FinFangFoom

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Help Needed

Hi, my name is Michael Parks and I am a student at FIU in Miami, Florida. My current college project involves me, and those who i find to help me, redo the "Bert Oliva" page. I was hoping that you could help because i see that you have helped out with Tony Robbins, and Bert Oliva is like the 'Latin' Tony Robbins...

Well I barely get all these wikipedia rules so if you could somehow help that would be greatly appreciated! The page can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michaelparks/Bert_Oliva

Thank you very much for all of your help! --Michaelparks (talk) 17:50, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

UGA Userbox

Hey there. I like your change to the UGA userbox. Looks very cool, and I went ahead and changed the one on my user page to the new version. Thanks! --SuperNova |T|C| 18:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Do I know you?

Based on your past edits of Starr's Mill High School and Rising Starr Middle School, plus your user page, it seems you may possibly have gone to those schools before heading off to UGA. I'm currently a junior at SMHS, and was a member of the 2002 RSMS team that won the National Science Olympiad team. I also actually started the SMHS and RSMS articles here on wikipedia. My name is Andrew Ash, and I'm wondering if the name rings a bell! --Ash211 04:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Hardy boys cover 14.jpg

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My Page Move

I moved FinFangFoom/Template:Infobox Nazi to User:FinFangFoom/Template:Infobox Nazi as it shouldn't have been in the mainnamespace. Computerjoe's talk 15:41, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Children's literature

Hello, FinFangFoom, and Welcome to WikiProject Children's literature. Go to the To-Do list of this WikiProject to see the list of open tasks. I hope that you enjoy being part of this project. Again welcome!

Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 11:41, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Image:Hardy boys cover 02.jpg

Hello, FinFangFoom. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:Hardy boys cover 02.jpg) was found at the following location: User:FinFangFoom/ScratchSpace. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 07:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Hardy boys cover 03.jpg

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Image:Missingchumscover.jpg

Hello, FinFangFoom. An automated process has found and will an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that is in your userspace. The image (Image:Missingchumscover.jpg) was found at the following location: User:FinFangFoom/ScratchSpace. This image or media will be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. This does not necessarily mean that the image is being deleted, or that the image is being removed from other pages. It is only being removed from the page mentioned above. All mainspace instances of this image will not be affected Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 22:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Hardy_boys_cover_01.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:Hardy_boys_cover_01.jpg

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Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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Hardy Boys book covers

Hi, Would it be possible for your to review your image uploads to [1], adding sourcing information (noted some already have this) and a DETAILED fair use rationale? If possible it would be much appreciated if you could do the same for other uploads in the same category. :) ShakespeareFan00 11:08, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania in Atlanta!

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 09:18, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for Image:Hardy boys cover 01.jpg

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In fact the reason it was tagged has to do with the fact that seemingly the original rights holder was unclear/unattributed. It has nothing to do with it's insertion or otherwise in a specific article. You could help by adding the appropriate information rather than trying to blame some other contributors. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:04, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

AFD trouble

You have to actually create the article Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Cherry_Boone and fill out this macro inside of it: {{subst:afd2|pg=Cherry Boone|cat=|text=}} ~~~~ Let me know if you have any questions.—Kww(talk) 17:44, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Blogs

I know this may seem contradictory, but we can't use blogs as sources for assertiona about other blogs, especially those connected to living people. See WP:BLP and WP:RS. There's some leeway when the blog is hosted/conducted by a mainstream newspaper, or when it is operated by an acknowledged expert on a topic. However neither of those seem to have bee the case with the Michelle Malkin article. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 23:16, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

British date ordering

Hello. I noticed the page for Hannah Starling had her date of birth wrong - looks like you misinterpreted British date ordering in the source. I've fixed that one up; thought I'd let you know in case you'd made this mistake elsewhere and wanted to correct. Cheers! Myrmecophagavir (talk) 13:37, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Nomination of Talk:Paul J. Morochnik for deletion

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. AadaamS (talk) 20:11, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Possible removal of AWB access due to inactivity

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