Welcome[edit]
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Hope to see you around the Wiki! Remember to be Bold! with your edits, and if you have any questions whatsoever, feel free to contact me on my talk page!<>Who?¿? 13:27, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
Cyanobloom image[edit]
Thanks for catching that! My error, never saw that fine print on the NASA page. I removed the image from the article, so it is now an orphan. It will thus be deleted in a week or so. --Janke | Talk 07:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Re: Removing user discussion pages[edit]
Please see WP:USER and WP:OWN. As for evidence, any admin can see any deleted edit. Thanks for writing! RadioKirk talk to me 20:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- Apologies, I was looking at the wrong edit. I removed this user's talk page at the user's own request, which is within rights. If you believe it should be restored, please bring it up for community discussion at WP:AN. Thanks for writing! RadioKirk talk to me 20:27, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- A person who says (s)he is leaving Wikipedia may ask for all user pages to be deleted and, unless good cause is presented otherwise, it's usually granted. If you have good cause, please post it at WP:AN. RadioKirk talk to me 21:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not aware of a written policy one way or another. It is my experience, however, that when a user asks for it, unless there are circumstances under which it should be denied, the request is usually granted. Should I refer you to someone with more experience on this specific subject? RadioKirk talk to me 22:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing me to changes since the last time I'd read policy. As for my more recent experiences, granted, these have been cases of users with extraordinary reasons for deletion, so I'd had no reason to think that anything had changed. RadioKirk talk to me 23:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not aware of a written policy one way or another. It is my experience, however, that when a user asks for it, unless there are circumstances under which it should be denied, the request is usually granted. Should I refer you to someone with more experience on this specific subject? RadioKirk talk to me 22:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- A person who says (s)he is leaving Wikipedia may ask for all user pages to be deleted and, unless good cause is presented otherwise, it's usually granted. If you have good cause, please post it at WP:AN. RadioKirk talk to me 21:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Category:Systems[edit]
Thank you for your contribution to Category:Systems in the past. There is currently a Call for Deletion for this category. If you would like to contribute to the discussion, you would be very welcome. In particular, if you would like to save this category, please add a Keep entry with your "signature" using "~~~~". Please do this soon if possible since the discussion period is very short. Thank you for your interest if you can contribute. Regards, Jonathan Bowen 18:19, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
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