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OK, consider yourself adopted. More info in 2-3 hours. &mdash;dgies tc 13:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, first thing I was going to say is explain the importance of image tagging, but it seems you figured it out. All images must have a copyright tag which explains their source and what license it is available under.  Otherwise the bots will come get you.  Next is I see you are interested in speedy deletion.  It's important to know which pages qualify and which ones can be rehabilitated, or can only be deleted through other means.  Since I can't tell which pages you have tagged if they have been deleted, my first suggestion would just be that for each page you tag, be sure you can identify one of the speedy deletion criteria which applies.  If you want, you could also try a speedy deletion exercise.  Also, if you tag a page for speedy, please leave the creator one of those autogenerated warnings suggested by the speedy tag: it is very helpful to admins in identifying "problem users" who keep creating bad pages.  I guess lastly I'd suggest that while you have a neat user page, don't forget that the primary purpose is to work on the encyclopedia, so just take this as "fair warning" that people who only work on their user pages sometimes get them deleted under "Wikipedia is not MySpace".   &mdash;dgies tc 16:34, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * on the page about "Wikipedia is not MySpace" you just mentioned it does not say anything about having there userpage deleted if that is all they work on.
 * All I'm saying is sometimes it happens and the best defense is to be a positive contributer. Probably nothing to worry about but when I checked your contribs and saw is was 90% stuff for your userpage, it set off an alarm bell.  For gory details see WP:MFD.  &mdash;dgies tc 17:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This is my first day on this account so what do you expect i spent 2 hours moving my user page and editing it.
 * Yeah I realize that, but I've seen some users who never got past editing their own user page and eventually got blocked or had it deleted, so I wanted to save you potential grief by warning you early. it certainly wasn't meant as a threat.  &mdash;dgies tc 18:40, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Changing the subject: I see you saw I commented on the deletion excercise. Something to take away from it: While the speedy deletion criteria are intended to be clear, reasonable people can interpret them in very different ways.  One person's unsalvagable mess is another's stub needing cleanup. I've seen good admins delete "nonsense" pages that were really stubs on true (but obscure) topics which just happened to lack sources.  &mdash;dgies tc 18:40, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Mahanga here. I see that you've been adopted by Dgies. That's great. I'll still be here if you need help. Cheers! MahangaTalk 20:50, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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user creation
Normal users can create accounts because there is nothing special about it and it is meant to be easy to encourage people to contribute to the encyclopedia. Or were you asking about Request an account? &mdash;dgies tc 20:47, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Spam blacklist
On the Spam blacklist, you will see  which is a rule for blocking everything in net.tf. This was likely done because other people using that hosting company have been spamming Wikipedia with links to their sites. You could try to lodge an appeal and get your site exampted here: meta:Talk:Spam_blacklist but its probably just easier to either list your site in plain text as you have done, or find hosting on a site that is not blacklisted. &mdash;dgies tc 19:21, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Pap crap
Actually if you look at his contributions: Special:Contributions/Pap crap you'd see he's only used Wikipedia for making his user page and having conversations with others. Using neat-o admin tools I could also find one deleted edit, in which he created the article Interflash but the only text was "interflash". So it looks like he was using Wikipedia as a chat site or personal web host. I will leave him a message explaining things. &mdash;dgies tc 21:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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INTERFlash
I have added a "" template to the article INTERFlash, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Please see the "prod" notice for more details. &mdash;dgies tc 14:35, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I placed the "prod" because I want PapCrap to learn what sort of policies apply to Wikipedia articles; that Wikipedia is not just for every possible thing and shoudlnt just be used for self-promotion.  If this company is notable, this prod should, well prod them into helping show why people should care about it, and by prodding he gets a weeks to get evidence.  If it's not notable, its a fairly gentle introduction into how you can't make a Wikipedia article for every single company in the world.   &mdash;dgies tc 03:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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