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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Treasure Island loading.png)

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Regarding edits to Puppy (disambiguation)

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Kwiksave

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Thanks for fixing the first date on the Kwiksave article. But you didn't need to do all of the other dates (eg change 7 July to July 7) those dates were in brackets and will auto format to the user's own choice. If you click my preferences at the very top of the screen and then click the Date & Time tab you can set the format that you want dates to appear in. As long as the dates are in brackets eg [[27 July]] [[2007]] or [[July 27]] [[2007]] then they will both appear how you set them to appear in my preferences. (27 July 2007 or July 27 2007). WP:DATE has the full info on date formats. If you need any help just drop me a message on my talk page. - X201 14:48, 6 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the feedback - I do like all dates to be properly formatted to display according to preferences (as per Wikipedia policy). My motivation for changing the others (e.g. "7 July" to "July 7") is actually because "7 July" redirects to the correct article title, which is "July 7". It is my understanding that internal links should point directly to the correct article wherever possible (even if it means making it a piped link), rather than to a redirect page.
However, I have just had a non-exhaustive look through Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and could not find this written explicitly (it is not mentioned on the policy on formatting dates containing a month and a day), so I could be wrong. ;-)
Many thanks again. :-) Leevclarke 15:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Conversion of canal water into drinking water

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You have to be an administrator to delete pages. Ten Pound Hammer(((Broken clamshellsOtter chirps))) 18:26, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

RE: Conversion of canal water into drinking water

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Thanks for your message - had completely forgotten about the user page. I agree about the article, but looking at it was bugging me a bit! Thanks again, Kateshortforbob 15:15, 23 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion tagging

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Thanks for tagging the article PDSA (disambiguation) for deletion. However, it does not meet any of the criteria for speedy deletion. I changed it to a proposed deletion, which is the best process for non-controversial deletions that do not meet the speedy deletion criteria. Cheers! --Ginkgo100talk 22:00, 24 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks.  :-) I wasn't sure of the best approach, but as the page is no longer relevant I thought maybe that might make it a candidate. I could not find a policy specifically on getting obsolete disambiguation pages removed.
Thanks again. :-) Leevclarke 22:07, 24 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Minnie riperton perfect angel.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Treasure Island playing.png)

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HackneyAdWikipedia.gif

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I have only just read your message of 19 March 2009 about getting a higher-res picture. I tried re-uploading a high-res version twice but, both times, it was mysteriously fuzzier than the original low-res version. I am a technical moron, so have no idea why and have reverted to the original. Sorry. All advice gratefully received. Thejohnfleming (talk) 15:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)thejohnflemingReply

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Wolves

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What do you think about what I said about your idea about disambiguating the wolfs from the wolves? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisrus (talkcontribs) 04:17, 19 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

FSU redirect issue

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Jumbo

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Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for the cleanup on the Jumbo article. Thank you for taking the time to do that. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 02:11, 17 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

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