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Help with resizing an upright image in infobox

I uploaded an upright image of a movie poster to the article: Lifeu Ishtene, but unable to resize it using the usual Image size = XXXpx method. I just wish to make it smaller. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Niri M / ನಿರಿ 13:05, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I've done what you asked, however that parameter only resizes the width and proportions the height. You won't notice a huge difference but you needed to leave off the "px" part of the number according to the documentation. I hope this worked for you :)  JoeGazz  ♂  15:07, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks JoeGazz, I'll keep that in mind! However, I'm still not able to make it the size I want it to be. If I change the 100 to, say, 20, nothing happens. I want the image to be around 180x230 in dimension. Could you please suggest how that can be made? Thank you very much for your time! :) - Niri M / ನಿರಿ 13:26, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Well, looking at the template, it doens't like anything under 220 for some reason, we can force it to work though, we can manually resize the image for you and see how that works. Shall I do that for you?  JoeGazz  ♂  14:03, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick response. Yes please, that'd be great! - Niri M / ನಿರಿ 18:29, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Someone with nutritional knowledge could help.

I've compiled some figures for the nutritional facts box in Pine nut#Culinary uses, with data for 100/.77 g of unshelled nuts = 100 g of shelled nuts from the USDA website. But I don't know how to present the data "vitA_ug = 1 | carotene, beta_ug=22 | vitA_IU=38 | Lutein + zeaxanthin_ug = 12", Tocopherol, and phytosterols, if not others, not showing up. If no one here can help, can they put this somewhere (talk page, etc.) so someone can take care of it some other time? Thanks so much. Imagine Reason (talk) 01:07, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

If you post this here, Talk:Pine_nut, and give the link to the USDA webpage maybe an editor there will know how to present this information in the article in a suitable manner. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 12:23, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Requests for help

12 COI edit requests: Talk:Accuride International (waiting 10:10:09) , Talk:Discount-licensing.com (waiting 10:10:09) , Talk:Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Jonathan M. Gregory (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:JumpStart (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Libya lobby in the United States (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Marshall Sylver (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Nathan Cleverly (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Column Technologies (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Peter Scott (educationalist) (waiting 5d 10:45:20) , Talk:Product Red (waiting 5d 10:45:20) , Talk:Unique Identification Authority of India (waiting 5d 10:45:20)

14 semi-protected edit requests: Talk:Chimpanzee (waiting 2d 11:30:59) , Talk:Facebook (waiting 2d 11:30:59) , Talk:FC Barcelona (waiting 02:29:40) , Talk:Gautama Buddha (waiting 1d 20:50:39) , Talk:Gilgit-Baltistan (waiting 2d 11:30:59) , Talk:Ice Road Truckers , Talk:Julia Allison (waiting 2d 09:50:56) , Talk:List of Freemasons (waiting 1d 03:50:15) , Talk:Northwest Passage (waiting 2d 11:30:59) , Talk:This Is War (waiting 08:49:49) , Talk:United States presidential election, 2012 (waiting 14:29:58) , Talk:Wesley Sneijder (waiting 3d 08:12:20) , Template talk:Christianity (waiting 02:49:41) , Template talk:Requested move (waiting 03:29:42)

17 protected edit requests: Talk:Awan (Pakistan) (waiting 2d 13:11:01) , Talk:Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (waiting 16:30:10) , File talk:DuffCooley.jpg (waiting 1d 00:10:20) , Talk:Republican Party (United States) (waiting 04:49:57) , Template talk:Age in years and days/years (waiting 22:10:17) , Template talk:Country data Bhutan (waiting 2d 05:30:52) , Template talk:Country data Zanzibar (waiting 2d 13:11:01) , Template talk:GNF Protein box (waiting 2d 13:11:01) , Template talk:Infobox airport (waiting 03:09:54) , Template talk:Infobox disease (waiting 07:50:01) , Template talk:Infobox software (waiting 1d 08:10:31) , Template talk:Location map/Info (waiting 09:10:02) , Template talk:MusicBrainz artist (waiting 18:30:12) , Template talk:R from UN/LOCODE (waiting 20:50:15) , Template talk:Reflist (waiting 01:09:52) , Template talk:WikiProject United States (waiting 07:50:01) , User talk:Cacycle/wikEd (waiting 5d 10:45:19).

 Chzz  ►  01:59, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

User:krispin16/VSide

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

A friend of mine and I re-wrote the page of an online world called vSide, I was wondering if someone could read it (or some of it) and give us some feedback on it. Thanks in advance.

BTW, sorry if I double post. I already posted this yesterday but Cecraig77 seems to have accidentally deleted all of Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 7  :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback/2011_August_7&diff=next&oldid=443571144

Krispin16 (talk) 04:36, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

• Well, compared with the earliest version, both of you did an excellent job. However, I don't think this article passes our General Notability Guideline at the moment, because 90% of the references goes to the home page of vSide, and the other sources don't seem to be reliable (eg I see blogs, forum posts, among others). Try to find independent third-party sources, and this article can be created. Regards.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_Hey^{it's me}_{I am dynamite} 11:33, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Fantasy (Regine Velasquez album)

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The article is about the album of Regine Velasquez called Fantasy. I would like to kindly ask for someone to get some feedback for this article. Thank you in advance.

Rovheel (talk) 10:54, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

• My first impression was OK. Although I see unreliable sources, such as Facebook, Amazon, or blogs. If you want to improve this article, replace those with reliable sources, such as Allmusic. Also this article is not very old, so I would nominate it on T:DYK to see it on the main page. Regards.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_Hey^{it's me}_{I am dynamite} 11:47, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Marketing activation

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

This is my first new article. Any help in improving it is appreciated. Thank you!

Brainbeat (talk) 13:41, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Theft by finding

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I have just done a first draft of Theft by finding, a requested article on a common law crime.

Otherthinker (talk) 14:56, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

ARC Energy

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Can some please review my article about ARC Energy which came to my attention after it was visited by President Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.

Chewes (talk) 15:30, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

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

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I need help cleaning up the links in this article. Right now, they are added as references, but should be internal links in the document.

204.15.0.186 (talk) 17:28, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

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

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Can Someone give me feedback please for the article and also what does this mean: "if necessary the page should be appropriately tagged for cleanup?" Thanks so much!

Musicloversb17 (talk) 18:02, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Borje Oscar Rosaen inventor

Titanic1000 (talk) 20:05, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Seems to be re: Borje Oscar Rosaen (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)  Chzz  ►  04:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

User:StoneCircleMetal/Stone_Circle_(Band)

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi there, been writing a band article about the history of Stone Circle. Very new to this so I have tried to find as many reliable sources as possible (magazines mainly). Really appreciate anyones time to have a look and give me some advice over this because I appreciate it must be very annoying what some people write about.

Thanks! StoneCircleMetal (talk) 20:07, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi there.

I'm sorry, but the draft article User:StoneCircleMetal/Stone Circle (Band) is not acceptable, because it does not show that the band is 'notable' - for that, it would need to show "significant coverage in reliable sources" (such as newspapers). Please refer to WP:VRS and WP:BAND. For help with how to add references, see WP:REFB.  Chzz  ►  06:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Hailey Dunn

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Just wondering if this article is detailed enough? I think it is notable enough, but could be wrong! Thanks in advance!

Allycat1208 (talk) 20:14, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Andrew Abercromby

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Requesting feedback to remove "new article" template. The article is mainly based on Abercromby's public domain NASA bio. Only two other articles (NEEMO and Pascal Lee) link to this one, but I have not added the "orphan" template because it is presently recommended only for articles with no incoming links.

Gildir (talk) 20:38, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

ISAFF

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I am new as a wiki editor, so feel free to suggest any obvious writing/editing errors. Any useful tips are most welcome. I know of a page link that is not yet supported since I am working on it which is the ISAFF 2009 link.

Sal true (talk) 20:47, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Music of the Soul (book)

This was my first wikipedia entry of a book that I feel is very important in the history of contemporary Sufism. Just want to make sure I handled procedures properly. Thank you.

Inksleeve (talk) 21:17, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

 Checked Let me check this out and get back to you on it shortly.  JoeGazz  ♂  12:26, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Things I noticed - I noticed a few things.

• Your article is quite short, that's fine, just one thing to note.
• One thing you need is referenced information using inline citations, please see a guide to referencing for beginners. If you want a little example on how to source your reference properly, this may help:

 <ref>{{cite journal |author= Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i as-Shadhul |year= 2002 |title= Music of the Soul|journal= Sidi Muhammad Press}} </ref> 

• Your article needs some wikilinks, so I'll try to add some for you.

So basically, you're almost there, and I'm sure you'll get there. Just do those things listed above and those ugly tags (the colored boxes at the top) will go away.  JoeGazz  ♂  12:40, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Inksleeve, I have formatted the page title and book title to italics as is required and added a wikilink to Sufism.

I don't want to be a killjoy but the fact that you feel this book is important in the history of contemporary Sufism is not a criterium for inclusion in Wikipedia. You will need to demonstrate its notability, please see Wikipedia:Notability (books), after a quick Google search I can find no major reference to this work in reliable secondary sources (reviews, criticism and so on) and it is also self-published (which is generally a good indicator of non-notability).

From what I can make out, the only thing that would work would be point 4 (in a nutshell, books-notability), so if you can find sources that show that this book is used for instruction in multiple universities etc. I guess that would save it. Otherwise it looks like this article wouldn't survive a deletion discussion. Sorry about that. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 13:20, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Obstacle Race

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Just looking for help to get this new field of racing up and listed on Wikipedia. I'm most familiar with the obstacle racing series www.spartanrace.com, but it is a new and exciting sport that is gaining traction and I feel needs to be listed as a sport.

New to Wikipedia so any help is appreciated!

Inksleeve (talk) 21:23, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Davies public affairs

Resolved

 – Page moved

User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here  Chzz  ►  03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I have begun a discussion on WT:Help desk seeking consensus as to whether reposting feedback requests here at the Help Desk is necessary and desirable. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 18:20, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

I would like to move this page so that is it can be viewed by the public. Here is a link to the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gnachtwey/Davies_public_affairs.

Thank you for your help.

Gnachtwey (talk) 23:57, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

{{Doing|Requesting deletion of page to make way for move}} I've requested deletion of Davies Public Affairs so we can move this page. The target page is just a redirect so the move should occur soon. In the mean time, I've taken it upon myself to add a few fixing touches to your article, it looks good though. :)  JoeGazz  ♂  12:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done - Page moved to new title Davies Public Affairs.  JoeGazz  ♂  14:43, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Stem Cell topic

In the history of the generation of pluripotent stem cells there is missing information. In June 2007 together with iPSC, SCNT stem cells (Sh. Mitalipov) first human pluripotent parthenogenetic stem cell lines were reported (Revazova ES et al.) and highlighted in Nature News. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.243.207.13 (talk) 05:18, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

• Do you have a question about using Wikipedia we can answer? If you have questions about scientific topics, you should try asking at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science instead. --Jayron32 05:20, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The IP might be talking about Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell. Thanks for your suggestion. The right place to discuss the article is at the articles talk page, which can be found by clicking at this link. Just follow the link and discuss this there, so that other editors of the article can see it. By the way, please sign your posts on talk pages by typing ~~~~ at the end of your posts, but not in articles. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 05:36, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Templates to mark articles with problems due to a lack of historical depth of coverage?

Do we have a template set similar to Template:Globalise to mark articles with problems due to a lack of historical depth of coverage? I'm thinking of Criticism of libertarianism which fails to sufficiently criticise Libertarianism prior to the development of the pro-capitalist school of libertarianism in the United States in the 1960s. Fifelfoo (talk) 05:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Maybe Template:Generalize, or Template:Cleanup-weighted, or Template:Time-context. The "Time context" one has a flexible parameter that may let you enter the exact problem with the article in question. Likewise Template:Missing information takes a parameter where you cna enter the historical context you think is missing from the article. There's also Template:Recentism and Template:Unbalanced, but those don't allow you to customize the text like the others. --Jayron32 05:42, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

I think you meant Criticism of Libertarianism. There's a whole heap of boxes in Wikipedia:Template_messages, but I'm not sure any are quite what you want; you could use e.g. {{disputed}} and just explain further on the discussion page, talk:Criticism of Libertarianism - or, of course, just boldly fix it.  Chzz  ►  05:45, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

• Many thanks for your help, Template:Missing_information_non-contentious seems to be the best one for this circumstance. Fifelfoo (talk) 06:01, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Deleted pages in raw watchlist

I found three deleted pages on my watchlist I don't remember to have created. Can an admin take a look at the following three deleted pages in my userspace and tell me, what they contained?

• User:Toshio Yamaguchi/tsauth/0.3600084197241813
• User:Toshio Yamaguchi/tsauth/0.7960956192109734
• User:Toshio Yamaguchi/tsauth/0.9195870482362807

Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 05:53, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

• I checked. Those pages have never existed, so I don't know how they ended up on your raw watchlist. There are no deleted or moved pages under those names, at least that I could find. --Jayron32 06:06, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Very strange. I can't say anything specific, but at least this doesn't seem to be the product human action, given the cryptic naming of those pages. I still have no idea, why they show up on my raw watchlist though. Anyway, thanks for taking a look, Jayron. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 06:29, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Ryan Hobson

Can somebody please take a look at Ryan Hobson. It's a partially referenced BLP with some statements that look negative to me. Not sure how far to prune it back while waiting for further sourcing. Cloveapple (talk) 06:26, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I removed some contentious information (the reference wasn't clear). Further discussion belongs on Talk:Ryan Hobson. (Of course, if you thought the person non-notable you could begin deletion discussions.

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  06:35, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the second set of eyes. I took it to talk. Cloveapple (talk) 07:20, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

latitude and longitude coordinates link

The link on geographic location latitude and longitude seems to have a problem. It has not work for several cities or geographic location for the past two days. Here are two exemples of what I'm talking about: Coordinates: 52°57′N 1°08′W for Nottingham, UK Coordinates: 51°3′0″N 3°44′0″E for Ghent, Belgium --98.211.71.137 (talk) 06:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Seems to be working for me; Nottingham shows Coordinates: 52°57′N 1°08′W and if I click the link and go to e.g. Google Maps, I get this, which is pretty-much middle of Notts?  Chzz  ►  06:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Completing the "Featured article" nomination procedure

Hello, thanks for being there. I am trying to complete a "featured article" nomination for the article titled "Mark Satin," and initiate a discussion on that nomination, and I am very confused. I have four questions:

(1) I completed steps #1-4 under the "Nomination procedure" set forth in the "Wikipedia:Featured article candidates" article. However, step #5 stumped me, and I stopped. I recently discovered that a page named "Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mark Satin/archive1" now exists. Has someone completed step 5 (the final step) on my behalf? If not, how should I proceed?

(2) Sometimes I can call this page up. However, sometimes when I enter this page in the Wikipedia search box, I am told it does not exist. This has haoppened over and over. I am confused.

(3) When I do manage to call the page in #1 above up, and go to the "discussion" tab there, I am informed that I need to start the discussion page in order to receive and respond to comments about my nominated article. However, that page lacks the initial comments about my nomination that I entered on the page referred to in #1 above. Is that right? Other nominees appear to have such comments on their nomination pages. Should I paste them there to begin the discussion?

(4) Someone has already critiqued my nominated article on the "Talk:Mark Satin" page. How can that be? And what is it doing THERE? Should I now transfer it (along with my response to it) to the discussion page mentioned in #3 above??

Your answers to these four questions will mean a great deal to me . . . and help a great article move forward! Thanks in advance.Babel41 (talk) 06:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Babal41. I think the continuous transclusion manner that nominations are listed under is what is confusing you; it's actually a rather alien concept if you're new to it. The nomination always remains at the archive page you made through step #4. The entire page though is shown by tranclusion at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. When people go there they see the nomination with an edit button, and when that is clicked on they are transported to your archive page. So, to complete the fifth step, go here and add the the top of the page of the list you see {{Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mark Satin/archive1}} That step has not been completed on your behalf, which you can see if you look for Mark Satin at WP:FAC, where it is not yet listed. Don't worry about the search failing. Not sure why that would happen but it's some type of indexing issue. It's irrelevant in any event: people will not be finding your nomination in this way. They will come to the page mostly through its listing at WP:FAC, or through the article's talk page banner. Forget the discussion page. That is the talk page of the nomination, and for most nominations is never even used. Critiques, comments, supports, opposes, etc., all are made and responded to directly on the archive1 nomination page. Finally, a person gave you a critique on the article's talk page. That happens sometimes without ever having a nomination. Here, it is unclear whether the person saw the fact that the article was a featured candidate and decided to comment but never visited the nomination, or was completely unaware of the nomination, and is is just a coincidence that they critiqued it while you were in the midst of nominating the article. In either case, it was posted by the user at the talk page so you can respond there. If you really wish it to be included as part of the FA nomination, you can ask the person if they would mind if you copied it to there.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 09:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

making a templete collapsed.

I'm am trying to make the template {{Fernando Lugo cabinet}} be collapsed as the default. I am trying to use {{collapsible option|state=collapsed}} inside the template, but to no avail. Can someone help me how. Bgwhite (talk) 07:15, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Done. You will find that all of the major metatemplates have direct collapse options, which their documentation should tell you about. Here, see Template:Navbox#Setup parameters.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 08:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much.Bgwhite (talk) 08:47, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 09:17, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

"upright=" in image tags

I'm trying to shrink the upright image at User:Biosketch/Elinor_Joseph, but none of the values I input in the "upright=" parameter of the image tag has any effect on the display size. Can someone explain to me what's going on?—Biosketch (talk) 08:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Best advice, don't bother; just put [[File:Sikat_hovesh.gif|thumb|alt=Medic's pin|Medic's pin]] instead.

Keep it simple. Users can choose the size of thumbs in their prefs, so we shouldn't force things unless there's a great reason to do so. Considering the huge range of devices that Wikipedia is read on, it really is best to just use "thumb", on the right, in 99.9% of cases.

"Upright" only forces the width; it's best not to bother. In case you care though, see Wikipedia:Picture tutorial.  Chzz  ►  09:05, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

jon the dentist (entry in wikipedia)

Jon the Dentist (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

please help - people are logging on, going into my name and posting inflamatory and libulous comments. is it possible to delete me completely from the wikipedia dictionary as this is causing me great stress. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wllapr1 (talk • contribs) 09:22, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

• people are logging on, going into my name and posting inflamatory and libulous comments. – why is it "inflamatory and libulous"? You deleted content without explaining it in the edit summary and added unreferenced statements.
• is it possible to delete me completely from the wikipedia... – no, we can not delete an account, but you can vanish it.
• ...dictionary as this is causing me great stress. – Wikipedia is not a dictionary but an encyclopedia. --♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_Hey^{it's me}_{I am dynamite} 11:09, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Some BLP subjects are notable despite their protestations, but I think this one can make a good case for being too obscure and unimportant to bother with. Jim.henderson (talk) 11:38, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

U.K. Flash crime wave

I am a new user and wish to start an entry about the recent U.K. 'riots' 2011 under the title 'U.K. Flash Crime Wave' and I am have great difficulty doing so. I navigate through to the end of each page and come to a dead end. can someone help. Nigel Shephard (talk) 09:54, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The article already exists. See 2011 England riots. You may wish to create redirects from other titles, including U.K. Flash Crime Wave, if that is a name that has been used to describe the incidents. For future reference about creating an article, see Wikipedia:Your first article, Wikipedia:Article wizard and Wikipedia:Starting an article.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:02, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Alignment of a map legend

The map legend in the infobox of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is centre aligned (by default?) and as a result looks really untidy. Is there a way of forcing it to left-align? Roger (talk) 10:50, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

{{Infobox treaty}} centre aligns the caption. I have have wrapped the legend in a left-aligned div.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 11:35, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Roger (talk) 11:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Sisters of St. Joseph

Greetings, Your article regarding the Sisters of St. Joseph is not accurate. They had an establishment in Miami, Florida in the 1950's. I was separated from my family of origin when my mother was hospitalized for over a year, and my father was flying with Pan American Airlines. I was five years of age at the time I was sent to St. Joseph Villa. I remember being the youngest resident there. And very sad to say I was repeatedly sexually abused by one of the nuns. After getting out of St. Joseph Villa I remember going through some very strange behaviors as a result of being sexually abused. I also remember trying repeatedly to tell my parents about what happened to me in the orphanage and was always met with the response, "Forget about that. It's only your imagination." Years later, as an adult I did pursue a law suite with a law firm in Miami, Florida representing me. There was a police investigation as a result of me being sexually abused by the nun. I have a hard copy of the reports given to me by the police agencies. In the reports you can see very clearly the catholic church on the run from the police agencies. So your Wikipedia article doesn't indicate St. Joseph Villa in Miami, Florida, run and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph. It was there and so was I, unfortunately. Kind of interesting - After my mother passed away I was cleaning out her bedroom and in her dresser drawer I found a picture of me hiding under clothing. In the picture I'm standing in the center of six other children, all older and bigger than myself. The two girls standing on either side of me were my best friends at the time. My father was an amateur photographer and I'm guessing he took the picture. End of story. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.232.61.108 (talk) 11:00, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

It may be accurate without being comprehensive. We rely on reliable sources. Kittybrewster ☎ 12:38, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Spoliers!!!

I am based in the UK. I have just been readingthe big bang theory page which has a massive great spolier in it regarding the end of season 4 under leonard and penny's relationship.

Not all your readers are in the US!!!!!!!!

We are nowhere near the end of season 4 in the UK and the end has been spoilt for me now. Such details should only appear in the episode specific section where people can avoid such levels of information.

So disappointed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.37.14 (talk) 12:11, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Er... all Wikipedia pages on movies, TV shows, and whatnot contain spoilers. It's an encyclopedia, after all. If you didn't want to see spoilers, please look it up on IMDB instead, avoid Wikipedia. I mean it. For what it's worth, I sympathize. :( -- Obsidi♠n Soul 12:31, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

You can read our guideline at Wikipedia:Spoiler. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:13, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Title of page

I know how to edit the page, but not change the title.

The New South Wales Justice and Attorney General's Department article is now incorrectly titled, due to the fact the department has undergone a name change.

The Department is now called the Department of Attorney General and Justice verified by the web-site http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/corporate/ll_corporate.nsf/pages/attorney_generals_department_index — Preceding unsigned comment added by Montalban (talk • contribs) 12:58, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello. It's quite easy but you require an autoconfirmed account to do it (your account probably is already, judging from your number of edits and age). You don't so much rename it as actually move it to a new article space under a new title. See Wikipedia:Moving a page. -- Obsidi♠n Soul 13:12, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually the account isn't 4 days old yet so the editor can't move it. Ryan Vesey Review me! 13:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I moved it for you. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:59, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Mistake posting article - help!

Hi, I just made an error posting an article with the title "Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983". I moved a version from user drafts which wasn't the final save draft. I went back in to replace that version with the proper version and I couldn't find it in the encyclopedia. I tried to remove my final draft but couldn't do because it said there was already an article with that name. I was wondering if could please delete that name (and the article if it is live somewhere) and I'll repost my final draft. Be really grateful if you can help. Sorry for the hassle.

Cheers Transaus (talk) 15:14, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello Transaus, I'm going to request deletion of that article name for you. Once the title is deleted, you will be able to move your article (final draft) to that title without an issue. Can you please clarify what you mean by you can't find the article of that name and what you mean when you say you can't find it in the encyclopedia? What are you looking for?  JoeGazz  ♂  15:18, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

What I think was actually wanted was to move the article that is now present in user space to replace the earlier-moved article. This is a move any admin can do in a single step; I just did. Transaus, confirm this is what you wanted. the article could do with some 3rd party refs, but seems otherwise OK. And when one wants a page of one's own deleted, the simple way is to place at the top the line {{db-author}}. It will generally be deleted without further fuss in a few minutes. DGG ( talk ) 17:46, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Cheers, got it DGG, that's what I was after. For some reason, I couldn't find the posted article in the encyclopedia. But, maybe after what you've said the simple thing is to replace the actual posted article with the one in my userspace. And yes, I'll add some more third party references. Thanks a lot delete the article for now. Cheers, Transaus (talk) 01:00, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

How to remove hypertexts ? [Feature request]

Hi there,

I have just finished an exiting article about reading on a screen and cognition (French magazine Science&Vie, aug. 2011).

Many studies tend to show that hyperlinks prevent a reader from being perfectly focused on a text. First, because it's a visual distraction (blue text) and obviously because it makes the reader able to jump to a different article, almost without limits. This is great when you randomly surf and discover new things, but the milk turns sour when you "need" to keep concentrated on a particular page.

Would't it be great if the reader could able/disable the hyperlinks with a simple checkbox (or any other mean) ? I gotta say I would love such a feature. Plus, you would not click by accident on a link anymore. On a good computer, this not a big deal, just hit "previous page", and you're good. But on a slower machine or on a mobile device with a bad connection, a wrong click quickly becomes annoying.

I hope this feature will come soon!

Thanks to the whole community.

BP

Hello there! I'd like to inform you that this is the wrong place to request such a feature. You should consider requesting this feature at our developers bug site at bugs.wikimedia.org where they can take a look at it and track it. It may need community discussion if it were to be implemented here on Wikipedia after it was developed. This is a good idea, you're just asking the wrong people. Thanks for your suggestion.  JoeGazz  ♂  15:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Added - Also, please don't add links to external sites un-necessarily meaning, don't add links here that don't pertain to your request. Thanks. I've removed the link you posted as it was not pertinent to the request.  JoeGazz  ♂  15:51, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Or, if you would really like such an option, there is one. Go to any article you desire to read, then, in the left panel, click on "printable version". Voilà, a version without links.--SPhilbrickT 16:24, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The printable version actually does have links but they are formatted the same as other text. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I believe that the user is looking for an option without having to view the printed page, rather a setting that is a default. That is a workaround you can try.  JoeGazz  ♂  17:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The user asked for a one-click option to have a page with out bluelinks, which OP views as distracting, and encourages leaving the page. Yes, the printable version has links, but they aren't obvious. And you can get it with one click, so it delivers almost all the OP wanted (although possibly OP wanted one click to convert for all pages. If so, one relatively easy option is to go to WP:VPR and ask for a user preference which would make all pages appear as printable versions, the user could simply unclick to get the regular version. Or OP could ask for something like the original request, but that's the place to ask.)--SPhilbrickT 20:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually, they would have to ask at bugs.wikimedia.org where they can add it since it would require a coding to the whole mediawiki trunk. After it was coded, then there could be a proposal to enable it on enwiki, but that can't happen until the feature is coded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe Gazz84 (talk • contribs)

I would like to get a copy of all the national parks in the USA, I really like what you have on the parks a picute and a description, please send a copy of this inforamtiion to David Conley, <redacted>

Phone number is <redacted> Thanks you so very much, we so appreciate your help Thanks a bunch David Conley — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.236.49.216 (talk) 17:03, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I have removed your contact information, as you were told when you chose to post here, your requests will be answered here. You can print articles yourself as described at Help:Printable. You can also create for yourself a virtual book of wikipedia articles (which is what it sounds like you want). See Help:Books for more information on that. --Jayron32 17:10, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Somebody wrote a false article about me on the Wiki and I would like it to be removed.

The link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:George_bandak It was written about me and contains faults and misleading information. I would like to have it removed from Wikipedia please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.96.82.81 (talk) 17:43, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for your concern, unfortunately, we cannot deal with this issue here as we need verification you are indeed the subject of this article. Please see this page for more information on contacting the foundation about an article that you wish to be removed. We cannot delete for lack of references since it is a Userspace article, which means that the article isn't in the main article section of the wiki yet. Thank you.  JoeGazz  ♂  17:49, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The article itself was deleted George bandak but the person then put it on their userpage. The person and his band don't seem to get any mention anywhere on the internet. [2] Hard to tell if either really exist. No one has used that account or edited that user page in years. Dream Focus 17:57, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I did that exact same google search and got the same results. I did just google the name "George Bandak" and saw something about a broker and real estate agent. I'm not sure we can do anything since it's a Userspace article, the account seems very inactive though... I just know with BLPs you need to take extreme caution and for a complaint about the content of the article, you will probably need to verify yourself as the actual user the article is about, which can only be done via email because of personal information. Or at least it's that way (need to use email) when dealing with Usernames of famous people or notable people on the account request interface. I don't think this person is notable though.  JoeGazz  ♂  18:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Article on the "Personal Computer Industry" or "Personal Computing Industry."

Several years ago, we contributed an article on the subject topic. It used to be on wikipaedia but it appears to have disappeared. Could someone please explain why this might have occured?`````` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Klkraemer (talk • contribs) 18:42, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

It was deleted with edit summary "test" back in 2006 (so maybe it was perceived as merely an editing test). There are several deletion process through which content can be deleted (see WP:deletion processes. You are welcome to recreate it as long as it fits the criteria for a new article (ao follow the links WP:RS, and WP:notability to check); and provided the info is not already available under an other name. Rgds! L.tak (talk) 19:33, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

The deleted Personal Computer Industry had no real article conent. It was created by User:Fabartus and the content was (I have made links to categories which shouldn't be on this help desk):

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See: preliminary draft specification of article: User:fabartus/Personal Computer Industry

• If anyone wants to get this article started, be my guest! FrankB

060412--Stub in article title referenced to nil search results for an article focusing on the generational development.

i.e. history of the the standards wars, early machines and such up through todays comparative Cadillacs. 13 April 2007

CONTACT: user: fabartus FrankB 19:25, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

{{hist-stub}} {{tech-stub}}

category:Computing Microcomputers/processors {{microcompu-stub}} Category:Microcomputer stubs Computer software {{compu-soft-stub}} Category:Software Computer hardware {{compu-hardware-stub}} Category:Computer hardware

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The above was placed in article space with the real articles. It didn't belong there. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:27, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Editing M F K Fisher

I cannot get the hang of creating a new section, I know the command has to start on a new line as ==name=; however, when I use the spacebar to start a new line, it does not work. Further attempts to fix the problem in the Fisher article has now led to the appearance of a mysterious blue box that has swallowed my latest additions. Aarg! Henry Heater 18:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henryheater (talk • contribs)

Start a line with ==name== and no spaces at the beginning of that or any other line except if you want the grey box. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:53, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I normally start a new line by using the spacebar; is that the problem? If so, what is the solution? Moreover, how do I fix the text as it now is after I screwed it up. Getting rid of the heading command did not help. ThanksHenry Heater 19:24, 13 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henryheater (talk • contribs)

the problem is that the spacebar at the beginning of a line makes the box. Personally, I think it is one of the most error-prone formatting features, but that's the way it is. The solution is to use the "enter/return-key". You can also press the "new line" icon in the "advanced" menue in hte top of the editing window; (it's the icon left of A+). Does that work for you? L.tak (talk) 19:29, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Need help to backtrack article to earlier version.

Resolved

 – Reverted

 JoeGazz  ♂  21:35, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I've been doing some minor edits to the politico-media complex entry and periodically the editor, from my end appears to have gone into a wierd mode and done things like deleted reference tags and such. As it stands, it looks as though I've ended up vandalising the entry, but this was certainly not my intention at all, but to make constructive contributions.

To get the article back to some sanity I need to revert back to the version at 18.19 13 August 2011.

Please help me and sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. ILakatos (talk) 18:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I will revert it to that version, it's ok, we all have malfunctions we can't control sometimes. No problem at all.  JoeGazz  ♂  19:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done I've reverted it to the revision at 18:19 13 August 2011. Don't sweat it, we all have issues, the good thing is that you wanted to fix it and not just walk away. :) Have a nice day.  JoeGazz  ♂  19:53, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Editing M F K Fisher (2)

Thanks - I finally got it to work. As a newbie I recommend that the help section on these issues be made more insultingly explicit. For example, I had a dickens of a time learning how to use a linebreak to paragraph. The simple command <br/> which appears when you use the advanced editing key was not mentioned. The apparent suggestion to use
was problematic. My return key appeared to have no effect on the text which is why I had resorted to use of the spacebar. This is a logical expedient, and a warning should be included not to do this except for a different purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henryheater (talk • contribs) 20:31, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

That's very interesting, I will look into that and let the appropriate developers know about that issue if it happens on multiple accounts as there could be several factors that are going into causing that issue. Anyhow, I'm glad to hear that you got it working.  JoeGazz  ♂  21:35, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Please don't use <br/> to start a new paragraph; instead use a blank line (i.e. two consecutive returns). Use <br/> in the rare case where you want a line break without starting a new paragraph (like for poetry). See Help:Wiki markup#Line breaks. —teb728 t c 01:31, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

And for poems you can use the <poem>text</poem> syntax. – ukexpat (talk) 18:27, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Template:Post-it small

Resolved

 – Explained template and will write documentation

 JoeGazz  ♂  21:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to use Template:Post-it small but I don't understand how to type it onto a page and don't see any directions. Cloveapple (talk) 19:50, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Ahh, good question, looking at the source code for it, you need to create a sub-page where you want to use it, for instance, if I wanted it on my Userpage, I would need a page called User:Joe_Gazz84/post_it and then I would type the {{Post-it small}} on my USERPAGE where I want it to go. So basically, wherever you are using the post it, create a page with PAGE/post_it then make a bulleted list on that page. That should be clear enough, if not, let me know and I can explain more :). Have a nice day!  JoeGazz  ♂  19:56, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. It does exactly what I wanted. :-) Cloveapple (talk) 21:17, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm glad, I will write some documentation on that template so no one else has the same issue, thank you for bringing that to my attention.  JoeGazz  ♂  21:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

How to reach a consensus?

How to reach a consensus in the recent year articles? I have tried to get it a few times, but all of the times consensus was not reached. – Plarem (User page | talk | contribs | sandbox) 21:11, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Method for consensus building, basically, you need to come to a compromise and adjust your plans to what opinions are stated and then work together to achieve one common goal. If you link me to the EXACT article you are talking about, I surely can look more in detail.  JoeGazz  ♂  22:31, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I am seeking a consensus for U.S. debt ceiling crisis in the Year article 2011 – Plarem (User page | talk | contribs | sandbox) 19:16, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Deletion.

I made http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshophobia and you keep deleted it twice when there was nothing inappropriate like the message told me. Here is exactly what I wrote:

Extended content

== Joshophobia == Joshophobia is the fear of Josh. This may also include people by the names of: Josh Joshua Joshy Joshie Joshilina Reasons Reasons to have Joshophobia is often caused by being jealous of Josh's awesomeness. If it isn't of his awesomeness it could also be anything he does better then you (which is everything). Cures There is not a cure for Joshophobia, but you can make it go away by either avoiding Josh or moving away and never thinking about him.

So I have no idea what is inappropriate about it. So will you please tell me why you deleted it and why it is inappropriate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtey (talk • contribs) 21:29, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Comment/Reply - It appears to be a joke, without references it looks like someone just putting jokes on the wiki. If you reference it, you most likely will see the article stay, for referencing and verifiability policies, please see WP:V. Thanks and have a wonderful day!  JoeGazz  ♂  21:33, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) See Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. Also I'm not Joshophobic.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 21:34, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Too bad it was deleted G3; it would have made great WP:DAFT material. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:29, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Inactive projects

Resolved

How do you determine if a project should be classified as inactive. At Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Awards and prizes no one has had any questions answered in 2011.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:18, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Defined at the end of this page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/WikiProject, applying to this list Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Wikipedia -- Obsidi♠n Soul 00:04, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. It looks like I will be MFDing my first project.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:37, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:User page design center/Menus and subpages

Hello, I would have posted to the talk page there, but it didn't seem to have any watchers, and it seemed like it wouldn't help. Would someone look at this Page and figure out why there are icons at the top screwing it up? I have tried and can't find the problem. Majestic Pyre^{My Speech Bubble} 23:24, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Sure, let me look into it. I will try to fix it and tell you what I did if I can find the issue.  JoeGazz  ♂  23:30, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Update - Can you be more clear on what you mean when you say "Screwing Up"? I'm not quite what they are /supposed/ to do. Telling me that will assist me in targeting the issue for you.  JoeGazz  ♂  23:33, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

It's from Menu #16 (transcluded from Wikipedia:User page design center/Menus and subpages/Menu16) which positions its icons in the upper right corner of the page where they happen to overlay page Nav bar. See Wikipedia:User page design center/Menus and subpages#Menu #16 for description of intended function. —teb728 t c 01:00, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

That's very interesting, it must only happen on vector since I don't see that issue on monobook. Let me switch my skins here and see what I can do.  JoeGazz  ♂  14:05, 14 August 2011 (UTC)