User talk:Kragen

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==Welcome== Hello Kragen and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've chosen to join us. This is a great project with lots of dedicated people, which might seem intimidating at times, but don't let anything discourage you. Be bold!, explore, and contribute. If you want to learn more,

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I feel obligated to point out that I´ve been contributing to Wikipedia since 2001, although I haven´t usually bothered to sign in. Kragen Sitaker 21:42, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Copyright problems

Hi, Kragen. You don't have to nominate copyright violations on AfD. You can just mark them as copyright violations and post them on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. First, erase the page's content and enter {{copyvio|url=}}. Then just put in the url of the source after the equal sign. This will produce a template when you save it and you just follow the instructions it gives it. In some cases, the source doesn't have a web page. In that case, put your explanation where the url would go, but use bold around it (made with three apostrophes on both sides). Good work on catching the copyvio. Thanks, Kjkolb 07:34, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! Kragen Sitaker 06:20, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I wish I could be like you. I was going to say, "I wish I had been like you when I was 18," but then I realized I still haven't done anything comparable to what you've done. You rock. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kragen (talk • contribs)

Thank you for the kind words to my talk page, its nice to be appreciated.
I read your homepage→ interesting. If you need help with any matter, just ask. See you around. Oran e (t) (c) (e-mail) 17:07, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Siegler

They've nominated my article for deletion again. Would appreciate it if you could drop by the page and say something about it. It feels unfair for me to be back here again after the article survived once before. What's to stop people from doing it a third or fourth time? Thanks, Dopefish 03:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Straw poll on free software categorization of POV-Ray

Since you previously commented on the categorization of POV-Ray, can you please comment in Talk:POV-Ray#Free_software_categorization_straw_poll Karnesky 22:57, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] i also like pie

Hi! to do redirects, change the page to #REDIRECT [[destinationpage]], to go to a redirecting (source) page for editing follow the link atop the redirectee, eg (Redirected from source). Skullers (talk) 18:41, 31 December 2007 (UTC)