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History and facts from the masses ?

Do I understand this correctly ? Wikapedia is an Encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone who wants to? What if what i type is incorrect ? Are there editors to check for fact and content ?

Yep. Wikipedia relies on the good will and hard work of our thousands of volunteer editors. Although we always have some visitors who insert faulty information we find that the balance is positive and that more people fix problems than introduce them. For more information about how this crazy thing still works, please see Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Replies to common objections. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 18:43, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

寄付ページについて

About Donation page

寄付をしたいのですが振り込み等の記入ページが英語で書かれているので何が書かれているのかわかりません・・ので寄付が出来ません。振り込み終了するまで日本で説明されているページがあれば安心してカードで寄付できるのですが。

            Moriya (nakahora@cameo.plala.or.jp)

Translation (by Aphaia)

I would like to make a donation, however descriptions are written in English and I have no idea what is said. I cannot therefore do nothing. If I have webpage(s) in which all transactions are explained in Japanese, I would have made a donation with my credit card happily.

Moriya

I would like someone in charge to reply though, Mr. Moriya, I would be happy the information below helps you a bit:

ご不自由をおかけしています。PayPal での払い込みに関しては、有志が案内ページを作成しております。ご参考になれば幸いです。日本語での案内ページを用意するご要望を、払い込みを行おうとしたサイト運営者（PayPal なり MoneyBooker なり）に日本語で出していただくのも長期的には有効かと推察します。

今後ともよろしくお願い申し上げます。--Aphaia 04:22, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Pakistan and Pakistan Film industry(Lollywood)

I want to submit some very important info about pakistan and Pakistan film Industry ,kindly let me know the procedure. my email is jjproduction@lycos.com

Alexa link on foundation main page needs fixed

Alexa recently changed their links, so the current link (15 most visited) doesn't show the traffic graph. Link should be changed to http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=wikipedia.org. 164.107.252.198 23:22, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. That's fixed now. Angela 18:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikitoolbar in browser

Hi there,

It would be great, if we have a tool bar to type the context we want to search (Similar to Google toolbar) in the browser.

This would increase the accessibility of our Wiki :) We want wiki to be more handy and to visit more and more times..

A Wiki buff .. Manivannan Paulraj. mail_2_manivannan@yahoo.co.in

There are tools like that. One is the 1-Click Answers tool. Angela 15:37, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

comments

For Wikipedia, I have been using Wikipedia approximately a year, and I used to save lots of pages on my HDD or even download them from Internet Cafes and view them offline, the big problem is that after the project of Wikipedia donation started all the pages I save them don'y use to save correctly and then each time I open them they are really annoying(I use to save the pages in MHT by Internet Explorer), and then require to connect to the Internet or even do not use to save ! So I have a small request to use script or something like that to make the donations progress bar not be saved with the web page when saving web pages using IE, I don't think that this is a hard work for all the pros working in Wikipedia.Hope you can fix this.Best wishes for all Wikipedia.

Try saving the printable version of the page instead. That doesn't include the fundraising message. There's a link in the sidebar to "printable version" on every page. Angela 03:16, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Bold text found that the 3 "public donor lists" at the bottom of the "donations" page are malfunctioning. It seems that the SQL server is having some problems... Davut Ozkan

Trivia

I dont want to sign on to add on to the Triva Site....JUST ADD THIS YOURSELVES

The voice box bone is a special bone because it is the shape of Buddha sitting in prayer.

Gift policies.

Please link Grants Coordinator at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Gift_Policies -- Jeandré, 2007-02-01t11:55z

Thank you

Just wanted to thank Danny for an excellent article on Wikisource. I've been trying to figure out WS a bit lately, and his article made it a lot clearer what the project's goals and status are. Cheers! -Peteforsyth 03:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

ISSUES ON CREDIBILITY

WHY ARE CHANGED PAGES NOT HELD PRIOR TO POSTING - IE VERIFICATION HOLDING PEN

COULD YOU NOT ASSIGN SOME EDITORS TO VALIDATION OF CHANGERS - IE CHANGER WOULD HAVE TO BE VERIFIED

BAD POSTERS WOULD GET OUTED / LISTED ON BAD POSTERS PAGE

WE BUILT LARGE SCALE TEACHER REVIEWED TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHOOLS COULD PROVIDE ADVISE ON 3 STAGE PROCESS THAT WOULD EASE DILUTION BY INDIVIDUALS WITH ALTERNATIVE OBJECTIVES.

Set up Foundation CommonsTicker?

Hello, perhaps the Foundation website should set up a CommonsTicker? This is a page maintained by a bot that tells you which images from Commons, that your project uses, have been replaced/nominated for deletion/deleted. You can see an example at ja:Wikipedia:CommonsTicker.

Since Foundation is a closed wiki, either the bot account could be given there, or else the Ticker page could be hosted on meta. What do you think? --pfctdayelise 05:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your attention, it might be considered (personally I love your proposal, but it's not my personal possesion anyway). In a current moment, I have some questions

• You implies it isn't necessary to set a bot there but generate a list somewhere else?
• Who will care the bot account, specially if it runs on that? (Just for your information Dusentrieb has no account there).

Personally I'll be more than happy to see images automatically replaced/added information, but not hesitant to let relevant logs accumlated there. Some object even its editors use their talk pages and that is partly why its admin board is placed on meta, not there. So a theoretial question; is it possible to have a bot running there but have logs not there but somewhere else? --Aphaia 08:27, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it might be possible to just generate the list on Meta, so you wouldn't need to set up any new Foundation accounts or anything. I asked Duesentrieb; we will see what he says.

CommonsTicker only reports information about activity on Commons (on a CommonsTicker log page, and optionally also on Talk pages of relevant pages where an image is used). It never removes or changes images in pages.

There is a bot run by User:Orgullomoore, called CommonsDelinker, which can remove deleted images. For it to work, it would need an account on the Foundation wiki.

But I personally recommend that a CommonsTicker and someone paying attention to it would be enough - I don't think the Foundation wiki uses a lot of images anyway, and I imagine they are all "good" ones anyway.

Does this answer your questions? (I guess you are the main person who "maintains" the Foundation wiki?) --pfctdayelise 13:56, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your close information, and also for your interaction with Duesentrieb. Your recommendation to have a page on meta and later someone takes care of the website manually sounds nice. I hope your supposition is not far from truth;-) (Perhaps so, or one of those people, while I'll be more than happy to see others involved). --Aphaia 15:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Some quick answers:

• I generally don't have an account on each wiki where CommonsTicker is active (there is an account for the "bot" of course). Instead, on each wiki the ticker is active, there's one admin volunteering to have an eye on the page and act as my contact to the community there (also important language-wise).
• CommonsTicker per default posts to one page only, so it's not a "bot" in the common sense (as mentioned, it can also drop warning on talk pages). Also, since it's used for notification, it should not have a bot flag (which is mainly used to ignore bot edits).
• CommonsTicker can currently not inspect one wiki and post the results to another. This is no fundamental problem, just a lot of nitty gritty stuff to change. No idea when it will happen - maybe next week, maybe next year...
• The current version of CommonsTicker has an "auto cleanup" mode, where old issues drop off the page. That mode is however heavy on the database and deprecated for the next version (dubbed CommonsTicker NG and being currently tested on dewp). I suppose a different approch to automatic cleanup could be implemented. But it's more work than i currently really have time for, other issues are more important (like getting CommonsTicker to cooperate with Orgullo's CommonsDelinker, for projects that have both).

I hope that clears the picture a bit. -- Duesentrieb 22:02, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

tiny typo

second paragrah, second sentence...

a should be an

Hi, thank you for your notice. Which page you mention? Your pointing of URL will be appreciated. Aphaia 10:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Donation in INR

Hi I was looking to donate, and found that in the dropdown menu, you don't have an INR. I'm an Indian, and without INR in the menu, I don't think I can donate. Please try to include this option also.

Warm Regards, Phani.

Dear Phani,

Thank you for your warm interest. The currency availability is not in our control but on PayPal or Moneybooker's decision. You can however donate either via Bank or with Postal Cheque (i.e. you can buy a postal cheque in USD in your post office with your INR).

Thank you for your attention,

Sincerely yours, --Aphaia 10:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Are there any standards on the quality of certain pictures on the Wikipedia site?

For example, major artists such as Kelly Clarkson have a huge back catalogue of non licensed photos, yet on her profile, in the space for the main image, there is a blurry image of her at an event!

Firstly, if I was to look at that picture, I would not be able to recognise it was her (I believe the main picture should show a picture many people should instantly recognise), and secondly, it should be a sharp picture, with a higher resolution.

Monthly Paypal Subscriptions

Howdy and thanx for a great service! About the Fundraising page; If you add the below code, you will get a Monthly PayPal Subscription form (Fully functional). Normally you will get an increase on about 100-300 % just by adding such a donation alternative, compared to ordinary one-time-donations.

Give a nice comment on my talk page, if you'd liked it!

/Roberth Edberg

<table style="float:left; width:15em; height:36em; margin:1px; padding:0.5em; border:1px solid #CCC; -moz-border-radius:10px; background:#F9F9E3;">
<tr valign="top">
<td><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/6/62/30px-Wikimedia-logo-small.png" alt="Wikimedia Foundation logo" /></td>
<td style="height:30px; font-family:Helvetica;"><big><b>PayPal / Credit Card</b></big></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><b>Donate securely online with PayPal. You do not need an account to donate with a credit card.</b>
<p>You can send donations in any of the currencies below without having to pay a currency conversion fee.</p>

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" onsubmit="if(document.getElementById('don-amount-pp').value.indexOf('.') >= 0 && document.getElementById('don-amount-pp').value.indexOf('.00') < 0) {alert('Sorry, but we can only accept donations in whole amounts.'); return false;}">
<!-- hidden data -->
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="donation@wikipedia.org" />

   <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Monthly donation" />
   <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="DONATE-2" />
   <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions" />
   <input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M" />
   <input type="hidden" name="src" value="1" />
   <input type="hidden" name="sra" value="1" />
   <input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1" />
 <input type="hidden" name="on1" value="Comment" />
 <input type="hidden" name="lc" value="en" />

 <input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Anonymity" />
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="https://office2.wikimedia.org/payments/paypal/" />
   <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
   <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0" />
   <input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0">
<label for="don-amount"><b>A monthly gift of...</b></label>
<br>
<input type="text" name="a3" id="don-amount-pp" maxlength="30" size="5" />
        <select name="currency_code">
<option value="USD">USD – $</option>

<option value="GBP">GBP – £</option>
<option value="EUR">EUR – €</option>
<option value="USD">-------</option>
<option value="AUD">AUD – $ </option>
<option value="CAD">CAD – $</option>

<option value="CHF">CHF – </option>
<option value="CZK">CZK – K?</option>
<option value="DKK">DKK – kr</option>
<option value="EUR">EUR – €</option>
<option value="HKD">HKD – HK$</option>

<option value="HUF">HUF – Ft</option>
<option value="GBP">GBP – £</option>
<option value="JPY">JPY – ¥</option>
<option value="NZD">NZD – NZ$</option>
<option value="NOK">NOK – kr</option>

<option value="PLN">PLN – z?</option>
<option value="SGD">SGD – S$</option>
<option value="SEK">SEK – kr</option>
<option value="USD">USD – $</option>
        </select> /month

<br><br>
<!-- public comment -->
 <label for="os1">Public comment <small>(up to 200 characters)</small></label><br />
<input type="text" size="25" name="os1" id="os1" maxlength="200" /><br />
<br />
<!-- public donor list -->
 <a href="http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/" class="external text" title="http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/" rel="nofollow">Public list of donors</a><br />
<input type="radio" name="os0" id="name-yes-pp" value="Mention my name" /><label for="name-yes-pp">List my name</label><br />
<input type="radio" name="os0" id="name-no-pp" checked="checked" value="Don't mention my name" /><label for="name-no-pp">List anonymously</label><br />
<br>

<input class="centered" type="submit" value="Donate!" />
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Press room

Just wondering, was there a reason why this edit removed Australian and Swedish press contacts? I don't have an account on that wiki, so I can't ask the user Wiki blue why s/he did it, but it was without edit comments. If there weren't any good reasons, would it be possible for someone to revert it please, as the Australian contacts were decided at a meeting of the relevant parties (as indicated by this edit by Angela). Thanks. enochlau (talk) 10:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

As for Swedish contact, while he seems to be living in Sweden, but is inactive now on Swedish projects. On the discussion of comcom we concluded it wouldn't be good to have him as a press contact for Swedes. Thank you for your understanding. --Aphaia 11:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I've just emailed Sandy (Wiki blue) to ask why she did this. Angela 19:39, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Any progress? enochlau (talk) 10:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't really understand. She said something about them not going through an approval process, but that doesn't exist and applies equally to everyone on that page, so I've added a disclaimer instead. Angela 12:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

But Delphine's removed that. I suggest instead you try to find out how to get on the OTRS press queue. (Sorry, I don't know how to do that, or even if there is a sensible way to join it). Angela 17:08, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, that's annoying. I'll look into it. Thanks anyway. enochlau (talk) 11:26, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Sugestion for WikiLyrics

What about create a site for Lyrics like Wikipedia Lyrics or WikiLyrics.

We could find there all bands and singer's lyrics!

u'r sight it great

Hello, I believe there already is a WikiLyrics and hundreds of other sites that contain Lyrics for your favorite songs. Wikimedia will never create a site like this because generally lyric-sites break the law due to their publishing of copyrighted lyrics. So, pretty interesting idea, but it's not going to happen anytime soon. :( Cbrown1023 talk 13:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

While researching the 9-11 attacks I clicked on a link to the section in Wikipedia that dealt with the Taliban and this is what came up after clicking on the link.

Taliban From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

fuck that article and join the taliban today and you'll recieve a 1 dollar bill. young recruits are always welcome to fucking screw george bush up the ass.

I doubt that you want this link to represent Wikipedia so I am sending this to you so you can fix it.

Richard Richmond rickr2889@yahoo.com

Hello, Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning that anyone can edit it. A vandal came along and replaced the page Taliban with those upsetting words. However, because Wikipedia is a wiki, you can help us by reverting the damage that the vandals have done. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and it has been fixed. :) Cbrown1023 talk 13:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Merchandise Links

COuld clear links to your merchandise pages be set up?

I am guessing that the merchandise would bring in some funds fr you. I know a lot of people who would buy various wiki gear if they knew it was available.

Maybe under the Donation link you could have a "WikiShop" logo.

Merrin

That's a very good idea! You could possibly bring this up on our Foundation-l mailing list. It will probably get much positive feedback and might become a reality. Cbrown1023 talk 13:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

My theory

I have some ideas on dimensional theory that can give poeple a start on how to build machines for travel that make sense. What they amount to is the idea that every point in space has a magnetic signature that is made from the spectral properties of atoms and the conflicts between these createsa spectral like meaning, and my theory is that you can run these things through an electromagnet and propell yourself toward them.

I haven't had the ability to many experiments but I can go deeper and what I don't want is to type all this up if i wont get reconition and there would be no interest.

lord_andys_new_id@yahoo.ca

Hello, though this sounds very interesting, unfortunately Wikipedia won't be able to accept anything like that. They have a strict policy against original research. Cbrown1023 talk 13:45, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia:Bestuur interlanguage links go to wrong targets

UninvitedCompany 11:16, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

"Imagine a world..." on front page

This used to say "Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." but was changed to say "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment." [1]. This is rather stilted wording; it loses the literary ring that the previous quote had: "All knowledge" needs an adjective, and the most appropriate one is "human knowledge", which is a common phrasing with which people have strongly good associations ("all knowledge" is not even theoretically possible). It should be changed to: "Imagine a world in which every single person can freely share in the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment." —Centrx→talk • 18:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

You may wish to try asking Erik about that; I'm hesitant to change the front page phrase that a Board member last edited, and in any case, it would be a courtesy to him to ask him first. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 14:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Relevant discussions may be found at Talk:Mission/Unstable, for your information. I am hesitant to change the statement edited by a Board member based on the community consensus built through a discussion in months. --Aphaia 14:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

wikinews logo on projects on logo.

It uses the incorrect logo. should be image:Wikinews-logo.png. Bawolff 23:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Which page do you mean? That is the logo used on Wikimedia:Our projects and Wikimedia:Template:OurProjects. Angela 00:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

meca engineering botswana

from : Boswell Chikazaza-Meca engineering Chairman Botswana TO:kat walsh usa international court of justice Iwould like to enquire about cases pertaining meca engineering .It looks like there are some cases which have been held and payments have been made which have not yet reached me.

Registration

i wish to register my name to be possible edit some opinion or some articles. please answer me how to do it, thanks very much, luis elbaum e, mail luiselbaum@arnet.com.ar190.30.35.36 05:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

This page is concerned with the website http:wikimediafoundation.org, the official website of Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, while it is running over 400 websites. Comments and feedbacks to those websites are preferable to go to them directly.

I have no idea which wiki you are talking about, but it is sure you are in a wrong place. None of our website including http:wikimediafoundation.org is dedicated to host opinions of individuals. Thank you for your understanding. --Aphaia 07:35, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Resolution:Licensing policy

I read wikimedia:Resolution:Licensing policy

I think that board members don't understand fair use meaning, fundamental idea. Meet some lawyers, and ask this. "All countries allow fair use?" Probably, answer is yes.

All countries allow fair use, not only US. How can I know? This is "principle".

Copyright is "principle". Fair use is "principle", also.

All countries' subtle code is diffenrent. but principle is same.

You know that all countries' copyright code is same? Not same. But principle, fundametal legal idea is same.

You know that all countries' fair use code is same? Not same. But principle, fundametal legal idea is same.

Wikimedia Foundation must make "fiar use policy for worldwide wiki project". It is mistake!

You know any country's copyright law that "If a scholar use some image for wrting thesis, he must get image's license"?

Every country allow fair use. but it's not exactly same.

Every country don't allow US's fair use. But, every country allow their own fair use.

I advise...Commons allow "worldwide fair use images". It is mistake. so crucial mestake. -- WonYong ^{(Talk / Contrib)} 14:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Principle? If it is true, all countries may have some world standard law, convention, treaty, etc...

Find fair use code in some woridwide copyright treaties. It must be somewhere. -- WonYong ^{(Talk / Contrib)} 15:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Each project can decide for themselves if they want fair use content. It hasn't been prohibited. I think that is fine. — Omegatron 16:32, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia, the internet

It seems to me that the most urgently required contributions you need are pictures of your subjects to illustrate many of your listings. I can see no reason why any of the listees would object; your position in search engine results would seem that you have established yourself as the premier instant catch all research tool, and in the case of many artistes, entertainers, celebrities et al, surely the more approved information that exists on them, the better. The internet is surely a research tool, primarily, and a buying medium, second. However, the amount of detailed information I find I am able to access seems limited. Perhaps I'm not going about it in the right way. Surely this medium should be nerd heaven; if I want to know who ran the 400 metres for West Germany on the 1984 Olympic Games, there should be a site which will tell me quickly; if I wish to view the cover of any given magazine, then I should be able to find it, and if necessary, dowload it as a jpeg. It's not like I'm going to make money by peddling it to anyone else, and the more people see it, the higher the given publication's profile, surely. Magazines represent an interesting issue (ouch): the can only be a finite number of back issues if any publication, so for those readers of say, GQ, who wish to peruse out of print issues, perhaps each publisher could create a site with all the published articles available as text, illustrated by jpegs of the visual content. If they wanted, I suppose it could be subscription only.

Update link on Licensing policy

Resolution:Licensing policy links to en:Wikipedia:Fair use as an example, but this has been moved to en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. — Omegatron 16:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your notice, since it is a copy of Board resolution at that time, I hesitate to "fix it". Someone in the higher position may take care of changing. --Aphaia 09:22, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

PDA Format

I use a pda to access the internet. This box I am usig is only 3 character s wide and is typical of the site display on a mobile device. Other sites detect a pd and the frames disolay much better

That is a very a interesting point. Please consider submitting a bug request for our developers so they can rectify this problem. Cbrown1023 talk 13:42, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

BAd spanish translation

Hello,

As a spanish speaker i wanted to let you know that i noticed in your home page you have the spanish heading as "Español La enciclopedia libre" which i am guessing you tried to say FREE Enclyclopedia!! however thats not the correct translation. Free as it has no cost in spanish is GRATIS. I would appreciate if you could fix it.

Thank you for your comment, but "free Encyclopedia" is free as speech, not free as beer. Gratis is therefore a wrong translation, although you can access Wikipedia without charge. Cheers, --Aphaia 09:20, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

See w:Gratis versus Libre. Libre is right word in this context. Angela 15:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Catalan translation of Licensing policy

Translation requests/Licensing policy/ca is ready to be published. Can anyone do that? Thanks!--Iradigalesc 21:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. Sorry for late reaction and thank you very much! --Aphaia 01:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

E=mc2

How is it that that in E=mc2, units for energy, mass and the speed of light assigned by man happen to be mathematically correct to a physical law?

See the Wikipedia Science Reference desk for this question. Cbrown1023 talk 00:25, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising

1.) Suggest adding ability to donate via Amazon.com 2.) The fundraising page has broken images. 3.) This page (and the entry form page at http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_site_feedback/main&action=edit&section=new) also has broken images, and I suspect the problem may be more widespread in the wikimedia.com and wikifoundation.org sites. Example, see page bottom, image to display SRC is http://meta.wikimedia.org/images/wikimedia-button.png does not appear to exist, or at least, is not loading on the page for me.

I do not see any broken image at the moment. Would you please check if your browser blocks images that come from a different site (upload.wikimedia.org, as in this case)? Thank you, M/ 22:06, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Addition to Prom

"The Unwanted Stress" Not a lot of people talk about how much stress prom can put on teens or their parents. There is so many things to be done and to schedule. The expences are quite extreme too. The stress of getting everything done sometimes might take away from the fun it's suppossed to be. When needed dress/tux, shoes, jewelry, flowers, tickets, limo, restuarant, and many other here and there things. This amounts to lots of stess for teens to find the right stuff and at a godd price. It causes stress on parents to buy it and take their teens out to get things. As you can see there is a lot of stress around prom.

Hi, thanks for suggesting that addition! But, Wikipedia is a wiki which means that everyone can edit it. You can add this information yourself to the English Wikipedia's Prom entry by following this link provided you have sources to back it up. You could also suggest these changes on the article's talk page. Thanks! Cbrown1023 talk 19:53, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

it is hard for me to read your web page, I need HELP!!

Dear Sir,

When I use your wikimedia dictionary, definition page your web display letters are in double stroke. This makes it hard to read. Please use single stroke letters. This will make the reading much easier.

Thanks

Thomas

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North Bay Ontario artical

You have missed some information in the artical about North Bay Ontario under "Prominant People" NHL players, as well as brothers, Kevin and Derian Hatcher lived in North Bay. I was in Derian's English class at Chippewa Secondary School in 1990-1991. I could send you his photo from the schools year book if need be.

Thank you for your time. Russ Dale

Hello Mr. Dale, and thank you for your suggestion! But, Wikipedia is a w:wiki, anyone can edit it! As long as you have a source to back up your claim, it will be much appreciated. You can add the information at this link.

About the yearbook image you have, unfortunately most of the images found in yearbooks are copyrighted and cannot be used on Wikipedia. In addition, because those images are from when they were children, their use may be a violation of the subjects' privacy.

However, I encourage you to contribute whatever you can to Wikipedia and I hope to see you there! Cbrown1023 talk 23:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Wiki codes for the Donations page

Any chance I can get a copy of the wiki codes for your Donation page < http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising >? I am new to Mediawiki and am needing a similar page (with paypal and moneybookers entries) for my own wiki site.

This is my email showing in a png file: http://static.flickr.com/62/152827793_bdb47d21d6_o.png

Thanks : )

Hi, thank you for your interest on our website. However we will never reply inquiries on this page by email. You can get the source via special:export. Thanks. --Aphaia 08:12, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Bonjour Mr Jean Solé, est né le 2 août 1948 et non pas le 2 avril 1948.

A new idea

I belive it would an interesting idea to create a website using your "wiki" technology and the idea that most people feel that they are important. A website that would be a wiki autobiography for those who wish to tell their story without the nuiscance (excuse my spelling if incorrect) of talking to others. i.e. "myspace"

Nice idea! However, it is very unlikely that it will get taken up by the Wikimedia Foundation as a new project. Perhaps submit your idea to Wikia? Cbrown1023 talk 21:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Donations

I really liked seeing the bar that said how much money was there, just so we could get an idea of how much money was being donated. I would really like to see that back. I understand if there are reasons as to why not, but I thank you for listening.

Hello, the bar that you are talking about is shown during our fundraising drives. You can expect the bar to return for our next drive. I like that bar too! :) Cbrown1023 talk 22:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

You used the term croat in reference to croatian people that is considered a racist term to croatian people the article was the one about the ustaske

Hello, I am very sorry to hear about this. Howerver, our sites are wikis, meaning anyway can edit them. I hope this has already been reverted, but would you mind telling the article and site in which this occurred? We operate over 700 different sites in over 300 different languages and have millons of articles. Next time you see a problem like this, you can help us by reverting it yourself! :) Cbrown1023 talk 22:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Good job

This site is great. It seems to have everything. On top of that, everything is clear, concise, explained with great detail, and understandable. The set up is wonderful too. I just want to say THANK YOU!!!!

Thanks, we appreciate your nice words and feedback. But we'd be nowhere without our readers! Cbrown1023 talk 13:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia name in other languages

Since Wikimedia is the official name of the foundation, I think it's not correct to translate or transliterate it into other languages (namely those using non-Latin alphabet, eg Russian). So, on the Meta-wiki page in Russian all the occurences of Викимедия should be replaced with Wikimedia. 81.25.53.78 14:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC) (Al Silonov)

Good idea! Perhaps you could bring this up on our Foundation-l mailing list with links to specific examples? Cbrown1023 talk 01:29, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Error in text regarding Fragile X syndrome

Error in text regarding Fragile X syndrome, under the heading "Symptoms".

"Most females experience symptoms to a lesser degree because of their Y-chromosone, however they can develop just as severe symptoms"

Correction should read: "Most females experience symptoms to a lesser degree because of their other normal X-chromosome, however they can develop just as severe symptoms"

Thank you, Matthew Kovie D.O.

Hello, Matthew! Thank you for your correction. However, Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning that anyone can edit it. You can fix this (and any other mistakes you might find) yourself by clicking the edit button at the top of the page. I am sorry, but I could not find the problem in question at w:en:Fragile X syndrome. Cbrown1023 talk 00:51, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Confused...

What are the pages on this site and wikimediafoundation.org? Are they all just help pages, info pages, and business records of the Foundation, or are there other things. Also, if one creates an account on either site, what is that user's prupose? (ie: on Wikipedia, the purpose is to edit and improve articles) I am currently a user on Wikipedia, known as Ninety Cheers!!! 67.8.205.97 21:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Where you are now is Meta-Wiki. Meta-Wiki exists for collaboration, organization, and management amongst the Wikimedia Foundation's many projects. On this wiki, there are pages that are of use to many different wikis as opposed to only a few or one. It is also were stewards operate from. Wikimediafoundation.org is, as its name suggests, the Wikimedia Foundation's website. The Wikimedia Foundation is the organization that owns and operates the sites like Wikipedia. If you create an account here, you become a user like on Wikipedia and you edit the miscellany that exists here. (See Special:Allpages to get an idea.) You cannot create an account directly on the Wikimedia Foundation site. The allocation of accounts there is tightly managed by the people at Request for an account on the Foundation wiki, and most users don't get them. However, there is no real need to edit that wiki locally anyway. Thank you for you interest and I hope to see you around Wikipedia (or possibly even here at Meta!), Cbrown1023 talk 00:32, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback!! I'm the person who asked that first question, and just yesterday created an account here. Now that I have an account, what all could I be doing instead of just sitting around doing nothing? Also as a somewhat unrelated question, is the source code used here the same as that on Wikipedia? Thank you for your time!! Cheers!!! Ninety^wazup? 14:28, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean by source code? If you mean the software, then yes, we use the same software as on Wikipedia (MediaWiki). You could do numerous things, this is like going to Wikipedia and saying "what can I do?" :) There are many, many thing that you can do.

• If you are good at translating or speak many languages, visit the Translations committee at T
• If you want to discuss itesm, visit Metapub, Meta:Babel, or Meta:Babylon
• You could also patrol the site for vandalism at Special:Recentchanges
• Just read some of the information that's on this site, there's literally tons of it!

There are many things you can still do that I haven't mentioned, those are just some things to get you started. Cbrown1023 talk 15:22, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!!! Cheers!!! Ninety^wazup? 17:50, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Nifong is a Dutch name

Ex Durham DA Michael Byron Nifong is of Dutch ancestry.

Another new idea

Ive seen that there are many descriptions on songs about their origin or meanings, it would be practical to incorporate the lyrics to the songs as well.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 200.157.128.210 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 9 July 2007.

Hello, unfortunately the lyrics of songs are copyrighted and it would be illegal for us to include them in our articles. :( Thank you for your suggestion, though. Cbrown1023 talk 21:53, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

typo

In the last sentence of wikimedia:Advisory Board#Ward Cunningham, please change "Pattern Languages of Programs conferences which continue to be held all over the word" to "Pattern Languages of Programs conferences that continue to be held all over the world," though I admit that I considered that the typo may be a tongue in cheek joke that is beyond me. Thanks, BanyanTree 12:54, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your notification, we have fixed the page. :) Cbrown1023 talk 14:13, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Specifically, I added a comma before which. Which (with a comma) is the correct word to use, since it introduces a non-restrictive subordinate clause. For more information on which versus that, see World Wide Words. —{admin} Pathoschild 14:23:49, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Staff pictures

No photo of Wikiblue, Tim Starling or any other staff on the photos page - only Bastique, Sgardner, Brion Vibber and RobH's photos are on there. --82.42.237.84 17:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree, I would also like to see photos of these users. However, it is also a bit of choice. Not all of their photos need to be up there. However, I will send your comment along and see if we can get photos of them. Cbrown1023 talk 15:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I do believe a photo of Tim exists on Commons or enwiki somewhere. Don't know about Wikiblue. Majorly (talk) 15:30, 13 July 2007 (UTC)