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Hi there! I recently uploaded an SVG image which made the previous PNG obsolete. The image in question is of a paw print. I was seeing what templates still had the PNG and noticed your signature, which violates Wikipedia rules: Wikipedia:Signatures#Images. :) --Indolences 05:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I am quite familiar with WP:SIG. As I've already told others, WP:SIG is guideline, not a policy, and I therefore do not have to abide by it until they make it so. If they wanted to make absolutely sure that nobody used images in signatures, they would make it a policy. As it stands as a guideline, dissent from ranks is perhaps not encouraged, but you cannot rightfully tell me it is against the rules. And until they produce verifiable sources to prove it, I disagree that an image containing less than 10kb of information will bring Wikipedia to a grinding halt (I did switch your svg file for the png that was in my signature before). And if "it is generally believed that signatures are considered to serve no use to the encyclopedia project," I ask what use is any other kind of personalization? That quote, and these:

• "they are potentially distracting from the actual message"
• "images in signatures give undue prominence to a given user's contribution"
• "they reduce searchability, making pages more difficult to read"

...can easily be said about any signature personalization. The next one:

• "they clutter up the "file links" list on the image page every time you sign on a different talk page"

I'm sorry, it is not my fault Wikipedia allows the "file links" page to display talk pages, project pages, etc. The same problem is encountered by a "featured picture" when many people put that on their user page. I could go on, but I won't. Thanks again for politely guiding me to WP:SIG unlike some have in the past. I hope you agree with me that as long as it remains a guideline and not a policy, I have the right to display whatever I please in my signature. :-D. Have a wonderful day! Mmounties (Talk) 00:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Ohh thanks for the info! I had not realized the "guideline" part; I had just seen the and thought "Oh, this is a must!". -Indolences 04:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

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Image:Karte paretz.jpg

Hi, Can you remember why you marked Image:Karte paretz.jpg as "redundant"? Can you put a link on the page to the duplicate image? It is NOT considered for deletion at the moment. Thanks from Commons. Deadstar 09:16, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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Volume 3, Issue 27	2 July 2007	About the Signpost

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Possibly unfree File:Heilbronn-rathaus-1920.jpg

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Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest

I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 03:09, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Proposed deletion of File:Altenburg-kunstturm Olafbolz.jpg

The file File:Altenburg-kunstturm Olafbolz.jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Just File:Altenburg - Kunstturm.jpg with a not-very-helpful caption off to the side

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Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated files}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Vahurzpu (talk) 21:27, 27 October 2020 (UTC)