October 24

I'm an IP address (and I wish to stay an IP address). Could a kind soul please create the following simple redirect:

Opium clipper should contain #REDIRECT [[Clipper#Opium clipper]] , analogous to what I have done at tea clipper.

Thanks! 128.59.181.223 (talk) 02:26, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:42, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I work for a company that created an article about itself a few years ago. The article is labeled as being "written like an advertisement" (which is true) and asks for someone to re-write it from a neutral point of view.

I have monitored this for a few months, and it seems no one has re-written the article. I figured this would be the case as we're a small non-profit.

As an employee, I could potentially have a conflict of interest and have read the entry on this. Given that no one in the general public has re-written the article, I'm wondering whether it would be helpful and/or appropriate for me to.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.4.5.200 (talk) 07:19, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you tell us the name of the article? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:32, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It would still be best for you to put your proposed text on the article's talk page. If you are a 'small non-profit' it is quite likely that you do not meet the notability requirements anyway, so your first priority should be finding the multiple independent reliable sources which you will need if you are to establish that it is notable. --ColinFine (talk) 08:32, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the article Riverside County, California, footnote #9 is a dead link. It should be corrected to http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/address.htm. However, I do not know how to correct a citation that is part of a reference list. Could someone please help? Thanks. Sinecostan (talk) 08:30, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The content of the link appears where it is used, not where it is displayed. Pick the '^' next to the link and it takes you to where it used in the page - then edit that section. --ColinFine (talk) 08:34, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated ref. CETTALK 08:43, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I translated my german-userpage article (de:Benutzer:Radh/Cold Turkey Press) on my english-wp userpage, User:Radh/Cold Turkey Press, not realising that there already exists Cold Turkey Press. Who can help?--Radh (talk) 09:36, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not exactly sure what you mean? You want to replace the existing article with your article? - CETTALK 10:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Basically yes, but would also like to keep the history.--Radh (talk) 13:05, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated, but someone could revert it eventually (not that I see any reason for that), if so, discuss your changes on the article's talk page. Cheers - CETTALK 17:35, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will do that.--Radh (talk) 23:10, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I'm referring to the Wikipedia page for "Ranvir Shorey". I'm disagree that Ranvir Shorey has acted in "Once Upon a time in Mumbai" movie. The police inspectre was Randeep Singh Hooda. Can you please change the detail and advise?

Feel free to contact me if you need any other information to proceed with my request.

Regards, Rachita Purohit <email removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.26.183.3 (talk) 10:35, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since that sentence at Ranvir Shorey does not indicate its source, I have removed it. Throughout Wikipedia, unsourced material can be challenged and removed - you are welcome to do this yourself, provided you fill in the Edit summary to explain what you are doing. (I have removed your email address to protect your privacy). -- John of Reading (talk) 11:08, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are sandboxes allowed as sub-pages of article talk pages or are they only allowed under user pages? If it's not allowed under the article's talk page, are we allowed to create sandboxes under a WikiProject? I'm referring a situation where a number of editors wish collaborate on an extensive re-write of an article but don't want to do it directly on the "live" article itself as it could at times be very messy and "half baked" - while we figure out things like section structure etc. Roger (talk) 14:51, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, that's not a problem. It's usually best to do that as a sub-talk page though (something like Talk:Stuff/Sandbox), just to lessen the chance a reader stumbles on it. TNXMan 15:01, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

explain the purpose of following manufacturer's instructions when using equipment —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.189.40 (talk) 15:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not injuring yourself or others? Not ruining the equipment? In any case, this desk is for asking questions about using Wikipedia. you may find the reference desk more suited to your question. TNXMan 15:58, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, not voiding your warranty. --Teratornis (talk) 21:06, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Please do your own homework.

Welcome to the Wikipedia Help desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here to not do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems.
Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. You can search Wikipedia or search the Web.
If you need help with a specific part of your homework, the Reference desk can help you grasp the concept. Do not ask knowledge questions here, just those about using Wikipedia. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 21:09, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just want to look up Biographies of a few people.How do I get just Biographies? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.172.27 (talk) 17:04, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

have a look here-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:14, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 08:42, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hello,

i want to sort the references into paragraphs: Charts and certifications, Cover versions, and Other. As you can see here, I can't do that. I red MoS of footnotes, I did the same what I red but it doesn't go! Can you help me please?-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:11, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That won't work— within |refs= anything not enclosed in <ref>...</ref> is ignored by the Cite extension. You need to create separate groups like:

{{reflist|group="Charts and certifications"|refs=
<ref name="mahasz">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=arany_es_platinalemezek&menu2=adatbazis|title=Gold & Platinum Database: "Santana" |publisher=''[[Mahasz|Association of Hungarian Record Companies]]''|accessdate=2010-09-25}}</ref>
}}

Then invoke the in-text citation with

<ref name="mahasz" group="Charts and certifications"/>

Now, this will show the in-text citation as ^{Charts and certifications 1}, which you probably don't want so you should just use "chart" or something simple. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 19:05, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I wish to complain about the Tube Challenge page about the constant interferance of Wikipedia Editor Chase me ladies Im, the Cavalry all ready in a previous version of the page he made a comment about me that could be refer as slander to my good name.And the fact of the matter is he will not allow the history of the challenge if that is true then my current Guinness world record is also invalid by his said point and i wish it to be deleted from the page in its current format i have that right and i insist u make this happen i have no problem with his version but you will not put the current record on it end of yours sincerly.80.0.38.91 (talk) 18:09, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tube Challenge (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

There is a long discussion about reliable sourcing on the article talk page. I have notified User:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry of this comment. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:50, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not exactly sure what's being asked, sufficed to say that there was an edit war going on, so I reverted to the last fully sourced version of the page and protected the article. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 21:18, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Given the lack of explanation or clarification and with no idea of how to progress further with this, could we mark this thread as resolved? Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 17:44, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Is it possible to protect a page so that only only one user (and of course the admins) can edit it? If so then how do I go about requesting such a protection? — Fly by Night (talk) 20:10, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No emphatically not. See WP:OWN. --ColinFine (talk) 20:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) There is no way to protect a page so that only one user can edit it. Pages can be semi-protected (only auto-confirmed users may edit it) or fully protected (only admins can edit it). You can learn read about protection at WP:PROTECT and request page protection at WP:RPP. Pages are generally only protected against vandalism or edit warring. If you are going to request protection for a different reason take a look at WP:OWN first. Cheers, D•g ^{Talk to me}/_{What I've done} 20:27, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You misunderstand both my question and my motives. I am fully aware of WP:OWN and WP:RPP. (Just check my contributions!) I had the idea to move my signature to a user subpage and then to transclude that subspage with every signature. That way, any change of signature would be rolled out across all of my signed posts. My signature is protected, but has a limited number of characters. I have seen admins' pages that are fully protected, and that would exactly serve my purpose if I happened to be an admin too. Where is my signature saved? — Fly by Night (talk) 21:51, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c x 2) I'm afraid that's explicitly forbidden at WP:SIG#NT, for the reasons explained there. -- John of Reading (talk) 22:02, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. No worries. Thanks a lot. — Fly by Night (talk) 22:06, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HI .. I tried to add content to a few pages regarding a comparable company / website and wikipedia would not accept the addition. It is not spam, it is factually correct. Please advise on how to proceed. Gcre (talk) 21:33, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read the message I left on your talk page yet? I tried to explain there why your addition of the same external link to multiple articles was not the best way to help Wikipedia. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:36, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)What you are doing is spamming a link to an external site across multiple articles. This is not permitted. Please read Wikipedia's guide to advertising and why it is not allowed. TNXMan 21:37, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"It is not spam, it is factually correct": these are not mutually exclusive. In Wikipedia, at least, spam is any unwanted advertising, irrespective of its correctness. --ColinFine (talk) 23:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

October 25

I have posted a question and asked for an RfC at Talk:Economic rent#How are strong implications to be handled.3F but no one has responded. I have done this because a person reverted my previous edit. What should I do next? Should I go ahead and revert the edit? Should I post my question somewhere else? Thanks! Gabiteodoru (talk) 03:08, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You may just ask the person who reverted your edit on his or her talk page. If you get no response, just be bold and revert his/hers.--Netheril96 (talk) 10:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A slight amendment is needed I think, as I just watched the film and during it Ann-Margret works in a factory, and wikipedia says she is filling bombs with ball bearings....ahem, they are pinballs, of course..Thanx Woo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.170.100 (talk) 03:18, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please be bold and make the change to the plot section yourself. Please state your reason for the change in the edit summary field when you make this edit, which will make it far less likely that you'll be reverted.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:40, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pinballs and certain ball bearings are identical in appearance; the edit would serve no purpose. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:56, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? Of course it makes a difference.--SPhilbrickT 13:45, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If we don't explicitly know that they are pinballs rather than ball bearings (and I think it's a major leap to think that pinballs rather than ordinary ball bearings would be used in a military application), then I believe that such an insertion into the article is not only pointless but original research as well. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously it cannot simply be added without a reliable source, but with a source, it seems quite apropos.--SPhilbrickT 17:27, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If the entity the page provides information about does not wish to hold a wikipedia page is there a method for deleting the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.166.244.245 (talk) 07:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We have a number of deletion processes, and you can read about them here. However, no single entity - including the subject of an article - owns any piece of Wikipedia content, so it's not simply the case that the subject can necessarily have the article deleted. What we can do is remove material that isn't cited to good-quality third-party sources, and we are particularly sensitive to the need for biographies of living persons to be well-cited, neutral, accurate, and compliant with our notability requirements. If you let us know which page you are talking about we can advise about suitable courses of action. Gonzonoir (talk) 07:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have to use open proxy, which by the way fails to transfer https traffic, sometimes to read and edit Wikipedia, but Wikipedia bans edits from behind proxies. I read carefully about the policies and have no clue why registered user cannot edit through a proxy. After all, if a registered user is a vandal, you can just suspend the account without knowing the IP address of his or her computer, can't you?--Netheril96 (talk) 10:29, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia's policy on open proxies is located here. The "rationale" section is what you need - basically, open proxies make it too difficult to catch vandals. TNXMan 15:06, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The "rationale" doesn't sound rational to me. I mean you need IP addresses to track anonymous edits, but a registered user cannot hide his/her identity even behind a proxy as long as he/she logs in. Why don't just disallow IP users to edit?--Netheril96 (talk) 16:51, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a real problem then maybe this section might help you.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:21, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I make my image smaller to put in the wikis? Roo101 (talk) 25 October 2010 (UTC)

• When placing an image on a page, you can use syntax like: [[File:Example.jpg|100px]] to change the width of an image. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 10:42, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• See also Wikipedia:Picture tutorial-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:22, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

there has been slander and unfounded information on our page which needs to be removed referring as if we posted on you tube nintendo games posted on you tube removed and that craze productions continuos to act like this, making craze look like pirates, this is unfounded and not true.

this is total slander , this is not true, this is not a forum to post such unfounded and slanderous comments please remove them at once thanks

what should be posted is that

craze productions is one of the largest streamers on you tube of movies and video, with as many as 4 million daily viewers a day and on sept 10, craze had over 125.000.000 of video streams streamed on you tube —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.162.238 (talk) 10:50, 25 October 2010 (UTC) [reply]

It has been removed. ~~ GB fan ~~ 11:13, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I reset my Wikipedia user account password? I can't remember my current password. I tried all the combinations I can think of. No dice. Just need to send my registered email address a password reset or reminder. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.61.69.211 (talk) 12:51, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you registered an email address when you signed up, see Wikipedia:Passwords#How_do_I_recover_a_password_I_have_forgotten Rojomoke (talk) 13:18, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zeiss_AG Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 13:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Works fine for me. Can you provide more info on the problem you're seeing? Rojomoke (talk) 13:19, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps your firewall could be the problem. --Monterey Bay (talk) 03:09, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Problem is solved.It was a virus.Thanks.:-)Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 03:48, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My question is; how do I use a language dictionary in Wikipedia?94.197.132.174 (talk) 15:23, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have a translation/dictionary component in Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:45, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We do have GoogleTrans that can be enabled in preferences after creating an account. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:58, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how do I sign up or where do i install? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Usaena (talk • contribs) 16:06, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Click on the "My preferences" link at the top right of the page (lots of good stuff there, BTW), then click on the "Gadget" tab, then tick the first checkbox, labelled "GoogleTrans", then the "Save" button at the bottom of the page. You must then clear your browser cache - instructions for doing this are here for most common browsers. The instructions for using the gadget are here. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:49, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can i add some of my own photos to a site article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.78.136.240 (talk) 16:08, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If they are relevant to the article and contribute to the encyclopaedic coverage of the article, yes. You can upload them as your own work and either license them with a compatible license or release them into the public domain. There are instructions for this at WP:UPLOAD. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 16:52, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To upload a file you'll need an account, however; otherwise you'll need to use the files for upload process. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 16:54, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For the article on The Lost Hero, there is some kind of problem with the references that is blanking a huge section. Help? 173.49.140.141 (talk) 16:09, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you be a little more specific? I don't see a missing section. TNXMan 17:36, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I mean The Heroes of Olympus, but I've fixed it myself. 173.49.140.141 (talk) 19:42, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how do i contact someone in nakijin village re info april 1945? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.117.227.199 (talk) 17:30, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 TNXMan 17:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

see the CREATE LINKS link on this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Editing_Wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.179.0.145 (talk) 17:54, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's already been fixed. Thank you for noticing it, though! TNXMan 18:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I have fixed it and warned the vandal. Roger (talk) 18:01, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The instances when I click on a link within an article and I’m redirected to an advertising site are become more frequent.

I assume you are aware of this problem.

Please resolve this problem as quickly as possible as currently it almost doubles the time we have to spend researching a subject via your normally very reliable pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Watchman2511 (talk • contribs) 18:38, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia links should not lead to advertisements. Please be sure you are viewing the Wikipedia site, not a site that mirrors Wikipedia's content and adds advertisements. You can visit [1], which is our homepage. Your computer may also be infected with malware that pops up advertisements on (normally) ad-free sites. TNXMan 18:45, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c)I'm quite surprised at this, and hope you will provide some examples. I don't suggest for a second that it cannot happen - it is easy for people to add links to advertising sites, it happens everyday, and there are many editors spending considerable time removing such links, but when you say "it almost doubles the time we have to spend researching" you imply some substantial portion of links within articles are to advertising sites. Do you mean footnotes or wikilinks (words in blue). I would guess the proportion of footnotes that could be viewed as advertising might get to a few per cent, but I would guess that blue-linked words leading to an advertising site are quite rare - a fraction of a per cent at best (I've clicked on thousands of such links, and the next one that is an advertising site will be the first such example for me.) Is there any chance you are using a mirror of Wikipedia that does allow advertising? If you can post examples it would be very helpful.--SPhilbrickT 18:48, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible for my watchlist to display the sum total of bytes (positive and negative) changed for each page? I'm more of a content-watcher than a vandal fighter, and I have a very large watchlist. I worry that some of the less-edited pages on my list dont get seen by me, because they're swamped by the many edits from other pages. BillMasen (talk) 19:07, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It already does, if I understand your question. The green and red numbers on your watchlist indicate the number of bytes added or subtracted by the previous edit. Is this what you meant? TNXMan 19:08, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What I meant was, I want to see the sum total of how many bytes have been added or subtracted from the article in question. I don't want to see every individual edit. Can that be done? BillMasen (talk) 21:13, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

can you explain me why pmos give strong 1 and poor 0 when we applied 0 on GATE?∭∭ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pkdashore.rit (talk • contribs) 19:38, 25 October 2010 (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. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:43, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Wikipedia,

I just changed the page on Ronald McNair. He received a B.S. in engineering physics from North Carolina A&T State University and not a B.S. in physics.

This information can be verified by the registrar of our university. Can you let me know if you need anything else to make this information valid for publication?

Thank you.

Gay Davis, Ph.D. Dean's Office College of Engineering North Carolina A&T State University —Preceding unsigned comment added by SymPhonic47 (talk • contribs) 19:54, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The information needs to be verifiable in reliable sources. This means that the sources need to have already been published; unfortunately we can't simply take your word for it. It's also usually preferred that the source is from a third party, unassociated with the subject (and thus with no reason to provide inaccurate information casting the subject in an overly positive or negative light). GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 21:13, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removed duplicate posting Rojomoke (talk) 23:27, 25 October 2010 (UTC) [reply]

HI. . . This is my first article. I am writing it about a noteworthy musician, instructor, businessman, etc. and all-around good person, who I want the masses to know about. I'd appreciate any guidance that will help me with formatting or whatever else I need to know, so that this article gets published.

Thank you for any help and/or advice given to me.

My thanks,

D.Maurice Marshall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by D.MauriceMarshall (talk • contribs) 22:39, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia requires not just that the subject of an article be noteworthy, but that he be notable, and that reliable independent sources have already written about him. See Reliable sources. Looking at User:D.MauriceMarshall/ROSS CARNEGIE: A LEGEND IN OUR TIME, which I assume is the article you're referring to, it's written in a very enthusiastic, promotional tone, which is not appropriate for an encyclopaedia. Try to tone it down to a neutral point of view, make sure everything you write is referenced, and avoid WP:weasel words. Also see Wikipedia:Your first article. Good luck. Rojomoke (talk) 23:27, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also see the finest help page ever written, WP:PEACOCK. --Teratornis (talk) 02:12, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see Orange Mike has speedy deleted your draft from your userspace using criterion G11 - "unambiguous advertising or promotion". G11 does indeed apply to userspace as well as articlespace, although in practice inappropriate articles are usually given a bit more leeway in a user sandbox space, to allow the creator time to improve them. I can't see the deleted text, but I can only assume it must have been unsalvageably promotional and unencyclopaedic to attract such a summary speedy deletion. If you still want to create an article about this individual, I would advise you to read the advice others have bluelinked in their responses above, and use the article wizard. I would also point out that Wikipedia is absolutely not the right place for letting "the masses know about" someone, no matter how talented, nice or special they are. Wikipedia is for articles about people who have already received substantial coverage in reliable published sources. If Mr. Carnegie has had such coverage, you need to cite it in your article. If he hasn't, he's not a suitable article subject for this encyclopaedia. Karenjc 11:39, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As you might deduce from the title, it was indeed unsalvageable: a hagiography and an ad for the guy's courses. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:26, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

October 26

I have written the content for an article in a word document which has all the hyperlinks ( for the references). Now when I put this text in wiki edit page, all my links are gone, all I see is just a plain text version. Is there any way when I copy the text from my word to wiki editor, then my hyperlinks for the text also get copied?

Keepgoingraj.arora (talk) 01:49, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you used some kind of special program, you'd just have to type your stuff in wiki markup (i.e., using [[link]] for internal links, '''bold''' for bold text, etc.). Hope this helps! --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 02:05, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To whom it may concern:

If we want to edit and add the following contents into article "Pablo Picasso", but it's autoconfirmed editting item, then how to edit it and is it allowed to do so?

Impact upon China’s most famous contemporary artist Zhang Daqian

• Landscape painted by Zhang Daqian (1899 – 1983), China’s most famous contemporary artist who met with Pablo Ruiz Picasso in 1956 and adopted his Western techniques and concepts into Chinese traditional landscape ink and wash paintings.
  Landscape painted by Zhang Daqian (1899 – 1983), China’s most famous contemporary artist who met with Pablo Ruiz Picasso in 1956 and adopted his Western techniques and concepts into Chinese traditional landscape ink and wash paintings.

You would use the template {{Edit protected}} on the talk page of the article and then provide what you wanted added to the article. At that point, someone would come along and apply your edit, if they thought it was a good edit. Dismas|^(talk) 03:51, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that Picasso influenced this person might belong in the article about them, but not necessarily in the article about Picasso. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:27, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tonight we recieved an email about a horse we are seeling. We tried to reply to the email and it keeps coming back as not deliverable. Any suggestions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.171.23 (talk • contribs) 05:49, 26 October 2010

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 ~~ GB fan ~~ 05:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that any time I use Mozilla Firefox to edit Wikipedia, none of my scripts in my monobook.js works. Whenever I use safari, they do work. This is a bit of a problem since one of my scripts, igloo, isn't compatible with safari, but is with Firefox. I've tried purging the page, bypassing my cache, and clearing my cache, and nothing has worked. Anyone have any suggestions? I dream of horses (T) @ 06:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) And now none of my scripts are working in Safari, either.

Note that any script that is listed under "gadgets" in user preferences (like twinkle and friendly) still works. I dream of horses (T) @ 06:31, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

We have created the following page: User:Integrity_Watch_Afghanistan/Integrity_Watch_Afghanistan but since we are members of the same organisations, we have a conflict of interest and we have tried putting it through 'request an article' but not quite sure whether that succeeded. Could you please help us and let us know how someone can review or rewrite if they find it worth while?

Thank you in advance,

IWA —Preceding unsigned comment added by Integrity Watch Afghanistan (talk • contribs) 06:27, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed some excessive promotional material on that draft, but it could be a promising article. Could you follow the directions at WP:BFAQ#COMPANY and find at least two independent reliable sources? Thanks, Goodvac (talk) 06:38, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE POTATO FRUIT AFTER FLOWERING ETC AND PRODUCING LIKE A TOMATOE HOW DO I GET THE SEEDS OUT FOR SOWING FROM THE FRUIT BEFORE IT ROTS - DO I DRY IT OR WHAT? MANY REGARDS —Preceding unsigned comment added by KAREN LISA HARDY (talk • contribs) 06:50, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Use a small seed drill, or sow by hand. Let blight and beetle do their worst. The most susceptible seedlings will die. Mark the most resistant with a brightly painted stick. These may look susceptible in the early breeding cycles but that's ok. They will be more resistant than all the others. Pull out all the others. Let the bees cross-pollinate all the selected plants. If Colorado beetles are likely to devour the plants before they set fruit, either hand-pick off the egg custers and beetles or protect with Bt or natural pyrethrum. The object is to harvest the potato fruits which are the result of pollination.--Monterey Bay (talk) 07:10, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Please take a look at my user page and my talk-page.I have created a banner called You have new message.I have used it for completely harmless purpose.It just itself redirects to Practile Joke article.It is nothing more that a small funny prank.Though, User:Goodvac removed it.I think he means that I have misused the Wikipedia Interference.But, I have not any such intention.I love that banner-trick very much and wants to keep it.Please help me.Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 07:40, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As I said at my talk page, using the banner to trick others qualifies as a spoof of the MediaWiki interface, which is prohibited by WP:SMI. Goodvac (talk) 07:42, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While I believe you're right, Goodvac, this identical "trick" has been used by many people without challenge, and I suspect that a discussion will be necessary to clarify if this is allowed or not. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 08:41, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It has already been discussed extensively, see for example Wikipedia talk:User pages/UI spoofing. It's very clearly covered by the wording in WP:SMI which I think was originally written exactly to stop this practical joke. Others have been told to remove it. I have personally told at least one user to do it and he complied. Don't break rules just because you have seen others get away with it. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:20, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The current language results from Wikipedia talk:User pages/Archive 7#Prohibition on shock value, which was sparked by an incident where a user was linking people to Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany through their joke banner (see here). It was not intended to prohibit relatively innocuous uses, since past discussion was not to prohibit them; the "strongly discouraged" language resulted from that earlier large discussion--a phrase that is irreconcilable with "prohibited". The language added more recently, "Inappropriate internal or external links that unexpectedly direct the reader to unreasonable locations", was not intended to contradict "strongly discouraged" but to rope in a wide variety of more clearly inappropriate spoofing, like the one that ended up at ANI.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:42, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter, I left a note with someone who used this trick before as well to rather different effect, it was ignored. This was several months ago when I was rather less confident with the rules. WP:SMI also only "strongly discourages" simulating the interface, rather than outright forbidding it, so presumably consensus isn't 100% clear on this. Perhaps a discussion should be started to alter the wording to prohibit simulating the interface in this sort of way, if consensus supports it. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 14:53, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It would be desirable to get more explicit consensus on this. Goodvac (talk) 20:11, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looking back at User talk:Extra999/Archive 1#Fake new messages banner, I only said: "The practical joke on your user page is strongly discouraged by Wikipedia:User pages#Simulated MediaWiki interfaces." The user removed it.[2] PrimeHunter (talk) 21:22, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dobrý den,už nevím kam se obrátit vaše stránky jsou tak složitě napsané že se v tom nikdo nevyzná.Mám problém z hrou petville,všem okolo se objevila v hlavním menu cesta ven z vnitřku baráku a ještě nákupní košík mám nejvyšší level ale rychle mě dohánějí protože v té zahradě jsou bonusy, chci se proto zeptat co mám udělat pro to aby mi to fungovalo taky,pokud jsem na jiné stránce omlouvám se ale prosím pomožte mi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.102.153.129 (talk) 09:05, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 Maybe Petville's own website can answer your question. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:20, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Are there any other tools like Huggle which I can download?Please give me complete list of Wikipedia tools that can be downloaded on Computer.Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 11:42, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I know a couple but I'm sure there are more. I know about igloo and STiki, which was the tools I used to have a go at while reverting vandalism. I thought I've seen a link connecting those Anti-vandalism tools together in the welcome-anon-vandalism-fighter template. I'll have a look. Minimac (talk) 12:02, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here it is! Minimac (talk) 12:05, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One of my links in the "My Backlog" section of my userpage is not working. (Well, it did this morning but not anymore) Anyway, here's the details:

These links link to a random article which automatically goes to the article with that specific maintenance template. I know that this link and this link works, but the link I use the most, which is this one, doesn't appear to work, and instead, it brings up a message saying "random article redirects to a random article in a category. Could not get an article matching these conditions.". I checked on my userpage history, and no-one changed the text. I looked at the original category, and realised it hasn't been moved either. Is this a technical problem? Minimac (talk) 11:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections currently contains no pages but many subcategories. You can add &subcats=1&d=2 to the url like the other two if you want to include subcategories. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:08, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It worked! Thank you very much PrimeHunter. Minimac (talk) 14:49, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Template aligned as requested, resolving per discussion on my talk page. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 14:46, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how do i delay the potd template to the right in my user page, beside the featured article paragraph? thank you-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 12:18, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean you want it to be aligned to the right? GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 14:20, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

yes please-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:23, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've just used a table to do this; I hope it looks how you wanted. It looks like there is already some wikitable formatting in place which I'm not completely familiar with so I didn't want to touch, so it may be a messy way of doing it, with mixed html and wikitable formatting. It works though. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 14:27, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I attempted to view the page entitled "Burn" (to find out about the differences between 1st-, 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns), but a fraction of a second after the page loads--enough time for me to see the picture of a burn on a hand--Firefox crashes. I have successfully reproduced the problem three times.

The problem does not occur in Internet Exploder (sic.). 173.178.34.20 (talk) 12:34, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It does not crash Firefox on my computer. It is probably something with your computer. ~~ GB fan ~~ 12:42, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The problem has magically vanished. How weird is that? Anyway, thanks for testing it out. 173.178.34.20 (talk) 13:02, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hello,

im searching a tool, that replace the redlinks with an article, like dab solver. are there any? thank you-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I trust you're not planning to unlink redlinks indiscriminately - see WP:REDDEAL. I suspect there is no such tool, since it would naturally be mentioned on the Red link page. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:59, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I read the article on Arnez. I see his family fled to Miami. Can you tell me what high school he attended and when? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.185.233.189 (talk) 14:55, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Miscellaneous 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: . I hope this helps.Template:Z38 TNXMan 15:18, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I worked on Punk listed in his filmography. I have recently (Oct. 23rd) seen "Bless Me Ultima" as a play in Clovis, New Mexico. In the program it mentions that the filming that I even saw happening a week ago in Sante Fe as I drove by the Art Institute there, was this book/play being made into a movie directed by Carl Franklin, per SanteFeNewMexican.com. Since you are both asking for verification and new information about this writer/director, I thought listing his current production was appropriate. I have never tried to add or edit anything before on wikipedia, though someone has also posted a page about me. It seems that the categories I would edit: writing and filmography additions are not allowing me to add this to them. Question is then how can I do these "edits"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.209.205.155 (talk) 16:37, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've responded on your talk page Rojomoke (talk) 17:37, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

I have been unable to find a policy or a guideline covering publishing of phone numbers. I reverted an edit which added a number, but after thinking about it for a bit I was not sure if this was appropriate. Can anyone point me to a policy/guideline that covers this issue (and related, such as email addresses, etc.)? -- Scjessey (talk) 18:24, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTDIRECTORY is what you need, I think. TNXMan 18:35, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Specifically point #3. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 18:37, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Conversation and rationale about this is covered in a Village Pump archive, which may shed some light. Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_61#Addresses. Hope that helps! -Rob ROBERTMFROMLI ^TALK/_CNTRB 18:38, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for your help. :) -- Scjessey (talk) 19:03, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the oversight policy? -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 23:26, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please take a look at the Nav Template on the Pain (musical project) page? When you click to edit, view or discuss, it takes you to the Nav Template Template:Pain --dashiellx (talk) 19:02, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed diff -- John of Reading (talk) 19:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --dashiellx (talk) 19:14, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When I upload an image from Wikimedia Commons to a Wikipedia entry this appears on the article page, above the image: |frameless|alt=|.

I have no idea how to get rid of it. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong. Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by KSJinRVA (talk • contribs) 20:03, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Bencherlite^Talk 20:10, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note that this happened because some infoboxes add their own image formatting code and require an isolated file name as parameter. The documentation page for the infobox, in this case Template:Infobox criminal, will usually show the parameters. Your code would have worked outside an infobox. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:30, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WHATS THE BIG DEAL ABOUT DOWNLOADING A CARD GAME (SOLITAIRE) IF THERE'S A FEE TO PAY JUST LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU JERRY CAMPOS <email removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerry campos (talk • contribs) 21:36, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 (I have removed your email address to protect your privacy) -- John of Reading (talk) 21:42, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have a project for school and I need to know wow facts about the elephant. Something that it does or has thats unusual or out of the ordinary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.65.230.47 (talk) 23:16, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you should check out the Wikipedia article on Elephant. If you still have any questions which are not answered there, please come back and ask and we'll try to help. Goodvac (talk) 23:18, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you might want to check out the Reference Desk? -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 23:25, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But note Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia#A caution before citing Wikipedia. You don't want to make claims like "Elephant population in Africa has tripled over the past six months". PrimeHunter (talk) 23:44, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've been doing some editing on band articles. Just removing red links mainly or (for example) a House music DJ who ended up in the reggae artist list. What are the guidelines for bands that create an article about themselves and then in their discography provide links to album articles that they created that contains only a track listing, date release and picture of the cover. It doesn't make sense when the external links they provide usually lead to their Discog or MySpace profile for them to have a link to a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to a single album release. If a band release 10 albums that would end up generating 11 pages including the main article. Many of the bands are local and not fulltime musicians and seem to be seeking exposure and trying to increase their Google rank. I have nothing against these bands since they may have a large local following that would warrant inclusion but can I request pages that they created for each album release to be removed or incorporated into their main article.

Sluffs (talk) 23:40, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Notability (music). PrimeHunter (talk) 23:46, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thanks. The Notability guidelines are very clear about this matter. Sluffs (talk) 00:11, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Thanks!

Hi, I try to help out here at HelpDesk when I've got time... so, I have a question, as either due to senility, or lack of coffee, or such, I cannot find this... Is this:

"Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free..."

...a template? I've seen various of you use it. If it is a template, apologies for me not being able to find it. Would appreciate if someone pointed out which template it is. Best, Rob ROBERTMFROMLI ^TALK/_CNTRB 23:41, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As it says in a hidden comment, it's {{astray}}. Algebraist 23:44, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah... the one place I didnt think to check (and never saw, as I have only been editing by section). Thanks Algebraist! Best, Rob ROBERTMFROMLI ^TALK/_CNTRB 23:47, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here are three other possibilities which may useful in the future: 1) Just below the box at top of the help desk is the link How to answer. 2) Searching the template namespace for part of the text like this (may not work in quotes if punctuation is included). 3) I usually write it in edit summaries [3] but not everybody does. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:00, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

October 27

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wow!_signal&action=history

I've edited it out twice already, the IP has put it back in a third time.----occono (talk) 00:30, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Self-published website full of OR and POV so you're right to delete the link, but consider warning the IP on their talk page not to re-add the link. Template {{uw-spam1}} and its three consecutively numbered fellows would be appropriate (remember to subst them). Following the warning procedure in this way makes it easier to get the spamming IP address blocked if they continue to add inappropriate links (and hopefully saves them from a block if they were unaware that their edits were in breach of policy until the warnings began). Karenjc 06:56, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

when actor become notable for Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.218.224 (talk) 00:36, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Notability (people). PrimeHunter (talk) 00:42, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! if I saw his name in red in Wikipedia, is this enough? is this some kind of invitation to editing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.218.224 (talk) 00:57, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A red link doesn't say whether the person is notable. See Wikipedia:Red link. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please take note I/we were NOT responsible for ANY of the actions suggested below. The IP addresses with a number of ISPs , Telstra included actually can be held by different users, therefore your "evidence" is unreliable as although I/we may have held it on more than on occasion in the past so could many other users. I had this same problem with pay per click advertising where our Google Adword was clicked many times by bogus individuals in order to a)obtain a commission b)diminish our advertisng budget. I am quite surprised you were not aware of block allocation IP addresses. Also I am interested in who supplied you the information that enabled you to contact us. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.151.87.230 (talk) 02:08, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed your unformatted copy of User talk:203.45.212.102 because it was hard to read and people can just click the link there instead. Wikipedia knows about shared IP addresses as shown by the box at the bottom of User talk:203.45.212.102 which says:

"This is the discussion page for an IP user, identified by the user's numerical IP address. Some IP addresses change periodically, and may be shared by several users. If you are an IP user, you may create an account or log in to avoid future confusion with other IP users. Registering also hides your IP address."

If you were contacted in another way than the message at User talk:203.45.212.102 and an orange You have new messages banner linking there when you visited Wikipedia then I don't know who did it or how. The messages are dated and are responses to the edits made from the IP address in the past: Special:Contributions/203.45.212.102. If somebody edits Wikipedia without being logged in to a user account then the used IP address is stored as author of the edit. The block of the IP address was only for 24 hours and has expired so you can just ignore the messages when the edits were made by somebody else who had the IP address at the time. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:11, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Depression video Hi. How do I get this box (Template:Depression_video) to sit just below the infobox at Major depressive disorder (per this discussion)? When I insert its code below the code for the infobox, the video box appears on the left at the beginning of the article. Anthony (talk) 05:19, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Dismas|^(talk) 09:10, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've been on Wikipedia for a while, but I just now remembered the password for my account. I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia, just browsing random articles and clicking around to learn cool new things from Wikipedia. However, there are quite a few articles that I've run across that need clarifying, removal of biased language, removal of advertising language, etc. I know a few of the codes to mark an article, such as the "Advertising| current date" and others, but I was wondering if there was a comprehensive listing of flags that I could use if I did come across such an article. I am not all-knowing, but I would still like to help mark articles as "needing improvement" or "needs clarification" so that someone with the proper knowledge of the subject can come and do a more accurate rewrite than I could. If someone could please edit or reply to this and put a link to the page, I would be very grateful.

Note: I didn't just come here as a first option. I did search quite a bit for "Wikipedia Flags" or "Wikipedia Markups" but I don't know the term that Wikipedia uses for such markups. Even if someone can't locate (or if it doesn't exist) the page with these codes on it, could they possibly reply with a list of different notes that I would use most often? I know a few, but I definitely want to help the Wikipedia articles that I don't know much about become better and more accurate. Thanks!

TR1N3TY (talk) 08:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TR1N3TY. Is the list at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup what you're looking for? (I believe what you're referring to as "flags" maps to what's known as "templates" in Wikipedia jargon.)

You might also find it useful to install Twinkle, a set of scripts that helps you to tag and watchlist articles requiring cleanup very simply. (There's also some standard advice to give out at this point, to the effect that it's not a good idea to get too template-happy: it's always preferable to make a fix yourself if you know how to do so rather than to tag the article for someone else's attention. But I know there are times when there's no alternative to tagging an article to enlist outside help.) Gonzonoir (talk) 08:58, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For more than just Cleanup, see Wikipedia:Template messages. Dismas|^(talk) 09:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor, I have noticed that i have tissue formity on my Adam's Apple and need to know what to do in regards of Medication to take for this situation or if i need to go see a Physician. Please E-Mail me at eddiebillings@rocketmail.com with what i need to do about this matter even if i need to do nothing about this matter.Thank You Eddie Billings Jr