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How do I remove the red link for 2007 in the Wake County, North Carolina article? When I try to remove the link, it screws up the layout of the box/removes other information. Maybe I'm just not doing it right, but it seems like it would be simple...or maybe I need to take Wiki-101. Gracias for the help. AgnosticPreachersKid ( talk) 00:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I have raised a point on this talk page- am i right in what I have said?
thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fynci Mynci ( talk • contribs) 00:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Not really. I think the image of the young man in the brown bathrobe is the best one to use for illustrative purposes, imho.
Public Menace ( talk) 16:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Today in many schools teachers are not allowing their students to go to the bathroom. For example, in my school my teacher says we are not allowed to go because a handful of students broke a bathroom rule. Is it right to punish all the other kids? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryanmcdono ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Isn't that vandalism? How do I undo it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_podracers Superstarwarsfan ( talk) 01:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to add an external link to the German entry "Augenmusik." [ Here] it is, large as life. But it seems kind of klutzy to put it as an external link, when it's in Wiki. I've looked here on a Help desk archive, and then managed to figure out to use
[[s:de:Augenmusik|Augenmusik]]
and
{{other languages|de|page=Augenmusik}},
but they both come up empty, so I'm obviously doing something wrong.
Any advice?
Best wishes, Shlishke ( talk) 03:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
0k how do you like make an article? you know like i want to write stuff —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frannybobanny ( talk • contribs) 04:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't want to get into editing wiki pages, I'm not an expert on anything. I have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. According to my rheumatologist, some foods can exacerbate flare-ups. He's suggested an elimination diet to rule out foods that do not cause flare-ups.
Fine, did that. It sucked. But anyway, I seem to be sensitive to corn products. Yes, corn. Heaven help me, it's in everything, either as corn syrup or corn starch.
I am asking if one of your editors who is more knowledgable about nutrition in general could start (or edit an existing page) to include the different names that corn products can be listed as, as well as, any other foods that may be similar enough to cause similar reaction.
Not only would this be of benefit to those of us with corn sensitivities, but the other questionable food products that can cause flare-ups as well. It would be a great service to those of us surfing the net, hitting google and wiki, looking for more info about what kinds of foods to question in regards to daily pain.
Thank you, and good day.
No, no reply needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.86.158 ( talk) 05:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yours_Emotionally
Dear Wikipedia administrators,
I am Sridhar Rangayan, director, co-writer and co-producer of the film Yours Emotionally [1] . I just read with great consternation the discussion about deletion of article on this film [2]. I am, frankly, yet trying to understand reasons for the dispute.
1) The film has been made, screened, reviewed, distributed. So how can there be a dispute about its existence?
2) The film has been reviewed by Variety- This definitely is a mainstream respectable publication ; Bay Area Reporter ; East Bay Express; India Currents ; India New England; Murphy's Movie Reviews ; New York Times This Link is working!
3) News about the film features in prominent Indian newspapers, etc - Telegraph ; Hindustan Times ; Mumbai Mirror (Some links have been deleted, so links to their saved jpeg images are provided) Upperstall ;
3) It has screened at more than 10 festivals - both queer (Frameline, NewFest, etc) and non-queer (IAAC, Seattle, Prague Bollywood Film Festival, etc):
c) The film has been distributed by a reputed distributor Waterbearer Films and can be found listed on several sites like Amazon [8]; TLA Videos [9]; Netflix [10]; Green Cine [11]; Facets Multimedia [12]
The film is definitely a small budget indie film which doesn't have the backing of multi million dollar promotion and marketing, but it surely has a place in wikipedia. It is one of the few film that honestly depict the Indian homosexual scenario which still remains largely closeted. It is considered an useful resource for LGBT studies and indian queer cinema.
I request someone to please look at the above information and edit, modify the wikipedia pages of this film accordingly so that it is saved from deletion. I do not really know how all this information can be added to the wikipedia page, since I am not conversant with the formatting or appropriate langauge to be used. I hope someone helps out.
Thanks and regards
Sridhar Rangayan
Director
(e-mail removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sridhar Rangayan ( talk • contribs) 06:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I am running wiki system on my Windows-XP-based computer and has implemented the mathematic formulae support. Everything runs well except one testing formula as below:
<math>\arctan x = {{\pi {\mathop{\rm sgn}} x} \over 2} - {1 \over x} + \sum_{x = 1}^\infty {{{\left( { - 1} \right)^k } \over {\left( {2k + 1} \right)x^{2k + 1} }}} \quad {\rm{for }}\left| x \right| > 1</math>
I have checked the directory which stores the pictures of formulae. The image file of formula above was produced correctly, but not displayed correctly on the screen when I browsed my wiki site. Instead, it was displayed in the plain text like '\arctan x = {{\pi {\mathop{\rm sgn}} x} \over 2} - {1 \over x} + \sum_{x = 1}^\infty {{{\left( { - 1} \right)^k } \over {\left( {2k + 1} \right)x^{2k + 1} }}} \quad {\rm{for }}\left| x \right| > 1'. Could anyone help me about this bug? Thanks.:)
Note: I've tried other formulae and it works. That's really the point I confused. JnW talk 07:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way to set a table so it grows no wider than 800 pixels (arbitrary figure just for example) on large browser windows, but resizes to 100% of smaller browser windows? I'm hearing some
complaints about the default class="wikitable" width="85%"
setting for a
list of episodes, and I'm figuring the 85% setting might be short changing readers with small screens. /
edg
☺
☭ 07:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
even after logging out my username still appears at the top. am i still logged in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.209.158 ( talk) 12:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I've been working on an article about a 1981 compliation album( see my sandbox), and I wanted to add an extenral link, but I've been having trouble finding an appropriate one. Is there a tag designed to request a link similar to one for incomplete lists? ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Why Zirconium phosphate changes its color from white into yellow after drying? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.163.146.11 ( talk) 14:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I am trying to create a section on a wiki page that's content is dynamic. Is there an extension or template that will, display the contents of a .txt file? I am hoping someone knows the answer to this as I have been searching the web for that last two hours looking for information on this. Basic goal is to place a text file in a directory, and have the contents displayed on a wiki page. The contents of the text file is a wiki formatted table. The txt file will change every day. Any help or direction will be appreciated. Thanks!
Atomicny17 ( talk) 16:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, how long to I keep have to pass a Turing Test whenever I add an external link? The garbled text is sometimes hard to read and it's flippin' annoying! User:Mr Lemon —Preceding comment was added at 16:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Dear Sirs,
Just contacting you to advise you that this low-life selling on Ebay is plagurizing, and copying word for word from your site to make his sales on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130196033983 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis
I assume he does it all the time profiting at your expense all the time. Since he has over 3000 sales this maybe a crime. This buyer was very mean and abusive to me as an honest seller, and I have been watching his postings to see that he does not cheat other people. I trust you will do more than a slap on the wrist.
kkimerling's ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Media-Monster-Plus
<personal info redacted>
Contact Information for alant2b :
<personal info redacted>
I am reporting to ebay also.
Sincerely, Alan L Tisser <redacted> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.165.91.233 ( talk) 17:46, 7 March 2008 (U TC)
Hi. I'm making a new entry for a little known film, and want to put the box on the right side that has the poster, crew info, and imdb link. I see that box on every wiki page about a film nowadays, but I don't know how to make it. Can anyone help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathgrenades ( talk • contribs) 20:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
{{Infobox Film
| name = The Pact
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = A story of survival, the streets and the power of friendship
| director = Andrea Kalin
| producer =
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. George Jenkins, Dr. Rameck Hunt,
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = Duke Media
| released = March 21st, 2006
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = {{USA}}
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| website =
| amg_id =
| imdb_id = http://imdb.com/title/tt0850695/
}}
feel free to cut and paste into the article you're working on and edit the details as appropriate to the film you are referencing. Hope this helps. Mister Senseless™ ( Speak - Contributions) 20:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
edit out
Need Help —Preceding unsigned comment added by The1edit ( talk • contribs) 21:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I am the librettist to THE INMAN DIARIES. Posted the information on the "Arthur Crew Inman" entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Inman
The composer and the organization have hyperlinks. I tried to add a hyperlink to my name but it gets deleted.
The second time I added a link to a news review, quoting my name, so that it proves I'm authentic. http://www.intermezzo-opera.org/Publicity/Review-The%20Inman%20Diaries_Edge.htm
Am I still not qualified for an entry on Wikipedia?
Thank you. Jesse J. Martin
<email removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mstrsims2 ( talk • contribs) 22:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I am working a sandbox here and have put the names of the Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels with associated information in 4 columns. It appears to be a little wide, so I would like to put this information DIRECTLY (without having to retype everything) into a smaller table that fis easily onto a page. I have looked at this with different computers with different size screens and many times my 4 cloumns do not fit good onto a page (overflow-wraparound). Everything should be "tighter" together. Also does the words within the TABLE then count toward the total word-count (e.g. 1500 minimum for DYK)? Thanks. -- Douglas Coldwell ( talk) 22:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Yes, I do believe it is best to put it into a true TABLE. I am working on that now and so far it seems to be working out good. -- Douglas Coldwell ( talk) 00:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< March 6 | << Feb | March | Apr >> | March 8 > |
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. |
How do I remove the red link for 2007 in the Wake County, North Carolina article? When I try to remove the link, it screws up the layout of the box/removes other information. Maybe I'm just not doing it right, but it seems like it would be simple...or maybe I need to take Wiki-101. Gracias for the help. AgnosticPreachersKid ( talk) 00:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I have raised a point on this talk page- am i right in what I have said?
thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fynci Mynci ( talk • contribs) 00:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Not really. I think the image of the young man in the brown bathrobe is the best one to use for illustrative purposes, imho.
Public Menace ( talk) 16:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Today in many schools teachers are not allowing their students to go to the bathroom. For example, in my school my teacher says we are not allowed to go because a handful of students broke a bathroom rule. Is it right to punish all the other kids? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryanmcdono ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Isn't that vandalism? How do I undo it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_podracers Superstarwarsfan ( talk) 01:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to add an external link to the German entry "Augenmusik." [ Here] it is, large as life. But it seems kind of klutzy to put it as an external link, when it's in Wiki. I've looked here on a Help desk archive, and then managed to figure out to use
[[s:de:Augenmusik|Augenmusik]]
and
{{other languages|de|page=Augenmusik}},
but they both come up empty, so I'm obviously doing something wrong.
Any advice?
Best wishes, Shlishke ( talk) 03:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
0k how do you like make an article? you know like i want to write stuff —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frannybobanny ( talk • contribs) 04:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't want to get into editing wiki pages, I'm not an expert on anything. I have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. According to my rheumatologist, some foods can exacerbate flare-ups. He's suggested an elimination diet to rule out foods that do not cause flare-ups.
Fine, did that. It sucked. But anyway, I seem to be sensitive to corn products. Yes, corn. Heaven help me, it's in everything, either as corn syrup or corn starch.
I am asking if one of your editors who is more knowledgable about nutrition in general could start (or edit an existing page) to include the different names that corn products can be listed as, as well as, any other foods that may be similar enough to cause similar reaction.
Not only would this be of benefit to those of us with corn sensitivities, but the other questionable food products that can cause flare-ups as well. It would be a great service to those of us surfing the net, hitting google and wiki, looking for more info about what kinds of foods to question in regards to daily pain.
Thank you, and good day.
No, no reply needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.86.158 ( talk) 05:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yours_Emotionally
Dear Wikipedia administrators,
I am Sridhar Rangayan, director, co-writer and co-producer of the film Yours Emotionally [1] . I just read with great consternation the discussion about deletion of article on this film [2]. I am, frankly, yet trying to understand reasons for the dispute.
1) The film has been made, screened, reviewed, distributed. So how can there be a dispute about its existence?
2) The film has been reviewed by Variety- This definitely is a mainstream respectable publication ; Bay Area Reporter ; East Bay Express; India Currents ; India New England; Murphy's Movie Reviews ; New York Times This Link is working!
3) News about the film features in prominent Indian newspapers, etc - Telegraph ; Hindustan Times ; Mumbai Mirror (Some links have been deleted, so links to their saved jpeg images are provided) Upperstall ;
3) It has screened at more than 10 festivals - both queer (Frameline, NewFest, etc) and non-queer (IAAC, Seattle, Prague Bollywood Film Festival, etc):
c) The film has been distributed by a reputed distributor Waterbearer Films and can be found listed on several sites like Amazon [8]; TLA Videos [9]; Netflix [10]; Green Cine [11]; Facets Multimedia [12]
The film is definitely a small budget indie film which doesn't have the backing of multi million dollar promotion and marketing, but it surely has a place in wikipedia. It is one of the few film that honestly depict the Indian homosexual scenario which still remains largely closeted. It is considered an useful resource for LGBT studies and indian queer cinema.
I request someone to please look at the above information and edit, modify the wikipedia pages of this film accordingly so that it is saved from deletion. I do not really know how all this information can be added to the wikipedia page, since I am not conversant with the formatting or appropriate langauge to be used. I hope someone helps out.
Thanks and regards
Sridhar Rangayan
Director
(e-mail removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sridhar Rangayan ( talk • contribs) 06:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I am running wiki system on my Windows-XP-based computer and has implemented the mathematic formulae support. Everything runs well except one testing formula as below:
<math>\arctan x = {{\pi {\mathop{\rm sgn}} x} \over 2} - {1 \over x} + \sum_{x = 1}^\infty {{{\left( { - 1} \right)^k } \over {\left( {2k + 1} \right)x^{2k + 1} }}} \quad {\rm{for }}\left| x \right| > 1</math>
I have checked the directory which stores the pictures of formulae. The image file of formula above was produced correctly, but not displayed correctly on the screen when I browsed my wiki site. Instead, it was displayed in the plain text like '\arctan x = {{\pi {\mathop{\rm sgn}} x} \over 2} - {1 \over x} + \sum_{x = 1}^\infty {{{\left( { - 1} \right)^k } \over {\left( {2k + 1} \right)x^{2k + 1} }}} \quad {\rm{for }}\left| x \right| > 1'. Could anyone help me about this bug? Thanks.:)
Note: I've tried other formulae and it works. That's really the point I confused. JnW talk 07:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way to set a table so it grows no wider than 800 pixels (arbitrary figure just for example) on large browser windows, but resizes to 100% of smaller browser windows? I'm hearing some
complaints about the default class="wikitable" width="85%"
setting for a
list of episodes, and I'm figuring the 85% setting might be short changing readers with small screens. /
edg
☺
☭ 07:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
even after logging out my username still appears at the top. am i still logged in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.209.158 ( talk) 12:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I've been working on an article about a 1981 compliation album( see my sandbox), and I wanted to add an extenral link, but I've been having trouble finding an appropriate one. Is there a tag designed to request a link similar to one for incomplete lists? ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Why Zirconium phosphate changes its color from white into yellow after drying? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.163.146.11 ( talk) 14:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I am trying to create a section on a wiki page that's content is dynamic. Is there an extension or template that will, display the contents of a .txt file? I am hoping someone knows the answer to this as I have been searching the web for that last two hours looking for information on this. Basic goal is to place a text file in a directory, and have the contents displayed on a wiki page. The contents of the text file is a wiki formatted table. The txt file will change every day. Any help or direction will be appreciated. Thanks!
Atomicny17 ( talk) 16:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, how long to I keep have to pass a Turing Test whenever I add an external link? The garbled text is sometimes hard to read and it's flippin' annoying! User:Mr Lemon —Preceding comment was added at 16:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Dear Sirs,
Just contacting you to advise you that this low-life selling on Ebay is plagurizing, and copying word for word from your site to make his sales on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130196033983 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis
I assume he does it all the time profiting at your expense all the time. Since he has over 3000 sales this maybe a crime. This buyer was very mean and abusive to me as an honest seller, and I have been watching his postings to see that he does not cheat other people. I trust you will do more than a slap on the wrist.
kkimerling's ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Media-Monster-Plus
<personal info redacted>
Contact Information for alant2b :
<personal info redacted>
I am reporting to ebay also.
Sincerely, Alan L Tisser <redacted> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.165.91.233 ( talk) 17:46, 7 March 2008 (U TC)
Hi. I'm making a new entry for a little known film, and want to put the box on the right side that has the poster, crew info, and imdb link. I see that box on every wiki page about a film nowadays, but I don't know how to make it. Can anyone help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathgrenades ( talk • contribs) 20:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
{{Infobox Film
| name = The Pact
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = A story of survival, the streets and the power of friendship
| director = Andrea Kalin
| producer =
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. George Jenkins, Dr. Rameck Hunt,
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = Duke Media
| released = March 21st, 2006
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = {{USA}}
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| website =
| amg_id =
| imdb_id = http://imdb.com/title/tt0850695/
}}
feel free to cut and paste into the article you're working on and edit the details as appropriate to the film you are referencing. Hope this helps. Mister Senseless™ ( Speak - Contributions) 20:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
edit out
Need Help —Preceding unsigned comment added by The1edit ( talk • contribs) 21:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I am the librettist to THE INMAN DIARIES. Posted the information on the "Arthur Crew Inman" entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Inman
The composer and the organization have hyperlinks. I tried to add a hyperlink to my name but it gets deleted.
The second time I added a link to a news review, quoting my name, so that it proves I'm authentic. http://www.intermezzo-opera.org/Publicity/Review-The%20Inman%20Diaries_Edge.htm
Am I still not qualified for an entry on Wikipedia?
Thank you. Jesse J. Martin
<email removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mstrsims2 ( talk • contribs) 22:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I am working a sandbox here and have put the names of the Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels with associated information in 4 columns. It appears to be a little wide, so I would like to put this information DIRECTLY (without having to retype everything) into a smaller table that fis easily onto a page. I have looked at this with different computers with different size screens and many times my 4 cloumns do not fit good onto a page (overflow-wraparound). Everything should be "tighter" together. Also does the words within the TABLE then count toward the total word-count (e.g. 1500 minimum for DYK)? Thanks. -- Douglas Coldwell ( talk) 22:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Yes, I do believe it is best to put it into a true TABLE. I am working on that now and so far it seems to be working out good. -- Douglas Coldwell ( talk) 00:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)