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August 20[edit]

viewing images[edit]

How can I view the images on the following page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Maungmaungta

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kourosh Kashani (talk • contribs) 00:28, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The images were all deleted because they were incorrectly uploaded. So the answer is, you cannot view them. The other problems with that article are legion; I'm not sure I can make heads or tails of even starting to fix it up. --Jayron32 00:36, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I started an MfD on it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:08, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect question[edit]

Hi, I've read up on Wikipedia:Redirect as well as Help:Redirect and I understand everything except for one thing: how exactly do I create the new page that would include the #REDIRECT code? The code makes sense to me, and I know that creating the page must be pretty simple, but there is a way to create pages without using the Article Wizard, right? I can't find a place anywhere that just says "Create Page". Thanks. Delaywaves ^talk 05:20, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Type the name of the new article into the search box. If it doesn't exist you'll get a prompt to create the new page. - David Biddulph (talk) 06:24, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Or you can place the name inside doubles brackets anywhere, inside these [[]] for example, hit show preview, and you'll see its a red link, then click on that link.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:33, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Photo of church[edit]

The photo you have for St.Mary's Church Maddington, is not correct. You have the photograph of St.Mary's Church in Shrewton. I know because I was married many years ago in Maddington Church. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.220.197.207 (talk) 06:09, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Our St. Mary's Church article lists several churches of that name but none are listed as being in Maddington or Shrewton. The closest, spelling-wise, is Shrewsbury. Could you be more specific which church you are referring to? Dismas|^(talk) 07:10, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And I just double checked our picture of the one in Shrewsbury against a street view from Google Maps and they match. So, there's that. Dismas|^(talk) 07:14, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've added St Mary's Church, Maddington and St Mary's Church in Shrewton to the St. Mary's Church article. Very confusing having two of the same name in two parts of the same village. In the Shrewton article there are now references to both churches, and the Wiltshire CC links have photos of both, confirming the OP's initial statement. I've removed the erroneous photo from St Mary's Church, Maddington and from Maddington, Wiltshire, and labelled it correctly in Shrewton. If someone has a public domain photo of St Mary's Church, Maddington it could of course be uploaded and linked. Thanks to the OP for pointing out the error. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:25, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The photo clearly shows the same church as "Church of St. Mary, Maddington, Shrewton" on the Wiltshire Council page here. —teb728 t c 07:40, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to the discussion on the Geograph page here, the problem is compounded by the fact that the OS map is in error in naming the wrong area as "Shrewton". Anyway, there is a free use image of the church with the castellated tower on that page, and a free use image of the uncastellated church here. When the confusion is sorted out (and I'm not going to attempt that now - too early in the morning!) either or both can be uploaded. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:10, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Found one already uploaded, so I think that the photos are now sorted. The Shrewton article might benefit from a more detailed description of St Mary's Shrewton, along the lines of what's already there for St Mary's Maddington, but I'll leave that for the interested reader. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:47, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that your IP indicates that you are in Australia. Were you married in Maddington, Wiltshire, or were you perhaps married in Maddington, Western Australia? —teb728 t c 07:18, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jordan Christopher Michael[edit]

Why doesn't Jordan Christopher Michael have a wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.8.85 (talk) 07:21, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia pages are created by volunteers, interested in a subject, who have the ability and motivation to start an article that can stick. In the case of this actor, only one person ever decided to start an article and all they created was one sentence, which was deleted since it failed to indicate the importance of the subject. If you are motivated and have the ability, signup for an account and you start it. That's how all of our articles are created. I suggest if you do so, you first go through the tutorial, you then read Wikipedia:Your first article and then you create it using the article wizard.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 08:19, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Information on pictures[edit]

In the last few days I came across two pictures with incomplete or wrong information. I wrote in the talk page since I assumed talk pages of pictures worked like the one for articles but than I got a big notice telling me what I was not suppose to write about and now I'm not so sure anymore. Here picture one and two. Thanks. --Dia^ (talk) 08:42, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Links above edited to make them work, by replacing %20 with space. --ColinFine (talk) 09:51, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For the first image I made the change you indicated; thank you for pointing that out. For the second I believe you are mistaken; please see my reply. More generally leaving such notes on talk pages of files will not usually be seen because usually nobody is watching the files. —teb728 t c 10:00, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to have fixed the first image, for the second one I read your comment on the second one: probably you haven't looked at the image. The person represented has a green kimono and is actually emperor Komei. The image is supposed to represent Empress Go-Sakuramachi.--Dia^ (talk) 17:20, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Notice the both images have the text "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below." Both images are actually hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Clicking on "description page there" will take you to the original image on Commons where you can discuss it or edit the description. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 10:03, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, done. --Dia^ (talk) 17:20, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

tokyo spam[edit]

Hi, i when i read about tokyo, section 4 contains some shit about tokyo beeing the smallest city in the world. However when i try to remove this in the edit, i can't find it! On page history it seems like a bot already removed it but i've tried reloading several times and its still there! Does anyone else see it?

Björn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.228.205.35 (talk • contribs) 09:08 (UTC), 20 August 2011

As you say, the vandalism was promptly reverted many hours ago. If you're still seeing the old version, you'll need to clear your cache. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:17, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You could also try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo?action=purge - see Wikipedia:Purge. Chzz ► 14:56, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Helena Bonham Carter[edit]

In the "King Speech" she portrayed The Queen's MUM" & NOT "Queen Elizabeth" Would you Check this out, & edit the Page, if this Proves to be Correct ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.244.155.40 (talk) 09:08, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the error? The role played by Helena Bonham Carter was the then Queen Elizabeth, who was, of course, the mother of our current queen (then Princess Elizabeth). Whereabouts on which page do you think there is an error? Don't the links point towards the correct person? - David Biddulph (talk) 09:25, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, fact fans, the title "Queen Mother" was uniquely used by Her late Majesty as it was the first time that the reigning Queen's mother had the same name - normally they are still called Queen (for example, the previous Queen was called Queen Mary even though her husband the King had died) - you can't have 2 Queen Elizabeths at the same time, so her mother got the title to distinguish them -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 09:47, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And also to answer a question that hasn't been asked yet, the Queen Mum was Queen consort not Queen regnant , hence she didn't have a number - only regnant monarchs get those. – ukexpat (talk) 13:32, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalisation of "The" (etc.) in Movie (etc.) Titles[edit]

See this edit. My gut feeling is that the edit is correct. If it is, the page itself should be moved. Otherwise the edits should be reverted. Is there a policy/guideline about this? AndyJones (talk) 10:20, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No it should not be. The official title is "She's the Man"; [1], [2], etc.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_Hey ^{it's me}_{I am dynamite} 10:37, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(capital_letters)#Composition_titles Chzz ► 14:53, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Disabling mobile site[edit]

I am unable to disable the mobile site so I can look at my watchlist with the new mobile front page. Where is the disable switch gone. I am using an iPhone with iOS 4. Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 12:51, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Enable mobile version. Chzz ► 14:47, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Album cover[edit]

I believe this album cover is too simple for copyright. Could you transfer it on Commons?--79.27.161.108 (talk) 13:14, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, it is still copyrighted. ~~Ebe123~~ ^talk_Contribs 15:09, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. It is too simple to be copyrighted - it doesn't pass the threshold of originality. it is now on Commons at Commons:File:FiremanStrawberriesOceans.jpg. ^Avic _ennasis @ 16:17, 20 Av 5771 / 16:17, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Export - Categories with Colons[edit]

It would appear that the Special:Export interface won't populate from a category that has a colon in it. On de.wiki I'm trying to get a full export of Kategorie:Wikipedia:Exzellent but as the cat is actually called "Wikipedia:Exzellent" it just returns to the page without having added any articles. Anyone know if it needs a character code or some other workaround to do this? violet/riga _^[talk] 15:56, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can I restrict another users from editing the wiki-page which I create[edit]

Can I restrict another users from editing the wiki-page which I create(first to edit)? If yes how can I do that? If any user wish to edit he should not be able to edit the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arti.deore (talk • contribs) 16:57, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No. This is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Nobody "owns" an article. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:00, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, there is a way to do what you want - install the Wiki software on your own server - you then have total control over everything on that wiki (I have a private wiki like that, but it's not a public wiki by any means! However, on this Wiki you can't do what you want, as excellently explained by OrangeMike -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 20:21, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Illegal Wikipedia copy[edit]

Take a look at <redacted - ATG> Do you think it's legal? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.213.76.70 (talk) 18:23, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That is a link to a YouTube page - nothing to do with us. Spam? AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:27, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. It's a link to a football video, with nothing remotely to do with Wikipedia. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 18:39, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Page Intro?[edit]

On the Rose Kabuye page, in the article intro, there is an inaccuracy ("Kanyange" given as birthplace is actually subject's surname). I want to correct it but there is no edit button for that section.How can I correct this error? Marthafritzfox (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:19, 20 August 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Pick the 'Edit' at the top of the page to edit the whole page, including the first section. --ColinFine (talk) 22:54, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Preferences → Gadgets → Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 12:39, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]