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I have been, for the past day and a half, having problems adding my signiture to the end of a comment or question on a talk page, while pressing the signature button. Although I can still do so by manually typing the four "tides", I have over the past year and a half grown accustomed to just pressing the button when finished. I believe that there may be a problem with using the "Beta" version of wikipedia. A few months ago I switched over to the beta version of wikipeadia. I went off beta for a few minutes today to test if it was beta that was causing the problem or something else, and found that I was able to add the signature using the button while off beta. Soemthing was wrong with beta. I would rather stay with the beta version of wikipedia since I have grown accustomed to how it looks and feels. Is there something that I need to do to fix this and are others having similar problems. Jojhutton ( talk) 00:44, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm working on an article on Tahar Douis, one of the greatest alligator wrestlers of all time. Another editor named Mufka deleted my article claiming his deletion was "non-controversial." He also deleted my work at Tahar (gator wrestler) and at User:Starblueheather/Tahar Douis. I've lost a lot of work here and want to get it back. How do I get it back? Is there some way to get this deleted stuff into my Tahar Douis article or have they just deleted my work forever? Thanks, Starblueheather. —Preceding undated comment added 02:24, 18 October 2009 (UTC).
Actually, I already know that there is an article there. I am asking for the deleted history of that article, as well as the deleted portions of Tahar (gator wrestler) and User:Starblueheather/Tahar Douis. I've lost a lot of work here and would like it back. Thanks, Starblueheather. —Preceding undated comment added 05:20, 18 October 2009 (UTC).
Yes, in fact, after I took it to WP:DRV and asked for the history to be fixed, the history was fixed. So, in fact there was something lost and in fact something to undelete, back when I asked for it to be undeleted, in fact. It was in fact fixed nine hours after I first posted here and four hours after I posted to WP:DRV. Thanks (in fact) for the help Odie5533, no thanks in fact to Bencherlite and Tim Song for talking to me as if I don't actually in fact know what has been going on with this article I wrote. Starblueheather. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Starblueheather ( talk • contribs) 23:59, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
can i buy direct from wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.194.3 ( talk) 14:38, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
This is an etiquette question. I had an article on my to-do list; through a search I discovered that another editor was working on the same article on a user page. As it stands, the article is part draft, and part mere notes, but the material is comprehensive and of good quality. I left a question about the article on the user's talk page 6 September and have received no reply. According to the edit history, the draft article itself ( User:Appietas/Lucius Valerius Flaccus (praetor 63 BC)) has not been edited since June. I need to link to this figure regularly, and have written a few articles directly related to him. If the article has been abandoned, I would like to finish it and get it posted, because it's got really good stuff in it. What process should I go through to make sure I'm respecting the editor's user space? I don't want to plunder his material. And how long is long enough to consider such a draft abandoned? Cynwolfe ( talk) 15:09, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello I'm desperate and I need youyr help. My user name is "Disneyfolly" but for a long time I can't log in. The log in page tells me that the password is incorrect. I made them send me a new password to my e-mail and I set a new password but there is no use. It continues telling me that the password is incorrect and I can´t log in. Please help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 ( talk) 16:23, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Yeah I tried all of that but is no use. What are my options now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 ( talk) 16:57, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I already did that, so I have to create a new account? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 ( talk) 17:05, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Yeah I will have that in mind but it seems the only option if I want to continue editing. One last question. The problem is not with the e-mailed password because when I enter it, it works good. But then it tells me that I need to enter a new password and I do it but this does not log me in and when I try to log in with the new password it tells me that is wrong. Any help with that?. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 ( talk) 17:13, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Why does most of Wikipedia's extra features, such as Friendly and Twinkle, work for Firefox but not for Internet Explorer? Should this be asked at the reference desk? Thank you. Btilm 17:21, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
It's the second time this month I've found a new user with the word "Bot" at then end of their username and have had to notify them of the possible violation of WP:U. I was wondering if these types of usernames are serious enough to be sent straight to UAA. Jeffrey Mall ( talk • contribs) - 18:12, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
We have a family disagreement that you can settle in a hurry. I say that Wiki editors are NOT paid. Others say that people working on Wiki DO get paid. I assume that there are paid staff for systems administration and public relations, etc, but the day to day workings that the public sees on the Wikipedia site are not paid. What's the truth? thanks GloverEpp ( talk) 18:14, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
If we were to talk about payments we might need to bring back the advertisements on Wikipedia issue (will link later if I find one). Most were opposed to the idea.
I don't mind contributing to Wikipedia, it's nice that perhaps the biggest collection of information on the internet is controlled largely by the people, and for free! Everyone with internet access can ensure that their version of the truth (so long as it actually is true, is verifiable and has even just a little bit of importance - and in some cases it doesn't have to) is represented. It's a beautiful thing.
Speaking of advertising, please answer my question if you can!-- IdLoveOne ( talk) 18:01, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
please sent me a simple example of strong force and weak force. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.200.62.197 ( talk) 18:20, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
how do i insert a numerical list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarieLinton ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to add something to the Postini page about the email outage suffered last week. Since all of my previous edits were vandalism reverts, I am very nervous about contributing any substance to a page. So, I wondered if someone would be so kind as to post some tips as to not get stomped by an admin? I suppose I should make it a section with a header and use references to news articles about the event. Is that sufficient? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Horsebrutality ( talk • contribs) 22:34, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Why doesn't the main Wikipedia page default so that one's cursor is in the "search" box, like Google does? It's so annoying to have to manually click it there every time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.209.68.169 ( talk) 22:35, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
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I have been, for the past day and a half, having problems adding my signiture to the end of a comment or question on a talk page, while pressing the signature button. Although I can still do so by manually typing the four "tides", I have over the past year and a half grown accustomed to just pressing the button when finished. I believe that there may be a problem with using the "Beta" version of wikipedia. A few months ago I switched over to the beta version of wikipeadia. I went off beta for a few minutes today to test if it was beta that was causing the problem or something else, and found that I was able to add the signature using the button while off beta. Soemthing was wrong with beta. I would rather stay with the beta version of wikipedia since I have grown accustomed to how it looks and feels. Is there something that I need to do to fix this and are others having similar problems. Jojhutton ( talk) 00:44, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm working on an article on Tahar Douis, one of the greatest alligator wrestlers of all time. Another editor named Mufka deleted my article claiming his deletion was "non-controversial." He also deleted my work at Tahar (gator wrestler) and at User:Starblueheather/Tahar Douis. I've lost a lot of work here and want to get it back. How do I get it back? Is there some way to get this deleted stuff into my Tahar Douis article or have they just deleted my work forever? Thanks, Starblueheather. —Preceding undated comment added 02:24, 18 October 2009 (UTC).
Actually, I already know that there is an article there. I am asking for the deleted history of that article, as well as the deleted portions of Tahar (gator wrestler) and User:Starblueheather/Tahar Douis. I've lost a lot of work here and would like it back. Thanks, Starblueheather. —Preceding undated comment added 05:20, 18 October 2009 (UTC).
Yes, in fact, after I took it to WP:DRV and asked for the history to be fixed, the history was fixed. So, in fact there was something lost and in fact something to undelete, back when I asked for it to be undeleted, in fact. It was in fact fixed nine hours after I first posted here and four hours after I posted to WP:DRV. Thanks (in fact) for the help Odie5533, no thanks in fact to Bencherlite and Tim Song for talking to me as if I don't actually in fact know what has been going on with this article I wrote. Starblueheather. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Starblueheather ( talk • contribs) 23:59, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
can i buy direct from wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.194.3 ( talk) 14:38, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
This is an etiquette question. I had an article on my to-do list; through a search I discovered that another editor was working on the same article on a user page. As it stands, the article is part draft, and part mere notes, but the material is comprehensive and of good quality. I left a question about the article on the user's talk page 6 September and have received no reply. According to the edit history, the draft article itself ( User:Appietas/Lucius Valerius Flaccus (praetor 63 BC)) has not been edited since June. I need to link to this figure regularly, and have written a few articles directly related to him. If the article has been abandoned, I would like to finish it and get it posted, because it's got really good stuff in it. What process should I go through to make sure I'm respecting the editor's user space? I don't want to plunder his material. And how long is long enough to consider such a draft abandoned? Cynwolfe ( talk) 15:09, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello I'm desperate and I need youyr help. My user name is "Disneyfolly" but for a long time I can't log in. The log in page tells me that the password is incorrect. I made them send me a new password to my e-mail and I set a new password but there is no use. It continues telling me that the password is incorrect and I can´t log in. Please help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 ( talk) 16:23, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Yeah I tried all of that but is no use. What are my options now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 ( talk) 16:57, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I already did that, so I have to create a new account? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 ( talk) 17:05, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Yeah I will have that in mind but it seems the only option if I want to continue editing. One last question. The problem is not with the e-mailed password because when I enter it, it works good. But then it tells me that I need to enter a new password and I do it but this does not log me in and when I try to log in with the new password it tells me that is wrong. Any help with that?. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.155.33.244 ( talk) 17:13, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Why does most of Wikipedia's extra features, such as Friendly and Twinkle, work for Firefox but not for Internet Explorer? Should this be asked at the reference desk? Thank you. Btilm 17:21, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
It's the second time this month I've found a new user with the word "Bot" at then end of their username and have had to notify them of the possible violation of WP:U. I was wondering if these types of usernames are serious enough to be sent straight to UAA. Jeffrey Mall ( talk • contribs) - 18:12, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
We have a family disagreement that you can settle in a hurry. I say that Wiki editors are NOT paid. Others say that people working on Wiki DO get paid. I assume that there are paid staff for systems administration and public relations, etc, but the day to day workings that the public sees on the Wikipedia site are not paid. What's the truth? thanks GloverEpp ( talk) 18:14, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
If we were to talk about payments we might need to bring back the advertisements on Wikipedia issue (will link later if I find one). Most were opposed to the idea.
I don't mind contributing to Wikipedia, it's nice that perhaps the biggest collection of information on the internet is controlled largely by the people, and for free! Everyone with internet access can ensure that their version of the truth (so long as it actually is true, is verifiable and has even just a little bit of importance - and in some cases it doesn't have to) is represented. It's a beautiful thing.
Speaking of advertising, please answer my question if you can!-- IdLoveOne ( talk) 18:01, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
please sent me a simple example of strong force and weak force. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.200.62.197 ( talk) 18:20, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
how do i insert a numerical list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarieLinton ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to add something to the Postini page about the email outage suffered last week. Since all of my previous edits were vandalism reverts, I am very nervous about contributing any substance to a page. So, I wondered if someone would be so kind as to post some tips as to not get stomped by an admin? I suppose I should make it a section with a header and use references to news articles about the event. Is that sufficient? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Horsebrutality ( talk • contribs) 22:34, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Why doesn't the main Wikipedia page default so that one's cursor is in the "search" box, like Google does? It's so annoying to have to manually click it there every time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.209.68.169 ( talk) 22:35, 18 October 2009 (UTC)