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May 7

accurasy

I was tempararily disqualified from the military for some past issuse I had. I was researching the prire claims to check their validity. Is the information here accuret enough to say if I was misdiognosed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.220.96.212 (talk) 01:47, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not. If we're talking about a medical diagnosis, then certainly not. Seek advice from a medical professional. caknuck _° needs to be running more often 02:04, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"They did it in another article so I can do it here"

What is the link to that policy page? Thanks Mjpresson (talk) 03:08, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You might be thinking of WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Dismas|^(talk) 03:15, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why do we have to use geek formatting to enter articles?

Why can't entering be easier, like a word processor article, rather than all the formatting we have to learn. I'd like to enter articles, but make it so complicated for the common man. Seems elitist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manncer (talk • contribs) 05:45, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The main reason that a markup language is used is because writing a WYSIWYG editor for use on the internet isn't that easy, especially when you want very complex behavior to be possible. So no one has designed a particularly good alternative to the syntax currently used. Secondly, many people are used to it now - and getting them all to change could be difficult. However, the new layout of Wikipedia (coming May 28 I believe), which you can test by clicking the Try Beta link on the top of the page, has a more familiar toolbar interface you might find helpful. Prodego ^talk 05:49, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New (dated) Article not in Search-box - Old Article undated

I’ve recently written an Article: Kingdom of Great Britain 1603-1714, which is not appearing in the “Search-box.” Also, there is an existing Article: Kingdom of Great Britain, (undated – which should state 1714-1801), which automatically appears in the “Search-box.” May I request that the New article be listed in the search-box, also, that the Old article “title” is now dated, to avoid confusion? Regards Stephen2nd (talk) 10:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New articles are not always immediately added to searches. It is normal that it takes a day or two for the search index to be updated. Please see Help:Searching#Delay in updating the search index for more information about this. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:14, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Notability tag for a specific person in a list of names?

The only notability tag I could find applies to an article as a whole. If there is a listing of people, and I feel that one of the people listed is not notable enough to be listed, how should I tag something like that? Thanks. Error9900 (talk) 14:11, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's generally accepted that people should have pre-existing articles that establish notability, so it's okay to go ahead and remove them. However, there are always exceptions to this, because a redlinked entry in a list isn't necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes it's an indication that an article needs to be created on the subject, especially if there's a valid citation from a reliable source that confirms some notability. Regardless, it's always a good idea to bring it up the article's talk page, if there's any chance of it being controversial. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just realized that I never answered your question. You can use {{List fact}} (which also has links to tags for other good situations and examples) next to an entry if you wish to tag something questioning it's inclusion on a list. You can also warn a user who adds a dubious redlinked entry with {{Uw-badlistentry}}. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:37, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In general, it is perfectly acceptable to list a person in an article, including a list article, even though the person does not meet Wikipedia notability guidelines for an article about the person. Whether the person is relevant enough to the article to be mentioned is a topic for the article's talk page. Jc3s5h (talk) 15:10, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Toyoto Yaris Interior on Door Handle and the plastic panel on A/C flip , Radio, or A/C control buttons

Dear Sir,

I am really very surprised, to see in the news, that Toyota is planing to sale 3.5 million cars in china. I have been the lover of Toyota since 1977, since I have been driving the Car, and so far I have been very much satisfied with the sales and services. I stayed in Dubai for 28 years and the service over there has been excellent by Al Futtim, I stayed in Oman for 8 Years and the service was the best ever i have experience from Suhail Saud Bahavn's. I am not staying in China since 2002, so far had a good satisfaction with Honda for few years, but than shifted myself to Toyota Camry I am really very much satisfied with the services they have been providing by their Branches in Paujiang Keqiao Shaoxing, zhejiang. I dont know something make me feel to buy Toyota Yaris, I had seen this car at Dubai, and booked one car here, when received the car after 3 months I was really very much disappointed with the quality they have used for the interior or plastic pars on Door Handles Light Grey Color, it looks so cheap, seems the chinese cars are using the better quality than this, hope toyota management should look into this matter urgently, and try to keep their image, still the car is in showroom since last month, whereas I have paid all the money to them, dont feel like taking the delivery. Now not only this, the inside panel in front in center where there is Switches for A/C control or there is Audio System and there is A/c Air flow, if you will check carefully, it is sliver all over but it is having the white milky plastic flips for air flow of A/C, it looks very cheap,

May I suggest and request to the management of Toyota China, Please try to change this parts immediately and try to use the better quality, no matter if you charge little bit higher to your customers, but, please try to keep the good image of toyota, already the image has been bad since last few months and people have lost the confidence on toyota in china, and lot of stocks are with dealers here.

Thanks & Best Regards Narendra Bhambwani —Preceding unsigned comment added by Narudubai (talk • contribs) 15:16, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our roughly three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. TN X Man 15:27, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You were THE lover of toyota? Nice!

Robert Simon Telfer Scott DSM and HMS Havelock

Hi

I was wondering if you could help me please.

My late uncle served in the Royal Navy for over 23years and in the last world war was in Norway on HMS Havelock which was a destroyer and he was given the DSM Medal which he got at Buckingham Palace from the then King on the 13th March 1940. He was at that time a leading seaman on that ship and was given the Medal for somthing that occured in Norway in 1940.

The problem is none of the familt that are left no how or why he got that medal as he never spoke about the war . ai have sat here for hours trying different things to find out to noevail.

Can you help me please or at least point me in the right direction .

I have tel the Navel sec andi cannot beleive what he said which is as follows the records or citation were at Kew but have now been destroyed,why they should do that without copying them onto micro is beyond beleive.

I DO HOPE YOU CAN HELP AS I HAVE RUN OUT OF IDEARS.

He was born on the 3rd Dec 1910 and died on the 15th March 1991.

I have the full history of the ship he was on but nothing about him. I also was able to get the entry in the London Gasette but it does not say what the medal was for. His Navel no was p/jx 130249.

Thank you,

Dallas woods Mr. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.67.84.209 (talk) 15:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page is really for asking for help with Wikipedia, but I understand your frustration - I have been researching my own family's history recently. You will probably get a more helpful response at the Miscellaneous section of the Reference Desk or (though it's a little out-of-scope) at the talk page of the Military History Project. If you don't have any success there, please contact me by e-mail and I will see what else I can figure out. – ukexpat (talk) 16:13, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am copying this query to my talk page (here) - I'll see if I can find some information on this next week when I am at home (rather than at my girlfriend') and have access to my various books and links to the websites I use! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 12:51, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

I am currently working on the page, Sam Gyimah using http://www.samgyimah.com/about/about-sam as a source. If I want to write the sentence, "Sam Gyimah (born 10 April 1976) is a British Conservative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Surrey East since 2010" must I use an inline citation for the date of birth here and in the infobox or will one do? --Qu e ntin Smith 16:16, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Once is OK (usually in the body of the article), but if you do want to use the same ref multiple times, please see WP:NAMEDREFS for guidance. Also note that although he may have won the constituency election yesterday, he will not formally be an MP until sworn in at the opening of the next Parliament. – ukexpat (talk) 16:19, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HOT TO LOOK FOR AN ANSWER

I recently posted a question. I want to know if it has been answered. What should I do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.77.202.204 (talk) 18:22, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

At the top of this page, there is a place where you can search the help desk archives. If you remember your question, you can type in some of the words from it in the search bar and see if it has been answered. TN X Man 18:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This only works if you posted it here at the help desk. There are no other posts by the IP address 200.77.202.204 so we cannot say where you posted or what it was about. Questions are stored where they were asked and answers are given in the same section. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:56, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Troubling inserting logo into article

Hello, I cannot seem to get our company logo inserted into an article that I compiled. I received a message recently that my logo was an "orphan." Can you please tell me or send me to a page with EASY instructions? I work on Web sites for a living but for the life of me cannot figure this one out!

Thank you.... HS —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hschudrowitz (talk • contribs) 18:28, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A tutorial that explains how to add images to an article can be found at the page Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. Unfortunately, per the deletion log, the logo that you had uploaded has already been deleted. In addition, you shouldn't really be creating or editing articles about organizations that you are affiliated with; for more information, please read the page Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. I hope this helps. --SoCalSuperEagle (talk) 19:38, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See also Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. Note that you both have to upload the logo and edit the article you want it shown in. Templates like {{Logo fur}} must have an equal sign between parameter names and their assigned value. For example Article = The Movement Disorder Society. Your deleted image page had the equal sign after the value or not at all. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:51, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Local fraternity chapter Fakepage warning?

User:Epsilonphi.PhiSigmaPi.Historian has created and continues to work on a WP:FAKEARTICLE for his local fraternity chapter on his user page. While I made an initial comment on his user talk, I'm not sure were to go from here. Local Fraternity chapters are *very* rarely viewed as notable.Naraht (talk) 18:40, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Tag it for WP:MFD. Ping me if you need help, but I am going to be in and out. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 19:25, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No need, already been speedily deleted per WP:CSD#G11 and the username blocked as a spamname. – ukexpat (talk) 20:41, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Take 5" Jazz Tune as a TV/Movie Theme?

Hi,

Can anyone help me remember whether the jazz tune "Take 5" has ever been used as a TV or movie theme? I think I remember this from my childhood - note that this could have been a UK-only TV programme but all suggestions welcome.

The original is by the Dave Brubeck Quartet but the theme I seem to recall could have been a cover.

There's a possibility that the music could have been a recurring part of a segment in the main body of the programme rather than the opening or closing theme.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

Thanks Wikipedians!

--BadmanMonkey (talk) 20:27, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 20:40, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Recently there was a question there asking what this song is, and that was answered. The user who posed the original question (DRosenbach (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) might know if it was used for a TV or movie theme. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:42, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'm a dolt - I meant to post in the Reference Desk! I'll re-post there. --62.252.11.27 (talk) 22:18, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

makeing a page

i need help to make a page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Globalhitrecords (talk • contribs) 20:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. – ukexpat (talk) 20:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Need assistance cleaning up

The infobox at article Glen Pearson is displaying unwanted data around the image itself, namely unsightly Wikicode. I have never encountered it before, so if the person passing by would be so kind as to fix it, that would be fantastic. Thanks! -Pavel (Paul) (talk) 21:04, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. – ukexpat (talk) 21:13, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox code is not standardized. Some infoboxes require the user to make image syntax. Others don't allow it. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:37, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

special ops us

which service delovped special poerations in the us and over all wher was it origenated from. thank you for all your support on the history.plraes reply to <email removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.250.196.242 (talk) 21:16, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Goodvac (talk) 22:35, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Avatar/anuerisms

avatar/anuerisms can you tell me about the movie and how it affects people who have had a anuerism ? <email removed> thank you. 38.118.52.78 (talk) 21:23, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Goodvac (talk) 22:35, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User Redirect

Since my username is rather long, how can I create a page to redirect to any of my pages with my prefix, if the prefix is substituted with an acronym instead of my username? E.G., User:TTTSNB and User:NSD both are redirects to their respective long-named userpages. When I create a redirect, I don't want to mess up things and accidentally steal a username. What do I do? 2D Backfire Master ^{tempus fugit} 22:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can see which usernames are taken at Special:ListUsers. 2DBM is not taken. You can create an account with it by clicking "Create one" at Special:UserLogin while you are logged in to your normal account so the logs will show that you created it. Then redirect User:2DBM. If you consider editing as 2DBM then see Wikipedia:Sock puppetry. The easiest way to avoid problems is to only edit with one account. Always sign posts with links directly to the true name of the account you are logged in to. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Affiliate Link on an index page

Hi Wikipedia Folks - I was browsing the web for some definitions of the word "niche" and noticed that on the wikipedia index page for that term (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche) that someone has posted an affiliate link to a paid event about niche marketing - I am assuming that this is not in compliance with wikipedia policies and guidelines and wanted to bring it to your attention rather than just go ahead and delete it.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.147.149.143 (talk) 23:05, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out. I've removed it. Goodvac (talk) 23:07, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OUT OF COUNTRY

with your network can I make/receive call while in China. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.71.42.74 (talk) 23:10, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our roughly three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:11, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And anyway, Wikipedia is not a 'network' with which you can make/receive calls. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 17:36, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]