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I want to add an article reference to the Further Reading section, but it looks like I need to be able to write computer code. Is there a WYSIWYG format? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.15.32.87 ( talk) 00:28, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Anyone know what the web color code is for the background of this page? I am talking about the lightish blue, and it also appears on user pages, and pretty much everywhere except articles. Thanks in advance, ∙:∙:.: pepper :.:∙:∙ 00:43, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Is it ok to upload an image for the sole purpose of displaying on my userpage (free image, respects all image policies)? Thanks. - CET TALK 01:10, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi there, I want to import a script, which is here, per recommendation of fetchcomms. I have no clue as to how do do it correctly.
I set up User:Sven Manguard/afchelper4.js to try and do this, and it isn't working. Worse yet, it won't let me add my db-self the damn thing.
Can someone help me fix this mess? Sven Manguard Talk 05:05, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
As far as I can tell, I still am not getting the damned script to work. It is now at User:Sven Manguard/vector.js. I think someone told me that only admins and I can edit that page because it is a js. If anyone can get it working, it's be very appreciative. Sven Manguard Talk 20:36, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
This conversation will be continued on my user talk, so that I can use the adminhelp tag. Sven Manguard Talk 21:02, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello Our organisation name is changing and we will need to update all of the Wikipedia page because our work is also changing as we are merging with another charity. Is it better to just delete the current page for iThemba and then create a new page? Or should we just edit the iThemba page - in which case I can't work out how we would change the page title. Please advise. Many thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahlsmith123 ( talk • contribs) 10:09, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
How do i add a page online like upload it. i have it in my account but no one is able to search for it online! Seems very stupid but i am new here and need to fix this! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puzzolana Group ( talk • contribs) 10:20, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
-Take a look at this article.Take a look at its 'Public opinion' section.I think it is not O.K.Help me. Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 11:02, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Where can I locate a list of former Commander Naval Forces Japan commanders? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.83.50.41 ( talk) 11:16, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
Sorry if this question has already been answered but I couldn't find it having been previously addressed. Although it seems like a concern that would have been previously encountered.
I am editing in a few topics, trying to improve the quality of the articles, and trying to make Wikipedia more concise (and thus more useful for the reader). Perhaps the latter is a foolish task to be attempting, given the amount of overlap and redundancy that can be found! But here is one very particular case where there is an article with some useful information that shouldn't be a separate article. I'd be happy to make sure that every other article that currently links to it doesn't suffer from its deletion (which I don't think will be difficult in this case). But I also want to avoid offending the editors who wrote this, certainly in good faith, believing that it merited inclusion as a distinct topic. I'm afraid it doesn't.
The article in question is entitled "Output coupler," but I'm not asking you to look at the article itself to judge this matter, particularly if you don't have technical familiarity with the field to which it applies. You're probably wondering "which field?" It certainly wouldn't be obvious, since one could think of many items having an "output" and something that could be described as a "coupler" at that location. It wouldn't have been totally obvious to me, even being in the field where this term would be employed! Thus I really really doubt anyone is going to look it up directly (rather than following an internal link), and if they did, and didn't find it, then they would surely know enough to look up one of the pages about lasers which currently links to it.
The problem is this: the "output coupler" is simply a partially transmissive mirror used in a particular application, a laser. It isn't notable in any other respect. You couldn't tell for sure that a mirror of that sort was an "output coupler" rather than being used in a different application, unless you recognized the particular shape, size, etc. as being appropriate for its application in a laser. More specifically, every laser contains an "optical resonator" (which there is an article about. but which doesn't even link to this one!). An optically resonator consists essentially of two mirrors. ONE of them (the one that the output light comes from) is often referred to as the "output coupler," so it is an essential component of any laser, but is only notable in the way that it is used in that application. I am quite certain that you will not find a scholarly article about "output couplers" though you may well find one about a paticular design of a mirror for a particular laser, thus having that designation. But abstracted from the laser in which it resides, this item lacks identity. You cannot go to a catalog and order an "output coupler" unless you are already looking in the section called "laser mirrors."
I propose to delete the article and redirect current links to it instead to a section of an article (I haven't determined which yet) concerning lasers where it is mentioned. I will transfer any unique information contained in the current article to that section (though I don't think it has any, but will be careful to determine that). But again, I don't want to offend any editors who wrote it, and what's more I don't even know how to go about this process. Can you help? Interferometrist ( talk) 11:41, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
I found the following accidentally tagging an unrelated redirect:
Edit request from 68.118.4.59, 21 October 2010
{{edit protected}}
This is NOT an objective bio, but rather slander of special interest groups, who have been after Mr Trudeau for many years. I have no business with Mr Trudeau, neither do I know him personally, yet, this is clearly a defamation of character, rather than a Bio. 68.118.4.59 ( talk) 21:17, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
It's rather lacking in context (it was on Wikipedia talk:Contact us/Article problem), but I thought that instead of deleting it outright I'd move it here just in case someone wanted to react to it (this place seemed more reasonable than any of the others I could think of offhand). -- ais523 11:47, 22 October 2010 ( U T C)
How do you link one article to another? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Catlover324 ( talk • contribs) 13:57, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
thanks. Catlover324 ( talk) 14:35, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
why are some of this countries described as being a turkic ethnic group? kasakhs for example looking more asian than turkic, but they are considered to be a turgic ethnic. can you help me, it might be the wrong place to write something like that, but i don't know where to write this. thank you-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:00, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Is it possible to change the edit summary during a rollback edit? If so, how does it work? Minima c ( talk) 16:36, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
I want to upload a copy of the back cover of my novel SOMETHING YOU DO IN THE DARK from 1971 to show that It was considered by other people to be a "protest" novel that goes beyond its predecessors. The Original press release from publisher G.P. Putnam says the same thing. You keep saying my book is "self-described" as that. I cannot find where to upload this evidence.
daniel curzon —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Danielcurzon (
talk •
contribs) 16:49, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Added a section header
Rojomoke (
talk) 17:28, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
I need all Linux commands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alok26 ( talk • contribs) 17:53, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
hello, I would like to change out my childs picture. There is currently a photo of a boy that played his character a year ago. My son has played the character of Spike Lavery for 8 months. Please let me know what i need to do. Thanks! Janet mom to Jake T. Vaughn —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.114.36 ( talk) 18:09, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McEwan_Center_for_Regenerative_Medicine
Title is wrong. I work for the Centre and have been trying to move this article but I cannot. The tab doesn't show. It should be spelled "McEwen" NOT "McEwan".
If someone could please remedy and notify me at [email address redacted] it would be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivisectvi ( talk • contribs) 19:12, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
How can I make a template that says "this month" in October 2010, "last month" in November 2010, "two months ago" in December 2010, and "last year" in 2011? -- Uncle Ed ( talk) 19:52, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
can u give me a price of that gun ples and can i still buy it now its barrel is not ribed its all one thing and its colour is light hardwood in colour ..thanking u Cluny Barnes iam in canada newfoundland A0C2S0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.136.209 ( talk) 22:20, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Forgot To Sign-in - Made Several Edits To Main Articles - Any Way Of Assuming Responsibility For Those Edits? TIA :) Drbogdan ( talk) 23:45, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
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I want to add an article reference to the Further Reading section, but it looks like I need to be able to write computer code. Is there a WYSIWYG format? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.15.32.87 ( talk) 00:28, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Anyone know what the web color code is for the background of this page? I am talking about the lightish blue, and it also appears on user pages, and pretty much everywhere except articles. Thanks in advance, ∙:∙:.: pepper :.:∙:∙ 00:43, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Is it ok to upload an image for the sole purpose of displaying on my userpage (free image, respects all image policies)? Thanks. - CET TALK 01:10, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi there, I want to import a script, which is here, per recommendation of fetchcomms. I have no clue as to how do do it correctly.
I set up User:Sven Manguard/afchelper4.js to try and do this, and it isn't working. Worse yet, it won't let me add my db-self the damn thing.
Can someone help me fix this mess? Sven Manguard Talk 05:05, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
As far as I can tell, I still am not getting the damned script to work. It is now at User:Sven Manguard/vector.js. I think someone told me that only admins and I can edit that page because it is a js. If anyone can get it working, it's be very appreciative. Sven Manguard Talk 20:36, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
This conversation will be continued on my user talk, so that I can use the adminhelp tag. Sven Manguard Talk 21:02, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello Our organisation name is changing and we will need to update all of the Wikipedia page because our work is also changing as we are merging with another charity. Is it better to just delete the current page for iThemba and then create a new page? Or should we just edit the iThemba page - in which case I can't work out how we would change the page title. Please advise. Many thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahlsmith123 ( talk • contribs) 10:09, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
How do i add a page online like upload it. i have it in my account but no one is able to search for it online! Seems very stupid but i am new here and need to fix this! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puzzolana Group ( talk • contribs) 10:20, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
-Take a look at this article.Take a look at its 'Public opinion' section.I think it is not O.K.Help me. Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 11:02, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Where can I locate a list of former Commander Naval Forces Japan commanders? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.83.50.41 ( talk) 11:16, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
Sorry if this question has already been answered but I couldn't find it having been previously addressed. Although it seems like a concern that would have been previously encountered.
I am editing in a few topics, trying to improve the quality of the articles, and trying to make Wikipedia more concise (and thus more useful for the reader). Perhaps the latter is a foolish task to be attempting, given the amount of overlap and redundancy that can be found! But here is one very particular case where there is an article with some useful information that shouldn't be a separate article. I'd be happy to make sure that every other article that currently links to it doesn't suffer from its deletion (which I don't think will be difficult in this case). But I also want to avoid offending the editors who wrote this, certainly in good faith, believing that it merited inclusion as a distinct topic. I'm afraid it doesn't.
The article in question is entitled "Output coupler," but I'm not asking you to look at the article itself to judge this matter, particularly if you don't have technical familiarity with the field to which it applies. You're probably wondering "which field?" It certainly wouldn't be obvious, since one could think of many items having an "output" and something that could be described as a "coupler" at that location. It wouldn't have been totally obvious to me, even being in the field where this term would be employed! Thus I really really doubt anyone is going to look it up directly (rather than following an internal link), and if they did, and didn't find it, then they would surely know enough to look up one of the pages about lasers which currently links to it.
The problem is this: the "output coupler" is simply a partially transmissive mirror used in a particular application, a laser. It isn't notable in any other respect. You couldn't tell for sure that a mirror of that sort was an "output coupler" rather than being used in a different application, unless you recognized the particular shape, size, etc. as being appropriate for its application in a laser. More specifically, every laser contains an "optical resonator" (which there is an article about. but which doesn't even link to this one!). An optically resonator consists essentially of two mirrors. ONE of them (the one that the output light comes from) is often referred to as the "output coupler," so it is an essential component of any laser, but is only notable in the way that it is used in that application. I am quite certain that you will not find a scholarly article about "output couplers" though you may well find one about a paticular design of a mirror for a particular laser, thus having that designation. But abstracted from the laser in which it resides, this item lacks identity. You cannot go to a catalog and order an "output coupler" unless you are already looking in the section called "laser mirrors."
I propose to delete the article and redirect current links to it instead to a section of an article (I haven't determined which yet) concerning lasers where it is mentioned. I will transfer any unique information contained in the current article to that section (though I don't think it has any, but will be careful to determine that). But again, I don't want to offend any editors who wrote it, and what's more I don't even know how to go about this process. Can you help? Interferometrist ( talk) 11:41, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
I found the following accidentally tagging an unrelated redirect:
Edit request from 68.118.4.59, 21 October 2010
{{edit protected}}
This is NOT an objective bio, but rather slander of special interest groups, who have been after Mr Trudeau for many years. I have no business with Mr Trudeau, neither do I know him personally, yet, this is clearly a defamation of character, rather than a Bio. 68.118.4.59 ( talk) 21:17, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
It's rather lacking in context (it was on Wikipedia talk:Contact us/Article problem), but I thought that instead of deleting it outright I'd move it here just in case someone wanted to react to it (this place seemed more reasonable than any of the others I could think of offhand). -- ais523 11:47, 22 October 2010 ( U T C)
How do you link one article to another? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Catlover324 ( talk • contribs) 13:57, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
thanks. Catlover324 ( talk) 14:35, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
why are some of this countries described as being a turkic ethnic group? kasakhs for example looking more asian than turkic, but they are considered to be a turgic ethnic. can you help me, it might be the wrong place to write something like that, but i don't know where to write this. thank you-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:00, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Is it possible to change the edit summary during a rollback edit? If so, how does it work? Minima c ( talk) 16:36, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
I want to upload a copy of the back cover of my novel SOMETHING YOU DO IN THE DARK from 1971 to show that It was considered by other people to be a "protest" novel that goes beyond its predecessors. The Original press release from publisher G.P. Putnam says the same thing. You keep saying my book is "self-described" as that. I cannot find where to upload this evidence.
daniel curzon —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Danielcurzon (
talk •
contribs) 16:49, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Added a section header
Rojomoke (
talk) 17:28, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
I need all Linux commands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alok26 ( talk • contribs) 17:53, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
hello, I would like to change out my childs picture. There is currently a photo of a boy that played his character a year ago. My son has played the character of Spike Lavery for 8 months. Please let me know what i need to do. Thanks! Janet mom to Jake T. Vaughn —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.114.36 ( talk) 18:09, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McEwan_Center_for_Regenerative_Medicine
Title is wrong. I work for the Centre and have been trying to move this article but I cannot. The tab doesn't show. It should be spelled "McEwen" NOT "McEwan".
If someone could please remedy and notify me at [email address redacted] it would be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivisectvi ( talk • contribs) 19:12, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
How can I make a template that says "this month" in October 2010, "last month" in November 2010, "two months ago" in December 2010, and "last year" in 2011? -- Uncle Ed ( talk) 19:52, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
can u give me a price of that gun ples and can i still buy it now its barrel is not ribed its all one thing and its colour is light hardwood in colour ..thanking u Cluny Barnes iam in canada newfoundland A0C2S0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.136.209 ( talk) 22:20, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Forgot To Sign-in - Made Several Edits To Main Articles - Any Way Of Assuming Responsibility For Those Edits? TIA :) Drbogdan ( talk) 23:45, 22 October 2010 (UTC)