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November 6

How Do I Make A Note, But Have It Not Show In <references/>?

Thanks.100110100 00:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

What exactly are you asking? -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 00:16, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this answers your question, but you can make a comment in an article that will be visible in the edit window, but will not show up when you save - it will be hidden. The syntax is: <!-- place your comment here --> --Commander Keane 01:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

When was Wikipedia published? and by Whom?

When was Wikipedia published? and by Whom?

If you want to use Wikipedia in your bibliogrpahy or something like that, see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. If you want general information about Wikipedia, see Wikipedia.--Commander Keane 01:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

External Link question, cached or not?

If I search on Google, I can click on a heading, or "cached". "Cached" is helpful, as it takes one to the subject by following the hi-lighted color, especially for very long pages. My question is, should one list the link in Wikipedia with the colored cached version, or avoid that method in the interests of non-clutter and keeping it looking clean? Or personal choice? JohnClarknew 01:29, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Google cache urls are not typically very stable over time and will often turn into bad links. Moreover, Google cache links may not contain new content, images, scripts, or other web content. If you're looking to link to dead websites, the Internet archive would be a good option. Otherwise, you should probably link directly to the site. shotwell 03:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Question about signatures

Does your signature have to match your user name? I can't find a rule to contradict it but for all of the signatures i've seen, it seems they all match their respective user names. Is it against the wiki policy to own a signature that is different from your user name but still redirects to your user page?

Thanks, -ECH3LON 01:57, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

P.S. can i change my user name, or will i have to sock puppet one?

I don't think there is any policy about using a signature which is distinct from your username (WP:SIG might be helpful). In fact, Wikipedia:Changing username, requests that people consider changing their signature rather than their username. shotwell 02:52, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

It is not against policy, but it can be awkward and problematic, because the signature does not correspond to who edited the page. —Centrx→talk • 05:22, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Hundreds of people do it (including some admins) so it should be fine. --WikiSlasher 07:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Astonishing as it may seem, we have no official policy on signatures. We have a guideline at Sign your posts on talk pages (recommended reading) and that's it. Your signature does not have to reflect your username; it does not even have to link to your userpage, although this is strongly suggested and in most cases, somebody will get angry at you if it doesn't.

My personal opinion on signatures may be found at John Reid/sigs. Not everyone agrees. I'd be just as happy if every editor used his real name.

Yes, you may ask to have your username changed; see Changing username. This is much better than running a sock, thank you. John Reid ° 09:37, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• If people are told to change their sigs instead of their username, I doubt it's a problem. I've registered and redirected the short version of my username that I use in my signature to avoid problems of mistaken identity. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:40, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Another thing about signing is that you cannot sign as anything that confuses you with someone else. --WikiSlasher 11:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Also bear in mind that there are "hacks" to get your Userpage to show up with a different title without a username change, though they only work on Monobook skin. I suppose you could use this to get the userpage to match up with your sig, rather than the other way around (and perhaps create a redirect from the "surface" name to your preferred one.) See my User/talk page for an example (its the code at the very top). GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 11:24, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

OMG HAX! --WikiSlasher 11:31, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Corporate versions for private use

I work for a major corporation that has no knowledge management tool. We have offices in 20 countries and 110 cities with 60,000 employees (mgmt and operations). Providing consistent information and distributing that information is quite difficult.

Does Wiki provide a version of Wikipedia for private corporate use? This type of product would be quite useful to us if the info could be kept private for internal use only.

Thanks,

John Ward

The software that runs the site is MediaWiki (homepage). Anyone at all may use this software freely. You can set it up on your internal network; it does not need to be accessible on the public Internet. I am not sure if there is, built into the software, a password-protected login system to restrict viewing by people within your company, but if not there are other access control measures that can be implemented separately (ask the IT people). If you have any other questions you can ask on my talk page. —Centrx→talk • 05:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

How does Wikipedia protect against un-rule-abiding edits?

I was just curious (no, I'm not a malicious user) as to whether all edits and new articles are reviewed by an admin or moderator before they are shown to the general public. If not, are all edits eventually reviewed? I'm just curious as to what would happen if someone were to make an inappropriate edit or erase a lot of information. I'd assume they'd immediately be banned (by IP or user) but was just wondering if changed are delayed or not. Or maybe your software protects against obvious abusive edits (like deleting a large portion of an article).

Changes are implemented instantly. All changes since late 2001 are viewable in the page history, so any vandalism can be replaced by an older version; page histories are also useful for normal writing and editing. There are automated bots that reverse obvious vandalism, and there are hundreds of people who spend a little time each day watching Recent changes, so most vandalism is reversed within minutes if not seconds. Users can also add pages to watchlists, which display recent edits on their selected articles. Furthermore, any reader who passes by can correct vandalism or any other erroneous information. IPs and users can be blocked temporarily or permanently, and if a particular article is a target of some concerted attack or is a frequent target of common tomfoolery, like Pie or George W. Bush, it can be temporarily semi-protected from editing by IPs or new users, or fully protected from editing by all but administrators. More problematic is non-obvious attempts to subtly deceive readers with false information. This is actually rather similar to someone adding false information unknowingly, and is diminished by emphasizing citing sources, and because non-minor articles have dozens of people watching them. See Help:Contents for more information about Wikipedia in general. If you have any other questions, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. —Centrx→talk • 05:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, edits can also be viewed by user or IP, so if someone tries to rampage across several articles, all their madness can be reversed. —Centrx→talk • 05:21, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Having trouble uploading a jpg

Hello. I've been trying to upload a jpeg and each time I do, I receive a message saying the file has been flagged for "speedy deletion". I guess I'm not understanding the licensing rules. The jpeg in question is a photo a friend of mine took. It's a private photo that does not appear in any public domain and I have his full permission to use it. Please advise as to which licensing tag I should go with in this case. Thanks!

Leigh

Le1gh 05:21, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

The image must be released under the GNU Free Documentation License by the copyright holder, which would entail that anyone can alter and re-distribute it. —Centrx→talk • 05:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

The images have to be licensed under some free license, and sourced. These 2 images you uploaded are very ambigious, one appears to come from a newspaper, and the other has a photographer named, with a stetement that it is used with permission. While it might seem reasonable to assume that such files can be freely used on Wikipedia, since explicit permission to use it was given, this is in fact not the case. Content on Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the GNU Free Documentation License, which allows anyone to use it. The tag itself is very helpful in explaining the status of the images. If you have any other questions please see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. - cohesion 07:07, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Alternatively, the photographer could release the photo into the public domain. That means they give up all rights, and anyone can use it for any purpose without any credit. (I think you must misunderstand what "public domain" means: it is a giving up of copyright). Notinasnaid 17:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Automatic highlighting of words if a page already exists with that name

Instead of creating internal links manually for the words throughout the article, does wikipedia have a feature of automatic highlighting?

I need all the words with pages already created to be highlighted automatically.

If such a feature is present, could you please tell me the details regarding that

I'm afraid that no such feature exists (to my knowledge). It'd be a bad idea though, in my opinion, as this answer demonstrates what would show up using such a tool. It would also ignore sensible links that differed slightly in name for which there was no redirect. While not fitting exactly, you may wish to read WP:CONTEXT. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 11:17, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

authenticity of wikipedia

Well, What is authenticity of articles published on wikipedia which deals with history?Is'nt it possible for anyone to write his own viewpoint and get away with it?

Thanks username x1234

Please see the response to the question just four questions... Three! three questions above this one. Dismas|^(talk) 11:21, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Userbox

Dear friends, I was wondering whether you could help me. The template en-4 appears twice on my userpage and I found no way to remove duplication. Have I done something (mysteriously) wrong? Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Dr Moshe 11:50, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Its only there once for me... have you tried bypassing your cache? Hit Ctrl-F5 while at your userpage. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 13:46, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Someone had edited the Babel template and accidentally had it listing the second entry twice. shotwell 14:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Company Profile

Hi,

I would like to post an article about a company profile for http://www.AsiaInspection.com (similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia_Group, for instance).

I understand the neutrality that is required, and I want to make sure I do it the right way and will not be deleted.

Can you please advise guidelines to post such article ?

Thanks

Mathieu LABASSE

Some potentially relevant pages: notablity guidelines for companies, Manual of Style, neutral point of view policy, how to define spam, conflict of interest rules, deletion policy, speedy deletion criteria. --ais523 13:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

list the cabinate minister of india

list the cabinate minister of india

See Wikipedia:Reference desk. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 14:02, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

As Nick observes, queries of this nature are best asked at the reference desk; this page is principally for questions about Wikipedia itself. With that caveat, I'd suggest that Indian Cabinet Ministers might well provide you the information you seek. Joe 00:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

An editing question

What does G10 mean when someone quotes that when he or she edits a picture? Thanks.(UNFanatic)

I am guessing that this is with respect to deletion. G10 is one of the criteria under which a page may be speedily deleted. See point no. 10 here. Does this answer your question? -- Lost^(talk) 16:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

How to make a triangle "hat" math symbol above a letter?

Hi, how do I change the following:

${\stackrel {\triangle }{S}}$

To an S triangle hat (without the bottom part of the triangle); I need it for reference consistency in the entropy article (open systems). Thanks. --Sadi Carnot 15:09, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

How's this: ${\stackrel {\wedge }{S}}$ -- Lost^(talk) 16:31, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that will work. Thanks: --Sadi Carnot 16:45, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Which template?

Is there an appropriate citation template for citing a magazine article? Can't see one in Category:Citation templates... -- Collard 16:59, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I use the WP:CITET page, and it's not there either. Perhaps News or Journal (depending on the type of periodical) would be the closest fit. Anchoress 17:07, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Journal is close enough. Ta for the help. :) -- Collard 17:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Proposing a new Category

I know that I can just go ahead and create a new category if I think it is needed--I've created a few already. But I was wondering if there was a place I could go to propose a new category and get the advice of other editors about a) whether or not the category I have in mind is worth creating, and b) what the best name would be.

The category I have in mind would be a subcat of Category:American editors and would be called something like "American internet editors" . There are already subcats for book editors, magazine editors, and newspaper editors, but there's no subcat for editors of Web-based journals or newsletters, mailing lists, news aggregators, etc. (If you think about it, it's kinda funny that Wikipedia has no category for online editors.) Any advice? ShelfSkewed [Talk] 17:51, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Post your query on the Talk page for Category:American editors—that's where you're most likely to get advice from people who are interested in and knowledgable about the subject matter. ShelfSkewed [Talk] 19:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Good idea. Why didn't I think of that? ShelfSkewed [Talk] 19:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Skirt question

Moved to Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#Question_about_name_of_scarf Skittle 23:52, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Why does my article show up on the category pages under the first instead of last name?

I added the "American environmentalists" and "American non-fiction writers" categories to our new David Steinman page but when I click on the internal link, he shows up under "D" instead of under "S". Did I miss something when I created the article name?

Thank you!Freedompress 19:13, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

The article name is fine, but your category tag is in error. By placing [[Category:American environmentalists]] on the page, it is ordered by the first letter, which is a D. To fix it, just add a pipe and correct name like so: [[Category:American environmentalists|Steinman, David]]. Hyenaste ^(tell) 19:20, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Great, thank you so much!Freedompress 19:22, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

My wikipedia is brokenededed

Help! me wikipedia si beroken! can i please borrow yours? Send it to my email, <removed email, although it's probably a joke> thank you!~

When I thought I broek my wikipedia, all it needed was a new battery. You might try that. --Wooty  Woot? | contribs 22:22, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Where to list articles that require assistance?

Apologies for poorly phrasing this question. Like other Wikipedia editors, I sometimes come across articles that require significant attention and help but I don't always have the time or expertise to fix the articles. Is there a good place to list articles we encounter that require attention from experienced Wikipedians? Is there a particular template or set of templates I should consider using? I'm a bit unsure what to do with this particular article as it's very problematic in a number of areas and I just don't know there to being cleaning it up and just posting something in the article's Talk page would be totally insufficient in attracting any help. Suggestions or advice? --ElKevbo 20:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:CLEANUP is the place to find out about this. There are a variety of templates that can be added to the page (which, in turn, place it in a category) so that others can work on it. Unfortunately, as of 18 October, 18,794 articles were tagged for cleanup - it is incredibly backlogged. If you feel strongly this article needs work, perhaps try contacting editors knowledgeable on this kind of topic(by examining who edited similar articles). Hope that helped. Trebor 23:05, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I was pretty sure the answer would be "use this template or other mechanism which is already overwhelmed and backlogged" but I wanted to double-check that I hadn't missed anything. Dang it, why don't you people work harder to fix these problems! We don't pay you to sit around doin' nothing!  :) --ElKevbo 23:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Links to illegal content online

A Wikipedia contributor had posted an article from the Journal of the American Medical Association on his personal web site. Eventually they asked him to remove it because their content is copyrighted and available only to paid users. He wanted to link to that article in a contribution that he made in Wikipedia, so he used the Wayback Machine and linked to the article that way. He simply linked to the article as it had previously existed on his web site.

Is this kosher? Should Wikipedia link to a JAMA article that is illegally available online on a web site other than the JAMA site? Thanks!

I'd say not. Best not to involve any parties in legal loopholes. --Wooty  Woot? | contribs 00:24, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Hyperlinks to copyrighted violated web pages, is type of link to be avoided in the wikipedia manual of style; it isn't against a policy I know of. I don't think it is a direct copyright violation, but still in the realm of quasi illegal/legal so it should be avoided. Is this editor just using this link as a reference? If that's the case, there are other way to citations that don't involved web links. If this is the case, I would convert the hyperlink citation to another type of citation. —Mitaphane _talk 00:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your excellent advice.

Featured Articles

How do you feature an article, if you can? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark Phantom (talk • contribs)

A featured article can be nominated and is then judged according to the featured article criteria on this page. If the consensus is to support, the featured article director upgrades it to a featured article. You may want to see how to write a great article which has the path to a featured article on the right hand side. Trebor 23:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Another useful link is for good articles. While it's not a required step, it's often helpful to get feedback as a good article before going for featured status. —Keakealani 23:51, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Vertical alignment in a div header

Is it possible to have vertical text alignment on a div header like the one seen here? I can't seem to get it to work. --MZMcBride 22:57, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Umm, going from my memory just add "vertical-align:top;" (without quotation marks) to style=". Oh and replace 'top' if you want with either 'center' or 'bottom'. - Tutmosis 23:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm trying to get it vertically centered, and I've tried "v-align:center", "valign:center", and "vertical-align:center" all of which have failed. --MZMcBride 23:29, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... I'm having a hard time finding the solution, sorry. - Tutmosis 23:50, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I believe you're looking for "text-align: center;" --ElKevbo 00:06, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Specify namespace for What links here pages?

I work on disambiguating links to dab pages. I don't generally bother with links to dab pages from anything other than mainspace. It would be very convenient if there were a way to specify what namespace I want links from when looking at "What links here" for the dab pages I work on. Is there any way to do this? --Tkynerd 00:03, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't think so. Try suggesting that at the technical section of the Village Pump. Nihiltres 00:32, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. --Tkynerd 01:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Filing a feature request may be more effective. Titoxd^(?!?) 02:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

My inquiry at the Village Pump turned up the info that it's already bug 4624. Thanks. --Tkynerd 02:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I have lately started using this. It lists the pages to be disambiguated in alphabetical order which means that user and talk pages come after the mainspace in the list, making it easy to ignore them. Cheers. Dina 02:14, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Someone at the Village Pump suggested I check WP:TOOLS, where I also found that tool. It looks very cool; I'll download it and try it out. (Too bad it doesn't work under Mac OS X, though! Oh, well.) Thanks for the tip. --Tkynerd 02:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Charles Barkley - NBA Star

My sister recently heard a song on the radio that had the singer listed as Charles Barkley. Is this the same Charles Barkley that was a basketball star?

Deborah Ginwright

In the future, questions such as this would be better directed to Wikipedia:Reference desk, of which the purpose is to answer factual questions; this page is best reserved for questions apropos of Wikipedia itself. As to the substance of your question: Even as Charles Barkley might have done a bit of rapping or singing back in the day, it is eminently likely that the musical group your sister heard was (the altogether overrated) Gnarls Barkley, the Crazy single, inter al., of whom has earned consistent play on radio stations across North America, Oceania, and Western Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jahiegel (talk • contribs)

IPA help for Sei Whale

I would like to add a pronunciation guide to the Sei Whale article. "Sei" rhymes with "sigh", but I don't know how to correctly implement that in the article. Can someone do that for me? Thanks Neil916 (Talk) 01:38, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, ok. I looked it up again on Google and half the references say that it rhymes with "sigh", and half say it rhymes with "say". Can you include both pronunciations for me? Neil916 (Talk) 01:44, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Removal of sandbox heading

I notice that many users have recently been removing the sandbox heading in at least Tutorial Sandbox 1. Is this considered vandalism (the template appears in the editing screen containing the words "Please leave this line alone")? Just a few minutes after I reverted one of these edits, another user removed the heading again and I had to revert it yet again, leaving a note in the edit summary: "Pls stop removing heading!". Littleghostboo[ talk ] 01:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah well, the sandbox is the sandbox and nothing there is really considered vandalism. When reverting experimental vandalism, its standard to invite editors to the sandbox. It's a place for experimentation. It gets reverted regularly, and anything that goes on there is something damaging that didn't happen to the encyclopedia. So, personally, I wouldn't worry about it too much. I expect that editors using the sandbox don't check edit summaries or histories, so that seems a bit like a wasted effort to me. Cheers. Dina 02:10, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

a couple of questions

Hi,

I wanted to create an additional entry term for the article 'Magnetometer'. The term I want to add is: Magnetometry

Should I create a new page "Magnetometry" and do a "REDIRECT Magnetometer" ?

Or is there a better way to do this?

I was also editing the "Magnetometer" article to make it CZ:Live But while editing I kept saving it. Unfortunately, this has created a whole lot of silly history. How can one clean this up?

Thanks.

tiku

If you want someone who is searching for "Magnetometry" to be directed to Magnetometer, then yes, create the page and put the redirect in it as the only content. So far as the silly history is concerned, that is valuable and part of what makes a Wiki work. Therefore it's not deletable. If you want to avoid creating lots of history while you edit, use the preview button as you do it. Cheers. Dina 02:06, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Creating a page from a subheading in another page

I saw a subsection in an article that I believe should be its own page. How can I move the section to its own page?BrianRFSU 02:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

To do that, you need to create a new page to move the information to. And to do that, you need to create an account and wait a few days. Click 'sign up/log in' at the top of the page; it doesn't require any personal info. Otherwise, you can explain what you want to happen on the talk page, and hope someone does it for you. Skittle 04:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

keeping notes

Is there a way to keep track of items I have researched?
 something that will allow me to keep track of items I want to continue to look up.  

a clipboard for my account -- Thanks for your response.

Nutan <removed email to save you from spam Skittle 04:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)>

See Help:Watchlist. This will also let you know if the pages have been edited/updated by someone else. —Centrx→talk • 03:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Roman numerals

How do I put in the Roman numeral for 2, as in world War 2? Pustelnik 03:30, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

All the Roman numerals are normal letters. So two would just be two I's, five is just a regular V, etc. Note that the proper place for a question like this is the Wikipedia:Reference desk; the Help desk is for Wikipedia-specific questions. —Centrx→talk • 03:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism - How to Report?

The entry for Victoria de los Ángeles has been vandalized with obscenities.

I've followed several links looking for what to do, but to no avail.

It looks like it was introduced a few versions back (it's introduction may not have gone through the usual update process).

I'm just a user and cannot remove it and don't know how to report it.

As a user, you can indeed remove this sort of thing! I removed it for you by clicking on the "edit" tab at the top of the page, scrolling down to the part with the vandalism and removing it. If you are unsure about making an edit, the 'talk' page for that article is a good place to ask. You click the tab labelled 'discussion' to get to it. Skittle 04:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Broken external links & living person policy

At Derek Lowe there is a broken link. It's reference 1 under "Personal Life." How should that be tagged? I don't want to just remove the link, because it might be helpful for someone trying to rehabilitate it. Also, it's negative information about a living person. Does it need to be removed because it is now technically unsourced? Matchups 04:08, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citations#What to do when a reference link "goes dead"--TBCΦtalk? 05:15, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

B-24 lib

I just wanted to give you some info about the b-24 liberater, it is a heavy bomber during ww2, You guys have it main use by the air force and navy, but the air force really never used them that much, during WW2 it was the Army air core, then the air force was created after that thank you William Barrett

Hi William. I suggest leaving this message on the talk page for the B-24 Liberator. You're much more likely to get a specific response and action from editors who are involved in that article than this general help page. You're even more likely to get a response if you can provide a source for that information--Fuhghettaboutit 04:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

About Wikipedia Administrators Noticeboard

Could someone tell me if users are allowed to respond to comments on the admin noticeboard?, Fact Finder 04:53, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that is allowed. —Centrx→talk • 04:56, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Centrx,Fact Finder 05:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism in the article of Gilbert Stuart

Sorry, I don't have time to take care of it myself right now: Gilbert Stuart --Ibn Battuta 06:08, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Reverted. Trebor 07:21, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism, please fix!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem-Alexander%2C_Prince_of_Orange

I don't see a way to edit it myself but I'm new at this. Thanks.

Fixed thanks. There are many vandal fighting tools available. Please see WP:VPRF and WP:POP -- Lost^(talk) 06:31, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

WIKI Marathi

Hi I would like to contribute or write some articles in WIKI Marathi. How to do so? pl guide.

Regards

Ulhas Sathaye

Please go to mr: and start editing there. There is also Wikipedia:WikiProject Maharashtra on the english wikipedia if you are interested -- Lost^(talk) 08:43, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism detected

Hi I spotted (obscene) vandalism in the article about Roald Dahl.

I do not personally feel confident to revert. Any takers ?

advTHANKSance, Filip

Fixed. Thanks. You may want to read Wikipedia:Revert for info on how to do it yourself. Dismas|^(talk) 08:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Reverting is probably a lot easier than you think. But you hate it when somebody beats you. X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve) 17:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

an interesting insect I came accross

last week I came accross a very interesting insect it is a larva of certain insect there was a shrub of Celosia argentia (Kurdu) it was full of flowers I saw some single flowers from the infloresences which were fallen on the ground they were creeping first I thought they are being carried away by ants but then I realised that it is not ant there was a small larva inside the flower it was using the scarious bracteole like the shell of the snail if disturbed the larva used to hide inside the flower then after few minutes it used to come out and again start creeping carrying the flower along with it it was climbing even more than 15 feet like that on the wall if by mistek it loose the greep and fall down it hangs with the fine thread just like a spider I had photographed the same it is very interesting sending the photograph with this it is a very tiny one hardly 2 to 3 mm in length appears very similar to the larve found in rice or the larve found in the wheat grains from grossers shop you can see the same in the photo near the tip of the bracteol (at the basel end of bracteol) where from can I get the information about such insect can I contact some expert in this field

please comment -- Shreekant Savarkar

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. -- Lost^(talk) 09:33, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Create account issue

Hi.I use user name Vayaka almost everywhere and I have registered it in some Wiki progects, but I cant rigister it in the English Wiki (Login error:The name "Vayaka" is too similar to the existing account "Nayaka". Please choose another name.) Is there a way to register nickname Vayaka?--195.210.185.5 09:51, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

This is a new extension to Wikipedia designed to stop people impersonating other people. I think what you have to do is ask an admin to make the account for you and email you the password, but I'm not sure. You can request admin actions at Wikipedia:Administrator's noticeboard. --ais523 09:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok I'll try thanks for the tip.--195.210.185.5 10:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Question

how do i find platform 9 3/4 from harry potter

Only wizards can find it. If you're a wizard, you will find it soon enough:) -- Lost^(talk) 10:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

You can find a little information about the Hogwarts Express and Platform 9¾ at Hogwarts Express. - Tangotango 10:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Ask any employee at King's Cross station in London. They've got a sign to Platform 9 3/4 - 131.211.210.13 10:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Just run as fast as you can into the brick wall like it says in the book. X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve) 17:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like the author's unique method of filtering out the idiots of the world if you ask me :) --WikiSlasher 09:40, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Illegal Images

Hi, I believe an image has been copied from a website and is therefore not legally allowed on Wikipedia. How should I go about tagging the image (what template) or where should I post this concern?--DanielBC 10:03, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Please see the instructions for copyvio images at Wikipedia:Copyright problems -- Lost^(talk) 10:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)