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January 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 1

Articles
Trans-wikiing pictures
How to propose a new Template?
Single account can be used in all language version??
Life
How to report a article vandalism behavior??
even Marks
Wake from Sleeping Instructions in English
Image Tag
When did that "Undo" button appear?
Interwiki redirect
ADD article
Richard Dawkins article has been vandalized
Proofreaders needed
Ancient Atlantis
Image
Shortening of historic newspaper headlines in references
Everytime I Edit It Gets Deleted!
Arbitration Committee.
Foul Language on a Talk Page
Multiple spellings for person's name
dditional materials exists on a foreign language encyclopedia
Copyright problems regarding image
about time signatures of drum
Questions about Featured Article Candidates
creating links
Question about citing text from other websites
Infobox and wikitable templates
Help!, ok ok

January 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 2

Copyright
Discussion partner keeps using offensive expression.
User page design center
original creation date
Deletion of article on corporate organizations
Deletion
Expert Needed for Fixed Wireless, aka WISP
Viewing Images
Duplicate Images - what to do about it?
Can I log into my Wikipedia account on any Wikipedia?
Lists......
Changing User Name
religion
Canadian copyright law, in reference to Centennial of the City of Toronto
Contents List Moving
Linking to Wiktionary in articles
A new Definition of "Cookie"... I am having difficulty negotiating the entry process...
Edit section links
International or National?: What assumptions are made about what nation or culture is the default for a entry.
The Ultimate Superman Collection
Something happened to my myspace!
Spell checker available?
I cannot SEE
Good citations
Create Article
Minor question
admin
user talk
signature
Can TV Commercials be hosted on Wikipedia under "Fair Use?"
Editor warnings

January 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 3

AfD Debate becoming nasty
Foul language used for living persons in Biography AfD Debate
Easy editing question
Request for explanation
Confusion about making an article
Is a movie article too long?
Finding Help
Barnstar question...
viewing deleted articles
not blocked but can't edit
How can I add a new entry for Sharif Khan the author?
trolling?
Editing Arthur Phillip article
editing problems and documentation
nnamed "question"
utrageous
Table tool
TXE
making text small
Logo Design Article in Wikipedia
Images...deletion policy..
Ref
Re Darkest hour
alumni
How can this site be inserted in this category?
Disclosing my identity
ont size
Language problem
Images
Editing Wikipedia
I can't get in
Circular redirect?
My Preferences: Skins
Edit wars with users who contribute little in discussion page?
Accents in names.
Question about creation of a new article
redirect/move
Countdowns

January 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 4

incorrect link in feature article
eatle
I edited Leland Irving
how to retrieve a redirected article?
The more articles the better. Right?
Foreign Language Scripts Showing up as ????????
Editing Categories
Contacting other researchers on Wikipedia
Akward Situation
cannot find a page by the search box
Adding a category to an article
How to edit a list of references that do not appear in the editor?
Help!!
Deleting categories
editing: truncated article
Uploading an image
Special
I need help with improving a template
Current Glycerin pricing
listing the last editor for a list of pages
Putting previous contributions under my new name.
I can no longer edit my article
"Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. etc. What's this all about?"
elp getting out of the box
Wha are these crazy numbers?

January 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 5

User "Guy"/"JzG" abusing his deletion priveleges
Main Page Vandalism!!!
composers
Green day talk page
Deleting Page, Need Help Though
article deletion
Cannot download High Resulution Version
Show Preview gives page could not be displayed
I still cannot rename my article
Copying text from a website
IP address
Help Me
How can I Prevent others from editing my content
History of Wikipedia
When more participants to a discussion are needed
placing an image on a page
How do I [re-]edit an image upload to correct incomplete copyright information
Proofreaders needed
search
mage
History
Signature color
Screenshot use
Recent changes page
Changing my edits
“Busy” templates
Error creating archive of Talk page - link within template does not link to current Talk page
I requested a spam article for deletion..
Creating a contents section on a page

January 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 6

(+436) positive/negative numbers in brackets after article names in my watchlist.
Watchlist
surveying land
Sock Puppet Tags
Edit war with someone who won't talk back.
Question from Heather
Fad Predictions
elp! I don't know how to deal with a flood of deletion requests!
Gothic Revival Article
microbiology
customer care
Not Bad for a Girl
Lost Article?
renaming an existing page
My signature doesnt appear to be working when I use it
L. Ron Hubbard's marriage information
Central Park and Wallasey UK and New York NY
Signature
dit Lists
Almost sorted my signature
How to delete a user subpage
Tagging image after receiving permission to use
create user page
Removal of article

January 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 7

Australian Government Copyright conditions
How do you re-name an article
dit counts
dubious fair use
bad link change asap
Edit Summary
Image licensing question
elete an account
What Does &nbsp ; Do?
about bharatanatya and natyashastra in general
Credibility
adding external links
What Does <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> Do?
+ and - numbers on watchlist items
FDL attribution question
to find a london or uk zip codes
Arrows
How to delete a blank article
Unable to view images any more
Question on content criteria restrictions
My watchlist
software for off-line editing, formats as WP would
Western Civilization 5th Century
bllod pressure
blood pressure
Diary (heading added)
Teh
Formatting text around pictures
How to correct a movie article? And how to fix a signature?
Missing" Article
ompare selected versions - sometimes too wide
Requesting further information - how?
I can not get this person banned.
Picture doesn't show up
My first-ever edit disappeared

January 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 8

uspected plagiarism
Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd
Confused copyright question
a stupid question about AFDs
Reverting vandalism using popups
saving edits
Minimal English
Word Pronounciation
Am I going insane or what?
Original research?
How to I liven up my signature?
editintro
break user box
1605munro
User Name (s)
Recent Changes
editing category pages?
Moving from sandbox to an existing page
I can't edit with this one IP!
Nominating a good list
Article on "Left Party.PDS"
search terms vs. article text
Gum
Pictures of episodes that haven't aired yet.
Bracketed numbers in my watchlist
Question - can people dictate what is on here?
Esperanza
Metric vs. U.S. units

January 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 9

Talk pages.
Can I do an article about a Project I'm working on?
Biographies of living persons and the facts that can be in an article
how to edit in wiki
Use of trademark symbol
Content on the discussion page of an article
NAME CHANGE
[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bestian Order of Aestheteka]]
Image shows on source computer only...
What Does <br /> Do?
Status change when logging in
Making Wiki!
non commercial images
Other user is changing information on our page to false info - how we stop this from happening?
Submit Mountain Photo(s)
Image help
Linking up entries in different languages
Why my account made in pt.wikipedia.org doesn't work in en.wikipedia.org?
Allure Magazine
Categorization of an article whose subject went by several names
Com 215 Written Communication
Reference problem
earch
Template:PD-Soviet
Which Southern State owned the most slaves?
Recreation
political map of nothern europe
Questioning Nuetrality
Need article-namespace sandbox

January 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 10

Advertisment
/
Keys for ~/¬ and @/" switching around
Moving AfD to the OLD page so deletion can be processes
how to participate'
eporting Errors
Adding talk to my signature
Bad Internal Link
servers
How to edit top section?
Living Person category
Accidental duplicate page creation
Clarification of correct process to follow for this correction
HELP ME
Disabling EDIT
What's up with the search feature?
Notiable Bands
Edits do not appear
trouble discussing or reporting fact error.
using images from postage stamps
A few questions..
How do I capitalize a proper name in the title?
Adding new Content
Name disambiguation problem
Wikipedia in the Yoruba Language
How to Dispute something already listed on WP
Embedding or uploading video into wikipedia
conspiracy theories in an article
Requesting an Image
Picture--Photobucket
ection editing
Strike through use

January 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 11

Image quality problem
Editing section zero
What's wrong with my signature?
eport a user
using LaTeX to create articles.
Missing article on "Queen's Scout Award"... where did it go?
Mdash in article names?
hi
Email obfuscation
Unexplained deletions of posts on discussion pages
prefix
WP:AN/I programming question
Protection
Historic Photos in NA Kew - Copyright Experiences?
Harassment
Page protection
Can't colonize a cat
Two very different questions..
Editing
ightmare
ignitures
As of - template or similar?
eleting history

January 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 12

Problem creating an article
hat on Earth?
Removal of warning templates
Up-loaded Ogg Theora video does not run
Tracking an IP
debugger
ignitures...Again
Article written like advertisement, but other editors blocking tag and personally attacking rather than fixing
Christian magazine deleted by professed atheist.
Where do Templates come from?
Subject / headlines on Talk Pages (or the lack thereof)
serpage
study in finland
Latest IT trends
elp
Turning parts of the same string into both an external and internal link
Template "link"
help finding an article
theatre origination
Sarah Dash article
Changing a Title - Move function
New article
anarus
How do I center a text?
John Vanderleest
How do i make propostion on wikipedia
Page keeps getting deleted - help?
Song or single?
reamgirls

January 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 13

Image Uploading
Linsang
ikipedia largest website?
can this link be translated from italian to english?
conspiracy theories in an article 2nd attempt
Moving a Talkpage only
link a e-mail
how long does it take...?
A bot account that isn't a bot?
Doukhobors
how to receive the old Vmf Autosave if i have formated my copyrighted file of the map
Could someone block this user?
here to go to ask for comments
ontents Box
Starting a WikiProject
Date Error
Mod Please Delete Article

January 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 14

wiki links on my userpage
Current date!
login won't stick and cookies are enabled etc
How can I get other editors or admins to monitor a discussion?
Bar charts and Javascript in article namespace
Image tagging
David Sekiguchi
Thomas Bollinger Photographer
Maybe not so much about using WP..
Category Links
Summary
hello
Slow Wiki Navigation
Bot
ASTROLOGY
My Signature
Duplicate articles
WIKIPEDIA RSS FEEDS.
edit not showing up
Is Wikipedia HTML?
moberly department of corrections
My revert tools don't work
Image viewing
Making part of a table header non-bold

January 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 15

uplicate Entries
What should I do if I think an article has been vandalised?
contacting users
How do I delete the "you have a new message" notification?
Medical Disclaimer or Warning
Indenting bulleted lists consisting of multiple paragraphs
Question about WP:REVERT
How to include a diff in a template?
oubled-up page
how to get smart while sitting in home
Search links
3rr "Previous version reverted to: VersionTime"
Bar chart template
dixie square mall
Add de.wikipedia article to en.wikipedia?
how do i............
Admin
Pictures
Colours in Signatures
Unsure of deletion criteria
Proverb: Hay Is For Horses And Grass Is Cheaper...
Palm
flagging articles
utting a {{POV}} without explanation
Uploading artice/Formats
Editing Germaine Greer
WAP or Mobile Phone Access?

January 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 16

Abuse or misuse of AfD?
User Page Elaboration
TOMATOES
Lines under headers
or
National Mint of America
inks to subject's site
Image Using
Restrictions
New browser
who is selected as best employee in optus
companies who reinvented
Is it Possible to change my domain.
Offline browsing for some topic
Language (babel) category internal links that I don't understand (ok, I know this heading sucks, if you can rephrase it please do and tell me)
erivatives
Wiki Defcon
How to deal with an uncooperative editor?
Renaming a page.
CC-NC
best approach for editing an article that appears to be narrow in scope
{{PAGENAME}} in URL format
How to create an article
Template for absentee users?
ip addresses
Talk page formatting help
Image tags
Entering new animal, how do I get to use a taxobox
Questiopn about film clips, and education movies???
Copyright
op Group
browsing history
Wiki cost