Rling

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Weedy Seadragon

Hi, Just letting you know that your image Image:WeedySeadragon.jpg has been made a one of our Featured pictures. Thank you for this upload.

And to follow up on that, Image:WeedySeadragon.jpg will be Picture of the Day on the 11th March. The associated caption is pretty close to the main article, but you can check and correct the caption at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 11, 2005. -- Solipsist 21:56, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Photo Gallery

Hi Rling, I recently recieved a photographic barnstar, and clicked on the barnstar to see who else had recieved the honor. I came across you and was wondering if you had a photo gallery where I could see some examples of your work. --Fir0002 11:49, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

Wikimania competition

I thought you might like to know that since one of you images was one of the most popular WP:FPC nominations this year, I've entered it into the Wikimania Media Competition -- Solipsist 19:55, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

animal underwater photo

Maybe you could upload a larger (in filesize) version of Image:Phyllopteryx taeniolatus1.jpg. The compression artifacts can be noticed. Thank you. --Ysangkok 22:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:WIRES Logo.png

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If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. -- SilentAria ^talk 11:42, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Images listed for deletion

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• Image:WIRES Logo.png

Thank you. -- SilentAria ^talk 03:37, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Your image:J-24 yacht racing, Sydney Harbour.jpg

Please see http://www.yacht-wiki.de/index.php/Yacht and de:Wikipedia:Weiternutzung/Mängel#www.yacht-wiki.de.2Findex.php.2FHauptseite. Greets -- de:Benutzer:Martina Nolte

Featured sound

A sound file created by you has been promoted to featured sound status. Your recording, Image:Mating_call_of_a_male_Tokay_gecko_(Gekko_gecko).ogg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate a sound file, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 06:57, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:WIRES Logo.png

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File:Blue Linckia Starfish.JPG now Valued

An image created by you has been promoted to valued picture status Your image, File:Blue Linckia Starfish.JPG, was nominated on Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! I'ḏ♥One 21:29, 18 October 2010 (UTC)