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Reverse pipe trick

Reverse pipe trick. 03:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Unbelievable

Ha, that was bound to happen one day, I have been inspired to have a closer look at salt marsh flora by your various Hesperian Archipelago articles. Also many of the species are local here as well. I'm (kind of) working through this list, but don't let me put your off your own article schedule. Melburnian (talk) 14:06, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey dont let me get carried away about samphires - as for the ethnocentric poms - not worth getting anything in to a twist about imho - try some indonesian lists for size if you want a hernia or neck ache SatuSuro 06:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

No thanks; I've already got the head cold from hell. :-( Hesperian 06:02, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

In that case you might want to avoid my storm in teacup at 'The West' - :) SatuSuro 08:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Shag Rock (Houtman Abrolhos)

Thanks for creating the article. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 14:17, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

User:QuackGuru

This editor was already warned by a notable admin [1] not to remove or alter other people's comments and explicitly told "Mucking with the comments of others is not acceptable. If you feel something is inappropriate, please raise the issue to the attention of uninvolved administrators, via WP:ANI or another appropriate venue". See my edit summary on this edit [2]. Then he reverts it [3] and leaves this bogus warning on my page [4]. Please look into it. Ncmvocalist (talk) 06:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Sesselis var

So they cannot keep still they find variants? bah, they never look carefully enough at whats in front of em - :| SatuSuro 14:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC) That is deliberately ambiguous - cannot remember if i told you about my odd exprience at the herbarium last week SatuSuro 16:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

This particular variety has survived 160 years of scrutiny. But I agree with your general point; it would be nice if we could all appreciate phenotypic variations between and within populations, without rushing out to publish names for them. What especially shits me is when they publish new varieties based on subtle differences between populations that clearly intergrade, where there is clearly no barrier to genetic exchange. Seems so bloody arbitrary. Hesperian 12:26, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Well some of the gastrolobium delineations seemed to suggest some microscopic variations there and here SatuSuro 12:44, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Double check

I dont seem to find any earlier mentions of - Varanus Island - which seemed very odd - if you are on or about could you do a quickdouble check i havent missed something, like something with a diff title - please? - no big deal if find this later in the day - thanks SatuSuro 05:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC) As always thank you SatuSuro 13:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Which name to use ?

Hi Hesperian, I have a naming issue that I hope you can advise me with. As part of placing images I've been uploading to commons I'm going to create an article on the Shy Heathwren. Per your article List of birds of South Australia, some sites and the authority (Gould 1843) it's a Calamanthus cautus. Wikipecies and other places list it as Hylacola cautus. My Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds (2000 ed) has it down as Sericornis cautus, and all three forms seem to be used by reputable sites. Is there some sensible way to pick a name ? I'm assuming here of course that this is a type of issue you've encountered with Flora. Thanks in advance for any help you can give - Peripitus (Talk) 11:23, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I have indeed come across this kind of issue many times with flora, and with respect to flora I am usually equipped to give a definitive answer. Not so with fauna. The authority on Australian bids would be the recently published Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds, but I don't have a copy. The Australian Faunal Directory lists Hylacola as a synonym of Calamanthus (Hylacola), and c cautus as a synonym of Calamanthus (Hylacola) cautus. This suggests rather strongly that Hylacola has recently been demoted to a subgenus of Calamanthus, in which case Calamanthus cautus would the correct title. But before you create a new article, have a close look at Shy Heathwren. Hesperian 11:54, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

You have been most helpful - thank you. I'm so used to searching by the binomial that looking for the common name didn't occur. From his resources listing User:Maias may have a copy...if not I'll track it down here. thanks again - Peripitus (Talk) 12:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Gawks

It looks like a milhist battle list now :) I have gone into the next room to see what I have - part 4 1975, part 3 1965 (sic), part 2 1956, part 1 1959 reprint - and some great 1950's and 1960's book shop tabs - I preferred to see names of assistants/revisers that come with the pub details but when i see the full picture - yeah well. It was an industry not a book SatuSuro 01:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Damned nuisance I was trying to catch up with him about 18 months before he died, had phone calls, and a possible meetup with George - oh well we all gotta go sometime :( SatuSuro 07:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Any idea?

What happened here? Do you think this was vandalism, or just a newbie making a gaffe? Retarius | Talk 09:19, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Sable Antelope

There is a Sable and a Sable Antelope in Africa. The page Sable Antelope is actually about a regular African Sable. A Sable Antelope is a completely different animal. I suggest that someone change the name to African Sable.Mattkenn3 ^talk 00:08, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I have sought advice on this. I am informed that according to Mammal species of the world, which is as close as we can get to a standard source on common names, the "Sable Antelope" is Hippotragus niger. Hesperian 05:12, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Procedurally

Is there any process being abused or other wise - if I created redirects for bioregions and sub regions to the main shark bay art for the mo - and then down the line created them into arts when there is the time or the material - is there any 'official process' being abused by doing that? cheers SatuSuro 05:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

It is a matter of preference I think. Personally I don't like that kind of redirect, because they disguise the absence of an article. For example I delete any redirect from species to genus that I find, because it falsely makes the species into a blue link. But there are more things in heaven and earth, SatuSuro, than are dreamt of in my philosophy, so make your own decision. Hesperian 06:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Heheh like my tagging your new arts and cats with project tags :| ok I think that a skeleton stub is indeed probably the better way to go - thanks for the sounding out on that - cheers SatuSuro 06:03, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

You in talking mode? SatuSuro 13:34, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

For you? always. Whassup? Hesperian 13:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

bloody edit conflict on your talk page classic :) neville is usually published as N G, and I cannot believe that the Bibliography of Australia and John Alexander Ferguson (tying in info about botanical miscellany) arent on wikipedia - what a bunch of cretins we must be not to have an art - or am i searching wrong :( SatuSuro 13:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

No, you were right the first time; we are cretins. Especially me, since we still don't have an article on the flora of Western Australia.

I've moved Neville to N. G. Hesperian 13:43, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2045408 - this ref is to what book dealers always refer to and i cannot believe that someone hasnt put it in - either under his name or the title name :( SatuSuro 13:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC) If you agree you cannot see it on wikipedia - ill start a stub in a sec or two :) SatuSuro 13:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

{{sofixit}}. By the way, did you know that Edgar Dell died a couple of months ago, at the ripe old age of 106? Hesperian 13:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Will do - first part - second part - no i didnt - my folks used to know em all through the nats, wildflowers, raou or whatever, or various circles - and i didnt realise that one got away with that sort of innings - good stuff SatuSuro 13:49, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

BTW i supect that the the miscellany stubcan be expanded - like do oyu have access to the contents pages? SatuSuro 13:50, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

http://books.google.com/books?id=51cCAAAAYAAJ. Hesperian 14:16, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

You might want/need to get rid of my N G Marchant redirect page :( SatuSuro

Nah, it's okay. Hesperian 14:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Feguson will have to come later - have collected enough - as for dell i am about to put henriettas first poke in :| SatuSuro 14:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Indeed goodnight too SatuSuro 14:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Province or region?

I'm adding some links to the Halden article and I've noticed in different places the use of both of the words "Province" and "Region" to describe the Leg. Council's electorates. Has there been a change in the terminology? I seem to remember "province" from way back, but I'm not sure. Also, isn't the article on the Leg. Council now out of date on the electoral weighting issue? Retarius | Talk 06:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Dendy

Hi Hesperian. Is this right? Under the Dendy disambiguation page is an entry for Dendy Films. Looks like a Wikipedia link but in fact it links straight to the outside? I'm guessing this is not correct Wikipedia practice but may be wrong as I am still learning the ropes here.Sterry2607 (talk) 10:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Ta, I shall fix. See, it's so much easier to ask someone than to go looking - though perhaps I could have found it easily if I'd actually tried! Anyhow, I shall go fix it now. Cheers and thanks again.Sterry2607 (talk) 13:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

I've been having trouble figuring out Huggle, since I just started using it. My lack of knowledge has led to many mistakes on my behalf, so I apologize. -- iMatthew _T.C. 12:54, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

 Doing... -- iMatthew _T.C. 13:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm so sorry

I was getting to the apology bit...I'm sorry. :( I saw the page move and I thought it was vandalism. I went to move it back as soon as I realised. Apologies again, PeterSymonds (talk) 23:23, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Egg on the face

Hello! As per your comment to me about having egg on my face in regard to an AfD regarding a certain Australian island, I would hope that you accept this token of my appreciation:

		The Barnstar of Good Humour
		For your egg-cellent manner in dealing with egg-asperating editors whose knowlege of Australian geography is something less than egg-hilirating. Ecoleetage (talk) 02:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Needless to say, I will spend more time egg-amining my geographic research. Ecoleetage (talk) 02:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Ficus aurea

Being worked up to FAC, any input/comments etc. appreciated..Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Madeley/Darch

Hi :) Now that (well, from tomorrow that) I have actual free time and a few things to be getting on with, I seem to have articles falling together for Madeley and Darch. I intend to get at least the first to GA/FA (it will be a lot easier than Hamersley as the history is almost entirely recent). Could you check the resources for natural history/biodiversity please? :) Orderinchaos 07:58, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

You, uh, have an article falling together for Darch? I hope it's not the article I'm looking at, which I've just reverted to the last good version, of December last year. :-(

Okay, will have a look when the opportunity presents. Hesperian 08:19, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Haven't edited Darch yet. :) A computer that keeps freezing with IE/MSN but on which Notepad and Adobe Acrobat work are the main reasons for that - I'm back at home temporarily (my baby actually works) so will be doing work on those once I clear some other priorities. Orderinchaos 10:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Have had a quick look, which has only confirmed that a quick look won't suffice. The easy bit is: both suburbs are/were vegetated by Jarrah/Banksia forest. Geology is a bit harder to interpret. Seems to be on the boundary of Spearwood Dunes (Karrakatta Sands - deep yellow and brown sand over Tamala Limestone) and Bassendean Dunes (Bassendean Sands - grey and yellow sand dunes with sandy swamps in low-lying areas). Possibly Madeley is in the former and Darch is in the latter. Apparently the western edge of Bassendean Dunes has a line of ridges that are rich in heavy metals; any idea if any ridges run through either suburb? Elevation about 200 feet. Given the lakes nearby (though not in the suburbs themselves) it would be nice to get something on drainage, but haven't found anything yet. 13:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

for darch its a yes there was a sand mining proposal for the area digging into vague high school science stuff had a teacher that was a geologist this area was one of his favorites. There dispute was in the late 70's early early 80's some conservation, indigenous things to do a with a near by lake and under ground water mound and the effects of mining in the area. Gnangarra 03:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Drach is on the eastern side of the ridgeline running north south that seperates the two lake systems, to the east is the Gnangara system to the west is Lake Joondalup//Yellagonga system, wanneroo rd runs along the west side of the ridge. It was this ridge line that they wanted to mine. Gnangarra 03:42, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Well that that ridge is basically the boundary between Spearwood and Bassendean Dunes, so that confirms their geology - got a reference?

Um reference? I just happen to know physically the terrain itself :( Gnangarra 08:56, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Roger that: Gnangarra (2008) Pers. comm. Hesperian 11:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

All I've found on the web so far is a mob of engineers who have won a contract to build an industrial estate on a disused sand pit.this. Never mind, it's OIC's baby; he can dig it all up in the SRO. When he does, I'll give him some geological background for it. Hesperian 03:48, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

FWIW Lake Gnangara Conservation and Community Group say that the Joondalup Libraries -- local studies area[5] has all the materials, so that maybe a good place to start. Gnangarra 08:56, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

• raw gem this looks interesting, The impact of soil disturbance of the Banksia woodland soil profile and particularly the effect of different reconstructed soil profiles Gnangarra 09:01, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Kings Park

Eremophila scaberula

Was there this day, they have finished the work on the new conservation area which is planted out with exclusively critically endangered species and two species I noted that were consider extinct in their natural environment. Includes plants from the Kimberley, Pilbara and south west so if you have any your interested in then let me know I'll see if there are any there. got pict of Banksia benthamiana and Banksia tricuspis though both are too small to expect flowering in the near future. Gnangarra 10:33, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

added a quick upload of how they have sign posted the plants. Gnangarra 10:53, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Good on ya; it'll be great to get a pic for B. benthamiana, even if it is only a bub. Have been gradually moving back into Banksia edits lately. Hesperian 13:59, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

If there's any more Eremophilas, I'll create the articles to put them in --Melburnian (talk) 14:12, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Eremophila lactea as well, already photographed uploads later in the week Gnangarra 15:32, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that Melburnian (talk) 03:13, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

wot a lot of rubbish

I am not a new years day and never shall be - I am a human being - what a lot of rubbish :) SatuSuro 23:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[Laughter from Number Two] Hesperian 00:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I am very sorry, but for all my delving into the obscurantisms of tasmanian place names, javanese personal names for over a decade, and some of the etymologies of javanese place names for even longer - I cannot for the like of me fathom the talk page rename - could you please revert that so I can assrchive it I am getting tired of long talk pages with old age - my brain hurts while i try to fathom the multiple threads :( SatuSuro 02:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Maybe - just maybe becuse I seem to have been in a number of tiffs on wiki talk pages my eyesight is going a bit :| - but I cannot believe the stub I have started is the only info we have on wp west oz - would a appreciate a double check - we dont really seem to actually have anything on the oil and gas indutry in wa or am i checking wrong titles? SatuSuro 01:17, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Nothing whatsoever. :-( Why not move it to North West Shelf? There's also a European North West Shelf but there's no article on it yet, and I don't think it is as notable as our own North West Shelf. Hesperian 01:21, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Shows the classic preoccupations of eds - something worth trillions to the state and we dont have an art - bah typical -ok will do the move - cheers and thanks for the confirm SatuSuro 01:27, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Wot newspapers as literature - bah giving the journos too much :( SatuSuro 00:48, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I thought you'd be interested in that category. Take it; it's all yours. Mould it to your understanding of what it means to be literature. Hesperian 00:53, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity have you ever come across IMCRA? Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia in your IBRA stuff? - wa has 15 marine things which i hve found in a coastal planning and management manual for was dated 2003 - most of the map and stuff done by my old mate ian eliot who used to be at uwa geog - just curious SatuSuro 01:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Guess who created these? Hesperian 01:06, 13 June 2008 (UTC) Yeah great stuff (impatiently tying to sort something out) - but are there any related stubs? if so they should have been tied in with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_regions_of_Western_Australia - or vice versa - or are they on a wish list :( SatuSuro 01:14, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah mate; all the provincial bioregions are there, but not the Benthic meso-scale ones. See Category:IMCRA regions. Hesperian 01:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Cannot remember what i was doing in the last week of feb but obviusly i wasnt trawling your contribs page :( if i was i would have tied in the overview art sooner :( SatuSuro 01:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Btw some sweet person has tagged almost everytasmanian project art with reqphto (and seemed to be incomprehending that i should query why some of maias island stubs might be technically impossible to have photos for :( )and it smells like the locations of wa's with an a have been tagged - so nows the time to start awb creation of geogfrey highams where was that? list of place names for west australia to aid and abet the 'create a stub' for every placename on the planet thing that was being touted the other week :( SatuSuro 01:34, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to merge your North West Shelf with my Northwest Shelf Province if you think it best. Hesperian 02:38, 13 June 2008 (UTC):Nah will try to keep the bigger region separate from the marine stuff (sense?)- guano indeed - gawd the 2003 version of the MCRA stuff was fairly easy to get along with this double slather of things is a bit straining on the brain :| SatuSuro 02:45, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah its a pain in the arse, all these provinces and transitions and meso-scale bioregions. And there's a layer of geological units I didn't bother with too. Hesperian 02:55, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

whoa

not signing at the national noticeboard? whoa. whoa SatuSuro 04:02, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

cheers. Hesperian 04:03, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

If poss could you possibly exterminate List of natural gas pipleines in Western Australia it would be appreciated - it is embarrassing ( SatuSuro 05:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Wilco. Hesperian 05:24, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Ta muchly as always SatuSuro 05:28, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Cripes at this rate you'll be at 60 grand before we can say 'whens the next meetup?' :| SatuSuro 06:29, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Paranoia is palpable can be explained offwiki SatuSuro 05:56, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

SB - its gonna be hard to keep chasing strom free range eds - bit like deserts :( - thanks SatuSuro 11:17, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Accidental birds

Heheh there is a very good story on some of the volunteers for the Atlas of Australian birds (via a person who didnt work on the atlas) about mis-identification of birds by some which created some very weird glitches in the record - next meetup - more details :) SatuSuro 12:09, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Editorial comments?

Could you clarify something for me? Have a look at the NCB article and what I've said on Sarah's talk page. What's going on here? Have admins got some licence to disparage people's efforts that I'm not aware of? What the Hell is she talking about? Retarius | Talk 05:09, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Reviewing it now. Hesperian 05:15, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Please see my post on my page. Retarius | Talk 06:29, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I understand the point you've made but I can't be bothered doing any further editing with some persons with an inexplicable grudge dogging me. If you look at my record, you'll see I've been scrupulously civil and friendly to people on this site. (I'll own to two exceptions: The first time I met SatuSuro I got very jack of his tone and responded tersely. I stewed over that for a few days and reverted myself. I also commented to Clio the Muse that Lewis was a loser and a cretin. No regrets there for the content but I can see it would have been better to email it. I didn't appreciate at that time that such things are picked up and circulated back. I could have restarted it all.) I've also isolated my personal political views from anything I write here. I've asked Sarah to explain some of the things she's written. If I don't receive a satisfactory answer, I'd like to take the matter to some authority to have the matter reviewed. As I'm not a habitual wiki-warrior, I don't know what that next step should be. Retarius | Talk 07:05, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll have a look at it. Retarius | Talk 07:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

"And please don't call me surely"

I am so bored still and I have the strong belief that those articles will be replaced. I find it most interesting that the thing I am resenting the very most is being called 'dear'.

Thank you for removing the boldface, as they almost had me convinced that my efforts to reword things had failed. -- carol (talk) 06:00, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Wiebbe Hayes

Thanks for the positive feedback, just glad I can help. Cheers, Spy007au (talk) 05:54, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Invite to review a set of articles

Hi there. You participated in this ANI thread. I picked out the names of some editors I recognised, or who had extensive comments there, and I was wondering if you would have time to review the articles mentioned in the thread I've started here, and in particular the concerns I've raised there about how I used the sources. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 09:55, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Carcharoth. I may have some time over the next week of so; will let you know. Hesperian 07:51, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Car talk

See this beautiful invention of Michigan right before the fall of my states automotive engineering? (The Japanese killed us with a bunch of great cars). I drove one of these things and I admit that I was embarrassed by what to me felt like a 'grocery getter'. I learned after it was gone that this particular vehicle was banned from demolition derbies due to its solid structure and the minor things that needed to be adjusted that made it unstoppable in all forms of demolition derby. Even in my embarrassment, I had a great deal of respect for the vehicle. The clock was working more than a decade later, as were the power windows and the backend which was also electrically managed. The back was not a door that opened, but one that slid down into an opening in the structure. Crushed velour covered seats and power locks -- all still working. The glass window in the back -- rounded and tinted and also electronically opened by sliding into an opening in the roof. I used to claim that it was a Pontiac that no one told it that it was not a Cadillac.

Mine was like the one at the bottom of that page, only the color is closer to the classic wiki skin. I have heard that Australia is full of old cars. Keep an eye out for this one; looks can be deceiving and banned from the Michigan derbies is an honor not bestowed on that many of their own vehicles. -- carol (talk) 00:36, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I used to be the proud owner of a HT. It was a wagon, with the same opening at the back as what you're talking about, I think: a window that wound down, and a handle on the inside to open the tray. Built like a brick shithouse. Christ I loved that car. Hesperian 00:47, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

It

Doh - took six days to register (slow in the cold the reptiles of the hills are) the guano industry - of course = the sources about the industry from memory are some of the weirdest/or at least idiosyncratic in west oz history - also bolton has a brand new history of wa out - just noticed it on bookshelf yesterday at one of the collins franchisesSatuSuro 00:58, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Land of vision and mirage - price is not too bad - thanks, I'll keep an eye out for it.

From what I can tell, McCarthy's Failure and success: The Broadhursts and the Abrolhos guano industry is just about the only modern mainstream material on the guano industry in W.A. Anyone taking on such an article would have to go back to much older stuff like Harry Woodward's The phosphatic deposits of Western Australia and Andrew Gibb Maitland's The mineral wealth of Western Australia, plus trawl through newspaper articles and Battye research notes. I suspect any narrative that emerged from such an effort would be too novel to be anything but Original Research. So perhaps the time is not yet ripe. :-( Hesperian 01:11, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Indeed I was considering the odd primary source materials that i noticed in passing while on trail for other things in state records - yes i think you maybe right - but i aint venturing down that road in near future - give me 1,000 scrappy hardly n or v stubs to fester the oz project with rather than one smelly guano art anytime :| SatuSuro 01:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

long gmail

about to be sent SatuSuro 04:07, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

roger that. Hesperian 04:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

User page - brilliant - good stuff - (another round to the man in dat corner of the ring - give him air, give him a towell - he needs to breath - he's almost got the title - ok lets see him go - yeah! the history man has won the round - a brilliant K.O.! - the provincial myopic on the other side is on the floor - knocked out by history again! ) SatuSuro 06:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Bolster heath vs. cushion plant

Hey there :-) I was wondering if you could clue me in on some (apparently) Aussie lingo. Is bolster heath = cushion plant? Or is the bolster heath more a description of the entire plant community and its ecological interactions, more like a description of a fen or bog? Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 04:21, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

No idea; I'm about 4000 kilometers from the nearest alpine habitat. I confess I climbed Mout Kosciusko once, many moons ago, but that is the limit of my exposure (put not intended) to such habitats. Maybe ask Melburnian: he is a good deal closer to the Aussie Alps than I am, and has the additional advantage of being more intelligent than me. Hesperian 04:45, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

What a coincidence (nothing to do with intelligence though:(- )just put my first eucalypt new stub in this am - tassie alpine - tas snow gum - i'd say ask meburnian though SatuSuro 06:40, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Hesperian, I disagree with your assertions ... hang on ... I just stepped outside and it does indeed feel that I must be very close to an alpine area, so I will concede you that one. Bolster heath is a vegetation formation/community [6], rather than a type of plant. As far as I can tell, use of the term is confined to Tasmania. Bolster heath, according to the DPIW is a community "dominated by cushion plants (many plants closely packed forming a raised cushion-like mat)"[7] In Tasmania, "Cushion Moorland" is also defined.[8] Here [9] is a defintion of cushion plants, plus a key to species in Tasmania. --Melburnian (talk) 10:37, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

The proof's in the pudding, as always. ;-) Hesperian 11:14, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Could have told ya the central highlands of tassie is where its all at - i think the cushion moorland was a feature that dombrovskis used to like to include in his central highland piccies SatuSuro 12:05, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, excellent! Thanks very much, all. Very informative, Melburnian :-) Cheers, Rkitko ^(talk) 12:34, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Now is the Winter of our deleted content...

• Thanks for your response. As the High Council has not responded to my petition, could you clean the house by blasting Bioright, BB, SB and MEY out of existence? (I've had plenty of time to look at the history files and I can see an intriguing similarity of approach that makes me wonder just who was "helping" whom. In the interest of keeping peace I'll let it go. Some things you don't want to know.) I think it's best if they are reduced to permablocked red letters with no pages. The sooner the better.

• As to my three "mates"; you've seen what I've said and I'll go along happily with whatever the ruling is, as long as it's a ruling that everyone has to abide by.

• I don't want to ignite further dispute but I'm genuinely intrigued as to what this POV is that I'm supposed to be pushing. It's a pretty weird one, I'd say: pro-Labor, pro-Liberal, etc. I don't know why they don't just throw it down on the ground and be done with it. This is an internet site. I meant what I said on my user page about take it or leave it. I'm not going to track anyone down and murder them. At most I'll just walk off in disgust. At the moment I really don't know what is safe to write or not. One thing's sure: if I wanted to massage articles in a certain direction I wouldn't blog on the same subjects, using the same handle and then make reciprocal links with Wikipedia so everybody can compare the contents.

• Which brings me to the comment I made about mentors. I appreciate that you're busy but if I am going to be around the place I'd be glad of your guidance. Retarius | Talk 05:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

I've nuked everything I could find.
I don't think it is POV so much as a disregard for BLP policy. Even-handed slander is still slander, yes?
Re mentoring, I don't see myself as upholding a standard of behaviour that others should aspire to. But I'm always here if you want to talk something through.
Hesperian 06:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for shooting those dogs. I should have asked for that the day I collected the passwords. I was just too embarrassed to admit that I knew anything about it, particularly BB. As to the "balanced slander"; I never thought of it in those terms. I can also see that under the strict application of the policy (as I now understand it) your comment about "military rigour" is very educative. Retarius | Talk 07:29, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, one of those dogs was my favourite hound, LuckyThracian! Can I keep that as a declared alternate for copyediting? Can the pages be retrieved? It's Valentanon that needs a bullet. He's "burned" anyway. Retarius | Talk 07:43, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

LuckyThracian undeleted and unblocked. Hesperian 23:17, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

I think I've got it right now. If you want to review you can check my log. Hesperian 23:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks greatly. Lucky's the only one of the three worth saving. I'll identify our connection.

I'm battling on with Lawrence. I'm sure that the proper nomenclature for Easton's estranged wife is "Campbell" in all contexts, including The Easton affair article. (Have a look at my comments on the Lawrence talk page.) The Easton article obviously needs a very strict review. I'll go through it and cut anything that won't float in a court. Retarius | Talk 06:30, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Aspiration

You wrote "...I don't see myself as upholding a standard of behaviour that others should aspire to." Of course, that in itself is a standard that others should aspire to. --Curtis Clark (talk) 12:39, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Gawd dont let it got to his head - he'll be awb'ing to the other side of the edit counts of most of the bots around if we arent careful SatuSuro 12:43, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, yet another example/restatement of Russell's paradox: "Know thyself is a quality that I do not possess." Hesperian 23:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

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comics

http://xkcd.com/435/ <-- not as funny but I liked it

http://xkcd.com/424/ <-- not funny at all, more like "they finally know!"

-- carol (talk) 23:52, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

I think Schroedinger's comic may be my favourite. Hesperian 23:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC) But there are a lot that aren't particularly funny, but leave me astonished at how like me xkcd is.[10] Hesperian 00:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Heh, what is wrong with your car?

That comic is inscrutably '85! I suspect the car problem is with the mechanic who doesn't want to learn how to fix disc brakes after having such an eventual success in repairing the other kind. This mindset can lead to another mindset of "if you need a car with brakes installed you probably shouldn't be driving", an interesting frame of mind which can be grown out of but never forgotten.

For me, the only real tale I have that will be interesting and also look a lot like 85 is about the ants that did not bite and also did not suffer very many casualties. Interestingly enough, 85 is almost the outline for that only real tale.

Good luck with that mechanic. I trust the mechanic is good but who knows about the mood problems.... -- carol (talk) 00:31, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Galaxids

An under worked upon area indeed - the Gordon River and other dams in the south west of tas affected their presence apparently but never enough work done before it all happened. There is a gmail request for help on an issue SatuSuro 01:25, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Raymond Chandler (disambiguation)

I deleted an entry in here because it went to a deleted article. This now only has one entry. What should be done with it? -WarthogDemon 01:42, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

'Tis gone now. ;-) Hesperian 01:45, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Dwarf galaxias

Why have you renamed this article? There has been no contention about the common name and no discussion about the change. Unless you give a satisfactory answer to this question I will undo the rename. The agreed standard in Wikipedia in the fish project is to use common names in preference to latin names unless there is contention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nick Thorne (talk • contribs) 12:54, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

There is contention. Look again. Look at Dwarf galaxias. Hesperian 13:01, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I see what you mean. You think Dwarf galaxias (Australia) is a better title than Galaxiella pusilla? You've got rocks in your head then. I am not interested in arguing over whether scientific names or common names are better in general. But when a common name is ambiguous, the scientific name shits all over any other disambiguation title. Hesperian 13:07, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

However, Wikipedia proceeds by consensus, and the agreed concensus about naming fish articles is to use the common name where one exists and is actually in common use. Using a bracketed disambig such as Dwarf Galaxias (Aus) and Dwarf Galaxias (NZ) would acheive this aim. I can't speak for the New Zealand fish but there is no question that the Australian fish is generally known by the common name. Finally, stating your personal beliefs as if they are some sort of holy writ and resorting to name calling and foul language does nothing to further your argument. I do not have time right now, but I intend to rename the article in the next day or so. You have not raised anything of substabce to justify your change. You opinion is not Wikipedia policy. Nick Thorne ^talk 00:41, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Stradbroke Island Galleon

Hallo Hesperian for your information I have a degree in archaeology from University of Queensland and currently doing a Masters degree in History. If some one has a different view on history to yours it does not make them an amateur though that kind of attitude is typical of a lot of academics, such as yourself and even "real" archaeolgists like your hero Peter Gesner; who, by the way, knows next to nothing about the subject you have elevated him to "expert" status on. For the record I receive an income from both my historic research work and my archaeological work, according to most definitions I am familiar with that makes me a professional. happy trails Gregjay (talk) 23:24, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

"Amateur archaeologist" isn't my opinion; I found it here; and I found another site that was careful to describe you as a "archaeology graduate" rather than an "archaeologist". But this isn't about your bonafides; this is about your motive. You're here to flog your book. Hesperian 23:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Well the fact is that my book does contain the most up to date research on the subject, the Portuguese discovery of Australia mentions various books, that's called referancing I believe. Or do you think everyone who has self-published a book should be banned from contributing to Wikipedia? What's your problem anyway? I assume I know you and you are hiding behind your nice little flower name.Gregjay (talk) 00:52, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

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