User talk:DougBlane

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The above image is currently marked for speedy deletion. If you want it to survive, please change the licence tag. -- RHaworth 14:20, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To put that another way: it is pointless to upload pictures and give them the {{db-noncom}} tag. Eg. Image:DougBlane.comWCC2006ani1.gif. And before you upload it again properly, I suggest you seek approval from 32X. -- RHaworth 08:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How to format citations

Hello Wikipedia uses a mark up code to allow for automated updating of footnotes. Please see WP:CITE for information. Active Banana (^bananaphone 19:01, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Potential conflict of interest / user name issues

If you are the Doug Blane whose photographs are being referenced in the sources that you recently added.

Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Active Banana (^bananaphone 19:05, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OR

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. However, I noticed that your username (DougBlane) may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it you are using the name of a living individual and citing references related to that individual. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Active Banana (^bananaphone 19:07, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]