Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/September 2008

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September 1

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 1

1. Forgot my email/password
2. Unsigned signed edits
3. Text overlaps picture box
4. (силе) Helping the (рдин) encyclopedia wikipedia edit?
5. what is god
6. my 1st posting for encyclopedia wikipedia (европейско)
7. Creating a New Userpage
8. Pagenames in templates
9. How dare you send this to me
10. Template
11. Do I get paid yet?
12. Can I create a Page about....
13. Images
14. Editing conflicts (technical)
15. Spam
16. How long does a db-move take?
17. Administration Access
18. Who gets to decline speedies?
19. Warning for vandlism
20. k a s designs
21. Graeme Macdonald Music section
22. Moving pages

September 2

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 2

1. How to refer to a specific section within a Wikipedia article?
2. an error
3. Use of Wikipedia for Commercial Research
4. Password request
5. Removing large amounts of white space?
6. How does this Harvard citation work?
7. Unable to save page after edit
8. Multiple reference styles
9. Poisson process article
10. English Wikipedia Internal Account Creation Interface
11. I am looking for a job
12. Crime and rent prices in city articles
13. How do you create timelines?
14. Featured B&W
15. Adding a navbox to a template
16. Double redirects

September 3

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 3

1. Justify text on the right side
2. Publishing my article with Wikipedia
3. Uploading Copyrighted image
4. Switching account names
5. journalism
6. Chop or crop?
7. Assistance required
8. Users with access to magazine archive
9. Las Vegas City Public Schools
10. Requesting wider participation in an RfD
11. External Links on User Pages
12. Four Level Interchange image

September 4

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 4

1. Is Wikipedia slow?
2. Zooming articles problem
3. Uploading image/logo
4. Language problem
5. Two requests, if possible
6. Occasional "Advanced search" option
7. Help Assistance - Author making claims of ownership to intellectual property
8. E-mail addresses in infoboxes
9. WitteBros Exchange
10. SlimBrowser
11. Turn external links green

September 5

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 5

1. Stride Piano Artists / Re: Adding Jerry White To Listing Of Artists
2. auction history
3. Government IPs
4. Links
5. Reporting and warning vandals
6. I didnt confirm on time
7. translating articles
8. translate
9. What website to use in screenshots?
10. Why o Why are bands (music) not allowed in an encyclopedia? like wikipedia. To me that is ridiculous, sorry..
11. IP conflict
12. 404
13. Design
14. what kind of english?
15. Teacake problamatique
16. Image credits
17. Group Change
18. External Myspace Links
19. How to delate
20. Remove an article's title
21. Downloadable/Static Help Section?
22. Can't get this image to generate a thumbnail...
23. Monobook background
24. How to archive
25. How to add catagories to uploaded images
26. J K Jaiswal (Jeet)

September 6

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 6

1. Deleting Articles
2. Image Technical Difficulties - Wesley College, Melbourne
3. Can an article be closed to editing?
4. Hello
5. New pages in a category
6. Signature problems
7. JMU, Rankings, Forbes.com
8. Linking User Pages
9. Any way to change the default search language at www.wikipedia.org main page?
10. Editing Leeds
11. Some Wiki Browser
12. How do I execute JS
13. Article count
14. Recovering an account / username

September 7

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 7

1. Userboxes
2. Uploading Pictures?
3. Auto confirmed user message
4. Navbox transclusion
5. Vanuatu Articles
6. Stage names - which name to redirect and which to use?
7. Image Use
8. Articles created
9. Getting rid of a table of contents
10. Check an edit, please

September 8

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 8

1. Translations
2. Query on Neutrality(???) Policy
3. Any PDA Version of Wikipedia
4. Uploading photos please
5. searching for information about authoritative article guidelines
6. Freedom Of Press In India
7. Upload article unsuccesfull
8. Images not displaying
9. asking for peer review
10. Krishna Das Swami
11. How do I insert an image within an article?
12. Tight tabs
13. Black gospel redirects to Urban contemporary gospel
14. NavFrames
15. translating into Welsh Language
16. cant find what im looking for Help Me
17. Facts and information on articles.
18. no color samples when printing "color list" page
19. a question
20. help
21. Political groups
22. Usurping user name failure

September 9

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 9

1. Why was my page deleted?
2. How to fix AfC review that I messed up?
3. Some problems with an infobox
4. PRINTING
5. Autobiography
6. Marking General text-based references to validate page content
7. forcythia
8. not like the others?
9. Creating an Article
10. Wikilinking from a table
11. Wiki Bullying
12. Images not displaying in articles
13. Authoring an Article for Wikipedia
14. Redlink that isn't.
15. Contents Navigation links within articles - not working! :s

September 10

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 10

1. Report
2. Yes i would like some information
3. Cajun Dance Party
4. Rollback
5. Changing the name of a page
6. How to make something searchable as an article
7. Image Size
8. Repeated inline references to the same source
9. ASKING A QUESTION
10. Petronas infobox
11. Polly Young-Eisendrath correction and update
12. Page Deletion question
13. Hellas S.C.
14. Username
15. Awards and Achievements Box
16. Image captions

September 11

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 11

1. Defining "massacre"
2. Notability criteria for journalists
3. NGO DONATION
4. Special:Log/newusers
5. how do I get my article on Jumeau Dolls restored???
6. Waboba exploiting an old invention
7. Edit Facts and Statistics
8. HOW TO CREATE AN ARTICLE
9. hello
10. Create split cells in table
11. Tracking visits to Wiki page
12. How to Upload a PDF file as a reference
13. Is it possible to crop an image that has already been uploaded
14. Submitting short bios of famous people not already in Wikipedia.
15. How does one actually SEND a submission?
16. "What links" is broken? Or is my brain broken?
17. Wrong date on Main Page
18. Problem with an English page on the Sinhalese version of Wikipedia
19. Inline {{tlx|Advert}} template?
20. translate an article
21. Making Infobox

September 12

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 12

1. Fair use?
2. I do not see how to categorize or submit an article
3. browser text size
4. IP giving article assessment
5. Brief explanation to appear above the text
6. dictionary
7. How do I copy tables from a wiki article to say OpenOffice. Live table, not a screen shot
8. How can a page which is a complete fabrication be deleted?
9. re-posted......Yes i would like some information
10. Wikipedia or Wikisource for Parliamentary votes?
11. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 12#{{numberingroup}}<.2Fnowiki>|<nowiki>{{numberingroup}}]]
12. Need help, desperately
13. Merge edit
14. Deleted to erased
15. Template for tagging articles about works of fiction in which the summary is too long?
16. How do you edit a category page?
17. I cannot log in to my account anymore
18. Reverting "poor quality" contributions

September 13

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 13

1. Malicious Page?
2. Martin John Callanan
3. Length of route 95 in South Carolina
4. Relisting an Afd
5. HOW TO MAKE AN ARTICLE
6. Modifying infoboxes
7. Fan made drawings: suitable for Wikipedia?

September 14

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 14

1. Military intelligence
2. Replacements
3. Right to vanish, and not "vanished"
4. Signature
5. Defining notability
6. Text align
7. Help with a wikiproject banner
8. Should I add WikiProject templates if I'm not part of the project?
9. Check required for moved image?
10. I'm trying to edit Leeds
11. Hyperlinks
12. Accounts on other wikis
13. texas flag
14. Mario Superstar Baseball
15. Sarah Palin:

September 15

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 15

1. Chinese Chess Association
2. Pronunciation key
3. Why was this article deleted?
4. DO YOU HAVE A SECTION FOR LEARNING / TUTORIAL FOR PRINT LAYOUT DESIGNER IN SAP BUSINESS ONE
5. Niqab
6. account information
7. olde photos for user page
8. edit request
9. I can't find my article & I haven't received a notice of deletion
10. Querie
11. Image:20070621 Crown Fountain Water.JPG
12. taking a page live
13. Viewing articles in the past

September 16

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 16

1. Are press articles subject to WP:REUSE?
2. Help with statustop Template
3. I can't sign in, using the correct name and password
4. Simple name differences
5. Help with the new editing chooser
6. Natascha Engel MP
7. My user name
8. Article ratings
9. I would like to edit but....
10. My page is being deleted?
11. editing my page
12. PDF file-DOD file
13. I've had problems with publish userboxes in my user page... then my page completely vanished!
14. sharing Wikipedia accounts
15. script size
16. my peculiar list or category of cities
17. question about links to my User Page
18. would it be spamming or not
19. Ref tags and substing Userspace templates
20. Incorrect Information Cite
21. Template footnotes
22. Picture error?
23. Vandalism

September 17

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 17

1. Bobby Trendy Article
2. ARTICLE TITLE
3. What's the best way to expand the editing base?
4. manufacturing industry
5. How to determine contents of a list
6. Coord not working
7. Poetry
8. Bottom of Page
9. hacking
10. Image displacement
11. Asif Ali Zardari - President of Pakistan
12. MAKE A SYMBOL AS EMBLEM FOR NEW VENTURE WITH THE LETTERS SHD,DHS,HSD OR DHHS
13. create an entry
14. Image problem?
15. Printing
16. Universal Express currections
17. Rename article

September 18

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 18

1. All about ME!!
2. Bodies Exhibition.jpg
3. edits and deletion of pages
4. Blanking a page
5. Help Editing A Page
6. Reporting possible copyright violation
7. HTML Code for Text Box
8. Accused of "vandalism" by adding a fact
9. Can't find "proportional to" symbol in character insert thingy.
10. Can't find my changes - what have I done wrong?
11. Magazines
12. Edit missing from watchlist

September 19

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 19

1. Is it possible?
2. using Wikipedia photographs in a newsletter
3. Portal selection
4. Article redirect
5. Public housing in the United States and Canada split
6. New member questions
7. Fixing article on Socrates
8. installation of UNICODE
9. reply to received messages
10. help renaming a category please!
11. term
12. Industrial and labour law
13. Requests for comment: User
14. User Page Deleted - Why?
15. chat
16. How do I keep my additions to a site
17. Fake Page
18. Using emails as references
19. Editing Pictures
20. Internet Explorer 6 SP2 Issues ~ Wiki Base Code Change?
21. Math/Practice Problems
22. Question
23. Harry Lumley
24. Question

September 20

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 20

1. Is there an error in the Wikipedia list of soundtracks featuring Nina Simone?
2. uploading images
3. Article Is Spam?
4. Myriapoda has sprouted legs (or at least edit section links)
5. Why is information I've added being automaticly deleted?
6. enlarging the font of gileki wikipedia
7. Copy-pasting tables from Excel
8. strange duplication
9. :Image:WW2 Iwo Jima flag raising.jpg
10. {{tl|helpme}} needs a fix
11. James Taylor discography
12. Special pages histories
13. wrong info
14. Internal error
15. Has to be notable for more than one thing?
16. Question on Internet
17. Fountain of the Mermaid of Lleida
18. Commons
19. american radio personalities section inclusion

September 21

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 21

1. IE editing font, Firefox slow on images
2. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 21#Correctly using the <ref name><.2Fnowiki> citation format|Correctly using the <nowiki><ref name> citation format]]
3. Changing TItle/Name of an Article?
4. link to WWII Military Grop
5. just need help
6. Help on an image
7. copying article onto adobe PDF format
8. Why do wp:wiki and WP:WIKI redirect differently?
9. Help with image
10. NEW ARTICLE
11. WP:RTV
12. Sniffer Rats
13. Odd edit
14. the user page
15. Changing Name/Title of an Article
16. Ip block?
17. Updates aren't showing

September 22

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 22

1. Image Size Question
2. Side lobes
3. Linking to the Latin Wikisource?
4. How to "join" a wikiproject
5. Hidden discussions
6. Adding an article to WikiProjects
7. edit bots
8. playing audio files
9. Creating an article with an existing title
10. HELP!!!!
11. Transcluding Templates onto Talk Pages
12. A schizophrenic template
13. WikiMonitor
14. Archivists of the United States

September 23

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 23

1. Assuming Good Faith
2. Problem this afternoon
3. New Article Creation & Posting
4. net work operation
5. Check an edit please
6. Images that are on Commons: when should they have a page here?
7. how to start writing?
8. Jaygray3 (talk) 09:06, 23 September 2008 (UTC)Johnny Gray Bio Page
9. rename my article
10. congo
11. Comments finding their way to /Comments
12. Communicate before editing
13. glass icons
14. Introduction of Potato in India
15. How to use Template:Newdelrev?
16. Delete an account
17. economy

September 24

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 24

1. Expandable table
2. How do you create a new article? (moved from middle of page)
3. RfA
4. Cubs Win flag main image
5. List of articles all Wikipedias should have
6. Over Zealous Uncontrolled Rapid Deletion Thru Ignorance
7. Technical help
8. Following request
9. New Question
10. Photo Uploads
11. Why is Wikipedia so broken today?
12. Chronology
13. Infobox Company template problem
14. Stub tag and Navigational template placements
15. Cancel my account
16. How do I start a new article?
17. Page Vandalism
18. Administration
19. Help Desk

September 25

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 25

1. Google Earth screenshots
2. Fair use image
3. viewing one section of a page
4. Vanishing and Reappearing
5. speedy (i think) deletion request "category:inventor"
6. SEARCH FUNCTION
7. Vandalism only accounts
8. How to deal with a redirect reference that redirects to a broken link
9. indian stock market
10. Active Users
11. Article count
12. Moving infobox/category listing
13. Download to Pdf
14. Problem adding merge template
15. (Top)
16. how to upload Image
17. Written Consent to show Wikipedia.org in a demo
18. Help with RfC, please and thank you?
19. external link
20. If I accidentally clicked 'off' on a bot...
21. Bias tag
22. Can you
23. What does being blocked look like?

September 26

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 26

1. editing
2. move tab not activated
3. Number of English Articles Statistics problem?
4. Plz help
5. disappearance of talkpage
6. #expr non-raw display
7. Treasure hunt in PSG College of Technology
8. Captain Mack
9. Section edit button on the right?
10. Rabbi Benjamin Kelsen
11. The Wikipedia Community would like to wish Avril Lavigne a happy birthday!
12. My userboxen
13. Old Book Cite
14. Sparrowhawk Media
15. Signature Help
16. Removing WikiProject banners
17. Temp and perm names for a WP translation

September 27

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 27

1. editing/adding to new bio material
2. FA nomination
3. Snakes on a Plane
4. Wikilinking within a page
5. Question
6. Page move/redirect
7. Help to print a page
8. Image not updating properly
9. advise as to how to view past TV eipsodes
10. Remove the external link icon
11. single set of curly brackets
12. Image address
13. More expanding table questions

September 28

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 28

1. Yo wassup peoplez
2. How can i report signbot?
3. Help with a timeline
4. New Article: Seven News Melbourne
5. Watchlist not updating
6. New protection layout
7. Translating articles
8. Template transclusion update lag - bug or just me?
9. Image License

September 29

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 29

1. I Want a Phrase to Link to an Article
2. essay
3. computer syntax
4. How A7 is meant to be interpreted
5. Inline citations
6. Deletion log mystery
7. Help
8. Be linked to other pages
9. a page in need
10. WP: CSI layout problem
11. Posting HTML-3 Logo on Home Page.
12. Image:20080920 Cubs Win flag on pennant clinching day.jpg
13. FALSE INFORMATION APPEARS ABOUT OUR POLITICAL PARTY
14. Starting an article versus developing a section of an existing article
15. Upload images
16. Signature Links
17. How do Wiki Projects Work

September 30

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 September 30

1. Don't know where to turn
2. Template help
3. Citation Help
4. Creators of Wikipedia
5. health care
6. Wikipedia "Contents" in IE8
7. Deleting History/Contributions
8. How long...
9. Citing books
10. My Watchlist
11. Number in my watchlist?
12. New Question