talk • contribs) 18:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I updated the information about our congregation and it was deleted. I am the Rabbi of the congregation.
Semiticcushim ( talk) 19:04, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I accidentally deleted my C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder, and although I believe I recovered them, Wikipedia (and a few other sites) display incorrectly. The fonts have changed and become extremely small. I was able to edit my own CSS/stylesheet so that articles appeared in a more legiable font, but of course the menu tree is still messed up.
What is the default font that Wikipedia uses, so that I can ensure that it's installed on my system?
Thanks in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sflorack ( talk • contribs) 19:12, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
View -> Text size
and increase the text size to the size you want. If you're using IE, go to Page -> Text size
and change it.
Pyrospirit (
talk ·
contribs)
19:54, 21 December 2007 (UTC)Hi, Does talk page content have to be kept, even if it has been dealt with? I think it does, but am not sure.
Cheers Thenthornthing ( talk) 20:46, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
{{helpme}}
Someone vandilized.
After I had a contribution rejected, I started watching The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) and now it looks very strange. I know my sources were at the bottom but now there's just a big red mess. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I see your advice to the person above, but it doesn't seem to be working. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:12, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
It's gone now, but I don't see the sources. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I know I made a comment on a talk page and I can't find it in my contributions. However, I did get there from a search engine.
I was going to discuss whether the "hidden meanings" of the gifts should be listed, though the person who reverted me said in his reason that there were various versions. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
hi i would like to set up a page for Adrian Kennedy, He prsents the FM104 phoneshow which you already have a page for. He has asked me to write to you because we can't find a link to start setting up a page. They're all just telling us how to create one. Please reply soon as he would like to be able to tell his listeners about the page which will bring many views to you as his show is the most listened to on Ireland. Again please reply soon! Thank You! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kennedy07 ( talk • contribs) 21:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
How do you make Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak Enforcer work on other wikis? 86.139.118.167 ( talk) 22:39, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
If its a Wikimedia foundation sister project (Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikitravel, etc...) you can simply place the script in your monobook (just like on Wikipedia) for your account on that project and it should work. I'm not sure about non Wikimedia projects, though, if that's where you're trying to use the script, maybe ask a sysop on that Wiki. Mr Senseless ( talk) 22:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to edit in the Sandbox to make a Wikipedia link to a Wikipedia article. That article is The Tempest. I entered it like this, The Tempest, but it didn't convert to a link when I hit "Show Preview." Other links that I used worked fine. Can anyone please suggest what I did wrong? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Voiceperson ( talk • contribs) 23:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Please excuse me, I forgot to sign my question. I'm the one who wrote the following: I am trying to edit in the Sandbox to make a Wikipedia link to a Wikipedia article, which is The Tempest. I entered it like this, The Tempest, but it didn't convert to a link when I hit "Show Preview." Other links that I used worked fine. Can anyone please suggest what I did wrong? Thank you. 209.244.188.148 ( talk) 23:24, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE A CHRISTIAN MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEM IN WIKIPEDIA BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW PLEASE HELP ME.
ROBERT PETERSON —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
69.218.236.156 (
talk)
23:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< December 20 | << Nov | December | Jan >> | December 22 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk Archives |
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The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current Help Desk pages. |
Hi
I am looking to write an article about an artist that has minimal exposure, (one article written about them). The name is already in the Wikipedia database, but none of the titles that come up are for this particular person, how do i make a new article for a title that is already on wikipedia?
What part of the requests page should I go to make a suggestion for a feature on wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lollipop-3 ( talk • contribs) 01:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I think that I may have inadvertently erased the section of "Notable People" from the "Staten Island" page. I have been re-hauling the page and adding photographs as it was a real mess, however this section is now missing and I don't know where to find it. Could someone retrieve this section from the history and put it back in? It was a rather long list of names of famous people form Staten Island. Thank you and I'm sorry. I'll try to be more careful. (Unless someone else deleted it?) Hannahgoldstein ( talk) 03:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)Hannah Goldstein
Let me begin by apoligizing if this is the wrong place to put this, I looked for an overall Wikimedia help desk and did not find one.
I recently had the idea of a Wiki Social Contract - more or less a constitution with possibly thousands of editors - in hopes of an ideal Social Contract. I first posted it on Wikipedia but it was immediately revoked, for the reason that it was an original work. I have no problem with this, as it is logical. I soon found that there are other Wiki sites under the umbrella Wikimedia; one of these being Wikisource. It seemed to me that the contract would fit there, though again, for the same reasons, it was deleted.
I am not at all bitter about these happenings, having now read more in depth the 'new page' requirements - and heck I learned about more Wiki sites that look pretty neat.
And now my question: Is there a Wikimedia site which exists for new thought and where my social contract idea would fit. Thank you, especially if this is the wrong spot for this question about wrong locations ha) Que? ( talk) 06:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Bold text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.197.115.80 ( talk) 06:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello. My name is Phil Smith & recently while trying to update info about Janette Geri, my wife, I incurred a deletion dispute. Please know that it was totally my ignorance in using Wikipedia that allowed this to occur. I would like to ask how the page can be restored within the Wiki guidelines etc. and apologise for making a mess. Thankyou, Phil Smith. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Halftonerecords ( talk • contribs) 07:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
What is Different beatween Hub & Switch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.19.26.131 ( talk) 07:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Hub -single collision domain Switch -multiple collision domain
Hub-basically a multi port repeater Switch -basically a multi port bridge
Hub-suppose I/P bandwidth is 100MHz and 10 devices are attached to it then O/P bandwidth is 10MHz each Switch-suppose I/P bandwidth is 100MHz and 10 devices are attached to it then O/P bandwidth is 100MHz and at a Time only one devices is connected through a virtual connection(a dedicated virtual connection.So a multi port bridge sort)
Hub-Not an intelligent device as it broadcasts the message to all devices attached Switch -Is an intelligent device as it stores tables and decides which device to connect to so not a broadcasting device
contact at:91-9999637772
I am very impressed with knowledge of people who conribute to Wikipedia. - Do they ontribute to Wikipedia voluntarily? - How long each arile remain on the portal? - Do you site another article by differnt contributor on the same
suject later?
Thanking in advance for your response to this inquiry.
T. Shimada, Ph.D. <e-mail removed> NF24( happy holidays!) 21:05, 21 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.168.45.218 ( talk) 12:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
hOW CAN I ORGANISE A TRIP TO VISIT TAJ MAHAL FROM COLOMBO —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.31.241.79 ( talk) 12:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Is it still useful to keep the {{europe-airport-stub}} and {{Bremen-geo-stub}} below the Bremerhaven Airport article, as there is nothing more to add — unless we add the full content of the airmen charts and information of this kind? If not, may I remove these banners? — Kanġi Oĥanko ( talk) 12:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to wikipedia, and I was reading the faq and everything but didn't got any normal explanation of my question for example what I should do if I want to post an information wit photos about a very famouse Bar in Santo Domingo - Dominican republic ?
Can you please tell me step by step what should be done ?
thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vladicorp ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
CDW is no longer Fortune 500 we are a private company bought out by Madison-Dearborn Partners. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.32.91.114 ( talk) 16:05, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm absolutely new to this -- I don't know how to resolve a "citation needed" notation in someone else's entry, so I (probably erroneously) created this User Talk page asking the question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Bartbrn#top
User talk:Bartbrn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search
I hope I'm doing this right... I was looking at a Wikipedia article on Del Close and found the following: "Around this time, Close also worked with John Brent to record the classic beatnik satire album How to Speak Hip. The album became a prized record for DJs worldwide, and was one of Brian Wilson’s favourite comedy albums.[citation needed]"
I happen to have that citation, but I don't know how to add it, or anything else on Wikipedia, for that matter.
The Del Close "How to Speak Hip" comments by Brian Wilson are from the Beach Boys' 5-disc box set, Thirty Years of The Beach Boys, on disc 5 of 5, track 6 of 24, "Hang On To Your Ego (sessions)"
Thirty Years of The Beach Boys Label: EMI Number of Discs: 5 Release Date: July 3, 1993 Item UPC: 077778129424
Bartbrn (talk) 23:34, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Please let me know how I SHOULD have done this.
Thanks!
bartbrn Bartbrn ( talk) 16:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
The track in question is a studio outtake, in which Brian Wilson is joking with his studio musicians, and he quotes from Del Close's "How To Talk Hip," an album which he admires. Then the track goes into the studio session of the Wilson song "Hang On To Your Ego." Bartbrn ( talk) 17:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Are editors that are not Wikipedia administrators allowed to place Image:Admin mop.PNG on their user pages? Some do, which I find misleading, and I was curious as to why. Thanks. ↔ Dennywuh ( talk) 16:59, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I realized that article deletions (or any kind, I presume) made by admins could be restored... thus, WMF retains backups of everything that was deleted including the myriads of articles that newly registered users create each day about themselves? As I understand it only oversight users can delete material truly (and only revisions, not articles... as I read) - and then, not really, since developers can restore it. -- Menti fisto 18:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
i put a edit on the page and it is gone. I am the Rabbi of the CommandmentKeepers cong. I want to change the wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Semiticcushim ( talk • contribs) 18:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I updated the information about our congregation and it was deleted. I am the Rabbi of the congregation.
Semiticcushim ( talk) 19:04, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I accidentally deleted my C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder, and although I believe I recovered them, Wikipedia (and a few other sites) display incorrectly. The fonts have changed and become extremely small. I was able to edit my own CSS/stylesheet so that articles appeared in a more legiable font, but of course the menu tree is still messed up.
What is the default font that Wikipedia uses, so that I can ensure that it's installed on my system?
Thanks in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sflorack ( talk • contribs) 19:12, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
View -> Text size
and increase the text size to the size you want. If you're using IE, go to Page -> Text size
and change it.
Pyrospirit (
talk ·
contribs)
19:54, 21 December 2007 (UTC)Hi, Does talk page content have to be kept, even if it has been dealt with? I think it does, but am not sure.
Cheers Thenthornthing ( talk) 20:46, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
{{helpme}}
Someone vandilized.
After I had a contribution rejected, I started watching The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) and now it looks very strange. I know my sources were at the bottom but now there's just a big red mess. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I see your advice to the person above, but it doesn't seem to be working. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:12, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
It's gone now, but I don't see the sources. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I know I made a comment on a talk page and I can't find it in my contributions. However, I did get there from a search engine.
I was going to discuss whether the "hidden meanings" of the gifts should be listed, though the person who reverted me said in his reason that there were various versions. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
hi i would like to set up a page for Adrian Kennedy, He prsents the FM104 phoneshow which you already have a page for. He has asked me to write to you because we can't find a link to start setting up a page. They're all just telling us how to create one. Please reply soon as he would like to be able to tell his listeners about the page which will bring many views to you as his show is the most listened to on Ireland. Again please reply soon! Thank You! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kennedy07 ( talk • contribs) 21:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
How do you make Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak Enforcer work on other wikis? 86.139.118.167 ( talk) 22:39, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
If its a Wikimedia foundation sister project (Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikitravel, etc...) you can simply place the script in your monobook (just like on Wikipedia) for your account on that project and it should work. I'm not sure about non Wikimedia projects, though, if that's where you're trying to use the script, maybe ask a sysop on that Wiki. Mr Senseless ( talk) 22:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to edit in the Sandbox to make a Wikipedia link to a Wikipedia article. That article is The Tempest. I entered it like this, The Tempest, but it didn't convert to a link when I hit "Show Preview." Other links that I used worked fine. Can anyone please suggest what I did wrong? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Voiceperson ( talk • contribs) 23:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Please excuse me, I forgot to sign my question. I'm the one who wrote the following: I am trying to edit in the Sandbox to make a Wikipedia link to a Wikipedia article, which is The Tempest. I entered it like this, The Tempest, but it didn't convert to a link when I hit "Show Preview." Other links that I used worked fine. Can anyone please suggest what I did wrong? Thank you. 209.244.188.148 ( talk) 23:24, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE A CHRISTIAN MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEM IN WIKIPEDIA BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW PLEASE HELP ME.
ROBERT PETERSON —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
69.218.236.156 (
talk)
23:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC)