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I've read several guides but can't find any info regarding this. Is it true that you can't put anchor links on navboxes? Thanks in advance. Krystaleen ( talk) 10:48, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi again, Krystaleen. I suggest a different track. What is your objective? To help readers find information on the spin-offs? How about creating redirects for them? Redirects are common when a topic isn't notable enough for a separate article during an articles for deletion discussion. The information is merged into a main article and a redirect points to the section in that main article. To make the redirects, put the title like inFamous: Precinct Assault (2009) into the search box. The returned result will start You may create the page " InFamous: Precinct Assault (2009)", but consider checking the search results below to see whether the topic is already covered. Click on the red and you get a blank page with that title. To create the redirect, just insert #REDIRECT [[Infamous_(series)#InFamous: Precinct Assault (20090]] and save the page. An option to consider. Take care, DocTree ( talk) 05:09, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Dear Teahouse,
I would like to ask for some input on how to get my article on Philippine Society for Cosmetic Surgery accepted since it has been declined twice. I revised it so it would be very objective and give information and not sound like an advertisement. I ten added the reliable sources I could find in the web and the best I could get was 2 articles from a daily news paper (a national circulation newspaper) and a government website. It was still declined because of reliable sources. I was wondering if you could point me to the right direction. Thanks! Raynald Torres Pscs.1972 ( talk) 14:46, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
I just expanded an article. How do I get rid of the stub tag? Ranpayne ( talk) 05:32, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
HA! That was easy. Thanks. Ranpayne ( talk) 05:42, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm really embarrassed that I can't find the answer to this question for myself, but I can't. I had occasion to give a cookie and didn't format it properly, and the person who received it doesn't know how to format {{cookie}} either. Is there a manual for formatting cookies? 67.71.2.203 ( talk) 21:35, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
{{subst:cookie}}
to their talk page. You can view the manual/documentation by going to the
template. If you create an account there is script that allows you to give barnstars and cookies easier, it is called
Twinkle. If you have any more questions leave me a message on my talk page or reply here.Hi, everyone. While researching an American book that won a Welsh award I keep finding references to the fact that it was "never published in Britain", which I think is fascinating. However, how could I verify that it's still true as of 2012? Here in the US I could get a reference librarian to help me, but is there a source for British publishing? Any idea how I could find it if there is? Thanks for any suggestions you might have. Tlqk56 ( talk) 18:15, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
This question is for some of the guests as well as the hosts since the feature was created while I was away from the encyclopedia and is marketed to new users. There is a feature on Wikipedia, I forget what it is called, which allows new users to make remarks about their experience. I would like to figure out where I need to go to review those remarks and respond to those remarks. This would be particularly helpful in helping some editors who are having a bad experience. Is anyone familiar with this? Ryan Vesey Review me! 07:56, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
{{
tlsu}}
s for the list of templates on your /Feedback page? Just thought it might provide useful links for visitors who don't know what each of those templates are.
benzband (
talk) 18:27, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Ryan! It's also one of the tools we use to find new editors to invite to the Teahouse :) You can learn about that in the invite guide. Sarah ( talk) 22:49, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Sorry I keep popping up in here, but I'm worried about a potential edit war over this [1]. In case one starts how can I get the administrators involved? Guyovski ( talk) 02:27, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Oh Teahouse! You are our only hope! I am at an edit-a-thon helping a new editor work on an article and we are trying to add a citation to Ukrainian wikipedia. The article is w:uk:Біочіп (biochip). You can see we're having a problem, it's basically adding a reference list. Anyone who can help..we'd appreciate it. We're both having a hard time :) (Sometimes even if you can't speak the language you can figure it out...but we can't). We wanted to add a footnote but we had to resort to just a reference list. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Sarah ( talk) 22:24, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
I have very spotty memory retention. Out of a 300-page book, I remember only two or three phrases that jump out at me. This made high school and college very difficult in the early 1980s. But I'd still like to be able to review the various Wikipedia rules and procedures and become familiar with them. So far I'm doing it on a case by case basis: as I need to know something, I either dig for it or ask someone. Is there a more efficient way? Guyovski ( talk) 10:58, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse! The Deborah Berke, Architect has been idle for several weeks; there is a comment from User talk:Waggers that says the "article you've written needs a fair bit of work, and you need to be very careful about conflicts of interest and advertising - but as far as notability is concerned I think you've done a great job at establishing that Deborah Berke has it." I am not sure if this comment means the article has passed the notability test, and I wonder if someone can elaborate regarding what kind of work the article needs? And what are the next steps? I wish to avoid a COI and am trying to follow all of the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guidelines. I posted this question on the Noticeboard and on the User talk:Waggersuser page but so far have only seen this response: "oooooo im scared" (I'm not sure why or what that is about!) — Thank you Meredith at DBA ( talk) 21:03, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I wish to edit the 1st paragraph of an existing article to include a link to a new article I have created but cannot "see" the edit button for this 1st paragraph. The article I wish to edit is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_House_Children%27s_Book_Award
The article I wish to link to is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Federation_of_Children%27s_Book_Groups
How do I edit that first paragraph? (I can see the edit buttons lower down the page and have edited fine via them, but can't find a way to reach that very first paragraph...)
Zoetoft ( talk) 05:48, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
section=0
You can also add the section edit link to the first section by going to
your preferences → Gadgets → Appearance, and then tick the box for "Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page". Cheers.--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk) 05:55, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
I was a Primary Source Resource for an article on Robert Garrow - I was involved in the car searches that took place in his capture. How do I site myself as a person that was involved in the local searches? In the Robert Garrow page, I attempted to site myself as a Primary Source. I received errors. Thank You name redacted Castev2929 Castev2929 ( talk) 03:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
I added some basic information about the specifiacations of this helicopter and then these errors came up did i do something or what?
/info/en/?search=Sikorsky_S-76 Shashenka ( talk) 21:27, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
So I think I have made successful corrections to " Bpeace." When will the banner up top reflect this? Did I make appropriate fixes? Help is greatly appreciated!!! Kkl12489 ( talk) 18:22, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
You guys are fantastic!!! Thank you so much for your speedy help and very clear responses! Kkl12489 ( talk) 19:52, 18 June 2012 (UTC) Kathryn
For example for vehicles fording depth or for planes and helicopters gross weight just examples but how do you add another line for those things to a table? Shashenka ( talk) 17:28, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Is there any way to check on the progress of a wiki submission? It looks like approval can be a slow process, but since it is my first article, I am a little excited, and want to follow it as it moves up the queue (from its starting point at 814th in line... !) BThomascall ( talk) 17:07, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, There is a quote in an article I've been WikiGnoming that seems to have no reference whatsoever on the internet. It is also a Latin quote with no translation mentioned. Another user believes that it should remain in its current state, until someone fixes it. I think that it should be removed, rather than potentially display false information. What would be the best approach? Silvrous ( talk) 16:24, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
pleeeease help me. its for my science project. WHICH TREE SPECIES ARE DISCOVERED RECENTLY?? Asheequa ( talk) 14:51, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I've been trying to upload this article a few times but have been unsuccessful. Can you edit this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Good_Neighboring_Campaign so that it can be approved. I've been receiving comments about how the article is not in a formal, neutral tone and uses peacock terms. So, any assistant is gladly accepted! Thank you!
Joshualee38 ( talk) 14:48, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
The_Unsung_Heroes_(Band) could someone review this article and help save from deletion, feel free to remove Parts and edit to help improve chance of article being kept Hollyroouk ( talk) 12:45, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi there,
I wish to write about a subject that interests me - Gandha - it is the ancient practice of using fragranced products as part of hindu ritual. I have lots of information about it as a yoga scholar.
The problem is that there is a new (great!) Indian film called Gandha - and they have taken up all the space for Gandha - should i edit - or create a new page with the same name?
Thanks, Sinead JaneMacC ( talk) 09:55, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! Will give that a go. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JaneMacC ( talk • contribs) 05:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
How do you add coordinates to a page? For example, University of California, Davis has the coordinates (latitude, longitude, etc.) included in its infobox and when clicked it mentions something about geohacks. I would like to know how to use a program like this to add coordinates to a given page. Thank you. TylerDurden8823 ( talk) 08:37, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Why is it called "the Bureaucracy?" That word has some pretty strong negative connotations. Is it a matter of reclaiming the word so that the way it is generally used changes? Guyovski ( talk) 06:17, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
and a Bureaucracy is"a member of a bureaucracy and can comprise the administration of any organization of any size"
. benzband ( talk) 18:45, 18 June 2012 (UTC)"an organization of non-elected officials of a government or organization who implements the rules, laws, and functions of their institution"
There are a rather large number of titles associated with various Wikipedia functions. The Highest Lever is Founder. The lowest level is a Global Blocked User who is in addition blocked from account creation, editing their own talk page, or e-mailing other users.
One of those titles is "Bureaucrat", but it should be noted that the very first thing on the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats page is "For the "Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy" policy, see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy.
A list of Wikipedia titles involving special access is at Wikipedia:User access levels.
A partial list of Wikimedia (not Wikipedia) titles involving special access is at Wikimedia Special Global Permissions. There are titles not listed there, such as Developers.
There are titles such as "arbcom member" ( Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee) and "medcom member" ( Wikipedia:Mediation Committee) that involve careful selection, others ( Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal) with less formal selection, and others ( Third Opinion, the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard, or Wikiquette Assistance) where pretty much anyone is welcome to volunteer to help out.
In addition, there are informal titles listed at Wikipedia:Service awards.
A user can have multiple titles, for example, I am an Autoconfirmed user, a Reviewer, a Rollbacker, a Volunteer Clerk/Mediator at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard (Not to be confused with Medcom Mediator or Wikimedia clerk), an Editor / Grognard Mirabilaire], and technically I am a MediaWiki_hacker, but I only make changes on a local corporate Wiki, not a Wikimedia Wiki. -- Guy Macon ( talk)
How to report link spamming on pages Indonesia on Wikipedia (in history there are many link spammer)? Thanks. Dede2008 ( talk) 03:35, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I wrote my first article, probably really a stub. I put it in my sandbox, worked out all the bugs, and hit 'save.' So far, so good.
But it isn't an article yet, right? It seems to just be my sandbox. The title of the page seems to be "User:BThomascall/sandbox" instead of what I am writing about, the Wopmay orogen.
So my question is probably "How do I create a title that will actually appear?"
BThomascall ( talk) 18:18, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
One more question, please. Is there any way to check on the progress of a wiki submission? It looks like approval can be a slow process, but since it is my first article, I am a little excited, and want to follow it as it moves up the queue (from its starting point at 814th in line... !) BThomascall ( talk) 09:46, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello there. I recently created an article for an emerging composer, Isobel Waller-Bridge but it has been quickly nominated for deletion. One comment was that she has not worked much, but only done short films, when there is evidence on the internet that she has worked in theatre, film (as an arranger) and radio, and has had commissions from orchestras and ensembles. I created the page because i think she is an interesting artist. What's more, i feel guilty now that i've created this page about her and now there are these deletion nominations and proposals which she has nothing to do with! I read that the deletion proposals would be resolved within a week, but it has been at least one month now? I think the person/article is valid, particularly as there are a lot of people out there who have achieved much less and are present on wikipedia! I am grateful for 'Trevj' who has sourced more information about this artist, and i will happily keep updating the page when its appropriate. Any advice is welcome. Many thanks Noeline1984 ( talk) 15:24, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I submitted a page that had copyright infringement and the author of part of the infringement agreed to donate the content with the Creative Commons License. Now the rewritten article is in talk:Heart Pine and I don't know how to resubmit it or if I shouls have it approved somewhere else first, sorry totally new here Springmata ( talk) 01:52, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I did rewrite it and added that note on the heart pine page, but no one has responded, should I just go ahead and edit heart pine with the new content I wrote? Thanks Springmata ( talk) 13:15, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I find this Reflinks very difficult to understand but I am determined to try.
As a start, would someone please tell me how to add the Reflinks tool to mt Toolbox menu?
Much appreciated.
sofiabrampton user:Sofiabrampton ````
// Add [[WP:Reflinks]] launcher in the toolbox on left
addOnloadHook(function () {
addPortletLink(
"p-tb", // toolbox portlet
"http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/webreflinks.py/" + wgPageName
+ "?client=script&citeweb=on&overwrite=&limit=20&lang=" + wgContentLanguage,
"Reflinks" // link label
)});
I am active in codependents anonymous and I noticed about six months ago that the article on the group was terrible. It hardly talked about the group at all. So I composed a new article and posted it and it is still there. But I don't know how to do things the wiki way (it took me half an hour to find this place to ask this question!).
Now there are notices on the article requesting revision to wikipedia standards. I do not intend to do other work on wikipedia in the near future so i would rather not spend several days to learn how to bring the article up to wikipedia standards. I think all the needed content is there in MLA style, I believe, but that does not meet your standards, I understand.
Is there someone who can help get this article into shape?
Thank you for your attention. I too work as a volunteer keeping our organization running and would like to focus on that work.
Sincerely,
John Rose 174.60.152.81 ( talk) 00:46, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Ryan, how could you go back to an article that does not address the subject of the article? And the reference to the "38 item scale" is just plain wrong as is the reference to a definition of codependency. This organization is careful to maintain a distance from professional tools such as definitions and assessment scales, so to restore that information is simply misleading to any readers. I state in my version that CoDA does not define codependency and I cite documentation to that effect. I fail to see your reason for accusing what I offer as biased. Everything comes from their literature except for personal observations clearly identified. Like 12 step groups generally, (except AA because of its size) there is simply very little independent documentation on CoDA. I know, I searched the web extensively and have the only book ever written on it, some 20 years ago. I came across a wikipedia principle that provides for personal experience when other sources are unavailable. Your action is contrary to the wikipedia goal of accurate information on the face of it. Have you read both articles? John Rose 174.60.152.81 ( talk) 02:03, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
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I've read several guides but can't find any info regarding this. Is it true that you can't put anchor links on navboxes? Thanks in advance. Krystaleen ( talk) 10:48, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi again, Krystaleen. I suggest a different track. What is your objective? To help readers find information on the spin-offs? How about creating redirects for them? Redirects are common when a topic isn't notable enough for a separate article during an articles for deletion discussion. The information is merged into a main article and a redirect points to the section in that main article. To make the redirects, put the title like inFamous: Precinct Assault (2009) into the search box. The returned result will start You may create the page " InFamous: Precinct Assault (2009)", but consider checking the search results below to see whether the topic is already covered. Click on the red and you get a blank page with that title. To create the redirect, just insert #REDIRECT [[Infamous_(series)#InFamous: Precinct Assault (20090]] and save the page. An option to consider. Take care, DocTree ( talk) 05:09, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Dear Teahouse,
I would like to ask for some input on how to get my article on Philippine Society for Cosmetic Surgery accepted since it has been declined twice. I revised it so it would be very objective and give information and not sound like an advertisement. I ten added the reliable sources I could find in the web and the best I could get was 2 articles from a daily news paper (a national circulation newspaper) and a government website. It was still declined because of reliable sources. I was wondering if you could point me to the right direction. Thanks! Raynald Torres Pscs.1972 ( talk) 14:46, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
I just expanded an article. How do I get rid of the stub tag? Ranpayne ( talk) 05:32, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
HA! That was easy. Thanks. Ranpayne ( talk) 05:42, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm really embarrassed that I can't find the answer to this question for myself, but I can't. I had occasion to give a cookie and didn't format it properly, and the person who received it doesn't know how to format {{cookie}} either. Is there a manual for formatting cookies? 67.71.2.203 ( talk) 21:35, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
{{subst:cookie}}
to their talk page. You can view the manual/documentation by going to the
template. If you create an account there is script that allows you to give barnstars and cookies easier, it is called
Twinkle. If you have any more questions leave me a message on my talk page or reply here.Hi, everyone. While researching an American book that won a Welsh award I keep finding references to the fact that it was "never published in Britain", which I think is fascinating. However, how could I verify that it's still true as of 2012? Here in the US I could get a reference librarian to help me, but is there a source for British publishing? Any idea how I could find it if there is? Thanks for any suggestions you might have. Tlqk56 ( talk) 18:15, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
This question is for some of the guests as well as the hosts since the feature was created while I was away from the encyclopedia and is marketed to new users. There is a feature on Wikipedia, I forget what it is called, which allows new users to make remarks about their experience. I would like to figure out where I need to go to review those remarks and respond to those remarks. This would be particularly helpful in helping some editors who are having a bad experience. Is anyone familiar with this? Ryan Vesey Review me! 07:56, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
{{
tlsu}}
s for the list of templates on your /Feedback page? Just thought it might provide useful links for visitors who don't know what each of those templates are.
benzband (
talk) 18:27, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Ryan! It's also one of the tools we use to find new editors to invite to the Teahouse :) You can learn about that in the invite guide. Sarah ( talk) 22:49, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Sorry I keep popping up in here, but I'm worried about a potential edit war over this [1]. In case one starts how can I get the administrators involved? Guyovski ( talk) 02:27, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Oh Teahouse! You are our only hope! I am at an edit-a-thon helping a new editor work on an article and we are trying to add a citation to Ukrainian wikipedia. The article is w:uk:Біочіп (biochip). You can see we're having a problem, it's basically adding a reference list. Anyone who can help..we'd appreciate it. We're both having a hard time :) (Sometimes even if you can't speak the language you can figure it out...but we can't). We wanted to add a footnote but we had to resort to just a reference list. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Sarah ( talk) 22:24, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
I have very spotty memory retention. Out of a 300-page book, I remember only two or three phrases that jump out at me. This made high school and college very difficult in the early 1980s. But I'd still like to be able to review the various Wikipedia rules and procedures and become familiar with them. So far I'm doing it on a case by case basis: as I need to know something, I either dig for it or ask someone. Is there a more efficient way? Guyovski ( talk) 10:58, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse! The Deborah Berke, Architect has been idle for several weeks; there is a comment from User talk:Waggers that says the "article you've written needs a fair bit of work, and you need to be very careful about conflicts of interest and advertising - but as far as notability is concerned I think you've done a great job at establishing that Deborah Berke has it." I am not sure if this comment means the article has passed the notability test, and I wonder if someone can elaborate regarding what kind of work the article needs? And what are the next steps? I wish to avoid a COI and am trying to follow all of the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guidelines. I posted this question on the Noticeboard and on the User talk:Waggersuser page but so far have only seen this response: "oooooo im scared" (I'm not sure why or what that is about!) — Thank you Meredith at DBA ( talk) 21:03, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I wish to edit the 1st paragraph of an existing article to include a link to a new article I have created but cannot "see" the edit button for this 1st paragraph. The article I wish to edit is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_House_Children%27s_Book_Award
The article I wish to link to is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Federation_of_Children%27s_Book_Groups
How do I edit that first paragraph? (I can see the edit buttons lower down the page and have edited fine via them, but can't find a way to reach that very first paragraph...)
Zoetoft ( talk) 05:48, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
section=0
You can also add the section edit link to the first section by going to
your preferences → Gadgets → Appearance, and then tick the box for "Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page". Cheers.--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk) 05:55, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
I was a Primary Source Resource for an article on Robert Garrow - I was involved in the car searches that took place in his capture. How do I site myself as a person that was involved in the local searches? In the Robert Garrow page, I attempted to site myself as a Primary Source. I received errors. Thank You name redacted Castev2929 Castev2929 ( talk) 03:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
I added some basic information about the specifiacations of this helicopter and then these errors came up did i do something or what?
/info/en/?search=Sikorsky_S-76 Shashenka ( talk) 21:27, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
So I think I have made successful corrections to " Bpeace." When will the banner up top reflect this? Did I make appropriate fixes? Help is greatly appreciated!!! Kkl12489 ( talk) 18:22, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
You guys are fantastic!!! Thank you so much for your speedy help and very clear responses! Kkl12489 ( talk) 19:52, 18 June 2012 (UTC) Kathryn
For example for vehicles fording depth or for planes and helicopters gross weight just examples but how do you add another line for those things to a table? Shashenka ( talk) 17:28, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Is there any way to check on the progress of a wiki submission? It looks like approval can be a slow process, but since it is my first article, I am a little excited, and want to follow it as it moves up the queue (from its starting point at 814th in line... !) BThomascall ( talk) 17:07, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, There is a quote in an article I've been WikiGnoming that seems to have no reference whatsoever on the internet. It is also a Latin quote with no translation mentioned. Another user believes that it should remain in its current state, until someone fixes it. I think that it should be removed, rather than potentially display false information. What would be the best approach? Silvrous ( talk) 16:24, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
pleeeease help me. its for my science project. WHICH TREE SPECIES ARE DISCOVERED RECENTLY?? Asheequa ( talk) 14:51, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
I've been trying to upload this article a few times but have been unsuccessful. Can you edit this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Good_Neighboring_Campaign so that it can be approved. I've been receiving comments about how the article is not in a formal, neutral tone and uses peacock terms. So, any assistant is gladly accepted! Thank you!
Joshualee38 ( talk) 14:48, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
The_Unsung_Heroes_(Band) could someone review this article and help save from deletion, feel free to remove Parts and edit to help improve chance of article being kept Hollyroouk ( talk) 12:45, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi there,
I wish to write about a subject that interests me - Gandha - it is the ancient practice of using fragranced products as part of hindu ritual. I have lots of information about it as a yoga scholar.
The problem is that there is a new (great!) Indian film called Gandha - and they have taken up all the space for Gandha - should i edit - or create a new page with the same name?
Thanks, Sinead JaneMacC ( talk) 09:55, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! Will give that a go. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JaneMacC ( talk • contribs) 05:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
How do you add coordinates to a page? For example, University of California, Davis has the coordinates (latitude, longitude, etc.) included in its infobox and when clicked it mentions something about geohacks. I would like to know how to use a program like this to add coordinates to a given page. Thank you. TylerDurden8823 ( talk) 08:37, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Why is it called "the Bureaucracy?" That word has some pretty strong negative connotations. Is it a matter of reclaiming the word so that the way it is generally used changes? Guyovski ( talk) 06:17, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
and a Bureaucracy is"a member of a bureaucracy and can comprise the administration of any organization of any size"
. benzband ( talk) 18:45, 18 June 2012 (UTC)"an organization of non-elected officials of a government or organization who implements the rules, laws, and functions of their institution"
There are a rather large number of titles associated with various Wikipedia functions. The Highest Lever is Founder. The lowest level is a Global Blocked User who is in addition blocked from account creation, editing their own talk page, or e-mailing other users.
One of those titles is "Bureaucrat", but it should be noted that the very first thing on the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats page is "For the "Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy" policy, see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy.
A list of Wikipedia titles involving special access is at Wikipedia:User access levels.
A partial list of Wikimedia (not Wikipedia) titles involving special access is at Wikimedia Special Global Permissions. There are titles not listed there, such as Developers.
There are titles such as "arbcom member" ( Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee) and "medcom member" ( Wikipedia:Mediation Committee) that involve careful selection, others ( Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal) with less formal selection, and others ( Third Opinion, the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard, or Wikiquette Assistance) where pretty much anyone is welcome to volunteer to help out.
In addition, there are informal titles listed at Wikipedia:Service awards.
A user can have multiple titles, for example, I am an Autoconfirmed user, a Reviewer, a Rollbacker, a Volunteer Clerk/Mediator at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard (Not to be confused with Medcom Mediator or Wikimedia clerk), an Editor / Grognard Mirabilaire], and technically I am a MediaWiki_hacker, but I only make changes on a local corporate Wiki, not a Wikimedia Wiki. -- Guy Macon ( talk)
How to report link spamming on pages Indonesia on Wikipedia (in history there are many link spammer)? Thanks. Dede2008 ( talk) 03:35, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I wrote my first article, probably really a stub. I put it in my sandbox, worked out all the bugs, and hit 'save.' So far, so good.
But it isn't an article yet, right? It seems to just be my sandbox. The title of the page seems to be "User:BThomascall/sandbox" instead of what I am writing about, the Wopmay orogen.
So my question is probably "How do I create a title that will actually appear?"
BThomascall ( talk) 18:18, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
One more question, please. Is there any way to check on the progress of a wiki submission? It looks like approval can be a slow process, but since it is my first article, I am a little excited, and want to follow it as it moves up the queue (from its starting point at 814th in line... !) BThomascall ( talk) 09:46, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello there. I recently created an article for an emerging composer, Isobel Waller-Bridge but it has been quickly nominated for deletion. One comment was that she has not worked much, but only done short films, when there is evidence on the internet that she has worked in theatre, film (as an arranger) and radio, and has had commissions from orchestras and ensembles. I created the page because i think she is an interesting artist. What's more, i feel guilty now that i've created this page about her and now there are these deletion nominations and proposals which she has nothing to do with! I read that the deletion proposals would be resolved within a week, but it has been at least one month now? I think the person/article is valid, particularly as there are a lot of people out there who have achieved much less and are present on wikipedia! I am grateful for 'Trevj' who has sourced more information about this artist, and i will happily keep updating the page when its appropriate. Any advice is welcome. Many thanks Noeline1984 ( talk) 15:24, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I submitted a page that had copyright infringement and the author of part of the infringement agreed to donate the content with the Creative Commons License. Now the rewritten article is in talk:Heart Pine and I don't know how to resubmit it or if I shouls have it approved somewhere else first, sorry totally new here Springmata ( talk) 01:52, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I did rewrite it and added that note on the heart pine page, but no one has responded, should I just go ahead and edit heart pine with the new content I wrote? Thanks Springmata ( talk) 13:15, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I find this Reflinks very difficult to understand but I am determined to try.
As a start, would someone please tell me how to add the Reflinks tool to mt Toolbox menu?
Much appreciated.
sofiabrampton user:Sofiabrampton ````
// Add [[WP:Reflinks]] launcher in the toolbox on left
addOnloadHook(function () {
addPortletLink(
"p-tb", // toolbox portlet
"http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/webreflinks.py/" + wgPageName
+ "?client=script&citeweb=on&overwrite=&limit=20&lang=" + wgContentLanguage,
"Reflinks" // link label
)});
I am active in codependents anonymous and I noticed about six months ago that the article on the group was terrible. It hardly talked about the group at all. So I composed a new article and posted it and it is still there. But I don't know how to do things the wiki way (it took me half an hour to find this place to ask this question!).
Now there are notices on the article requesting revision to wikipedia standards. I do not intend to do other work on wikipedia in the near future so i would rather not spend several days to learn how to bring the article up to wikipedia standards. I think all the needed content is there in MLA style, I believe, but that does not meet your standards, I understand.
Is there someone who can help get this article into shape?
Thank you for your attention. I too work as a volunteer keeping our organization running and would like to focus on that work.
Sincerely,
John Rose 174.60.152.81 ( talk) 00:46, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Ryan, how could you go back to an article that does not address the subject of the article? And the reference to the "38 item scale" is just plain wrong as is the reference to a definition of codependency. This organization is careful to maintain a distance from professional tools such as definitions and assessment scales, so to restore that information is simply misleading to any readers. I state in my version that CoDA does not define codependency and I cite documentation to that effect. I fail to see your reason for accusing what I offer as biased. Everything comes from their literature except for personal observations clearly identified. Like 12 step groups generally, (except AA because of its size) there is simply very little independent documentation on CoDA. I know, I searched the web extensively and have the only book ever written on it, some 20 years ago. I came across a wikipedia principle that provides for personal experience when other sources are unavailable. Your action is contrary to the wikipedia goal of accurate information on the face of it. Have you read both articles? John Rose 174.60.152.81 ( talk) 02:03, 20 June 2012 (UTC)