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Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what the Euphemism policy is on Wikipedia. For example, should say in an article that someone "died", or "passed away" (the latter being a euphemism)? Thanks, -- Christopher ( talk) 00:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
i can't seem to open some articles. i get an unidentifiable mime type "application/x-gzip-compressed" error - can you point me toward a fix? this is the link i was trying to access "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman" this has happened to me before. thanks, ken Ekenphillips ( talk) 01:38, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
internet explorer 7 (7.0.5730.13) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ekenphillips ( talk • contribs) 01:46, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I am trying to add
User:PGPirate/Articles to my
User:PGPirate/Header page. The problem is for some reason the
pictures are not showing up. If this isn't making sense, please feel free to write on my talkpage.
PG
Pirate
02:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Where do I report database corruption (or what looks like it)? I made a very small change to the Saddam Hussein article, just changed a wiki-link. But if you compare my latest version with the second-latest version it looks like I made a mess of several paragraphs. (If you compare the latest version with the second-latest version it looks better.) There seems to be something wrong. -- RenniePet ( talk) 03:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
How do I put userboxes on my page? RJRocket53 ( talk) 04:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
The Guideline template does not have a sort key parameter. I note the subcat guideline template does. Can someone modify the Guideline template to have the sort key parameter? (I don't yet understand wikitext enough to do it myself.) This will help fix odd sorting at Category:Guideline. Thanks! Libcub ( talk) 07:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
<includeonly> <!-- ADD CATEGORIES BELOW THIS LINE --> [[Category:Policy and guidelines header templates|Guideline]]
<includeonly> <!-- ADD CATEGORIES BELOW THIS LINE --> [[Category:Policy and guidelines header templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
Guideline
with {{PAGENAME}}. I don't see anything obviously dangerous there, but templates can be tricky things. You may have to
purge the
Category:Wikipedia guidelines page, and/or purge all the pages that
transclude the {{
Guideline}} template, to get Wikipedia to re-sort the links on the category page. --
Teratornis (
talk)
08:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
<includeonly>{{{category|[[Category:Wikipedia guidelines|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}</includeonly>
<includeonly>[[Category:Wikipedia {{lc:{{{1}}}}}s|{{{2|{{PAGENAME}}}}}]]</includeonly>
Thanks for looking into this for me. I'll post my request at
Template talk: Guideline next. If that doesn't pan out, I'll try finding the person who coded
Template:Subcat guideline like you suggest.
Libcub (
talk)
02:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way to auto-display a custom template (like the ones at the bottom of a page)? The template normally autodisplays but if you have more than one template they will auto-hide, and I would like to override this. Gatoclass ( talk) 09:16, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed small Featured Article and Good Article symbols at the top of user pages (like the penguin and love heart on mine), how do people get these? I've tried clicking edit page on pages with them on but I can't find anything that it could be. I have significantly contributed to 2 FAs, 1 GA and 1 DYK. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 11:31, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I would like to link to an article on Wikipedia from my website, and I would like to display the plain text WIKIPEDIA logo beside the link - am I legally allowed to do this?
Where can I seek permission for this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.151.37 ( talk) 12:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
© & ™ All rights reserved, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
This image (or parts of it) is copyrighted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is (or includes) one of the official logos or designs used by the Wikimedia foundation or by one of its projects. Notwithstanding any other statements, this image has not been licensed under the GFDL. Use of the Wikimedia logo is subject to the Wikimedia visual identity guidelines and requires permission.
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Both my Wikipedia & Commons account names & passwords are the same. A few days ago Wikipedia stopped remembering my password when logging in, but Commons continues to remember it. I have done everything to fix this that I have been advised to do, including ensuring AutoComplete is ticked, but nothing works. Why should Commons login be different to Wikipedia? Can you please assist. Thanks.
Graham Bould —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrahamBould ( talk • contribs) 16:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
How do I change the username on my account?
Taniqlive ( talk) 18:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
How did Matthias Hinze get back on Wikipedia? I remember creating it, but then it was deleted, ten almost 2 months later, it's on Wikipedia again, but the history still says I created it last December! When I found this out, I felt I had recieved a false message about the article being speedy-deleted. How did the article get back on Wikipedia? I've been wondering about that since I found out it was on Wikipedia again. Kitty53 ( talk) 18:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I recently created an article entitled Centre for Research on Inner City Health. It is often referred to as CRICH, so how do I make it so that if someone searched "CRICH", then the article page would come up? And once this is possible, are there other search terms I can put in that would bring up the page (such as spelling Centre the American spelling instead)?
Thanks, Jberends ( talk) 19:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Make a page called CRICH and on that page, instead of text put #REDIRECT [[Insert text]], putting the article's actual name where it says 'Insert text'. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 20:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I thought about that at all, but when i type in CRICH it directs to the
Crich page, which is a small town somewhere in Europe. How do I make the new page?
Jberends (
talk)
20:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Do you enter it in capitals? Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 20:07, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I did. Jberends ( talk) 20:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
It'll say 'redirected from CRICH' at the top. Click the word CRICH and change the redirect. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 20:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
yep. figured it out. thanks. Jberends ( talk) 20:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I am looking for an infobox to use in an article about a Shakespearian play character, which infobox should I use? Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 20:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
why is it that when i go on the web to research an artist, in this case patrich saytour, i find him listed in the wikipedia in french, but not in english, and if i type his name in the english version of your site, it says there is nothing on him, when there is, at least in french. i scrolled through 17 pages on google, and i never saw wikipedia in english, which is what i wanted, but the french is the first article. fine, i live in france, but i need this in both. thank you for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.44.168.14 ( talk) 20:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I added PT Barnum to the "List of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists". He was there for a few days, now he is gone. PT Barnum was a Universalist in Bridgeport, CT, at the same time as the Reverend Olympia Brown. He even wrote a bestselling book titled: "Why I am a Universalist". What do I need to do to make certain that he appears as a famous Universalist?
mdwoade: Mdwoade ( talk) 20:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
This article from the UUA (Unitarian Universalist Association) may shed more light on Barnum:
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/ptbarnum.html —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Mdwoade (
talk •
contribs)
20:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I want to cite Wikipedia for a paper I am writing about Elizabeth I. I enjoyed using Wikipedia and thank the founders for creating the site and I also want to thank the creator of the article. I was taught to write the site's title, the adress, the date I visited it, and the date it was created. I have looked, but I cannot find the date it was founded. Help please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.10.213 ( talk) 20:50, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
This article only had a very small text on it, i've placed the A1 deletion tag on it is this tag the correct one to use for this type. Terra Who are you? 21:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
There are two problems with 761st Tank Battalion (United States) that I can't figure out. First, there are the garbage characters at the beginning of the article. Second, the last line in the box says Transport, but I don't see it when editing. Clarityfiend ( talk) 23:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< February 19 | << Jan | February | Mar >> | February 21 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk Archives |
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The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current Help Desk pages. |
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what the Euphemism policy is on Wikipedia. For example, should say in an article that someone "died", or "passed away" (the latter being a euphemism)? Thanks, -- Christopher ( talk) 00:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
i can't seem to open some articles. i get an unidentifiable mime type "application/x-gzip-compressed" error - can you point me toward a fix? this is the link i was trying to access "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman" this has happened to me before. thanks, ken Ekenphillips ( talk) 01:38, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
internet explorer 7 (7.0.5730.13) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ekenphillips ( talk • contribs) 01:46, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I am trying to add
User:PGPirate/Articles to my
User:PGPirate/Header page. The problem is for some reason the
pictures are not showing up. If this isn't making sense, please feel free to write on my talkpage.
PG
Pirate
02:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Where do I report database corruption (or what looks like it)? I made a very small change to the Saddam Hussein article, just changed a wiki-link. But if you compare my latest version with the second-latest version it looks like I made a mess of several paragraphs. (If you compare the latest version with the second-latest version it looks better.) There seems to be something wrong. -- RenniePet ( talk) 03:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
How do I put userboxes on my page? RJRocket53 ( talk) 04:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
The Guideline template does not have a sort key parameter. I note the subcat guideline template does. Can someone modify the Guideline template to have the sort key parameter? (I don't yet understand wikitext enough to do it myself.) This will help fix odd sorting at Category:Guideline. Thanks! Libcub ( talk) 07:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
<includeonly> <!-- ADD CATEGORIES BELOW THIS LINE --> [[Category:Policy and guidelines header templates|Guideline]]
<includeonly> <!-- ADD CATEGORIES BELOW THIS LINE --> [[Category:Policy and guidelines header templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
Guideline
with {{PAGENAME}}. I don't see anything obviously dangerous there, but templates can be tricky things. You may have to
purge the
Category:Wikipedia guidelines page, and/or purge all the pages that
transclude the {{
Guideline}} template, to get Wikipedia to re-sort the links on the category page. --
Teratornis (
talk)
08:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
<includeonly>{{{category|[[Category:Wikipedia guidelines|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}</includeonly>
<includeonly>[[Category:Wikipedia {{lc:{{{1}}}}}s|{{{2|{{PAGENAME}}}}}]]</includeonly>
Thanks for looking into this for me. I'll post my request at
Template talk: Guideline next. If that doesn't pan out, I'll try finding the person who coded
Template:Subcat guideline like you suggest.
Libcub (
talk)
02:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way to auto-display a custom template (like the ones at the bottom of a page)? The template normally autodisplays but if you have more than one template they will auto-hide, and I would like to override this. Gatoclass ( talk) 09:16, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed small Featured Article and Good Article symbols at the top of user pages (like the penguin and love heart on mine), how do people get these? I've tried clicking edit page on pages with them on but I can't find anything that it could be. I have significantly contributed to 2 FAs, 1 GA and 1 DYK. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 11:31, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I would like to link to an article on Wikipedia from my website, and I would like to display the plain text WIKIPEDIA logo beside the link - am I legally allowed to do this?
Where can I seek permission for this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.151.37 ( talk) 12:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
© & ™ All rights reserved, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
This image (or parts of it) is copyrighted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is (or includes) one of the official logos or designs used by the Wikimedia foundation or by one of its projects. Notwithstanding any other statements, this image has not been licensed under the GFDL. Use of the Wikimedia logo is subject to the Wikimedia visual identity guidelines and requires permission.
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Both my Wikipedia & Commons account names & passwords are the same. A few days ago Wikipedia stopped remembering my password when logging in, but Commons continues to remember it. I have done everything to fix this that I have been advised to do, including ensuring AutoComplete is ticked, but nothing works. Why should Commons login be different to Wikipedia? Can you please assist. Thanks.
Graham Bould —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrahamBould ( talk • contribs) 16:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
How do I change the username on my account?
Taniqlive ( talk) 18:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
How did Matthias Hinze get back on Wikipedia? I remember creating it, but then it was deleted, ten almost 2 months later, it's on Wikipedia again, but the history still says I created it last December! When I found this out, I felt I had recieved a false message about the article being speedy-deleted. How did the article get back on Wikipedia? I've been wondering about that since I found out it was on Wikipedia again. Kitty53 ( talk) 18:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I recently created an article entitled Centre for Research on Inner City Health. It is often referred to as CRICH, so how do I make it so that if someone searched "CRICH", then the article page would come up? And once this is possible, are there other search terms I can put in that would bring up the page (such as spelling Centre the American spelling instead)?
Thanks, Jberends ( talk) 19:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Make a page called CRICH and on that page, instead of text put #REDIRECT [[Insert text]], putting the article's actual name where it says 'Insert text'. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 20:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I thought about that at all, but when i type in CRICH it directs to the
Crich page, which is a small town somewhere in Europe. How do I make the new page?
Jberends (
talk)
20:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Do you enter it in capitals? Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 20:07, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I did. Jberends ( talk) 20:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
It'll say 'redirected from CRICH' at the top. Click the word CRICH and change the redirect. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 20:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
yep. figured it out. thanks. Jberends ( talk) 20:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I am looking for an infobox to use in an article about a Shakespearian play character, which infobox should I use? Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge). Talk Help and assistance 20:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
why is it that when i go on the web to research an artist, in this case patrich saytour, i find him listed in the wikipedia in french, but not in english, and if i type his name in the english version of your site, it says there is nothing on him, when there is, at least in french. i scrolled through 17 pages on google, and i never saw wikipedia in english, which is what i wanted, but the french is the first article. fine, i live in france, but i need this in both. thank you for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.44.168.14 ( talk) 20:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I added PT Barnum to the "List of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists". He was there for a few days, now he is gone. PT Barnum was a Universalist in Bridgeport, CT, at the same time as the Reverend Olympia Brown. He even wrote a bestselling book titled: "Why I am a Universalist". What do I need to do to make certain that he appears as a famous Universalist?
mdwoade: Mdwoade ( talk) 20:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
This article from the UUA (Unitarian Universalist Association) may shed more light on Barnum:
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/ptbarnum.html —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Mdwoade (
talk •
contribs)
20:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I want to cite Wikipedia for a paper I am writing about Elizabeth I. I enjoyed using Wikipedia and thank the founders for creating the site and I also want to thank the creator of the article. I was taught to write the site's title, the adress, the date I visited it, and the date it was created. I have looked, but I cannot find the date it was founded. Help please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.10.213 ( talk) 20:50, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
This article only had a very small text on it, i've placed the A1 deletion tag on it is this tag the correct one to use for this type. Terra Who are you? 21:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
There are two problems with 761st Tank Battalion (United States) that I can't figure out. First, there are the garbage characters at the beginning of the article. Second, the last line in the box says Transport, but I don't see it when editing. Clarityfiend ( talk) 23:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)