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Year 15?

I see that some New Zealand high school articles say they cater for years 9-15. I thought year 13 was the final year, corresponding to what used to be seventh form. Is there something beyond this, or is the 15 just a typo?-gadfium 03:42, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I believe that year 14-15 is for adults who are returning to school. Nzgabriel 22:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

science link

Linking directly to the experiments sounds great to me. I deleted because I ran straight into products for sale. Did I delete this one twice? If so I apologize. I try to avoid serial deletion/reversion cycles. Keep up the good work. CheersDmccabe

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Waitangi Day

Sorry, at the moment I don't think I'll be going to a marae on the day. I'll let you know if my plans change. -- Avenue 02:32, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

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Netconcepts

Hello Nzgabriel. Are you associated with the Netconcepts company? EdJohnston 04:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Wondering if I'm a stooge eh? ;-) I'm 16-years-old and a full-time high school student. In my spare time, I write for Wikinews, Wikipedia, and recently, Practical eCommerce. I draw inspiration for what I write about from things I read and watch, people I meet, and generally things that interest me (including e-commerce and search engines). I follow some local (Christchurch) companies including Netconcepts. Sometimes the things I write about get me noticed (I got to know a couple people at Netconcepts because of some of the writing I've done), which is cool when it happens but I'm not here just to network. Don't worry, I always keep a NPOV when I write. :-) Even when it gets me in trouble (like it did here Talk:SLI_Systems). Nzgabriel 08:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I was just slightly alarmed when you edited something on my User Talk page concerning Netconcepts. Generally, per WP:TALK, other users' comments are not corrected. I didn't see anything amiss in your treatment of SLI Systems, by the way. EdJohnston 04:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, and sorry I edited your comment. Nzgabriel 04:22, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

You edited my sandbox!

Hi Nzgabriel - I was bemused to find you had edited my sandbox. Hope you won't be offended when I rake it over. I just use my sandbox as an area to try out ideas or accumulate jottings. It's probably a better use of your time to edit real articles ;)

Cheers - Euchiasmus 07:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, sorry. Nzgabriel 08:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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• Incidentally, are you Gabriel Gorscovoz? Guy (Help!) 20:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • My name is Gabriel Pollard. Nzgabriel (talk) 20:59, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello Gabriel. I have never considered you a COI-affected editor. I notice that you are the creator of the PDMA article. It *does* have a serious problem that it is almost entirely sourced to PDMA-generated materials. I wonder if you have any access to more information about PDMA, or if you based your original article-writing on their website? I see that they don't do a very good job of explaining what they actually do. I believe the article can be saved, but some of the criticisms of its current state are valid. Do you have any time to spend improving the article? I do have some ideas. EdJohnston (talk) 21:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I do have some time to spend trying to improve this article. What are your ideas, Ed? Nzgabriel (talk) 23:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Dylan here, wow i didnt realise how much you had been up to since i left and now i have found your page and everything on here. Pretty funny that you didnt get an interview with your own school.If you and the others want to contact me again you could get Pactric to get my cellphone number off his friend "joppy" or josh since it isnt such a good idea to give out your number where anybody can get it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.88.66.242 (talk) 01:26, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

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