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• I fixed this image for you, so the photo will not deleted. On an unrelated note, I checked out the page User:The B and found that that user name has not been taken; therefore if you wish you can ask that your wikipedia account be transfered so that you can assume the user name "The B". Thought you might like to know ;) TomStar81 05:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
• Ah, well when I registered it said that "The B" was taken. How would I go about getting my account transferred? Thanks for the help with the image, by the way. Much appreciated! The_B 14:49, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Item A) I am not entirely sure how one goes about transfereing a userpage account to a new page, but if you inquire about such a move at Wikipedia:User page they should be able to answer your questions. Item B) I usually fix a lot of images uploaded under the heading of "fair use". As long as a source is provided (like a website or something similar) and the image in question is being used then its really just a simple matter of adding a fair use rational. In any case, your welcome. TomStar81 21:13, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Found it! Filing a request at Wikipedia:Changing username to ask for your account to be transfered to a new and unused user account is how one goes about changing his (or her, as the case may be) username. TomStar81 02:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio?

I have recently been removing a chain of copyvio episode summaries on the scrubs series and I came across My Friend the Doctor, which you created. However, the two main sites that seem to be the source of the copyvio, www.tv.com and www.scrubs-tv.com don't appear to be the source of the content on that page. Could you please clarify whether you created the episode summary there yourself or whether you found it from an outside source? Thanks. Cowman109^Talk 18:42, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I created the summary myself from watching the episode while writing most of it. The main reason I included the external links was to keep the particular page in line with the other exsisting episode articles. The_B 19:19, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, alright. Thanks for your help. Just so you know, there are now a few dozen episode pages without summaries since they were copy-and-paste jobs from those two websites, so the first three seasons are open to getting episode summaries if you're up to the task :). Thanks again. Cowman109^Talk 19:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Hey, B! Thanks for catching my mistake in my edit to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! I was sort of in a hurry, so I put the exclamation marks in the wrong place, I guess. Once again, thanks; Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 02:36, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Hi!

Nice to see you working on the PCG article... even if you are removing my cover images... *sniff*. :P Anyway, are you still as new and helpless and lost as your userpage states? If so I'd be happy to give you a hand. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 19:09, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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Hi,

I noticed you uploaded a picture of the PC Gamer 2009 (201) UK cover to the PC Gamer article. Do you have this issue of the magazine available, because I need the title of an online game that was reviewed in it? The game itself is a sort of simulation of being the USA President, that mainly revolved around foreign policy.

Cheers, Tractorfan

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