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Your Barnstar

You earned it!

		The Secret Page Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Dreamy for finding the secret page on Some Person's user page! Great job!

Regarding edits to your userpage

Hi. You may remember me with the fatal flaws over at my pages. You see, at first, I was trying that blue floating thing you had on your userpage, so I tried it, got a message telling me to take it down before someone getting me in trouble because, what the blue thing is annoying (although it does help in some way) that can get you in trouble in some way. Talk to User:GlassCobra. --Goodshoped35110s 03:21, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, you're right, there's no policy against it. I was wrong to say that Goodshoped could get in trouble; however, those boxes are definitely pretty disruptive and make reading your page kind of tough. Yours isn't quite as audacious as his was, though. So, you're right, I guess nothing will really come from it, but maybe you could take yours down anyway as a courtesy to those who view your page. Also, could you perhaps be a bit more civil on my talk page from now on? GlassCobra 13:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

How Can I Avoid Conflict of Interest?

I am new to Misplaced Pages, and just need some direction as to how I can avoid any conflict of interest. You are listed in the Help section as someone to contact, so I hope that this is the right place to be! :)

I want to provide some information about the company I am with, which has had it's entire domain blacklisted for abuse by one of our members. I respect the policies and just want to find out what my options are for providing more information, or to find out if there actually are any options. It looks like the decision (found here) to blacklist our domain was made based on one member, while our author community actually consists of over 70,000 authors.

I am not sure if there any process for this, thus my request for help. From what I have researched and have read on the policies, I do know that there is a conflict of interest for appealing this on behalf of EzineArticles, but I would like help in determining any avenue that might help the authors that DO provide informative and factual content the option for their published works to be available.

Unlike the majority of other online author communities, we have a staff of Associate Editors that hand approve every article, as well as a team of Quality Control Specialists providing a "second set of eyes" to each article that is approved. We do understand that there are authors who are going to try and take advantage of the system, who will use their articles for spamming, or other unethical practices. However, we work hard to monitor this. We have a ZERO tolerance for members of our site that spam Misplaced Pages or any other website or service, and will investigate, terminate, and ban any member who abuses our Terms of Service.

If you have any insight for me as to how I might be able to address this without violating any policies or guidelines I would greatly appreciate it!

The other question that I have is about setting up my talk page in order to provide transparency. My contributions are not isolated to the above question, so I want to be sure to point out the connections to my company so that there is never any misunderstanding or question of intent. Again, ANY help you can provide, or direction on where to look for more information on all of this would be greatly appreciated!

Andrea Wall 18:36, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey!

Hey Dreamafter, how are you doing? I see you've been pretty busy. You've even begun adopting other new Wikipedians. That's great! Since you seem doing lots of wikignome-like edits, I invite you to participate in Misplaced Pages:Gnome Week starting next Monday (Oct. 21). I'll see you around. Ciao. Mahanga 05:34, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Personal copyright UserDreamafter.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Personal copyright UserDreamafter.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Misplaced Pages under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Misplaced Pages. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Misplaced Pages (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Misplaced Pages page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 15:29, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Need comment on excessive tagging

Hey, I noticed a user that tags about 300+ pages a day (literally) with typically "needs citations/sources," etc. This person isn't a bot. Something about this irks me. Adding tags to pages really doesn't get people to suddenly edit them. The article should be allowed to evolve without adding ugly tags. At this user's rate, I'm afraid 95% of the articles on Misplaced Pages will soon have a citations tag. What's your view on this? - Cyborg Ninja 16:01, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I found you on some community page here where editors suggest help for other editors. I don't remember the exact page, but you should remember since you posted your name there recently. I don't know what to do with the above user. Their name is Mattisse. He or she has caused other problems here and doesn't appear to be who they say they are (claims to be a grandmother and psychologist, but edits Misplaced Pages ALL DAY?) Check out their contributions. Also check out the copyvio entries for October 20th, where they nominated their own articles as some kind of retaliation against a bot. It's just... weird. - Cyborg Ninja 02:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Warning:Javascript security issue

Hi! I need to inform you that I've protected Misplaced Pages:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Quick wikify because it allows users to add code to the javascript of other users. If you are an admin, you are still able to edit it, but if you are not an admin, please copy and paste it into your userspace to continue modifying it. We can set up a message at the old javascript page telling users to change their links. If you need help, please contact me or User:Eagle_101. Thanks, --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹnoɟʇs 00:28, 22 October 2007 (UTC)