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Hi, some smartass called Snaisybelle intentionally harassed me and got me banned. Prior to that there were NO issues between myself and Wikipedia. This Michael guy who knows her then tagged heaps of my accounts, as seen here. User:Floatstinger, User:SynchPedro86, and User:TetraJuiz69. He has clearly abused his rights. He also banned me on ED today, and is a stalker on Bulbapedia and Wikia. He is a trolling annoyance to every wiki site. I don't think he has a life outside of the internet and is probably a potential poster boy for what is wrong with free online services. SpongeBathWithBlondie ( talk) 00:42, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia, I am a freelance photographer and would like to submit pictures but it says my account is not "confirmed." I have hit confirm when I received the email so I am not sure if there is something wrong or if I am missing a step.
Thank yoU! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosylicious ( talk • contribs) 01:22, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
can your organization: Help me build this next Billion dollar Business: gpsplates.com see and reply —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.167.8 ( talk) 01:54, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi I am currently writing a paper I am confused about how to properly cite images I have pulled from Wikipedia and plan to use in my paper. First of all, if I am using images that are licensed to Wikipedia under public domain, do I even need to cite them. Secondly, how would I cite them? Wikipedia has a (extremely helpful) citation generator but that seems to only work for articles and not for images. Thanks a lot
-sam
redacted] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samfishman ( talk • contribs) 02:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
ok thanks for the advice. I really just wasn't sure if I needed to cite content that is from the public domain but you answered that. thank you Samfishman ( talk) 20:14, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Thx for wiki link for opening my eyes - here is a bigoted article embedded without the usual controversial disclaimer! It says
"In 2000, Israel unilaterally withdrew its remaining forces from the "security zone" in southern Lebanon. Several thousand members of the South Lebanon Army (and their families) left with the Israelis. The UN Secretary-General concluded [100] that, as of June 16, 2000, Israel had withdrawn its forces from Lebanon in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 425."
No ref is made to sheeba farms claimed by Lebanon, still forcibly occupied. Makes UN report controversial, never mind who is right, and hence article controversial.
arun Arya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.26.223 ( talk) 02:44, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
How can I create an biographical article on a person? TheTShirtLady ( talk) 03:49, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
A while ago I had an account created for me. It was called Icanhasaccount. I never did much with it. Now I lost the password and my reset e-mails don't seem to be getting through (don't laugh - that e-mail address can be rather schizophrenic at times. Don't know why.) Where do I go for permission to create a totally new account and edit with it? 72.35.111.63 ( talk) 04:32, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Scratch that, I was using a totally different email than I thought. Sorry sorry sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Icanhasaccount ( talk • contribs) 05:06, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I am a new user, i have mainly signed up to create a new page on a special person. How do i go about doing this so when it is put in search with their name i can click on them and go to them as i would any other topic/person. So this person has their own page created by myself.
Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deaves26 ( talk • contribs) 06:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Why is this two days behind? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.196.236.42 ( talk) 10:25, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Someone has trashed John C. Freemont Page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.112.155.190 ( talk) 12:24, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
This image is tagged with one of those "this .jpg should be a .png" templates. Why is this appropriate here? It's a photograph, so it seems to me that it's best rendered as a .jpg. Nyttend ( talk) 14:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Track has a different Miles Davis album (a French soundtrack Davis recorded) linked instead of the 'Jazz Track' album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.28.206.59 ( talk) 15:14, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I've typed it in right in my sigbox, but for some reason, my contribution page on my signature (when shown as not in the "editing position"), it links to "Special:Contributions/Velociaptor888". Can you help me? Velo ciraptor 888 15:52, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
it seems that people are constantly editing the above article to add the iphone 4's "retina display" while said display is NOT a virtual retinal display. considering the iphone was launched yesterday, i would simply recommmend locking this article for a month or 2. or else i will end up on here ever couple minutes to correct them.
the iphone's display is NOT a virtual retinal display, it is simply called retina display because its resolution (326 dpi) exceeds that the human eye can see at a distance of 10-12 inches. in short retina display means nothing and is only a marketing buzzword, and it should not be included under virtual retinal display
Thanks a bunch!
Keaven —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.226.68.201 ( talk) 15:53, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Read more: WP:PROTECT
monosock 18:02, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
I have a Wikipedia account. I would like to do two things: 1. Submit an article about the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists. This probably would be placed in the journalism ethics and standards section. Assuming I'd use the article wizard for this, now that I have an account. 2. List the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists as a source for guidance on journalism ethics. Don't know the procedure for this. Please advise me on the best way to do this.
16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC) Cbukro ( talk) 16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
There used to be a tab which said "Watch this article." I no longer see that feature. With the "New Improved" appearance, how do I add an article to my watchlist without going in and editing the raw watchlist? Edison ( talk) 16:40, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Suganique ( talk • contribs) 16:55, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.
Thank you.
reading on the pc with a white background hurts people's eyes please enable an option that makes the pages have a grayish color or such it's really annoying to have it so bright for a long time. sorry if my English wasn't so good..I'm a foreigner already. but anyway, we need to get this solved soon..I also wanna make a suggestion here about the contact us thing..why is it so complicated?! I had a very hard time to find a way to contact someone, and when I did; he answered "I'm in no place to be able to change that". so who could?! i just wanna say : i hope my message reaches you. i think it's very easy for any web developer to change the page background. and i really wonder how u didn't think of something like that..anyways..just please please please solve this issue as soon as possible finally, i just wanna say i hope my way of talking is not rude to u at all. i really don't mean anything bad, it's just my english is limited so i can't express much. i hope u slove it asap :) thanks, bye bye (i'll be waiting for any positive reply from the site developers with hope that it can be done! thx in advance) Soona ( talk) 17:26, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
On that page,the name keith greene directs to a another person with the same name. Can someone correct so it goes to this person's page. Gobbleswoggler ( talk) 18:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
{{
sortname}}
to do it. If anyone knows a better solution, please feel free to put it in.
TN
X
Man
19:06, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
I am sorry if this is in the policies; I couldn't find it. I am asking this because of a discussion I saw in which one party complained of use of Yuo Tube.
Simply put, is audio and video material the same as print? For example, can I cite an audio lecture given by an authority in the field stored at a university website? How about a video interview with a political figure? Mzk1 ( talk) 19:43, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
I am writng a book in which I include an anthology on two former, famouse alumnus of mine. I plan to "extract" information for their respective write-up as written on website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Does this require permission from anyone?
Thank you,
Ruben M. Lara —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.78.48 ( talk) 21:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, some smartass called Snaisybelle intentionally harassed me and got me banned. Prior to that there were NO issues between myself and Wikipedia. This Michael guy who knows her then tagged heaps of my accounts, as seen here. User:Floatstinger, User:SynchPedro86, and User:TetraJuiz69. He has clearly abused his rights. He also banned me on ED today, and is a stalker on Bulbapedia and Wikia. He is a trolling annoyance to every wiki site. I don't think he has a life outside of the internet and is probably a potential poster boy for what is wrong with free online services. SpongeBathWithBlondie ( talk) 00:42, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia, I am a freelance photographer and would like to submit pictures but it says my account is not "confirmed." I have hit confirm when I received the email so I am not sure if there is something wrong or if I am missing a step.
Thank yoU! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosylicious ( talk • contribs) 01:22, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
can your organization: Help me build this next Billion dollar Business: gpsplates.com see and reply —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.167.8 ( talk) 01:54, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi I am currently writing a paper I am confused about how to properly cite images I have pulled from Wikipedia and plan to use in my paper. First of all, if I am using images that are licensed to Wikipedia under public domain, do I even need to cite them. Secondly, how would I cite them? Wikipedia has a (extremely helpful) citation generator but that seems to only work for articles and not for images. Thanks a lot
-sam
redacted] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samfishman ( talk • contribs) 02:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
ok thanks for the advice. I really just wasn't sure if I needed to cite content that is from the public domain but you answered that. thank you Samfishman ( talk) 20:14, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Thx for wiki link for opening my eyes - here is a bigoted article embedded without the usual controversial disclaimer! It says
"In 2000, Israel unilaterally withdrew its remaining forces from the "security zone" in southern Lebanon. Several thousand members of the South Lebanon Army (and their families) left with the Israelis. The UN Secretary-General concluded [100] that, as of June 16, 2000, Israel had withdrawn its forces from Lebanon in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 425."
No ref is made to sheeba farms claimed by Lebanon, still forcibly occupied. Makes UN report controversial, never mind who is right, and hence article controversial.
arun Arya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.26.223 ( talk) 02:44, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
How can I create an biographical article on a person? TheTShirtLady ( talk) 03:49, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
A while ago I had an account created for me. It was called Icanhasaccount. I never did much with it. Now I lost the password and my reset e-mails don't seem to be getting through (don't laugh - that e-mail address can be rather schizophrenic at times. Don't know why.) Where do I go for permission to create a totally new account and edit with it? 72.35.111.63 ( talk) 04:32, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Scratch that, I was using a totally different email than I thought. Sorry sorry sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Icanhasaccount ( talk • contribs) 05:06, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I am a new user, i have mainly signed up to create a new page on a special person. How do i go about doing this so when it is put in search with their name i can click on them and go to them as i would any other topic/person. So this person has their own page created by myself.
Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deaves26 ( talk • contribs) 06:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Why is this two days behind? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.196.236.42 ( talk) 10:25, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Someone has trashed John C. Freemont Page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.112.155.190 ( talk) 12:24, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
This image is tagged with one of those "this .jpg should be a .png" templates. Why is this appropriate here? It's a photograph, so it seems to me that it's best rendered as a .jpg. Nyttend ( talk) 14:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Track has a different Miles Davis album (a French soundtrack Davis recorded) linked instead of the 'Jazz Track' album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.28.206.59 ( talk) 15:14, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I've typed it in right in my sigbox, but for some reason, my contribution page on my signature (when shown as not in the "editing position"), it links to "Special:Contributions/Velociaptor888". Can you help me? Velo ciraptor 888 15:52, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
it seems that people are constantly editing the above article to add the iphone 4's "retina display" while said display is NOT a virtual retinal display. considering the iphone was launched yesterday, i would simply recommmend locking this article for a month or 2. or else i will end up on here ever couple minutes to correct them.
the iphone's display is NOT a virtual retinal display, it is simply called retina display because its resolution (326 dpi) exceeds that the human eye can see at a distance of 10-12 inches. in short retina display means nothing and is only a marketing buzzword, and it should not be included under virtual retinal display
Thanks a bunch!
Keaven —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.226.68.201 ( talk) 15:53, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Read more: WP:PROTECT
monosock 18:02, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
I have a Wikipedia account. I would like to do two things: 1. Submit an article about the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists. This probably would be placed in the journalism ethics and standards section. Assuming I'd use the article wizard for this, now that I have an account. 2. List the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists as a source for guidance on journalism ethics. Don't know the procedure for this. Please advise me on the best way to do this.
16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC) Cbukro ( talk) 16:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
There used to be a tab which said "Watch this article." I no longer see that feature. With the "New Improved" appearance, how do I add an article to my watchlist without going in and editing the raw watchlist? Edison ( talk) 16:40, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Suganique ( talk • contribs) 16:55, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.
Thank you.
reading on the pc with a white background hurts people's eyes please enable an option that makes the pages have a grayish color or such it's really annoying to have it so bright for a long time. sorry if my English wasn't so good..I'm a foreigner already. but anyway, we need to get this solved soon..I also wanna make a suggestion here about the contact us thing..why is it so complicated?! I had a very hard time to find a way to contact someone, and when I did; he answered "I'm in no place to be able to change that". so who could?! i just wanna say : i hope my message reaches you. i think it's very easy for any web developer to change the page background. and i really wonder how u didn't think of something like that..anyways..just please please please solve this issue as soon as possible finally, i just wanna say i hope my way of talking is not rude to u at all. i really don't mean anything bad, it's just my english is limited so i can't express much. i hope u slove it asap :) thanks, bye bye (i'll be waiting for any positive reply from the site developers with hope that it can be done! thx in advance) Soona ( talk) 17:26, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
On that page,the name keith greene directs to a another person with the same name. Can someone correct so it goes to this person's page. Gobbleswoggler ( talk) 18:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
{{
sortname}}
to do it. If anyone knows a better solution, please feel free to put it in.
TN
X
Man
19:06, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
I am sorry if this is in the policies; I couldn't find it. I am asking this because of a discussion I saw in which one party complained of use of Yuo Tube.
Simply put, is audio and video material the same as print? For example, can I cite an audio lecture given by an authority in the field stored at a university website? How about a video interview with a political figure? Mzk1 ( talk) 19:43, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
I am writng a book in which I include an anthology on two former, famouse alumnus of mine. I plan to "extract" information for their respective write-up as written on website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Does this require permission from anyone?
Thank you,
Ruben M. Lara —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.78.48 ( talk) 21:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)