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Hello! Thank you for your welcome message. I am user on de.wikipedia.org and familiar with wikipedia related topics. All I do here is adding german interwiki links. Bye, --Polarlys 07:48, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Lakeland, Florida

Hi Polarlys! If part of an article is a copyright violation, either remove it or (better) edit the language so that it's not an exact copy. When a topic is clearly notable (such as this one, a city), it's better not to tag the whole article for speedy deletion. Thanks, NawlinWiki 16:07, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

But the copyvio remains in the article’s history? --Polarlys 17:34, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Mail?

I've not got any mail from you. You might wish to resend it. --Deskana (banana) 23:51, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I sent it again. --Polarlys 16:19, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Sick?

Thank you for failing to assume good faith. You are attacking me [1] for creating stubs after at discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources. I was trying to help by sorting out names, finding out that there are two different persons, father and son, creating stubs with the scarce information available online in short time. I've informed about the creation of the stubs at WP:RS and GSWN. As it turns out, "the community" apparently has few if any positive interest in these stubs, so I'll nominate them for deletion unless you retract your accusations and improve both articles. Thank you for you understanding, and get better. -- Matthead  Discuß   10:51, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to {{db-author}}, the two stubs are gone now. Ashes to ashes. -- Matthead  Discuß   23:43, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I lost the will to find euphemisms for bad work, neglecting fundamental project guidelines. --Polarlys (talk) 22:11, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

It is true that some users attempt to censor Nazi warcrimes; others do the same for other controversial areas (Soviet crimes, Isreal-Palestinian conflict, evolution vs creationism... you name it). But in the end, majority of editors don't subscribe to such views, and attempts by biased editors to push their POV are reverted - so don't loose heart. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:07, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Irwin Fridovich

Both here and in the future please consider adequately explaining the copyright problem you flag so that editors can resolve them. All I found was the copy/pasted flagging post. I responded to what I have to guess is your complaint with the article on the Talk page. Jeremyblock (talk) 21:25, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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hello, Polarlys! i noticed that you recently deleted from commons the file MaryinaRoschaStation.jpg. although i was not the user who uploaded the file, i did notice that the image appears to have been used here on stroi.mos.ru, a site run by the government of moscow, and had assumed that it was freely licensed, as noted by the stroi.mos.ru template at commons. is this not the case? dying (talk) 00:41, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

@Dying:, I am sorry I just saw your message now. The file wasn’t properly attributed and I could find a free license. Feel free to upload the file again. Regards, --Polarlys (talk) 19:11, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Polarlys, i was not the original uploader; i admittedly have yet to contribute to commons, and am unfamiliar with its processes. as you are a commons administrator, is it possible for you to undelete the file and add the necessary tags? i have provided a source of the photo for you. is there any other information you would need for this photo to be undeleted? dying (talk) 19:27, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

I can’t verify if the file was available on the website, as the original weblink is broken and the archive link does not load properly. I also speak no Russian, so I can’t verify if there is some exception for some of the content on the website. Sorry, --Polarlys (talk) 19:35, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

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