User talk:HaltonRattlesnake

Welcome HaltonRattlesnake Hi there HaltonRattlesnake. Welcome to Wikipedia, its always good to see new users. When you get a chance, drop us a note at Wikipedia:New user log to introduce yourself! You might also like to put a short introduction on your user page so that other wikipedians can get to know you.

Keep up the great editing that you have been making, including those to the Rattlesnake Point article!

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If you have any questions or just want to chat then leave a message on my talk page and I'll answer as soon as possible. Happy editing, Killfest2—Daniel.Bryant 12:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC) This personalised welcome message was modified from Tmorton166's fantasic customised welcome message.

External links

Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thanks. Mrtea (talk) 21:37, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Please stop adding your links into Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. If you would like to discuss the links, continue the discussion on my talk page or at Wikipedia_talk:Spam. Mrtea (talk) 09:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

See my talk page please. Mrtea (talk) 10:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Please stop inserting your links. Just because you create a heading called "Sources" does not mean you can re-insert any link into Wikipedia under this heading. This is spamming, if you continue, you may be blocked from editing. If you have a problem, discuss it. If you refuse to do so, it looks like vandalism. Mrtea (talk) 10:29, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Your opinions on spam are just that...Opinions, not policy. There are plenty of examples for you to go after, not educational links. Stop harassing me. HaltonRattlesnake 11:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Links don't have to be commercial to be spam. Adding the same type of link to multiple articles can be spamming, especially when the link is of questionable usefulness. To utilize the content of your link, one must download software which, while free, is not feasible for many. Links should provide content that doesn't require the reader to download anything. Please see WP:EL, Wikipedia's external links guidelines, section "Links to normally be avoided", point #6:

“ Direct links to documents that require external applications (such as Flash or Java) to view the relevant content... ”

Also, no one is "harassing" you; your link is being disagreed with. If you keep re-adding it, people will continue to disagree with it and leave warnings. This is standard Wikipedia practice. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 13:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Your name

Hi,
I've seen your name on several page histories, and it intrigues me. Does it mean "a rattlesnake from Halton," the name "Halton Rattlesnake," or "halt on rattlesnake"? I've placed your talk page on my watchlist, so you may reply right here, to keep the discussion all in one place. --Smack (talk) 03:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Some notes

Hey HaltonRattlesanke! Thanks for all your contributions! Just a reminder though, they recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thanks again.

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Oh and the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so everyone always says to fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thanks HR, let me know if you have any questions! Mrtea (talk) 14:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Infobox Canadian Trails

Template:Infobox Canadian Trails has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Patleahy (talk) 22:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Logo wtrail.png

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ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
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