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March 1

A question, if I may, about user pages...

Hello there. I am not new to Wikipedia, but I'm new to editing, and I hope to get better at it. Before I start working for the benefit of other pages, though, I need to fix my own first, which brings me to my question. There is a certain position in which I would like to place a couple of userboxes on my user page. I'm sure there is a page with information about the codes necessary to do so, but where would that be? Thank you. GeekInItsPurestForm (talk) 00:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

@GeekInItsPurestForm: Hey GeekInItsPurestForm. A general place to explore is Wikipedia:Userboxes and especially its subsection at Grouping userboxes. See also the documentation for the template {{Userboxtop}}, and you might find Wikipedia:User page design center helpful. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

@Fuhghettaboutit: Thank you very much for your assistance. GeekInItsPurestForm (talk) 03:16, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Use of "etc" - is there a guideline?

I have noticed "etc" is used sometimes in Wikipedia, but doesn't this go against the principles if it's not obvious what the "etc" means? Wondering if there's any guidance on this - I can't find anything in the help pages (the example I'm looking at is Packaging and labeling, where there are several instances). Cheers! Tony Holkham (talk) 00:38, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm not aware of any specific guideline on the use of "etc", Tony Holkham, and i don't think we need one. I would say that, in general, clearer and less ambiguous writing is preferred. If you fell you can rewrite an article to improve its clarity, while still staying within what cited sources support, feel free to go ahead and be WP:BOLD. I looked at the uses of "etc" in Packaging and labeling and I didn't find any of them particularly unclear, although no doubt they could be improved. DES ^(talk) 01:24, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, DES, I guess common sense comes into play here. Tony Holkham (talk) 01:48, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Horn of africa

Note: This appears to be about File:MapHymiariteKingdom.jpg which is included in multiple Wikipedias and here, in Horn of Africa and four other articles.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:42, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

As Somalis we are complaining about and want to be taken out the bias,inaccurate,unproportionate and selective map on the page which says ivory cinnamon and slavery.It was the somalis who had been slave owners and slave traders until the 1940s(evidence available).The way this gentleman put it would confuse the readers.This looks like a mission to stamp the somalis.We can even guess who he/she is.Shall we guess? also we have a lot of telltales about the aim of this mission.We can tell you more

kind regards

Nasser — Preceding unsigned comment added by MD.nasser (talk • contribs) 00:43, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

the map is in the history section and is a copy recreation of a historical map. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Alok Ulfat ( Reason of Deletion *

Dear Concern,

There is a page which is being deleted when it posted 2 times, The page url was www.wikipedia.org/Alok_Ulfat

Please let me know the reason of its deletion. I would like to attempt one more time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sushilranakoti (talk • contribs) 05:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Viewing Alok Ulfat shows that the page was deleted in September 2012, and the reason was "One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page". If a person creates a page then blanks the page (and no one else has edited it), it is assumed that the author was conducting a test that is no longer required, and the page should be deleted. You could put a new section at User talk:Yunshui and ask the administrator who deleted the page to put the last useful version somewhere for you to reconsider. Please add a space then four tilde characters (~~~~) at the end of the last line when you post another comment; that creates a signature. Johnuniq (talk) 05:20, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

artist page has been wrongly deleted and is now redirected

Felix Riebl

The content of this artist page has been updated by his management and on 2 occasions today it has been changed. It is now totally removed and redirected to The Cat Empire's page. User DI2000 has been in contact and has ignored the messages left on his page. Can someone get in touch with us and restore Felix Riebl wikipedia's page. Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digital2social (talk • contribs) 06:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Please see the messages on your talk page.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:45, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

City of Lemberg history

Information regarding the city of Lemberg. http://books.google.com/books?id=78hZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA794&lpg=PA794&dq=prince+danielowicz&source=bl&ots=LNzXyuzh6V&sig=abPKvZ3SUeVFejBflyVgq083kqc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BT0RU-OsH5DaoASpw4KoCw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.225.203 (talk) 06:46, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. You may wish to bring the source to the article talk page Talk:Lviv. In general, we try to use the most recent scholarship available. There has been a lot of change in Lemberg/Lviv since that book was published in 1880 and much of the content may well be superseded. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:57, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

How to disable section edit links?

Until recently, the section [edit] links did not appear on any article pages for me. I could edit sections by right-clicking a section title. I know I must have somehow disabled the links in the past, but I can't find this option in Preferences now. Is there still a way to get rid of them? I find those links distracting and annoying. — Kpalion^(talk) 08:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

That preference has been removed but you can add the below to your CSS. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

.mw-editsection {display: none;}

Thanks, PrimeHunter; that works fine! Still, I wonder why this preference has been removed. What was wrong with it? — Kpalion^(talk) 12:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Many preferences with low usage were recently removed. I think a reason was to simplify maintenance of the core software. See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 123#Removed preferences and bugzilla:52811. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:16, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! — Kpalion^(talk) 17:39, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

kancho japanease martail arts term for president

kancho is a japanease term for president not wedgie you bloody idiots,think about all the samurai kanchos yah pissen off — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.26.50.208 (talk) 09:30, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

kancho, like a lot of words, has multiple meanings. you are correct that the article needs a lot of attention. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:19, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

And insulting those whom you are asking for help probably won't get you very far.--ukexpat (talk) 14:44, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Biography of Sampson Moore, engineer

I am trying to contact the writer of this article as they may be able to help me. I am the great, great, great granddaughter of sampson Moore and the writer of the article is abviously related as well. I would love be able to contact them. Is this possible? and how would I go about it? Pabkab — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabkab (talk • contribs) 10:15, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Doesn't seem very likely to be possible, but I see one of your relatives is attempting the same thing at User talk:Engineers11. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 10:22, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

As this request is the only edit by your account, you may not understand the history of an article, so I will explain why Demiurge1000 is being so negative.
If you go to the page on Sampson Moore and click "View history" tab at the top, you will see that the article was created on 30 December 2011‎ by an editor User:Engineers11 if you then click on "contribs" after Engineers11's name you will see all the edits they made - which were all made on 30/31 December 2011.
Having only edited for 2 days, well over two years ago, it is unlikely that they will reappear. They have not answered the message left on their talk page User talk:Engineers11 by User:Moore des in February/March 2012. - Arjayay (talk) 11:12, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I need to contact Elizium23

Can someone message this gentleman here on Wiki and have him message me as I have left a message for him and need an answer.

I am unsure who to contact him on his page. He is very informative and professional and full of good information.

Thank you Truth&law — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truth&law (talk • contribs) 11:17, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

You can contact Elizium23 by leaving a message on User talk:Elizium23 the same way you left a messgae here. GB fan 12:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Looking at your edit history, you have not left a message for him at User talk:Elizium23, you left an unsigned message on your own talk page, not including any link to him, so will not be notified. Having last contacted him in July 2013, your talk page is hardly likely to attract his attention. I also note he gave you a link so you can e-mail him. You need to either leave a message on his talk page, or e-mail him. - Arjayay (talk) 12:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Review of My Article

Hi,

I am writing to let you know that I have created an article by February 11, then edited it. my article is under review and I do not know it is in which stage. Would you please help me and let me know the time I will receive the final review result. The link of my article is: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM)

Looking forward to receive your kind reply ASAP.

Yours Sincerely,

Mina — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mina.Moradzadeh (talk • contribs) 12:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

it is unlikely to be approved anytime soon no matter when it is actually reviewed. there is no evidence that it meets the requirements for a stand alone article: that independent reliable sources have written about it in a significant manner, and so the review is going to decline. In addition, the formatting is a mess with about a gazillion inappropriate external links in the body of the article. Those will all need to be removed. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

in addition, the piece reads as an advertisement, not an encyclopedia article. all addresses to the reader (" gives you this opportunity to " ) will need to be removed. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a link repository, and it's not a place to promote a product. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it contains encyclopedia articles. Your content is merely a paragraph describing a product (that "sources" its own website) and a directory of links, it is not an encyclopedia article. I suggest you glance at WP:COI before attempting a rewrite, as well. Scarce2 (talk) 13:40, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Formatting weirdness

The Yonsei University article's header seems to display its name in italics, for no reason I can understand. I've looked for the usual ways in which an article might display an italicised title, such as the DISPLAYTITLE or {{italic title}} mechanisms, and can find nothing. Possibly this is happening through a template side effect, but I can't see it. Does anyone know how this is happening? -- The Anome (talk) 14:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Fixed with italic title = no in {{Infobox magazine}}.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 14:13, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! -- The Anome (talk) 15:28, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

New post

How has the supreme value of human life and human blood and human dignity been forgotten in our day and age? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.66.15.13 (talk) 15:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Please do your own homework.

Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misinterpretation, but it is our aim here not to do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn nearly as much as doing it yourself. Please attempt to solve the problem or answer the question yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know.

Oh and please don't repeat the same question three times - thanks - Arjayay (talk) 15:18, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

credit

aslamo alekum mufti sb se swaal hai ke main beroon mulk hon aur yahan pe karobar ke liye bank se qarza lena chahta hon is ke bare me tafsili jawaab de kar mashkoor farmayen wa slaam ali chaudhry spain — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.40.132.57 (talk) 15:25, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry - even Google translate fails with that one - although it might relate to bedroom furniture (!?!). This is the Help desk for English Wikipedia please try rephrasing in English - thanks - Arjayay (talk) 15:35, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

The few words I recognise look like Urdu, but I don't know enough to know what it's about. --ColinFine (talk) 01:28, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Nelson Peltz

Reference help requested. I tried to fix this but failed. Thanks, 101.161.155.120 (talk) 22:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

 Resolved! References are fixed. ///EuroCarGT 01:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

March 2

Barun De

I write to appeal against the editing of an article I had started on 21 May 2007 on Barun De. I signed in as B_de2002. It has been locked for an year, until 15 February 2014, by a group of editors, who have all commented on TalK: Barun De. My contention is that the contents of the page are not agreeable with the original writer of the article. Since there is no agreement between the original writer and a few editors, I sincerely request that the page be deleted.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.194.241.191 (talk) 04:38, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The situation has been explained in crystal clear terms at Talk: Barun De, so you know that by coming here you are wasting your own time and ours. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Please read the policy that no one "owns" an article and the caution against forum shopping. By coming here after having the situation explained on the article talk page, you are forum-shopping. You have a right to request that the article be deleted via the Articles for Deletion process, but, as was discussed on the talk page, that is unlikely to prevail, because, although the subject is not notable as a historian, he is notable as an administrator. You do not have a right to request that the article be deleted because of disagreements between different editors, or because the article is not satisfactory to the subject's family. If you think that the subject's family has the right to veto the article if it doesn't pass their wishes, you are mistaken, and as David Biddulph said, you are wasting everyone's time including your own. That is not how Wikipedia works. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:30, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't wish to waste anybody's time, but I must say here that it was grave mistake on my part to have donated any article on my father, Barun De to the Wikipedia in the first place. Mores the pity that such rules exist, but clearly copyright rules vary from search engine to search engine. There's nothing much that I can do about this. A page will exist on my father on the internet that will misrepresent his contributions to society and will not be anything more than internet spam. So much for the legitimacy of this particular search engine. Henceforth, I'll have to tell people not to rely on or use the Wikipedia. All best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.214.178 (talk) 11:27, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Changing link target in template

There are quite a few articles, such as Liswerry and Ringland, Newport, that use {{Infobox UK place}} with unitary_wales = [[Newport, Wales|Newport]]. But the sentence below the map that says, for instance, "Liswerry shown within Newport", still links to Newport (a disambiguation page) rather than to Newport, Wales. How can I fix this? —Mr. Granger (talk · contribs) 05:20, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The problem is in Template:Infobox UK place/local, which is a protected template. I have made an edit request at Template talk:Infobox UK place/local. Thanks for pointing it out. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:46, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

 Fixed with this edit. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Shyne Po

Shyne po is from flatbush gardens. It use to be called a different name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.56.17.101 (talk) 05:38, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

If you have information to contribute to Shyne Po or any other article, you are welcome to put it in; but please be aware that information in Wikipedia (especially about living persons) is required to be referenced to a published reliable source. The information about his origin in Belize is cited in the article which in no longer available, but you need a reliable source to change it to something different. --ColinFine (talk) 12:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Main Page Redesign 2014

Dear all,
The main page redesign has started, welcome to hand in your designs and join the discussions! :)
Gabrielchihonglee (talk) 06:53, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

how to change title of an article

There's a small mistake in the name of the person. (link below)

the last name first letter is in lower case, and I dont know how to change it:

it says: David lussier but it should be David Lussier (capital L)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_lussier

is there a way to change it? Because if the search engine is case sensitive it could be a problem.

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wisez001 (talk • contribs) 07:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Wisez001: I've moved it for you and done a copyedit, added categories and so on. You would not have been able to move it yet as your account is not yet autoconfirmed. Here's the problem Wisez001: you are not using reliable sources to verify the article but rather using user generated sources which neither show notability nor are they proper to verify the article's content.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The "thank" button

Apart from the two parties involved in the process, does anyone ever see who thanks whom? --Theurgist (talk) 10:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Theurgist: Yes, Special:Log/thanks --Glaisher [talk] 10:26, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Glaisher: Thanks. Does the log (or anything else) not indicate the specific edit for which one is thanked? --Theurgist (talk) 10:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't think so. --Glaisher [talk] 10:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• @Theurgist and Glaisher: You can follow the intense at times discussion about allowing some editors to view which edit on Template:Bugzilla. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 14:04, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Interesting log - starting at 17.07 today, one editor thanked the same other editor 30 times in 4 minutes, with 7 more in the subsequent minutes - is this a competition? or does it actually achieve anything? - Arjayay (talk) 17:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Arjayay, that actually sounds like abuse of the feature to me, which has been part of the argument for logging which edit in that BZ ticket I mentioned above. My current position is that the people who should be able to see which edit include the system itself (another ticket which is mentioned in there could use this information being added to the database to prevent multiple thanking from one user to another for the same edit), the user sending the thanks, the user who received the thanks, oversighters, and anyone who has been vetted through an election process or is otherwise attached to the privacy policy (admins, crats, developers, etc). Anyways... Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 19:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

There have been a few incidents in which the "thank" feature has been used abusively as a form of harassment. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

edit - end reference -

page Counterfeit electronic components#Purchasing policies and procedures - error message occurs; missing end reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fineng5893 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I added the missing </ref> tags. Samwalton9 (talk) 20:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

How do I upload an Image

I need help in knowing how to upload a JPG image from my computer so it shows up in my page article and question that I want to ask on the reference desk? I am new to Wikipedia, this is my first time. I don't want to mess it up and would appreciate a walk through the process. Can I copy and paste with my photo or what is the process? I am totally confused and need your help. thank youPolkateer (talk) 21:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Polkateer. Adding images to Wikipedia is a two-stage process: the image must first be uploaded from your computer to Wikipedia, or preferably to a sister project called Wikimedia Commons (because then the pictures can be used in other projects, such as other-language Wikipedias). Wikipedia is very strict on copyright, so the picture normally must have been explicitly released by the copyright holder on a suitable licence: if you hold the copyright (which will usually be the case if you took the picture), then you can licence it; but if you don't, and are not in contact with the copyright holder this may be difficult. (Most pictures found on the internet cannot be used, or can only be used under very limited restrictions, for this reasons). Once the image is in Wikipedia or Commons, then you can use it in an article.

You can find out more about how to do these two steps at Help:Uploading images and WP:Image tutorial. --ColinFine (talk) 23:12, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Query about inappropriately protecting talk pages

I have a concern about what I feel may be inappropriate protection of a talk page. A while back, I commented on a discussion on this talk page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anjem_Choudary

I recently came across another dispute on the same page and, curious to see how the original discussion turned out, looked at it again.:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anjem_Choudary/Archive2

The page has now been archived but, in a nutshell, it was addressing references to photos published in tabloid newspapers. User:Bencherlite felt that details sourced from tabloid newspapers are never acceptable for inclusion and, as he felt that this should be the end of the discussion, he made the decision to protect the section from further edits with the following justification:

"Wikipedia does not source information of this sort from tabloid newspapers. I have protected the page from editing from anonymous and new editors to prevent further breaches of the Wikipedia policy for articles about living people. That's enough of this discussion."

I have been unable to locate a particular Wikipedia guideline or rule that specifically addresses this but, as far as I am aware, for an editor to simply shut down discussion on a talk page because he disagrees with the forming consensus is way out of line. Is this correct? I have not seen this occur anywhere else on Wikipedia.

As an additional note, what concerns me further is that User:Bencherlite was probably wrong anyway. According to Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources the use of tabloid newspapers should only be avoided when there are other reliable sources. A blanket ban is simply not correct. As tabloid newspapers were the only source for the news in question, the information cannot be removed on this basis. Thus, it is even more concerning that not only did User:Bencherlite inappropriately close down a discussion, he did so on the basis on an incorrect application of editing policy.

I appreciate that this happened a while back (June 2013) but, on my recent revisit, it is clear that a small group of editors, primarily User:Bencherlite and User:Parrot of Doom have driven off a large number of other editors over a lengthy period of time with a constant refusal to permit edits they have not made, twinned with a generally aggressive and hostile approach. Thus, the issues that are raised by this inappropriate action are still ongoing and seem to be having a negative impact on the quality of the article and the collaborative editing process. I have said that I felt that the editors in question are acting inappropriately but many others have made similar comments and have been rudely rebuffed.

I would be grateful if someone could a) let me know whether I am way off base with these concerns and b) what steps I can take (if any) to try to assist in resolving these concerns about the editing process of this article? Thanks. Robinr22 (talk) 21:57, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

WP:BLP is the policy you are looking for. Content about living people must be from impeccable sources, particularly potentially controversial content. Tabloids are certainly never allowed for use for their main fare - scandal about living people. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I see now that the criteria for BLP is tighter than for other wiki articles and that tabloid sources shouldn't be used in any circumstances. I had previously only reviewed the general guidelines which stated that they should only be used when there are no other reliable sources. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. However, I still have concerns about the approach of the editors on the article, namely Parrot of Doom. There is no question that something is going badly wrong with the editing process -- a quick explanation of the relevant policy would have solved the issue immediately, yet his responses (and those of his cohort) are rude, abusive, hostile and aggressive to both me and other editors. Is there any advice you can give me to try to put something in motion to resolve that? Robinr22 (talk) 14:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Please note that the discussion was closed but the talk page was never protected. The article only was semi-protected for 20 days, which was thereafter extended by another admin. By the way, I agree with both the protection and the decision to keep out unproven accusations by sensationalist sources in a biography of a living person.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:12, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I've misread the comment above the closed section. I thought Bencherlite had protected the talk page but he had actually closed the discussion and protected the article, as you rightly point out. Is closing an ongoing discussion still acceptable though? I also accept that I was wrong about the use of tabloid sources in a BLP and so now have no issue with the article being protected. Thanks for the help! As I state above, I still have concerns about the behavior of the editor involved. No reference was ever made in the discussion to anything other Parrot of Doom's personal opinion, while a brief reference to the relevant policies would have cleared this up immediately. Additionally, he is generally abusive and hostile to other editors and acts with a unnecessary degree of contempt and rudeness. I think there is a need for additional community involvement in order to get the collaborative process back on track and prevent a single editor from dominating the discussion and owning the article. Any tips on that? Thanks again for the help Robinr22 (talk) 14:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

March 3

Referencing errors on International College, Beirut

Reference help requested. How can I please correct my error? Thanks, Seekerofjustice (talk) 03:39, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

You added four, nested but otherwise empty, <ref> tags to the article. A few hours later they were removed by another editor. Is this what you mean? Maproom (talk) 08:12, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

List of Nokia Products

In this Article of wikipedia "List of Nokia products"

In that there is "3-digit series since 2011" Article you have to Mention About Nokia 220 and Nokia 220 Dual Sim which was released At Nokia Mobile World Congress Febraury 2014 Along with Nokia X, X+, XL

http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/220-dual-sim/

This Is the Proof about Nokia 220 and Nokia 220 Dual Sim Above The Article

You Have to mention in this Article "Worded series (Asha/Lumia/X)Asha (2011–) " http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/asha230-dual-sim/

This is the Proof About Nokia Asha 230 Dual Sim which was also launch along with Nokia X, X+, XL at Nokia Mobile World Congress Febraury 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.178.250.39 (talk) 03:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

If you have improvements to make to an article, you are welcome to make them youself, or to suggest them at the article's talk page: that is more likely to get acted on than making suggestions for a particular article here. Normally information added should be referenced to sources independent of the subject, so a review in a reliable magazine, for example, would be better than using Nokia's own website; but where for uncontroversial factual information the manufacturer's website will do. (If you do decide to edit the article yourself, please note that it is customary to use capital letters only for proper names and the start of sentences). --ColinFine (talk) 19:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Mulatu Teshome Wirtu

Extended content

H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu was elected President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on October 7,2013 by the joint session of the House of People’s Representatives and the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Prior to his election as the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Republic of Turkey. H.E Dr. Mulatu Teshome WIRTU was simultaneously accredited to the Republic of Georgia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to the Republic of Tajikistan, as non resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (March 2006 - October 2013) Prior to his post as an Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey , he was the Speaker of the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (October 2002-October 2005) H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome was elected speaker of the House of Federation on October 10th, 2002. He is the second speaker in history to be chosen as the Speaker of the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which is the Second Chamber of the Federal Parliament. H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome has devoted his entire professional life to working for the Government. Prior to being elected Speaker of the House of Federation, He was Minister of Agriculture (2001-2002). During his tenure as Minster of Agriculture, he was Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26- Sep.4, 2002; Alternate Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the World Food Summit: Five Years Later in Rome 10-13 June 2002; Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the 25th Session of IFAD Governing Council, Rome, 19-20 Feb. 2002; and Head of the Ethiopia Delegation to the 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002. Before his appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Mulatu held the position of Vice Minister (1995-2001) at the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation. He was in charge of international economic cooperation both bilateral and multilateral and lead the Ethiopian delegation in all bilateral and multilateral negotiations and annual consultation meetings with Ethiopia's development partners since in office at MEDAC in 1995. He lead the Ethiopian Delegation to all COMESA Council of Ministers, and specifically Represented Ethiopia at the Summit level in Kenya (1998 June); Mauritius (1999 June); Egypt (2000 June). He was also Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to all the preparatory meetings of TICAD II and assumed the role of Rapporteur in all of the preparatory meetings in Tokyo (Nov. 1997) Dakar (March 1998), Harare (June 1998), Addis Ababa (Sept. 1998), and finally at the summit in Tokyo (October 19 – 21, 1998). Before joining the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation Dr. Mulatu was in the field of diplomatic service: Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China (1994-1995); Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan (1992-1994); and non-resident Ambassador to Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines. He started his career as a Counsellor where he held senior positions as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 1991. Dr. Mulatu's professional experience also includes research and teaching. He was a research and teaching assistant in international relations when he was a MALD student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1988 – 1990). He was Assistant lecturer at the Debre-zeit Agricultural College and Veterinary Institute of the Addis Ababa University (1982-1984). Born in 1957 in Wollega, Ethiopia, Dr. Mulatu is fluent in English, Amharic, Chinese, Oromifa and tries a little bit of French. He obtained a B.A. degree at Beijing University in 1982 in Political Economy and Philosophy. In 1988 he obtained LLM in International Law and a Ph.D. in 1991 from the same University. After finishing his course works for the Ph.D. candidacy at Beijing University he went to the U.S.A for further studies in International Relations. He was at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (administered by Harvard and Tufts University 1988 - 1990) where he acquired his MALD degree in May 1990. Dr. Mulatu is married to Meaza Abreham with whom he shares a son, Paulus Mulatu. His hobbies are swimming, Football, Tennis, Classical Music

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.55.104.236 (talk) 05:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Mulatu Teshome (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

You are welcome to improve this politician's article, but this help desk is not a good place to submit content for the encyclopedia. Please note that all new content must be backed up by references to reliable sources so that readers will be able to check the information for themselves. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Lost Password

All I know is my user name -- BF -- and that I started the New Age article in 2001 or 2002 . Had a different email address when I registered. And I don't want to create a new account. You could check my username and see no one has used it for a very long time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.196.95.98 (talk) 05:49, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

If you no longer have access to the e-mail you used, I don´t think anyone can help you (correct me if I´m wrong). Wikipedia:USURP might be a solution, though. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:07, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Kyle Chapman page

I am Kyle Chapman I have complained before about Lefty wing activists misleading or lying on wikipedia about me. I have been trying to remove a misleading introduction done by a person who obviously has bias. I have done a talk to him/her but there is no change.

The primary issue is the misleading statement that I am well known for fire bombing a Marae, that is untrue as it is is old media news only.

"Haminoon" is the person doing these bias edits and I have concern of the motivations. In one sentence he/she has explained them-self as saying that was the only significant thing I achieved, however, as a social worker, serving on the crime prevention committee and many other social projects and leadership in many organisations, this is hardly the most significant thing, it can only be said by someone who has reason to try and keep slander in the header. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NZTrooper (talk • contribs) 09:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

The statement in the Kyle Chapman article is "He was convicted in his youth of fire-bombing a marae". It is supported by two reliable sources. Are you claiming it is untrue? If so can you cite a source for that? It does not say that that is what you are best known for, that statement has been removed in a recent edit. As the subject of the article, you have a WP:COI. You should not edit the article directly -- make any suggestions on Talk:Kyle Chapman and use {{request edit}} to call attention to them if needed. Be sure to cite reliable soruces for any suggested changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DESiegel (talk • contribs) 13:59, 3 March 2014‎ (UTC)

The lead of an article ought to summarise the rest of it. But the mention of fire-bombing a marae appears only in the lead. This statement, with its references, ought to be moved to the body of the article. Maproom (talk) 17:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

A couple of points; I grew up in the same suburb as Mr Chapman and I can assure everyone that the fire-bombing of a marae was an incredibly significant and unusual event. I understand this needs to be expanded on before being placed back in the lede. Mr Chapman is also well known as a serial political candidate but I have never seen any references to him being a social worker, which I doubt is true. Haminoon (talk) 21:24, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Replacing an entry created in my name (without my approval)

I would like to create a new entry for myself to replace one (titled by my name) that some unidentified creature has established without my knowledge or approval. How do I do this? Thanks. Richard Barsam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.170.222 (talk) 16:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Firstly, you are unlikely to get far in Wikipedia when your first sentence is to describe an experienced editor as a "creature".

Secondly, we don't need, or even want, your approval to write an article about you - provided you are notable - in our meaning of the word some one will write an article about you - although reading the talk page, there are questions as to whether you actually merit an article, or not.

Thirdly, because you have a conflict of interest the one person who should not be writing an article about you, is you. Furthermore, anyone closely related to you should not do so either.

If you wish to propose any changes, to the article please suggest them at Talk:Richard Barsam and provide reliable, independent, sources where the information can be verified. - Thank you Arjayay (talk) 17:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Turn off 'mentioned you' notices?

How do I get rid of the notice that pings you when you're mentioned on a talk page or whatever? I have a whole stack of them today but when I check there's nothing there, so the system may be on the fritz. Doesn't seem an essential feature so I'll just turn it off if it's possible. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:49, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

If you click on the notification, at the bottom is a link to set your preferences for notifications. GB fan 16:58, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Wow, no idea how I missed that. Thanks! Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:09, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

You didn't give examples of pages you were notified about and the notifications are only visible to you so we cannot investigate but I guess there actually was a link to your user page at the time, maybe from a transclusion. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

I uploaded an Image of a Statue

I uploaded an image picture of a Statue of St. Therese the Little Flower. I think I did it correctly. Now I don't know where to find it to look at it. Can you help me to find the Wikipedia Commons page where it would show the picture.Polkateer (talk) 17:19, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

• Here you go: [2] also, the page listing your Commons contributions is [3] Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:26, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

I wonder how old that statue is. I fear that it may still be restricted by copyright, meaning that you should not upload a picture of it to Wikipedia Commons. Maproom (talk) 18:07, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

@Polkateer and Maproom: I have no information about that specific statue but we have to assume it's post May 17, 1925, since that's when she was was canonized.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:20, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Why do vehicles emit carbon dioxide?

Why do vehicles emit carbon dioxide??

Umang Shukla — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.52.96.19 (talk) 17:21, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Please do your own homework.

Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misinterpretation, but it is our aim here not to do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn nearly as much as doing it yourself. Please attempt to solve the problem or answer the question yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know. - Arjayay (talk) 17:44, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Formatting Photos

What HTML codes do i use to get two photos to line up side by side rather than one under the other?

I want to put

Biggish images
and South Dakota Wing

side by side.SDWG-PAO (talk) 19:55, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

If you're looking to do so in an actual article, don't. Avoid using unconventional methods for displaying content of any kind in actual articles. If you're looking to do this for some other use, you can just do this:

<div style="text-align:center">[[File:SDWG aircraft flies past Mount Rushmore.jpeg.jpg|500px]] [[File:South Dakota Wing.jpg|200px]]</div>

I just picked some random sizes (500px and 200px), you can obviously change them to whatever works for you. Scarce2 (talk) 20:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Doesn't {{Multiple image}} with the appropriate switches do what you want?--ukexpat (talk) 15:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Now that I have my photo uploaded

I have uploaded my photo and see it in the commons. How do I get it inserted onto my message and question page for the reference desk? Polkateer (talk) 20:15, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Just put [[File:St.Therese the Little Flower.JPG|thumb|Caption goes here]] where you'd like the image. Scarce2 (talk) 20:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorting by date in a table when you don't want to write it as YYYY-MM-DD

This isn't a question about Wikipedia per se, but about wider MediaWiki markup and syntax (I'm up to template antics on another wiki). Is there a way to get a sortable table to sort dates in "Month day, YYYY" format correctly that doesn't involve inserting the YYYY-MM-DD date in a hidden format in front of the text date? Is there any sort of way to create a template that would call the sortable date for the table's but display the "month day" one? Or is the best route (since this is a template that will create a sortable table) to create a parameter where the user inserts the sortable date that is housed within the same cell as the text-based date? - Purplewowies (talk) 23:13, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Never mind, I *think* I've done it. I will come back if it hasn't worked. - Purplewowies (talk) 23:32, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Text of auto signature on edits says comment is unsigned.

Hi. Here's hoping I've found the right place for this question.

When I use the auto-signature device (~ x4)my edits are signed as:

Wayne 16:14, 3 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)

Which seems to be saying that I didn't sign the comment. Now I may be a creature of very little brain, but that seems confusing to me. I thought I was signing it! Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Wayne 00:51, 4 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)

EDIT: Oops ... think I found the answer in:

It is because your signature does not include links to your talk page or user page. See point #2 in the FAQ at the top of this page for more info and how to fix your signature.

I'll try that and re-post if I need further assistance. Wayne 01:01, 4 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)

March 4

Move of page but name in use for redirect

Hi. Seems that my approach to moving a page (to rename it) ran afoul of the automatic redirect paging features in Wikipedia. What I was trying to do was rename a page from Quantitative no trump bids to Quantitative notrump bids. The move was to reflect the standard use of 'notrump' instead of 'no trump' as stated in the WikiProject MOS for contract bridge articles. When I tried a simple move, I was alerted that the move was not permitted because the destination page already existed - it was a redirect. I thought that I could simply move the redirect page 'out of the way' and so moved the redirect Quantitative notrump bids to Quantitative notrump bids temp which I planned to subsequently move back to Quantitative no trump bids. Please help me by achieving my original intent which is that the article page title should be Quantitative notrump bids and the redirect should be Quantitative no trump bids redirecting to Quantitative notrump bids. If I try to fix this myself I fear creating more unnecessary redirects. Thanks. Newwhist (talk) 01:48, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Non-admins can only move over a redirect if the only edit in the target history is creation of a redirect to the source title. In this case there were other edits, currently seen at [4]. I have made the requested move and moved Quantitative notrump bids temp to the old title Quantitative no trump bids without leaving a redirect, so the two original pages have swapped and no content from page histories has been deleted. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:17, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks but the Talk page for Quantitative notrump bids is still in error and shows as Talk:Quantitative notrump bids temp. Newwhist (talk) 02:54, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

All in good order now. Thanks. Newwhist (talk) 12:47, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

My page for Katie Nolan

I'm not sure why JMHamo took down my page for Katie Nolan. Can I have the original and make needed changes? I worked hard on it.

Rusty — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rusty Ehringer (talk • contribs) 02:05, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

It was User:JMHamo who nominated Katie Nolan for deletion but it was User:Bbb23 who performed the deletion. JMHamo is not an administrator can cannot delete or restore pages. You should contact Bbb23 at User talk:Bbb23. See Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:26, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

According to the information on your talk page, the article was nominated for speedy deletion, "because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia." The information here indicates it was deleted for vandalism. But yeah, as PrimeHunter says, you can also ask the parties involved. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:35, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on American Graffiti

Reference help requested. Hi, I have 2 questions: 1.) I'm trying to add a reference to the American Graffiti and Mels Drive-in page so as to correct a misconception about the closing of Mels which was featured in the 1973 film, American Graffiti. When I click on the edit button for References I don't see the other references. 2.) The caption for the Mel's Drive-in photo had been incorrect but I'm not sure how to cite the source after I've corrected the text since it seems like there's only room to cite the source of the photo. I've looked at the HELP page but am still confused. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Thanks, Markybgoode (talk) 02:07, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Markybgoode Hi, references typically go "inline", that is, they are added after the sentence you wish to reference. It gets a little more complicated if you want to re-use a reference, (see WP:REFB) but that's it in a nut-shell. So short answer: Don't put it in the references section, put it at the end of the sentence you are referencing, and it will show up at the bottom after you save the page. For example:

Ron Howard consumed a strawberry milkshake on the set of American Graffiti.<ref name=HowardShake>[http://www.wikipedia.org Ron Howard Milkshake - Wikipedia]</ref>

There is another question as to whether or not the blog you are referencing is a reliable source per Wikipedia's standards. It does not look so to me. Do you know if the blog has a clear editorial policy? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:21, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Request to add the biography

Dear Wiki,

Please check out the below link, I've added an article which is really authenticated and genuine. I couldn't understand why Wiki refusing to publish it. Please help me and do not delete this biography. Please assist me Mufti Badruddin Ahmad Qadri Razvi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.105.118.160 (talk) 05:23, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

As it is, that article is very likely to be deleted. There is a message at the top of it, explaining why: "Text copied from elsewhere, formating bad, not obviously noteable". I could try to help by rewriting the text and improving the formatting, but I can't help with the lack of evidence that he is notable. This will have to be done by someone who knows about the subject and can provide citations to prove his notability. I am unwilling to spend time on the formatting etc. while the article is likely to be deleted anyway.Maproom (talk) 07:47, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Biographies of living persons - poorly sourced paragraphs about events that may be reputation damaging

Hello, I'm after a bit of help. I am attempting to fix an article about a living person which has a paragraph on a alleged incident which is of no real relevevance to that persons current career. I admit I may have gone about editing the article in the wrong way in the past, but I am now determind to play it by the books and have it removed for good. If anybody tries to remove the paragraph, their edits are reverted, and editors are told to take it to the talk page after reading Not Censored,

My question is, how would I go about bringning the page to the attention of somebody who can remove the paragraph, and, what guidelines say that sort of thing is disallowed??

Reading WP:PUBLICFIGURE It says there should be MULTIPLE sources or else it be swiftly removed.

Thanks for the help.

Misterbrownstone (talk) 07:28, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

PS: article is question is Gareth Ward

problems changing the title on an Arabic Page

Hi there,

I have been trying to edit this page: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1

It's in Arabic and I'm trying to make it say Dubai Cares rather than Dubai Care..in Arabic but it just won't change the 2 titles. One is at the top of the page and one is in the info box. Any ideas on what's going on?

Currently it looks like this:دبي كير and I keep changing it to read like this: دبي العطاء

Help much appreciated AlexAlexandra Grayling (talk) 07:54, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Each language's Wikipedia is separate, and some work in different ways. I would normally say you should raise problems with the Arabic Wikipedia at the Arabic help desk, but having gone down the language links on the left, there isn't one listed - is there an Arabic Help-Desk? Arjayay (talk) 08:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

But the answer is probably that the way to change a page's title is to move it. See ar:ويكيبيديا:نقل صفحة. --ColinFine (talk) 10:05, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

False or outdated statements about Pebble Hills University at the List of unaccredited institutions of higher education

Hello,

As mentioned at List of unaccredited institutions of higher education,

"A police fraud investigation revealed that the University's "headquarters" in Seborga, Italy is a room in a building used as a cellar, also the home of ten other diploma mills: Saint Bernard University, Eurasia Community College, Instituto Latinoamericano de Psicobiofisica - I.L.A.P.; St. Paul Ottawa College & University, Phoenix International University Europe, West Coast University - WCU; The International University; Miranda International University; Marquis Open University; and James Monroe International University"

I have no idea about other universities listed above, however, Pebble Hills University has no longer claimed herself being a part of Seborga (Maybe they did before? But it is no longer the case. Please refer to it's website at http://pebblehills.edu/explore/about-the-university/.

I have friends studying there and they are seriously pursuing their degree and they do not even grant life-experience degree so it is so wrong to say it is a diploma mill. This description severely damages its reputation and my friends' credentials.

Right, at the moment, you can still put it under this list, but not a history of this or at least you need to be fair in stating the current situation and it was the past.

Thank you very much for your time and attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Online educate (talk • contribs) 08:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Its placement in that list is supported by a reference to what appears to be a reliable source, from 2010. In order to remove or change the information, you would need a reliable source, independent of Pebble Hills University, which says otherwise. The link you provided to Pebble Hills' own website (which is written in incompetent English) mentions various organisations: one of them, "International Accreditation Organization", is listed in Get Educated's "List of Fake College Degree Accreditation Agencies" from 2013. Another, the "Oxford Association of Management" is the subject of this blog: as a blog, this could not be used as a source in a Wikipedia article, but I have been unable to find anything else about the association apart from its own materials and all the institutions which it accreditates. All this evidence is circumstantial, but everything I have found indicates to me that Pebble Hills is a scam, as are all the bodies it lists as accreditators. You will need strong independent sources to demonstrate otherwise. --ColinFine (talk) 10:18, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Bogdan Bogdanović

Reference help requested. I do not how to include this reference for Bogdan Bogdanović: Korolija Fontana-Giusti, Gordana 'Bogdan Bogdanović: Dissident in Life, Architecture and Writing' (2014) in Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence, ed. Weizman I., London and New York: Routledge, pp 33-45 ISBN: 978-0-415-71408-9 This is a chapter in the book. Here is the relevant url for the book http://routledge-ny.com/books/details/9780415714099/ Could you please include it, as I am not quite sure how to do it. Many thanks, Gordana

Thanks, G.fontana-giusti (talk) 09:03, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Gordana. The "name=" in the <ref> is not part of the citation, but an optional name you want to give to this reference for the purposes of this Wikipedia article. (It's useful where you want to cite the same reference in several places in the article.) All the other information, including the title of the work, should go inside the {{cite xxx}} template. In this case what you need is something like

<ref> {{cite book |first1=Gordana Korolija |last1=Fontana-Giusti |chapter=Bogdan Bogdanović: dissident in life, architecture and writing |year=2014 |title=Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence |editor1-last=Weizman |editor1-first=I. |location=London and New York |publisher=Routledge |pages=33-45 |id=ISBN: 978-0-415-71408-9" |url=http://routledge-ny.com/books/details/9780415714099/ |accessdate=3 March 2014}}</ref>

I suggest that {{cite book}} is a more appropriate template than {{cite web}}: have a look at Template:cite book for the various arguments. I haven't inserted it in the article myself because I haven't seen the source.

There is another issue to bring to your attention: this appears to be a citation of your own work. Wikipedia considers there is a potential conflict of interest in doing that, so please make sure you are working in accordance with that policy. --ColinFine (talk) 10:57, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Translation

Is it possible to upload the same text in various languages to Wikipedia?

Thus, how do I upload basic information about the International Association of Gaming Regulators in both English, Spanish and French? From the same page or do I need to create three different pages on each language respectively? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iagrsecretariat (talk • contribs) 09:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

This Wikipedia is only for articles in English. To create an article in another language, just head over to that language's Wikipedia and create it there: Spanish Wikipedia, French Wikipedia. After you do that, you can link them to each other so they're easier to find. Scarce2 (talk) 09:43, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

But judging by your username, you have a conflict of interest and should not be creating or editing an article on that subject at all, at least in the English Wikipedia. (I guess that the Spanish and French Wikipedia's have similar policies, but I don't know for sure). Your role should be limited to suggesting or requesting that particular changes be made (with reliable sources), and leaving it to uninvolved editors to decide what is appropriate. In addition, I'm afraid your username contravenes Wikipedia policy as accounts are required to be for individuals and may not suggest or imply that they are being used on behalf of an organisation: you are likely to find that account blocked shortly, and should create individual accounts whose names do not suggest that they are representing an organisation. Please read the articles I have linked to(blue links)for more information. --ColinFine (talk) 10:37, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Changing logo due to branding

The branding of for Automation Anywhere has changed. How do I upload the latest logo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avti274 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

I think the current rationale is also applicable to the current logo from the website. Just copy the rational and add it to the uploaded image. Maybe find out when they changed it and add at least the year to the filename and the date in the description. If you can't find it, describe how the image was retrieved (URL, Date) --Yamavu (talk) 11:43, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Question about he use of symbols from an Role-Playing Game

File:BlackFuries.gif in the article Garou tribes returned as File:BlackFuries.png with the following rationale:

1. it is a logo of a clan described in the article;
2. I think it could be argued that the content of the article irself is copyrighted, since the idea "black furies" (and the rest of the clans) is an elaboration from Whitewolf. In this context there is no difference between the logo and the idea: both are concepts elaborated by the same company with no real existence outside the context created by the said company;
3. in the article there are shown the symbols of the rest of the clans, I don't see a reason why some of them are ok to be shown and not the rest: if Black Furies is copyrighted, so are the rest of the symbols depicted;

If we can use one, we could use all. So my questions:

• Can I have an oppinion wheather we can use tribe symbols or not?
• Should they be compiled into one single image?

I'm not very familiar with US copyright and fair-use. I realize these fictional logos would be "illustration" if only one image was used in the article, but in this collection of stubs about 20 images make sense. --Yamavu (talk) 11:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

include this name top the list

https://www.facebook.com/nellikkafilmz?ref=hl this film is directed by Vysakh Reetha why his name is not in the list of Malayalam film directors actually this is his second project — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.249.81.46 (talk) 12:25, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Because you didn't add it yet. Nothing at Wikipedia happens unless people who care make it happen. You obviously care, and yet you haven't made it happen it. So get on it. --Jayron32 12:38, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) - I assume you mean List of Indian film directors#Malayalam film directors? Vysakh Reetha does not appear in that list because there is no article about him - in fact a search for Vysakh Reetha reveals that he doesn't appear in the English Wikipedia at all. When he is notable enough for someone to have written an article about him, then he can be added to the list - please note that Facebook is not a reliable source to base an article on. Arjayay (talk) 12:41, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Signature

Hi friends. can anyone help me to customize my signature on my talk pages?
Aftab Banoori 12:47, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Signatures and User:Smurrayinchester/Tutorial/Signature. --  Gadget850 ^talk 15:01, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

2006 Lebanon War

Hi

I am trying to find the changes to this article 2006 Lebanon War that happened on the 1 August 2006 at 19: 48 I cannot find it, can you help me please

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.83.249.212 (talk) 13:08, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

You'll need to let us know which timezone you're using - there were no edits at that precise time in UTC, but a large number of edits did take place that day. Most of them can be seen here. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:16, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Ultimate what?

Dear editors: While checking old Afc drafts I came across this one: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/DC Current (MLU). Can anyone tell me what this is about? Ultimate what? Maybe Tiddlywinks? Thumb wrestling? Sorry, I am not a sportsperson. —Anne Delong (talk) 14:07, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

The word ultimate in the draft links to Ultimate (sport). Your answer is in that article. See also Major League Ultimate, which is also linked in the draft. Deor (talk) 14:19, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Contributions to Wikipedia

Dear Sir/Madam, Does Wikipedia pay for useful contributions? I have a real case study (my own case,which can be verified) about erectile dysfunction and complete lack of male-orgasm , which have been successfully cured. I have prepared a full-fledged report , with relevant data / pathology reports / progressive effects. This is a subject of infinite interest. If you do pay , how should I proceed? Thanks, Skulbhushan (talk) 14:22, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

We don't pay for content, ever. We also don't publish original research, which is what your work would be classed as. You will need to find somewhere else to publish, I'm afraid. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:24, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

deleting page St. Nicolaus Distilery

Hi, I was wondering how I can have my page deleted, under copyrights violation, if I am shareholder, and international sales manager/marketing? Tell me that please? I hope for future co-operation with wikipedia, this forbidden incident would not happened ever again!

Sincerely,

LT — Preceding unsigned comment added by STNtrade (talk • contribs) 16:48, 4 March 2014 (UTC)‎

We don't delete articles on request - though if there is a copyright violation, obviously we would rectify that. However, you haven't specified the article concerned, and I am unable to locate it. Could you please provide the correct title so we can take a look at it. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

May have been talking about St.Nicolaus,Distillery, which was deleted for infringement a whole day before they asked here. - Purplewowies (talk) 17:23, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

US Century Bank

Please note that the information provided on your website about US Century Bank is incorrect.

Reference our website at www.uscentury.com to see the correct list of management and board of directors. The bank has almost $1 billion in assets The bank has 22 branches We have 241 employees The referenced deal about C1 Bank purchasing US Century Bank in 2012 was terminated US Century Bank remains an independent community bank and we are in the process of raising capital

Thank you for your kind attention!