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ÐℬigXЯaɣ 20:49, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello! Exstraap, you are invited to join other new editors and friendly hosts in the Teahouse, an awesome place to meet people, ask questions, and learn more about Wikipedia. Please join us! Rosiestep (talk) 02:12, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

March 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Globus (music), please cite a reliable source for your addition. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. MikeWazowski (talk) 21:34, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Exit Strategy (film), without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. MikeWazowski (talk) 20:01, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Please stop. Continuing to remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Exit Strategy (film), without resolving the problem that the template refers to, may be considered disruptive editing. Further edits of this type may result in your account being blocked from editing. MikeWazowski (talk) 21:57, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Image Deletion from My Contributions

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How do I delete an image I uploaded for an article but didn't want/use/ or replaced with new image?01:11, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Try placing at the top of the image page {{db-g7}}.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you.01:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Anytime.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:43, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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