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Hello. Please don't use gratuitous capitals in naming Wikipedia articles; write transferable belief model, not Transferable Belief Model. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Michael Hardy 19:31, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I have now looked through the Manual of Style. Will try to remember it.

Blaise 21:40, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Proper bolding

Hello. Wikipedia:Manual of Style calls for setting the title word or title phrase in bold at its first appearance. (I've taken care of this in Adrian Smith.) Michael Hardy 22:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Any questions, just ask. Regards and keep up the good work. bobblewik 20:18, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help!

I am trying to put a picture on the article about the SPIW weapon. I have a photo that I personally took and that I have successfully uploaded and put into the public domain. My efforts to get it into the SPIW article don't look good. It's too big and dominates the page. What can I do?

I've fixed it for you (see what I did). Basically, images in articles can (and should) be 'floated' to one side of the article, and 'thumbnailed' to reduce their size. See Help:Image for information about syntax for including images in articles. Hope that helps! --ais523 09:19, 14 March 2007 (U T C)

Many thanks! Blaise 09:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We are looking into this bkerensa —Preceding comment was added at 09:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help

Thanks for fixing the decimal and reverting vandalism on Larrys Creek on October 19. I appreciate your help keeping the article presentable while it was Today's Featured Article very much, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 19:05, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Error on front page

There's a typo on the front page. I can't see how to edit it. It refers to a cyclone having a speed expressed in 'kph'. The correct symbol is 'km/h'. Can someone fix it, please?

Hi Blaise, it has been fixed. Next time you notice any errors on the main page, please feel free to post them on Talk:Main_Page. Thanks! Ariel♥Gold 09:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Doppelgänger (1969 film)‎. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. SuperMarioMan (Talk) 19:41, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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