Radaar

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Userboxes

Hey Radaar. Thanks for the question. I love feeling useful. I'd explain the whole userbox system myself if I thought I could do it justice, but you'd be a lot better off, I think, checking out WP:BABEL to start out and then maybe WikiProject Userbox for the more "advanced" (i.e., fun) boxes. Good luck! Dave 01:06, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Dia Duit

Hi there! If you're ever short of a few subjects to do, we'd be more than happy to see you at Wikipedia:Irish Wikipedians' notice board. There's not that many of us, and we need all the help and opinions we can get. Cheers!Fergananim 21:25, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Jewelstaite.jpg

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Fair use images

Hi Radaar. I notice that you're using fair use images on your user page. However, use of fair-use images is not permitted on user pages - please could you remove them? Thanks, CLW 22:36, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Fair use images are copyrighted images used on Wikipedia under the terms of fair user - check the images on your user page and if the licensing tag includes the words "fair use", you shouldn't be using them on your user page - these are only licensed for use in actual articles. CLW 16:52, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Hannah as 09'er

You're right, on that criterium she is... I was more thinking of it as the group people run with at school, but thinking back to first season Veronica only classifies 09'ers as the rich people, although there are characters that blur the distinction; Jackie is wealthy but completely rejected by the 09'er crowd, while Veronica was one of them pre-1st season while her father made what must have been a reasonably humble wage as town sheriff. - dharmabum 20:48, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Speedster?

When was it stated that Thomas Shepherd chose the name Speedster? --DrBat 20:01, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not disputing you. I just want to know what issue or news source said he was Speedster. --DrBat 21:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm still interested to hear this. --Chris Griswold 05:05, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I was misinformed. I'm sorry.--Radaar 16:46, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

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Please feel free to contact me on my talk page if I can be of assistance or leave a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions with any questions you may have. Thank you. MER-C 12:47, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Stories Project

Aloha!

My name is Victor Grigas, I’m a storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco working on collecting unique and interesting stories from Wikipedians that can be used to compel donations for the 2011 fundraiser.

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