User talk:Orangecones

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Speedy deletion nomination of From Boxing Insider

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:2001 airmail stamp C137.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:2001 airmail stamp C137.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ww2censor (talk) 22:06, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Surnames and minor edits

I've reverted your recent changes to Pete Ricketts. Per WP:SURNAME and WP:SAMESURNAME, the subject of the article should be referred to by surname alone after the first mention, unless the subsequent mention is part of a list of persons with the same surname. You might want to look those passages over and make sure you haven't made any other edits contrary thereto.

Also, I note that you marked your changes as minor edits. Before you check that minor-edits box again, you should read WP:MINOR, which tells when it's OK to mark an edit as minor. Basically, the only time you should do so is when it's inconceivable that any editor could object to your edit for any reason. This is almost never; the only time I'd use it would be when correcting an obvious misspelling (e.g. "teh" instead of "the"), or correcting an indisputable punctuation or formatting error (adding a period to the end of a sentence, or the missing second close-bracket to a Wikilink).

The minor-edits thing is potentially problematic because some editors have their watchlists set up to ignore minor edits. To such an editor, your marking an edit as minor when it wasn't might look like an attempt to sneak through a potentially controversial change.

Basically, it never hurts not to check the minor-edit box, and it can cause misunderstandings if you check it when you shouldn't. I'd recommend never checking it, and tend to ignore its existence myself. — Ammodramus (talk) 18:20, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am doing research on the Cubs and keeping track of the owners was easier by listing full names in each and every situation. I apologize for going overboard. I really enjoy helping out as an editor and hope my contribution helps with keeping things in a correct manner and I will not check the minor edit box ..... Orangecones (talk) 23:12, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. No need to apologize; there're lots of Wikipedia policies and conventions, and it takes time to learn them all. — Ammodramus (talk) 11:40, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ies or 's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane#History

I do not know if 1950ies or 1950's would be better Orangecones (talk) 22:47, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have studied the lane numbers trying to figure out if HOV then 1 then 2 then 3 to the shoulder is correct. I call on my OnStar quite ofter to report accidents and I do not know if there is an adopted standard for number lanes when reporting the lane choice for an accident. Does this make sense? Orangecones (talk) 22:52, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For something like your question about the decade, it's a good idea to check the WP manual of style, which you can find at WP:MOS. For this situation, Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Years_and_longer_periods calls for "1950s", with no apostrophe. (I'd personally use "1950's" in my non-WP writing, but when I'm editing WP, I have to abide by WP conventions.) — Ammodramus (talk) 11:47, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I am very happy to get these feedback notices. I did not know the meaning of the word Tovarishch and noticed the was a related link with choices of different meanings of the word so I added brackets for other readers to be able to go to the page of choices to better understand the meaning of the word and the different uses of the word. Thank you for your guidance.Orangecones (talk) 07:05, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear DPL bot I welcome the input and was thinking the many different meanings for the word BIGOT would be aided with a page stating did you mean. Thank you very much and I love the resources Wikipedia offers and the many opportunities to improve ones self. Thank you again. Orangecones (talk) 01:30, 10 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Reliable sources needed for changes or additions

Hello, I'm 32.218.41.207. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Knapp, Dunn County, Wisconsin, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. 32.218.41.207 (talk) 02:26, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello thank you so much for the advise. I am a follower of Knapp WI and had the PO Box 123 at the Knapp postoffice for about 7 years. John Holley Knapp is the founder of Knapp WI. I have books at home to use as referencing the information Orangecones (talk) 03:16, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]