User talk:Desertd

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Desertd! Thank you for your contributions. I am Curtaintoad and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!  CURTAINTOAD! TALK! 06:00, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
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External links policy
Could you please take a minute to read our policy on the use of external links? External links in the body of an article generally do not belong. On the Lake Galilee (Queensland) article, they need to be converted to references if appropriate. Thanks for expanding it. - Shiftchange (talk) 00:44, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

November 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Lake Galilee (Queensland) has been reverted. Your edit here to Lake Galilee (Queensland) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0C4XqVqIwA) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a media file (e.g. a sound or video file) on an external server, then note that linking to such files may be subject to Wikipedia's copyright policy, as well as other parts of our external links guideline. If the information you linked to is indeed in violation of copyright, then such information should not be linked to. Please consider using our upload facility to upload a suitable media file, or consider linking to the original. If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 04:56, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Open water and shore, Lake Galilee (Queensland).jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Open water and shore, Lake Galilee (Queensland).jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that this media item is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media item could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media item is not replaceable, please:


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Orphaned non-free media (File:Open water and shore, Lake Galilee (Queensland).jpg)
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Yapunyah waterhole
Could you add a sentence or two to explain why Yapunyah waterhole is notable? What makes it special, unique or significant enough to have an article in an encyclopedia. I think that will help ensure what otherwise looks like a good article to move into the mainspace. - Shiftchange (talk) 12:27, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Yapunyah waterhole
 The article you submitted to Articles for creation has been created. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  20:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
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Note: The editor who approved Yapunyah waterhole is, I'm just doing some post-move cleanup work for him. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  20:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Yapunyah waterhole
Yapunyah waterhole is coming along nicely. The photos were much needed. You may want to move or add another one to the infobox which is a representative photo of the complete waterhole. There are a few empty fields in the infobox which you may also be able to fill. It would not take too much effort to improve this article to B class, so I suggest you check that link and the criteria to meet that standard if you want to progress the article further. - Shiftchange (talk) 05:38, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

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