User talk:Masebrock

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

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[edit] "It's and "Its"

Hey. :) I notice in your edit on the Reform Party that you changed "Its biggest victory came when..." to "It's biggest victory came when...".[1] Although the first sentence might look wrong, you only add an apostrophe to the word "its" when it's a contraction for "it is".

For example:

She said it's crazy.
He said it's never too late to follow a dream.
Really, though, it's a moral dilemma.

When you want to show possession, you use the word "its", no apostrophe.

The goblin drove the bus all by itself.
The bus ran over its own bumper.
Its engine exploded, killing its driver and everyone on board.

And on and on like that. I guess the idea is that eventually, every article on the Wikipedia will be so well written and copyedited that we can all stop working on it. Until that day, just a friendly pointer from one user to another.

--Ylem 10:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:GaryNumanMetalRhythm.jpg

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[edit] Edits at Acer rubrum

I found a source that contradicts your information that Acer rubrum is absent from the Kentucky Bluegrass region. That source can be found here. From what I can gather without reading the source you used (which is referenced in the linked document), Acer rubrum seems to be absent from the plains, but common along rivers. If this is the case, it would be misleading to say that it is absent from the region as a whole. I would be curious to see what exactly is written in the source you used. DJLayton4 (talk) 21:13, 10 March 2008 (UTC)