User talk:Sara goth

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Billings, Montana
Hi, welcome to Wikipedia. Saw your message about the photos I deleted on Billings, Montana. Some pics showed the same object (example, a building) at least three times. I deleted the photo of the damaged arena (which I took) because it is already on the Metra's main page. I deleted the Beartooth Mountains pic because I thought...well, mabey I'll add it back but make it smaller. I'll add back the photo of Pompey's Pillar. Thanks for your input:)

Wolfdog406 (talk) 01:44, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Danielbullis. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Billings, Montana without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Danielbullis (talk) 19:49, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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RE: Images?
Hi, yes I do live here and was born in Billings. If you look on my userpage (click on wolfdog406 in my signature at the bottom), you'll see that I'm from Billings.

But I think calling me a "terrorist" and "Nazi" is definitely uncalled for. I love Billings too and no I am not trying to make a bad impression of Billings at all!

If you have an issue about Billings' page on Wiki, just say so but in a civil manner.

Wolfdog406 (talk) 22:50, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

My age is on my userpage. --> Wolfdog406 (talk) 01:25, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes I guess I could but what does my age have to do with Billings or Wikipedia now?

Wolfdog406 (talk) 02:14, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

No worries. Glad to see a fellow Billingsite on Wikipedia. Not that you have to, you can create a userpage with userboxs describing yourself (see my userpage as an example). If you have any questions about Wikipedia or how to create a userpage, feel free to ask.:)

Wolfdog406 (talk) 23:06, 4 November 2010 (UTC

Tagging Billings, Montana
Hi Sara goth. First of all, yes, I am a new editor and this is my first edit. I did not tag the article to be mean to you; I just did it because the errors I've seen have been there for a while now and nobody has fixed them yet.

My biggest beef is with the History section. There are several instances of words that should be capitalized ("TransAmerica center" and "MET transit center" for example) and punctuation errors ("I-90" instead of "I90", "national companies" instead of "national company's", and no period after the first sentence of the seventh paragraph, for example). The last sentence also reads like an advertisement to me. Finally, the section seems a little long to me. Perhaps you could delete some of the less essential information from it.

If you just go through the article and fix the errors, the article will read so much better. Perhaps you can consult a style manual while you do it. I'd also be happy to fix some of this myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnny Neutrino (talk • contribs) 07:05, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Oops, forgot to add my signature. Johnny Neutrino (talk) 07:08, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Sara, place names (which are proper nouns) should be capitalized ("TransWestern Center"). As for MET, I just meant the "transit center" part.

And I didn't know about the edit history. I'm still finding my way around. Johnny Neutrino (talk) 07:55, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Billings Politics
Hey, please don't remove the sentence that tells about Billings' politics. Just look at Missoula, they have it where it says Missoula is Liberal. Yes Billings is mainly Conservative (I was careful because I know there are some areas of town that vote Democrat/Liberal) and did vote republican in the last presidential election so that part is true! Look here: Yellowstone County 2008 Election Results. I also added a reference for that statement.

Wolfdog406 (talk) 05:50, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

k I won't add that Billings is conservative but I especially don't believe that Billings is Liberal either. Lets just keep the political ideals and how Billings voted out of the Billings page, both conservative and liberal and leave it neutral.

Wolfdog406 (talk) 23:07, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I was busy for a while and didn't have a chance to respond until today. Wolfdog406 (talk) 03:47, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Holy Editing Batgirl
You have done some major work to this page LOOKS GREAT! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Linda Rider (talk • contribs) 23:45, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

March 2011
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Billings, Montana
Ok but I reserve right to return it if we go to long without a new image. The JFK image does not seem like something that needs to be on that page but it is a cool pic. Linda Rider (talk) 22:28, 2 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm improving the breathless prose of the Billings article, not trying to be mean to anyone. Discuss the issue and please, both of you, lay off the mass reverts.  Montanabw (talk) 00:02, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Alberta Bair Theater
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 * I have deleted this article as a blatant copyright violation as well as removed the same text which you added to Billings, Montana back in December 2010 here. In reviewing your recent contributions I also noticed that the text of Four Dances Natural Area was entirely copied and pasted from the two sources you cited. One of them was public domain which would be okay had you appropriately attributed the source instead of just listing it as a reference, but the other is copyrighted making it another copyright violation. I have cleaned that article and replaced the copyrighted text with additional usable public domain text.


 * You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.


 * Also in light of these two instances of copying and pasting from other sources into Wikipedia articles I have to ask: are there more instances of edits such as these that you've made that should be checked in order to see if there are further copyright problems or missing attribution? VernoWhitney (talk) 21:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Verno, I think sara is a relatively inexperienced user and needs carrots more than sticks. She's been around a while, but has edited relatively few articles.  Maybe you can help her out rather than threatening her. Montanabw (talk) 19:32, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid my higher concern right now is with stopping any further copyright violations and with finding any older ones which need to be fixed. If she has any questions or problems with that, I'm more than happy to help out. Regardless, I'm not going to downplay the seriousness with which we must handle copyright problems. VernoWhitney (talk) 20:11, 12 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Serious, yes, but when a relatively innocent mistake by someone who doesn't know any better (especially young editors), I think that WP:AGF and some assistance in fixing the situation makes for a good goal.  Montanabw (talk) 20:36, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Coulson, Montana
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Homewood Park
Do you know where Homewood Park is, it is out near the end of Grand. I have know idea if you are ever out that way but I sure could use a picture of Homewood Park if you had it in you. I have never figured out how to upload photos and you take nice pictures.

Thanks   Linda Rider (talk) 18:43, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

More copyright issues
I'm cleaning the Billings, Montana page and noticed that you added a Lot of copypaste information to the article. You've had issues in the past based on your talk, so are you aware of our copyright policies? If more's found we'll have to open up a copyright investigation against you. Wizardman 17:52, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I have been slowly working on cleaning all those up. I did all that a long time ago when I was not aware. Thank you for your help. Sara goth (talk) 18:42, 21 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Sara, a user tip: Don't copy and paste ANYTHING.  Let me suggest an idea:  Collect the useful snippets into a sandbox, like I did here.  I put the copy and paste inside quotations so I know it's a direct quote, I add the source on the spot, and then I remove snippets as I work on the article, rewriting things into my own words.   Montanabw (talk) 22:51, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Monatanabw, thank you Sara goth (talk)

Speedy deletion nomination of The Northern Hotel


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Nomination of The Northern Hotel for deletion
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Collages
In relation to your collages on the Wikimedia Commons, please read commons:Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter. For instance, in commons:File:Billings, Montana Collage 14.jpg, you've used the images commons:File:US 212 looking west from Vista Point, Montana .jpg, commons:File:Big horn river canyon.jpg and commons:File:Red Lodge Palisades.jpg, but have not acknowledged their sources. As this is a copyright issue, I suggest you fix this on all your collages that have this problem as quickly as possible. (commons:File:Collage of Six Cats-01.jpg is an example of how to acknowledge the sources) ALH (talk) 06:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

yellowstone art museum
hey, do you have any pictures of the Yellowstone Art Museum that you wouldn't mind me using on the YAM page.i don't find anything on wikkicommons.

Linda Rider (talk) 02:08, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Oh, also any pictures of the visible vault at the YAM if you would have any of those. you could post them yourself on the YAM page or if you want me to I would be happy to Thanks!

Linda Rider (talk) 02:51, 22 December 2014 (UTC)


 * You might want to ping too.  I think that user is in Billings and might be able to take a pic if no one else can.    Montanabw (talk)  18:45, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

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