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Caryn Davies ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I received three warnings on the last edit, but none are true. How do I get the warnings removed? Caryn Davies The article is Caryn Davies as an Olympic rower; Caryn is my daughter; The article is correct accurate and true; it contains no non-factual information and no negative comments: "This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions."
"This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations." There are links to videos and articles for further reference; most apply to no particular statement. There is one bio reference at the bottom from USRowing. It applies to no particular line. The Wiki article has more (accurate) date than the bio.
Copyright-problem paste.svg "This article or section may have been copied and pasted from a source, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Please remedy this by editing this article to remove any non-free copyrighted content and attributing free content correctly, or flagging the content for deletion." There is zero copying!!!!!!!!!! I wrote it all myself!!! DRPeterJDavies ( talk) 03:13, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
The original poster's statement that he wrote the material himself and the other statements that it is copied from various websites might be true; the original poster may have written the material from the other website. If that is the case, the original poster must review any copyright agreement with the website to see if he retains copyright in the material. Also, in academic writing, when an author reuses material published elsewhere previously, the author is expected to cite himself. Some kind of notation of the situation would have to be placed in the citation. I doubt there is any conventional wording since most style guides assume a few authors rather than the dozens or hundreds of editors who contribute to a single Wikipedia article. Jc3s5h ( talk) 12:23, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
On the "insert citation" button, how can I change the auto-generated access date to the "Month day, year" format? -- William S. Saturn ( talk) 08:53, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
citeUserDateFormat = '<monthname> <date>, <year>';
it worked in monobook.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 06:51, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
HELLO I HAVE SEARCHED DOZENS OF PATTON QUOTE SITES WITH NO SUCCESS IN FINDING ONE QUOTE MADE BY HIM THAT I DESPERATELY NEED TO FIND. HERE IT IS PARAPHRASED: "It's what you do when you don't have to that makes you what you want to be when you can't do anything else." CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAPLAIN KERRY L. BULLS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.134.11.201 ( talk) 09:54, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
The main problem is when finding an HAU who has retired or took a long wikibreak (in terms of years) while forgetting or missing to turn his status of online. What should I do when I find one of them. Vanischenu m Talk 11:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I am working on updating the page of a famous person and he does not have a picture in his info box.
I see one picture that is typically used, on several different, separately owned and operated websites. Is it relatively safe to assume that this picture is ok to use? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.219.160 ( talk) 13:00, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Have just encountered a problem not experienced before in relation, I presume, to disambiguation. I was trying to start a new page called 'Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Longhope' to document this site in Gloucestershire (England). There is apparently a 'Hobbs Quarry' page for a site in Somerset (England). This is a totally different location and perhaps its name should also clarify its precise location to avoid conflicts? How do I now deal with this to ensure work I do is up and saved for on-going development. I always set up the base source links first and publications etc. and sufficient paragraphs of narrative to start the article. Then I can continue this as 'work in progress'. The system appears 'unwilling' to allow me to start this page. Advice on this new experience gratefully received. Sjeans ( talk)
I took a photo of Craig Horner two years ago but I'm not sure if I can use it in this article since I did not ask him for approval...is it nessesary?-- Jsjsjs1111 ( talk) 13:46, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I was a student at U of H., and my thought is that Bill Meek left U H to coach at Wyoming .. not SMU as stated here. I also saw the first game U H played in Sept of 1946, as a returning veteran of World War II. Got my degree in 1948
C. L. Barlow Jr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.196.255.48 ( talk) 15:23, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I am here to seek a sincere opinion on a matter, that unnecessarily seems to put two of Wikipedia Editors to a conflict. THe problem is that I want to create an article on Central Institute for Cotton Research. I have put secondary sources besides covering information from all the possible sources which can be found. However, dear User:ConcernedVancouverite, has redirected my page to another page twice. Each time, I had tried to improve upon the article as much as possible. Rephrased, added more sources, expanded but still he cites the reason that the article has no notability to exist as a separate page. You can see the page which I have created at my sub page here User:Vivek_Rai/Central_Institute_for_Cotton_Research while the page to which It has been redirected is Indian Council of Agricultural Research. I request sincere members here for a neutral, unbiased review of the situation. There are some questions I would like to ask. Please answer in positive as well as negative sense. I shall be obliged.
My View: The sources are from reputed newspapers and at the same time, the activities of the institute aren't such that it would remain in the news all around the year. After all It is an Educational cum Research Institute.
My View: Though the article operates under supervision of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, it carries out projects and research activities in an indirect autonomous manner. That is, the former supervising council just serves as body of approval or disapproval and does not directly command activities of the latter.
Kindly, Help me out of the situation. I do not wish to engage into any conflict with other user, because I think he has major contribution and sincerity towards Wikipedia. I have also received numerous warnings by him. Thanks again. VIVEK RAI : Friend? 15:54, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
It looks like a good article to me. R. Handeler ( talk) 22:48, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
My page is called Andi ali how do i changed the a in ali to a capital A — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanji31 ( talk • contribs) 18:32, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hiya. I found this one diff ( [2]) on a temple I use on my userpage. For some reason, an IW link appears leading to fa:الگو:کاربر_ویکیپروژه_عکاسی. I'm not sure who this user is, and I'm not sure what added that link. Anybody have an idea? Thanks, -- T H F S W ( T · C · E) 18:57, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
hello,
is there a tool which removes redundant "ref=name"? It might be useful for Svetlana Kuznetsova to reduce the size. Regards.-- GoP T C N 19:06, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, can someone help me rename Category:Novels about rape to something like Category:Rape in literature? Thanks.-- NeoBatfreak ( talk) 19:36, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
At the top of Wikipedia pages, there are the links to my personal pages, and a clock display. My problem is, that the clock is an hour slow. On the page My preferences>date and time, the Time Offset says:
Server time: 19:50 Local time: 20:50 Time zone: Europe/London
I suspect this problem may be related to British Summer Time being one hour different to Greenwich Mean Time, but I cannot see any way to set this.
Please can you help ? Many thanks, Frank. Darkman101 ( talk) 20:01, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm a member of a recently-created task force, the Umpires task force, which is a subproject of WikiProject Baseball. What I've noticed is that all task forces have a tag that they can add to relevant articles' talk pages. For example, the San Diego Padres task force can add:
{{WikiProject Baseball |padres=yes |padres-importance= High }}
to any article's talk page, and the talk page will display, "This article is supported by WikiProject San Diego Padres (marked as High-importance)."
My question is, how do I make this possible for the umpires task force as well? It doesn't work to simply type in "|umpires=yes" the way it does for the Padres. Thanks. Delaywaves • talk 20:14, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
|tf 9={{{umpires|}}} |TF_9_LINK = WikiProject Baseball/Umpires task force |TF_9_NESTED = Umpires
ok i wont mention the article/articles just now but i am looking for the best way forward to get a wider community discussion outside of the articles main project areas, so getting editors who are not familiar with the type of thing to review the arguments and sources and give a non bias viewed so that a cones-us on this issue can be derived on the subject, as just now a cones-us can not be reached. The major problem is there is a lot of POV pushing, and sort of vandalism of the article/articles to make it look how some users want it to, i personally agree on both sides of the situation, but the sources are very conflicting, some support one side of the argument others support the other side there no way to conceiver get a right answer i suggested having the article represent both sides with source referenced so the article is not taking a side but neither side want that they want it one way or the other. Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 21:11, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi - as they change over time and content gets disputed - how do I request a review of an articles FA article status - Youreally can 21:28, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi it may seem like a basic question. I have been working in the sandbox creating a wiki page for the project coral rekindling venus. When I save the content it does not then appear in Wikipedia. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong or direct me to the correct area of homework for help Coral Rekindling Venus ( talk) 21:50, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm trying to get to my home page at http://rdl.nwss.net it will not load. What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.202.199 ( talk) 21:56, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
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Caryn Davies ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I received three warnings on the last edit, but none are true. How do I get the warnings removed? Caryn Davies The article is Caryn Davies as an Olympic rower; Caryn is my daughter; The article is correct accurate and true; it contains no non-factual information and no negative comments: "This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions."
"This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations." There are links to videos and articles for further reference; most apply to no particular statement. There is one bio reference at the bottom from USRowing. It applies to no particular line. The Wiki article has more (accurate) date than the bio.
Copyright-problem paste.svg "This article or section may have been copied and pasted from a source, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Please remedy this by editing this article to remove any non-free copyrighted content and attributing free content correctly, or flagging the content for deletion." There is zero copying!!!!!!!!!! I wrote it all myself!!! DRPeterJDavies ( talk) 03:13, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
The original poster's statement that he wrote the material himself and the other statements that it is copied from various websites might be true; the original poster may have written the material from the other website. If that is the case, the original poster must review any copyright agreement with the website to see if he retains copyright in the material. Also, in academic writing, when an author reuses material published elsewhere previously, the author is expected to cite himself. Some kind of notation of the situation would have to be placed in the citation. I doubt there is any conventional wording since most style guides assume a few authors rather than the dozens or hundreds of editors who contribute to a single Wikipedia article. Jc3s5h ( talk) 12:23, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
On the "insert citation" button, how can I change the auto-generated access date to the "Month day, year" format? -- William S. Saturn ( talk) 08:53, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
citeUserDateFormat = '<monthname> <date>, <year>';
it worked in monobook.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 06:51, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
HELLO I HAVE SEARCHED DOZENS OF PATTON QUOTE SITES WITH NO SUCCESS IN FINDING ONE QUOTE MADE BY HIM THAT I DESPERATELY NEED TO FIND. HERE IT IS PARAPHRASED: "It's what you do when you don't have to that makes you what you want to be when you can't do anything else." CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAPLAIN KERRY L. BULLS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.134.11.201 ( talk) 09:54, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
The main problem is when finding an HAU who has retired or took a long wikibreak (in terms of years) while forgetting or missing to turn his status of online. What should I do when I find one of them. Vanischenu m Talk 11:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I am working on updating the page of a famous person and he does not have a picture in his info box.
I see one picture that is typically used, on several different, separately owned and operated websites. Is it relatively safe to assume that this picture is ok to use? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.49.219.160 ( talk) 13:00, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Have just encountered a problem not experienced before in relation, I presume, to disambiguation. I was trying to start a new page called 'Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Longhope' to document this site in Gloucestershire (England). There is apparently a 'Hobbs Quarry' page for a site in Somerset (England). This is a totally different location and perhaps its name should also clarify its precise location to avoid conflicts? How do I now deal with this to ensure work I do is up and saved for on-going development. I always set up the base source links first and publications etc. and sufficient paragraphs of narrative to start the article. Then I can continue this as 'work in progress'. The system appears 'unwilling' to allow me to start this page. Advice on this new experience gratefully received. Sjeans ( talk)
I took a photo of Craig Horner two years ago but I'm not sure if I can use it in this article since I did not ask him for approval...is it nessesary?-- Jsjsjs1111 ( talk) 13:46, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I was a student at U of H., and my thought is that Bill Meek left U H to coach at Wyoming .. not SMU as stated here. I also saw the first game U H played in Sept of 1946, as a returning veteran of World War II. Got my degree in 1948
C. L. Barlow Jr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.196.255.48 ( talk) 15:23, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I am here to seek a sincere opinion on a matter, that unnecessarily seems to put two of Wikipedia Editors to a conflict. THe problem is that I want to create an article on Central Institute for Cotton Research. I have put secondary sources besides covering information from all the possible sources which can be found. However, dear User:ConcernedVancouverite, has redirected my page to another page twice. Each time, I had tried to improve upon the article as much as possible. Rephrased, added more sources, expanded but still he cites the reason that the article has no notability to exist as a separate page. You can see the page which I have created at my sub page here User:Vivek_Rai/Central_Institute_for_Cotton_Research while the page to which It has been redirected is Indian Council of Agricultural Research. I request sincere members here for a neutral, unbiased review of the situation. There are some questions I would like to ask. Please answer in positive as well as negative sense. I shall be obliged.
My View: The sources are from reputed newspapers and at the same time, the activities of the institute aren't such that it would remain in the news all around the year. After all It is an Educational cum Research Institute.
My View: Though the article operates under supervision of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, it carries out projects and research activities in an indirect autonomous manner. That is, the former supervising council just serves as body of approval or disapproval and does not directly command activities of the latter.
Kindly, Help me out of the situation. I do not wish to engage into any conflict with other user, because I think he has major contribution and sincerity towards Wikipedia. I have also received numerous warnings by him. Thanks again. VIVEK RAI : Friend? 15:54, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
It looks like a good article to me. R. Handeler ( talk) 22:48, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
My page is called Andi ali how do i changed the a in ali to a capital A — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanji31 ( talk • contribs) 18:32, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hiya. I found this one diff ( [2]) on a temple I use on my userpage. For some reason, an IW link appears leading to fa:الگو:کاربر_ویکیپروژه_عکاسی. I'm not sure who this user is, and I'm not sure what added that link. Anybody have an idea? Thanks, -- T H F S W ( T · C · E) 18:57, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
hello,
is there a tool which removes redundant "ref=name"? It might be useful for Svetlana Kuznetsova to reduce the size. Regards.-- GoP T C N 19:06, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, can someone help me rename Category:Novels about rape to something like Category:Rape in literature? Thanks.-- NeoBatfreak ( talk) 19:36, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
At the top of Wikipedia pages, there are the links to my personal pages, and a clock display. My problem is, that the clock is an hour slow. On the page My preferences>date and time, the Time Offset says:
Server time: 19:50 Local time: 20:50 Time zone: Europe/London
I suspect this problem may be related to British Summer Time being one hour different to Greenwich Mean Time, but I cannot see any way to set this.
Please can you help ? Many thanks, Frank. Darkman101 ( talk) 20:01, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm a member of a recently-created task force, the Umpires task force, which is a subproject of WikiProject Baseball. What I've noticed is that all task forces have a tag that they can add to relevant articles' talk pages. For example, the San Diego Padres task force can add:
{{WikiProject Baseball |padres=yes |padres-importance= High }}
to any article's talk page, and the talk page will display, "This article is supported by WikiProject San Diego Padres (marked as High-importance)."
My question is, how do I make this possible for the umpires task force as well? It doesn't work to simply type in "|umpires=yes" the way it does for the Padres. Thanks. Delaywaves • talk 20:14, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
|tf 9={{{umpires|}}} |TF_9_LINK = WikiProject Baseball/Umpires task force |TF_9_NESTED = Umpires
ok i wont mention the article/articles just now but i am looking for the best way forward to get a wider community discussion outside of the articles main project areas, so getting editors who are not familiar with the type of thing to review the arguments and sources and give a non bias viewed so that a cones-us on this issue can be derived on the subject, as just now a cones-us can not be reached. The major problem is there is a lot of POV pushing, and sort of vandalism of the article/articles to make it look how some users want it to, i personally agree on both sides of the situation, but the sources are very conflicting, some support one side of the argument others support the other side there no way to conceiver get a right answer i suggested having the article represent both sides with source referenced so the article is not taking a side but neither side want that they want it one way or the other. Andrewcrawford ( talk - contrib) 21:11, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi - as they change over time and content gets disputed - how do I request a review of an articles FA article status - Youreally can 21:28, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi it may seem like a basic question. I have been working in the sandbox creating a wiki page for the project coral rekindling venus. When I save the content it does not then appear in Wikipedia. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong or direct me to the correct area of homework for help Coral Rekindling Venus ( talk) 21:50, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm trying to get to my home page at http://rdl.nwss.net it will not load. What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.202.199 ( talk) 21:56, 21 June 2012 (UTC)