User talk:Nickmastroianni

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! The-Pope (talk) 10:54, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

In response to your feedback
Wow! You shared your knowledge with people all over the world! Continue contributing so that Wikipedia will be a more reliable encyclopedia! Remember, articles are written by contributors like you! Welcome!

Jedd Raynier (talk) 14:25, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Photo uploads
I see that you are still uploading photos. Please ensure that YOU have the right to upload them - linking them to zimbio (which infringes copyright) isn't good enough. Whilst I haven't found an online source for the new Swan image, it looks just like the Getty Images photos in clarity, style etc. The Ian Healy one might be yours, but I'd like to see the full file with Exif info to be sure. Please continue to help, but copyright is taken very seriously here, so please stop uploading other peoples photos. The-Pope (talk) 13:53, 4 January 2012 (UTC)