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October 5

Intricate Inflation Template help

Hi, I'm trying to modify Template:Inflation so that it can handle series not currently specified (namely: non-CPI series). As a test case, I've modelled the flow path of Template:Inflation Template:Inflation/UK and Template:Inflation/UK/dataset to produce Template:Inflation/UK-NGDPPC and Template:Inflation/UK-NGDPPC/dataset (following a nominal GDP per capita series). I'm getting NaN errors, and my UK-NGDPPC set seems to precisely model the UK set of templates. Help? Fifelfoo (talk) 01:46, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've tested if it was a hyphen related issue by moving my templates to UKNGDPPC, no luck. Fifelfoo (talk) 01:51, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Calling Inflation/UKNGDPPC directly works: {{Inflation/UKNGDPPC|1971|2010}}, but calling Inflation|UKNGDPPC doesn't: Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=UKNGDPPC (parameter 1) not a recognized index. Fifelfoo (talk) 01:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is this still an issue? I suggest you post at Village pump (technical). -- John of Reading (talk) 07:04, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The templates' functions were poorly documented for other template developers, I discovered the issue, and documented it. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:32, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Browser/editor randomly removing spaces

When editing India, I noticed that, after I save, I find that random spaces have been removed between the brackets of a link and any adjacent word/comma/etc. You can check the fixes I just did/have to do there. It seems to do this whenever I hit the "textify" button, which is supposed to convert to raw text, but am not sure. I'm wondering if this is a MediaWiki issue or not, or if other people have noticed or reported this. Thanks. Saravask 01:59, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jupiter (mythology)

There is a problem in the ref. list, currently at n. 137, that I am unable to fix. Could you please have a look? Thank you for the attention.Aldrasto11 (talk) 02:01, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by adding a missing '. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:15, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

wiktionary link template

From Wikipedia:Template messages/Sister projects:

{{wiktionary|sophisticated}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

But when I click the link to reactivity in Reactivity_(chemistry)#See_also, it first goes to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reactivity?redirect=no (redirect=no added to show the redirect page), which flashes onto the screen for a moment before redirecting. Why, when the code used is {{Wiktionary|reactivity}}? With wiktionary being case sensitive, why does the template capitalize the word in the link it generates? DS Belgium (talk) 02:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It may not be intentional. {{wiktionary}} uses {{Sister}} which uses the same code for wiktionary and for sister projects where all titles are automatically capitalized. I have tracked it to Template:Sec link/relative url which uses {{PAGENAMEE}}, and {{PAGENAMEE:reactivity}} produces Reactivity with capital first letter. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:29, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Important: how to do with Wiki-Italian lang problem due an uncorrect italian government law

I'm writing this to ask a very simple thing.

Please route this message to anyone can do the following:

beacause italian law is about to block the awesome wikipedia in it lang (reading in this communicate http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011) I beg wikipedia founder or someone who can do this, move the contents in it lang under CH flag!!!

there is a place in the world where someone have italian as principal language, this is Canton Tessin, Swiss.

Thanks a lot,

from Ticino, Daniele Pierini. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.21.27.187 (talk) 04:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's servers, even the ones for the Italian Wikipedia, are not located in Italy. However the concern seems to be over legal actions that might be possible against out-of-country servers and the in-country contributors. Rmhermen (talk) 05:11, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's quite a bit of discussion on this issue at Meta. If you have a suggestion for preserving the content in the event of a shutdown (voluntary or otherwise), please post it there. The discussion I saw was at [1]; there may be others. Good luck, UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 12:49, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle

I was trying to tag an article using Twinkle, but all my options are gone except for "move." Is there currently an issue with it? LongLiveMusic (talk) 02:01, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently we've just upgraded to MediaWiki version 1.18. The worst of the problems should be sorted out quickly. There's more discussion here. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:00, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Petain

Your article on Marshal Petain is very seriously lacking! It contains not a word about his regime's collaboration with the Nazis in allowing over 70,000 French Jews to be deported to Auschwitz, where they were killed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.64.29.224 (talk) 06:31, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The place to raise this would be the article's talk/discussion page, Talk:Philippe Pétain. The article does mention "the proclamation of anti-Semitic laws". The subject is covered in detail at Vichy France#Vichy's racial policies and collaboration. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:21, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rubber SGG 20 Grade

Pl inform technical details for Rubber SGG 20 Grade — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.207.23.140 (talk) 07:09, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Science 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. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:13, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

coupon steeling

I live in Gaylord Michigan and every time we buy are paper on sundays there are no coupons in the paper, the lady at the store and I went threw all the papers and there wasn't any in all the papers, some where the coupons are getting taken and it isn't from one place of paper drop off it is several. Please chech this out it is making people very made expecially when it is advertized to have them in the paper. Thank you and have a good day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.13.238.2 (talk) 09:32, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I am sorry if this is a misunderstanding, but this is the help desk for the English Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia built collaboratively by volunteers from all over the world via the internet. I fear this is the wrong place for your ~~question~~ request. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Skin question

hello,

does it matter if I put scripts in my vector skin or my monobook skin? What is the vector skin? Thanks.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_Hey ^{it's me} 10:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As for what the Vector skin is... Go to your preferences > Appearance > change skin to Vector. Dismas|^(talk) 10:56, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, right, that's this new odd skin. Thanks.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_Hey ^{it's me} 11:08, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See more at Wikipedia:Skin. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:12, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Show/hide template boxes

Hey, is this a temporary problem or just related to me or what? The hide option for templates has disappeared and they all appear fully open i.e. at Steve Bruce. Any explanation?--Echetus Xe 11:25, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's working fine for me. Powers ^T 11:26, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Works for me as well. What browser do you use? Can you try another browser and if you do does it still occur? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:35, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They all appear open for me; using IE8. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:40, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's odd. I tested in IE8 (and also Safari) and in both cases they are collapsed by default and the link appears as well. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:48, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm using Firefox. Don't know if its related but the categories section looks a bit different as well. I have tried other skins and it makes no difference. I have tested in IE8 and it works fine there as reported by David.--Echetus Xe 12:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I just logged out and it works fine in Firefox. Therefore the problem must be with my account preferences. Which is odd seen as I haven't changed them recently.--Echetus Xe 12:04, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I ticked the 'Exclude me from feature experiments' box and that fixed the problem. The tech guys must be messing about and experimenting. Thanks for the support!--Echetus Xe 12:06, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, it reverted again. This time I ticked the box 'Don't show the Article feedback widget on pages'. I noticed earlier that the widget sometimes displayed an error message. Anyway that seems to have fixed it. Hopefully this time permanently. Cheers.--Echetus Xe 12:19, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I just refreshed the page and it has gone back to the original problem again! This is very strange.--Echetus Xe 12:20, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the same problem as reported at WP:VPT#Collapsible navboxes. That might be the place to continue the discussion, if you give them your example. It's still showing permanently open for me. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:27, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

did my article "move"?

I tried to publish a short first article and it is blocked, because I am new is my guess. But I do not know if it is in a line up to be published, waiting approval or if there is a step I have yet to complete. How do I know if it is being reviewed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentrussman (talk • contribs) 11:59, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the links at the top of User:Bentrussman/Declute. If you didn't ask for it to be reviewed, it's not likely that anybody will be looking at it. You need to do lots of work on it before it is fit to be moved. Read WP:1st, WP:Tutorial, & WP:ref, among others. Also worth looking at WP:CORP. Where you've got red links in the article, look at them and decide what you need to do about them. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:05, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ancient maps

I have a picture map in latin. It is titled Pezaro. In a box at the bottom it says Pisav Rum. Any information would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.22.166.20 (talk) 12:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Language 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. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 12:39, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Minor edits no longer bolded

It's, well, pretty minor, I suppose - but I've just noticed that the little "m" marking a minor edit seems to have lost its boldface in edit histories. Surely nothing to worry about, I just wondered why? (N and b appear unaffected...). Yunshui (talk) 12:55, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#.22m.22_and_.22b.22_edit_indicators_aren.27t_bold. It's because of the MediaWiki upgrade. –Drilnoth (T/C) 13:30, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

keith olbermann page

Mr Olbermann did not attend CORNELL UNIVERSITY, he studied at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell, which is not the Ivy League institution we all think of when we hear Cornell University.

By indicating Cornell University on his bio page on Wikipedia, you are allowing this to be misinterpreted as the Ivy League school.

Please consider modifying the bio page to make it clear.

It is common knowledge that Olbermann himself has often walked a fine line in interviews and such about his Ivy League education, but it's only fair to real Cornell U alumni to make it clear on your page. He did not graduate from Cornell University, period.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.227.191.76 (talk) 12:57, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The perfect place to note this would be Talk:Keith Olbermann. I'm going to take the liberty and copy this post there, as is. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:29, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Exworks for a Mitsubishi Lancer Engine

WHAT IS THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE FOR A 1989-1990 MITSUBISHI CB LANCER 1600CC, ENG. NO. 4G61-HP9928 AND CHASSIS NO. C63-0102262. AM SENDING MY INQUIRY ALL THE WAY FROM KENYA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.200.27.166 (talk) 13:38, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, we don't have any in stock - we're an encyclopedia, not a parts reseller. This page is for asking about using the encyclopedia - for your question, you might check the Reference Desk (at WP:RD/M), or see if Google can match you with a parts reseller who might have better luck. Best, UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:42, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has been obscured in Italy

As from today October 5 2011 Wikipedia has been obscured from web users following a law proposed by the shattered Berlusconi coalition, but the collapse is dragging its majority to carry the sign "gag law" that would undermine significantly the power of our system of justice to fight crime and corruption, and impose draconian penalties against publishers , journalists and bloggers. Please help the free comunity prevent this horrendous law from being passed by circulating this message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.95.163.193 (talk) 14:02, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify, it's the Italian Wikipedia at http://it.wikipedia.org which has been obscured from everybody, and not all of Wikipedia which have been obscured from people in Italy. This page already has several sections about it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:08, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it, this is the result of a protest action by the Italian Wikipedia community, which has the support of the WMF - for more details and reactions see [this WMF blog entry]. Gandalf61 (talk) 14:12, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sept. 07, 2008 Meet The Press Senator Barrack Obama making statements about the Flag and the National Anthem

Could you please find this for me? ^{[details removed]} — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.62.119.57 (talk) 14:25, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia: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, select the relevant section, 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. You also need to be a little more specific on your question. Rcsprinter (talk) 14:45, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed your email address to protect your privacy. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:25, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It ain't true, but then you probably knew that. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/stance.asp The Mark of the Beast (talk) 05:11, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Help with tables

I broke a table on this page trying to remove nonfree images from a list article (the pictures of Idi Amin and Lulu). Can someone fix it for me? Thanks! Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:39, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Rcsprinter (converse) 14:53, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright enquiry

Hi

I have spent today updating the Wikipedia page for an organisation which I work for. The information is all factually correct, but the text ideally needs to be taken directly from an external website.

As I wasn't aware of the problems with doing this, I went ahead, but have just received a message saying my edits have been removed.

However, the message did mention that if I run the external site (which I do), I can add a statement to the site which will allow me to use text from thr external site. Now, obviously I don't really want that statement to be clearly visible on the external website, so I was wondering what the rules are in terms of where I can place this statement? For example, can I add it to a page which is not linked to any others, but is still active on the site? Or does it need to be on every single page in a clear position?

I look forward to hearing from you, and appreciate your help with this in advance.

Operation Wallacea (talk) 15:06, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You may find some useful advice at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:30, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

adding a category.

Hello,

i'm new at Wikimedia and want add a new Category to this site:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Cultural_heritage_monuments_in_Berlin_with_known_ID

but i don't know how.

kind regards Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drebert1968 (talk • contribs) 15:17, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The page to which you've linked is a category. Would you like to add a page to that category or create an entirely new category? TN X Man 15:19, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, i want to add a new undercategory. Drebert1968 (talk) 15:24, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like Commons uses a template with an ID# to add subcategories. You may want to ask at the Commons help desk, as they may have a better answer. TN X Man 15:42, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

time trevel

my query is how can we trevle time? sometime i think time trevle may possible as new experiments show greater speed of neutron than light is neutrino or neutron is correct hear i am confused? pls solve my query — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aditya gunjan (talk • contribs)

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 15:21, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Won't save my edits

I have made a few small edits, and they look good on the preview screen. But when I press the save button, the new edits do not appear in the subsequent text.

There was something about some technical issues a day or two ago. Might this still be the problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CSU-editor (talk • contribs) 15:32, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can see edits from you yesterday at Special:Contributions/CSU-editor. If the problem is these edits then you probably just have to clear your cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:57, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Explorer 8 is now consistently crashing on ALL Wikipedia articles as of 04-OCT-2011

Since yesterday evening, all articles I have attempted to access have crashed Internet Explorer 8. This only happens with Wikipedia, no other websites so far appear to be affected. It happens at work (both laptop and desktop), home, the library, and FedEx office so this is not a system problem with a particular PC.

If I do a Google or a Bing search for "chess notation" and then click on the article, I get a "Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered an application error and needs to close". Sometimes, IE will automatically restart and display the article, sometimes it will not.

The same thing occurs when I go directly to wikipedia.org and then search that way.

It appears something broke on your website in the last day or so.

Jerry Williamson <blanked> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Volleyballjerry (talk • contribs) 15:34, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried using another browser? Everything appears to be working for me and I am using Firefox 7. TN X Man 15:41, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am using IE8, and it ~~isn't crashing for me~~ has done a few restarts today. That is IE version 8.0.6001.18702CO running under Windows XP version 5.1. If there were a technical problem with Wikipedia, WP:VPT would be the place to discuss it. What happens if you look at a different language Wikipedia, for example ru:?- David Biddulph (talk) 15:43, 5 October 2011 (UTC) - updated David Biddulph (talk) 19:48, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also crashing on me with IE8 as of Oct. 6th (5:30AM EST) posted a blog at this same time on Oct. 5th ( needed Info ) and no problems but now yes it keeps crashing and will not bring up anything but Error Message then closes - Longshot

I'm also using IE8, and the same exact thing is happening to me--started on the same date, too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.79.109.59 (talk) 19:12, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#IE8. TN X Man 19:25, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

differences in compare selected versions

There is a thing you can do so that history/compare selected versions will show a triangle (a delta) at the bottom and clicking on that will highlight removed text in red and added text in green. I used to have that but I reset my preferences and it went away. I forgot what it was - how can I get that back? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 15:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's not your fault. It disappeared after a software upgrade today. See User talk:Cacycle/wikEd#Did the diff go away and Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Improved diff view not working. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. I had changed some preferences and thought that had changed it. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 16:10, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My Twinkle has quit working too. Is that also due to the software change? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 18:42, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I believe so. See WT:Twinkle for more discussion. TN X Man 19:16, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Namespace" select gone from "my contributions"

I noticed today that the option to select a namespace when viewing my contributions (or anyone's) is now gone. I know it used to be there; Help:User contributions shows it in this graphic. Was there a change to the software? --Hammersoft (talk) 16:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Discussed at WP:VPT. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:06, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Creating an account

Every time I try to create an account you come back with "already in use, try again" Which is all well and good EXCEPT that you then erase your little "readme quiz" and my passwordS!

Easy enough for you. I'm handicapped. Typing HURTS, Thanks (NOT) for making a nearly impossible task impossible—

STEVE (The one WITHOUT an account) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.138.170.115 (talk) 16:24, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked out this page? There is a way to request an account be created for you without having to repeat the CAPTCHA issue. TN X Man 16:32, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

joe arpaio

Your page says,"Joseph M. "Joe" Arpaio is A FATASS piece of shit (born June 14, 1932) is the elected Sheriff of Maricopa County in the U.S. state of Arizona.

This is vandalism and has been reverted. Purging your cache should fix this issue. TN X Man 16:35, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How to cite books easier?

It just seems such a carry on to do the

{{cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}

Does Wikipedia not have any tools?

seems an awful lot to do?--14Adrian (talk) 19:13, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure we do. Any tool we had would still require someone to enter that information. There's no external source source of which I'm aware that would allow a script to read it to automatically format the cite template. TN X Man 19:15, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

RefToolbar is part of the editing tool bar, but may not be working right now due to updates
ProveIt may be enabled per the documentation

---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 19:32, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's no requirement that you use a citation template. You're free to give a citation such as Bloggs, Joe. My Book. London: Imaginary, 2011. if you want. Nyttend (talk) 03:49, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've found this http://reftag.appspot.com/ that's better....ah at last!--14Adrian (talk) 09:31, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

wrong information

There is a name of a person in an article and the information about the person is very incorrect. How do I go about changing it? Thanks, (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karenury (talk • contribs) 19:53, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To make changes to an article you need to click the edit tab on the top of the page, or one of the section edit links (see Help:Editing for more details). Do keep in mind that all information must be verifiable and that articles must hold a neutral point of view, specially concerning the biography of a living person, as this seems to be the case — frankie (talk) 20:05, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

captcha

The words are not appearing when I put them in on the screen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.163.188 (talk) 19:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer 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.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 20:48, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I assume the post is about a Wikipedia CAPTCHA. In which situation does it happen? Do you mean that you see the image and can identify the words but no letters appear when you type? What is your browser? PrimeHunter (talk) 21:49, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. I didn't know we had CAPTCHA.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 00:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

are references to password protected sites allowed?

I recently edited this article: [[2]] the article has a reference to this: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/220599.shtml

It is link to a password protected web site. This made is so that I could not verify the reference. For that reason they should not be allowed as references. However, I know that there are a lot of sites, like the New York Times that require a membership. These are legitimate references.

What should be done with links to references that cannot be verified? — Preceding unsigned comment added by War (talk • contribs) 20:28, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:PAYWALL.--ukexpat (talk) 20:30, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the article you complain about, the citation does not give sufficient information about the source so that a person who was willing to pay for access would know how to do so. Therefore, as far as one can tell from the citation, the information is not published, and may be removed from Wikipedia unless a published source can be found. Jc3s5h (talk) 20:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Meltzer article

The article about Daniel Meltzer, the Harvard Law School professor, has been completely replaced with an article about a high school baseball player. The citation still refers to the law school professor, but the article is now about a high-school baseball player who does not seem notable enough to have his own page. Even if he should, it should be a separate page, not replacing an existing one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.36.171.42 (talk) 20:40, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Change the language

Hi, I just whant to Know how I can Change the Language in my Wiki App to German? Thanks Manu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.6.16.65 (talk) 21:13, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are you looking for the German Wikipedia? --ColinFine (talk) 22:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As Colinfine says, there is a German-language Wikipedia over there, but if you're asking how to change the language settings on an app or browser you need to explain more clearly what you mean by "my Wiki App". Tonywalton ^Talk 23:43, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My contribution of "adam Hats" is not displaying right.

How do we correct my page that I entered today, so the content doesnt spill off the screen past the right margin?????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SMILEN68 (talk • contribs) 21:25, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't indent the text with a space otherwise

it will look like this

--ukexpat (talk) 21:27, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added some sources to the article to prevent it from being CSDed under A7. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 22:26, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can implatation bleeding accure weeks after conception?

if unprotected sex was had, right after menstration but before ovulation, and during the females next period the discharge was watery, is it possible this coukd be implantation bleeding? Even though its weeks after the conception should have occered?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.32.33.14 (talk) 21:35, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot offer medical advice. Please see the medical disclaimer, and contact an appropriate medical professional.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 21:40, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very Weird Event

Hi I was doing some copy editing to Romex system when some fragmented 'speedy deletion' language got inserted in the body of a subsection. Can someone take a look and figure out how to repair. I could not fnd any code that is generating the fragments. Thanks. Newwhist (talk) 21:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article contained {{club}}—which redirects to {{Db-club}}—instead of {{clubs}}. I have fixed the error. Goodvac (talk) 22:04, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I use {{clubs}} a lot so I will be on guard - many thanks Newwhist (talk) 22:08, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]