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January 21

Edit protection problem

Resolved

 – 71.20.250.51 (talk) 03:38, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

There is a problem with edit protection for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. —Specifically, the "Edit request" feature (via 'View source') doesn't function; this appears to be due to the fact that the article talk page is also edit protected. My "request" is to have the following 'Distinguish' template added: {{distinguish|The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh}} ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 22:29, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

• The proper method of dealing with this would be to request page unprotection or make your edit request on WP:RPP. I've requested the protection removed for you from the talk page for you. Where would you like that added on the page? Technical 13 (talk) 22:39, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
• That talk page was protected in 2009 by an editor who dropped out in 2011. I can't see the need to protect it longer, so I have unprotected it. --  Gadget850 ^talk 22:40, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) It is unusual to have a talk page semi-protected also, but that one has been since 2009, due to heavy vandalism according to the log entry. I will look into the edit you requested. DES ^(talk) 22:41, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

@Technical 13: -At the top, since I already added the reciprocal template to the corresponding article.

@Gadget850: -Thanks.

@DESiegel: -Perhaps this is an issue for the V-Pump; the procedure for edit request via 'View source' resulted in a frozen edit page.

~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 23:13, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Create a page about myself

Hi How can i complete a page bout myself as a person??

i have been producing music since 1996 under various different names, also i have owned two different record labels, internet radio stations and have released various tracks.

how can i do this??

thanks

JONODJ (talk) 00:35, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

In short, it's highly discouraged to write about yourself. You have a conflict of interest and most people find it hard to write about themselves in an objective and neutral way. See WP:COI for the conflict of interest policy. Also, you might want to check WP:BIO to see if you are notable enough for an article per our guidelines. I've left a welcome message on your talk page which has links to some of the other guidelines that we have around here. Dismas|^(talk) 00:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Martineau family

Reference help requested. Hi there -please look at references for 3 pages

1. Martineau family
2. James Martineau
3. Philip Greenhow Martineau

Cheers Mike Thanks, 120.144.168.82 (talk) 01:03, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

How does this edit look? I haven't looked at the other 2 articles. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:18, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

I've turned your list of the 3 articles to wikilinks and see that one doesn't exist. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:23, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Andrew Niccol Birthdate

I just revised the Birthdate for the filmmaker Andrew Niccol.

His correct birthdate is June 10, 1964

For some reason this date keeps reverting back to a different INCORRECT date.

Is there a way to lock in the change so it doesn't revert back again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilarae7 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

When you initially started changing it to June 10, 1964, you didn't provide a source. Simply claiming something is right is not enough, you have to show a reliable source from which you got the info. Someone eventually did add a source but must have misread it because they didn't correct the date. It was then corrected to the right year but not the right date. Now that both are there and it is properly sourced, it should (barring any vandalism) remain. Dismas|^(talk) 01:23, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

false, libellous claims against me on Wikipedia

To whom it may concern,

Someone has edited the Wikipedia page about me, claiming that I'm a "terrorist sympathiser" and a support of Al Qaeda. This is not only untrue and totally baseless, but libellous. I've edited the page to remove those claims, but whoever made them could easily do so again. This is unacceptable, and I trust that Wikipedia will do all it can to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Sharif Nashashibi

178.77.131.11 (talk) 05:52, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

I have blocked the account for one week for BLP violations. Unfortunately, the nature of IP editing is that IP addresses tend to change so there is no easy way to monitor a person editing from one over time. However, I have added the page to my watchlist.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:04, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Following on from Fuhghettaboutit's comments, the text has now been deleted from the archive, so it is not publicly visible. I'll also keep an eye on the article. - Bilby (talk) 06:09, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

I added some references, revised the Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi article, etc. That should help make such IP changes standout more for those monitoring recent changes. -- Jreferee (talk) 15:15, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

no confirmation of entry after osting article

i have created a page named as vishwakarma creative i-college but i haven't got the confermation mail about it yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.251.158.139 (talk) 06:41, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

I have a hunch that OP is talking about Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology but can't be sure. That said, I don't know what confirmation email you might be expecting since Wikipedia doesn't send out any confirmation emails. Dismas|^(talk) 07:50, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

An editor named User:Vishwakarma_Creative-i_College was recently blocked, for reasons described on the user talk page. It may be that the IP's question is relating to the previous content of that user talk page. Prior to the block there was presumably some history which only admins can see. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:05, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

font size

How do I change the font size on a Mac book? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BD1F:E120:217:F2FF:FE49:4A6F (talk) 07:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

This is the Help Desk which is for questions about how to edit Wikipedia. For general questions about computers, the Computers section of the Reference Desk is the place to be. That said, it would depend on what you want to do. Do you mean the font size on web pages or the font size of the operating system in general? Please be more specific when you ask at the Reference Desk. Thank you, Dismas|^(talk) 08:00, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Merge pages

I think the following two pages are the same person, how do I propose that they be merged?

James Tanner (stenographer)

James R. Tanner

BernardZ (talk) 11:41, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Your assessment looks correct; well spotted. The process is described at Wikipedia:Merging. I have changed the URLs in your question to wikilinks. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:05, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Did not do it right I missed some step, can someone help out

BernardZ (talk) 13:38, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

One editor got part way through sorting out the tags, and I think I've done the rest. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:09, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

yano website correction

Greetings

I am Eric Gancio, Yano's guitarist and founder.

I would just like to suggest a correction about the present yano website url which is http://yano.ph, rather than the enlisted in the yano wikipedia as http://yanoericgancio.com as this doesn't exist anymore.

Hoping that this info would be helpful.

Truly yours,

Eric Gancio — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.240.231 (talk) 13:42, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

 Done thanks for letting us know. Samwalton9 (talk) 13:57, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

List of supercentenarian Canadians

My mother-in-law Wai Sheung LO nee Mak came to Canada in 1973, On her landed paper, her birthday was January 20, 1904. She celebrated her birthday based on the lunar calender last December. She definitely should be considered on the list of supercentenarians Canadians. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.229.233 (talk) 14:27, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

I believe List of Canadian supercentenarians is the appropriate article if anyone can cite this. Thanks ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 15:28, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello, person editing from IP70.53.229.233. In order to appear in Wikipedia's list, your mother-in-law's claim to be over 110 will need to have been reported in a reliable published source, such as a newspaper article or a radio or TV program. Has this happened, and can you tell us or show us where to look, so that we can cite the source in the article? Without some kind of independent report, we will unfortunately not be able to add her to the list. - Karenjc (talk) 22:10, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Uploading my attached professional/biographical profile on wikipedia

Extended, misplaced content

BENEDICT SORIE KANU: BIOGRAPHY

Benedict Sorie KANU is a Sierra Leonean Agricultural Economist with more than twenty years of diverse national and international professional experience, including designing and managing successful agricultural and allied projects and programmes. About 16 years of such experience was gained responsibly in the service of the African Development Bank in various capacities spanning multiple countries and regions of Africa.

In 1997, Benedict was recruited by the African Development Bank as a Senior Agricultural Economist in the Country Department South Region. After eight years of dedicated service, he was promoted in 2005 to the position of Principal Agricultural Economist in the Sector Department covering the North, East and South Regions. In this capacity, Benedict was credited for having successfully led the design, processing and Board defense of a unique multi-national operation, the Agricultural Marketing Promotion and Regional Integration Project, covering all twenty Member States of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), which became the first ever Bank-funded agricultural investment project to benefit the regional bloc. He also identified new business opportunities that assisted in enriching the Bank’s rolling pipeline of investment projects.

Subsequently, Benedict served the African Development Bank in Uganda, first as Country Operations Officer from 2005 to 2009, and for a period of about one year thereafter, as Officer-in-Charge of the Uganda Country Office. As Country Operations Officer, Benedict was credited for ensuring superior country portfolio management and also made his name by successfully leading the preparation of the Bank’s 2007 Uganda Country Portfolio Review Report, the Institution’s first for that country since 1997. In his capacity as O-I-C, Benedict provided strategic leadership, advice and managerial oversight to the Country Office, as well as identified new business opportunities for the Bank, supervised a project investment portfolio comprising twenty-six national, multi-national and private sector investment projects with commitments valued at about USD 1.1 billion and over twelve Bank expert and support staff and consultants. He was instrumental in ensuring constructive policy dialogue and aid coordination between the Government of Uganda and the donor community, in the Bank’s capacity as Chair of the Water and Sanitation Sector Development Partners Group that comprised at least 14 development partners and NGOs including France, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, EU Delegation, USAID, World Bank, UNICEF, Water Aid, Uganda Red Cross, Danish Red Cross, and the International Rescue Committee. This was the first time the Bank chaired a donor working group in Uganda; especially one which had been traditionally chaired by bilateral donors.

After several years of proven excellence in project design and project and country portfolio management, in 2009, Benedict was promoted to become the Lead Agriculture Expert (Technical Manager) in the Bank's Agriculture and Agro-industry Department. In this capacity, he was directly responsible for coordinating Bank agricultural partnerships with the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC), KFW-Germany, Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), African Union Commission (AUC), Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), East African Community (EAC), Brazil, Argentina, and international non-profits including the Rockefeller Foundation and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP). He played a significant role in advocating for improved collaboration between the Bank and these partners, guided by the comparative advantages of each party. During this tenure, Benedict earned credit for successfully coordinating and supervising the preparation of the first ever joint AfDB-IFPRI study entitled “A State of Affairs Assessment of Genetically Modified Agricultural Technology for Africa”, which the Bank planned to use in developing its Policy and Strategy on Biotechnology.

As Lead Expert, Benedict simultaneously held the positions of Officer-in-Charge of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) and Bank Oversight Officer of the Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF), both being special Trust Funds administered by the Bank. He supervised staff and consultants, assisted in resource mobilization, and defended the interests of the AFFM.

During the course of his distinguished and broad career in the African Development Bank, Benedict acquired rich and varied experience in AfDB’s operations and corporate processes, as well as in policy development. Benedict led numerous project cycle missions to various African countries, led the design and processing of several distinctive multi-million dollar agriculture and rural development investment project proposals aimed at eradicating poverty, and subsequently defended them successfully before the Bank’s Executive Boards for approval. Benedict also had extensive and productive responsibility for project and portfolio management, policy dialogue with senior African government officials and the private sector, aid coordination and economic and sector work. He provided meaningful technical contributions to African Development Bank publications on topics such as agriculture and agro-industry, inclusive growth, infrastructure and growth, water and sanitation, and regional integration. In addition, he assisted greatly in building the capacity of country staff of Project Implementation Units (PIU) of AfDB-funded development projects on Bank Group operational and fiduciary policies in a number of African countries. He, not only, served as member of several interview committees to recruit new Bank staff and promote exiting ones, but also chaired interview panels. Moreover, Benedict served responsibly as member of various Bank-wide technical task forces aimed at assisting to improve the performance of corporate policies, processes and development operations.

Prior to joining the African Development Bank, Benedict served the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Zimbabwe for two years. While in Zimbabwe, he had agricultural and environmental project management responsibilities and supported the UN inter-agency task force that coordinated the 1991-92 drought in Southern Africa. Prior to this, he consulted for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the University of Swaziland, Abt Associates Inc., in Maryland, and the Mitchell Group in Washington, D.C. for two years. In his early career, Benedict, an Agronomist of the Ministry of Agriculture, contributed to developing the sugar sub-sector in his native Sierra Leone.

Throughout his career, Benedict demonstrated leadership, while championing causes alongside his passion of advocating that the concerns of smallholder farmers are recognized, and using agriculture to promote food security, create jobs, and drive equitable economic growth in Africa to eradicate rural poverty inclusively. He has a keen sense of appreciation of Africa’s agricultural and development contexts, identification of business opportunities, partnership building, and negotiating effectively.

Benedict earned a Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from the University of Sierra Leone. He holds certificates in Project Management and Evaluation; and Developing, Writing and Marketing Agricultural Research Proposals. Benedict is also trained in Effective Communication and Conflict Management; Principles of Negotiation; Principles of Management; Managing Priorities, Managing Time; and Operations Management in a Service Context.

Benedict continues to serve the African Development Bank and its Member Countries with pride, enthusiasm, devotion and resilience.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bullfriday (talk • contribs) 15:43, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? Yunshui 雲‍水 15:53, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Anyone able to convert gif to png?

There are two images on Chemical vapor infiltration that need converting to png so that they can be scaled down. Can anyone with graphics experience do this please? Is there somewhere better to ask? --Derek Andrews (talk) 15:54, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

WP:Graphics lab.--ukexpat (talk) 16:01, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! --Derek Andrews (talk) 16:51, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

"Span id" references in 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine

I can't understand what this is for and can't find it described in WP:CITE. Is it used because the article closely follows its equivalent in fr.wiki, which is FA, and which people of the same username have edited? It would be good if the article could consistently use short citations; I would also like to see Harvard-style surname and year inline rather than first name, surname and year. I know we aren't meant to mess with citation style without seeking consensus, but before I take this up I'd like to know if this follows some standard that I'm not party to. Thanks. Itsmejudith (talk) 17:15, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

The article is using an old method of Shortened footnotes. It uses in text links and anchors formed by <span>s. Per WP:CITEVAR, you can discuss changes on the talk page. --  Gadget850 ^talk 20:30, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Math notation with text instead of numbers

I'm editing Attack rate and I'd like to add the text "number of new cases in the population at risk" as the numerator over a horizontal slash with "number of persons at risk in the population" as the denominator with the equal sign and then "Rate." I've looked at the math notations and tried tweaking them but the text runs together. I'd like it to be plain text in black, not in italics and lighter, and a bit larger than the normal text, as well. Thanks for any help. Appreciate it. Malke 2010 (talk) 17:44, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

You mean like this?

${\frac {\mbox{number of new cases in the population at risk}}{\mbox{number of persons at risk in the population}}}={\mbox{Rate}}$

Ruslik_Zero 19:28, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Perfect! Thanks! Malke 2010 (talk) 19:34, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Jamin Gilbert's Wikipedia Page

Hi,

I am emailing in regards to Jamin Gilbert's Wikipedia page. I created one earlier because his had been deleted by the user Callanecc. When I emailed the user about the page - he completely deleted it and never contacted me back. Is there a way to remedy this mistake? It wasn't his to delete - I am currently doing freelance work for Jamin and he requested the page be restored and updated. Any help you could provide in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks! -Kristin- — Preceding unsigned comment added by KnTrotta28 (talk • contribs) 20:41, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi Kristin. There's a few things you should know about Wikipedia. First is that no one owns any article, and having an article is not somehow a right of anyone. Article subjects must have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. I suspect that your article was deleted due to not meeting this requirement. If you want a better idea of whether Jamin meets these requirements, try making the article again through the article wizard. You'll also want to read Wikipedia's guidance on Conflict of Interest as you are being paid by the subject. Samwalton9 (talk) 20:53, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Kristin, I notice you've begun another article about Jamin Gilbert on your user page. That's the place for telling other users a little about yourself and your Wikipedia-related interests, not for drafting articles. You would be better off using the article wizard by following the link Samwalton9 provided above; alternatively, I or another user can help you move it into a user sandbox where you can work on it at your leisure. At the moment I'm afraid the tone is unsuitable for a Wikipedia article, which needs to be neutral. Phrases like Jamin and his friends built ishlab in 2000 with their hands, blood, sweat and tears and he still occasionally passionately works on his own music production would very quickly be excised from an article in the mainspace. And you will need to cite reliable sources for all the claims you make about Mr. Gilbert's activities and famous collaborators. It's also worth pointing out that the best way to contact other editors about their edits is by leaving a message their talk page, not by email. I will leave you a message on yours, to demonstrate how this works and alert you to the answers here. Karenjc (talk) 21:48, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

I assume that the article to which you refer was Jāmin Gilbert? If so, the proposed deletion was notified at User talk:Jcody555#Proposed deletion of Jāmin Gilbert. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:09, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Jamin Gilbert, , is mentioned in New York Times July 10, 1998, but there does not seem to be other coverage. -- Jreferee (talk) 13:12, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

no new password received

It seems like I've forgotten my password, so I requested a new one and entered my email address. However it's 24 hours later and I still haven't received a new password. What should I do? 87.211.134.65 (talk) 22:07, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Is the email address that you provided when you registered your account still valid? Does it still actually receive email? If it doesn't still work, you may have to register a new account instead. By the way, it might help if you could provide the name of the registered account (without any other details such as email addresses). Robert McClenon (talk) 22:14, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

did you check your spam filter? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:06, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you both for your answer. Robert, my username is marcocapelle. RedPenOfDoom, it's not in my spam filter either.87.211.134.65 (talk) 20:46, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

I just tried sending an email through the system to User:Marcocapelle did you receive it? GB fan 21:03, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

I did, yes~, thank you! So then what's the problem? 87.211.134.65 (talk) 21:22, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

I've got it! The password I mean. No more worries :-) Marcocapelle (talk) 21:59, 22 January 2014 (UTC)