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I have a question concerning the accuracy of English to Arabic translation in an article. I'm fairly sure there are editors fluent in Arabic on the English Wikipedia. Could anyone offer me advice on how to find one? Joefromrandb ( talk) 01:53, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Is there any way I can delete User:Voyaging/huggle.css? I do not use Huggle any longer and as a minimalist have no use for the page. Likewise, I was wondering about User:Voyaging/monobook.js. Is this a page all users have, or is it possible to delete? Thanks. Voyaging (talk) 02:40, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
[[Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user]]
to the page and it will be added to the category. You may wish to include a confirming note in the edit summary.
Intelligent
sium
02:58, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I was reading the February 4th AfD log, and directly under this entry: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2011_February_4#Martin_Joseph_Sheehan there is a very strange AfD page, since it has only a single comment on it. It is here Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Homicide Prevention, and was somehow created and included in the log by a user trying to state his rationale for removing a PROD, but it was done in such a way that the log page is broken, I think. It may have eaten another entry entirely, and it is badly misformatted. However, I don't know enough about how the log page includes individual pages to try to fix it without breaking something else.
As an aside, I was also planning on taking the page in question to AfD, but I typically do that with a script, and I imagine it would choke horribly on the mess that has been left behind here. Can anyone help? gnfnrf ( talk) 02:46, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am a new user to Wikipedia and have been trying to update an article that shows the message below in the reference section of the article: "This article uses the Cite.php citation mechanism. If you would like more information on how to add references to this article, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php". I have read through numerous Wiki FAQs and tutorials on citing sources, but can't seem to find the answers to the questions below. Can someone please assist? Thanks... 1) Upon following the link to cite.php, it redirects me to Mediawiki. It looks like I should install the software, configure it etc... Is there way to properly cite a source in an article that uses cite.php without having to install and configure software? 2) If there is a manual way to update a footnote/citation that falls in the middle of the citation numbering list? In other words, if there are 5 citations listed in the references of the existing article; how do I add one that may fall in as number 3, and automatically change the citation numbers (in a cite.php scenario, so that number 4 becomes number 5 automatically etc...) I don't want to install any new software if I can help it.
Please help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.195.187 ( talk) 05:04, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. The article is for: patent. There is also another one under: Provisional application —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.195.187 ( talk) 16:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.195.187 ( talk) 21:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I tried to edit the St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame members and I messed it up. I tried to add Les Richter who was a Line Backer/Kicker for the Rams. He played from 1954 t0 1962 and was inducted into the pro football hall of fame on 2/5/2011. Maybe someone can fix it. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.136.68 ( talk) 05:35, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
When he was Sec of State for Defence and our troops were sent to Afghanistan. John Reid stated and I quote, 'that they would be in and out without a shot being fired' 5 years and 300 plus deaths later we are still there. I can find no reference to his 'in and out' statement anywhere in the Wiki report and I would suggest that it is included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.93.203 ( talk) 11:07, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi there! I was trying some info, of course, I could get that but to my surprise, I could get the same info in Hindi language. How come wikipedia does not have hindi or tamil language support?
Pl. tell me?
Balaji Canchi Sistla Hyderabad, India — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaji690 ( talk • contribs) 11:21, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, all! As I'm sure you all know, WP:EL prohibits inline external links from being added to the body of articles; they're supposed to be used only in the "External links" section of an article and, of course, in references properly enclosed between <ref> and </ref> tags. I assume the rationale for this is that readers have the right to know for sure when they're about to click on a link that will take them offsite. When I see inline external links I've been converting them to refs, usually; but does anyone know of a script or (semi?) automated tool for finding inline external links and converting them to proper refs? I just saw our Xkcd article, especially this section. The article as a whole must have 30 or more inline external links. Anyway, if there's no such tool, does anyone at least know of a cleanup-needed template one could appropriately post at the top of such an article, to at least alert folks who contribute to it or have it watchlisted about WP:EL policy? Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 12:19, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Post-resolution linkage: Some continued discussion on User_talk:Ohiostandard#Wikipedia:Help_desk.23Problem_of_external_links_in_body_of_articles. Chzz ► 07:49, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Having two accounts, in English and in Persian wiki, has a problem? How can I edit in Persian Wiki with this account? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.165.25.255 ( talk) 12:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Many imags that were tagged for the commons and have duplicates lack dates, and what I've found as I've added them manually, is that some of them actually do have dates, but they're still stuck in the Category:Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons as of unknown date. Let me give you two recent examples with the example File:Sandidge 1858.jpg; When the date is written out like this (|month=January|day=14|year=2011), the category shows as being on an unknown date. However, when it's done like this (|date=2011-01-14), the category date shows up. I suspect this may be a glitch in the tag. Can somebody fix this? ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:40, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
nbox media — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nboxmedia ( talk • contribs) 14:13, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia, I have been instructed by the Chair of Technological Studies for the School of Engineering at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) to request a change to this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCNJ_School_of_Engineering This page incorrectly states that Tech Studies offers a BA in technological education and a BA in math, science and technology. It should say that the department offers a Bachelor of Science in both degrees. For proof of this assertion please visit this page http://www.tcnj.edu/~engsci/tstudies/programs.htm
Thanks for your time,
````` Peter Szafranski Web Media Specialist Armstrong 165 School of Engineering The College of New Jersey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.91.207.126 ( talk) 15:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I edited a section of "Art as Experience," Chapter 1. I clicked on the "save page" but my revision does not appear, yet my revisions can be seen when viewing my contributions.
What am I doing incorrectly? Marshallginsburg ( talk) 17:17, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm a bit stumped by thing one. I tried adding a note to a bot's talk page, and it seems to erase half the page and merge two comments together. I am trying to leave this note, however if you look at the page after that comment was left, it's all messed up. Am I doing something wrong here? Avic ennasis @ 18:27, 3 Adar I 5771 / 7 February 2011 (UTC)
My business has a Community Page on Facebook. Facebook says the page is run by Wikipedia. I would like to add more information to the page but I don't know how to do so. I cant find my business on Wikipedia and I cant edit the page through Facebook.
18:27, 7 February 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.126.30.115 ( talk)
I am referring to a Community Page. It is a type of page created by Facebook. Mine in specific is: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sin-in-Linen/109100775786268
I looked through the Facebook help pages and it said on there: "Community pages display Wikipedia articles about the topics they represent when this information is available, as well as related posts from people on Facebook in real time."
19:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)19:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC) 97.126.30.115 ( talk) 19:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
I recommend that someone with authority to do so remove the REFERENCES section link to http://www.puertadetierra.com from the "Normandie_Hotel" page. That link is a domain owned by RegistrarAds, Inc., and appears to be a domain page designed solely to earn revenue by getting people to click on links. I did remove the a link to www.normandiepr.com from the EXTERNAL LINKS section for the same reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmdnc ( talk • contribs) 19:33, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello
im Trying to find out who wrote the artical on Tobias Wong?
I dont understand the FAQ section to see.
It says the editor but i want to know how that is.
thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.40.3 ( talk) 20:51, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm working on a not-for-profit book and I would like to use a picture from wikicommons, but the only author listed on the photo is MeegsC. He/she doesn't seem to have their email enabled. I tried posting a message on his/her discussion page, but haven't received an answer. Is there some other way I could contact him/her to find out how to attribute the picture? Byronlovesme ( talk) 21:23, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Is there some way to see what Wikipedia users that have me on their watchlist? -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 22:42, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< February 6 | << Jan | February | Mar >> | February 8 > |
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 have a question concerning the accuracy of English to Arabic translation in an article. I'm fairly sure there are editors fluent in Arabic on the English Wikipedia. Could anyone offer me advice on how to find one? Joefromrandb ( talk) 01:53, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Is there any way I can delete User:Voyaging/huggle.css? I do not use Huggle any longer and as a minimalist have no use for the page. Likewise, I was wondering about User:Voyaging/monobook.js. Is this a page all users have, or is it possible to delete? Thanks. Voyaging (talk) 02:40, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
[[Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user]]
to the page and it will be added to the category. You may wish to include a confirming note in the edit summary.
Intelligent
sium
02:58, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I was reading the February 4th AfD log, and directly under this entry: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2011_February_4#Martin_Joseph_Sheehan there is a very strange AfD page, since it has only a single comment on it. It is here Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Homicide Prevention, and was somehow created and included in the log by a user trying to state his rationale for removing a PROD, but it was done in such a way that the log page is broken, I think. It may have eaten another entry entirely, and it is badly misformatted. However, I don't know enough about how the log page includes individual pages to try to fix it without breaking something else.
As an aside, I was also planning on taking the page in question to AfD, but I typically do that with a script, and I imagine it would choke horribly on the mess that has been left behind here. Can anyone help? gnfnrf ( talk) 02:46, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am a new user to Wikipedia and have been trying to update an article that shows the message below in the reference section of the article: "This article uses the Cite.php citation mechanism. If you would like more information on how to add references to this article, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php". I have read through numerous Wiki FAQs and tutorials on citing sources, but can't seem to find the answers to the questions below. Can someone please assist? Thanks... 1) Upon following the link to cite.php, it redirects me to Mediawiki. It looks like I should install the software, configure it etc... Is there way to properly cite a source in an article that uses cite.php without having to install and configure software? 2) If there is a manual way to update a footnote/citation that falls in the middle of the citation numbering list? In other words, if there are 5 citations listed in the references of the existing article; how do I add one that may fall in as number 3, and automatically change the citation numbers (in a cite.php scenario, so that number 4 becomes number 5 automatically etc...) I don't want to install any new software if I can help it.
Please help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.195.187 ( talk) 05:04, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. The article is for: patent. There is also another one under: Provisional application —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.195.187 ( talk) 16:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.195.187 ( talk) 21:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I tried to edit the St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame members and I messed it up. I tried to add Les Richter who was a Line Backer/Kicker for the Rams. He played from 1954 t0 1962 and was inducted into the pro football hall of fame on 2/5/2011. Maybe someone can fix it. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.136.68 ( talk) 05:35, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
When he was Sec of State for Defence and our troops were sent to Afghanistan. John Reid stated and I quote, 'that they would be in and out without a shot being fired' 5 years and 300 plus deaths later we are still there. I can find no reference to his 'in and out' statement anywhere in the Wiki report and I would suggest that it is included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.93.203 ( talk) 11:07, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi there! I was trying some info, of course, I could get that but to my surprise, I could get the same info in Hindi language. How come wikipedia does not have hindi or tamil language support?
Pl. tell me?
Balaji Canchi Sistla Hyderabad, India — Preceding unsigned comment added by Balaji690 ( talk • contribs) 11:21, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, all! As I'm sure you all know, WP:EL prohibits inline external links from being added to the body of articles; they're supposed to be used only in the "External links" section of an article and, of course, in references properly enclosed between <ref> and </ref> tags. I assume the rationale for this is that readers have the right to know for sure when they're about to click on a link that will take them offsite. When I see inline external links I've been converting them to refs, usually; but does anyone know of a script or (semi?) automated tool for finding inline external links and converting them to proper refs? I just saw our Xkcd article, especially this section. The article as a whole must have 30 or more inline external links. Anyway, if there's no such tool, does anyone at least know of a cleanup-needed template one could appropriately post at the top of such an article, to at least alert folks who contribute to it or have it watchlisted about WP:EL policy? Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 12:19, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Post-resolution linkage: Some continued discussion on User_talk:Ohiostandard#Wikipedia:Help_desk.23Problem_of_external_links_in_body_of_articles. Chzz ► 07:49, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Having two accounts, in English and in Persian wiki, has a problem? How can I edit in Persian Wiki with this account? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.165.25.255 ( talk) 12:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Many imags that were tagged for the commons and have duplicates lack dates, and what I've found as I've added them manually, is that some of them actually do have dates, but they're still stuck in the Category:Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons as of unknown date. Let me give you two recent examples with the example File:Sandidge 1858.jpg; When the date is written out like this (|month=January|day=14|year=2011), the category shows as being on an unknown date. However, when it's done like this (|date=2011-01-14), the category date shows up. I suspect this may be a glitch in the tag. Can somebody fix this? ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:40, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
nbox media — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nboxmedia ( talk • contribs) 14:13, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia, I have been instructed by the Chair of Technological Studies for the School of Engineering at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) to request a change to this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCNJ_School_of_Engineering This page incorrectly states that Tech Studies offers a BA in technological education and a BA in math, science and technology. It should say that the department offers a Bachelor of Science in both degrees. For proof of this assertion please visit this page http://www.tcnj.edu/~engsci/tstudies/programs.htm
Thanks for your time,
````` Peter Szafranski Web Media Specialist Armstrong 165 School of Engineering The College of New Jersey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.91.207.126 ( talk) 15:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I edited a section of "Art as Experience," Chapter 1. I clicked on the "save page" but my revision does not appear, yet my revisions can be seen when viewing my contributions.
What am I doing incorrectly? Marshallginsburg ( talk) 17:17, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm a bit stumped by thing one. I tried adding a note to a bot's talk page, and it seems to erase half the page and merge two comments together. I am trying to leave this note, however if you look at the page after that comment was left, it's all messed up. Am I doing something wrong here? Avic ennasis @ 18:27, 3 Adar I 5771 / 7 February 2011 (UTC)
My business has a Community Page on Facebook. Facebook says the page is run by Wikipedia. I would like to add more information to the page but I don't know how to do so. I cant find my business on Wikipedia and I cant edit the page through Facebook.
18:27, 7 February 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.126.30.115 ( talk)
I am referring to a Community Page. It is a type of page created by Facebook. Mine in specific is: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sin-in-Linen/109100775786268
I looked through the Facebook help pages and it said on there: "Community pages display Wikipedia articles about the topics they represent when this information is available, as well as related posts from people on Facebook in real time."
19:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)19:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC) 97.126.30.115 ( talk) 19:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
I recommend that someone with authority to do so remove the REFERENCES section link to http://www.puertadetierra.com from the "Normandie_Hotel" page. That link is a domain owned by RegistrarAds, Inc., and appears to be a domain page designed solely to earn revenue by getting people to click on links. I did remove the a link to www.normandiepr.com from the EXTERNAL LINKS section for the same reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmdnc ( talk • contribs) 19:33, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello
im Trying to find out who wrote the artical on Tobias Wong?
I dont understand the FAQ section to see.
It says the editor but i want to know how that is.
thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.40.3 ( talk) 20:51, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm working on a not-for-profit book and I would like to use a picture from wikicommons, but the only author listed on the photo is MeegsC. He/she doesn't seem to have their email enabled. I tried posting a message on his/her discussion page, but haven't received an answer. Is there some other way I could contact him/her to find out how to attribute the picture? Byronlovesme ( talk) 21:23, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Is there some way to see what Wikipedia users that have me on their watchlist? -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 22:42, 7 February 2011 (UTC)