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So I have a link: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's individual#Men's individual ranking round. Now, I want this link to display on the page like a bullet (●), so I just appended |●]] to the end of the link so it came out like this: ●. No problem. Now, here's the problem: I want, when the link is moused over, for the yellow link box to display "Men's individual ranking round" and not the title of the original article. For the purposes of what I'm doing, it it important to do this, or else there'd be no reason to put the links there because the person wouldn't know what they're linking to, exactly. How do I change what's in the pop-up box to show this? └ Jared┘┌ talk┐ 21:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[[Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's individual#Men's individual ranking round|<span title="Men's individual ranking round">●</span>]]
. (Yaksha's right in that the redirect would work, but be agaisnt policy.) I hope that helps! --
ais523 10:50, 14 February 2007 (
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There is Tim Johnson (politician) and Tim Johnson (baseball), but if you type in Tim Johnson, you are redirected to the politician. There may even be other Tim Johnsons. DandyDan2007 22:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
A user going by both PDH and Peta is placing a cleanup tag inappropriately on a section merely because he/she doesn't like the information found therein. He is also clipping words from a subheading which accurately describe the information found thereunder. Now two others have locked the article in his biased state. I have asked if he is interested in a mediator but there's been no response. This is abuse of Wikipedia policies in my opinion. Please read the dispute and help out someone. Thanks. 63.196.193.173 00:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Well I HAVE tried reasoning with this person quite a bit. In addition to my own discussions I've quoted Wikipedia policy comments. His replies are short responses without substance or Wiki policy references. Also as I said I asked for mediation but there's been no response. I've done what I can. Now the page has been locked in this biased state without good cause or further discussion. Is this good Wikipedia policy? 63.196.193.173 00:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Odd that I missed this reply though I thought I'd checked the next day. Anyway, I should like to respond to you comments here. About the neutrality of subheadings that you mention, I'd say then that Wikipedia has a problem as I suspect there are LOTS of subtitles which certain subjective persons or groups whom the article may involve would say are non-neutral. For example the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals article has a subheading Animal euthanasia and criminal charges. I don't see anyone critisizing that. Again the subtitle policy as I read it should summarize the content to follow. About your comment on the sock puppet thing, it never occured to me about such a policy, thus I was not making the policy violation accusation which you assume I was. I did think it odd and possibly deceptive that the user was bouncing back and forth between usernames as if to give he impression that their were two persons arguing his/her case. That's all. Next you said that I violated Wikipedia revert policy "by doing four reverts within 24 hours; you're lucky that you didn't get blocked for this". Hmmm, seems to me that I added the original words to the subtitle and it was PDH who was doing the reverting, and I count just as many by him/her. Funny that you don't say anything about that.
Next, the user which you mention who got involved on PDH's side. How do I know this wasn't a "sock puppet"? How dare I ask this? How dare you suggest that I was editing under a separate account. I tried to find what you were talking about here but couldn't. I do see the words "reverting again" with MY IP at 23:09, 13 February 2007. Could you enlighten me (note that I am using a different one at the moment) (I have gone back to look again at the issue you mention, looks like you somehow did not notice that I had reverted PDH's deletions of the information before at 01:29 and 13:26 on the 13th also on 16:21 the previous day and at 07:24 and 14:55 on 9 February, thus my use of "reverting again" is not inappropriate).
About the mediation policy, as I read it mediation was a next step I could choose, If talking to the other parties involved and taking a break fails, you should try one of the following methods to resolve the dispute. Which ones you choose and in what order will depend on the nature of the dispute, and the preferences of people involved Wikipedia:Resolving disputes Wikipedia:Requests for mediation says Requests for Mediation is the second step in formal dispute resolution on Wikipedia.... Before requesting formal mediation, parties should have made an attempt at some form of informal resolution... which I felt I was doing by repeatedly asking PDH to provide reasons beyond his/her single sentence ones for his/her actions on the talk page. These were refused (BTW, it does seem that Wikipedia should clarify their pre-mediation policy). I did not see anyone else weighing in to ask an opinion of, so I chose mediation.
As to the page only being semi-protected, I note that another user, Ms408, has attempted to edit the page but is also being blocked. He/she has asked for a reason why but no one has responded. I believe that PDH/Peta's edits to page are clearly POV. Note that he/she originally twice deleted information which was sourced on the abuse of animals on 9 February 2007 and placed cleanup tags only around the controversial information (including links - one can guess the "cleanup" he/she has in mind), thus his/her agenda is clear. P.S., re your last comment, "You sound like you could be a very constructive editor if you worked on adding sourced information to articles", you'll note that everything I said was sourced. Finally, you'll note that in the spirit of compromise I agreed to the alternate subheading "Treatment of Animals" but the suggestee has not followed through, thus it reamins the inaccurate "animal acts" which gives no hint of controversy. 4.246.201.254 15:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Oops, meant to say something about this. I agree that the issues I disputed are seemingly minor and somewhat petty but I spent all this effort on them because of the principle of the thing: I felt that an editorial injustice was occurring here and was being backed up by others. If allowed to happen here it can and will again and again on controversial pages. Wikipedia should apply their rules consistantly, it is a great resource. 4.246.203.167 17:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there a treatment for hereditary disease —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.32.196.27 ( talk • contribs)
When creating an image, are there some fonts which are free use and some which are not? Can I use any font as long as I don't use every letter or something? What is the deal here? Thanks, and please don't send me to a WP page with pages and pages of legal information. =) I just need a straight answer. Goyston talk, contribs, play 00:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Can someone point me towards a Wiki policy article that deals with song lyrics? Thanks. Captain Infinity 01:05, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
The relevant sections of the Wikipedia:Copyrights policy are "Using copyrighted work from others" (for lyrics in articles) and "Linking to copyrighted works" (for linking to lyrics). Mike Dillon 23:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
The Young Religious Unitarian Universalists article was an unassessed religion article, until I assessed it as a start-class religion article. But even thou it now is listed as a start-class religion article, it is also still listed as an unassessed religion article. I have tried removing the article from the list of unassessed religion article, but was unable to. So how do I get it to only be listed as a start-class religion article? -- Devin Murphy 02:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't sure where to put this so I'm going to put it here in case it's the right spot. I just wikipediad (verb?) Chimpanzee and all I got was :{{Taxoboxpoop. However when I searched for Chimp I recieved the page titled Chimpanzee with the sub-heading (Redirected from Chimp). I didn't know who I should tell or where I should post this so hopefully this is the right spot. Also since I have never edited wikipedia I thought someone with more experience should.
65.184.43.6 03:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
where i can find the devoloper tools? 196.218.190.135 05:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
How mould work in moulding machine ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.17.160.150 ( talk) 10:10, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
How do i put a picture to some article ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Somen2k ( talk • contribs)
When one creates a template for a header, for example:
{{my header}}
where {{my header}} contains:
== my header == :''explanation of what might go in this section''
When one clicks on the 'Edit' link, the template {{my header}} is what is edited, not the article itself. How can I use templates to create headers, and have the article edited instead of the template? -- Ff1959 15:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
In an attempt to learn how templates work I wanted to have a look at the wikitext of some of the more complex/popular existing templates. However several of them are protected (for example Template:babel)
I don't want to the template, but I would like to be able to see the wikitext that produces it.
In short: is there a way to view the wikitext of a protected page ? -- Eivind 14:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Duh, I guess I was tossed out by the fact that Template:babel itself claims that: The page you are now reading is the actual Babel template. If you click "edit this page", you will see a bunch of computer code that makes the Babel boxes work. which is sorta silly advice since clicking "edit this page" ain't an option for most of us (non-admins) -- Eivind 14:42, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
How can a find every article with certian key words, ie: Sons of Liberty. I am attempting to compile reasearch on the Sons and would like to find all articles including the Sons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 161.51.11.2 ( talk) 14:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
I am trying to identify were my Grandfather was enlisted/served. I only have pictures of him in uniform but no other information. I know he served prior to 1930. His name was Oscar James Carr. Can you point me in the right direction? Can your site help me? Thank you Jennifer Buczek [email removed for your protection] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.29.226.138 ( talk) 14:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
How does a person become a Wikipedia administrator? ' Wii Willie Wiki→ (Talk) (Contrib) 15:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Is this linkspam, or good stuff? Can I have a second opinion or two? AndyJones 17:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I am make a user box & i have an image i want to put in it, but i cant figure out what do i put in it,help!-- Lolicon(Down With Child Porn)Saikano 18:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Why do I keep getting these messages about it being my last change and that I'm vandalizing the articles when I'm correcting information.
Question from User:Mphifer254, added by Cheers Lethaniol 18:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I am trying to redirect Derek to Special:Allpages/Derek but without success ... maybe because the latter refers back to the former. Can anyone help? Abtract 19:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I am sure there is a policy/guideline out there that say something along the lines of - unless there is a very good reason for it, do not delete content - or something along those lines with a list of caveats. Can't find it, any one know where to look lol. Cheers Lethaniol 20:14, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I need alumni websites for the high school in Bennington, Vermont. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.222.105.48 ( talk) 20:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
Greetings. I'm having far more difficulty implementing a random image (every time the page is refreshed a random image is chosen and displayed) on my wiki than should be necessary. First I looked for a script to do it, and found a very good php script. The way it works is you put the php file in the directory of the images that you want to randomly display, then put the url of the php file in your <img scr=> tag. Problem is, html is a no-no on wikis. No problem right? just use the [[Image:]] tag right? Wrong. Seems when you put a php file in place of an image file using that tag, the wiki creates a link to upload a file for some reason. Next I searched the mediawiki site for an extension, and found [3]. Perfect, right? I certainly had hoped so. But it seems that whenever I edit the page that I use the random image extension on, it forgets about any images uploaded before that point. Pretty useless for a user edited site, let alone the front page, where I planned to use it.
So can anyone tell me how to force mediawiki to blindly think the .php script is an image, or tell me what I'm doing wrong with the random image extension? Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.12.165.210 ( talk) 21:18, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
RewriteEngine on RewriteBase /somepath/ RewriteRule ^blah\.jpg$ blah.php [T=application/x-httpd-php]
header("Content-type: image/jpg");
Thanks for the reply, Xhantar. Looks like that would have worked, but unfortunately, my host doesn't allow mod_rewrite. Any other suggestions?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Bolted01 ( talk • contribs)
I'm a new user and want to start a new page. I have reviewed quite a bit of material on this page about starting a page, but I'm still not sure about one thing: does my page "go live" -- that is, is it available for public viewing -- from the moment that I create it?
I had planned to start the page by typing the page name into the Create Page box on Help:Starting a new page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page).
Then I had planned to fill it with text, formatted according to Wiki markup language.
But, do visitors to Wikipedia get to see my "work in progress"? Or is it "private" until I take some step to make it public?
And, is there some sort of approval process that my contributed page must go through before it "goes live" on the site?
In a similar vein, I'm wondering if the Sandbox is public or private.
When I go to this page and enter text and practice formatting, is it visible to the public?
Is there a way to start an article in the Sandbox, then later move it to "real" article status once the formatting has been checked in the Sandbox?
Thanks.
Ted
Ted nw 22:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
In Hindu mythology names of Sur and Assur appears. Do they have any relation to Assyrians and Sumerians?
This is sort of related to the very first question I ever asked here (if memory serves), way back when I was still a raw newbie (I'm more medium- to well-done now), but anyway:
When I start a sentence with a space, it gets me a block of...something, that looks like this:
This
A few questions about above-mentioned block, if I may:
And most importantly:
Thank you kindly. — Xhantar Talk 22:49, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
you can also do this
or this
-- zzuuzz (talk) 00:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Say I have this template:
{{{name}}} | ||
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Owner | {{{owner}}} | |
Planet type | {{{planettype}}} | |
Star system | {{{starsystem}}} | |
Hunger/Thirst | {{{hunger}}} | |
Denari per sheckle | {{{denariworth}}} | |
Registered? | {{{registered}}} |
Now, if on a page, for example, 'hunger' isn't defined, does anybody know how I can make the whole Hunger/Thirst line disappear, so it won't cause any problems when that specific value isn't defined?—Preceding unsigned comment added by VDZ ( talk • contribs)
{{#if:{{{hunger<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}}|
! Hunger/Thirst
{{!}} {{{hunger}}}
}}
I recently edited a page but forgot to log in beforehand, so I was wondering if there is anyway I could assign my username to the changes made? I'd prefer the IP address not to be shown but understand the mistake I made. If I were to revert the page (and then log in and make the same changes), would the IP address still be shown? Thanks!
Sbdlax22 23:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I somehow brushed the lower left hand corner of my keyboard, and now all the fonts in Wikipedia are tiny. The whole page seems to be displayed at a smaller resolution. How do I fix it?
24.144.212.113 23:52, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_College%2C_Ballarat
Hello,
I am a staff member at St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, and I've been asked to contact Wikipedia to obtain information and assistance. In our article, at the URL listed above, has the topic "History of Student Abuse". The topic defames the College's current operation, and I notice that a lot of people, including some that originate from the College's internet IP Address, are editing the article.
Some time ago, I asked for this to be looked in to, and someone did carry out the request. The article was tidied up for the good of the promotion of the college for the present day, and also the admin blocked our IP address from editing, which I also requested.
Could someone please review our article, in particular the topic I raised above, and the edits coming from our IP address - 203.208.66.79
We would appreciate any assistance and advice. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.208.66.79 ( talk) 00:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC).
Hi,
I'm getting notices that an image I've uploaded will be deleted in a week if the copyright is not explained. I'm really not sure what to do. It's an album cover, which I see on Wikipedia all the time, and I believe it to be public domain. I saw Gflores, a former administrator, post an image for a different album by the same band. How does one normally go about choosing the copyright for album covers? The image Gflores posted was 'John Zorn-Naked City (album cover)' for the page 'Naked City (album)'. I'm trying to post 'Leng Tch'e cover' for the page 'Leng Tch'e'.
Thanks, Karl —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K d f m ( talk • contribs) 00:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC).
I'm already looking for the template you need. I'll reply on your talk page. Hersfold ( talk| work) 00:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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So I have a link: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's individual#Men's individual ranking round. Now, I want this link to display on the page like a bullet (●), so I just appended |●]] to the end of the link so it came out like this: ●. No problem. Now, here's the problem: I want, when the link is moused over, for the yellow link box to display "Men's individual ranking round" and not the title of the original article. For the purposes of what I'm doing, it it important to do this, or else there'd be no reason to put the links there because the person wouldn't know what they're linking to, exactly. How do I change what's in the pop-up box to show this? └ Jared┘┌ talk┐ 21:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[[Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's individual#Men's individual ranking round|<span title="Men's individual ranking round">●</span>]]
. (Yaksha's right in that the redirect would work, but be agaisnt policy.) I hope that helps! --
ais523 10:50, 14 February 2007 (
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There is Tim Johnson (politician) and Tim Johnson (baseball), but if you type in Tim Johnson, you are redirected to the politician. There may even be other Tim Johnsons. DandyDan2007 22:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
A user going by both PDH and Peta is placing a cleanup tag inappropriately on a section merely because he/she doesn't like the information found therein. He is also clipping words from a subheading which accurately describe the information found thereunder. Now two others have locked the article in his biased state. I have asked if he is interested in a mediator but there's been no response. This is abuse of Wikipedia policies in my opinion. Please read the dispute and help out someone. Thanks. 63.196.193.173 00:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Well I HAVE tried reasoning with this person quite a bit. In addition to my own discussions I've quoted Wikipedia policy comments. His replies are short responses without substance or Wiki policy references. Also as I said I asked for mediation but there's been no response. I've done what I can. Now the page has been locked in this biased state without good cause or further discussion. Is this good Wikipedia policy? 63.196.193.173 00:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Odd that I missed this reply though I thought I'd checked the next day. Anyway, I should like to respond to you comments here. About the neutrality of subheadings that you mention, I'd say then that Wikipedia has a problem as I suspect there are LOTS of subtitles which certain subjective persons or groups whom the article may involve would say are non-neutral. For example the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals article has a subheading Animal euthanasia and criminal charges. I don't see anyone critisizing that. Again the subtitle policy as I read it should summarize the content to follow. About your comment on the sock puppet thing, it never occured to me about such a policy, thus I was not making the policy violation accusation which you assume I was. I did think it odd and possibly deceptive that the user was bouncing back and forth between usernames as if to give he impression that their were two persons arguing his/her case. That's all. Next you said that I violated Wikipedia revert policy "by doing four reverts within 24 hours; you're lucky that you didn't get blocked for this". Hmmm, seems to me that I added the original words to the subtitle and it was PDH who was doing the reverting, and I count just as many by him/her. Funny that you don't say anything about that.
Next, the user which you mention who got involved on PDH's side. How do I know this wasn't a "sock puppet"? How dare I ask this? How dare you suggest that I was editing under a separate account. I tried to find what you were talking about here but couldn't. I do see the words "reverting again" with MY IP at 23:09, 13 February 2007. Could you enlighten me (note that I am using a different one at the moment) (I have gone back to look again at the issue you mention, looks like you somehow did not notice that I had reverted PDH's deletions of the information before at 01:29 and 13:26 on the 13th also on 16:21 the previous day and at 07:24 and 14:55 on 9 February, thus my use of "reverting again" is not inappropriate).
About the mediation policy, as I read it mediation was a next step I could choose, If talking to the other parties involved and taking a break fails, you should try one of the following methods to resolve the dispute. Which ones you choose and in what order will depend on the nature of the dispute, and the preferences of people involved Wikipedia:Resolving disputes Wikipedia:Requests for mediation says Requests for Mediation is the second step in formal dispute resolution on Wikipedia.... Before requesting formal mediation, parties should have made an attempt at some form of informal resolution... which I felt I was doing by repeatedly asking PDH to provide reasons beyond his/her single sentence ones for his/her actions on the talk page. These were refused (BTW, it does seem that Wikipedia should clarify their pre-mediation policy). I did not see anyone else weighing in to ask an opinion of, so I chose mediation.
As to the page only being semi-protected, I note that another user, Ms408, has attempted to edit the page but is also being blocked. He/she has asked for a reason why but no one has responded. I believe that PDH/Peta's edits to page are clearly POV. Note that he/she originally twice deleted information which was sourced on the abuse of animals on 9 February 2007 and placed cleanup tags only around the controversial information (including links - one can guess the "cleanup" he/she has in mind), thus his/her agenda is clear. P.S., re your last comment, "You sound like you could be a very constructive editor if you worked on adding sourced information to articles", you'll note that everything I said was sourced. Finally, you'll note that in the spirit of compromise I agreed to the alternate subheading "Treatment of Animals" but the suggestee has not followed through, thus it reamins the inaccurate "animal acts" which gives no hint of controversy. 4.246.201.254 15:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Oops, meant to say something about this. I agree that the issues I disputed are seemingly minor and somewhat petty but I spent all this effort on them because of the principle of the thing: I felt that an editorial injustice was occurring here and was being backed up by others. If allowed to happen here it can and will again and again on controversial pages. Wikipedia should apply their rules consistantly, it is a great resource. 4.246.203.167 17:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there a treatment for hereditary disease —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.32.196.27 ( talk • contribs)
When creating an image, are there some fonts which are free use and some which are not? Can I use any font as long as I don't use every letter or something? What is the deal here? Thanks, and please don't send me to a WP page with pages and pages of legal information. =) I just need a straight answer. Goyston talk, contribs, play 00:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Can someone point me towards a Wiki policy article that deals with song lyrics? Thanks. Captain Infinity 01:05, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
The relevant sections of the Wikipedia:Copyrights policy are "Using copyrighted work from others" (for lyrics in articles) and "Linking to copyrighted works" (for linking to lyrics). Mike Dillon 23:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
The Young Religious Unitarian Universalists article was an unassessed religion article, until I assessed it as a start-class religion article. But even thou it now is listed as a start-class religion article, it is also still listed as an unassessed religion article. I have tried removing the article from the list of unassessed religion article, but was unable to. So how do I get it to only be listed as a start-class religion article? -- Devin Murphy 02:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't sure where to put this so I'm going to put it here in case it's the right spot. I just wikipediad (verb?) Chimpanzee and all I got was :{{Taxoboxpoop. However when I searched for Chimp I recieved the page titled Chimpanzee with the sub-heading (Redirected from Chimp). I didn't know who I should tell or where I should post this so hopefully this is the right spot. Also since I have never edited wikipedia I thought someone with more experience should.
65.184.43.6 03:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
where i can find the devoloper tools? 196.218.190.135 05:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
How mould work in moulding machine ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.17.160.150 ( talk) 10:10, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
How do i put a picture to some article ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Somen2k ( talk • contribs)
When one creates a template for a header, for example:
{{my header}}
where {{my header}} contains:
== my header == :''explanation of what might go in this section''
When one clicks on the 'Edit' link, the template {{my header}} is what is edited, not the article itself. How can I use templates to create headers, and have the article edited instead of the template? -- Ff1959 15:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
In an attempt to learn how templates work I wanted to have a look at the wikitext of some of the more complex/popular existing templates. However several of them are protected (for example Template:babel)
I don't want to the template, but I would like to be able to see the wikitext that produces it.
In short: is there a way to view the wikitext of a protected page ? -- Eivind 14:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Duh, I guess I was tossed out by the fact that Template:babel itself claims that: The page you are now reading is the actual Babel template. If you click "edit this page", you will see a bunch of computer code that makes the Babel boxes work. which is sorta silly advice since clicking "edit this page" ain't an option for most of us (non-admins) -- Eivind 14:42, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
How can a find every article with certian key words, ie: Sons of Liberty. I am attempting to compile reasearch on the Sons and would like to find all articles including the Sons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 161.51.11.2 ( talk) 14:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
I am trying to identify were my Grandfather was enlisted/served. I only have pictures of him in uniform but no other information. I know he served prior to 1930. His name was Oscar James Carr. Can you point me in the right direction? Can your site help me? Thank you Jennifer Buczek [email removed for your protection] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.29.226.138 ( talk) 14:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
How does a person become a Wikipedia administrator? ' Wii Willie Wiki→ (Talk) (Contrib) 15:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Is this linkspam, or good stuff? Can I have a second opinion or two? AndyJones 17:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I am make a user box & i have an image i want to put in it, but i cant figure out what do i put in it,help!-- Lolicon(Down With Child Porn)Saikano 18:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Why do I keep getting these messages about it being my last change and that I'm vandalizing the articles when I'm correcting information.
Question from User:Mphifer254, added by Cheers Lethaniol 18:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I am trying to redirect Derek to Special:Allpages/Derek but without success ... maybe because the latter refers back to the former. Can anyone help? Abtract 19:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I am sure there is a policy/guideline out there that say something along the lines of - unless there is a very good reason for it, do not delete content - or something along those lines with a list of caveats. Can't find it, any one know where to look lol. Cheers Lethaniol 20:14, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I need alumni websites for the high school in Bennington, Vermont. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.222.105.48 ( talk) 20:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
Greetings. I'm having far more difficulty implementing a random image (every time the page is refreshed a random image is chosen and displayed) on my wiki than should be necessary. First I looked for a script to do it, and found a very good php script. The way it works is you put the php file in the directory of the images that you want to randomly display, then put the url of the php file in your <img scr=> tag. Problem is, html is a no-no on wikis. No problem right? just use the [[Image:]] tag right? Wrong. Seems when you put a php file in place of an image file using that tag, the wiki creates a link to upload a file for some reason. Next I searched the mediawiki site for an extension, and found [3]. Perfect, right? I certainly had hoped so. But it seems that whenever I edit the page that I use the random image extension on, it forgets about any images uploaded before that point. Pretty useless for a user edited site, let alone the front page, where I planned to use it.
So can anyone tell me how to force mediawiki to blindly think the .php script is an image, or tell me what I'm doing wrong with the random image extension? Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.12.165.210 ( talk) 21:18, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
RewriteEngine on RewriteBase /somepath/ RewriteRule ^blah\.jpg$ blah.php [T=application/x-httpd-php]
header("Content-type: image/jpg");
Thanks for the reply, Xhantar. Looks like that would have worked, but unfortunately, my host doesn't allow mod_rewrite. Any other suggestions?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Bolted01 ( talk • contribs)
I'm a new user and want to start a new page. I have reviewed quite a bit of material on this page about starting a page, but I'm still not sure about one thing: does my page "go live" -- that is, is it available for public viewing -- from the moment that I create it?
I had planned to start the page by typing the page name into the Create Page box on Help:Starting a new page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page).
Then I had planned to fill it with text, formatted according to Wiki markup language.
But, do visitors to Wikipedia get to see my "work in progress"? Or is it "private" until I take some step to make it public?
And, is there some sort of approval process that my contributed page must go through before it "goes live" on the site?
In a similar vein, I'm wondering if the Sandbox is public or private.
When I go to this page and enter text and practice formatting, is it visible to the public?
Is there a way to start an article in the Sandbox, then later move it to "real" article status once the formatting has been checked in the Sandbox?
Thanks.
Ted
Ted nw 22:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
In Hindu mythology names of Sur and Assur appears. Do they have any relation to Assyrians and Sumerians?
This is sort of related to the very first question I ever asked here (if memory serves), way back when I was still a raw newbie (I'm more medium- to well-done now), but anyway:
When I start a sentence with a space, it gets me a block of...something, that looks like this:
This
A few questions about above-mentioned block, if I may:
And most importantly:
Thank you kindly. — Xhantar Talk 22:49, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
you can also do this
or this
-- zzuuzz (talk) 00:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Say I have this template:
{{{name}}} | ||
---|---|---|
Owner | {{{owner}}} | |
Planet type | {{{planettype}}} | |
Star system | {{{starsystem}}} | |
Hunger/Thirst | {{{hunger}}} | |
Denari per sheckle | {{{denariworth}}} | |
Registered? | {{{registered}}} |
Now, if on a page, for example, 'hunger' isn't defined, does anybody know how I can make the whole Hunger/Thirst line disappear, so it won't cause any problems when that specific value isn't defined?—Preceding unsigned comment added by VDZ ( talk • contribs)
{{#if:{{{hunger<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}}|
! Hunger/Thirst
{{!}} {{{hunger}}}
}}
I recently edited a page but forgot to log in beforehand, so I was wondering if there is anyway I could assign my username to the changes made? I'd prefer the IP address not to be shown but understand the mistake I made. If I were to revert the page (and then log in and make the same changes), would the IP address still be shown? Thanks!
Sbdlax22 23:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I somehow brushed the lower left hand corner of my keyboard, and now all the fonts in Wikipedia are tiny. The whole page seems to be displayed at a smaller resolution. How do I fix it?
24.144.212.113 23:52, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_College%2C_Ballarat
Hello,
I am a staff member at St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, and I've been asked to contact Wikipedia to obtain information and assistance. In our article, at the URL listed above, has the topic "History of Student Abuse". The topic defames the College's current operation, and I notice that a lot of people, including some that originate from the College's internet IP Address, are editing the article.
Some time ago, I asked for this to be looked in to, and someone did carry out the request. The article was tidied up for the good of the promotion of the college for the present day, and also the admin blocked our IP address from editing, which I also requested.
Could someone please review our article, in particular the topic I raised above, and the edits coming from our IP address - 203.208.66.79
We would appreciate any assistance and advice. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.208.66.79 ( talk) 00:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC).
Hi,
I'm getting notices that an image I've uploaded will be deleted in a week if the copyright is not explained. I'm really not sure what to do. It's an album cover, which I see on Wikipedia all the time, and I believe it to be public domain. I saw Gflores, a former administrator, post an image for a different album by the same band. How does one normally go about choosing the copyright for album covers? The image Gflores posted was 'John Zorn-Naked City (album cover)' for the page 'Naked City (album)'. I'm trying to post 'Leng Tch'e cover' for the page 'Leng Tch'e'.
Thanks, Karl —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K d f m ( talk • contribs) 00:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC).
I'm already looking for the template you need. I'll reply on your talk page. Hersfold ( talk| work) 00:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)