User talk:Ddball

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Initial response
...to your comments on my Talk page; even this brief acknowledgement is tardy, due to enormous work pressures I face at present. Please be assured that I'll get back to you here with responses to all your points, even if in episodic fashion. I greatly appreciate your clarifications and want to assure you that (and what) I understand, plus reciprocate with what may be helpful information. -- Deborahjay 23:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Excellent! I figured you would know somebody that knew somebody ;) DDB 00:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Have courage
Please see your new subpage at User talk:Ddball/1. Note the "1". You can create more such subpages for all the articles you wish to create but for some reason others feel they are not ready to be put into the main space. If the contents are questionable in some way - defamatory or copyright issues - then blank the page while you are not editing it so no defamation or copyright content problem is live. The content is then always available for editing from the history. WAS 4.250 15:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh and anything already deleted can be recovered by an admin and placed on a subpage in your user space. Just ask nice on WP:AN and reasonable people will help with reasonable requests. WAS 4.250 15:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC) Thank you. I really appreciate this DDB 04:35, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyright issue with James_Royce_Shannon
Hello. Concerning your contribution, ... However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. -- Diletante 22:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I have also done the same for Murray Print because of this page. -- Diletante 22:22, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Diletante, I note your recent attempt to provide misleading advice on the reference desk. It is wrong to involve yourself in this way when you have personalised the issues. Plaigarism is not what you seem to think, but then I think you know that. Had I provided a more original (not paraphrased and concatenated) material, your ambit claim to speedy delete would have been on the equally thin grounds of original research. Asking you to involve others when exercising judgement in future would only encourage you to patsy. I wish you would involve yourself with improving the encyclopedia, and not bully.


 * I have not personalized any issue on wikipedia. I have never knowingly provided misleading advice on the ref desk. My interest is only in improving wikipedia. Plagiarism/copyvio is a very serious issue, I will continue to watch for it and add speedy delete templates to infringing articles.  I am sorry if you feel you are being bullied I assure you that my only intention is to improve wikipedia. Thanks. -- Diletante 15:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral and Care Bears
I was looking at the page for Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral, and I noticed that there was a reference to Care Bears in it that you added a while back. There is no other reference to them on that page, nor is there (as far as I can see) any reference to the Irish Lullaby on the Care bear page. Not being overly fzmiliar with those bears, could you please explain what the link is between the two? Thanks. StephenBuxton 22:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC) Thanks for the heads up, it was a while ago for me, and I was learning how to work in wiki. The Care Bears did a cover of this song on their 'nighty night' CD of 2005, and possibly elesewhere. I didn't, at the time, know how to show the actual reference, so I sent the reference to Care Bears .. I did so in response to an editor who wished to delete any page I made, sometimes profferring the reason "Not notable" and other times "Original research."

I really don't wish to have notable pages deleted because I was involved with them. So I'm a little timid, but I'll make some adjustments. DDB 23:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. I didn't want to delete the link without checking first.  The adjustment looks fine.  Thanks! StephenBuxton 09:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Mak Sai Ying
I think two of the categories you added at Mak Sai Ying don't exist. Badagnani 23:33, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

You might be right, but they should .. maybe I've not written them correctly? DDB 15:13, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Botany Bay (Song)
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This works well. The song/writing is public domain. The reference is acknowledged per standard operating procedure. DDB (talk) 00:07, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * There is no reason to mention particular songs from shows in composers' bios, like Botany Bay in Henry Pottinger Stephens, and this is inconsistent with other bios for composers of shows. The list of songs should go in the article for the show.  Why on earth is this song notable anyway?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 06:04, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I believe it to be notable as it is considered an Australian classic. I have no particular affection or fondness for the number, other than it being a folk song I was introduced to through schooling in Sydney. It appears in lists of music collaborations of Australian Folk music, and it was on one such item that I recently was reminded of the song. As to the placement in the bio, the song's fame is such that the author probably should have it noted on their page. However I understand that that might seem strange to someone who is unaware of its local impact. I have no desire to get into a dispute over it, however, but I might note that it would have been courteous were you to have expanded on your reasoning at your initial removal. Had you explained the pro forma to me I would not have assumed that you eliminated the reference solely because of my error in date. However, no harm done.


 * Thanks for the message. I suggest that you explain all this in the article Botany Bay (Song) so that readers can understand the significance of the song outside of it simply being one of the songs in a forgotten burlesque.  Since there are so many google hits about the song, then there must be a lot of interesting published information about it that should be described in its article, like if it had very signicant sales, or is published in numerous collections, or is frequently sung on the radio or other media or events, etc.  Wikipedia depends on references to published information.  See: WP:RS.  Merely saying that this is a song from this show, and then giving the lyrics, does not adequately establish its notability.  In the article, you should list the references where you get the information from.  See WP:CITE.  If you can do all this and establish the fame of this song using references, then I agree that something about how it has become famous could be said in both the show's article and the composer's.  Best regards,  -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:25, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

talk: climate change fixes
Hi Ddball. I've edited your latest contribution to remove one accidental tag, improve readability, and add an references section. I hope you don't mind. If you do, please revert. I'll continue the substantial discussion there. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 16:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Albert Henry Ross
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 * Hello, David. I removed the deletion proposal and have done some work on Albert Henry Ross. If you have access to any other facts about the man, it could do with a bit more detail of his life. I did read http://books.google.com/books?id=fvL6OF-rVwQC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=%22Albert+Henry+Ross%22&source=bl&ots=tPti7SaCT-&sig=CZTjSij0CtPWonGNy8gAVwRNU0c&hl=en&ei=Y3psS6fgAseQjAf52uXqBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBcQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=%22Albert%20Henry%20Ross%22&f=false but the information is markedly different from every other source (eg his death in 1983, his law degree). Do you have any definitive primary sources we can use to weigh up conflicting claims? Regards -- Hebrides (talk) 23:12, 5 February 2010 (UTC)


 * All I know is what I read in the book. I felt it well written, looked up the author and Thought wiki could do with the guy. There would be something out there, and my source for his death and birth is not perfect. DDB (talk) 01:38, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * OK, I'll keep searching too… -- Hebrides (talk) 07:56, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: Circus consensus
For a small sample of discussion about this topic, please see User:Viriditas/Circus_consensus. There has never been any consensus /for/ inclusion. Currently, we have a link in the see also section as a compromise. If you wish to challenge this consensus, feel free to keep contributing to the talk page. For more recent consensus on the subject (outside the RfC), please see: Fringe theories/Noticeboard Aside from one editor, there has never been any agreement to add this material to the article. Viriditas (talk) 02:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Because this has nothing to do with the topic, I've brought it here for your clarification:
 * You linked it to a place that didn't exist.
 * Clearly, User:Viriditas/Circus consensus does exist. I apologize if the "User" was truncated.
 * you posted on my user page and linked to your user page where there was majority support.
 * There is no "majority support" for inclusion in any discussion on this topic. There is, however, no consensus for inclusion.  Does that make sense to you?
 * Then you linked it to an obscure wiki editor site where Charley Chaplin was misspelled.
 * I have no idea what you mean, but if you are referring to the originator of the meme, George Clarke, that is, in fact, how he spelled it.
 * But the reference is not about the reality of time travel but the issue of perception focused on a shot that didn't make the film, but is included in the extras.
 * Actually, no. George Clarke viewed the extras and uploaded a YouTube video commenting on the extras.  The "extras" on the DVD are about the film's premiere and have nothing to do with George Clarke or his silly time travel promotional campaign.  In fact, there isn't a single reliable source about the film and George Clarke.  Not one. Viriditas (talk) 02:51, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I've reverted your modification of my user page which broke the table and added nothing of substance. In case you haven't noticed, the page is for representing arguments for and against, not merely "yes" and "no" votes, which I haven't recorded at all. Viriditas (talk) 02:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Re: Viriditas
I've initiated a Wikiquette Alert (WQA) regarding Viriditas' editing behavior, and you have been noted in the alert as well. That alert can be found here. I wanted to advise you of its existence, so you could act according to your wishes. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 17:34, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Your edits in regards to the living person Craig Thompson
Talk:Craig_Thomson_affair

Please comment there thanks - You  really  can  23:33, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Liberal Party propaganda follows below. 121.216.230.139 (talk) 15:23, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

You have no idea
Just saw your comments about me on Sydney Conservative (via Pete/Skyring's Talk page). ALP Supporter? LOL. As the title suggests, you have no idea. HiLo48 (talk) 21:33, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral


The article Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Seems to fail WP:GNG as well as WP:NSONG

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Sydney University women
Hi Ddball. You might be interested in an editathon this Friday: Meetup/Sydney/University of Sydney Wikibomb. --99of9 (talk) 00:41, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Walter O'Brien
As someone who has been active on the talk page, you may be interested in Articles for deletion/Walter O'Brien. --Rob Sinden (talk) 09:40, 30 January 2015 (UTC) thank you

Carl Emil Schorske
Hi, you undid my revision on Carl Emil Schorske removing his membership from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. I removed it as the information is currently unsourced and can't find him one of the three possible lists he could be on: https://www.knaw.nl/nl/leden/leden#b_start=0&c3=S https://www.knaw.nl/nl/leden/buitenlandse-leden#b_start=0&c3=S https://www.knaw.nl/nl/leden/correspondenten#b_start=0&c3=S If you do think he for some reason is member please provide a source. Crispulop (talk) 07:51, 14 July 2015 (UTC) As I stated on the source age I have contacted the academy and will act on their advice .. as should you have before deciding you knew what you were doing with basic research. DDB (talk) 03:21, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

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