Welcome!

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Hi, Rejax, Welcome to Wikipedia!  

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BorgHunter (talk) 15:57, 12 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

RC Patrol

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Hey there, I see that you're a recent changes patroller. I'm not sure if you've heard of it, but Lupin's anti-vandal tool might be useful for you. Keep up the good work! —BorgHunter ubx (talk) 16:15, 17 January 2006 (UTC) 168.213.7.225 12:48, 28 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Re: Tagging images unsourced

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Images need a source. Promotional images may or may not, depending on who is tagging (See discussion here), but it seems it is agreed that all other Fair Use images do need a source (see another discussion following). Since Seems this is a grey area in Wikipedia. Most of the images I tagged were Fair Use with no source. Please, do go to those threads and reply there if you wish to revert something that seems (in most cases, I am not perfect) correct. -- ReyBrujo 16:23, 28 April 2006 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Kazooiestand.PNG)

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  Thanks for uploading Image:Kazooiestand.PNG. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 17:48, 10 October 2007 (UTC)Reply