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The template concerned is a season list one ( Template:All Saints season 10 episode list). I have included it in the infobox for the episodes of All Saints but it is quite a long list and so, for reasons of neatness, I would like to make it collapse. I have tried adding "state=collapsed" to the template when i am including it in the infobox but it does nothing. Could you please tell me how to make it collapse? Thanks. Davido321 ( talk) 00:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Please see the discussion of Barry Sanders (football player) under "1997 Season" someone has altered this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.91.7.194 ( talk) 00:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I recently added a photo to an article, now text is squeezed between this image and an infobox, Ashford, New South Wales I would like to improve the appearance of the article, spacing works but I am sure there is a better way could someone direct me to an editing hints page, thanks -- Matt ( talk) 01:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I cannot make any edits under my account name at all, due to some sort of blacklist for a URL I know nothing about. Can anybody help? Kitchawan ( talk) 01:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I think this has been asked, but: I specialize in geography. When I click random article, is there a way for me to filter only geography things coming through? I'd prefer not to have to click 10 times just to get to an article with relevant stuff I could do. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s ( Talk to Me) 03:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I think I have exceeded the limit for the number of times I can call a template on this page:
List of museums in the United States
I know that this is not a problem with markup because of this:
Minnesota was not changed from Version 1 to version 2, only more calls to Template:Museum were made before it.
Can anyone help me figure out exactly what is going on? Is this a bug or is this an intentional feature? What can I do about this? It was working out very well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben Boldt ( talk • contribs) 03:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Where is the authors name on wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.227.208.72 ( talk) 03:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Dear Sir,
I want to down load wikipedia encylopedia. Any version is available for free down load?. Pl. inform me the details. How to down load and install.
Thanking you,
gsre 07 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.88.6.240 ( talk) 05:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I am very surprised not to be able to find information about Megaglobe, the new international search engine.
There are a ton of press releases about them, millions of visitors a month but no article on Wikipedia.
Actually Megaglobe is also in the top 100 search engines, so you might want to update your Wiki because there are a lot of discrepencies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.152.138.131 ( talk) 05:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
what is the relationship between pounds and kilograms,as in, how many kilograms equals how many pounds or viceversa? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.220.113.74 ( talk) 08:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
what are pounds? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.220.113.74 ( talk) 08:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to know if my article is ok now or is it still up for deletion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gatamanga ( talk • contribs) 08:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
This page has changed "Old Testament" to "Old Testacle"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Nehemiah
Does anyone at Wikipedia care? Is there an easy way to report vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.118.190.129 ( talk) 09:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I want to add a page about Intellect publishing. It has been deleted as it said I was advertising the company. How have the company Future Publishing added a page very similar to the one I tried to create and it still exists?? Melaniesharrison ( talk) 10:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I need to change the title of a page as the company name has now changed. How do I go about this? Also, if I change the name will the links to it still work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by NatalieABC ( talk • contribs) 12:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
I am trying to ensure that the following page appears when a reader types in the search term 'PAPI'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAPI:_Personality_and_Preference_Inventory
At present, a long list of alternatives appear but not this actual page.
Could you advise please.
Nick Parfitt
Nparfitt ( talk) 13:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Dear Sir / Madam,
I need help regarding submission of my Organisation details. Please get in touch with me as soon as possible at <email removed>.
Thanks & Regards, Harsh Gupta —Preceding unsigned comment added by Advanide ( talk • contribs) 14:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
In this entry, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_J._Friedman
Friedman is listed as the dean of the law school. You'll see, though, that in the law school's entry, Michelle S. Simon is listed as dean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_University_School_of_Law
Friedman is no longer the dean of the Pace Law School. Can you remove that? Here is an article where Simon is named Dean:
http://www.law.pace.edu/News/2007/MSimonInterimDean.html —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Talopes (
talk •
contribs)
14:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Re Cottesloe band night - I marked this as prod yesterday (Dec 5) on the basis that, although I'm sure it's locally interesting, it doesn't appear to be notable enough for WP. On checking today, I find that the author of the article has removed the prod with no indication why. I've remarked it as prod, but rather than getting into a revert war, I'd appreciate an experienced editor to cast an eye over this and see if I'm being reasonable/unreasonable. The article MAY actually be a CSD, but I was being (I thought) considerate in marking it as prod to allow discussion. Thanks. CultureDrone ( talk) 14:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
does it solely go to this wikipedia or does it go to all the other stuff [like wiktionary]? Gentleness · Talk 19:11, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Which tense should be used, past or present. For example, the Boeing 737 is an airplane. the 737-200 is no longer made. The 737-800 is still being made. Should the article read:
The Boeing 737 is an airplane with 2 engines. In 1967, the first 737 flew (not flies). There are many models.
The 737-200 is (or was) a short, stubby plane (or was because it is no longer made?)
The 737-200 has 6 doors (not had because there are still 737-200 aircraft flying today?)
Lufthansa German Airlines ordered some planes (not orders).
The 737-800 is a long, skinny plane that has 8 doors.
Delta Airlines ordered some 737-800 aircraft (not orders).
I think I can figure this out but advice is appreciated. Archtransit ( talk) 19:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
If it is still in use I think you should use the present tense. The planes, after all, still exist. Gentleness · Talk 19:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
How do I ensure that information pertaining to myself does not appear on wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.253.111.98 ( talk) 19:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
I signed up yesterday and promplty forgot what password I have used.
I have asked for a password reminder and I have recieved one.
I have tried the password as sent by email but it doesn't work so I have created a new account:
Hornli Ridge2
You might want to inviestigate why the password wasn't changed but the email was sent.
You might also want to delete the account Hornli Ridge
So far I am not very impressed. One more go then I'll call it quits and write my stuff on my own web site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hornli Ridge2 ( talk • contribs) 19:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
This may possibly be the wrong place to ask this question, as it is mainly about using the MediaWiki software, rather than actually using Wikipedia itself. However, I couldn't think of a better place to ask it.
Is it possible to include an image in a page without having the link to the image information page being created? A wiki that I frequently visit would benefit from the ability to have images load without the links. It's using MediaWiki 1.10.0, in case that information is important. -- Lardarse ( talk) 19:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I hope this is just a small technical problem I can't seem to figure out, but there is something wrong with the ref numbers in the Dickinson article. There are fifty-one references, but the reflist has only fifty listed because #34 is listed twice and each following number is therefore off by one. Could someone take a look and let me know what to do? Thanks! María ( habla con migo) 20:33, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
All of the timestamps in Wikipedia (can't beleve it took me a year to notice this) are a month behind. It's December, not November. Can we get a tech from WikiMeda to fix this? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vistro ( talk • contribs) 21:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
neuro surgery —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.52.18.58 ( talk) 21:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded a jpg photo of a lava heron to be used in the article on lava herons. Unfortunately, the file seems to have gone into limbo - it is not linked to the article. How do I link it?
I am finding the process of adding photos to your articles so frustrating that I may not do so in future. The difficulty of the process may be putting off many other people as well as me. Please put up clear instructions on how to link the image one uploads to an article.
The article is
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lava_Heron&oldid=166029182
The uploaded jpg is called "Lava heron Ecuador_4008a.jpg" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soler97 ( talk • contribs) 22:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
What's the difference between banned users and blocked users? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bane of Durin ( talk • contribs) 23:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Is there any way I can read an article without the distracting citations? Gforce20 ( talk) 23:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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The template concerned is a season list one ( Template:All Saints season 10 episode list). I have included it in the infobox for the episodes of All Saints but it is quite a long list and so, for reasons of neatness, I would like to make it collapse. I have tried adding "state=collapsed" to the template when i am including it in the infobox but it does nothing. Could you please tell me how to make it collapse? Thanks. Davido321 ( talk) 00:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Please see the discussion of Barry Sanders (football player) under "1997 Season" someone has altered this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.91.7.194 ( talk) 00:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I recently added a photo to an article, now text is squeezed between this image and an infobox, Ashford, New South Wales I would like to improve the appearance of the article, spacing works but I am sure there is a better way could someone direct me to an editing hints page, thanks -- Matt ( talk) 01:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I cannot make any edits under my account name at all, due to some sort of blacklist for a URL I know nothing about. Can anybody help? Kitchawan ( talk) 01:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I think this has been asked, but: I specialize in geography. When I click random article, is there a way for me to filter only geography things coming through? I'd prefer not to have to click 10 times just to get to an article with relevant stuff I could do. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s ( Talk to Me) 03:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I think I have exceeded the limit for the number of times I can call a template on this page:
List of museums in the United States
I know that this is not a problem with markup because of this:
Minnesota was not changed from Version 1 to version 2, only more calls to Template:Museum were made before it.
Can anyone help me figure out exactly what is going on? Is this a bug or is this an intentional feature? What can I do about this? It was working out very well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben Boldt ( talk • contribs) 03:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Where is the authors name on wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.227.208.72 ( talk) 03:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Dear Sir,
I want to down load wikipedia encylopedia. Any version is available for free down load?. Pl. inform me the details. How to down load and install.
Thanking you,
gsre 07 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.88.6.240 ( talk) 05:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I am very surprised not to be able to find information about Megaglobe, the new international search engine.
There are a ton of press releases about them, millions of visitors a month but no article on Wikipedia.
Actually Megaglobe is also in the top 100 search engines, so you might want to update your Wiki because there are a lot of discrepencies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.152.138.131 ( talk) 05:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
what is the relationship between pounds and kilograms,as in, how many kilograms equals how many pounds or viceversa? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.220.113.74 ( talk) 08:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
what are pounds? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.220.113.74 ( talk) 08:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to know if my article is ok now or is it still up for deletion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gatamanga ( talk • contribs) 08:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
This page has changed "Old Testament" to "Old Testacle"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Nehemiah
Does anyone at Wikipedia care? Is there an easy way to report vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.118.190.129 ( talk) 09:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I want to add a page about Intellect publishing. It has been deleted as it said I was advertising the company. How have the company Future Publishing added a page very similar to the one I tried to create and it still exists?? Melaniesharrison ( talk) 10:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I need to change the title of a page as the company name has now changed. How do I go about this? Also, if I change the name will the links to it still work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by NatalieABC ( talk • contribs) 12:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
I am trying to ensure that the following page appears when a reader types in the search term 'PAPI'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAPI:_Personality_and_Preference_Inventory
At present, a long list of alternatives appear but not this actual page.
Could you advise please.
Nick Parfitt
Nparfitt ( talk) 13:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Dear Sir / Madam,
I need help regarding submission of my Organisation details. Please get in touch with me as soon as possible at <email removed>.
Thanks & Regards, Harsh Gupta —Preceding unsigned comment added by Advanide ( talk • contribs) 14:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
In this entry, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_J._Friedman
Friedman is listed as the dean of the law school. You'll see, though, that in the law school's entry, Michelle S. Simon is listed as dean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_University_School_of_Law
Friedman is no longer the dean of the Pace Law School. Can you remove that? Here is an article where Simon is named Dean:
http://www.law.pace.edu/News/2007/MSimonInterimDean.html —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Talopes (
talk •
contribs)
14:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Re Cottesloe band night - I marked this as prod yesterday (Dec 5) on the basis that, although I'm sure it's locally interesting, it doesn't appear to be notable enough for WP. On checking today, I find that the author of the article has removed the prod with no indication why. I've remarked it as prod, but rather than getting into a revert war, I'd appreciate an experienced editor to cast an eye over this and see if I'm being reasonable/unreasonable. The article MAY actually be a CSD, but I was being (I thought) considerate in marking it as prod to allow discussion. Thanks. CultureDrone ( talk) 14:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
does it solely go to this wikipedia or does it go to all the other stuff [like wiktionary]? Gentleness · Talk 19:11, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Which tense should be used, past or present. For example, the Boeing 737 is an airplane. the 737-200 is no longer made. The 737-800 is still being made. Should the article read:
The Boeing 737 is an airplane with 2 engines. In 1967, the first 737 flew (not flies). There are many models.
The 737-200 is (or was) a short, stubby plane (or was because it is no longer made?)
The 737-200 has 6 doors (not had because there are still 737-200 aircraft flying today?)
Lufthansa German Airlines ordered some planes (not orders).
The 737-800 is a long, skinny plane that has 8 doors.
Delta Airlines ordered some 737-800 aircraft (not orders).
I think I can figure this out but advice is appreciated. Archtransit ( talk) 19:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
If it is still in use I think you should use the present tense. The planes, after all, still exist. Gentleness · Talk 19:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
How do I ensure that information pertaining to myself does not appear on wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.253.111.98 ( talk) 19:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
I signed up yesterday and promplty forgot what password I have used.
I have asked for a password reminder and I have recieved one.
I have tried the password as sent by email but it doesn't work so I have created a new account:
Hornli Ridge2
You might want to inviestigate why the password wasn't changed but the email was sent.
You might also want to delete the account Hornli Ridge
So far I am not very impressed. One more go then I'll call it quits and write my stuff on my own web site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hornli Ridge2 ( talk • contribs) 19:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
This may possibly be the wrong place to ask this question, as it is mainly about using the MediaWiki software, rather than actually using Wikipedia itself. However, I couldn't think of a better place to ask it.
Is it possible to include an image in a page without having the link to the image information page being created? A wiki that I frequently visit would benefit from the ability to have images load without the links. It's using MediaWiki 1.10.0, in case that information is important. -- Lardarse ( talk) 19:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I hope this is just a small technical problem I can't seem to figure out, but there is something wrong with the ref numbers in the Dickinson article. There are fifty-one references, but the reflist has only fifty listed because #34 is listed twice and each following number is therefore off by one. Could someone take a look and let me know what to do? Thanks! María ( habla con migo) 20:33, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
All of the timestamps in Wikipedia (can't beleve it took me a year to notice this) are a month behind. It's December, not November. Can we get a tech from WikiMeda to fix this? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vistro ( talk • contribs) 21:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
neuro surgery —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.52.18.58 ( talk) 21:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded a jpg photo of a lava heron to be used in the article on lava herons. Unfortunately, the file seems to have gone into limbo - it is not linked to the article. How do I link it?
I am finding the process of adding photos to your articles so frustrating that I may not do so in future. The difficulty of the process may be putting off many other people as well as me. Please put up clear instructions on how to link the image one uploads to an article.
The article is
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lava_Heron&oldid=166029182
The uploaded jpg is called "Lava heron Ecuador_4008a.jpg" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soler97 ( talk • contribs) 22:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
What's the difference between banned users and blocked users? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bane of Durin ( talk • contribs) 23:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Is there any way I can read an article without the distracting citations? Gforce20 ( talk) 23:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)