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Hello Aldwinteo! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing!  Netsnipe  ►  03:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Attribution • Neutral point of view • Notability Conflict of interest • Autobiography Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Citing sources • Footnotes Image use policy • Copyrights • Fair use External links • Spam • Vandalism Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry What Wikipedia is not • Deletion policy The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The "perfect" article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Page Protection

You recently added a semi-protected tag to Khoo Kheng-Hor. However, this page is not protected. You may have been trying to protect the page, which is something only administrators can do. Adding the tag does not protect the page, in order to do so, administrators click a "protect" tab at the top of the page, which loads this page. That is where pages are protected, the tag does nothing. Thanks, Prodego ^talk 15:08, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Please stop adding fake protection notices. Prodego ^talk 17:46, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Prodego, i'm a newbie here & so not fully aware how such wiki tags work. Just want to protect the said article as it was written on a living person. When i put such tags earlier, it seem to work during my experimentations earlier. So i ve to request for its protection to the Administrator(s)? How to go about it? Kindly enlighten. Aldwinteo 18:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Well there doesn't seem to be any vandalism on that page, so there is no need to protect it. We only protect pages if rhey are being heavily vandalized (see the protection policy), and in this case it doesn't seem necessary. Someone else may wish to edit that article, and they would not be able to if it were protected. The reason it may have seemed to have had an effect was that people, seeing the tag, didn't edit the page, since they thought it was protected. You can request pages be protected at this page, but Khoo Kheng-Hor does not warrant it. And Welcome to Wikipedia! Let me know if you have any questions here. Prodego ^talk 20:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, thks for yr advice earlier. For a newbie like me, where shld i go to learn the necessary tags & protocols fast. i pick it up here & there by using 'Help', 'Search' & even went to the forum/discussion(like this) for further assistance. Rather confusing & tedious at times Aldwinteo 02:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Wikipedia is a maze when you are new. The Help pages are vastly better then they were when I started editing, and Wikipedia:Department directory is nice. But really you need someone to ask a lot, and so if you do, feel free to let me know on my talk page. Prodego ^talk 02:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi Wiki senior, in another biography which i wrote recently, the header & title page was accidently mistyped as 'Piya tan' instead of 'Piya Tan'(Capital 'T'). c page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piya_tan How shld one correct this typo? Kindly assist, thks!

See Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages. I've fixed it already. --  Netsnipe  ►  03:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Netsnipe, much appreciated for unblocking, page title renaming & the useful 'Help' menu. Like u, i'm a comp sci grad from Oz too, University of Wollongong, N.S.W. Wishing u the best in your studies! Aldwinteo 10:32, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Autoblock

Y	Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): Autoblock of 203.116.61.131 lifted or expired. Request handled by:  Netsnipe  ►  03:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

DYK - Long Ya Men

On 1 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Long Ya Men, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 05:55, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Howcheng, i am honoured & happy to hear that my recent article got nominated for DYK but upon checking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, i cldn't see any mentioned of it yet. In fact, while checking my article history log later, i discovered that my mentioned article was not only much visited & edited afterwards but was even vandalised twice anonymously by 121.6.121.182 & 75.5.10.233 (Prhchi?). Fortunately, it was reverted by some kind souls later. i felt sad as this is my first encounter of such incidents to date. Yes, I do like to mention about another recent article i wrote as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Tanjong_Katong. It's about a forgotten British fort that was discovered in Singapore in recent years but was reburied again & its fate till now is uncertain. Thks for informing me earlier & warmest rgds Aldwinteo 14:37, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Meetup

Terence 15:12, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

DYK - Shinozaki Mamoru

On 20 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shinozaki Mamoru, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 00:37, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

DYK - Wollongong Lighthouses

On May 29, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wollongong Lighthouses, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Glad to see more Australiana around. Keep up the good work. Blnguyen (cranky admin anniversary) 06:45, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

G'day mate, thanks for the compliments! -- Aldwinteo 08:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

r.e. "Vandalism".. Fair enough, you know how these vandals like to put sneaky little swears into articles, particularly ones on the main page. Keep up the good work

DYK - Japanese Cemetery Park

On June 4, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Japanese Cemetery Park, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

And the Singaporeana...Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK - Bukit Batok Memorial

On 4 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bukit Batok Memorial, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Smee 13:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Poh Ern Shih Temple

On 9 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Poh Ern Shih Temple, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 06:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind support again! -- Aldwinteo 14:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Pictures transferred to Wikimedia Commons

Hello, you do have a nice set of pictures. As uploading pictures to Wikipedia is not advisable (if it's your own), you may like to consider uploading to Wikimedia Commons, a shared media repository and a sister project of Wikipedia. From here, your pictures can be used not only on enwiki, commons, but all wikis run by the Wikimedia Foundation (all Wikipedias etc.). You may like to upload higher resolution images, and this is much preferred by many users here (image contributors and other users). Thanks. Terence 07:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll take note & evaluate your suggestion, Thanks. Aldwinteo 08:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:1915_Singapore_Mutiny.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:1915_Singapore_Mutiny.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 17:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. howcheng {chat} 17:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Fyi, there's no photo credit attributed to the original creator (taken 92 years ago) mentioned from the book, "Secret Documents On Singapore Mutiny 1915" where I scanned the image from earlier. Nonetheless, I've attributed the source to the book itself on the image page. -- Aldwinteo 02:24, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

1915 Singapore Mutiny

On 19 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1915 Singapore Mutiny, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 17:22, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Old National Library Building

Hi Aldwinteo. You are off to such a great start on the article Old National Library Building that it may qualify to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page under the Did you know... section. Appearing on the Main Page would help bring publicity to the article. However, there is a five day from article creation window for Did you know... nominations. Before five days pass from the date the article was created, please consider nominating the article to appear on the Main Page by posting a nomination at Did you know suggestions. Again, great job on the article. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 14:31, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Jreferee, the above article has already been nominated earlier under 'June 24' entries. If u feel that any of my upcoming articles are good enuf for DYK nomination, I wld be most happy if u cld mention them straightaway at Did you know suggestions in future. Thank u for your support and compliments. Aldwinteo 15:07, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Fort Pasir Panjang

Hi Aldwinteo. You are off to such a great start on the article Fort Pasir Panjang that it may qualify to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page under the Did you know... section. Appearing on the Main Page would help bring publicity and assistance to the article. However, there is a five day from article creation window for Did you know... nominations. Before five days pass from the date the article was created, please consider nominating the article to appear on the Main Page by posting a nomination at Did you know suggestions. Again, great job on the article. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 20:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Licensing images

Howdy! I noticed that you've claimed licensing rights for Image:Old National Library-Singapore.jpg and Image:Old National Library-The Courtyard.jpg. While I don't doubt that you snapped the photographs of the postcards, the uploaded images are unfortunately derivative works — the library's photographer still holds the rights to the images on the postcard.

This means that the images can only be used under Fair Use guidelines. I thought I'd try to avoid seeing the images end up on WP:PUI by giving you a heads-up. Basically, all you have to do is swap out the current templates for {{Fairusein|Old National Library Building}}, and add a quick rationale along the lines of: "This image is used for non-commercial, educational purposes. No free alternative can be made as the building was torn down. The image won't affect the value of the copyright as it's of fairly low resolution compared to the original". That should keep all but the worst of the copyright-paranoia harpies from trying to get the images taken off. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 09:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi GeeJo, tks for the heads-up, much appreciated. Will amend the licensing tag accordingly. -- Aldwinteo 15:08, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 30 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Old National Library Building, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 00:58, 30 June 2007 (UTC)