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May 12

Number of Contributions

Is there any way to determine how many contributions I've made to wikipedia, short of clicking on Special:Contributions and counting manually? Anson2995 00:07, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

See User:Interiot/Tool2.—G.He 00:09, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Note that that tool doesn't work with internet explorer (works fine with firefox).--Fuhghettaboutit 00:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Not sure which is more awesome, the tool or the fact that I got an answer in just 2 minutes. Thanks! Anson2995 00:34, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome.—G.He 00:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• You could simply use Interiot's counter tool from the toolserver. That one works fine on Internet Explorer. - 131.211.210.12 08:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

The only problem with that one is that it misses about a month's worth of edits from around April when the toolserver wasn't working. --Cherry blossom tree 11:11, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Registered Links

I don't know the official title, but certain websites like the IMDb or Moby Games can be linked through the use of curly braces, e.g.

• Battlecruiser 3000AD at MobyGames

versus

• Battlecruiser 3000AD at MobyGames

Are these "registered links" (for lack of a better term) set up by wiki staff, or can they be created by regular users? Also, what is the official name for this type of link? Doggie Yum Yums 02:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

The "curly brace" link is created by the use of a template (see Help:Template for more info), which in this case makes it easier to write the external link to a site that is commonly linked to. The template you are talking about is Template:Moby game; see Template talk:Moby game to see how to use this template. SCHZMO ✍ 02:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, and for the official name --Doggie Yum Yums 02:53, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Since links to sites like the ones mentioned above are used in many articles, making a template for them also allows us to easily change all the links' appearance and content, similar to how a few CSS files can be altered to change the appearance of an entire website. For example, if IMDb were to change the way it organises its pages, it might only be necessary to change the IMDb link template, rather than individually edit each article. --Kwekubo 20:38, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

adding a image

how do I add an image. I want to add a picture of the mayor and the city seal to Union,mo.

Did you check Misplaced Pages:Picture_tutorial? --Bertolotti 08:27, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

How to write a new article

If an article is written according to form, then saved on this website, how long will it take to appear? After it is saved, is there another step I need to take such as uploading it. If so, what are the additional steps after saving it. Thank you. -- 70.33.159.29 11:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, there is no such need - articles will show up immediately, unless there's server congestion or a cache in your way (in which case it should still appear in a few minutes). The Search feature, however, will not reflect new updates immediately - it generally takes a few weeks for it to get refreshed. — Tangotango 11:41, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Google's search index does update a lot quicker than Misplaced Pages's. For more about creating articles, see Help:Starting a new page and Misplaced Pages:Your first article - for a start, you'll need to register an account. --Sam Blanning 11:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Change the title

How can I change the title of my article CIOE (Portugal) to just CIOE? Yosy

Hi, I in fact suggest that the article be renamed Special Operations Instruction Center or the official English translation, per Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions. If your user account is still fairly new, you'll have to ask for a page move at Misplaced Pages:Requested moves. Otherwise, you can move any page by clicking on the "Move" tab at the top of any article. Cheers, Tangotango 12:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - I have moved the page to just CIOE. I kept it liked that because the sigla CIOE is unique and widely known in Portugal and in foreign military circles. Yosy

About Current events (Africa)

• Hi all. First off all a member of wikipedia my username is Aabdi406 and my second question is for the last 10 days I was updating the wikipedia current events Africa section and It looks like someone is deleting every update that I contributed to that page. Can any one give me any reason for that ? on the top of that page it says "Help to update that page" Have I been pushing some personal agenda ? I was even thinking to volunteer to updating some other african continent related topics, This website is good example of how people can share different kind of information. I hope you guys would come up some answers to my questions. Thanks in advance

58.164.59.19 12:52, 12 May 2006 (UTC)Abdi406

Hello there, it appears that another user edited the same page at the same time as you, adding bits and pieces of unnecessary information. The whole page seems to have been cleared up a little over 3 hours ago. Please check to see if your edits are still there. Cheers, Tangotango 12:32, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• Have you asked the editor who removed your links? It appears to me as if you have been adding links, lots of links, to african-news-clips.com, which looks like a repackaged feed from AllAfrica.com with google ads. In other words, spam. Are you associated with that site? Please don't use Misplaced Pages for commercial purposes. · rodii · 12:41, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

To be clearer, most of the contributions to that page of late, before Ezeu's cleanup, were by Aabdi4061, his non-logged-in IP 58.164.59.19, or by 203.110.145.13, and all of them were links to african-news-clips.com. Those are the only links Aabdi has ever added, and the majority of recent edits by 203.110.145.13, which is a shared IP from an Australian (I think) ISP. · rodii · 12:59, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

NOTE: The comments above were blanked by Aabdi--I've restored them. · rodii ·

Registering before writing an article?

Is it necessary to register in order to submit an article. On the main page, it doesn't seem to be necessary. Yet, on the help page, when we asked about Have you tried the computer section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.submitting a new article, the suggestion was made to register. If registering, does an IP show on the article? Thank you.-- 70.33.159.29 13:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

On the main page it says anyone can edit, however to create a new page or article you need to have a Misplaced Pages user account. This is to prevent vandalism and creation of "nonsense" pages, ones that don't add value to Misplaced Pages. See Help:Starting a new page for more information. Harryboyles 13:38, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

When you register an account, your IP is thenceforth hidden from other users. The information linking IP to account name still exists, but is only accessed under fairly extraordinary conditions, and is never made public. In that sense, it's more anonymous than editing when you're not logged in. · rodii · 14:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

i need to know the definiton of digital media design

i need to know the definiton of digital media design. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.229.196.108 (talk • contribs) .

First, try searching Misplaced Pages: type "digital media design" (without the quotes) into the search box at the left of a Misplaced Pages page, and click the Search button. The result may lead you to articles with the information you're looking for. If it doesn't, try the Science section of the Reference Desk, which specializes in answering knowledge questions. Good luck, MCB 15:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Deleting user subpage

I created a subpage of my userpage which I would like to delete. It's not in the main Misplaced Pages space, nor is in my User talk page; it's User_talk:Fnarf999/Akidd. I've blanked it out at an admin's suggestion, but I'd like to delete it entirely. The page is inappropriate; I'm having a dispute with another user and I created this page as a reference to some of the things he says, but that sort of thing shouldn't be in Wiki. I want to take it offline and delete it from here so as not to prejudice the ongoing dispute.

How do I delete a self-created user subpage?

Steve Thornton, Fnarf999

Simply tag the page with {{db-author|reason}} or {{db|reason}} and an admin will be happy to delete it for you. --Hetar 18:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, thanks, it's done now. Fnarf999 18:27, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• On a side note, Misplaced Pages is not the same thing as Wiki. A wiki is a type of website, whereas there is only one Misplaced Pages. --Kwekubo 20:22, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• Myself, I've seen Misplaced Pages abbreviated as 'Wiki' many times - especially to distinguish between the different-language Wikipedias (enWiki and deWiki are much easier to type than English-language Misplaced Pages and German-language Misplaced Pages). --Sam Blanning 22:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• I tend to see enwp (or en.wp) more as shorthand for English Misplaced Pages, which has the advantage on not getting confused with different language Wikinewses or Wiktionaries. --Cherry blossom tree 22:40, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

User contributions: New articles

When I look up my user contributions, the N that usually identifies a new article does not show up. This makes it hard for me to look over which new articles I have created. Is there a way to get this information easily? --Ginkgo100 19:39, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure about this, but I don't think the N shows up in the contributions. Isn't it the watchlist that shows the N?—G.He 21:04, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

It only shows up in the watchlist, and then, of course, only if no-one's edited the article after creation. --Sam Blanning 22:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Suggest Correct Spelling During Search

If I search on google and type in an incorrect spelling, it suggests an alternative (based on a dictionary or a variation with more hits). When will wikipedia do this? --Username132 (talk) 21:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, we already have redirects for common misspellings. Apart from that, I think adding any extra features to the search function would place a severe strain on the servers - I'm not a technical person myself, it's just that that seems to be the response when anything of that nature gets suggested on Misplaced Pages:Village pump. And when you can search Misplaced Pages with Google very easily, and Google is in fact better than Misplaced Pages's search function in several other ways (more up-to-date index, doesn't care about upper/lowercase), is there really that much point? --Sam Blanning 22:13, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Images in Misplaced Pages Commons

The "color organ" figures in the "commons" area are to be inserted in the "Clavier à lumières/Modern Color Organs" in Misplaced Pages Main, but I can't figure out how. Also, I don't know how to add my four pictures to commons category = Classical Music (general).

Thank you,

John P. Jones

jpjoneswv@...

I've fixed your gallery (see this edit for how I did it.) It seems, however, that the colour organ that your section discusses is distinct from that in the rest of the article. Would it be better to have your section in a different article? --Cherry blossom tree 22:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

logging in

your system rejects my e-address, jturner@..., which I've used since about 1999 and it always works, except your webite.

Bye, bye

Jim Turner

You don't need an e-mail address to sign up - I suggest just not filling in that field. And then not forgetting your password. --Cherry blossom tree 22:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Search engines

How can I get a popular search engine (i.e. Google) to get my page on Misplaced Pages as a hit? is it automatic, or fo I have to do something?

Try using the WP specific Google search. --hydnjo talk 23:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

It usually takes a few days at least for new pages to be picked up by search engines. --Cherry blossom tree 23:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

AND it takes a few months for WP to index an article :-( hydnjo talk 23:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

My mystery

It seems that when I click to a page section (say from RD history) I go to the page top (not section). But, if the section is in my browser (Safari) cache then I go directly to the desired section. If I clear the browser (Safari) cache then it's deja-vu all over again: my first call to a section of a page gets me to the top of the page but then having gone to that section via the TOC my next call for that section works just fine. Should I just fuggedaboudit fuhghettaboutit or is there a fix? --hydnjo talk 23:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

--Fuhghettaboutit 23:32, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

HA! it's not often than you can actually say something responsive by just posting your name stamp. What are the odds that I would come across your post first. As to the problem, I'm not sure I understand--is the problem exclusive to page histories--like RD history as you mentioned in your question? Do you mean that when you are looking in the history of an article and you click on the little arrow next to the greyed out section designation for a listing, that's what's taking you to the top of the article rather than the secton, or does it happen also when you are in an article and click on a section of the TOC?. I'm not sure of the answer but it might have something to do with the way safari (which I don't use) treats urls--the first section (top) an article is designated 0 in the url, the first separately editable subsecton is 1 and so on, so, for instance, this post is in "section=116" in the url. You might try the Misplaced Pages:Computer help desk if you have no luck here. --Fuhghettaboutit 00:56, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

The problem is more generic than happening only from Page history, I used that as an example but the problem happens from wherever I try to follow a section link be it from Page history or a link from any page to another page section like Pagename#section name. It seems that if I empty the browser (Safari) cache while positioned to follow a link I always end up at section 0 (top of page) of that linked page. Everything works fine after that including jumping to any other linked section of any other page. I only came across this idiosyncrasy while trying to figure out how to ID "featured" or "best" questions without breaking the Page history linkage wherein my investigation was being confounded as you might imagine by this browser quirk. To see if you have the same problem with Safari or any other browser go to Page history of this (or any page, it's just simpler to do it here) then empty the browser's cache. After doing that see if you go to a linkable section (little arrow) on your first try. Second and subsequent link jumps always work fine. Jumping to a section from the TOC always works fine even if I empty the cache immediately prior to using a TOC link. Thanks for any help or insight on this as I really would like to be able to confirm the validity of a section link with an empty cache. --hydnjo talk 18:40, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

May 13

Forgotten username!

I haven't forgotten my password- I've forgotten my username! There is an option to have your password sent to your email address- but why can't I use my email address in the same manner to be sent my username?

If you can remember one page that you have been editing in the past, the page history of that page should allow you to figure out your username. Kusma (討論) 01:03, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Try other capitalizations. Usernames are case-sensitive like articles. - 82.172.14.108 08:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Living people

Ok we have this category but where do I go for help if I find a problem?Geni 02:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to assume you mean if someone is in the category, living people, that should not be, either because they are not a person or are not alive. Pages are placed in categories by typing (usually and correctly a the bottom of an article) ]. There is nothing to edit in the category page itself. So, if you find something or someone in a category that doesn't belong, go to its page, get into edit mode, and remove or change the category designation, whichever is appropriate.--Fuhghettaboutit

No I mean as in problem articles in category living people. The person is alive but the article looks like the type that has caused problems in the past.Geni 04:00, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Not sure why, then, your question is related specifically to the referenced category. There are "problem" articles all over Misplaced Pages and in every category, if by problem you mean poorly-written, biased, having little content, etc. Don't forget this is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and all you need is a username and a some time in order to create articles. There are many fine articles, but out of the 1,100,000+ articles here you will find many that are "problems." Some articles can be helped by adding articles tags which you can find here and here. Other types of articles may be candidates for deletion, either by speedy deletion, proposed deletion or deletion by consensus. Another solution is to be bold by editing articles to fix what you see as problems. I'm still not clear on what you are asking. If that doesn't help, please elaborate your question with more detail and specificity. --Fuhghettaboutit 04:39, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I know all this (admin for over a year ~~9000 edits) however that catigory exists in order to allow people to track articles where problems are a big deal. The question is is there anywhere(other than the massive backlog we call cleanup) to go if there is a problem.Geni 04:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Well I'm not sure, but given the sensitivity of the issues involved, Misplaced Pages:Office Actions might be the place to go if the problem is one that could lead to libel, defamation etc.--Fuhghettaboutit 07:08, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• What article is the problem? - 82.172.14.108 08:50, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Simple question

Do you know any pages about wiki-breaks (or whatever they're called)? Because I'm having truouble finding it. Notify me on my talk page please. File:Myscreenshot.jpg I Am Ri¢h! 04:57, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Wikiholiday (duplicating on user's talk page)--Fuhghettaboutit 06:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Article Pictures: Double Feature

• Wiki-star: Ok i'm just going to get straight to the point because i don't have alot of time to waist. I have two questions that i would really apprecite to be answered. My first question: Is there a way to delete any text within an image? Like, if i have an image of a dog, and it said "MAX" in front of the dog, how do i delete that and just have the dog? My next question: Is there a way to review all the uploaded images of a article? Like, see all the uploaded pictures that were inserted in an article? Thanks!

Wiki-star 05:56, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

You can delete any text within an image by downloading a copy of that image, editing it, and uploading the new version over it. Make sure the license for the image allows this, though. As for your second question, just go through the history of the article and look for instances where images were added. Cheers, Tangotango 06:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for answering my 2nd question, but you went too fast with the first. Oh, and are you sure there isn't an easier way to look for that? I mean, crusing to over 1000 edits takes forever. Isn't there an easier way to view the inserted pictures? Where am i going to download the image? How am i going to download the image? Where do i edit? I mean, you left a huge hole here. Wiki-star 06:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Question 1: You need to have an image editing program with which you are facile. You would first need to download the image to your computer which you can do by right clicking and choosing "save target as". Then use your image editing program to take out the text. The problem is that it's easy to scrub out the text; every free image program has an erase feature, paint feature, and so on, but taking the text out, is not the same as taking it out and reworking the image to leave behind a new seamless image. If I tried to do it, I would either have a white background or a splotch of color where the text was rendering the image marred and unusable. As far as I'm aware, redrawing the image would require an advanced program and a degree of technical skill. If the text you want removed is near the bottom of the picture you could simpy crop the bottom so the image is shorter.

Question 2: If you are looking for past images, those no longer in the article that once were, you could hope that an edit summary was left behind with the word image and check for all of those quickly by going to history, clicking edit on your browser buttons, click "find on this page" (Internet explorer) and looking for each instance the word Image appears in edit summaries. --Fuhghettaboutit 07:29, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Personally, I would upload a non-lettered version to a name with another name, so both image with and without letters can be used. - 82.172.14.108 08:52, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Mistake in the images uploaded by other Wikipedian

I found there are mistakes on the chemical structure image of thymine. What should I do? Shrimp wong 06:39, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello, simply make a new version and upload the new image with the same name as the original one. Your new version with then appear in the old one's place. -- Tangotango 06:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

What do you think is wrong with it, anyway? It looks just fine to me, and matches the one in my organic chemistry textbook. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 00:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Which pic is best?

Well, I'm thinking about which screenshot should we use for the one in the Macromedia Dreamweaver article. Should I use the first or second? Why so? Image:Dreamweaver8-winxp.png Image:DreamweaverMX2004MacOS_X.png -- Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 07:39, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Er, you might want to ask this sort of question on the article's talk page in the future. If you need more opinions, you can post a request for comment on the issue.

The Help Desk is really meant for answering questions about how to use Misplaced Pages; it's not such a good place to bring issues of content—particularly if those issues involve big honking templates all the way down the side of the page. :D TenOfAllTrades(talk) 09:13, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me; I'm sorry they honker. ;P -- Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 11:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I've changed the screenshots to links as their sheer size may confuse some users of the Help desk. I hope you don't mind. -- Tangotango 14:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd prefer the second (the Mac OS X one). It's more illustrative, shows more features of the program, has a larger relative font size (which improves readability at small sizes) and, being from a Mac, is simply prettier. ;-)

Much of the area of the Windows screenshot is taken by the big blank white space in the center, surrounded by tiny little text and icons too small to see. It's not even particularly recognizable — for all I can tell from the thumbnail, it could be any random IDE. Not that the Mac screenshot is particularly distinctive either, but it's better at least. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 23:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Celebrity impersonators

Do we have any standard way for dealing with wikipedians who prentend to be a celebrity? I couldn't find anything in particular at WP:USERNAME and was wondering where to bring such cases up. --Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 14:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I think Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents is likely as good a place as any. -- Rick Block (talk) 15:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Unless the user is actually the celebrity (highly unlikely), this would be a harrassing or defamatory username. However, if the username is Michael Jackson e.g., for which it is likely for someone to share the name, you should suggest the user change his username to something like "MJackson" or "MikeJ". SCHZMO ✍ 22:26, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Trying to place photo image

I made an edit to a page (text) "Albert Hibbs" and uploaded a relevent photo as well. The text edit work well but the photo "albertHibbs.jpg" appeared on a separate unlinked page. I don't know how to get the photo on the "Albert Hibbs" page with the text. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Garlee (talk • contribs) 14:36, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, you have to add the image to the article (please see Misplaced Pages:Picture tutorial for help). Meanwhile, I've added the image to this particular article for you. Cheers, Tangotango 14:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Categories

Is there a complete list of all the Category:? items easily available? The Category:Best Song Oscar is a mess, there needs to be a category for winners by song title, movie title, composer and lyricist, also categories for nominees. For example, if you access the Harry Owens page, it should be flagged that he is an Oscar-winning songwwriter. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sweetalkinguy (talk • contribs) 15:32, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Categories seems to contain all of the categories on Misplaced Pages.—G.He 17:08, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Referencing

I typed some stuff in an article and wanted to cite my reference;

Krentz AJ Fortnightly review - Insulin resistance BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 313 (7069): 1385-1389 NOV 30 1996

I spent five minutes looking for how to do this properly (wikicode) and gave up. How is it done? --Username132 (talk) 17:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

A good place to start would be Misplaced Pages:citing sources, and Misplaced Pages:Citing sources/example style. --Fuhghettaboutit 17:11, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

That was where I started, they didn't help. --Username132 (talk) 17:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd use {{Cite journal}}, usage explained at Template talk:Cite journal.--Commander Keane 18:06, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

web site use and linking to Misplaced Pages

Hello,

I'm so confused. When I first started using Misplaced Pages today, I saw where anyone can use or copy content without permission. I wanted to provide my guest with a link to your site. I listed I have a managed site that told me that I couldn't link to your site without your permission. Now, I'm confused I used some music symbols and notation from your site for my web site. This has helped me tremendously. I just want to do the right thing. I've read the articles on copyright, links and footnotes and I'm so confused as in what to do about what I put on my site. I don't want to be in violation of copyright law or not follow the guidelines you have given. I just don't know exactly how I can give credit to your site for allowing me to copy these images.

Please help I can be contacted via email.

<email removed to prevent spam>

Thanks.

Anyone may link to any of our sites; we encourage this and thank you for helping us out! If you reused some of our text from our articles, all you need to do is to give attribution in accordance with the GNU Free Documentation License, which all Misplaced Pages text is released under. Please see Misplaced Pages:Copyrights for more information. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 17:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• You can link to any wikipedia page. Just say it is from Misplaced Pages and that you didn't write it. Copyright only comes in when you copy material that's not released under a free license. - Mgm| 09:00, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Sudoku

I just need to know how to end a game. I mean, after you fill in the last number, how do you stop the clock? I always click How Am I Doing?

If this is an issue with a particular game, please refer to the author's website or help files. You may try the Reference desk (the Mathematics section), but please remember to at least provide the name of the software. Cheers, Tangotango 17:37, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Working on an Extensive Expansion

I'd like to do an extensive expansion to your article on Semantic Dementia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/Semantic_dementia )

I really don't know where to begin.

I have found this material so far, some of which is already in the article, and there are many links to deal with.

From AFTD : Semantic Dementia

http://www.ftd-picks.org/?p=diseases/semanticdementia

Semantic Dementia

Overview

Semantic dementia (SD) is also known as fluent Progressive Aphasia. It is a disorder of language in which patients demonstrate a progressive deterioration of semantic knowledge (understanding and recognizing words), while other cognitive faculties remain remarkably spared. Specifically, patients with SD retain the ability to produce fluent speech, but this speech becomes increasing meaningless. SD patients also lose the ability to recognize the meaning of specific words, or to spontaneously name familiar, everyday objects. As with all FTDs, as the disorder progresses and the primary symptoms (in the case of SD, language deficits) worsen, the patient may also develop other FTD features, including behavioral, social, or motor difficulties.

Key Clinical Features

   * Difficulty generating or recognizing familiar words An example of this would be when a patient is shown a picture of a cat, and he can neither come up with the word “cat” nor does he recognize the word when it is provided as the appropriate label for the picture.
   * Fluent Spontaneous Speech is retained. Especially in early stages of SD, patients may be able to “talk around” the meaning of a specific word they are unable to generate.
   * Word-finding pauses in speech
   * Difficulty naming familiar objects
   * Visual recognition deficit is experienced by some SD patients, who have increasing trouble recognizing familiar objects and faces.
   * Neuroimaging studies demonstrate reduced neural activity and decreased blood flow in the left temporal lobe of SD patients.

     In later stages, clinical features may include ones found more commonly in other FTD subtypes. These include:
   * Behavioral Symptoms
   * Emotional Symptoms
   * Neurological Symptoms
   * Psychiatric Symptoms
   * Cognitive Symptoms 

Key Pathologic Features

It is important to note that Semantic Dementia is a clinical diagnosis, defined by the symptoms the patient displays. There is no single pathology (meaning a specific physical finding in the brain) associated with the clinical disorder known as SD. Indeed, upon autopsy, a variety of pathological features have been found in the brains of SD patients, many of which are associated with other FTD subtypes. These include: the inclusions seen in nerve cells (Pick bodies) characteristic of Pick’s disease; nerve cell loss in the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia seen in Corticobasal Degeneration; and Dementia Lacking Distinctive Histopathology (DLDH), which is a pattern of neural damage seen in several types of FTD. DLDH is characterized by neuronal loss, gliosis (overgrowth, or development of tumors), and spongiosis (swelling with excess fluid).

In patients for whom language dysfunction is the most severe feature, it is common to see cells in the temporal lobe most affected by these disease changes.

Cause

Scientists have recently linked DLDH to abnormally low levels of the protein tau

For general information on tau, click here.

Genetics

The majority of Semantic dementia is not hereditary.

For general information on genetics and FTD, click here.

Treatment

Currently, there is no specific treatment that has been proven effective in SD patients.

For general information on treatment, click here.

Management and Prognosis

Semantic Dementia is a progressive disorder of language, which usually begins with an inability to generate familiar words, and progresses with increasing difficulties in word comprehension, generation, and recognition. In later stages of the disorder, some SD patients will develop symptoms common to the other FTD subtypes, including behavioral, social, or motor difficulties.

During early stages of SD, patients may benefit from speech therapy. A word book, which the patient can use to point to words they are unable to generate spontaneously, may be of some use, as well.

For basic information on Management and Prognosis of FTD, click here. Material prepared by Jennifer M. Farmer, MS, CGC, Website Clinical Consultant and Susan L-J Dickinson, MS, CGC, Website Medical and Science Writer.

Perhaps someone could help me...

THanks in advance

Feel free to start adding or changing anything as you see fit. Be bold, as they say. You can perform a complete rewrite if you think that would improve it. See Help:Contents/Editing Misplaced Pages for general guidance. You should also take care, however, not to simply copy and paste information from other websites, which is not legal as it infringes on their copyright. If you want to have a go and ask for feedback then I'm sure people will be happy to oblige. --Cherry blossom tree 21:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Revoking editing abilities

http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:142.166.101.160

user seems intent solely in vandalising as you can see from the talk. where do you pass on the info to perhaps lock out this IP for a period from editing?

You can post at Administrator intervention against vandalism. In this case, only five edits have actually been made so I think blocking would be a bit premature. I've put a fairly stern warning on the talk page, so if we get more vandalism then it can certainly be blocked. --Cherry blossom tree 22:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, appreciate the info --Crossmr 02:59, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Tagging a portal subsection for cleanup

Is there a way that I can tag a subsection of a portal for cleanup, without it showing the template on the portal main page (which would be considered vandalism)?

You can add it to Category:Cleanup from May 2006 (which lists it alongside other articles for cleanup but doesn't include the template) and explain your concerns in more or less detail on the talk page or at Misplaced Pages:Cleanup. If the subsection is a transcluded subpage then you could add that page to the category. If that doesn't make sense to you then it's probably best to ignore it. --Cherry blossom tree 22:25, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

You could place <noinclude>{{cleanup}}</noinclude> on the subpage. Then the template would appear only on the subpage, and not in the main portal page where it is transluded. However, {{cleanup}} isn't a magic. I recommend you just drop a note on the portal's main talk page about the problem subsection (or fix it yourself :-))--Commander Keane 22:34, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Wal-Mart

I would like to know if you have any information on Wal-Mart and a current analysis of the organization standing?----Shirley

We keep our information on Wal-Mart in our article Wal-Mart--Cherry blossom tree 22:22, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

If you want any information that is not provided in the article, try the reference desk - this page is for help with using Misplaced Pages. --Sam Blanning 00:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Adding content - a neologism

Greetings,

i have not worked on content before on Misplaced Pages, but I do have a word (a neologism) which I believe would be appropriate as content. I think the word can help fill a gap in current internet language. It is fairly simple and defines a very simple process or concept that most anyone would understand and find useful.

Is this something I can submit, and if so, how?

Thanks, Tlon77 22:59, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

If there's a gap in internet language, it's best not to submit it as not many people use it and because Misplaced Pages is generally considered not to be a place for neologisms. Hope that helps, Fetofs 23:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

If you want to submit it, type the title of your article into the search box and press go. You'll get a message saying that the article doesn't exist and a link to create it. If you click on this link you'll get an edit window and you can type the article in there. See Help:starting a new page for more.

Whether your neologism is suitable for an article is a murkier issue. Read Misplaced Pages:Avoid neologisms, particularly the sections on 'Articles on neologisms' and 'Reliable sources for neologisms'. If there are no reliable sources then the subject isn't suitable for an article. --Cherry blossom tree 23:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is not a dictionary, but Wiktionary is - I recommend you add your new entry there instead.--Commander Keane 23:56, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

May 14

To rodii

• Hi rodii, Basically you guys want that page to be updated by someone and should use major news

sources such as allafrica.com. This is the same policy that google is using by putting their news page all the major news networks and the reason is that they are making money out of it. I am not here to push some personal agenda and I am associated with that website(african-new-clips.com) and I wasn't trying to advertise it on wikipedia but given that there was a lot of news information missing I just took the personal initiative to update this as much as I could. I am ready to volunteer to update the African Events Page but what guidelines you guys have for me to update that page ? and I will guarantee that I am not going to use african-news-clips contents. so I am waiting for your call. I thank you in advance. Aabdi406 02:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)Aabdi406

Er... not sure what to say here. You are welcome to edit, just don't use Misplaced Pages to try to drive traffic to your commercial site. That's the only reason your content was deleted. (You probably should have added your comment in the section above where this was discussed--making a new section just confuses people who don't know the backstory. I suggest continuing this discussion, if necessary, on the article's talk page.) · rodii · 15:22, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Duplicate articles

Hi!

There are two different articles for the same thing with what looks like identical content.

http://en.wikipedia.org/Suicide_Girls http://en.wikipedia.org/SuicideGirls

Actually they are the same article, at the same address: http://en.wikipedia.org/SuicideGirls. Suicide Girls redirects to SuicideGirls.--Commander Keane 03:01, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

word

how do you spell "HOPE" in swedish?

Have you tried the Language section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. Cheers, Tangotango 04:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

how to join INDIAN AIR FORCE

HELLO SIR,

I, SWARAJ VICHARE FROM GUJARAT. CURRENTLY I AM STUDING MBA (MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION)FROM SINGAPORE AND CURRENTLY I AM IN SINGAPORE FOR MY STUDIES. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE MY COUNTRY BY JOINING INDIAN AIR FORCE. SO, WOULD U HELP ME OUT THAT HOW TO APPLY FOR JOINING AIRFORCE. THROUGH WHICH STEPS SHOULD I GO. ACTUALLY ITS MY DREAM TO BE AN AIR FORCE PILOT.

SO, WOULD U HELP ME OUT FROM WHERE TO DO.

THANK YOU.

YOURS SENCERELY, SWARAJ VICHARE —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.156.6.54 (talk • contribs) 07:44, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried the Humanities section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. Tangotango 07:51, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

And please turn off your Caps Lock key - on the Internet, it's the equivalent of shouting. — QuantumEleven 10:02, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

How to learn the language "PALI"

Hello! I intend to learn a lanuguage called "PALI".Its an ancient Indian language that was used by people during the times of Gautam Buddha .All his sermons had been written and compiled in this language.Is there any means by which Misplaced Pages can help me learn this language and then go through the scriptures ? How shall I be informed of the availability of some useful matter related to this ?

Have you tried the Language section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. Tangotango 11:47, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

The standard English text for studying Pāli is A.K. Warder's Introduction to Pali, published by the Pali Text Society. See Pāli for detailed info on the language; check out the external links at the bottom of the page. SCHZMO ✍ 14:54, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

clearing search history

How do I clear the drop-down serach window that lists my search history alphabetically?

Have you tried the Science section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. Please make sure you specify which software you're referring to when you ask a question there. (Windows? (which dialog?) Internet Explorer? Firefox?) Cheers, Tangotango 11:46, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Public Domain Music

Hi, I want to use some of the music from the sound list page in my film. I know that it is public domain and so I don't have to ask permission to use it, but do I still have to give credit to the author or whoever distributed it? I see that a lot of them come from cc-by-sa which I guess is a copyright thing, so do I have to put a picture up to show where it came from? Thanks for any help you can give me. The sound page is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Sound/list

The public domain music you can use without credit (though it would be polite to acknowledge the creator.) See our article on Creative Commons License for more about the cc-by-sa licenced work. The share alike part means that any derivative works must be licenced under the same licence. Whether your film would qualify as a derivative work or whether that would just apply to the music I don't feel qualify to judge, but if it was the former then you would have to licence the whole film under cc-by-sa too. --Cherry blossom tree 15:20, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Tracking a vandal

Suppose there is a preson who is vandalizing an article vigorously and over a long period of time. He is editing anonymously, using a different IP every time. These IPs seem to be used only by this person. Is there a way to deal with such a vandal? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Please contact me on my talk page with the link to the affected page's history and I will look into it. --Pilot|guy 15:54, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Is this the one who is inserting the word "gay" everywhere? – b_jonas 16:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

No, not really. This is a hypothetical question about a possible future scenario. The details are unimportant (though they can be found in a comment I left on Pilotguy's talk page), I'm interested in learning about the techincal feasibility of blocking a vandal using multiple (and numerous) IP addresses. Any help would be appreciated. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

You can block a range of IPs, if that would be any use. It does increase the chances of shutting out legitimate contributors, though, obviously. See m:Range block for more. --Cherry blossom tree 17:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, that's interesting. I've done some work on the IP adresses used, and it seems that around 12000 adresses will be blocked with the appropriate range blocks. Is this within the acceptable bounds? Is there an efficient way to find out if addresses in the relevant ranges were used for other purposes (otherwise, we can safely assume that only the vandal in question has access to these ranges)? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:38, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm no expert, but that sounds like a lot to me. If you post at WP:AN then you might get some more experienced opinions.--Cherry blossom tree 22:29, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 09:30, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Uploading Misplaced Pages

Is it possible to get a full, functional version of the entire Misplaced Pages site uploaded using a program like Microsoft front page or the like. I know you can unload webs, but I was just unsure how to do it seeing as how WP is set up so weird. Anyway, if anyone knows how to do this, please let me know. Thank you! → J@red  16:49, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

If you want to obtain a copy of Misplaced Pages, please read the Wikimedia Data Dumps page, which explains what's available, the format of the files, and how to download. Be sure to read Misplaced Pages:Copyrights which explains the license terms on which Misplaced Pages content is made available. MCB 01:18, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

authors

I need to know how to find the author of each article, whick is not shown.

Simply click 'history' at the top of the article, and you get a list of all contributors. Computerjoe's talk 17:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

If you are looking to cite Misplaced Pages, you can use Special:Cite.--Max Talk (add) 18:05, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

If you want to know who started an article, go to the history tab and click the "Earliest" link in the top left corner, then scroll to the bottom of the page to see the first edit. SCHZMO ✍ 18:56, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Dollfie

Hello,

I wanna become a doll creator, but i cant find a major so i can do it. please help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.148.229.232 (talk • contribs) .

• Huh? Why are you posting here? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Smartyshoe (talk • contribs) .

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. SCHZMO ✍ 22:29, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

help on passenger lists sailing from Hamburg

My grandfather sailed from Hamburg in 1890 for the USA I want to track down that sailing —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.226.55.242 (talk • contribs) .

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. SCHZMO ✍ 00:22, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Try Hamburg Ships Lists online or find a library with the very large printed set. Rmhermen 15:05, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

How to Wikilink Categories on Talk Pages?

For example, when I type Category:Lists_of_musicians surrounded by ] on a talk page, it dissappears. Is there a way of doing it, other than linking to the entire URL?

172.147.177.234 22:52, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you would type ] (note the colon at the beginning) which will show up as Category:Lists of musicians. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 22:56, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

May 15

Image linking

How can I get an image to link to an article instead of to the image's page. Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 01:05, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it's possible...Are you trying to do something for your user page? SCHZMO ✍ 02:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm trying to link Image:Zoso.png to Led Zeppelin IV. Template:Click is not working. See User:Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme/Albums for what I tried to do. Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 01:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Correct way to Refer to Music Bands/Groups?

Should a band be referred to as are or is? For example The WikiWonders are a rock band. Or The WikiWonders is a rock band.

I would have thought the first one was correct, but the second one seems to be more common on Misplaced Pages.

And would it make a difference if the band were just called WikiWonder?

172.147.177.234 02:17, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

It depends. British English uses "are" and American English uses "is". For example of the British see Pink Floyd, for an American example, see R.E.M. (band). This was also discussed on the Pink Floyd talk page. Dismas| 02:27, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Tags and Header

is there a master list where one could browse all the various tags and such that are available for use, things like talkheader, __TOC__, unreferenced, etc?--Crossmr 02:45, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Try this, this might help some: {{Tools}} → J@red  02:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks thats perfect!--Crossmr 02:55, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Commercial links

Can anyone point out the point of edits like this one? I've been removing them as link spam. And judging by the user's talk page, so have other people. I've gone to these pages though and they seem like just a collection of photos. What's the point of them? I guess this isn't technically a Help desk sort of question but it's sort of related... :-P Dismas| 03:18, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

For 4 (all that I checked) of the sites that were linked to, an "IPWHOIS Lookup" at dnsstuff.com revealed that the same company registered all the domain names. They must be trying to increase traffic and search engine rank for those sites, and since the only ads present are for two particular subscription online magazines I'm guessing they are behind the spam onslaught. Alternatively the "spammer" may be acting in good faith linking to sites they think are useful, it's not totally unreasonable that someone would want to look at a picture gallery of a model or actor etc. Just some ideas anyway. --Commander Keane 04:50, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info! As to the good faith part... I doubt it. I've been reverting such additions to articles for weeks now. They're usually from some IP though... Dismas| 10:05, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

User account and IP address

I'm wondering if there's any effect on my user account if someone else using the same IP address gets blocked? I opened up the Misplaced Pages main page this afternoon before logging in and found a message directed to my IP address (203.10.76.38) from a couple of days ago warning about naughty behaviour. I'm assuming I'm using a shared IP address - I'm not really familiar with how IP addresses are assigned but I'm hoping any action taken against this IP address will not affect my user account. Can anyone advise? - Gimboid13 05:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, if someone using your IP address is blocked, the "autoblock" will kick in, simultaneously blocking you (and any other logged in users using that IP address) as well. The extent of this problem depends on how often your IP address changes, but you can request an unblock using the {{unblock}} template. -- Tangotango 05:11, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Tangotango. My IP address doesn't seem to change at all but there have been 30 or so Misplaced Pages edits under my IP address rather than my account name in the last 6 months, none of them mine (honest!). All the PCs on my home network share the same connection (hence the same IP address) but the PC I mostly use logs me straight in to my account so I don't usually see anything directed to the IP address unless I use one of the other PCs. I'm sure the culprit is not someone using my home network. Most of the edits have been harmless enough so I hope this was a random naughty act rather than something that's likely to continue. - Gimboid13 05:23, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Just a thought: are you using a wireless network? If so, did you set security on it? Notinasnaid 09:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Good point but no, just an ordinary old cable network. Might have to talk to my ISP about how they allocate IP addresses. - Gimboid13 02:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Information , Manipur University

Iwant to know the different subjects provided by the various colleges under Manipur University

You can try the reference desk for questions like these, but I strongly recommend you use the university's website or printed materials for such important matters, as any second-hand information you get may be incorrect. Cheers, Tangotango 05:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Articles about smaller cities

Are these allowed? Say, for instance, that I want to provide information about as many counties in my country as possible, some of which may house no more than 1500 inhabitants and be of no REAL significance. Would this be in accordance with.. hrm, the spirit of Misplaced Pages? :) 213.161.190.228 09:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC) Henning

You mean like one of these places? :-P Dismas| 10:03, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

HAHa! Not exactly that empty! 213.161.190.228 10:08, 15 May 2006 (UTC) Henning

Misplaced Pages's goal is to document all human knowledge, therefore it would be in just the right spirit. -- Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 06:32, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

What has happened to Misplaced Pages page?

Suddenly the layout of the pages has changed in format and color, becoming an awful orange. (Only the Main Page remains the same color. My preferences have not change. My watchlist is in a different color and format and no longer makes any sense. It doesn't incude my articles listed previous. The menubars are changed and are confusing. There is no longer a way to access an article after looking at editing changes.

I am completely lost. This after becoming very familiar with using Misplaced Pages and completing many hundreds of edit in the last week with no problems. Now I can't even find them.

How do I get help with this problem? How do I get an answer to this question? KarenAnn 10:37, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

You sure you still have your default skin set to monobook?Geni 10:40, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I checked several times that I had it set to Classic (default)a few hours ago. Now, at your suggestion, I checked and Classic(default) no longer exists, so I set it to monobook and that seems to have fixed it. What happened to Classic(default)? KarenAnn 15:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Including a watchlist

Hi, is there a simple wikitag (or whatever it may be called) that would allow me to include my watchlist on a page? I would like to put my watchlist in my user page so that people that visit it would know what pages I'm monitoring/working on and can leave me a message in my talk page if they wish to collaborate on some page reorganizations and such. -- Remy Suen 10:45, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

No. Copy and paste is the best we have.Geni 10:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

• I'll add that when I first started editing, I wanted the same functionality for the same reasons, but I've since decided I prefer a manually-crafted list, as a lot of my watched pages are now pages I'm watching only for reasons of vandalism-prevention or similar, and not actually working on. I think having the entire watchlist shown would probably just muddy the waters. — Estarriol 11:22, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

• consider the size of some watchlists (mine is >2300 there are editors who would consider this to be small.Geni 12:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

How to display program code in an article?

I added program code to my article... some of the code was properly recognized by the Wiki formatter and some was not. The properly recognized code was formatted in a different background color and indented a little. The code that was not recognized was left unchanged. Oddly enough the Wiki formatter handled a single code snippet in different manners; the first line of the procedure was formatted as plain text, the body of the procedure was formatted as code, and the last line of the procedure was formatted as plain text.

Any thoughts?

Another related question: my article is titled

"Programmatic Web Browsing in Visual Basioc .Net"

and when I search Misplaced Pages for that *exact* phrase I get two hits but neither of them is my article. I also searched by "Programmic Web Prowsing" and I got 3 hits, none of them mine. The only way I can locate the article is to browse to "My Contributions". Wha

MediaWiki uses this special format on every line that begins with a space. It did not realize that what you wrote is code, but only that you indented it with a space. You need to add an extra space to each line for it to be formatted properly.

If you type the exact name of the article in the search box, Programmatic Web Browsing in Visual Basic .Net, you will go directly to the article. If not, a search will be performed in the search index, which only gets updated once in a (long) while - therefore this article is not yet in it.

In either case, I'm not sure this article is appropriate in Misplaced Pages - this is an encyclopedia, not a programming how-to guide. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:45, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

This should almost certainly not be on Misplaced Pages - however, Wikibooks would greatly love your contribution! Why don't you check over there. — QuantumEleven 13:31, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

change management

give me details on change management apart from wats available on wikipedia.

Have you tried Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Misplaced Pages, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. And you're more likely to get a response if you say 'please'. --Sam Blanning 12:55, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

LOOKING FOR FILM DIRECTOR

Dear Sir,

I am a film Producer in Ghana looking for a film Director in United States.

I am looking for a foreign Film Director who will help me to direct the half of the film in America.

Hope to hear from you very soon.

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely, <personal information removed> —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.87.82.196 (talk • contribs) .

Have you tried the humanities section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit 14:12, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia, not a directory or a person-finder. You should try consulting with film organisations in the US for further assistance. You'll have much better luck there. Harryboyles 14:32, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Elections template?

Is there a template for elections results similar to this? 210.7.5.206 14:36, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

This particular table uses Template:Election-table2. See Template talk:Election-table2 for information on how to use this template. Cheers, Tangotango 14:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

• You could try Template:Election box. I can't see any other generic template for this purpose, and you may well need to make your own. — Estarriol 14:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Just what I wanted to know! Thanks! 210.7.5.206 14:57, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Image source information

Hi again. I registered and uploaded a file without adding any details on its source and copyright information. How do I go about in doing that? 063006 16:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

You uploaded many files without adding details on their sources. All of the following will require sources adding, if they have not already been done.

• Image:SVT.gif
• Image:NVTLP.gif
• Image:PNU.gif
• Image:NFP.gif
• Image:NAPF.gif
• Image:COIN PARTY FJ.gif
• Image:UPP.gif
• Image:FLP.gif
• Image:SDL.gif

They seem to be logos of political parties. If this is true then you can add "{{logo}}" to the pages I linked to. If it isn't then you should read Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags and make a more accurate choice of tag.--Cherry blossom tree 16:59, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

• It also helps to give the exact page on which you found the image instead of the site's domain when you give the source. That way people can check it more easily. - Mgm| 20:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Form letters for requesting permission/participation?

I'm wondering if there are any form letters prepared, for writing/emailing to people not involved with wikipedia, to request that they give formal permission for, say, an image to be used (eg headshots for actors, or a painting sample from an artist), or to inquire if they had considered moving a list/site-subject they maintain to wikipedia?

Specific example: Audio programming language is a short list. The external list linked at bottom is a much more comprehensive list. I wanted to write to the person maintaining the external list, and suggest he move his efforts to wikipedia (which he'd obviously be free to turn down for any number of reasons (like enjoying the traffic it provides to his own site)).

I wasnt sure if a form letter along these lines already existed? If not (and barring obvious problems i havent thought of) i guess i'll propose such at village pump (or somewhere more appropriate?)? -Quiddity 20:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

There are several examples at Misplaced Pages:Boilerplate request for permission for both images and text. Remember that the content should be licensed under the GFDL or something simillar, so don't ask for permission to use it only on Misplaced Pages. --Hetar 20:32, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Perfect. Thought i'd seen it somewhere before. Thanks :) -Quiddity 20:42, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

The president of my high school takes numerous photographs and I know him well. If I get his agreement to have his photos licensed under the GFDL or released under public domain, I presume that this would be sufficient for uploading onto Misplaced Pages? On the image, beside noting the appropriate license it is under and his name, is there anything else I should be aware of? -- Remy Suen 22:08, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Nope, thats all you need for an image, the source (in this case something like taken by so and so), and the image tag, something like {{GFDL}}. Some users like to include the date the photo was taken, but its not an absolute requirement. --Hetar 22:45, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

He replied to my email with I don’t know anything about releasing my copyright, so I would appreciate your advice.. What would be the simplest way to explain what releasing material under the GFDL and/or public domain means to him? Both articles are rather long, although, rightly so given the importance of what it means to release material under either of the two. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Remy Suen 17:43, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Easiest way to explain it that I can think of is basically it will mean that anyone can modify or copy his work anyway they want to. Derivative works will have to be released under the same license, and while the option still exists to sell the the work commercially - anyone can still copy it for free. --Hetar 21:34, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Commenting in an article or using the talk page?

When should comments be inserted in an article? I personally feel that this change that was recently made to the Apache Harmony article should've been placed into its talk page instead. Are there any guidelines? It's not necessarily an attack on the Apache project, per se, but opinions of this degree just seems like they should be placed in the talk page instead. -- Remy Suen 21:40, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments regarding the content of an article should be in the talk page. Comments in the article are only placed if there is something users should know when they are editing the page. SCHZMO ✍ 22:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Even at that, a template tag is often more appropriate, because people see it before they start editing. I only use <!--comments--> when I need to (a) explain the function of a piece of wiki code, or (b) remark about a specific sentence, phrase or word. Seahen 00:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Copying template images for a fork?

Pursuant to , I'm preparing a fork of the userboxes. Using AutoWikiBrowser and Special:Export, I've prepared an XML file containing all the userboxes. But I also need their images. Can I or an admin at the Wikia batch-copy all the images and description pages referenced by userboxes (Category:User templates)? If so, how? Seahen 22:57, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Update: I think the regexes that will match the images are \mage:*\]\] and \mage:*|.*\]\], but in both cases I need just the * part and not the whole line. In fact, there may be a line break in the image name. Seahen 03:35, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Adding warnings for vandalisms removed by other users?

I spend most of my Wikitime as a recent changes patroller now. I find vandalism, revert it, and leave the appropriate warning on the vandal's talk page. If they have been appropriately warned with the progression of templates and vandalize again after a test3 or test4, I add them to Misplaced Pages:AIV and go on about my business. All very well and good. My question relates to other editors who revert vandalism but don't add warning templates to talk pages. Sometimes someone has vandalized two or three times and had it reverted by other people before I reach them and start adding warnings to their pages, so they aren't blocked until a few edits later than they might have been had they been warned from the beginning. Is it all right to add warnings to someone's page for edits other editors have reverted, or is this frowned down upon? Is the better solution to start with a higher warning level taking into account previous acts of unwarned vandalism? I'm not comfortable starting with a test3 for someone's fifth act of simple vandalism just because no one has warned them before, but if that's how it's supposed to be done then I'll go that route. Thanks in advance; I feel like this is something I should know the answer to, but sadly, I don't.  :) -RaCha'ar 23:04, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I think it is OK to add warnings for edits other editors have reverted, I have seen it happen fairly often; sometimes when I revert someone has already posted a warning message by the time I get to the vandal's talk page! SCHZMO ✍ 23:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

As a general rule on Misplaced Pages, unless otherwise noted, feel free to help in whatever way you can, be it by fixing pages or by delivering necessary messages. Be bold. Seahen 00:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you both very much! -RaCha'ar 00:25, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

May 16

Lymphocytes

Hello,

A friend of mine is going through a long bout of what her doctor thinks is bronchitis. She also suffers from bad asthma. It has been going on for 5 weeks. She has been on antbios (Bioxin), steroids (Prednizone), Advair and Singulair. After taking the antib's and preds for ten days, he told her to have blood work. To make a long story short, he thought she had HIV. He said her Lymphocytes were 7, and in a normal person in her condition, they should be 75. She tested negative for HIV, thank heaven, but he is still confused as to why her lymphocytes are so low. I'm her only friend with access to you, so I said I would ask. Is there anything she could do to increase the production of her lymphocytes, or do they have to find out why they are decreasing first. She would really appreciate any answers you folks could give, she's about at the end of her rope with anxiety. Any ideas? Alergies? Please let me know ASAP, and I sincerely thank you in advance for taking the time out to answer questions for people. Thanks again. You can get back to **Email removed**. Thanks you very much.

Sincerely,

Jon Giannini

I am sorry about your friend's condition, and hope that she gets better soon. As for your question. We are not doctors, and this page is for questions regarding the use of Misplaced Pages. Someone may be able to help you out at the Reference desk, but I would recommend seeing more doctors, as well as doing some research at your local library. I have removed your email address, per the guidelines stated at the top of this page, and to prevent massive spam. --Hetar 03:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Need help with 'godmode' script, by Sam H

Hi,

I am an RC Patroller (and a NP), and i was looking for a tool to use to make life easier - revert.

Obviously only sysops can use revert, or so i thought..

Aparently Sam Hocevar's script 'godmode', lets standard users use the revert function, as well as other functions.. Is this right?

I tried adding the script to my monobook.js.. but to no avail.

Thanks,

Deon

--Deon555 03:21, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I am not very familiar with 'godmode' but I know that you don't need it to be able to revert. Check out Help:Reverting. --Hetar 03:28, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, i mean Rollback ;) --Deon555 03:41, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Only admins can use Rollback, even with the 'godmode' script, so that's why its not working for you. --Hetar 04:02, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Even the godmode"light" script? --Deon555 04:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Rollback is an admin only feature, regardless of which script you use. --Hetar 05:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Er, unless something's changed, godmode-lite does, in fact, add a rollback button for non-admins which works by Javascript or somesuch trickery. I used it for several months (before getting the real thing). Deon555, have you tried purging your cache? If you're using Mozilla, press Ctrl-Shift-R, if Internet Explorer press Ctrl-F5, and if Opera, press F5. The most common problem with monobooks not working is that the cache hasn't been purged. --Sam Blanning 13:02, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

However, if you want a one-click revert, try popups, which is a very cool set of tools. That's what I use. MCB 05:10, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Redirects off search results

How are redirects decided?

I could have swore I saw two seperate listings for "anthrocentric" and "anthropocentric". Anthropo=man in Greek, Anthro=man in Latin. Both words have been similarly defined but it seems "anthrocentric" now redirects to "anthropocentric". Did I just imagine two entries or have they been combined? How are those sorts of decisions made? What are the criteria?

At the moment, I don't see an article or redirect for "anthrocentric." Did you spell it correctly above? Redirects are normally determined by editors, so be bold if you think one should be changed. In extremely contentious or abusive cases redirects are discussed at RfD. --Hetar 04:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant anthrocentrism. And how do I determine the editor of a now missing entry?

If the entry has been deleted, you can look in the deletion log to see who deleted it and why. Only administrators can see more information than that about deleted articles so you would have to ask one to look for you. Also, I don't see an entry for anthrocentric in the deletion log. --Hetar 05:03, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

There's never been a separate article at Anthrocentrism, at least - see the history. --Sam Blanning 12:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Looking for a template...

I remembering seeing a page tagged as needing a rewrite for non-experts, or something to that effect. I can't find the template in question, which I want to add to Allodynia. What is it, and, is there a page with a listing of all such things? --Tothebarricades 04:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I think you might be looking for {{context}} or {{technical}}. There is a complete list at Misplaced Pages:Cleanup resources. --Hetar 05:06, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

You might also be thinking of {{confusing}} Gyre 05:43, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Illegitimate Children

In the article on Sophie Loren, there is a mention that she is an illegitimate daughter of xyz. On a lot of articles the words illegitimate daughter/child/son etc are used, I am just wondering is this term not considered politically incorrect? I sincerely don't know because English is not my first language and I was not born in the western world. When I read the words it makes me think there is something wrong about the birth of these children, I would have understood the sentiment (and might have agreed with it maybe 50 years ago), and I understand that the word "illegitimate" is only used to mean that a child is born out of wedlock, and that such a use is acceptable, but I just think the message would get through without diluting the information by using something of the sort "abc was the daughter of xyz and pqr, born out of wedlock" -Anon

"Illegitimate" is commonly used, as far as I know. To me, "born out of wedlock" sounds much stranger. Gyre 05:41, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Illegitimate sounds better than "bastard"... Dismas| 07:09, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

It is insulting to use the word, but a lot of people opt to be insulting. The double meaning of the word is quite intentional, and its appropriate to avoid, when its easy to do so. --Rob 07:22, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the original comment, which is that "illegitimate" is a pejorative usage and should be avoided in Misplaced Pages. In biography, I'd say there is usually very little reason to call attention to marital state of the subject's parents; if for some reason it is encyclopedically significant to do so, a phrase like "X is the daughter of Y and Z, who were not married", or "X was the son of unmarried parents" should suffice. "Illegitimate" should join "bastard" on the scrap heap of historical usages. MCB 20:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

details of keil software tool for serial programming of 8051

i want to know about serial programming of 8051 using keil tool and i hav to use only embeded C .

This page is only for questions relating to the use of Misplaced Pages. Try the reference desk instead. --Hetar 06:28, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Specifically, try the Science section of the Reference Desk. And try to make your question clearer so others can understand it. Harryboyles 06:33, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

about bijapur

is bijapur muslim or hindu contact me sami_gravano@*****.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.229.242.54 (talk • contribs) 07:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried the Humanities section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. And, may I add, your chances of getting a reply are probably higher if you say "please". -- Tangotango 07:20, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

A cryptic question

how to open a new chaptr Personal data removed as per Help Desk policy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.157.202.66 (talk • contribs) 2006-05-16 10:35:30 (UTC)

• I'm afraid I don't know what you're asking - if it's how to start a new article, see Misplaced Pages:Your first article. Otherwise please restate the question, bearing in mind that polite manners generally garner a more helpful response. — Estarriol 10:45, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

How to form a new guideline?

A question for my fellow Help Desk editors:- Wikiproject Plants is (almost) in consensus that plants should be listed under their scientific name with their (inconsistent) common use names as redirects or DABs, as appropriate. In order to avoid a revert war on this, it makes sense to form a formal guideline, but how is this done?

Very specifically, it's important to avoid forming a false consensus, and I'd like to see a forum where the guideline can be proposed and discussed and voted upon, and then acted on appropriately. I'm sure there's a standard way of doing this, but I can't find it. Can anyone help, please?  :-) — Estarriol 10:51, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

All naming conventions are within the scope of Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions, which lists where any proposed new naming conventions should be publicized. You might also be interested in Misplaced Pages:How to create policy. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:06, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Rick, I knew this stuff would be around here somewhere. — Estarriol 17:40, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Flipping images

Is there any way to display an image horizontally flipped, or would I have to flip the image manually in GIMP or something? I already tried flipping Image:Nuvola apps edu languages.png in Paint, but unsurprisingly it just turned out black where the background should have been. --Sam Blanning 12:55, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

No, there is no way to do this on Misplaced Pages. You need to download it and edit it with an image editing program. However, most any image editor will flip an image - GIMP, Microsoft Photo Editor, PaintShop, Photoshop... (what Paint does is flip the colours, not the image - in a sense, making a negative of the image, which I presume is not what you were trying to do). — QuantumEleven 13:15, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I did flip it horizontally, but the see-through bit (shown on Misplaced Pages as white and light-grey check) appeared as black when I opened it. When I saved and uploaded it, it was just black, not see-through. --Sam Blanning 14:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

That's because, now that've you've flipped it, you're looking at the image from the back. Transparency is one-way only. · rodii · 15:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

warnings of vandalism

In an orange box it says you have new message (last change). Not being a member I thought that this was strange so I clicked. I then found a very long list of VANDALISM WARNINGS. I have never edited anything on this site and have only realy used it for school work. Please tell me what is going on as I am worried that I might be blocked from the site. Thank you.

The odds are it's other users on your IP doing this. If you are blocked, you can still read it - you just can't edit for a certain amount of time. Computerjoe's talk 14:33, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

• For the reason alone that we cannot distinguish between different people on the same IP Address, I urge you to create an account, which will make all these problems go away for you. — Estarriol 17:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Old Essay's

Can I use some of my old college essays for topics on Wiki? Particularly for really specific/niche topics? I'm sure it says it somehwere on the contributers page but I want the hard facts from the front lines.

Use of Wikisource would be better. Computerjoe's talk 14:32, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

It depends. A few universities and colleges attempt to claim copyright on work that students have submitted for grades. Most do not, but it might be worthwhile to check your college's web site to be certain. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Changed to make a point

Hey there.

I am a media specialist in New Jersey and I just wanted to let you all know that I changed something in your featured article (The Byzantine dude) to make it clear to my students exactly how easy it is to change a Wiki article.

They were operating under the assumption that Wiki is just like any World Book type encyclopedia. I wanted them to know that they need to be cautious. As I am teaching 5th graders, they need to actually SEE the dangers (literally) in order to understand that they are out there. I have made it quite clear that while not all information on Wiki is "bad", they must procede with caution. I also printed out your outline (awesome) and gave it to our 5th grade teachers.

I have already fixed what I changed (I flipped around a couple of letters in his name above the picture at the top of the article). I just didn't want to be accused of vandalism.

Have a great day!

Nicole Midura Librarian/Media Specialist Monmouth Junction School Monmouth Junction, NJ

Webcomic/Flash series eligibility

I've seen references to a set of requirements for a webcomic or flash series to have a Misplaced Pages page, but I can't find the requirements themselves, can someone direct me to them? -- AfroDwarf

I suspect WP:WEB is what you're after. --Cherry blossom tree 22:29, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Organising pictures

What is the correct way to organise collections of images on Misplaced Pages? I've been rumaging around and I've found several pages saying that Misplaced Pages is not meant for image galleries, but what, then, is the best way to keep pictures organised? I see that Commons has a category structure, but what about images uploaded just to Misplaced Pages that can't be organised within the Commons category system? I have found several categories of Misplaced Pages images and several photo galleries, but the organisation seems a bit random. At the moment I am compiling a photo gallery within the pages of a WikiProject (ie. keeping this on the administrative side). That uses the <gallery> and </gallery> tags, but is creating a category structure for such pictures also an option, or are there other ways of organising pictures?

Also, I am finding these pictures within a certain subject area by rummaging through the articles, but is there any way to search the Misplaced Pages and Commons collections of images for ones that aren't being used in an article? Is there a list of "orphan" images? Carcharoth 19:41, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

You can use this to find orphan images, though as it's on the m:toolserver it's a bit messed up at the moment. --Cherry blossom tree 22:33, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Adding picture to a text

Misplaced Pages:Images is a good start. By the way, {{helpme}} is really only to be used on your own talk page - there is no need to use it on the help desk.--Commander Keane 19:57, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't edit the picture to the text

Another images question (copyright)

I have a quick question about image copyright. While perusing Special:Newimages, I saw that several people were uploading pictures as "public domain" because they were "self-created". These included pictures that people had taken at museums, possibly of museum displays. I know many museums prohibit such activities, and similar prohibitions apply in many countries: simply taking the picture yourself is not enough - you often need to have obtained permission to take the photograph. I was wondering if this is covered in the image use guidelines anywhere, or where the best place would be to raise this issue? Carcharoth 19:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

It's rather complex, but a photograph of a thing that it itself public domain (such as a 100 year old piece of art) can indeed be released into the public domain. (There is some argument that it is automatically public domain because there is no creation in it.) Museums can choose to forbid photography, but this is a rule to be enforced on the spot; it has no legal standing. Many museums only forbid flash photography, because of its nuisance to other visitors and perhaps concern about light damage (?) Notinasnaid 20:16, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Photographers as private individuals (as opposed to employees of a company) can claim copyright on any picture they take. The act of taking a photograph is creative in itself. If the photographer chooses to release the photograph into the public domain, that is fine. I'm not so sure about photographs of things that aren't public domain (I'm not talking fair use here, but what restrictions apply on a photographer releasing images into the public domain). I know that normal practice is to have people sign what is called a "model release" form, and I believe there are similar things for buildings, called, funnily enough "building release" forms. I've also seen people having to get signed forms for permission to use photographs of animals in zoos, and plants in botanical gardens; and signs forbidding people to take photos for commercial use. I'm not sure whether these restrictions in general apply only for commercial use, or whether GFDL requires similar permissions. There would definitely be issues with, for example, taking a picture of copyrighted text (books, museum display captions, other information signs). I just worry that people might think that if they take the photo, it automatically makes a photo public domain if they choose to release it under the GFDL - I don't think people can assume that, and this should be stated somewhere in the guidelines. Carcharoth 21:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, releasing under the GFDL is completely mutually incompatible with public domain. It can't be both (until copyright expires, and the GFDL is hence invalidated, or if GFDL was falsely claimed). If a photograph is taken under conditions forbidding commercial use, the photo could not be released into public domain nor under GFDL, since both states would allow that commercial use, and so it could not be used in Misplaced Pages either (except under fair use provisions). But I am not convinced a sign could have any legal weight; if you signed a contract to enter, you could be held to be in breach of it however (civil, not criminal, law). Now, I used to think you could claim copyright on any picture you took, even if it is a picture of an out of copyright work, until I read Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. Boy, did Bridgeman have bad legal advice. Notinasnaid 13:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

squatter's rights - real estate...

i am a friend of a single parent with a young child who has lived in a house owned by her father for 10 years, and has not paid rent. she is one of three daughters, and her father is very old and quite ill. can she assume squatter's rights with this real estate?

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. SCHZMO ✍ 21:33, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

And when you ask your question on the Reference Desk, please mention what country you are talking about - we are not telepaths! :) — QuantumEleven 06:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Edits done logged-out

I was writing a largish edit, and I apparently somehow logged out during the process, as the page history ended up only showing my IP and not my username. I recall seeing a mention that it would be possible to get such edits back under my name again, but I can't find that information again. Can someone point me to it or otherwise advice how I should proceed? --Tropylium 21:31, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

The process is at Misplaced Pages:Changing attribution for an edit but it is not currently operative. If you want the edit to appear as you then I'd suggest logging out, reverting it, logging back in and then re-making it. --Cherry blossom tree 22:27, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Value of signed Baseball

We have a signed baseball from the Yankees baseball team with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Chris O'Leary, etc. and would like to find out the value of the ball for estate purposes. Who do we contact to get this started?

Mr. & Mrs. Roy Inks Llano, Texas (phone removed, see history)

Ty Cobb never played for the Yankees. Are you sure this is genuine? Anyway, you may want to ask at the Reference desk. This page is for getting help with Misplaced Pages. · rodii · 22:24, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

windows xp limited identity accounts

I have installed a game on my computer. When I try to play that game on a limited account, it stated that i need to have direct x 7 to play it. The game works on an admin identity. Can I change settings on the limited accounts somehow to resolve this problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.168.107.49 (talk • contribs)

Have you tried the Mathematics section of Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. -- Natalya 00:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

how do i edit my own page

how do i edit my own page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.238.152.251 (talk • contribs)

To edit any page, simply click on the "edit this page" link at the top of the page. If by your own page you mean your user page, you will need to create an account first. -- Natalya 00:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

May 17

Koolie Article

Please HELP, two people from Australia (Koolieoz-Anne Worboys and Tjurkurpa-Kerrie Challenger) keeps deleting the information, on purpose -- Koolieoz and Tjukurpa said they will continue to delete the information being supplied by the members of the German Coolie Club of America about the German Coolie breed that is located in America. One of the chosen members of the GCCA, that's me, is requested to contribute about the Coolie breed of dog that are currently in America. I keep posting the information and the two contributors from Australia keep deleting it. I'm at my ropes end. I've asked them nicely to please stop deleting the information, but they delete it as soon as it's re-posted.

Please help me or direct me where I can email or complain that they keep deleting valuable information. I have read your policies and feel I've just attended a class on learning how to speak GREEK.

Thanks for your help!

Actually, the reason for the information's removal has been stated clearly on the article's talk page. It seems that the information you provided would be more appropriate in an article about your organization, instead of an article about a particular breed. Please remember that all contributions should be cited with independent and reliable sources or are they are subject to removal. I would also suggest reading Misplaced Pages:Resolving disputes for further information. --Hetar 00:59, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Hetar, the information that is being added is about the SAME BREED. Please read the article instead of reading the talk page. The two people from Australia want to be the ONLY contributor's and do not want any information concerning the same breed of dog in the USA. The article is about their organization, about what their organization is doing in Australia with and for the German Coolie. Why can't the same information be added for what the American organization is doing from the same Breed in America?? Their ONLY reference is from the Koolie Club of Australia, the organization that they are more or less advertising along with information about the German Coolie breed. Thanks

How to deal with long term abuse by a repeat vandal?

I've noticed a user - has been vandalizing many articles repeatedly since at least last year. I looked at their talk page and they've been warned frequently but that hasn't deterred them.

Someone has noted that their IP belongs to a school, but it appears to be used exclusively by this person as every edit I've looked at is some kind of vandalism.

Is it not possible for them to be blocked permanently?

(I'm not certain this is the right place to post this but I wasn't sure where else to ask).

172.149.123.118 01:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

It is possible to block an IP address permanently, given that enough proof is presented and the situation is bad enough. However, IPs may change and get reused by other non-vandal users, so that's something else to take into consideration before making permanent blocks. (If an IP is blocked, any user using that IP will also be effectively blocked, even if you're logged in.)—G.He 01:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

capacitor plague image

i uploaded an image Kt7.jpg to the capacitor plague page and i can't see it. When I try to upload it again I get an error say the file is already been uploaded. I go to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/Capacitor_plague and I can't see my image, just text.

why?

It's at File:Kt7.jpg okay, not there, but it should be under File:Nameofimage.extension Sasquatch t|c 03:40, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Ah, i found it, it's at Image:Kt7.JPG. Enjoy! Sasquatch t|c 03:42, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Article Title change...

I authored Ken hart, and as you can see the first title is "Ken hart" followed by "Ken Hart". Question: how do I edit the first title "Ken hart" so as to capitalize the "h" in "Hart"? THNX--ZorroZ 04:27, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Article names are changed by moving the article to the new name. Due to a particularly pernicious vandal, the ability to do this is restricted to logged in editors who have had a login for a few days. Looking at the article, it's not clear it meets Misplaced Pages's inclusion guidelines (see WP:NOT). In any event, if the article is not deleted in the next day or two (and, if this happens, please don't take it personally), the article can be moved to the appropriate title. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

(After edit conflict) I have moved the page for you to the requested title. I also removed your personal aside in the article's intro and made some convention changes. Note that the article has some problems which Rick Block already pointed out. I have also placed some useful links on your talk page. Note to Rick: I moved the article prior to seeing your message)--Fuhghettaboutit 04:53, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• Can you tell us what didn't make you capitalize the last name in your first go? - Mgm| 05:02, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Just a typo, I never used Wiki before, thought that I would be able to edit it. I thank you for the useful links page references. I shall review them and evolve. I see that there are those of you who seem to do this more as a profession and that is great. I will need your expertise as my evolution as a Wikipedian. I want to say that I work in the real world and am involved sometimes for days without being able to get to the internet..- --ZorroZ 05:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

FYI - there aren't any professional Misplaced Pages editors (in the sense of getting paid for it), but there are a fair number of Wikipediholics. -- Rick Block (talk) 13:57, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Heritage

I realize the people who browse this page may not be able to help me understand this but I thought I'd give it a shot.

Why is it that almost every bio article for a U.S. citizen has the person's heritage in the first or second sentence? For most everyone I know here in the States, their heritage isn't all that much of a concern. Why is it that this info belongs in the intro? Dismas| 06:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• Well... this is an encyclopedia, with the primary purpose (in the case of articles about people) of providing factual biographical information about someone. A person's cultural and racial heritage are some of the most obvious and important facts about them, containing a lot of information in just a few words, and appropriately they are often addressed in the opening paragraph. To put it more bluntly, Misplaced Pages is here to present information, not to cater to the societal niceties of political correctness, particularly not those of a single country. Speaking as a UK citizen, British people generally have no problem mentioning someone's skin colour, cultural or genetic heritage... it's just data, after all.  :-) Saying that someone from the US or the UK is "American" or "British" is not enough, since both countries have very large immigrant populations. This is true for many countries now. I hope that helps. — Estarriol 10:01, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • I am surprised that you think "their heritage isn't all that much of a concern." I know the heritage of most everyone I know. It affects everything from what food they eat to what churches they attend to what jokes the tell (and which may need translations for those outside the ethnic group.) Sometimes even what their second or "home" language is. Rmhermen 14:15, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Data Miner (low intensity) questions

Hello,

for a research project into computational linguistics, I would like to use Misplaced Pages to build a corpus of transliterations of names in different scripts. What I am interested in are the links ("in other languages" section) to foreign language versions of wiki which use different scripts, for entries which are likely to be phonetical equivalents (i.e. not translations but the same word written in different languages/scripts). I expect names of big cities, countries and famous personalities to be the best bet. For example, for London I would like to collect the words

• العربي
• लंदन
• ლონდონი]
• לאנדאן
• ...

I would like to "harvest" this type of data in an automated way, using a crawler / spider / data-mining script (starting from pages like World capital cities by country).

I do not want to make any modifications to the wikipedia contents, the tool would be read-only.

I know Misplaced Pages prefers data-mining scripts to be run on downloaded database dumps. However, my crawler would only access a very small number of pages (less than 1000), so it might be less traffic to do it online.

Now I am seeking advice on how to go about this, especially regarding

• Misplaced Pages's rules/laws regarding data mining crawlers
• tips for writing software crawling wikipedia (existing code packages, common mistakes etc.)

I would be incredibly grateful if you could point me in the right directions or tell me who/where is the best place to ask these questions.

Thank you very much! Tobi Kellner 09:29, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

You might want to talk to the people who frequent the bots page. Dismas| 09:41, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello, web crawlers are generally not recommended (the maximum allowed limit is one download per second). It might be permissible in your case, with a relatively limited number of downloads - you might like to ask in the IRC channel irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-tech about that. Also, please see Misplaced Pages:Database download for why data mining is not allowed, and how to download and use the dumps. If you download the dumps, you can easily parse through the wikitext by looking for interwiki links using a regex with the format ] or similar. Cheers, Tangotango 09:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

How to wikilink an image?

How do I provide a simple link to an image page? If one uses the usual ] notation, it comes out as - i.e. the actual image rather than a wikilink. — SteveRwanda 11:26, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Try Image:Smile-tpvgames.gif WP 11:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Put a colon before the image. This will show as a link. eg ]. Harryboyles 12:24, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Replacing an article

I am the web master for Shelley Berman, and I would like to replace the current article on Mr. Berman with a corrected and much more thorough biography. The revised article shows up in the history, but a supposedly later, less detailed biography is also there, and I would like to make sure that the official bio is the lead article on Misplaced Pages. This is my first time using Misplaced Pages, and I need some advice on how to go about this.

--Shelleyweb 11:55, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean that at one time there was the detailed biography you propose, but it was later edited down? The first thing to do is to discover why, by looking over the history and comments. Frequently biographies are considered to be too positive and anything too gushing gets removed. The requirements of text on an official site and an encyclopedia are very different. If you have any trouble figuring out the history, let us know. Also, if you simply copy large parts of your web site it will be recognised as a copy and removed as a potential copyright violation. You might be the copyright holder but you have to tell us and grant a release: Misplaced Pages cannot be too careful as many people seek to create articles by copying someone else's work, and Misplaced Pages could get sued as a result. Notinasnaid 12:32, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

The biography we are attempting to submit was posted this morning, but the less detailed one was apparently posted a minute later, if I'm reading the history correcly, and the corrected one we put up hasn't appeared anywhere but the history, as far as we can see. The biography from the site has much more factual information than the one listed here, but it's not a gushy fan-type post. I'm not sure how the article was copied over, but I'll check and if we need to give you releases, we will. We understand and appreciate your concern with copyright.

The edit message was "revert copyvio content from http://www.shelleyberman.com/biography.htm". If you have the rights to this text and intend to allow it to be used under the GFDL license that Misplaced Pages, you will have to indicate that. See Misplaced Pages:Copyright problems Rmhermen 14:10, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• The material you've submitted for the article is indeed currently a copyvio, which is why the administrator User:Freakofnurture has repeatedly removed it. You may wish to discuss the matter with Freakofnurture on his talk page to receive further help; in the meantime, please do not continue to replace this material, as we have rules regarding multiple reversions. I'll add that on a quick scan, it looks like it would need some rewriting to be encyclopedic and represent a neutral point of view (although I'll add that it's not nearly as gushy as some biographical material I've seen posted here). Please see WP:AUTO for details as to why we usually recommend that people do not write, or have others write, articles about themselves on Misplaced Pages - a recommendation would be to consider asking on the article's talk page if a non-related editor would like to expand the article, with links to websites that may be of reference. Sorry if this all sounds a bit harsh, but long experience and sensible caution have generated these rules and guidelines. — Estarriol 14:09, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• We also require information to be verifiable. Which pretty much means, someone else, besides yourself, needs to have written about it. Or Shelly must've mentioned it in an interview. - Mgm| 20:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR FOOTBALL CLUB YOUTH TEAM

GOOD DAY SIR,My name is emmanuel seun jogbenu from nigeria i like your football club with passion and am one of your bigest fans here in nigeria i like to join your youth team to star my footballing career.how can i join the youth team.this is my email address. (e-mail and real world addresses removed).Thank you hoping to hear from you soon.

This is an encyclopedia, not a football club. You might have found an article about the club on here, but since I'm not even sure what club you're talking about I think you'll have to look elsewhere to contact them. Confusing Manifestation 12:48, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

how to reference an article from wikipedia

how can an article from wikipedia be referenced

See Misplaced Pages:Citing Misplaced Pages. Dismas| 13:02, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Making multiple articles with same title

If there are two different things with the same name, for example two different people who both have the same name, how do you make seperate articles for each of them?

Misplaced Pages:Disambiguation should reply to all your questions on this subject. --Bertolotti 13:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• The short answer is "by adding a qualifier in parentheses afterwards that uniquely identifies them" - for example, see Tom Jones (singer) and Tom Jones (writer). If the vast majority of readers are likely to be looking for one of the entries in particlar, create a toplink from one to the other, otherwise a disambiguation page is probably required (see Tom Jones). See also Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions. Hope that helps. — Estarriol 13:53, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

programme showing times

I would just like to ask about a programme called Power Rangers Mystic Force and i would like to find out if it will be aired in the UK(London) any time soon and if it will be aired on Jetix channel on SKY Digital? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.143.49 (talk • contribs)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Power Rangers: Mystic Force. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Misplaced Pages, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. -- Natalya 18:29, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Removing articles?

Is there a procedure for nominating articles for erasure? I was reading about the Siege of Leningrad, clicked on the link to Tanya Savicheva and couldn't figure out exactly why she merited an article. Clarityfiend 14:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Yep. See WP:PROD and WP:AFD. Computerjoe's talk 14:36, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• In this case, it might just be best to put Template:Importance on the page. — Estarriol 14:48, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Uni and Mono

Uni and Mono How to use ?

 I knowed 1 it's mean but I don't no to use.

                     Thank you

Launching an article

I wrote an article many weeks ago (I last edited it on 27 March, so more than 7 weeks ago) about Painshill Park. It contains some 200 words. I can access it through 'GO' but not by 'SEARCH'.

I understand that it counts as a stub, but many shorter articles on Misplaced Pages can be accessed by SEARCH; why not mine?

I am interested in expanding the article but am discouraged from doing so by the thought that it is not going to be read by anyone and, therefore, I do not want to waste my time.

Regards,

Barry Hylton Davies

Umm, it takes a couple of months for the server to index new articles... Our indexing server is really bad so don't expect to see any new articles in search for a while. Happy editing. Sasquatch t|c 16:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

As pointed out above, indexing over 1 million articles is a big job and the indexes are rebuilt infrequently.

You can help people find your article by linking it from other articles where appropriate. Though be careful to not go overboard and spam links to articles that are only tangentially related to yours. Our article on Cobham, Surrey already mentioned Painshill Park, but only had an external link to it, so I changed that link to point to your article as a start. --GraemeL 16:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Listing Species in Misplaced Pages

In Wikispecies you can list the species in a particular genus by the abbreviated format: G. species1, G. species2, etc. How do you do that in Misplaced Pages?

spartina pectinata

No the list I am looking for. I want to be able to list an organisim (in this case an orchid) with an abbreviated Genus and then the species name and still have it link to the full name. For example: Paphinia lindeniana: I want it to appear as P. lindeniana an still link to Paphinia lindeniana. Make sense?

] = P. lindeniana. Is that what you want? --Cherry blossom tree 20:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes! Many Thanks!

New Article?

How do i make my own artilce?

See Misplaced Pages:Your first article and Help:Starting a new page. --Sam Blanning 19:27, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

israel

why is israel in the eurovision song contest.why why no israel in the africans nations cup — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.110.108 (talk • contribs)

Have you tried Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Misplaced Pages, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Natalya 20:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

what CIP stand for? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.167.171.68 (talk • contribs) .

See CIP for a list of things that CIP stands for. SCHZMO ✍ 20:22, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Changing Extension

I would like to know is it possible to change Misplaced Pages Myanmar(Burmese) version extension from my to mm as it does not compliance with Internet country extension. MY is used for Malaysia in Internet extension. MM is used for Myanmar(Burmese) in Internet extension.

Tempoarily lock Big Brother UK series 7

I was wondering should this article be locked tempoarily as the series begins tomorrow (Thursday 18th) as there may be heavy editing tomorrow with adding new housemates.

Typically we don't protect pages for certain events or special occasions. Normally protection is only extended in cases of extreme and repeated vandalism - to avoid filling up the article's history with pages of reversions. For more information check out Misplaced Pages:Protection policy and Misplaced Pages:Requests for page protection. --Hetar 21:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Adding the page to your watch list is a good way to help, though. The more people do so, the quicker any vandalism will be caught. --Hughcharlesparker 00:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

A newbie's question

I recently typed in "breast bondage" on google and found this site.

I did the usual thing and clicked on a few links and ended up on a page where there's a detailed description of "How to Do It".....and now try as I might I can't find it.

HELP PLEASE

thanks

Well, our article on breast bondage can be found by clicking that link. If that doesn't have the 'how-to' you're looking for, it's possible that it was removed, as Misplaced Pages does not provide 'how-to' guides except as much as is necessary for an encyclopaedia article - see WP:NOT. --Sam Blanning 22:25, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Revert

How do I perfrom a revert to a previous version of a page?

Rather than try to explain in this limited space, please take a look at Help:Reverting, which explains pretty much everything you might want to know on the subject. Hope this helps, MCB 23:02, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

thanks - thats what I was looking for. skorpion 04:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

STATISTICAL DATA

How to search for the economic, business, trade statistics by country, etc.

You can look at the entry for each country on Misplaced Pages. See also List of countries and the links at the bottom of that page, such as List of countries by GDP (nominal). Or check out the online book The World Factbook. And google is your friend. Is there a specific way you want to search? Weregerbil 08:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

May 18

Speedy deletions

I tagged a page with the speedy deletion tag a while back and the creator of the page removed the template without comment. I know with {{prod}} that's taken as disputing the deletion, and {{AFD}} is the appropriate next step. Does the same apply with {{db}}, or can I consider the removal of the template to be naughty behaviour, and put it right back again and warn the user? --Hughcharlesparker 00:19, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• They're being naughty. The creator of a page that's been suggested for speedy deletion should not remove the template without explaining themselves, as clarified within the template itself; he or she should add {{hangon}} to the article and write a rebuttal on the talk page or at Misplaced Pages:Speedy deletion. Relist the article, and leave the message {{subst:drmspeedy}} on the creator's talk page. --Kwekubo 00:28, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• What article are we talking about? - 131.211.210.13 08:59, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Template / feature for expandable box?

Hi, in the standard TOC, there's a "hide" link which hides/opens the TOC (without reloading the page). I want to do the same thing (in my own Wiki) to make an info box which can be folded and opened in the same way. I'm sure I've seen a template or something on WP which can be used to do this... now I can't find it (I even scoured my watchlist ;-)... help appreciated! — Johan the Ghost _seance 00:20, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Try using the code below:

<div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none;padding:0;"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left;">'''Message...'''</div>
<div class="NavContent" style="display:none; font-size:normal; text-align:left">
<!--START HERE-->
===Title===
====Subtitle====
'''MAIN CONTENT'''
*1
*2
*3
Paragraph..........text...etc...
<!--END HERE-->
</div></div>

It will eventually look like this:

Title

Subtitle

MAIN CONTENT

• 1
• 2
• 3

Paragraph..........text...etc...

—G.He 00:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for — awesome! — Johan the Ghost _seance 14:46, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

adding a subject

I want to add an entry to Misplaced Pages but I am not clear on how to start.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joannebirtch (talk • contribs) .

To start an article, just type the article title in the search box. If it's already created, the article will appear. If it does not exist, there will be a link that allows you to start it on that page.—G.He 00:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Author of Misplaced Pages

Who is the author of the wikipedia website?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.19.157.197 (talk • contribs) .

Misplaced Pages is written collaboratively by contributors all over the web. There is no single author.—G.He 01:22, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The founder of WikiMedia, if that is what you mean however, is Jimbo Wales. He does not write articles, however. As mentioned above, WP is written collaboratively by contributors all over the web. GofG _|| Contribs 01:24, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• You're probably interested in how to cite wikipedia as a source for a paper. - 131.211.210.13 09:01, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Rollback priv's

(ref: above article entitled 'Need help with 'godmode' script, by Sam H'.)

I have thought about formally applying to have rollback priv's, but the page at WP:RFR is not active .. ?

Where should i apply?

Thanks

Deon

Actually, you can use 'godmode lite' to achieve an effect simillar to rollback. I'm not sure of the details, since I don't use that particular script. Because RFR is inactive, the only other way (besides godmode lite) to get access to rollback privileges is to be promoted to an administrator (see RFA). --Hetar 05:58, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, see I'm having heaps of trouble with Godmode lite not working, as per the above article (need help with 'godmode' script by Sam H)

Change of main title

I can find my contribution by Google using "Niche segregation" but when I try to open a Discussion page, the following appears:

"Editing Talk:Niche segregation We don't have an article called "Niche segregation" Search Misplaced Pages for Niche segregation - it might be called something else."

I assume the reason is that on top of the contribution there is another main title:"Niche restriction and segregation". How can I change the first to the second title (Niche restriction and segregation)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.180.1.224 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the article Niche segregation exists, but its talk page doesn't (because no-one's put anything into it). So when the page says "We don't have an article called ..." it's actually talking about Talk:Niche_segregation, but it's chopped off the Talk: prefix. You don't need to move the page (ie. change its title) to discuss something on the talk page, just go ahead and enter it. And remember to sign off with ~~~~. Confusing Manifestation 06:07, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

new entry

how do i make a new entry for a term i would like to define that does not already exist? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CaLew9 (talk • contribs) .

Misplaced Pages:Your first article has all the gory details. :) --Hetar 06:01, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

(After edit conflict) Hi CaLew9. Instructions for starting a new article are explained at: Starting a new page. You might also look at Your first article and How to write a great article. Because of the way you worded your question, please note that definitions are not normally a proper subject of an encyclopedia article--a sister project, Wiktionary is more appropriate for that type of information. This is especially true for neologisms, that is, newly minted words and phrases. See generally what Misplaced Pages is not.--Fuhghettaboutit 06:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Talk pages

When someone leaves a comment or question on my talk page, is it customary to leave a reply in the same place, or on their own talk page? I know people do both, and I can see advantages and disadvantages in both methods, but I wondered whether there is a recommended etiquette. Thanks.--Shantavira 07:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

We have a help page on this: Misplaced Pages:Talk page#User talk pages. There is no single 'best' way of doing things - the best way is to decide how you are going to operate, and write this on top of your talk page, so that other users know where to expect you to reply to their comments. I tend to do reproduce the full conversation on both talk pages (mine and the other user's), but that's just my personal preference. — QuantumEleven 08:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I think you should reply on their page and your own page, so the conversation can continue, and so they can read it. Its likely they won't come back to read your reply on your talk page in many situations. -- Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 09:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

list of topics

I look at the list of topics for example under Ecology. Most are blue, some are violet. Why?

I'm not completely sure what you mean by topics, but if you're referring to links to other pages on the Ecology page, blue links are links to pages which exist (such as links to Ernst Haeckel and biology), while 'violet' (they're actually red) links are to pages which do not (yet!) exist, such as physiological ecology and oceanic ecosystems. Red links exist as an inspiration for you to write about the topic - clicking on them will take you to a page with instructions on how to start a new page on the topic if you wish. Note that you need an account to start new pages (this is to try and reduce the amount of vandalism on Misplaced Pages). Hope this helps! — QuantumEleven 08:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• Remember the naming conventions, Quantum. Article titles are supposed to be singular, so oceanic ecosystem instead of oceanic ecosystems. :) - 131.211.210.13 09:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• I'm a muppet - thanks for pointing that out! It should be oceanic ecosystems (written as ]s). In either case, though, the page in question doesn't exist, so my point stands ;) — QuantumEleven 09:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

And actually, there can be three colours of links - blue links represent existing articles, red are the ones that haven't been created, and there can be purple links as well depending on your browser and WP preferences: links you've already visited, just like on any web page that doesn't override the default colour settings. Confusing Manifestation 13:13, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Watch List

I know a lot of Wikipedians use their watchlist and love it, however I've never managed to use it at all. Any tips on how to use it, or how you use it? Do you have to go back and check your watchlist all time? -- Mac Davis] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 09:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The key thing is to make sure you have the preference set to add each page you edit to your watch list. You may occasionally need to remove things from the watch list, but that's it. For me the watch list is always the first thing I visit in Misplaced Pages, unless I am looking something up. I usually keep it in a separate browser window, so I just have to refresh it when I want to know what's going on. Notinasnaid 09:50, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I watch pages because I am interested in the topic and want to follow the changes made to the articles, so that I can correct or improve upon them (if necessary), apart from any editing of said pages that I do independently of other changes made to it. Also, my watchlist acts as an impromptu bookmarks file, so for pages which I check regularly (the Ref Desk :)) I have an instant link. I know that for the latter I should just use my user page, but I'm too lazy and the "watch" button too convenient. :)

While I personally don't do this a lot, I know that people who spend their time fighting vandals can use their watchlist to check on changes to controversial / often vandalised pages, and nab the said vandal as quickly as possible.

I also keep my watchlist open in a separate brower tab/window and refresh it periodically to see what has changed. Note that I have a very reasonably-sized watchlist, so this might not work so well for those Wikipedians with 1000+ article watchlists... Hope this helps! — QuantumEleven 09:55, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Creating a new article

After reading Help: Starting a new page, I get the impression that it's only okay to start writing a new page after doing exhaustive research on the topic and being able to list extensive amounts of information. But isn't the point of an encyclopedia everyone can edit that one person doesn't have to do all the work? If I know enough to write a substantial amount about a topic (say, Boomas), but don't have the time to do lots of research and make sure I know absolutely everything, is it okay to start the article anyway and assume other people will add information they know? Edward Tremel 11:20, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't know how you inferred that from Help: Starting a new page, but the way I understood it, when you start a new article with at least enough information to 1) establish the notability of the subject 2) provide enough basic information about the subject. See Misplaced Pages:Stub#Ideal stub article. If you know more, then by all means put it in! But, in any case, yes - the point of Misplaced Pages is that anyone can contribute what they know. So to answer your question, start the article with what you know, and when you find out more, feel free to add to it, as other will do as well.

Hope this helps! If you've got any other questions or want to discuss this, feel free to post here again! — QuantumEleven 13:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Addendum: the following pages might help you get some more good ideas: Misplaced Pages:Your first article, Misplaced Pages:How to write a great article, Misplaced Pages:The perfect article and Misplaced Pages:Guide to writing better articles. Obviously, not all will apply to the first edit - but it might be worth to skim this for some good ideas. — QuantumEleven 13:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Deleting uplaoded images

Just uploaded and image but have not yet inserted it into article. However there are mistakes in the image. How do I delete the image so I can replace it?

Martin

Just upload a new image with the same name and it will overwrite the old one. — QuantumEleven 12:58, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

excerpt from wikipedia database

is it possible to get a database excerpt where all TV stations in the U.S. are listed with their according brandings, channels, affiliations and call letters meaning? --194.121.90.163 13:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Try List of United States over-the-air television networks. - ulayiti (talk) 13:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

No, I don't want the networks but the stations (like WAAY, WAFF, WAKA, WBIQ, WBRC, WCOV and so on). I don't want to look up every single station in wikipedia, it would take me days to do so.

Well, there are the categories such as Category:ABC network affiliates and so on... Dismas| 14:55, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, those silly things. ;) What's the deal with those anyway, what's wrong with actually having names for the stations like we do in the rest of the world? - ulayiti (talk) 18:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I believe List of television stations in the United States by call sign (initial letter W) and List of television stations in the United States by call sign (initial letter K) is the closest thing we have to what you're looking for. The lists are probably not 100% up to date, however, so take them with a grain of salt... Powers 15:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Difference between "Go" & "Search" buttons

Please let me know what the difference is between the "Go" & "Search" buttons in the search feature. Thanks!

Hitting Go will attempt to take you directly to that article, search will search for articles with that word in it. Mike _{(T C)} 14:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

For more details, please see Misplaced Pages:Go button and Misplaced Pages:Searching. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

How do I select and add topics/articleto my watchlist

--SDThib 14:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

When you are signed in there will be a check box below the edit window when you are editing articles that says "Watch this page". If that's clicked, the page will be added to your watchlist when you hit save. Also, you can click on the "watch" tab at the top of the article. It's up there next to "edit this page" and "history" and such... Dismas| 14:50, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Miles

How many miles (as the crow flies) from Cobourg, Ontario, Canada to Clydebank, Scotland?

3,222 miles (measured using Google Earth). — Johan the Ghost _seance 15:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Another silly vandalism question

If a user has been given previous vandalism warnings within the last couple of days, didn't vandalize for a day or two, then resumes vandalizing, do I start over again with the warning templates or pick up from the last warning they received? If they received a test4 two days ago, should they be listed on AIV for blocking as soon as they vandalize today? -RaCha'ar 17:47, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

They have been warned. You shouldent give them a "get out of jail free card" for what they did a few days ago. Just resume the warnings from where you left off. --Actown 17:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

If it's a user account, then definitely resume where you left off. If it's an IP, it's trickier, as it may be shared by more than one person. Look up the IP to see if it's registered to a school or similar public place by clicking one of the 'WHOIS' buttons at the bottom of the IP's talk page. Also look at the contributions. If on May 15th, you see lots of vandalism to Napoleon, and then on May 17th you see lots of vandalism to Napoleon, you can safely assume it's the same guy. --Sam Blanning 23:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

If there was a {{test4}} a few days ago then I'd be tempted to give another one now and then report to WP:AIV on the next vandalous edit.--Cherry blossom tree 23:09, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Peer review

Does anyone know how to resubmit a peer review? I read the instructions, but I'm kind of confused about it. --71.105.11.148 21:20, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

It involved moving a page, which can only be done if you have an account and have had it for about 4 days. If you ask on Misplaced Pages talk:Peer review (or here) someone might do it for you. --Cherry blossom tree 23:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

User scripts

I added the helper scripts and the main script to my monobook page to get a "last" tab at the top of articles to show the last edit to the article. But everytime I hit the tab, it gives me the last edit to the Undefined article. Can anyone tell me what I screwed up? Thanks, Dismas| 21:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Have you installed popups recently? They could cause some strange problems, at least for me... Try removing them and trying again. Fetofs 23:12, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

May 19

Merge templates

Hi there. I just put some merge templates on the following articles:

• Diaphragm shutter
• Shutter (photography)
• Diaphragm (optics)

Can someone check I did it all OK? I was particularly worried about proposing that Diaphragm shutter be merged into two other articles. There didn't seem to be a template for that, so I used two separate mergeto templates. The split templates didn't seem appropriate. I looked through the options of merge templates. Did I miss something more suitable? Carcharoth 00:05, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Nope, that looks fine to me. Sasquatch t|c 00:17, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Articles in userspace

Is there a WP:<something> that explains what to do with a user who has mistaken his user page and talk page as an article? In this case, I've run across User:College of Toronto, User talk:College of Toronto, which mirror the article College of Toronto. (Which is copyvio, and the article has now been tagged, but I'm uncertain what to do about the userpage and talk page.) Thanks. --Stephane Charette 01:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

That is quite bizare... I think the editor should be informed of his mistake on his talk page. Unless the user's name is User:College of Toronto? Either way, please, correct him. GofG _|| Contribs 01:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Problem solved. Someone else has gone in and deleted the userpage and left a comment in the talk page. --Stephane Charette 01:51, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Question

How do I remove an image I've uploaded, as well as a page I made?

--Charlie

If the image is missing source information or a copyright tag, then you can tag it with {{subst:nsd}} or {{subst:nld}} and it should be deleted after 7 days. If you want to be a little more thorough, consider nominating it for deletion at WP:IFD. It looks like the page you wanted deleted has already been nuked, in the future you can use {{db-author}} if you are the only the contributor for the page. --Hetar 02:46, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Digital photography and RAW

Hello all, I have recently been enjoying the art of photography, with a digital camera that was given to me as a present. I would like to ask you: How do I get to take photos in RAW format and keep them as such when downloading them on my pc ? I would like to learn editing in RAW format. Hope you can help.

Kind regards, Robé

PENTAX Optio-X 1 Gig mem. PC Win XPhome( SP 2) OS

I've added a heading to your question.

Have you checked the manual for your camera? It will tell you if the camera is capable of taking RAW format files. If you can't find your manual or have lost it, you can download it in electronic format. Our article on RAW may be of some use for you.

In general, such questions are better suited for the Reference Desk - why don't you ask it over there, that's where all the experts on subjects other than how to edit Misplaced Pages hang out. — QuantumEleven 06:13, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

My girlfreind recieved this e-mail from a freind recently,

" There's someone on the Misplaced Pages online encyclopedia called Taxwoman who is passing off pictures of you as her! See http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Taxwoman and http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Taxwoman/articles for all the pictures."

The pictures are of my girlfriend, how can we get this person to stop this, and how can we remove my girlfreinds pictures from this persons profile.

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