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I assume Boolean operators & wild cards are not available for Wikipedia searches, right? How about providing them? --- Allan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.227.154.219 ( talk) 00:08, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
What if I am adding related sites link for different wiki pages, I am doing this to ease wikipedia readers about related websites / blog URLS so they may learn more. Is it wrong or good please do let me know? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Faheemvenom ( talk • contribs) 01:34, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've created two film trilogy categories Category:Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy and Category:Spider-Man film trilogy (2002 - 2007). I hope I did not offend anyone by merging multiple categories. Also, I'm not sure if I named them properly. I'm also thinking about doing the same thing on Star Wars series, but afraid might offend people.-- NeoBatfreak ( talk) 05:10, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I have a peculiar case regarding the contributions of a notable contributor in one of the Indic Language community. The said wikipedian is "notable" because he is a famous literary person and a historian. And he has many books to his credit published by universities or private publishers. And he has article about himself in wikipedia since he is notable. Now the issue is:
Few community members have objections to his contributions. They cite various policies including original research.
My questions are:
Please let me know how we can handle this peculiar issue.--
Shijualex (
talk)
09:59, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you all very much for the immediate replies for my query. The main query i faced is, can notable persons contribute to wikipedia on their area of expertise?
These answers will help me to guide the respective language community by providing the general guidelines for dealing with this issue. I haven't identified editor or articles because similar type of issues arised atleast from 3 language communities. So they require a general guideline regarding this topic. The above answers will help me to provide them the general guideline. Thanks once again for the timely support-- Shijualex ( talk) 16:32, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I work for an organisation called London Elects, and I have just gone on to edit the copy I had put in place on 4th February 2012 (it was certainly still there and unedited until Monday 30th April) - and the page now automatically redirects to something else. Do you have any way of un-redirecting this page? The two pages should be separate so not sure why some user has done this.
The link is London Elects ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Thanks Claire — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claireachristie ( talk • contribs) 12:09, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I am looking for a way to post some of my edits to Facebook or another social network.
This may be a dumb idea, don't know, but since people can share the stupidest things, maybe sharing about an interesting edit or as a way to ask for help on a subject would be useful. Might even encourage people to get involved in editing Wikipedia.
Maybe there already is something like the Mediawiki Facebook extension?
-- Kai Carver ( talk) 12:52, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
CONSTRUCTION RECRUITMENT AGENCY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.26.46.169 ( talk) 15:41, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Regional Airline Association My article on the Regional Airline Association has now been rejected twice on the grounds that the association it covers is not "notable enough". You have got to be kidding me?? I have linked its notability to PBS, Fox News, The FAA, United States Congress, AND Business Week magazine. Yet, you get these single airplane operations that only have their very own website as the only element of notability, like, Bimini Island Air and Air Cargo Carriers. Where are the short-sighted-reviews of my article failing to see this????-- XB70Valyrie ( talk) 16:06, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm getting so sick and tired of this I'm about to leave wikipedia!-- XB70Valyrie ( talk) 16:12, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Excellent point, XB70Valyrie. Look at WT:WIZ#Creating a new article in mainspace for a way to begin from scratch. If you need to, you could do step 1 in your sandbox, create the article, and then delete the link in your sandbox. I must admit this is very awkward; it seems to me there should be an easier way. Cresix ( talk) 21:05, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I've just stumbled on this page; one redirect for it being the bizarrely misspelled page "Boys' schhool of st. pauls'" Shouldn't this redirect page be deleted? I thought they were only for ( WP:R) "likely misspellings" amongst other things, not completely garbled text... :) OrbiterSpacethingy ( talk) 16:31, 28 May 2012 (UTC) Edit: never mind, I've just found Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion... OrbiterSpacethingy ( talk) 16:34, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
A book entitled "The American Heresy" (1930) appears to have been omitted from the list of Mr. Hollis' works. Can you add it? You can observe a copy of it now for sale (used) on the Amazon website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whvineyard ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I added an image of bids by state to 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
When I first add it, the next sections flowed around it. I did not expect Sections to flow, just text within a section. I checked Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial which suggested adding |one as a parameter, but that did nothing.
It looks OK now because I added {{ clear}}, but I don't think that's the right way to do it. What did I miss?-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 17:59, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Does Wikipedia offer a Favorites feature where a user could "favorite" a page for later reading or reference? Dryoung22 ( talk) 18:26, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi - How do I do this again - Collapsing multiple AFD templates - I have forgotten - I want to collapse these three - Talk:Arthur_Kemp - Youreally can 18:46, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Is there a rule about when to create a page in the Help namespace rather than the Wikipedia namespace? I have a page in my userspace about a specific editing problem which I would like to move but I am unsure into which of those two namespaces to move it. -- Toshio Yamaguchi ( tlk- ctb) 19:45, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I believe that the text of articles should be made into more narrow and multiple collums to make reading easier. As I scan across the articles, many times I loose my place. More narrow, multiple collums would be easier to read.
thank you, R. Rose — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.172.254 ( talk) 20:18, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
An important article in my work on Colombian television, Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión, has me baffled in terms of naming conventions.
What is the best title for this article: full name as current, Inravisión, or English name (National Institute of Radio and Television)? Raymie ( t • c) 20:34, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I earlier submitted an article, "Nelson M. Cooke." This was rejected, and I prepared a total rewrite, specifically addressing the item cited for rejection (references do not indicate notariety). This has just been resubmitted, but the new text (as it appears on the Wikipedia page) does not have the same references that are in my resubmittal. Hwre is the correct list of references. Could this be attached to my latest draft as appropriate? Raymond C. Watson, Jr. ( talk) 21:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
1. ^ ”Biography: Lieutenant Commander Nelson M. Cooke,” Office of Information, Internal Relations Division, U.S. Navy, 17 August 1967
2. ^ Cooke, Nelson M.; Mathematics for Electricians and Radiomen, McGraw-Hill, 1942
3. ^ K&E Type 4139 Duplex; http://www.mccoys-kecatalogs.com/KEModels/ke4139family.htm
4. ^ Cooke, Nelson M.; "Mathematics for Electricity and Radio," invited paper, Mathematics-Science Panel of the New York Society for the Experimental Study of Education, 23 March 1943. Published in The Mathematics Teacher, vol. 36, Dec. 1943, pp. 329-332
5. ^ Watson, Raymond C., Jr.; Solving the Naval Radar Crisis: The Eddy Test – Admission to the Most Challenging Training Program of World War II, Trafford Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4251-6173-6
6. ^ Letter of Commendation. From the Secretary of the Navy, 10 Oct. 1945, Service Record. Nelson Mangor Cooke, U.S. Navy
7. ^ Biography, U.S. Navy, op. cit.
8. ^ ”Cooke Engineering Files for Stock Offering,” Securities and Exchange Stock Digest, 13 Sept. 1961; http://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1961/dig091361.pdf
9. ^ ”Handbook of Naval Shore Station Criteria,” Cooke Engineering Company, Dec. 1956; http://www.virhistory.com/navy/manuals/92675/92675-00.pdf
10. ^ ”Buried Cable Radiation Study, Cooke Engineering Company, Defense Technical Documentation Center, 1959
11. ^ ”Power Line Induction Harmonic Tests,” Cooke Engineering Company, Defense Technical Documentation Center,1961
12. ^ ”Multi-circuit Switching Connector,” Cooke Engineering Company; http://www.ptodirect.com/Results/Patents?query=PN/3665129
13. ^ ”The Microtiter System,” Cooke Medical Research; http://jimmunol.org/content/88/3/local/advertising.pdf
14. ^ "Books for Technology," McGraw Hill Book Company, Catalog, 1962
15. ^ "Radio Data Handbook," Allied Radio Corp., fourth edition, 1947; http://www.repeater-builder.com/tech-info/pdfs/allied-data-handbook-4th.pdf Raymond C. Watson, Jr. ( talk) 21:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
As noted on the helpdesk talk page, the shortcut WP:Y leads here. I was trying to be bold and add it to the list of shortcuts listed in the box at the top of the page, but I can't tell where that box comes from. How does the "shortcuts" box get generated and how are new shortcuts added to that box? RudolfRed ( talk) 22:06, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< May 27 | << Apr | May | Jun >> | May 29 > |
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 assume Boolean operators & wild cards are not available for Wikipedia searches, right? How about providing them? --- Allan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.227.154.219 ( talk) 00:08, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
What if I am adding related sites link for different wiki pages, I am doing this to ease wikipedia readers about related websites / blog URLS so they may learn more. Is it wrong or good please do let me know? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Faheemvenom ( talk • contribs) 01:34, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've created two film trilogy categories Category:Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy and Category:Spider-Man film trilogy (2002 - 2007). I hope I did not offend anyone by merging multiple categories. Also, I'm not sure if I named them properly. I'm also thinking about doing the same thing on Star Wars series, but afraid might offend people.-- NeoBatfreak ( talk) 05:10, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I have a peculiar case regarding the contributions of a notable contributor in one of the Indic Language community. The said wikipedian is "notable" because he is a famous literary person and a historian. And he has many books to his credit published by universities or private publishers. And he has article about himself in wikipedia since he is notable. Now the issue is:
Few community members have objections to his contributions. They cite various policies including original research.
My questions are:
Please let me know how we can handle this peculiar issue.--
Shijualex (
talk)
09:59, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you all very much for the immediate replies for my query. The main query i faced is, can notable persons contribute to wikipedia on their area of expertise?
These answers will help me to guide the respective language community by providing the general guidelines for dealing with this issue. I haven't identified editor or articles because similar type of issues arised atleast from 3 language communities. So they require a general guideline regarding this topic. The above answers will help me to provide them the general guideline. Thanks once again for the timely support-- Shijualex ( talk) 16:32, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I work for an organisation called London Elects, and I have just gone on to edit the copy I had put in place on 4th February 2012 (it was certainly still there and unedited until Monday 30th April) - and the page now automatically redirects to something else. Do you have any way of un-redirecting this page? The two pages should be separate so not sure why some user has done this.
The link is London Elects ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Thanks Claire — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claireachristie ( talk • contribs) 12:09, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I am looking for a way to post some of my edits to Facebook or another social network.
This may be a dumb idea, don't know, but since people can share the stupidest things, maybe sharing about an interesting edit or as a way to ask for help on a subject would be useful. Might even encourage people to get involved in editing Wikipedia.
Maybe there already is something like the Mediawiki Facebook extension?
-- Kai Carver ( talk) 12:52, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
CONSTRUCTION RECRUITMENT AGENCY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.26.46.169 ( talk) 15:41, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Regional Airline Association My article on the Regional Airline Association has now been rejected twice on the grounds that the association it covers is not "notable enough". You have got to be kidding me?? I have linked its notability to PBS, Fox News, The FAA, United States Congress, AND Business Week magazine. Yet, you get these single airplane operations that only have their very own website as the only element of notability, like, Bimini Island Air and Air Cargo Carriers. Where are the short-sighted-reviews of my article failing to see this????-- XB70Valyrie ( talk) 16:06, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm getting so sick and tired of this I'm about to leave wikipedia!-- XB70Valyrie ( talk) 16:12, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Excellent point, XB70Valyrie. Look at WT:WIZ#Creating a new article in mainspace for a way to begin from scratch. If you need to, you could do step 1 in your sandbox, create the article, and then delete the link in your sandbox. I must admit this is very awkward; it seems to me there should be an easier way. Cresix ( talk) 21:05, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I've just stumbled on this page; one redirect for it being the bizarrely misspelled page "Boys' schhool of st. pauls'" Shouldn't this redirect page be deleted? I thought they were only for ( WP:R) "likely misspellings" amongst other things, not completely garbled text... :) OrbiterSpacethingy ( talk) 16:31, 28 May 2012 (UTC) Edit: never mind, I've just found Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion... OrbiterSpacethingy ( talk) 16:34, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
A book entitled "The American Heresy" (1930) appears to have been omitted from the list of Mr. Hollis' works. Can you add it? You can observe a copy of it now for sale (used) on the Amazon website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whvineyard ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I added an image of bids by state to 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
When I first add it, the next sections flowed around it. I did not expect Sections to flow, just text within a section. I checked Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial which suggested adding |one as a parameter, but that did nothing.
It looks OK now because I added {{ clear}}, but I don't think that's the right way to do it. What did I miss?-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 17:59, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Does Wikipedia offer a Favorites feature where a user could "favorite" a page for later reading or reference? Dryoung22 ( talk) 18:26, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi - How do I do this again - Collapsing multiple AFD templates - I have forgotten - I want to collapse these three - Talk:Arthur_Kemp - Youreally can 18:46, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Is there a rule about when to create a page in the Help namespace rather than the Wikipedia namespace? I have a page in my userspace about a specific editing problem which I would like to move but I am unsure into which of those two namespaces to move it. -- Toshio Yamaguchi ( tlk- ctb) 19:45, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I believe that the text of articles should be made into more narrow and multiple collums to make reading easier. As I scan across the articles, many times I loose my place. More narrow, multiple collums would be easier to read.
thank you, R. Rose — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.172.254 ( talk) 20:18, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
An important article in my work on Colombian television, Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión, has me baffled in terms of naming conventions.
What is the best title for this article: full name as current, Inravisión, or English name (National Institute of Radio and Television)? Raymie ( t • c) 20:34, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
I earlier submitted an article, "Nelson M. Cooke." This was rejected, and I prepared a total rewrite, specifically addressing the item cited for rejection (references do not indicate notariety). This has just been resubmitted, but the new text (as it appears on the Wikipedia page) does not have the same references that are in my resubmittal. Hwre is the correct list of references. Could this be attached to my latest draft as appropriate? Raymond C. Watson, Jr. ( talk) 21:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
1. ^ ”Biography: Lieutenant Commander Nelson M. Cooke,” Office of Information, Internal Relations Division, U.S. Navy, 17 August 1967
2. ^ Cooke, Nelson M.; Mathematics for Electricians and Radiomen, McGraw-Hill, 1942
3. ^ K&E Type 4139 Duplex; http://www.mccoys-kecatalogs.com/KEModels/ke4139family.htm
4. ^ Cooke, Nelson M.; "Mathematics for Electricity and Radio," invited paper, Mathematics-Science Panel of the New York Society for the Experimental Study of Education, 23 March 1943. Published in The Mathematics Teacher, vol. 36, Dec. 1943, pp. 329-332
5. ^ Watson, Raymond C., Jr.; Solving the Naval Radar Crisis: The Eddy Test – Admission to the Most Challenging Training Program of World War II, Trafford Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4251-6173-6
6. ^ Letter of Commendation. From the Secretary of the Navy, 10 Oct. 1945, Service Record. Nelson Mangor Cooke, U.S. Navy
7. ^ Biography, U.S. Navy, op. cit.
8. ^ ”Cooke Engineering Files for Stock Offering,” Securities and Exchange Stock Digest, 13 Sept. 1961; http://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1961/dig091361.pdf
9. ^ ”Handbook of Naval Shore Station Criteria,” Cooke Engineering Company, Dec. 1956; http://www.virhistory.com/navy/manuals/92675/92675-00.pdf
10. ^ ”Buried Cable Radiation Study, Cooke Engineering Company, Defense Technical Documentation Center, 1959
11. ^ ”Power Line Induction Harmonic Tests,” Cooke Engineering Company, Defense Technical Documentation Center,1961
12. ^ ”Multi-circuit Switching Connector,” Cooke Engineering Company; http://www.ptodirect.com/Results/Patents?query=PN/3665129
13. ^ ”The Microtiter System,” Cooke Medical Research; http://jimmunol.org/content/88/3/local/advertising.pdf
14. ^ "Books for Technology," McGraw Hill Book Company, Catalog, 1962
15. ^ "Radio Data Handbook," Allied Radio Corp., fourth edition, 1947; http://www.repeater-builder.com/tech-info/pdfs/allied-data-handbook-4th.pdf Raymond C. Watson, Jr. ( talk) 21:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
As noted on the helpdesk talk page, the shortcut WP:Y leads here. I was trying to be bold and add it to the list of shortcuts listed in the box at the top of the page, but I can't tell where that box comes from. How does the "shortcuts" box get generated and how are new shortcuts added to that box? RudolfRed ( talk) 22:06, 28 May 2012 (UTC)