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Why did <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serena_Williams&oldid=28812375>you add</a> Serena Williams to the Gay Icon/s catagory? 220.253.86.204 06:30, 8 March 2006 (UTC) (MSN jpshift@hotmail.com)Reply

Kelis edit

You recently added some information to the article on Kelis. However, you forgot to cite your changes and as a result, your edit has been reverted. Please make sure you cite your information in the future. Thanks! --Yamla 17:42, 15 November 2005 (UTC) {{subst:cite-n|Kelis}}Reply

Calendar Girl Article Copyright Infringement edit

Back in late November, 22nd to be exact, you posted some material that was copyrighted. I have removed it. Wikipedia is not a place for copy-and-pasting other people's work without permissions requested. Please do not do it again. -- Mac Davis ญƛ.

Image:Calendar_girl.jpg has been listed as copyright violation edit

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Image:Calendar_girl.jpg has been listed for deletion edit

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-- Mac Davis ญƛ.03:43, 16 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Image:Lil MOW.jpg has been listed for deletion edit

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Image copyright problem with Image:Marymary.jpg edit

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Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. -- Carnildo 13:37, 1 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

Image copyright problem with Image:Serena_catsuit.jpg edit

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The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

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Image copyright problem with Image:Bbuddafly.jpg edit

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Image tagging for Image:Syleena_new.jpg edit

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Editing edit

Please remember to mark your edits as minor when (and only when) they genuinely are minor edits (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'. Thanks!

 
Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing.
--Mel Etitis (Talk) 21:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

WP:CITE


When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

 

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Reply


  • OK, thanks for filling in the edit summary; the trouble is that your edit looks like simple vandalism. You remove an image without saying why, and change the lead so that it's both ungrammatical less inaccurate. Why? --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:10, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

If you think that the cover is incorrect, you need to say so (and say why); the same for other edits. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:48, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

  1. It can't be just a song, not a single (how could it enter singles charts otherwise?).
  2. If it isn't the second, what is it? There seems to have been one (and only one) other single from that album. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 23:03, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

I'm not asking about the cover any more, you've answered that. However, if this is in the charts, I take it that it's a single; as there's only been one other single, then I take it that it's the second single. It may be that my conslucion is false because I've missed something, but you won't say what it is. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 14:13, 30 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Edit summaries edit

Please fill in the edit summary; it's requested by the guidelines, and is a courtesy to other editors. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 21:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Calendar girl.jpg) edit

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Non-free use disputed for Image:Chapter 3.jpg edit

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Hit em up style.jpg edit

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Chapter 3.jpg edit

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mary mary.jpg edit

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ArbCom elections are now open! edit

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ArbCom elections are now open! edit

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