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Hi. I´m using the template ((Babel)) "es", but I notice the translation (or better, the text) is wrong. It says "Este usuario tiene el español como lengua materna." It should say "La lengua materna de este usuario es el español", or "El español es la lengua materna de este usuario". I have no idea how to fix it, if I can or who to tell. Can someone do it or at least tell me where to discuss the change? Thanks. --Andreateletrabajo (talk) 02:48, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Horizon League should not have its article title italicized. Template:Italic title appears to be transcluded onto the article, but I can't find it in the text to remove it. Jrcla2 (talk) 04:32, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
I accidentally disabled the mobile view how can i re enable the mobile view? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.253.78.57 (talk) 06:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
Mobile wikipedia is great to read on small screens, but it lacks language switcher. Since English is not my native language and I would prefer to read articles in my language when possible, I miss this functionality very much. Is there a chance translation links will be implemented on mobile wikipedia too?
Thanks, Yurii — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.233.12.15 (talk) 06:42, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
For the last few days the Show/Hide buttons for sections of articles have not been working on my iPhone. This means I can't read the full articles. Wondering if this is a problem with the site or something else.
Many thanks Rik 212.183.128.100 (talk) 06:56, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
In a draft in my userspace User:Toshio Yamaguchi/State libraries of Germany I encounter a formatting problem. In the fifth entry (the one for Hamburg), the wikilink to Landesbibliothek der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg does not appear correctly (it should appear as a redlink) but I can't figure out what the problem is. Any help would be appreciated. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:24, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello! I've searched through a lot of Wikipedia help, and I don't seem to be able to find a definitive answer to this...
I'd like to add a screenshot or two to some articles about some computer software that I have; in particular I'd like to use screenshots taken by myself. Is this as simple as screen-dumpinging, saving etc. myself, or am I getting onto dodgy copyright territory here? The software that I'm using is freeware.
I tried uploading one to Wikimedia Commons to use, but it got Speedy deleted.
OrbiterSpacethingy (talk) 09:45, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
I recently submitted a article about Regina Louise and it got rejected because some of my information i think the person who edited my page knew that I took my information from regina louise's website. But she gave me permission to take the information from her website for the wiki page, because she wrote everything on her website. Is there a way to submit my wiki article seeing as though she gave me permission to make the page and to take information from her website for the wiki article. --Adrian-lashay morris (talk) 08:16, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Someone has posted my personal information on Wikipedia and it was unauthorized. The posting went to deleteopedia and is still available to view. I would like the page completely deleted, if possible. Please provide instructions for permanently deleting pages with personal information. 174.252.1.184 ( talk) 15:31, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Orange Mike, I did not ask about removing material from other websites. I've already accomplished that with the other websites. They told me to have the source page deleted also so my info isn't available for random sites to pull from. That's my question...could you provide information about how to permanently delete a page on deleteopedia?
Thank you.174.253.244.237 (talk) 13:47, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Confused! I have in my profile that others may contact me thru my personal Email, however when I display my userpage, I don't see any option whereby anyone could do that. (Where is it found to contact off-WP?) Thx for answer. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 14:05, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
I have created an account but when i get into wikipedia itself and i search the name of my account, it doesn't find it at all, so how will other people find it on wikipedia?
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Hello,
I am trying to edit our company page of Wikipedia. I believe the person who created this page has now left our organisation. How can my edits be approved if they are no longer here?
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.189.98.170 (talk) 15:08, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Dear Sir/madam,
i ve edited a new article in wikipedia. I wanted to move it but i suprisly encountered a message as "you re too new and cant move an article". How long should i ve to wait for moving my article or what should i have to do?
thanks,
Turkerahi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Turkerahi (talk • contribs) 15:28, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello,my name is Ronald Hayes,i have a autograth baseball from the HARLAND SMOKIES,from the 1952 leauge.I remember this era in baseball.Can you help me in searching if the ball is worth anything.My email address is <blanked>. This ball brings back many memories for me.Hope to hear from you soon.Thanks Ron — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.46.249.229 (talk) 15:48, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
I am curious as to whether primacy is given to an English-language source as opposed to one making the same point in a non-English language. I looked at Wikipedia:Citing sources and couldn't find anything there about it.
If there is a case that the primary source is in another language and there is no secondary source in English that makes the same point, it is acceptable to use (and cite) a non-English source? If a secondary source does exist in English that backs and accurately covers a point made in the non-English primary source, is it preferable to cite the primary source from another language alongside the English secondary source or should it be omitted entirely in preference for the English material?
More specifically, let's say there is an Egyptologist who has done original research and delivered a paper in a German-language journal. Then another Egyptologist references the German article in their own English-language article. Which article (or both) is preferred from a citation standpoint? (Or does it matter?)
Could someone please point to me to guideline on this (if there is one)? Cheers! Captmondo (talk) 18:14, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
For some strange reason, my laptop is displaying an image at the top of the page tonight (Wednesday 21 September) - so I can only just see the icons saying "History" and "Edit".Is there any way I can move the screen appearance down the page? I have tried using a cursor key, but if there is a Control key you can press, that may be more effective. Thannk you for any help, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 18:42, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
I think I might have managed to move things now, but I would still like to know whether pressing "Control" with any keys does move the screen appearance. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:52, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks for that - I did get some answers there! ACEOREVIVED (talk) 21:08, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
I am helping a teacher out who is doing a wikipedia based assignment. We were planning on having students write articles in their sandboxes prior to moving them. The issue is for students wanting to make edits to already existing articles or stubs. The teacher wants to be able to distinguish between what a student is adding to an article and what was already there. Right now we are planning on having the students cut and paste the existing articles into their sandboxes and just go through and make their changes. I know that you can compare versions, but this prints out in kind of an ugly fashion. Is there a way to clearly distinguish between a student's added content and the already existing article so that the teacher could accurately and easily evaluate the students' contributions? Any suggestions would be helpful.
Is it permitted to cross-wikilink to non-english Wikipedia articles instead of using a redlink? For example in User:Toshio Yamaguchi/State libraries of Germany, is it permitted to wikilink to de:Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt instead of Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt (see that entry in my draft)? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:53, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
I am making a list of ~900 settlements (List of villages in Hinthada Township), most of which have coordinates, and the little globes that come with the ((coord)) template break my page (too many so the later coordinates don't have the raw data at all, just a link to ((coord))) and make it very slow to load. I don't need the little globe but would like people to be able to click the link to get through to the map page. I tried just doing the URLs but those automatically generated the globe too. Help!! Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:18, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
pagename
is used in a link to toolserver.org/~geohack. You can force a link without the image by omitting that parameter (17.5373°N 95.3548°E). You could make a template (if one doesn't already exist) that would form these links using the same input you used with ((coord))
, then you could just replace "((coord|
" with "((customcoordtemplate|
" in that big table. — Bility (talk) 23:24, 21 September 2011 (UTC)I've spent some time over the last couple of days attempting to improve Collaborative_writing and I've got nowhere, the text needs an overhaul and it turns out all the references are about collaboration rather than collaborative writing. I don't think there is anything in the article that isn't in either Collaboration or Collaborative_fiction so I'm tempted to propose delete, any opinions? AdamCaputo (talk) 21:51, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia,
I have a weird problem. I created the account Ishtar1949 literally years ago, and have just picked it up again to do a few edits. On the one hand it's reminded me of my password OK, and let me get on with editing - but on the other hand it remains in red, and no editing history has attached to it. I've never done any very controversial edits or otherwise been rapped over the knuckles, so I can't quite work out why it's not just a normal live account - and if there's anything I can do about its twilight status. Any advice? Cheers, Ishtar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ishtar1949 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Helpdesk,
I understand why the:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nethercutt_Collection
page was removed, because of worries about copyright issues.
This is arguably one of the finest collections of functioning art (cars and musical instruments) in the world. And it doesn't have a wikipedia article. It is little known and has few visitors, even though it has 33 out of 34 five star reviews on Yelp.com.
One of the reasons, I feel, it is relatively unknown is that it doesn't have a wikipedia article. lol
I have no connection with this place other than, I am a frequent visitor and a big fan.
So I went to see the chief curator of the museum, Skip Marketti (lucky guy) and informed him of my intention to produce an initial Wikipedia article about the museum. He was enthusiastic about the prospect and on my request for written and graphic material to be potentially included in the article, he basically said I could have anything I want. They have hundreds of photos and reams of written documentation about every important piece in the museum, and of course a complete written history.
So the question is:
How do I communicate their release of copyright, of the digital material they give me, that might be included in the article?
If they give me 1000 photos and 500 word documents, and I copy and paste a few paragraphs from the Word documents and choose 7 photos from the images provided, how do I/they satisfy your need to see that they wish these items are being placed in the public domain for use in Wikipedia?
Do you need a letter from the above mentioned chief curator? Or a letter from the president or CEO of the organization? Is this faxed to you? Do you need a scan of a piece of paper, with a signature? And do they need to release copyright for each individual text/image used, or can it all be released in mass?
Lastly, how do I convey their intention of releasing copyright, of all text and images, from their website, that may be used in the new article?
Thank you for your kind consideration.
Jeff Roehl Jroehl (talk) 22:28, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
I have been working on an article, John's Phone, which is currently stored in my userspace. I'd like to get it up to DYK-level, so could an editor please look at it and give me some informal advice on my talk page? Warmly, Kudu ~I/O~ 23:44, 21 September 2011 (UTC)