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Welcoming[edit]

Hello. I just saw your message on Meelar's talk page. Meelar is the only human being known to welcome people faster than a bot can. :-) Every change made to any page in Wikipedia shows up on Recent Changes. There are a lot of us who patrol Recent Changes, making sure all of the edits are good. When we see someone whose name is in red, that means they've not written anything on their user page and are probably a new user. We then check to make sure they've been welcomed. Meelar just happens to be very fast at welcoming people. I would like to add my welcome. I hope you enjoy editing here. If you have any questions, you can ask at the help desk or on my talk page. :-) SWAdair | Talk 08:17, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Oops. The link didn't work. I've fixed the link so you can click on Recent Changes now and see what I was talking about. SWAdair | Talk 08:21, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Aw, thanks! [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 15:26, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)

Changing attribution[edit]

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Smash Mouth and The Waterboys[edit]

Hi. I'd like to get the article on The Waterboys fully referenced, and I notice that you made this edit that included The Waterboys as an influence on Steven Harwell. Do you happen to have a reference for that? It would be very helpful. Thanks. Jkelly 04:10, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I can't remember where I read that, but I know I read it somewhere (I didn't make it up). Hm, google wasn't much help, which makes me wonder (I thought google knew everything...). I'll try to find out where I got it from. -Kvaks 21:38, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

When I made that edit, after reading (somewhere) that Waterboys was one of his influences, I changed "Harwell credits Van Halen, Velvet Revolver, and Elvis Presley as his greatest influences" to "Harwell credits Van Halen, The Waterboys, and Elvis Presley as his greatest influences" thinking that Velvet Revolver is a contemporary band and cannot be a influence on an musician whose career's beginnings predates that band. I now see on the Smash Mouth web site that Harwell lists "Van Halen, Velvet Revolver, and Elvis Presley" as favorite music, not his influence, so I should probably change that whole sentence in the Harwell WP article. I'm still sure that I read somewhere that The Waterboys was an infuence on him (incredible as it may sound), else there's no way I'd have made that edit. - Kvaks 22:05, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The reason that I asked is because I am doing a lot of work at The Waterboys (perhaps you would care to contribute at peer review?). It's a shame that we can't find a source for it. 02:49, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Renaming[edit]

Can you update some of the links affected by your change of The Bridge (Iain Banks) to The Bridge (novel)? Guinnog 07:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is that really necessary? I updated the only double redirect. Besides, I'm not even sure the move was such a good idea. It depends on the likelyhood of the other novels mentioned on The_Bridge_(disambiguation) getting wikipedia articles (I have no idea how noteworthy they are). It'd be a lot of unnecessary work to change the links if the page is moved back. --Kvaks 12:07, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not really necessary, no, just arguably good manners. It's a lot of work either way. However, I agree with your move and will not revert it. Guinnog 18:31, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:Laksevaags Bueskyttere.jpg[edit]

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Unspecified source for Image:Laksevaags Bueskyttere.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Laksevaags Bueskyttere.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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JD Samson[edit]

I reverted your edit to JD Samson because your edit was in uncyclopedic language. If you can think of a way of rewording what you wanted to say which would make it suitable for the article, then please feel free. Perhaps a referenced comment about her being a butch lesbian, rather than just saying that she "looks like a dude". Please message me on my talk page if you have any comments. Dondiasco 11:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mind your comments[edit]

This kind of comment adds absolutely nothing to discussions and therefore I removed it. If you want to get your opinion across, I suggest you do it in a civil manner. You could also try to actually add some arguments instead of merely expressing your support or opposition to certain suggestions

Peter ^Isotalo 14:34, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is so (fucking) pathetic. ----Kvaks 22:53, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's easy to be rude when you have anonymity to hind behind, isn't it?

Peter ^Isotalo 12:09, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's also easy to make certain people go bananas just by applying certain "bad" words that trigger their police mentality and reveal where their priorities are. You have shown your true colours. --Kvaks 15:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Farmers Market (band)[edit]

The article was deleted because it failed to assert why the band was notable. If you believe you can write an article showing why the band is notable, I will restore the old article in a subpage of yours so that you may work on it until it is ready to go back to the mainspace. If you would like to do this, let me know and I will do it for you. seresin ( ¡? ) 18:27, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you. --Kvaks (talk) 21:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have restored it to User:Kvaks/Farmers Market. Please keep this in mind. If you need any further assistance, feel free to ask. seresin ( ¡? ) 01:05, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kissa her[edit]

Bubba. --Kvaks (talk) 20:32, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Proposed deletion of The Third and the Mortal[edit]

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