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UFO
The UFO incident has really taken place. This could be the start of a major incident, like what happened in Chicago or Stephenville. The Sacremento TV media, mainly "Air 10" is the one that found it while filming football games. Powerzilla (talk) 20:09, 24 November 2008 (UTC) Link is http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=50924&provider=top Powerzilla (talk) 20:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)


 * While interesting, this isn't really important in context of Sacramento. It might belong on a UFO-related page. Let's see how it develops. -DevinCook (talk) 20:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

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A source that at least makes mention of Rolfe's YouTube ranking.
Wired.com. However, I have no doubts whatosever that it will be rejected by that guy. 216.37.86.10 (talk) 16:16, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will add it. -DevinCook (talk) 16:49, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Re AVGN
I don't understand the fair use rationale for the Super Mecha Christ image or the second fan game image. - A Link to the Past (talk) 08:31, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Do mean the image page rationals? I'll take a closer look. -DevinCook (talk) 08:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

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Ref'ed content
The problem is that the refs don't back the claims made. The removed content and more detail is already at Talk:The Angry Video Game Nerd, where I placed the removed content and explained why it was removed. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 18:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I missed the text on the comment page. We can use the interviews to show he is, at least, know outside the U.S. I haven't listened to the interviews for a long time, but I'm sure we can get it working. Gamers are a tad touchy of "attacks" on the AVGN - mainly due to the abuses of a guy on YouTube. There is a bit of a siege-mentality. Sorry if caused you problems.-DevinCook (talk) 19:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * But they don't claim that he is known outside of the US. We can't make inferences; we need to use it for what it says and nothing more. I'd love to see these interviews back into the article, just not in the way that they were. Good refs in the wrong spot.
 * When we hew closely to the sources, anything else sticks out like a sore thumb, so attacks (other than properly sourced criticism, I suppose) just fall away naturally. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 19:05, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

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 * [[Image:symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]. The image has been relicensed as PD-shape at Commons, so everything's cool.  JGHowes   talk  18:55, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Devin - You need to make the star larger
The red star on Alvarado's California Flag was much larger than on your drawing. See my site - http://www.loeser.us/flags/mexican.html#calif

See original (It still exists) in photograph from Museum of the Southwest - http://www.autrycollections.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=M19835;type=101
 * I updated the flag. Thanks for the heads up and information! -

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Font on California flag
Do you remember what font you used for the California flag? I've looked in the past and couldn't quite find a match. -Optigan13 (talk) 05:55, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

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Avgn
Clearly you have not read what are rules of article managing. You have to follow the links of the page as a whole, if you want the links to be gametrailers fine by me but you to change every single links on the page to gametrailer. If you can't do that then I would have to fight you till the end. Omimon (talk) 05:13, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Fine, I sure that having both links would be the best answer.Omimon (talk) 21:09, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Vermont's seal and coat of arms
Hi, I want to point out that the Great Seal of Vermont does not use color. While a lovely colorized version exists here on wiki, it is not official. The Office of the Secretary of State maintains standards for its limited display and is explicit in black and white reproduction. By contrast, the Coat of arms of Vermont, a more naturalistic arrangement of many of the same elements in the great seal does exist in color, and the specific colors are described by Vermont statute in an 1840 armorial description. The creator of the colorized seal here on wiki, sites an online source, originating on a sub-page of the U.S. Embassy in Germany. That link shows a different color version than what is displayed here. with the colors, matching 1840 description of the coat of arms.

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Central Valley
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Alaskan Flag
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Governor's Flags
Thanks fro your work as well. I just didn't like them down at the bottom like that without a mention. But what you've done is good. I would suggest perhaps though, that you could make a collective page for US Gubernatorial standards, similar to the page for the U.S. Presidential Standard, or the Flags of the  Governors   of the Australian states, which would show all of them together, and some info. I don't think there's enough info on them though for each to have it's own individual page. Unfortunately, it appears they're not used very often, and in some cases, the Governor's offices don't even know they exist anymore, but according to state legislation, they do exist. Atleast now that they're on Wikipedia, the people will know about them. If you wanna create that page some time, you can find all of the Standards on the Commons  here  . Thanks again. Fry1989 (talk) 22:03, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I can work with you on that page sometime if you like also. Fry1989 (talk) 20:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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Atari merge question
Thought you might want to participate as you were involved in the last vote in 2008. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 03:23, 30 April 2011 (UTC)