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Would it be good if i created a wikipedia article on list of ways to die by nature and notable poisons or accidents like hurricanes tsunami thunderstorm lighting bolt taser laser supernova gamma ray burst coronal mass ejection plasma volcanic eruption earthquake quick sand meteoroid acid rain ozone layer overdose on poison ivy cancer box jelly fish sea urchin neurotoxin anthrax and maybe include space diving parachute crazy xtreme missions,and attacks by killer whale,anaconda venom . I actually have a list of over 1000 ways of possibly deaths by nature and notable accidents and deadly creatures to avoid. This death article will not be about ways to die like final destination like car plane crash accidents. This article will attract new wikipedia members it will have a lot of electric in the air for people that want to write books about danger zones or natural deaths. Wikipedia has nothing to lose and a lot to gain. It sound random but most people will already know most of these ways to die. It wont vandalize anything or anyone no one has this article yet to.It will be a interesting article for every field in science especially medical. It might even save lives or put fear into people that want to go out into animal kingdom to provoke a grizzly bear or reptile alligator or do extreme chaotic events that puts there life at stake just for adrenaline rush. Wikipedia needs a little steroid boost in action adventures not just facts and equations put it all together u will get a grand finale super fantastic universal wikipedia.
AND I checked out Wikipedia:Changing username on how to change my user name but it just shows u what to avoid on creating user names, do i type it in the archives box on bottom right? or is that only for to create a new page article, where do i change my user name and how long can it be,where is the sight to change it, i want to add my last name worthington. Shawn laser lightning plasma ( talk) 02:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Where should i talk about convincing wikipedia to put this article,i see a lot of articles that are just famous but no use full facts. And on the changing name archives bottom right search box thing it just says if i want to create a new page article, where so i request to change my name. Shawn laser lightning plasma ( talk) 03:19, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
thanks i guess the only way my article to be accepted is by it being published in some kind of selling or publishing source. Its just to warn people and amp up there fantasy thrillville minds but with facts and actual death rates statistics.wikipedia has a lot of comics and celebrities so why do u have to be special or a official scientist publisher to qualify to write a article. It does not need any sources to qualify so its pretty basic and creative. My article would have more pristine facts and action on how nature strikes back with just the catastrophic event single word instead of a story like the List of 1000 Ways to Die episodes. wikipedia's goal should be to attract almost all types of fans and diverse article ideas that are sophisticated that would lead to more wikipedia editors and not just dates and years or notable accidents places of death from a special event in history or glamorous notable place. that was than this is know. encyclopedia could almost be any subject as long as it relates to the world and is not random garbage facts that has no meaning. it could even have shark finning that kills the shark from people just for aphrodisiac soup witch throws of the food chain leading to a lot of killer whales leading to other sequence of events that allow smaller sea urchin creature fish to survive that could actually kill more humans and cause red tide pollution.Whats the best was to recommend this article to wikipedia besides becoming famous like harry potter. Shawn laser lightning plasma ( talk) 05:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawn laser lightning plasma ( talk • contribs) 05:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Is there a reason why there are no acorns falling from the trees this fall? I have a hugh oak tree and no one acorn anywhere to be found, have spoken to several people and they have found the same with there trees. What does this mean?
Thank You (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.153.170.130 ( talk) 04:47, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Recently me and a few other wikipedian contributers have been working on an article that is under the 'C-class' article rating. Although we agree the article is not yet up to scratch for a 'Good Article' status, I've been recently thinking that the article is at least good enough to pass a 'B-class' review, which may at least garnish some interest in the article or maybe show us that we're on the right track. I am, however, having trouble finding just what the process for this nomination is. How do you nominate an article under the 'music' category for B-Class status? Trollyboy ( talk) 07:01, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi I just created a new wikipedia article, unfortunately shortly after I created the article I noticed the title was wrong written. I used the move option and I renamed the article's title. Now i have the page with the wrong title and the new page with the correct title. I know i can't delete pages myself. I searched on the help page about deleting pages, but I had some problem on finding what should I do. - What should I do to delete the old page with the wrong title? - If I delete the old page, the new page will be affected? Thank you and sorry for my bad english. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89Slh ( talk • contribs) 11:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. Is there a way to delete the small text "(Redirected from Evgeny stalev)"?
Thank you. I'm a bit fussy and that small text bother me a bit. Nothing I can do, right? 89Slh ( talk) 11:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89Slh ( talk • contribs) 11:41, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Ok thank you. I'll post it there.-- 89Slh ( talk) 11:46, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
If you search it on google, the page will appear with "the small text". Is it a google problem? Like the server are not updated? But before on google the page was Evgeny stalev, now it is Evgeny Stalev, looks like the search is now updated. But why there is still the "small text"?-- 89Slh ( talk) 11:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
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added; I would have added this for you, but somebody else has deleted the redirect per
WP:CSD#R3. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 12:52, 14 November 2011 (UTC)I just noticed the old page "Evgeny stalev" has been cancelled, when i search on google the page is still indexed on "Evgeny stalev" and I receive the message "this page does not exist etc...". I think google will re-index the wikipedia page with "Evgeny Stalev". Is it correct? When it could happen?-- 89Slh ( talk) 13:01, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Ok, I'll let you know. -- 89Slh ( talk) 17:33, 14 November 2011 (UTC) Perfect, the page "Evgeny stalev" has been cancelled and now when you search on google you are redirected on "Evgeny Stalev" page. Thanks for the help.-- 89Slh ( talk) 19:08, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I remembered only a little question: in most of the google searches the first result is wikipedia, why on this subject my wikipedia page is only in forth or fifth position?-- 89Slh ( talk) 19:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
True. Ok, case closed. Thank you-- 89Slh ( talk) 08:56, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Is there a standard procedure for moving content between already existing articles? For example a paragraph of biographical detail about the founder of a company that is WP:UNDUE in the company article but moving it to the founder's bio would fill gaps there. How does one do such a move without breaking attibution? WP:SPLIT doesn't work because no new article is created and similarly WP:MERGE is not relevant because no article ceases to exist. Roger ( talk) 11:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
{{
copied}}
template for the talk pages. It's basically the same process as
WP:SMERGE, except you skip the delete and redirect part--
Obsidi♠n
Soul 13:53, 14 November 2011 (UTC)I have worked with administrators to finalize an article on my user page and would like to publish it. Could you please explain the steps to follow to publish my article? I have not found any suitable discription of this procedure on Wikipedia. Many thanks in advance for your help and kind regards, BBPMB ( talk) 11:38, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
How can I delete a negative article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.205.122.76 ( talk) 12:48, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
how to reply when i receive an answer on refrence desk.please illustrate with an example. 59.165.108.89 ( talk) 12:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia. I have recently created a page about General Emile Armand Gibon which I spelt wrongly (Gabon). As I could not find any easy way to modify the title, I decided to create a second page with almost the same content but this time with the correct title. I later deleted the content of the first page. Emile Armand Gibon is actually my Great grand father. To create this page I simply used some information that are from public domain as well as from family records, both I believe to be useful, truthful and in no way in breach of any copyright (since I own many copyrights in relation to most articles and/or pictures related to him). However, I also could not find any easy way to upload pictures on this page. I was just advised by automatic message, that this page was up to speedy deletion and frankly do not understand why. — Preceding unsigned comment added by G St-Germain ( talk • contribs) 14:10, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Why is it the natioal news is read by one reader and local news by two would not it save much need cash for one to read the news and tell the local weather we have already heard it in London the BBC is add the fee frozen and looking for ways to save cash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.6.47.186 ( talk) 15:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I am new to wikipedia and added reference 4 & 5 to "birds of prey" (www.birds-of-north-america.net...)and an external link (www.birds-of-north-america.net...). I realize that I should have practiced on the sandlot before submitting. I would like to remove these, how do I go about it? Kesha59 ( talk) 15:42, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I have 2 questions regarding a possible conflict of interest i have. I created the page Winnipesaukee Playhouse before i was employed by them. They are about to break ground on a new theater and i wanted to update the page but now realize that it may be a conflict of interest for me to do so. Is it? I would be doing it in my spare time and not be doing it for the company, just for myself. Secondly, I started creating a page for the New Hampshire Theater Awards, but it has been languishing in my user space because I won one of the awards and am now worried that by publishing it i will have a COI again. Any input would be great.-- Found5dollar ( talk) 16:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
As a long-time editor, I have a dumb question that I should know the answer to, and yet I can't seem to locate a clear answer.
One often sees "books" for sale (ebooks or POD) that are compilations of WP articles. Although I knew that WP content could be distributed "freely," I must've misunderstood that adverb to mean that you couldn't sell WP material, attributed or not. Is it legal in the US to sell "books" consisting of articles from WP, as long as you make proper attribution? Cynwolfe ( talk) 17:24, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
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I don't really know whether HD is the right place to bring up this issue, but it is generally a question about 'Editing Wikipedia', so here goes. I did a 10c enforcement edit here. Would it be okay to fix the rationale instead of removing the file in cases, where the rationale points to redirects or dab pages? Toshio Yamaguchi ( talk) 18:11, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
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Toshio Yamaguchi ( talk) 20:34, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I don't know how exactly, can I add references in an article. Can anyone help me? ( Αλεξανδράκης 7 ( talk) 21:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC))
Hello,
I went to go make a donation of $10 using my credit card. Once I submitted, a prompt came up saying that my card has not been validated. I clicked again and I received the same message. Upon checking my bank account, I see that two payments of $10 each have been made to Wikipedia.
I did not receive a receipt when I entered my email for these transactions.
Could you please look into this at your earliest convenience.
All the Best,
Mike Mazurek — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmazurek ( talk • contribs) 21:33, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
What is the dif between a source and a reference? Is a reference only an article about the subject and a source the primary research source? Can a source also be listed as a reference if it is a study on the subject? 22:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC) Dellenba ( talk) 22:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
On recent changes, how do I use the tag filter? In particular, is there any way to filter out edits which contain the typical list of "dirty words"? ClueBot invariable catches these, and I waste a lot of time loading diffs that ClueBot has already reverted, time that would be better spent patrolling other edits. -- LWG talk 22:47, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
In a template for St. Patrcick's cathedral, NYC, I changed the word "denomination" to "religion," and the whole sentence disappeared. I tried it in another article, and the same ting happened. Is this supposed to happen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.134.169 ( talk) 23:29, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
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Would it be good if i created a wikipedia article on list of ways to die by nature and notable poisons or accidents like hurricanes tsunami thunderstorm lighting bolt taser laser supernova gamma ray burst coronal mass ejection plasma volcanic eruption earthquake quick sand meteoroid acid rain ozone layer overdose on poison ivy cancer box jelly fish sea urchin neurotoxin anthrax and maybe include space diving parachute crazy xtreme missions,and attacks by killer whale,anaconda venom . I actually have a list of over 1000 ways of possibly deaths by nature and notable accidents and deadly creatures to avoid. This death article will not be about ways to die like final destination like car plane crash accidents. This article will attract new wikipedia members it will have a lot of electric in the air for people that want to write books about danger zones or natural deaths. Wikipedia has nothing to lose and a lot to gain. It sound random but most people will already know most of these ways to die. It wont vandalize anything or anyone no one has this article yet to.It will be a interesting article for every field in science especially medical. It might even save lives or put fear into people that want to go out into animal kingdom to provoke a grizzly bear or reptile alligator or do extreme chaotic events that puts there life at stake just for adrenaline rush. Wikipedia needs a little steroid boost in action adventures not just facts and equations put it all together u will get a grand finale super fantastic universal wikipedia.
AND I checked out Wikipedia:Changing username on how to change my user name but it just shows u what to avoid on creating user names, do i type it in the archives box on bottom right? or is that only for to create a new page article, where do i change my user name and how long can it be,where is the sight to change it, i want to add my last name worthington. Shawn laser lightning plasma ( talk) 02:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Where should i talk about convincing wikipedia to put this article,i see a lot of articles that are just famous but no use full facts. And on the changing name archives bottom right search box thing it just says if i want to create a new page article, where so i request to change my name. Shawn laser lightning plasma ( talk) 03:19, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
thanks i guess the only way my article to be accepted is by it being published in some kind of selling or publishing source. Its just to warn people and amp up there fantasy thrillville minds but with facts and actual death rates statistics.wikipedia has a lot of comics and celebrities so why do u have to be special or a official scientist publisher to qualify to write a article. It does not need any sources to qualify so its pretty basic and creative. My article would have more pristine facts and action on how nature strikes back with just the catastrophic event single word instead of a story like the List of 1000 Ways to Die episodes. wikipedia's goal should be to attract almost all types of fans and diverse article ideas that are sophisticated that would lead to more wikipedia editors and not just dates and years or notable accidents places of death from a special event in history or glamorous notable place. that was than this is know. encyclopedia could almost be any subject as long as it relates to the world and is not random garbage facts that has no meaning. it could even have shark finning that kills the shark from people just for aphrodisiac soup witch throws of the food chain leading to a lot of killer whales leading to other sequence of events that allow smaller sea urchin creature fish to survive that could actually kill more humans and cause red tide pollution.Whats the best was to recommend this article to wikipedia besides becoming famous like harry potter. Shawn laser lightning plasma ( talk) 05:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawn laser lightning plasma ( talk • contribs) 05:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Is there a reason why there are no acorns falling from the trees this fall? I have a hugh oak tree and no one acorn anywhere to be found, have spoken to several people and they have found the same with there trees. What does this mean?
Thank You (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.153.170.130 ( talk) 04:47, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Recently me and a few other wikipedian contributers have been working on an article that is under the 'C-class' article rating. Although we agree the article is not yet up to scratch for a 'Good Article' status, I've been recently thinking that the article is at least good enough to pass a 'B-class' review, which may at least garnish some interest in the article or maybe show us that we're on the right track. I am, however, having trouble finding just what the process for this nomination is. How do you nominate an article under the 'music' category for B-Class status? Trollyboy ( talk) 07:01, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi I just created a new wikipedia article, unfortunately shortly after I created the article I noticed the title was wrong written. I used the move option and I renamed the article's title. Now i have the page with the wrong title and the new page with the correct title. I know i can't delete pages myself. I searched on the help page about deleting pages, but I had some problem on finding what should I do. - What should I do to delete the old page with the wrong title? - If I delete the old page, the new page will be affected? Thank you and sorry for my bad english. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89Slh ( talk • contribs) 11:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. Is there a way to delete the small text "(Redirected from Evgeny stalev)"?
Thank you. I'm a bit fussy and that small text bother me a bit. Nothing I can do, right? 89Slh ( talk) 11:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89Slh ( talk • contribs) 11:41, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Ok thank you. I'll post it there.-- 89Slh ( talk) 11:46, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
If you search it on google, the page will appear with "the small text". Is it a google problem? Like the server are not updated? But before on google the page was Evgeny stalev, now it is Evgeny Stalev, looks like the search is now updated. But why there is still the "small text"?-- 89Slh ( talk) 11:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
{{
R from other capitalisation}}
added; I would have added this for you, but somebody else has deleted the redirect per
WP:CSD#R3. --
Redrose64 (
talk) 12:52, 14 November 2011 (UTC)I just noticed the old page "Evgeny stalev" has been cancelled, when i search on google the page is still indexed on "Evgeny stalev" and I receive the message "this page does not exist etc...". I think google will re-index the wikipedia page with "Evgeny Stalev". Is it correct? When it could happen?-- 89Slh ( talk) 13:01, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Ok, I'll let you know. -- 89Slh ( talk) 17:33, 14 November 2011 (UTC) Perfect, the page "Evgeny stalev" has been cancelled and now when you search on google you are redirected on "Evgeny Stalev" page. Thanks for the help.-- 89Slh ( talk) 19:08, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I remembered only a little question: in most of the google searches the first result is wikipedia, why on this subject my wikipedia page is only in forth or fifth position?-- 89Slh ( talk) 19:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
True. Ok, case closed. Thank you-- 89Slh ( talk) 08:56, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Is there a standard procedure for moving content between already existing articles? For example a paragraph of biographical detail about the founder of a company that is WP:UNDUE in the company article but moving it to the founder's bio would fill gaps there. How does one do such a move without breaking attibution? WP:SPLIT doesn't work because no new article is created and similarly WP:MERGE is not relevant because no article ceases to exist. Roger ( talk) 11:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
{{
copied}}
template for the talk pages. It's basically the same process as
WP:SMERGE, except you skip the delete and redirect part--
Obsidi♠n
Soul 13:53, 14 November 2011 (UTC)I have worked with administrators to finalize an article on my user page and would like to publish it. Could you please explain the steps to follow to publish my article? I have not found any suitable discription of this procedure on Wikipedia. Many thanks in advance for your help and kind regards, BBPMB ( talk) 11:38, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
How can I delete a negative article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.205.122.76 ( talk) 12:48, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
how to reply when i receive an answer on refrence desk.please illustrate with an example. 59.165.108.89 ( talk) 12:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia. I have recently created a page about General Emile Armand Gibon which I spelt wrongly (Gabon). As I could not find any easy way to modify the title, I decided to create a second page with almost the same content but this time with the correct title. I later deleted the content of the first page. Emile Armand Gibon is actually my Great grand father. To create this page I simply used some information that are from public domain as well as from family records, both I believe to be useful, truthful and in no way in breach of any copyright (since I own many copyrights in relation to most articles and/or pictures related to him). However, I also could not find any easy way to upload pictures on this page. I was just advised by automatic message, that this page was up to speedy deletion and frankly do not understand why. — Preceding unsigned comment added by G St-Germain ( talk • contribs) 14:10, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Why is it the natioal news is read by one reader and local news by two would not it save much need cash for one to read the news and tell the local weather we have already heard it in London the BBC is add the fee frozen and looking for ways to save cash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.6.47.186 ( talk) 15:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I am new to wikipedia and added reference 4 & 5 to "birds of prey" (www.birds-of-north-america.net...)and an external link (www.birds-of-north-america.net...). I realize that I should have practiced on the sandlot before submitting. I would like to remove these, how do I go about it? Kesha59 ( talk) 15:42, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I have 2 questions regarding a possible conflict of interest i have. I created the page Winnipesaukee Playhouse before i was employed by them. They are about to break ground on a new theater and i wanted to update the page but now realize that it may be a conflict of interest for me to do so. Is it? I would be doing it in my spare time and not be doing it for the company, just for myself. Secondly, I started creating a page for the New Hampshire Theater Awards, but it has been languishing in my user space because I won one of the awards and am now worried that by publishing it i will have a COI again. Any input would be great.-- Found5dollar ( talk) 16:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
As a long-time editor, I have a dumb question that I should know the answer to, and yet I can't seem to locate a clear answer.
One often sees "books" for sale (ebooks or POD) that are compilations of WP articles. Although I knew that WP content could be distributed "freely," I must've misunderstood that adverb to mean that you couldn't sell WP material, attributed or not. Is it legal in the US to sell "books" consisting of articles from WP, as long as you make proper attribution? Cynwolfe ( talk) 17:24, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Pointless
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I don't really know whether HD is the right place to bring up this issue, but it is generally a question about 'Editing Wikipedia', so here goes. I did a 10c enforcement edit here. Would it be okay to fix the rationale instead of removing the file in cases, where the rationale points to redirects or dab pages? Toshio Yamaguchi ( talk) 18:11, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
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Toshio Yamaguchi ( talk) 20:34, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I don't know how exactly, can I add references in an article. Can anyone help me? ( Αλεξανδράκης 7 ( talk) 21:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC))
Hello,
I went to go make a donation of $10 using my credit card. Once I submitted, a prompt came up saying that my card has not been validated. I clicked again and I received the same message. Upon checking my bank account, I see that two payments of $10 each have been made to Wikipedia.
I did not receive a receipt when I entered my email for these transactions.
Could you please look into this at your earliest convenience.
All the Best,
Mike Mazurek — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmazurek ( talk • contribs) 21:33, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
What is the dif between a source and a reference? Is a reference only an article about the subject and a source the primary research source? Can a source also be listed as a reference if it is a study on the subject? 22:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC) Dellenba ( talk) 22:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
On recent changes, how do I use the tag filter? In particular, is there any way to filter out edits which contain the typical list of "dirty words"? ClueBot invariable catches these, and I waste a lot of time loading diffs that ClueBot has already reverted, time that would be better spent patrolling other edits. -- LWG talk 22:47, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
In a template for St. Patrcick's cathedral, NYC, I changed the word "denomination" to "religion," and the whole sentence disappeared. I tried it in another article, and the same ting happened. Is this supposed to happen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.134.169 ( talk) 23:29, 14 November 2011 (UTC)