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I was viewing Wikipedia the other day when I realised that, after making a Wikipedia account, I have no real use for it at all. Since I created my account, I have made no contributions to Wikipedia at all apart from my user page, which I deleted straight after making it because I decided that I didn't want it after all, and a page about myself which I also deleted because I decided that I didn't want a page publicised about myself. Since I have made no contributions to Wikipedia and my account is free of any violation made to the Wikipedia website (in other words I haven't done anything on the site illegal), can I delete my account? 172.200.60.196 00:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a question. There was a message when I hoped on My Watchlist page. It told me that I might want to change my password. But, every single time I try to create a new one using My Preferences, It tells me "Incorrect password entered. Please try again.". My original password is typed in ok and my new password is all lower case, which should be ok. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. -- ASDFGHJKL= Greatest Person Ever+ Coolest Person Ever 00:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
i want to know more about dumb people(who are not able to speak)...i am not able o find a link in wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prashantsharma chd ( talk • contribs)
I was reading the Wikipedia policy on images, and it said to not take any images from a website without making sure it's okay with them. However, does that apply when:
If the policy doesn't apply with c then:
Thanks for your time and patience, "If...if is good" ^_^ 01:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I know that this is a frequently asked questioned, and I did check the Frequently Asked Questions page, but I'm still not quite sure how to make my article, J.R. and Babe, show up in the search engines. It shows up in wikipedia's search engine, sure, but not such search engines as AOL or Google, and I'm really looking for that. When I edited this page, it was blank, but months before that...it was an active article, so I decided to fix it up. Is the fact that this article was once deleted or blanked the reason for the search engine issues that I'm having with it?. Please, I don't mean to sound like such a newbie, but can you help me out with this? Flyer22 01:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC) Flyer22
There is a message on my watchlist: Important! For your own security, please choose a secure password. See password strength or this guide for help in choosing a strong password. [dismiss]. Is it because my password was considered naïve? Or is it a standard reminder for users? Rjgodoy 01:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible to license images (taken by myself, of course) uploaded to Wikipedia on the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License, or a similar license forbidding commercial use of the image? Thanks! -- Ali 02:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Worlds YOUNGEST tv show creator EVER! I have a username similar to this can you please look for it in your database for proof/confirmation my e-mail(s) are:
but i only created it last week and i registered for wikipedia either last year or the year before and the 3 above are the likely candidates for the e-mail spot on the other name.
I haven't logged in a long time because before this protection stuff i was able to edit for free, so i didn't need to waist time logging in if i was going to beat the
ENTIRE WORLD to add something on a page that just became huge news.
Worlds YOUNGEST tv show creator EVER! this is my new account because i couldn't remember the EXACT case sensitive username, and password or even which email i used. vut could you e-mail me at that names e-mail along with the username and password thank you very very much. i know you may think i'm stealing it but i'm not call my cell phone if you think you need to have vocal proof(i don't know why you would though).
I bolded, and italisized the time i live in. —The preceding
unsigned comment was added by
Worlds YOUNGEST tv show creator EVER! (
talk •
contribs) 05:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC).
And a follow-up: how? -- Xiaphias 05:36, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
<span title="Caption!">here is some text</span> |
here is some text |
Hope that's what you're looking for, or something like it. :) – Luna Santin ( talk) 06:13, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm trying to add a poet to the Editing Category:Canadian poets page, but when I click on edit this page, it does not show the list of poets, but rather something else; there are no other edit tags to click, that I can see. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Normally, it's simple to edit a page. What am I missing here?
Thanks for any help offered.
Proteotopian
Is it possible to get a hit counter for wikipedia? and if so where would I find one?
Thanks,
Klown hitman 06:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
An alternative to see viewing statistics is WikiCharts, see Special:Statistics#Other_statistics. You can also see articles with the most edits at Special:Mostrevisions.-- Commander Keane 07:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
how do i replace an old photo with a new up to date one ? Jonny benway 10:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
How do I submitt a new page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shane63 ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC).
An example, how do I search for incidences of the misspelling sovereignity when all pages containing sovereign appear? -- Brenont 18:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone advise on the latest additions to the Central Sussex College article about the YouTube video. Personally I think much to much detail has been gone into, but I feel unable to be entirely independent. My thoughts are that the 'event' could be summarised in one or two sentences, but the photos and detail removed. Am I being to censorious? Tafkam 18:51, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
As the Superintendent of the Richwoods School District, I am aware of at least 12 factual errors and made up lies in the article. Someone is having fun with this, but the information is in error. While I attempted to edit the errors, I'm not sure I was successful. My questions are:
1. Can this article be edited back to just the description of where the town is?
2. How can responsible members of the community write an accurate history and description of the community and not have someone come along and edit nonsense into the article?
Thank you,
John Westerman, Superintendent Richwoods R-VII Richwoods, Missouri
1. Anyone can edit articles on Wikipedia, so all you have to do (in most cases) is click the link up the top of an article that says "edit this page". In some cases (e.g. George W. Bush), you may have to make a little more effort since the page is protected to some extent. In particular, if someone has edited a page to include vandalism, but there is an older version of the page which is "clean", it is possible to revert the article to its earlier version.
2. As said above, anyone can edit. Which means that anyone can come in and do what they like to an article, including vandalise it. However, a large effort goes into watching out for vandalism in Wikipedia articles, since it is just as easy (if not easier) to undo vandalism than to cause it, since it just requires someone to notice the vandalism (and there are many ways to do that), and revert it. As Thomas Jefferson might have said were he alive today, "The price of a good article is eternal vigilance." Confusing Manifestation 06:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello -
I am the Communication Coordinator for The Sage School in Foxboro, MA and wanted to update some information for the school's description.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sage_School
Katherine G. Windsor has been Head of School since 1998 not 1996. Can you please update or let me know who I should contact?
Thank you, Margaret O'Connor —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Moconnorsage ( talk • contribs) 20:08, 8 May 2007 (UTC).
How do I replace an article that I consider to be altogether misconceived and full of errors? I am an expert on the topic and previous editors clearly are not. I have solicited comments and modified my draft accordingly. The article in question is chemical equilibrium and my draft replacement is at user talk:petergans/draft. This article is of core significance with more than 200 links to it and I feel that it is important to get the science right. In my opinion the science is seriously defective in the current article, beyond redemption. Petergans 20:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Help I need to getback to editing. I cant edit mainspace. whats wrong with mi powers? Free account! ʑ 21:22, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Can you please help me with the right licene for that picture?
Thanks --
D-Kuru (17:58, 8 May 2007 (UTC))
Following reasonable success at resuscitating WP:CHICOTW, I am expanding my efforts into building up the assessment division of the project. I have recently had a bot tag articles within Category:Chicago, Illinois. Of the first 7000 or so articles identified by the bot two have been contentious. One of them has relented to having a {{ ChicagoWikiProject}} tag. This leaves only Jon Corzine as problematic. It is my understanding that a talk page project banner template is for the purpose of assisting a project categorize relevant articles. For example, the aforementioned tag would place articles in appropriate subcategories of Category:WikiProject_Chicago. Thus, it is useful for helping to administer the work of project. 2 or 3 editors of Corzine's page, seem to have a problem with the fact that our bot is adding the template to pages in the subcategory Category:University of Chicago alumni. In a sense, (from my perspective) they are attempting to WP:OWN the page and set policy for a project in which they are not a member by removing the Chicago project's template. I admit at first I said they had the option of removing it, but since the only other party who was given this option chose to accede to our project template I thought they would too. Now, I have asked that they allow the project to use the banner and they have continued to remove the banner. Does a WP Project have a right to place its banner on reasonably associated pages or can non-members of the project insist on its removal when it is somewhat relevant. If this is not the proper place to ask this question where else should I try. I will be xposting this at Village pump policy. TonyTheTiger ( talk/ cont/ bio) 21:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Are song lyrics allowed in Wikipedia articles? I'm asking because someone posted the English translation of "I Forget" from Serenada Schizophrana, and the only place that provides the translation for "I Forget" (legally) is the official Serenada Schizophrana website. -- Releeshan 21:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I have added a url to a musicians website. The musician is Kathem al Sahir. Our website has major musicians and artist from all over the world, on each of their pages there is biographical information that they gave to us. Video of them speaking about their instuments and musical career, as well as telling life stories that may have impacted them. The foundation of our website is live concert performances that have been recorded (by staytuned's professional film crew). So this is a educational website about music and dance. What I do not understand is why when I added this link on the bottom of the page it was removed? I read all of the guidelines and it seems to be a good fit. Before I try and add the individual URL's of our other artist can you tell me if their is some issue? I do not want to waste either of out time. Thank you. Alyssum <email removed> www.staytunedtv.com Staytunedtv 22:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed in a lot of tables everything is linked, even though they don't exist. For Example, in List_of_CSI:_Miami_episodes, the names of most of the writers, episodes, directors, etc. don't have an article. I'm wondering if there is some sort of rule or part of the formatting that says that if there are some links in a table, all applicable table entries need to be link as well, regardless of whether or not an article exists. It's rather interesting how some of the blue links lead to incorrect articles... 72.64.82.5 23:26, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
That would be because of redirection. If you become a member, then you can create the page and it won't redirect. Thanks,
Meldshal42
No, no, no, you misunderstand. I'm asking if there is some guideline that states if a few links in a table are valid, then all applicable entries (returning to the CSI example above, all the episode names or all the writers/directors) must have an internal link regardless or whether or not they exist. ([Again, the CSI example] more than 3/4 of the episodes don't have a corresponding article) 72.64.82.5 23:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
How do we start a bot? Do we have to be an admin or something? Thanks, Meldshal42.
Thank you Meldshal42
Hi..i had an account a while ago which was a subscriber, but stopped playing the game for personal reasons, then handed the account over to my friend and had him pay for it. Appariently he got banned and now i cant play anymore, and i want to start playing YPP again. Is there any way that i can get my computer 'untainted' because i wasnt the one that got banned
68.57.204.215 23:38, 8 May 2007 Thanks, sdsguitarist.
I believe you may be in the wrong place... just a hunch. 72.64.82.5 23:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
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I was viewing Wikipedia the other day when I realised that, after making a Wikipedia account, I have no real use for it at all. Since I created my account, I have made no contributions to Wikipedia at all apart from my user page, which I deleted straight after making it because I decided that I didn't want it after all, and a page about myself which I also deleted because I decided that I didn't want a page publicised about myself. Since I have made no contributions to Wikipedia and my account is free of any violation made to the Wikipedia website (in other words I haven't done anything on the site illegal), can I delete my account? 172.200.60.196 00:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a question. There was a message when I hoped on My Watchlist page. It told me that I might want to change my password. But, every single time I try to create a new one using My Preferences, It tells me "Incorrect password entered. Please try again.". My original password is typed in ok and my new password is all lower case, which should be ok. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. -- ASDFGHJKL= Greatest Person Ever+ Coolest Person Ever 00:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
i want to know more about dumb people(who are not able to speak)...i am not able o find a link in wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prashantsharma chd ( talk • contribs)
I was reading the Wikipedia policy on images, and it said to not take any images from a website without making sure it's okay with them. However, does that apply when:
If the policy doesn't apply with c then:
Thanks for your time and patience, "If...if is good" ^_^ 01:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I know that this is a frequently asked questioned, and I did check the Frequently Asked Questions page, but I'm still not quite sure how to make my article, J.R. and Babe, show up in the search engines. It shows up in wikipedia's search engine, sure, but not such search engines as AOL or Google, and I'm really looking for that. When I edited this page, it was blank, but months before that...it was an active article, so I decided to fix it up. Is the fact that this article was once deleted or blanked the reason for the search engine issues that I'm having with it?. Please, I don't mean to sound like such a newbie, but can you help me out with this? Flyer22 01:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC) Flyer22
There is a message on my watchlist: Important! For your own security, please choose a secure password. See password strength or this guide for help in choosing a strong password. [dismiss]. Is it because my password was considered naïve? Or is it a standard reminder for users? Rjgodoy 01:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible to license images (taken by myself, of course) uploaded to Wikipedia on the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License, or a similar license forbidding commercial use of the image? Thanks! -- Ali 02:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Worlds YOUNGEST tv show creator EVER! I have a username similar to this can you please look for it in your database for proof/confirmation my e-mail(s) are:
but i only created it last week and i registered for wikipedia either last year or the year before and the 3 above are the likely candidates for the e-mail spot on the other name.
I haven't logged in a long time because before this protection stuff i was able to edit for free, so i didn't need to waist time logging in if i was going to beat the
ENTIRE WORLD to add something on a page that just became huge news.
Worlds YOUNGEST tv show creator EVER! this is my new account because i couldn't remember the EXACT case sensitive username, and password or even which email i used. vut could you e-mail me at that names e-mail along with the username and password thank you very very much. i know you may think i'm stealing it but i'm not call my cell phone if you think you need to have vocal proof(i don't know why you would though).
I bolded, and italisized the time i live in. —The preceding
unsigned comment was added by
Worlds YOUNGEST tv show creator EVER! (
talk •
contribs) 05:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC).
And a follow-up: how? -- Xiaphias 05:36, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
<span title="Caption!">here is some text</span> |
here is some text |
Hope that's what you're looking for, or something like it. :) – Luna Santin ( talk) 06:13, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm trying to add a poet to the Editing Category:Canadian poets page, but when I click on edit this page, it does not show the list of poets, but rather something else; there are no other edit tags to click, that I can see. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Normally, it's simple to edit a page. What am I missing here?
Thanks for any help offered.
Proteotopian
Is it possible to get a hit counter for wikipedia? and if so where would I find one?
Thanks,
Klown hitman 06:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
An alternative to see viewing statistics is WikiCharts, see Special:Statistics#Other_statistics. You can also see articles with the most edits at Special:Mostrevisions.-- Commander Keane 07:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
how do i replace an old photo with a new up to date one ? Jonny benway 10:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
How do I submitt a new page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shane63 ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC).
An example, how do I search for incidences of the misspelling sovereignity when all pages containing sovereign appear? -- Brenont 18:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone advise on the latest additions to the Central Sussex College article about the YouTube video. Personally I think much to much detail has been gone into, but I feel unable to be entirely independent. My thoughts are that the 'event' could be summarised in one or two sentences, but the photos and detail removed. Am I being to censorious? Tafkam 18:51, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
As the Superintendent of the Richwoods School District, I am aware of at least 12 factual errors and made up lies in the article. Someone is having fun with this, but the information is in error. While I attempted to edit the errors, I'm not sure I was successful. My questions are:
1. Can this article be edited back to just the description of where the town is?
2. How can responsible members of the community write an accurate history and description of the community and not have someone come along and edit nonsense into the article?
Thank you,
John Westerman, Superintendent Richwoods R-VII Richwoods, Missouri
1. Anyone can edit articles on Wikipedia, so all you have to do (in most cases) is click the link up the top of an article that says "edit this page". In some cases (e.g. George W. Bush), you may have to make a little more effort since the page is protected to some extent. In particular, if someone has edited a page to include vandalism, but there is an older version of the page which is "clean", it is possible to revert the article to its earlier version.
2. As said above, anyone can edit. Which means that anyone can come in and do what they like to an article, including vandalise it. However, a large effort goes into watching out for vandalism in Wikipedia articles, since it is just as easy (if not easier) to undo vandalism than to cause it, since it just requires someone to notice the vandalism (and there are many ways to do that), and revert it. As Thomas Jefferson might have said were he alive today, "The price of a good article is eternal vigilance." Confusing Manifestation 06:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello -
I am the Communication Coordinator for The Sage School in Foxboro, MA and wanted to update some information for the school's description.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sage_School
Katherine G. Windsor has been Head of School since 1998 not 1996. Can you please update or let me know who I should contact?
Thank you, Margaret O'Connor —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Moconnorsage ( talk • contribs) 20:08, 8 May 2007 (UTC).
How do I replace an article that I consider to be altogether misconceived and full of errors? I am an expert on the topic and previous editors clearly are not. I have solicited comments and modified my draft accordingly. The article in question is chemical equilibrium and my draft replacement is at user talk:petergans/draft. This article is of core significance with more than 200 links to it and I feel that it is important to get the science right. In my opinion the science is seriously defective in the current article, beyond redemption. Petergans 20:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Help I need to getback to editing. I cant edit mainspace. whats wrong with mi powers? Free account! ʑ 21:22, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Can you please help me with the right licene for that picture?
Thanks --
D-Kuru (17:58, 8 May 2007 (UTC))
Following reasonable success at resuscitating WP:CHICOTW, I am expanding my efforts into building up the assessment division of the project. I have recently had a bot tag articles within Category:Chicago, Illinois. Of the first 7000 or so articles identified by the bot two have been contentious. One of them has relented to having a {{ ChicagoWikiProject}} tag. This leaves only Jon Corzine as problematic. It is my understanding that a talk page project banner template is for the purpose of assisting a project categorize relevant articles. For example, the aforementioned tag would place articles in appropriate subcategories of Category:WikiProject_Chicago. Thus, it is useful for helping to administer the work of project. 2 or 3 editors of Corzine's page, seem to have a problem with the fact that our bot is adding the template to pages in the subcategory Category:University of Chicago alumni. In a sense, (from my perspective) they are attempting to WP:OWN the page and set policy for a project in which they are not a member by removing the Chicago project's template. I admit at first I said they had the option of removing it, but since the only other party who was given this option chose to accede to our project template I thought they would too. Now, I have asked that they allow the project to use the banner and they have continued to remove the banner. Does a WP Project have a right to place its banner on reasonably associated pages or can non-members of the project insist on its removal when it is somewhat relevant. If this is not the proper place to ask this question where else should I try. I will be xposting this at Village pump policy. TonyTheTiger ( talk/ cont/ bio) 21:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Are song lyrics allowed in Wikipedia articles? I'm asking because someone posted the English translation of "I Forget" from Serenada Schizophrana, and the only place that provides the translation for "I Forget" (legally) is the official Serenada Schizophrana website. -- Releeshan 21:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I have added a url to a musicians website. The musician is Kathem al Sahir. Our website has major musicians and artist from all over the world, on each of their pages there is biographical information that they gave to us. Video of them speaking about their instuments and musical career, as well as telling life stories that may have impacted them. The foundation of our website is live concert performances that have been recorded (by staytuned's professional film crew). So this is a educational website about music and dance. What I do not understand is why when I added this link on the bottom of the page it was removed? I read all of the guidelines and it seems to be a good fit. Before I try and add the individual URL's of our other artist can you tell me if their is some issue? I do not want to waste either of out time. Thank you. Alyssum <email removed> www.staytunedtv.com Staytunedtv 22:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed in a lot of tables everything is linked, even though they don't exist. For Example, in List_of_CSI:_Miami_episodes, the names of most of the writers, episodes, directors, etc. don't have an article. I'm wondering if there is some sort of rule or part of the formatting that says that if there are some links in a table, all applicable table entries need to be link as well, regardless of whether or not an article exists. It's rather interesting how some of the blue links lead to incorrect articles... 72.64.82.5 23:26, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
That would be because of redirection. If you become a member, then you can create the page and it won't redirect. Thanks,
Meldshal42
No, no, no, you misunderstand. I'm asking if there is some guideline that states if a few links in a table are valid, then all applicable entries (returning to the CSI example above, all the episode names or all the writers/directors) must have an internal link regardless or whether or not they exist. ([Again, the CSI example] more than 3/4 of the episodes don't have a corresponding article) 72.64.82.5 23:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
How do we start a bot? Do we have to be an admin or something? Thanks, Meldshal42.
Thank you Meldshal42
Hi..i had an account a while ago which was a subscriber, but stopped playing the game for personal reasons, then handed the account over to my friend and had him pay for it. Appariently he got banned and now i cant play anymore, and i want to start playing YPP again. Is there any way that i can get my computer 'untainted' because i wasnt the one that got banned
68.57.204.215 23:38, 8 May 2007 Thanks, sdsguitarist.
I believe you may be in the wrong place... just a hunch. 72.64.82.5 23:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)