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A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For assisting on the rescue of Dog daycare. Bearian (talk) 18:30, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter

Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter Volume I, Issue III February 2012 Front cover | Feature | News and announcements | Humor | Want ads To contribute to the next newsletter, please visit the Newsletter draft page. ARS Members automatically receive this newsletter. To opt out, please remove your name from the recipients list.

WikiProject Cleanup

Hello, CallawayRox. You are invited to join WikiProject Cleanup, a WikiProject and resource for Misplaced Pages cleanup listings, information and discussion. To join the project, just add your name to the member list. Northamerica1000 00:16, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

The references you are adding to The Oatmeal and FunnyJunk legal dispute

I've noticed that all of the references you're adding to the above article are bare links, meaning they lack any sort of information about the title of the page, author or access date. Leaving bare links is a discouraged form of formatting references, as they can be subject to link rot—meaning it can become difficult for readers to assess when the site was last up or if it still is. It can also make it very difficult to gauge the reliability of the source, since information about the page's author, work or date of publication isn't readily apparent.

There exist several ways to help ease this problem. For instance, {{cite web}} is a template that can easily be used to format references in a citable manner, and is a template I have used extensively on the page. The Reflinks tool can also semi-automatically flesh out information like this in references.

I do appreciate your contributions to the article and your continuing work on it. Please let me know if you have any questions. elektrikSHOOS (talk) 20:29, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For your diligence in updating The Oatmeal and FunnyJunk legal dispute! Jokestress (talk) 18:18, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

You didn't build that

Hi CallawayRox, and thanks for contributing the You didn't build that article. Sorry to tread on your toes, but I've redirected it to Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012, as I don't think the phrase will have any lasting notability outside of the campaign. (See also WP:EVENT and WP:NOTNEWSPAPER for the guidelines on things like this.) Let me know if you have any questions about this. Best regards — Mr. Stradivarius 19:08, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I created a lengthy article regarding what you were working on 2012 Roanoke Obama campaign speech. Enjoy!--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 05:14, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Please self-revert this edit as (a) it is an abuse of the AfD process (you added it after the AfD began), and (b) it's tag-team edit warring. -- Scjessey (talk) 19:36, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

(a) (b) You started it. CallawayRox (talk) 19:40, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

You put it in the article, so I don't see how you can conclude it's my fault. -- Scjessey (talk) 22:02, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

You started the edit war. CallawayRox (talk) 17:47, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Burkie Barnstar
		For your bold effort in creating the article You didn't build that before it was changed into a redirect page, I hereby present to you this barnstar. May it guide you in your continued edits on articles woes subjects relate to conservatism, and bring neutrality to those articles tainted with liberal bias. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 05:06, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

You didn't edit that!

Woof! - Wikidemon (talk) 22:38, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for 2012 Harvard cheating scandal

On 13 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2012 Harvard cheating scandal, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that nearly half the students in the Harvard "Introduction to Congress" course were implicated in a cheating investigation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2012 Harvard cheating scandal. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Panyd 08:05, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of You didn't build that for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article You didn't build that is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/You didn't build that until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:14, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Obie (dog)

On 10 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Obie (dog), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Obie is a dachshund who weighed as much as 77 pounds (35 kilograms)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Obie (dog). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Article Rescue Squadron/Rescue list (2nd nomination)

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Misplaced Pages:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Article_Rescue_Squadron/Rescue_list_(2nd_nomination) is now up for deletion.

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Thank you. Spoildead (talk) 20:01, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Colonel Warden/Orville (cat)

User:Colonel Warden/Orville (cat), a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:Colonel Warden/Orville (cat) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Colonel Warden/Orville (cat) during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 13:58, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks for the assist which reminded me of a recent appearance which I have added - Orville showed up on TV just the other day. He was #27 in that chart but not nearly as scary as #24 - the fearsome cobra cat. Anyway, you might like to help out at skateboarding dog now... Warden (talk) 19:28, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
  • LOL nice move. I found a Orvillecopter page on EFlightwiki with more info on the copter. Skateboarding dog looks tough because Google keeps giving me videos. CallawayRox (talk) 20:25, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks,--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 22:10, 31 January 2013 (UTC)