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July 7

Override template default

Apparently, the template automatically populates the occcupation parm with "Fashion designer". Is there a way to override that? I want to put in "occupation=Fashion designer, film director", but when I do that, it ignores me (story of my life :-) ).--Bbb23 (talk) 00:48, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is automatically fixed for fashion designer. Try this. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 01:09, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with the template infobox person is it doesn't have parameters for fashion designers.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:11, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's always a good idea to tell us what article you're working on so that we can look at the specific case you're referring to. Dismas|^(talk) 01:13, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is the page you are trying to edit? I could take a look. Ryan Vesey (talk) 01:15, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found the page Tom Ford; however, I cannot make it work. I changed the template to infobox person and used the parameters found in infobox fashion designer. Ryan Vesey (talk) 01:23, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I noticed that the parameter for label_name does not work at all with either template. Ryan Vesey (talk) 01:27, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) I have edited {{Infobox fashion designer}} so that the "occupation" field defaults to "Fashion designer" but can be overridden if necessary. And I've fixed the label_name parameter. -- John of Reading (talk) 03:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not following up in this discussion. Ryan, thanks for finding the article, and John, thanks very much for the fixes.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

pic

This may sound ametur, but how to upload a photo to Wikipedia? A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 00:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all. See WP:UPLOAD for a step-by-step wizard. Make sure you fill out ALL information, including the source of the image and the copyright status. --Jayron32 00:58, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 01:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, how to change resolution/size of photo? This one to be specific. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 22:35, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Generally, you can use "<number of pixels>px" to change the displayed size of the image i.e. [[File:Walnut Creek Intermediate.png|200px]]. Although this is rather small, low quality image and changing the size won't do much good. I also note the image lacks a complete fair use rational, see Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. Rehevkor ✉ 22:53, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 01:07, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How to fix a fair use rational? A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 01:19, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. Copy/Paste one of the templates in to the image's description page, fill in the fields, save. Dismas|^(talk) 01:27, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How to add text under photo? A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 22:16, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On the article it's on? You can add a caption by adding "|caption=<text>" to the code of the info box, although some info box templates might work differently, in which case consult the info box documents (in this case Template:Infobox school/doc). Rehevkor ✉ 22:36, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you're asking how to put the fair use info on the image, just click on the edit link at the top of the image's page. Dismas|^(talk) 23:11, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bundling citations: Can same ref be bundled in one place and stand alone in another?

If I want to bundle, let's say, three refs at one point, but I would like to refer to one of them somewhere else, is that possible without duplicating the ref? For example:

<ref name="foofinkle">{{cite web | title=Foo | url=http://0.0.0.0 etc.}}</ref>

(Possibly much article material here...)

<ref name="bundled_stuff">{{cite book|title=The Book of Dork|isbn= etc.}}<br/>{{cite web|url=http://localhost|title=Good Luck, Charlie etc.}}</ref>

Is there a way to include the ref named foofinkle in the bundle? From experiments it seems that a <ref> element cannot contain another <ref> element, so adding something like <ref name="foofinkle"/> to the bundle doesn't do it. Rhsimard (talk) 01:22, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:REFNEST. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 01:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Archiving

What is the correct practice for archiving of talk pages? Pl elucidate.--Nvvchar. 02:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's not fixed. See Help:Archiving a talk page. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:24, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

need help

Dear Sir/Madam

I had fill up my form for trading account/demat account through IIFL (India Infoline Ldt.) but till now I am receive any demat/trading account. Can track my account status online? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.250.159.159 (talk) 06:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.6 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. --ColinFine (talk) 07:30, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Time Stamp

Sir, How do i can find the time stamp for the time given in the view history option. The time format means IST, UTC PDC etc.--59.178.203.159 (talk) 08:51, 7 July 2011 (UTC)--59.178.203.159 (talk) 08:51, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's UTC. Registered users can override this by setting a preference. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:26, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

retriving a page that was seen earlier

Earlier while I was viewing a Wikipedia article on a telecom firm from that page from template, clicking something I was directed to a page that had a list of things relating to business. After that I haven't been able to revisit that page. For example there was a written Business mergers & acquisitions, management etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.211.91.34 (talk) 09:49, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your browser may be able to give you a list of the Wikipedia pages that you've viewed recently. For example, Firefox has a menu option "History > Show All History". If that doesn't work, you could try typing some of these keywords into the Search box and see if any of the results jog your memory. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's a stretch but think back: was there any particular phrase when you were reading it that stuck in your mind—something unique enough that it's not likely to appear in many articles? If so (and if your browser's history doesn't contain the page, per above), I suggest going to Google and typing that phrase in quotes next to the limiter site:en.wikipedia.org.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:08, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Circumventor IP

While reverting vandalism on Huggle, I came across an IP that had Secured Servers LLC listed as the ISP. When I checked the DNS records it showed that that IP is used for outgoing traffic from multiple Peacefire circumventor (web proxy) sites. The IP has some history of vandalism in May 2011, but the vandalism is mostly from this month (at last check there is a Level 4 Warning but no report to WP:AIV yet). Should I wait for it to be reported then note it on the AIV report, or is there another policy that Wikipedia has regarding these sites? RA0808 ^talk _contribs 13:27, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The policy for which you looking is this one. Wikipedia does not generally allow editing through anonymization services such as web or HTTP proxies. TN X Man 13:35, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! RA0808 ^talk _contribs 13:55, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Image update problems

Hello. I'm here to report a possible bug. When I upload a new version of an image at a different resolution, the image does not update, but it takes the new image's dimensions causing it to distort, stretch or squeeze. I've tried all possible options such as purging the cache, clearing my browser etc. If I rename the image, it updates to the newer version but that's the only way. It'd be ridiculous if I had to rename every image I upload. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, ..George Sorby • Talk • Contribs .. 13:49, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Noticed this too. I removed watermarks on two images recently. Instead of the thumbnails and image updating after purging, they remain stubbornly the same. It's not an uploading problem, the files have already been clearly replaced, having different file sizes.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 14:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would probably be a good idea to repost about this at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) so the tech gurus and developers are informed and can weigh in or fix the issue.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:03, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ELECTRIC POWER 2

IN DIRECT CURRENT,flow of electron is continues i.e.,from negative terminal to positive terminal.but in ALTERNATING CURRENT, electron moves forward and again backward but does not move from negative terminal to positive terminal so that only current wave travel like when we throw a stone in a river then wave only travels not the water particle. is it true or not. PLEASE GIVE ME BRIEF DETAIL ABOUT ELECTRON FLOW IN A.Cvsnkumar (talk) 14:16, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TN X Man 14:22, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

bits

Why do I spend a lot of time waiting for bits.wikipedia.org? I'm on Hughes.net, using Firefox. And what is it? Bluefox79830 (talk) 15:43, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is no http://bits.wikipedia.org You probably mean Bits Wiki, but we can not answer questions about it since it's not a part of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. Please do not confuse other wikis with Wikipedia. -- Obsidi♠n Soul 16:01, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I understand *exactly* what this poster is talking about. When I refreshed this page, the message at the bottom of my screen went from "retrieving from en.wikipedia.org" to "retrieving from bits.wikipedia.org" and back to "retrieving from en.wikipedia.org". I've had cases where it has gotten stuck for a while at 'bits'...Naraht (talk) 16:21, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. So that's why it sounded familiar. haha. In that case, no idea, sorry, maybe the techies can help. :P -- Obsidi♠n Soul 16:30, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently all Wikipedia web pages load their CSS files, JS files and a few other things from this domain. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:03, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

hwy 385 correction

This is correct to a highway listing. HwY 385.

"On rural US 385, Speed limit is 75 mph in all counties (except Ector) going south of Gaines County starting between Seminole and Andrews down to US 90 in Marathon" We just drove this highway this week and found NO area that was at 75mph. Since this was a deciding factor on choosing this route we want to make sure it is correct for others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.23.68.40 (talk) 16:16, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since this information is unsourced, you are welcome to remove it from the article. Even better would be if you could find a published reliable source (not just your own experience) that said what the speed limit was, and put that in the article instead. But it's fine to remove the unsourced information - make sure you put something informative in the edit comment, so people (and bots) won't think your change is vandalism. --ColinFine (talk) 17:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jamie Floyd

Hello. Please request for your readers a bio of TV personality Jamie Floyd (CNN). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.113.72.173 (talk) 16:18, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please make the request at WP:Requested articles. – ukexpat (talk) 16:44, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance to disambiguate

Neil Barnes was recently created as a redirect to Leftfield but another person with the same name is a scientist linked into The Periodic Table of Videos, I'm not sure how to handle this, he could be unlinked on The Periodic Table of Videos or should a disambiguation be made, or a hat on Leftfield redirecting back to The Periodic Table of Videos.... Any help here would be appreciated. — raeky t 17:12, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think the best solution would be to link the scientist to Neil Barnes with [[Neil Barnes (scientist)|Neil Barnes]] I'm assuming it was a red link before the redirect was created. Ryan Vesey (talk) 17:59, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I actually modified the wikilink to do that, but should the people all be linked anyways? Ryan Vesey (talk) 18:01, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to WP:REDLINK if the article could meet notability guild lines it's better to redlink it, since it could help the encyclopedia to grow. I'm not sure all of the presenters in those videos listed there would meet WP:N, Neal Barns may not, I think hes a lab tech, but some of them have grants and doing published research, so they would meet WP:N. — raeky t 18:11, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How do you edit a title of a page?

I'm currently trying to edit the PeaceJam wiki. PeaceJam is more formally known as the PeaceJam Foundation, which I think would be more appropriate. How would I do this?

Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.218.179 (talk) 20:17, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like it should remain as PeaceJam per WP:COMMONNAME. An articles title can be changed by moving the article; however, you must create an account if you would like to move articles. As of right now you could use requested moves. Ryan Vesey (talk) 20:23, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) You need an account to move pages. However, since this isn't a housekeeping move I would suggest you request a move on the talk page. I recommend to still create an account, though. Island Monkey ^{talk the talk} 20:24, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks... will do! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.218.179 (talk) 20:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]