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Hello.
1. Is a reversion of vandalism a minor edit or not a minor edit? It seems to regularly be either one, depending on who does it.
2. Is reversion of a good faith edit that is clearly incorrect and/or outside of Wikipedia's guidelines a minor edit or not a minor edit?
3. When reverting vandalism, do I leave the standard template reversion explanation, or do I put something extra in the explanation to note that I'm reverting vandalism?
Thanks,
BillFromDDTDigest (
talk)
00:36, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
When putting the duration of a TV show in the info box:
1. Is Wikipedia's standard the total original broadcast time (e.g. 30 or 60 minutes) or the actual run time without commercials (e.g. 24 or 47 minutes)?
2. If one is supposed to do the actual run time without commercials but one doesn't know the exact run time without commercials (i.e. is it 47 minutes or 48 minutes?), should one use the original broadcast time, estimate the actual run time, or just not put anything in for run time at all?
Thanks,
BillFromDDTDigest (
talk)
00:40, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
This seems like a really weird question, but I would imagine that I'm not the first one to ask it.
My professional wrestling website, DDT Digest, is used as a reference by others here and there in Wikipedia. (Yay, me!) When I am updating articles about pro wrestling, is it against the rules to cite my own website as a reference, even though it is, apparently, generally accepted as a valid source on the subject? I presume the answer is "yes". Does that still hold true even if the stuff on that website is ten years old? The rules against original research make perfect sense...I'm just having trouble understanding where the line is drawn when it is regularly referenced by others...can anyone reference the website EXCEPT me?
Thanks, BillFromDDTDigest ( talk) 00:53, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
we want to know if we may buy your poducts —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.155.242.74 ( talk) 01:56, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I tried to mark Tunglskrift for deletion since the article isn't even in English (and its on the English Wikipedia). Unfortunately, I don't see whatever link I'm supposed to see to activate the deletion discussion. I'd appreciate some assistance. JamesAM ( talk) 02:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure what to do, a user on the Left-Wing article has added vast swathes of uncited info. While this normally wouldn't be a problem and I'd try to help them find the cites and/or change the info accordingly, the cites he does give don't seem actually kosher (blogs and one site that seems anti-semetic). I'm not sure if I should revert or just confront. Thoughts? Soxwon ( talk) 02:47, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know what upright means when it is used in images?
For example: [[File:Playing the piano.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The keyboard of a Steinway grand piano (2007).]]
Fanoftheworld ( talk) 05:48, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
for use only on images that are taller than they are wide. This scales the image differently, considering both width and height instead of only width. A parameter can be added to adjust the size: for instance "upright=1.5" will make the image larger, useful for maps or schematics that need to be larger to be readable.
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Does anyone watch this show? Can anybody verify the edits made by 66.158.193.39 ( talk · contribs) on List of current Days of our Lives characters? Also see the talk page. -- 93.163.26.110 ( talk) 06:21, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I am a student with Linda Christas College.
Several of our students have tried to get a simple entry similar to many other colleges on Wikipedia.
We have 4500 students attending online courses.
Every time a student makes the attempt, some Wikipedia scholars immediately delete the entry.
What is the problem.
We use our computer room computers to enter material.
The last time Dr. Voisin, our provost, made the entry, and BINGO within a couple of days, a Wiki scholar bombed it AGAIN.
Dr. Voisin used the Hamilton College format. Same exact words, just substituting our information.
And, yet, no luck.
What is the magic formula. Evidently someone or someone(s) have a bone to pick with our school and our students and teachers can't understand who or what qualification the Wiki scholars have to make judgments about us.
I can't be monitoring Wiki, so i don't want to get into a discussion with anyone here.
On the other hand, there must be plenty of material for Wikipedia to reinstate our school.
It's so unfair.
Get one person in the lab fooling around or get off on the wrong foot with Wikipedia and from then on, so called, Wiki editors violate every rule of fairness in terms of entry.
If anyone at Wiki cares to be fair, our Administration office is <removed>
Sarah —Preceding unsigned comment added by Annvoisin ( talk • contribs) 06:29, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello, when I go back from a Governor of Provence to List of rulers of Provence, it comes up as if I clicked on another page. Why is this? Webster6 Yo, So 07:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Has anyone come up with an off-line wikipedia editor? I want to do an extensive edit to an article but it would be easier to do off-line because of the amount of content I need to move around. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 11:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi l am trying to print off the life of Bette Davis which is nineteen pages long however when it gets to page 15 all l get is a blank page, this has happened on other life stories as well for instance, Patrick Swayze's pages 3 & 4 will not print, is there some reasoning behind this or what, l cannot find a solution to it only that there might be pages you are unable to print off, if thats the case why does it let you print 14 pages off bafore it does it, wasting my paper, it does not seem fair if you can't print all of the pages it should let you know before you start, could you please confirm what is going on, if it's going to do it regular l might as well try looking on a different sight for help, please sort this out if you can thanks D.H.M. Salford. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.160.68 ( talk) 12:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I've created a new wikipedia entry recently. When I search it's name on Google or Yahoo (Canadian Junior Golf Association wikipedia) the wikipedia page doesn't appear in the list of results. Is the a process to having the page appear under the search results? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CanJGA ( talk • contribs) 14:05, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I have a website. If I want to use some of the information I find on wikipedia can i do this as long as i put a reference back to the page I got the info from. Please advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.233.220 ( talk) 15:01, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I recently made a wiki page and the capitalization of the title is incorrect. I want to change one letter from lower case to capital and do not believe I could remake a page (to move pages) the way I want the title to be considering it would be the same title.. Any help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddyer4 ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
how do i put a picture onto a page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary.farrar ( talk • contribs) 16:54, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
What is the policy on the use of business names in articles? Slowart ( talk) 17:14, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I work with a software company and two of their competitors are included in Wikipedia. I want to make a factual entry (no marketing, promotional language) about my company. Is this acceptable? Does it matter if I post the content? I have lots of accurate references. Red Bend ( talk) 19:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I saw that Youtube videos are not able to be embedded into Wikipedia articles. However, I was wonder in if articles from other site are able to be embedded. I was hoping to just have it off to the side in a box or something.
Here is the site the video comes from: http://current.com/items/77163332_dam-less-hydro-power.htm
And here is the code i guess of the video: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="ce_77163332" width="400" height="300" data=" http://current.com/e/77163332/en_US"><param name="movie" value=" http://current.com/e/77163332/en_US"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src=" http://current.com/e/77163332/en_US" width="400" height="300" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object>
If such as video is permitted, then how would I go about uploading it to the article I am working on (Damless Hydro). I have been unable to find the correct code to post it.
Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.135.23.27 ( talk) 19:28, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I have just opened an account. A "scientific" page in which I have a direct interest is totally incorrect from my own knowledge in the field (plenty of published references including patents in the field, which I intend to post). This page is very very short and clearly posted by a person for whom "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". Do I have the authority to delete the erroneous content and insert a full scientific discussion of the subject which may run to 500-1000 words? Hochschule48 ( talk) 20:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
For newspapers that charge for older articles, I know there is a technique to put an article somewhere else where it can be seen by readers of Wikipedia articles. Please tell me about the technique, or send me to the place where it is described. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 20:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know if there's a reason that location coordinates for places are often given twice, in the info box and at the top of the page? I had a thought that it might be so that Google maps can identify them better... TastyCakes ( talk) 21:19, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
why was the page for Israeli/American MIA Zachary Baumel deleted? His comrades still have their own pages but for some reason the page entry for Baumel has vanished and relocates to a general MIA page. WHY? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.212.158 ( talk) 21:46, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Is there a way I can get 1- to redirect to 0.999...? Or is it something that's out of my control? Thanks for helping! 99.179.26.161 ( talk) 22:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, Juliancolton! ...but how exactly does someone do that? 99.179.26.161 ( talk) 00:22, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Thank you thank you thank you in advance for your help. I have spent a couple of hours reading tutorials, FAQs and trying different things and Im not getting anywhere. I guess Im getting old and I just dont get it.
I created an account and started using the user page and saved it thinking that I was publishing it as an article, but it didnt look right. Had the user:Yourdailywiki as title. so I created an article page and re-did it again and fixed the formatting and it had the right title (Team strawberry), cool. I saved it thinking I was publishing it. But I dont see it in the google results at all, however my user:Yourdailywiki (the jacked-up version) comes up in the google searches every time now. So what happended to the properly formated article page I saved? And why does my user page come up on google for the whole world to see? I cleared the user page to see if the other page comes up by default but no luck. Now the world looks at my blank user:Yourdailywiki page. I guess I dont get it. How can I fix this? I want Team strawberry to come up on google not user:Yourdailywiki 98.154.229.161 ( talk) 22:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I registered, logged in, and tried to submit a new article, but I cannot find the way to do that. Whether I start at Upload File or Create Article or start a new page, I am sent to one other place and then one other place. Once I got a page that directed me to enter text in box below, but there was no box, and the blank space would not acccept any text.
I spent time with FAQ, reading letters from others who asked how to post an article, and I saw some who said that after getting help, they were able to post an article, but there was no information I could use.
After going through all that multiple times, I have to admit that I can't do it. Please help.
Fluffer Nutter (
talk)
23:41, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< April 28 | << Mar | April | May >> | April 30 > |
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. |
Hello.
1. Is a reversion of vandalism a minor edit or not a minor edit? It seems to regularly be either one, depending on who does it.
2. Is reversion of a good faith edit that is clearly incorrect and/or outside of Wikipedia's guidelines a minor edit or not a minor edit?
3. When reverting vandalism, do I leave the standard template reversion explanation, or do I put something extra in the explanation to note that I'm reverting vandalism?
Thanks,
BillFromDDTDigest (
talk)
00:36, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
When putting the duration of a TV show in the info box:
1. Is Wikipedia's standard the total original broadcast time (e.g. 30 or 60 minutes) or the actual run time without commercials (e.g. 24 or 47 minutes)?
2. If one is supposed to do the actual run time without commercials but one doesn't know the exact run time without commercials (i.e. is it 47 minutes or 48 minutes?), should one use the original broadcast time, estimate the actual run time, or just not put anything in for run time at all?
Thanks,
BillFromDDTDigest (
talk)
00:40, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
This seems like a really weird question, but I would imagine that I'm not the first one to ask it.
My professional wrestling website, DDT Digest, is used as a reference by others here and there in Wikipedia. (Yay, me!) When I am updating articles about pro wrestling, is it against the rules to cite my own website as a reference, even though it is, apparently, generally accepted as a valid source on the subject? I presume the answer is "yes". Does that still hold true even if the stuff on that website is ten years old? The rules against original research make perfect sense...I'm just having trouble understanding where the line is drawn when it is regularly referenced by others...can anyone reference the website EXCEPT me?
Thanks, BillFromDDTDigest ( talk) 00:53, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
we want to know if we may buy your poducts —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.155.242.74 ( talk) 01:56, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I tried to mark Tunglskrift for deletion since the article isn't even in English (and its on the English Wikipedia). Unfortunately, I don't see whatever link I'm supposed to see to activate the deletion discussion. I'd appreciate some assistance. JamesAM ( talk) 02:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure what to do, a user on the Left-Wing article has added vast swathes of uncited info. While this normally wouldn't be a problem and I'd try to help them find the cites and/or change the info accordingly, the cites he does give don't seem actually kosher (blogs and one site that seems anti-semetic). I'm not sure if I should revert or just confront. Thoughts? Soxwon ( talk) 02:47, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know what upright means when it is used in images?
For example: [[File:Playing the piano.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The keyboard of a Steinway grand piano (2007).]]
Fanoftheworld ( talk) 05:48, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
for use only on images that are taller than they are wide. This scales the image differently, considering both width and height instead of only width. A parameter can be added to adjust the size: for instance "upright=1.5" will make the image larger, useful for maps or schematics that need to be larger to be readable.
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Does anyone watch this show? Can anybody verify the edits made by 66.158.193.39 ( talk · contribs) on List of current Days of our Lives characters? Also see the talk page. -- 93.163.26.110 ( talk) 06:21, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I am a student with Linda Christas College.
Several of our students have tried to get a simple entry similar to many other colleges on Wikipedia.
We have 4500 students attending online courses.
Every time a student makes the attempt, some Wikipedia scholars immediately delete the entry.
What is the problem.
We use our computer room computers to enter material.
The last time Dr. Voisin, our provost, made the entry, and BINGO within a couple of days, a Wiki scholar bombed it AGAIN.
Dr. Voisin used the Hamilton College format. Same exact words, just substituting our information.
And, yet, no luck.
What is the magic formula. Evidently someone or someone(s) have a bone to pick with our school and our students and teachers can't understand who or what qualification the Wiki scholars have to make judgments about us.
I can't be monitoring Wiki, so i don't want to get into a discussion with anyone here.
On the other hand, there must be plenty of material for Wikipedia to reinstate our school.
It's so unfair.
Get one person in the lab fooling around or get off on the wrong foot with Wikipedia and from then on, so called, Wiki editors violate every rule of fairness in terms of entry.
If anyone at Wiki cares to be fair, our Administration office is <removed>
Sarah —Preceding unsigned comment added by Annvoisin ( talk • contribs) 06:29, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Hello, when I go back from a Governor of Provence to List of rulers of Provence, it comes up as if I clicked on another page. Why is this? Webster6 Yo, So 07:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Has anyone come up with an off-line wikipedia editor? I want to do an extensive edit to an article but it would be easier to do off-line because of the amount of content I need to move around. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 11:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi l am trying to print off the life of Bette Davis which is nineteen pages long however when it gets to page 15 all l get is a blank page, this has happened on other life stories as well for instance, Patrick Swayze's pages 3 & 4 will not print, is there some reasoning behind this or what, l cannot find a solution to it only that there might be pages you are unable to print off, if thats the case why does it let you print 14 pages off bafore it does it, wasting my paper, it does not seem fair if you can't print all of the pages it should let you know before you start, could you please confirm what is going on, if it's going to do it regular l might as well try looking on a different sight for help, please sort this out if you can thanks D.H.M. Salford. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.160.68 ( talk) 12:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I've created a new wikipedia entry recently. When I search it's name on Google or Yahoo (Canadian Junior Golf Association wikipedia) the wikipedia page doesn't appear in the list of results. Is the a process to having the page appear under the search results? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CanJGA ( talk • contribs) 14:05, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I have a website. If I want to use some of the information I find on wikipedia can i do this as long as i put a reference back to the page I got the info from. Please advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.233.220 ( talk) 15:01, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I recently made a wiki page and the capitalization of the title is incorrect. I want to change one letter from lower case to capital and do not believe I could remake a page (to move pages) the way I want the title to be considering it would be the same title.. Any help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddyer4 ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
how do i put a picture onto a page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary.farrar ( talk • contribs) 16:54, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
What is the policy on the use of business names in articles? Slowart ( talk) 17:14, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I work with a software company and two of their competitors are included in Wikipedia. I want to make a factual entry (no marketing, promotional language) about my company. Is this acceptable? Does it matter if I post the content? I have lots of accurate references. Red Bend ( talk) 19:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I saw that Youtube videos are not able to be embedded into Wikipedia articles. However, I was wonder in if articles from other site are able to be embedded. I was hoping to just have it off to the side in a box or something.
Here is the site the video comes from: http://current.com/items/77163332_dam-less-hydro-power.htm
And here is the code i guess of the video: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="ce_77163332" width="400" height="300" data=" http://current.com/e/77163332/en_US"><param name="movie" value=" http://current.com/e/77163332/en_US"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src=" http://current.com/e/77163332/en_US" width="400" height="300" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object>
If such as video is permitted, then how would I go about uploading it to the article I am working on (Damless Hydro). I have been unable to find the correct code to post it.
Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.135.23.27 ( talk) 19:28, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I have just opened an account. A "scientific" page in which I have a direct interest is totally incorrect from my own knowledge in the field (plenty of published references including patents in the field, which I intend to post). This page is very very short and clearly posted by a person for whom "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". Do I have the authority to delete the erroneous content and insert a full scientific discussion of the subject which may run to 500-1000 words? Hochschule48 ( talk) 20:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
For newspapers that charge for older articles, I know there is a technique to put an article somewhere else where it can be seen by readers of Wikipedia articles. Please tell me about the technique, or send me to the place where it is described. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 20:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know if there's a reason that location coordinates for places are often given twice, in the info box and at the top of the page? I had a thought that it might be so that Google maps can identify them better... TastyCakes ( talk) 21:19, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
why was the page for Israeli/American MIA Zachary Baumel deleted? His comrades still have their own pages but for some reason the page entry for Baumel has vanished and relocates to a general MIA page. WHY? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.212.158 ( talk) 21:46, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Is there a way I can get 1- to redirect to 0.999...? Or is it something that's out of my control? Thanks for helping! 99.179.26.161 ( talk) 22:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, Juliancolton! ...but how exactly does someone do that? 99.179.26.161 ( talk) 00:22, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Thank you thank you thank you in advance for your help. I have spent a couple of hours reading tutorials, FAQs and trying different things and Im not getting anywhere. I guess Im getting old and I just dont get it.
I created an account and started using the user page and saved it thinking that I was publishing it as an article, but it didnt look right. Had the user:Yourdailywiki as title. so I created an article page and re-did it again and fixed the formatting and it had the right title (Team strawberry), cool. I saved it thinking I was publishing it. But I dont see it in the google results at all, however my user:Yourdailywiki (the jacked-up version) comes up in the google searches every time now. So what happended to the properly formated article page I saved? And why does my user page come up on google for the whole world to see? I cleared the user page to see if the other page comes up by default but no luck. Now the world looks at my blank user:Yourdailywiki page. I guess I dont get it. How can I fix this? I want Team strawberry to come up on google not user:Yourdailywiki 98.154.229.161 ( talk) 22:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I registered, logged in, and tried to submit a new article, but I cannot find the way to do that. Whether I start at Upload File or Create Article or start a new page, I am sent to one other place and then one other place. Once I got a page that directed me to enter text in box below, but there was no box, and the blank space would not acccept any text.
I spent time with FAQ, reading letters from others who asked how to post an article, and I saw some who said that after getting help, they were able to post an article, but there was no information I could use.
After going through all that multiple times, I have to admit that I can't do it. Please help.
Fluffer Nutter (
talk)
23:41, 29 April 2009 (UTC)