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Hello, a user claimed that I vandalize a page (I just put sourced content) and that I put nonsense to Wikipedia. He wrote these claims on my talkpage with an unsigned message. How can I protect my rights or try to take step against this user? Thanks, Egeymi ( talk) 20:13, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello.
I am not new here, and have been editing since mid-2008. However, my recent submission at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Find and replace was declined as a how-to manual by the reviewer, although, (s)he did state that it was a good topic. I'd been invited here by the reviewer. I would greatly appreciate assistance in rewriting the article to become more encyclopedic. I do have reliable sources, and at least I've accomplished that. Help would be greatly appreciated. 69.155.143.207 ( talk) 20:04, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
How can I change the contents/ formatting of my signature? Mrmagikpants ( talk) 18:35, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
is there someone on line who can help me to get a barometer up&running????? living in Corby northants. uk. 86.1.123.119 ( talk) 16:53, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
how do i edit a page? Becca. ( talk) 16:11, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
I always see the "rowspan" and "colspan" used on tables and that's to make one box in the same row/column with 2 boxes and so on. I tried it on my own but it didn't work, so can someone explain the codes and format to me about the format/codes? thanks Koopatrev ( talk) 12:10, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
{| class="wikitable" |- <!-- The |- (pipe hyphen) combination defines a new row --> ! Column 1 title !! Column 2 title !! Column 3 title <!-- The ! rather than | automatically bolds and centres the text --> |- | Row 1, Column 1 content <!-- These 3 lines define content for each cell in row 1. Each cell separated by | --> | Row 1, Column 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content |- | Row 2, Column 1 content | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |- | Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |} <!-- The |} (pipe bracket) code closes the table -->
Column 1 title | Column 2 title | Column 3 title |
---|---|---|
Row 1, Column 1 content | Row 1, Column 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content |
Row 2, Column 1 content | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |
Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |
rowspan
and colspan
to make certain cells occupy more than one row or column then the trick is to remember that when you come to define a cell that has already been occupied it doesn't need defining. I've drawn tables on paper before now and shaded cells in as I code them to remind me which cells I have already defined.{| class="wikitable" |- ! Column 1 title !! Column 2 title !! Column 3 title |- | rowspan="2" |Rows 1 & 2, Column 1 content <!--rowspan says how many rows for the cell to occupy. Use | (pipe) to separate instructions from content--> | Row 1, Column 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content |- | Row 2, Column 2 content <!--Row 2, Column 1 has already been defined so is ignored when the rest of row 2 is defined --> | Row 2, Column 3 content |- | Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |}
Column 1 title | Column 2 title | Column 3 title |
---|---|---|
Rows 1 & 2, Column 1 content | Row 1, Column 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content |
Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content | |
Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Column 1 title !! Column 2 title !! Column 3 title |- | colspan="2" |Row 1, Columns 1 & 2 content <!--colspan says how many columns for the cell to occupy. Use | (pipe) to separate instructions from content--> | Row 1, Column 3 content <!--Row 1, Column 2 has already been defined so is ignored when the rest of row 1 is defined --> |- | Row 2, Column 1 content | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |- | Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |}
Column 1 title | Column 2 title | Column 3 title |
---|---|---|
Row 1, Columns 1 & 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content | |
Row 1, Column 1 content | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |
Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Column 1 title !! Column 2 title !! Column 3 title |- | rowspan="2" | Rows 1 & 2, Column 1 content | colspan="2" | Row 1, Columns 2 & 3 content |- | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |- | Row 3, Column 1 content | rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Rows 3 & 4, Columns 2 & 3 content |- | Row 4, Column 1 content |- | colspan="3" | Row 5, Columns 1, 2 & 3 content |}
Column 1 title | Column 2 title | Column 3 title |
---|---|---|
Rows 1 & 2, Column 1 content | Row 1, Columns 2 & 3 content | |
Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content | |
Row 3, Column 1 content | Rows 3 & 4, Columns 2 & 3 content | |
Row 4, Column 1 content | ||
Row 5, Columns 1, 2 & 3 content |
Hi ... can any moderator or advance user can tell me how to deactivate my account in wikipedia. Prosen 2s ( talk) 06:03, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
[[User:whatevername]]
has never been created. It doesn't mean that the user has retired or such like just that the page for their use has not been created.
NtheP (
talk)
14:52, 24 June 2012 (UTC)Hi :) I think the English description of the photography of the Branchiostoma lanceolatum specimen must be improved, but I cannot find how. Mainly I think the word coarse is a better option than course, but I'm not a native English speaker. What do you think about? Thanks! EnekoGotzon ( talk)
Hello, I created "Rudy Buttignol". I contacted RB's office about a picture to add and it has been put onto:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudy_Buttignol_-_President_%26_CEO_Knowledge_Network.jpg
Would someone please help me with the next steps to get it up? I have read the instructions available on Wikipedia and am having trouble understanding what to do.
Much appreciated, Sofiabrampton ( talk) 18:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
| image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] -->
. Delete the bit inside <!-- --> including the arrows and insert Rudy Buttignol - President & CEO Knowledge Network.jpg
- this is the file name on commons less the File:
bit so I copy and paste from the commons page into the infobox, (this is one of the downsides to "meaningful" file names getting them right when you re-use them can be a pain, that's why I copy and paste).
NtheP (
talk)
18:37, 25 June 2012 (UTC)Hi ItsZippy Thanks for the instruction and they are perfect. I just added the picture. However, there is "[[File:|frameless|alt=]] above the picture on RB's page. I went into "edit" again to remove it, but couldn't find the code there. Thanks again, Sofiabrampton ( talk) 18:44, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks also to Nthep. I just went in again and someone has fixed it for me. Was that you Fuh...? I'm so grateful! Sofiabrampton ( talk) 18:52, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
I should have specified where i wanted to put the image. But now I have larned that here are 2 different ways: one for inside the info box and another for outside. Thanks also to you, Fuhghettaboutit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sofiabrampton ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I find some subjects have longer articles in a specific language. Where could I find help in obtaining the translation of articles written in languages I have not learned to read? I can only read Dutch, Frisian, English, German and French. 83.82.233.143 ( talk) 07:40, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, May I have a hot cup of Russian Caravan with milk and no sugar and, um... one of those small vanilla meringues? Pop it on my tab? And, while I'm here, I'm having trouble with this page. BalbinoFelipe reverted the copy edit I did back to a poor translation. I've left Balb a message on his talk page, but so far to no avail. I don't get it. Suggestions? Ta, Myrtle. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 00:55, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Will do-thanks. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 08:25, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Is there a forum (or whatever) for discussing problems particular to multilingual issues?
My immediate problem is not understanding the relationship between user(names) on different wikipedias. I'm "Imaginatorium" in English and 想像館 in Jaoanese, but when I write on ja.wikipedia my 'settings' page says:
Username: Imaginatorium ... Existing signature: 想像館(会話)
And says that the "User page" for 想像館 doesn't exist. I can create a different user page in Japanese of course, but I'm not clear how the 'signature' user can be different from the 'username' user...?
Is there a standard way to handle this?
Imaginatorium ( talk) 08:30, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Imaginatorium ( talk) 11:40, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm curious, given the 90 million or so speakers of Tagalog in the world, why there are still no articles in Tagalog? 72.95.98.98 ( talk) 14:59, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I have been working on the Democratic Education entry, which, as something of an expert in the subject, I find unbalanced and inadequate. (I notice it gets poor grades in the general criticism at the top of the entry) I have already posted a new version of the introductory section, which has not been commented on, perhaps because no one has noticed. I have now produced a completely rewritten version of the history section, which I have left in the talk page for Democratic Education. I would like to feel it has some sort of general approval before just erasing the old history section and replacing it with my own version. I am a newcomer to wikipedia and feel cautious about making large alterations, but there is more that I would like to delete as irrelevant, and more that I would like to add. Elbbirg ( talk) 08:37, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I have written an article on Medindia, a medical forum of India, long time back. When submitted for review first time it was rejected saying it looks like advertisement. second time I edited it and resubmitted. again it was rejected with a different reason saying references is not genuine. Again i have submitted it with proper references last week and havent got any response till now. please help me in this. Article link is Articles_for_creation/Medindia
thanks Ankit 05:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankit0012 ( talk • contribs)
I'm disappointed that my recent edits to Brave (2012 film) have been undone, the second time by a reviewer (McDoobAU93) who clearly has links to Disney. Having read the wikipedia article on notability, I believe my addition of information on a fan film qualify as such. How do such "disputes" get resolved?
Thanks Drehf ( talk) 03:40, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
There are some other things problematic about the edit. First, it includes editorializing, which doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. I refer to the statement therein that "It is a very funny spoof..." Second, we don't normally include user-generated material, which the video appears to be. Finally, even if in our editorial judgment it worked in the context of the article, I don't think it is possible to verify this material through an independent, reliable source.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 04:41, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question. Isn't significance in the eye of the beholder? Rather than literally removing my edit within a minute of my posting it, I would think that giving it some time would allow a wider group of readers to determine significance. I would understand immediately deleting it if it were offensive or such, but it isn't. Over 1000 people have watched it and found it funny.
I wasn't accusing McDoob of bias per se. I was noting from his own user page the following: "This user is a cast member of the Walt Disney World task force of the Amusement Parks Project." Thanks again, Drehf ( talk) 04:49, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
One additional question: Your comment about "user generated content" seems surprising to me. Are you suggesting that only videos made by major studios are worthy of inclusion on wikipedia? Wouldn't that rule out indie films, not to mention shorts of many kinds? Thanks, Drehf ( talk) 05:02, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
hi,i need to know how i get to see all of the 1110 portals,i can only see 158,any help?? from mike. Mike333666777 ( talk) 08:33, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Click on "►" below to display subcategories: |
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I would like to submit a photo.
Procedure?
B. Warrer
Nanchang1 (
talk)
02:16, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Besides common sense, are there any guidelines for linking a word to a Wikipedia page? For example, in the part of a sentence: "an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean", "island country", "archipelago", and "Indian Ocean" are linked to the relevant article. Some could dispute whether "archipelago" needs further explanation, since it seems like a commonly understood word. However, maybe you get a list of less frequent words that includes "archipelago", and hence the linking. ListCheck ( talk) 19:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
I have been editing at Conover, North Carolina a bit lately. The article was basically well written, but had reference problems and a big non encyclopedic section on shopping. I referenced what I could, took down a "cut and paste" copyvio section on history till I could rewrite it and redacted the shopping center section, which has since been put back and redacted again. Today I get the following message at my talkpage:
I ran a WHOIS on the IP and it is registered to the local county government. Most of the references on the article came from the cities website. What to do, please? Gtwfan52 ( talk) 17:31, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I have seen remarks made about another editor on a Wikipedia criticism site by a Wikipedia editor. These remarks appear to be personal and rude. Is there any mechanism for bringing this to the attention of an appropriate department here?
NewtonGeek NewtonGeek ( talk) 16:54, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, wonder if someone can give me some guidance? I have updated this page Muratti and as you can see have added all the results of the mathces over the years. It makes the page very long and I was wondering if there was an easy way of spliting that part of the text into two colums to make better use of the space? thanks in advance. ( Darrylgsy ( talk) 12:45, 28 June 2012 (UTC))
Thanks for that, I agree that does not work as well as I had hoped.. Will see what solution you can drum up. Thanks for the quick reply. ( Darrylgsy ( talk) 13:18, 28 June 2012 (UTC))
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I edited Enterprise reconciliation software yesterday to clean up the text and add a fourth example to the three that have been in the text for some time. This morning I discovered another editor had deleted all four examples. Those examples pretty much cover all of the commercial offerings in this category. So it's no different in my mind to the examples of word processing software in that article (both in the text and a table at end), or the list of mobile phone providers that shows up in articles associated with that.
I've re-edited the page to list the examples with their external links at the bottom, rather than mid-text as it was. Certainly this is within general Wikipedia practice, as the word processor and mobile provider articles demonstrate. What do I do if the editor who doesn't like examples for this page comes back and removes them again? Obviously this article can be better written, and I'm working on getting more information to flesh it out. But when the category of software it discusses is populated in full by four commercial examples, it seems pertinent and important to mention them and link to them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhitBlauvelt ( talk • contribs) 14:07, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Looking further, I see that such links to product pages are not considered kosher (even though the three such links previously on that page had been there for a long time). Okay, so given a page that's trying to objectively cover a category of software which is best understood with examples, where the examples are of limited number, and where there's not a lot of secondary literature on the Web to link to to substantiate them, what's the best way to handle this that's squarely within guidelines? I was trying to improve the page by making the list of examples complete, adding the fourth that's well-known in the market. Yet all these links are to pages whose obvious primary function is to promote the products — even though these pages are about the only places to find available descriptions of the products. Should the products be named without links? Certainly the word processing article names all the prominent examples of word processing software, and isn't just a generic discussion. But removing the links, leaving it to the reader to use a search engine to find them ... well, is that the way to keep this within guidelines yet still provide the examples that are necessary to really make sense of this software category? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhitBlauvelt ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Since SineBot is signing my comments anyhow (as I assumed would happen in this context) why does it say it's an "unsigned" comment? It's a signed comment. The robot handled it. The human expected the robot to handle it. WhitBlauvelt ( talk) 20:36, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm in the process of looking for more sources. It's a thinly-covered topic even in the trade press. But basically, if you for instance trade financial assets (stocks, bonds, other instruments), there are records kept by you, the exchange, and the seller or buyer of the assets, as well as in some cases by a "custodian" who holds the assets for you or others. Whenever records are kept in more than one place, errors can occur causing them not to match. So reconciliation software compares the records from the various players to see if they match (often a complex task due to differences in record formats), and provides alerts when they don't. If alerted, the various parties can fix the discrepancies — can "reconcile" their accounts.
I'm not sure there's a good secondary source in print which explains it to even this degree of simplicity. And you don't want an original article. If the product pages are primary sources, and there are no decent secondary sources (still looking ... maybe they're just eluding me), should it simply not be covered here? Or can the product pages be referenced, and the write up a translation of their central concepts into standard English? By comparison, to discuss capabilities of Word Perfect, is it required to only discuss third-party publications, or can you cite the Word Perfect manual? Is that a (discouraged) "primary source" or (encouraged) "secondary source" in the Wikipedia context? Not sure how to count this one. WhitBlauvelt ( talk) 21:33, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Here is my article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_Development_Studio I don't see why this article would be less noteworthy than any other video game developer articles here on Wikipedia? Darakir ( talk) 12:47, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
I have a disagreement with Silver Seren about the lead paragraph of this article. I have tried to discuss the pros and cons of various approaches to the lead paragraph and why I edited it on the talk page with little helpful response. I don't mind what stays but I would be most grateful if that ever helpful person "someone" could check that my interpretation of the MOS guidelines is accurate so I won't be doing the wrong thing by others. Many thanks again, Myrtle. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 06:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Benzband, thankyou for your response. I appreciate it. I am learning that different editors will have different styles, syntax, priorities but the differences don't necessarily make one person right and another wrong. Even so, an immediate undo of something you might have spent quite a bit of time sorting out can weigh on a new editor's confidence. Myrtle. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 09:57, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
There is a Swedish article for Anna-Lisa Öst, and an English article for her, but this is not evident on the article page. How does one make it so that English/Swedish is shown on the side as another language the article is in? Sammie.anne. ( talk) 20:06, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I attempted to post an image for which I have the copyright. For some reason, Wikipedia does not want to keep this image posted. It suggested I replace the image with a picture I had taken myself - but this picture IS owned by me. Help clarifying this issue? Thanks! Abursey ( talk) 16:03, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
== Summary == {{Information |Description = Image of Ontario's Six Ombudsman, André Marin |Source = Own work |Date= 24 May 2012 |Author = [[User:Abursey]] |Permission = {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}} }}
How do I have a bot to archive my talk page ?How to set it up. Lankancats ( talk) 11:34, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
There is no well-researched source of US crisis hotlines for different localities on the Internet (that I can find). The local crisis line I volunteer for has a book of such lines, but it seems that it would be much more successfully maintained as a wiki resource. I'm inclined to add the list to Crisis hotline, but I don't want to run afoul of WP:NOTDIR. Thoughts?
Baumanj ( talk) 05:48, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
I am going to start WP:PUNTLAND. So I need your help. Question 1: Can a WikiProject about an unrecognized Country have a Coordinator?
Mir Almaat Ali Almaat ☏ From Trivandrum, Kerala, India(UTC+5:30) 05:16, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
democratic question? Mir Almaat Ali Almaat ☏ From Trivandrum, Kerala, India(UTC+5:30) 08:25, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Two editors have replaced 2012 cochrane with dated wrong info into the lead. Please advise. I also was contacted in my talk by a Wiki Foundation editor, but now that entry in my talk is gone. Please direct me to that Foundation editor. 32cllou ( talk) 05:11, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi 32cllou! You mentioned a message is now gone from your talk page that was there before. Apologies if you know this already and I've misunderstood, but: you can always look at the history of your talk page to view an earlier version and see all changes that people have made, just click on the "View History" tab at the top of your talk page (near the Edit button). Good luck in your discussions! Sbouterse (WMF) ( talk) 20:57, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
How do I relay events to the foundation as requested? 32cllou ( talk) 01:25, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Good afternoon,
I've made a number of attempts at editing my page in order to be approved (Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant), but still have not been successful. I've removed Wikipedia entries from the list of references in order to better meet the standards, and have cited some government documents about our organization, but there is not a lot of information published already to go on. I also viewed other related pages (i.e. Wisconsin Sea Grant) and attempted to provide as much or more information than those.
Any help and/or advice in terms of correcting the page would be highly appreciated.
Thank you in advance, Jason J brown99 ( talk) 21:19, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
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Archive 20 | ← | Archive 23 | Archive 24 | Archive 25 | Archive 26 | Archive 27 | → | Archive 30 |
Hello, a user claimed that I vandalize a page (I just put sourced content) and that I put nonsense to Wikipedia. He wrote these claims on my talkpage with an unsigned message. How can I protect my rights or try to take step against this user? Thanks, Egeymi ( talk) 20:13, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello.
I am not new here, and have been editing since mid-2008. However, my recent submission at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Find and replace was declined as a how-to manual by the reviewer, although, (s)he did state that it was a good topic. I'd been invited here by the reviewer. I would greatly appreciate assistance in rewriting the article to become more encyclopedic. I do have reliable sources, and at least I've accomplished that. Help would be greatly appreciated. 69.155.143.207 ( talk) 20:04, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
How can I change the contents/ formatting of my signature? Mrmagikpants ( talk) 18:35, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
is there someone on line who can help me to get a barometer up&running????? living in Corby northants. uk. 86.1.123.119 ( talk) 16:53, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
how do i edit a page? Becca. ( talk) 16:11, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
I always see the "rowspan" and "colspan" used on tables and that's to make one box in the same row/column with 2 boxes and so on. I tried it on my own but it didn't work, so can someone explain the codes and format to me about the format/codes? thanks Koopatrev ( talk) 12:10, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
{| class="wikitable" |- <!-- The |- (pipe hyphen) combination defines a new row --> ! Column 1 title !! Column 2 title !! Column 3 title <!-- The ! rather than | automatically bolds and centres the text --> |- | Row 1, Column 1 content <!-- These 3 lines define content for each cell in row 1. Each cell separated by | --> | Row 1, Column 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content |- | Row 2, Column 1 content | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |- | Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |} <!-- The |} (pipe bracket) code closes the table -->
Column 1 title | Column 2 title | Column 3 title |
---|---|---|
Row 1, Column 1 content | Row 1, Column 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content |
Row 2, Column 1 content | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |
Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |
rowspan
and colspan
to make certain cells occupy more than one row or column then the trick is to remember that when you come to define a cell that has already been occupied it doesn't need defining. I've drawn tables on paper before now and shaded cells in as I code them to remind me which cells I have already defined.{| class="wikitable" |- ! Column 1 title !! Column 2 title !! Column 3 title |- | rowspan="2" |Rows 1 & 2, Column 1 content <!--rowspan says how many rows for the cell to occupy. Use | (pipe) to separate instructions from content--> | Row 1, Column 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content |- | Row 2, Column 2 content <!--Row 2, Column 1 has already been defined so is ignored when the rest of row 2 is defined --> | Row 2, Column 3 content |- | Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |}
Column 1 title | Column 2 title | Column 3 title |
---|---|---|
Rows 1 & 2, Column 1 content | Row 1, Column 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content |
Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content | |
Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Column 1 title !! Column 2 title !! Column 3 title |- | colspan="2" |Row 1, Columns 1 & 2 content <!--colspan says how many columns for the cell to occupy. Use | (pipe) to separate instructions from content--> | Row 1, Column 3 content <!--Row 1, Column 2 has already been defined so is ignored when the rest of row 1 is defined --> |- | Row 2, Column 1 content | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |- | Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |}
Column 1 title | Column 2 title | Column 3 title |
---|---|---|
Row 1, Columns 1 & 2 content | Row 1, Column 3 content | |
Row 1, Column 1 content | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |
Row 3, Column 1 content | Row 3, Column 2 content | Row 3, Column 3 content |
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Column 1 title !! Column 2 title !! Column 3 title |- | rowspan="2" | Rows 1 & 2, Column 1 content | colspan="2" | Row 1, Columns 2 & 3 content |- | Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content |- | Row 3, Column 1 content | rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Rows 3 & 4, Columns 2 & 3 content |- | Row 4, Column 1 content |- | colspan="3" | Row 5, Columns 1, 2 & 3 content |}
Column 1 title | Column 2 title | Column 3 title |
---|---|---|
Rows 1 & 2, Column 1 content | Row 1, Columns 2 & 3 content | |
Row 2, Column 2 content | Row 2, Column 3 content | |
Row 3, Column 1 content | Rows 3 & 4, Columns 2 & 3 content | |
Row 4, Column 1 content | ||
Row 5, Columns 1, 2 & 3 content |
Hi ... can any moderator or advance user can tell me how to deactivate my account in wikipedia. Prosen 2s ( talk) 06:03, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
[[User:whatevername]]
has never been created. It doesn't mean that the user has retired or such like just that the page for their use has not been created.
NtheP (
talk)
14:52, 24 June 2012 (UTC)Hi :) I think the English description of the photography of the Branchiostoma lanceolatum specimen must be improved, but I cannot find how. Mainly I think the word coarse is a better option than course, but I'm not a native English speaker. What do you think about? Thanks! EnekoGotzon ( talk)
Hello, I created "Rudy Buttignol". I contacted RB's office about a picture to add and it has been put onto:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudy_Buttignol_-_President_%26_CEO_Knowledge_Network.jpg
Would someone please help me with the next steps to get it up? I have read the instructions available on Wikipedia and am having trouble understanding what to do.
Much appreciated, Sofiabrampton ( talk) 18:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
| image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] -->
. Delete the bit inside <!-- --> including the arrows and insert Rudy Buttignol - President & CEO Knowledge Network.jpg
- this is the file name on commons less the File:
bit so I copy and paste from the commons page into the infobox, (this is one of the downsides to "meaningful" file names getting them right when you re-use them can be a pain, that's why I copy and paste).
NtheP (
talk)
18:37, 25 June 2012 (UTC)Hi ItsZippy Thanks for the instruction and they are perfect. I just added the picture. However, there is "[[File:|frameless|alt=]] above the picture on RB's page. I went into "edit" again to remove it, but couldn't find the code there. Thanks again, Sofiabrampton ( talk) 18:44, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks also to Nthep. I just went in again and someone has fixed it for me. Was that you Fuh...? I'm so grateful! Sofiabrampton ( talk) 18:52, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
I should have specified where i wanted to put the image. But now I have larned that here are 2 different ways: one for inside the info box and another for outside. Thanks also to you, Fuhghettaboutit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sofiabrampton ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I find some subjects have longer articles in a specific language. Where could I find help in obtaining the translation of articles written in languages I have not learned to read? I can only read Dutch, Frisian, English, German and French. 83.82.233.143 ( talk) 07:40, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, May I have a hot cup of Russian Caravan with milk and no sugar and, um... one of those small vanilla meringues? Pop it on my tab? And, while I'm here, I'm having trouble with this page. BalbinoFelipe reverted the copy edit I did back to a poor translation. I've left Balb a message on his talk page, but so far to no avail. I don't get it. Suggestions? Ta, Myrtle. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 00:55, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Will do-thanks. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 08:25, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Is there a forum (or whatever) for discussing problems particular to multilingual issues?
My immediate problem is not understanding the relationship between user(names) on different wikipedias. I'm "Imaginatorium" in English and 想像館 in Jaoanese, but when I write on ja.wikipedia my 'settings' page says:
Username: Imaginatorium ... Existing signature: 想像館(会話)
And says that the "User page" for 想像館 doesn't exist. I can create a different user page in Japanese of course, but I'm not clear how the 'signature' user can be different from the 'username' user...?
Is there a standard way to handle this?
Imaginatorium ( talk) 08:30, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Imaginatorium ( talk) 11:40, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm curious, given the 90 million or so speakers of Tagalog in the world, why there are still no articles in Tagalog? 72.95.98.98 ( talk) 14:59, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I have been working on the Democratic Education entry, which, as something of an expert in the subject, I find unbalanced and inadequate. (I notice it gets poor grades in the general criticism at the top of the entry) I have already posted a new version of the introductory section, which has not been commented on, perhaps because no one has noticed. I have now produced a completely rewritten version of the history section, which I have left in the talk page for Democratic Education. I would like to feel it has some sort of general approval before just erasing the old history section and replacing it with my own version. I am a newcomer to wikipedia and feel cautious about making large alterations, but there is more that I would like to delete as irrelevant, and more that I would like to add. Elbbirg ( talk) 08:37, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I have written an article on Medindia, a medical forum of India, long time back. When submitted for review first time it was rejected saying it looks like advertisement. second time I edited it and resubmitted. again it was rejected with a different reason saying references is not genuine. Again i have submitted it with proper references last week and havent got any response till now. please help me in this. Article link is Articles_for_creation/Medindia
thanks Ankit 05:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankit0012 ( talk • contribs)
I'm disappointed that my recent edits to Brave (2012 film) have been undone, the second time by a reviewer (McDoobAU93) who clearly has links to Disney. Having read the wikipedia article on notability, I believe my addition of information on a fan film qualify as such. How do such "disputes" get resolved?
Thanks Drehf ( talk) 03:40, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
There are some other things problematic about the edit. First, it includes editorializing, which doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. I refer to the statement therein that "It is a very funny spoof..." Second, we don't normally include user-generated material, which the video appears to be. Finally, even if in our editorial judgment it worked in the context of the article, I don't think it is possible to verify this material through an independent, reliable source.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 04:41, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question. Isn't significance in the eye of the beholder? Rather than literally removing my edit within a minute of my posting it, I would think that giving it some time would allow a wider group of readers to determine significance. I would understand immediately deleting it if it were offensive or such, but it isn't. Over 1000 people have watched it and found it funny.
I wasn't accusing McDoob of bias per se. I was noting from his own user page the following: "This user is a cast member of the Walt Disney World task force of the Amusement Parks Project." Thanks again, Drehf ( talk) 04:49, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
One additional question: Your comment about "user generated content" seems surprising to me. Are you suggesting that only videos made by major studios are worthy of inclusion on wikipedia? Wouldn't that rule out indie films, not to mention shorts of many kinds? Thanks, Drehf ( talk) 05:02, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
hi,i need to know how i get to see all of the 1110 portals,i can only see 158,any help?? from mike. Mike333666777 ( talk) 08:33, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
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Besides common sense, are there any guidelines for linking a word to a Wikipedia page? For example, in the part of a sentence: "an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean", "island country", "archipelago", and "Indian Ocean" are linked to the relevant article. Some could dispute whether "archipelago" needs further explanation, since it seems like a commonly understood word. However, maybe you get a list of less frequent words that includes "archipelago", and hence the linking. ListCheck ( talk) 19:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
I have been editing at Conover, North Carolina a bit lately. The article was basically well written, but had reference problems and a big non encyclopedic section on shopping. I referenced what I could, took down a "cut and paste" copyvio section on history till I could rewrite it and redacted the shopping center section, which has since been put back and redacted again. Today I get the following message at my talkpage:
I ran a WHOIS on the IP and it is registered to the local county government. Most of the references on the article came from the cities website. What to do, please? Gtwfan52 ( talk) 17:31, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I have seen remarks made about another editor on a Wikipedia criticism site by a Wikipedia editor. These remarks appear to be personal and rude. Is there any mechanism for bringing this to the attention of an appropriate department here?
NewtonGeek NewtonGeek ( talk) 16:54, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, wonder if someone can give me some guidance? I have updated this page Muratti and as you can see have added all the results of the mathces over the years. It makes the page very long and I was wondering if there was an easy way of spliting that part of the text into two colums to make better use of the space? thanks in advance. ( Darrylgsy ( talk) 12:45, 28 June 2012 (UTC))
Thanks for that, I agree that does not work as well as I had hoped.. Will see what solution you can drum up. Thanks for the quick reply. ( Darrylgsy ( talk) 13:18, 28 June 2012 (UTC))
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I edited Enterprise reconciliation software yesterday to clean up the text and add a fourth example to the three that have been in the text for some time. This morning I discovered another editor had deleted all four examples. Those examples pretty much cover all of the commercial offerings in this category. So it's no different in my mind to the examples of word processing software in that article (both in the text and a table at end), or the list of mobile phone providers that shows up in articles associated with that.
I've re-edited the page to list the examples with their external links at the bottom, rather than mid-text as it was. Certainly this is within general Wikipedia practice, as the word processor and mobile provider articles demonstrate. What do I do if the editor who doesn't like examples for this page comes back and removes them again? Obviously this article can be better written, and I'm working on getting more information to flesh it out. But when the category of software it discusses is populated in full by four commercial examples, it seems pertinent and important to mention them and link to them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhitBlauvelt ( talk • contribs) 14:07, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Looking further, I see that such links to product pages are not considered kosher (even though the three such links previously on that page had been there for a long time). Okay, so given a page that's trying to objectively cover a category of software which is best understood with examples, where the examples are of limited number, and where there's not a lot of secondary literature on the Web to link to to substantiate them, what's the best way to handle this that's squarely within guidelines? I was trying to improve the page by making the list of examples complete, adding the fourth that's well-known in the market. Yet all these links are to pages whose obvious primary function is to promote the products — even though these pages are about the only places to find available descriptions of the products. Should the products be named without links? Certainly the word processing article names all the prominent examples of word processing software, and isn't just a generic discussion. But removing the links, leaving it to the reader to use a search engine to find them ... well, is that the way to keep this within guidelines yet still provide the examples that are necessary to really make sense of this software category? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhitBlauvelt ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Since SineBot is signing my comments anyhow (as I assumed would happen in this context) why does it say it's an "unsigned" comment? It's a signed comment. The robot handled it. The human expected the robot to handle it. WhitBlauvelt ( talk) 20:36, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm in the process of looking for more sources. It's a thinly-covered topic even in the trade press. But basically, if you for instance trade financial assets (stocks, bonds, other instruments), there are records kept by you, the exchange, and the seller or buyer of the assets, as well as in some cases by a "custodian" who holds the assets for you or others. Whenever records are kept in more than one place, errors can occur causing them not to match. So reconciliation software compares the records from the various players to see if they match (often a complex task due to differences in record formats), and provides alerts when they don't. If alerted, the various parties can fix the discrepancies — can "reconcile" their accounts.
I'm not sure there's a good secondary source in print which explains it to even this degree of simplicity. And you don't want an original article. If the product pages are primary sources, and there are no decent secondary sources (still looking ... maybe they're just eluding me), should it simply not be covered here? Or can the product pages be referenced, and the write up a translation of their central concepts into standard English? By comparison, to discuss capabilities of Word Perfect, is it required to only discuss third-party publications, or can you cite the Word Perfect manual? Is that a (discouraged) "primary source" or (encouraged) "secondary source" in the Wikipedia context? Not sure how to count this one. WhitBlauvelt ( talk) 21:33, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Here is my article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_Development_Studio I don't see why this article would be less noteworthy than any other video game developer articles here on Wikipedia? Darakir ( talk) 12:47, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
I have a disagreement with Silver Seren about the lead paragraph of this article. I have tried to discuss the pros and cons of various approaches to the lead paragraph and why I edited it on the talk page with little helpful response. I don't mind what stays but I would be most grateful if that ever helpful person "someone" could check that my interpretation of the MOS guidelines is accurate so I won't be doing the wrong thing by others. Many thanks again, Myrtle. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 06:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Benzband, thankyou for your response. I appreciate it. I am learning that different editors will have different styles, syntax, priorities but the differences don't necessarily make one person right and another wrong. Even so, an immediate undo of something you might have spent quite a bit of time sorting out can weigh on a new editor's confidence. Myrtle. Myrtlegroggins ( talk) 09:57, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
There is a Swedish article for Anna-Lisa Öst, and an English article for her, but this is not evident on the article page. How does one make it so that English/Swedish is shown on the side as another language the article is in? Sammie.anne. ( talk) 20:06, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I attempted to post an image for which I have the copyright. For some reason, Wikipedia does not want to keep this image posted. It suggested I replace the image with a picture I had taken myself - but this picture IS owned by me. Help clarifying this issue? Thanks! Abursey ( talk) 16:03, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
== Summary == {{Information |Description = Image of Ontario's Six Ombudsman, André Marin |Source = Own work |Date= 24 May 2012 |Author = [[User:Abursey]] |Permission = {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}} }}
How do I have a bot to archive my talk page ?How to set it up. Lankancats ( talk) 11:34, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
There is no well-researched source of US crisis hotlines for different localities on the Internet (that I can find). The local crisis line I volunteer for has a book of such lines, but it seems that it would be much more successfully maintained as a wiki resource. I'm inclined to add the list to Crisis hotline, but I don't want to run afoul of WP:NOTDIR. Thoughts?
Baumanj ( talk) 05:48, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
I am going to start WP:PUNTLAND. So I need your help. Question 1: Can a WikiProject about an unrecognized Country have a Coordinator?
Mir Almaat Ali Almaat ☏ From Trivandrum, Kerala, India(UTC+5:30) 05:16, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
democratic question? Mir Almaat Ali Almaat ☏ From Trivandrum, Kerala, India(UTC+5:30) 08:25, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Two editors have replaced 2012 cochrane with dated wrong info into the lead. Please advise. I also was contacted in my talk by a Wiki Foundation editor, but now that entry in my talk is gone. Please direct me to that Foundation editor. 32cllou ( talk) 05:11, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi 32cllou! You mentioned a message is now gone from your talk page that was there before. Apologies if you know this already and I've misunderstood, but: you can always look at the history of your talk page to view an earlier version and see all changes that people have made, just click on the "View History" tab at the top of your talk page (near the Edit button). Good luck in your discussions! Sbouterse (WMF) ( talk) 20:57, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
How do I relay events to the foundation as requested? 32cllou ( talk) 01:25, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Good afternoon,
I've made a number of attempts at editing my page in order to be approved (Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant), but still have not been successful. I've removed Wikipedia entries from the list of references in order to better meet the standards, and have cited some government documents about our organization, but there is not a lot of information published already to go on. I also viewed other related pages (i.e. Wisconsin Sea Grant) and attempted to provide as much or more information than those.
Any help and/or advice in terms of correcting the page would be highly appreciated.
Thank you in advance, Jason J brown99 ( talk) 21:19, 28 June 2012 (UTC)