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death

I was clinicaly dead at age 6 months. Drowned in a bathtube-revived by my grandfather-by the slap method-and here I am today.66.159.117.20 (talk) 02:15, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Dissappearing help question

I was at the Help Desk already about creating a article. When I go to My Talk, it says that I have a reply to my post, but when I go to the Help Desk, my post was gone! And I really want to see the replies being that I haven't sorted out the whole 'navigation of Misplaced Pages' yet... Thanks! SweetandSadistic (talk) 23:41, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

• Hey Sweet, and welcome to The Teahouse. Don't worry, your post isn't gone. The Help Desk has a habit of getting backlogged with questions, so topics quickly get archived so as to limit the number of topics on a page at a one time. You can find your question in the archive here. In the future, you can search for the topic or your username to find your posts on the help desk main page. I, Jethrobot (note: not a bot!) 23:52, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Stubs

Where can i find a list of stubs that i can start work on?

canobasebalk Canobasebalk (talk) 18:29, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Misplaced Pages, Canobasebalk! It depends on what you're interested in. For example, if you want to work on fantasy stubs, you would go to Category:Fantasy stubs. I'm glad to see you have an interest in expanding Misplaced Pages. _meow 18:40, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Canobasebalk, hi and welcome to the Teahouse. There are a couple of places to start Category:Stub categories contains a list of the 11039(!) various stub categories - pick a subject that interests you and go from there. Alternatively you can find a similar list at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types. NtheP (talk) 18:43, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you User:Brambleberry of RiverClan and User:Nthep — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canobasebalk (talk • contribs) 18:58, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Template question

I noticed that in some templates there are {{#: }} things (e.g. {{#if: {{{1|}}}| 1 |}}). I know there are more than "#if", for example there's also "#switch", "#ifexist" etc." Can someone explain all of the {{#: }}s to me and what they do? thanks Koopatrev (talk) 15:05, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Koopatrev. They are called parser functions. You can read about them at Help:Magic words#Parser functions with more details at the first two links there. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:10, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Created article but can't view progress

Hello,

I submitted a new article a week ago via my SandBox, and at the time, it said I was number "793" in line. How do I check the current progress of the article?

Thanks! Matt Mattpbuzz (talk) 14:47, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Mattpbuzz. Welcome to the Teahouse. If you click the "My sandbox" link at top of pages then you go into edit mode for your sandbox. To see how the sandbox looks, click either the "User page" tab at top to see User:Mattpbuzz/sandbox, or click the "Show preview" button below the edit box if you have made changes and not saved them yet. As you can see, the submission was unfortunately declined because it is not adequately supported by reliable sources. See also Misplaced Pages:Notability (organizations and companies) or Misplaced Pages:Notability (web) for conditions you should try to satisfy. I don't know whether reliable independent sources have written enough about PollBuzzer to satisfy Misplaced Pages's requirements. Most companies and websites do not satisfy them. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:19, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Examples and standards

I tried to publish a article about the history of my high school. http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/Ho%C3%ABrskool_Voortrekker

It is now rejected for the 3rd time. The first two rejections was a result of lack of reference and the third for it being too much like an advertisement. Why don't the editors highlight the statement(s) sentences that results in the rejection so that it can be referenced rewritten or deleted. To make sure that my article meet a certain standard I randomly looked up school in Australia,United Kingdom, South Africa and the USA. All the school have the same basic outline, history, alumni, location colour and songs. In my subjective opinion the articles are plus minus of the same standard. How do you get published, is it a question of resubmitting until you get lucky wit a editor? Pduplessis1 (talk) 12:36, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Pduplessis1! There are some difficulties about the AfC process, but at a glance the place that needs adjusting is the section on Nobby's Bar. I have raised a query on whether this is enough reason to prevent the article going live, on the talk page. Rich Farmbrough, 13:48, 21 August 2012 (UTC).

Thank you, this is helpful. Nobby Bar is not in existence anymore and I make the changes accordingly

New place

How to create a wikepedia page for a new place? Sushilp66 (talk) 10:18, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello Sushilp66! Welcome to Misplaced Pages! Creating new articles is covered at the Misplaced Pages page Misplaced Pages:Your first article. The short-short version is:

1. Make sure the article doesn't already exist under another name
2. Gather reliable sources you can use for the information you intend to use in creating the article. (don't skip this step. It is by far the most important part of creating an article)
3. Create the article using the information you gathered, being sure to cite the sources where you found the information.

That's it! Misplaced Pages articles don't need to be perfect as soon as they are created, but they do need to be about subjects where there is enough good reliable information that can be verified in reliable sources. Good luck, and if you need more help, please feel free to ask. --Jayron32 12:17, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm writing a new article...

I'm trying translating an article in my sandbox, but it may take a few hours. I'm afraid that somebody may translate the same article as they don't know I'm doing so. What should I do to avoid this?Professorjohnas (talk) 04:33, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

• Hey Professor, welcome to The Teahouse. I think one way to let others know you are translating the page is to leave a note on the article's talk page. If it's an article that gets a lot of attention, it will be seen. If not, well, you probably don't have to worry about someone else translating the article. What article are you translating, and is it from another-language Misplaced Pages? I, Jethrobot (note: not a bot!) 08:01, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Haha, don't call me Professor. It's just a stupid name:) Indeed I'm a Chinese Wikipedian and I'm translating an article from English to Chinese. As it's easier to seek help, I ask the question here instead of doing so on the Chinese Misplaced Pages. The article is Culture of Singapore, in Chinese zh:新加坡文化. Professorjohnas (talk) 08:17, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Nearly forget to thank for you help XDD=) Professorjohnas (talk) 08:21, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Anytime! I should also note that whenever you post your translation to the English Misplaced Pages, you might also want to make sure you note that you post this this template with appropriate info on the talk page on the English Misplaced Pages version. This will establish what version of the article on the Chinese Misplaced Pages you used to do your English translation. I, Jethrobot (note: not a bot!) 08:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Indeed I'm translating from English to Chinese. But thank for you reminder as I have to do so on the Chinese Misplaced Pages. Professorjohnas (talk) 08:36, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Youtube Videos and Wikileaks ...

Questions regarding verifiability: What's the Misplaced Pages policy regarding Youtube Videos? Same question regarding blogs, does a blog written by the subject of a Misplaced Pages biography have any weight? Dgharmon (talk) 02:36, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Youtube videos and blogs are only useful as "primary sources", which means they can only be used as sources for what they directly say, not for sources meant to establish that what they say is "true". Sources which analyze statements for their veracity (as opposed to merely making them) are called "secondary sources" and are what are preferred for the bulk of information at Misplaced Pages. To put it in practical terms, a primary source like a blog can only be used to verify what the blog says. If I write a blog that says "The moon is made of green cheese", then you could use the blog as a source for saying that "Jayron32's blog states that the moon is made of green cheese", however you could NOT use as a source for the statement "The moon is made of green cheese". The former merely reports the fact of what the blog states, without analyzing it for veracity. The second statement would require a secondary source, such as a well respected journal, text book, magazine, or other similar source. Thus, a paper published in the journal Nature which stated that the moon was made of green cheese would be sufficient source, but not my blog. In summation, blogs and the like and other primary sources should only be used to report exactly what they say, but cannot be used to draw conclusions about what it means, or even if it is true or not. You need better sources for that. That's why many blogs have limited utility, because they mostly don't have any reputation for fact checking and editorial control. Does that make sense? There's more reading at Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources. --Jayron32 02:58, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

What about Wikileaks? It wasn't asked in the question but...I am a bit curious and never really thought about it. I guess because it's a primarily source you can't, but I do think there are some ways around with government sources? Or..maybe not? :) SarahStierch (talk) 03:04, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Again, it can be used to basically source quotes, but not to source the meaning of those quotes. That is, if some document is reproduced at Wikileaks, you can only use the document to verify what the document says, but not to analyze what it means, and even that is tough, because to say that any particular document released on Wikileaks is significant or "proves" something, you'd need a secondary source (like a newspaper or magazine or something) which says that it means that. Otherwise, there's not much to do with it, since analyzing a primary source (like a government memorandum) would be original research, which is not what we do at Misplaced Pages. We wait for others to analyze primary sources and report what they find, then we aggregate and report those findingins in our own words. That's basically what Misplaced Pages does: find stuff other people have already figured out and re-report it here. If no one figured something out before Misplaced Pages did, Misplaced Pages shouldn't be the first to report it, including the importance and meaning of government memoranda leaked through Wikileaks. --Jayron32 03:14, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

That was a quick response, one more thing, I've noticed defunct URLs in the references sections of some articles, is there a tool to automate finding them Dgharmon (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:02, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Well, we aim to please! Regarding dead links, the page Misplaced Pages:Link rot should be able to answer your questions. Toodles.--Jayron32 04:52, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Editing for first time

Hello, I am a Graduate Assistant (working on my MLIS) well our library is wanting to put together a pizzapedia night :) a night of pizza and editing wikipedia. Before i could have sworn i saw a category where there articles that needed to be edited, and I thought that would be a good way to start the whole editing or finding citations process. Anyone have helpful hints on how to get this done? Or will i just need to have everyone register with an account and do their own thing?

GASchustermanGA (talk) 23:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Shusterman. Yes there are a number of such categories.

Category:Articles with unsourced statements and Category:Misplaced Pages articles needing copy edit are two that may be if interest. Rich Farmbrough, 00:31, 21 August 2012 (UTC).

Hey SchustermanGA. I have many a "beerpedia" nites myself, though it isn't really anyone here except me and the Yuengling family. As far as your second question, Misplaced Pages has a basic "one person to an account" policy, so each person who wishes to use an account to edit needs to have their own personal account. However, you don't actually need an account, just a computer, though having an account does have its benefits. --Jayron32 01:09, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Reference problem

I was updating Stuart Broad Summer 2012 when I was using a reference which went wrong causing his personnel life getting put in the same section, can someone help? JohnWoodPack (talk) 19:08, 20 August 2012 (UTC)JohnWoodPack

Hi JohnWoodPack and welcome to the teahouse. I appreciate that you are helping Misplaced Pages. So the way to seperate the Personal Life section is to remove 1 equal sign (=) from the two sides of the section, so "===Personal life===" will become "==Personal life==" Again, thanks for contributing to an article. ~~Ebe123~~ → report 21:01, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Adding context

Hello! Looking to add some context for my page: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Praescient_Analytics

any guidence on how to do this? The company's website would not be a reliable secondary source, I think. Please let me know some alternative ways I can expand on the subject for the lay person.

Thanks! ScottPraescient (talk) 15:45, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

More information would be good, and better evidence of WP:Notability, but I am not clear what context is required. I have left a qiuery on the article's talk page. Rich Farmbrough, 00:33, 21 August 2012 (UTC).

Creating an Article

Hello,

I am new to Misplaced Pages and was wondering how a company can go about creating an article on the site (similar to Pepsi or Facebook). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,

Jon 67.164.176.121 (talk) 16:17, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse! Currently, only registered editors can create articles. You can go to the signup page to register. Or you can stay unregistered, which is fine. The only way IP addresses can create articles are through the articles for creation process. An experienced editor will review your submission and will move the article or decline to. You can read Misplaced Pages:Your first article for more information on creating your first submission. Hope this helps! -- Luke (Talk) 17:51, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Jon, in response to "how a company can go about creating an article" there are quite a few issues around creating an article about yourself or your own company. Some of the key points are mentioned here. There is a lot of other information about editing with what we call a "conflict of interest" (COI) so please read up a little before you begin. Good luck! heather walls (talk) 20:38, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

how to cite when there are not references

My mother and aunt were session back up singers - there are really no online, book or journal citings. They kept records and there is a singer's union that will have it on file, but back up singers are not widely published. My page documenting their career was rejected because of lack of citings...any tips?Mollygilbert35 (talk) 15:09, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Apart from sourcing, they must be notable enough to warrant an article on Misplaced Pages (see Misplaced Pages:Notability (music) and Misplaced Pages:Notability (people) are the relevant notability standards in this case). For instance, did they perform on any famous records/albums? benzband (talk) 18:15, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello Molly, the thing about Misplaced Pages articles is that all of the information needs to be verifiable, and that there needs to be enough verifiable information to write an article about. The existance of most people is verifiable, for example, you can prove that I exist, and prove where I was born, what jobs I held, etc. However, there isn't much published information about my life beyond my vital statistics. Because there is very little verifiable information about me, I am not considered notable enough for an article. At Misplaced Pages, notability is determined by the amount of credible, published information about a person's life. So, if your mother and her sister have lots of writing about them already published, they may be notable enough for an article. If, however, all we have is union records and a few notes on album liner notes and things like that, but no one has written anything in-depth about their lives or careers, then they are probably not notable enough for an article. That isn't a slight against them, they may have been very good singers. However, we want to make sure that if we publish an article about a person, that it is accurate and we can trust what is written. If there isn't anything interesting or detailed about the lives and careers of these singers, then anything you write cannot be verified. That's the threshold for writing an article at Misplaced Pages. Good luck. I hope I answered any concerns you may have. If there is anything else I or anyone else can help you with, feel free to ask. --Jayron32 22:22, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

My article reads like an advertisement, can someone help me neutralize it please?

I'm trying to create an article that describes a certain body of cancer research, the development of a technology called "NanomAbs". There is an article already on the technology from which this one has branched, a page called "Antibody Drug Conjugates". The page I submitted, http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/NanomAbs, definitely does sound like an advertisement as much as I tried for it not to. And I'm having a lot of trouble changing that. My best idea now is to incorporate even more references but I already cite 10 published scientific journal articles so I don't want to drown it. Please advise. Thanks.

Eli Mlaver (talk) 09:15, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

I would say to just paraphrase to make it not seem like an advertisement. For example, "NanomAbs are a key feature of the pipeline of IMMUNE Pharmaceuticals, but other companies are developing ligand-conjugated lipidic or polymeric nanoparticles for cancer therapy including Merrimack and BIND" can become "NanomAbs have been made by IMMUNE Pharmaceuticals." The last part of the sentence seemed unessesary, and for another article. I hope you get what I mean. ~~Ebe123~~ → report 10:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Encyclopaedic style?

Hi!

This is my article İ am trying to publish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Caligola_(group)

First the sources were not accepted as it is about a group well known in central Europe and mz links are in german, and there are no secondary sources yet; now this is sorted out İ think but İ still have a problem with my style which is seen as too much of an essay. As İ am no native speaker İ don't know anymore what to change. İt would be nice if someone offered a little bit of help :-) And another thing - İ would like to change the name of the article from "Caligola (group)" to "Caligola (music project)" for this is the better description and the artists call themselves by this name. Thank you very much for your help! Andrea Schweinberger (talk) 08:14, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Andrea, I moved the article to the requested name. Rich Farmbrough, 14:15, 20 August 2012 (UTC).

thanks a lot! maybe someone can tell me what exactly is wrong about my style?Andrea Schweinberger (talk) 15:00, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Uploading an image (specifically a company logo)

Thanks to Sarah Steirch for answering my initial question, but her answer has thrown up another one...

I have now sought and gained permission to upload a company logo alongside my description of a manufacturer (JK Lasers). Apparently it is available to download on their website - so is therefore freely available.

It is to appear in the same format as on this manufacturer's page: http://en.wikipedia.org/Rofin-Sinar. Could someone tell me how I should go about uploading this image and linking it to the appropriate page. I am pretty new to Misplaced Pages and am finding the process somewhat baffling! Louise online (talk) 07:37, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Louise! Although company logos are copyrighted/trademarked/etc, you can upload a it as fair use for use in an article. First, make sure it's not to high resolution. You can upload the image at the Misplaced Pages:File Upload Wizard. Start the upload form, then follow the steps:

• Step 1: Choose your file: select the file from your computer
• Step 2: Describe your file: choose a descriptive name for the file (e.g. JK Lasers logo) without forgetting the file extension; then enter a description of the file in the box below.
• Step 3: choose "This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use" then follow the instructions:
  • Type the name of the article (JK Lasers, presumably) without the ] brackets or anything
  • Choose "This is a logo of an organization, company, brand, etc."
  • Fill in all the fields (enter the url where you downloaded the image as "source"; check the box labeled "This image will be shown as a primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question."; etc.)
• And finally, upload!

Cheers, benzband (talk) 08:05, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Is this photo acceptable for use (rights)?

Greetings

I've been working on my first contribution, a bio of the security specialist Alec Muffett. The photo that I would like to use was taken by someone called Doc Searls, and is published under Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). It is acceptable to use this photo as part of a Misplaced Pages submission?

Melodien (talk) 00:54, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey Melodien and welcome to the Teahouse! (CC BY-SA 2.0) are acceptable submissions to Wikimedia Commons. Basically, you can distribute and remix the image in question, but you have to attribute the work to the original author or licensor and release it under the same license if you do remix it. You can read more about Creative Commons licenses over at Commons:Creative Commons copyright tags and Commons:Licensing, for a more general view on licensing on Wikimedia Commons. Hope this helps! -- Luke (Talk) 01:01, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Luke. I've have uploaded the photo to Wikimedia Commons, filled in all the copyright details, and added the picture to my article. Could I ask you to have a look, and tell me if what I have done is correct? If so, I would like to publish the article.

Melodien (talk) 01:53, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

I looked over the file, and everything looks great. Good work! -- Luke (Talk) 02:30, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Here goes my first attempt at publishing an article. Melodien (talk) 07:25, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Cross searching

How would I go about finding articles that match two categories? For example, I'm interested in finding articles that are categorized as orphans and also in the American artist category. Thanks! Mfbjr (talk) 21:39, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Mfbjr. There is an on-wiki technique for doing this, but unfortunately it doesn't work well with maintenance categories (since they are included via templates). The alternative is to use a tool, such as WP:AWB, or a custom script. I will have a quick look and see if I can help you. Rich Farmbrough, 01:16, 20 August 2012 (UTC).

OK I had to restructure the category a little, but I should have a list for you sometime later today. Rich Farmbrough, 03:25, 20 August 2012 (UTC).

The usual technique for finding intersections of categories is described at Help:Category#Searching_for_articles_in_categories. Rich Farmbrough, 03:29, 20 August 2012 (UTC).

Changing the Misplaced Pages logo in the top left hand corner to something else on our talk pages

Hi all, I would like to know how to change the Misplaced Pages logo on my user page and talk page to things such as a national flag etc. An example of what I am asking is the talk page of the user 'HJ Mitchell'. Please kindly note that this is not a personal attack. Thanks for your assistance(whoever you are)! :) Arctic Kangaroo (talk) 14:33, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi there! Welcome to the Teahouse. I clicked the "Edit" tab at top of User:HJ Mitchell and saw this code:

<div style="position: fixed; top: 18px; left: 0; transparency: 1; z-index: 100;">]</div>

You can copy the code but replace the file name. If your chosen image has another width to height ratio than File:Flag of England.svg then another width than 160px may look better. The code works when you hit the "Show preview" button so it's easy to experiment. The image is placed on top of the existing logo. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:59, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

My talk page also has the same sort of coding, you can have a look at that if you like and adapt it. Make sure to put it at the top of the edit box, or it will get archived! Rcsprinter (babble) @ 19:50, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your assistance, once again! :D Arctic Kangaroo (talk) 14:22, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

What do I do to report a user who has been repeatedly distorting sourced content?

I don't know if this is the right place to ask but I've been trying to deal with a user on the Heinrich Heine article who keeps removing content without any convincing explanation and distorting the stuff he leaves behind so it misrepresents the source. It annoys me that I've spent a lot of time doing research to fix the page and ensure it is reliably sourced and someone comes along and does this. I can't do anthing further because of 3RR. Any sysops or noticeboards I should contact? Cheers. Paul Marston (talk) 14:17, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

• Hey Paul, glad you stopped by The Teahouse. Dealing with the problem of an editor reverting your changes can be tough, but you have some options. You could first try the talk page and bring up your concern there. That way, you, the editor, and other interested editors can all weigh in there. If you have some healthy participation, you can establish consensus and come to a fair decision. Another way is to get a third opinion, where you can directly request an opinion from another editor. If there are more than two people involved in the conflict, you'll want to address the problem at Dispute Resolution. I hope the problem is resolved soon! I, Jethrobot (note: not a bot!) 18:13, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Paul Marston (talk) 18:23, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Reply for sandbox submission

After preparing my first article in my sandbox, I clicked on the following command:

"If you are writing an article, and are ready to request its creation, click here."

It is not clear to me what happens next. Can I expect notification of a reply to appear fairly soon when I log on to my user page? Oldhegelian (talk) 14:09, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

• Hey Oldhegelian, welcome to The Teahouse. I checked out your sandbox, and it doesn't look like your article has been submitted yet. When you click that link ("if you are writing an article..."), it takes you to an edit page with some stuff you'll need save to your page. It won't erase your article though, it'll just tack on a section to the bottom that indicates that your article has been submitted into a to-be-checked list. So, you'll need to do that first before it gets checked. I've been told that the Articles for Creation page is pretty backed up, so you might need to wait a week before you hear back. I, Jethrobot (note: not a bot!) 16:37, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

I did the same and the box has been added at the bottom but it also throws a warning and I don't know what the warnings means

the warning text is "Warning: This page should probably be located at Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/sandbox (move)." The Stub is in my sandbox can you explain this warning further to me? thanks Fox2k11 (talk) 20:57, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Fox2k11, hi and thanks for stopping by. All the message is saying is that at some point your draft article needs to be moved from it's current location in your sandbox to Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Jessica Nicole Ghawi. I've made this move for you so now the draft is sat in the queue of articles awaiting review. You can carry on working on it at any time you want. NtheP (talk) 21:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

thanks for your help I appreciate it Fox2k11 (talk) 21:31, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Why you moved it to the talk section and not in the "project page"? Fox2k11 (talk) 22:39, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Estimated time to Enter Wiki/What Happens if Deleted

Hi, I was wondering, having sent my first article from my user page to the rest of the site, how long the average time is to enter the guide -It says a few days, but i wasn't sure whether this is normally 48hrs, 72hrs etc - i could only find an alphabetical list of all entries waiting to be tagged delete/don't - so i can't see where my entry is in the order In a related sub question, if it is deleted will it revert back to my user page, it would seem very unlikely, but i wouldn't want to lose it all

Apologies for a mixed in list of questions - entry is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Haileybury_Model_United_Nations Nosebagbear (talk) 22:36, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Bear. Welcome to The Teahouse and to Misplaced Pages. The place your article went when you submitted it is called Articles for Creation, or AfC for short. If it is declined, you will get a review and a notice and it will stay in AfC so you can address the problems the review noted and resubmit it when you are done. AfC is very backlogged right now and it could be as long as a week or more til they get to your article. Sorry. No-one wants to wait around for news, be it good or bad. I did note one problem as I read through it, though, and maybe you could address that while you wait for the formal review. Your article lacks secondary sources. All of the citations are from either the organization or organizations connected to it. What you need are things like newspaper articles that speak of your Mock United Nations to establish what Misplaced Pages calls notability. Please use the time til they review it to find and add some secondary sources. BTW, I prettyed up your external link section. Open the article in edit mode to see how that is done. It is surprisingly simple. Happy editing. We are glad you are here. Gtwfan52 (talk) 23:09, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

My thanks, I shall try and add some more sources, my thanks for helping with the external sources - I'd noticed that they had changed layout but was surprised that someone had altered them, cheers Nosebagbear (talk) 09:26, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi, i added some more sources (as well as some internal links and other things). I can understand your comment about the primary source but the other sources (at the time of me asking the question) were from the UN websites. While they are related in that they pertain to UN matters (how could they not) surely the UN must count as both secondary (as being separate from my school) and reliable - being the UN? Please could you look at the changed sources and see what they are like? Nosebagbear (talk) 17:55, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Userboxes

HI guys, do you know how to get userboxes on a user page, thanks. NCrompersCrompo 12:25, 18 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ncbwfc (talk • contribs)

Hello Ncbwfc, you can find detailed instructions at the page Misplaced Pages:Userboxes. Basically, you just need to use the template for the userbox you want. Templates look like {{TEMPLATE}} with the word TEMPLATE replaced by the specific template. For example, the code {{User:Dipankan001/Parrot lover}} produces this:

This user is a parrot lover; they think they are the best birds.

Does that help answer your question? --Jayron32 18:20, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Jayron i suggest you replace {{clr}} with a simple <br />, because it's bashing the layout. Cheers ~ benzband (talk) 18:30, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Done, though it would have been faster had you done it instead of waiting for me to. --Jayron32 18:32, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Crompers. Welcome to the Teahouse. To add a userbox to your page, just right-click on your username at the top of every page and open it in a new tab or window and click 'Edit' like you did to start your page. Right-click TEMPLATE:WP:UBS and open another tab or window to see all the userboxes.

Please start with Languages. Since you are from London, I'm guessing that you are a native speaker of English. Edit your userpage to add {{Babel|en}} near the top of the page and then click the Preview button. You should see a userbox on your page. Go ahead and save it after you put an edit summary, something like "Added userbox". Babel userboxes include a transclusion that automagically adds your username to a list of native speakers of English. Do you also speak German pretty well? Edit the babel userbox to {{Babel|en|de-2}} and go through the same drill; preview, add edit summary and save. Browse through the other userboxes and add those that you like. Many include transclusions, especially userboxes for WikiProjects; when you add the userbox for a project, you are likely to be listed as a member of the project.

There are lots of ways to organize your userboxes on your userpage. I'll let you read about it if you decide to use a bunch of them. Did you see an unusual userbox on another editor's userpage that you like? Just click the 'Edit' button on that user's page and do a copy-and-paste of the code to your userpage. There are lots of other ways to fix up your userpage. I suggest working through Pluma's page of FUN STUFF. Hope all this helps, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ) (cont) Join WER 18:46, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

About creating New article

Good evening friends, I have a question, yesterday I create a article about the company nucleus software but they deleted the page by saying that it is for advertising purpose that is wrong, so what i have to do now?? Anshulmahoba (talk) 09:54, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi there! Sorry to hear about your article. A good place to start working on your article, again, is in your sandbox. You can find it here (it's a red link, you have to create the page, and you use that space over and over again throughout your course as a Wikipedian). The sandbox is often the best place to draft new articles. Then, when you are confident you are ready to share it on Misplaced Pages you click a submit button on the top of the page (on a template you'll see stating it's your infobox) and then experienced editors will review your article, let you know if there are any problems, and what you need to change those problems before it becomes a "real" Misplaced Pages page. I hope this helps! Good luck, and thank you for contributing to Misplaced Pages! (Also, I always encourage people to also improve other articles on Misplaced Pages - we need that desperately!). SarahStierch (talk) 17:49, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

making a wikipage for rheola can someone else check it out

hi, have been making a wikipedia entrie for the town/district of rheola. can someone/people check it over and tell me what i needs doing to it to bright i up to wikipedia standard. i fully admit that i a) already have knowledge of rheola so am probably putting info that is not referencable b)am a newbie and find wikipedia editing/creating/its help very dificult to learn. thanks http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Broadwayduke/sandbox Broadwayduke (talk) 07:43, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

• Hey Broadwayduke. I've looked over your page and made some edits. It's in good shape and is ready to be posted, in my opinion! However, I think the section on the Easter Monday Charity Carnival needs to be verified and have some coverage, even if only local coverage. I should also note that because you are writing an article about a locality, there's no need to worry about it getting deleted or anything like that. There is considerable consensus that legally-recognized, populated areas are considered notable and only require verification of their existence for inclusion. But I think it's great you want to (and have) put in substantial material into this article. I, Jethrobot (note: not a bot!) 09:00, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

how may I delete my unused username?

Hi I created a new username then decided I didn't like it, so created another. How may I tidy up by deleting the unused username?

87.74.72.101 (talk) 06:55, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi there, and welcome to the Teahouse! Quick note - remember to always log in when you're editing. But, on to your question... While usernames cannot be deleted, your best bet is to simply redirect your old username's user page and talk page to your new one, and then only edit from your new account. That way, others will still know that that username was originally yours, and your old edits will be properly attributed, but no one will mistake that for you, if you know what I mean. Thanks for dropping by! Theopolisme _{:) 07:03, 18 August 2012 (UTC)}

 {{Infobox company
 | name             = Rofin Sinar Technologies Inc.
 | logo             = ]
 | type             = 
 | ]         = US7750431022
 | foundation       = 1975
 | location      = ], ]
 | area_served      = Worldwide
 | key_people       = Günther Braun (CEO), Ingrid Mittelstädt (CFO)
 | industry         = Industrial Lasers
 | revenue        = {{Increase}} US$ 597,763 million (2011)
 | net_income        = {{Increase}} US$ 60 million (2011)
 | num_employees    = 2,108 (2011)
 | homepage         = 
 |footnotes        =<ref name="form 10-k">{{cite web |url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312511032930/d10k.htm |title=Form 10-K |author=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |authorlink=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |year=2011 |publisher=United States of America |location=Washington, D.C. |at=Part II, Item 6 |accessdate=April 24, 2012}}</ref>
}}

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