User talk:Killidude

Editing pages

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Citing references

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To cite a book, use the {{cite book}} template; details are at citing books. To cite a journal, use the {{cite journal}} template; details are at citing journal articles. To list your citations at the end of an article, use the {{reflist}} template which will cause an automatic generation of a reference list.

If you wish to use the same citation more than once in the same article, you can name the tag by modifying the <ref> tag on the first usage to <ref name=blah>; subsequent usage of the citation would simply need a single self-closing <ref name=blah/> tag instead of the fully tagged citation.

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DYK

DYK for Costero

On 3 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Costero, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:36, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Pied Tamarin

On 28 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pied Tamarin, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--PFHLai (talk) 18:22, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Amazon River Dolphin

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		A+ on your efforts with vandalism rollback-- especially at Talk:Amazon River Dolphin, where I didn't roll back quite far enough. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:22, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Primates

Hi, I noticed that in addition to sharing an alma mater, we also share an interest in at least some primates. I was wondering if you were interested in joining the Primate WikiProject. Rlendog (talk) 17:46, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Science lovers wanted!

Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! SarahStierch (talk) 03:51, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited to Wikipedia Takes St. Louis!

Dust off your Polaroid camera and pack your best lenses. The first-ever Wikipedia Takes St. Louis photo hunt kicks off Sat, Sept. 15, at 12:30pm in downtown St. Louis. Tour the streets of the Rome of the West with other Wikipedians and even learn a little St. Louis history. This event is a fun and collaborative way to enhance St. Louis articles with visual content. Novice photographers welcome! Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 00:44, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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File permission problem with File:City of Manaus, downtown, April 22, 2017, March for Science.jpg

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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F11 of the criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Ramaksoud2000Bot (talk) 00:37, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Killidude. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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