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May 12

Question about article I created

I have created a Wikipedia page about Emil Kazaz and it perfectly displays the page with all my edits, the artist's infobox and references. However, whenever I try to view it through another computer, it shows the article the day I first created it. Whenever I log into my account, it shows my polished page. I don't understand why it will not show my newly edited page to the public. I tried clearing the Internet cache, but it did not work. I appreciate any help, thank you very much.

Arthur Muradyan Amuradyan12 (talk) 01:09, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, when i look at the Emil Kazaz article it shows the current version of the page (last edited 12 May 2012, see history). benzband (talk) 10:11, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason though, it does not show when I am not logged in. I have tried couple of different computers and it only shows the previous version (very first version to be exact). However, when I look on my mobile phone, it shows the current version without me having to log in. I would like to know why it's doing this, is it because it takes time for it to update? Also, does it take a while for it to appear in the search engine? Please let me know. Thank you. Amuradyan12 (talk) 19:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page cache issue ...refresh your page or click

Purge server cache

Moxy (talk) 19:05, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly guide me further

Respected Sir,

I wanted to publish all the syllabus of an course on the wikipedia. And then create a book in the wikipedia.

Nearly 80% of the topics are already available on the Wiki, just I need to add 20% and combine a book, is it ok?

Plus an article highlighting the availability of the collection?

Regards, <email address removed> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eternallypunished (talk • contribs) 06:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your questions are very unclear. Perhaps you could reword them and provide more detail. Do you want to place syallabi from courses you teach on Wikipedia? Do you want to write a book and post the entire book on Wikipedia? If so, neither of those options is permitted. Wikipedia is not a website to post personal collections of writings. But perhaps you mean something entirely different? Cresix (talk) 14:54, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it's about Wikipedia:Books but I'm also uncertain about some parts of your post. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:08, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome to write or edit articles in areas where Wikipedia is lacking, provided that your work meets the criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia: see WP:PILLARS, WP:N and WP:YFA. But your work should be targeted to a general audience, not narrowly to a particular syllabus you are teaching. --ColinFine (talk) 15:44, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

About my file NUDO Namibia.jpg

I uploaded my file from the page http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/9/96/Logo_NUDO_Namibia.jpg (I don't know the author), which belongs to Wikipedia. I downloaded it from this page, because the file does not appear in the Russian Wikipedia, whereas in German it appears. Now I got a message saying that if I did not point out the author in the near future, the file will be deleted. What should I do? Weißekatze (talk) 12:21, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Logos. The version at the German Wikipedia is at de:Datei:Logo NUDO Namibia.jpg. It says in big bold "Do not transfer this file to Wikimedia Commons without an individual review!" The copy you uploaded at commons:File:Logo NUDO Namibia.jpg will probably be deleted. It's a copyrighted logo used in specific Wikipedia articles as fair use. Commons does not allow fair use images. If you want to use it in the Russian Wikipedia or another Wikipedia language then you can upload it there as fair use. I don't know Russian. You may have to be autoconfirmed at a language to upload files there. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:52, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why some names are in red

I have a question.....I would like to know why some names are in red..... I read Wikipedia every morning and enjoy it as a reference site, I mainly read notable deaths and notice often names in red!!! Sincerely — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.232.94.108 (talk) 12:35, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It means there is no Wikipedia article about the subject. See Wikipedia:Red link. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:40, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It basically means that page doesn't exist.--Deathlaser : Chat 15:08, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

...at the specified title; some merely need to be fixed [1]. Dru of Id (talk) 15:14, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP:REDLINK ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:47, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Articles linking to an article

Resolved

When browsing I may have a number of interests and go from one page to another, and then occasionally I may wish to recall how I made the trip through the pages entirely or just through one step. Is there a way to get the list of articles that link to an article? For example, though I may be able to remember or figure it out because it was recent, I do not know now what article led me to look up Eddie Cantor yesterday and would like to.Julzes (talk) 16:01, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Click "What links here" in the toolbox to the left. See more at Help:What links here. Your browser may also story a history which shows the pages you have visited. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:06, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! Thanks.Julzes (talk) 14:36, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New way to show UFC events sucks!

Please don't show it like this no more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_FX:_Maynard_vs._Guida

go back to old way of showing the list of events like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_145

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.195.170.135 (talk) 16:48, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should raise your concerns at Talk:Ultimate Fighting Championship, where it's likely to be seen by editors who frequent related articles. Cresix (talk) 17:01, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In future if you think something is wrong with an article either fix it or raise it at the article talk page.--Deathlaser : Chat 17:04, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Etyres

This page should use our corporate name etyres not Etyres - the e should be lower case, please change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.234.199 (talk) 18:03, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All Wikipedia articles begin with an uppercase letter. You could add something to the article explaining that the name is lowercase, but make sure to read the conflict-of-interest policy first WP:COI RudolfRed (talk) 18:51, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You may wish to read Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)#Lower case first letter. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:59, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While the name is still physically starting with an uppercase letter (which is a limitation of WP), I've changed the article to display the title with an initial lower case letter, similar to what's done in the article eBay. Rwessel (talk) 19:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don Preston wiki page..

has a link at the bottom of it, to the grandEmothers.com site, which is an offshoot of the zappa bands.

the link, however, leads to grandmothers.com which is some crap incest site. you might want to have someone go edit that, and chase down whoever added that URL in the first place and see if they are right in the head or not.

thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.95.170.133 (talk) 19:36, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The current link doesn't work for me, the page it tries to serve is just a bunch of server errors. There is no domain thegrandemothers.com and grandemothers.com is a placeholder with advertisng. I've removed the external link. If anyone can provide a working correct link, please put it in. The next time you see a problem, please be bold and fix it. RudolfRed (talk) 21:38, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reference URL problem

Please look at the first reference (the one to salon.com). I get an unusual error when I try to load the page with Firefox (or with IE). I then did a search of the Salon website and found the article, but I'm having trouble with Salon's site to get to the S.E. Cupp section. I finally gave up. Can someone help, or is the problem with Salon?--Bbb23 (talk) 21:27, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the problem is on Salon's end. The server is doing a bad redirect to localhost. RudolfRed (talk) 21:40, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's what I think, too. I've e-mailed them with the details of the problem. We'll see if they fix it. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:06, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.webconfs.com/redirect-check.php says that http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/11/22/hack_list_21/index.html redirects to http://://politics.salon.com which is not a valid address. The url http://www.salon.com/2010/11/22/hack_list_21/ works for me. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:11, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Me, too, but I couldn't find it - thanks much.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:27, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Major problems with new Wikipedia mobile site - Please revert back

The new Wikipedia mobile website is really bad. It has many problems when viewed on Android mobiles:

If you scrolll down while the page is loading, it scrolls back up to the beginning after page loads, unexpectedly. Why does it forcefully scroll the page when the user didn't request it?

The arrow button (in each section for "Show more content") is hard to press, because it's too small. The previous version had a proper "Show" button which was bigger.

Sometimes the full content doesn't appear when you press the arrow button. It might show only the first half of a paragraph, for example.

When you use the arrow button a few times, it's virtually impossible to escape out of the page with the Back button. You have to press it so many times, and it's difficult to tell what's going on.

Using an arrow button is not good for usability anyway, because you can't tell what it's supposed to do.

The link "Jump back a section" usually does nothing.

Please could someone revert it back to the old mobile version ASAP, which didn't have any of these problems.

--IE (talk) 23:22, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You will probably get a more useful response at WP:Village pump/technical: this page is about using and editing Wikipedia, and nobody here has any power over the software as opposed to the content. --ColinFine (talk) 15:48, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Searching within ALL subcategories? Is it possible?

I'm doing research on plays, and am looking to limit my search to the category "20th-Century Plays". However, all entries are listed within subcategories by year. (e.g. "1993 plays") Is there a way to do a "incategory:20th-century_plays" search and return results from the subcategories? Thank you very much in advance!

169.233.31.41 (talk) 23:32, 12 May 2012 (UTC)David-UCSC(Student)[reply]

You could try CatScan, I don't know if it will do you any good though. Ryan Vesey Review me! 00:41, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]