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Hello, FormalDude, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

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The redirect

There's nothing wrong with the redirect. Those notability tags are for articles, not redirects going to articles and they don't require sources. And I checked wikipedia info on redirects that I linled in the summary-it's not breaking any rules and doesn't meet their deletion policy because it's fine. I've being doing redirects for a couple of years and learning off admins and users that have been here for way longer. Grangehilllover (talk) 08:51, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Major Edit to Babes (band)

Hello there, how do you do? I just created the article Babes (band) and I noticed you added an Under Construction tag to it. If you're working on the article now, I wanted to reach out in the spirit of collaboration as I have collected materials and notes related to the subject matter that I will be working off of to gradually improve the article over time. Is there any way I can help with your edits, and perhaps we can compare notes and stay in contact as we move forward? I find a step-by-step approach to the creation and development of new articles to work best for me. Mbroderick271 (talk) 05:26, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Mbroderick271: Hi! Yes, I'm editing the page, adding some content that I researched. Thanks for reaching out to me. I'm glad to have you continue contribution to the article and to bounce content/notes off of eachother. Let's continue talking on the article's talk page.Formal Dude (talk) 05:33, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Taiwanese films

No, these information platforms about Taiwanese films.Zenk0113 (talk) 05:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Zenk0113: If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Formal Dude (talk) 06:02, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:All members of Babes (band).jpg

Thanks for uploading File:All members of Babes (band).jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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Regarding Bi-Mart in the Pay 'n' Save article

Regarding the need for giving a source for Bi-Mart being an employee-owned company: Done. It's from Bi-Mart's official page. Johnnysama (talk) 19:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help me upload images

I want to upload an image or two to South Jordan Fitness and Aquatics Center, specifcally this one for the page's infobox, from their website, here. I'm not sure how I should go about this. Looking for someone to help me out with what the copyright should be for the images. —Formal Dude (talk) 19:39, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, which images precisely are you talking about? I notice that at the bottom of the webpage you linked to, it says "Copyright © 2017 City of South Jordan Utah All rights reserved", which means that it can't be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, as it is not licensed under a free licence, such as a Creative Commons licence. However, they may be able to be uploaded directly to Wikipedia under the fair use procedure. But, I cannot say for sure if these images can be used under this. A good place to ask this question for a more detailed answer may be the copyright village pump at Commons. You may also wish to contact the South Jordan Utah website and ask if they'd be happy to license some images under a license which could be used on Commons, such as a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license - more information about this should be asked for at the copyright village pump. If you need more help, I'd definitely recommend asking at the copyright village pump, or you can you can click this link to ask a question, or just leave a message on my talk page.  Seagull123  Φ  20:11, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again, the copyright of this image is held by the City of South Jordan Utah, and so can't be used on Wikimedia Commons. Again, you may wish to explore the options about fair use (however, I doubt that this would be allowed under fair use), or asking the copyright holder to license the image under a compatible license. Again, you should probably ask at the copyright village pump for more information about this. Also, just as a side note, you added the direct link to the image to your original comment, but - on Wikipedia - you shouldn't (generally) change comments on talk pages, even your own, after someone's replied, so you should probably have added this link below my reply. This isn't a big problem though - just letting you know! (See here for more information about this).  Seagull123  Φ  20:24, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Seagull123: Thanks for telling me that, I didn't know. I don't think fair use would be allowed either. I'm taking the route of contacting them directly and attempting to get a free license. Thank you so much for your help, it has been much appreciated. —Formal Dude (talk) 20:34, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I've found a Wikipedia help page which may be useful to you, here, especially the For images subsection. You may also wish to look at this page regarding boilerplate messages you can use for this purpose.  Seagull123  Φ  21:08, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
That was extremely helpful, thank you. —Formal Dude (talk) 21:18, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of South Jordan Fitness and Aquatics Center

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A tag has been placed on South Jordan Fitness and Aquatics Center requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. reddogsix (talk) 19:43, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help Me: make a custom signature

I've created a custom signature on User:FormalDude/Sig, and I have it placed in my preferences. However, when I sign it, it includes the timestamp in the same format as my talk button. I want the timestamp to show up as normal text, separate from my talk 'button'. How do I do this?

Can you sign here to give an example? Darylgolden(talk) Ping when replying 08:17, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have tweaked the syntax slightly. It should work the way you want it now110.227.64.82 (talk) 09:11, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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