User talk:Oxyman42
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[edit] Welcome!
Thank you for your contributions, you seem to be off to a good start. Hopefully you will soon join the vast army of Wikipediholics! If you need help on how to title new articles see the naming conventions, and for help on formatting the pages visit the manual of style. For general questions goto Wikipedia:Help or the FAQ, if you can't find your answer there check the Village Pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the Reference Desk (for general questions)! There's still more help at the Tutorial and Policy Library. Plus, don't forget to visit the Community Portal. If you have any more questions after that, feel free to ask me directly on my user talk page.
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[edit] Be Bold!!
You can find me at my user page or talk page for any questions. Happy editing, and we'll see ya 'round. 
Joe I 04:17, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External links
Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thanks. -- Solipsist 05:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- I don't know which link you are referring to, but if I added a link I thought it was relevant to the subject in question. I have nothing to sell and no wish to advertise. If i knew which link you were referring to it would help me to see my mistake. Oxyman42 00:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I shouldn't worry about it too much. From the look of it, it was the links you were adding for articles on www.closertogod.net, drawing improbable comparisons with Masonic symbols. If you are not associated with closertogod.net, then it probably wasn't technically spam linking. Nevertheless, if you are finding websites that discuss some subject, then looking for articles to add them to - that's a bad idea. Instead, its better to know a subject well, then edit that article and find the one or two most appropriate web sites for that subject. Or indeed not add external links at all - after all Wikipedia doesn't really want any external links. We really want content inside the encyclopedia. -- Solipsist 06:57, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] License tagging for Image:Salvagesquad.JPG
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[edit] Image tagging for Image:Photo008.jpg
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[edit] Civility
Please read our policy on civility. The tone of edits like this does not help. AlistairMcMillan 01:40, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, but no matter how much you think you are being provoked, there is never a point where it becomes okay to start insulting other editors. AlistairMcMillan 02:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
