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Alison Krauss note[edit]

Thanks! Love your userpage, BTW. Staxringold talkcontribs 22:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation[edit]

You have been invited to my Rascal Flatts contest. To enter my contest and to see official rules click here.O'Malley II 23:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Cool user page!!!

User page[edit]

Hi, your user page is very organized and aesthetically pleasing. I just wanted to let you know that I'm "stealing" some of your user page code and will be using it on my user page. Of course, I will give credit to you at the bottom of my page somewhere. --Blueag9 (Talk | contribs) 09:19, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Stranger[edit]

<G> Do I correctly recall you being part of the stub-sorting project? Need a small assist with this edit where I seem to have two (down the bottom) redlinks sect stubs from my best guesses. If this is outside your normal patrols, just drop me a note and I'll see what I can do to unconfuse myself about your mistaken identity! Thanks either way- Happy spring! // FrankB 18:09, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re: You must have me confused with someone else. I haven't ever been involved in stub sorting. In fact, whenever I try to classify an untagged stub, someone usually comes along behind me and changes it to a more appropriate stub category. So I'm afraid I can't help you this time. If you ever have any questions about chemistry or country music, let me know.... Well, it was good to hear from you again, anyway. Thanks. --TantalumTelluride 21:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't sure, thought it was you or Valentinian, but thanks and likewise on the nice to say hi again. How about James Bond? I have a set of the MGM special editions, and am mining all the documentaries for tidbits and history. Wouldn't mind a collaborator! <G> T'care! // FrankB 22:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No thanks. I've never been much of a James Bond fan. Good luck, though. --TantalumTelluride 23:09, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Amazing... you're declining both a highly prestigious opportunity to work with 'me' and and a chance to proove that you're still both red blooded and male?!!! <G whilst shaking head, muttering I don't understand...> Cheers! Hey... why not work your talk into your signature and give lazy lousy typists like me a break! You've already got the two color separation in your sig... should be easy. // FrankB 23:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding commercial links[edit]

You warned me that I would be banned from editing, unless I stop adding commercial links via the editing facility of Wikipedia. But I really hadn't done something like adding links to pages. Can you please help me with this problem? It is so important, that I can find out, if my computer got hacked or used by some other people when I am away. Thank you! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.101.225.42 (talk) 14:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

There is nothing to worry about. Those commercial links were posted fifteen months ago, and your computer is probably not at all related. IP addresses are assigned by internet-service providers, and (depending on your ISP) your IP address might change as frequently as every few minutes or even every time you load a new webpage. Unfortunately, the best way we have of communicating with unregistered users is by identifying them by their IP addresses, so warnings are sometimes received by innocent users. If you would like to be sure to receive any future messages meant for you, you are welcome to register a free account. --TantalumTelluride 21:22, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice page look![edit]

Just happened by -- so Hi! Cheers! // FrankB 04:27, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Me too... love your user pages (c: RiKiTiKiNiKi 18:01, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Complete Hank Williams.jpg)[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Auburn university logo.gif)[edit]

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Type up the rationale, and you can remove the tag (ie prevent the images deletion) :) ShakespeareFan00 16:43, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-free use disputed for Image:James_Gregory_caricature.gif[edit]

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hacking[edit]

hi i am aditya from india . i want to know that how to check if my computer is hacked or not ? OR any backdoor programs are installed on my computer . i want to know it without using any anti viruses , Is it possible or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.168.120.172 (talk) 13:34, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:David Frizzell.jpg[edit]

Replaceable fair use
Replaceable fair use

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Happy Birthday[edit]

  • FROM YOUR FRIEND:

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This guy has awarded themself a barnstar and signed your name to it. Corvus cornixtalk 05:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Australian Country Music[edit]

Hi,

The Australian Country Music pages to me seems to be in a bit of a mess, who is responsible for it?

Regards,

W Huisman —Preceding unsigned comment added by WHuisman (talkcontribs) 03:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your enthusiasm. With regard to your question, you can see the entire history of the page including its conntributors on its history page. You may also edit the page yourself if you would like to improve it. Feel free to discuss the topic at Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian music or Wikipedia:WikiProject Country Music. Good luck! --TantalumTelluride 04:53, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Just a hello![edit]

So, I know that you're not around Wikipedia much, but if you do stop by at all, I just wanted to say hello, and that I hope things are well with you! -- Natalya 23:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello from Cuba[edit]

Hello!

I'm writing you from Cuba. I'm a Country music fan and I would like to get in touch with you and other people who loves this wonderful music.

If you have a chance please write me to: m.blanc@cristal.hlg.sld.cu

I will be very glad. Hope to see you soon, Manolo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.220.215.13 (talk) 00:08, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cactions tool[edit]

Hey TantalumTelluride, hope you're enjoying your break! Just to inform you, I've released a long-overdue upgrade to the cactions tool, which you should be able to see already (Ctrl-F5 if not). The tool should still work just as before; see User:Haza-w/Caction tool for the documentation. If you find any bugs or have any queries or feature requests, please get in touch. Thanks, and enjoy! haz (talk) 19:46, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck. I'm currently making my return after about a year out of the game, and I'm pleased to say that it hasn't killed me so far! I hope you enjoy your time back. haz (talk) 22:03, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's Expert Peer Review process (or lack of such) for Science related articles[edit]

Hi - I posted the section with the same name on my talk page. Could you take part in discussion ?

User: Shotwell suggested (on my talk page) "I would endorse a WP:EXPERTADVICE page that outlined the wikipedia policies and goals for researchers in a way that enticed them to edit here in an appropriate fashion. Perhaps a well-maintained list of expert editors with institutional affiliation would facilitate this sort of highly informal review process. I don't think anyone would object to a well-maintained list of highly-qualified researchers with institutional affiliation (but then again, everyone seems to object to something)."

We could start with that if you would agree ... - could you help to push his idea through Wikipedia bureaucracy ? Apovolot (talk) 16:28, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In my view people nominated as "expert reviewers" should be willing not to hide under the veil of anonymity. They should be able to demonstrate some level of the verifiable accomplishment / recognition in the domain of professional science . BTW, I do not see any reason why the anonymity of editors on Wikipedia is considered to be a "good thing". Above is my general opinion, so please don't take my statement personally. There is obviously a choice given for everyone in Wikipedia either to act "in open" or to hide behind meaningless assumed pseudonym and I accept this situation. BTW, I do understand current Wikipedia concept that in order to produce good Wikipedia science article, one does not need to be a professional scientist ... - that is fine with me ... But I propose to have (at least optionally) ability to review/qualify such article by the professional scientist. Cheers, Apovolot (talk) 15:31, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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first edit day[edit]

HAPPY FIRST EDIT DAY! from the BIRTHDAYCOMMITTEE

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Have a fantastic day!

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Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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  1. Loretta Schwartz-Nobel - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL

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Invitation to join WikiProject United States[edit]

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Happy Birthday![edit]

Auburn University[edit]

I noticed from your userpage that you're at Auburn University. I just wanted to send you a War Eagle! from a fellow student. Cheers! --Kierkkadon talk/contribs 19:02, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day[edit]

Happy First Edit Day, TantalumTelluride, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Vatsan34 (talk) 17:34, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!!![edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Former-country-collaboration[edit]

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