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I'm trying to find all WP:GAs good articles that have a certain word/phrase in them. I looked at the search in category instructions which say to use incategory: as a search string like this, but it doesn't work for the good article category [1]. Why? Is there another way to do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.161.147.7 ( talk) 01:11, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
To me, this seems to be the appropriate way to use these symbols. I have found them used this way on most articles. Examples: Facebook, IBM, ExxonMobil and Chrysler.
However, other pages are using the symbols as follows;
Here it appears that the wider end of the symbol is used to indicate "greater" while the narrow end is used to indicate "lesser", (like an upright version of the mathematical symbols), with the "greater" end indicating an increase in monetary value or a higher ranking on a list, while the "lesser" end indicates a decreased monetary value or a lower ranking on a list. I find this to be a somewhat confusing use for these symbols, (even the templates show the contradictions) and have only found them on fewer articles. Examples: Craigslist, Workopolis, Wikitravel and The Smoking Gun.
Can we determine just what is the proper use of these symbols, then set that as the standard for all WP articles? Thanks, - thewolfchild 04:20, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hits | 1.5 million hits per day |
Ranking | 4 |
I'm wondering if the documentation of these various templates should be updated to provide better clarity. I've opened a discussion at Template talk:IncreaseNegative. — sroc ( talk) 12:34, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
I am trying to add a picture to the article on Crown King, AZ. ( Crown King, Arizona)
My photo is located at File:Crown King Saloon at dusk.jpg
When I add the photo and save, my photo is not visible on the page. instead it just reads the file name as a link. What am I doing wrong here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93boomer ( talk • contribs) 08:32, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
yes. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93boomer ( talk • contribs) 09:09, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
<nowiki>...</nowiki>
tags are automatically placed around the wiki source to inactivate it. You can either use "Edit source" or try to use VisualEditors own system. It has a media icon at the top to insert images.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 10:13, 14 July 2013 (UTC)It would appear that, even though my 'Open external links in new window/tab' gadget is selected, it has stopped doing it. Anyone know why? Ta -- Imagine Wizard ( talk · contribs · count) Iway amway Imagineway Izardway. 13:41, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
Born in Hartford back in the 50's my grandfather and grandmother lived around the street from Mark Twain. I have photos of my grandmother skating with Katherine Hepburn. What I can't seem to find is that my grandfather had a cafeteria " Spencer's cafeteria" in the old type write building. My father Michael Arthur Spencer is alive and well in Bolton , Ct and he shares stories. My grandfather fed thousands of people a day during the was and was an employee of a cafeteria before becoming owner. He was generous to a fault and I'm shocked that I can't seem to find any stories of his cafeteria. His WWII draft card lists him as manager at Spencer's cafeteria which shows just how humble he was. My father says that he helped so many during the war and that at the Holidays during the depression thousands were given turkeys and such.
With this knowledge I find that during those time of struggles that there wasn't something written about the cafeteria that served up to 7000 people a day. Please help me in my search.
Look forward to seeing something written about something that was of importance to many.
Sheila Spencer Meyrick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.49.237.76 ( talk) 14:08, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I duly submit here that since sometime, a miscreant by the username AgraNewsObserver has been indulging in cheap mischief by inserting malicious content on the homepage of dayalbagh, a pilgrim place. The sole purpose of the editor is to defame the place He is time and again inserting irrelevant information about an untoward incident on the homepage,which simply shares basic information about the pilgrim place. Whenever I or any other person tries to remove the content by editing the page, the wiki editors revert it back by undoing our edits. Please i request the authorities to take notice and stop this vandalism asap — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anami6ka ( talk • contribs) 15:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hiya,
really not liking this new wysiwg editing malarkey, it won't even let me edit half the time.... how do I change my settings so I can go back to the 'wikitext' type of editing??
Sdrawkcab ( talk) 16:35, 14 July 2013 (UTC)sdrawkcab
Thanks :) Sdrawkcab ( talk) 19:11, 14 July 2013 (UTC)sdrawkcab
I have created a wikipedia page for a site named moviereviewband.com , but it is rejected and asked for to enter an alternative referral source. Could u plz mention the name of such sites .
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proudion ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I can't figure out this weird problem. When you go to the page for No Hats Beyond This Point, the album Sideways appears in the template list at the bottom where it should, and then disappears! How do we keep it from disappearing? As far as I can tell it only happens on the page for No Hats Beyond This Point, which suggests there may be some subtle code error on that page . . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctorx0079 ( talk • contribs)
Perhaps I'm confused, but the article about me is only a couple of lines long and very incomplete. So I edited an accurate, complete article about me. Unbiased, completely backup up by the information about me and my career on IMDB. But someone keeps taking it down and replacing it with the inaccurate and incomplete article about me. I received the message that someone too close to a subject (or the subject himself) can't edit an article. This makes no sense to me as who better to write about a subject, or a person, that someone who knows the subject and the person intimately.
So if I am prohibited in edited an accurate article about myself, how can I get an accurate article about me on Wikipedia? When you search my name on Google first up is IMDB, then Wikipedia. If people search me - or research me - and they go to Wikipedia and do not get the full story of who I am and what I have accomplished, such as creating the TV series Baywatch, and other movies and TV programs, then my incomplete and/or inaccurate profile on Wikipedia is hurting me. How can I work with Wikipedia to resolve this? Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael Berk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Jerome Berk ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Dear Folks:After listening to Reza Aslan on NPR this a.m. I looked him up on your site and I have a couple suggestions. First, he has a new book out," Zealot,the story of Jesus the Man, not the Messiah. Second, in the interview this a.m., he defined himself," not as a Christian,but as a follower of Jesus."His bio, however, states that he is a Shia Muslim.There seems to be a conflict there.
Very Sincerely, Elizabeth Keranen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.134.142.11 ( talk) 19:23, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello
My question is in relation to poems. Although I have tried to type up a poem/song from the 1800s into wikipedia it has been taken down due to copyright. I don't believe there is an issue with copyright on this song otherwise Poems such as Wordsworth's 'daffodils' aka 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' would not be listed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wandered_Lonely_as_a_Cloud
Kind regards Suzanne — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.255.134.161 ( talk) 19:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi, a while ago I edited wyvern to change the IPA pronunciation to the correct one. My edit is still there in the source however the rendered page still shows the incorrect pronunciation. Given that a month has passed I'm beginning to wonder wether the template expansion cache will ever expire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.19.129.150 ( talk) 20:26, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
On Wikimedia Commons and other Wikimedia sites, my username is still User:Seahen, but on en.wikipedia I've had my account renamed. How do I get the Seahen unified account merged into the NeonMerlin unified account for purposes of e.g. rendering preferences? Neon Merlin 20:34, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
On 29 June, an editor complained that his posts about the exploration of Mars were being censored by another editor. His use of the term "censorship" was incorrect, because there was a content dispute. The topic was taken to a project talk page and the Help Desk item was closed. After some research, it became clear that there were two problems. There were content disputes, and there were user conduct disputes making orderly resolution of the content dispute nearly impossible. I have had to open a Request for Arbitration: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Mars. Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:38, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Cancer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Please see the following [ [3]]
What I wrote in Cancer is:
Mutations rarely have large effects on cancer risk in the general population (<0.3%), and "account for less than 3–10% of annually diagnosed cancers" at a few specific sites. [1] Phytochemicals from dietary plants and spices have been shown to prevent cancer initiation, promotion, and progression by exerting anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative stress effects, and have been shown to induce apoptosis in cancer cells and suppress tumor growth in vivo. [2]
Replaced by Jmh649 and Zad68 with (which is absolutely not supported by the reference):
Approximately five to ten percent of cancers are entirely hereditary. [1]
Please see their source material [ [4]]. The 5 - 10% they falsely cite pertains only to breast cancer, and the review finds essentially the opposite conclusion compared to what Jmh649 and Zad68 write. Genes are actually not very important, according to the source they cite.
How can I make corrections and additions with editors don't read the source they cite, inaccurately use a citation, and seem to use other editors (so very quick to jump into a subject they rarely edit) to possibly circumvent the 3RR rule? 32cllou ( talk) 00:18, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
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I'm trying to find all WP:GAs good articles that have a certain word/phrase in them. I looked at the search in category instructions which say to use incategory: as a search string like this, but it doesn't work for the good article category [1]. Why? Is there another way to do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.161.147.7 ( talk) 01:11, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
To me, this seems to be the appropriate way to use these symbols. I have found them used this way on most articles. Examples: Facebook, IBM, ExxonMobil and Chrysler.
However, other pages are using the symbols as follows;
Here it appears that the wider end of the symbol is used to indicate "greater" while the narrow end is used to indicate "lesser", (like an upright version of the mathematical symbols), with the "greater" end indicating an increase in monetary value or a higher ranking on a list, while the "lesser" end indicates a decreased monetary value or a lower ranking on a list. I find this to be a somewhat confusing use for these symbols, (even the templates show the contradictions) and have only found them on fewer articles. Examples: Craigslist, Workopolis, Wikitravel and The Smoking Gun.
Can we determine just what is the proper use of these symbols, then set that as the standard for all WP articles? Thanks, - thewolfchild 04:20, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hits | 1.5 million hits per day |
Ranking | 4 |
I'm wondering if the documentation of these various templates should be updated to provide better clarity. I've opened a discussion at Template talk:IncreaseNegative. — sroc ( talk) 12:34, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
I am trying to add a picture to the article on Crown King, AZ. ( Crown King, Arizona)
My photo is located at File:Crown King Saloon at dusk.jpg
When I add the photo and save, my photo is not visible on the page. instead it just reads the file name as a link. What am I doing wrong here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93boomer ( talk • contribs) 08:32, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
yes. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93boomer ( talk • contribs) 09:09, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
<nowiki>...</nowiki>
tags are automatically placed around the wiki source to inactivate it. You can either use "Edit source" or try to use VisualEditors own system. It has a media icon at the top to insert images.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 10:13, 14 July 2013 (UTC)It would appear that, even though my 'Open external links in new window/tab' gadget is selected, it has stopped doing it. Anyone know why? Ta -- Imagine Wizard ( talk · contribs · count) Iway amway Imagineway Izardway. 13:41, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
Born in Hartford back in the 50's my grandfather and grandmother lived around the street from Mark Twain. I have photos of my grandmother skating with Katherine Hepburn. What I can't seem to find is that my grandfather had a cafeteria " Spencer's cafeteria" in the old type write building. My father Michael Arthur Spencer is alive and well in Bolton , Ct and he shares stories. My grandfather fed thousands of people a day during the was and was an employee of a cafeteria before becoming owner. He was generous to a fault and I'm shocked that I can't seem to find any stories of his cafeteria. His WWII draft card lists him as manager at Spencer's cafeteria which shows just how humble he was. My father says that he helped so many during the war and that at the Holidays during the depression thousands were given turkeys and such.
With this knowledge I find that during those time of struggles that there wasn't something written about the cafeteria that served up to 7000 people a day. Please help me in my search.
Look forward to seeing something written about something that was of importance to many.
Sheila Spencer Meyrick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.49.237.76 ( talk) 14:08, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I duly submit here that since sometime, a miscreant by the username AgraNewsObserver has been indulging in cheap mischief by inserting malicious content on the homepage of dayalbagh, a pilgrim place. The sole purpose of the editor is to defame the place He is time and again inserting irrelevant information about an untoward incident on the homepage,which simply shares basic information about the pilgrim place. Whenever I or any other person tries to remove the content by editing the page, the wiki editors revert it back by undoing our edits. Please i request the authorities to take notice and stop this vandalism asap — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anami6ka ( talk • contribs) 15:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hiya,
really not liking this new wysiwg editing malarkey, it won't even let me edit half the time.... how do I change my settings so I can go back to the 'wikitext' type of editing??
Sdrawkcab ( talk) 16:35, 14 July 2013 (UTC)sdrawkcab
Thanks :) Sdrawkcab ( talk) 19:11, 14 July 2013 (UTC)sdrawkcab
I have created a wikipedia page for a site named moviereviewband.com , but it is rejected and asked for to enter an alternative referral source. Could u plz mention the name of such sites .
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proudion ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I can't figure out this weird problem. When you go to the page for No Hats Beyond This Point, the album Sideways appears in the template list at the bottom where it should, and then disappears! How do we keep it from disappearing? As far as I can tell it only happens on the page for No Hats Beyond This Point, which suggests there may be some subtle code error on that page . . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctorx0079 ( talk • contribs)
Perhaps I'm confused, but the article about me is only a couple of lines long and very incomplete. So I edited an accurate, complete article about me. Unbiased, completely backup up by the information about me and my career on IMDB. But someone keeps taking it down and replacing it with the inaccurate and incomplete article about me. I received the message that someone too close to a subject (or the subject himself) can't edit an article. This makes no sense to me as who better to write about a subject, or a person, that someone who knows the subject and the person intimately.
So if I am prohibited in edited an accurate article about myself, how can I get an accurate article about me on Wikipedia? When you search my name on Google first up is IMDB, then Wikipedia. If people search me - or research me - and they go to Wikipedia and do not get the full story of who I am and what I have accomplished, such as creating the TV series Baywatch, and other movies and TV programs, then my incomplete and/or inaccurate profile on Wikipedia is hurting me. How can I work with Wikipedia to resolve this? Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael Berk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Jerome Berk ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Dear Folks:After listening to Reza Aslan on NPR this a.m. I looked him up on your site and I have a couple suggestions. First, he has a new book out," Zealot,the story of Jesus the Man, not the Messiah. Second, in the interview this a.m., he defined himself," not as a Christian,but as a follower of Jesus."His bio, however, states that he is a Shia Muslim.There seems to be a conflict there.
Very Sincerely, Elizabeth Keranen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.134.142.11 ( talk) 19:23, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello
My question is in relation to poems. Although I have tried to type up a poem/song from the 1800s into wikipedia it has been taken down due to copyright. I don't believe there is an issue with copyright on this song otherwise Poems such as Wordsworth's 'daffodils' aka 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' would not be listed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wandered_Lonely_as_a_Cloud
Kind regards Suzanne — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.255.134.161 ( talk) 19:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi, a while ago I edited wyvern to change the IPA pronunciation to the correct one. My edit is still there in the source however the rendered page still shows the incorrect pronunciation. Given that a month has passed I'm beginning to wonder wether the template expansion cache will ever expire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.19.129.150 ( talk) 20:26, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
On Wikimedia Commons and other Wikimedia sites, my username is still User:Seahen, but on en.wikipedia I've had my account renamed. How do I get the Seahen unified account merged into the NeonMerlin unified account for purposes of e.g. rendering preferences? Neon Merlin 20:34, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
On 29 June, an editor complained that his posts about the exploration of Mars were being censored by another editor. His use of the term "censorship" was incorrect, because there was a content dispute. The topic was taken to a project talk page and the Help Desk item was closed. After some research, it became clear that there were two problems. There were content disputes, and there were user conduct disputes making orderly resolution of the content dispute nearly impossible. I have had to open a Request for Arbitration: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Mars. Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:38, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Cancer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Please see the following [ [3]]
What I wrote in Cancer is:
Mutations rarely have large effects on cancer risk in the general population (<0.3%), and "account for less than 3–10% of annually diagnosed cancers" at a few specific sites. [1] Phytochemicals from dietary plants and spices have been shown to prevent cancer initiation, promotion, and progression by exerting anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative stress effects, and have been shown to induce apoptosis in cancer cells and suppress tumor growth in vivo. [2]
Replaced by Jmh649 and Zad68 with (which is absolutely not supported by the reference):
Approximately five to ten percent of cancers are entirely hereditary. [1]
Please see their source material [ [4]]. The 5 - 10% they falsely cite pertains only to breast cancer, and the review finds essentially the opposite conclusion compared to what Jmh649 and Zad68 write. Genes are actually not very important, according to the source they cite.
How can I make corrections and additions with editors don't read the source they cite, inaccurately use a citation, and seem to use other editors (so very quick to jump into a subject they rarely edit) to possibly circumvent the 3RR rule? 32cllou ( talk) 00:18, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
Expert09
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).{{
cite journal}}
: Check date values in: |date=
(
help); Unknown parameter |coauthors=
ignored (|author=
suggested) (
help)