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The list is missing the song Darkness On The Edge Of Town from the album by the same name. I tried to edit the list and add the song but was unable to figure out how. Can someone add the song. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentbrent123 ( talk • contribs) 04:50, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Where exactly can you add tables and templates to your user talk page? Rather, when I go to my talk page and click the edit tab, how do I put tables and templates in the area above the edit box? A comment by a person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. ( talk) 05:23, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Is there a way for a user to check article traffic. I wrote my first article yesterday, Battle of the Uxian Defile and I'm damn proud of it, and I want to see what kind of traffic its getting. Any way to do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMooreSmith3 ( talk • contribs) 06:29, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I am using 110 volts d.c for 54 Light emitting Diodes in Series, Bleeder resistor across the twelve L.E.D. What is the resistor value wattage to use?
Thanking You. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Bbroywhy (
talk •
contribs) 06:36, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
When you go to an article that has been nominated to be a GA you don't see a little sign somewhere to say that it is nominated for a good article. Why not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.88.98.220 ( talk) 07:12, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
That's odd. Surely people consult wikipedia for information, not to read the talk pages. Why on earth is the GA nominee label not prominently shown on the actual article page for all to see? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.88.98.220 ( talk) 09:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm having an issue with JavaScript in Google Chrome on here which I have identified is only on Wikipedia. I was just welcoming a user when I noticed that Twinkle had disappeared. Then I found that every gadget and script that I use had gone off the screen! Any idea why? I'm using Monobook as the skin and I'm running Windows 7. Island Monkey talk the talk 07:25, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Can someone please point me to WP's policy on referencing sources that require downloading. For example, in this article, clicking on the reference link downloads a MS word document. There's no warning that downloading will occur, not to mention that the document itself offers no copyright or editorial infomation. Thank you. Lord Vetinari 11:58, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
format
parameter mentioned at
Template:Cite web#Optional parameters. See also
Wikipedia:External links#Rich media.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 12:19, 3 July 2011 (UTC)When editing (an hour ago) a small amendment in the External links of Etta James, the system both did not accept it and added several useless sections - including a example pix of Socrates (!) - coming from one (or several ?) of the user’s guide, probably the biog’ help… On my computer, all these portions still do appear in the new edited version of the modified article, but the new number of bytes only calculates my amendment.
What happened and how could s’dy repair this (appearance only ?) problem ?
Thanks in advance -- Bibliorock ( talk) 12:00, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I'm having problems at Tristane Banon from a Wikipedia busybody over interlanguage links he has taken exception to. Relevant talk pages threads are Talk:Tristane_Banon#Interlanguage_links and Talk:Dominique_Strauss-Kahn_sexual_assault_case#Interlanguage_links (the latter being where the user first expressed an interest) as well as my own Talk page User_talk:FightingMac#noindex.
His original concern appeared to me that foreign language Wikipedias were not RS but when I pointed out that I wasn't using the links as sources (rather offering the reader a service) he changed his concerns to multiple ones involving reader's expectations. When subsequently I restored one of the links in the format Michèle Sabban (see French Wikipedia article) as suggested at Help:Interlanguage_links#Purpose to deal with his expectation concerns, he immediately reverted without explanation and sent me an edit warring notice.
The user involved appears to be some sort of Wikipedia addict with ambitions (so far unrealised) for arb committee. His general intellectual standard can be judged adequately I think at Banon where amongst other things he dismissed the French best-selling book Sexus Politicus, to which I had provided an interlanguage link to he had deleted, as 'not very notable'.
Any tips or help how to deal with problem appreciated at my Talk page. He suggests an RFC, but I suspect that will only lead to a socking for me. Really I would like to see a concerned administrator step in and take some decisive action over the user (he's been blocked on numerous occasions) who would appear to be a wikipedia addict (12+ hours a day on his own estimate) making a thoroughgoing nuisance of himself at articles he knows (again on his own admission) nothing about at all.
Thank you. FightingMac ( talk) 13:17, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
We are Retired military and live in Texas approximately 1 hour from Fort Hood. We are wondering what is going on with the infamous nadal hasad. We have not heard anything about his status in a long time. Are they ever going to issue JUSTICE to him for wht loss he caused? Also, what happened to the officers above him that would have been asked to retire early if this sort of thing had happened wien i was in the military. Please look into this issue and post an update as soon as possible.
Thank You, Hank Neigel S/Sgt USMC Ret. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.12.227 ( talk) 13:54, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I did an edit of Mr. Sunshine (2011 TV series). I altered Matthew Perry, who also "stars" in the series to "starred", as the series had been cancelled. My change has been reverted. Why? I'm almost positive I clicked the "Minor Edit" button, for whatever that's worth. For 1972's "The Cowboys" I offered: "It's noteworthy that in the ending, there was no mention of Wil Andersen's wife receiving the proceeds of his final drive. He was determined to not delay the drive to the following year, 1) for not wanting to "owe anybody", 2) but primarily that he didn't want to see his wife "end up somebody else's fry cook" because he hadn't provided for her. In "Unforgiven", the genre had evolved, and there remained concern in the end that Ned Logan's wife received her part of the proceeds of his and Billy's efforts." That was there the same evening but is gone now. What's wrong with that post? Perhaps I just don't "unnerstan" Wiki. It's unclear what degree if any of "editorializing" Wiki is interested in. Fred Blitzfick ( talk) 16:21, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Can you remove the User: on my profile display name? if not then how can I create an account that does not show User: BrixMusic?
Brix ( talk) 16:42, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
More to the point, this page Brix is inappropriate advertising and not what Wikipedia user pages are for. Peter coxhead ( talk) 17:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I've been on Wikipedia for over three years, and I'm involved in maintaining several highly used templates like {{ Infobox NRHP}} and all its subpages, {{ ConvertAbbrev}}, {{ NRISref}}, and some others. In their infancy, I was able to edit these templates freely and often, but as they have become more frequently used, administrators have protected them because of the potential damage they could do, especially with things like the job queue. I know that I could just fill out a WP:RfA and try to become an administrator (which I am considering), but seeing as how I don't really care to use the other features that come along with adminship, is it possible for me to just receive protected page editing rights? Kind of like the revert and rollback privileges given to certain users?-- Dudemanfellabra ( talk) 18:53, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I posted a question on MY Talk and the Editor named was WBositg now apperently GARDEN. I received no response. Why? How can I get through to you without having to go back and forth without ever finding oput how to change an item? Edmond321 ( talk) 19:25, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Will an administrator please change the name of the article Maersk to exactly "A.P. Moller - Maersk Group"? -- ANCJensen ( talk) 19:53, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Sir, How do I go about purschasing a video copy of "The Hot Dog Program"?
(Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.16.222.32 ( talk) 20:05, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
On the 'Help - Watching pages' page, in the "Controlling which pages are Watched" section, 2nd bullet point, it states: 'Talk pages are not listed at Special: Watchlist/edit or Special: Watchlist/raw but they are automatically watched whenever their corresponding non-talk pages are watched ' (My emphasis). My question is, is there a way to watch an article page only or just a talk page? If this was possible, it would make searching through a long watchlist less of a chore as the watchlist itself would be so much shorter.
RASAM ( talk) 20:57, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
RASAM ( talk) 22:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
RASAM ( talk) 14:35, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. Calamitybrook ( talk) 22:35, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
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The list is missing the song Darkness On The Edge Of Town from the album by the same name. I tried to edit the list and add the song but was unable to figure out how. Can someone add the song. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentbrent123 ( talk • contribs) 04:50, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Where exactly can you add tables and templates to your user talk page? Rather, when I go to my talk page and click the edit tab, how do I put tables and templates in the area above the edit box? A comment by a person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. ( talk) 05:23, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Is there a way for a user to check article traffic. I wrote my first article yesterday, Battle of the Uxian Defile and I'm damn proud of it, and I want to see what kind of traffic its getting. Any way to do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMooreSmith3 ( talk • contribs) 06:29, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I am using 110 volts d.c for 54 Light emitting Diodes in Series, Bleeder resistor across the twelve L.E.D. What is the resistor value wattage to use?
Thanking You. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Bbroywhy (
talk •
contribs) 06:36, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
When you go to an article that has been nominated to be a GA you don't see a little sign somewhere to say that it is nominated for a good article. Why not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.88.98.220 ( talk) 07:12, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
That's odd. Surely people consult wikipedia for information, not to read the talk pages. Why on earth is the GA nominee label not prominently shown on the actual article page for all to see? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.88.98.220 ( talk) 09:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm having an issue with JavaScript in Google Chrome on here which I have identified is only on Wikipedia. I was just welcoming a user when I noticed that Twinkle had disappeared. Then I found that every gadget and script that I use had gone off the screen! Any idea why? I'm using Monobook as the skin and I'm running Windows 7. Island Monkey talk the talk 07:25, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Can someone please point me to WP's policy on referencing sources that require downloading. For example, in this article, clicking on the reference link downloads a MS word document. There's no warning that downloading will occur, not to mention that the document itself offers no copyright or editorial infomation. Thank you. Lord Vetinari 11:58, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
format
parameter mentioned at
Template:Cite web#Optional parameters. See also
Wikipedia:External links#Rich media.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 12:19, 3 July 2011 (UTC)When editing (an hour ago) a small amendment in the External links of Etta James, the system both did not accept it and added several useless sections - including a example pix of Socrates (!) - coming from one (or several ?) of the user’s guide, probably the biog’ help… On my computer, all these portions still do appear in the new edited version of the modified article, but the new number of bytes only calculates my amendment.
What happened and how could s’dy repair this (appearance only ?) problem ?
Thanks in advance -- Bibliorock ( talk) 12:00, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I'm having problems at Tristane Banon from a Wikipedia busybody over interlanguage links he has taken exception to. Relevant talk pages threads are Talk:Tristane_Banon#Interlanguage_links and Talk:Dominique_Strauss-Kahn_sexual_assault_case#Interlanguage_links (the latter being where the user first expressed an interest) as well as my own Talk page User_talk:FightingMac#noindex.
His original concern appeared to me that foreign language Wikipedias were not RS but when I pointed out that I wasn't using the links as sources (rather offering the reader a service) he changed his concerns to multiple ones involving reader's expectations. When subsequently I restored one of the links in the format Michèle Sabban (see French Wikipedia article) as suggested at Help:Interlanguage_links#Purpose to deal with his expectation concerns, he immediately reverted without explanation and sent me an edit warring notice.
The user involved appears to be some sort of Wikipedia addict with ambitions (so far unrealised) for arb committee. His general intellectual standard can be judged adequately I think at Banon where amongst other things he dismissed the French best-selling book Sexus Politicus, to which I had provided an interlanguage link to he had deleted, as 'not very notable'.
Any tips or help how to deal with problem appreciated at my Talk page. He suggests an RFC, but I suspect that will only lead to a socking for me. Really I would like to see a concerned administrator step in and take some decisive action over the user (he's been blocked on numerous occasions) who would appear to be a wikipedia addict (12+ hours a day on his own estimate) making a thoroughgoing nuisance of himself at articles he knows (again on his own admission) nothing about at all.
Thank you. FightingMac ( talk) 13:17, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
We are Retired military and live in Texas approximately 1 hour from Fort Hood. We are wondering what is going on with the infamous nadal hasad. We have not heard anything about his status in a long time. Are they ever going to issue JUSTICE to him for wht loss he caused? Also, what happened to the officers above him that would have been asked to retire early if this sort of thing had happened wien i was in the military. Please look into this issue and post an update as soon as possible.
Thank You, Hank Neigel S/Sgt USMC Ret. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.12.227 ( talk) 13:54, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I did an edit of Mr. Sunshine (2011 TV series). I altered Matthew Perry, who also "stars" in the series to "starred", as the series had been cancelled. My change has been reverted. Why? I'm almost positive I clicked the "Minor Edit" button, for whatever that's worth. For 1972's "The Cowboys" I offered: "It's noteworthy that in the ending, there was no mention of Wil Andersen's wife receiving the proceeds of his final drive. He was determined to not delay the drive to the following year, 1) for not wanting to "owe anybody", 2) but primarily that he didn't want to see his wife "end up somebody else's fry cook" because he hadn't provided for her. In "Unforgiven", the genre had evolved, and there remained concern in the end that Ned Logan's wife received her part of the proceeds of his and Billy's efforts." That was there the same evening but is gone now. What's wrong with that post? Perhaps I just don't "unnerstan" Wiki. It's unclear what degree if any of "editorializing" Wiki is interested in. Fred Blitzfick ( talk) 16:21, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Can you remove the User: on my profile display name? if not then how can I create an account that does not show User: BrixMusic?
Brix ( talk) 16:42, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
More to the point, this page Brix is inappropriate advertising and not what Wikipedia user pages are for. Peter coxhead ( talk) 17:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I've been on Wikipedia for over three years, and I'm involved in maintaining several highly used templates like {{ Infobox NRHP}} and all its subpages, {{ ConvertAbbrev}}, {{ NRISref}}, and some others. In their infancy, I was able to edit these templates freely and often, but as they have become more frequently used, administrators have protected them because of the potential damage they could do, especially with things like the job queue. I know that I could just fill out a WP:RfA and try to become an administrator (which I am considering), but seeing as how I don't really care to use the other features that come along with adminship, is it possible for me to just receive protected page editing rights? Kind of like the revert and rollback privileges given to certain users?-- Dudemanfellabra ( talk) 18:53, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I posted a question on MY Talk and the Editor named was WBositg now apperently GARDEN. I received no response. Why? How can I get through to you without having to go back and forth without ever finding oput how to change an item? Edmond321 ( talk) 19:25, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Will an administrator please change the name of the article Maersk to exactly "A.P. Moller - Maersk Group"? -- ANCJensen ( talk) 19:53, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Sir, How do I go about purschasing a video copy of "The Hot Dog Program"?
(Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.16.222.32 ( talk) 20:05, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
On the 'Help - Watching pages' page, in the "Controlling which pages are Watched" section, 2nd bullet point, it states: 'Talk pages are not listed at Special: Watchlist/edit or Special: Watchlist/raw but they are automatically watched whenever their corresponding non-talk pages are watched ' (My emphasis). My question is, is there a way to watch an article page only or just a talk page? If this was possible, it would make searching through a long watchlist less of a chore as the watchlist itself would be so much shorter.
RASAM ( talk) 20:57, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
RASAM ( talk) 22:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
RASAM ( talk) 14:35, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. Calamitybrook ( talk) 22:35, 3 July 2011 (UTC)