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can,t find smackdown

If there is anyone on who can tell me why I can,t get smackdown on t.v. since they changed days from thurs. to fri. and my guide doesnot even have a listing for this show like it does not exist please help having withdrawrals

This is an encyclopedia, not a TV Guide, and we don't even know where you live, so how could we know what might be available on local, network, cable, or satellite channels accessible to you? *Dan T.* 22:41, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

• If you are in the USA, go to UPN.com, then look up the state and city where your local television station are, for the station's web site with contact information. If the local station is not showing "Smackdown," write a letter to them and ask why not. --Metropolitan90 09:21, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Forget writing a letter, walk up to the TV station and lay the smackdown! --Ballchef 06:24, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Archiving a Talk page

How does one archive a talk page? I need to do this to the discussion page for Media bias. Thanks. --Kerowyn 23:42, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:How to archive a talk page. Titoxd 23:47, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks. Kerowyn 10:07, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Correspondence Address for Rudolph Guilani.

Hello. The Misplaced Pages:Help desk is for questions about Misplaced Pages. Please see Misplaced Pages:Reference_desk for factual questions. thanks. --Kewp (t) 05:10, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

a question

how to add a biographie?

See Misplaced Pages:Starting a new page. Dismas| 14:38, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

same here, i know what a subpage is, its a mini page refereing/link to a main article, so i am wondering, is a sand box a subpage or... HOW DO I MAKE A SUBPAGE>:-( ><ino 07:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:Subpages.--Sean Jelly Baby? 21:46, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

fact or fiction

Thank you for having such an incredible resource centre available. My only concren ios that the matter printed before me be of truth and faction without falsehoods. Can this Be Verified? email removed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.220.148.65 (talk • contribs) 21:03, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Please see Misplaced Pages:Replies to common objections. --Andy Janata 01:44, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

see if an article has been deleted

i recently wanted to check on an article, the link was still there, but it did not exsist. i want to either write the article or something similiar, but i think it had been deleted. how can i check to see if it has been deleted, and if so, see why so i know how to improve it thanks. --Herzog 02:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

You can look in the delete log, see Special:log/delete. Any admin can let you know what the contents were, or you can request an undeletion at Misplaced Pages:Votes for undeletion. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:58, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

intel xeon motherboard compatibility

What kind of motherboard can I use for Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz? Can I use any type of motherboard as long as it is an Intel processors compatible?

The help desk is for questions about Misplaced Pages. You may want to ask this question on Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/Science. Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:41, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Nihon no terebi bangumi

Ima Nihon dewa donna terebi bangumi ga ninki ga arunode shoka? Kokosei gurai o taisho to shite imasu. Risa Ii

Please state your question in English. I have no idea what that means in Japanese. Andy Janata 14:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

You might be interested to know that Misplaced Pages has a Japanese language version. Thryduulf 17:16, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Messages

How do I check messages from other wikipedia users? Duke53 08:09, 1 October 2005 (UTC)|Duke53|05:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)}} 05:49, 1 October 2005 (UTC)}}

If you received a "You've got new messages" box, you can click on the underlined text to go to your talk page. You can also click on "My talk" at the top of the window to access it anytime. Titoxd 05:49, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank You .... still finding my way around. Duke53 08:08, 1 October 2005 (UTC)Duke53

History fixes?

Is there any way to move article history from one page to another, after a page move?

I started an article at Christopher Wood which was later moved to Christopher Wood (artist) and the page has since turned into a disambiguation. Is there a simple way to move the history from the original page to the new one? I'm not unhappy or anything, just curious.

-Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 09:18, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

In other words, you mean someone did a copy/paste move instead of a real page move, and you want to fix it by merging the articles? Yes, it's possible (I'll do it if you confirm that this is, in fact, what you are talking about) →Raul654 09:21, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

I think we might have a slight misunderstanding. Last year, I created an article at Christopher Wood for the person whose article is now at Christopher Wood (artist). Christopher Wood is now a disambiguation article for three seperate people. However, when it was turned into a disambiguation page, the pre-disambiguation history on Christopher Wood was not moved along to the appropriate article (Christopher Wood (artist) I'm just wondering if it's possible to move a page's history in a manner that could fix that (although I'm not really concerned by it, only wondering how it could be done). -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 23:51, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

As you can see I am new to wikipedia...

As you can see I am new to wikipedia.... I tried to add a link to this site... so forgive me for not knowing how to use this stuff as yet.... Looking for software in the performing arts field, that I can convert a play to html statements.... does anybdy know of such software.... this wikipedia is pretty cool... sorry if i added things i shouldn't have and where... my email is <removed>

Welcome to Misplaced Pages, If you are facinated by it you should register. Registering a free account takes only a few seconds, you don't have to register, but there are reasons why you should.

For your question about text format convirsion software, please re-ask your question at the Reference desk, the Help desk is for questions regarding Misplaced Pages itself. — Kjammer ⌂ 10:31, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Self-reverted tests

I sometimes see anonymous IPs "vandalize" pages, then immediately revert their own vandalism. Template:test seems a bit, well, testy as a response. Is there a convenient template that says "thanks for reverting your own test, here's the sandbox, user accounts are good, welcome to Misplaced Pages"? — ciphergoth 09:33, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Template:Welcome would probably be closest.Geni 13:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

{{selftest}} seems good to me. ] 13:46, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

teh winnar! Thanks! Have edited it a bit and I'll use it in future. — ciphergoth 15:48, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

There is nothing wrong with writing your own message, much like the one you has suggested in quotes, plus some wikilinks. --Commander Keane 15:05, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Can Numbered Lists Start at Zero?

Erm. Pretty much what it says in the subject line. Is it possible to make a numbered list start at zero rather than one? Joe King 13:09, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

No, not if you use the # from the wikicode to make that list. You could just do it manually... Why do you need the list to start at zero? - Mgm| 13:58, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

You can always start the numbered list with the second entry, which will be assigned 1, then go back and edit in the zeroth line above the list. User:Zoe| 03:50, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

satellite communication

history of satellite

• Perhaps History of artificial satellites or Communications satellite and please direct further factual questions to the reference desk. - Mgm| 14:01, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

factors to consider in building modern shopping market

Please read the big pink box at the top of this page and follow the directions therein. Dismas| 14:54, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

How to cite Misplaced Pages the MLA way?

In order for me to fully cite this page i would like the following questions to be answered pleasw.

Who are the authors of wikipedia? What edition and volume is it? What is the publishing city? The publishing company? The publishing date? What is the page numbers?

I think what would help you is what i was researching on. I researched Vietnam.

Thankyou so much!!

Please read the top of this page. Specifically the first line under How to ask a question. Dismas| 14:52, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

• Since Misplaced Pages is a collaborative endeavor and not a print source, you need to cite it differently. The link Dismas is referring to is How to cite Misplaced Pages. - Mgm| 14:54, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Wierd revert

I was using the Newer edit button to view a series of changes. Latter I looked on my watchlist and found that I had somehow reverted the changes on that page. Revert isn't even an option that appears anywhere on the page when using the Older/Newer edit. What happened? Rmhermen 14:59, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

When you're on the most recent, there is no "newer edit" button but the admin "rollback" button is fairly close to where "newer edit" would be. My guess is you were repeatedly clicking "newer edit" to step through a bunch of edits, didn't realize you were at the most recent edit, clicked again and your mouse had slipped enough to hit "rollback". If the servers were busy, the resulting "post" might have worked without successfully updating your screen so you might not have seen the output of the rollback request. -- Rick Block (talk) 15:36, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

• Was it an automatic revert (with admin message in summary) or did you perhaps accidentally edit an old version of that page? What page are you referring to? - Mgm| 15:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
• this diff appears to be the one in question, and that does look like an admin rollback edit summary. Thryduulf 17:07, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

postnominal letters

What is the wikipedia policy on postnominal letters for orders such as The Order of the Garter, or The Order of Canada? If a person has more than one of these should they all be listed? SHould we include postnominal letters at all?

The standard seems to be to inlcude them in the full name, but not in the article title. See for example John Major. Thryduulf 17:01, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Adverbs

Help I need to find an adverb that begins with an X.
Del 197.

Xenophobiacally? *Dan T.* 15:54, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

This belongs on the reference desk, but my wordlist contains: xenically, xenomorphically, xerically, xerographically, xerophytically, and xylographically. — File:Ontario trillium sig.pngmendel ☎ 21:10, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

WikiThanks

What's the German equivalent of a WikiThanks? --HappyCamper 16:04, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

• I've searched using all sorts of queries for 15 minutes, but all I could come up with is the Dutch equivalent nl:Afbeelding:Stervvrederustruimtehumor.gif. Sorry. German doesn't have a interwiki link in the barnstar section. Do they even have awards of any sort? - Mgm| 16:51, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

I don't know. But today, I had a lot of people help me out when I tried to write an article there. I just wanted to thank them all. Gave one of them a nice snowflake. --HappyCamper 20:26, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Image Format

I'm trying to Upload a drawing for my user page; however, I made the drawing in OpenOffice Draw and a want to change the format to PNG, which Misplaced Pages:Uploading images says is the preferred format. One complication: I use Suse Linux. Does anyone know how to change it?

Lee S. Svoboda 17:06, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

I've just checked the Windows version of OpenOffice.org Draw and under File, Export on the menu offers the option of saving as a .PNG (choose it in the drop down box). I haven't got my Linux box running at the moment (I use Mandriva Linux 10.1) but I imagine that version also offers this option.

-=# Amos E Wolfe  #=- 01:03, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Lee S. Svoboda 01:37, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

hi

will like to know more about how to used this medium65.172.4.250 18:19, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

• Please see: Misplaced Pages:Introduction and Misplaced Pages:Welcome, newcomers which should provide you with enough basics to start you off. - Mgm| 18:24, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

How can I determine the correct copyright tag?

I want to include a couple of images in an article, but am stumped by the process of selecting a copyright tag. Here is the basic data: I am not the creator of these images, but I did get permission from the originators to include the images in the article as long as I mentioned the following: the source URL, that the image is being used with permission, and the names of the originators. Obviously most of this info is required anyway for uploading a Misplaced Pages image to an article, but I can't figure out how to select the proper copyright tag for it. How can I determine the correct copyright tag?

--Wowbobwow12 22:26, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

none. We can't use wikipedia specific releases.Geni 22:41, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

You need more than permission to use the item. You need for the item to be released either into the public domain, or under the relevant license. This will allow the image to be used in any other venture, free or commercial. That is only two choices... you cannot do this, the copyright holder must do this. There cannot be additional conditions, though there can be additional information. Notinasnaid 22:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Help correcting inaccuracies regarding Jill Gibson entry, as per Jill Gibson herself.

Hello,

I would like to first compliment you on a WONDERFUL encyclopedia! I hope that my question will garner an answer via email, as it concerns the feelings of one of your entry subjects: the talented, and gracious Jill Gibson.

I sent Jill a link to check out the article posted about her in Misplaced Pages, and she replied that it was "impressive, filled with surprising truths and falsehoods!". She wondered if there was a way to edit the article, and correct anything that she found to be amiss. So, that is why I am writing to you today. Would you welcome Jill Gibson's input to her own entry? I would think so, of course. Is there a direct way for Jill to get ahold of your organization, to be able to do so?

Jill can be reached via her website www.gibsonarts.com, wich is linked at the bottom of your page about her. A response from you would be most appreciated. I am happy to be of help myself, if I can be. My email address is : <removed>

I would like to say again just how much I enjoy your encyclopedia, and I hope to help make it even better, in this small way.

Thank you so very much, Christopher Bryant Olson

Probably the best way for her to make the corrections is for her to list them, in detail, on her website(the one you mentioned above), then you(or anyone else), can, personally, make the changes, and reference them to the page on her website. While, depending on the changes, people may object and ask for further confirmation, it is likely that most of them will be happily accepted. They will be appreciated in any case. Thanks for asking! (And you might find Misplaced Pages:Introduction useful, if you haven't looked it over already.) JesseW, the juggling janitor 22:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. You can edit almost any article on Misplaced Pages by just following the Edit link at the top of the page. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. Dismas| 12:08, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

How to fix a page that redirects to itself?

I notice that the page http://en.wikipedia.org/Breast_stroke re directs to itself. Clicking on history and then older revision does not go back beyond the current revision. I am not sure if this is because there IS no earlier version or the circular re-direct is masking it?

Mike Collinson

A circular redirect does not mask the history of an article. In the case of Breast stroke there were no previous revisions, it had been newly made as a redirect. The user that made it probably meant to redirect to the existing article Breaststroke, but put in a space by accident, creating a circular redirect. I've fixed this by removing the space in the link. --Canderson7 22:49, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

drx9000

HI there,im an injure triathle with lower back pain.This machine DRX-9000,it supouse to strech the spine,i wonder if any body out there have used or know somethig obout it. A MAN IN PAIN

• Please read the notice at the top of this page in relation to what types of questions belong here, as opposed to at the Misplaced Pages:Reference desk. --Kwekubo 14:10, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Setting up side-by-side columns...

I need advice on setting up side-by-side columns. I know that columns are somewhat discouraged, but I think I have a good reason for employing them: to have a side-by-side translation, transliteration, and original-language versions of a poem.

What I'm working with is on my user page (User:Ex0pos). Currently, there are two problems:

1. The columns are not evenly-spaced. I'd like three clean, vertical columns. 2. I can't figure out how to add a space between lines, to break the poem up into paragraphs. (In the version on my user page, I've forced a space by ending one series of columns, entering a period (.) and beginning a new series of columns. There must be a better way...

Thanks for any help. Please feel free to answer here or on my user talk page. - Ex0pos 23:35, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Sounds like what you need is a table - see: Misplaced Pages:How to use tables.

Heading 1	Heading 2	Heading 3
content 1	content 2	content 3
This is the first column	notice how the width	adjusts to the width of the text inside
This line is longer, using a "colspan"

-=# Amos E Wolfe  #=- 01:12, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Off-Label Use; FDA Application for

This question has been moved to Reference Desk - Science.--inks 23:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC) Misplaced Pages:Reference_desk/Science#Off-Label_Use.3B__FDA_Application_for

Key Allies or Friends of slovakia in the EU

Please read the notice at the top of this page in relation to what types of questions belong here, as opposed to at the Misplaced Pages:Reference desk. --Kwekubo 14:10, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Editing an article

Hello!

I recently edited an article on Al Qaeda but was dissapointed to see that the following day my changes were edited out. I once again made the edit and again they were changed back. Is this being done by wikipedia or by other individuals? <e-mail address removed>

To find out exactly what happened to an article in the past just go to its history, which you can view by clicking the "history" tab at the top of any page. If you do this on the Al-Qaeda article you will be taken here. Your changes are identified by your IP address (68.196.176.166). Please post again here or on my personal talk page if you have any more questions. --Canderson7 01:59, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Permission to use the layout of Misplaced Pages page?

Hello!

I have a copyright-related question.

May I use the layout of Misplaced Pages page, that is, an HTML template, CSS, and images related to the layout, but not to the Misplaced Pages content, in a derivative, completely noncommercial, freely accessible personal web page?

If you answer this question positively, then here's the following one: on what conditions may I use this layout?

Thank you!

• If you mean the MediaWiki software, then yes, just use the provisions listed on their website. However, Misplaced Pages logos are protected by copyright by the Wikimedia Foundation, and you would require their permission to do so. Titoxd 03:38, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Potential technical issues with these changes?

A Wikipedian I met has posted a proposal here Misplaced Pages:Village pump (proposals)#Add Categorybrowsebar-like wikilinks to every wikipage, which hardly anyone seems to have noticed. Are there any technical issues that might be encountered by implementing those changes? If not, can we go ahead and try to implement them? If more discussion is necessary, where is a good place for this? It has been posted to the the WP:VP a few times already and not a single response has occured... --HappyCamper 03:39, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

• Have it included in the next Signpost? - Mgm| 08:19, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

how to grow cannabis

Not only is this the wrong place for this query (it should be at Misplaced Pages:Reference desk), but I doubt many Wikipedians are going to assist you in activities illegal in the United States. ~~ N (t/c) 03:55, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

American English or British English

Is the main Language of the English Misplaced Pages, American English, or British English? The majority of tha articles I see, use lots of British terminiology. Especially dates. Pacific Coast Highway 05:54, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Neither. We're using a compromise as defined at the Misplaced Pages Manual of Style. As for the dates, make sure that you've set your preferred date format on your preferences, because we've designed the software to display them the way you want. Titoxd 06:01, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Something wrong with the diff code?

Recently it seems like Misplaced Pages is having an awful lot of trouble generating useful diffs between versions. See this, for example. This makes it even more difficult to track changes than usual, especially on frequently vandalized pages. I don't know when this started happening, but it didn't seem to be a problem until a month or two ago at most. Has anyone else been having trouble? —HorsePunchKid→龜 06:05, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Unless something has changed since you posted this, the diff you posted looks fine for me. User:Zoe| 03:54, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

who is the writer of all this

• Click the History button on any article to see who contributed. Notinasnaid 07:59, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

• If you are asking the question because you want to cite Misplaced Pages as a reference, see Misplaced Pages:Citing Misplaced Pages. Thryduulf 12:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

who is the author

See Misplaced Pages:FAQ. There is no one single author. Dismas| 12:00, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikimania 2005: Scientific papers? --FND, 2005-10-02

Hello there,

as a student of Information Science, I am considering choosing wikis as the topic of my MA thesis. Since I have not been able to attend the Wikimania conference this year, I had hoped there would be papers on the topics discussed. However, I cannot find any papers at the Wikimania website. Since there is (or was) a Call for Papers though, I assume that a number of papers will still be published?

I'd really appreciate some input on this issue!

Have you tried contacting the people at the Wikimania site from their contact page? http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/Contact I would think that would be the most direct way of getting answers to your questions. Dismas| 11:53, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

See commons:Wikimania 2005 Presentations. --Kwekubo 13:56, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Also, a lot of the papers are at b:Category:Wikimania05, but not everyone who gave a presentation submitted a paper. Recordings of the presentations are at . Angela. 14:28, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, I didn't find that on my own (for whatever reason - maybe because I was looking for an index of "traditional" PDF files or something :o ). That's gonna be really helpful!

Oh, and I did contact cfp@wikimedia.org about two weeks ago, but didn't get any response yet. --FND, 15:24, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

PS: Does http://www.knams.wikimedia.org/wikimania/ really contain videos of all presentations? That's amazing!!

marriage plan

hii sir,

i am from india .i am sa indian citizen .my lover is malaysian citizen.we are planning marry next year..is possible..because i am a indian citizen his malaysian citizen how is poosible sir...please how we will get married

• Please read the instructions at the top of this page. Questions like this belong on the reference desk - Mgm| 08:21, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Keep Count Octavian Kinsky childless

I notice that many sources cite Misplaced Pages and you have put down Count Octavian Kinsky as being married to the wrong person (Agnes...) and having a son (Prince Karel Andreas, or some such thing). As my family descends from this line, I know that it is all NONSENSE. Octavian Kinsky had no son and his brother inherited from him. Prince Karel who was so famous with horses was from another line entirely. I have tried to correct this misinformation, but it just keeps returning. What can I do?

-anon

There are a couple things that you could do. First of all, cite your sources. Edits carry more weight when reputable sources can be cited for the changes to articles. Secondly, create an account. It's free and you need not even supply your e-mail address. Edits from people with accounts are normally thought to be more reputable than random edits by anonymous IP addresses. Since, as you've found, anyone can edit articles there comes with that a lot of vandalism which your edits may have been seen as. So please, create an account and cite your sources. Thanks for your help! Dismas| 12:59, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Irish Enterprise Exchange

I am posting here because I am completely baffled in my attempt find the IEE site which lists shares traded. I wish to locate "Minmet" a Mining company in order to find the company share price.

Can you help, please.

Regards,

Peter Taylor

e-mail address ;- (removed)

Please read the notice at the top of this page in relation to what types of questions belong here as opposed to the Misplaced Pages:Reference desk and also in relation to the posting of e-mail addresses. Dismas| 12:49, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Help Please

Dear Friend

I am trying to locate the exact location of the Drawings of Ignacio Tirsch.

Can you provide any help or assistance?

Are they locate at The University of Prague?

Thank You,

sincerely Robert Tirsch (e-mail address removed)

Please read the notice at the top of this page in relation to what types of questions belong here as opposed to the Misplaced Pages:Reference desk and also in relation to the posting of e-mail addresses. -- Reinyday, 13:34, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

economics

• This page is not a search engine. Please read the notice at the top of this page in relation to what types of questions belong here, as opposed to at the Misplaced Pages:Reference desk. --Kwekubo 14:15, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Sega Mega Drive/ Sega Genesis compatability

Does the Sega Genesis play Sega Mega Drive games? They look like the same thing to me. I have a Genesis and would like to buy Mega Drive games to play on it from eBay, but I don't know whether or not they will work. PLEASE RESPOND!

• With this sort of thing, following instructions precisely is key. And that leads me to the instructions at the top of this page. Please read them. If you can figure out what it is that tricked you into posting a factual question on here, we'd love to hear it, so we can improve the Misplaced Pages experience. Notinasnaid 15:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Differences

Whats The difference between public IP Address and private IP Address

Private addresses are used on a private network as opposed to the publicly accessible internet. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:21, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Media

Is it possible to upload your own media to an article? If so, how? HyperHobbes 16:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:Image tutorial for some info on this. Dismas| 21:20, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

New pages

New Pages

I just quickly browsed some 500 new pages and could not find a single well developed article. What do you do with all of this fluff? It would take 1000's of hours to develope articles from them. Who looks at them? Are they included in the count we see on the main page? Phil 18:08, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

They are included and if you find anything that doesn't belong, feel free to put it up for a deletion vote at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion. Some things can be speedy deleted as well. And then some are simply stubs that people intend on expanding at a later time. I know that I'll usually start out with something small when I create a page just to get a little info out there. And then flesh it out as I go. Dismas| 21:12, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Changing a title of an article

In asking for how to do this, I guess I'm also asking if I should do this!

In my opinion, Weill Cornell Medical College should be called: Weill Medical College of Cornell University (I've just added to the discussion, agreeing with another user)

How do I/Should I:

Change the titel of WCMC to WMCOCU?

Find what redirects to WCMC, change redirect to WMCOCU, so as to avoid multiple redirects?

Thanks!

--anon

A page move can only be done by a registered user. This was done to prevent a peculiar vandal from shuffling pages in Misplaced Pages and prevent everyone many headaches. As for this particular page, I'm not sure if the page should be renamed, since the new title is fairly long and not many users will go out looking for it with the long name. However, what can always be done is to create a redirect to the original page. That can be done quite easily by any user.

Also, to check what redirects to any page, click the "What links here" link on the left navigation bar. Titoxd 19:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Someone Else Pipes In: and add a mention in the main article of what the official name of the school is.

This is horrendous...

The following page is x-rated. Why show graphics? http://en.wikipedia.org/Anal_sex

WP:NOT#Misplaced Pages is not censored for the protection of minors. ~~ N (t/c) 18:53, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

While it is not Misplaced Pages policy to censor articles, the only actions of the account in question were to upload and include this image for apparent shock value. I reverted the article to an earlier version. --GraemeL 18:57, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't you write shock value ;)

Adding picture from foreign wikipedia

I want to add a picture of Don Lawrence to his page. On the german wikipedia there's a picture of him. Can I simply do that with a (special) link or do I have to download and upload it to somewhere? Plus, my german is real bad, so do I have to worry about the fact that the image might be copyrighted, or can you assume that's since it's uploaded in the german wiki you can use it everywhere else? Garion1000 03:14, 2 October 2005 (UTC) (forgot to sign the 1st time)

In theory you should reupload it to commons. Personaly I reupload to en wikipedia with a linkback.Geni 22:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Tnx for the response. But either way, I still don't know about the copyright? Is just a link back good enough? So someone (if he/she wants to some day) can check the german site about the copyright? Garion1000 03:14, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

the image at de: has no source or any copyright information, so I wouldn't take it. It is probably a copyright violation. Broken S 00:32, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I was afraid of that, it seemed indeed a too small amount of text for good copyright info. Thanks for the response, quess I will try to find a good picture now somewhere. Garion1000 01:45, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Search Results not as expected

I put in an article for Louis James Pesha but the only time the page shows in search results is when you type the full name. Typing "pesha" or "louis pesha" does not work. Any ideas? --Walt 19:43, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

• Are you sure you're clicking search and not "Go"? Go will try to take you to the article by the exact title you typed. - Mgm| 20:04, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Question

I want to add a new story all together how do I do it? I know that the sotry I want to add does not exist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelbeckham (talk • contribs) 20:06, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

If there is no article on the subject, all you have to do to to create a new article is determine the title and enter it into the search box. When the search comes back as not being able to find it, it will ask you if you want to create the article by that name. Click the link, start typing, and wah-lah, you have just created an article. If you need help with anything else, just let me know. Psy guy 20:12, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

That is if by "story" you mean "article". Fictional stories aren't the types of things that belong in encyclopedias. Dismas| 21:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

whatisthemeaningoftitle

erm, have you read the Title article and the Title entry at Wiktionary? Or if you are wondering why Misplaced Pages is called Misplaced Pages, see the Misplaced Pages article. Thryduulf 21:30, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

showmethemeaningoftittle

Why do you ask? Notinasnaid 07:22, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

How to dehighlight internal links ?

Surely there is an option somewhere to quickly and easily take off the highlighting of links so that a piece can be read in the same font etc ?

The simplest way is probably to click the 'Printable version' link in the toolbox in the lefthand column (assuming you are using the default skin). Other than that I think you can define your own CSS to do it, but I wouldn't describe that as either quick or easy. Thryduulf 21:28, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

If you've created a User account, you can set your Preferences to turn off underlining on links. User:Zoe| 03:59, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank You!

I just "discovered" your website (looking for information on Ruby Dee) and was most impressed and wanted to tell you. There being, as far as I could tell, any other way to convey this message, I used this route. Reading about Harlem, where I grew up 70 years ago, the subway, etc., was a real thrill ride back in time. There were other rememberances and they brought back lots of memories. Thanks, again.

Please feel free to edit any of the articles you mentioned, or any others, if you feel there are any things not mentioned or incorrect. User:Zoe| 04:01, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Ron Cobb, The Cartoonist

Hello. Am searching for a copy of the cartoon by Ron Cobb that is captioned "Man demonstrating his superiority over the animals" The black and white graphic is of a skeleton-headed man in a lab coat pressing a button, frog looking up at him as his head blows up in mushroom cloud. DDoes anyone know how to help me find this, it is for an art project and I live in a remote town on the Oregon Coast i.e. no library of any consequence, etc. Thanks.

I'm sorry, the Ron Cobb article is all Misplaced Pages has of him. We do not have any of his cartoons on file, and unless he releases them under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), we never will.

It might help if you did a Google web and image search for . — Kjammer ⌂ 04:12, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Also see http://www.fastbooks.com.au/cobb.html which tells you who to contact for permission to reproduce. Note that a fee is normally payable in such situations. (This would apply even if you could find the cartoon in a book.) Notinasnaid 12:37, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Possible to have linespace within unordered (bulleted) list?

I have a bulleted item. It needs a linespace between two paragraphs within the same bulleted item. The second paragraph needs to indent the same amount as the first paragraph.

• Here is my first fascinating paragraph. It's got lots of info. It goes on for awhile. hfadjkhasdk askdhaskd akdhaskdh aksdhaskh aksdhaskdh aksdhjaskdh akdhjaskdh akdhaskdh aksdhaskdh akdhaskdh aksjdh askh askdjha sk. See how it wraps around nicely, with the same indent?

But then I have another paragraph that is separated by a linespace. It really needs to be separated by a linespace for clarity. But it also really needs to be indented as much as the preceding paragraph, because it's part of the same bulleted point.

Houston, we have a problem with uncloseable tags.

• Then I move on to my next bulleted point.

I tried the colon, but that indents too far.

• Desperate Wikiwife.

Is there any way to do this currently, and if not, it there any process for suggesting (or creating) new Wiki markup?

Thanks

See m:Help:List#A_blank_line_within_a_list_item_or_between_list_items.--Patrick 22:22, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you -- here I am testing that approach...

• Testing

Not Indented

• Testing with HTML "break-break"
  
  Indented

• Testing with just one HTML "break"
  Indented

Hmmm. It doesn't really work in my browser (NS7) -- the break-break code is producing more vertical space than a normal line break. The single break code is producing too little vertical space.

Anyone else have a suggestion -- how to do this, or how to create/request new Wiki formatting code?

Thanks

What is onomatopoeia?

please look that word up in a dictionary. this forum is for questions on creating Misplaced Pages articles.

Showing Images from Articles in a Different Language

How exactly do I do this? I want to show an article from a Dutch language article in an English language article. Thanks. --Dri3s 23:32, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

I see a post on this very topic a bit further up on this page: "Adding picture from foreign wikipedia"

pets in australia

They exist. If you want a more specific answer, please ask a more specific question. Before you do so though, you would do well to read the big box at the top of the page and follow the instructions within it. Thryduulf 07:42, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Pages that link to ____?

I know there's the little heading for images that show "Pages that link to _____." Can such information be easily accessed for articles as well? Staxringold 01:48, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

You mean the "what links here" button on the sidebar (Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:Help_desk)? Broken S 01:54, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

what is an acre

requests for information belong at WP:RD and see acre.

Instructions for the use of a Tutove rolling pin in puff pastry making

Ideally should a Tutove rolling pin be used for all of the rolling stages involved in puff pastry making? Or should a regular rolling pin used for the final roll prior to cutting the dough? Also should the Tutove pin be covered with a rolling pin cloth to prevent dough from clogging the groves?

Why do you ask? Notinasnaid 07:21, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

need to know about hospitals

I have someone I love in a hospital in Lagos,Nigeria. His son is the only one who is able to help me and he doesn't know. I need to know which one of the hospitals in Lagos, Nigeria is part of the Holy Group Hospital Group. And how would I get thier phone number to the main switchboard. Thank you very much, Cindi Engelke

Are you sure the group is named Holy Group Hospital Group? There are google hits for Holy Rosary Hospital but I could not find Holy Group. alteripse 03:23, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Checking red links when starting new article

I had started editing Indian Native States about kingdoms and principalities in India when it was a British Colony. It was on the requested articles page and showed 36 requesting links. I would have liked to list those requesting pages to check if they all referred to the same subject and not to something such as, say, "native red-indian tribes". The requested page having been started, the links (previously red) on all the requesting pages, even if off-topic, would have been activated. If one could list the requesting pages the off-topic pages could have been edited suitably. Or, as Indian Princely States, covering my intended subject, exists (as I found on doing a search in the middle of this edit/post) the requesting pages which refer to the "princely states" subject-matter could be suitably edited; and my edit of "native states" deleted. My look at the Help pages drew a blank. As my topic's covered, I'm deleting my edit of "native states". But I think the question remains relevant. Thanks. VivekM 03:21, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but you can see what pages link to the page in question by clicking on "What links here" in the "toolbox" on each page in the left hand column. For Indian Native States check here , and for Indian Princely States check here . Hope this helps!--Kewp 04:38, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

articles

Why when I creat a page in this encyclopedia it ends up all spread out?

Can you be more specific? Can you show some examples or provide links to the "spread out" pages? — Kjammer ⌂ 03:46, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

How do I access your info line for episode #184 ?

Hi, I tried to look all over your pages (Leo Laporte) and could not get a straight link into your wiki or similar blog system. I spent over 30 minutes trying to access your page for messages but as an IT tech, I am lost!

I wanted to help that lady in Carson who need the laptop repaired.

Your system is too confusing to someone who does not IM, IRC or Blog.

Any help accessing the past Sunday show # 184 using your password would be appreciated.

Thanks, Pat

If you are referring to Leo Laporte's blog or Leo Laporte's radio show notes wiki: Neither of these are affiliated with Wikipeda. For future reference, the little arrow symbol after the link indicates an external link (a link to a different website). Also I would like to point out that Misplaced Pages is not a blog, and the Wiki software that runs it shouldn't be used for blogs either. — Kjammer ⌂ 04:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

But we would be really interested to know how you came to post here. Countless people post in the wrong place on Misplaced Pages, and nobody has been able to figure out why. As a tech you might be able to give us the clues that are needed to set people straight. Notinasnaid 10:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Ancient Macedonian language - is it Greek or something else ?

Claims that ancient Macedonian was a Doric dialect, should not be based on one or two stone tablets found in Macedonia around the 4th century BC. This point does not take into account, the langauge of the region before the 4th century, so why is the langauge on this tablet suddenly 'Macedonian' - and why draw wide sweeping conclusions about the ancient Macedonian langauge and culture as a whole. It astounds me that all the evidence to the contrary is dismissed, because there is alot of it. I won't go over that here. Reputable philological organisations, like the APA, provide a more balanced and accurate account of the various lexicons found in ancient Macedonia, because there is an entire langauge there besides 4th century Greek. Counting which words are Greek, and which words are not, from a stone tablet , could be questionnable, from one point in time, should not be leading anyone to hasty conclusions about the 'origin' of the ancient Macedonians - your web page therefore is misleading. It provides fuel to nationalists. There are just as many 'non-Greek' words in ancient Macedonia, that do not get a mention. The HEADING, and the content, therefore works within the nationalist framework of modern Greek historiography, and modern Greeks, who claim kinship to the ancient Greeks , use this kind of information to oppress and censor other cultures .

Paul.

Hi! Thanks for your question/comment. This page is for questions about Misplaced Pages. Factual questions should go to the Misplaced Pages:Reference desk. May I also suggest that you discuss this matter on Talk:Ancient Macedonian language with other editors, where you might suggest making changes to the article. Hope this helps. --Kewp 05:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Yi Sun-Sin?

I was looking through the article titled "Yi Sun-Sin." However, I noticed that the actualy name is spelled at least three of four different ways. I realize that you guys stress the importance of maintaining a unified system for translating foreign languages into English, and so I am confused by the inconsistency of the spelling of Yi Sun-Sin by the McCune-Reischauer system. I would edit the page, but I am unsure about the real spelling myself. Could you take a look at this article and fix it to prevent further confusion? Thank you.

--anon

I would suggest looking at Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions (Korean) for more information about this. I am going to look over the article right now to see if I can standardize the page.--Kewp 05:19, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Question regarding User Talk pages

I know in the talk pages for articles, users are not supposed to remove anything even if the issue is resolved (except when archiving). But in user talk pages, can that user remove obsolete discussions at their own discression? I am asking this because I saw some Users do this on their talk pages, I have no intention of removing any content from my own talk page. — Kjammer ⌂ 04:59, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Some users remove personal attacks (see Misplaced Pages:Remove personal attacks). Many (most?) archive their talk pages (see User talk:Thryduulf/archive3 for example), but some just delete old discussions. The latter method is frowned upon by many of those who use the first method, and is not uncommonly commented upon negatively during a request for adminship debate - to the extent that some users will vote oppose soley on that basis. It is not breaking any rules though, and as long as you aren't removing very recent content or are doing it to hide negative comments or something of that nature, you can argue, like user:Eloquence does, that everything is available in the page history anyway. Thryduulf 07:37, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

networking

(no content)

A Network is a system of interconnected components. If you want to learn how to network computers & electronics, or learn more about computer networks, see the afore mentioned article or ask your question in Misplaced Pages:Reference Desk#Science and Mathematics. — Kjammer ⌂ 07:05, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

By the way, this page is not a search engine. It's... Thelb4! 17:29, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Female freedom fighters of India

about elligibility in postgraduatemedical education

Sir, > I am doing my final year B.A.M.S [bachelor of ayurvedic medicine and surgery} 51/2 years course .(41/2 +1yr intern ship) in INDIA

After complition of my internship AM I ELLIGIBLE to do my postgraduation in allopathic medicine abroad?

If possible in whinch university ,what will be the duration of course and the fee structure.

please help me in this regard.. Thanking you sir.

Hello, this is not a suitable page for such questions. It would help us if you could explain why you asked it here, so that we can make sure that there are no misleading instructions. Notinasnaid 07:20, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Plagiarism of Misplaced Pages

Do you suppose this web page plagiarise Misplaced Pages's look and feel or just protected under Fair Use law for parody?

Please have attorneys familiar with copyright law examine this matter. The web site in question is deeply cynical and not so objective about its disregard for respect by deriding and mocking people, etc.

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Main_Page

The "look and feel" you are referring to is the default skin used by Mediawiki, the software that that Misplaced Pages runs on. That software is freely downloadable. So anyone can start running the program, and copy the look and feel of wikipedia. →Raul654 09:11, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt answer, sorry about my cluelessness. Siegheilneocon 09:20, 3 October 2005 (UTC)Siegheilneocon

Password

I have a machine operating system but cannot open it because it is password protected. Can these PASSWORD be cracked?

As it states at the top of this page, the Help desk is for questions about Misplaced Pages and the software that runs it. For factual questions, please refer to the Misplaced Pages:Reference desk. Also, in order to answer your question, people are going to have to know a bit more about just what machine you are talking about, what operating system and which password within that operating system. Dismas| 11:30, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

List of wikipedia galleries

Is it possible to search for articles that include either of <gallery> or {{gallery}}? (Or indeed any other specific tag or template? -- SGBailey 09:44, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Tags are hard to do (impossible), but Templates are easy: go to Template:Gallery and click on "What links here" to get a list of articles using that particluar template. — Sverdrup 12:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Not completely impossible - you can do a database query for every page containing a <gallery> tag - but pretty time-consuming and not very up-to-date (you'd be getting pages which had it a couple of months ago, probably, depending on when the most recent dump is). Shimgray | talk | 18:59, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Opera

Navigation Box seems to have been shunted to the bottom of the page in Opera Browser. This must be a fairly recent formatting change — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.60.106.5 (talk • contribs) 09:19 (EDT), 3 October 2005 (UTC)

It's in the right place for me, Opera 8.5 build 7700. Perhaps you should purge your cache? Andy Janata 14:46, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

If the page loads slowly, Opera will sometimes foul up the stylesheets, dumping a lot of the sidebar text down at the bottom. I suspect this is what was being reported - I've seen it today, come to think of it. Reloading solves the issue. Shimgray | talk | 14:59, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

This is Opera 7 build 2637. Reloading didn't help. Updating to Opera 8 fixed the problem. But it did look OK in Opera7 a few weeks ago.

Massachusetts Counties

How do I find a list of them ?

• Go to List of Massachusetts counties. Please ask factual at the reference desk in the future. - Mgm| 16:38, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

How to contact an author

I found an interesting fact in an article and need to valid the source. I have tracked down the editor. How do I contact him/her? What's the format? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.183.220.239 (talk • contribs) 17:09, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Click the history tab at the top of the page and you can see every user who has contributed to the article. You can click "diff" to compare versions. That way, you can figure out what contributed contributed what text. Once you find the editor, just click the talk link next to their user name. If you need any more help, just let me know. Thanks, Psy guy 17:15, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Correct spelling of Victor Niederhoffer name

Misplaced Pages,

Victor Niederhoffer is the correct spelling of the name of a person described in one of your entries.

At present, someone searching on "Niederhoffer" is redirected to "Neiderhoffer."

I changed the content to reflect the correct spelling of the name, but cannot determine how to change the redirect or the entry title. How is this done?

You must create an account, which is quite simple- all you need is a username and password- and then you will have a "move" tab at the top, enabling you to move an article to a different title. I've gone ahead and done it for you. Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W_S 18:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Category -- how to?

I authored the article "Hikkake Pattern" and can not figure out how to add it to a specific category. Can you provide instructions so I can do it myself in the future? Thanks.

All you have to do is to add this to the end of the article: ] , adding in the category name, and the article name (in this case, Hikkake Pattern). Hope this helps! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W_S 18:44, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

• ARTICLE NAME is used to sort the entry and should say for example Bush, George W. if you were trying to sort Bush into a category. One word articles don't need that bit added and can just have ] . - Mgm| 19:25, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

When I do this the preview does not show a category line at the bottom. Is this normal? Treesmill 18:34, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

For some reason, the preview does not show the category line - its a software limitation or something like that. But when you hit save page, it will be there. So yes, it's normal. Whitejay 18:51, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, it actually is there, just not in the preview window. If you scroll the screen all the way down past the edit summary, insert tags section ,warnings etc. it will be the last thing on the page. - Trevor MacInnis (Talk | Contribs) 20:42, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

What to link to, and redirects?

Which of the following links is better? The first causes a redirect but is clear. The second doesn't cause a redirect, but doesn't correctly indicate the term intended in the sentence when you hover over the link.

] versus ]

Or stated differently, which is worse? A redirect? Or an unclear bubble help (or status bar) when hovering over an internal link? I'd appreciate advice from experts on this subject. Thanks. --Simian, 2005-10-03, 18:42 Z

Transwiki-ing just a section

I want to transwiki only the "Seinfeld sayings" section of the page Seinfeld characters and culture to the already existent Seinfeld wikiquote page. The instructions for transwiking (which I've never done before) that I've been able to find are for whole pages. Should I just cut and paste or is there a method that will preserve the edit history? Whitejay 18:50, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Nevermind. I split the section off instead to List of Seinfeld terms. They were not quite right for wikiquote anyway, as it's list of words which allegedly have passed into pop culture. I will likely work on figuring out which of the terms can be attested to, in order for inclusion in the wiktionary. Any advice or guidance on this would be appreciated. Whitejay 20:15, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Oh, Well

Hey there Seems that you don`t know anything about Finland and our language. Before wrinting those wrong stories, it can help ,if you ask from somebody who really knows about our country. And i mean Finland , not russian.

Would you mind clarifying? Are you referring to our article, Finland, or our Finnish language Misplaced Pages? If it's about the article...

Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. You can edit almost any article on Misplaced Pages by just following the Edit link at the top of the page. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. Flcelloguy | A <font color = brown> note? | Desk | W_S 19:09, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

DRM Protection key

How do a person bypass the Drm Protection key on the Sony Ericsson V800.

• Assuming you're talking about Digital Restrictions Management. At Misplaced Pages we value adherence to copyright law, so you're unlikely to find someone willing to tell you how to bypass a protection key here. - Mgm| 20:41, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

how to extend my working holiday visa

I have a working holiday visa that allows me to stay in England for two years.I am not a student and i also got no degree as yet.I would love to become a resident or stay much more longer than what my visa allows,could you please inform me if you know more about immigration.I am a South african resident.

Please direct your question to Misplaced Pages:Reference_desk for factual questions. This page is for questions about Misplaced Pages. You might also look here Thanks. --Kewp (t) 15:30, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Afghanistan 1978 coup

In the Afghanistan article, it refers to a bloodless coup in 1978, however the link to the coup refers to a bloody coup. I am hoping that this can be rectified.- Tripmastermonkey

Suggesting Articles

Here comes one more query from the mind of a lazy procrastinator.

If I had a good idea (in my opinion, anyway) for an article, but was too lazy and not in the position to actually write it myself, how would I go about propogating this idea? (We could endlessly debate the merits and necessity of the articles I would like to see, I just want to know how I can suggest this idea to others.)

Refugee621 22:01, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

You're in luck, there's a page for that: Misplaced Pages:Requested articles. Go to that page and follow the directions at the top. Be sure to put your article ideas in the appropriate category. Whitejay 22:21, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

• If there's a relevant WikiProject, you could suggest it on their discussion page too. - 131.211.210.14 12:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

prayer time

i need to know how to find times for praying

• This question belongs at the Misplaced Pages Reference Desk, but you will probably need to specify what religion you follow, since some religions prescribe specific times to pray. --Metropolitan90 04:19, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Image:Heart2.jpg

Image:Heart2.jpg is an image of Jesus Christ as the Sacred Heart - no copyright.

Questions. Does anyone know the identity of the artist who painted the original picture of Jesus as The Sacred Heart?

What is the source of this copyright information: "Copyright info says copyright has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for Copyright. This applies worldwide."

Anyone I can contact?

Jim Lundy

licensing windows xp professional

Is it legal to use a single licensed windows xp for installation of a local area network?

Probably not, since Microsoft usually gives you a license to install on one computer and keep a backup copy of the software. However, that information should be written in your EULA, and found at Microsoft's Website. And please address future inquiries of this type to the Reference Desk. Thanks. Titoxd 01:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Creating A Data Table

I was wondering, How do you insert a table like the one on the right of the page in this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/Ratchet_and_Clank If you could list directions, that would be great.

Mike15 00:18, 4 October 2005 (UTC)Mike LeinweaverMike15 00:18, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:Templates or for that specific template see Template:Infobox CVG Dismas| 01:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Does Misplaced Pages Know What I Like?

The featured articles on the wikipedia front page often seem to be related to topics I am interested in, or have been looking at recently. Does wikipedia log what I am looking at and choose certain topics for me. It's starting to freek me out :/

No, we don't. Articles are voted on for featured status at WP:FAC, and then an admin decides from the featured articles (WP:FA) which one to place on the main page. -Greg Asche (talk) 00:56, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

typo

Check the entry for Daniel Brodhead. There is a typo in his date of birth. It should be 1736, not 1836. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.195.169.172 (talk • contribs) 21:30, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

It looks like someone already changed it for you, but next time be bold and edit it yourself, anyone can. -Greg Asche (talk) 02:08, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. You can edit almost any article on Misplaced Pages by just following the Edit link at the top of the page. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. Andy Janata 02:09, 4 October 2005 (UTC) (Posts crossed)

Titles of articles

If the title of a video game is technically wrong in some way in English (for example, there's a Japanese game called "ef - a fairy tale of the two." with the hyphen and period as a part of the title, and with that capitalization), should it be corrected (for the example, to, say, "Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two")?

The first letter must be capitalized due to software limitations, but the rest should be presented as the creators intended, generating "Ef - a fairy tale of the two". Also, you should include {{lowercase|title=ef - a fairy tale of the two}} at the top of the article. HTH. Meelar (talk) 02:31, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

?

who is the web manager?

Misplaced Pages is run collectively by its users. There are varying levels of authority and responsibility, however. We have a team of developers, who actually write the code; there are also site admins, who are designated trusted users who have a few more editing powers than regular users. The whole project is overseen very loosely by Jimbo Wales, but it's in a "British monarch" sort of fashion. What do you need help with? Meelar (talk) 02:29, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

artist biography

I am looking for information on an artist named

n. albertis

I own two pieces of this artist work and am interested in learning more about the artist

one of the pieces is a watercolor on paper signed in ink. it measures 21 1/2" w x 5 1/2" h

the second piece is also a watercolor on paper but appears to have charcoal highlights. This piece measures 7 3/4" w x 10 3/4" h.

where can I get information on this artist?

thank you in advance for your assistance

j.v.

• See the Alberti page to see if he/she's there. There isn't an 'Albertis', though. Also, questions like this should go to the Reference Desk. It's... Thelb4! 15:28, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

How Long Before Articles are Posted/Indexed on Misplaced Pages

I submitted an article on work at home parents 2 days ago. When I try to pull it up via Misplaced Pages's search box (I press search not go), I don't see the entry. I do not see the entry unders deletions either. The entry does show up if I type in the URL http://en.wikipedia.org/Work_At_Home_Parent_(WAHP). Does it just take a while for it to show?

I have come accross this problem too. I think it is just a delay in new articles appearing in the wikipedia search results. I am not sure how often this is updated. Martyman 03:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

• Please note that identifiers as WAHP are only needed in Disambiguation. I've moved your entry to a title fitting Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions and created some redirects from other locations. - Mgm| 05:06, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the response and the edits! Tracey

Propaganda Soapbox Discovered

Dear Misplaced Pages Community:

I noticed an atheistic "soap box speech" on the Introduction page (http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Introduction). Is this not against Misplaced Pages policy?

Thanks.

Nah, not really, though you're free to remove it if you like. That page is not so much a soap box as a sandbox, in that it's intended for people to test out editing; they can put pretty much whatever they like as long as it's civil, not libellous or violating copyrights, and not disruptive of other people doing the same. --fvw* 03:44, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

possible vandalism of article on Caspar Friedrich

In the article on painter Caspar Friedrich, the second line is very questionable and seems to be vandalism:

---Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840) was a 19th century German romantic painter. Hahaha critics consider his work outstanding and consider him one of the most important German romantic painters.

I am, of course, referring to the Hahaha beginning the second sentence.

I will also point out that Misplaced Pages seems to undergone major revision, and so my old way of dealing with this, which would have been to leave a message on the talk page of the article in question, is no longer an option, and I do not have the time to go through the whole suggested rigmarole of searching the forums, etc.

I've reverted the vandalism. You can do that too, follow the instructions at Misplaced Pages:Revert. One question: what do you mean by "Major Revision"? Do you mean Misplaced Pages as a whole, or the article itself? Because you should be able to leave a message of any article's talk page. Titoxd 04:56, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean when you say that you can't leave a message on the talk page. Just click on the "discussion" tab at the top of the page. Here is the talk page for Caspar David Friedrich You may also revert vandalism yourself by clicking on "edit this page", or going to the page's "history" tab, finding an earlier correct version, and saving that earlier correct version. Don't forget to leave an edit summary of "Reverted vandalism" or something to that effect. best, --Kewp (t) 05:01, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

What do I do about an article which contains information I am pretty sure is inaccurate?

Your entry on Dissociative Identity Disorder has been marked for cleanup, and I'd tackle it, but I'm not sure where to start. I'm not an expert on the subject but I have quite a bit of knowledge about it, and I'm fairly sure much of what the article claims is either false or misleading--not maliciously, but it seems to have been written from quite a subjective point of view without much in the way of fact-checking, and there are internal inconsistencies as well.

I don't want to go in and edit for readability, grammar, etc. if the underlying information is misleading or inaccurate. But I don't have time right now to do the research to track down every claim and determine its truth or falsity.

So if I were to edit for accuracy as well as for readability, I'd end up with an article that's much shorter, because I wouldn't want to include anything I wasn't certain about. However, it's an important topic, and I love Misplaced Pages, and I would like Misplaced Pages's entry on the subject to be clearer, less subjective, and as accurate as possible. As it is now, it's almost worse than no entry at all.

Should I go ahead and slash and burn?

I'm not a Misplaced Pages regular; I've contributed bits and pieces and some editing here and there. Please contact me at <removed> if the Misplaced Pages community thinks it's appropriate for me to go ahead and transform the piece. 63.231.119.135 06:09, 4 October 2005 (UTC) P. Rhiannon Griffith Albuquerque, NM

It is a Misplaced Pages guideline to Be bold in updating pages. I would say dive right in, but to make sure to discuss any major changes on the Dissociative Identity Disorder talk page (Talk:Dissociative identity disorder). Also, I would suggest creating an account Misplaced Pages:Why create an account?, it's easy (you don't need to provide your e-mail address) and it will make it easier to communicate with other editors. Welcome to Misplaced Pages!--Kewp (t) 06:50, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

how

how can enter in to a server through a port, with a port number?I know the number. I want to ruffer some docs in that server.please help me.

error message from one wikipedia page

At the end of page "http://en.wikipedia.org/Particle_in_a_spherically_symmetric_potential"

there are two links that I would like to access but which are currently not working. Could anybody look into that? Regards

Marina (e-mail address removed)

• If you're talking about the images at the end of the article. Image:Sphericalbesselzeros.png was corrupted or missing and the other image failed to give any copyright information and will soon be deleted, why it's not showing properly, I don't know. - Mgm| 07:58, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

caffeine issues

Hello, well i was looking for info on caffeine and when i came to your site i notice that the molecule for caffeine seemed different to the other diagrams of caffeine on the net as your site has 3 CH3's in your molecule and the others have 2 CH3's and one H3C (not including the O's and N's) so if you could please help with my dilemma. Thanks you.

CH₃ and H₃C are the same thing. IT's jsut a slightly different way of representing a methyl group.Geni 12:49, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Signiture

I have tried to make a coloured signiture (smurrayinchester 09:20, 4 October 2005 (UTC)). However, as you can see, the underline is still blue, despite the green text. Is there a way to change this? smurrayinchester 09:20, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

<nowiki></nowiki>]]<font style="color:#00BB55"><u><b>s</b>murray</u><font style
="color:#00AA77"><u>in</u><font style =""color:#00EE55"><u>chester</u>
<sup>(]), (])</sup>

]<font color="#008000">]</font><sup>(])</sup>

In several linguistic-philology related articles, certain phonetic symbols appear as a box □, rather than the symbol. Examples can be seen in the following articles, certainly not a complete list:

There are many more. Can anything be done to solve this?