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Welcome[edit]

Hello, Snowfalcon, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Rio[edit]

Have you not got a better pic than that, looks like a blackout.-Gillean666 19:47, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Desert dweller?[edit]

Hi! You out here in the SoCal desert region? Those Kelso Mountains are only about two hours from me. - Lucky 6.9 02:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Questar Pipeline[edit]

Haha, I was going back through all the pipeline articles and fixing that typo, but you beat me to it. --Ignignot 02:37, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas[edit]

Hi! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! Have a nice time. - Darwinek 19:49, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Award[edit]

I, Darwinek, hereby award you this Barnstar for all your prolific work on California and Nevada geography articles. - Darwinek 20:50, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Try to change Shoshone to nearest "real" city and in edit summary write something like "Shoshone is a village, changing to nearest city". - Darwinek 10:20, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dixon NM[edit]

Hi - I just went to post an article on Dixon, New Mexico only to discover that you just beat me ther. So, since I was ready to go I just posted my article in the "discussion" section. Check it out and see if you can find a nice way to combine them. If not, I'll have a go at it. Carptrash 05:32, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just discovered your note - sort of because it appeared on my user page and not my discussion page - but I'll shoot some Dixon, New Mexico shots, or see what I have. Carptrash 02:50, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:Hotel San Remo.JPG[edit]

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{{web-screenshot}} is used for images taken of websites, not images taken from websites. This is an example of a web screenshot: Image:Amazon website-disaster victims.png. --tomf688^{talk} 15:37, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Just use a different fair use template. --tomf688^{talk} 00:05, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Web-screenshot tag[edit]

I've noticed you've uploaded some images tagged with {{web-screenshot}}. This tag is not meant to be used for images that came from Web pages; it's meant to be used for images of Web pages (such as Image:Wikipedia.PNG, for example). I've retagged the images below as having no license information. Please edit the image description pages to include information about the licenses these images are under. —Bkell 00:20, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Template[edit]

Hello Snowy :). Can you go to WP:TFD and comment or vote about Template:PD-USGov-LOC ? Thank you - Darwinek 11:12, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Rhyolite Town Ghosts.jpg[edit]

I believe this image is a copyright violation of the Nevada Commission on Tourism. However, there is no source or copyright information available for this image. As such, I've placed a tag on the image indicating that if the source and copyright information is not provided within seven days of today (January 13), the image will be deleted. Could you please provide this information? Thank you. --Durin 16:23, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Keckssubarusunset.jpg[edit]

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Image Tagging Image:2003 Yamaha FZ1.JPG[edit]

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Image Tagging Image:Caliente_Range_edited.JPG[edit]

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Image Tagging Image:Orocopia_Mountains.JPG[edit]

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Image Tagging Image:SkyWest-United_Express_Canadair_CRJ-700ER.jpg[edit]

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Image Tagging Image:Volga delta.jpg[edit]

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Image copyright problem with Image:Reno_at_night.jpg[edit]

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Mayacmas Mountains[edit]

I believe that the correct spelling should be Mayacamas

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Replaceable fair use Image:Wheeler_Peak_Nevada.jpg[edit]

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Proposal to delete Tule Desert (Arizona)[edit]

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Articles for deletion/Stingray Sam[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image File:Great Basin National Park.jpg[edit]

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Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Sleeper Cell (novel)[edit]

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File:Old schoolhouse in Hoven.jpg needs authorship information[edit]

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File source problem with File:Ganges Delta.jpg[edit]

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File source problem with File:Table Mountain Casino.JPG[edit]

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Nomination of List of people who have beaten Garry Kasparov in chess for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of people who have beaten Garry Kasparov in chess is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people who have beaten Garry Kasparov in chess until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Beerest355 Talk 21:00, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Orocopia Mountains.JPG[edit]

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Possibly unfree File:Old schoolhouse in Hoven.jpg[edit]

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ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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File permission problem with File:Beach near Cambria.jpg[edit]

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File:Caliente Range edited.JPG listed for discussion[edit]

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File:Driving times.JPG listed for discussion[edit]

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File:San Luis Reservoir.JPG listed for discussion[edit]

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File:Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino at night.JPG listed for discussion[edit]

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File source problem with File:Rocky Fain.jpg[edit]

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Please claim your upload(s): File:Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino.JPG[edit]

Hi, This image was seemingly uploaded prior to current image polices, Thank you.

However, as part of ongoing efforts to ensure all media on English Wikipedia is correctly licensed and attributed it would be appreciated if you were able to confirm, that it was your own work, by marking it as {{own}}, amending the {{information}} added by a third party, and by changing the license to an appropriate "self" variant. You can also add |claimed=yes to the {{media by uploader}} tag if it is present to indicate that you've acknowledged the image, and license shown (and updated the {{information}} where appropriate).

This will assist those reviewing the many many "free" images on commons that have not yet been transfered to Commons. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:57, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RC Patrol-related Proposals in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Benchmark Maps[edit]

The article Benchmark Maps has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A big advertisement for a company, many many years w/o improvement. Unreferenced to boot.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:16, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]