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February 4

I don't even know where to start?!?!

My name is james, I make music with my record label Echoscape Records. We've put out a couple releases and I'd like to get the info on here, as I see plenty of other artists have. My main problem however though, is I would like to use wikipedia to make the distinction between The Jamie Starr Scenario, Jamie Starr ( Prince's pen name ), and Jamie Starr ( myself as a performer ) I spent lots of time on wikipedia and i know phrases with multiple meanings are separated by category, I however have no idea how to do this. If anyone could please help that would be great, I know wikipedia is a community contribution, whoever can help me, I'll gladly give free copies of my music too ( Its days worth I promise ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Echoscape (talk • contribs) — Echoscape (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

For disambiguation of articles seeMisplaced Pages:Disambiguation. For the reasons why you should not write about yourself see Misplaced Pages:Autobiography. —teb728 t c 03:15, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

King Elementary - noteworthy?

'King Elementary' had one album and then disbanded. The group and the record got a decent amount of press in the time they were active:

• http://www.allmusic.com/album/kudzu-r783694/review
• http://www.spin.com/articles/king-elementary
• http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/king_elementary/king_elementary
• http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=11259557731394557
• http://neufutur.com/?p=16378

And on Amazon and iTunes: http://www.amazon.com/Kudzu-King-Elementary/dp/B0009X76KU http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kudzu/id67357852

My question is: is this band noteworthy enough for an article?

Thanks, w — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walker222 (talk • contribs) 02:14, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Criterion 1 of WP:BAND is relevant here. I think it is debatable whether the band meets that criterion. – ukexpat (talk) 02:35, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I did a Google News Archive search and here are a couple potential sources. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 02:58, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Deleted image still shows

File:Charlie.png was recently deleted because it was redundant to another image; because the name is non-specific, the image was recreated as a placeholder image, identical to File:Name.jpg. However, the thumbnail down below still shows the old image. Any idea how to get it to go away? I've tried purging, both by Control-F5 in IE and by clicking the clock gadget in the top right corner. Nyttend (talk) 03:10, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Added `?1` to the end of the thumbnail's URL as described at Misplaced Pages:Purge#For images. Problem solved. PleaseStand (talk) 07:22, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Rejected Article

May i know the reasons why my created article "Kolkata Hospital Fire" wasn't accepted and ultimately rejected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Work2win (talk • contribs) 04:46, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Because Misplaced Pages is not a newspaper, it is an encyclopedia. The content as you created it is more suitable to Wikinews/Wikinews multilingual portal. The fire is covered at AMRI hospital fire#Fire incident. I suggest you see if you can add anything to that section or investigate if the incident is covered at any of the various language-editions of Wikinews and perhaps contribute to Wikinews. Shearonink (talk) 05:11, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

about delivery of new city Honda 1.5 V MT Exclusive with sun roof

Dear sir , This is regarding delivery of New city Honda 1.5 V MT Exclusive with sun roof . I am interested to purchase this model car and on could not get any definite answer from your dealer when the car will be available with them . Hence I personally request you to kindly infomr me about this . Yours prafulla kumar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.129.114 (talk) 07:20, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.8 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. —teb728 t c 07:33, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Program For Editing

Is there an program I could use (I've heard people use AWB for editing Misplaced Pages (possibly other sister projects)) that could give me a list of articles which use the prefixes:

• fam
• great
• well
• know
• best

?

(You'll see that on my user page I mention that these "prefixes" usually are used to indicate some sort of pov (usually, these words are added by inexperienced editors.).)

I've resorted to using CTRL+F to find these words on articles, but is there a program that can do this for me when I click on "Random article"?Curb Chain (talk) 08:08, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I think AWB would probably be able to do that for you. Once you've got the list of articles you want to check, use the 'Find' box to enter a search term; I think it will then find and highlight instances of those words. I'm not 100% sure (I don't use AWB a great deal), but I think that should work. You have way more than 500 edits, so should be accepted by default to use it. If that does not work, AWB has a discussion page where you can probably get further advice. I hope that helps. ItsZippy 17:45, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Is it just a simple CTRL+F feature? Because my Chrome does that.Curb Chain (talk) 03:10, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

AWB will go through all the articles on your list and find you instances of the search term. So if you put "best" into it, it will run through the list and stop every time an article with the word "best" somes up, and highlight it for you. It is a bit like Ctrl+F on Chrome, but it will only show you articles where the search term occurs and skip the rest, allowing you to do it faster. There is also a Find & Replace function, but I don't think that's quite right for what you want. ItsZippy 16:51, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Oops, this discussion is now going on in two places, here and here. But, briefly: given an article, the AWB "Find" function is configurable enough to highlight all the words beginning with all of these prefixes. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:06, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Where can external links go?

Can external links be anywhere in an article, or just in the "External links" section? -- Dougher (talk) 08:09, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

External links can be provided in the body of an article if it is extremely relevant and helpful to what is written there. However, if there is a Misplaced Pages article about the same thing as the external link, it is preferred to make an internal link instead. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

The Nurturing Network

I don't know where to begin with this. In reading about the Komen controversy, I ran across comments about the political views and organizational affiliations of its executives. Jane Abraham, a board member, is founder of the Susan B. Anthony list, a pro-life organization. She is also founder of the The Nurturing Network

The word on the net is that the Nurturing Network is a right wing front that uses misinformation and bullying to prevent women who come to it from getting abortions. However, the Misplaced Pages article on the Nurturing Network is very laudatory, with not a hint about that, but most of its sources seem potentially biased.

So I just wanted to throw out a shade of doubt about the wikipedia article. Googling for the Nurturing Network turns up a first few pages of normal looking stuff, although including citations from Catholic organizations. You have to dig around to find the "we help women avoid abortions" stuff. Trudyjh (talk) 10:15, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

It does look excessively promotional to me. You can challenge it by adding a {{POV}} tag on the article and explaining your reasons on the talk page. If you don't know how to use templates, see Help:Template. Specific usage instructions are also in the first link.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 14:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I seek some advice re a user who marks most edits as minor.

An infrequent user has marked most of his recent contributions as minor edits. See Special:Contributions/Avaloan. They haven't been - there's been page moves, blanking his talk page, adding/changing article content and replying on talk pages. I've mentioned this as part of a thread on AN/I - Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Ashoka. I've also shared my concerns on his talk page. I don't want to forum shop this. (And I hope that asking here isn't forum shopping. :)) My questions - a) Is there a better place for me to mention this than the tail end of an AN/I thread about the user's page moves, or should I just leave it there? b) Am I over-reacting? I think it's a significant issue, but I'm not sure if others do - should I just drop it? With thanks, Colonel Tom 10:19, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

The edits marked minor that are not minor (in otherwords, misleading) are the recent page moves he's made. An AN/I has already been reported about this. The minor edits (I have not investigated) that are not the recent ones may be minor. But it seems that the issue here are the bold page moves he's made. I would let this go.Curb Chain (talk) 10:33, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Colonel Tom 23:55, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

How do I view a deleted page ?

Hi,

Noting the untidy deletion of 'Whicham', I wonder if the content of the page can be e-mailed to me, thanks.

My e-address can be found on the Millom page by following the first external link.

Mike. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.190.50.27 (talk) 11:11, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Please file a request at Misplaced Pages:Requests for undeletion.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 14:44, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I see that Whicham was deleted because it was created by blocked a user in violation of the block. Are you that blocked user? —teb728 t c 23:39, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

About Prophet Muhammad

Dear Sir/madam,

Please remove the picture of prophet muhammad( peace be upon him) from wikipedia as it is not allowed to make imaginary pictures of our prophet ,also please note that the angel gabriel is not a female as shown in the picture and no one knows the gender of the angels.

thanks

Mansur khan .. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.101.149.10 (talk) 13:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Please read Talk:Muhammad/FAQ for explanations as to why the images are used. Talk:Muhammad/images is the place to discuss it further, including the angel issue. Яehevkor ✉ 13:18, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

A page exists in English Misplaced Pages but not on French Misplaced Pages

I want to create the page Robert Naylor (actor) on the French Misplaced Pages but before I do, I was wondering if there are specific guidelines to follow or it is simply a matter of recreating the page there?Winniep32 (talk) 14:25, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:Translation and fr:Projet:Traduction. — Edokter (talk) — 14:37, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

If you are translating the English Misplaced Pages article (as opposed to just creating it there out of new cloth) then please be sure to provide attribution. A statement in the references section such as (in equivalent French) "This article draws heavily on the corresponding article ] in the ], accessed in the version of 31 January 2012‎ is appropriate. Also, you can place on the talk page the french equivalent of {{Translated page}}, which is at fr:Modèle:Traduit de.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:45, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Infobox & image layout

If you have a short article which is part of a larger subject, you might include an infobox or topic box (which uses the {{sidebar}} template), and you might also want to include an image. An example is the Epicenter article. Is there a way to layout the article without the image and sidebar stacking up on the right? The current layout seems OK, but the sidebar is too low down the page. If I swap the sidebar and the image, then the image is too low down the page. I've tried moving the image to the left (although I dislike squishing text between two boxes), but it wouldn't stay where I put it between two paragraphs and instead appeared to mess up the references section. Astronaut (talk) 17:38, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

How is where the image is to the left? PrimeHunter (talk) 17:58, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes. That's much better. Thank you. Perhaps I should look into {{stack begin}} and its partner.Astronaut (talk) 18:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

 Done

Boma

What is the connection between BOMA and ANACONDA please? Crossword Clue - Anaconda Answer - Boma. My research has failed to link the two words. Thanks. 84.93.163.71 (talk) 19:14, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Have you tried Misplaced Pages's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Misplaced Pages, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. RudolfRed (talk) 19:20, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Disambig page

Columbus City Hall (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I can't find any guidance on this issue. Is it appropriate to have a disambig page that has nothing but redlinks (like the one above)? If not, would it be a candidate for speedy deletion (G6), or would it have to be AfD'd?--Bbb23 (talk) 19:45, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation pages and lists with nothing but redlinks are fine if the lists are a recognizably notable topic, or disambiguation entries show notability, normally by including a link in the explanation, with the expectation that this helps build the project by allowing editors to stumble upon items which may interest them (or so I was told as an IP). NHRP listing are considered presumed notable, though low-quality/new articles are periodically challenged. They result in improvement or userfying, I haven't noticed an outright delete result. As another example, many 19th century winners are on surname pages, even though sufficient information for a full length article is unlikely. Dru of Id (talk) 20:17, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

No, it's not. Disambiguation is needed where "there is more than one existing Misplaced Pages article to which that word or phrase might be expected to lead." (emphasis added). We don't even create DAB pages unless there are more than two existing pages that need it (see WP:TWODABS). There has been debate in the past about whether we should allow red links in disambiguation pages at all. A direct statement on the issue is at MOS:DABENTRY: "A disambiguation page should not be made up completely of red links or have only one blue link on the entire page, because the basic purpose of disambiguation is to refer users to other Misplaced Pages pages." See also MOS:DABRL. I have deleted these in the past under G6. That does not mean necessarily that another administrator might not.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:34, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Your example Columbus City Hall has a blue link with more information in every entry. The link is in the annotation but that's OK. If an entry is not considered notable for its own article or not linked from anywhere else then the red link can change to unlinked text but the entry would still belong on the disambiguation page with a blue link in the annotation. See MOS:DABRL. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:28, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

One of the red links is now blue. There was an existing article with a slightly different name. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:38, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Heh, I read what Fuhghettaboutit said and slapped a G6 tag on the article. After that, PrimeHunter posted his message, so I reverted. Frankly, I'm still not sure how to interpret these guidelines (not even policy but style guidelines). So, if Fughettaboutit reads this, do you agree with PH that this particular page should not be deleted because it has additional information that is linked, even though the terms themselves have no articles at all? I guess it makes some sense as it permits the reader to find something, no matter how small, about the subject.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:40, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

MOS:DABRL is for the situation where the issue is not whether the DAB page should exist at all, but what to do with red linked entries to be added to a DAB page. The page should not exist at all per MOS:DABENTRY. Moreover, until such time as either of the other two entries are created, Columbus City Hall should be the title of the existing article (and should remain there even after such creations if it is the primary topic), which should not be parenthetically pre-disambiguated. See WP:DAB and WP:PRECISION. I have done a history swap, so that when sufficient other entries are actually created, the DAB page can be revived.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:56, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Just looking at what you did made me dizzy. I hope it was easier (for you) to do than it looked.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:12, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Anytime. It's is easy once you've closed a few hundred requested moves, which require lots of these types of actions.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:33, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't see justification for speedy deletion in MOS:DABENTRY. Which part are you referring to? Now Columbus City Hall has no indication of the two other Columbus City Hall we have information about in List of Mississippi Landmarks (very little information) and National Register of Historic Places listings in Bartholomew County, Indiana (includes a photo). And the main body text of Columbus City Hall doesn't even say that it's about the Wisconsin building. The Indiana building is also in the National Register of Historic Places. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:40, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

He quoted the part in his first post.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:55, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

That quote was: "A disambiguation page should not be made up completely of red links or have only one blue link on the entire page, because the basic purpose of disambiguation is to refer users to other Misplaced Pages pages." I don't see how that applies to a page where each of the three entries had a blue link. Two (originally all three) of the blue links were in the description but the quote says "the entire page". Should the Flibbygibby example at MOS:DABRL on the same guideline page be speedy deleted if it was a real page because the blue links are only in the descriptions? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:14, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Not to sound indecisive, but I can see both arguments, so I'll let you two discuss it, although you might wish to address it in a different forum. I think it would be worthwhile to resolve from a policy standpoint. If you do take it somewhere else and you remember, please let me know so I can follow it.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:24, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Your interpretation goes against the scheme of disambiguation and requires us to pre-disambiguate existing titles with parenthetical disambiguation in order to have a DAB page for possible future entries, which directly conflicts with other policies. The Flibbygibby example is a partial entry to provide an example of what to do and not do for red link entries, not to show that only two entries is proper on a DAB page, and if it's not, it is in conflict with long standing consensus on when DAB pages should be made. When MOS:DABENTRY says "blue links" what appears to be intended is blue link DAB entries proper, not red link or non-link entries which also link to existing articles that have some information.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Maybe I misunderstood before, but I can see how someone could reasonably have been looking for any of the three entries listed when the issue was raised here, and found as much information as we had... Now 2 of the three won't be found, although I don't know what portion of viewers were looking for the current article. ? Dru of Id (talk) 10:34, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

forwarding wikipedia articles

I can forward Wiki URLs quite successfully EXCEPT when a closing bracket ) is at the end. It will then not function - so why does a simple ) defeat the system ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.139.204.222 (talk) 19:57, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Some software interpreting the link is thinking the link is written inside parantheses instead of the parantheses being part of the link. Replacing ) by the percent-encoding %29 will probably fix it. The left ( corresponds to %28 but may not need to be replaced. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:14, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Apropriate User Talk page content

Is it acceptable for a user to place what looks like a highly promotional article draft on their talk page, such as this one? I'm not entirely clear on where in Userpace drafts are acceptable (I use a sub-page of my user page "sandbox" for my drafts.) Roger (talk) 20:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Apparently not... Sven Manguard Wha? 21:18, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Request moving a category

Hi, due to recent moves related to Startling by Each Step (novel), it becomes necessary to me to ask the administrators for help of moving its categories. Please move Category:Startling by Each Step (novel) to Category:Bu Bu Jing Xin (novel), and its subcategory Category:Adaptations of Startling by Each Step (novel) to Category:Adaptations of Bu Bu Jing Xin (novel). Thank you.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 21:44, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I wonder if the article move may violate WP:Use English. —teb728 t c 22:12, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I only followed the advice of another user, Lonelydarksky, because he said the traslated English title from the Chinese is not the official and claimed that should be changed to pinyin transliteration. ANYWAY, PLEASE HELP.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 01:23, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

In the first place, Misplaced Pages does not title articles by an “official” name but rather by what the subject is most commonly called in English. So it is rather premature to rename the categories when it is up in the air what the article should be moved back. In the second place, categories cannot be moved—rather a new category is created and populated, and then the old category is deleted. Thirdly, this renaming is controversial; so if you think the categories should be renamed, you should propose the change for discussion at WP:CFD. —teb728 t c 04:43, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll let Lonelydarksky read about this discussion.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 05:57, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Delete the category. There's only one adaptation of the novel. I don't see a point in creating a category just for that one article. Lonelydarksky (暗無天日) _{contact me (聯絡)} 06:09, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Agree. I nominated Category:Adaptations of Startling by Each Step (novel) for deletion. Also Category:Adaptations of works by Tong Hua (writer) and Category:Novels by Tong Hua (writer). —teb728 t c 06:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

But user teb728 thinks renaming the book's article is a mistake, perhaps even Xuanyuan Jian. I don't know.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 06:15, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

teb728, can you discuss with Lonelydarksky of your thought on moving pages of Startling by Each Step (novel) and Xuanyuan Jian: The Scar in the Sky, since he's the one who asked to me of doing so? I don't want to start an edit war.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 06:29, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I already posted at Talk:Bu Bu Jing Xin (novel); talk pages are the place for article discussions. I don't know about the other article. —teb728 t c 06:55, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Let's continue this discussion at Talk:Bu Bu Jing Xin (novel) from this point onward. Lonelydarksky (暗無天日) _{contact me (聯絡)} 07:52, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Map coordinates, no seconds?

I've added the geographic coordinates 5°10′N, 9°38'E to Lake Bermin, but if you click on the link to the map it doesn't match exactly (the lake only appears when zoomed greatly in). The lake is a bit to the south. The nearest coordinates using only degrees and minutes, 5°09′N, 9°38'E are about the same distance to the south of the lake. To get the pointer in the lake I need seconds in the coordinates (coordinates are degrees, minutes, seconds; see minute of arc), but I can only get the coordinate template to work with degrees and minutes. Is it possible to add seconds or is the current "close to the lake" enough? RN1970 (talk) 21:58, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Just after I wrote the above I got an idea and it works. RN1970 (talk) 22:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Could you explain more explicitly how the template didn't work with seconds added? I tried {{coord|5|09|31|N|9|38|02|E|type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} in my sandbox, and it worked fine. Deor (talk) 10:22, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

The problem was that I only added seconds in one of them. Using your example:

{{coord|5|09|31|N|9|38|E|type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} – bad.

{{coord|5|09|31|N|9|38|0|E|type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} – good.

Since I only had seen this template used for degress and minutes, I assumed it automatically detected the lack of one of the entries for seconds as "0". RN1970 (talk) 12:05, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

It can also work with decimal fractions of a minute, as {{coord|5|09.52|0|N|9|38.033|0|E}} or even with decimal fractions of degrees. Versatile template, but not quite so versatile as to be helpful when we try to mix the different methods for different axes. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:52, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Problem With Misplaced Pages App for iOS

I think there is a problem with the Misplaced Pages app for iPhone and iPod Touch. The back and forward buttons don't work properly and keep skipping through the same two pages. Is this a bug that will be fixed as I would like to be able to go back further than the last two pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JTG.Turbo (talk • contribs) 22:30, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Go to this page: . You'll find an e-mail address for asking for support and help of the Misplaced Pages Mobile app. RudolfRed (talk) 00:44, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

February 5

flagging a page with a possible copyright problem

I noticed a possible copyright problem on a wikipedia article. How do I flag the page so an appropriate editor can investigate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hersbruck (talk • contribs) 01:28, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

There are several different tags. Go to this link {{copyvio}}, and look at some of the links in the see-also section. RudolfRed (talk) 01:33, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Can we "Freeze panes" in Misplaced Pages tables?

I've been looking at List of The Beatles songs. It's naturally a very long list, in table form, with a heading row at the top. When I'm 22 screen pages below the heading row it's hard to keep track of which column is which. Having come here just after doing some work of my own in Microsoft Excel, where I used the Freeze Panes function to make the top row visible wherever I am in a long table, the obvious quesion arose - Can we "Freeze panes" in Misplaced Pages tables? HiLo48 (talk) 03:09, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't think so. There's a 2010 thread about it here, but I don't think anything came of it. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:06, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

How come it never logs me in across all wikis?

I have an SUL/unified account, and when I log in, it says it's logging me in across all wikis (e.g. in Wiktionary, Wikibooks, etc). However, if I go to another wiki, I'm not logged in. It logs me in across all Wikipedias, but doesn't log me in across all the wikis it says it's logging me into. Why? - Purplewowies (talk) 07:27, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Check if you are on the secure server (https) on one wiki, and on the insecure server (http) on the other. If so, access the other wiki on the same server. Lynch7 07:33, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Nope, they're both just http. I typically know when my browser is on https pages, anyway, because it warns me EVERY time. - Purplewowies (talk) 07:36, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Do you have third-party cookies blocked? Google has instructions on how to check this setting in your web browser. If those settings are correct, you could have ad-blocking or security software that is the problem. PleaseStand (talk) 08:28, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Ah, it was a cookie problem. I didn't do what Google suggested, though; I just added all the wikis I wanted to be logged in on to the always allow list. Worked like a charm. Thanks! :) - Purplewowies (talk) 18:05, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

How to Change Erroenous Article Title and Links?

The article on artist Vaughn Bodē http://en.wikipedia.org/Vaughn_Bod%C3%A9 is incorrectly titled "Vaughn Bodé". The mark over the "e" in "Bodē" is a macron (to show that the "e" is long), and *not* an accent mark. Vaughn pronounced his name "BO-dee"; his son, Mark Bode, states on his web site that his last name is pronounced this way, and I personally heard Vaughn pronounce his own name this way, so there's no doubt that "Bodē" is correct. I've changed "Bodé" to "Bodē" whenever possible on the page, but I don't know how to change the page title, and I don't know what happens to all the links to the page if the title is changed. Also, the page for Mark Bode has the name incorrectly given as "Bodé" as well, so I'll need to change that title, also. (Vaughn used the spelling "Bodē" in the signatures for his artistic work, to show how his name should be pronounced; I believe he didn't always write his name with the macron over the "e". And on his own web page, Mark Bode generally has his own name listed without the macron.)

Thanks for your help.

Akasanof (talk) 07:48, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Moving a page. PleaseStand (talk) 08:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

adding new science fiction authors

how do you add new science fiction authors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.14.160.190 (talk) 08:12, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Please read Misplaced Pages:Your first article, and return if you have further questions. Dru of Id (talk) 10:25, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

If you were asking for someone to create an article, see Misplaced Pages:Requested articles; science fiction author requests would be added Here. Dru of Id (talk) 10:41, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Demographics is COMPLETELY WRONG on Melbourne, Fl.

I live in Melbourne Fl. It says that the majority of the population is White. This is NOT True. The Majority is Black and Latino Culture. You need to revise this information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.102.71.40 (talk) 14:35, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi 97.102.71.40. I looked at the source given in the citation and it seems to check out. So, Melbourne is majority white according to the US Census Bureau. It should be noted that this does not include Melbourne Beach or West Melbourne - I don't know whether that's an issue or not. --FormerIP (talk) 15:15, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm not American, but I'm fascinated with the American perspective on race differences. How does one tell a White from a Latino, apart from accent or language? HiLo48 (talk) 16:02, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Actually, even the U.S. Census Bureau seems to have given up trying to figure this one out. As our Race and ethnicity in the United States Census article points out, they classify people according to 'race' (whatever that is), and then again according to whether people are of 'Hispanic or Latino origin' or not. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:12, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

In the 2012 census, the Census Bureau separated the issue of "race" from "origin". They ask two questions for each person documented on a census form. Question 8 was "Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?" Question 9 was "What is Person 1’s race?" For Melbourne, Florida, 6794 people reported they were Hispanic or Latino, and of those, 4413 said their race was white alone (they could have designated more than one race, but few did). Jc3s5h (talk) 16:17, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, that's interesting. But in the particular case, even if we decide we are going to discount those people as white (first question is why should we do this in any case?), it only reduces the white population of the city to about 75%. --FormerIP (talk) 16:34, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

75% is the majority of the population. QED. --Colapeninsula (talk) 15:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Translation of an English page to an already existing page in a different language

I am in the process of updating/improving an English Misplaced Pages page. By this I noticed that the same page (same title) already exists in different Wiki languages. At least, I would like to have the for example the German page exactly the same as the English one. I looked for your translation policy which at a fist glance looks very complicated. Anyway, I do not trust automatic translation procedures very much. Somewhere I read that one also just could do it by "hand" whch means just copy the source of the English page to the German one and translate it there, by this at least keeping all boxes, formattings, referencing etc. By doing this, of course, the old page is completely replaced by the new one, only the history is kept. Is this an allowed procedure ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrHjmHam (talk • contribs) 14:43, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't think "automatic translation procedures" exist, so you may want to read that page again. Machine translations are discouraged really. Please see Misplaced Pages:Translation/German/Translation advice.

The problem is that different templates have different names in different language Wikipedias. {{Reflist}} in the English Misplaced Pages, for example, is {{Listaref}} in the Spanish Misplaced Pages. Copy-pasting entire articles in such a manner will result in broken formatting. That said, there is no requirement for different language versions to present the same information in exactly the same way. In fact, it might be detrimental, given that you could be overwriting sourced information for a rather superficial reason. Instead, you should move snippets of relevant information with good judgement, and then credit your sources. Of course, you should also be fluent in both German and English. -- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 15:43, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Request for feedback

Misplaced Pages:Requests for feedback soft-redirects here, so here I am. I want to bring the article Wieferich prime to GA status. I think the article generally is okay, but I would appreciate any possible feedback. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

WP:FEED and this help desk are really rather generalized noticeboards. I doubt you can find a lot of people here with the required expertise for good feedback on a highly technical article. I recommend asking in WP:WikiProject Mathematics instead. You might even convince someone to collaborate with you on it.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 15:48, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Obsidian. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 22:07, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Tables next to each other

Is there a way to get the two tables at Error function#Table of values to be next to each other rather than one below the other? I think it would look better. RJFJR (talk) 17:10, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Is that what you wanted? Dru of Id (talk) 18:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes. Thank you. RJFJR (talk) 19:37, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

uploading an image

I'm the IT administrator of a company and would like to upload an image on my company's Misplaced Pages page but I dont know if I'm an autoconfirmed user.I need to put up an image of my company on the page.How can I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinu.jackson (talk • contribs) 17:10, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

If you are not autoconfirmed (which you are not), you will have to request confirmed permissions at WP:PERM. Could I also ask which company you are from? I would suggest that you read our guidelines on notability and ensure that the company is notable enough for Misplaced Pages. Also, it is strongly recommended that you do not edit articles which you have a conflict of interest in (such as a company which you work for), as this will make it very difficult for you to write from a neutral point of view. ItsZippy 17:18, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Porsche 991

Why did Porsche designate new model as 991 when previous models were 996 and 997? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.14.52 (talk) 17:50, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

This page is for questions about editing Misplaced Pages. Please consider asking this question at the 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, select the relevant section, 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. RudolfRed (talk) 18:13, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Blacklist

Hi, i have been trying to but an external link to a web page that i think would be amazing for helping people find themselves fitter, bt says site is blacklisted..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ironmanfitness (talk • contribs) 17:52, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

What link are you trying to add and which page are you trying to add it to? RudolfRed (talk) 18:14, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Note user has been blocked as a "spamusername" so unlikley to reply. MilborneOne (talk) 20:14, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Gross misinformation

On the band "Overwhelming colorfast". Original member list is WRONG!!! People are given credit who don't deserve it. Go to their FB page and read up - also contact Bob Reed, founder of the group. boy is he gonna be pissed when he sees this!!!! How embarrassing for your organization!!!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.118.110 (talk) 19:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Neither Overwhelming colorfast or Overwhelming Colorfast exist as articles. Can you tell us what article you are concerned about? GB fan 19:59, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Probably an article on this list. Dru of Id (talk) 20:46, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Multiple external links

Hi, I recently wrote an article about open source software and so I've added external links to Misplaced Pages pages that are relevant to the article. I was automatically warned that my edits could be regarded as spam, could you check if my edits have been within the rules and whether I may add the link to a few more pages?

Thanks, James McIntyre — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funckyfizz (talk • contribs) 20:12, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

When you add the same link to 3 or 4 articles it gives at least the appearance of being spam. The best thing to do is to discuss with the editor who reverted your additions (User:Pnm) on their talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 20:27, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Hans Kammerlander

Hans Kammerlander doesn't have a page on the English Misplaced Pages. Surely his achievements, e.g. with Reinhold Messner being the first climbers to climb two 8000m mountains without returning to base camp, justify a page. So, I'll add a referenced stub. http://www.planetmountain.com/english/special/people/kammerlander/cv.html But, what I'd like to know is if there isn't a page because no-one's made one. Or if there isn't a page because a previous page has been deleted. How can I find if a missing page is because one's been deleted? Ross-c (talk) 20:45, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

This shows where an article with the same name was previously deleted; this list shows matches to his name. Dru of Id (talk) 20:53, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

To answer your question in general: type the name of the article in the URL (for example, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/Hans_Kammerlander) instead of searching for it. If an article has existed but was deleted, the page will give you the most recent portion of the deletion log (which will say who deleted it, when it was deleted, and why it was deleted), but there won't be a deletion lot for a page that never existed. Please note that this is only valid for the precise title; if someone had created the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/Hans_kammerlander then going to http://en.wikipedia.org/Hans_Kammerlander wouldn't help at all. Nyttend (talk) 04:36, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks all. I've added the article, spending some hours choosing suitable references and making sure that I've established notability and context. Hopefully this article will stay Ross-c (talk) 21:44, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I've maximized the online reference formatting (authors & dates where included), and added a few categories. Should be fine for now; may go back and include English translations of his work titles if I can find them somewhere. Dru of Id (talk) 23:52, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

color in links

I have put links from the Tankhouse page to other articles, and from other articles to the Tankhouse page, but the color of the links is a blue so dark it is almost black, not the light blue, red, green or other contrasting color I see in other articles. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, TankhouseTom (talk) 21:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

All the links at Tankhouse look the same color of blue to me. If you've visted any of the links, your browser will probably show it as a different color from a non-visted link. RudolfRed (talk) 21:58, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:Link color. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  00:54, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Pine Burr Area Council

I am employed by Pine Burr Area Council, Boy Scouts of America and noticed the area I serve known as Chickasawhay district is not listed. Let me know if I can help.

Rob Harrison wwww.pineburrbsa.org is a great reference to verify content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.96.223 (talk) 22:00, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Districts are not legal entities separate from councils, so we don't have separate articles. Pine Burr Area Council is currently a section of Scouting in Mississippi, but it has the potential of being developed into its own article. I suggest you register for an account and edit a few existing articles first. If you have questions about Scouting-related articles, check out WikiProject Scouting. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  23:27, 5 February 2012 (UTC) Lead Coordinator, WikiProject Scouting

February 6

automatic highlighted ] add

Is there a way to automatically add ] highlighted link to my list on editing page instead of typing ] to high light it like

• Laser action
• Laser aiming module
• Laser airborne depth sounder Shawn Worthington Laser Plasma (talk) 00:30, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

The ] syntax is not for highlighting but rather for linking to another page. Please do not use it for highlighting; use it (if you do use it) to link to other pages that users are likely to want to visit. —teb728 t c 09:08, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry I actually meant linking to other pages I just was wondering if there is a way to automatically add ] to the word cause I had to do It myself on my new article I created list of laser articlesShawn Worthington Laser Plasma (talk) 18:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

There's a button in the edit toolbar called "Internal link". - Purplewowies (talk) 18:40, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Ref: User:Yasmin_Karim also File:A. K. Nazmul Karim.jpg

Sometime ago, I submitted an article on (late) Dr A.K. Nazmul Karim for publication. Yet, when I google wikipedia and hit the search button for his name nothing comes up! Why is that? I have spent a lot of time researching. Everything in that article is accurate. I read books written by him, read interviews given by him to the local newspapers when he was alive, talked to people who knew him personally. He was the foremost sociologist of his time. There was no discipline for studying Sociology in his country. He recognized the importance of studying and recording society + culture and he started the Sociology Department at his University. I know future generations will look up his name for reference + study. There needs to be a place/page they can go to!

Please let me know why I cannot find the article when I google his name!

72.66.43.171 (talk) 02:11, 6 February 2012 (UTC) Yasmin Karim

The "article" has not been submitted anywhere. It is currently a draft in User:Yasmin Karim. The draft stiil needs a lot of work before it will be an acceptable article.

By the way, if you are User:Yasmin Karim please remember to always login before writing anything on Misplaced Pages. Roger (talk) 12:06, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

What is the difference between the "Update" and "Out of date" templates?

I'm trying to contribute to an artile that is terribly out of date. It was tagged in May 2010 with the "Update" template. The article desperately needs an expert or semi-expert looking at the thing. Should I tag it "Out of date" as well? Which template is designed to sort the most attention, or should I use both? J.D. Hooijberg (talk) 02:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Looks to me as if {{Out of date}} is for use in situations that are more serious; e.g. we'd use {{Update}} on New York City if the latest census data was from 1930, but we'd use {{Out of date}} on Sudan if it still said that the country bordered Uganda. Saying "As of 1930, the population was..." is quite accurate but easily able to be updated, since the 1930 census data hasn't changed, while "Sudan borders Uganda" is not accurate because the recent creation of South Sudan means that Sudan doesn't border Uganda. Therefore, if the article has statements that are factual but able to be updated, I'd suggest that you use {{Update}}, while if it has statements that were once factual but aren't anymore, I'd suggest {{Out of date}}. Nyttend (talk) 04:33, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

That makes sense to me (although the difference really is a nuance). Thanks a lot for your effort explaining this. As it is an country's economy article, {{Update}} is the appropriate label. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdhooijberg (talk • contribs) 04:59, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I messed up a reference list

I tried to insert an additional item in the list of references in

http://en.wikipedia.org/Return_ratio

but I messed up. The title "References" vanished, as well as the command on the right hand side. How do I fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarinSwimmer (talk • contribs) 06:03, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I've undone your mistakes. You may want to read Misplaced Pages:Referencing for beginners for help in this. It can be tricky. --Jayron32 06:06, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I corrupted a reference list

I tried to insert an additional item in the list of references in

http://en.wikipedia.org/Negative_feedback_amplifier

but the title "References" vanished, and so did the command on the right hand side. Can anybody undo my mistake please?

Also, can anybody show me quickly how to insert an item correctly? I tried to read the instructions provided earlier by Jayron32, but I am getting lost. Thanks!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.243.23 (talk) 06:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Negative feedback amplifier (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The most recent addition to that article has already been undone. The problem was that the closing </ref> tag was on the same line as the equals signs that trigger the heading - those equals signs have to be at the start of a line in order to work. Other than that, the reference syntax was correct.

The edit was undone with the extra comment "Misplaced Pages should not be used to promote a book", so you should begin a discussion at Talk:Negative feedback amplifier before trying to add the book to the article again. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:43, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

• I've posted to the talk of the editor to see hwo they came to the conclusion that it was promotion. - Mgm| 10:57, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

The fact that the "reference" was not appended directly to any statement in the article basically means it was not actually a reference at all. Thus it might be reasonable to suspect unacceptable promotion. Roger (talk) 11:56, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Restoring page on "IMP³rove"

Dear Team,

The page called "IMP³rove" has been recently deleted on 4 January by Misplaced Pages, but it is a key page for reference to IMP³rove project run by the European Commission, a large number of consultants, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based out of Europe. Can you please suggest what we need to do to restore it, as the article is really informative about the project and how SMEs can benefit out of it?

Look forward to your reply and prompt help.

Best regards, Ashish Sikka — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashu151086 (talk • contribs) 09:22, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

See the archived discussion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/IMP³rove. The article was deleted because it was promotional, and it didn't show how the organization may meet our notability standards. —teb728 t c 09:44, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Since you say "we" I suspect you have a close connection to the organization. You should also read Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest. Also you say that the purpose of the article is to show "how SMEs can benefit out of it". This seems to show that you regard the purpose as essentially promotional. Sorry but Misplaced Pages does not tollerate promotional content. —teb728 t c 09:53, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Furthermore, if Misplaced Pages page is a "key page" for your project, then your project is misusing Misplaced Pages. Misplaced Pages is for collecting and summarising information which has already been published elsewhere, in indendent, reliable sources. --ColinFine (talk) 00:08, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Paul M. Ellwood, Jr.

Hi, I recently reviewed a new article nomination for WP:DYK. I renamed the page from Paul M. Ellwood to Paul M. Ellwood, Jr. The page creator created an inordinate number of redirects for the original page, Paul M. Ellwood, using every possible word combination and period placement. I started to fix the links to redirect to the new page, but gave up. Is there any way to globally erase all these nonsensical redirects? Thank you, Yoninah (talk) 10:26, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I think there is a bot that automatically fixes double redirects. —teb728 t c 18:42, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

That will fix the doubles but to delete silly redirects like Dr Ellwood or most of these, you have to tag them manually. – ukexpat (talk) 18:48, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

OK (groan). Yoninah (talk) 20:05, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey, guess what? Two bots cleaned up all the double redirects and did all the work for me! :) Yoninah (talk) 21:59, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I have nominated most of the redirects for deletion at Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 February 7#Paul Ellwood, Jr. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:20, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Did you do all that manually? – ukexpat (talk) 01:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I didn't tag the redirect pages which would be the big job to do manually. Creating the list for the nomination page was easy by copying WhatLinksHere to a text editor and doing search-and-replace with the code at WP:RFD#HOWTO. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:23, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Frances Raday

The entry for Frances Raday is completely out of date. Please enter the following instead of the existing data:

Frances Raday, Professor of Law, is Director of the Concord Research Center for Integration of International Law in Israel at the Haim Striks Law School, COLMAN; Member of the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Discrimination against Women; Chair of Israel’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Advisory Council; Elias Lieberman Chair of Labour Law (Emerita), Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Honorary Professor University College London and Doctor Honoris University of Copenhagen. She is the author of numerous academic books and articles on human rights, labour law and feminist legal theory. She has acted as legal counsel in precedent setting human rights cases in Israel’s Supreme Court, including employees' rights in transfer of enterprises, inventors' rights to patents, freedom of association and collective bargaining, Palestinian employees' class action for full National Insurance rights, women’s constitutional rights to equality in religious ritual at public sites (Women of the Wall) and sex discrimination in retirement age.

Selected recent publicationsItalic text:

1. FAMILY – AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR, LAW IN CONTEXT SPECIAL ISSUE (co-editor with Alison Diduck) (FORTHCOMING) 2. THE SEPARATION BARRIER – INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS (co-editor and contributing author (with Yuval Shany), Concord Research Institute for Integration of International Law in Israel, 2004) (Hebrew). 3. ADJUDICATION OF INTEREST DISPUTES - THE COMPULSORY ARBITRATION MODEL, Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1983). 4. Gender and Democratic Citizenship – Confronting Traditionalism and Neo-liberalism: the Impact of CEDAW, Cardozo Law Review, forthcoming. 5. Sacralisation of the Patriarchal Family in the Monotheisms, FAMILY – AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR, LAW IN CONTEXT SPECIAL ISSUE, Alison Diduck and Franxces Raday, eds. forthcoming. 6. From ILO Standards to EU Law: The Case of Equality Between Man and Women at Work (Eve C. Landau and Yves Beigbeder) – Book Review 46 COMMOM MARKET LAW REVIEW 1343 (2009). 7. Secular Constitutionalism Vindicated, 30 CARDOZO LAW REVIEW 2769 (2009). 8. From ILO Standards to EU Law: The Case of Equality Between Man and Women at Work (Eve C. Landau and Yves Beigbeder) – Book Review 46 COMMOM MARKET LAW REVIEW 1343 (2009) 9. Traditionalist Religious and Cultural Challengers – International and Constitutional Human Rights Responses, 41 ISRAEL LAW REVIEW 596 (2008), available on SSRN at: http://ssrn.com/author=628086. The paper was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for LSPLCL: Constitutional Creation (Topic). 10. Boundaries and Frontiers of Labour Law (Guy Davidov & Brian Langille eds.) – Book .Review, PUBLIC LAW 612 (2007). 11. The Neo-liberal Contribution to the Failed Treatment of Citizens in the Second Lebanon War: Questions to Eilon and Vinograd Committees, 3 THE PLAN FOR ECONOMY & SOCIETY 12 (2007) (Hebrew). 12. Self-Determination and Minority Rights, 26 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 453 (2003). 13. Culture, Religion and Gender, 1 I.CON, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 663 (2003). 14. Privatising Human Rights and the Abuse of Power, 13 CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE 103 (2000). 15. The Insider-Outsider Politics of Labour-Only Contracting, 20 COMPARATIVE LABOUR LAW & POLICY JOURNAL 413 (1999). 16. Religion, Multiculturalism and Equality: The Israeli Case, 25 ISRAEL YEAR BOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTS 193 (1995). Chapters in books

1. Commentary on Convention for Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Art 4 & Art 11, OUP (forthcoming).

2. Feminist Legal Theory, Legislation and Litigation in Israel – a Retrospective, in STUDIES IN LAW, GENDER AND FEMINISM (Daphna Barak-Erez, ed. Nevo Publ) 16 (2007) (Hebrew).

3. Claiming Equal Religious Personhood: Women of the Wall`s Constitutional Saga, in RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE, A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GERMAN, ISRAELI, AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 255 (Winfried Brugger & Michael Karayanni Eds., Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, 2007).

4. The Decline of Union Power – Structural Inevitability or Policy Choice?, in LABOUR LAW IN A PERIOD OF GLOBALIZATION 353 )Joanne Conaghan, Michael Fischl & Karl Klare eds., Oxford University Press, 2002). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Francesraday (talk • contribs) 11:08, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

The place to suggest improvements to an article is on the article's talk page. You need to remember, however, than an article is unlikely to include a complete bibliography on the subject, and you also need to remember that the content needs to be verifiable by reference to independent reliable sources. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Reference

Is there any sort of tool which can combine two or more citations in multiple cases in an article having the same url into one (like, by following the "ref name" function)? X.One 12:05, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I'd expect such a tool to be listed under Misplaced Pages:Citing sources#Citation templates and tools or Misplaced Pages:Tools/Editing tools but I can't see any. --Colapeninsula (talk) 16:01, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Are you trying to use the same source with different page numbers? ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  18:37, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

How to subscribe

I was wondering how too subscribe to Xxlmag on line — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.26.16.229 (talk) 13:57, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 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. Roger (talk) 14:26, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

how do i delete my wiki history?

how do i delete my browsing history in wiki?

tks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.87.52.86 (talk) 14:09, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

If by "wiki" you mean Misplaced Pages, it doesn't keep a record of your browsing history. It records pages which you have edited (see the "My contributions" tab at the top of the page, or 98.87.52.86), but of course if you do not have a registered account and your IP address changes, it will record only the edits made by your current IP address (and that might include edits made previously by other users with the same IP address). The record of your browsing history will be stored in your browser, so it is to your browser that you would need to go if you want to delete it. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:24, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages will record any edits you make to pages in your contributions; you cannot edit or clear this history. Misplaced Pages does not, however, record your browsing history (the pages you visit). These will still be recorded in your own browser history and you can clear this in the same way you would normally clear/edit your browser history. ItsZippy 20:17, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

BASCA logo

File:BASCA logo.jpg

I am trying to add the organization logo to the article British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors InfoBox, but am having trouble. Can someone help me?--Doug Coldwell 14:18, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Done. You had too much formatting. The infobox template takes care of formatting automagically, trying to override it is not a good idea. Roger (talk) 14:30, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Now I get it!!--Doug Coldwell 14:52, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

whereabouts of school

i hae been searching your article about schools in ipoh, Malaysia. I have been trying to trace my old school, Raja Perempuan School. I was a pupil there until i left school in 1961. Then i left Ipoh to come to Englang to do my nursing. I recently started to look into my childhood days and been reading items about Ipoh from your site and i realised that almost all the roads have now been changed. So even the name of the road is not known to me anymore. I only know that Raja Perempuan School was situated in Chamberlain Road. I remember the school so well, as we,the pupils of the school were the ones who built the road. I remember we were made to dig the stones from the ground. I remember one day, one of my classmates had an accident with a stone and one of her fingers , i think it was her thumb, received the injury and she was bleeding. I remember we had to stop the digging and were all given two sweets each. I think that was to sweeten us from reporting the incident to our parents. The headmistree was an Indian Lady, and if my memory serves me well, her name was Mrs Dara. I remember some of my teachers: Miss Chinniah (Maths)Mrs D'Souza(English). Those are the only 2 i can recall....there were several others. I remember whenever we had a rpots day, it was attended by the Sultan od Perak...cant remember his name but he wore dark-rimmed spectacles. i have alos been searching for different places but because th emajority of places have had their names changed, i cant find them. I would dearly love to see photos of my old school again. Would be so nice if can find anything about my old hometown. Are you able to help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.5.159.186 (talk) 15:05, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

The folks over at the appropriate Reference Desk may be able to help you. – ukexpat (talk) 16:39, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Editing external links for an organisation

Hi,

I am trying to change the external links on the article about the charitable organisation I am part of to link to our new website, but can't find how to delete the old one. The old link was posted by a former employee who was recently fired and has since hijacked our previous site, forcing us to make a new one. He is continuing to use the old site, pretending that he still works here and is generally damaging our reputation (we are a very small organisation so his actions are quite serious!). We are going to great lengths to remove all association between our organisation and the now fraudulent site and really want to make sure wikipedia has the correct link.

Apologies for not posting the page, but if it's OK, I would rather not post the name of the page here as I am reluctant to attract the attention of the individual in question. He is actively pursuing a hate campaign against a number of individuals in our organisation so I would like to do this quietly if I can. Can anyone give me some advice on how I can get this fraudulent site off the page? I couldn't find how to do it anywhere.

Again, sorry for giving quite vague details on the page I am editing, I hope it makes sense!

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bannabinbags (talk • contribs) 16:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

It's hard to help without knowing which article you are referring to, but generally speaking, click the edit link next to the "External links" section of the article and edit the text to correct the link. Also, if you intend to make any further edits to the article, please read WP:COI and WP:BESTCOI. – ukexpat (talk) 16:35, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

If, however, you don't mean an external link but a reference, you'll need to go to the section where the reference is called up. From the references section, click the up arrow ^ at the left hand end of the reference (or the superscript if the reference is used more than once), and that should take you to the relevant section. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:40, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you David Biddulph! I somehow missed that "edit" earlier. All done now though which is great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bannabinbags (talk • contribs) 16:54, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

concern about a posting on the page of Barack Obama

Under the section "Family and Personal Life" someone has inserted in caps, the words Obama is gay!!!.

Really - should this be allowed to stay? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chapmlg (talk • contribs) 16:45, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

It was reverted automatically as vandalism within a minute of it being added. Singularity42 (talk) 16:48, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

It might energize the base.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:51, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

On which side?Naraht (talk) 20:28, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

All of 'em. 88.104.27.162 (talk) 01:54, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Saint Just book image

File:Saint-Just_-_Œuvres_complètes,_éd._Vellay,_I,_1908.djvu

In the article on Saint Just, there is an image that is (I think) meant to be of a copy of his complete works, but all that is visible is a piece of marbled end-paper. This is probably easy to fix, but I have failed to figure out how. Maproom (talk) 17:15, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

You can make it display a different page from the file; see Misplaced Pages:Picture tutorial#DjVu and PDF files. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:33, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

 Fixed in this edit. – ukexpat (talk) 19:28, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit Displaying.

Hi, I haven't edited Misplaced Pages in ages. But anyway, I was tidying up Maria Sharapova a couple of times. Particularly the 2012 section. However whenever I made my edits, if I exited out of the browser and returned to the page it would be displayed as it was before I edited. However, if I go on the talk page and then back to the article it appears as normal. I've also looked at it in different browsers and the same thing happens, I just hope that visitors can actually see what I'm doing. Do you know why this might be?--OgiBear (talk) 17:25, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

You may need to purge your cache(s). --Orange Mike | Talk 18:22, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

What does RPO mean

What does RPO mean Right procedure operation, or regional protocol obstetric, or right posterior oblique, or right preventive oblique — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.11.197.75 (talk) 17:37, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 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. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:22, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Depending on context it may mean any of the things at RPO and possibly others. —teb728 t c 18:57, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I get the feeling this is some sort of homework/take-home test question. Misplaced Pages doesn't do homework for you. - Purplewowies (talk) 19:59, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Three-letter acronyms are common and RPO can mean hundreds of things. If you want to test whether a certain meaning is common then try a search engine like https://www.google.com/. Enter RPO followed by the potential meaning in quotation marks. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Editing an Article

As the National Director of Communications for an organization (the Society of St. Vincent de Paul), I edited a general article on the organization, changing some incorrect facts, including the section of the organization in the United States. How long after I submit those corrections are they accepted and then posted?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prman214 (talk • contribs) 18:44, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Changes are visible immediately. I note however, you removed some interesting information about locations in Lewiston, NY and Chicago, IL. As a general rule, information should be supported by a reliable source - neither the information you supplied or the information it replaces is referenced. Astronaut (talk) 19:00, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Also, please read WP:COI for more information on correct editing of articles for which you have a conflict of interest.Naraht (talk) 20:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Creating links to places within articles that do not have separate articles in their own right.

I'm working on pages related to the county of Monmouthshire, England. I want to complete the coverage of "listed buildings" within the county, that is buildings which are notable for their special architectural or historical importance. But I don't know how to do it when the building I want to tag as, for example, a "Grade I listed building", doesn't have its own article but is mentioned within another article. An example might best illustrate my issue:

The Church of St Jerome, Llangwm, Monmouthshire is a Grade I listed building in Monmouthshire. So I want to tag it as a Grade I listed building, so that it appears in the list of "Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire". (http://en.wikipedia.org/Category:Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Monmouthshire)

But St Jerome doesn't have its own page, appearing within the page on Llangwm. (http://en.wikipedia.org/Llangwm,_Monmouthshire) Indeed the church probably doesn't merit its own page but it should be listed as a Grade 1 listed building. I can't just tag the Llangwm page as that mentions other buildings in Llangwm and it wouldn't make clear which building was the listed building.

So I'm stuck. But I feel sure there must be a way to tag a building, or anything other "thing", which doesn't have its own page but does warrant a tag.

Really grateful for any help. KJP1 (talk) 19:01, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

There is no problem with an article containing a redlink if the subject of the link is likely to be notable and warranting the creation of its own article. So you have a couple of options: create redlinks as a reminder to yourself and others that those articles need to be created, or, link to appropriate sections of other articles as you suggest, but in parallel keep your own list in userspace of the the "redlink" articles as a reminder. See WP:REDLINK. – ukexpat (talk) 19:10, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

See also St Jerome's Church, Llangwm, a redirect which I have put in a couple of relevant categories. Grade I churches will merit their own pages with little problem, given the wealth of information about their history and architecture. See {{Anglesey churches}} for what I'm (slowly!) doing at the other end of the country if that helps! Bencherlite 19:22, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Really helpful - and so prompt. Many thanks to you both and all the best for the North. We could meet somewhere around Welshpool! KJP1 (talk) 19:57, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Retrieving only articles (main namespace) via external search engine like Google

I frequently use Google to find WP articles because of the many useful search features it provides. In some cases, though, Google returns a poor mix of articles, talk pages, user pages, "wikipedia:" pages, category pages, media pages, etc., which makes it hard to find the articles, which is the aim of my search. I am looking for a way to guide Google to only (or mostly) main namespace articles so that the results are useful. (I know about namespace selection on WP's own search engine, but I often find that search inadequate to my task.)

I have looked in vain for searchable text that exists only on article pages. I have looked in vain at WP URLs and page titles for unique, searchable text. If such text exists, I could add it to my query and thus Google would return only the useful pages.

Do you know of such text to use, or of any other method or trick to get Google to return just articles? -R. S. Shaw (talk) 19:31, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I tend to subtract the things that occur in the titles of *other* spaces, so for example, I add -intitle:Talk and -intitle:User.Naraht (talk) 20:26, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Could you tell it to exclude pages with non-mainspace prefixes? Like -"Misplaced Pages:", -"File:", -"Talk:", -"User:", -"Category:", etc? - Purplewowies (talk) 20:28, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Include "Cite this page" in the search. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:29, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Looks good, but may also need to take part of the previous answer and include -"Misplaced Pages:Help" - David Biddulph (talk) 23:54, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of orphaned non-free file

Can I tag a non-free file with {{db-f5}} although it has not been orphaned for seven days? The file in question was orphaned through this edit and replaced in the article with another file, but I am unsure whether that is a valid F5 or not. If it is not, which CSD criterion (if any) applies, or should I simply do nothing and wait for a bot to delete it? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 21:36, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

I think the 7 days refers to how long the file is tagged before it is deleted, not to how long the file has been unused before it can be tagged. – ukexpat (talk) 21:48, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

how to edit

Can you supply a simple and easy answer on how i can edit an existing entry? HB — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.14.178.15 (talk) 22:23, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

This page should help you get started: WP:HEP RudolfRed (talk) 23:16, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Click an "edit" link at a section heading, or the "Edit" tab at top of the page, or the "View Source" tab if there is no Edit tab. See more at Help:Editing. If you have problems with a specific edit then please name the page and describe the wanted edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:17, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

How should units be designated in table headers?

What is the (preferred or required) notation for indicating that something is a unit in a table header?

Observed examples: in a single article, Water (data page), there are four different styles:

1. Melting point of ice at various pressures. No special notation, the unit is just listed at the end, with only a space separating it from the rest.

2. Water with dissolved NaCl. Comma before the unit.

3. Standard conditions. Unit on a separate line.

4. Formulas. "in" before the unit.

And in Properties of water:

5. Heat capacity and heats of vaporization and fusion. () around the unit.

--Mortense (talk) 22:33, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Take your pick; be WP:BOLD and make it consistent; discuss on Water (data page); recommend a norm on MOS:UNITS (and/or clarify the existing guidelines there, if appropriate. Or talk about THAT on Misplaced Pages talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers). Go for it. Fix stuff; make it better. 88.104.27.162 (talk) 02:00, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

February 7

color vs colour

which of these are we supposed to use on wikipedia? sorry, i couldnt find anywhere else to ask --Sparklerainbow87 (talk) 03:34, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

"It depends". See WP:ENGVAR. DMacks (talk) 03:48, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

In general, "color", because it is what most English-speaking users prefer. But in an article about a specifically UK subject, such as colour sergeant, "colour". Maproom (talk) 13:27, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Excuse me Maproom but I have a nitpick or two with your answer. What "most English speaking users prefer" is irrelevant except in the case of an editor creating a new article from scratch and then only if the article is not specifically relevant to any English speaking country with a useage that differes from the editor's personal preference. Once a particular variety is established in an article it may not be changed unless it violates the "national ties" rule in WP:ENGVAR. Roger (talk) 13:34, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

infobox and image conflicting (IE9)

Hi, just started having an issue with the infobox and the centered image in Fluorine conflicting. It was NOT an issue for weeks before, just started right now. Seems to be only in IE9 an issue. Mozilla was fine and so was Chrome. And even IE was fine until just now (fine for several days).

FYI, moving the image to the left did not help (with space separators). Still have the conflict (basically image will not display until after the infobox is done).

If I allow to text wrap (do not want to because looks like crap and section conflict), will work.

Ideas? Will it fix itself?

TCO (talk) 05:23, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

P.s. Don't fuss at me for too many pictures or a big infobox. Help please.  ;-)

I tried moving the image to the left. How does it look to you now?--Hallows AG (talk) 05:57, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Then it breaks the section header. I just went back to centering it. It worked in IE fine before for weeks and it works in all other browsers. Hopefully bug gets fixed.TCO (talk) 06:10, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Was compatability view turned on (turned back off).TCO (talk) 14:52, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Definition on Wiki of "Evil"

Found this on a redirect page Dougweller (talk) 05:46, 7 February 2012 (UTC) :

I happened to be reading an article on "Fox News USA" and found a story which discusses typing certain things into the "Misplaced Pages" search engine to come up with very "interesting" topics...to say the least. The example that they had in the "Fox News USA" article was to type in "Define English Person"...which came up with the very top line saying "Cunt" is the definition for that phrase and/or person. Since I am German, I decided to type in "Define German Person" and it came up with the word "Evil" showing a picture of Adolf Hitler and discussing Germans being "Evil" through many different forms, including that ALL Germans are Nazi/Hitler Loving people.

This should NOT be up here under ANY circumstance. I and others that I have shown and e-mailed this article to are appalled. I think that the CORRECT definition for a German / English and/or any other nationality need to be properly written or deleted.

I WILL go to many *MORE* news papers and forums (That have not yet run articles on this topic) if this is not completed in a reasonable amount of time. A Common, wide search should not contain this type of material. I would hate for any of my friends children that are growing up, that do not know proper meanings of words and definitions, while doing homework etc. to get this kind of material and think that these are the REAL definitions for Nationalities of People. I do not find "Cunt" being a English person; nor "Evil" describing myself (as a German) and many others, nor being tied still to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.

I can see why this site has been in so much trouble in the past. These are simple things that should NEVER be overlooked. I doubt I am the first one to complain about this issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CaligulaRompe (talk • contribs) 05:29, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

That doesn't happen when you search on Misplaced Pages. The Misplaced Pages articles for those words, cunt and evil, are the first results when you search on Google though. Your problem is with Google and a practice known as Google bombing and not with Misplaced Pages. WP has nothing to do with this. Dismas| 06:04, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Typing "Define English Person" on the Misplaced Pages search engine comes up with this, with Career being the first entry, not cunt. In fact, I can't find "cunt" on any of the search results. Typing "Define German Person" does not return an "evil" response. The search engine also searches in the words in the article, not the article title alone, which could result in some of the search results being not the article you wanted. Regards, Hallows AG (talk) 06:11, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

As others have said, this is a Google search and has nothing to do with Misplaced Pages's own search function. Furthermore, you are reading the Google results page wrong. Google has a feature where searches starting with "Define" attempt to make a definition, but the definition is marked specially and followed by other results which are not supposed to be definitions. The Google search Define German Person says:

Web definitions: (German People) The Germans (Deutsche) are people descended from several Germanic tribes that inhabited what became the German-speaking...

en.wikipedia.org/German_People

This looks fine to me. The first normal search result not part of the Define feature happens to be the Misplaced Pages article Evil which contains all three words in the search, but the words are apart and the article makes no claim that Germans are evil. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:19, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Link user CSS and JavaScript across different Wikimedia sites

To tweak my layout of English Misplaced Pages, I can put custom .css and .js files in my user subpages. These files reside at

• http://en.wikipedia.org/User:/.css and
• http://en.wikipedia.org/User:/.js

How can I keep these custom settings when I browse other Wikimedia sites?

I do not want to create and maintain duplicate local copies of my settings. Is there a way to link or import these files so that, when I update my master copy, my changes here automatically propagate to the sister projects? —Cheng ✍ 07:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes there is. Put the following in your local css file:

• @import('//en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User:/.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css');

And the following line in your local js file:

• mw.loader.load('//en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User:/.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');

— Edokter (talk) — 09:57, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Template problem

I created a new template, Template:Geoids. For some reason, the template seems to generate a space behind the closing bracket on the page where the template is transcluded, as can be seen at Ostrov Amel'kina Griva. How can I fix this? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:58, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I moved the <noinclude> up to the end of the previous line so there is no line break. Goodvac (talk) 10:03, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Much appreciated. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 10:05, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Assistance with article. Autobot said references were not verifiable?

I recently added an article and edited per instructions to provide references. Autobot (?) rejected it. I am not sure what else I need to reference. I have read all of the documents and still am lost. Was hoping someone could tell me what I need to do to correct this article? There are no edits in it.

Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lena Goodwin (talk • contribs) 14:12, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Your draft still doesn't have any references. You have been recommended to read about verifiability and reliable sources. In addition, try reading WP:Referencing for beginners. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:37, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

The references you provided, www.sajnicole.com (her website) & www.cambridgeinternationalgroup.com (her firm) are not independent sources, which cannot be accepted to establish her notabilty. To satisfy Misplaced Pages's requirements, she would need to be covered sufficiently in multiple external, independent sources. Self-published sources are only acceptable after notabity has been established, and usually only permitted for personal details that are uncontested and not covered elsewhere, since they can, more often than publications with a reputation for verifying facts, be mistaken, misremembered, or inaccurate. Graduated X High School 1968 is likely acceptable, graduated 3rd in her college class would need a verifiable source. Dru of Id (talk) 14:44, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I noticed you resubmitted the article a 2nd time. I'd have to agree with Dru of Id's (above) comments and add that you did not add reliable sources, only links to official websites relating to the companies and institutions mentioned in the article. There's really no fundamental change to the article so you may want to look at finding reliable sources so your article may get accepted.Curb Chain (talk) 17:54, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

i think some the info people put in dictionaries and in other places should be changed or removed

i think the words crazy , insane and retardation should be taken out of the dictionary . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.115.174 (talk) 15:10, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

This page isn't about what goes into dictionaries. As it says in bold print at the top of this page: "This page is only for questions about how to use or edit Misplaced Pages." If you want to discuss the content of a dictionary you would need to contact the publisher of the dictionary, but in this case I don't think your request would get you very far as the words seem appropriate for inclusion. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:17, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

New article - wrong name

Hello, unfortunately I managed to spell the name incorrectly for an article I have just created: Journal@archive. It should be Journal@rchive. What do I do? Thanks, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 15:43, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Please ignore above - will create correct new one and Afd the other, thanks, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 15:49, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I WP:MOVEd the page the the correct name, and will delete the old-name (which is currently only a redirect to the correct one). DMacks (talk) 15:50, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 15:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Categorizing events known by Islamic calendar year

When an event's year, but not its exact date, is known in the Islamic calendar only, the event's Gregorian year may be uncertain. For example, 986 AH corresponds to 1578-1579 AD. How should Misplaced Pages articles about such events be categorized in terms of their date? For this example, should it be categorized as both a "1578" event and a "1579" event? Or as a "1570s" event? Or as a "986 AH" event? --İnfoCan (talk) 16:23, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

How and where to suggest a policy or a procedure to Misplaced Pages?

I tried to do it in the Reference desk, but it didn't appear.--ArraffaB25 (talk) 17:32, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy). A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 17:33, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

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