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August 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 1

  1. Account deletion
  2. Article on Alexander City Alabama
  3. High database server lag
  4. Main Page
  5. GATA
  6. speedy deletion of image
  7. Exemptions
  8. Business and economics portal
  9. Media Viewer concern for image used in Made in USA Brand Certification Mark article
  10. changing heading from USER:MTERESACLAYTON to M. TERESA CLAYTON
  11. Hi guys. A slight correction to your piece on Buffalo Springfield's "For what it's worth"
  12. Embedded mathematical equations
  13. Writing an acceptable article about an organization

August 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 2

  1. User talkpage archive not appearing
  2. Question About Question About RFC Closure
  3. ofensive
  4. Citing a paper from a symposium
  5. Question about page creation duplication : 2 August 2014
  6. Global CSS Issue
  7. Changing a incorrect birthdate successfully
  8. Create Account: Apparent incorrect user-name conflict
  9. Pending changes 2 in use?

August 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 3

  1. Singapore Airline Flight No. SQ 915
  2. Fredrick Douglas Patterson of Greenfield, Ohio
  3. Help with editing article
  4. Spam or Malware Links?
  5. Blurry wikipedia page
  6. Help please , I have a major problem with the se accounts , VENTURA THE BLOWOUT BRUSH , VENTURA BRUSH, VENTURA the Blowout brush
  7. Epilatories

August 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 4

  1. Problem with inserting a photograph - copyright/ updating status of the page
  2. Why won't the images show up on this article?
  3. Something for me to do?
  4. Finding dates of birth
  5. the logo of our school uploaded here
  6. Stuck in the Draft Stage
  7. whole numbers
  8. Adding photos for architecture firm
  9. How to cite a label
  10. Speedy deletion
  11. request edited page's quick update from the reviewers

August 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 5

  1. Using the book creator on wikipedia
  2. Is it acceptable to put a WP:GARAGE article in your own userspace?
  3. Closing down or deleting a site
  4. adding VIAF
  5. Help, it seems I am being attacked as a woman writer
  6. Bunny Yeager archive
  7. Diane Downs article
  8. Mark Kritzman article
  9. Outgrageously propagandistic article on Ikuhiko Hata

August 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 6

  1. Color of tab links
  2. Encoding outgoing links in a template for an ISO-8859-1 encoded target page
  3. Proposing minor changes to the "Cite" box
  4. the ten avatar of vishnu
  5. Creation of Page for Lithuanian Cabinet Defense Minister / Teodoras Daukantas
  6. Paul Sapiano Page
  7. Password
  8. How to
  9. Deletion policy
  10. login on different wiki domains ?

August 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 7

  1. Making major changes to articles by copying them into the Special namespace
  2. Quotes from foreign languages
  3. Why is the RFA process broken?
  4. Daily Mail and General Trust
  5. Photo Upload
  6. How to read page reviews
  7. Previewing references
  8. Emails
  9. How can I tell people on Wikipedia that I'm taking a break from it?
  10. 'User' ID: Does someone else perhaps have what I thought is my unique account name? How can I tell?
  11. Palm Beach Outlets
  12. Message to IP editor
  13. I am trying to get the article on Xploration Nation - TV Shows changed to Xploration Station
  14. Syncing Saved Pages
  15. Image with caption to the side?

August 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 8

  1. History of writing
  2. picture sizing
  3. picture of the day
  4. picture of dunstable ma
  5. Tornado
  6. How do I create a Wikipedia article of me....
  7. Todd Hunter Nagar

August 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 9

  1. What realistically constitutes a verifiable fact?
  2. Since I'm not permitted to create categories on Wikipedia, what about the possibility about asking other users
  3. issues with inserting
  4. Images in public domain in India
  5. Where is and when will my article appear?
  6. Tool to mass change date formats?
  7. Name correction
  8. Abdul-Aziz Yusi
  9. Adding Delta Zeta's Beta Xi Chapter
  10. Question About Writing an Article
  11. Archiving
  12. I can't get out of wiki
  13. I was on guard at 27th and Dewy,The location of Headquarters 1st Battalion203rd CA(AA)
  14. A little BLP help, please

August 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 10

  1. biographical entries
  2. Geotag on an image I uploaded identifies my street address
  3. Need help with foreign Wiki article
  4. Referencing errors on Imperial Palace Ingelheim
  5. Natasha Stott Despoja
  6. Page deletion
  7. Enabling user script on all languages
  8. "New" display of the code tag
  9. Sources intermediate between journal and encyclopedia
  10. Copying articles into the Special namespace for large editing jobs

August 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 11

  1. Referencing errors on Trip Lee
  2. In The News
  3. Quotes from foreign languages
  4. Repost the article "Rotaract Club of Cairo Royal"
  5. How to create a Category?
  6. Curriculum Vitae
  7. ang mey
  8. The next evolution.
  9. Babel-link template

August 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 12

  1. I want to change my username
  2. More Episodes of Simple Life
  3. Request for revision, lock or any action in article Petra Štefanková
  4. Is there a way to find all instances where I interacted with another editor on Talk pages?
  5. Block
  6. Referencing errors on The Philosophy of Freedom
  7. Delete history
  8. Submission of article for review; however draft article already under the draft title
  9. Protecting a Site
  10. Aston Manor Brewery
  11. How do I not only delete account
  12. a mistake I made on the entry on lactose entry.
  13. Adding the "V E T" to a template
  14. Why is my article still have issues when I made sure all references match Wikipedias criterias?

August 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 13

  1. How Do I Upload A Photo That Won't Be Deleted
  2. creating offline sandbox entries
  3. Tech help please
  4. Edit a page heading
  5. Ferguson Missouri!
  6. How do you convey uncertainty about how to define something
  7. Add the following information
  8. George Mackinnon Wrong and Hume Wrong
  9. Derek Walcott biographyt page -- error in creating reference
  10. Create a new entry
  11. Need Help
  12. Can someone please delete my old user pages

August 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 14

  1. Question about posting new articles
  2. Hannah Marshall (actress)
  3. Biased Terminology
  4. A few questions
  5. why is my article still marked for deletion?
  6. Updating the URL of a redirected Page
  7. Help needed editing a existing topic
  8. New article or split existing article?? Two radio stations using same name.
  9. Oldest golf courses or time line
  10. Errors on Medcan Wikipedia page
  11. Biased Article on CPCs

August 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 15

  1. Taxbox and reference problems
  2. Millbrook A.F.C.
  3. Fan-made album cover
  4. Red Hat Society
  5. Referencing errors on Sannois
  6. a writer at WPS Health Insurance
  7. Help!
  8. deleted page
  9. Alton,il

August 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 16

  1. The Ultimate Man- Musical
  2. Japanese for Eye
  3. OPen Mee seva center
  4. Referencing errors on Amanda Eliasch
  5. Collection of Short Phrases and Sayings
  6. Robin Williams Movie Question
  7. Mysterious message
  8. Image copyright question
  9. Image use

August 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 17

  1. I am working with an artist on making his Wikipedia page but do not have articles to make citations
  2. Mid-Atlantic Pagan Alliance
  3. Raibahadurs of Himachal Pradesh
  4. Please check an edit for me?
  5. Help with dark Wikipedia skins
  6. Normal people with Wikipedia pages
  7. Trash on my user talk page
  8. Adding a wiki page
  9. Finding the right Archer Shee
  10. Help Me
  11. Need help correcting a film's release date in an article's main title
  12. Finnish speaking wikipedian needed

August 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 18

  1. Units of measurement
  2. add new word
  3. Referencing errors on Kirloskar Group
  4. user names for companies and info
  5. writing books and articles
  6. Help to stop vandalism against my good name - James Wardell
  7. Help with my page
  8. Discovering Southern Africa - T V Bulpin
  9. Section editing in tables
  10. How to restore a deleted page CGEIT
  11. Footnotes
  12. Incorrect date and reference on Wikipedia page for Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, New Orleans, LA
  13. how to replace an image
  14. Question about feedback/comments on specific Wikipedia page
  15. Confused about citation.
  16. change the title of a page Florida Minority Supplier Development Council

August 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 19

  1. How to create Simple English language for an existing article
  2. Typing error
  3. Individual appearance in chess olympiads
  4. Adding a South African Business Center
  5. lenutaa_mirceaa-wkipedia help and happen
  6. Personal Profile
  7. Is Wikipedia practicing censorship by omission ?>>>my page was redirected to another page-basically is now hidden, how do I unredirect my page from that page to show it on a search engine?
  8. UK christian record labels
  9. Joseph Kasa-Vubu
  10. create a book
  11. Decimal degrees to degrees, minutes, and seconds
  12. How to create links
  13. Removing flags from articles - who decides?
  14. Requested changes to Wikipedia Page
  15. Missing lids
  16. St. Kevin's College, Oamaru

August 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 20

  1. How to reply on a talk page
  2. Splitting rows in a table Help
  3. Images
  4. Direct Links to Portuguese Wikipedia

August 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 21

  1. reference citation
  2. Hey, How Do I Get More Involved?
  3. Citations and copyright
  4. Which Awards and nominations tables are better?
  5. College MUN page deleted
  6. Haarlem Model United Nations
  7. Related
  8. External links
  9. References
  10. draft
  11. Add content in the article
  12. Editing Woman page
  13. Personal lubricant page
  14. use of images for publishing
  15. Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
  16. Fake colour phobias?

August 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 22

  1. Weird section banners?
  2. SAVED BOOKS
  3. Alternative account
  4. Deletion tag log
  5. Referencing

August 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 23

  1. Sources from Malta?
  2. Saving history
  3. Delete my user name profile
  4. Editing article
  5. Password reset E-mail not received
  6. change marital status
  7. mistake I am not qualified to correct
  8. Re Deleted Article on 'Gary Tedman'
  9. Lauren McLaughlin
  10. "Only the diff" as default

August 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 24

  1. SignBot?
  2. I'd like to learn more about editing infoboxes
  3. How to finish up a short edit?
  4. ok to remove my email address from an archived page?
  5. Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage
  6. Big Three (University of California)
  7. Well, this is weird...
  8. Ivan Smolović
  9. Redirect question
  10. Undo redirect
  11. Sandip Goswami

August 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 25

  1. Wikify
  2. Carlota of Mexico
  3. old wikimedia commons photos not accessible
  4. Create a new Wiki entry or not
  5. Transclusion and watchlists
  6. Raymond Burr Filmography
  7. Creating books
  8. Editing a Semi Protected Page
  9. My notifications are not working
  10. Indians Fire
  11. Book requested/needed template
  12. Numbering formulas
  13. Error when I try to move a page

August 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 26

  1. Changing Article Title
  2. Wrong looking article
  3. Can I have an external link to a YouTube video ?
  4. Editor username
  5. Timeline of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict fight edits
  6. Referencing errors on Sharjah (emirate)
  7. biography for Ed Ayres
  8. write an article

August 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 27

  1. Referencing errors on List of post-nominal letters (Hong Kong)
  2. Isolde Menges
  3. Deleting saved articles
  4. No admins at WP:AIV
  5. Concerns for my article
  6. Question
  7. Looking for watchers of an article
  8. Minor and major changes
  9. Mercedes
  10. Referencing errors on Alipogene tiparvovec
  11. Fabrizio Moreira page
  12. Jolanta Okragla
  13. How do I delete my vector.css page?
  14. Pageview data
  15. Petit Mal

August 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 28

  1. Lists and categories
  2. Singular they? Acceptable?
  3. Mongolian Horse
  4. my vocal group's wikipedia
  5. Spelling Error on Main title
  6. Mistake on Shangani Patrol (Film)
  7. Outlook & CCH error i get when trying to file an email within outlook to CCH
  8. I cannot access my login
  9. section headings
  10. CS1 errors: dates
  11. Drawing a sphere
  12. Russ Stevens of Children of the Day
  13. Is AllMusic a reliable source?
  14. A problem with the Google Chrome article

August 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 29

  1. List of articles
  2. Banner at the top of the page
  3. Not so slick with tables...
  4. How to make this article reliable
  5. Healthy Planet
  6. Help with a difficult editor
  7. Why have I received edit warnings?

August 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 30

  1. Publishing an article
  2. wide picture scroll/downloading pictures/email confirmation code expired
  3. Referencing errors on Christian Cardell Corbet
  4. How to add reliable source/reference to an article written by me.
  5. Strange blank space when using columns
  6. http://www.an-englishmanshome.co.uk/Bradford_1820.htm
  7. Query
  8. Out of date Structure on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAGIC_(postgraduate_mathematics)
  9. Question/Suggestion
  10. Nalli -Thisai Ettum English Translation Literary Award -2014 awarded to Dr Anaivaari R. Anandan
  11. Cropping and sizing images
  12. revising references

August 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 August 31

  1. Help! Edits not showing up!
  2. Permanent link to a reference
  3. New page
  4. changing my user
  5. Edit requests
  6. Edit reverted that I disagree with
  7. Wikimedia Pageviews?
  8. Circular peridoc data charts
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