November 10

How to know the length of a string of characters (I need it for a template on wp)? {{#len:string}} doesn't work! Thank you very much.--DrFO.Jr.Tn (talk) 00:44, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We have a string manipulation template {{str len}}, but it is really something of a hack: it only supports strings up to 500 characters long, it is rather expensive, and it is not always reliable. Intelligentsium 01:28, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What's the larger goal here? I've seen various tricks used in templates to handle certain types of long strings, someone might have already invented the wheel you need. DMacks (talk) 22:48, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I've been looking around a bit about this but no luck so far.

My question is if there is a way to tell what was the last edited part of an article? I know it says the date in which it was at the bottom of the page, but sometimes people might like to see what part(s) were changed. If there isn't I would like to see a simple way of doing so implemented perhaps. Maybe a link at the bottom that reloads the page with the most recent change(s) highlighted if possible?

Thank you for any response you might have,

R.K—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.180.196.220 (talk) 01:20, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Click the "view history" tab, then click the "compare selected revisions" button; you can also use {{diff|<!-- PUT THE PAGENAME HERE -->|cur}} to generate a link.

ǝɥʇM0N0 01:28, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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See more at Help:Page history. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:51, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Policy has already matured but no intimation regarding the payment, ≈122.252.246.234 (talk) 07:03, 10 November 2010 (UTC) Surendra JohriMoradabad[reply]

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

anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk

, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.

(I have removed the policy number from your post to protect your privacy) -- John of Reading (talk) 07:17, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to import a photo from commons, correct markup, and the red x buton appears - why please? Mark^Dask 10:13, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please tell us what photo you are referring to (you can place a link to an image using a colon inside the linking brackets like so: [[:File:name.jpg]]) and what you mean by "import". In fact, tell us everything that might be relevant about what you tried or attempted: where did you try to add it, what markup you used and so on. Commons photos can be used directly in Wikipedia articles, with normal image markup without being imported in any way. We recently had a sitewide problem with many images not displaying and it's possible you attempted to use an image during that span of time. Anyway, it's difficult to answer your question in the hypothetical.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:47, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

the article is

Yanomamo Women - on that page I have inserted a test image, from commons, but the one I want is either Yanomani.jpg or Jacekpalkiewicz3.jpeg - neither works - if u go to page you can see for yourself. Thanks. Mark^Dask 11:34, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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When you use images you must use the exact name in all respects, and the best way to ensure this is by going to the image page, highlighting its name and then using your computer's copy function (ctrl+c) and then pasting the image name where you want to use it (ctrl+v). If you try to use File:Jacekpalkiewicz3.jpeg it will not work because the image is titled File:JacekPalkiewicz3.jpg; if you try to use Yanomani.jpg it will not work because there is no image by that name either here or at Commons. Maybe you mean File:Indio Yanomami.jpg?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:55, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oops - I wasn't using capitals - sorry about that, and thanks for the Ctrl tip. Mark^Dask 11:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anytime. Note that In addition to capitals letters, you had it ending in jpeg rather than jpg:-)--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:41, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My mini-biography on Isaac Seligman has been placed on line but apparently needs someone to review it. No idea how to organise that so could you put out an APB to all avid reviewers requesting a review of my biography? Many thanks.213.10.136.135 (talk) 11:19, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I've got time in the next few days to take a look - I will contact you on your talk page if I have any questions okay? Mark^Dask 11:47, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whilst researching a particular topic in Wikipedia, I believe that I can add some insight into the origin of a title (pronoun) relating to a rock band. Could you kindly advise me (or provide me with a link to a an instructional webpage within Wikipedia) so that can add a one-line comment to that article. I do not want to attach a full-page article or any other attachments but wish to allow other users access to my "comment" by clicking on the key word Spongorfungus (talk) 17:29, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit the article (click the edit tab) to add your text, then follow it with a reference in the following form: <ref>text of reference goes here</ref>. You can also use one of the appropriate citation templates referred to at

WP:CITE. – ukexpat (talk) 17:36, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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Note, however, that this has to be from an actual published

mere speculation, then it has no place in the article. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:58, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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Can you do that? Thanks, D. Kimbrough Oller —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimoller (talk • contribs) 18:39, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done – ukexpat (talk) 19:38, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

L AM WORKING IN A PROFFESSIONAL KITCHEN AND WANT TO KNOW IF L HAVE TO WEAR A UNIFORM BY LAW AS THEY SAID THEY WOULD SURPLY ME WITH ONE NOW THEY SAID L SHOULD JUST WEAR MY OWN CASUAL CLOTHES HOW DOES THAT STAND WITH HEALTH AND HYGIEN PLEASE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.234.23 (talk) 18:54, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. TNXMan 18:56, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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And if you do ask at the reference desk, one of the first things people will want to ask you is what jurisdiction (country, state, etc.) you are in, as the answer will certainly depend on that. --ColinFine (talk) 22:30, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sir..... Previously I found articles in Wikipedia separately for engineering...the main difference is the outline i general wikipedia, surroundings are bluish and in few engineering articles esp from engineering books, outline is little green in color..how can I get those pages <blanked> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raghavsairam (talk • contribs) 19:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure you saw the green outline in Wikipedia? Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia and normally uses the same background for all articles. It is one of many wikis with articles about engineering. Several of them use the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia and have many design similarities. The Google search engineering wiki shows some of them. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

These two articles

I'm not convinced; I think

Help:Merging for guidance on this. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:54, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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Disregard for the moment the specifics of these articles. I'm much more concerned about the general principle of not having two articles about the same subject and the existence or possible existence of a compulsory merge procedure to deal with such duplication. Allowing multiple articles on a single subject is a slippery slope to factionalism. Imagine if you will there being two articles about President Obama - one tending to prefer a Democrat POV and the other with a Republican bias - such a situation would be intollerable and should not be subject to the whims of ephemeral and capricious "consensus" as each article's set of fans would naturally contend that their version is "canonical".

Returning to the specific articles, it seems to me that

House rabbit to a title that more clearly identifies is as being about rabbits as pets. The editors then just need to keep in mind that there is a real risk of it violating NOTGUIDE and/or getting swamped with fancruft. Roger (talk) 22:25, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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I don't know what you mean by a 'compulsory' merge, but the word rings warning bells for me. Very little on Wikipedia is compulsory. If you think two articles should be merged, you should start the process, or if you think it is likely to be contentious, start a discussion on one or both talk pages about merging. See the link John provided above. --ColinFine (talk) 22:34, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe "compulsory" is too strong a word. I'm thinking of something equivalent to the speedy delete procedure where an action can be taken without pointless debate to correct a clear unambigious policy violation. Of course this presupposes that multiple articles on the same subject are in fact forbidden. Roger (talk) 22:52, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is, in fact, such a thing as a "compulsory merge", if not in title then in effect.

Wikipedia:POV Fork.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:46, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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If you consider making drastic changes like merging two articles then start by looking for prior discussions on the talk pages. The content was deliberately split into two articles after a discussion at

Help:Merging. If you make a merger without prior discussion then anybody who disagrees the two pages were "a clear unambigious policy violation" is entitled and able to revert it (unlike deleted pages which can only be restored by admins). PrimeHunter (talk) 00:48, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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85.53.138.178 (talk) 22:13, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First, there is no such thing as a 'page owner' on Wikipedia: see

WP:OWN

. With certain exceptions, anybody may edit any page. Equally, anybody may remove another person's edit.

Secondly, Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, it is

not a product directory. I see that User:Hu12 removed a reference to vPipes in January 2010. A few hours later the same user removed a whole list of other brands, and links to them. So I do not see what is 'unfair' or 'biased' - but if you think something is unfair or biased, the place to discuss it is in the article's talk page

.

You should also read

WP:COI. You do not say that you are associated with the company, but your wording strongly suggests it. --ColinFine (talk) 22:49, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply

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