User talk:JoshMahar

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Please stop creating an article on your friend. This is an encyclopedia, not facebook. Zoe 00:51, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

Your message was in the right place. If you want to practice, you can use Sandbox, though that gets deleted often, so you can create a personal sandbox at User:JoshMahar/Sandbox (or any other name where "Sandbox" is after your User ID. Welcome to Wikipedia.  Zoe 00:57, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

Minor edits
Hi, Josh. In general, a minor edit is one which only corrects a typo or a spelling, or adds a word or two, maybe one (non-controversial) sentence. Anything other than that, and most people would be annoyed to see it listed as a minor edit. Also, it's usually considered friendly if you put something meaningful in the "edit summary" line when you are making other-than-minor edits, to let other people know what you're editing. You can also sign your Talk page posts with four tildes -- ~. This will include a link to your User page and the date and time that you made the comment. Zoe 19:01, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Uzziah-tablet.jpg
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Possibly unfree File:Mural on summit.JPG
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File permission problem with File:MOHAI Core Exhibit "Change" Section.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:MOHAI Core Exhibit "Change" Section.jpg, which you've attributed to http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlehistory/8617288044/in/photostream. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Possibly unfree files
See Possibly unfree files/2013 October 24. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:54, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:The Logo for Municipal Research and Services Center.png
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Disambiguation link notification for April 6
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August 2015
Hello, I'm Compassionate727. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Capitol Hill, Seattle, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Compassionate727 (talk) 13:50, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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