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Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:41, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image source

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Hi Matt, this is no longer a problem, see the Village Pump. Meow! --iMb~Mw 08:30, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading a bigger version; I really like the photograph, but I'm a crypto-buff...Anyway, we've fixed the image so that it's a normal size inline -- the software can automatically "thumbnail" it within the page, but when you click on it you get the full version. Uploading images to Wikipedia is one of the more difficult and obscure things you can do, and takes a bit of getting used to. Don't worry about making mistakes, your contributions are very welcome! Cheers, — Matt Crypto 08:35, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi; your Rilo Kiley image is excellent, but you've not indicated its copyright status. If you've released it under the GFDL, could you please add the {{GFDL}} tag to the image's description page? If it's under some other license, you can check out Wikipedia:Image copyright tags to find the right one. Thanks! -- Hadal 09:23, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I've tagged it as GFDL for you. Cheers, -- Hadal 02:57, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image tags

Hi Matt. Thanks for your contributions, and in particular your images! But I hope you'll forgive me for nagging you about adding the copyright "tags" to the image pages. It is important to remember to do this, as we get a lot of copyright problems with images, and when Wikipedia eventually ends up in print or on CD or DVD we really need to have the status of images sorted out. And it is very easy to do: simply add a {{GFDL}} or {{PD}} tag to the image description page. It'd be much appreciated! — Matt Crypto 16:53, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dont delete my stuff

Dont delete my info on ilford due, i now the town inside out. i dont delete your stuff or anyone elses. i'm providing the street level info on ilfor.

Joinee

Are you a Joinee?

No, but it looks interesting. Might send a photo and see what happens. Cantthinkofagoodname 10:57, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't been involved with either Wiki or Join Me for all that long, and my recent posting was the first time the two had crossed :-) Salty Kid | talk 15:03, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Matt, thanks for dropping by on my talk page :-) I love Wikipedia. Way back at uni I was really into the idea of what I was then calling "self-healing databases" and nowadays it's wonderful to see things which make the internet genuinely collaborative again rather than just being a place to sellsellsell and to merly consume information, which I think it became for a while, or at least was veering towards. Joinee K / Kierant 17:57, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oscars hosts

There was a mispelling in the title of your recent article on Oscars hosts. I moved the article to the correct title I think you intended. -- Longhair | Talk 12:02, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Removing VfD tags prematurely

Do not remove VfD tags prematurely, as you did on Beer Hall of Fame. VfD tags are to remain on an article until the VfD voting and discussion has completed. Similarly, cleanup tags should remain on an article until the cleanup work is done, which has not been accomplished yet on the Beer Hall of Fame article. I strongly welcome your edits on Wikipedia! Just please be sure to do such edits in line with Wikipedia policies. Thanks. --Durin 17:47, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks very much for the congratulations! I noticed your signature goes to User:Matt.Whitby (with a capital "W"), rather than User:Matt.whitby (with a lowercase "w"), which means people end up at the wrong page (Wikipedia is case sensitive). You'd likely be able to fix this by fiddling in the preferences. Thanks again! — Matt Crypto 21:34, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Conspiracy Videos

I think it would be more appropriate to tag is as a VfD. By the way, you need not mention the reason for CSD candidate on the article's talk page, you can use the {{db|reason}} (deletebecause) template. Keep up the good work. utcursch | talk July 5, 2005 08:31 (UTC)

Ok, thanks.. i'll make sure I use that tag in future. Thanks for you help. -- Matt Whitby

VfDs

Hello. Please finish Your Votes for Deletion initiatives... See: Wikipedia:Guide_to_Votes_for_Deletion and the end of Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion. With best wishes, Feydey 13:05, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted article

Hello there. I have a quick question. Is there a list of articles which have been deleted, as one of mine seems to have gone and I can't think of any good recent for it being removed? Cheers --[[User:Matt.whitby|-- user:Matt.whitby]] 14:31, 18 July 2005 (UTC) User:Matt.whitby[reply]

You could search through the log of deleted pages: [1]. You might try searching through your own contribution list, as well: [2]. Hope that's some help. — Matt Crypto 16:13, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Buildings in honour of American presidents

I am not sure that this category isn't redundant, but if it is to retained, and since it is about an American topic, should't the spelling of "honour" be the US spelling "honor"? --Rogerd 17:33, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Image:M alison atkins ark.jpg

The licensing information you provided for that image says "Permission given to show image on Wikipedia". That sounds rather unlikely. Either the image is out of copyright (unfortunately, there's no publication year given), or it is still in copyright and is unfree. Can you clarify? Rl 17:13, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that should be in the Public Domain then. I updated the image description page accordingly. Thank you. Rl 10:11, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematical numbers

Hi. You created Category:Mathematical numbers. It is not clear to me what this category is supposed to contain; furthermore, the name mathematical numbers itself seems rather strange to me (are there any numbers that are not mathematical?). Did you check that none of the subcategories of Category:Numbers like Category:Integer sequences fulfils the purpose that your category is supposed to serve? Cheers, Jitse Niesen (talk) 21:54, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Gunfright

I removed the VFD tag you placed on this article as it never seems to have actually been submitted for deletion, and there is precedent on wikipedia for articles on computer games, even eighties spectrum ones. Djbrianuk 22:32, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Joel spam

I noticed that you re-added a "spam" link in the Billy Joel article. I assume you did this without knowing that link—pianofanman.com—is a known spam link and should not be in the article. An anon user keeps adding it and we keep deleting it. Just FYI. If you see it deleted again in the future (which it most likely will be since the anon user is rather relentless), it shouldn't be re-added. Thanks. — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:34, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Hi. What's a spam link. I went to the link and I don't recall it having any popups, if that's what you mean by spam link. I certainly won't add it back, but if you could explain the term it'd be helpful. Looked like quite a good site to me.

Best wishes, -- User:matt.whitby

Let's keep this discussion here. A spam link is a link that points to a commercial site, no matter how good it is. Amazon.com is a great site, but we don't link to it (except from it's own article). This explains it in more detail. Peace. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:54, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, is it a commerical site? I didn't realise it was.

2005 Kashmir earthquake

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Image copyright problem with Image:War-memorial-east-end-newbury.jpg

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Basicly all you need to do is edit the image page, and add {{PD-self}} which I have done --Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 14:25, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Toga (penguin)

This article created by you has been nominated for deletion here Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toga (penguin). Please vote keep quickly — for some reason people don't think this is encyclopedic. --TimPope 19:02, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:Make povery history band plastic.jpg

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I took the image and am happy to release it into the public domain. I spent ten minutes trying to work out who to apply the tagb, but it's not explained clearly enough. If you'd like to add the tag then you're more than welcome. Best wishes. ~~User:Matt.whitby

Cool, thanks for the reply, I tagged it as public domain already and it's not in danger of being deleted anymore :D - cohesion★talk 07:17, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I have added the appropriate tag. The tag you are after is added to an mage description simply by including the text {{GFDL-self}}. --Martyman-(talk) 10:49, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Woops, sorry I got that wrong. You where after the PD tag which is {{PD-self}}. I will fix the image description. --Martyman-(talk) 10:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I added the tag. You can put it anywhere in the image page; I usually position at the end, because for some tags the boilerplate text is so long it goes off the bottom of the screen, and relevant info below it can get missed. Stan 15:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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IT trainer

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Copyright notification

Hi!

Wikimedia received a copyright violation notification via OTRS from The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. I've removed (at least temporarily) the content they are concerned about, and will discuss with them how best you might maintain your todo list without infringing. (btw: WOW, that's a big project! impressed...) - Amgine 05:46, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, yes. At least, when there is clear evidence of categorization and qualifying, which that list has. One possible method of avoiding conflict might be to create an alphabetized - but not categorized - listing. Or to list only those persons you've already created or found on the en.WP. And of course to give credit (and a linkback) to the original source would do much in the effort to be polite. I'd be happy to help with this if you'd like some help. (I have not yet received a reply from Kensal Green) - Amgine 16:12, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Daniel Whitby is unsourced

Hello Matt. When you have a free moment, could you please provide cite sources for the Daniel Whitby article? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Karen Boyer

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Image copyright problem with Image:Cecil_sharp_house.jpg

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George Lamb/Ray Davies

Matt,

In their Broadcasting Bullitin, released today (8th Dec), Ofcom said they found the George Lamb/Ray Davies interview to not be in breach of generally accepted standards or the Broadcasting Code. Because of this I have removed the paragraph about the interview which you added to George_Lamb_(presenter) on 2nd Oct[3], as it does not seem noteworthy to keep a reference to something that was not upheld by Ofcom or that attracted much attention outside the Kinks fan-base or 'remove George Lamb' community. For example, in the latest bulletin alone GMTV received complaints about generally accepted standards on regarding two separate incidents and were not upheld by Ofcom, and these are not included in the GMTV article either.

I am working hard to keep the George Lamb article in a NPOV and increase the information in the article that is of an encyclopedic nature. Hopefully you agree with the action I have taken. If you do not, I would very much like to discuss the issue with you, and any other members that have an opinion, so that we can find an amicable resolution.

Thanks, drak2 (talk) 23:21, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

December 2008

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Proposed deletion of Blue Cartoon

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re your edit to George Harrison

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Speedy deletion nomination of Emma's Imagination

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July 2011

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Geoffrey rhoades

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Proposed deletion of Mary Ann Thurston

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Findagrave

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Proposed deletion of Blue Cartoon

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Nigel Rogers

Hi, I noticed on twitter some people discussing the recent death of Nigel Rogers. I haven't been able to find any reliable sources for it, but I might not be getting the best search results as I'm in the US. Just thought I'd let you know as the article creator so you can keep an eye out for sources as well. Schazjmd (talk) 18:54, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Update: another editor found a source and updated the article. Schazjmd (talk) 14:50, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User:Schazjmd Thank you. His wife taught me the piano.

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