User talk:Brian/Archive 4

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Nice Work :)
Hi,

I just want to say "nice work" getting a page up for Nick Willis. Not sure if you saw my reply to your message on my talk page, so I've put it below :)
 * Yes, your right, Peter Snell won the gold at the Empire games not the Commonwealth games. As it was it was incorrect, but I happy with your changes. (It sliped my mind that it was the Empire games, I regared them as just a name change :) Best Wishes Brian | (Talk) 05:41, 26 March 2006 (UTC)


 * ""That's okay :) It probably wasn't clear enough as is, and as you'll see I explained it further... I kept hearing that last night over and over again so I thought it'd be worth including :P  Go Kiwi! CarlyPalmer 05:55, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Nice to see the Netballers won our sixth, isn't it :) CarlyPalmer 06:33, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for putting the page up. It was good to hear Nick acknowledge his faith and the prayers of support. Googled up this page from August, http://www.2kplus.org.uk/cherald/cherald050822.php which includes this - He told a captivated audience how his faith helped him cope with disappointment and shared one of his favourite Bible passages, from Isaiah 41. "This is the one that I really rely on for my inspiration," he said, "when I'm really tired in the morning and I have to get up and run 20 kilometres, 30 kilometres in my training every day. When I'm tired and I'm weak and I'm really struggling to find an energy source I just refer to this verse and it really lifts me up: 'He gives power to those who are tired and worn out. He offers strength to those who are weak. Even though youths will become exhausted and young men will give up, those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.' So this is where I find my strength to get out and run 160 kilometres per week in rain and wind or hot humidity." rossnixon 09:55, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Courtesy note for New Zealand Cadet Forces
I gave the coutesy note for this article to User:Liberator as he created the initial stub and has stayed involved with it since. The bulk of the text seems to have come from an anon, and I think you've probably put the most effort into the article of any signed-in contributor. I don't generally thank the portal maintainers, but I didn't want you to think I hadn't noticed your work.-gadfium 03:15, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that :), (I was the Anon, back in the days, before I had an account :D)

Cheers Brian | (Talk) 05:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Censorship
A watered-down version of the proposed policy against censorship is now open for voting. Will you kindly review the policy and make your opinions known? Thank you very much. Loom91 12:17, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof
Thanks for your interest in VandalProof! You've been added to the list of authorized users, and feel free to contact me or post a message on VandalProof's talk page if you have any questions. AmiDaniel (Talk) 10:37, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

A Download Is Now Available
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No worries
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 * Sadly it does, its *UNIX or variations only (it uses a bunch of shell applications) - if that doesn't scare you away I'll email you a username and password for access -- Tawker 01:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

NZSL not yet official language
The reason NZSL has been taken out of the infobox is that it actually is not an official language until the recent bill receives Royal Assent, and this apparently has not happened yet. See Talk:New_Zealand_Sign_Language for a discussion. -- Avenue 01:30, 11 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I tried to make it clear in my first edit summary - guess I was lazy the second time around. Anyway, I just found out it may have received Royal Assent yesterday. See the NZSL talk page for details. -- Avenue 02:00, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof 1.1 is Now Available For Download
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NZ chapter
Absolutely. Count me in. I was thinking of organizing a meetup here in Auckland, but slacker that I am, I haven't got around to it yet. Do you think that that would be useful for getting things moving? GeorgeStepanek\talk 08:56, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * My plan for the meetup was to simply to announce a date and a location, and then just see who turned up! I was thinking of meeting around twelve noon on a Sunday in a pub or cafe, where we can get a meal and some drinks. If it's going well then the discussion could continue all afternoon. And if no-one showed up, then I'd at least have a meal out with my girlfriend!


 * Any Sunday would be good, as long as it's not a bank holiday weekend, and people have a couple of weeks notice. I feel that trying to get agreement on a specific date is would be difficult to impossible: in today's busy society there will be always be someone who can't make it.


 * I picked twelve noon so that those who wanted to could go to church, and those who didn't could sleep in. :) For the location I was thinking of an Auckland suburb close enough in to be central, but far enough out to have plenty of free parking. Ellerslie perhaps? I realise that Auckland is not central to the country as a whole, but at least three times as many people will be local as compared to any other city in New Zealand.


 * And as for the mailing list and irc channel, well, I'm not big on those, sorry&mdash;I don't even have an irc client installed&mdash;so I probably wouldn't join in. (But don't let that stop you!) I'm just happy discussing things in a wiki way.


 * So those are my suggestions. What do you think of them? GeorgeStepanek\talk 08:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Incorporation sounds like a good plan to me. I guess we need physical signatures for that, not just people typing in a wiki page? GeorgeStepanek\talk 08:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * How about this: Meetup/Auckland? GeorgeStepanek\talk 10:24, 22 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Excellent. It looks like you're a lot more organised than I am! GeorgeStepanek\talk 11:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)