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how was Richard Sherman child wood? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.74.117 (talk) 00:00, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I have garnered national and international stature and achievement and would like to initiate a Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.186.6 (talk) 01:25, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
On 10.02.14 I tried to create a short factual article about established company Delta-T Devices - One of only 6 high tech worker cooperative based in the UK (with a notable history) - dating from 1971.
This is in response to many similar companies having similar pages.
I created a user name Environment11 and proceeded to use the Article Wizrd to create and submit the article. I subsequently realized that I should have added a "stub template" to this submission, but hey, I am very new to this.
My concern is that there is no record in my user profile of this article, e.g there is nothing relating to it in "contributions".
Is this normal, or has my article somehow disappeared? or have I done something wrong? I'm worried that 3 or 4 hours work may have been to no avail. I do of course realize that the article may be deemed unfit and deleted. But it is the fact that I don't seem to have any way of knowing that is most concerning to me.
Yours appreciatively, Dominic Cahalin
Environment11 (talk) 08:42, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I am having a few issues assessing whether or not I have correctly submitted a new stub.
My user name is Environment11.This is the first time I have tried to create a stub.
Could anyone please let me know if the article I created this morning has been submitted or not? There seemed to have been conflicting messages on the page as to this point.
Also, I created the article originally in my sand box. I cannot remember seeing a place to put the article "title". Therefore I think I may have created a stub without a "title".
An experts help on these two issues would be very very welcome.
Thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Environment11 (talk • contribs) 09:44, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I want some help regarding my global user account. Recently I've created my user account in some other language Wikipedia in curiosity, but when I see my global account it shows that I'm active in 110 projects. I want to delete my user pages in those Wikipedia and specially I want to see only those wikis where I'm active or contributing in my Global user page details. Can somebody help me --Jnanaranjan Sahu (ଜ୍ଞାନ) talk 10:22, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I updated wikipedia page for Tamar.com to make it sound less like an advert, what more can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Belcapes (talk • contribs) 11:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi everyone!
How do you help to "balance" an article? When an article is labelled as "unbalanced" what are you supposed to do?
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by LorenzoMed (talk • contribs)
Can I hire someone to make a wiki page for me? --StupidFeminist1999 (talk) 11:51, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
one of your bots is claiming I'm infringing on an MTV copyright when, in fact, MTV has nothing to do with the page I've created. Help me out here, I'm not very tech savvy. This band is about to start touring again and they really need a WIKI page:
Here's my page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughts_of_Ionesco_%28American_band%29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Profane Existence (talk • contribs) 15:39, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Colin,
I see your point. The band doesn't "need" a Wiki page. However, they were a significant act in the '90s music scene and have been often written about since, covered by everyone from Spin to Alternative Press. They are widely known in the history of "extreme music," and have sold roughly 30,000 records in the US and Europe. I think having a page for the band makes sense.
The MTV content in question (http://www.mtv.com/artists/thoughts-of-ionesco/) is taken from All Music (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/thoughts-of-ionesco-mn0002317436/biography).... the originator of this content—that citation is already provided. Can you let me know what else I need to do to get this page up? Profane Existence (talk) 18:55, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I've been trying to clean up the articles on cities, counties and other institutions in my local area and was wondering of there was a Wikipedia standard or recommended form for such articles. (I've looked and can't find one, but that may be user error.) Most pages on geographic locations seem to have the same parts (History, Geography, Population, Government, Attractions) but in no particular order. I would like to help beat things into some kind of regular shape, if it exists. Thanks!
--Digitalican (talk) 16:29, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I want to make a change on this Dąbrowa coat of arms
Specifically on the right side of this page is a list of families that use this coat of arms. The Tatur family needs to be included. Going to edit does not enable me to change this list of families. How can it be done? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5B0:21FF:EF0:0:0:0:3D (talk) 16:31, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
In these three categories, in the past two years, I have noticed that articles pertaining to these three categories keep getting deleted.
I realize why this might be happening. There are portions of the U.S. population which are prejudiced against each of these groups, and who have decided that they have the right to delete these things from American life.
Religion and patriotism NOTWITHSTANDING, this is Wikipedia, not somebody's private forum for deciding what is right and proper for people to know about. It's supposed to be an encyclopedia. As a user, I frequently research people and topics I disagree with, and I don't edit the articles or mark them for deletion, even when I hate the topic or person involved.
Please get control of the people who DO perform these disgusting acts, promptly. Wikipedia has ALREADY become something of a joke to the general populace. We don't need it to get worse.
Thank you very much, Duncan Beach (talk) 16:51, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
With markAdmins.js you can mark admins, commons-admins, checkuser etc. on en.wiki. It is similar to de:Benutzer:PDD/markAdmins.js at de.wiki - maybe someone knows it already... If you're interested, just put
importScript('User:Brackenheim/markAdmins.js'); // [[User:Brackenheim/markAdmins.js]]
on your monobook.js or common.js to try it out. At de.wiki you can activate this function in your Preferences via de:MediaWiki:Gadget-markAdmins.js. I think this would be interesting for en.wiki, too. --Brackenheim (talk) 17:17, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
@import url("//tools.wmflabs.org/ggu/?format=cssmarker&localuser=User&query=sysop@enwiki@A|bot@enwiki@B|bureaucrat@enwiki@B|checkuser@enwiki@C|oversight@enwiki@O|steward@metawiki@S&bold=0");
Battle of Khe Sanh (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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There were two battles of khe Sahn. The second was as a result of Lam son 719.No where in all histories is Khe Sahn is mentioned in this manner. Many Americans died in Laos and at Khe Sahn from January to March of 1971. The 101st Abn.Division was assigned to protect the air base as the troops of South Viet Nam and some Americans were in Laos attempting to close the Ho Chi Men Trail from the Northern soldiers continually using it for the bringing of more men and equipment to the south. Some of the most vicious battles of the war were fought in Laos and at the air base itself. There were many news reports from those three months as the Americans and South Vietnamese Soldiers attempted to complete the mission. It was obvious this was not to be, just as the mission of 1968 at the base was not. The Marines were sent from Khe Sahn knowing they were not victorious. We were sent from the base, also, knowing we were not successful. Although the operation was a failure, there was not only death , but times of heroism by the soldiers sent there to protect and do what they were told. I would like to see and it put to the people there was more than one battle that the United States undertook to help thwart the north from an overpowering that soon would come. The reason for this is that there were so many things the American soldiers did that created some Medals Of Honor to be awarded. One battle at the base began on the early hours of march 23, 1971. Michael John Fitzmaurice,a member of Delta Troop, 2/17th Cavalry, 101st. Abn. Division received the Medal of Honor as a result of his actions that kept he and many others alive. |
It would please me very much if this three month period could be mentioned as an important time in the war, just as the 1968 battle there is mentioned. No one knows of this 2nd battle, but all know of the first. I am hoping there is some mention of this for those that were there and for the American public. I was there with Michael Fitzmaurice that morning. I would like the people of America to read and understand what occurred, just as they know what occurred in 1968. I thank you for your time and I can provide other information needed, if you like. There is an article in the April 2, 1971 Like Magazine giving some details as to what the mission was and what the Americans contributed and suffered. I do than you for your time and patience for reading my note to you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.177.78.184 (talk) 17:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear editors: This page: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Thomas A Law seems to be about an interesting person, and I would like to report it at a Wikiproject to see if he is notable. However, I'm not sure which one. Any opinions? —Anne Delong (talk) 17:48, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey all, a quickie: I'm looking at the New pages feed aka the "Magic Firehose of Sewage" (a nod to Orangemike). Are there specific guidelines for "reviewing"? That is are we just spotchecking for vandalism/BLP issues and such like we do as reviewers on semi-protected pages, (I have reviewer permissions) or is there a different review process that includes tagging with cleanup templates and such? I've seen Wikipedia:Reviewing but it seems to focus on articles marked with pending changes. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:27, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello I recently submitted some edits for the American Jewish University home page. I was wondering what the is status of the changes? I have attached the correct information below and I have some nice pictures to submit as well and the mission statement.
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American Jewish University American Jewish University (AJU) is a private, nonprofit university with two campuses located in Los Angeles, California. The university maintains a faculty-to-student ratio of seven to one. The individual attention AJU students receive from their professors is one of several reasons why the school has been repeatedly acknowledged by the editors of The Princeton Review as one of the Best Western Colleges. The University places an emphasis on ethics and leadership with students and also provides the broader community with diverse educational experiences. HISTORY American Jewish University is the outcome of the 2007 union of Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI) and the University of Judaism (UJ). In 1947, the University of Judaism was founded in Los Angeles as the vision of Dr. Mordecai Kaplan, the author of Judaism as a Civilization, who advocated the creation of an educational institution incorporating diverse elements of Jewish civilization and culture under one roof. To carry out his dream, he received the support of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and the then Bureau of Jewish Education of Los Angeles - currently BJE. Six years earlier, Brandeis Camp Institute (BCI) -currently the Marilyn & Sigi Ziering Brandeis Collegiate Institute - was founded by Dr. Shlomo Bardin to safeguard against assimilation of young American Jews by making “the great ethical heritage of Judaism” relevant to them. BCI was named to honor America’s first Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis D. Brandeis, who was instrumental as the visionary and primary funder of Dr. Bardin’s initial programmatic endeavor. BBI was located for brief periods of time in Amherst, NH, Winterdale, PA and Hendersonville, NC before finding its home in 1947 in Simi Valley, California. The UJ was originally housed in the vacant Sinai Temple building and relocated to a number of Los Angeles sites before moving to the Familian Campus in Bel Air in 1977. Thanks to the foresight and leadership of the founding President, Dr. Simon Greenberg, his successor, Dr. David Lieber, and first Chairman of the
In 1947, BCI purchased and eventually moved to 2,200 acres of land in what is now called Simi Valley. During the fifties, Max Helfman and Raikin Ben-Ari elevated the realm of creative music and drama and the BCI model was adapted for adults, launching the concept of adult weekend retreats known as House of the Book Weekends. A residential summer camp for children 8-16, Camp Alonim, opened in 1953, soon followed by the expanded use of facilities for non-summer activities for youth. In 1960 the House of the Book Association was organized by couples who had participated in weekend programs, leading to the 1970 groundbreaking of the House of the Book, a mountaintop facility used for large group presentations and celebrations. Impressed and inspired by Dr. Bardin’s vision and educational philosophy, neighbor James Arness (star of “Gunsmoke”) gifted his entire ranch to the institute, increasing BCI’s acreage by 40% and making it the largest parcel of land owned by a Jewish institution outside the State of Israel. In 1977, the BCI Board of Directors changed the name of the Institute to Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI) in honor of the late founder. The two institutions united in 2007, establishing American Jewish University.
The Familian Campus is characterized by contemporary open-air architecture and grassy, tree-lined walkways. It is set on 27 acres in Bel Air, one of the most desirable residential neighborhoods in L.A., and is within a 30 minute drive to Hollywood, the beaches and other major L.A. sites. Located on a rustic hilltop, the scenic campus is host to a wide variety of events including conferences, retreats, business gatherings, performances and life cycle events. The Brandeis-Bardin Campus is located on 2,700 acres in the Santa Susana Mountains of Metropolitan Los Angeles’s Simi Valley. It is a working ranch with hiking trails, camping areas, swimming pools, gardens and wildlife and provides the experiential nature lab for AJU students. Visitors can see horses running down the hillside, wild cattle grazing, and peacocks wandering through the campus. Each summer, the campus welcomes 800 youths, ages 8-16, to Camp Alonim, and scores of young adults to the Marilyn & Sigi Ziering Brandeis Collegiate Institute program. This campus is also host to a wide variety of events including weddings, performances, business gatherings, retreats and conferences.
ACADEMIC SCHOOLS The College of Arts & Sciences emphasizes individualized attention to its students and maintains a 7:1 student-faculty ratio. Degrees are offered by the following departments: Behavioral Sciences; Bioethics and Natural Sciences; Business; Jewish Studies; Liberal Studies; Literature, Communication and Media; and Political Science. Each student has a department chair act as their advisor. The University offers two Dual Degree programs: the BA/MBA in Nonprofit Management, and the BA/MAED in Education. Both of these programs allow qualified upper-classmen to take graduate-level courses during their undergraduate years. This dual-level approach allows qualified students to graduate with Bachelor and Master degrees within five years. All students participate in the multi-disciplinary Core Curriculum Program and are required to earn a minimum of 120 academic credits to graduate. Credits are earned in Core requirements, the major and electives. The College welcomes transfer students; a maximum of 70 credits are accepted from two-year colleges, while there is no maximum on the credits that may be accepted from an accredited four-year college. The minimum residency requirement for graduation is 45 units, 15 of which must be in the major. In addition to classroom studies, students may become involved in a range of co-curricular activities. Among them are: participating in the facilitation of the annual city-wide Prejudice Awareness summit or the intercollegiate Model United Nations; producing the college's digital newspaper; performing in the annual College Theatre Production and/or the Literary/Arts event, Cymbals Underground; and partnering with the Arava Institute for Desert Research through AJU’s Business Department. Students in the College of Arts & Sciences also have available to them internships and mentor programs designed to meet individual student’s interests. Partnering organizations that provide internship and mentoring opportunities are: Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Dreamworks, AIPAC, Universal Studios and the Shoah Foundation. Upon graduation, ninety-five percent of AJU students continuing on to graduate school are accepted by the school of their choice. The Graduate School of Nonprofit Management focuses on the business of running a nonprofit organization: the strategic planning, marketing, fundraising, accounting and innovative thinking necessary to manage and create change within the nonprofit world. The program allows students to continue to work during the day while attending classes in the evening. It is the only MBA program in the western United States solely focused on the nonprofit sector. The Graduate Center for Jewish Education has a curriculum built upon a synthesis of four pillars: 1) Fundamental and cutting edge theories and methods of pedagogy, curriculum design and administration 2) Conceptual frameworks of philosophy, psychology and sociology of education 3) Reflective Practice and Inquiry linked to fieldwork and 4) Judaic Studies through scholarly and educators’ lenses. The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies is a five-year rabbinical school that values rigorous scholarship as well as spirituality. In an atmosphere that places great emphasis on personalized teaching, students study Jewish texts and traditions, feel the presence of God in their lives and assume the ever-expanding roles and responsibilities offered to those entering the Conservative rabbinate of the 21st century.
American Jewish University College in Israel (AJUCI) is an accredited program that works with both Year Course and Aardvark Israel to provide academically qualified gap year participants an opportunity to earn academic credit. Through AJUCI, Course and Aardvark Israel participants can earn nearly a year’s worth of college credit while studying, volunteering, and experiencing Israel. RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES American Jewish University considers residential life, especially the undergraduate residence hall experience, to be an integral part of its educational mission. This stems from AJU’s principle that the academic and social dimensions of university life should be integrated. There are four residence halls, each featuring 24 modern and spacious rooms. Additionally, the Residence Life Complex features sixteen 1 Bed/1 Bath apartments and four 2 Bed/1 Bath apartments. All dorms and apartments are located in a park-like setting adjacent to main the campus. Every residence hall room and apartment is fully furnished, each including a private bath and air-conditioning, and is cable and Wi-Fi ready. The Residence Life Complex is equipped with a laundry facility, study lounges, computer centers, kitchens, an outdoor basketball court and a fully-stocked gym.
Camp Alonim is an overnight camp housed at AJU’s Brandeis-Bardin campus for children ages 8-16. The camp strives to instill a love for Jewish culture, tradition and community by exposing campers to a multitude of ways to be Jewish. Camp Alonim is a complete immersion experience, where Jewish values are lived and modeled by the staff and Jewish culture is brought to life through song, dance and experiential education. The Marilyn and Sigi Ziering Brandeis Collegiate Institute (BCI) offers young adults ages 18-26, an intensive experience in Jewish learning, culture and community. BCI is a 26-day exploration of self and Judaism, set in the context of the American recreational summer camp, bringing together young Jews from around the world with some of Judaism’s most compelling, talented scholars and artists to experience the multifaceted aspects of Jewish life.
The Whizin Center for Continuing Education (WCCE) is the largest Jewish continuing education program in the country and offers courses in Jewish studies, Hebrew language, fine arts and personal growth, as well as seminars, all-day institutes, public lectures and residential study experiences. Jewish Television Network (JTN) joined American Jewish University in 2010 to create a third and virtual campus complete with extensive academic and community resources in addition to a community broadband network featuring a mix of news, entertainment and culture.
American Jewish University is home to two think tanks. The Sigi Ziering Institute (SZI) explores the ethical and religious implications of the Holocaust and challenges our understanding of divinity, humanity, responsibility and mankind’s capacity to do evil. The Center for Israel Studies (CIS) promotes greater understanding of the history, culture and policies of the State of Israel through education, media outreach and policy studies/reviews.
The Bel and Jack Ostrow Academic Library is designed to meet the needs of the University's faculty and students, as well as scholars conducting research in all fields of Jewish culture and civilization. Members of the general public are invited to use the Library’s materials free of charge. With approximately 110,000 print volumes, the library's collections have grown consistently through endowments, gifts of major private collections and an ongoing acquisition program. The Burton Sperber Jewish Community Library sponsors programs for children and adults alike, including Jewish holiday celebrations, Sunday story hours, and regular lectures by prominent Jewish authors. The library is the successor of the Jewish Community Library formerly housed at the Los Angeles Jewish Federation. It also features a special collection on the history of Jews in magic. Lowy-Winkler Family Rare Book Center has impressive holdings in this specially acclimatized center. The Maslan Bible Collection includes hundreds of rare bibles dating back to the inception of printing in the 15th century. Phoebe & Werner Frank Family Learning Center houses special collections on Jewish genealogy, Jewish historical works and Yizkor books commemorating communities destroyed in the Holocaust. The Frank Center is a place for families to explore their roots and experience the diverse communities of the Jewish world. The David Alan Shapiro Memorial Synagogue Center, dedicated in his memory, is available for prayer services and lifecycle events and serves as a multipurpose center for classes and meetings. The Sondra and Marvin Smalley Sculpture Garden, dedicated in 1981, features works by Aldo Casanova, Fletcher Benton, George Rickey, Jenny Holzer and Sir Anthony Caro and is one of Los Angeles’s outstanding sculpture gardens. It hosts a growing collection by preeminent artists from the second half of the 20th century. Wendie’s Garden, in memory of Wendie Jo Sperber, is a succulent garden punctuating the west side of the Familian campus. |
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rensin (talk • contribs) 18:28, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I've just finished a bunch of articles on Navy aircraft squadrons. See the list HERE. Many of them are of the form "VA-nn", where "nn" is a number. This causes confusion with articles about highways in Virginia, many of which have names or redirect pages of the form "VA-nn". I've addressed this by naming most of my new articles as "VA-nn (U.S. Navy)", but a few lack the " (U.S. Navy)". I'm hoping that someone can help me by renaming VA-1L, VA-21A, VA-22A, and Second VA-36 to include " (U.S. Navy)" at the end. IMHO that would be a step towards eliminating a bunch of confusion. Lou Sander (talk) 21:09, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
I'd say that the simplest guide is the Stereotypical example of Disambiguation. Just because Mercury has to be disambiguated into Mercury (Element) and Mercury (Planet) doesn't mean that we should use Venus (Planet) instead of Venus. The only question would be whether it would be appropriate to create redirect from Venus (Planet) to Venus
(Note, I just previewed this and there is a redirect from Venus (Planet).)20:37, 12 February 2014 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Naraht (talk • contribs)
Dear Sir/Madam
I had provided certain links which already appeared in the page but the comment on the top still remains. See below
Kindly advisePanank (talk) 21:15, 11 February 2014 (UTC)