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I've added your name to the members list on the main page. Cheers! Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 18:02, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Meetup

Hi there, I noticed you expressed interest in the Birmingham meetup last October. Just letting you know, another UK meetup is in planning stages, here. We need input on where and when we will meet so comments would be much appreciated. Thanks. Majorly (talk) 16:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Lagoonssevendistricts.jpg

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License tagging for Image:Thelagoons.jpg

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Can you help?

I see you were listed as a participant in the League of Copy-Editors so it seems likely you can ... The thing is the Military history wikiproject urgently needs prose pros to help with our best articles. Milhist covers a broad range of interesting and varied subjects from film to biography, battles to weaponry, and Roman emperors to twentieth-century dictators. In Milhist, A-Class has become the last port of call before FAC and we are looking for people to help identify prose and MoS issues at A-Class A-Class Reviews and help fix them prior to featured article candidacy. We also have a copy-editing section in our Logistics Dept and that can always use experienced copy-editors. For most of our articles, you don't need to be a specialist in the subject matter, just good with words.

If you think you can help, please do! Thanks for your time, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 04:17, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

template

lol. I miss it already. Grk1011 (talk) 13:28, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Deletion debate

Agapi, Fantasou Apla and 10 Hronia Mazi (song) should really be deleted unless there is going to be more than a sentence written on each even tho there really can't be. All of the info is available on the albums page or Vandi's page anyway. I'd appreciate your response (keep or delete) on the talk pages for the deletions.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Agapi#Merger_proposal
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fantasou_Apla#Merger_proposal
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:10_Hronia_Mazi_(song)#Merger_proposal
  

Grk1011 (talk) 20:38, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

No need for the notability tag, I'm working on getting them deleted. Grk1011 (talk) 17:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

July 2008

Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test on the page Agapi worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. Thank you. TestEditBot (talk) 16:59, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia articles, such as those you made to Fantasou Apla, even if your ultimate intention is to fix them. Such edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. TestEditBot (talk) 17:00, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Sourcemagazinejuly.jpg)

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Copyright concern

Hi. The article Mohammed Hadid, which you created, was listed for copyright review at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 December 6. I'm afraid that you did too closely paraphrase your source at [1]. For two examples:

• the source says, "In 1958 the Iraqi military mounted a coup. The monarchy was overthrown, Iraq was proclaimed a republic and Mr. Hadid was appointed Finance Minister." The article said, "In 1958 the Iraqi military mounted a coup. The monarchy was overthrown, Iraq was proclaimed a republic and Hadid was appointed Minister of Finance...."
• the source says, "But in 1960 he stepped down from the Cabinet, and by 1961 almost all the other political ministers were gone from it, replaced largely by followers of the country's strongman, Abdul Karim Kassim." The article said, "In 1960 Hadid stepped down from the Cabinet and, by 1961, almost all the other political ministers were gone from it, replaced largely by followers of the country's strongman, Abdul Karim Kassim."

When dealing with copyrighted works that are not compatibly licensed, Wikipedia's policies only permit two methods of handling. We may either quote verbatim brief excerpts (which must be marked with quotation marks or set aside in block quote) or we must rewrite completely in our own words. (See WP:C and WP:NFC.) The kind of close paraphrasing seen in the above examples constitutes a derivative work, I'm afraid, which we are not permitted to publish by policy or by the US copyright law that governs Wikipedia.

I have revised some of the text in this article and removed some to bring it into compliance. You are welcome to replace the removed text with material written in your own words, but please do not restore the text removed as it was.

If you have any questions about this or the policies that I have linked, please let me know. I will be watching your talk page for a time, and you are always welcome to approach me at mine.

Thank you. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:30, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Lagoonssevendistricts.jpg

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Proposed deletion of 125 London Wall

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Articles for deletion nomination of 125 London Wall

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Orphaned non-free image File:DubaiOperaHouse.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Thelagoons.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:14, 3 April 2018 (UTC)