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Not user friendly edit

I have a notification saying I've been left a message, but I haven't really been left a message, just some welcome boilerplate. It is confusing. No idea why I've been left it all of a sudden. It is not a good very way to get people onboard. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.177.9.239 (talk) 15:24, 17 March 2017‎ (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Signing your posts on talk pages is required and it is a Commons guideline to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 08:21, 4 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It is probably because you made your first edit here as a logged-in user, but I can't tell because you didn't stay logged in. It is confusing. Please login.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 08:21, 4 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New to WikiCommons edit

Hello, I am not quite sure how to reach out to a user on Wiki, but I would like to ask Ninjatacoshell about the attribution of the File:Medicago italica root nodules 2.JPG under the Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0

Thank you, NatScience1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by NatScience1 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 29 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @NatScience1: Signing your posts on talk pages is required and it is a Commons guideline to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 08:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@NatScience1: The attribution should be "Ninjatacoshell", "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ninjatacoshell", or "Ninjatacoshell at Wikimedia Commons".   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 08:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User talk:Alex42 edit

I got this boilerplate beeing 8 years onboard wikipedia, so it did not help me much. A short personal message, or non at all, would be better. Alex42 (talk) 22:35, 2 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Alex42: Welcome, and thanks for your edits here so far. I'm sorry that the welcome template did not help you much, and that Wikimedia Commons Welcome is not smart enough to look at your Wikipedia contributions.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 08:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Escudo de Alpicat edit

Este escudo de Alpicat que está difundiendo por Internet no es el que desde su aprobación hemos utilizado en nuestro municipio y nos está creando muchas confusiones y molestias. En el expediente de aprobación del escudo, depositado en el Ayuntamiento consta, entre otra documentación, un dibujo del escudo, la resolución de la Direcció General d'Administració Local, el informe del consejero heráldico Armand de Fluviá, que se utilizó para la aprobación del escudo y la notificación al Ayuntamiento. Le agradeceremos que sustituya su imagen por la que siempre hemos utilizado y Hemos intentado actualizar en la página, ya que es la imagen que consideramos correcta (porque consta en el citado expediente). Un saludo,

Ayuntamiento de Alpicat —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 149.34.5.113 (talk) 11:10, 26 October 2020‎ (UTC)Reply[reply]

Alpicat Shield

This Alpicat shield that is being disseminated on the Internet is not the one that we have used in our municipality since its approval and it is creating a lot of confusion and annoyance for us. In the file of approval of the shield, deposited in the City Council, there is, among other documentation, a drawing of the shield, the resolution of the Directorate General of Local Administration, the report of the heraldic adviser Armand de Fluviá, which was used for the approval of shield and notification to the City Council. We would appreciate if you could replace your image with the one that we have always used and that we have tried to update on the page, since it is the image that we consider correct (because it appears in the aforementioned file). Greetings,

Alpicat Town Hall
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 18:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hola y bienvenido. ¿Exactamente dónde podemos encontrar los escudos incorrectos y correctos en línea?
Hi, and welcome. Exactly where can we find the incorrect and correct shields online?   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 18:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Error concerning the Voice of Deliverance Full Gospel Church of God, Crawley. edit

To whom it may concern

I found an error in the article below.

It concerns the word Mauritanian. This word means qualifies a person from Mauritania on the continent of Africa. Actually the correct word should be Mauritian meaning a person from the Island of Mauritius in the Indian ocean.

Thank you

Alain —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 102.116.108.111 (talk) 19:01, 3 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Description Voice of Deliverance Full Gospel Church of God, Langley Drive, Langley Green, Crawley, West Sussex, England. Built in 1954 as St Leonard's Anglican Church; closed on 29 December 2014; and reopened on 29 March 2014 in its new guise as a Pentecostal church with a mostly Mauritanian and Diego Garcian congregation. Date 16 September 2014 Source Own work Author Hassocks5489 —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 102.116.108.111 (talk) 18:57, 3 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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