Welcome

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Image Copyright problem

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Beer Welcome

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Welcome! have a beer

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Manual of style

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, you may not know that Wikipedia has a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Using different styles throughout the encyclopedia makes it harder to read. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Katr67 (talk) 17:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Show preview

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  Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In the future, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. Katr67 (talk) 17:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Edit summaries

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Hi there. When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

 

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

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January 2009

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  Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. Gimme danger (talk) 01:46, 16 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

File:BiCen Park View.jpg missing description details

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Images

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It Helps to include a fully filled out {{Information}} box, as this helps when moving images to Commons :). Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:39, 9 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

== File:Pistol Creek Alcoa.jpg.jpg missing description details ==
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File source problem with File:BiCen Park View.jpg

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File Copyright problem

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File:Pearson Greenway.jpg missing description details

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Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as File:Pearson Greenway.jpg is missing a description and/or other details on its image description page. If possible, please add this information. This will help other editors to make better use of the image, and it will be more informative for readers.

If the information is not provided, the image may eventually be proposed for deletion, a situation which is not desirable, and which can easily be avoided.

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File:Pearson Greenway.jpg needs authorship information.

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Dear uploader:

The media file you uploaded as File:Pearson Greenway.jpg is missing information as to it's authorship, or if such information is provided it is confusing.

If possible, please add or clarify this information. This will help other editors to make better use of the image, and it will be more informative for readers.

When adding authorship information to self published work please do NOT use describers such as 'I made this', 'own-work' , 'self-made' or personal names, without making your user name explicit.

This is so that media can be more accurately traced, if it is transferred to Wikimedia Commons.

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File Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading File:Pearson Greenway.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. FASTILYsock (TALK) 20:38, 31 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

File source problem with File:Meadow Habitat.jpg

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File Copyright problem

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File source problem with File:Habitat Sign.jpg

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File Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading File:Habitat Sign.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 05:15, 2 November 2009 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ww2censor (talk) 05:15, 2 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Saint George River watershed

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Hi. In this sentence,

The Saint George River is a river in Maine with a watershed of 225 miles (360 km) in a ...

Should "225 miles (360 km)" be '225 square miles (580 km2)'?
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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Proposed deletion of Pearson Springs Park

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The article Pearson Springs Park has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:NGEO, as a location with no significant coverage by secondary sources.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. SounderBruce 21:05, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply