User talk:Longviewport

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Port of Longview, Washington
Thanks for your contributions. You appear to be associated with the port, so I thought I would point out our conflict of interest guidelines, which do not preclude your editing an article about the port but do point out important points about writing from a neutral point-of-view and how Wikipedia is not the place to advertise your business/agency/interest, etc. I haven't looked closely at the article you wrote yet, this is just a standard message I write to people who appear to have a COI. Happy editing! Katr67 00:57, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the article looks good and I applaud your accurate removal of the stuff I thought made it sound like advertising for the port. You might want to look at the other articles in Category:Ports and harbors of Washington or its parent category Category:Ports and harbors of the United States, for more ideas. (With the caveat that not all articles are necessarily up to our standards yet) And if you have any photos that could be freely licensed to the project, that would really enhance the article. Let me know if you have any specific questions about format, content or whatever. Another resource is our business FAQ. Happy editing! Katr67 23:36, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I have continued to edit the article and have uploaded photos to the page. Please let me know if there are any additional areas that need editing. There appears to be a box under References that states that additional references are required. I do not know how to remedy this. I have tried to include as many as possible. Thank you for your assistance.port of longview 18:39, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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Signing tells other editors who you are and when you wrote the message. —EncMstr 23:35, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Hi there. When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:  The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field. If you are adding a section, please do not just keep the previous section's header in the Edit summary field - please fill in your new section's name instead. Thank you. Katr67 18:35, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In the future, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thanks again. Katr67 18:35, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Portoflongview.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Portoflongview.jpg. 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.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. Here is a list of your uploads. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F11 of the criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. --Minorax &laquo;&brvbar;talk&brvbar;&raquo; 14:57, 11 March 2023 (UTC)