User talk:Pdesil

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File:DonBrewer.jpg needs authorship information.
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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Shine.ogg
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File source problem with File:Unionband.jpg
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Fair use rationale for File:Lithiumsong.ogg
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Fair use rationale for File:Terryknight.jpg
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File copyright problem with File:Foxyladyalbumcover.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:Feelerablum.jpg
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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Pdesil! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created  is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the article:

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 08:10, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
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Orphaned non-free media (File:PBIR_logo.jpg)
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Possibly unfree File:Palmbeachinternationalracewaymap.jpg
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Tim Steele (racing)
Great job on the article! I have fixed the referencing, expanded the article, and nominated it for Did You Know for the best new content on Wikipedia. I was always impressed by him, so thanks for the inspiration.  Royal broil  02:09, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tim Steele (racing)
Materialscientist (talk) 08:04, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Portal:NASCAR
Hello, if you would like, you can nominate anything such as images, biographies, articles and Did you knows, just add it on the talkpages. I may or may not approve them. Note: You can make up any DYKs. -- Nascar 1996  Contribs / Tasks  22:44, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Nelson Stacy
Great job with the article. I worked on it some more and nominated it for Did You Know.

One thing that you could improve on it to start using the citation templates. I think they're easier that what you've been doing! Here's how you use them. You need to have an edit window open to understand. Check out the upper left part of the screen, just above the editing window. You access them by clicking on the word "Templates" and then you select the appropriate category (often web or news for newspapers / magazines). You fill in the appropriate boxes. A tip is to click on #3 to get today's date for the access date. Make sure that the insertion point is right by clicking where you want the reference to appear. There are other cool things like bold and italics above the templates area.

Good job on the NHRA article! I mentioned that I have a bunch of NHRA images if you start getting into articles. I have some great references for some all-time greats. Up until you came, I was about the only person who has seriously worked on NHRA articles. I'm also the only serious Wikipedian who works on off-road racing articles. I have a broad interest in racing.  Royal broil  13:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Someone Looking for a peer review
Hi, sorry to bother you but I am hoping you can help. User:Bgoodman0310 is looking for a peer review on an article he has written up, User:Bgoodman0310/Sandbox. I am unable to assist him as my knowledge of motorsports is extremely limited and don't even know where to start to look for reliable sources. I am hoping you may be able to give him a bit of a hand, if not let me know I will try and help him the best that I can. Thank you for your time Nevermind I think I have solved the issue - Mcmatter (talk|contrib) 19:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Nelson Stacy
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Orphaned non-free image File:Firebirdinternationalracewaylogo.jpg
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