User talk:Otus scops

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Hi, Otus scops. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck! Chzz ► 00:29, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people.

Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes.

Play in your user area. For example, create User:Otus scops/test.

Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup.

When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page.

There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

-- Chzz ► 00:29, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! When adding {{di-orphaned fair use}}, always remember to fill in the mandatory "date" parameter, or else the file will remain tagged forever without being deleted. The easiest way is to use {{subst:orfud}} (if you don't have a replacement) or {{subst:orfur|replacement}} (if you have a replacement). --Stefan2 (talk) 23:13, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Stefan2. I should have read the instructions more carefully (and noticed that it said "in seven days" rather than giving a date). I think you've found all the places I used it incorrectly - and notified uploaders which I also should have done. For some reason, I thought a bot would do that, even though that isn't what the information in the box says.--Otus scops (talk) 08:14, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	For your thorough recent work cleaning up images including removing pesky boarders, eliminating non-transparent backgrounds, and finding appropriate file sizes, I hereby award you this well deserved barnstar. Keep up the good work work! Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 02:14, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@TLSuda: Thank you very much - my first barnstar!--Otus scops (talk) 20:57, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 16:13, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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