User talk:Buddpaul
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[edit]Man, I sure hope I did things right on my first upload!! Buddpaul (talk) 19:35, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
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[edit]{{helpme}} ....just uploaded my first file.....a photo I took some time ago. Did I do it right? Buddpaul (talk) 19:42, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- Everything fine. I just changed the category (Category:Vocalists with guitars). -- Common Good (talk) 19:05, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I just removed 2 redundant categories from File:Tyler SP group shelter.jpg. Please read COM:OVERCAT -- Common Good (talk) 19:29, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images
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[edit]Sweet God in heaven.........can someone help me to figure out how to convert an wmv file to an ogg format file? I don't get stumped very often, but man, I'm about at the end of my rope. These open-source projects.....they get so in love with their "open-sourceness" that they make it convoluted for you to just grab the app and use it!!!!! Any help would be profoundly appreciated!! Buddpaul (talk) 01:57, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
- see Help:Converting video, of which the online option would be most attractive to me.--KTo288 (talk) 23:23, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
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User name change?
[edit]Hi. See Commons:Changing username/Current requests. --Aʁsenjyʁdəgaljɔm11671 12:31, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2015 is open!
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Dear Buddpaul,
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Help?
[edit]{{Helpme}}
I am trying to set this image:
up for consideration as a valued image, but I think I didn't do it right. Can someone help me, please? --Buddpaul (talk) 18:31, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
- I've fixed your problem, and the image is now listed at COM:VIC. When starting the process, don't include the "File:" prefix. Reventtalk 05:56, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
- No it will not pass. We must remake proper appointment and propose; bad appointment may be erased. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:18, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
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Yours sincerely, Elisfkc (talk) 02:15, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Instead of a formal deletion request, you should probably have used Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion, section G7. Author or uploader request deletion by adding {{SD|G7}} to the file. Cheers, SVTCobra 17:03, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
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