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 – Article speedily deleted as spam. – ukexpat (talk) 15:44, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I created a user space draft for a company that I am very fond of. I was trying to make the page "live" - so I went through the steps to "move it. When moving I took the User:/ (or whatever it was) off the name - so that in search results, the page should come up as National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA). Also, I deleted the top part of my page that said {Template:Userspace draft/ wizard something.

When I search for this page under my username, the search tab does not auto populate with the name, but will *sometimes* take me straight to the page. If I am logged out, I cannot find my page, and can only see people who have references NMEDA. I recently created my page and I don't know how long it takes to go "live" but I can't find that anywhere either. Am I on the right track? Vebevok (talk) 16:09, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The page was moved correctly to National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) where it is now a live article, but Wikipedia's search index doesn't always get updated with new articles immediately. It may take a day or two for the new article to be listed in search results. --Mysdaao ^talk 16:15, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help Mysdaao. But how I can I find it again before the search updates? What if someone tries to steal the name? Wikipedia hasn't recognized it as a page, so it says that title is free to create an article under. Vebevok (talk) 16:27, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your question. What do you mean by "steal the name"? The article already exists. Now that it exists, people can and will edit it, if it isn't deleted (personally, I think it reads like an advertisement, and have been unable to make it into a non-advertisement). --Orange Mike | Talk 16:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So my page was contested, and I put a hangon thing, but before I could respond, someone redid most of my page. I understand that's how the site works, but come on?! Does that mean my information has all been deleted and there is no chance of restoration? I just contested it, but now the article looks nothing like what it did originally. I can stand behind what I added to the page - cause it is not an advertisement, but rather informative - but how can I contest what other people are changing it into? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vebevok (talk • contribs) 16:51, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can look at the article's page history to see what changes were made and by who. As long as the page hasn't been deleted, all previous revisions and edits are available in the page history, so previous content can be viewed and restored if you want, but it's better to talk to other users making changes first. In the case of National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association, it's Orangemike who made the changes. You can discuss the changes with him on the article's talk page, Talk:National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association, or on his talk page at User talk:Orangemike. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:20, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have my doubts about the organization's notability, but I tried to make it salvageable by replacing the "valuable information" (i.e., advertising and promotion) with actual encyclopedic structure and templates for further improvement. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:03, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Mysdaao ^talk 12:04, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have just written an articel. How do i publish it??Harvymoore (talk) 10:43, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

After you asked this question, you successfully moved your draft to be an article at Cummins UK, so I'm marking this as resolved. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:04, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I have read several of the pages and am still a bit confused about how to take an article from my sandbox and have it become a "real" Wikipedia article. I've seen that there is an article wizard. And there's also a process to "move" a page. Are there pros/cons to any of the methods? My articles is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jbernfeld/Sandbox. Thanks very much! Jeff Jbernfeld (talk) 18:55, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Article Wizard will create a brand new empty article with no page history, and you'll have to copy and paste the content from your draft. Moving the page only changes the title so it can be an article, and it keeps all of the content and page history. If you have a draft, it's usually better to move it. You can do this by going to your draft page, moving your mouse over the down arrow on the menu on the top of the page, and clicking "Move". At the next screen, replace the entire page name with the title you want the article to have. These directions work with the new default skin. If you're using a different skin, the move button may be in a different place. For more information, see Help:Moving a page. --Mysdaao ^talk 02:24, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I want to become a permanent member of wekipedia, who can improve the article of any living persons including bollywood superstars.i want to do it because i have the evidences to improve them. I also want to have my own user page just like other members of the wekipedia. so anyone please help me to do so immediatly. Monu59 (talk) 01:38, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can create your own userpage by editing the page User:Monu59. You are already able to, and invited to, edit any page you feel you can make a positive contribution to. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 20:27, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Justinpage001 (talk • contribs) 01:21, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like you are trying to write an article. Below is some standard advice.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. TNXMan 01:46, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I used the sandbox (under my user name VFwomen) to write a piece titled "Martha Washington at the 1777-78 Valley Forge Encampment." The piece is documented and linked. I saved everything on the page.

How do I move my work so it becomes a section of Wikipedia's "Martha Washington" article? The Wiki article currently has something on her bio, Martha and slaves, and images of Martha Washington, and I think my work would helpful to those interested in Mrs. Washington.

Thank you. Vfwomen (talk) 01:09, 9 July 2010 (UTC)VFwomen[reply]

Copy the whole thing, then insert the section into the article, with two equal signs before the section header like this: ==Section header==. Make sure it's not too long though or the article may have too much stress in that area. By the way, this site is called Wikipedia, not wiki. A wiki is any website using wiki software; there are thousands of them.Template:Z30 Kayau Voting IS evil 02:37, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I recently submitted an article that is a profile of a business. The name of the business, eMix, begins with a lower-case letter, followed by an upper case letter. Wikipedia seems to automatically start all titles with an upper case letter, followed by lower case letters. How do I correct the title of my article?

Thank you.

Publicoption (talk) 23:01, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As you said, our software automatically capitalizes the first word of all page titles; officially, this cannot be changed. However, you can make the title of the page appear to be lowercase by adding this code: {{Lowercase title}} to the top of the page. See this page for more information. Robert Skyhawk ^{(T C B)} 23:57, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2B or not 2B To be or not to be —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.99.150.242 (talk) 16:00, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Did you have a question? GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 16:03, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But that is the question. Unfortunately it's not one we can really answer here. However, there is an article on To be, or not to be which may help the original poster. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 01:59, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Raiya Chak Maddu is a village in union council Kotla Faqir of Jhelum Tehsil in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Jhelum District, and is located at 32°55'0N 73°41'0E with an altitude of 855 feet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahmedraiya (talk • contribs) 08:36, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like you are trying to write an article. Below is some standard advice.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. Karenjc 13:06, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Twiga är en ideell organisation baserad i Sverige som arbetar med utvecklingssamarbete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wsaharan (talk • contribs) 17:24, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please ask you question in English, thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 17:33, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like you are trying to write an article. Please see the section directly above this one for some standard advice. TNXMan 17:34, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You appear to be quoting from the Swedish Wikipedia article sv:Twiga. This is a help page for the English Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:00, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

last year i had a black swallowtail chrysalis and it was alive at first. i kept if on a stick in a tupperware and put a little water on it (i read u should do that somewhere) but it never hatched. so we ripped it open and it was almost full grown but it stenched and was dead. i dont know what we did wrong . i raised (or tried to) lots of other catterpillars too, like wooly bears and black swallowtail catterpillars but everything i had died. could u help????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.221.179.18 (talk) 00:52, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: . I hope this helps.Template:Z38 TNXMan 01:23, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Botree Software international pvt ltd is growing company but no information is available on wikipedia. Why so? 116.214.24.27 (talk) 07:40, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because no one has yet volunteered to write an article about it. If you would like to be that pioneering volunteer, please find out how to create an article at Wikipedia:Your first article. You'll then need to either register an account (click the link at the very top right), or submit your article through articles for creation. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:23, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how to connect with pc —Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.199.158.99 (talk) 14:01, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please rephrase your question; I'm not sure what you're asking. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 14:02, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to ask your question at the computing reference desk, as this desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. TNXMan 14:41, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Oliva Bert (talk • contribs) 00:04, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like you are trying to write an article. Below is some standard advice.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. TNXMan 01:58, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lights and Lines is a photo blog created by Italian photographer Marco Barbieri. It revolves around the idea of shapes, geometry and shadows in real life. It has been founded on March 2010 and has attracted thousands of viewers so far. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markmilo (talk • contribs) 11:54, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you are trying to create an article. See immediately above for some standard article creation advice, and also read WP:N#WEB to help you judge whether this website satisfies Wikipedia's notability criteria for inclusion. Karenjc 14:09, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I believe that the page Capilla Real should not be a disambig page, mainly because it does not link to any page that could be confused with the search term. So, I think that it should be dropped, and Capilla Real become a redirect to Royal Chapel of Granada.

So my questions:

• is this the right thing to do?
• how is it done?

Thanks for any advice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mozzy66 (talk • contribs) 13:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you. The only other Capilla Real seems to be the Madrid one, which has no article of its own but a brief mention and a rather nice picture in Royal Palace of Madrid. So I'd remove the content and redirect Capilla Real using the text #REDIRECT [[Royal Chapel of Granada]]. I'd also add a hatnote to the Royal Palace of Madrid page, using the text {{redirect|Capilla Real|the chapel in Madrid's Royal Palace|Royal Palace of Madrid}}. Karenjc 14:32, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - beat you to it! – ukexpat (talk) 14:35, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The VIASPACE article was marked as spam with the tag "Advert|date=June 2010" on June 25, 2010, by username Peterl. Even though the article never seemed to conflict with Wikipedia's spam criterion in the first place, I accepted his opinion and experience and proceeded to revise and welcome the revisions of others over the past month. The article has been now been trimmed into a format that rules out any argument for deletion. I am asking for the speedy removal of the mark for deletion tag. This article is not a "blatent advertisment" nor is it spam. Please inform me as to how I can get this tag removed. It would be much appreciated. CleanFuture (talk) 01:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, the page is not nominated for speedy deletion as of 02:06, 15 July 2010 (UTC). Kayau Voting IS evil 02:06, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, this is good news. Does this mean I can go ahead and remove the "Advert|date=June 2010" tag from the VIASPACE page at this time? CleanFuture (talk) 02:28, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, since you seem to have a conflict of interest, you should probably go ask someone if they think it's neutral enough. :) Kayau Voting IS evil 02:32, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What would be the conflict of interest? And who should I ask?CleanFuture (talk) 02:35, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You may not have one, I'm just suspecting you are because your username is 'Cleanfuture', which means you are an advocate of clean energy etc. You can ask anyone, including Peterl. Kayau Voting IS evil 02:57, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The username "CleanFuture" does not prohibit someone from writing an article about a company in the business of fuel cells, renewable energy, and security. I have not advocated anything. The article is clearly written from a very neutral point of view. There is no advertising. There are no promotional conotations. The article is factual and absent of personal opinion. I have asked Peterl and heard from him since July, 7, perhaps because there is no valid reason for the advertisement tag to be attached to the page. Here is his userpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Peterl. Are there any other suggestions which you could provide?CleanFuture (talk) 03:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if you are not related to that company, maybe you should tell him. Kayau Voting IS evil 03:58, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I tried that in detail on June 25, 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:VIASPACE He has neglected to offer a response. CleanFuture (talk) 04:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

<-I've been cycling though the history, and I see the source of the confusion - frankly our template is not as clear as it could be - there was a template noting it looks like an advertisement, with a notice that someone COULD add a speedy delete template if they felt the article could not be rescued. I don't believe that ever was added.

However, while the speedy delete was never added, the cleanup template asking for better references remains, as it should. The article is fairly spammy, not as bad as some I've seen, but those that are worse are usually deleted. You do have a lot of references, but spot-checking some, I see a lot of press releases. Those aren't prohibited, but the number of independent sources is quite small. --SPhilbrickT 15:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

dear i add punjabi wallpaper article tell me what problem this if u tell me then i solve this problem. we can write article in punjabi language

my aritcal

On a computer that is provided with a desktop kind of user interface, wallpaper is the background pattern or picture against which desktop menus, icons, and other elements are displayed and moved around. A wallpaper image can be in a JPEG or a GIF file format.

Typically, a wallpaper image may be centered, stretched, or tiled. When an image is centered, it is placed in the middle of the desktop and is surrounded by a solid color. When an image is stretched, it is stretched to cover all of the desktop. Only certain images can be stretched or they look distorted. An image that is tiled is placed on the desktop much like tiles are placed in a shower or a tiled floor. Tiling is commonly used for patterns instead of photos because a pattern is one square image that repeats itself across and down the screen, [edit] See also

   List of Punjabi singers
   Punjabi people
   Punjabi language
   Punjabi Culture
   Punjabi folklore
   Punjabi cuisine
   Punjabi dance  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manpreetsinghfdk (talk • contribs) 15:45, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply] 

That contained no useful information not already in the existing article computer wallpaper. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:52, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) The article was deleted because it contained the same material as Computer wallpaper. See this page for specific details. TNXMan 15:53, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I would like to request help in rewriting the Allstate article. The article seems very opinionated for an encyclopedia article. However, many of these views are substantiated by sources. What can I do? Volt (talk) 21:58, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to use the same account for all wikimedia projects (wikipedia, wikisource, wiktionary, other languages wikipedia etc.)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.23.81.78 (talk) 00:10, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you will find details at Unified login. – ukexpat (talk) 01:25, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Best our cultures for tradition making and being in customs with open ness and freedom are welcomed in india with huge celebrations and sadness time to time marriage or death respectively the most impact full and spicy foods clothing style are used indian traditional culture so it could be best culture of india you can check there are more then 23 languages used in one country even all states have there own mother tounge and lots of diffrents but the food habits are mostly save in but the north and south are totally the other side of mirrior so they are almost with most diffrent type the south has more educated rather the north has very illitrate stuff people in rajasthan,gujrat state for the sake of the culture values took there doughters and sons marry in the youngers age example we can say it in only age of 5 years then after they are strong enought they carry the girl from the house of her father and mother to the house of in-laws the impact full strange things such as child marriage is been blocked but still cases are coming out in small villages where even police officers some not exactly have faith with it there are lots of things which makes special in india the rule of kings the patiala king had in past 365 Queens and there were all full of royality the punjab region is well known for farming of rice and wheat products they have full of there cultural activitys they burn a doll (Gudiya) when there is no rain occurs there are so much supersticious pepole in india but they love there culture . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Todaysfast (talk • contribs) 20:21, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if you have a question, but please note that this desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. TNXMan 20:35, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

what is telephone number of the national city bank london UK —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.123.147.192 (talk) 23:20, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you read this. – ukexpat (talk) 00:35, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

<text of article removed>—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffwildstar (talk • contribs) 06:17, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Do you have a question? I see that the article was deleted but why are you posting its text here rather than a question? You have a current request to undelete at WP:UND.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:05, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

hi i just have a question.how can i talk with mr hult? i am soudabeh from iran .and i am one of your fans.please answer my request/

                   sincierly yours
                     soudabeh hatami