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August 1

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 1

  1. Special:Export limit?
  2. User Name?
  3. Why are some articles picked more often than others?
  4. Learn
  5. Open proxy
  6. User talkpage protected
  7. Save page from wrong editing
  8. Is there anyway to get a random featured article
  9. RSS feeds for Watchlist
  10. Toolserver down?
  11. is arbitrary archive of talk page allowed?
  12. Changing Pages
  13. Template Abbreviation
  14. Image upload... where did it go?
  15. Feature picture
  16. Suggestions?

August 2

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 2

  1. Free logos
  2. noting content added to the wrong section of an article
  3. Incomplete article
  4. Creative Commons on Flickr
  5. Are Userpage Guestbooks allowed?
  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE8#Missing_features
  7. Fixing a picture
  8. Hiding the Contents box
  9. computer speed
  10. publish my article
  11. BLP images
  12. GA Sweeps review userbox

August 3

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 3

  1. My Contributions
  2. making a new page
  3. Windows
  4. No one will reply to my question on the reliable sources noticeboard!
  5. do you want to save this file, or find a program online to open it?
  6. Copyright query
  7. Editing
  8. Page Problems
  9. Convert MP4 file to format Wikipedia will accept
  10. Categorisation of merged articles
  11. Who's the Arbiter?
  12. Copyrights update on the Mobile site
  13. Removing unaired episode descriptions
  14. Boolean Searches
  15. How to remove picture
  16. How to convert a new category to a sub category of an existing category
  17. MIME setting
  18. Fred Parr Watercolour Artist

August 4

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 4

  1. Playing ogg files
  2. genderfication definition
  3. to know who is suffering from HCV in India
  4. Mission statements
  5. Great Ziggurat of Ur
  6. How to move a page
  7. Job Activities of Senior Field Officer(TELE) in Indian Cabinet Secratariat
  8. NHS Blood ad Transplant wiki page
  9. [Technical] – How can I improve Google PageRank for articles with title in English, but with original title in a foreign language?
  10. Global Employment and Literacy Coalition (GEALC) and North-American Organisation for Migration
  11. Citation Needed Tag
  12. Domaining is not squatting.
  13. Uploading Images
  14. TOC showing only sections
  15. Lost Password
  16. phased array radars
  17. Exporting my article to the French Wikipedia
  18. where is the city of Chad?
  19. How do I embed an image from a foreign language Wikipedia?
  20. Redirect is not Correct
  21. Table sorting glitch
  22. Publishing date

August 5

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 5

  1. Fixing redirects
  2. Aloe Vera
  3. External tools
  4. can pages have the same url
  5. Page creation
  6. Co-ordinates for medium-sized areas
  7. Page Reviews/Warnings
  8. Peer reviewed
  9. Use of wikinews as reference
  10. Italy plug vrs North American plugs
  11. Edit war on Young Republicans
  12. is there a way to get a deleted image back?

August 6

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 6

  1. Hiding categories
  2. override this function
  3. PAGE DELITED WITHOUT ANY REASON
  4. Can you change a page as I do not know how to edit a page?
  5. enquiry about the identity
  6. Thomas Chippendale
  7. Tool to find all pages which two editors edited
  8. Citations and external links
  9. E-MAIL ADDRESS'S USEING INTERNET STICKS
  10. How to create Musician list in wikipedia?
  11. Image with no license
  12. Deletion of a page on a company
  13. vatiswa
  14. Music Council Of Australia
  15. Re: adding a link to the Container Garden page
  16. Trouble finding confirmation totals of past SCOTUS justicies
  17. edit warring
  18. Valid source or not?
  19. Changing the Title of a page
  20. Movie Quotes
  21. How to add photos and certain descriptions to articles

August 7

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 7

  1. Beta?
  2. Alternate accounts
  3. mediawiki markup?
  4. I just need help regarding adding the references tag to my article
  5. Infobox
  6. Just need someone to look at my article and tell me where to put the 'references tag', or what else I should do. Thank you.
  7. Lists and images
  8. File in English link for other languages
  9. Random using #expr:
  10. Automating a list
  11. Beta?
  12. Sub page
  13. editing articles
  14. 3rd link under references is wrong URL and has to be changed, Reflist needes to be unlocked for future updates
  15. Translate the new Vector stylesheet
  16. how to create line drawings
  17. How do you create a wiki page?
  18. Infobox for Russian submarine K-496 Borisoglebsk
  19. Adding a quote box for a written letter for the Kurt Wintgens Wikipedia article
  20. infobox footnote problem

August 8

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 8

  1. Which template should I use related to Wikipedia:NOT_PAPERS
  2. Didn't Know You Could Do That
  3. The Beta. Will it replace the old version?
  4. Beverages in Kerala
  5. Auto title for sectiosns and auto signature
  6. Asking here
  7. Board of Trustees election
  8. daewoo cars
  9. Profunda artery
  10. Question about PStricks
  11. Orphan pages with regards to redirects
  12. Contradicting informations between en and cs Wikipedia
  13. Autoconfirmation
  14. Beta discussion?
  15. Date range style in infoboxes
  16. LOST CARD
  17. Page creation
  18. No visible images

August 9

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 9

  1. Checkusers
  2. How come users delete pages I edit?
  3. Having problem creating an unified login
  4. Calulation of Wikipedia Depth
  5. flipflop article with redirect?
  6. Black Country
  7. Dec. 19, 2006 Help Desk archive
  8. Moving article from user space to new article space
  9. Accidental redirect
  10. How do I verify information about myself that is on my wikipedia page?
  11. 1000 year old equadorian artifact

August 10

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 10

  1. Can You Insert Text From One Wikipedia Article Into Another?
  2. Hiding category list
  3. If you wanna quit, how do you??
  4. Am I allowed to use a photograph of someone else's painting in a Wiki article if I bought that painting?
  5. Is there any way to turn on line numbers?
  6. Switching from secured to unsecured page
  7. Login unification
  8. CED Capacitance electronic disc system
  9. Editing text above edit box
  10. Help template
  11. asexual reproduction
  12. Are open accounts allowed
  13. Biographical article
  14. can't log in
  15. Today's featured article
  16. Disabling popups
  17. Changing the title of an article
  18. Unable to open wikipedia addresses found in Google -- Windows XP says no file extension associated
  19. Pages that contain only an infobox and a "reflist"
  20. Block and Ban

August 11

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 11

  1. An image license template and "all rights reserved"
  2. I just uploaded a photo to add to a director's artcle, need help!!!
  3. Editing problems when logged in
  4. how do a searching for one particular word in the text ( not entry title)?
  5. I NEED HELP MAKING A LINK ON A WIKIPEDIA PAGE TO A WIKISOURCE PAGE
  6. Free use?
  7. login/editing problem
  8. Template class page
  9. bot to convert jpgs to pngs?
  10. New Stussy article
  11. Paragraph boxed and elongated
  12. Log in
  13. Creating a portal
  14. Are US Department Of Justice Files Considered Citable Sources ?
  15. Some Template Related Query. Problem With "|"
  16. Image
  17. problem deleting a logo
  18. Is there a page which lists which WikiProjects have the most articles?
  19. I replaced my article's one photo with a cleaner one, yet Wikipedia added 4 extras photo to the file history/jpg page (not what I did).
  20. SUL account
  21. Rating Articles
  22. Someone elses writing.
  23. Taking text from annother website

August 12

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 12

  1. Getting Started
  2. My Kelly Kelly Page was deleted
  3. I need an Admin
  4. IP Address
  5. Can't find project page
  6. Hang on
  7. Can I add a line saying our company has not reviewed this?
  8. Article I created MUST BE DELETED
  9. how do I send a page to a friend?
  10. best school
  11. Re: Delete account
  12. Change the name of a Wikipedia page
  13. Title Editing
  14. substantiate notability
  15. pls help me with my password
  16. Question about duplication of material
  17. renaming non-existing topics with existing ones
  18. Reference question for my page for you
  19. Infoboxes and Images
  20. Accidentally damaged a page somehow
  21. Registeration
  22. Non-breaking spaces
  23. Healthcare options
  24. Plagiarism
  25. Colt 1860 Army .44 Caliber Revolver S/n 16763
  26. addig a category

August 13

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 13

  1. Copyright/usage of the Wikipedia logo
  2. Template for "Read discussion first"
  3. What additional source is needed for the page of D. Bertsekas?
  4. chat
  5. New Article
  6. Citations.
  7. Adding to an article without logging in..sorry
  8. AFD muckup
  9. Finding my article when searching
  10. Template for the nth AfD
  11. New page
  12. Flagging as Inaccurate or Obsolete
  13. Beta
  14. Fabian A. Koss
  15. American Motorcyclist Association
  16. Mobile editing
  17. Change Entry Name Capitalization

August 14

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 14

  1. I was given the following advice as to how to improve my page Kerry Hallam
  2. Title mistake
  3. dropdown section?
  4. iPhone App for Watchlist
  5. "Current user" display
  6. Do we have a template page for an article that is primarily based on primary soures?
  7. Are externak links to blogs allowed?
  8. Signature appearance
  9. Illegal link
  10. deleting account
  11. How do I add my own links to the sidebar
  12. Securing content rights protection
  13. Starting a brand new page
  14. I received a strange email in Croatian from WikiAdmin??!
  15. Strange email
  16. hiding minor edits for user contributions
  17. Changing Title of an Article
  18. Broken Links

August 15

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 15

  1. Moving an article from user page to general accessibility
  2. flicker page as reference
  3. Help with clean up tag
  4. How can i browse wiki offline?
  5. give information
  6. Browser problem?
  7. My page was deleted - the error message said it was deleted because other information was not found on google
  8. Uploading photos but first i need to undergone 10 edit
  9. Deletion discussions
  10. Search function
  11. Rollback and Reverting: Difference?
  12. Change the Name of Wikipedia Page
  13. can't export new article to the web
  14. creating signatures
  15. Blip External Link Graphic in Infobox

August 16

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 16

  1. Tmbox
  2. Roger Federer
  3. Uploading translated pages
  4. Trouble with templates and functions.
  5. Inexperienced Need Help
  6. New user here, with new page & need review of it & what I can do;
  7. Uploading Images
  8. My Page Has Been Deleted
  9. How long will it take for a new page that I added to appear?
  10. $ per square foot conversion

August 17

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 17

  1. "What links here" oddness
  2. Help wikify article
  3. Talk:Chicago Theatre/GA1
  4. help us PLEASE. page content dispute over Party in the USA
  5. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 17#WP:Citation_needed.2C_and_making_a_list_of_alternatives_to_.7B.7Btl.7Cfact.7D.7D|WP:Citation needed, and making a list of alternatives to {{fact}}]]
  6. License Plate On File
  7. research project
  8. Review the article please
  9. wrong entry
  10. bad gateway
  11. Child support
  12. Article "Female Transformers"
  13. mime file type not recognized
  14. Investment in Rwanda
  15. Speedily Deleted Articles
  16. Problem moving pages
  17. burning pictures to a dvd
  18. post a photo
  19. Citing musical works
  20. how can I change my password
  21. Iran (word) - Persian literature?
  22. How to use talk pages
  23. How can I change/move the name of a file/picture
  24. donna hagen
  25. adding pictures
  26. Mass nonsense/spam edits

August 18

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 18

  1. Enable mobile version
  2. Merging Cells
  3. Help
  4. Suppression without explanations of 8000 bytes from "Quinceañera film"
  5. Search for not so new article
  6. Access a specific deleted revision given its oldid
  7. Notability of Websites
  8. Order of items on a disambiguation page
  9. Chimerica
  10. Infobox or Table
  11. Arbitration policy
  12. Searching user contributions
  13. gk
  14. Moving page
  15. discrete mathematics/posets115.240.202.190 (talk) 19:51, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
  16. Map on Christianity article
  17. Question about " This websites has been blocked REASON: Phishing Attempt
  18. Listing order of new links, is there a protocol?

August 19

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 19

  1. external links?
  2. My Name- Info keeps getting deleted Why and by whom?
  3. Inserting a Photo
  4. Able to contact Queen Rania of Jordan
  5. Server load from blank transclusion
  6. Wikipedia links to official nomenclature documentation for receptor protiens?
  7. My Account
  8. Rabies article/map
  9. Float
  10. big and small
  11. 3 Questions/ Website Info/ References
  12. What is the policy about garbage in a talk page?
  13. improvement to main page
  14. Pronunciation
  15. walled garden of crap
  16. how do you indent certain lines on a content box?
  17. Conflict of Interest question
  18. Canadain Pacific Railway info
  19. refs working oddly
  20. Does this need to be deleted?
  21. I am a new user and I need help!
  22. First white settler, New Zealand

August 20

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 20

  1. Arabic names for foreigners?
  2. Adding new name to list of Chileans of Italian descent
  3. Can someone help me give better advice?
  4. the poem shakespeare by john donn
  5. Deletion of my contribution
  6. Copyright company logo
  7. Kohl Automobile
  8. Navbox with collapsible groups, collapsing logic
  9. Question re: FA review
  10. wikihow
  11. Signing
  12. Something has gone wonky for me in Google Chrome.

August 21

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 21

  1. AfD Question
  2. manga
  3. August 20th 2009 - Events
  4. The Wikipedia citation bot
  5. pop
  6. How do I create an Infobox?
  7. Maps
  8. Strange display of Wikipedia pages
  9. Not receiving verification email
  10. online payment
  11. Changing unfactual information
  12. Please help me
  13. google images?
  14. Creating a list in a table.
  15. WP 1.0 Bot
  16. Is this a legitimate reference?
  17. Geographic coordinates
  18. Editing Semi-Protected Pages
  19. Do 'Goodwill' employees wear uniforms in Ontario, Canada?

August 22

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 22

  1. problem logging in from china
  2. Visual differences when logged in and logged out
  3. How to upload an image?
  4. Article naming
  5. Adding pictures
  6. Possible to delete my account?
  7. proposed deletion of 'maple palm'
  8. owners title
  9. Adding Pictures to a new article?
  10. What Stub should this be catergorized with?
  11. 1976 CB 360 Honda
  12. DreamJournal software - would that be considered spam?
  13. Can't find the problem template
  14. adding information to your article.
  15. Titles in other languages
  16. Prince Namor
  17. FFD when?
  18. Usage of words or phrases in articles

August 23

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 23

  1. Genealogy of Umberto 11 and Maria Jose of Belgium
  2. wikipedia logo - a foot?
  3. Twinkle
  4. Should Wikipedia:Meta....
  5. Naming for placenames and search
  6. Vandalism
  7. User subpage use
  8. Where is my newly composed page?
  9. Time Help
  10. Article Bad habit
  11. Logging In
  12. Help with citations
  13. Is a YouTube video original research?
  14. Link to a section in a hatnote?
  15. 2 pair of geographic coordinates
  16. Featured article publication date?
  17. Placename confusion
  18. Is there a way to make an icon show up for Good Articles?
  19. Buggy diffs
  20. Counting all the pages in a category including those in subcategories
  21. PHP Unix timestamp
  22. Vandal deterrent

August 24

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 24

  1. harry potter book order
  2. RE: experienced adminstrator available?
  3. What is up with the strange colouring of text....
  4. Deletion
  5. confused about how to transfere page i have created
  6. Help editing a page
  7. spelling list
  8. Social Security Benefit Questions
  9. My Watchlist takes ages to load today.
  10. author of an article
  11. is this vandalism?
  12. photos
  13. Editing introductory paragraph for topic
  14. Help with reverting vandalism

August 25

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 25

  1. Pulling distribution of articles based on infobox parameter
  2. Incorrect US Congressional District map
  3. Evinrude Out Board Motor Repair
  4. Is there not a difference between "free references" and the "only reference" not being viewable?
  5. Logo
  6. Difference between Studio and Distributor
  7. Adding copyright information to an image
  8. Starting a new wiki, want to copy some content.
  9. Rules on setting up a page
  10. Need
  11. trying to add links to page,
  12. Interlanguage links and cultural differences
  13. Flagged Revisions
  14. Language Templates
  15. Is there a wikipedia suggestions page?
  16. Moving an article under beta.
  17. Homework Help
  18. Correcting a name - is that considered major or minor edit?
  19. Why was Family data removed from right column summary block for all people on Wikipedia?
  20. Iota Lambda Pi Fraternity Incorporated
  21. Top Aces Consulting
  22. How do you Place the green resolved check into a post?
  23. What Vandal tag to use for...
  24. Splitting a split article further
  25. Conflict of Interest: Writing for an employer, from a neutral point of view
  26. Can you block people from editing your page?
  27. Using an image from the Italian Wikipedia
  28. add Fulton Ross to list of Black artists
  29. I need help giving help.
  30. Toronto Transit Commission accessibility
  31. Overlapping infobox and text
  32. Help getting page viewable...
  33. SouthPeak Game

August 26

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 26

  1. a list of medical device companies
  2. Cnote2 display issue in Firefox
  3. How to publish my page?
  4. Going around in circles
  5. Roster template question
  6. Cannabis (drug) protection
  7. Tick symbol
  8. My new page does not show up on Wikipedia except in my contributions
  9. Wikipedia Artwork
  10. Non-free image used in two articles, but with a rationale for only one of them
  11. How to spell out link to shortcut "CAT:CSD" ?
  12. facebook
  13. Seeking a way to contact a person who added to a page
  14. Unknown File Type
  15. posting pdf references that do not link to an external web site
  16. Putting about myself
  17. Merging Accounts
  18. Noinclude showing up without explanation
  19. CNN Story
  20. How can I get my original account back?

August 27

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 27

  1. Lost password?
  2. definition for cable assembly and harness
  3. semi protected page
  4. Include my email address when other people are notified of changes I make
  5. Template help
  6. Fix infobox at Broadmoor Hospital please
  7. Change in policy?
  8. Using wikipedia articles on travel info websites
  9. qui
  10. WikiProject Discussion Pages
  11. Deleting an article
  12. How do I change the list of Alternative Medical Syatems
  13. Image help
  14. Project tags
  15. Stubs
  16. Speedy Deletion?
  17. Twinkle
  18. Should this be deleted?
  19. My First Question
  20. Mars?
  21. Conflicting image names

August 28

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 28

  1. deleting accounts
  2. Washington Post carries an article by the Associated Press, who is the publisher?
  3. Paragraph strangeness
  4. Ostrich
  5. Creating a Template for a Basketball Team Roster
  6. Is facebook public domain
  7. Getting into an Edit War with a vandal, help!
  8. the worst
  9. Creating a new Term & Definition
  10. Text message
  11. Publishing on Wikipedia
  12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_and_Linux
  13. Renaming and deleting articles
  14. Reporting baised Wikipedia user CaliforniaAliBaba
  15. Three Revert Rule
  16. Article "Cor anglais (English horn)
  17. create united account for all Wiki Projects
  18. submitting an bio entry
  19. Alien Breed (band)
  20. Copyrighted Issues
  21. Stopping an automatic redirect
  22. money question
  23. Adolfo De Bareis
  24. Help on displaying a template correctly
  25. Vintage Magazines
  26. Sum of a column of numerical values?
  27. Copyright info issue
  28. Need the answer
  29. File history for images

August 29

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 29

  1. Editing reference with external link
  2. Bruce DePalma
  3. Mango disease
  4. Donation
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCno
  6. Help in creating articles
  7. Two questions
  8. Lag
  9. Table, center cell only.
  10. Res judicata prints as iudicata
  11. Links to commercial websites in articles (not relevant to content).
  12. Try Beta

August 30

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 30

  1. Adoption/Mentorship
  2. How do I add a name to a list
  3. Code issues
  4. All Caps
  5. Wikipedia dumps
  6. Edit count
  7. scotland overseas bank
  8. Improper editing
  9. Merging/deleting categories
  10. Michael Joseph Aprile
  11. killer 454
  12. How do I link two wikipedia articles in different languages?
  13. Updating/Correcting Semi-Protected Pages
  14. Wikipedia article "Bird's Nest soup"
  15. Honey's Boys on Big Cat Diary
  16. How can I add an IMAGE to an existing bio that doesn't contain a photo?

August 31

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 31

  1. Deleting a Page
  2. Table of Content
  3. Photography
  4. Deleting image
  5. How to ask a Question
  6. Suspected repeat vandalism by newish user Macgrissom
  7. Trademark question
  8. Wikipedia bio of VAdm.Theodore S. Wilkinson
  9. JPG link to Wikipedia Pages
  10. Discovery Air Inc.
  11. messaging members
  12. Table & table in template help
  13. Pewter
  14. Warning tags on Dominion Resources article
  15. I did not have permission to upload photo. How do I remove them?
  16. Just out of curiosity

August 22

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 22