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I don't know what they are called, which is half the problem. I am looking for the one of those things you put at the top of the page that says something along the lines of "This article needs to be rewritten to meet Wikipedia's style guidelines"; or, colloquially, "This article shouldn't be so chatty and informal" etc.
Case in point from the Stroller history page (which cites no sources and reads like a broken up (but not bad) undergraduate essay.:
"Ever since babies have been born, parents have looked for a convenient way of traveling with their children. From slings to pouches, babies have been transported in a number of ways. Today we do it a bit differently, but how did we get our modern day strollers? Where did it all start?"
Thanks in advance Saudade7 01:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Im doing a project for Ela and i cant find your copywrite date where is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.61.65.66 ( talk) 02:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
how do i find the name of a song from a line of the song? Aebe ( talk) 02:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Is there any way to style Template:Fact and similar citation templates using CSS? I took a look at the source but I can't find any classes or IDs to style with. Mfko ( talk) 02:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
.Template-Fact { display: none }
I am a photographer of noteworthy accomplishment. However, my wikipedia page was recently nominated for deletion due to unsatisfactory notability. We had looked at Art Wolfe's page [1] to understand what was required. Reviewing it again, I'm unclear how his qualified and mine did not. Can you point out which things on his page qualify him, so I can understand what other information I need to include in mine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.166.89.116 ( talk) 03:39, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
are international students required Toefl degree to be accepted to your college? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommy naies ( talk • contribs) 03:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
The article listed here [2] does not contain the site www.projectcoe.com
It should be listed under the "P" section as Project COE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikemosha90 ( talk • contribs) 03:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I need to know when making a bibilography if I should do it as an internet line or as an excylopedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.36.189.41 ( talk) 03:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
How do I add a "disambiguation" page to an article, and then add a new article for the same title? I'm trying to do this to the D_star page, since it also refers to a search algorithm used in artificial intelligence similar to the A_star you have an article about. Thanks, Omar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.6.45.214 ( talk) 04:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
For this particular page, you may have a slightly simpler solution. This page already has D-Star and Dstar as redirects. If you are think "D-STAR" itself is not likely to be confused with the algorithm, then you can simply edit the redirect page D-Star to convert it to a dab. To reach the redirect page itself, (here or as in step 4 above) click on a link and get redirected, then click on the link in the little sentence at the top that says (redirected from D-Star). - Arch dude ( talk) 12:25, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi
I want to print mutliple pages under a category in a single go instead of opening each page and printing it. How can I do it.
Regards, Shashi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.179.4 ( talk) 05:21, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I accidentally put in a username that i didn't want, so I am wondering how I can delete my account and get another one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by XXawesomewafflesXx ( talk • contribs) 05:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I would like to create a doppleganger account/alternative account. Is that allowed, or only admins can create accounts? - Go od sh op ed 05:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Is it allowed for one to copy articles then rewrite and publish in a newspaper —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.222.13.134 ( talk) 09:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
My name is Matteo Prezioso and I have a Wikipedia account with username 'sowhatfilms' linked to an email I have recently deleted (<e-mail refactored>). I believe I also own another username, matteoprezioso although I am not sure what email was linked to. It's either another deleted email, <e-mail refactored> - or it is the one I use and therefore would like to have registered, <e-mail refactored>). I know it looks like a bit of a mess (it certainly is...) but if this one gets sorted I'll promise to keep it tidy!
Thanks for everything,
Matteo Prezioso
- once again
to keep active: username: <e-mail refactored> email: <e-mail refactored>
to cancel: username: sowhatfilms email: <e-mail refactored> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sowhatfilms ( talk • contribs) 10:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
How do i create a infobox on the right top of a wiki, for example, google, it shows google, then its logo, the type, founded, headquarters, etc, how do i do that? i have been reading over all FAQ and help and still don't get it. somebody please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.119.149 ( talk) 10:04, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
how do you put up a picture in an article once i have finished uploading it? how will i be able to do this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjguaren ( talk • contribs) 10:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I wish to copy articles from Wikipedia (which is permitted per WP:GFDL) but I am having a problem actually doing so. I tried transwiki'ing the articles, but the full history wasn't transferred, same for Special:Export.
The actual articles I'm trying to transfer with full page history to my wiki are:
I don't really want to do a copy-and-paste transwiki, as that would probably be a contravention of the GFDL.
Please could someone help me solve this problem?? Thanks, -- Solumeiras talk 11:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello, how do I add comments to my edits on the history page, how can I respond to someone who edits my page with whom I have a disagreement and how do I put in footnotes using little numbers next to what I want to reference. Last night I tried to delete the page as I did not know how to do any of this rather than have my article up on Wikipedia with problems. Ldsnh2 ( talk) 11:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
How do I remove a tag after editing and correcting unreliable quotes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wlopes ( talk • contribs) 12:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I seem to remember Recent Changes in the sidebar, but it is no more. Where did it go? - 76.105.146.105 14:15, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
where is the chemical laboratory located?
I tried to ask this yesterday, but the question was mangled by the wikimedia software change and seemed to get ignored, so I hope no-one minds me asking again:
I've read around the image help and picture tutorial but can't seem to find the answer to this. I'm aware of the <gallery> tag and the {{gallery}} template, but I'm looking for something that lets the reader flip through a series of pictures. For an example, see the French language wikipedia article fr:Pétra. That uses a template named ? {{Images}} (see sections Géologie and Principaux monuments, for example), but this doesn't seem to exist in the English wikipedia. For starters, I'd like to display some representative pictures in the article on David Roberts (painter), without overwhelming the text.
Is there a similar template here? Is there a way to use the French template? Is there a reason why we shouldn't use this type of template? (I can see that it might not translate well to a print version, but that would seem to be a decision for a later time.) To me it seems to be a much less intrusive presentation in certain circumstances than the full gallery presentation. Rupert Clayton 14:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi I may be being really dumb but I have trawled the help and cannot find where to suggest a new topic for someone to create a page about. I came across lots of red links to other suggestions but couldn't for the life of me find how to submit my own! Please help. I am wanting a page about Igor Tjarkovsky, the russian who saved his premature babies' life by bringing her up in a tank of water, leading to the start of water births. Can you help? Or could you point me to the right page?
Thanks in advance Sarah—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.252.58 ( talk • contribs)
I recently created a short article on a prescription drug that I take called Animi-3. I put basic facts about the drug and referenced a number of different medical web sites that have written about Animi-3. I was hoping to be able to expand on the topic (as well as have other do the same) once I got the basic article up and had time to do some more research. When I first posted the article I went to search for it and couldn't find it, at the same time I was having computer issues so I thought it simply didn't save, so I put the information back in and submitted it to find out that the first one and about a minute later the second one was quickly deleted, it was said that it was advertising. I am unsure why it was deleted because of that, there was nothing in the article that was advertisement, I simply wanted to get information out regarding this drug. I tried to flag the article for a hold so that I could justify the importance of it on the talk page but was not given the opportunity to do so. What do I need to do to get the article posted? Thanks! BeachTeach007 15:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
(undent) Let's not forget to mention the page: Wikipedia:Why was my article deleted?. Be aware that Wikipedia is just one of thousands of wikis, each with its own policies for content. Almost certainly, you can find another wiki which will accept your article, if you can't get it to "stick" on Wikipedia. For example, Wikicompany wants to list every legally incorporated company in the world. Perhaps WikiHealth will accept an article about Animi-3. -- Teratornis 18:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm trying to add a footnote to an article and it doesn't seem to be working. My footnote would be the first one on this page. Does anyone know the specific steps I need to follow? (I've tried the < ref > markup, and it creates a footnote, but then if you click on the footnote, it doesn't link to the reference)
Thanks! Grumpy otter 15:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Every buddy,
Can you send me the Informatica 8.0 materilas and BOXI amterials .please help me
my mail id is [email removed]
About 1/3 of the way down the following page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada this text exists :"But dont forget that cayln jacks off to pictures of santa on the weekends." I don't know how to remove it. Thanks
The Steve Pavlina article was repeatedly vandalized and deleted this week after it had been approved and online for some time. The deletion is obvious vandalism if you look through the recent changes, a result of a spamming forum member who was banned (from the Pavlina LLC forum of 10,245 members here: http://www.stevepavlina.com/forums/)
Anyway, the article was blatantly vandalized by this banned member, then deleted even though it easily met notability requires.. what can we do to get it back online and protected?
Best, Dan Linehan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puredemo ( talk • contribs) — Puredemo ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
@ Orange Mike - He runs the number one most visited personal development site on the web with a daily reach of millions of monthly pageviews. See
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/stevepavlina.com
The forum alone has more than 10,000 members. Steve Pavlina is the most prolific personal development writer online, with thousands of published articles available on his site. His nearest competitor in the field would Tony Robbins, who only has approximately 10% as much web presence (compare via alexa), yet Tony Robbins has a huge wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_robbins
Steve Pavlina is also a 10k / hour keynote speaker, was the CEO of deterity software, the president of the Association of Shareware Professionals(ASP) in 2000, etc etc.
To say that a bio page for him is advertising is ridiculously obtuse. Someone generating tens of millions of monthly pageviews doesn't need an advertising page on Wikipedia. That kind of traffic puts his site in the league of powerhouse new media companies like boing boing and reddit, but with only one publisher, and if that isn't notable, what exactly is?
edit - Here is the cached page from google, with notable links to articles from USA Today, the Guardian, etc. 209.85.173.104
@Hersford - Oh, you mean this deleting admin? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%5Edemon Let me get right on that.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.5.171.250 ( talk) 20:42, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
@Ariel - The admin stripping thing is a joke then? I didn't realize. I'm not sure what a banner is, beyond some sort of online advertisement. 72.5.171.250 20:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.5.171.250 ( talk) 20:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Where should we go from here to get the page back online? The google cached copy was already pretty neutral. 72.5.171.250 20:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC) 72.5.171.250 20:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC) Puredemo 20:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Well, I put it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_November_30#Steve_Pavlina (I borrowed some of your copy, hope thats Ok.) Puredemo 21:16, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
How do I create a new page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Melatti ( talk • contribs) 21:03, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
When you make a new article, how do you make that info box on the right side where you can put information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guy from canada ( talk • contribs) 21:04, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Where should I report an Ip address that has been vandalizing pages? They have received constant warnings and needs to be blocked ASAP. — Noah¢s ( Talk) 21:18, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
This is a pretty general question and not regular help-desk fare, I know, but I'd be grateful for any pointers you can give me. I'm happy to try one of the reference desks if you think they would be a better bet.
I'm not a student nor an academic, and generally I do my research in old-fashioned books, of the paper kind. However, occasionally I want or need to look up academic papers on the internet, and I wonder what the options are for an individual with a computer at home but without a £multi-thousand budget to subscribe to a service designed for university libraries?
To make my question a bit more specific, and to give an example: in relation to something I was researching for one of the wikiprojects, I was referred to: John Jowett, "Johannes Factotum: Henry Chettle and Greene's Groatsworth of Wit", Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. 87, no. 4, (1993), pp. 453-86. AndyJones 21:33, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
When I go to an article and click on an image, if I click on "what links here" it says that no articles link to the image. I thought this used to work. Is there some bug? Bubba73 (talk), 22:07, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I am looking for the external links that will provide me to book reviews written by authors, specifically William Corebett.
i dont know how to make a page on wikipedia. how do you do it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garrettsmage ( talk • contribs)
This page is for questions about USING Wikipedia only.
(undent) In general, meta-discussion about how to organize the Help desk belongs on Wikipedia talk:Help desk rather than the Help desk itself. This discussion may be confusing to new users who come to the Help desk for help, although we are discussing ways to un-confuse them. -- Teratornis 22:09, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I've been trying to use a wikipedia template (Infobox Company) in another MediaWiki wiki. I've set $wgEnableScaryTranscluding = true; and set the iwtrans bit in the interwiki record for wikipedia.
The effect I get is that the MediaWiki page transcludes the template documentation, not the template itself.
How can I use a wikipedia template in another wiki?
The source I am using in my wiki looks like this:
{{wikipedia:Infobox_Company | name = The Corporation Company | logo = [[Image:Example.png|160px]] | type = [[Public company|Public]] ({{nyse|TCC1}}, {{tyo|TCC1}}) | genre = Corporate histories | foundation = [[New York City]], [[United States|U.S.]] (1900) | founder = Wikiped Wikiad | location_city = [[Seattle, Washington]] | location_country = [[United States|U.S.]] | location = }}
Thanks for any help! (and I have struggled for several hours RTFM already...)
Andronico 23:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
(I'm not sure exactly how to respond on this page...)
The documentation is at [ [6]] Does this Wikipedia page need the <noinclude></noinclude> tags?
Andronico 00:45, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
$wgEnableScaryTranscluding = true;
, as we needed to customize everything we copied from Wikipedia anyway. Porting templates is straightforward but tedious. Many templates, especially
infoboxes, use CSS style classes, so you need to copy some or all of
MediaWiki:Common.css from Wikipedia to your wiki.
MediaWiki:Common.css is a
protected page, but you can view the wikitext and copy it, no problem. Once you have all the style classes your templates need, then you just copy templates from Wikipedia to template pages of the same name on your wiki. This is where the fun begins, because many templates on Wikipedia themselves transclude other templates, so it can take some time to recursively dig down to the bottom to get all the templates you need. To tell what templates a given template uses, click its edit link, then look at the bottom of the editing page below the edit window for a list of templates the given template transcludes. Fortunately, it's not
Turtles all the way down - the template pile is finite, so eventually you will have all the necessary templates copied over to your wiki. Whether you want to copy the documentation for each template is up to you. I prefer to merely link to the documentation on Wikipedia, and if necessary, I write comparatively short documentation about whatever I changed in the template. That's a quick summary of the method. In theory, questions such as yours (about using MediaWiki on your own wiki) are supposed to go in
mw:Project:Support desk, but responses tend to be slower there than here. --
Teratornis 22:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)Help desk | ||
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I don't know what they are called, which is half the problem. I am looking for the one of those things you put at the top of the page that says something along the lines of "This article needs to be rewritten to meet Wikipedia's style guidelines"; or, colloquially, "This article shouldn't be so chatty and informal" etc.
Case in point from the Stroller history page (which cites no sources and reads like a broken up (but not bad) undergraduate essay.:
"Ever since babies have been born, parents have looked for a convenient way of traveling with their children. From slings to pouches, babies have been transported in a number of ways. Today we do it a bit differently, but how did we get our modern day strollers? Where did it all start?"
Thanks in advance Saudade7 01:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Im doing a project for Ela and i cant find your copywrite date where is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.61.65.66 ( talk) 02:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
how do i find the name of a song from a line of the song? Aebe ( talk) 02:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Is there any way to style Template:Fact and similar citation templates using CSS? I took a look at the source but I can't find any classes or IDs to style with. Mfko ( talk) 02:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
.Template-Fact { display: none }
I am a photographer of noteworthy accomplishment. However, my wikipedia page was recently nominated for deletion due to unsatisfactory notability. We had looked at Art Wolfe's page [1] to understand what was required. Reviewing it again, I'm unclear how his qualified and mine did not. Can you point out which things on his page qualify him, so I can understand what other information I need to include in mine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.166.89.116 ( talk) 03:39, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
are international students required Toefl degree to be accepted to your college? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommy naies ( talk • contribs) 03:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
The article listed here [2] does not contain the site www.projectcoe.com
It should be listed under the "P" section as Project COE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikemosha90 ( talk • contribs) 03:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I need to know when making a bibilography if I should do it as an internet line or as an excylopedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.36.189.41 ( talk) 03:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
How do I add a "disambiguation" page to an article, and then add a new article for the same title? I'm trying to do this to the D_star page, since it also refers to a search algorithm used in artificial intelligence similar to the A_star you have an article about. Thanks, Omar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.6.45.214 ( talk) 04:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
For this particular page, you may have a slightly simpler solution. This page already has D-Star and Dstar as redirects. If you are think "D-STAR" itself is not likely to be confused with the algorithm, then you can simply edit the redirect page D-Star to convert it to a dab. To reach the redirect page itself, (here or as in step 4 above) click on a link and get redirected, then click on the link in the little sentence at the top that says (redirected from D-Star). - Arch dude ( talk) 12:25, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi
I want to print mutliple pages under a category in a single go instead of opening each page and printing it. How can I do it.
Regards, Shashi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.179.4 ( talk) 05:21, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I accidentally put in a username that i didn't want, so I am wondering how I can delete my account and get another one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by XXawesomewafflesXx ( talk • contribs) 05:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I would like to create a doppleganger account/alternative account. Is that allowed, or only admins can create accounts? - Go od sh op ed 05:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Is it allowed for one to copy articles then rewrite and publish in a newspaper —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.222.13.134 ( talk) 09:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
My name is Matteo Prezioso and I have a Wikipedia account with username 'sowhatfilms' linked to an email I have recently deleted (<e-mail refactored>). I believe I also own another username, matteoprezioso although I am not sure what email was linked to. It's either another deleted email, <e-mail refactored> - or it is the one I use and therefore would like to have registered, <e-mail refactored>). I know it looks like a bit of a mess (it certainly is...) but if this one gets sorted I'll promise to keep it tidy!
Thanks for everything,
Matteo Prezioso
- once again
to keep active: username: <e-mail refactored> email: <e-mail refactored>
to cancel: username: sowhatfilms email: <e-mail refactored> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sowhatfilms ( talk • contribs) 10:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
How do i create a infobox on the right top of a wiki, for example, google, it shows google, then its logo, the type, founded, headquarters, etc, how do i do that? i have been reading over all FAQ and help and still don't get it. somebody please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.119.149 ( talk) 10:04, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
how do you put up a picture in an article once i have finished uploading it? how will i be able to do this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjguaren ( talk • contribs) 10:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I wish to copy articles from Wikipedia (which is permitted per WP:GFDL) but I am having a problem actually doing so. I tried transwiki'ing the articles, but the full history wasn't transferred, same for Special:Export.
The actual articles I'm trying to transfer with full page history to my wiki are:
I don't really want to do a copy-and-paste transwiki, as that would probably be a contravention of the GFDL.
Please could someone help me solve this problem?? Thanks, -- Solumeiras talk 11:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello, how do I add comments to my edits on the history page, how can I respond to someone who edits my page with whom I have a disagreement and how do I put in footnotes using little numbers next to what I want to reference. Last night I tried to delete the page as I did not know how to do any of this rather than have my article up on Wikipedia with problems. Ldsnh2 ( talk) 11:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
How do I remove a tag after editing and correcting unreliable quotes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wlopes ( talk • contribs) 12:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I seem to remember Recent Changes in the sidebar, but it is no more. Where did it go? - 76.105.146.105 14:15, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
where is the chemical laboratory located?
I tried to ask this yesterday, but the question was mangled by the wikimedia software change and seemed to get ignored, so I hope no-one minds me asking again:
I've read around the image help and picture tutorial but can't seem to find the answer to this. I'm aware of the <gallery> tag and the {{gallery}} template, but I'm looking for something that lets the reader flip through a series of pictures. For an example, see the French language wikipedia article fr:Pétra. That uses a template named ? {{Images}} (see sections Géologie and Principaux monuments, for example), but this doesn't seem to exist in the English wikipedia. For starters, I'd like to display some representative pictures in the article on David Roberts (painter), without overwhelming the text.
Is there a similar template here? Is there a way to use the French template? Is there a reason why we shouldn't use this type of template? (I can see that it might not translate well to a print version, but that would seem to be a decision for a later time.) To me it seems to be a much less intrusive presentation in certain circumstances than the full gallery presentation. Rupert Clayton 14:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi I may be being really dumb but I have trawled the help and cannot find where to suggest a new topic for someone to create a page about. I came across lots of red links to other suggestions but couldn't for the life of me find how to submit my own! Please help. I am wanting a page about Igor Tjarkovsky, the russian who saved his premature babies' life by bringing her up in a tank of water, leading to the start of water births. Can you help? Or could you point me to the right page?
Thanks in advance Sarah—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.252.58 ( talk • contribs)
I recently created a short article on a prescription drug that I take called Animi-3. I put basic facts about the drug and referenced a number of different medical web sites that have written about Animi-3. I was hoping to be able to expand on the topic (as well as have other do the same) once I got the basic article up and had time to do some more research. When I first posted the article I went to search for it and couldn't find it, at the same time I was having computer issues so I thought it simply didn't save, so I put the information back in and submitted it to find out that the first one and about a minute later the second one was quickly deleted, it was said that it was advertising. I am unsure why it was deleted because of that, there was nothing in the article that was advertisement, I simply wanted to get information out regarding this drug. I tried to flag the article for a hold so that I could justify the importance of it on the talk page but was not given the opportunity to do so. What do I need to do to get the article posted? Thanks! BeachTeach007 15:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
(undent) Let's not forget to mention the page: Wikipedia:Why was my article deleted?. Be aware that Wikipedia is just one of thousands of wikis, each with its own policies for content. Almost certainly, you can find another wiki which will accept your article, if you can't get it to "stick" on Wikipedia. For example, Wikicompany wants to list every legally incorporated company in the world. Perhaps WikiHealth will accept an article about Animi-3. -- Teratornis 18:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm trying to add a footnote to an article and it doesn't seem to be working. My footnote would be the first one on this page. Does anyone know the specific steps I need to follow? (I've tried the < ref > markup, and it creates a footnote, but then if you click on the footnote, it doesn't link to the reference)
Thanks! Grumpy otter 15:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Every buddy,
Can you send me the Informatica 8.0 materilas and BOXI amterials .please help me
my mail id is [email removed]
About 1/3 of the way down the following page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada this text exists :"But dont forget that cayln jacks off to pictures of santa on the weekends." I don't know how to remove it. Thanks
The Steve Pavlina article was repeatedly vandalized and deleted this week after it had been approved and online for some time. The deletion is obvious vandalism if you look through the recent changes, a result of a spamming forum member who was banned (from the Pavlina LLC forum of 10,245 members here: http://www.stevepavlina.com/forums/)
Anyway, the article was blatantly vandalized by this banned member, then deleted even though it easily met notability requires.. what can we do to get it back online and protected?
Best, Dan Linehan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puredemo ( talk • contribs) — Puredemo ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
@ Orange Mike - He runs the number one most visited personal development site on the web with a daily reach of millions of monthly pageviews. See
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/stevepavlina.com
The forum alone has more than 10,000 members. Steve Pavlina is the most prolific personal development writer online, with thousands of published articles available on his site. His nearest competitor in the field would Tony Robbins, who only has approximately 10% as much web presence (compare via alexa), yet Tony Robbins has a huge wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_robbins
Steve Pavlina is also a 10k / hour keynote speaker, was the CEO of deterity software, the president of the Association of Shareware Professionals(ASP) in 2000, etc etc.
To say that a bio page for him is advertising is ridiculously obtuse. Someone generating tens of millions of monthly pageviews doesn't need an advertising page on Wikipedia. That kind of traffic puts his site in the league of powerhouse new media companies like boing boing and reddit, but with only one publisher, and if that isn't notable, what exactly is?
edit - Here is the cached page from google, with notable links to articles from USA Today, the Guardian, etc. 209.85.173.104
@Hersford - Oh, you mean this deleting admin? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%5Edemon Let me get right on that.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.5.171.250 ( talk) 20:42, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
@Ariel - The admin stripping thing is a joke then? I didn't realize. I'm not sure what a banner is, beyond some sort of online advertisement. 72.5.171.250 20:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.5.171.250 ( talk) 20:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Where should we go from here to get the page back online? The google cached copy was already pretty neutral. 72.5.171.250 20:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC) 72.5.171.250 20:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC) Puredemo 20:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Well, I put it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_November_30#Steve_Pavlina (I borrowed some of your copy, hope thats Ok.) Puredemo 21:16, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
How do I create a new page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Melatti ( talk • contribs) 21:03, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
When you make a new article, how do you make that info box on the right side where you can put information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guy from canada ( talk • contribs) 21:04, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Where should I report an Ip address that has been vandalizing pages? They have received constant warnings and needs to be blocked ASAP. — Noah¢s ( Talk) 21:18, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
This is a pretty general question and not regular help-desk fare, I know, but I'd be grateful for any pointers you can give me. I'm happy to try one of the reference desks if you think they would be a better bet.
I'm not a student nor an academic, and generally I do my research in old-fashioned books, of the paper kind. However, occasionally I want or need to look up academic papers on the internet, and I wonder what the options are for an individual with a computer at home but without a £multi-thousand budget to subscribe to a service designed for university libraries?
To make my question a bit more specific, and to give an example: in relation to something I was researching for one of the wikiprojects, I was referred to: John Jowett, "Johannes Factotum: Henry Chettle and Greene's Groatsworth of Wit", Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. 87, no. 4, (1993), pp. 453-86. AndyJones 21:33, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
When I go to an article and click on an image, if I click on "what links here" it says that no articles link to the image. I thought this used to work. Is there some bug? Bubba73 (talk), 22:07, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I am looking for the external links that will provide me to book reviews written by authors, specifically William Corebett.
i dont know how to make a page on wikipedia. how do you do it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garrettsmage ( talk • contribs)
This page is for questions about USING Wikipedia only.
(undent) In general, meta-discussion about how to organize the Help desk belongs on Wikipedia talk:Help desk rather than the Help desk itself. This discussion may be confusing to new users who come to the Help desk for help, although we are discussing ways to un-confuse them. -- Teratornis 22:09, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I've been trying to use a wikipedia template (Infobox Company) in another MediaWiki wiki. I've set $wgEnableScaryTranscluding = true; and set the iwtrans bit in the interwiki record for wikipedia.
The effect I get is that the MediaWiki page transcludes the template documentation, not the template itself.
How can I use a wikipedia template in another wiki?
The source I am using in my wiki looks like this:
{{wikipedia:Infobox_Company | name = The Corporation Company | logo = [[Image:Example.png|160px]] | type = [[Public company|Public]] ({{nyse|TCC1}}, {{tyo|TCC1}}) | genre = Corporate histories | foundation = [[New York City]], [[United States|U.S.]] (1900) | founder = Wikiped Wikiad | location_city = [[Seattle, Washington]] | location_country = [[United States|U.S.]] | location = }}
Thanks for any help! (and I have struggled for several hours RTFM already...)
Andronico 23:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
(I'm not sure exactly how to respond on this page...)
The documentation is at [ [6]] Does this Wikipedia page need the <noinclude></noinclude> tags?
Andronico 00:45, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
$wgEnableScaryTranscluding = true;
, as we needed to customize everything we copied from Wikipedia anyway. Porting templates is straightforward but tedious. Many templates, especially
infoboxes, use CSS style classes, so you need to copy some or all of
MediaWiki:Common.css from Wikipedia to your wiki.
MediaWiki:Common.css is a
protected page, but you can view the wikitext and copy it, no problem. Once you have all the style classes your templates need, then you just copy templates from Wikipedia to template pages of the same name on your wiki. This is where the fun begins, because many templates on Wikipedia themselves transclude other templates, so it can take some time to recursively dig down to the bottom to get all the templates you need. To tell what templates a given template uses, click its edit link, then look at the bottom of the editing page below the edit window for a list of templates the given template transcludes. Fortunately, it's not
Turtles all the way down - the template pile is finite, so eventually you will have all the necessary templates copied over to your wiki. Whether you want to copy the documentation for each template is up to you. I prefer to merely link to the documentation on Wikipedia, and if necessary, I write comparatively short documentation about whatever I changed in the template. That's a quick summary of the method. In theory, questions such as yours (about using MediaWiki on your own wiki) are supposed to go in
mw:Project:Support desk, but responses tend to be slower there than here. --
Teratornis 22:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)