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I was editing Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States, and when I moved a citation around, another one that I didn't touch threw up a "no closing </ref> tag" error. I triple checked it and can't find any reason it should be doing this. The citation is syntaxed properly. The one I did move has given me no problems. Somedaypilot ( talk) 00:52, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I signed up for wikipedia years ago as Joel_Parker_Henderson with an email address that no longer works. How can I recover the account, for example get a new password and/or get an admin to update my email address? My email address is <removed> (Thank you!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.17.119.78 ( talk) 02:10, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The standard toolbar (The one that goes Bold, Italic to <ref /ref>, {{ Cite }}) occasionally loses all the buttons to the right of Horizontal line, and I need to refresh the edit page to get them back.-- occono ( talk) 02:56, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
<lengthy advertisement redacted> Thats some info about us —Preceding unsigned comment added by HighRollersGaming ( talk • contribs) 03:31, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
How can I submit to create a page for Joey Medina " latin kings of comedy" On top of all his success hbo showtime appearances he has recently obtained a syndicated fm show . www.joeymedinamorningshow.com www.963maxfm.com www.989maxfm.com www.1051maxfm.com
I can be contacted at <private contact information removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Runeria ( talk • contribs) 03:43, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.
Thank you.
Hi, everyone. I have three related questions:
Many thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 04:46, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Can image files be deleted from a Category? Three files seem to have disappeared from Category:Siddha Yoga. They are Image:1-Lake-Nityananda(Fallsburg)-1, Image:1-Lake-Nityananda(Fallsburg)-2, 1-Lake-Nityananda(Fallsburg)- 3. Just a glitch perhaps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sardaka ( talk • contribs) 8:58, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The lake in question is on the Siddha Yoga ashram property, which is why it was in that category. I can't see why anyone should have the right to delete pix like this. How do I reverse it?
Sardaka ( talk) 09:26, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
The coding on my account's userpage (Perseus, Son of Zeus) seems a bit messed up. The one I'm having trouble with is this one, centering it. Thanks! 173.49.140.141 ( talk) 12:05, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
fix this pls. thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 13:29, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I was shocked to see the Wiki for PETN contained enough information on how to make and ignite the high explosive PETN. Anyone with even a basic scientific degree can follow successfully the guilines listed in this article to create an powerful explosive. Given that this article is available to anyone with internet access it presents an extreme risk of informing extremists of all types to have a new and highly available way to cuase massive damage.
Is there an easy way to ask Wikipedia to remove posts like this as too detailed and complete in an area that could be used by extremists? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.249.0.228 ( talk) 13:58, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I recently uploaded an image to Gossip Girl (season 4) but the image won't show up. Any suggestions? Jayy008 ( talk) 14:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I don't know if my problem same as above, but the image was i talking about are all image that was made by my edit, for example, the cat image on my USER PAGE, The cat image doesn't appear in my computer.The same problem also happen on my userpage in Malay Wikipedia. The Adult Quote-tan image doesn't appear on my user page in malay version of Wikipedia.And when i see the image page,i found no problem with the image. And what confusing me now is the Images were not uploaded by me.The image doesn't appear if it was edited by me, i mean , for example when i create the template or article and put the images, the image will not show up even the images dont have any problem.Why this happen??! anyone help me!! !!!!!! P/S:Sorry if my english suck -- Adikhebat ( talk) 14:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Please list my favorite movie by Portia de Rossi on her page. Portia de Rossi was in the movie THE SHIFT in 2009. THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.203.118 ( talk) 15:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
More info for you to see Portia de Rossi credits in the movie THE SHIFT.
http://www.dyermovie.com/about/cast
THANK YOU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.203.118 ( talk)
This has become way too difficult to use. I can't spend hours learing the myriad rules and regs. I have a regular job. Is posting maps and articles for the unemployed and at home types? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.119.18 ( talk) 15:40, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
"If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it."
–One of Wikipedia's oldest policies
Dear Jayron32,
Can you please post the info I show below... as it took me hours at this site to find the right link to ask for the new info to be added. I'm highly challenged when it comes to using the computer and navigating websites.
Thank you again 63.225.203.118 ( talk) 15:41, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Please list my favorite movie by Portia de Rossi on her page. Portia de Rossi was in the movie THE SHIFT in 2009. THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.203.118 (talk) 15:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
No one, except YOU, is more qualified to do this. As long as you have proof that she acted in that movie, feel free to make any changes to the article as you wish. Wikipedia was built exactly this way, and no one here is more special than you. --Jayron32 15:29, 2 November 2010 (UTC) [edit] More info for you to see Portia de Rossi credits in the movie THE SHIFT. More info for you to see Portia de Rossi credits in the movie THE SHIFT.
http://www.dyermovie.com/about/cast
THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.203.118 (talk)
Do references belong in a section title? Example: section "Top projects" in Kickstarter. -- Mortense ( talk) 16:56, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I followed the instructions carefully but am still having troubles formatting this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Carofiglio
I have inserted references but the final page hides some paragraphs. I get no errors or any useful suggestions from the help page.Can it have to do with the fact that the article is in English but includes references in Italian? Can anyone please help me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aminervi ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The company I look for (a collection agency) is thinking about making a wikipedia page listing our history, etc. but we are worried about additional content that may be added. No one likes debt collection agencies and there could be a lot of unneeded negative comments added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.238.215.230 ( talk) 17:54, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I request my current and earlier user accounts to vanish - see my talk page. They have been retired for some time, but I would like them totally deleted. Cayden ( talk) 19:22, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
With this here. It's been a while since I seriously used Wikipedia for things like this. Thanks! -- Endlessdan ( talk) 20:15, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Can you do this for me? I used to be a pro at AFD noms but have since slipped in time. Thanks again. -- Endlessdan ( talk) 20:40, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The Flag of Nigeria is not working. Velo ciraptor 888 21:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm trying to figure out how to edit an article on your page with incorrect information. I have two scholarly resources to validate what I'm saying but you completely blocked me from being able to edit anything at all. I'm a professor of Microeconomics at the University of Las Vegas Nevada. I'm logged in as a user and have NOT violated your wikipedia "no original research" rules. You can verify everything I'm saying. Sure, there's nothing neutral about the stance I'm taking but it's not an issue that suppose to be neutral. It's pretty black and white and involves money. As it stands, your page is distributing false information. I can easily log into another computer and hide the IP address :) Lets be adults about this. Why don't you tell me exactly which part of the "no original research" policy I violated...
Here's the resources for the article I want to post:
Mankiw, Gregory (2004) "Principles of Microeconomics" Harvard University.
Miller, Roger Leroy (2001) "The Economics of Public Issues" Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Professor22 ( talk • contribs) - reposted by Onorem ♠ Dil 21:42, 2 November 2010 (UTC) after initial post blanked the help desk
Hey, I have two accounts with wikipedia and can't access either one. I haven't been blocked or anything, and when I log in it's successful, but then when I go to any other page, I'm logged out again. I have no idea why. Could someone please give me any advice on this at my email address <removed>??
PS, my two accounts are fiveby5 and angelsinthearchitecture. I only need to be able to access one, the second I just created after I couldn't get into the first.
I've tried to use the template {{ multiple images}}, but I can't get it to work as I might like. I have a verticle list of images and I want them to become thinner and shorter. I change the width parameter, but that only changes the width of the images, and not the width of the box containing all of the images and the text. Take a look at User talk:Fly by Night/Medals and see if you can find a way to fix it. I want it to be more discreet. It looks great with width = 100, but that's far too wide. It's bigger than my user page. — Fly by Night ( talk) 23:45, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
|link=
(If I remember, we didn't used to be able to do this with normal image markup).--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk)
00:46, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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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. |
I was editing Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States, and when I moved a citation around, another one that I didn't touch threw up a "no closing </ref> tag" error. I triple checked it and can't find any reason it should be doing this. The citation is syntaxed properly. The one I did move has given me no problems. Somedaypilot ( talk) 00:52, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I signed up for wikipedia years ago as Joel_Parker_Henderson with an email address that no longer works. How can I recover the account, for example get a new password and/or get an admin to update my email address? My email address is <removed> (Thank you!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.17.119.78 ( talk) 02:10, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The standard toolbar (The one that goes Bold, Italic to <ref /ref>, {{ Cite }}) occasionally loses all the buttons to the right of Horizontal line, and I need to refresh the edit page to get them back.-- occono ( talk) 02:56, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
<lengthy advertisement redacted> Thats some info about us —Preceding unsigned comment added by HighRollersGaming ( talk • contribs) 03:31, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
How can I submit to create a page for Joey Medina " latin kings of comedy" On top of all his success hbo showtime appearances he has recently obtained a syndicated fm show . www.joeymedinamorningshow.com www.963maxfm.com www.989maxfm.com www.1051maxfm.com
I can be contacted at <private contact information removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Runeria ( talk • contribs) 03:43, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.
Thank you.
Hi, everyone. I have three related questions:
Many thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 04:46, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Can image files be deleted from a Category? Three files seem to have disappeared from Category:Siddha Yoga. They are Image:1-Lake-Nityananda(Fallsburg)-1, Image:1-Lake-Nityananda(Fallsburg)-2, 1-Lake-Nityananda(Fallsburg)- 3. Just a glitch perhaps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sardaka ( talk • contribs) 8:58, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The lake in question is on the Siddha Yoga ashram property, which is why it was in that category. I can't see why anyone should have the right to delete pix like this. How do I reverse it?
Sardaka ( talk) 09:26, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
The coding on my account's userpage (Perseus, Son of Zeus) seems a bit messed up. The one I'm having trouble with is this one, centering it. Thanks! 173.49.140.141 ( talk) 12:05, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
fix this pls. thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 13:29, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I was shocked to see the Wiki for PETN contained enough information on how to make and ignite the high explosive PETN. Anyone with even a basic scientific degree can follow successfully the guilines listed in this article to create an powerful explosive. Given that this article is available to anyone with internet access it presents an extreme risk of informing extremists of all types to have a new and highly available way to cuase massive damage.
Is there an easy way to ask Wikipedia to remove posts like this as too detailed and complete in an area that could be used by extremists? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.249.0.228 ( talk) 13:58, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I recently uploaded an image to Gossip Girl (season 4) but the image won't show up. Any suggestions? Jayy008 ( talk) 14:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I don't know if my problem same as above, but the image was i talking about are all image that was made by my edit, for example, the cat image on my USER PAGE, The cat image doesn't appear in my computer.The same problem also happen on my userpage in Malay Wikipedia. The Adult Quote-tan image doesn't appear on my user page in malay version of Wikipedia.And when i see the image page,i found no problem with the image. And what confusing me now is the Images were not uploaded by me.The image doesn't appear if it was edited by me, i mean , for example when i create the template or article and put the images, the image will not show up even the images dont have any problem.Why this happen??! anyone help me!! !!!!!! P/S:Sorry if my english suck -- Adikhebat ( talk) 14:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Please list my favorite movie by Portia de Rossi on her page. Portia de Rossi was in the movie THE SHIFT in 2009. THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.203.118 ( talk) 15:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
More info for you to see Portia de Rossi credits in the movie THE SHIFT.
http://www.dyermovie.com/about/cast
THANK YOU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.203.118 ( talk)
This has become way too difficult to use. I can't spend hours learing the myriad rules and regs. I have a regular job. Is posting maps and articles for the unemployed and at home types? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.119.18 ( talk) 15:40, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
"If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it."
–One of Wikipedia's oldest policies
Dear Jayron32,
Can you please post the info I show below... as it took me hours at this site to find the right link to ask for the new info to be added. I'm highly challenged when it comes to using the computer and navigating websites.
Thank you again 63.225.203.118 ( talk) 15:41, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Please list my favorite movie by Portia de Rossi on her page. Portia de Rossi was in the movie THE SHIFT in 2009. THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.203.118 (talk) 15:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
No one, except YOU, is more qualified to do this. As long as you have proof that she acted in that movie, feel free to make any changes to the article as you wish. Wikipedia was built exactly this way, and no one here is more special than you. --Jayron32 15:29, 2 November 2010 (UTC) [edit] More info for you to see Portia de Rossi credits in the movie THE SHIFT. More info for you to see Portia de Rossi credits in the movie THE SHIFT.
http://www.dyermovie.com/about/cast
THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.203.118 (talk)
Do references belong in a section title? Example: section "Top projects" in Kickstarter. -- Mortense ( talk) 16:56, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I followed the instructions carefully but am still having troubles formatting this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Carofiglio
I have inserted references but the final page hides some paragraphs. I get no errors or any useful suggestions from the help page.Can it have to do with the fact that the article is in English but includes references in Italian? Can anyone please help me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aminervi ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The company I look for (a collection agency) is thinking about making a wikipedia page listing our history, etc. but we are worried about additional content that may be added. No one likes debt collection agencies and there could be a lot of unneeded negative comments added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.238.215.230 ( talk) 17:54, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I request my current and earlier user accounts to vanish - see my talk page. They have been retired for some time, but I would like them totally deleted. Cayden ( talk) 19:22, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
With this here. It's been a while since I seriously used Wikipedia for things like this. Thanks! -- Endlessdan ( talk) 20:15, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Can you do this for me? I used to be a pro at AFD noms but have since slipped in time. Thanks again. -- Endlessdan ( talk) 20:40, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The Flag of Nigeria is not working. Velo ciraptor 888 21:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm trying to figure out how to edit an article on your page with incorrect information. I have two scholarly resources to validate what I'm saying but you completely blocked me from being able to edit anything at all. I'm a professor of Microeconomics at the University of Las Vegas Nevada. I'm logged in as a user and have NOT violated your wikipedia "no original research" rules. You can verify everything I'm saying. Sure, there's nothing neutral about the stance I'm taking but it's not an issue that suppose to be neutral. It's pretty black and white and involves money. As it stands, your page is distributing false information. I can easily log into another computer and hide the IP address :) Lets be adults about this. Why don't you tell me exactly which part of the "no original research" policy I violated...
Here's the resources for the article I want to post:
Mankiw, Gregory (2004) "Principles of Microeconomics" Harvard University.
Miller, Roger Leroy (2001) "The Economics of Public Issues" Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Professor22 ( talk • contribs) - reposted by Onorem ♠ Dil 21:42, 2 November 2010 (UTC) after initial post blanked the help desk
Hey, I have two accounts with wikipedia and can't access either one. I haven't been blocked or anything, and when I log in it's successful, but then when I go to any other page, I'm logged out again. I have no idea why. Could someone please give me any advice on this at my email address <removed>??
PS, my two accounts are fiveby5 and angelsinthearchitecture. I only need to be able to access one, the second I just created after I couldn't get into the first.
I've tried to use the template {{ multiple images}}, but I can't get it to work as I might like. I have a verticle list of images and I want them to become thinner and shorter. I change the width parameter, but that only changes the width of the images, and not the width of the box containing all of the images and the text. Take a look at User talk:Fly by Night/Medals and see if you can find a way to fix it. I want it to be more discreet. It looks great with width = 100, but that's far too wide. It's bigger than my user page. — Fly by Night ( talk) 23:45, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
|link=
(If I remember, we didn't used to be able to do this with normal image markup).--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk)
00:46, 3 November 2010 (UTC)