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I've noticed a lot of combining(unifying) of information into one Page of a Subject... for example P-frame.
For me, and I believe for any other user, it is easier to find the wanted information if not such a huge page has to be "scanned"...
It also is more Suitable for finding considered the bad search facilities provided by Wikipedia... and it encourages people to write their few knowledge on a very thin part of a Subject(ppl. tend to be overwhelmed by a large Text)
Also keep in mind there are disabled persons out there who may have dyslexia ... huge articles makes it almost impossible for them to comprehend.
btw. I'm not an ELCH so please don't Troll on that ... only consider this thought on your next "unification raid" 84.183.253.152 09:55, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I had the following text in an email from the United Nations Photo Librarian:
You have our permission to use UN photos in Wikipedia. Please make sure each one is credited as follows: UN Photo/photographer's name (if available). Thank you.
Does this mean that I have permission to use all UN photos on Wikipedia? Can I just grab any UN photo and make sure that it's properly credited? Also, what licensing should I use?-- Ed ¿Cómo estás? 00:36, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Should the bloke be displayed on the "Ginger" page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.11.163.252 ( talk) 00:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
68.230.99.206 00:50, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
The article on radon mentions around 20,000 deaths per year owing to domestic radon exposure with the note <citation needed>. I've got a good one from the Journal of Epidemiology but I can't figure out how to tell Wikipedia. All I can find is info on how a citation should be formatted, which I don't need. Dfrishman 01:11, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
If you need help about making changes in Wikipedia generally, see the Introduction. (By the way, we'd prefer to have even incorrectly entered sources than no sources at all; don't worry about making a mistake.) -- ais523 09:58, 23 March 2007 ( U T C)
I am a student at Edgerton High School, and I'd like to personally apologize for the streak of vandalism that you've been recieving from my fellow students. I don't know who is doing it, but please understand that this is most likely an isolated number. The IP address for the school is 216.56.3.195
I have used school computers to make my own changes, but none of them are of a malicious/mischievous nature. What follows is a list of changes I have personally made to wikipedia articles under school computers.
14:32, 16 October 2006 (hist) (diff) List of My Life as a Teenage Robot episodes (→Season 3: 2006-2007)
17:17, 13 November 2006 (hist) (diff) Toy Story (→Toy Story in pop culture)
16:20, 15 January 2007 (hist) (diff) Xenu (→Xenu in popular culture)
19:56, 13 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption (→Plot)
17:27, 13 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption
15:47, 13 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption (→Plot)
20:54, 12 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption (→Plot)
15:21, 12 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption (→Plot)
19:39, 9 March 2007 (hist) (diff) Springfield's state (→Kentucky)
18:52, 22 March 2007 (hist) (diff) Chad Doreck (→Television) (top)
Again, I have no knowledge of the perpetrators, but I apologize to you for them, and ask you to understand that this is a school system and it may take us a while to get things sorted out.
Sincerely, Aaron Foster 71.13.159.204 01:31, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
The article 'Derawar fort' should be at 'Derawar Fort.' How do I change the page name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ardour ( talk • contribs) 13:06, 23 March 2007
What is considered the standard resolution for a wikipedia viewer? For example if you make a table on a page, generally they are made to fit 1024x768 or above resolution (I know there is dynamic resizing anyway, but it makes the cells two lines instead of one). Is there a standard screen size that should be considered when making templates/tables and pages in general?
Basically I want to update a template that is basically a 3 coloumn table by making it 6 coloumn so that it doesnt go down the page as far, this way you can see more enteries on one screen and the article is smaller, however for lower resolution it would just make the cells twice as big and make it awkward to read. What is the standard?-- 155.144.251.120 02:35, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
i want to download Swami vivekananda books .how i can do it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.65.134.34 ( talk) 09:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
KINDLY ADVISE ME HOW SHOULD CHANGE THIS ENGLISH VERSION TO MARATHI VERSION
I have made an edit to the article on Tipitapa but can't figure out how to save the changes. Please advise. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DosPueblos ( talk • contribs) 10:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
How do you put infoboxes inro articles? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Supermiggelo ( talk • contribs) 10:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
I'm currently in a bit of a dispute on an article about a piece of software. Without seeking anyone to jump in at this stage, I'd welcome views on the general principles of product comparison. Suppose the product is the direct rival of another product.
If there are policies or guidelines beyond general WP:NPOV I can refer to and/or quote that would be particularly useful. Notinasnaid 11:05, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. But in the article for yWriter, is it proper to compare it with Microsoft Word, to say that people prefer it because...? Notinasnaid 11:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Some general notes on software comparisons:
how do i change the headline in an artcicle.
I have contributed to Sentinel Records but the headline has a small r for records and seraches are not picking this up —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Doctorscobes ( talk • contribs) 11:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
Unfortunately, the article looks a lot like advertising at the moment. You should provide some reliable sources to show notability - other people who wrote about the label that are not related to it. Why is it important? Has it got any major artists signed? - Mgm| (talk) 11:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
What is the thing to do with multiple disambiguation pages? I read on WP:D this can be done without issues but what would be the ideal method?
I am currently consider:
A) Embedding the whole thing in the actual disambiguation. This will be some sort of structured tree, I don't really know the details for now.
B) Point the current disambiguation to a new more specific one, pointing to the articles.
MaxDZ8 talk 13:14, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your help! There's really nothing you can check for now since the actual page became a stub.
The page I am working on (offline) is
shader.
Initially, the page was a stub. Back in 2005 I updated an
in-depth description of the inner workings. Many people however complained it was actually too technical and pointed out a few (less authorative) references, usually clearly with a poor understanding of the topic.
This problem has been tackled a few times. In the recent months, the article is no more actively developed by me. As suggested by a few users, a whole set of articles shall be written. Unluckly, only few pointed out what those articles should be. Recently an user pointed out an use case i didn't know it clearly deserves a page of its own. It is clear that there should be a disambiguation page, an introduction page (redlink, no one seemed to be interested in writing this), this third page (which is film-industry related I guess, i would expect this to be a redlink as well) and a page on offline page (likely a redlink/stub as well).
Other pages that may become used:
Also, some users pointed out the current page name should be deprecated. It seems a good idea to turn it in the second-level disambiguation page but aggregating the information in the current page would also be a good idea.
Anyway, the real issue is that all those needs cannot really be addressed in a single page, so the need for the disambiguation.
Bottm line: since WP is a collaborative environment, both disambiguation pages i know (
Shade (disambiguation) and especially
Shading) have changed since last time I've checked them.
MaxDZ8 talk 09:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
I read the article about AXA. I work for AXA and I know the company quite well.
The article mentions Andrew Bull and Gordon Lacey headed AXA IM. This appears to be some form of joke or vandalism. Note:
1) AXA IM is just one division - why mention who heads up that division 2) These guys seem to be in the property division of AXA IM - again just one part of AXA IM. 3) I've worked quite a bit with AXA IM - and I never heard of them
Thanks.
When was wikipedia posted online? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.146.90.157 ( talk) 14:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
I feel like a nitwit, because there is probably something really obvious that I am overlooking, BUT ....
Why can't I print this great article that gives the values for the web colors in color? Why am I only able to get a black-and-white copy, which is really useless?
Is there someplace I can find information on printing problems? I can't find it.
Thanks very much to anyone who can help.
Barbcapp 14:42, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the suggestions. The paste to Word method works. I still don't understand why I can't print in color directly from the article, but I can get a color copy by printing the Word doc. Barbcapp 12:58, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
how can i see my total number of edits?-- Falcon866 16:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
where can I find a list of colors corresponding to their numbers (as used in templates/infoboxes, etc)? 68.149.135.29 17:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
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I've noticed a lot of combining(unifying) of information into one Page of a Subject... for example P-frame.
For me, and I believe for any other user, it is easier to find the wanted information if not such a huge page has to be "scanned"...
It also is more Suitable for finding considered the bad search facilities provided by Wikipedia... and it encourages people to write their few knowledge on a very thin part of a Subject(ppl. tend to be overwhelmed by a large Text)
Also keep in mind there are disabled persons out there who may have dyslexia ... huge articles makes it almost impossible for them to comprehend.
btw. I'm not an ELCH so please don't Troll on that ... only consider this thought on your next "unification raid" 84.183.253.152 09:55, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I had the following text in an email from the United Nations Photo Librarian:
You have our permission to use UN photos in Wikipedia. Please make sure each one is credited as follows: UN Photo/photographer's name (if available). Thank you.
Does this mean that I have permission to use all UN photos on Wikipedia? Can I just grab any UN photo and make sure that it's properly credited? Also, what licensing should I use?-- Ed ¿Cómo estás? 00:36, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Should the bloke be displayed on the "Ginger" page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.11.163.252 ( talk) 00:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
68.230.99.206 00:50, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
The article on radon mentions around 20,000 deaths per year owing to domestic radon exposure with the note <citation needed>. I've got a good one from the Journal of Epidemiology but I can't figure out how to tell Wikipedia. All I can find is info on how a citation should be formatted, which I don't need. Dfrishman 01:11, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
If you need help about making changes in Wikipedia generally, see the Introduction. (By the way, we'd prefer to have even incorrectly entered sources than no sources at all; don't worry about making a mistake.) -- ais523 09:58, 23 March 2007 ( U T C)
I am a student at Edgerton High School, and I'd like to personally apologize for the streak of vandalism that you've been recieving from my fellow students. I don't know who is doing it, but please understand that this is most likely an isolated number. The IP address for the school is 216.56.3.195
I have used school computers to make my own changes, but none of them are of a malicious/mischievous nature. What follows is a list of changes I have personally made to wikipedia articles under school computers.
14:32, 16 October 2006 (hist) (diff) List of My Life as a Teenage Robot episodes (→Season 3: 2006-2007)
17:17, 13 November 2006 (hist) (diff) Toy Story (→Toy Story in pop culture)
16:20, 15 January 2007 (hist) (diff) Xenu (→Xenu in popular culture)
19:56, 13 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption (→Plot)
17:27, 13 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption
15:47, 13 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption (→Plot)
20:54, 12 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption (→Plot)
15:21, 12 February 2007 (hist) (diff) The Shawshank Redemption (→Plot)
19:39, 9 March 2007 (hist) (diff) Springfield's state (→Kentucky)
18:52, 22 March 2007 (hist) (diff) Chad Doreck (→Television) (top)
Again, I have no knowledge of the perpetrators, but I apologize to you for them, and ask you to understand that this is a school system and it may take us a while to get things sorted out.
Sincerely, Aaron Foster 71.13.159.204 01:31, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
The article 'Derawar fort' should be at 'Derawar Fort.' How do I change the page name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ardour ( talk • contribs) 13:06, 23 March 2007
What is considered the standard resolution for a wikipedia viewer? For example if you make a table on a page, generally they are made to fit 1024x768 or above resolution (I know there is dynamic resizing anyway, but it makes the cells two lines instead of one). Is there a standard screen size that should be considered when making templates/tables and pages in general?
Basically I want to update a template that is basically a 3 coloumn table by making it 6 coloumn so that it doesnt go down the page as far, this way you can see more enteries on one screen and the article is smaller, however for lower resolution it would just make the cells twice as big and make it awkward to read. What is the standard?-- 155.144.251.120 02:35, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
i want to download Swami vivekananda books .how i can do it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.65.134.34 ( talk) 09:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
KINDLY ADVISE ME HOW SHOULD CHANGE THIS ENGLISH VERSION TO MARATHI VERSION
I have made an edit to the article on Tipitapa but can't figure out how to save the changes. Please advise. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DosPueblos ( talk • contribs) 10:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
How do you put infoboxes inro articles? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Supermiggelo ( talk • contribs) 10:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
I'm currently in a bit of a dispute on an article about a piece of software. Without seeking anyone to jump in at this stage, I'd welcome views on the general principles of product comparison. Suppose the product is the direct rival of another product.
If there are policies or guidelines beyond general WP:NPOV I can refer to and/or quote that would be particularly useful. Notinasnaid 11:05, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. But in the article for yWriter, is it proper to compare it with Microsoft Word, to say that people prefer it because...? Notinasnaid 11:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Some general notes on software comparisons:
how do i change the headline in an artcicle.
I have contributed to Sentinel Records but the headline has a small r for records and seraches are not picking this up —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Doctorscobes ( talk • contribs) 11:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
Unfortunately, the article looks a lot like advertising at the moment. You should provide some reliable sources to show notability - other people who wrote about the label that are not related to it. Why is it important? Has it got any major artists signed? - Mgm| (talk) 11:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
What is the thing to do with multiple disambiguation pages? I read on WP:D this can be done without issues but what would be the ideal method?
I am currently consider:
A) Embedding the whole thing in the actual disambiguation. This will be some sort of structured tree, I don't really know the details for now.
B) Point the current disambiguation to a new more specific one, pointing to the articles.
MaxDZ8 talk 13:14, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your help! There's really nothing you can check for now since the actual page became a stub.
The page I am working on (offline) is
shader.
Initially, the page was a stub. Back in 2005 I updated an
in-depth description of the inner workings. Many people however complained it was actually too technical and pointed out a few (less authorative) references, usually clearly with a poor understanding of the topic.
This problem has been tackled a few times. In the recent months, the article is no more actively developed by me. As suggested by a few users, a whole set of articles shall be written. Unluckly, only few pointed out what those articles should be. Recently an user pointed out an use case i didn't know it clearly deserves a page of its own. It is clear that there should be a disambiguation page, an introduction page (redlink, no one seemed to be interested in writing this), this third page (which is film-industry related I guess, i would expect this to be a redlink as well) and a page on offline page (likely a redlink/stub as well).
Other pages that may become used:
Also, some users pointed out the current page name should be deprecated. It seems a good idea to turn it in the second-level disambiguation page but aggregating the information in the current page would also be a good idea.
Anyway, the real issue is that all those needs cannot really be addressed in a single page, so the need for the disambiguation.
Bottm line: since WP is a collaborative environment, both disambiguation pages i know (
Shade (disambiguation) and especially
Shading) have changed since last time I've checked them.
MaxDZ8 talk 09:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
I read the article about AXA. I work for AXA and I know the company quite well.
The article mentions Andrew Bull and Gordon Lacey headed AXA IM. This appears to be some form of joke or vandalism. Note:
1) AXA IM is just one division - why mention who heads up that division 2) These guys seem to be in the property division of AXA IM - again just one part of AXA IM. 3) I've worked quite a bit with AXA IM - and I never heard of them
Thanks.
When was wikipedia posted online? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.146.90.157 ( talk) 14:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
I feel like a nitwit, because there is probably something really obvious that I am overlooking, BUT ....
Why can't I print this great article that gives the values for the web colors in color? Why am I only able to get a black-and-white copy, which is really useless?
Is there someplace I can find information on printing problems? I can't find it.
Thanks very much to anyone who can help.
Barbcapp 14:42, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the suggestions. The paste to Word method works. I still don't understand why I can't print in color directly from the article, but I can get a color copy by printing the Word doc. Barbcapp 12:58, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
how can i see my total number of edits?-- Falcon866 16:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
where can I find a list of colors corresponding to their numbers (as used in templates/infoboxes, etc)? 68.149.135.29 17:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)