Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/March 2011
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March 1
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 1
- Wanting to edit Wiz Khalifa
- 3RR and exceptions?
- Wrong information.
- I was lied to!
- did the HTML source code of Wiki recently changed?
- How does one go about deleting a double article?
- BOOK CREATOR ERRORS
- Who closes the AfD?
- Nobility
- Looking for a template
- "Sign me in globally" feature
- chales jourdan windmill diamond gents wristwatch
- A question about "list of last surviving..."
- inquriy
- Template:WikiProject tabs ->Template:User tabs
- close connection to subject note
March 2
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 2
- Search word doesn't go away
- Issue at WP:NPOVN
- How do expand on an existing article (i.e. add to an existing article)
- Strange popup on every page
- Table vertical alignment
- Odd problem
- Speedy deleted from my User Space within hours!
- Tarique Mustafa's Page Recreation
- How can I prevent archiving of a box at the top of my talk page?
- Long in the tooth AfD
- Wiki-slow
- Flagicon Templates
- Article in article
- How do I add source and license information on a file?
- Uploading Non-Free, Copyrighted Images
- n-dash or hyphen
- NYPL - all our IP addresses have been blocked
- Deleted Pages
March 3
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 3
- Spaces
- Dude, where's my talk page archive?
- Adding a summary section to a wikipedia article
- WHY??
- How ..
- How much traffic comes from outside U.S.?
- Sorting Tables with MMM DD YYYY dates
- Art Spiegelman
- Location map template question
- Login and account details
- Other wiki images
- MagicValongo
- Question about signatures
- IP address inserted instead of my username!
- City of Benton Harbor
- opening new window after clicking a link
- How do you "Update" pictures? (again)
- Edit Tab not visible
- WHY! I provided the sources of back up ask to support this persons significance and importance and STILL my page was deleted!?
March 5
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 5
- Issue
- Report SomeBody ..
- Non en-wiki rules
- "Take over" a username?
- Could someone check some edits?
- cheque
- Blocked IPs
- Inherent sexism in some categories?
- Categories for Britons born outside the UK
- New page
- Fiat Ducato
- Clue Bot III is archiving wrong
- Regarding infobox about an academic
- Possible bug in Indonesian version of the SUL template
March 6
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 6
- Username deleted without my action
- Is WWE's The Miz Awsome?
- changing a picture
- Wikify webpage table is ok per copyright?
- MIC ( Mortgage Invest corp) Is this a legit finance group fot vets?
- Death of Lou Cameron
- farewell speech
- Setting Random Page as my Homepage?
- Your employees have acted disgracefully
- The Great Tugboat Race in Sault Ste Marie,ON
- changing fontsize
March 7
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 7
- Counting table fields
- Linking to an odd filename
- Superfriends Apache Chief Colossus episode
- Movie/Music/TV relevance
- "High database server lag"
- How do you reactivate mobile site?
- letter to Wikipedia
- Adding a photo
- Climate of Saipan
- Why does the text appear grey as I type in the search area?
- slanderous items in personal biography
- Linking to user pages...
- Gray area in WP:VANDALISM
- List of my contributions on a specific WikiProject page?
- COI Issues on Maitreesh Ghatak page
- Log Me In Globally
- foxxpatrol editing info
March 8
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 8
- help on an entry
- How to create account with same name on Commons?
- track spikes
- copying without acknowledgement
- Editing the main article on 'Tony Mills Musician'
- Mobile version for iPod touch not working
- Commons
- Opening Weekapedya
- iPhone 4 not redirecting to en.m.wikipedia.com
- Is there any guideline for the surveying of academic research for English Wikipedians
- Reactivating mobile site
- Please restore my page.
- Psych Folk Musicians (Category)
- Irish singer-songwriters
- AERONAUTICS
- How do I take my template live?
- logging in unsuccessful
- Hard to understand!
- Verizon iPhone 4 auto redirect to wikipedia mobile
- Category sorting problem ?
- please help me i made a mistake - i need help to repair it
- Expert Editors
- Where is my downloaded wikipedia book?
- How can I count how many words are in an article?
March 9
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 9
- Combining notes like combining refs
- mobile wiki NOT working
- How to upload an image to a draft user article
- Article not viewed on search in google or wiki.
- Redirect to mobile page not working
- ask question
- Implications of 'Citation needed'
- Unsigned? (possible bot bug / hiccup)
- No adversity in your article about Dr Dean Edell
- Category sort order in Ilinois counties
- WP:RS
- Article location problem
- Talk pages in [Help] namespace are not watched by many users. Please consider visiting the Help desk
- Blinking signatures
- Unable to see an edit
- joining wikiprojects
- Merging talk pages
- Technical problem with a page
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Chuck_Parsons
March 10
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 10
- downloads
- box
- How do you share, or link, an article? Can you? Do I have to copy the URL?
- Archiving the entire content of a Talk page
- Links between articles
- Ian Harte football player
- Uploading Pics
- Chiron Use of Symbol
- Print wiki articles for personal use.
- Please change links in references in this article
- 3rd Civil Affairs Group
- Why doesn't Wikipedia use WebCite for it's references?
- reverting multiple edits after new edits by others have been made
- Font size in the edit box
- permission to use wikipedia logo
- Does the Random article link have a blacklist?
- My edit contribution has disappeared.
- Problems in categories (alphabetical order of subcats)
- Wikipedia minister
- A post about an artist we represnt keeps on being deleted
March 11
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 11
- Deletion of Gabriel Weinberg
- Please fix my user name
- A few things I need to discuss
- Request for Comment assitance
- Please help with export!
- can I copy and paste any part of Wikipedia and can I make changes i.e. turn the "Blue" link words into plain text?
- Small infobox presentation issue
- This category was deleted for some reason
- Insomnia
- Account for nothing but entering future (incorrect) information tables about a reality show?
- atopic dermatitis
- Saving named references to use in multiple pages?
- Looking for a template
- My new page has not been confirmed by e-mail yet.
- Pink Narcissus article
- Lori_Rom
March 12
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 12
- Alignment
- WP policy on audio
- Saving in userspace
- Tools to learn from Wikipedia articles?
- how do I increase the font size on wikipedia?
- How do I edit this {{SI prefixes}} template or whatever it is?
- American_people_of_Zambian-Jewish_descent
- Categories with a single entry
- The entry for Pluto (dwarf planet)
- Assessment Ethics
- Advertising in article
- Edit Help requires Edit Knowledge to Fathom
- Moving a section from one article to another.
- Password help
- Former hospital template?
- Not letting me edit references
- article
- "what links here" tool statistics
- Edit page interface jerking me around
- Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women
- I used to have an entry
- Fire Extinguisher - wrong information about history.
- Help with tables
- Linking Wiki to Facebook
- External links
- neville skelly set up page
- "View source" instead of "Edit"
- SOS !!!!!!
- Wikipedia Research
- contributions User:Chindia (China-India)
March 13
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 13
- Updates with new information from 2010 census
- Weidmann's Restaurant
- inappropriate pictures
- How do I add the "No Free Image Available" template to an article such as Jack Pelton in the Infobox?
- issue reverting vandalism
- Probable homework assignment
- Driving License - Transfer
- Quality assurance Paul Fiddes
- Forsvar i Aaret 1864 danish book written in 1865 by Otto Christian Hammer
- Showing the complete string of digits in of a large number in an article
- Table template
- Help!
- Shared content
- Basilio
- using flickr site
- New edit icon
- Deletion of image/page
March 14
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 14
- How can a semi protect an article?
- Why are most images obfuscasted with black when saving or copying?
- Sacred Geometry
- Deletion
- Template Help
- Need a disambiguation page for 'CITEC'/'Citec'
- Why doesn't photo caption show up?
- selling van
- XML dump for a single project
- to know about a metal
- Italic title
- vinoth
- Wikipedia Books API
- Deliver, a WPP Company
- Can you change a page name???
- Can I create a page for new term that I have personally coined?
- A complain
- where is password recovery? why make ppl lose all their info?
- We really need your help
- Default sort
- my wiki page is flagged and will not change!
- plymouth rock studios: The Plymouth rock studios has not and did not purchase Waverly Oaks Golf Club. The Golf Club remains open for business
- Uploading Picture
March 15
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 15
- How do I move a stub to the main body text?
- check on word frequently encountered (cricket)
- If a Governor was Impeached........
- Lori_Rom
- forgot password
- Subscribing to a category
- Confirming a user is the subject of the article
- un-submit
- This location is wrong for this article though most of the facts are correct.
- What to do about defamatory comments by a user
- kindly answer my doubt please
- List of new pages created by user
- Name for Wiki source text
- Simple way to flip a picture
- My entry was deleted
- History of the surname Maqhubu and the Dlamini clan
- A suggestion for correcting broken links - a bug perhaps
- Adding pictures
- help changing title of my article
March 16
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 16
- Proper article title if the album in question is spelled with all capital letters...
- NOT an advertisement!
- Edward DeBlasio
- Page exists, but link in another article says "page does not exist"
- deleting ip
- getting an article posted
- How to Find Articles in Need of Help?
- Help.....please
- what links here
- My grandfathers journal.
- Disabling Username markup
- CSD G3
- Tsunami travels how far Inland?
- Browser crashed while editing
- Copy of Survivor Benefit sheet
- Problem with the rights of a picture
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- Template for tagging an incomplete reference
- Adding a logo to our page.
- Large edits and deletions made to my informative comments on article's comment page
- 330th Bomb Group page
March 17
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 17
- Photo Captions
- WP:RDH messed up for me... not sure why...
- Article title needs fixing
- File:Bridgestone logo new version from company
- uploading an entry to Wikipedia
- references
- How can I publish a newly coined word in Wikipedia
- How long does does it take to receive feedback?
- Could someone delete this page?
- Find my family in Canada
- Kidda entry
- Blue print
- How do I translate a page
- How to add a link to my left sidebar
- Verb tense
- Why was my addition completely removed?
- How Do I
- Sorting error in table
- Facebook "Like" Button
- Ctrl+F freeze up
March 18
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 18
- University promotion
- New signature policies in effect?
- Kind of translation
- Disussion of a speedy delete
- Eddie Benitez
- Discrepancy over multimedia
- Attract new authors using Flattr
- Help!
- Surprising search suggestion
- I have no idea what im doing
- Entry about my dad
March 19
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 19
- Recovering a Password when your E-Mail was never recorded.
- Final warning?
- Having Trouble with Searching Article Archives
- SBN numbers
- Party Recon
- Template for repeat creation of same deleted article
- How to find an Interested party
- Later side effect
- Computer crashes when reading article on scientology
- Help on new article?
- How to add a new article
- Two articles on identical subject. Can only find one when logged in. How to merge?
- Best Way to Archive, Incremental or Date Headers?
- New York Times Site search
- How do I create a hyperlink?
- Image Expert needed
March 20
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 20
- how to use Special:Random and Special:RecentChanges
- Cloud marketing
- Missing Text
- How to cite a person
- Is the random article button "true" randomness?
- Could somebody delete this page?
- AfD problem
- And a TfD problem
- frames disappeared
March 21
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 21
- Please fix broken Simon Singh
- Collaborative Historical Project
- unable to edit
- ADHD
- flag of malaysia incorrect
- I have added references to a 'BLP poposed for deletion' entry - now what?
- Category page alphabetizing--did it change? Permanent?
- Is there a template for elapsed years (similar to the birth date and age template)?
- Creating an article
- Queen's Film Theatre
- How to suggest a subject for a new entry?
- changeing image comments in file history
- uploading images
- Copyright opinion
- Longpage
- RE: Create a Wiki l
March 22
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 22
- Aria Tesolin - wikipedia page
- Delete a page you made?
- Offline wikipedia editor
- Knife wire cutter
- contacting the author
- Help With Infobox
- WP:COMMONNAME
- Wirtinger derivatives
- Updating References?
- Can you tell me more about the world's largest crocodile in captivity, the Chao Yai crocodile, over 6 meters in length and 2450 pounds as of March 22, 2011?
- edited info still coming up in the search tool
- Shown and hiding Wikipedia principles page
- newbie.. please help... thank you and sorry in advance
- New article
- page doesn't recognize references
- Urdu language
- Infoboxes
- Changing a Logo
- Small Austrailian Flag ..
- How can I find info opening a cold case file?
- Pastrami
- Preferred, or required way to link to Wikisource for use strictly as a reference.
- etown radio program article - not an advertisement - rewritten in more neutral tone
- possible error in an article
- New unreviewed article
- Missing article
- Entry on the Eastman Kodak Company Wikipedia Page is Misleading and Should be Removed
March 23
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 23
- DELETE MY PROFILE PLEASE!
- Foreign Internal Links?
- Racist Caption on Wiki Page
- the number of the contributors on English WP
- Conrad Hilton
- Interestingly....
- Oops.... Some one have the File mover or Admin tools
- Article name pronunciations
- Can I reuse an old account?
- Account vs. No Account
- I am a published poet with five volumes of poetry in two languages; how can I list my books in Wikipedia? Please respond to me. Thank you
- Need help formatting new article
- Ur-Hamlet
- Template coding
- Firefox 4 and preview windows
- Showing as one long line
- Deleting an account I didn't put an email to
March 24
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 24
- Article text reliability
- Sandy / University Line
- Mouseover preview
- Edit updates only occasionally appearing in searches?
- writing an article about author Aleksandar Obradovic
- pop ups
- Multi function tab not working
- Paul Young (Sad Café)
- Firefox 4
- "Log Me in Globally"
- Semicolon or relative clause?
- Help Needed Adding Tsunami Images to Article on Devastated Japanese Town
- A six year Government Intrusion including officially documented incidents of actual torture
- Crazy AfD/Twinkle problem (Probably needs administrator attention to fully fix).
- authority to upload files
- What if password lost and emailaccount has been closed?
- someone else is using our name
- Page swap request
- Edit
- pictures
- Editing Page
- is my article neutral
- Editing difficulty
March 25
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 25
- Unable to view Wikipedia pics in China
- Template:Space has porn, I think
- Choosing a name for an article
- How can I add photo to existing article?
- Unable to get rid of "cite error" message
- I can't get rid of 'This Page reads like an advertisement warning sign
- Reliable Source for Alumni Status?
- Suggestions for Revision
- How do you remove a picture from a page?
- after several tries i still cannot log in
March 26
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 26
- Adding a link
- Removing untrue critique
- How do I change a photo?
- Edit
- Signing
- Benson Taylor has a copyright message
- Kill_bill
- The_Scorpion_King_3:_Rise_of_the_Dead
March 27
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 27
- list of character encodings
- plutonium toxicity
- Chess Illusion
- Creating SR Page
- Why are fully capitalized words not allowed in Wikipedia articles?
- Request Letter
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
- Editing cancelled
- Sorting in table on numeric culumn with decimal point
- QUERY - Aren't changes on a page supposed to be reported?
- Creating a hung list without numbers or bullets
- coat of arms - a city in South America
- small text
- Edit drop down box stuck
March 28
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 28
- Grouping reference notes; citing page numbers that aren't printed?
- why cant i do a normal search for my article
- Missing Items
- Insert citation
- Georgian request for help
- Template
- Retrieve deleted pictures
- AUDI A4 TDI B5
- help creating a new page
- Text Format
- images wont upload
- selltimeshare.co.uk
March 29
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 29
- [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 29#Template:_.7B.7Btl.7Cdb-r3.7D.7D_not_working_on_redirects.3F|Template: {{db-r3}} not working on redirects?]]
- save from sandbox
- What is the copyright status of my image?
- Possibility of giving WP email addresses to select users?
- Adding categories
- The page is deleted on Yowlink
- Advertising warning - I have made changes to ensure neutral tone. What do I do Next?
- What is the raw span class="history-deleted"?
- Google reformatting Wikipedia for mobiles
- Electronic Readers
- Wikitable aesthetic issue, maybe advice
- Article not visible
- Inline Citations
- Age Restriction
- How do I place a table of contents?
- Double underlining of some words in articles
- Editing articles in other languages
- Moving content from articles
- Table issues
- Looking for editor assistance on C-SPAN rewrite
- how can i advertise on wikipedia
- seperated,but not divorced
- Alexandra Powers
March 30
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 30
- shane o' connor from ireland
- User's pages
- Adding a subcategory
- Elder Johnny James
- Rescaled fair use-deletion template?
- Citing forewords of a book
- can't log in
- intrebare
- Fragmentation of pages
- User pages as articles
- ~~~~ not working for sig
- Can't edit pages
- Should I be worried about Sinebot?
- Concerning Libya's page on the encyclopedia
- What Tags do I need to add to an Image
- Charts and copyright
- Image Rotation Difficulties
- Wikopedia filter
March 31
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 31
- Google listing different to Wikipedia entry
- Article@ 1960 in television
- No account, but posted question - how will I get any answers
- Bug in Wikipedia? Several Reference Desks offer no links to add/edit questions.
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/SN_1572
- Article about Jane Martine
- Place for editing requests
- Funny editing
- How to Remove Page Notices
- mini-platform or software editor...
- Full Wikipedia Editor manual downloadable...
- VRLA battery / Absorbed Glass Mat / History
- How to find icons?
- Hogging the sandbox
- Best way to work on a draft page/facelift for existing WikiProject?
- Firefox 4 login
- Permission to use images
- Request
- IMdb
- Ava Van
- Article incorrectly PRODded
- KEIGHLEY WIKIPEDIA PAGE
- Referencing help required.