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Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom

Hi, I hope you don't mind, but I've split out the material you added to this article to create the Australian Forestry Group UK article. My rationale is that the material you added on the group went beyond its role in the UK (and hence was a bit out of place in that article), and it was probably also excessively detailed there - noting that this covers about 500 men, when the main deployments of Australian soldiers to the UK were around 8,000 in 1940 and 5,600 in 1945. Thank you for adding this interesting history of the foresters. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:05, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Thomas William Ah Chow is also an impressive article. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:51, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Development of aircraft for forestry and bushfire operations in Southern Australia

Hi Basal-area, I see you have written a new article. However it does have excessive copying of text from https://www.victoriasforestryheritage.org.au/forest-aviation.html . Can you please rewrite this in your own words to avoid it being deleted? I can detect the copyright infringement by looking here: https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Development+of+aircraft+for+forestry+and+bushfire+operations+in+Southern+Australia&oldid=&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1&turnitin=0 Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:08, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

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Ahem (never mind)

I'm having a hard go at believing there isn't some problems with your editing at Forests Commission Victoria.

== Late 1800s - Chaos in the forest ==

Tall trees continue to invoke a romantic past with many unsubstantiated claims and the truth may never be known.

]]Prior to 13 January 1939, ...

While just about everyone can recall when decimal currency was introduced to Australia on 14 February 1966,...

Wha? Is this article about the "Forests Commission Victoria" or the whole of Australia?!?

No, sorry, I can't tell if you're making it better or worse, because the article was so overstuffed to begin with. Ignore me. Carry on. Shenme (talk) 05:27, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Ways to improve Redwoods of the Otway Ranges

Hi, I'm Vexations. Basal-area, thanks for creating Redwoods of the Otway Ranges!

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Vexations (talk) 13:25, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi. These were my words anyway. I wrote the forest camps article for the Victorian forest heritage webpage.

But I have removed some of them from the redwoods story.

Cheers

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Thanks very much. I appreciate your advice. Cheers basal area

A cookie for you!

Great article creation in Kurth Kiln! Keep it up! Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 03:16, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Britannia Creek Wood Distillation Plant

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Amkgp (talk) 06:05, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. i didnt have time to make all the necessry edits when i first wrote it. all the issues have been repaired. cheers

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