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March 17

Photo Captions

I am sorry to need to ask, but I am frustrated in not being able to handle it myself.

I have added photos many times, this is the first time I have had a problem adding captions. They are in the EDIT but do not show up in the Article: Penn Central Transportation Company. Photos of two stock certificates, one pre-Bk and the other post-Bk. After you add the captions please tell me what I did incorrectly. Sirswindon (talk) 00:13, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The "thumb" needs a lowercase-T. Fixed with this edit. Chzz ► 00:17, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am so ashamed!!!! Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirswindon (talk • contribs) 03:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done Chzz ► 05:07, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RDH messed up for me... not sure why...

Someone please go to WP:RDH and a) check to see if I am insane and b) if I broke it somehow (not entirely sure how I did it). Compare this hard link to the current permanant diff to the main link and tell me WTF is going on... --Jayron32 02:07, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confused, was blank for me just now, looked one of the difs you linked, went back and it was there again. No edits were made in between. Rehevkor ✉ 02:12, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Same here - I asked at VPT before I saw Jayron had asked here. DuncanHill (talk) 02:15, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it just now came back on line for me as well. Weirdness... --Jayron32 02:17, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My first guess would have been someone mucking about with templates but none of the ones transcluded on the page had seen recent edits. Rehevkor ✉ 02:19, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are some of the servers cased in steel salvaged from the USS Eldridge? DuncanHill (talk) 02:27, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article title needs fixing

Allyson Jule (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi There,

I need the Allyson Jule article which was incorrectly setup with a lowercase J for the last name to be fixed. Please can someone quickly do this or move it to the right place. I dont have the credentials. Thx in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.6.179.179 (talk) 03:09, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the article and given it a minor clean up. Rehevkor ✉ 03:16, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bridgestone logo new version from company

Per this and this request, please upload this as the new version of File:Bridgestone logo.svg. Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 06:40, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done Uploaded as File:Bridgestone logo 2011.jpg -- John of Reading (talk) 10:05, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

uploading an entry to Wikipedia

I am trying to upload an entry into Wikipedia. But I am having trouble formatting the references. Can you please send an example of a formatted Wiki entry?

Thanks

Govind — Preceding unsigned comment added by Govindchauhan21 (talk • contribs) 06:57, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The best link is WP:REFB. But I will add my own help on your own user talk page. Chzz ► 07:06, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

references

I have no idea what I've done wrong while cleaning up Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Agbogbloshie. Can anyone figure out why refs 10 and 11 aren't showing up? Thanks! sonia♫ 09:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed - two paragraphs of text were missing as well. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:56, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How can I publish a newly coined word in Wikipedia

I feel I have created and used a new word that has useability in our modern English language. How would I qualify this word for use in Wikipedia... then how would I enter it if approved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.110.209.186 (talk) 10:53, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't publish it until it is actually used by people. See WP:NEOLOGISM. 212.68.15.66 (talk) 11:00, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also Wikipedia is not a place for that, as Wikipedia is not a Dictionary. Try Wiktionary.--Obsidi♠n^Soul 11:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How long does does it take to receive feedback?

I added a userspace draft to Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 March 5. However it has not received a feedback yet. How long does that usually take? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:25, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That depends. It is sort of random in that most people would only review topics that they field comfortable with. Looking at the page you have requested review (User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Wolstenholme prime) , I can see where the average Wikipedia user be hesitant, not even knowing that cyclotomic is a word. :) I'll add some comments on the talk page for the article. I will say that generally, it looks like a *very* good start for an article and you might post toWikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mathematics to get people who are even more able to comment on it.Naraht (talk) 12:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I said it already on your talk page, but again thanks very much for your review. I really appreciate it. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:16, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone delete this page?

Talk:Outlaws of Mars. The main article was redirected but the empty talkpage was left intact. Thank you. 212.68.15.66 (talk) 11:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I tagged the talkpage for CSD R2. That will bring up the interest of admins really fast normally ;) mabdul 12:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Find my family in Canada

Hello, I live in England but I am polish. I'd like to find my family in Canada - I know the name and the town. They emigrated after IIWW, and we lost our contact. Is there any possibility to help mi with? My email: ^{[details removed]} THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.153.69.16 (talk) 11:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is Wikipedia's help desk for editing questions. You'll probably have better luck on the general question reference desks. On the other hand, have you tried using Google to find them? Social media is quite effective here as well - have you tried using Facebook for searching? 212.68.15.66 (talk) 11:59, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed your email address to protect your privacy. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kidda entry

Hi there Wiki support person,

I've just uploaded an entry for the electronic music artist Kidda, but it doesn't seem to have gone live yet - is this just because it's awaiting approval, or do I need to switch it over to the live domain somehow?

Cheers,

Carl Loben

Carlloben (talk) 15:11, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You need to move the article from your user namespace to the main namespace. You can do so once you become autoconfirmed, which happens once you have 10 edits and your account is more than 4 days old. This edit you made above was your 10th edit, so as of this minute, you should have the "move" function active (where it wasn't before). Instructions for using the move function are at Help:How to move a page, and its pretty easy. You'll want to move the article from the old name, User:Carlloben/Kidda, to the new name Kidda. I could do it, but I'll let you try, you know, for the learning experience. If you screw up or are confused, come back and ask, and we'll fix any problems you have. If you have any more questions or concerns, you can ask here, or ask me personally at my user talk page. --Jayron32 15:32, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Blue print

I am an occupational Therapist working in Mental Health and want to print an article from Wikipedia but I don't have color in my printer. How can I alter the article so I can print it completely? Thank you. Suzanne Maurice <email address removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.67.66.7 (talk) 16:32, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At the left of the page there is a "Print/Export" link; if you click that you'll see an option to display a "printable version". This version displays the links as ordinary black text. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:42, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Printable version does not show in the default Vector sidebar and is only for old browsers— see Help:Printable. If you create an account, you can install User:TheDJ/Print dialog, a script that gives you greater control of how Wikipedia pages are printed, such as force all text to black. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:31, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I use Vector and have the "printable version" link? -- John of Reading (talk) 17:58, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... either I had a script enabled or something changed. I verified that printable version does show in Vector and updated the Help page. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How do I translate a page

I would like to translate an artikle into German, for example the article aubout the ship Empire Windrush, because you can only read it in English, Polish and Norwegian. But I don`t know what to do. Should I write a new one and then connect it? Is there a extra link? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.160.75.151 (talk) 16:41, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You have to create an article in the German Wikipedia, and then create interlanguage links between the articles. After you create the article in German, you would add [[de:German article name]] to the bottom of MV Empire Windrush, replacing "German article name" with the name of the article you create in the German Wikipedia. You can create similar links from that article to English and the other languages.

By the way, if you are indeed talking about MV Empire Windrush, it currently has versions in English, French, Italian, and Norwegian. --Mysdaao ^talk 16:57, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How to add a link to my left sidebar

I feel like an idiot, because I know all you have to do is probably just put one line of code in your vector.css or vector.js, but I can't for the life of me find any information or guidelines on how to add links to my left sidebar. What I'd like to do is add a link to Special:NewPages to the sidebar, in the Toolbox section. Can anybody give me a hand? (and we really should add a section on this to Help:User style, unless it already is there and I'm just oblivious, as it seems like a useful thing many editors might find handy) Fletch the Mighty (talk) 17:38, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

addOnloadHook(function(){
addPortletLink ('p-tb', '/wiki/Special:NewPages', 'New Pages','n-newpages', 'The list of recently created pages','',document.getElementById('t-whatlinkshere'));
});

will add this to the beginning of your toolbox, before "What links here". Algebraist 17:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much! I knew it had to be simple...

Resolved

Fletch the Mighty (talk) 17:58, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Verb tense

When writing a plot summary, in what tense should it be written? For example:

In episode 13, Jake told Jane to go away - vs - In episode 13, Jake tells Jane to go away.

Thanks! -- Jake fuersturm (talk) 19:39, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Present tense. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)#Contextual presentation, and WP:TENSE. Chzz ► 19:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks! -- Jake fuersturm (talk) 19:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why was my addition completely removed?

I recently joined Wikipedia and just posted an addition to the "Elementals" section. It was completely removed - why?

CARuss (talk) 19:42, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at the history, you can see that it was removed with a comment, Rv, copyright, WP:ESSAY, WP:OR issues. "Rv" is short for "reverted", ie the edits were removed. I agree with the assessment by the user who removed it - the tone was inappropriate, and it does appear to be original research, which is not permitted on Wikipedia; as an Encyclopaedia, we report factual information based on verifiable, reliable sources. See WP:PILLAR for the basic idea. Please check the other links mentioned in this message, which should clarify. Chzz ► 19:49, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

EDIT CONFLICT. Because it was a copyright violation from this and similar sites, was an essay, and was unencyclopedic POV. Moriori (talk) 19:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How Do I

How do I get my two website's on Wikipedia or any of the other search engines..THANK YOU

1) www.releasetheinnocent.com

2) www.personalpageforprisoners.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.60.117.52 (talk) 19:45, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't - see WP:BFAQ. If the websites are notable then someone else will write about them. Chzz ► 19:49, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a search engine. Dismas|^(talk) 23:53, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorting error in table

This question is (somewhat) related to a prior question that I posted above. (See, essentially, the second half of this discussion: Wikipedia:Help desk#Default sort.) In the table below, the first column will not sort correctly. Apparently, the computer is reading the numbers as if they are letters of the alphabet. The desired (correct) sort for the first column should be 1st; 2nd; 3rd; and so on ... until 9th; 10th; 11th. But, as it sorts now, it (incorrectly) goes as follows: 10th; 11th; 1st; 2nd; and so on ... until 7th; 8th; 9th. In its incorrect sort, the computer is apparently alphabetizing "10" and then "11" and then "1s" before moving on to the "2", then "3", etc. So, what is the best way – if any – to fix this? I'd rather not put an extra zero in front of the single digit numbers, if I don't have to (e.g., 01st Academy Awards; 02nd Academy Awards; etc.). Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:43, 17 March 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Ceremony	Name
1st Academy Awards	Emil Jannings
2nd Academy Awards	Warner Baxter
3rd Academy Awards	George Arliss
4th Academy Awards	Lionel Barrymore
5th Academy Awards	Fredric March
6th Academy Awards	Charles Laughton
7th Academy Awards	Clark Gable
8th Academy Awards	Victor McLaglen
9th Academy Awards	Paul Muni
10th Academy Awards	Spencer Tracy
11th Academy Awards	Spencer Tracy

Since you have non-numeric content, the entire string is treatede as non-numeric. See Help:Sorting and let us know if you have further questions. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 20:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Yes, my question is how do I make this work? That linked page is not very user-friendly ... it was unhelpful to someone who is not well-versed in computer-speak and the nuances of creating Wiki-tables. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Like this, using {{Sort}} in the "Ceremony" column...

Ceremony	Name
1st Academy Awards	Emil Jannings
2nd Academy Awards	Warner Baxter
3rd Academy Awards	George Arliss
4th Academy Awards	Lionel Barrymore
5th Academy Awards	Fredric March
6th Academy Awards	Charles Laughton
7th Academy Awards	Clark Gable
8th Academy Awards	Victor McLaglen
9th Academy Awards	Paul Muni
10th Academy Awards	Spencer Tracy
11th Academy Awards	Spencer Tracy

-- John of Reading (talk) 20:36, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:46, 17 March 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Another option if you aren't linking to something containing the numerical value is to use the nts template. Naraht (talk) 21:26, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Facebook "Like" Button

Is there a possibility of a Facebook "Like" Button for individual articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.133.195.184 (talk) 20:01, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We have an Article Feedback Tool that is in a pilot deployment as of September 22, 2010. Only a few articles have the feedback tool— they are in the hidden Category:Article Feedback Pilot. You can ask more questions at the discussion page for the Article Feedback Tool workgroup. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 20:04, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ctrl+F freeze up

Quite often when I use ctrl+f to find something in an article, it automaticly searches for the first letter or two, and freezes up all my Wiki pages. Once it happens, I have to completely close out of all Wikipedia windows and start over. Any ideas on why this is happening and how to fix it? Thanks. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 21:43, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

note: I am using Google Chrome. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 21:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seems you are not alone. It's a Chrome issue: See 1, 2. Dunno, update chrome, try disabling plugins and see if it still exhibits the same problems, then re-enable plugins one by one to isolate the problematic one.--Obsidi♠n^Soul 00:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]