User talk:Backgammom

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:RedlandsPalms07small.jpg[edit]

File Copyright problem

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Use of bold type[edit]

Hi, I noticed you are making a lot of changes to the Redlands, California article. Just so you know, bold type should rarely be used in the body of the article per MOS:BOLD. Basically, I believe almost everything that you've added in bold type can just be shown in a regular font. I think this article may have had too much in bold type to begin with. I appreciate your efforts to make Wikipedia a better encyclopedia. Thanks, 72Dino (talk) 18:35, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Disambiguation link notification for October 29[edit]

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List of colleges and universities in California

added links pointing to Orange, Riverside, Pasadena, Burbank, Fremont, Oceanside, Clovis, Alameda, Stockton, Santa Barbara, Inglewood, Universal City, Irvine, Santa Clara, Malibu, Santa Rosa, Escondido, Sunnyvale, Vallejo, San Dimas, Angwin, Whittier, Santa Clarita, Fullerton, Atherton, Pleasant Hill, Deep Springs, Newhall, Redlands, Eagle Rock, Pomona, La Verne, Berkeley, Oak Glen, San Jose and Santa Ana

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Pursuant to the previous message, your edits to List of colleges and universities in California have been reverted due to the addition of too many disambiguation links. bd2412 T 13:27, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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November 2015[edit]

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! – S. Rich (talk) 06:16, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. While you have added some info, your recent edits are disruptive. For example, you add "FOR profit" when the proper description would be "for profit". Please look at the Manual of Style for Wikipedia and comport you edits in accordance with the MOS. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 06:39, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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