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September 3

Why is my IP address blocked?

I was trying to access the help desk when it was said that my ip address was blocked as it was believed that i was using a zombie computer. Also, i was banned from editing pages. To what i know, i haven't edit any pages in wikipedia, so why am i banned and also, why do i keep on receiving messages saying that i have been posting nonsense on wikipedia? One example given is the odex page. I had not visit that page before till just now, so how could i possibly have edited and posted nonsense on that page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.120.68.69 (talk) 01:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Your IP address is shared by multiple users, and one or more of them were vandalizing. You can avoid receiving these messages by creating an account.--Max Talk (+) 01:36, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Replacing fictional bio with more important actual person's bio

The page on Peter Reilly is currently about a fictional character from a television show. I feel that the main article related to this name should be on the real-life Peter Reilly who was falsely arrested for the murder of his mother after police extracted a false confession from him after 16 hours in custody.

I have more information on the actual case regarding the false imprisonment of the real life Peter Reilly. I feel that the main article for this name should be on the real person, not the fake. How would I set that up? Coolgamer 01:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Other than a single news event, what is the real-life Peter Reilly known for? WikiNews is for news events (and people who are notable for a single news event). -- Kainaw^(what?) 01:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

This is more then notable enough to be worth a bio on Wikipedia. The case made national news and played a part in changing how confessions were allowed in court cases in the future. 86,600 Google hits, and books regarding the landmark trial and re-trial were made. A documentary was made about his case, as seen at http://www.truthinjustice.org/peter-reilly.htm . Coolgamer 01:47, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

ec - If the case itself is notable, make a page about the case. Our guidlines on Biographies of Living Persons are very important, and someone only known for a single event in their lives is often not going to satisfy that policy. A neutral article on the case itself may be worthwhile, however. Focus on the article about the case, not the person. -- 68.156.149.62 02:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Be sure that the information is reliably sourced. The sources must prove either that he was improperly arrested, or that there is a movement to release him because of the belief that he was improperly arrested. Wikipedia can't say "he was improperly arrested". Blogs, campaigns to free him, personal opinion won't work. Corvus cornix 17:14, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I have sources. This was not just one news event, this was a series of major news events that added together warrant a proper bio. All I need to know is how to create the page without deleting the article on the fictional character. Coolgamer 17:25, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I need help in creating a new account

69.137.95.35 01:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)It keeps telling me it does not recognize my user name. eileenhargis and password redacted. Please help me get on this site. email redacted

Considering anyone who can view this page (and its history) now knows the password to that account, I suggest you create a new one. -- 68.156.149.62 02:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

From the look of things you were trying to sign into an account that you never actually created. User:Eileenhargis has never been registered. Were you trying to enter your name and password into this page? That page is only for logging into existing accounts. To create an account, you need to go to this page and follow the instructions. And yes, 68.156.149.62 is right, please don't use the password you told us. It is an extremely bad idea to let anyone else know your password. Raven4x4x 04:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Removing Speedy Deletion Templates

Are admins really the only ones that can do this? I removed one (from a page I didn't create, mind you) because the article didn't meet speedy deletion criteria (my edit told the other editor to submit to AfD) and was warned for it, being told only admin can remove speedy deletion criteria?

In addition, the warning told me that "as the originator of the article" I could not remove an SD template. I didn't originate the article. Or even care about it. I just noticed it didn't meet SD criteria.

So...it's really a two parter...can only admin remove Speedy Deletion templates...even if the article doesn't meet SD criteria? And...can I remove a faulty warning from my page? Smashville 05:01, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Anybody but the creator can remove Speedy tags if they have a legit reason.--Max Talk (+) 05:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

yes, you can. Tell the person that told you that that it only applies to the creator of the article, and that if they want it gone that badly WP:AFD is still there --lucid 05:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

The above are correct. Anyone but the creator can remove CSD tags from an article, provided they are not CSD. As for your second question, you can remove anything you wish from your talk page. i ^said 05:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Article sections for biographies

Okay, I'm looking but not finding...

Here's the issue: The Joe Nathan article includes a couple pieces of personal information (seen here). It's been worked into the sections of the article where chronologically appropriate.

Here's my question: The sections, as you will note are all titled "career" in some form or another. It's been my experience that biographies include "Personal life" sections or the like. Is this in a guide somewhere or is it just sort of a standard? Does it not really matter? I like the way it's been worked into the article. It reads very well, but I don't like that it clashes with the section titles.

Anyway, this is part of a GA review, so I welcome the opinions and help of others. I've looked over the relevant guides, but I can't find anything. Regards, LARA♥LOVE 05:01, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Anarchism

How the heck did this article get deleted? Murderbike 06:52, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

It's coming back, not permanently gone. Some moronic vandal went and made a heap of mess (he didn't delete the article, though) and so deleting the article (which can be restored fully, with the whole edit history and talk page) was the only option. Sebi _[talk] 06:56, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Webpage is not displayed properly after login.

Hi,

I have an account with Wikipedia. I am facing a problem when I log on to Wikipedia site. After logging on the website, the page is not displayed properly. I think this is a problem with the "Skin". I was playing with changing the GUI display from SKIN,and after that I was getting this error.

After logging to the Wikimedia page, the website has white background and link in left size. The fonts on the page (for link as well as for other contents) is quite big.

However, I am able to see the proper Wikipedia GUI if I log out. So, it seems that there must be certain settings (skin, color or font settings) associated with my account.

Can you please restore this settings to default.

Regards, Ashish Patel Login Name: zoom2ashish Mail: (removed to prevent spam) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoom2ashish (talk • contribs) 07:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

We cannot change your skin without your password (and don't give that to anybody). Go to Special:Preferences. Click "Skin", then "MonoBook (default)" and "Save". PrimeHunter 11:23, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

How to make a userpage

how do i make a userpage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamjohnnie8 (talk • contribs) 07:41, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Click on your username and add what you want to the blank space, you should also look at WP:USERPAGE--$UIT 07:51, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

ghargaon and pathwada

i cant find out my village named ghargaon and pathwada. Please tell how can i find it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bishtjayvir (talk • contribs) 08:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

The articles don't exist. You could create them if you want--$UIT 08:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Suppressing summary

Hi, how do I suppress the content summary in a page? I read somewhere that I can do it, but can't find out how... thanks -- Outspan [talk · contribs] 10:36, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what you're referring to; what part of a page is it that you don't want to see? --ais523 10:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

You need to put __NOTOC__ in the top of the page. See WP:TOC for more info. Kevin 10:46, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Renegade Consulting

Hello Wikipedia

I have recently opend an account so I can put information re my company, Renegade Consulting Pty Ltd (Australian based). To start with I have tried to edit the 'Renegade' page but it keeps getting removed. I assume this is because I am doing something wrong, can you help me please.

Thanks,

James Hutchins Renegade Consulting

Renegade consulting 10:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Creating an article with info on the company you own/working at is regarded as violation of neutral point of view (see WP:NPOV). If your company is notable, someone will create the article for you sooner or later. Remember Wikipedia is NOT an advertising space. -- Outspan [talk · contribs] 10:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

It is also a conflict of interest. :-) Stwalkerster talk 10:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Responded at length on user's talk page. --Dweller 10:47, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Does he get the orange "new message" thingy even if he's not a registered user? hmm -- Outspan [talk · contribs] 10:52, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the answer to that is 'sometimes'. See bug 9213 for information about the new-messages-to-anons bug. (The answer ought to be 'yes', but something's wrong with the code and the bar doesn't always come up.) --ais523 11:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Creating an article that has the same name as one that already exists

I'm wanting to create a Biographical article about the British Jazz Pianist Matthew Bourne. Unforchunatly there exists an article on a British ballet and dance choreographer of the same name (Matthew_Bourne). How do I go about creating a seperate article for the Pianist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattroberts66 (talk • contribs) 13:24, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

You create the new article under a name like Matthew Bourne (pianist), then place an {{otheruses4}} template at the top of each of the two conflicting articles, so that people who find the wrong one can navigate to the right one (see Template talk:Otheruses4 for instructions). --ais523 13:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

See also: Wikipedia:Disambiguation. --Teratornis 15:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Status Bot Help?

Can someone help me on my userpage please? I'm having a bit of trouble adding statusbot to my userpage.

Thanks, Perfect Proposal ^{Speak out loud!} 14:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Wait 5 minutes, and then check again; StatusBot doesn't have a perfect reaction time, and it takes it some time to react to a user signing up. (By the way, you had two status indicators on your userpage; I've removed one of them for you.) --ais523 14:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

LogMeIn, Inc

My company, LogMeIn, Inc. used to have a presence on Wikipedia. A search last week, however showed that the page no longer exists.

We can, of course, recreate a page, but we would like to know why the original entry was deleted. Is it possible to find out who deleted the original entry. There is little point in doing something only for it to disappear again.

Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LogMeInAndy (talk • contribs) 14:53, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Just click on a link to the page (here's one: LogMeIn), and you'll get information showing you which administrator deleted it and why. It seems there was a deletion discussion about the article (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LogMeIn), and then it was recreated and deleted after that. If you disagree with the deletion, or think you have new evidence, see Wikipedia:Deletion review to request a review of the deletion. --ais523 14:57, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

See also: Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? --Teratornis 15:04, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Development of three germinal layers

development of three germinal layers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.135.238.95 (talk) 15:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Do you have a question? PrimeHunter 16:13, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

It sounds like you're trying to research something - if this is the case, you'd be much better off asking a clearer question at the Reference Desk, which specializes in research. We're mainly here to help you use Wikipedia. Sorry. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 17:07, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Q-zar

I did a search on Q-zar, and your web site was second in line. I am the sole owner of Q-zar Systems. JR Robles. The history section claims that JR Robles, and Tim Foster purchased Q-zar equipment from John Jarvis. I Purchased the equipment from Mr. Jarvis soley. Tim Foster was merely contract labor for my company. (Q-zar Systems) I'm the sole owner of the DBA, bank accounts, leases ect... I purchased over one thousand vest with network units, and charging systems, score boards, and timers from Mr. Jarvis. The information published on your site claims we only purchased 180 vest. Please make these changes to acurately reflect Q-zar Systems.

I can be reached (contact details removed to protect you from spammers) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.200.224.218 (talk) 16:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I'd suggest posting your concerns on the article's talk page, where you're more likely to attract the attention of someone active with the editing of that page. Thank you for not making these edits yourself, as being the owner you would have a conflict of interest which we work to avoid, however we do greatly appreciate your help in pointing out mistakes such as these. If you can provide some easily verifiable source for this information, I'm sure someone would be happy to correct the information. Thanks! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 17:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Free use the any powerfull telescope for euducation.

Hello wikipedia support team, I beg to drow your kind attantion that i want to free use the any powerfull telescope for my won exprience or euducation. I am indian so pleace hallp me. My E-mail-<email removed for privacy>

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sukdevadhikary (talk • contribs) 16:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I don't think you're at the right place. Wikipedia doesn't own any powerful telescopes, and certainly none in India. I've removed your email address so you don't get spam, but I'm afraid that's really all we can do to help. If you had a specific telescope in mind, I would suggest contacting the owners of said telescope and checking with them. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 17:02, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

• However, if you mean you want permission to use an encyclopedia article on Wikipedia for educational purposes, please do. You may copy, modify & redistribute all Wikipedia content as long as you grant "the same freedoms to others" and acknowledge the authors of the article used. See Wikipedia:Copyrights for more about this policy and how to satisfy its requirements. --Moonriddengirl 17:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Try: google:online telescope; several of the search results look interesting. Also see: National Virtual Observatory#Public Access. Bear in mind that astronomy these days is mostly astrophysics and data analysis rather than just peering through telescopes. If you want to be an astronomer, you should study all the mathematics that you can. --Teratornis 16:43, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Information box

There is an information box 'STUCKISM' at the bottom of the page Stuckism. I want to add to it, but when I click edit, you can't see it. How can I edit it? Kipof 17:36, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

It's at Template:Stuckism. KTC 17:40, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Got it. Kipof 17:51, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I think someone is hacking into my account.

I have noticed VO pages I've never heard of on my watchlist. I think someone is hacking into my account. What should I do? Henchman 2000 17:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Check the move log for the pages you've never heard of. It's quite possible that someone decided to engage in some page-move vandalism, in which case both the original page and the page it was vandalise-moved to will end up on your watchlist. (If they were page-move vandalism targets, you can safely just remove them from your watchlist.) --ais523 17:47, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Reading Old Deleted Articles

Is there any way to access an archive of deleted articles? I'm guessing the answer is probably no. 68.54.42.126 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.54.42.126 (talk) 18:10, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

This is something that in most cases only admins can do. But if you had your article deleted and for some reason it is believed that in the future the article could be included in Wikipedia, the admin who decided to delete the article will usually create a copy of that page on your userspace for you to store and improve until all requisites (e.g. notability req. for people) are satisfied. -- Outspan [talk · contribs] 18:32, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, it's not my article, it's just something from last year a class apparently made mocking a teacher titled the "Doc Roc Theorem" or something along those lines. In any event, are you saying I could ask a mod for that deleted article and just keep it for myself without posting it?68.54.42.126 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.54.42.126 (talk) 19:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't really know, it's possible, especially if you know what the exact title was, although admins are AFAIK usually very busy and may not have time for something that's not meant to improve Wikipedia ;). -- Outspan [talk · contribs] 19:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Alright then. Thanks for explaining that! 68.54.42.126 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.54.42.126 (talk) 23:09, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Editing to a page not having an 'Edit' tab

How can we add the name of our business, Moses Carbon Graphite, for inclusion in this page on 'guitars', specifically to be included as a major producer of C/F composite necks?

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

Steve Mosher President Moses Carbon Graphite —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.215.183.238 (talk) 18:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia is not an advertising space and conflict of interest before you edit any article. Thanks. KTC 18:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Cities on Wikipedia

This is more of a curiosity: does Wikipedia aim to cover EVERY SINGLE town / city / municipality in the world and to have an article for each and every single one of them? -- Outspan [talk · contribs] 18:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

No. Only notable towns should be included, but it is difficult to remove non-notable towns. For example, there is absolutely nothing notable about Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, but there is an article about it - complete with history. -- Kainaw^(what?) 19:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

At least it has 60,000 people in it... it's very common to find much much smaller cities like Pancalieri, Pavarolo, Quagliuzzo, Claviere etc., and I also found many others with ~500 inhabitants that state no notability at all... is there a notability guideline for cities? I couldn't find it... thanks -- Outspan [talk · contribs] 20:08, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

As far as I know, there has not been any adopted notability guideline for cities/towns. It is my opinion that there should be. However, it would certainly result is the deletion of numerous articles. Then, it would carry over to the notability of roads, parks, buildings... So, I can understand why there has been no push for notability yet. -- Kainaw^(what?) 20:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes, there is a consensus that "every city and village is notable, regardless of size." You msut still have two reliable sources, of course. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arch dude (talk • contribs) 06:57, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Why wouldn't we want to create an article on every town and village in the world? Kainaw's response is personal opinion (as is mine). I think we should have an article on every single one of them, so long as they're sourced. Corvus cornix 17:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

pronouncing non english words

It would be great to set as a standard any time that a word is used, a pronunciation next to it in order to help the reader. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.121.130.84 (talk) 18:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Why (hwī) would (wood) we (wee) want (wŏnt) that (thāt) ? -- Kainaw^(what?) (kānô)^(hwŏt) 19:32, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

*pokes Kainaw* We do offer pronunciations for the subjects of many articles - see, for example, Mahatma Ghandi, which offers the pronunciation of Ghandi's name in the IPA. For more information, you may want to check Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation). Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 20:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but the OP said "any time that a word is used" - not "any time that a new, possibly difficult to pronounce word, or the subject of an article is used". -- kainaw™ 20:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Good point. Ok, poke revoked, you're forgiven. :-D Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 00:07, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

How to create a wiki page with Tabs

Hi , How do I create a wiki page with tabs. e.g. the tabs on all pages like project, decsription, history etc. . Thanks Obelixwiki 18:52, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

This is for questions about using wikipedia, but I have a wiki on Editthis.info you just select a name and press create. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 18:53, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but you might be looking for Help:Starting a new page. If not, please come back and let us know. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 20:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean like the tabs on Wikipedia:Tutorial (Editing)? --Teratornis 02:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Searching

Dear Wikis , how can I find the origin of the phrase "out of true" without ending up on the page for a , for chrissake , Nightingales album ? I'm thinking it's term from carpentry , levels , that sort of thing. Thanks . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.67.101 (talk) 20:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Please add a new header when asking another question. Thanks.

You could try looking at the article for "true" on Wiktionary, the Woodworking glossary here, or asking at the Reference Desk. Thanks. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 20:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikilink in Spanish language article

Could someone please take a look at the recent edits on the Spanish language article. I reverted an edit because it added a red wikilink to an article that had been deleted earlier as a transwiki. My revert edit has, itself now been reverted so that the red link is back. Before I get into an edit war (which I really want to avoid), I would appreciate some comments on what the appropriate action should be. I have not started a discussion with the person who made these edits because both their user and talk pages do not exist. Thanks. Truthanado 20:57, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Red links exist in many articles. Because the links are usually about something people would like to know, the red link shows that it doesn't yet exist and that it should be created. If the red link is removed, the article it linked to might never be created and could cause confusion to people who don't know what it is. ::Manors:: 23:10, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Los Angeles

The Battle of Los Angeles refers to an unidentified flying object event which took place from late February 24 to early February 25, 1942 in which eyewitness reports of an unknown object or objects over Los Angeles, California triggered a massive anti-aircraft artillery barrage.

My Dad was an eye witness to this event and would like to add some details from his own observations to the article Battle of Los Angeles. Would this conform to the edit guidelines? 208.176.157.168 21:02, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid not, we do not accept original research. Material must be verifiable and referenced to reliable sources without further analysis. KTC 21:23, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely not (but thank you for asking first). See our policy against original research, which includes eyewitness and other unpublished accounts. (Sorry, but we have no way of distinguishing between what is true and what is made up - or simply mistaken - unless we restrict the content of Wikipedia to information from reliable sources.) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:24, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

This

can someone fix the redirect? it was redirected instead of moved.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shushi_Pogroms&action=history

thank you --Hu1lee 21:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

What would like moved, and to where? i ^said 21:14, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, please clarify. Shushi Pogroms now is a redirect to Shushi Massacres, which looks correct to me. The older version of Shusi Pogroms seemed to be a shorter, less-developed version of the Shushi Massacres article. If there was any content or text in the Shusi Pogroms article that is NOT in the Shushi Massacres article, that content should be moved, by hand (cut-and-paste), with attribution (put "Adding content from the Shushi Pogroms article, now a redirect, that isn't in this article" in the edit summary box). -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:21, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Andranikpasha made a cut-and-paste move from this version of "Shushi Pogroms" to this version of Shushi Massacres, and then redirected Shushi Pogroms to Shushi Massacres. This should not have been done. You can request help at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. By the way, "Shushi Pogroms" has a single (selfpublished) Google hit [1] outside Wikipedia, and "Shushi Massacres" only has 4 [2] (at least 3 of them selfpublished), so none of the names look good. Is this known in English with another name? PrimeHunter 22:08, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

yes it is also spelled shushi, shousha, sushi and has many other variations, in french, Armenian, and Azeri mostly popular in Armenian or Azeri script. --Hu1lee 22:47, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Losing login

I just logged in and came to this page to post a question. It already says I'm not logged in althopuight the previous log in page said I was. I'm new to "trying" to be a contributor. After I log in and attempt to navigate the site to contribute I get a message that says I'm not logged in. After re-logging in and receiving a message that again I'm logged in, again it tells me I'm not logged in when I navigate and another page. This is becoming redundant and I never get to the page allowing me to contribute. Seems simplier to just be announymous. John —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.130.45 (talk) 21:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

This is a common problem with satellite internet. Using the secure site will solve your problems, although it's a little slower.--Werdan7^{T @} 22:03, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Use of Image in article A. Baldwin Wood

This document has a photo of A. Baldwin Wood. Is there any problem with using the photo in the article? Raasgat 21:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes the copyright appears to be held by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans who are not a federal agency so the image is unlikely to be PD or under a free licsense.Geni 21:41, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't remember my Username and I would like to recover it - can it be sent to my email?

I don't remember my Username and I would like to recover it - can it be sent to my email? I don't see any alternative except to guess my username until I get a new password sent to my email address - but that would accidentally reset other peoples passwords...

Is there a web form for entering my email addresses so that my username can be sent to me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.41.46.178 (talk) 22:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Did you edit articles with the old username, and can you remember which articles. if so you could check the article history and try and find your username. Just a suggestion Woodym555 22:30, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Good thought - thanks but I made s few edits without logging in - today I corrected a typo also without logging in. Seems like "every website" lets registered users recover an account by supplying their email address so that users won't create multiple accounts unnecessarily. I figured there must be a wikipedia webform for doing it. Maybe this is a future feature? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.41.46.178 (talk) 22:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Why not pick a new Username? Since you can't remember the old one, it must not have been memorable, so go for a new one that means something to you. Then all you'll have to worry about in the future is your password (which WP does have a process for emailing that to you).
Jim Dunning | talk 00:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Since you've made several posts with you're IP to this article the name may be located here If you made a userpage you're name's blue if you didn't it'll be red. You may not have posted with you're account, but odds are it'll be here. Probably that one just under you're last three edits. Yamakiri 20:41, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Help with adding a photo to an article.

I enjoy photographing buildings and I would like to add some of my photographs to articles that don't have photos.

My question is, what information do I put in the "file destination" block that appears on the upload images form?

Also, once I upload the photo, how does it get into the article?

Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GTV6 (talk • contribs) 23:16, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Destination file name is what you want the image to be called. After uploading the image, you put

[[Image:(Image name goes here)|px (pixel size)|(right, left or center)|(You can add a summary here)]] On the page that needs an image.

Sorry if it looked confusing.--$UIT 23:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

You may also want to check Uploading images and Using images out for some additional information.
Jim Dunning | talk 23:56, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I uploaded the photo. Here is a link to the uploaded photo page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Luhr_i.JPG

My question is, how do I get the photo into the article? I read your response to my question and I read the Uploading Photo Page, but afraid I still don’t understand how to do it. Would you please provide step-by-step instructions? Forgive my ignorance, but I am totally new at posting on the Internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GTV6 (talk • contribs) 00:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

See Help:Contents/Images and media for more information on inserting images into articles, specifically Wikipedia:Picture tutorial and Wikipedia:Extended image syntax. --Silver Edge 00:12, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

No problem -- we've all been there (and will be again). Go to the article and click on the edit this page link. Find the location in the text where you want the picture and enter:

[[Image:Luhr i.JPG|thumb|right|Picture of Luhr's Towers or whatever]]

The "right" indicates alignment on the page, so you can do left if you wish. The description is the caption. Hope this helps. (I noticed you need to add copyright info to the image)
Jim Dunning | talk 00:15, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

When I "upload" an image, how do I find its location after its uploaded? (The only reason I know its location right now is because I book-marked the webpage.)

How do I know what the image name is? You said it's "Luhr i.JPG". How did you know that? Is the image name coming from my harddrive or from the location on the Wikipedia server?

In response to your suggestion, I want to fix the copywrite issue before I try to add the photo to the article. So, where do I add the copywrite info? I read the Wikipedia copywrite info page, but I don't understand how to edit (or find) and already-uploaded image.

Thank you for your help.

Image Location: When you upload an image you choose its name (when you complete the "image destination" information). I knew your image's name because you provided a link to where it had been stored in Wikipedia; that link included the image name, "Luhr i.JPG". I'm assuming that's the name of the image as it exists on your hard drive since Wikipedia defaults to that (although you can change it when you complete the destination info during the upload process; for example, you could have called it "luhrs_towers.jpg").

Placing the Image in the Article: The image name (in this case, "Luhr i.JPG") is used to display it in the article. Just put this name as part of the image tag ("Image:"), like this: [[Image:Luhr i.JPG|thumb|right|Picture of Luhr's Towers]]. Wikipedia knows where the images are stored (so you don't need the complete url, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"). Look at some examples of other pictures in any article you want. Here's one of mine: look at Big Moose Lake and click on any of the images to go to their image pages, such as this one, Image:Big_Moose_Lake_NY_USA.JPG. For help with copyright info, look at what I put in the Summary and Licensing sections (click on the edit links for those sections and feel free to copy/paste/modify the wiki-markup for your own pictures, assuming you own the copyrights). Here's the markup for my Big Moose pic --

== Summary ==

{{Information

|Description=Big Moose Lake NY USA

|Source=own work

|Date=August 17, 2004

|Author=James H Dunning

|Permission=Own work, attribution required

}}

== Licensing ==

{{self|cc-by-sa-2.5}}

I hope this helps. Good luck.
Jim Dunning | talk 03:48, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for sharing that infomation.

I think now I have the image properly uploaded and copyrighted. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhrs_Tower.

I tried to upload another image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Bank_Center_Phoenix) and it's not displaying. Any idea what I did wrong?GTV6 23:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I repeated the suggested steps and the second link seems to be working now. Thanks again for the instructions.GTV6 23:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

How do I respond to an answer on this page?

I asked a question (above), someone answered, and now I want to respond to the answer. How do I do that without creating a new topic?

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GTV6 (talk • contribs) 23:54, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Go to Special:Preferences (while signed in), click on the "editing" tab, and click the first box, the one for "Enable section editing via [edit] links" to edit a specific section. Then respond by editing in that section.--Chaser - T 23:57, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Find the [Edit] link to the right of the topic you want to add a response to and click on it. Then just add your response under the existing text in the Edit window. You should put a colon (:) at the beginning of it to indent your contribution. It's just like editing any article in WP, so feel free to review How to edit a page for more info. Have fun!
Jim Dunning | talk 00:06, 4 September 2007 (UTC)