Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/July 2009
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July 1
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 1
- WP Crash
- "File Download - Security Warning"
- Image Map
- Add an Image
- Tor Issues
- Is an article consisting mostly of links acceptable?
- Book photos relating to films
- UBX columns
- Managing global account
- Template problems
- how to edit page in order to add notability and references!
- How Wikipedia Survey is possible?
- currior dout
- United States Mint
- Brett Salisbury was deleted from Wikipedia...
- Changes to my Official Website
- Requesting creation of an image
- Tracing cross references to an article
- Recognisable people in images of public places
- Creating a page for a client
- Obama
- Most frequent editors for a page
- Is there a noticeboard to ask about possible non-free images?
- Admin pls deleted this own made file ASAP
- Categories
- Logging out
- Having difficulty with "en.wiki.x.io" login on Internet Explorer 8.0
- References
July 2
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 2
- Going On - Disambiguation
- Signature Error
- Disambiguation of "reel"
- Question
- External appear Internal
- Hw to name an article?
- in 1mg of magnesium sulphate what is the quantity of magnesium and sulphate
- Is this information correct?
- All pages starting with...
- Wikipedia pages
- how can i save the page
- Merchant Navy
- Sortable tables
- Why is there ActiveX on WP?
- Lara Croft
- Using the same reference
- Live bookmark in Firefox
- Template for "over-prosed" biographies?
- Asking questions
July 3
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 3
- Blocking Defaults
- Appropriate Infobox for Brooklyn Borough Hall?
- Logo Copying
- Aligning text to the center
- Forest Schools
- Other website appearance
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- Infobox image not working
- Press Council
- Starting a new article
- SMTP outgoing address for your e-mail server
- handling e-mail notifications
- Email Confirmations Not Working For Me
- How correct internal link pointing to disambiguation page?
- Page view statistics
- What is the best approach to sections copied from other articles?
- Copyright infringement
- Image linking
- Jay Adams
- Wikipedia font displayed hard to read
- A Bay Area philosifer said:
July 4
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 4
- Article Searchability
- credit card fraud
- PNG better than SVG if the logo is copyrighted ?
- Trouble with FaQ and sandboxes
- saving options
- color in content
- Using a Social Network site in External Links.
- Edit Process
- Searching for or linking to "wiki:foo" redirects to a blank page at c2.com
- Filth embedded in document
- Deleting my Wikipedia account
- Why doesn't my new page here come up when I type in its subject?
July 5
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 5
- Writing a New Article
- Retrieving articles
- how do i write in here
- I had IntrudersAlert from bonzi.com years ago and had lost it by now disposing of my PC.
- IE8 issues
- Invisible "Reference Section"
- Categorizing images
- 1988 chevy blazer
- Please remove the following line from the following page
- Contributing
- book blurb as reference?
- Problem with a table
- can you store lard at room temp?
- hi
- Thank You
- court arrangments
- Petro Mart
- Won't let me post any regular people
- Convert/merge to commons
- Uploading an image
July 6
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 6
- Writing Articles About Companies
- Why isn't my new article in the list of new pages?
- Changing an Image
- Data inconsistency
- Order of template messages
- re:Mary Katherine Day-Petrano -- U.S. Autistic Savant
- Aligning
- Counters
- Translation questions
- Copyright tag
- I cannot see the changes I made yesterday for an article
- Strange template in Evernote
- Offensive Content
- How Can I Dispute An Article
- Image question
- Cleanup and Pictures
- researches
- Hotlinking a section rather than a whole page
- Moving important discussion
- How to move a meta:Wikipedia content article to a different namespace
- Misdirecting editors
July 7
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 7
- editing spouse information
- US Census
- WHH disambiguation
- New Mobile Format
- Radioactive Contamination
- How to delete spam links on many pages
- Adding an image to infobox
- Use of pictures in other websites
- CTM
- Infobox picture: only file name appears
- Naming conventions for articles on Buddhist monks
- Blatant advertising
- External link verification
- Is there an archive of old help messages?
- Conway Hall article
- conflict of interest in including pharmaceuticals in Wikipedia as such inclusion is used by the drug owners as advertising/propaganda
July 8
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 8
- lost in wiki
- consumer behaviour
- Articles relying on mostly single sources
- Article inaccessable - link
- Reference list...?
- background check
- Minor Grammar Change
- entry test medical
- engineering
- Change of Email Address
- Bowler question
- Regarding Kannada Movie YODHA.
- I did not ask the correct question
- Side Bar Information
- Featured List
- Vanishing
- How do I make a case for my article's "importance"?
- Chaning entry name
- Account creator interface
- Cross-Reference Categories
- Convert/merge to commons
- Timex Clock Type Push Buttom Electric 125V 15A Timer.
- BQ
- Copyright status of license plates
- Is oli filth really an administrator?
July 9
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 9
- What If I Find An Article That Is Offensive Or Uses Offence Language?
- Editing Pages
- Incorrect internal link
- BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Redhat - Sendmail
- Can I direct web links to WIKIPEDIA in my APPLICATION about accounting ? ,Can i save webpages like an offline ?
- Question about the Forgot Your Password option
- Gropecunt featured article
- unification of reference citation formats?
- literature
- Generic content for sports people - cycling prejudice
- References
- Anonymous edits credited to new named account?
- removing a completely inaccurate page until corrected?
July 10
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 10
- help updating
- Creating A Biography
- Left alligned
- Discography images
- IE8
- Reconnecting with old account; want to upload photo
- Photo and copyright usage
- Linking to Graphics on Other WikiPedias
- [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 10#|]]
- References
- help!!
- Hi
- asking
- Mahjongg Master 4
- my talk
- Article Creation and linkage to google.
- Paid Propaganda
- Nalere Family
- Becoming an admin
- Inappropriate tone
- Request for approval/comment on creating new article with potential COI
- verifacation
- :File:Amstrad PCW 16 01.png
- People With Same Name
- Warren Etheredge
- Farrah Fawcett's siblings???
July 11
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 11
- Right to request another user stop posting on my talk page?
- The Transitition To Shad Moss
- Editing during vacation
- lebanese nationality law
- INFO ON VIDA GUERRA & MARIA CHECA.
- Wikipedia loading time
- Vandalism?
- Is Twitter a reliable source?
- Template help
- Back to the Future III
July 12
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 12
- Left allign
- Uploading a new version of an existing image
- Referencing articles
- help -- attaching a photo at President's_Surveillance_Program
- User names
- Hi how do I dispute the neutrality of an article?
- When do I reallly need to give a source while editing?
- comic covers frontier times
- Nicholas Rockefeller any relations to John D. Rockefeller or David Rockefeller? biography lacking
- Green Globe
July 13
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 13
- Sections
- Change in how posts are 'signed'
- E-Health
- Deletion
- problem with an administrator
- Article Review
- Listing "N"ew contributions...
- where can I read more about ;starting line with semicolon
- I changed my name, and now i lost twinkle. what do i do?
- El Centro, CA
- Dragon Rouge
- Changing picture size in Infobox
- Reference is German Wiki
- what is a user page?!
- video games
July 14
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 14
- recent Edit not visible
- Free image clutter
- question regarding different layouts of viewing
- Policy discussion
- Is it appropriate for me to give this IP a 'final warning', or is that something only for admins to do?
- i have introduced an article months ago and it is not "taking"
- Template acting strange
- Finding anon user contribs
- Opening MIDI files in Wikipedia
- Autoreview
- In-N-Out Burger article
- Page size
- white space at top of article because of pictures
- Wikipedia Mobile
- stubs
- Fullscreen mode in Opera
- Requested article.
- Number of pages in a given namespace
- No emails from my watchlist
- Need Help linking page to imdb...also do not want my page to be deleted
- Rating
- dispute process
- User Committed Identity
- maps?
- Archiving a talk page
- I cannot use the 'Compare selected revisions' tab in history
- Page about myself
- Template names
- Does wikipedia ever delete anything? ever?
- Writing an article
July 15
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 15
- J Smith
- 3,000,000 English Articles
- Fixing vandalism - John Gay
- Making Malicious Bots for wiki
- interwiki links
- pages
- Can templates do arithmetic?
- Colours and Links
- Phone Assistance
- media
- History section of Traffic Lights and Dummy Lights
- Non-free reduce
- Disambiguation
- Reference desk edit sorting
- Userbox codes
- human right in pre independence nigeria
- How do I respond?
- How to incorporate a calender into wiki page
- Simple corrections.
- Adding Image
- "Create Account" link is not working...
- problem regestering
- conflict of interest - clarification
- Disappearing edit buttons
- How does this article need cleanup?
- I wish to create a wiki for Reddit.com [it is not for advertising!]
- I need to change the title of my article
- Wikipedia article for artist
July 16
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 16
- alfalfa pills (vitamins)
- ARTIST ARTICLES
- Non-breaking space
- Images
- Name change
- Policy on rumors
- Concerning Jackobillia
- question, please how can I link wikipedia site to my normal email site?
- adding external links to others' articles
- Moving new article to "live" wikipedia
- Disambiguation links
- Category:Football League of Ireland Players
- Question
- symbols
- How to make a new topic?
- How to use Template:Random portal component
- Password Forgotten
- File:Veitshakmah.png
July 17
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 17
- Avoiding sexual images
- Deleting images from the Commons
- plainlinksneverexpand
- Yellow background
- School seal/logo image
- Wikipages as pdf
- how to use wikipedia?
- Question on Transwiki Import
- first time on the net
- RTL languages
- posting my article
- Sock puppet report thingy
- Changing Several Wikipedia topic pages in a short time
- how do I flag an article to semi protect?
- New article
- Converting a user page to an article page
July 18
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 18
- New account and password not honored
- Incorporating a brief article into a longer one
- Official web site of biographical subjects
- cars
- Poetry form description "How Fortunate the Man with None" by Bertolt Brecht
- About Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Article
- Help! Messages not being displayed on my talk page
- Font styles
- Picture vandalism
- Images
- WARNING
- It's Westerly Armory Museum not Westerly Army Museum
- EDITING
- Disambigaution
- Musician page
- How do you find reasons or information about deletions?
- cant find saved new document in my space
- How to link to an ambigious term
July 19
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 19
- Strange site
- What's acceptable for corporation article?
- Help with categories
- Update to Special page
- Creating a Page
- Non-notable content
- The lists of TV series episodes
- Confusing user page
- Copyright query
- Molecular structure
- Question
- Root Meaning of the Egyptial word?symbol(ankh)(Ancla) (anchor to physical form ie.Life?)
- Editing rejected
- How to collapse
- to creat a new article
July 20
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 20
- Help with messed up ref tag
- Assistance with Pages
- Michael Jackson height and weight
- article doesn't show up on search
- Articles that read like ad copy or a press release
- NORTH ORISSA UNIVERSITY LAwexam result 2008
- Past help desk records
- Finding category intersections
- legend for a picture
- Display problems.
- unemployment ?
- movie posters
- Can I adjust the "new section" feature on my talk page?
- copyright
- How do I spread awareness of a nifty new template I co-created?
- Manfred Mann song Blinded by the Light written Bruce Springsteen
- deleting wiki pages
- new EDA company page created and inserted into EDA company book?
- Change Email Address
- Biotechnic & Histochemistry
- :File:Gijoeofficialposter.jpg
- Recent Vandalism
- McDonalds
- See how many hits your articles get
- Biographical Info Box
- Page move vandalism
- Help with references
- articles
- Page move
July 21
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 21
- How to repeat a background image in Wikipedia?
- HOW DO I MAKE A MATRIX???
- Transferring a template to another Wiki
- Wikipedia Media Player
- Failed access to certain pages
- steel scrap
- Admin Help
- Computer organization
- Language
- Citing Own Articles
- Hiding categories
- Signature in Infobox Artist
- Adding a link to wikipedia
- editing a page
- rainbow larakeet
- VandalStop name blacklisted??
- photo help
- Sorting tables with rowspan and colspan
- Including an article in a project
- User space
- WikiSummaries
July 22
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 22
- Headlines Page
- Confused and wondering
- main header
- How to apply as Editor
- "conjoined" images
- EDITING WIKIPEDIA
- Shaw Theatre
- Age Limit
- how can I link to a citation that has already been made?
- How to creat a medal table!?
- my input
- ®
- First FA
- Delete my contribution article
- Multiple log-ins
- Inserting a photo
- Better Business Bureau
- BiDi help request
- Template
- Good Portal?
- No images
July 23
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 23
- How to create a PDF file for free?
- I've broken the tables
- Template functionality help
- real estate
- Signpost
- relationship
- translating articles into french
- non-free images on Commons, which really should only be at en:Wiki
- hey
- Adding an image
- Oval shape
- How can I see what my overall contribution has been to a particular article? Does such a facility exist?
- How do I make an undisputed article draft in my user page to an actual article?
- What to make of recent edit activity
- router mechanism
- Help
- Editing Entry for "Eleison Group"
- Barnstars
- How do I add custom links to the sidebar.
- Copyright Infringement Issue
- Link to old revision
July 24
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 24
- if it possible
- Second opinions
- plagiarism
- Image Linking
- Publishing partial material - and provide link to original
- Long-term vandalism/IP harassment
- Problem with an image: Displays 250px|
- mumps
- Can somebody who has "Rollback" sort this vandalism out?
- Internal wikipedia link exists but are shown as non-existent and does not link directly.
- coperative movements in india
- Question
- Reference and External Link sections aren't showing on my article
- I got a message that I was vandalizing wikipedia
- reality behind the neil armstrongs and his groups moon walk in 1969
- Mark Buerhle
- Query on legal articles on wikipedia
- Creating
- Article Deletion
- John Willison (musician)
- Refering to other sections of an article within an article
- wanted: someone who's nimble with tables to clean up my mess
- Citing An Article
- Putting images from Croatian wiki to English wiki
July 25
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- User:TonyTheTiger/monobook.css
- How do I delete an entry?
- Article on George Mandler
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache#Internet_Explorer
- HARD DISK
- "Seed" in Portals
- Creating an account
- Notability process
- Translations
- Spacecraft Endeavour
- Speedy delete
- Content dispute
- Question
- Reverting edits on talk pages
- Robert V. Decareau
- Duplicate account : Joe.mambo and Joe.Mambo are the same user, but different accounts
July 26
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 26
- Why is my domain blacklisted from creation?
- blackberry storm
- antique oriental fan
- Question for Template experts
- How much experiance is needed to participate at ACC?
- Pictures
- dates?
- How do I program a bot in JavaScript code?
- What links here
- missing fonts?
- talk page vs discussion page
- What would be the appropriate way to comment?
July 27
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 27
- Insects
- Unlink tab
- Wrong info or right one? Please answer!
- Jimmy Alvarez
- Fraternity articles
- Template:Infobox NFLactive
- question
- I screwed up the formatting of an article
- Company Logo change
- k-box
- left justification of right-to-left text?
- center aligned userboxes
- Typing a colon ":" in the search box
- Live Articles
- Adding book references
- How do I delete a sentence in a biographical entry?
- Medical School Admissions
- Nationality category
July 28
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 28
- Dynamic template question
- Create the Wikilympics
- Image help
- Retirement question
- Retrieving an account
- I accidently made an edit to an entry without logging in to my account
- How do I prevent a contribution/topic from deletion?
- ITI
- add website field to infobox
- Problem within your setup a new user menu ???
- Country Province/State City Database
- Coordinate display
- I jacked up an article, how do I fix?
- hello
- Page click stats
- Why doesn't edit appear in my watch list?
- how do i start a new page?
- names and their meaning
- Discrepancy between a diff and its final revision
- Editing Geo Hack links
- Dead Links
- move a page from user space to real space
- RSS FEEDS
- Related articles
- Harvard referincing problem
- Categories
- How to gain "confirmed status" to be able to upload photographs.
- Publish article error
- Create tables
- Template substitution within a ref tag
- Adding subpages/ subsections to articles
- Cannot find my released article
- Admin sanctions best practice when misbehaiviour recurs after a temporary sanction expires? - Is there a guideline, policy or ArbCom precedentt that addresses this?
July 29
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 29
- Questions re citation form and other matters
- Trustee vote
- syllables
- I need help...
- ArbCom policy for interwiki issues
- how
- In a quandry
- How to add a new topic to Wikipedia
- reference format
- I forgot to log in
- Ogg sources
- Licensing
- How do I move a TALK page out of my account to a "live" page that is visible to all?
- Photo Removal/Replacement
- Formula to programming example popups
- Copyright question
- printable with IE7
- unable to edit particular article
- Could someone please update my bio?
- artist profiles
July 30
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 30
- Citing specific pages
- Wikitable
- Wiki editing tool?
- email to upload image
- Clearing a block log
- Problems with images
- Human Genome Organization (HUGO) Article
- Redirecting a page
- Speedy deletion and deletion discussions
- 1) How to insert non-breaking space 2) How to insert borders around a table I have imported from Word.
- How to remove the speedy deletion tag the 'proper' way
- How do you change a picture?
- Twinkle vs Rollback
- "Caution" warning when I try to save a new page
- Move request
- Please vote... just kidding?
- Editing a table
- The name
- mastadon tusk.
- Moving a page
- "What links here" question
- hello
- need the help of a more experienced wiki editor
- Review Process
July 31
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 July 31
- What Is the "Users Talk Page"?
- The Killers' page crashes Wikipanion for iPhone
- How can I help to translate a page to another language?
- possible misuse of CATEGORY Speedy Deletion
- Date formatting
- UK English or US English?
- Not Logged In on Main Page
- About MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL
- movie mahabharat made by Pitar burk
- I think wrong information is posted on Bobby Charlton's profile...
- Black rectangles on vandalism level images
- Bunk Johnson
- Using MediaWiki extensions: Wiki2LaTeX
- How to specify multiple articles in Non-free software screenshot Template
- Font problem
- Footnote question
- How do I embed the results of Special:WhatLinksHere in an article?
- explaination