User talk:Canley/Archive 2008–2012

Awaiting your acceptance...

– Anthøny 18:22, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Australia newsletter

WikiProject Australia newsletter Issue 2, Volume 1 — January 1, 2008

Welcome! WikiProject Australia is a WikiProject, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. This newsletter exists simply to notify Australian Wikipedians of ongoing events within the project and relating to Australia on Wikipedia. Australian Wikimedia chapter Wikimedia chapters are independent organisations run by Wikimedians to further promote the Wikimedia projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, and to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". This means that we in the chapter can promote Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis and their contributor's work in our area. Currently, a chapter for Australia is in discussion. If you're interested in helping the Wikimedia Foundation in more ways than just creating articles, and by promoting Wikipedia and other projects so people can start to read your work and become contributors, then consider adding yourself to the interested participants list at www.wikimedia.org.au Th e proposed chapter also has an IRC channel on the freenode network: join #wikimedia-au next time you are online. The seventh IRC meeting for Wikimedia Australia will also be held in this channel at 8 pm (AEDT-UTC+11) on January 6 (WA at 6pm, SA at 7:30pm and QLD at 7pm). For more information, visit this page. Recent happenings 2007 has been an excellent year for WikiProject Australia and its members – a sudden rise in article quality (see "Quality watch"), more article collaboration, portal creation, gap-filling article creation, image requests fulfilled, newsletter writing and award awarding. Success! A sudden surge in new Portals took place late in the year, with numerous new portals being created and later being promoted to featured status, the best a young portal can get. Among the portals currently being worked on are: South Australia, New South Wales, Australian cars, Music of Australia, Powderfinger, Queensland, with portals for a lot of other topics to come very soon in the new year. Portals and "topics" go hand in hand (not really), and many within the project and throughout Wikipedia aspire to achieve featured topic status for a particular topic. Goals to promote all capital cities to featured status, and among others, a Powderfinger featured topic, and a featured topic on The Invincibles cricket team. It's for sure that 2008 will be filled with Aussie pride, so hang in there with those flags, everyone! Especially on Australia Day, *hints surprises* :) Of course, writing featured articles and making up clever hooks for use on "Did you know" isn't the only way to contribute. Many users contribute day-in, day-out, maintaining the project and portals, tagging and assessing articles, making suggestions at featured article candidacies, coordinating collaborations within the project, responding to peer reviews, save valid articles in deletion debates, in short, the stuff that if not done, will cause the whole project as we know it to slowly deteroriate. Many users who don't qualify for awards like Durova's Triple Crown award, qualify for others. Moondyne recognised the users who work tirelessly every day to make sure that every thing is running smoothly by introducing a new award – the Drover's Award. Initiated in December, eight users have already received an award that is set to become a prestigious award for all Australia-related topic editors; SatuSuro, Longhair, Spebi, Moondyne, Grahamec, Mattinbgn and ScottDavis and more are sure to be awarded. If you know of any users who work tirelessly behind the scenes and have not yet been recognised for their greatly appreciated efforts, award them the Drover's Award. More users have been awarded Durova's Triple Crown award for WikiProjects. This award was given to WikiProject Australia after 5 users who qualified for Durova's standard crown (one DYK, GA, FA). New recipients include Matilda, Moondyne, Mattinbgn, VirtualSteve, Gnangarra, RaNdOm26, and Thebainer. If you believe you qualify, leave a note at Durova's talk page. Recent events Jan 6: The seventh IRC channel meeting will take place on the freenode network at 8 pm (AEDT – UTC+11) in #wikimedia-au. See this page for more information. Dec 26: One hundred Australia-related articles have been promoted to good article status. Dec 20-31: New portals are created, old ones are revamped, some are promoted and others are soon to be among them. Nov 15: "1967 in Australia" has been chosen as Wikipedia's Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. Main page Talk Notice board Portal Articles Current collaboration Complete to-do Article quality FA GA Subprojects Miscellanous Newsletter discussion This month's newsletter was written by Spebi and published by BrownBot. If you wish to stop receiving it, receive it in a different format, or submit items for consideration next month, see our co-ordination page. Issue 2, Volume 1, January 2008. See newsletter archive for previous issues, or view this issue directly. Newly-promoted content Good articles Ian Craig Brian Booth Young Modern TISM The Chaser APEC pranks These Days: Live in Concert "These Days" Bill Brown Angels Brought Me Here Evermore (band) 2 Hearts Parables for Wooden Ears Omphalotus nidiformis 1947 Sydney hailstorm "Sunsets" Wagiman language Percy Henn Kylie (album) Vulture Street Caulfield Grammar School Avondale Agricultural Research Station Jack Marsh Odyssey Number Five Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000 Featured articles Riverina Internationalist (album) Red-winged Fairy-wren Removed articles The Ashes Recent collaborations 1967 in Australia Media Watch Cabinet of Australia Australia Day Sydney Norfolk Island Quality watch 2007 saw a major feat for WikiProject Australia: one hundred articles were promoted to good article status. This is huge not only for the project's individual members and those who helped achieved such an impressive statistic, but for the whole of Wikipedia. Everyone involved has given readers from all around the world a chance to learn about Australia and relevant topics from the best of sources available on the Internet. A huge congratulations to all involved. And congratulations to Underneath-it-All, who wrote "2 Hearts", which passed as a good article, officially making him WikiProject Australia's "Good Article Centurian" and the article the one hundredth Australia-related article to be promoted to good article status at any one time. Speaking of statistics nearing the number 100, WikiProject Australia has also seen an increase of the number of articles being promoted to featured article status. In November last year, seven articles were promoted, earning the month its official title of "Featured article month" of WikiProject Australia, and making it the month with the highest featured article achievement. Viva la featured article revolution! Also seeing some activity were featured portals – many have already been promoted, and a wave of excellently-crafted ones hitting our shores very soon. End of year statistics Here are some statistics for WikiProject Australia produced by Blnguyen and his Assessment Monkey of 2007's good article and featured article promotions. Summing it up: 71 featured articles, and 106 good articles. Australia-related featured article production Australia-related good article production

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You are now an administrator

Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions drop me a message at my talk page. Best wishes, WjBscribe 23:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow, clean sweep! Well done dude! As I said, you're one of the folk I already thought was an admin! --rm 'w avu 02:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

No, thank you for becoming an admin. It's not a big deal, as Jimbo puts it, but it's an important piece in the puzzle. I notice you do lots of work on Aussie articles. I do lots of stuff over at WP:FING, the Powderfinger WP. If you're interested, we could always use an extra pair of hands (we do alright, though... as a project, we account for more GAs and FAs than any other project of its size in all of Wikipedia). --rm 'w avu 03:39, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

• Well done!! --VS ^talk 11:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Well done! The very best of luck. Rudget. 18:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Just a few words

Congratulations on your recent acquisition of the mop. I offer to you a few words of wisdom:

• Start slowly and carefully. There's a huge temptation to start flying through your new duties as soon as the 'crat pushes the button - resist it. Avoid close calls for your first week or two, and leave it to those who happened to get their tools a little earlier than you.
• Be sure to connect in with other users on IRC, if you can. There's a whole pool of channels there where you can get assistance in your newly-acquired buttons, and get your new colleagues used to your name.
• Be ready for criticism in your first few weeks, but at the same time don't be a push-over. If you feel worried over a decision, get another user to take a look at it.
• When blocking, ask yourself if everything you've entered into that form will benefit Wikipedia: is the block length sufficiently long to prevent further disruption by a vandal, or is it so long that it will put them off ever returning? Is your protection just going to be a minor hiccup in the edit warrior's grand scheme of disruption, or will it hinder the growth of the encyclopedia?

Best of luck with your new buttons, and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries.

Anthøny 18:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats

Congrats on your adminship, and thank you for the assistance at Paddy Reilly (disambiguation)! --Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

1996 in Australian television

Congratulations on your adminship!

I apologize if I am wrong about this, but I believe that a recent article on Australian television is not encyclopedic enough to be included in Wikipedia. I apologize for placing a speedy deletion tag on the article. Perhaps it would have been better to have placed a deletion tag instead. However the pages do not contain an article and are in fact, trivia lists. The pages would really fit if they were written in an article form, and if the article specified their notability. Otherwise I believe that the articles are not notable enough.

I believe this article in not encyclopedic. I base this on WP:NOT#STATS under Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Please correct me if this does not fall under said category. Also note User:Moonriddengirl's comments at [[1]]. Thank you for your time.

Closing AfDs

Hi Canley, just a reminder when closing AfDs, please remember to substitute the "Afd top" and "Afd bottom" templates (WP:DELPRO). I've fixed the Tumalip AfD, could you check back all your past closures to make sure everything is in order? Thank you, - PeaceNT (talk) 11:59, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. If you plan on doing this stuff more often, you may consider using this helpful user script (just to reduce the bane of admin work). Congrats on your recent promotion, also. Take care and happy mopping, - PeaceNT (talk) 12:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

Actually I did the right thing. Look at how the article was when I tagged it. Now you're right, its not.Ohmpandya (Talk to Me...) 03:10, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

William Todd Mason

Thanks for your messages. I wish I'd seen that so as I could have used the right speedy first time! No apology needed, of course. Would you have a moment to compare the deleted and recreated versions, please? Cheers, --AndrewHowse (talk) 01:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Was Curious if I could get some clarification on the deletion of this article. There was plenty of sourcing and references, but internal and external to prove notability. I had seen the first version and it was admittedly much more sparse than this, and thus, I tried to create a new version after its initial deletion so that it fell in line with all the rules. What was your big drive on getting rid of it?--kstjames (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Dubay Cup

Now I saw, already exists another link called "Dubai Cup", so, can you, my friend, delete this created by me? This is unnecessary. Or can you merger this "Dubai cup" with "Dubai Cup" created by another Wikipedist, leaving as top redirect link "Dubai Cup" (the word Cup uppercase)? I have some kind of obsession for perfection. I think it is Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), hehehe. Thank you, Canley. Evandro Davis (talk) 02:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Robert Kaplow

Looks like you and I are becoming frequent correspondents tonight/this morning! Anyway, I was going by extension of WP:NFF; the movie is failing at AfD and so that seemed like a poor basis for defending his notability. I think 'optioned by' must be quite a way short of 'attached to'. I'll send it to AfD in a while. Cheers, --AndrewHowse (talk) 02:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Dubai Cup

Thank you, Canley. I correct the links from Dubai Challenge Cup 2007 and Dubai Challenge Cup 2008. You are a good guy!

Obrigado. Evandro Davis (talk) 00:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

idea?

Let's form a small RFA class of 9. These are admin who became admin at about the same time. John Carter, Jeepday, Rudget, Jayron32, Archtransit, Appraiser, Kbthompson, Canley, J-stan. It would just be a friendly support group or like a school class. No administrative tasks needed, just know each other so if we need an opinion or want to discuss something, we'll be there for each other. Archtransit (talk) 19:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Willow Creek Pass (Montana) Deletion Review

Hi Canley. I'm not asking you to change your mind about your closing of the AfD on Willow Creek Pass (Montana). It was a call that could go either way, and whichever way it went I would go for a DRV because there appears to be a strong feel in some areas of the community that all features on maps should have stand alone articles, even though there is no guideline or wider "official" consensus supporting that view. A deletion review of whichever decision a closing admin made, if then supported by the review, could be used in guidelines. So I am saying that I feel it appropriate that a review is done, but wanted to make sure you were OK with that, and the reasons for the review. Regards SilkTork *^{What's YOUR point?} 00:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Cool. I'll do that tomorrow. I'm off to bed now! Good night. SilkTork *^{What's YOUR point?} 00:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Listed: Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Willow_Creek_Pass_.28Montana.29 SilkTork *^{What's YOUR point?} 08:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Centralized TV Episode Discussion

Over the past months, TV episodes have been redirected by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here [2]. Even if you have not, other opinions are needed because this issue is affecting all TV episodes in Wikipedia. --Maniwar (talk) 02:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:The Job cover Aug 2006.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Rimington large.jpg

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Thanks!

Thanks a lot for that input you gave on my article on Shantel, Canley! Was in a little pickle. I really appreciate it. You should check him out if you like - pretty good original stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelmcandrew (talk • contribs) 14:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Mega City (The Matrix)

I have nominated Mega City (The Matrix), an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mega City (The Matrix). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 21:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Lingua Franca Nova AfD

Hi,

You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lingua Franca Nova as keep.

There clearly was no consensus.

I was the nominator, so you don't have to count my arguments, but at least one user, User:Schaefer, presented well-explained reasons for deletion, backed with policy - the article does not have any non-trivial secondary sources. Other users' comments also pointed out the lack of verifiable sources.

Please reconsider this. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 12:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment regarding the AfD for Lingua Franca Nova. I stand by my decision that there was no consensus to delete the article after seven days of discussion. According to the deletion process guideline, consensus is required to delete, but in the absence of that reasonable consensus, and even in more borderline cases, the default action is to keep the article. I read all your arguments very carefully, and I agree that the references could be made better, but that's the point – they could be made better, and hopefully they will be.

If you feel strongly that the article should be deleted, and that you may be able to encourage a more satisfactory (to yourself) outcome or a clearer consensus with a reworded nomination, you are welcome to nominate the article for AfD again. If you feel I have made an incorrect decision regarding policy and consensus, youcan take this to Wikipedia:Deletion review. --Canley (talk) 12:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Can you at least write that the result was no consensus? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:01, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

User:DanielT5/Town

there is no such town called x therefor the page called User:DanielT5/Town has to be delete User:Silverhorse —Preceding comment was added at 06:31, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

(AIMS)

From the delete reason you gave in the log, it seems you didn't even read the comments I added in the {{hangon}}, nor the additional comments I added on the talk page. I'd appreciate an explanation. NSH001 (talk) 14:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Article Deletion - I disagree - how can it be changed?

Re "The Union Theatre" article by me, germahughes, I'm wondering why it would be deleted for violating Wikipedia's advertising rules if the theatre being articled is no longer open (it ran from 1989 - 1996). I did a timely dispute of the "speedy deletion" tag (within about 10 hours) and it looks like that was not quick enough. How can I go about re-instating this or grieving this removal? I'm just confused HOW the article violated and would be considered "blatant advertising" if the theatre is not in existence any longer. With thanks for your time on this.
--Germahughes (talk) 23:21, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
== Thanks for your help - yes, please reinstate the original material ==
Thanks for your recent message. If you could, as you mentioned, repost the original article I would prefer to re-edit and clarify from that. I will indeed work on all drafts on the sub-page to make life a bit easier. I will also alter the verb tense to read consistently as past to help with clarity. Thanks again for your time.--Germahughes (talk) 00:37, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Reply

Wait I dont know what your talking about. NimiTize 02:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh ok, as long as its easy to read, and NOTABLE, see WP:V. NimiTize 02:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

TruDef

Hi Canley, you declined my request for speedy deletion of TruDef saying "does not look like obvious spam". However the article is for a unreleased product of a company and is sourced only from their web page. The company btw is a "pink sheet" penny stock with a history of fraud. How much more obvious does it need to be? This is totally corporate vanity. If you agree that the page should be removed but that speedy deletion is the wrong mechanism, please help me find the right way to protect the wikipedia. Spot (talk) 18:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Tas pollies

Most articles are vacuous uninformative whitewash missing in action lacking of anything of what they used to really get up to - trust you might help out with either refs or further oversight - cheers SatuSuro 03:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

btw you prove my theory - there are more taswegains in melbourne than there are in tas :| SatuSuro 03:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

If we had the quality of article like the tas police one around - oz wikipedia would be a better place imho - i have tried to do the hec article with more like at tas police - actual list of names of the ministers and ceo s etc - but struggling - thnsk for your reply - id appreciate any oversight or comment on the tas pol arts - their histry is more colourful than melb criminals :) SatuSuro 04:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Next Melb meetup = Wikimedia Australia incorporation meeting

	Melbourne Meetup Next: Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne/45 - Friday 8 December, 2023 (watch) Last: 18 February 2023
See also: Australian events listed at Wikimedia.org.au (or on Facebook)

Hope you can make it :) cheers --pfctdayelise (talk) 09:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Redirects Are Cheap

Hey Canley, I saw you use the phrase "redirects are cheap" at AfD and wanted to know your meaning. Do you mean redirects are easy and we can make many of them or do you mean that redirects are a bad way of handling the situation as in the phrase "That's a cheap shot". Just trying to clarify because I think I've seen the phrase used a few times recently (not specifically by you, but in general).--Torchwood Who? (talk) 13:40, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

That's what I thought you meant, but I just wanted to make sure I wasn't reading things wrong. Much appreciated.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 23:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

George Negus Tonight

Many thanks for picking up my tentative suggestion and bringing it to life so quickly. I was amazed to see how much detail you managed to put together. I didn't intend my post at the noticeboard to be a request for someone else to do it; I was only looking to obtain support so that it would survive an AfD. I'd expected to put it on my to-do list and that it would be like chopping ironwood with a blunt axe when I did get to it (and it would have been too!). Retarius | Talk 02:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films coordinator elections

The WikiProject Films coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect five coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by March 28! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 09:51, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy First Day of Spring!

Happy First Day of Spring!

A Beautiful Cherry Tree in Spring Bloom

Theres nothing like seeing a field full of spring flowers.

Just wishing you a wonderful First Day of Spring {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}! ~~~~

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere and are entering the season of Autumn not Spring then I wish you a happy First Day of Autumn {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}!
To spread this message to others, add {{subst:First Day Of Spring}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Azaria is the new ACOTF

Azaria Chamberlain disappearance is the new Australian collaboration. As you nominated it, you might like to coordinate the collaboration, such as by creating a to do list on its talk page. --Scott Davis ^Talk 14:45, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

RE: Speedy Deletion

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: I've declined the speedy deletion, the book has won a literary award. --Canley (talk) 01:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank You So much!! I was almost in tears! Some of these Wiki users aren't to polite. Just abruptly getting to the point is not polite. Thank you!

Obaidz96 (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

--Obaidz96 (talk) 02:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC) Once again, Thank You!

Speedy deletion

Terribly sorry. Will do. --Non-dropframe (talk) 02:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Tasmanian Barnstar

Hi Canley, I just saw on your userpage that you're a wikigraphic artist. I was wondering, as a Tasmanian born wikipedia contributor, if you would be willing to tidy up my Tasmanian barnstar, as graphics aren't really my thing. I tried my best but it still looks a bit messy... Template:The Tasmanian Barnstar of Merit Robert Fleming (talk) 11:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

AS Ethnikos Olympiakos 1937

Hi! I think that it should be deleted because there is no club with this name. There is one called ASK Olympiakos Volos F.C. and another called Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos F.C.. - Sthenel (talk) 13:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes there is a huge confusion and argument about these two clubs which are actually one. Thank you very much! - Sthenel (talk) 14:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Hobart

Hey I noticed what you can do - but any help in getting dormant arts and cats re hobart would be very encouraging SatuSuro 06:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

kindly go here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Super_Cassette_Vision —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pearll's sun (talk • contribs) 16:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

• • many thanks 4 ur reply .--@ the $un$hine . (talk) 12:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

1349 Woking Squadron

Another editor has added the {{prod}} template to the article 1349 Woking Squadron, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 00:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Deaths in 2008

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John Cushley DYK

On 5 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Cushley, 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.

--Daniel Case (talk) 19:20, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Hobart fort's map

Hi Canley. You did such a wonderful job on upgrading my Tasmanian Barnstar I thought I would come and pester you for something else... I wanted to add a map to the article I primarily wrote on Hobart coastal defences, and drew a hand-drawn version, but it doesn't come out very well on screen. I am not really capable of doing graphics drawn things like maps, and was wondering you would consider having a go when you have time, or reccommending someone else?? This is my hand-drawn version: . Robert Fleming (talk) 14:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Excellent work on the map, that is just the thing. I will put it into the article right away. Please have a look at the article and see what you think of my choice of placement etc. I don't know how you did it, but brilliant job! Robert Fleming (talk) 11:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of 1349 Woking Squadron

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CSD tag

The tag was on the AFD page as intended. I made the nomination in error, as I hadn't seen that the page was legitimate before the massive amount of edits that User:Jerzymasta3 made. —  scetoaux (T|C) 01:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Azriel (Band)

I've never been involved in editing the aforementioned page, but I know that it has been deleted in the past due to issues with notability. The band have now released their debut album which has been tipped to be the best metal album of 2008, I could find plenty of sources to show that the band now have sufficient notability to warrant an article (I disagreed with the article's existence in the past).

I wanted to find out some information on them and their recent success (they're old friends) and realised it had recently been deleted by yourself - "recreation of a deleted article". Just wondering how one would go about recreating this page and ensuring that it isn't deleted on the basis that it is a 'previously deleted article'? Ta :) -dannerz (talk) 02:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

another nom

• ...that John Lavarack was the first person born in Australia to be an Australian State Governor? Canley (ref 4( a short and sweet nom. ok? Victuallers (talk) 17:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Miles Franklin Award

I'm curious as to why you deleted the Table of Contents on the Miles Franklin Award. I admit I thought it a bit over the top having an entry for each year's shortlist but a five or six entry ToC seems reasonable to me. Perry Middlemiss (talk) 10:28, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 20 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Lavarack, 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.

--Wizardman 15:52, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Bogan page move reversal

This really is an article naming dispure. The approach of subordinating proper nouns (whether for family names or locations) that long pre-date any recent popular cultural use doesn't allow distinguishing the history associated with the names/locations or distinguishing geographic perspectives. As you have seen with the Australian/NZ context, the term is perjorative in nature and offensive to some. The temporary articles I submitted to separate proper nouns that offer a different perspective of the individuals who bear the name "Bogan" keep getting deleted by some editors who want to collapse the work into the dismbiguation page. The cultural origins of the term 'bogan' is Australian/New Zealand and of recent vintage. The cultural origins of the Bogan family name from England, Ireland, and Germany goes back to at least the 6th century from my research and reflects contributions that distinguish the bearers of the name markedly from the Australian form and stereotype (cultured, pioneers, educators, attoneys, politicians, etc.).

From what I read of the wiki policy, when there is a naming conflict (and there is) it is appropriate to qualify the name (i.e., the Friendly Fire example). Failure to distinguish the 'bogan' pejorative form from the 'Bogan' proper noun form equally is poor social etiquette. The limitations of the the Wiki tool on capitalization is a weakness that separates it from traditional encyclopedia manuals of style. The policy also says that common sense should prevail as well. Propagation of the use of the capitalized form of the word as referenced from Wikipedia has spread to other websites (http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Bogan and http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=3765905512788389388). The strange thing is that the wikitionary only got it partially right, relative to the capitalization (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bogans). So from a neutral point of view, there are more than one cultural/geographic perspective that should be addressed and a resolution of the naming conflict should be more than cobbling toghther a disambiguation page that subordinates other cultural/geographic perspectives.

TyrODonnell (talk) 01:15, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

HMMM all that sounds a bit wordy to me- how do we get the (important ) bogan page back up?Cilstr (talk) 15:32, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Spooks summaries

Apologies for removing all of the summaries; most of the series 3 ones were copied verbatim from the BBC's website... Sceptre ^(talk) 14:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

4/29 2008

On 29 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tasmanian power referendum, 1981, 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.

--Bedford 19:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Law Enforcement Barnstar Proposal Poll

Hello there Canley/Archive 2008–2012,

We here at Wikiproject Law Enforcement are currently in the process of deciding wither or not to make this WikiProject Law Enforcement's official Barnstar award. Being that you are a member of Wikiproject Law Enforcement, we are humbly asking you to voice your opinion here about our new Barnstar.

Thank You and All the Best, Mifter (talk) 20:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

--Mifter (talk) 20:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard

I would like to remind you that "1st Baron Lugard" should not be noted as "Baron Lugard" because this is used to describe life peer. Although his peerage came into extinction upon his death, it is proper for him to be titled as "1st Baron Lugard". Other examples include William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy and etc.--Clithering (talk) 13:46, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Edmund Dwyer Gray

Nice work on the new Edmund Dwyer Gray (Irish politician) article. Quick question - when you were researching it, did you come across anything about his support (and then fall-out) with Parnell? I was actually thinking about creating an article on ED Gray last week, and was going to add a bit about his Parnell connections, but I couldn't find any supporting refs. The DNB has a lot of stuff on him, and mentions his initial support for Parnell (speaking out against imprisonment/etc). According to the Parnell article, it looks like Gray and the Journal turned against Parnell (when much of the country's establishment did) following the divorce crisis. Do you think it's worth mentioning? Guliolopez (talk) 11:01, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Canley, thanks for saving my article. Elizabeth Fones was notable; in fact, she may have been the first woman in the American colonies to remarry while her prior husband still lived.jeanne (talk) 16:53, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

 

Just to let you know that the editing guidelines suggest that a non-breaking space,  , should be left between numbers and units; this ensures they stay on the same line as one another. You recently removed one at Ireviken event and I thought I'd let you know why it was there. Best wishes, and thanks for your categorisation! Smith609 Talk 15:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, is that what happened! Sorry, I should have double checked. Smith609 Talk 22:15, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

El Clavo

Do you know what is the economy and demographics of El Clavo? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 12:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Also this article states El Clavo is a town. Can you place tell what is the process to distinguish between city, town, village and hamlet? On what basis these four types of settlements are differentiated? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 12:24, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:Coat of arms of New Zealand.png

I don't understand why you won't delete this page from wikipedia ? It is pointless and confusing to keep it. Please read WP:COMMONS in particular : Please do not categorize Commons files on Wikipedia but rather help commons by categorizing them there. there is no point keeping a page that only contains a link to a category. It is what is known as an "empty image". Jackaranga (talk) 14:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 11 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Penelope Wensley, 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.

Congrats! --Gatoclass (talk) 15:08, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 20 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jigalong, 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 10:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Penelope Wensley

Hi. I haven't reverted your edits, but has Wensley actually been sworn in yet? I know it's scheduled for sometime this afternoon. In future, probably best to wait till it's actually happened and we have a citation. Theoretically, she could fall under a bus 10 minutes before the swearing in was due to take place, and would die as "governor-designate". Cheers. -- JackofOz (talk) 03:44, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 31 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Norman Gregg, 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.

--Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 04:08, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Tjandamurra O'Shane

Hi Canley, have you got a copy of the Who Weekly with Tjandamurra O'Shane? I would like to put it in the article, but I don't have a reference. Thanks, --Lester 07:43, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look, Canley. Regards, --Lester 09:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films roll call and coordinator elections

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WikiProject Films coordinator elections - voting now open!

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Penny Sackett

Hi Canley and thanks for your contributions to Penny Sackett, they have certainly improved the article. One question I do have is your change in the date formatting. MOS:DATE allows the typical Australian date format (dd Month yyyy) and given that the subject has clear national ties to Australia, I think the Australian format is more appropriate. Your thoughts, please? Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 01:28, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

On reflection, changing the date format would lead to an inconsistency between the infobox and the main body. Given your completely rational explanation and that the date format really isn't a big deal, I am probably content to leave it as is. Thanks again for your help. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 01:51, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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Barnstar!

		The Original Barnstar
		For your prompt work in creating quality, well referenced articles to populate Category:Chief Scientists of Australia. -- Mattinbgn\talk 09:46, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Biographies of scientists etc. are often neglected compared to fly-by-night pop culture figures and obscure state back-benchers. It is good to see someone restoring the balance, if only in a small way. Well done. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 09:46, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

question...

The list of assassinated people has been nominated for deletion.

I was going to quote the comment you made fifteen months ago, until I re-read it. Did that original nominator state that the references should stay in the original articles? The current nominator thinks each list entry requires a reference, even if the article devoted to the subject has references to support the claim.

Here is your comment:

I disagree with the nominator's assertion that this information only belongs in the subject's articles, and the suggestion that the old "indiscriminate information" anti-list catch-all applies. Can do with some cleanup, but the ones I checked are pretty well referenced, and as long as the lists are restricted to notable individuals (i.e. subjects of a Wikipedia article), they are a notable and worthwhile inclusion. --Canley 13:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 22:14, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

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- Fred Clark (candidate) won on November 4, 2008. http://www.madison.com/tct/top5/312951 he is inaugerated 1/5/09. He is not subject to deletion. (Liveblue82 (talk) 01:57, 26 November 2008 (UTC))

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WikiProject Australia newsletter,December 2008

WikiProject Australia newsletter Issue 2, Volume 1 — December 16, 2008

Welcome! WikiProject Australia is a WikiProject, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. This newsletter exists simply to notify Australian Wikipedians of ongoing events within the project and relating to Australia on Wikipedia. 200 GA Drive Last year, an informal pact/commitment was made late in the year to aim for 100 good articles by the end of the year. As a result, a net increase of 24 GAs was achieved in December 2007 and the GA count hit triple figures, ending the year on 106 GAs. This year seasonally adjusted, the GA production has been slower than in last during the May-November periods (see graphs below). At the start of the month, our WikiProject had 178 good articles. Another GA Drive has been organised, with the hope of reaching the double century by the end of the year or Australia Day 2009 at the least. As of 16 December, there are 180 GAs and 15 currently nominated, primarily in response to the GA appeal. Everyone's help is requested to make the drive a success. 2008 Summer Olympics photo drive Following the 2008 Summer Olympics, some Australian Wikipedians attended the various welcome home parades for the athletes, with one objective being to help create free images of the athletes. Previously, less than ten had photos. However, there are now over 100 athletes that do have photos, but unfortunately in some cases, they have not yet been identified. Help is requested for this purpose at the link above. Wikimedia Australia After much hard work in slogging through paperwork and government regulations, Wikimedia Australia was incorporated on 6 August, and membership was opened on 12 November. Its stated purpose is to be "an independent, not-for-profit organisation, whose primary aim is to promote equality of opportunity to access and participate in the collaborative creation of Free Cultural Works, especially educational works, and works about Australia, its culture, natural environment, and Australian news and media". It will be developing a joint publication with Creative Commons Australia, and members are in the process of spreading the Wikipedia message, with Wikipedia being introduced into the curriculum in some courses in Australia next year. The first AGM is planned for 11 January 2009. Casliber Well known Australian Wikipedian and polyglot FA writer Casliber, known for his writings on Australian wildlife among other things, has placed first in this year's arbitration election and appears certain to be appointed. Quality watch Mattinbgn is rather camera shy, so here is Harry Trott. 2008 saw a major feat for WikiProject Australia: 100 articles were promoted to featured article status. This is huge not only for the project's individual members and those who helped achieved such an impressive statistic, but for all of Wikipedia. Everyone involved has given readers from all around the world a chance to learn about Australia and relevant topics online from the best of sources. Congratulations to Mattinbgn, who wrote the 100th FA, Harry Trott. Also of note was the promotion of national icon Sir Donald Bradman, which then appeared as the main page FA on his 100th birthday. WikiProject Australia's maiden featured topics arrived early in the year, with Dream Days at the Hotel Existence and Powderfinger albums, both about the band Powderfinger. New South Wales and Music of Australia became featured portals. A further 13 featured lists have been produced. Recent events January-February: The first two Australian featured topics promoted. 25 Jun: One hundred Australia-related articles have been promoted to featured article status. 6 Aug: m:Wikimedia Australia is incorporated. 27 Aug: Featured article on Don Bradman appears on the front page on his 100th birthday. 8 Dec: Drive for 200 Australian good articles begin. Details. Main page · Talk · Notice board · Portal · Articles · Current collaboration · Complete to-do · Article quality (FA·GA) · Subprojects · Miscellanous · Newsletter discussion This month's newsletter was written by YellowMonkey and published by TinucherianBot. If you wish to stop receiving it, receive it in a different format, or submit items for consideration next month, see our co-ordination page. Issue 2, Volume 2, December 2008. See newsletter archive for previous issues, or view this issue directly. Newly-promoted content (since 1 September) Good articles Paul McDermott (comedian) Blair Anderson Wark Hughie Edwards South African War Memorial (South Australia) Cyclone Graham Emilie de Ravin Percy Herbert Cherry Frog cake Joseph Maxwell Clarence Smith Jeffries Not Quite Hollywood Stanley Goble Ernest Albert Corey Jeff White George Julian Howell Aeroplane Jelly Kew Asylum George Ingram Bruce Kingsbury HM Bark Endeavour Featured articles SS Mauna Loa Richard Williams Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Kevin O'Halloran Bob Windle Ian O'Brien Bill Brown Harry Murray Morotai Mutiny Guadalcanal Campaign Recent collaborations Isaac Isaacs Melbourne Cup Griffith, New South Wales Quentin Bryce HM Bark Endeavour Howard Government End of November 2008 statistics Here are some statistics for WikiProject Australia in terms of 2008's good article and featured article promotions. Summing it up: 116 featured articles, and 178 good articles. So far this year, a net 36 FAs and 72 GAs have been added. The areas of FA growth were cricket (+12), military history (+7), swimming (+5), Powderfinger (+4), birds (+4), Silverchair (+2), Holden (+1), Wiggles (+1). These areas have been traditional strengths of the project, and this year, Abraham, B.S. has started another strong tradition, with a series of articles on Australian Victoria Cross awardees (1FA, 8GA). It would be great to see a wider range of Australian topics represented at FA in future. Two FAs were sent to Featured article review, but Bilby was instrumental in renovating and saving both Shrine of Remembrance and Waterfall Gully, South Australia. Australia-related featured article production Australia-related good article production

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1yr of sysopship

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Canley.
1 year since that opened. Time flies, eh? :)

Happy New Year, Canley.

AGK 12:49, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

1 whole year, and you've done fantastically. Keep up the good work. Master&Expert (Talk) 08:38, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

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Your DYK Nomination

Hello! Your submission of Robert Bruce (wrestler) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ∗ \ / (⁂) 11:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Neal Blewett

Hi there, just wondering where you might have sourced that Blewett quit in 1993? Timeshift (talk) 03:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Tender Mercies

Hey, I'm Hunter. I see you're part of the Australian cinema task force. I nominated the movie Tender Mercies, by Australian director Bruce Beresford, for a featured article after working on the page quite a bit. You're certainly under no obligation if you don't have the time, but if you have any comments for the FAC review or just any comments in general, I'd appreciate them. Thanks! --Hunter Kahn (talk) 15:45, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Bruce (wrestler)

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Royalbroil 03:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alan Landers

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Gatoclass (talk) 15:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Films March 2009 Newsletter

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Vote for Football as the Australian collaboration

Hi -- I recently nominated Wikipedia:WikiProject Football (soccer) in Australia/To-do for the Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight.

This WikiProject has been inactive for a long time and with the World Cup coming up, it would be good for football (soccer) articles to be in depth and comprehensive in Australia.

If you would like to support it, click here for the project page to cast your vote

Thanks! Australian Matt (talk) 02:57, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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Adrian Cole

Many thanks for your addition of the settlement news to this article. I hadn't seen anything in the news since the SMH reported this issue, despite periodical searches, so it was a very pleasant surprise to see it closed out this way and added to the final paragraph. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:59, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Into My Arms

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BorgQueen (talk) 12:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Article

Really enjoyed your article on the Surafend affair. Very interesting read. Cheers, Spy007au (talk) 07:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Surafend affair

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ITN for MV Princess Ashika

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Fair use image File:Princess ashika.jpg

Hi Canley. I noticed your contributions to MV Princess Ashika and could use a bit of help on it. I reluctantly decided to add the image File:Princess ashika.jpg to the article under a fair-use rationale. I say reluctantly, because while I feel the article benefits from a photograph, my observation is that 90% of the time, an editor adding a fair-use image is tarred-and-feathered for the effort. (I see from your talk page that you've been on the receiving end of this process in the past, as well.) If you can see any way to strengthen the argument for using the photo, I'd appreciate the help. If not, that's cool too. :) Cheers. Haus^Talk 17:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Dog Trumpet

Have merged my version with yours - will try and populate with a few more independent verifiable references but am guessing it should be sufficient as stands to avoid non-Oz editors wanting to delete it again. Let me know if you ever come up against any worthy Australian articles that are proposed to be deleted (particularly music related) and I'll swing by and see if I can't assist. Dan arndt (talk) 01:49, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

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Please let me know if you're interested/willing. It would be immensely appreciated :) Cheers, In continente (talk) 08:17, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: I Love America

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Ah, didn't notice that you self-reverted. Any reason in particular? decltype (talk) 14:36, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, as you may have guessed, the first message is an automated message from the script I am using. I noticed afterwards that you did not tag it, but the script usually notifies the person who last reinstated the tag. Thanks for the notification. Regards, decltype (talk) 01:44, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter A. Stewart

Thank you for closing the above AfD. Sorry for the hassle! RupertMillard (Talk) 11:51, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

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Rodger Doxsey

Hi, Thanks for the changes you made to the article, except I reverted the date of birth as I think it is not known, at least not in the obit. He was 62 at his death, which means he was probably born in 1947, but he could have been born late in 1946. But maybe you have better information? Thanks -- Wwheaton (talk) 00:33, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Wonderful, thanks! Wwheaton (talk) 17:36, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

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Ling-Hsueh Tang

Hey Canley - Do you have a source for Ling-Hsueh Tang being a host of Play School? I would include it in her article, but it's not listed on her IMDB site and I don't want to mention it without a source since the AfD is pending. Many thanks, H0n0r (talk) 05:00, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Request

Canley, I am not that good at the AfD stuff, however I was looking at Pedro Julio Serrano which seems to me as self-promotional and vanity. The references which appear on the page are all personal and related to to the subject. Do you know of anyone who may be interested in reviewing the merits of the article and if it belongs in Wikipedia? Thank you. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:44, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

An editor born in Tasmania - rare bread :) Aaroncrick (talk)

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A confusing edit

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Police&action=historysubmit&diff=337568597&oldid=336981357

Coffee is bullying and threatening an editor about removing PROD tags

As an admin can you look at this please? I message a couple of other admins too. User_talk:Power.corrupts#Warning Ikip 05:43, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

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Marshall Perron

Terrific job on that rewrite. Wish we saw a few more of those these days. :) Rebecca (talk) 12:38, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

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GG

Is it ignorance, arrogance, vandalism, or a combination? I mean seriously... what a joke... IPs are getting worse and worse... Timeshift (talk) 22:32, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Bert Tatham has been nominated for deletion again here

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Donald Norman Cameron

Thank goodness for that! Do you think moving him to Norman Cameron (politician) is appropriate? Anything to get rid of one of the inexplicably numerous Donald Camerons ... Frickeg (talk) 12:57, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

OK, sounds good. (It's even more confusing considering that half of the Donald Camerons aren't even related - there's the SA senator, the three Queensland MPs (Donald Alastair, Donald James, Donald Milner), none of whom are related to each other or to the Tasmanian branch of the family ...) Frickeg (talk) 06:59, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

I've moved it. It seems clear from a number of sources I've seen that "Norman Cameron" was the name by which he was known. Good work again for picking it up! Frickeg (talk) 08:21, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Truth (novel)

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DYK for The Feather Men

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2PP graph

Can you just wait before you trace the other one? I need to correct a spelling error.  -- Lear's Fool 13:31, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

If it's not too much work, can I get you to tell me how you fixed the text in the graph? I have inkscape, but I'm not sure how to use it to "trace the text" or whatever magic you did.  -- Lear's Fool 10:45, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I'll give that a shot.  -- Lear's Fool 11:12, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

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Senate

I'm going alphabetically - so done ACT, doing NSW now. Feel free to do any you want, but if you're busy I don't mind doing them myself (I get quite a lot of enjoyment out of them, oddly enough). Frickeg (talk) 11:44, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Hold on - what's the Climate Change Coalition doing in Victoria? There are a few other things that look a bit wrong too ... (Told you it was fun!) Frickeg (talk) 12:45, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Ah, the Building Australia Party. We've tried and tried, but we can't find a scintilla of evidence for what they're about, apart from the odd unciteable blog source. Which is all the more bizarre, since they've been registered in NSW for a couple of years now. Hopefully they'll get some press in the campaign and we can write an article about them, and have all nice blue links again. Frickeg (talk) 12:58, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

PS - I've done a few other fixes as well (last election's CCE had got left in the Climate Sceptics, which is I think why you were one out) ... otherwise nice work! Frickeg (talk) 13:00, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I get the feeling there might be a few typos here and there - a few of the spellings of candidates' names were different from how I remember them in previous elections. Hopefully it'll settle down over the next few days. Frickeg (talk) 13:15, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

So you're doing WA, then? Speaking of which, I'm seeing a few familiar faces in there - Anthony Fels, Paddy Embry, and of course Gerry Georgatos. There seems to be a proliferation of independents this time around, I've noticed, and a serious decrease (mainly in the HoR) of micro-parties, primarily due to what seems to be a collapse in the formerly reliable CEC and the continued decline of the Democrats and One Nation. Frickeg (talk) 13:26, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

No grievous errors that I saw - just that Glenn Sterle wasn't linked or bolded. I also swapped Family First and the Democrats, hope you agree - since FF is likely to do significantly better. Otherwise, though - a job well done! (Now to keep an eye on all the people who will create bios for minor candidates, which we'll have to deal with ... I went through the whole process with Stephen Hegedus earlier (Prod, then AfD), only to discover the editor was trying an experiment. Gah.) Frickeg (talk) 13:43, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for David Warren (inventor)

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mega City (The Matrix)

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The truth hurts

Lol at your "vandalism" warning. Go on block me for telling the truth. Admit you fap to lolicon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.100.255.216 (talk) 01:01, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Hyphens/minus signs in electoral results

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Are you aware of...

User:Unlimited Nature, a new user apparently adopting your persona? Is this the sincerest form of flattery, or do I need to warn an admin of the illegitimacy of sockpuppetry? Kevin McE (talk) 15:37, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

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Blind (film)

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Thank you

Thank you for your helpful edits to the new article I created, at The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Much appreciated! ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 18:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Wally Peterson edits

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delete

please can you delete my talk page Ant682 (talk) 20:15, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Irish of Vincennes

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Ministries

(LOL at the talk entry above this!!)

Not sure if you know of the series "A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics" by Colin A. Hughes which covers the years 1890-1974, 1975-1984 and 1985-1999 in different volumes. While the ordering on particularly durable ministries gets way out of hand (read: don't trust it), it's very useful for making sure one has got the right dates and "dotted the i's / crossed the t's" for ministerial transitions. (Also gives some useful explanations as to why the transition occurred for the benefit of the footnotes). I think you were one of the people I sent my CD of journals to, if you were, the Political Chronicles for that state are useful to the same end.

The online gazettes for Victoria are brilliant because we have the primary source right there - WA is also somewhat online from 1938 onwards but hard to search pre-1964. Queensland doesn't even have five weeks online - shame. Orderinchaos 17:35, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

I know, my first vandalism warning! Yes, thanks for the tips (and the CD), I was using the documents to do some double-checking last night. I find Tasmania's parliamentary library also has great online data. --Canley (talk) 04:17, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Why thank you! :) --Canley (talk) 05:48, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

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Burrunan dolphin

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Hello

Hi Canley, Just wanted to let you know that I saw that you created the new article Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service--It would be great if you could also upload a picture for the related article Director-General of Security. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jipinghe (talk • contribs) 21:47, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Burrunan dolphin

Hello, misleading newspaper articles have caused you to get your article a bit wrong. The dolphins are found along parts of coast of SA, Vic and Tas. (the type specimen for the species is from the Esk in Tas)- see the paper in the external link. Thought I would leave this to you as there may be better articles to use as reference, not sure the link should be a ref. (though I did dig up a pic). Regards (Crusoe8181 (talk) 07:04, 16 September 2011 (UTC)).

Hi Canley. Nice work on the article and you thoroughly deserve the above barnstar. You might be interested to know that the article has been proposed for ITN at WP:ITN/C. This is basically unrelated to Crusoe's comment, but didn't see the need to start a new section. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 13:58, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Burrunan dolphin

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	Thanks for cleaning up the reference list. You're a champ. Niccastleman (talk) 00:40, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

Hi there, please help reach consensus by weighing in your opinion here. Thanks! Oz ^talk 00:29, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Ocean Beach Tas

Thanks for the cleanup - but please note what got lost for a bit - cheers http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocean_Beach_(Tasmania)&oldid=460369515 SatuSuro 23:16, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

dont apologise - have a good christmas - things happen SatuSuro 08:48, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Dear Jessie

I addressed your concern and sorry it was my mistake. Will you please take a look again? — Legolas ^(talk2me) 09:51, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for BIGOT list

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Harold Hopkins

Hi, nice work on the Harold Hopkins article. Very responsive to his sad death. Regards, WWGB (talk) 08:53, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I was surprised there wasn't an article on him! --Canley (talk) 10:45, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

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It's 12:10 AM in Nevada and I am contributing to Wikipedia. Why did you remove the Season 3 section from the page "List of In the Night Garden episodes"? Was it outdated? I restored it after a few months and it was never removed again. Answer if you can.

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Oops, it looks like we had a delete conflict on the article. I didn't realize that you had restored your deletion, so I've re-restored it. Sorry for the confusion! ​—DoRD (talk)​ 03:57, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem at all. --Canley (talk) 04:17, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

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Vince Lovegrove

Thanks for the full birth date and such a good ref at Vince Lovegrove. I'd been looking for such a source but hadn't found one yet. I've also used it to add some info to his personal life. Good onya.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 21:37, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

1947 or 1948? Baker has 1948, Grossman says he just had his 64th birthday (hence 1948) but SMH says 1947. 1947 also at The Australian obit. What do you think?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 22:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

1947 wins. See Trove search result.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 22:55, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Trad

Just out of interest, where did you find Jackie Trad's birthdate? I did a run-through of the people we're missing the other day and hers was one of the ones I couldn't find anywhere. Frickeg (talk) 05:22, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

No, no, leave it, I'd say. I kind of think we have to start using Facebook and Twitter and stuff in some circumstances (as long as they're official, of course), and this seems the perfect sort of thing. It should go up on the Queensland Parliament site in a month or two anyway. (I confess I was kind of hoping you had access to some sort of super-source for this kind of thing - Antony Green, for example, magically knows everyone's ages even where I spend hours combing the internet and come up with nothing, but I imagine he has special resources. At least his ages give us approximate years.) Frickeg (talk) 05:54, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

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Geelong state by-election, 1948

Fascinating! I don't suppose you happen to know of other state or federal seats that have been won by the conservatives on the back of communist preferences? Timeshift (talk) 07:03, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

I know, I had to double check, thinking "that can't be right"! I want to expand on that aspect of it, there were a few articles on Trove about it. Not aware of any others at this stage... --Canley (talk) 11:17, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

If I may intrude, I don't think there's ever been such a strong flow of preferences between any two candidates that would overturn a 49.58% primary vote. The most famous instance of this, of course, is Moreton in 1961, the seat that supposedly decided that election, in which 93 Communist preferences infamously decided the outcome in the Libs' favour. (On the other hand, those Communist preferences split almost 50-50, which must be pretty unusual. I suspect the donkey vote might be the culprit.) Frickeg (talk) 11:50, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

There's an interesting statistical analysis of the Geelong results here. --Canley (talk) 12:07, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Frickeg, I clearly recognise that. However, today's media say that Labor get elected on the back of Green preferences and too often refer to the primary vote. Technically, if in a three cornered contest the conservatives get elected with less than 50 percent of the primary vote and the third party was the communists, they did get elected on their preferences on the TCP. Thanks for the advice about Moreton, I was under the impression that it was the DLP's preferences that got them over the line... this by-election is a nice stark three-cornered Labor-conservative-communist contest which saw the conservatives only reach a majority after third-place communist votes were redistributed. Timeshift (talk) 12:25, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I thought so, Timeshift, just clarifying. (In Moreton, 100% of QLP preferences would have delivered the Libs the seat, but some of their preferences leaked too, bringing the exact split of Communist preferences into play.) Canley, that analysis is interesting. I suppose the donkey vote was a thing back then, though? It seems to explain matters pretty self-evidently to me, but then I am not a statistician. Frickeg (talk) 13:09, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Considering the above, I think it is suitable to start removing from wiki articles that the DLP saw Menzies win in 1961 and more generally. It would seem to be an unsupportable myth. Timeshift (talk) 22:48, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Well, no, it is true, and Moreton would never have been won without QLP preferences. The DLP's preferences did flow very strongly to the Coalition - their voters were well-known as the most biddable of all in this regard. And their preferences did help the Coalition win seats they would never have won if DLP voters had stayed with Labor, where the vast majority (at least in the early days) of them came from. (Perhaps we should discuss this further at WT:AUP?) Frickeg (talk) 00:32, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

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Vinton Smith

Just noticed your edits at Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1935–1937 regarding Vinton Smith. According to his WWI service records[3], his name was "SMITH, James Taylor Vinton" and his parents were simply known as Smith - Thomas L H Smith[4] and Minerva Mary Smith (nee Daniel). I notice that The Age referred to him as Mr Vinton Smith as it were a surname [5], is it possible that he changed his name at some point? Hack (talk) 05:27, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi; just on a related point, it was not unheard of for someone to go by the double surname even if their legal name was single. James Hume Cook and William Laird Smith are two federal examples: their legal names were Cook and Smith, but they both went by Hume Cook and Laird Smith as surnames throughout their careers (possibly because they're such common names). Vinton Smith may have been the same. Frickeg (talk) 07:27, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Charles Kingsford Smith would probably be the most notable example of this. Looking a bit further at Vinton Smith, it seems that a stockbroking firm, Vinton Smith, Dougall & Co. bore his name (incidentally one of the firm's senior employees Jim Burke, former Australia cricketer, shared his cause of death). Hack (talk) 08:39, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks guys, that's what I suspected—the Vinton seems to have been used to distinguish a common surname. I think I will keep the article sorted as under Smith but keep the references to Vinton Smith in the article as it seems that was his commonly used name. --Canley (talk) 10:43, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

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fyi... on talk pages such as Talk:Max Bingham, you don't need to add |auto=yes. This is only added by bots and since you are not a bot (or are you? Skynet, is that you again?), you don't need to add it. You are one of the few crazy people who actually adds tags to the talk pages, thank you for that. It makes my life easier, if I didn't have a wife. Wife means no life. Bgwhite (talk) 06:07, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

No, not a bot or Skynet! I must have just copied the tags from another page which were auto applied. --Canley (talk) 06:17, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

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By-elections

Thanks for catching those errors! What source are you using for the earlier parliaments? I had to stop when our articles ran out. The Drover's Wife (talk) 03:53, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

How far does your Excel document go back? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Drover's Wife (talk • contribs) 04:51, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Victorian state election, 1952

Can you recheck the numbers for Victorian state election, 1952? Some of the figures don't match up with the UWA source. The Liberal result is from 1950, but some of the other numbers (turnout percentage, swings) are off by ~0.01% and it's not obvious why. Miracle Pen (talk) 15:04, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Looks like a rounding error in the source book. I've been generally using the Hughes Handbook of Australian Governments and Politics as the reference as it is the source for most of the UWA data anyway and has a bit more detail. Looking at the book, the percentages in the table match those in the article, but UWA seem to have calculated the percentages and swings directly from the voting figures. Additionally, I calculated the swing by subtracting one election's (rounded) vote percentage in the book from the previous one, so that could introduce rounding errors in some cases as well. For the Liberal and Country Party in 1952, Hughes has [255685/1028680 = 24.85%] whereas UWA (and an Excel spreadsheet) say [255685/1028680 = 24.86%]. To four decimal places, the percentage is 24.8566, so I wonder if the Hughes book is truncating to 2 decimal places rather than rounding up, or if it's a typo. I'll have a look at a few more discrepancies to see if that's the case. And I have fixed the 1950 Liberal figure in the 1952 article, thanks for spotting it! --Canley (talk) 22:28, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

I've compared a few more election results, and as I suspected, it looks like the Hughes book truncates or rounds down a 0.005 decimal rather than rounding up. An example, the Communist vote in the 1955 election: [4589/1289979 = 0.3557%] - Hughes has this as "0.35", UWA doesn't list the Communist vote though, including it in "Other" but I suspect they would have entered the votes into their database and it would have calculated the percentage by rounding up to "0.36", as seems to have happened several times in the 1952 entry. Canley (talk) 22:58, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

So that's what's happening! Thanks for straightening it out - it might be worth raising at WT:AUP, there could be any number of articles with these problems. (I wonder why an academic would have problems rounding properly?) Anyway, have a good Christmas! Miracle Pen (talk) 14:33, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

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