My monobook needs more cowbell. Can anybody point me in the right direction?--Shella * 18:41, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
On my watchlist, there was somthing I didn't put there. "Brotherfucker". Yeah, I know. Weird. Could someone have figured out my password? I changed it, after seeing this. -Yancyfry 03:55, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks =) and good riddens to my new password. I have a hard time remembering it. -Yancyfry 03:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
How do you enable cookies to log in? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.169.199.41 (talk • contribs).
Hi there - especially Quiddity,
The link from this page to WP:ADOPT was removed (see page history 15th Nov) - citing that it is unessential and that it was already covered by Wikipedia:Department directory. I request that it be reinserted - for the main reason that for the project to work, and to get new users aware of it, it needs to be linked from some/all of the documents that these users are most likely to access - this being a prime example.
Please if you do not known what the project is read up at WP:ADOPT. It is not a part of Wikipedia:Esperanza and just a social club, but a very serious attempt to get in contact with the newest of users and help them contribute effectively - for this though we need this page's help.
Your thoughts please Lethaniol 18:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
This is the discussion page for an anonymous user, identified by the user's numerical IP address. Some IP addresses change periodically, and may be shared by several users. If you are an anonymous user, you may create an account or log in to avoid future confusion with other anonymous users. Registering also hides your IP address.
Where is the source template for this message? Travb (talk) 04:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi there,
I am bringing back a request to have Adopt-a-user linked from this page. The program has matured significantly (+200 active users, 50 odd Adopters, 150 odd Adoptees), and could be a very valuable resource for ongoing help compared with the one off help from either the Ref/Help desk. What do people think. Cheers Lethaniol 20:10, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, was busy/distracted elsewhere. Okay, I've changed the portal-box header text to black, for better visibility, and added a link on the contents page under Community. (I didn't put it under "Getting started" because it requires a certain level of commitment to the site, to want to be adopted. Plus it's already under that headings subpage, so now it's twice as likely to be found). Sound good? :) --Quiddity 20:42, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
How do you add a subpage to your user page? Math Genius
Whenever I upload an image it dosen't work. What do I do? --MacintoshApple 01:58, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Would somebody please take note of the plight of the newbie in the name of commonsense and essential humanity and stop removing newcomers help from the main page. Also please note that change is not the same as progress. This page was revised back in the summer and changing 'administrative things' when good editorial talent is desperately needed in article upgrades is not furthering the project. In this case, it is clearly retrograde. Best regards // FrankB 07:51, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
My problem is that when I try to put a picture gallery on the page, I want to move it to the right instead of the left. What do I do? Supergeeky1 04:14, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I just spent two or three hours trying to help an established user configure his browser (Internet Explorer 7) so he can view articles on math topics without getting all frustrated (he didn't have the requisite fonts installed on his system). He had previously received some very bad advice from the help desk – someone advised him to convert character-class data he couldn't view into graphic images. That got him into edit conflicts with people who were already conversant with the pages about mathematics.
Anyway, I just poked my way through this beautiful menu page and most of its associated sub-pages. It's very nice. But I didn't find any connection between this help system and the information one needs to display the contents of a great number of WP articles satisfactorily (i.e., Unicode, MathML, special fonts, etc). Can something like "Wikipedia and your browser" or "Fonts on Wikipedia" be worked into this help system? Or did I just manage to overlook it somehow? Thanks! DavidCBryant 17:47, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
(hopefully it does so well?)
I was just going through the stargate address page and I came across a stargate missing its glyphs or chevrons (whichever you call them) The Planet is designated BP6-3Q1, the one where the kingsize mosquito attacks Teal'c The gate address is 27-07-15-32-12-30 but I don't know how to put it in
Can somebody do it for me please. 124.182.4.109 12:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Why did Jimbo Wales order the removal of video game guides from WikiBooks?100110100 13:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Where can I get imnformation on Calcium Zinc stabilisers for PVC —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.41.15.178 (talk) 05:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC).
i can't get what i want on this page please help me !!!!!
I´m trying to use today tip of the day, the Wikipedia toolbar for Firefox but i cant find a version compatible with Firefox 2.0 There is one at least? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alextrevelian 006 (talk • contribs) 02:07, 20 March 2007 (UTC).
It seems to me like this would be a high-risk page that an admin should full-protect to stop vandalism. — CobraWiki ( jabber | stuff ) 03:09, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Why doesn't this page say how to link a page through an image? — Supuhstar
Please examine May 1 edit.100110100 22:33, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I would add a link to mw:User hub
Which can be considered internal links in Wikipedia ? --Nopetro 10:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
is it possible to link to and display images from another wiki language site? I've been trying to use this image "de:bild:Josef Hellmesberger senior.jpg" in an article without success. --emerson7 | Talk 01:25, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
It's needlessly difficult to search the Help namespace on Wikipedia. Is there someway to search the help section other than to open a search for something else, and then use the little tickboxes at the bottom of the search window? Is there anyway that we could link, on the main help page, to a search box that would search the help section. I'm guessing that new users (i.e. the people that need to search help) are going to have frustration figuring out how to search help. I tried to find a page that's just a search of the Help namespace, and the best I could get was something like this -- a link to a nonsense term (so there are no results) and then the proper button checked at the bottom. But this would only work if people knew to use the bottom search box. Does anyone agree with my concerns that this is a really unfriendly search mechanism for new users? --JayHenry 16:11, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Just west of Clipperton Island in the Pacific (west of Guatemala/Mexico), there is a spot that advertises Tucson, AZ. Not quite sure how it got there. Good luck! ~Jennifer —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.187.198.27 (talk)
Why is that link even there if it just redirects you back? — thesublime514 • talk • 03:34, July 8, 2007 (UTC)
The counterpart of JAWP has been moved from [[ja:Wikipedia:ヘルプ]] to [[ja:Help:目次]] and [[ja:Wikipedia:ヘルプ]] is currently used for a differnet purpose. Please modify the interlang.--Cave cattum 03:18, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
How can I print an article and keep the tables in colors so they will not be in grayscale? I would appreciate if someone could send me a message or a mail or something explaining how that can be done. Thanks! -Kri(talk)
I didn't see a section on <!-- wiki comments--> comments. Is that under a subcategory?Heqwm 06:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
does anyone know how to insert a chess board image? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.148.191 (talk) 01:39, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
I've reverted the addition of a large icon and a searchbox. Per my edit summary: "rm icon (subjectively ugly, and undiscussed/unintuitive), rm search box - needs to search wikipedia and template namespaces by default too?"
Is there any way to make the embedded searchbox include all 3 namespaces? If so, it might be worth adding back in somewhere here. If not, I consider it a confusing addition. --Quiddity 21:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it is. Just do it in this way:
Hi, I selected the help namespace and entered "test" in the search box. After pressing the enter button, I was forwarded to the article Test. When I use Firefox, I became the search results as expected. Is there a bug with IE? --129.27.12.2 14:56, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible to do an ordered list in reverse chronological order using either the # or <OL> commands?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 18:40, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm looking for how to insert RSS feeds (aggregators) into Wikipedia pages, but there is apparently no category. There should be IMO, even if the feature is not available. A project is listed on the Meta-Wiki but this is apparently not implemented? See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/XFeed_-_RSS_Feed_Aggregator --A12n (talk) 01:09, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi, my cat just walked over my keyboard and suddenly all the letters are very small. Can someone give a key combination that trigger different lettersizes so I can tune it just right? Thanks Mallerd (talk) 00:24, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Ok, never mind I've figured it out. Ctrl + scrolling with your mouse. merry christmas all Mallerd (talk) 00:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
For the last change, yes/no, make sense, needs work? Thanks. -- Quiddity (talk) 08:58, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to develop an alternative introduction to Wikipedia that is not focused on how to edit, but rather how to get acquainted with Wikipedia. How to use the History tab to see what's happened to an article, why getting an account and using a watchlist might be helpful even if you don't plan on editing anytime soon, how talk pages and archives work. Maybe also how the administrative end of things works: how people get admin or bureaucrat rights, what those rights are, how deletion and merge decisions are made, how consensus works in general. If anybody's interested in collaborating on this, please contact me. -Pete (talk) 21:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Introduction 3 should mention joining a WikiProject in a particular area of interest in the right-hand column. (The page isn't editable.) -Pete (talk) 21:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes it is. Mallerd (talk) 07:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
The link "Other Media" currently links to Wikipedia:Media, a disambiguation page. Looking at the history, it appears the originally intended link target is now at Wikipedia:Creation_and_usage_of_media_files. Should this link be fixed? -- 128.104.112.85 (talk) 21:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Some links to third-party software that can be used to edit articles would fit well in this article. SharkD (talk) 00:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
I was looking through the help files and saw a link to [Pages Needing Attention] under the heading of [Resources and Lists], and when I clicked on it I saw it was marked as an inactive page and retained only for historical reference.
Maybe that should be noted on the main page, and the link move somewhere down below, seperating it from the rest of the help section.
76.211.8.149 (talk) 03:11, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
There are Foundation-level discussions in progress of how to deal with our BLP problems - which are probably Wikipedia's biggest problem with relations to the outside world. Sue Gardner (WMF executive director) started a discussion on foundation-l (see start of thread here).
One of the biggest problems is that people don't know who to contact about a bad article about themselves. FAT52 Birgitte suggested that people with a problem are as likely to hit "Help" as "Contact Wikipedia". I ran some statistics (1, 2) showing the "Help" link in the sidebar gets almost as many hits as the "Contact Wikipedia" link. And noted I'd be mentioning it here.
So. Given a reader's idea of "help" may not match our prior neat categories of what we want to offer as "help" ... I think we really should try a link at the top of the "help" page to Wikipedia:Contact us and Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem.
I realise the page is cluttered as it is (and could do with reorganisation), but this is a serious problem and these could be really useful to the reader. - David Gerard (talk) 09:39, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
General help: Contact us · Report an article problem · Any questions? · FAQ · Glossary · Reference desk Editing help: Help manual · Welcome · Tutorial · Cheatsheet · Help desk
Test header up. It's not ornate in the least, but it'll do. Note bright prominent obnoxiousness. Tweaks OK. The design point is to be the first thing someone sees on the page, so upset people know where to go about a real problem.
I'll keep an eye on the stats for the next week and see if Birgitte was right - David Gerard (talk) 21:24, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
I said a week, didn't I? *blush* Well, no-one zapped it in that time! The numbers from stats.grok.se show March hits so far as:
The increased hits on "article problem" may be worth the effort. The increased hits on "Contact us" not so much. What do you all think? - David Gerard (talk) 21:35, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
It might be a good idea to consider better organizing the Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia page, since in its present form, it is hard to locate things on the page and it is a bit of a mess. Don't know if this is the right place to ask for input, but have created Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia/Sandbox for a re-write. Any help or opinions would be appreciated, thanks! --Funandtrvl (talk) 16:19, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Far too much info on this page; no idea what to click for the best. Can't it be clarified? Like, distinct headings - help for people reading Wikipedia, help for beginner editors, help for experienced editors? (I'm not a beginner, but I'm imagining I am, and I think I would be overawed by this page.)--The Early Knight (talk) 18:53, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
I just jiggled with the header bar (a separate template), if anyone wants to take a look. Template:WP help pages (header bar).--Kotniski (talk) 19:13, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:FAQ/categories has the following statement:
I'm not quite sure how this works. I didn't get any results when I did a search for:
I must be doing this wrong. Can you add an example of a properly-formatted search to that sentence? Agradman appreciates civility/makes occasional mistakes 04:05, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Twist fan and Jeannieb's recent posts are examples of the influx of topics on this talk page that I think are new article requests. I am not sure why they are posted to this page, maybe there is some misleading documentation somewhere? Perhaps someone can add an edit notice or warning on this talk page to avoid these kind of posts. Someone should welcome and explain to these users the right way to request a new article (if that is what they are trying to do).--Commander Keane (talk) 07:40, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Are there efforts to synchronize these pages with help pages on meta, MediaWiki, and other major language-projects? For instance, there are only Help site map equivalents on a few language editions of Wikipedia. There is a lot of information here, and it's not clear that newbies find it friendly (cf. the comment above, and the feedback so far from the usability project), but it is extremely useful for long-time editors and the en:wp collection is one of the best around. +sj+ 11:47, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
We have just unleashed several new help pages aimed first time users/would be editors, Help:Help whose first paragraph links to Help:Getting started, which itself provides links to a couple of lovingly crafted introductions ( 'talk pages' and 'guidelines/policies'). We hope to fully integrate them and other newbie help pages into something a little more cohesive than the prexisting help. More eyes and ideas would be welcome, but I can't quite decide where to link them in - a link 'about help' to help:help, maybe a 'first time users' link to Help:getting started for now..? Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 00:38, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi: A discussion has started if the Chabad editors case should be dismissed or should remain open. As someone who has been involved in the discussions leading up to this ArbCom case and presented evidence you should be informed of this motion and have the right to explain if you agree or disagree with this proposed motion and why. Please see Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Chabad movement/Evidence#Contemplated motion to dismiss. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 06:45, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Can someone knowledgeable please add sections or clear links to guidance and examples of syntax to use for linking to images in Wikimedia Commons. The only thing I can see is a comment that the same syntax works for Commons as for WP, but this is clearly not the case, it just does not work. Even adding "commons:" into the link makes no difference. Can someone please explain how to do it, and put the explanation and examples in an easily found place. Thanks. -- Bricaniwi (talk) 08:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
[[File:Frog.jpg|thumb|A frog example]]
The article page name is "Help:Contents/Images and media", but this Talk page's name is merely "Help talk:Contents". Is this a technical glitch? Maybe that's why quite a few sections here are very general, only vaguely related to Images and media. Thoughts? -- Bricaniwi (talk) 08:54, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
I've worked on a proposed update for this page. See Wikipedia talk:Help Project#Help:Contents update for info and discussion. - Gareth Aus (talk) 05:38, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Well i know how to upgrade a page on Wikipedia but how do i make my own page and make a new section on ANY page (Including the ones i made) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascarkylebuschj12 (talk • contribs) 17:45, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
Saturday I was lucky enough to listen to Sue Gardner, former TV journalist and the brightest bulb in a room full of brighter people than me. One of those smart people instantly acted on the suggestion that the phishing alarm had gone stale, but nobody seems to have done anything about the idea the page doesn't know whom it's serving, thus has links for somewhat obscure technical points for logged-in users or for editors sophisticated beyond the stage of rawest newbie, such as how to adjust your User Preferences, handle pictures and refs, and chase down the editor who inserted a fatuous or slanderous sentence.
Far as I see, the page must primarily serve readers who want to know how to read Wikipedia better (and no, it shouldn't say "browsing" which is techie-talk). Second service target is those who spot an error, unfairness, omission etc and want to complain to the management. Third is readers who have become vaguely aware that Wikipedia is where any fool can make a useful contribution, and would like to know how to make a preferably non foolish one. Final target, deserving most attention in other pages but least space here, is people who have already made a few edits and come to realize that there's a lot of important things they don't understand but can learn.
So, I think the simplest improvement we can make is simply to delete the links to specialized user matters, starting with User Preferences and Media. Oh, and since Tip of the Day is almost always about how to write better articles more efficiently, dumping that part will improve service to most of the target audiences of this page, without depriving hardly anyone of useful advice. Once that's done we can worry about adding more relevant complications such as maybe the strange or offputting notion that there's no such thing as complaining to the management. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:22, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Day's business done, I'd like to bring in an example. Last week someone was reading the Joe E. Brown article, noticed a credit for a part in the 1932 musical version of Merchant of Venice, tried to find further information, and got nowhere. Suspicion aroused, he asked a mutual friend, who asked me, knowing I'm a Wikinut. Eventually we worked out that it was a probable hoax and now it's gone from both pages. It worked because of the luck of being a friend of a friend of a Wikipedian. How many opportunities are we missing, for individual corrections, or for recruiting a new community member, because most of our millions of outsider readers don't know the right people and Help doesn't provide quick and easy help for such questions? Here's a quote:
Yes, this is someone unaware of WP:BLP which no reason to WP:BITE the newbie. I am trying to recruit him; perhaps I'll get lucky and he'll turn into an insider but for now he's an example of why this page's most important mission is to help the helpless.
Also last week, two people spotted location errors I made in Commons photos. One was an experienced editor; the other managed somehow to put a complaint into the image talk page and hasn't been heard from since. We need to make such things easier so they happen more often and lead to more recruits. Jim.henderson (talk) 21:16, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Jim, I'm not saying you're wrong, we just have differing views of what belongs on this page. Both views have Wikipedia's best interests in mind, so neither is "wrong".
IMO, "helping the helpless" and "clueing in the clueless" won't work if they themselves are not willing to put in the effort to learn. If they want to learn an aspect of Wikipedia the information is there and is made redundantly easy to navigate to; call me pessimistic, but even if we did make things ostensibly more 'user-friendly', it would probably only be superficial frills and gimmicks and they'd still have to dig for the information anyway, while the rest will still assume it to be too complicated, based on this being 'Wikipedia' after all.
We may be missing out on recruiting potential new community members, but how will we convert these former readers into editors if our most prominent help pages cater only to readers? In fact, when I was new to Wikipedia, it was all the editor-related content that I was all gung-ho to read and assimilate, to educate myself as much as possible on the ways of Wikipedia. Furthermore, I believe the idea of "dumbing down" Wikipedia's help system to suit 'potentials' may have a negative effect of driving away the intellectuals and content writers. So I reiterate, there are plenty of introductory help pages for newbie readers, but the primary top-level help page should cater to everyone, and when I say everyone I mean anyone who is looking for information, not specifically readers or editors, but rather Wikipedia users, in other words, this page shouldn't specialize, it should make an effort to generalize, and provide a starting point to as much information as possible. -- Ϫ 06:09, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Heads up - kind of spooky - two sets of simultaneous discussions with different users .. we'd better join forces ... see Help talk:Contents/draft Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 10:30, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
I noticed the new page design by User:Mono, and while I like it, I think it needs a little more testing, tweaking, and discussion before it goes live. As it is now, I have two major objections:
I myself don't have any problem with removing all the smaller links on the page, as I usually just use the search function when I want help with something. However, I imagine other users might have something to say about this. I'm reverting it for now. I think it might be a good idea to have a test page for this change which people can comment on before making it live again. What do other people think? — Mr. Stradivarius (drop me a line) 12:48, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Quick comments... Prefer no icons. Definitely don't like the gigantic icons, but small ones tastefully integrated might be okay. Also, the horizontal arrangement of icons is not good... causing horizontal scrolling. Rather, try arranging the items vertically. --Aude (talk) 01:05, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
There has to be a better way. ALL The help pages need to be organized neatly all on one page with easily understood sections and sub sections. Gamewizard71 (talk) 07:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Please add si:උදවු:පටුන to other languages list. Thanks...10:23, 11 April 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.135.40.125 (talk)
I wrote Wikipedia:Guide to requesting assistance in response to many frustratingly badly written help requests on my talk page. Now I have at least something to point people to... If it does not duplicate some other page, which I did not check, it may be of use in the help context somewhere. Sandstein 20:25, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
|answered=
In section titled "Criticism of Federal Reserve",
change
[quote] On 16 August, Perry sharply criticized the Federal Reserve, stating that it was "treasonous in [Perry's] opinion", by "printing money to play politics".[end quote]
to
[quote] On 16 August, Perry sharply criticized the Federal Reserve, stating that it was "almost treasonous in [Perry's] opinion", by "printing money to play politics". [end quote]
...because he actually did say the word "almost" before "treasonous". (Source: every single news outlet playing a video clip of the remark.) Omitting the adverb critically changes the meaning and severity of the remark in an unacceptable and obviously slanted manner. If that seems unclear, consider the difference between "She died" and "She almost died." Hyjyljyj (talk) 14:49, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
A cheap Indian has deleted my edits on London Eye page. He's not even allowing me to write on its discussion page. The edit I made was very informative. you can check that in history of the article. Please ban this person on English Wikipedia because he's behaving like an autocrat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.76.189.77 (talk) 12:05, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
The Gynaecology and Fertility Hospital(Ph:0097165771822) Dr.Pankaj Shrivastav Conceive Fertility Hospital is situated on the Dubai-Sharjah border in the U.A.E http://www.conceiveuae.net Conceiveuae (talk) 12:08, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Once in a while I'll see a horrible overuse of the inter wikilink. In those cases there seems to be a belief that just because the term has a Wikipedia page that it somehow should be linked. Such pages are becoming hard to read. I can't find a reference to this issue anywhere....does one exist?Tgm1024 (talk) 16:02, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Can I request that you put a 'to the top' button on Wikipedia as when you get to the bottom it would be easier to click it to go to the top.
Thanks Matthew583 (talk) 11:49, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Include redirect WP:H in "Shortcuts" box. 71.146.20.62 (talk) 02:51, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Anyone wanting to put a pic on a Wikipedia page would click: Help, Edit Wikipedia, Pictures and Videos. They would find themselves on a long page telling everything about pics except how to upload them to the page. This is the most important part. It even says 'here are all the file types you can upload'... How? That's why I came to this help section, to upload a pic. Someone should really add this info. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.182.6.35 (talk) 05:23, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
The link “Browsing Wikipedia” on the Contents opening help page is redirected right back to Getting Started on that same page. Is this really necessary? I found this confusing and unhelpful. I would suggest that either the Getting Started page should offer a description that it covers several topics (“the basics; the interface; browsing”) or the “Browsing Wikipedia” should have the actual section on Browsing moved to it. I’m wondering what others think.
I posted a question a little while a ago in the Wikipedia help desk: "What does the lock icon after a hyperlink mean?" It has been answered, but it occurs to me that this is perhaps a more general issue. Shouldn't there be a listing of icons that is easily found on the Help pages? I have since found where I could have answered the question on my own, but it took a lot of persistence. Maybe this is just a slow brain day for me, but my process was something like this: 1. See if the icon itself linked to an explanation. No. 2. Look at other links and try to spot the difference. I probably should have noticed the https, but didn't for some reason. 3. Search in the usual box at the top right for "lock", "icon", and "lock icon". Articles - nothing obviously appropriate. 4. Search in DuckDuckGo for "wikipedia lock icon", "wikipedia lock", "wikipedia icon". The only things it returned from wikipedia itself were similar to #3. Nothing else jumped out as helpful. 5. Look for wikipedia help. I looked at "Browsing Wikipedia" and didn't find anything. Then I looked at "Links and References" 6. "External Link" look promising. I quickly scanned the page for the icon. Nothing. Then I searched within the page for "lock" (nothing) and "icon" (not useful). 7. Try "Wikipedia:Linking". Tried the same things as #6 with the same result. There was one instance of the icon on the page, but didn't explain what it meant. 8. Go back to the Help page and look in FAQs. Nothing quickly jumps out. 9. Search the FAQ for "lock", "icon", and "lock icon". Nothing useful. 10. Go back to Help page and follow links to "Ask Question" -> "Help Desk". Success!!! - I got an answer in less than 5 minutes. but while I was waiting: 11. Go back to "Help" - "Search Help" for "Lock"
12. Check the "Help Desk" page. Thank the guy who answered. I say all that to point out several places where I think I should have been able to get an answer. Refering to the above: 1. Is it feasable to make the icons links? This might be a bad idea (confusing icon with actual link). Alternatively (my HTML is *very* rusty), could there be a tool tip that explains it? 3. Could there be an article "Wikipedia Icons"? I'm not sure that it's appropriate to intermingle help and articles. Or perhaps the normal search box should retreive help as well? 5. A general page on icons might be appropriate under "Browsing Wikipedia". Or "Links and References" should have a direct link to the "Help: External link icons" page. 6. The "Help: External link icons" could be rolled into "External Links" - or at least there could be a link to it. 8. Are icon questions "Frequently Asked"? 11. This is very confusing, the "Search Help" button should actually do that, or at least the appropriate box should be pre-checked.
I'm not a regular Wikipedia contributor, so I'm not really sure if any of my suggestions are appropriate, or if they are something that the ordinary public can do. Can someone here offer an opinion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.109.210.28 (talk) 21:13, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
to Wikipedia dear sir it has come to my attention that if you need any help to clean any articles just ask me to help okay therefor i am writing this to you
71.206.18.99 (talk) 15:21, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
yes i am interested in wikipedia tutorials these tutorials provide a very useful informations and these type of information for the net user and other users and they can build up their currier and reach their destination also for more informations contact us [details removed]
Webdesigning2012 (talk) 05:04, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
<<extensive off-topic material removed>> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Warner Music Malaysia (talk • contribs) 10:25, 28 May 2012
Please always speak the truth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rennox (talk • contribs) 01:08, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
dying should be dyeing
109.156.198.184 (talk) 07:57, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
The Naveen Xerox, Adyar, Chennai founded in the year 2002. The company has been well known for its quality of work.Its owned N. Senthil Kumar. Address 13, KB Nagar 3rd Cross Street, Adyar, Chennai. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Senthileee (talk • contribs) 07:03, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
How do you edit page help please? (Gdelta (talk) 23:43, 29 August 2012 (UTC))
