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November 1

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 1

  1. How to capture an image from a YouTube video
  2. Hallowe'en
  3. References within a footnote
  4. Your lack of accessability
  5. Ruined City of Ehn'gha in Rhode Island
  6. Translating an entry from English to Turkish
  7. Name change to Cheryl Cole
  8. Detailed page history
  9. Cannot see how to align text in columns of this table
  10. Lists based on ethnicity
  11. Retrotransposon marker

November 2

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 2

  1. Creating a new article
  2. How am I supposed to delete pages in my own user space?
  3. Help
  4. who discovered america
  5. George Lucas is not really married. Mellody Hobson doesn't exist!

November 3

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 3

  1. Absence of comment in a "GA Reassessment"
  2. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  3. Reverting vandalism
  4. Identify a spider
  5. At which project should I report this?
  6. Problem With Shorts on Cyprus national rugby union team
  7. UCL wiki page
  8. Website citation question
  9. How do I get an image (IUPAC) file?
  10. How do I report a bug?
  11. Replace obsolete picture
  12. Book problem
  13. Bat bomb
  14. Edit triggered a filter

November 4

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 4

  1. Use rationale
  2. how can add my pics and contact details
  3. How to create a Wikipedia page
  4. possible image copyright violation
  5. Shandon Sahm
  6. Print ISSN vs electronic (online) ISSN
  7. My Wikipedia Home Page Does not Show Current Information
  8. unable to access my account
  9. How will I know that Wikipedia has approved my article?
  10. Unable to log-in
  11. revision history statistics
  12. red link category
  13. User book
  14. Vandalized school article

November 5

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 5

  1. alt acct notification
  2. When I edit Wikipedia it puts all sentences as single sentence
  3. Adding External Links
  4. Removing cleanup tags.
  5. Governor of Texas Question
  6. Where to Request Large-Scale Editing Request
  7. Endurance International Group
  8. Editing Wiki Page
  9. Please remove the page about me, thanks

November 6

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 6

  1. leaving a message on Talk Page
  2. ZIM files
  3. No understanding or respect for biography as opposed to Civil War myth that lacks seriously researched documentation.
  4. Updating file names for images?
  5. rosaleen norton
  6. Springwood High School
  7. Referencing errors on Shannon Criteria
  8. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  9. Is there a way to empty your Watchlist?
  10. posting an article about a book
  11. How add a noble person Bio graphy in Wikipedia which is not available in WIkipedia
  12. Newcomb Art Gallery Page
  13. References

November 7

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 7

  1. Possible Confusion
  2. Appearance of Discussions in other Language Wikipedia
  3. Strange search results
  4. Is date according to wikipedia's servers wrong?
  5. editing the title of the page
  6. Image thumbnail overlapping text in article
  7. Anchors
  8. Transcluding article sections
  9. Proper use of "De" or "de" with surnames
  10. Gray bar won't go away
  11. Lists

November 8

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 8

  1. Tim Stevens (footballer)
  2. how to use Wikipedia wizard to upload a company profile page, how to be a confirmed account and how to edit
  3. Navigation, rules, help and deleted article
  4. Article for creation
  5. Admin Check help

November 9

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 9

  1. My edit looks sloppy!
  2. Nitschke
  3. Referencing errors on Panna Dai
  4. Sockpuppet investigation I filed
  5. Expert policy
  6. How do I add these things to a page??
  7. untrue posts relating to public personalities

November 10

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 10

  1. Referencing errors on Clan Arthur
  2. Developing 8 Countries
  3. official_name vs native_name at :Template:Infobox settlement
  4. Page title requires changing
  5. Removing notices
  6. Political funding category page
  7. Name collision for image
  8. Wayne, West Virginia
  9. login problem
  10. Removal of notable alumni

November 11

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 11

  1. [edit] at same size as title?
  2. Looking for a writer
  3. Beta mobile version of Wiki
  4. Nominate for deletion or not?
  5. Noah Pawlowski
  6. Most of article is unreferenced and reads like a pamphlet
  7. Moving embryonic article back to user space
  8. how
  9. Work In PR - Want to Submit Article on Client
  10. Help with posting
  11. information incorrect
  12. How do I get my personal bio read by the general public?
  13. how do I put one of those boxes on my page?
  14. question,,,,tables

November 12

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 12

  1. using reliable resources
  2. Postal Accountability & Enhancement Act of 2006
  3. Fewer than 30 watchers
  4. Personal attacks
  5. Unsighted Changes
  6. navigation arrows information not responding in mobile view of wikipedia
  7. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  8. Linking to other language Wikipedias
  9. The Zero Marginal Cost Society
  10. Use of a username
  11. Table markup help
  12. Template PlanetMath attribution is broken
  13. Delete a page
  14. Content Box is too large---How do I fix it?
  15. Help with Drug Costs

November 13

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 13

  1. Email in reference
  2. The first Trainer for the Comets
  3. IMDb Pro
  4. Article formatting
  5. need to know about the correct tag for Biography of Dr. Ravish
  6. Re-open a deleted article?
  7. Dynamic IP and NOTHERE
  8. Wikipedia panders to corrupt interests
  9. ???

November 14

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 14

  1. contacting
  2. How to get an AFD closed?
  3. Splitting the colors of a single cell in a table
  4. please create wikipedia article on yify torrent site
  5. Edit count
  6. Possible WP:BALL article
  7. Druxiness
  8. Refdesk archiving
  9. User talk:Vanquish4758#Image copyright problem with Image:Bobmiller2.gif
  10. L B McGinnis, Author, former Amarillo College Professor
  11. Image uploads

November 15

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 15

  1. johnatan guber
  2. Bahá'í calendar
  3. Wrong information
  4. cote de Pablo
  5. Quarry a bout Editing
  6. A user reported a hack on my talk page
  7. Help creating article
  8. Question for administrator
  9. Biased overwatch

November 16

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 16

  1. Fancy font formatting in public discussion forums.
  2. Moving a page
  3. Eric Bicfalvi's misspelled name
  4. References or Notes?
  5. un-used fair-use ?
  6. tables
  7. people address me on wikipedia
  8. Wikipedia page "Wiet Huidekoper" with mis-information
  9. Kristine here
  10. link problem
  11. about fater umar

November 17

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 17

  1. Referencing errors on Alex Young (singer)
  2. Edits to watched page not appearing in watchlist
  3. Category:Military Doctrines
  4. Linking a biography
  5. WP:WIKILINK redirect
  6. WP:COMMONNAME in other articles
  7. Page incorrectly deleted
  8. Changing exciting dead links in reference or Footnote?
  9. I would like to add a photo to a page of someone I represent
  10. Timeline
  11. Searching for articles that contain an Unicode character in the title
  12. Not able to edit a page
  13. Bel Canto Summer School
  14. Business Page

November 18

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 18

  1. About Wikipedia
  2. Changing page name
  3. Possible COI issue
  4. see all picture in a content
  5. This article has now gone as it was wrong. Please remove
  6. What are my options when I find that the link in a reference is dead?
  7. Alumni
  8. Help Wanted Ad
  9. Mobile wikipedia layout

November 19

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 19

  1. Creating a subpage of the current page by transcluding its name in the link
  2. printz board edit
  3. Login page on iPad 1
  4. How do i contact facebook
  5. PokitPal
  6. Question About a Wikipedia Member
  7. Undo command usage
  8. Referencing errors on Draft:Swingball
  9. Lost archive pages?
  10. Cluebot false positive
  11. Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
  12. Infobox
  13. A source based question Comment
  14. Gerald A. Carroll
  15. Wikipedia Biography Page
  16. Union Township, Washington County, PA
  17. Article activation
  18. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  19. Wiki book
  20. Reducing image sizes
  21. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 19#Who_Killed_Johnny_and_threatened_DR_by_.7B.7Bping.7CCorbieVreccan.7D.7D_mentioning_.27COI.27_etc|Who Killed Johnny and threatened DR by @CorbieVreccan: mentioning 'COI' etc]]

November 20

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 20

  1. Pending changes question
  2. Next step with a disagreement on merging articles
  3. Adding new articles
  4. enlisted warfare designations
  5. request to change Geoff Thomas's Photo
  6. Need some help, not computer friendly person here, ty
  7. Referencing errors on Yodel (company)
  8. How to search for an article
  9. Saved Page Draft
  10. Lost: uploaded photo to be inserted in article.
  11. Bundesrat of Germany
  12. Neutral draft

November 21

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 21

  1. Carl Hewitt
  2. Email notification for rapid succession edits
  3. Article to make live
  4. My notifications are stuck
  5. Delete inline citation warning

November 22

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 22

  1. William Guy Redmond Jr.
  2. Search is inadequate
  3. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 22#.7B.7Btl.7Creflist.7D.7D_template|{{reflist}} template]]
  4. Underlined User Contribution
  5. Need the special: page
  6. TIME SENSITIVE: Updating Content on a Business Page
  7. administrator
  8. Buchenwald concentrated camp

November 23

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 23

  1. UCLA wikipedia page
  2. General Robert Edward Lee
  3. banned ips?
  4. Wives and surnames
  5. Referencing errors on Colm Wilkinson
  6. Is it ok to copy from another user's User page?

November 24

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 24

  1. world war I
  2. catscan
  3. Referencing errors on JCW Tag Team Championship
  4. Cyprus
  5. abusive information
  6. multiple attempts at resetting password - now appeared to be locked out
  7. لماذا تم حذف صفحتي؟
  8. CRIAGSLIST
  9. Grand Marshal for 2015
  10. Need help writing an article and substantiating the importance of the subject.
  11. downloading encyclopedia
  12. My wilkipedia page
  13. Deleting Content from United Financial Bancorp
  14. List of vegetarians editing issues
  15. Opting user pages out of search engines
  16. Could you please remove this

November 25

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 25

  1. None
  2. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  3. New user and images
  4. Scotland nd my home town Stranraer
  5. Vandalism of the Presidency University, Kolkata page
  6. Ray wilson
  7. Want to create a new page on wikipedia, but confused
  8. I want you to delete an article about me

November 26

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 26

  1. Please remove the Marin Magazine Page
  2. M4A1
  3. J. L. Hudson's
  4. Problems with Chepang page
  5. Create New Article - Bishop Steven Bennett Sr
  6. Book rendering failed
  7. Create Page
  8. Info. about Albert Einstein
  9. Exploit IN Site
  10. aggressive language by experienced editors
  11. Paul Terry (actor) Wikipedia page
  12. Help:Job queue
  13. Please either restore or fully delete my Wiki page
  14. X!'s Tools
  15. Public Domain, Google-digitized ??
  16. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  17. Help with South Beach Diet
  18. Abir Chatterjee
  19. citation warning
  20. Photosynthetic Quantum computers confirmed in 2007 first proposed in 2001 - updates to Wiki article on Quantum Biology
  21. Error On Page: 1856 precedes 1879
  22. Pronunciation key
  23. Gentium Law Group

November 27

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 27

  1. Rights to Update a Page and Photo
  2. Renaming categories
  3. Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Limited - Inappropriate Content
  4. St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work
  5. USE: PDF book maker
  6. UPLOADING A PICTURE TO WIKIPEDIA..AND NOT COMMONS
  7. Citation help
  8. Political party parameter in non-politician bios

November 28

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 28

  1. Bicycle riding and CO2
  2. Creating another article while one is pending review in AfC
  3. adding company
  4. Cross-Wiki Image
  5. How to view Talk pages on Wikipedia mobile?
  6. Watchlist notifications
  7. I can't login or reset my password
  8. Mike Brown Shooting article
  9. Harassment: where do I turn for help?
  10. Mike Brown Shooting Article
  11. Do we have to create a new page to translate an existent Wikipedia page?
  12. You Know What This Is About
  13. michael brown shooting article
  14. Album

November 29

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 29

  1. Registered User Article Review?
  2. Referencing errors on Post Captain (novel)
  3. Table sorting broken?
  4. Harrison Ford
  5. Create a page
  6. How to post an article on Wikipedia
  7. Pilot training
  8. Getting artist's paintings' images back on Wikipedia
  9. The article has my user name in the title how do I Change the Article Title?

November 30

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2014 November 30

  1. Change the article on the shooting of Mike Brown
  2. messed-up articles
  3. Wrong person on google
  4. How do I stop the table from being forced to the bottom?
  5. Default to Desktop view on Safari on iOS
  6. Change of company name
  7. the ISIS/islamic state article needs editing and real change in the way this new state is precived
  8. How to include a paragraph of a page into another page?
  9. Bond angle in alcohol is mistaken!
  10. can I put a link for Council Bluffs, Iowa (wikipedia article) on my Facebook group page?
  11. Help with conversion template