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Image:Pasq3.jpg

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Where is the better image that you refer to on the Talk page? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 11:22, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Note that Bee-eater still uses the old image. The image to which you refer is certainly better (though rather too much background area for Wikipedia purposes, I'd have thought). I don't really see that poor image quality is grounds for speedying, though, unless you get the permission of the original up-loader. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 11:35, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
In fact the original up-loader was an anon; now that the image is a genuine orphan, there seems to be no reason to keep it. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 11:57, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Image:Viviparous lizard female 2004.jpg

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Why have you listed Image:Viviparous lizard female 2004.jpg for speedy deletion? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 18:18, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

OK, thanks, it's now deleted — but for benefit of the admin who has to decide on deletion, could you make that clear in the {{db}} tag? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:17, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

WAYN

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I suggest you look up Wiki policies on POV and advertising/SPAM. An article may be tagged as POV or as not conforming to Wiki tone WITHOUT the user having to adjust it themselves. The user - myself in this case - is not a subject matter expert on social networking. I therefore do not have to edit it myself but can tag it for others to edit it. If you untag the article again, I will retag it and call for a vote to avert an edit war. This may be avoided if you review wiki policies. 203.57.241.67 (talk) 00:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)EnciseReply

Please explain this "gospel" nonsense. Corvus cornixtalk 20:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

I'm referring why you are trying to claim that news about WAYN is "gospel". Corvus cornixtalk 20:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Do you know what the word "gospel" means? Corvus cornixtalk 21:11, 7 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

I'm sorry, it suddenly occurred to me in the middle of our discussion that you might not be a native speaker, and that's why I asked the question.  :) Corvus cornixtalk 18:21, 8 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

List of tools for static code analysis

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Hey. I'm reverting your additions to this page, on the grounds of our standalone list policy. Basically if you want to add a tool to that list, it has to have its own article on the English Wikipedia. We do this so that the page doesn't turn into a big list of external links. If you have any questions about this policy, feel free to ask me. Thanks. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 00:24, 10 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

Here Maps

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I've reverted you at {{GeoTemplate}} — not because I oppose the inclusion of Here Maps, but because your edit left a bunch of stray code. Please go back and fix it if you'd like Here to appear at the top. Nyttend (talk) 17:30, 18 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Instead of a copy & paste move ..

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.. on Here (Nokia), tag the article with {{db-move|page to move from|reason for move}} and a sysadmin will take care of the move while correctly preserving page revision history. Cheers, hydrox (talk) 21:06, 14 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

  • Also please stop trying to impose your ideas of capitalisation upon the article. If you can persuade hydrox to put back the shouting, I will happily accept it. But not when the edit is done by you. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 15:25, 19 June 2013 (UTC)Reply
I am in favor of "Here" against "HERE". Many brands, such as the magazine TIME, are very clear about all-caps formatting in their own style guide. However, Wikipedia's style guide recommends following standard English capitalization rules where possible. Brand names are rendered like other proper nouns irrespective of the wishes of the brand's proprietor. If you still feel that this article should be renamed, I would suggest opening a discussion on the talk page. --hydrox (talk) 17:17, 19 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tate McRae

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A tag has been placed on Tate McRae requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://genius.com/artists/Tate-mcrae. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Tate McRae moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, Tate McRae, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Praxidicae (talk) 22:55, 6 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Tate McRae

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Hello, Pkuczynski. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Tate McRae".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 17:49, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply