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Can a user remove discussions from their own talk page? This includes warnings given to the user and problems with that user? -- → Ãlways Ãhëad ( talk) 00:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
You might want to archive though, for easier orientation. The Dominator Talk Edits 02:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi all. There's an article at Unconventional warfare that needs to be moved to a more precise and accurate title. However, I think there is some consensus to retain an older version (perhaps this one) of the article at the present name. What's the proper way to split off the current version to a new title, while maintaining an older version at the current title? Is this even possible to do while maintaining all the contribs and GFDL compliance? Thoughts? -- Bfigura ( talk) 00:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I know image copyrights are complicated, but does anyone know if the following images qualify for use in the article Harold Dodds?
[1] Specifically, the second image (the one with Truman). Is this public domain because it's in the National Archives?
[2] How about this? Same guy as the first image. This is most likely copywritten, but can we use it through fair use? He's dead, so it would be hard to get a free image. Also, it's not of the best quality.
Thanks in advance for the help. Paragon12321 ( talk) 03:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I have a wiki myself. Its logo on the left upper corner says: "Set $wgLogo to the URL path to your own logo image". Now, how do I change it to my desired logo? BnaiBrithChai ( talk) 03:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
When a page is deleted it no longer appears in a user's contribution list. This makes it hard to tell if a particular user is being abusive by repeated creating unwelcome pages (eg. attack pages). I know this is not the proper place to suggest a change so I was wondering where is the proper place to suggest that a record of deleted pages stay attached to users. Or perhaps such a thing exists already and I don't know? Jester5x5 ( talk) 03:52, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
We use Template:Merge to suggest merging an article by holding a talk page discussion, but I'm wondering if we have a specific template to tag articles that have had consensus for a merge (on AfD, for instance) in cases where no one knowledgeable about the subject is available to perform the merge yet. I thought there was one somewhere, but i cannot find it. Please help! -- PeaceNT ( talk) 04:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Is there a way to prevent AJAX search suggestion popups without logging in? I don't log in for routine lookups, and being assailed by a popup of someone else's ideas of what I may or may not be trying to look up every time I press a key is like someone interrupting me trying to finish my sentence after every syllable I speak. Or like trying to use Microsoft Word with Clippy. I caught Google experimenting with this one day, but they also provided a preference which generated a reusable cookie (without logging in). If not, is there a discussion of this feature you could direct me to? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.11.32 ( talk) 05:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, all! Especially for submitting a feature request; I'll keep an eye out for it. The Google idea is interesting. I fell into the habit of hitting the Wikipedia button provided by ToolbarButtons (Firefox extension), which I reset to the Search page to avoid the load time of the Main page (fonts?), but I could just as easily reset it to Google. Which brings up another idea -- having an alternate, more minimalist version of the Search page.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.11.32 ( talk) 20:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
How can I fix the overlap between my new section and the infobox in Otto Kruger? Also, I deleted "https:///u" from the infobox - did that have any function? Clarityfiend ( talk) 06:16, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Maybe try shortening the text that's overlapping or thinning the infobox a little, if that's possible. WhiteFox ( talk) 06:20, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I was following links and looked at the article about Katie Price a/k/a Jordan.
The first sentence under "Early Life" reads: "Jordan was born as a male, but decided to become a female after realizing he loved men."
Later, the article mentions something she did while "heavily pregnant". Also, the biographical information lists her birth name as "Katrina".
Clearly, something is wrong here. The reference to her being born a male is obviously wrong, and perhaps was inserted by an editor as a joke.
My question: How does one go about removing it? I've tried to find in the FAQ information what the procedure is for simply deleting part of an article, but I'm not sure I understand it.
Thanks for any feedback on this, or if anyone wishes to delete the reference to save time, please do so.
Here's the link to the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_(Katie_Price) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bibico ( talk • contribs) 09:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I created a page about the Catalan Atlas. It is also called the Atlas Catalan. I think I created two pages! Could you please let me know how to get rid of Atlas Catalan and leave Atlas Catalan and redirect Atlas Catalan to Catalan Atlas. Thanks. ItemSeven ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 10:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
For any given wikipedia, how can i find a list of users ordered by the number of edits they've made? 172.206.184.6 ( talk) 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Im sure theres been a discussion about this before, can someone point me to it? I just dont see the reason why we should give people an open invitation to vandalise such a great article. It just doesn't make sense. It should be fully protected for those 24hrs because since its featured already there wouldn't be any reason for users to change it. If so they can wait until after its removed from the front page. Thanks Roadrunnerz45 ( talk) 12:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm talking about the Myakka photographs section, look under edit, I need help fixing the cite tags which were originally added by Loren Coleman. Is there a way to keep both ref tags the same ref name, but with each of the ref cite tags having two titles and links, so that at the bottom it displays both the Letter and the Myakka links? If so, how would this be done, and if not then what is the best compromise? Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 14:02, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Why are the articles User:Crazy4126 and User_talk:Crazy4126 in user namespace? They should be in article namespace, I think, but I don't want to move them, for there may be something I don't know about which is the reason for them being in user namespace. Thanks, Zrs 12 ( talk) 18:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Can I create a page giving information about my company? I've heard that if so, this page needs to be created by a third party and not someone employed by the company...is this true?
132.177.78.77 ( talk) 18:19, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
hello, i accidentally deleted some text and image. would you please tell me how to recover them? Blake Regis ( talk) 18:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
How do you change the font in your signature? Nick4404 yada yada yada What have I done? 20:08, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm in need of a user who is well versed in Wikipedia's policies on page structure, prose, grammar, spelling, etc, to help me clean-up a page. Is there a specific place to ask for such assistance, or does anyone know of an editor who would be willing to help? The Clawed One ( talk) 21:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia, We wish to cooperate in correcting a misdirected link within the Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_University automatically links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_University
Akamai University is a federally tax-exempt 510c3 nonprofit organization. Akamai is NOT in any way legally associated with, merged with, affiliated with, or a successor of Greenwich University. We have been in operation for six years operating in good standing within the State of Hawaii.
We wish to have our own page on Wikipedia.
Please provide us with that opportunity.
Your kind instructions will guide us to begin submission of the scripting of the page we wish to submit.
Kind regards,
Douglass Capogrossi, Ph.D. President Akamai University 193 Kino`ole Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 USA <contact information removed> http://www.akamaiuniversity.us
.Akamai... dedicated to betterment of the human condition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drcapogrossi ( talk • contribs) 22:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Would it be NPOV to mention how PCHS received more positive feedback at greatschools.net than CHS? Would it be NPOV to mention how CHS received more negative feedback? GO-PCHS-NJROTC ( talk) 23:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
How does one go about adding symbols or commands to TeX markup? For instance, there is a section here in "Displaying a formula" for "Unsorted new stuff". How does one create "new stuff"——If it has to be approved, where does one submit it? For instance, if I wanted to create the character "\grethel", which equals "o\!\varepsilon" (, "Greek ethel")? ~Kaimbridge~23:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer questions and will try to answer any question in the universe except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 02:28, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
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Can a user remove discussions from their own talk page? This includes warnings given to the user and problems with that user? -- → Ãlways Ãhëad ( talk) 00:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
You might want to archive though, for easier orientation. The Dominator Talk Edits 02:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi all. There's an article at Unconventional warfare that needs to be moved to a more precise and accurate title. However, I think there is some consensus to retain an older version (perhaps this one) of the article at the present name. What's the proper way to split off the current version to a new title, while maintaining an older version at the current title? Is this even possible to do while maintaining all the contribs and GFDL compliance? Thoughts? -- Bfigura ( talk) 00:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I know image copyrights are complicated, but does anyone know if the following images qualify for use in the article Harold Dodds?
[1] Specifically, the second image (the one with Truman). Is this public domain because it's in the National Archives?
[2] How about this? Same guy as the first image. This is most likely copywritten, but can we use it through fair use? He's dead, so it would be hard to get a free image. Also, it's not of the best quality.
Thanks in advance for the help. Paragon12321 ( talk) 03:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I have a wiki myself. Its logo on the left upper corner says: "Set $wgLogo to the URL path to your own logo image". Now, how do I change it to my desired logo? BnaiBrithChai ( talk) 03:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
When a page is deleted it no longer appears in a user's contribution list. This makes it hard to tell if a particular user is being abusive by repeated creating unwelcome pages (eg. attack pages). I know this is not the proper place to suggest a change so I was wondering where is the proper place to suggest that a record of deleted pages stay attached to users. Or perhaps such a thing exists already and I don't know? Jester5x5 ( talk) 03:52, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
We use Template:Merge to suggest merging an article by holding a talk page discussion, but I'm wondering if we have a specific template to tag articles that have had consensus for a merge (on AfD, for instance) in cases where no one knowledgeable about the subject is available to perform the merge yet. I thought there was one somewhere, but i cannot find it. Please help! -- PeaceNT ( talk) 04:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Is there a way to prevent AJAX search suggestion popups without logging in? I don't log in for routine lookups, and being assailed by a popup of someone else's ideas of what I may or may not be trying to look up every time I press a key is like someone interrupting me trying to finish my sentence after every syllable I speak. Or like trying to use Microsoft Word with Clippy. I caught Google experimenting with this one day, but they also provided a preference which generated a reusable cookie (without logging in). If not, is there a discussion of this feature you could direct me to? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.11.32 ( talk) 05:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, all! Especially for submitting a feature request; I'll keep an eye out for it. The Google idea is interesting. I fell into the habit of hitting the Wikipedia button provided by ToolbarButtons (Firefox extension), which I reset to the Search page to avoid the load time of the Main page (fonts?), but I could just as easily reset it to Google. Which brings up another idea -- having an alternate, more minimalist version of the Search page.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.11.32 ( talk) 20:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
How can I fix the overlap between my new section and the infobox in Otto Kruger? Also, I deleted "https:///u" from the infobox - did that have any function? Clarityfiend ( talk) 06:16, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Maybe try shortening the text that's overlapping or thinning the infobox a little, if that's possible. WhiteFox ( talk) 06:20, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I was following links and looked at the article about Katie Price a/k/a Jordan.
The first sentence under "Early Life" reads: "Jordan was born as a male, but decided to become a female after realizing he loved men."
Later, the article mentions something she did while "heavily pregnant". Also, the biographical information lists her birth name as "Katrina".
Clearly, something is wrong here. The reference to her being born a male is obviously wrong, and perhaps was inserted by an editor as a joke.
My question: How does one go about removing it? I've tried to find in the FAQ information what the procedure is for simply deleting part of an article, but I'm not sure I understand it.
Thanks for any feedback on this, or if anyone wishes to delete the reference to save time, please do so.
Here's the link to the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_(Katie_Price) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bibico ( talk • contribs) 09:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I created a page about the Catalan Atlas. It is also called the Atlas Catalan. I think I created two pages! Could you please let me know how to get rid of Atlas Catalan and leave Atlas Catalan and redirect Atlas Catalan to Catalan Atlas. Thanks. ItemSeven ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 10:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
For any given wikipedia, how can i find a list of users ordered by the number of edits they've made? 172.206.184.6 ( talk) 10:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Im sure theres been a discussion about this before, can someone point me to it? I just dont see the reason why we should give people an open invitation to vandalise such a great article. It just doesn't make sense. It should be fully protected for those 24hrs because since its featured already there wouldn't be any reason for users to change it. If so they can wait until after its removed from the front page. Thanks Roadrunnerz45 ( talk) 12:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm talking about the Myakka photographs section, look under edit, I need help fixing the cite tags which were originally added by Loren Coleman. Is there a way to keep both ref tags the same ref name, but with each of the ref cite tags having two titles and links, so that at the bottom it displays both the Letter and the Myakka links? If so, how would this be done, and if not then what is the best compromise? Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 14:02, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Why are the articles User:Crazy4126 and User_talk:Crazy4126 in user namespace? They should be in article namespace, I think, but I don't want to move them, for there may be something I don't know about which is the reason for them being in user namespace. Thanks, Zrs 12 ( talk) 18:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Can I create a page giving information about my company? I've heard that if so, this page needs to be created by a third party and not someone employed by the company...is this true?
132.177.78.77 ( talk) 18:19, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
hello, i accidentally deleted some text and image. would you please tell me how to recover them? Blake Regis ( talk) 18:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
How do you change the font in your signature? Nick4404 yada yada yada What have I done? 20:08, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm in need of a user who is well versed in Wikipedia's policies on page structure, prose, grammar, spelling, etc, to help me clean-up a page. Is there a specific place to ask for such assistance, or does anyone know of an editor who would be willing to help? The Clawed One ( talk) 21:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia, We wish to cooperate in correcting a misdirected link within the Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_University automatically links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_University
Akamai University is a federally tax-exempt 510c3 nonprofit organization. Akamai is NOT in any way legally associated with, merged with, affiliated with, or a successor of Greenwich University. We have been in operation for six years operating in good standing within the State of Hawaii.
We wish to have our own page on Wikipedia.
Please provide us with that opportunity.
Your kind instructions will guide us to begin submission of the scripting of the page we wish to submit.
Kind regards,
Douglass Capogrossi, Ph.D. President Akamai University 193 Kino`ole Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 USA <contact information removed> http://www.akamaiuniversity.us
.Akamai... dedicated to betterment of the human condition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drcapogrossi ( talk • contribs) 22:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Would it be NPOV to mention how PCHS received more positive feedback at greatschools.net than CHS? Would it be NPOV to mention how CHS received more negative feedback? GO-PCHS-NJROTC ( talk) 23:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
How does one go about adding symbols or commands to TeX markup? For instance, there is a section here in "Displaying a formula" for "Unsorted new stuff". How does one create "new stuff"——If it has to be approved, where does one submit it? For instance, if I wanted to create the character "\grethel", which equals "o\!\varepsilon" (, "Greek ethel")? ~Kaimbridge~23:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer questions and will try to answer any question in the universe except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 02:28, 27 April 2008 (UTC)