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In this new article USAV ''Malvern Hill'' (LCU 2025) I placed double quotes around the name of this vessel -- ideally, they should not be there. I don't know how to fix this.
The article title should be USAV Malvern Hill (LCU 2025).
Suggestions?
Cyberherbalist ( talk) 05:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I am an American living in Germany and I am using the English translation for the the Wikipedia web site. I am specifically looking for chart information for several American music albums. However, the Wiki page for the albums have only the German and Swiss music chart information (i.e. this album hit # 26 on the German music chart). I'm sure this is because the information is coming through a German ISP. There's nothing wrong with German music charts - just not the information I'm looking for right now. Is there a way to connect with the US Wiki site so I can get US-focused information? Thanks. 07:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC) Kfoote ( talk)
I'm very new to Wiki Editing (a few days), i wish to propose a change to a semi-protected article's table layout. I copied the 'View Source' and compiled the table in a new format in My Sandbox. However, it doesn't look like other users can view test pages in another's sandbox.
Is there anywhere on Wiki that one can display a proposed change to an article so people can see how it looks? I think it's a great change and needs to be viewed by others who can then make their comments and opinions known.
Am i right in understanding that the main Sandbox gets written over pretty much instantly so i can't link to that? ManchesterSpeedway ( talk) 09:59, 16 July 2012 (UTC) ManchesterSpeedway ( talk) 10:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the info. Someone in the article i'm involved in 'talking' about has actually linked to my sandbox, so i do realize now that one can indeed do so. I don't think i'd ever seek to edit a semi-protected page unless had advance agreement from everyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ManchesterSpeedway ( talk • contribs) 22:33, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, is it possible to claim a username of an user which is obviously inactive and even registered without any mail-adress record? -- 141.3.200.149 ( talk) 10:44, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi there is an article on Swinton which begins, "Swinton is a town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England."
What is meant by "Greater Manchester" here?
Kind regards Gerard Dugdill details removed (UK) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2002:5C29:335C:0:0:0:5C29:335C ( talk) 12:26, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
In the list of Colombian Cyclists, a cyclist was ommitted,PEDRONEL GIL GALLEGO, he lives in Miami, he is one of the "Keens of the Mountains" during 1950 and 1952 194.81.222.173 ( talk) 14:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)and he is also mention on the book by M. Randall,he is very well regarded as a cyclist as he was second and third. Please include him in the list of Colombian Cyclists.
194.81.222.173 ( talk) 14:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Your sincerely.
N. Alvarez 194.81.222.173 ( talk) 14:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
“ | Nonetheless the number of our own promotions has declined and it is a particular sadness that, solely on grounds of cost, the annual performance of St Matthew Passion has had to be given up. We have been fortunate in being invited to sing for other concert promoters and were particularly rewarded by being asked to provide the chorus for three concert performances by the Kirov Opera under Valery Gergiev and a performance of Rimsky Korsakov's Le Coq d'Or under Rostropovich. We are also grateful to Raymond Gubbay for inviting us to sing in a number of his promotions. | ” |
— Jharbourne, London Chorus |
Someone please take a look at this article. Thanks in advance, Arcandam ( talk) 15:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm in sandbox and I don't know what it means after I use the template above to cite a book it tells me I have the ref but not the references???? Is this talking about coding? I've been reading the help pages but it just isn't clear what I'm supposed to do other than click on the templates provided and fill in the blanks. Then what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nflemin2 ( talk • contribs) 16:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way to display the length/duration of a YouTube video? I would like this to be displayed next to the link to the video so users have an idea how long the video is. It seems that this information is obtainable via the YouTube API but I think that would require some JavaScript or PHP to use and I don't know how that would work on Wikipedia. We're assuming here that it is appropriate to link to the video in the first place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unjedai temp ( talk • contribs) 16:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I used to come to wikipedia all the time, but, alas, I fear today is the beginning of the end. When I viewed a page, suddenly, there appeared at the bottom of my page, this big ugly blue search bar for related terms. It says "related terms" as a link to automatically search those at random I supposed, then beside that "online advertising" because I just might want to click that! Then, a typical white search box. It is at the bottom of the wiki page and interferes with my line of vision, rather like having subtitles or closed captioning on when you would rather watch the movie. This bar also has to load with every page, creating a slight lag, sort of like a hiccup, where everything stops for a moment as you are trying to scroll down the page. Then, it suddenly moves but more than likely will instead present the popup message that a script working would you like to stop the script or proceed. This happens on every page and must be related to this new search box. I resent this intrusion in my wiki experience here and feel it is a cheesy and unnecessary addition to your site. Whoever decided to add it should discuss it with a board group or something and have it removed very quickly. I won't return until it is gone, the reading has become too cumbersome now and, after all, there really are a lot of different sites to go to, I had simply become accustomed to coming here. Thank you.
I also think it is ridiculous that my submission for help has to be treated like I am adding an article. I do not add articles, I do not care to nor do I know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.79.61.133 ( talk) 17:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Yuppie! I tried it now by disconnecting and reconnecting the network and was successful. Unfortunately, I have no software nor camera to do this. These are the properties. (The page was Polyvinyl chloride)
After these the following are given in separate sections whose entries are bullet listed. Categories:, Hidden categories:, Personal tools, Namespaces, Variants, Views, Actions, Search, Navigation, Interaction, Toolbox, Print/export, Print/export.
At the very bottom of the page the comments on last modified, copyright status, etc which are found at a normal vector page are given but listed with bullets. The very last entries of the list are the images with blue boundaries containing the A Wikimedia Project and Powered by MediaWiki is given. This is to aligned to the left and anyone can mis-consider it as an ad Vanischenu m Talk 17:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you.··· Vanischenu 「m/ Talk」 15:53, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
I used to use the watchlist customization feature that renders pages I haven't visited since the last change in italics. All of a sudden, it changed to displaying unvisited changes to bold display. What happened? I think the behavior of the watchlist display is controlled by the code at User:Toshio Yamaguchi/vector.css, but I didn't change anything there. I want to have my watchlist style back. -- Toshio Yamaguchi ( tlk− ctb) 18:09, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I´m very sorry. I editet the page of Annabel Jäger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabel_J%C3%A4ger. Now is the mask disturbed. Can you help to repair the side?
Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.135.17.46 ( talk) 18:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way to change the title of a yearly event that is listed on Wikipedia? There is a yearly festival that has been renamed, and I think it would be good to have the title use the new name, with (formely know as...) beside the title. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Arts_Days 199.213.125.71 ( talk) 19:16, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Is it applicable to put the age of a person when they died at the end of their "Death" section? For example: "On July 16, 2012 Smith died of a heart attack. He was 65 years old." Thechased ( talk) 19:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
You may wish to see {{ death date and age}}, the failed 2007 TfD nom for it, the failed policy proposal WP:DEATHAGE. I probably missed some relevant info, as well, but that ought to get you started. BigNate37 (T) 19:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure whether it's my computer or the link that's the problem here, so could someone see if this goes anywhere? The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい) 19:49, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
What's Uncyclopedia and what's the relationship between wikipedia and it? Xentram ( talk) 20:11, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
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In this new article USAV ''Malvern Hill'' (LCU 2025) I placed double quotes around the name of this vessel -- ideally, they should not be there. I don't know how to fix this.
The article title should be USAV Malvern Hill (LCU 2025).
Suggestions?
Cyberherbalist ( talk) 05:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I am an American living in Germany and I am using the English translation for the the Wikipedia web site. I am specifically looking for chart information for several American music albums. However, the Wiki page for the albums have only the German and Swiss music chart information (i.e. this album hit # 26 on the German music chart). I'm sure this is because the information is coming through a German ISP. There's nothing wrong with German music charts - just not the information I'm looking for right now. Is there a way to connect with the US Wiki site so I can get US-focused information? Thanks. 07:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC) Kfoote ( talk)
I'm very new to Wiki Editing (a few days), i wish to propose a change to a semi-protected article's table layout. I copied the 'View Source' and compiled the table in a new format in My Sandbox. However, it doesn't look like other users can view test pages in another's sandbox.
Is there anywhere on Wiki that one can display a proposed change to an article so people can see how it looks? I think it's a great change and needs to be viewed by others who can then make their comments and opinions known.
Am i right in understanding that the main Sandbox gets written over pretty much instantly so i can't link to that? ManchesterSpeedway ( talk) 09:59, 16 July 2012 (UTC) ManchesterSpeedway ( talk) 10:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the info. Someone in the article i'm involved in 'talking' about has actually linked to my sandbox, so i do realize now that one can indeed do so. I don't think i'd ever seek to edit a semi-protected page unless had advance agreement from everyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ManchesterSpeedway ( talk • contribs) 22:33, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, is it possible to claim a username of an user which is obviously inactive and even registered without any mail-adress record? -- 141.3.200.149 ( talk) 10:44, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi there is an article on Swinton which begins, "Swinton is a town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England."
What is meant by "Greater Manchester" here?
Kind regards Gerard Dugdill details removed (UK) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2002:5C29:335C:0:0:0:5C29:335C ( talk) 12:26, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
In the list of Colombian Cyclists, a cyclist was ommitted,PEDRONEL GIL GALLEGO, he lives in Miami, he is one of the "Keens of the Mountains" during 1950 and 1952 194.81.222.173 ( talk) 14:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)and he is also mention on the book by M. Randall,he is very well regarded as a cyclist as he was second and third. Please include him in the list of Colombian Cyclists.
194.81.222.173 ( talk) 14:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Your sincerely.
N. Alvarez 194.81.222.173 ( talk) 14:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
“ | Nonetheless the number of our own promotions has declined and it is a particular sadness that, solely on grounds of cost, the annual performance of St Matthew Passion has had to be given up. We have been fortunate in being invited to sing for other concert promoters and were particularly rewarded by being asked to provide the chorus for three concert performances by the Kirov Opera under Valery Gergiev and a performance of Rimsky Korsakov's Le Coq d'Or under Rostropovich. We are also grateful to Raymond Gubbay for inviting us to sing in a number of his promotions. | ” |
— Jharbourne, London Chorus |
Someone please take a look at this article. Thanks in advance, Arcandam ( talk) 15:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm in sandbox and I don't know what it means after I use the template above to cite a book it tells me I have the ref but not the references???? Is this talking about coding? I've been reading the help pages but it just isn't clear what I'm supposed to do other than click on the templates provided and fill in the blanks. Then what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nflemin2 ( talk • contribs) 16:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way to display the length/duration of a YouTube video? I would like this to be displayed next to the link to the video so users have an idea how long the video is. It seems that this information is obtainable via the YouTube API but I think that would require some JavaScript or PHP to use and I don't know how that would work on Wikipedia. We're assuming here that it is appropriate to link to the video in the first place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unjedai temp ( talk • contribs) 16:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I used to come to wikipedia all the time, but, alas, I fear today is the beginning of the end. When I viewed a page, suddenly, there appeared at the bottom of my page, this big ugly blue search bar for related terms. It says "related terms" as a link to automatically search those at random I supposed, then beside that "online advertising" because I just might want to click that! Then, a typical white search box. It is at the bottom of the wiki page and interferes with my line of vision, rather like having subtitles or closed captioning on when you would rather watch the movie. This bar also has to load with every page, creating a slight lag, sort of like a hiccup, where everything stops for a moment as you are trying to scroll down the page. Then, it suddenly moves but more than likely will instead present the popup message that a script working would you like to stop the script or proceed. This happens on every page and must be related to this new search box. I resent this intrusion in my wiki experience here and feel it is a cheesy and unnecessary addition to your site. Whoever decided to add it should discuss it with a board group or something and have it removed very quickly. I won't return until it is gone, the reading has become too cumbersome now and, after all, there really are a lot of different sites to go to, I had simply become accustomed to coming here. Thank you.
I also think it is ridiculous that my submission for help has to be treated like I am adding an article. I do not add articles, I do not care to nor do I know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.79.61.133 ( talk) 17:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Yuppie! I tried it now by disconnecting and reconnecting the network and was successful. Unfortunately, I have no software nor camera to do this. These are the properties. (The page was Polyvinyl chloride)
After these the following are given in separate sections whose entries are bullet listed. Categories:, Hidden categories:, Personal tools, Namespaces, Variants, Views, Actions, Search, Navigation, Interaction, Toolbox, Print/export, Print/export.
At the very bottom of the page the comments on last modified, copyright status, etc which are found at a normal vector page are given but listed with bullets. The very last entries of the list are the images with blue boundaries containing the A Wikimedia Project and Powered by MediaWiki is given. This is to aligned to the left and anyone can mis-consider it as an ad Vanischenu m Talk 17:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you.··· Vanischenu 「m/ Talk」 15:53, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
I used to use the watchlist customization feature that renders pages I haven't visited since the last change in italics. All of a sudden, it changed to displaying unvisited changes to bold display. What happened? I think the behavior of the watchlist display is controlled by the code at User:Toshio Yamaguchi/vector.css, but I didn't change anything there. I want to have my watchlist style back. -- Toshio Yamaguchi ( tlk− ctb) 18:09, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I´m very sorry. I editet the page of Annabel Jäger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabel_J%C3%A4ger. Now is the mask disturbed. Can you help to repair the side?
Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.135.17.46 ( talk) 18:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way to change the title of a yearly event that is listed on Wikipedia? There is a yearly festival that has been renamed, and I think it would be good to have the title use the new name, with (formely know as...) beside the title. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Arts_Days 199.213.125.71 ( talk) 19:16, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Is it applicable to put the age of a person when they died at the end of their "Death" section? For example: "On July 16, 2012 Smith died of a heart attack. He was 65 years old." Thechased ( talk) 19:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
You may wish to see {{ death date and age}}, the failed 2007 TfD nom for it, the failed policy proposal WP:DEATHAGE. I probably missed some relevant info, as well, but that ought to get you started. BigNate37 (T) 19:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure whether it's my computer or the link that's the problem here, so could someone see if this goes anywhere? The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい) 19:49, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
What's Uncyclopedia and what's the relationship between wikipedia and it? Xentram ( talk) 20:11, 16 July 2012 (UTC)