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January 23[edit]

Shabazz[edit]

How can the name Warrior Shabazz be added to the list of information on the name Shabazz?

MR Cooper Ali- Shabazz —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.77.166.56 (talk) 01:09, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably you refer to the Shabazz disamguation page. We add entries to the page that correspond to articles on the English Wikipedia. So really you are asking how to create an article about whatever person or group of people you refer to by "Warrior Shabazz". What is that? --Teratornis (talk) 01:43, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you wish for them to be permanently removed from the page history, email this address.

It appears that you may be wanting to create a page or entry with a subject that you may have a direct conflict of interest with. Please see WP:COI for more info. Tiggerjay (talk) 02:15, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article title in italics[edit]

The title of Deflexae is appearing in italics. I suppose this has to do with formatting that happened at the time the article was created, although I've never seen wiki markup in page titles before, and it certainly isn't standard for titles of pages on species or taxa to be italicized. I tried moving it to the same title, hoping that would undo the formatting, but I could not do this. I considered userfying it and then moving it back, but thought that this probably would not be possible because the original page would still exist, with whatever title formatting it had previously. One solution would be for someone to move the article into userspace (User:Opus 113/Deflexae, for example), have an administrator delete the redirect at Deflexae, move the page back, and have an admin delete the user subpage, but this would require help from an administrator. If any admin wants to do this, or anyone knows another way to solve the problem, either let me know or go ahead and fix it.--Opus 113 (talk) 03:21, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is part of the intended behaviour of {{taxobox}}. See the documentation. Algebraist 03:26, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that it is. Thank you for letting me know. In checking whether it was standard for taxa, I just looked at Australopithecus and Campephilus, neither of which is formatted this way, and checked the MOS and naming conventions, which had nothing on the topic as far as I could tell.--Opus 113 (talk) 03:34, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (text formatting). --Mysdaao ^talk 04:03, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding article names, see also the last paragraph of Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Special characters and formatting. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:53, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How/when will my article be published?[edit]

I have created an article more than a week ago, and yet it doesnt seem to have been published. How do I upload/publish my article to public wikipedia users? and how will I know that I am an autoconfirmed user? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alsharawy (talk • contribs) 09:39, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your article is still in your userspace, at User:Alsharawy/International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation. It is "published" by moving it to Wikipedia's main article space. You can do this yourself - see Help:Moving a page - or you can request another editor to move it for you - see Wikipedia:Requested moves (I see you have already posted a request there). The criteria for becoming an autoconfirmed user are explained at WP:AUTOCONFIRM. However, before moving your article to the main article space, I suggest you ask for feedback on it at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback. At the moment, it does not appear to demonstrate the notability of its subject - see our policy on notability at WP:NOTE for more information. Gandalf61 (talk) 10:55, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Your first article. ~A H 1^(TCU) 01:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And more specifically WP:CORP and WP:FAQO. – ukexpat (talk) 16:11, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Development-induced Displacement and Rehabilitation in India[edit]

Dear Sir, Can I send some of my published books/articles on the above subject for the readers on your web page? Thanks and regards.

Balgovind Baboo —Preceding unsigned comment added by BALGOVIND BABOO (talk • contribs) 09:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm afraid you cannot, as Wikipedia is not a primary source and does not publish primary sources. If you have expertise in this area, you are very welcome to contribute to existing articles on the subject, or create new Wikipedia articles if appropriate. But please note that articles in Wikipedia must be fully referenced from reliable sources, must not contain original research, and must be written in a neutral and encyclopaedic style. Self-published works are not usually acceptable as sources, but if your books and articles have been published by reputable publishers or in refereed journals, they may certainly be used as references in Wikipedia articles. --ColinFine (talk) 12:04, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting my own uploaded photos[edit]

Resolved

– – ukexpat (talk) 18:17, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How can I delete photos that I myself created and uploaded? eu.stefan (talk) 10:03, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Only administrators can delete. You can request deletion by placing {{db-g7}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:47, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thank you. eu.stefan (talk) 13:01, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Overriding template link format[edit]

Hi, I am trying to include this image from the Commons in this article on Christabel Bielenberg. The template {{Infobox writer}} automatically adds the word 'Image' before the filename. There also appears to be a naming conflict with Bielenberg.jpg. Can anyone help? Orthorhombic (talk) 16:44, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image: is equivalent to File:. Some infoboxes automatically add one of them. It doesn't matter which is used, just omit it when the corresponding parameter is assigned. The English Wikipedia has File:Bielenberg.jpg. Then an image by the same name at Commons cannot be displayed. You can reupload Commons:File:Bielenberg.jpg under another name. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:59, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Or just request either one of them is moved. The {{rename media}} template can be used for that on either Wikipedia or Commons. Or just ask an administrator directly. I have now moved the image that was here on the English Wikipedia, to the more descriptive name File:Bielenberg Sports Complex, Woodbury, Minnesota.jpg and requested the file on Commons to be moved to a more descriptive name as well. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:11, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]