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What is the convention for dealing with Discussion comments left by contributors later convicted of sockpuppetry? Can they be edited off the Discussion page by anyone? Should they be stricken out? Collapsed? Should they be left on the page but be followed by a notice that the user was a sock? Or is it best to leave such matters to be handled by an Admin? This isn't being asked in relation to cases of clear vandalism or otherwise disruptive edits. In particular, what if a sock's input to a discussion is actually of value? (Edited to add: And what if the sock left comments on another user's Talk page? Can those be excised by regular users?)—] (]) 06:22, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
What is the convention for dealing with Discussion comments left by contributors later convicted of sockpuppetry? Can they be edited off the Discussion page by anyone? Should they be stricken out? Collapsed? Should they be left on the page but be followed by a notice that the user was a sock? Or is it best to leave such matters to be handled by an Admin? This isn't being asked in relation to cases of clear vandalism or otherwise disruptive edits. In particular, what if a sock's input to a discussion is actually of value? (Edited to add: And what if the sock left comments on another user's Talk page? Can those be excised by regular users?)—] (]) 06:22, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
:The user is welcome to ] his own userpage and talk page, so feel to address as needed. You don't want to change anything on someone elses talk page unless it was indisputible vandalism. As far as article discussions, I wouldn't change it because, typically socks are involved in lenghty discussions and the removal of those exits will break the conversation flow. I would however make a note on the discussion page about the sock case and the users involved. Be sure not to the editor, but simply call attention to the various usernames and link them to the ] case. ] (]) 06:43, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
This website attributes the information to Misplaced Pages However, a check with with all possible titles showed up no such page on Misplaced Pages. Moreover, the fake page potentially does not conform to Misplaced Pages policies for pages on this topic. What can we do about it?--Lionratz (talk) 00:46, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps they copied from http://asianmediawiki.com/You_Dance_With_The_Summer (blacklisted so not linked) and thought it was a part of Misplaced Pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:37, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
I would suggest emailing them to let them know about their error. If they don't respond, you can ask the Wikimedia Foundation or some OTRS person to take further action. - 194.60.106.17 (talk) 06:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
How do we upload an image to the Anamorphosis page, in the "Anamorphosis in Popular Culture" section?
This is our own photograph, taken of our own anamorphic art. Lots of upload instructions are out there, but none seems appropriate our page view. Please help with clear, concise directions. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Myrna Hoffman (talk • contribs) 01:54, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Myrna Hoffman, just expanding on the tip Tiggerjay added. In addition to being autoconfirmed (check his link above), you would use the upload tool on the left side of the Misplaced Pages page. With that in mind, you should also be aware of a few following things. (1) Ensure that any action on that page cannot be deemed a conflict of interests or blatant or promotional advertising of your work. (2) Ensure you are willing to release the image in the public domain, or under a license suited for uploading it to Misplaced Pages (or it will be deleted). This is the relevant section of rules and guidelines you need to understand. (3) check Misplaced Pages Help on how to include images on an article (or check how it's done on other articles).
You can also request that your account be given CONFIRMED status, which will enable you to upload your file once those permissions are provided, please see WP:PERM for more information. Tiggerjay (talk) 17:58, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Wrong link
Hi there,
I regularly watch and maintain the following page:
It doesn't seem like there is an article about the correct Wang Tong. The best fix might simply be to de-link the name, by removing the ] from around it. 24.177.120.138 (talk) 03:25, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Arbitration Troubles Template has possible bad links?
Hello,
I've never been to the help desk before -
It was suggested I talk to you folks here- hope this is where I'm meant to be posting my query :)
Anyway the question is 'should the template be changed?' and if so 'where should I be asking?'.
Here's the issue :)
I was on a talk page trying to find more editting guidelines for how to edit things relating to the troubles - in case there were NPOV guildlines and saw the template {{Troubles restriction}} which contains this text
The content of the Troubles restriction template (I didn't like to paste it without nowiki tags)
Consensus The article Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland, along with other articles relating to The Troubles, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies, as laid out during a 2007 Arbitration case, and amended by community consensus in October 2008 and November 2009. The current restrictions are:
All editors on Troubles-related articles are directed to get the advice of neutral parties via means such as outside opinions.
All articles related to The Troubles, defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland falls under WP:1RR (one revert per editor per article per 24 hour period). When in doubt, assume it is related.
o Clear vandalism, or edits by anonymous IP editors, may be reverted without penalty
Editors who violate this 1RR restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offence.
If you are a new editor, or an editor unfamiliar with the situation, please follow the above guidelines. You may also wish to review the arbitration case page. If you are unsure if your edit is appropriate, discuss it here on this talk page first. When in doubt, don't revert!
End content of the Troubles restriction template
So I followed the link active arbitration remedies above. The page I arrived at is not very user friendly - but said to leave comments on the talk page. I did so asking if any of it could be archived.
I gather now that it was already an "archive" page - but I don't think the template spelled that out very well. Anyway I was asked to revert my edit, (which I have done).
The talk page was just off the in the news section - so 4 well meaning clicks from the main page to a very obscure arbitration archive which didn't give any useful info to the new(ish) wikipedian like myself.
Hi EdwardLane. Try the article's talk page. I made the same mistake not too long ago by reading too quickly. The template is pointing you to the Arb page if you wish to research it, and to the talk page (of the article that has the template/note) to leave a comment. Key word in the msg is " discuss it here on this talk page first." Hope that helps. Best, ROBERTMFROMLI | /CN06:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Robert, I understand that I can ask questions about the article on the talk page for the article :)
But if I want to understand the 'active arbitration procedure' that (as it turns out was clearly not 'actively' discussing how to arbitrate NPOV issues related to the troubles) then surely I click the link and end up on the arb page (which says don't edit this unless you want to get embroiled in the arbitration - comment on that talk page)
What I think I'm suggesting is some different template for arbitrations that are closed - compared to arbs that are active. So the close arb template says 'the issues in this article are covered under the consensus that was reached in an arb procedure - you can only do this that and the other with this article, if you really want to go back and look at the lengthy discussion that resulted in these rules look here, if you see someone breaking it or if you think those rules are out of date or otherwise rubbish - talk to the arb people here)
Oh and if you do end on that closed arb page - then the text at the top of that should not suggest you edit that arb talk page (that should I think just be for active arbitrations)
something like that anyway - but I was wondering where I ought to suggest that :)
I understand I can suggest changes to the Template here,and I will now that I understand better what the various aspects of my question were (but thanks for the bold sentence switch which does improve one of the issues slightly).
But where do I go to suggest a new template toggle? So instead of writing {{Troubles restriction}} Someone can write {{Troubles restriction|arbitration=active}} or {{Troubles restriction|arbitration=complete}} and the text displayed has different content based on that toggle? Or am I meant to boldly create such a thing? I don't know how.
And where do I go to suggest an edit be made to the arbitration page to change the text and remove the line "Comments are very welcome on the Talk page, and will be read, in full" and replace it with "Comments were made on the Talk page, and were read, in full during the arbitration process which is now closed" - and also address the line "Once the case is closed, editors ..." which should probably say "Now that the case is closed, editors ..." (it doesn't look like this is the correct place - but perhaps I'm wrong)?
I sometimes use a tool to bring images from Flickr to Commons but am having a hard time figuring out how to bring over a video. I have checked out an essay and a couple help pages but am just not getting it. I know a another user who tried but it looks like it didn't work out either. So if anyone is already knowledgeable in this less used area some pointers would be awesome. We are going for this which is properly licensed and not a capture from television. I grabbed Firefogg but still am being dense.Cptnono (talk) 06:41, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
I can try and upload to a better place for you, maybe you tube? make a comment on the video on flickr if it is not working. Ted Kerwin
Thanks for the links John. I am not able to download the file from Flickr so I tried a program to "grab" it. Ran into some errors.
And THANK YOU Ted. If you feel inclined, you can email me the video. My email (also listed in the toolbox ) is thecptnono@gmail.com. Another editor wants to use the video to illustrate a penalty kick. Cptnono (talk) 19:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
For advice on formatting, see Help:Wiki markup. But for an article to exist at all, you need to show that the band is important - see WP:BAND - and you do this by including references to reliable sources such as coverage in mainstream media, to show that other people have decided to write about it. Your choice of user name suggests that you are linked to the band in some way, so you should also look at WP:COI and WP:NOTADVERT. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of Emmanuella Grace
Hi guys. I got the message that my article was to be deleted if I did not provide any reliable sources to suport it. I have since found two reliable sources to suport my material. How do I make sure that the page does not get deleted? And how do I remove the tag on my wiki page that say this?
I left a standard message on your talk page just now explaining that the article was deleted as a copyright violation. I had started a copyedit to see if I could help the article, find some better sources and so on, but then I discovered that you had copied and pasted the text verbatim from her website. You are free to recreate the article with your own writing, but you need to include reliable third party sources—sources that are entirely unconnected to Ms. Grace. The sources you had listed was her own website and a website in the blogosphere that does not appear to have any claim to reliability and which contained an interview and a large quote from her website, i.e., all primary source material, so the sources were not what we are looking for. There are no results in Google Books or News archive, so it may be that she is not currently sufficiently written about to warrant an article at all. Please see Misplaced Pages:Notability (music) for some of our musician-specific notability standards.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:39, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Assistance from someone who isn't at their workplace?
Could someone, who isn't at their workplace with people possibly looking over their shoulder, please check out the Arianny Celeste article? The infobox is broken and one of the more recent infobox images is of a naked woman. I'd rather not be surprised by that image again while at work. Thanks, Dismas|09:43, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Whether you can do this depends on which photos you have in mind; see Misplaced Pages:Reusing Misplaced Pages content. You will need to click through to the file page of each photo to see the terms on which it was uploaded. Feel free to post again here with the names of the relevant photos, and someone will be able to give you specific advice. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:06, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Can anyone help. can I use the photos of the Church Fathers in my book (history of Christianity for college use.) which is about to publish? if so, who should I acknowldge or cite as sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.58.84.225 (talk) 11:10, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Some time ago, I tried to log in to Misplaced Pages after using Google Chrome (the web browser which is my default browser) and got the message - You need to enable cookies and you have them disabled. I then managed to log in to Misplaced Pages when I used Safari. However, I would still like to know how one can log enable cookies on Google Chrome. Many thanks in advance for any feedback. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 11:27, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
I represent Low Associates mentioned in the Andrew Lansley page. We have been subject to articles in the Telegraph which are at best inaccurate and misleading (contravening the PCC code). When I attempt to change the page giving the true information and citing the relevant part of the company website someone changes it back. This is potentially libellous and commercially damaging77.200.133.69 (talk) 12:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
The article has now been protected because of your edit warring on the page. If you want to make changes, please request them together with a citation to a reliable source on the discussion page Talk:Andrew Lansley. —teb728tc12:39, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
As you claim to "represent Low Associates" you also have a Conflict of Interest, so should not be editing the section of Lansley's page referring to Low Associates, at all. If you want changes made to that article, please request them, citing a reliable source on the discussion page, as explained above. Arjayay (talk) 07:48, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Question re: Special:NewPages
Resolved
Do articles created in user subpages then moved to mainspace appear in Special:NewPages, and is this also true of articles created from redirects? If not, is this not a loophole that could be exploited to bypass the new page patrollers? doomgaze(talk)12:01, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Professor Cuno Puempin has a page already in German on Misplaced Pages. Given his contributions, I believe it would be helpful to have his biography on Misplaced Pages also in English. I have gone ahead and translated his biography in English but am not able to paste the article on wikipedia although I have followed all directions.
Please find below the translation. Would you be able to download it for me please ? I would be grateful.
Cuno Puempin (Pümpin) (* August 21st, 1939 at Basel) is a Swiss economist, entrepreneur and consultant.
Puempin developed the concept of “Strategic Excellence Positions” (SEP) in the early 1980s. In the 1990s under the name “core competences” and “core capabilities”, this concept received broad acceptance and Puempin was awarded the Swiss Innovation Price for this work. Puempin has published highly recognized books and articles mainly on strategic management. He was marketing and general manager in several companies, as well as member of the board of directors and a private investor.
Content:
1. Early life
2. Career
3. Activities
a. Professional
b. Scientific
4. Publications
5. See also
6. External links
Background
Cuno Puempin was born as second son of Fritz Puempin (*1901 at Gelterkinden; died July 5th 1972 at Gelterkinden) and Rose Gerster. He is citizen of Gelterkinden.
Career
Puempin went to primary and high-school in the Canton of Basel, Switzerland. In 1955 he started a three years commercial apprenticeship. Later on he started his studies in economics and management at the Universities of Basel and St. Gallen. In 1966 he received his Masters degree as a commercial teacher and in 1968 he obtained his PhD. The title of his doctoral thesis was “Long Range Marketing Planning”.
Activities
a) Professional
Between 1965 and 1967 Puempin was employed in the Corporate Development Department of J.R. Geigy AG (today a part of Novartis). In 1967 he joined the computer company Sperry Univac (today part of Unisys) where he became Vice President Marketing in 1970. In 1970 / 1971 Puempin wrote his professorial thesis (Habilitationsschrift) entitled “Information and Marketing”. In 1972 he became “Privatdozent” (formal lecturer) at the University of St. Gallen and in 1973 he was appointed “Extraordinarius” (Professor and member of the Senate). At the same time Puempin became CEO of the Center of Management at St. Gallen, a foundation related to the University.
In 1977 Puempin founded his own company that specialized on strategy consulting. In the following years most Swiss companies with international operations became his clients. Puempin was also appointed to many board of directors, such as Ernst & Young Switzerland, Ems Chemie Holding AG, Liechtenstein Global Trust (LGT) AG, Metro International AG and member of the international advisory board of the Blackstone Group, New York. As member of the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation and executive board member of LGT Puempin was closely involved in the international expansion of this Group. Moreover Puempin was board member of several institutes at the University of St. Gallen, including the Chairman of the Institute of Management.
Since the 1970s Puempin is a well-known lecturer at international congresses and seminars such as the World Economic Forum, the ISC in St. Gallen, and Management Center Europe. He also held regular lectures in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and many other countries.
In 1985, along with two other investors, Puempin acquired a training company with over 1’000 employees, active in almost all European countries. After restructured the company, Puempin and his partners sold the company in 1988.
In the late 1980s Puempin closely worked with Professor Michael Porter of Harvard and supported him in his research on the “International Competitiveness of Nations”. In this assignment, Puempin was responsible for the research of European clusters.
In 1990 Puempin was appointed a consultant of the Swiss Bundesrat, the Executive of the Swiss Confederation. Puempin also supported other countries such as Andorra by developing their country’s strategy.
In the late 1990s Puempin was strongly involved in the building of Metro’s corporate venture company “Invision”. After a Management Buyout he became Vice Chairman and form 2002 till 2010 Chairman of Invision Holding AG, one of Switzerland’s leading private equity companies. Since the 1990s Puempin is a private investor in various companies.
b) Scientific
In his career as a Professor Puempin published thirteen books and over 100 articles. His books were translated into more than 10 languages.
One of his very successful publications was “The Practice of Strategic Management” (1980) that was translated in several languages and printed more than 200’000 times. But the most important work of Puempin was the book “Management strategischer Erfolgspositionen - SEP” (1982), published in English in 1987 under the title “The Essence of Corporate Strategy”. Puempin defined a Strategic Excellence Position (SEP) as a “...central competence of the corporation that enables it to achieve outstanding results.” Thus the concept of “Strategic Excellence Position” strongly corresponds to the well-known term of “Core Competence” published by Hamel and Prahalad in May - June 1990 in Harvard Business Review (HBR) or the concept of “Core Capabilities” published by Stalk et al also in HBR in March - April 1992. Thus Puempin became a forerunner of the concept of core competences that plays a central role in today’s strategic management.
The work of Puempin enjoyed international recognition. In the 1980s Ernst & Young decided to use the concept of “Strategic Excellence Positions” as a basis for their strategy consulting activities. For the development of this concept, Puempin was honored with the Swiss Innovation Prize in 1983.
Another important book that found broad interest was “Corporate Dynamism - How World Class Companies Became World Class”, of which the German version was published in 1990 and was elected the best economic book by Euromarketing. In this work Puempin further developed his strategy concept by promoting the issue of scalability as a means to develop strengths and profitability.
In the 1990s Puempin shifted his interests from corporate strategy to investment strategy. The result of this work was the book “Strategisches Investment Management” published in 2008 (together with Maurice Pedergnana, to be available in English in 2011). Contrary to traditional publications on asset management that apply capital market theory, Puempin’s approach strictly builds on strategy teachings. This leads to completely new findings that are often in strong contradiction to traditional investment management as promoted by financial institutions.
Publications:
● Langfristige Marketingplanung, Konzeption und Formalisierung (doctoral thesis “Dissertation” 1968, 2nd ed. 1970, 136 p.).
● Information und Marketing, Informations-Systeme als Führungsgrundlage (professorial thesis (“Habilitationsschrift”, 1973, 234 p.).
● Strategische Führung in der Unternehmungspraxis (1980, 80 p., French 1981, English 1982).
● Management strategischer Erfolgspositionen (1982, 217 p., Spanish 1982 - with S. Garcia Echevarria, title: Estrategia Empresarial - como implementar la estrategia en la empresa; English 1987: title: The Essence of Corporate Strategy; Portugese 1987, Japanese 1987, Finnish 1989, Korean 1989, Indish Edition Mumbay 1995).
● Unternehmenskultur - Basis strategischer Profilierung erfolgreicher Unternehmen (1985, 56 p. with J.-M. Kobi und H.A. Wuethrich, French 1985; Spanish: Cultura Empresarial, 1988, 139 p. with S. Garcia Echevarria).
● Das Dynamik Prinzip (1989, paperback 1991, English 1989, Spanish 1990 - with S. Garcia Echevarria, French 1991, Italian 1993, Indian edition Mumbay 1995, English new edition: How World Class Companies Became World Class, 1991.)
● Unternehmungs-Dynamik - Wie führen wir Unternehmungen in neue Dimensionen? (64 p. 1991, with C. Imboden, French 1991).
● Management der Unternehmensentwicklung - phasengerechte Führung und der Umgang mit Krisen (1991, 276 p., with J. Prange).
● Strategische Erfolgspositionen - Methodik der dynamischen strategischen Unternehmensführung (1992, 202 p.).
● Strategische Erfolgspositionen - Kernkompetenzen aufbauen und umsetzen (2005, 136 p., with Wolfgang Amann)
● Der Private-Equity-Investor als Strategie-Coach (2005, 167 p., with Bernd Pfister, Martin Ankli, Wolfgang Amann)
● Unternehmensentwicklung - Corporate Life Cycles: Metamorphose statt Kollaps,(2005, 215 p., with Christian Wunderlin )
● Strategisches Investment Management - Wie Investoren nachhaltige Wertsteigerungen erzielen (2008, 232 p., with Maurice Pedergnana)
One thing I notice is that you don't cite any references. On the English Misplaced Pages (maybe on others, too), a article about a living person must have at least one reference supporting a fact in the article. --Auntof6 (talk) 14:36, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
publishing a draft
Hello, I made the following entry originally on May 10, I thought I had submitted it for editing but have not heard back. Today I copied and pasted to submit it differently and I got a warning. How would I get the following article published?
First off, THANK YOU for working on your article in your namespace, instead of attempting to push it to the mainspace. Getting help from the start is always a good idea. I agree with Ukexpat suggestions. While the promotional tone can be address with additional editing, you also have a distinct conflict of interest and I suggest you read up on that as well. Moving forward, I'm not sure there is enough reliable sources to assert its notability for inclusion into the mainspace. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:10, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
This website is a gift to human. Life is impossible without it. However you have listed list of it companies in hyderabad,i am a bcom graduate working in ADP ( BPO ) so can you post something that would not only help it proffessionals but also general mass or bcom chunks. In general list of bpos, kpos and ites........ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.57.92.5 (talk) 15:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
I have no idea what bpos, kpos and ites are, but I do know that one of the many things which Misplaced Pages is not is a business directory. Its purpose is to be an encyclopaedia. If the individual companies are sufficiently notable to have individual articles written about them in Misplaced Pages, it may be that the information you are asking about would be appropriate in those separate articles. It is not appropriate for a list of companies. I guess you are talking about Software industry in Andhra Pradesh, which is a terrible article as it has hardly any text and few references. --ColinFine (talk) 18:13, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
BLP subject is upset about unflattering photo
Hi. In covering the Big Apple Con this past weekend for the Commons, I met Dawn Marie and her manager, who were very upset about an unflattering photo taken of Marie at Wondercon while she was pregnant, being used as the main Infobox photo in her article. I removed it for them, and replaced it with one of the other photos on her Commons category page, but they are still upset about that photo being on the Commons. I've never been to WonderCon, but if it operates at all like the New York City-based comic conventions, then fans are probably required to ask permission before photographing one of the guests, which I myself always do. They did not do this, and Ms. Marie (real name: Dawn Marie Psaltis) is highly upset about that photo, and when she learned I was a Wikipedian, she asked for my help. Can it be removed? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 17:05, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
My daughter, who is 10, has opened an account on Misplaced Pages without my permission and has created and edited various pages and now cannot work out how to delete the account. She has received various messages, from what I think are other users and I cannot work out how the site works or how to help her close the account. From reading several pages I understand it is not possible to close the account, I just wondering if either there are some exceptions to this rule given her age and the general situation, to protect her and remove traces of her being on Misplaced Pages.
As a parent I am concerned about how much information she may have entered that others may view and also how much she has done on the site. I have tried to undo the editing she has done but I can't undo them and she still seems to be getting messages from other users and Misplaced Pages regarding her alterations. I am unsure what to do other than email to find out what can be done. I apologise for any trouble she has caused and request either that you delete the account and remove any information she has given and remove the changes or change the username so she cannot be tracked by any other users. I would be grateful for anything you can advice me to do.
As a parent I can understand the situation you find yourself in. You are correct that users cannot simply be deleted as all changes on Misplaced Pages must be attributed to someone. So long as your daughter's username and edits do not contain any personally identifiable information, I suggest you simply change the password on the account and leave it idle. If her username is part of her real name, or can be tied to another identity of her's on the internet you may request the Right to Vanish. Also for your comfort and information are the following articles: Misplaced Pages:Child protectionMisplaced Pages:Protecting children's privacy and Misplaced Pages:Advice for parents. If you have any other questions or need clarification, just ask! Tiggerjay (talk) 18:23, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Relax, no harm has been done to the encyclopaedia. Your daughter was just discovering out how to contribute to an encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. She even succeeded in creating an article for the singer (Caggie Dunlop) that no one else has got round to doing yet. The messages she received was just offering help and advice. She seems to have complied fully with the advice here -Misplaced Pages:Guidance for younger editors. Ironically, only yourself has given any personal info in the form of this editor's age.--Aspro (talk) 19:21, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. My agency represents Nancy Cartwright. I have tried several times to get in touch with those at Misplaced Pages to take down certain text from her page (via request from Nancy), as well as change her name. I have sent validation that we represent her, as well as a copy of Nancy's license to validate her name change.
This is the text she wants removed:
"In 2007, Cartwright was in a relationship with contractor Stephen Brackett. They planned to get married in Spring 2008. Brackett was the President and Treasurer of Brackett Construction in Hollywood, California; the construction company was founded in 1987 and had $8.5 million in sales in 2009. He was a fellow member of Scientology, reaching the Operating Thetan level of OT V in Scientology, in 1989. He died in May 2009. According to The Monterey County Herald, Brackett leaped off of the Bixby Creek Bridge in Big Sur, California. Law enforcement stated, "friends and relatives of Brackett said he was despondent because of financial troubles with his business."
In January 2009, Cartwright used Bart's voice in an automated telephone message to Scientologists, inviting them to an event in Hollywood, California. She opened the message in Bart's voice, saying "Yo, what's happenin' man, this is Bart Simpson ", then used her normal voice in most of the remaining message. In a 2000 interview, Cartwright explained that a character's voice is copyrighted and she can use Bart's voice in public but cannot record original dialogue without approval. Al Jean, executive producer of The Simpsons, said that " authorized by us", while The Simpsons creator Matt Groening commented that the issue had been "blown up beyond what was intended".
In September 2011, it was announce Cartwright was being sued by the executives of American Safety Casualty Insurance Company over a policy covering refurbishment work Stephen Bracket failed to finish before his death. The lawsuit sought $260,000 from Cartwright, who the company claims was guarantor for the policy but has refused to cover the expenses. The lawsuit also alleges Brackett diverted contract funds to the Church of Scientology."
I can also send her license to another person if need be in order to get the name change.
Hello ,
Some photos are put on Misplaced Pages for scientific purposes , but these photos contain substances that should be 18+ , for example Vasectomy , which is a word I didn't know , or wanted to know more about in more details , and saw it in another article , I clicked it , then while reading , I see a picture of a male's sexual organ on the right , ofcourse if a child is reading this ... this will impact him negatively.
I do not demand removal of such pictures , but I am suggesting installing a system that hides a picture , Like " THIS PICTURE HAS BEEN VERIFIED AS 18+ , CLICK HERE TO VIEW IT. " , so People could read without being disturbed by photos such about issues such as Sex or medical operations like Vasectomy ; because Misplaced Pages is a source of education to many people and a great reference.
I hope that I have clarified , Thank you very much... PLEASE DO IT , I want to see my children learning from Misplaced Pages , but not with these photos. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.211.192.208 (talk) 20:32, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I know here you can upload images (some free, mostly with Fair Use). I´m looking for free images of muscle cell because in Commons there are few and no good. Can someone tell me how to find them? Do you have any page or something where I can take a look? Thanks. --Andreateletrabajo (talk) 21:10, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Yes, I search, but is not what I´m looking for. I explain: I'm trying to improve syncytium (es:Sincitio) to make it "good". I'm trying to find a picture or photo where could be visible the cell of the muscle with all their nuclei. I found this, but is not very good. In fact, it´s almost impossible to see any nucleus. Thank you. --Andreateletrabajo (talk) 21:44, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
You know? Poliovirus's is gret: a syncytium in a syncytium. I love it. And the Google Search is also good. Thanks for the effor. --Andreateletrabajo (talk) 22:14, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
How Do I Reach and Experienced Misplaced Pages to Make Sure I'm Not Spamming the Place Up? :)
There is a phenomena that I believe deserves a page for reference as well as awareness. It's an idea I've seen around and at one time I actually formed a web site and tried to make a software for schools, www.laptop.org and corporate environments. We have since closed our doors and open sourced our code. The article I am proposing is for a Wikitube a generic term for Video Wiki or video wiki mashup. There are a lot of people who have proposed this. Some of them are pretty aggressive promoters and are on your spambot list. I'm aware of them but believe they have good intentions.
Wikitube dot com (Atlanta)
Wikitube dot org (Japan)
Wikitube dot tv (Washington DC)
Nibipedia.org (that's me)
Sophia.org which I just came across claims to be a Youtube + Misplaced Pages + Facebook mashup.
Arguably Misplaced Pages itself as it adds more video could be considered on the fringe but can't really qualify as a mash up because it's the main primary service.
I would be happy to write the article but given the past behaviors of some individuals in the wikitube space (here and elsewhere) I want to be respectful of the community and not just start writing articles that will a) be perceived and marketing attempts b) be viewed as another attempt to market one versus the other. That said, I do think that this is a valid topic for Misplaced Pages as I've had many many people say they've wondered about it even they have differing ideas about what it might be like or how it could work.
Let me first direct you to WP:YFA which is a great place to get started in understanding the basics of adding a page on Misplaced Pages and the standards which are required. Among them, is just because the term may be out there may not make it notable enough to be included here. And since you have a stated conflict of interest it may be best to submit an article for creation request instead of making it yourself. Tiggerjay (talk) 22:06, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Incorrect/outdated IP address | errors in talk page | "wikipedia is yelling at me and I don't know what I did"
To whom this may concern:
I have never edited a wikipedia page in my entire life, and I have not participated in any other way with the wikipedia community (until now). Additionally, I have never had a wikipedia login. Finally, I just recently signed up for service at my new location and thus have a brand new (I think) IP address with my ISP (I'm being vague per the instructions above). On my latest attempt to use wikipedia, however, my talk page indicated that (apparently) "I" had vandalized numerous pages, promoted spam links, and accomplished other disreputable acts. Since I am 100% certain I did not do any of the actions attributed to me (dated 2008 and earlier), I am concerned that my ability to participate in wikipedia will be hampered by the malfeasance of a previous owner of my IP address.
I am thus curious: How did this happen? How can I avoid it in the future? What should I do right now to maintain full cooperation with wikipedia?
The warnings on the talk page are from 2008. You can ignore them. The person who used this IP address back in 2008 was responsible for those edits. GB fan (talk) 22:24, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
(e/c)::Those actions will not hamper you from editing. I will go and delete those messages to avoid confusion. However, I would highly recommend that you register for your own account here. This is option but would avoid this problem in the future, plus there are additional benefits of logging in explained here: WP:WHYTiggerjay (talk) 22:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
How to merge the content of an article into a category?
What do you mean by merging an article into a category? Name the article and category. A category is used to organize articles and doesn't normally has its own text beyond a short description of what type of article the category is for. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:58, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Which category do you want to "merge" to? Or do you only want to delete the list and keep the articles in whatever categories they already belong to? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I think Category:Polytopes would become messy if all these articles were dumped there. Many of them are already in subcategories. There isn't really a process for "merging" a list to a category. You can nominate the list at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion and separately suggest a new categorization system for polytopes. The two are not mutually exclusive. You should also contact the list creator who is still editing 7 years later. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I am going to AfD the article. I don't see how it could ever be developed into a useful list. I have already had a short conversation with another user at Talk:List of polygons, polyhedra and polytopes where he agreed that this article is useless in its current form. I think I will also contact the original creator of the article. Thanks, PrimeHunter. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 01:12, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I have fixed the worst formatting error. I am working on others but get edit conflicts with you with non-trivial merges after you add content. Please stop editing the template until I have saved the next time. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:19, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
OK, I have saved. The same article should not be linked twice in a navigation box so I removed some duplicates. Feel free to move them to another group but don't duplicate them. I have also piped some links. If it still looks unbalanced to you then please describe the problem more precisely. It can depend on font size, screen resolution, window width, browser and so on. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:35, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages "Contest"
Hi,
Not sure if you know, when you type the address for Misplaced Pages, sometimes a message automatically pops up saying you've won a Misplaced Pages contest, please click on this link and give your email address and shipping address to win one of three $1,000 prizes, one of which is a gift card to Walmart. This seems suspicious, so I'm not sure if you were aware this was happening or not. 71.209.33.156 (talk) 23:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
It sounds more like you are sometimes mistyping the Misplaced Pages address and experiencing typosquatting by landing on a domain unassociated with Misplaced Pages but pretending to be Misplaced Pages. Do not give them any information. You can use a browser bookmark to avoid having to type the right address each time you visit Misplaced Pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:05, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
May 25
Text shifting location
Hi - I edited a page that had a hierarchy to it. The section I was editing began witha picture that had a caption. This picture was off to the right side of the page in the orignal page before I started editing. All the other sections/categories were on the left side of the page. I edited the caption for the photo and then the first paragraph to the left of the photo (well, in the editing screen it occurred below the photo paragraph. I previewed my changes and everything looked fine. However, when I saved my changes, several sections of the page now appear below the photo instead of under categories to the left as they had before I made my edits. It's as if several sections of text shifted over to the right in the gray box containing the picture. These sections still have their sub-headings in bold but they should be on the left side of the screen flowing with the other content of the page, not underneath the photo on the right. The whole page is now messed up. Since I don't see any "undo" button, I'm not sure how to get this back the way it was. How can I tell the page to display sections on the left as outline items versus displaying them under a photo. This is a real problem. Please help. Rsay3 (talk) 00:16, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I've fixed the formatting for you; you had inadvertently removed the "]]" from the caption, so the article thought the text following the image was just a continuation of the caption. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Query
Hi there,
I have registered with Misplaced Pages for the sole purpose of creating a page for the consulting company i work for. I am concerned about the freedom of other users to edit the page content. I am aware that there are various degrees of privacy settings such as full protection. How am I able to ensure that my page is fully protected and that only I am able to edit the content even though I am not a long term wikipedia user or administrator?
First, you shouldn't create an article about your company. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Second, Misplaced Pages works by collaboration of multiple editors. Even assuming your company is sufficiently notable to justify an article, you would never own it.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:26, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
The purpose you have described is fundamentally incompatible with the aims and purposes of Misplaced Pages. You are very welcome to contribute to Misplaced Pages in any way consistent with its five pillars, but if that is your sole purpose, then you have come to the wrong place. --ColinFine (talk) 22:42, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Is Misplaced Pages an ideal tool for me to use?
Hello,
I have an idea of a large database of information. Information which I do not have first hand knowledge of...thus the purpose of having others edit/add to the information. For example information regarding college scholarships. Readers of my article regarding scholarships could edit/add what they know of various scholarships in their state. Then new readers of the article would learn about those resources. I have several topics to discuss in an article which I would want wiki readers from across the country to add to it regarding resources they are aware of, for others to learn about.
Nope. Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia. What you want is your own Wiki. A Wiki is a user-editable site – Misplaced Pages is one example of the many Wikis on the internet. The MediaWiki software that runs Misplaced Pages is free for others to use. See the linked articles for more information. Adrian J. Hunter01:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Articles should be initiated on cogent topics. The title, to an extent, defines a topic for an article, including its scope. Misplaced Pages tends not to be a database—see WP:INDISCRIMINATE. If I were you I would wait to see what other editors post here. Can you suggest one or more article titles for the article you have in mind? This would of course be nothing that you would be committing yourself to, but it might give others an idea of the sort of article you have in mind. And bear in mind, that a title is the means, at least to an extent, by which others find your article. Other means might include links from other articles. Bus stop (talk) 01:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Also if you don't have the technical skills necessary to setup your own website or wiki, you can perform a quick internet search (Google, Yahoo, etc) for mediawiki hosting, and you will be able to find several low cost or no cost wiki's which are ready to go. Tiggerjay (talk) 04:53, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the nice information listed in the link above. Please be aware that in Islam we do not picture or draw the prophets over all. So please remove the pictures that claim it is for prophet Mohamed.
If I find a spot in a wiki article I disagree with,
and want to insert a comment right there, can I do it?
Case in point: article granular material
has a passage about Brazil nuts:
"The un-mixing or segregation of unlike grains under vibration and flow. An example of this is the so-called Brazil nut effect where Brazil nuts rise to the top of a packet of mixed nuts when shaken.The cause of this effect is that when shaken, granular (and some other) materials move in a circular pattern. some larger materials (Brazil nuts) get stuck while going down the circle and therefore stay on the top."
I want to append it with a comment which looks
clearly separate from the main text, like an insert:
"This is a typical example of people-are-bipedal-because-they-have-two-legs tautology explanation. The text should be
modified to remove this explanation and/or a more information-loaded explanation has to be found (the possibility
of finding such a one I doubt, though)."
If you disagree with something, and it is not a matter of verifiable fact, then please discuss it on the article talk page first. The article is not the place for discussion or general comments. Tiggerjay (talk) 05:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
To expand on that, every article has a corresponding talk page that is available through the tab at the top of the page marked "Discussion". By the way, this site is called Misplaced Pages, not wiki. A wiki is any website using wiki software; there are thousands of them.Template:Z30--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:29, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Entry on R.C school being maliciously altered . Possible sectarian motive.
The entry on St Modan's H.S in Stirling has been constantly altered over the last few month and although other posters have tried to take out the incorrect statements (such as the ridiculous claim that a £3000 fee was paid for a play that was never staged) the malicious edit keeps coming back. The style and tone of the alterations are not subtle so hopefully most people will see through the motive (possibly sectarian) of the culprit. I don't know anything about how wikipedia works but I have used it lots for research and note that people usually cite sources for the information they give. I wondered why the edit which paint St Modan's in such a poor light does not have these but yet is allowed to go un checked? I am a parent at the school and know it to be a kind and caring institution and am saddened that a project such as wikapedia is being used as a tool to visit sectarian hatred on an institution that is just trying to do its best for the children in its care. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.76.226 (talk) 07:20, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
The page for discussion of the article is Talk:St Modan's High School. The statement that you mention seems to have been added once and removed once; I see no sign of it "coming back". You may wish to look at the history of the article. In Misplaced Pages we have a policy to assume good faith, and I do not see any obvious evidence of what you describe as "sectarian hatred". In common with many articles, this article has from time to time been subject to vandalism, some of it apparently childish, but this is usually rapidly reverted. You are right that statements in a Misplaced Pages article need to be referenced to reliable sources, so if you wish to improve the article you may wish to find and include such sources for areas which are currently unreferenced and might otherwise risk removal. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:07, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
It is my observation that most vandalism to articles on high schools is committed by disgruntled students of those schools themselves, not by wicked bigoted conspirators. --Orange Mike | Talk14:20, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Do you mean a topic to create an article about in Misplaced Pages? If this is the case, I don't think there is an easy answer to that. You could try to do a Google Books search for example on a topic that you find interesting or you think is missing. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Self removal of text?
Talk:Muhammad/images/example css gives an example of how a user can add code to a their css page so that specifc images on the Muhammad page of Muhammad aren't shown. What I'm looking for is how to do the equivalent for text. I want to be able to tell a user how to view the Phi Gamma Delta page without seeing the ΦΓΔ which is in the infobox. It probably won't make a difference for those Fiji brothers who want to change the article, but if possible to add a layer of "if you don't want to see it..."Naraht (talk) 10:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
This could be done if we tweaked the infobox coding in the article, replacing ΦΓΔ with <div id="PhiGammaDeltaInfoBoxGreekLetters">ΦΓΔ</div> so that this infobox element has a unique "id". Then, a user with an account could create or edit their Special:MyPage/skin.css with the line #PhiGammaDeltaInfoBoxGreekLetters { display:none }, and the three Greek letters will then disappear. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
This is the only relevant article. I've worked with Fraternities for a while, and Fiji are the only one that I've heard of that cares.Naraht (talk) 02:42, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Recreating a page
Couple of months an article was deleted due to its insignificance. By now, new references have came up. Can I recreate the page? Should I contact the admin who deleted it? How? T2dieevi (talk) 10:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
If the article was speedy deleted you can recreate it. My sussgetion would be to rcreate it in your userspace at a location like, User:T2dieevi/sandbox. That way you can work on it over time and it is less likely to get deleted quickly. Then when you think it is ready you can ask experienced editors to look the article over at WP:FEED. They will give you feedback on how to improve thearticle and let you know if it is ready for the mainspace. GB fan (talk) 10:41, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Toshio, I think you meant he should ask for userfication at Misplaced Pages:Requests for undeletion. At that process page we do two things: undelelete article to the mainspace that were deleted on uncontroversial grounds (generally G6s and prods) and userfication. This can be confusing because both technically, mechanically, involve "undeletion", but the requests are interpreted quite differently. In other words, if this article was deleted as an A7 or possibly at AfD, as it appears from the OP, a request for it to be "undeleted" will normally be rejected out of hand.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:04, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Yes, correct, I actually meant userfication. If the deleted article does not contain anything useful (verifiable information and the corresponding reliable sources), it should be recreated from scratch anyway. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
IP address vandalism problem .
Hello, I've been editing Misplaced Pages for a few months now and I always edit under this username and log-in. However, I've just used a different browser to look up something on Misplaced Pages (I use FireFox for editing, and IE for work) and discovered that someone's left a message for me on my IP addresses talk page User talk:212.139.202.136. It's quite an old message (November 2010) that I haven't picked up until now as I always log into Misplaced Pages. Quite rightly User:Recognizance has undone vandalism made by this IP address (diff link). I live in England, and my ISP is Talk Talk, who I suppose could be sharing IP addresses out between different households. I very much doubt this vandalism was made within my home.
It would be very glamorous to be barred from Misplaced Pages for using a sock-puppet to push an anti-Israeli agenda, but I'm afraid I did not make these edits, and don't know enough about Israel and the Dead Sea Scrolls to vandalise related articles. Should I be worried by this use of my IP address? TehGrauniad (talk) 10:56, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Your ISP might well allocate IP addresses dynamically. To avoid any confusion, it is better to log in with your user name. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:01, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Sometimes a page is changed but it doesn't come up on my watchlist as changed. Seems to be one page at a time but of course I can't be sure. Any quidance to this annoying bug? Ring Cinema (talk) 13:35, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Potential reasons that I know of are
an item won't show on the watchlist if it is being actively edited
you can set your watchlist up not to show edits marked as minor
you can set your watchlist up not to show bot edits
Well, yes, I do hide minor and bot edits, but those are not the edits missing. I'll change that for a while and see what that does. Actively edited pages with a recent edit don't come up on a watchlist? That would surprise me but is that so? --Ring Cinema (talk) 13:44, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
If your watchlist only shows the latest edit to a page and you hide minor and bot edits then it will not show if there was a major edit before a more recent minor or bot edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:57, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Also don't forget that rollbacks don't change a page from unwatched to watched either - so you'll not see any subsequent changes made to the page at all. a_man_alone (talk) 14:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
(I'm puzzled by this bit: "If your watchlist only shows the latest edit to a page..." -- My impression is that the ONLY edit to a page that a watchlist can show is the most recent.) Wanderer57 (talk) 14:59, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
There's an "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" option in Preferences. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 15:08, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
"Rollbacks", Solo Sapiens?: does this refer to undo's? I'm confident my watchlist shows undo's frequently. What kind of rollback are we talking here? (2) It's counterintuitive that when I monitor only major edits I am not informed of the last major edit simply because there was an intervening minor edit. That seems more like a bug than a feature. However, that is not the case anyway since I received no notifies in several cases of major edits. --Ring Cinema (talk) 15:26, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Say, for example, you see a bad faith edit on one of your watched pages and revert it, whether using rollback, or undo, it doesn't matter. Then decide to check the users other edits - and you see another vandal edit on a page that you don't watch. If you use undo to revert the edit, it will also (by default) add that page to your watchlist. However, if you use rollback to undo the edit, the page isn't added to your watchlist. a_man_alone (talk) 17:46, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, don't mean to patronise, but rollback is a function that can undo multiple edits by the same author - useful for reverting mass vandalism, but subject to rules of use. Others could probably explain it better. a_man_alone (talk) 17:48, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
No, you weren't patronizing. Anyway, the scenario you described is not the one that obtains when I have my problem. The problem is major edits on pages I watch that don't appear on my watchlist. I think it's strange. --Ring Cinema (talk) 19:39, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Should I Apply for Rollback?
I am interested in applying for Rollback but before I do I wanted to know if it would be worth applying now or later. I have been on Misplaced Pages for 2 and a half monts and have around 1600 edits. Is it worth applying or should I wait a while? Oddbodz (talk) 15:24, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
(Disclaimer: I don't have rollback myself) I've had a look through your last 500 contributions and don't see you reverting vandalism, which is what rollback is for. Perhaps have a go at reverting vandalism with Twinkle for a while first? -- John of Reading (talk) 19:55, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
How to Delete an Empty Title?
I have written an article about a subject for which no article currently exists; but when I went to post the article, I received a message saying the article exists already. It appears that the title exists, but no actual article: the title points to a broader subject. (Presumably, a previous article bearing this title got deleted, and its title was made to point to the more general article.) However, I believe my article contains more than enough distinct, relevant, and useful information to warrant its own page, and therefore I'm wondering: how can I delete that empty title, so that I can use it to create my article from scratch? Thanks. Chillowack (talk) 15:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Go to the article. You will get redirected. It says "redirected from Mystic River Reservation". Click on the link and you will go to the page without redirecting. Click edit and you'll see this. You can update the page, removing the redirect. -- kainaw™15:38, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I am not sure if Help desk really is the right place for this question, thus if it is not, please point me to the right place.
I want to clean up the article List of conglomerates. Would this source be appropriate to verify the conglomerate status of Al-Ghurair Group? It does not explicitly say that Al-Ghurair Group is a conglomerate, but it is clear from the definition of a conglomerate and the information given in this source, that it qualifies as one. Would the inclusion of Al-Ghurair Group in the list based on this source count as original research? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:18, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Finding an editor with particular language and experience qualifications
Working at the Third Opinion project, I frequently come across disputes where the problem is fueled by the fact that one of the disputants is not fluent in English. I'd like in those cases to be able to enlist an experienced current editor who is fluent in both English and the language of the disputant, but I can't figure out how to search for such an editor. I can find editors listed by language and fluency at Category:Wikipedians by language, but going through them one by one checking their userpage for their English language level and their user contributions for their experience and currency is impossible. Is there a way to search for, for example, SV-4, EN-4, and sysop status? Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 16:24, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I'd like to second that this would be fabulous. I, too, have often had to scan through page after page looking for the right contributor to help with a problem. :) --Moonriddengirl16:33, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Those language skills status notes are typically from userboxes which put the userpage in specific categories. Wasn't there a category search tool that allowed you to search the intersection of multiple cats? - 194.60.106.38 (talk) 06:51, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Conflict of Interest ?
Can I create an article about my own company? I don't want to advertise or express opinions. I just want to put the company name, address, and the services we provide (maybe a brief history of the company). And I don't want wikipedia to become a forum for my competitors to post liable about my company. Would this be a problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelPFG (talk • contribs) 17:38, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
You can, it is not forbidden, but it is very strongly discouraged, see the conflicts of interest policy for details. Moreover, you probably ought to edit existing articles for awhile before trying to write an article. Writing an article without experience here is likely to prove very frustrating. By editing existing articles you'll become familiar with Misplaced Pages policies, guidelines, and norms that may trip you up. Finally, there's no point in creating a policy about your company unless it is Misplaced Pages-notable (which is quite different from dictionary-definition notability). See the organization notability guideline for some help on what it takes for a company to be notable. Please sign all your questions and comments with four tildes like this: ~~~~ Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 18:40, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
If you do create an article you will see the message "If you do not want your writing to be edited, used, and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here." See WP:ORGFAQ and WP:LUC. --ColinFine (talk) 22:54, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
how do you make changes in an article?
In looking today at the article on New York's 29th Congressional district, I noticed two comments that the district WILL be eliminated in the next redistricting. That is nowhere near a certainty. Two districts will be eliminated in New York State and it is commonly understood that one of them will come from the area east of the Hudson River. But if you note coverage of yesterday's special election in New York's 26th district, several sources suggested that the 26th may be the district that's eliminated. How does that item get changed?
You can be bold and change it, including references for any information you add. Make sure you leave a meaningful Edit Summary (that will also reduce the likelihood that a bot will think your change is vandalism and revert it).
This is an issue of terminology. Yes, New York will drop from 29 to 27 districts for the 2012 elections which means there will no longer be a 28th or 29th congressional district. *but*, which districts are considered to *go away* is more fluid. For example, I *think* that most of the population loss downstate (where the lowered numbered congressional districts are) will cause a seat held by a democrat to be lost, this will occur by changing the borders between lots of districts in order to make the population right. Some member will probably have their seat cut up into multiple pieces with only a small portion including the members's residence going into a neighboring district. That one will be viewed as "lost". Then you renumber everything so that they are numbered 1-27.Naraht (talk) 11:17, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Two versions of a page live at the same time?
From Internet explorer it seems possible to get to two versions of the St. Modan's high school page.
The first is at http://en.wikipedia.org/St_Modan's_High_School and is a version dated 30th April 2011.
The second is a more up to date version at http://en.wikipedia.org/St_Modan%27s_High_School which has been edited as recently as today.
I think they should be the same (more recent) page and this is the page that Firefox finds every time.
Could the first one be deleted (it is vandalized anyway). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.76.226 (talk) 19:56, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Incorrect Information ref Peter Sellers OR Daniel Mendoza
I don't know which is wrong but the page on Peter Sellers says that Daniel Mendoza was his great-great grandfather. The Daniel Mendoza page, however, says that Peter was the great-great grandson of Daniel's first cousin.
I hope this information will be of assistance to someone who is better qualified to correct this error than myself!
This page is for questions about using Misplaced Pages. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous 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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Misplaced Pages for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
Sirs, COMPLIMENTS! INQUERY
I Stephanie Ann Chapman would like to work at anyone of your nearest locations as an Assembly Worker Trainee.
I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Misplaced Pages, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Misplaced Pages itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25GB fan (talk) 22:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Goofball a Barbituate?
Just typed in Goofball, came up with Barbituate. I've always been a Goofball, never a drug.
how to get an article from the final draft stage onto wikipedia
I have finished an article on artist William H. Calfee. I need to know how to get the article from the place where I wrote it onto the main wikipedia site.
I also have two pictures I would like to include. Please give me instructions on how to do that as well. Thank you in advance.
In sum: (1) How do I get the article on the main wiipedia site? (2) How do I include two pictures?
I am an art historian, and I teach art history at the university level.
I have been cleaning up the list of US bands. I have separated individual players from the band list, but the columns don't line up as well as the band's columns. I want it to spread horizontally across the page and not be left justified.
Any term which tells the reader something about an object without also showing the reader why it is important is a peacock term. In this case you must tell the users why the LJBC played an important role in the recent events; merely telling the reader that a role exists and it is important, without elaborating as to what the role is, does nothing. Xenon54 (talk) 00:30, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
my username is nhlsens and I don't know why but i received some messages that i vandalized a page or something. I have not done that in the least and am confused. could you help me figure out why someone would accuse me of that?
Did you receive the message when you were not logged in? If so, it was to someone else assigned the same internet address as your computer, and you can ignore it. —teb728tc08:04, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Change to a list of members
WHY AM I NOT LISTED AS A HORATIO ALGER MEMBER. I WAS INDUCTED IN 2008 AND AM A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS .
JOSEPH JOE CLARK
<redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.52.202.91 (talk) 08:06, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi Joseph. The article's list is limited to a few well-known members who already have Misplaced Pages articles written about them, or should have one written according to an independent editor. Otherwise the list would be far too long. If anyone feels the need, I believe this is the person in question. --194.60.106.38 (talk) 08:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
When are "List of ..." articles supposed to contain references?
As far as I am aware, the only pages in article space that are not supposed to contain references are disambiguation pages. Yet there are large numbers of List of ... articles that seem to establish their notability through the fact, that most of their entries are wikilinked to an article about the entry. For example, the articles List of cities in Germany, List of cities in Argentina, List of towns in Japan are completely unsourced. Given that per WP:RS#Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, Misplaced Pages is not considered an acceptable source to establish notability, I would regard these articles as having no established notability.
Am I totally confused and a lower standard of "establishing notability through coverage in secondary sources" is expected for List of articles? Are the wikilinks of the entries in those lists are in fact enough?
(PS: The town and cities lists are maybe ok because the towns could be considered as inherently notable. At least I remember having read somewhere that towns and cities are inherently notable, so there might be no need for references in these articles). Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 08:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
You can do it at WP:TFA/R. May 29 has not yet been assigned, so it is possible, though in the past there has been resistance to having an article on a match competitor appear on the day of the competition, for fear we might look biased.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:03, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
User:Raul654, the Featured Article Director has said that while he does not rule out another double FA, he will not do it lightly. One idea would be to see if Man U wins, and if so ask Raul to run the article by approaching him on his talk page for the day of the victory parade. If you do want to go that route, I would immediately drop a note on Raul's talk page so he does not give the date (Monday or Tuesday, I'd reckon) away. Of course, he may not choose to do so, the choice is up to him.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:58, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
I recently made some changes to my preferences and have discovered that when I click on a picture it no longer goes to the page containing the picture and its related information. Now it jumps to a page simply displaying the picture alone. I've reset my preferences, but clicking on pictures still exhibits this behavior. How can I correct this so that I can see the details page?
If you are wanting to start an article, here is a great place to start WP:FIRST. If you are talking about creating a userpage, just go here, User:Buster1960, and start. If you are talking about creating an autobiography, you should read this, Misplaced Pages:Autobiography. If it is something else, please clarify. GB fan (talk) 12:31, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Template quality class
In some WikiProjects there are quality classes such as category or template. But in other projects, they are missing. Is there any rule which limits the number of quality classes in a Project ? Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 12:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
I have already created an account. It says above That i am not logged but i DID log in. I am unable to EXPORT yo my E-mail address any of the information that is on the screen pages that I would like to have sent to my E-mail address. WHY wont it EXPORT the stuff????? Adrien — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.102.52.100 (talk) 16:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Copyright on statements from an interviewed person?
In an article where an person makes statements like this "-All green cows are evil, said Hallspan". Does that sentence fall under the same copyright as the article or is the actual word-by-word comments public domain in practice? The case where this is of use to know is when statements needs to be included into an wikipedia article.Electron9 (talk) 16:26, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Regarding uploading of images, how and where to upload them depends on the copyright status of that image. Free images should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Non-free images are not normally allowed on Misplaced Pages (see Non-free content), but can be used under special circumstances. Help:Upload contains further information on uploading files. If you need help with any specific images, feel free to ask here again. If you need to figure out the license of an image, you can ask at Misplaced Pages:Media copyright questions.
For instructions about how to talk about an article, please see Help:Using talk pages.
Donating an article that has been created for my website
I have created a history of the game of ACQUIRE on my website www.MEGAcquire.com. ACQUIRE was invented by Sid Sackson for the 3M Company in the late 1950's. The rights to the game are currently held by Hasbro Inc. Through the process of buying and selling games and game components, I learned so much history about the game that I decided to share it on my website.
The current section on Misplaced Pages concerning this game is very weak. I don't really want to edit the existing information since the info I have already created is much more extensive and chronologically placed. I am wondering if there is a method to link this history to Misplaced Pages or a way to import the entire page (text and pictures)into your encyclopedia. All pictures and writings are my creations expcept where cited.
You can see this history by going to http://www.megacquire.com/inspiration.php The lead in paragraph for this history would be deleted for Misplaced Pages purposes.
The text on your web-page looks very comprehensive, and largely suitable for a Misplaced Pages article (provided you are willing to licence it appropriately, as at the link Ukexpat gave you) but as it stands it would not be satisfactory because it has no references. Having said this, the existing article is very poorly referenced, and arguably does not establish that the game is notable. If you substantially changed it, you would be well-advised to add some references and establish that it is notable, or it will be liable to get deleted. --ColinFine (talk) 22:36, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
You can visit this page to request a change of username, or just create a new account. Bear in mind though that your account could be deemed as promotional or shared, both of which could end up with you being blocked from editing. If you wish to create an article about Air One Environmental be sure to read WP:FIRST and WP:CORP beforehand to save you the hassle of your work being deleted once you save it. SmartSE (talk) 19:13, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
sandbox whoops
Hi,
I saved something I was working on several times in the sandbox, not realizing it was being submitted each time. How do I let you know you should disregard those submissions?
Updater0906 (talk) 19:28, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
You don't need to worry about what you have saved in the sandbox. The sandbox is made specifically for testing things and experimenting. The Sandbox is regularly overwritten by users so your edits will go away soon. GB fan (talk) 19:33, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Acually, looking at your contributions shows the changes were in fact submitted. The Sandbox is a page like most other pages on Misplaced Pages and can therefore be changed by almost anybody. What GB fan meant was, that the Sandbox is specifically for test edits, so you don't have to worry about breaking anything (unlike when you would perform edits in the main namespace), because the guidelines (specifically the manual of style) to follow in the sandbox are not as strict as in main articlespace. So there is nothing for you to worry about. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:58, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
My new domain is in need of Wikipeda. I will not edit information in any way. Do you allow information to be posted on my site?
I did not find my answer or mabey I over looked it.
Duchess329 (talk) 23:39, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Your question is not clear, but - if you want to re-use Misplaced Pages content, that's fine, as long as you say where it comes from. See WP:REUSE. Chzz ► 06:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
considering posting a story in a local newspaper (which can't be viewed on line) on the Signpost, but can't figure out how to post it. Perhaps you can help? What I wanted to post is this:
Misplaced Pages in the Rio Arriba Sun, Thursday May 26th edition.
The headline, Website Reignites Spelling Debate: Tilde or No Tilde? is in large enough print so that it goes all the way across the top of page A13. The article by SUN Staff Writer Whitney Jones then begins with "Española's nomenclature is the source of a recent kerfuffle on the popular website Misplaced Pages. In an email to the Rio Grande SUN, Misplaced Pages contributer (amended to "contributor") **** ****** wrote he was engaged in a "nasty fight"..... and so it goes. To see how this article is going to be used check out the discussion (the last one) at http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Espanola,_New_Mexico. Hope to see you there. Carptrash (talk) 03:25, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Since the story is going to be about spelling accuracy, it would be really good if you didn't spell the word 'contributor' as "contributer". -- Jack of Oz03:37, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure "Re–ignites" should be hyphenated; I'm also baffled by the cap "T" for "Tilde". But then again, I'm English, so YMMV. Chzz ► 06:00, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
biography
I don't know if i am in the right place? I was reading about robert opinhimer (atomic bomb physicist) after watching his story on pbs last week. your article states that pres john kennedy gave him the enrico ferme award in 1963. in the pbs story they showed lyndon johnson giving r.o. the award. should the wikipedia article be changed? regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.150.152.36 (talk) 05:13, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Currently says, At the urging of many of Oppenheimer's political friends who had ascended to power, President John F. Kennedy awarded Oppenheimer the Enrico Fermi Award in 1963 as a gesture of political rehabilitation. Edward Teller, the winner of the previous year's award, had also recommended Oppenheimer receive it, in the hope that it would heal the rift between them.
If that fact is incorrect, please fix it; but find a reliable source.
Google books indicates that Lyndon Johnson reinstated his security clearance in 1963, and he was presented with the AEC's Enrico Ferme Award - not necc. that Johnson presented it.
Other sources indicate Kennedy did give it.
But I suggest that, if you can find a good reference, please add it.
Convention for dealing with Discussion comments by socks
What is the convention for dealing with Discussion comments left by contributors later convicted of sockpuppetry? Can they be edited off the Discussion page by anyone? Should they be stricken out? Collapsed? Should they be left on the page but be followed by a notice that the user was a sock? Or is it best to leave such matters to be handled by an Admin? This isn't being asked in relation to cases of clear vandalism or otherwise disruptive edits. In particular, what if a sock's input to a discussion is actually of value? (Edited to add: And what if the sock left comments on another user's Talk page? Can those be excised by regular users?)—Biosketch (talk) 06:22, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
The user is welcome to WP:refactor his own userpage and talk page, so feel to address as needed. You don't want to change anything on someone elses talk page unless it was indisputible vandalism. As far as article discussions, I wouldn't change it because, typically socks are involved in lenghty discussions and the removal of those exits will break the conversation flow. I would however make a note on the discussion page about the sock case and the users involved. Be sure not to the editor, but simply call attention to the various usernames and link them to the WP:SPI case. Tiggerjay (talk) 06:43, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Resolved
Moved to WP:RSN – Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:55, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
This page is for questions about using Misplaced Pages. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous 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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Misplaced Pages for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
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