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Socks (cat)

Hi Planet. I removed your nomination of this on WP:FAC. Please WP:WIAFA for the types of things needed for a featured article. Socks, unfortunately, is nowhere near the standard. Marskell 09:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Signing Your Name

Make sure you sign your name on the talk pages. It's takes less time to do then to actually add the comment. Mr. C.C. 22:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Reymysteriodvd.jpg)

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Fair use rationale for Image:Wallynorman.jpg

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December 2009

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Scott McLaren. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Jevansen (talk) 21:40, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

January 2011

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. WP:BLP applies equally to talk pages as it does to articles. Please remember that. Courcelles 06:51, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:06, 23 November 2015 (UTC)