User talk:Alastairgbrown

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Hi from Anachron, creator of Bicycle Trailer article
Hi Alastair, thanks for your addition to the Bike Trailer article.

Is there a chance you'd be willing to upload Trailer2.jpg from your web site to Wikipedia so that it can be permanently incorporated into the article as a photo?

If so, please let me know.

Thanks! Anachron 01:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Auckland meetup
Just to let you know that a meetup is planned in Auckland for the 25th of June (see Meetup/Auckland for more details), and that you are cordially invited. GeorgeStepanek\talk 00:21, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

New Zealander-Israeli relations
I noticed you identified yourself as a Wikipedian in New Zealand. You may be interested in New Zealander-Israeli relations. Respectfully, Republitarian 23:33, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Your request for rollback
Alastairgbrown, per your request on WP:RFR, I have enabled your account with the rollback feature. Please read documentation on the tool, and remember that it is to be used for the removal of vandalism only—it must not be used to aid edit warring.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at my talk page. Anthøny 23:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:BayOfIslandsVintageRailway-GabrielOnBridge5.jpg
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Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
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Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 19:51, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:LocMap Rakiura National Park.png


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Merger discussion for Te Urewera National Park
An article that you have been involved in editing, Te Urewera National Park, has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. -- haminoon  ( talk ) 04:51, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of File:LocMap Rakiura National park.png


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Proposed deletion of File:LocMap Abel Tasman National Park.png


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Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay
Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics.  Schwede 66  09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)