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The reference 1 is from US military, and I am not sure what is their source for names and the correlating English transliteration. There are many references about Jorjafk fault in reputable scientific journals about earthquakes. If you search this references you will see the costant spelling as Jorjafk. I lived in Jorjafk and served as the only physician there for more than a year. This correction will keep the stability of the usage of the same old spelling, and will also help geographical locating systems to show Jorjafk on their serving pages. Thank you for attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.117.200.235 ( talk) 03:20, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Is there any MW-included tool that permits one to download a bunch of images all together, at full resolution? I just want images, not file pages, so the book tool wouldn't help. Of course, one can do a total database dump, or one can download each one individually, but when it's a matter of 2500 images, neither one is practical if there's a better option. Nyttend ( talk) 04:09, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Reference help requested. Referencebot lists "On the Skrull page, your edit caused a broken reference name" but I don't see the problem? Thanks, Darci ( talk) 05:38, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
That reply was no help. I don't see red at either https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Skrull&action=edit§ion=14 or at https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Skrull&action=edit§ion=23 Darci ( talk) 23:14, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi guys my name is Mark leinster im the CEO of the Obstacle course racing association (OCRA UK) and uK ambassador for the OCR World championships.
We have been established for almost 2 years now and are soon to be recognised as the NGB for the sport in UK.
I would like to know how to amend the wikapedia meaning of the sport as it is a bit outdated now as the sport has progressed so much in a short time.
hope you can help
mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.199.96.169 ( talk) 09:58, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello,
I am new to Wikipedia, editing pages at least anyway, but I have recently come across the page for Abingdon and Witney College - - a local college to me.
I noticed that the page doesn't seem to have the usual format of an info box on the right, with an image and some key info. I have tried to work out how to rectify this issue but just can't. Upon looking at the 'talk' section I noticed that their has been an ongoing argument between two users with regards to the content that has been uploaded.
I would like to make the page look like all other pages on Wikipedia, as in following the same layout and format but I can't work out how. I imagine I'm being stupid but any help on this matter would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Shasley2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shasley2016 ( talk • contribs) 10:36, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Can I hear the content as audio form instead of reading it?
I wish to suggest Wiki to facilitate audio form of the content when a person can't read the article etc on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.50.210.66 ( talk) 12:38, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Good day sir, madam: I am finding it difficult to create a profile of a young public figure. Can someone please help me? I will highly appreciate the effort.
Thanks
Kaifa Sesay Dusesay ( talk) 12:51, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I want to know the steps involved in the creation of public figure profile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dusesay ( talk • contribs) 12:58, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I posted a move request as the last item on the above page, but nothing has happened. Could you either make the move, or tell me what I should do? Thank you. deisenbe ( talk) 13:38, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have made a major edit and a collection of minor edits to the following Wikipedia page;
And the related talk page. My question is about making it clear that I have a conflict of interest, and the nature of my conflict. I work on the ThumbSat project and hence when I received an email from an external source saying they have made a ThumbSat Wikipedia page on our behalf I decided to review and then rewrite the page due to a number of technical omission and poor syntax. This is not covered my my typical duties (I'm a spacecraft engineer, not in PR) and I was not asked to make these changes by anyone else in the company - so to be clear I wasn't paid for these edits. The motivation for the edit was not wanting a project I have worked on to be misrepresented, especially in a negative light. I have attempted to keep a clear and impartial tone when editing the page and have tried to make the majority of statements reference secondary sources where possible and primary sources where not.
A separate user (the user who set up the page initially) had edited the talk page to signify my employment at ThumbSat and that I was paid for the work, this wasn't the case so I've removed that edit and am posting this.
Many thanks,
FraserJamesRobinson ( talk) 14:33, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I need to do research on the sort of English old bibles used (Middle?", as meanings in modern bibles occasionally have altered the original meanings, as well as spellings, & need clarification by readers unskilled in whatever the period of English means in "modern" terms.
Example, the meaning of the word "sin" comes from an early ARCHERY term: "sinne." This is the term which describes MISSING the target. One hears the ssss sound of the passing arrow, but there's no resounding THUNK at the end. One has "missed the Mark," which, to the Church, was an apt description of aiming incorrectly, & falling short of the path to reach God -- the Mark.
Do you see that the term has =become= a condemning notion to modern minds, & NOT incentive to trust in the "endless" forgiveness of God? One should instead be inspired to aim better & try again. Instead, many, unaware of this aspect of the Christian God, of eternal forgiveness with only ONE exception (& even that one =can= be forgiven!), people give up & just give in to "sin / sinne."
Ultimately my question is DOES a place exist on Wikipedia which translates that OLDER English that I can use? The site MUST be translated into =modern English. Thank you! Connie Crouch — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.90.150.174 ( talk) 16:09, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Its first definition, which represents what the compilers believe to be the oldest sense of the word, is:OE. syn(n, for original *synjō, related to OFris. sende, MDu. sonde, G. sünde, etc. Cf. L. sons, sontis guilty.]
The date represents the earliest documented use of the sub-meaning; the lack of a date for the main meaning indicates that it's so old that there's no way to find an earliest use. You need exceptional evidence to prove that OED has made a mistake here. Nyttend ( talk) 01:22, 23 February 2016 (UTC)A transgression of the divine law and an offence against God; a violation (esp. wilful or deliberate) of some religious or moral principle. b [this indicates a sub-meaning] transf. A violation of some standard of taste or propriety 1780.
Can you please help me edit my page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bianca Levine ( talk • contribs) 17:13, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I'm trying to edit and upload my profile page first before meeting more people, so others can know me better and my new speciality Bianca Levine ( talk) 17:24, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi guys. Some time back, I was reviewing a few edits by an IP and found that all the edits of the IP seemed like vandalism. I reverted the IP's edits and then went to the IP's talk page and left this warning message. I wanted your assessment of whether this warning left by me was appropriate or not. Thank you as always. Xender Lourdes ( talk) 17:37, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
These companies have recently performed a merge. You can see that referenced from their page: General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics C4 Systems was redirected correctly. However, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems needs to do the same redirect as C4 Systems.
I started a Merger proposal back in January 14, 2016 and I am not sure what the next steps are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.100.97.11 ( talk) 17:59, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
There is a talk page that is very much bloated and it should be archived. I've been reading about Cluebot III, etc. but I'm fairly confused. All I'm trying to do is set up a bot that will archive the talk page every 30 days. Can anyone provide the wikitext necessary to do so? Thank you.
Ergo Sum
19:39, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis | age=720 | archiveprefix={{SUBST:FULLPAGENAME}}/Archive | numberstart=1 | maxarchsize=75000 | header={{Automatic archive navigator}} | minkeepthreads=5 | minarchthreads=1 | format= %%i }}
For various reasons, I'm thinking of changing my username. The Limitations and Restrictions section of the help pages says, "Existing signatures and mentions of the old username in discussions are not affected by a rename."
If I want to change old signatures I made on talk pages, etc, to reflect the new username, then presumably this would require some kind of global search and replace tool that works across all the WMF sites covered by SUL. Does such a tool exist? Is there another way? zazpot ( talk) 23:37, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
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< February 21 | << Jan | February | Mar >> | February 23 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk Archives |
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The reference 1 is from US military, and I am not sure what is their source for names and the correlating English transliteration. There are many references about Jorjafk fault in reputable scientific journals about earthquakes. If you search this references you will see the costant spelling as Jorjafk. I lived in Jorjafk and served as the only physician there for more than a year. This correction will keep the stability of the usage of the same old spelling, and will also help geographical locating systems to show Jorjafk on their serving pages. Thank you for attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.117.200.235 ( talk) 03:20, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Is there any MW-included tool that permits one to download a bunch of images all together, at full resolution? I just want images, not file pages, so the book tool wouldn't help. Of course, one can do a total database dump, or one can download each one individually, but when it's a matter of 2500 images, neither one is practical if there's a better option. Nyttend ( talk) 04:09, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Reference help requested. Referencebot lists "On the Skrull page, your edit caused a broken reference name" but I don't see the problem? Thanks, Darci ( talk) 05:38, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
That reply was no help. I don't see red at either https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Skrull&action=edit§ion=14 or at https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Skrull&action=edit§ion=23 Darci ( talk) 23:14, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi guys my name is Mark leinster im the CEO of the Obstacle course racing association (OCRA UK) and uK ambassador for the OCR World championships.
We have been established for almost 2 years now and are soon to be recognised as the NGB for the sport in UK.
I would like to know how to amend the wikapedia meaning of the sport as it is a bit outdated now as the sport has progressed so much in a short time.
hope you can help
mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.199.96.169 ( talk) 09:58, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello,
I am new to Wikipedia, editing pages at least anyway, but I have recently come across the page for Abingdon and Witney College - - a local college to me.
I noticed that the page doesn't seem to have the usual format of an info box on the right, with an image and some key info. I have tried to work out how to rectify this issue but just can't. Upon looking at the 'talk' section I noticed that their has been an ongoing argument between two users with regards to the content that has been uploaded.
I would like to make the page look like all other pages on Wikipedia, as in following the same layout and format but I can't work out how. I imagine I'm being stupid but any help on this matter would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Shasley2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shasley2016 ( talk • contribs) 10:36, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Can I hear the content as audio form instead of reading it?
I wish to suggest Wiki to facilitate audio form of the content when a person can't read the article etc on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.50.210.66 ( talk) 12:38, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Good day sir, madam: I am finding it difficult to create a profile of a young public figure. Can someone please help me? I will highly appreciate the effort.
Thanks
Kaifa Sesay Dusesay ( talk) 12:51, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I want to know the steps involved in the creation of public figure profile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dusesay ( talk • contribs) 12:58, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I posted a move request as the last item on the above page, but nothing has happened. Could you either make the move, or tell me what I should do? Thank you. deisenbe ( talk) 13:38, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have made a major edit and a collection of minor edits to the following Wikipedia page;
And the related talk page. My question is about making it clear that I have a conflict of interest, and the nature of my conflict. I work on the ThumbSat project and hence when I received an email from an external source saying they have made a ThumbSat Wikipedia page on our behalf I decided to review and then rewrite the page due to a number of technical omission and poor syntax. This is not covered my my typical duties (I'm a spacecraft engineer, not in PR) and I was not asked to make these changes by anyone else in the company - so to be clear I wasn't paid for these edits. The motivation for the edit was not wanting a project I have worked on to be misrepresented, especially in a negative light. I have attempted to keep a clear and impartial tone when editing the page and have tried to make the majority of statements reference secondary sources where possible and primary sources where not.
A separate user (the user who set up the page initially) had edited the talk page to signify my employment at ThumbSat and that I was paid for the work, this wasn't the case so I've removed that edit and am posting this.
Many thanks,
FraserJamesRobinson ( talk) 14:33, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I need to do research on the sort of English old bibles used (Middle?", as meanings in modern bibles occasionally have altered the original meanings, as well as spellings, & need clarification by readers unskilled in whatever the period of English means in "modern" terms.
Example, the meaning of the word "sin" comes from an early ARCHERY term: "sinne." This is the term which describes MISSING the target. One hears the ssss sound of the passing arrow, but there's no resounding THUNK at the end. One has "missed the Mark," which, to the Church, was an apt description of aiming incorrectly, & falling short of the path to reach God -- the Mark.
Do you see that the term has =become= a condemning notion to modern minds, & NOT incentive to trust in the "endless" forgiveness of God? One should instead be inspired to aim better & try again. Instead, many, unaware of this aspect of the Christian God, of eternal forgiveness with only ONE exception (& even that one =can= be forgiven!), people give up & just give in to "sin / sinne."
Ultimately my question is DOES a place exist on Wikipedia which translates that OLDER English that I can use? The site MUST be translated into =modern English. Thank you! Connie Crouch — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.90.150.174 ( talk) 16:09, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Its first definition, which represents what the compilers believe to be the oldest sense of the word, is:OE. syn(n, for original *synjō, related to OFris. sende, MDu. sonde, G. sünde, etc. Cf. L. sons, sontis guilty.]
The date represents the earliest documented use of the sub-meaning; the lack of a date for the main meaning indicates that it's so old that there's no way to find an earliest use. You need exceptional evidence to prove that OED has made a mistake here. Nyttend ( talk) 01:22, 23 February 2016 (UTC)A transgression of the divine law and an offence against God; a violation (esp. wilful or deliberate) of some religious or moral principle. b [this indicates a sub-meaning] transf. A violation of some standard of taste or propriety 1780.
Can you please help me edit my page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bianca Levine ( talk • contribs) 17:13, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
I'm trying to edit and upload my profile page first before meeting more people, so others can know me better and my new speciality Bianca Levine ( talk) 17:24, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi guys. Some time back, I was reviewing a few edits by an IP and found that all the edits of the IP seemed like vandalism. I reverted the IP's edits and then went to the IP's talk page and left this warning message. I wanted your assessment of whether this warning left by me was appropriate or not. Thank you as always. Xender Lourdes ( talk) 17:37, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
These companies have recently performed a merge. You can see that referenced from their page: General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics C4 Systems was redirected correctly. However, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems needs to do the same redirect as C4 Systems.
I started a Merger proposal back in January 14, 2016 and I am not sure what the next steps are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.100.97.11 ( talk) 17:59, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
There is a talk page that is very much bloated and it should be archived. I've been reading about Cluebot III, etc. but I'm fairly confused. All I'm trying to do is set up a bot that will archive the talk page every 30 days. Can anyone provide the wikitext necessary to do so? Thank you.
Ergo Sum
19:39, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis | age=720 | archiveprefix={{SUBST:FULLPAGENAME}}/Archive | numberstart=1 | maxarchsize=75000 | header={{Automatic archive navigator}} | minkeepthreads=5 | minarchthreads=1 | format= %%i }}
For various reasons, I'm thinking of changing my username. The Limitations and Restrictions section of the help pages says, "Existing signatures and mentions of the old username in discussions are not affected by a rename."
If I want to change old signatures I made on talk pages, etc, to reflect the new username, then presumably this would require some kind of global search and replace tool that works across all the WMF sites covered by SUL. Does such a tool exist? Is there another way? zazpot ( talk) 23:37, 22 February 2016 (UTC)