User talk:Gadfium/Archive 6

User:Morsini
Gadfium, I'm not sure if you're an admin, but hope you'll know what to do in any case... A user by the handle of Morsini keeps uploading images despite frequently running into trouble with copyright and plagiarism. See User_talk:Morsini for a page littered with such warnings, to which he apparently doesn't respond. He does this repeatedly, even simply renaming and uploading the same images. See. Today she or he has uploaded three more images: Image:Val_Paraiso.jpg, Image:Vina_del_mar_3.jpg, and Image:Vina_del_mar_2.jpg. I can't find them on the web anywhere, but I swear s/he never took them. Their styles are too disparate, they are clearly professional publicity shots, and so on. I think these images should be removed and this guy(ess) blocked. How to go about this? --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 00:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I've blocked them for 24 hours to get their attention. If they continue to upload suspect images without some attempt to explain what their copyright status is, then I'll block indefinitely.- gadfium 02:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks! --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 12:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Back from his/her block, and he's uploaded two more images: Image:Valparaiso_2.jpg and Image:Valparaiso.jpg. Without responding to warnings or your block or anything.  I mean, I'm sure there are zilliions of copyright images uploaded to Wikipedia, but this is a little brazen.  --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 17:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I've blocked them indefinitely, which doesn't mean forever, but only until they will discuss the images. It occurs to me that they may speak no English. If you can speak Spanish, please translate the gist of my message on their talk page for them.- gadfium 19:19, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

STOP CHILE ATTACK PLEASE
THE IMAGE OF SANTIAGO IS PERFECT, WHAT IS YOU PROBLEM??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.77.92.60 (talk • contribs)
 * Ah, Morsini, you do speak English!- gadfium 02:24, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

yes, I have returned
I have moved to Northern Ireland for a few months, and have only just got internet on (and my, it's so much faster over here!). I would have posted something saying what I was up to, but I didn't think I would be disconnected for so long. Nice to know someone noticed I was gone. :) --Helenalex 20:43, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

East Island
Yes that was the right one - but I just created the East Island page without the Maori name as the heading. Should this be redirected now ? Malathos 03:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Up to you I guess - most of the google hits I found included the Maori name, so I assumed it was official. I don't think it should stay at the current title - see Special:Whatlinkshere/East_Island, most of which are references to other islands of the same name. East Island, New Zealand would be fine if you don't like East Island/Whangaokeno. See Naming conventions (New Zealand). Whangaokeno should probably be a redirect to it as well. East Island should become a disambiguation page - no need to be too thorough in finding every single island with that name, just list a few from the articles linking to it.- gadfium 04:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've created East Island/Whangaokeno and made up a disambigutaion page for East Island - I might try and track down some of the others just to flesh it out a bit. Cheers! Malathos 04:32, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

More Chile photo nonsense
Further to, compare with this one. NB I suspect all of Morsini's, and now also User:Tyrael15's, photos should be deleted. I don't have time to go around tagging all the pages. Is there a quick way of doing this? Thanks. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 10:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, I went ahead and stuck some tags on the images and talk pages, but I'm not sure they're the right tags. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 11:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You might be better finding an admin who does more work in the image area to advise you on the right tags to use.- gadfium 19:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, gotcha. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 20:40, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Block?
User talk:Scottloveshighschoolmusical wants a block. Page vandalism at Rangitoto, user page vandalism at user:avenue. MadMaxDog 09:19, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Already blocked by somebody else. Wiki-defenses working. MadMaxDog 09:28, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You'll usually get a better response reporting vandals at WP:AIV than to an individual admin.- gadfium 09:33, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Auer
Since Auer (and his) bio, is of interest to a larger population than that of NZ - an internationalized version is correct. Auer and his global warming scepticism has made him an international character, and because of the interest shown in him from for instance Senator Inhofe, and his blog, i'd bet most views are from outside of the NZ.

I'm not trying to run with an Americanized view here - the format that i'm putting on the page will render according to whatever preferences is set. For me that's (coincidentally) the same as the one you prefer (since i'm european). --Kim D. Petersen 21:29, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll reply at Talk:Augie Auer.- gadfium 22:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia Board election
I'm wondering about running for the Board_elections, however as a full-time University student I would not be able to attend meetings for another year, so I will not run in the current election. I'm interested in any advice people can give me on how I can best prepare to run in 2008.

My major strengths are that I have been very committed to Wikipedia for the last three years, and have a substantial portfolio of photographs at the Commons. I have been an admin on en.wikipedia since late 2004. My edits have focussed on New Zealand-related articles, but I have also a deep interest in Oceania and Latin America. I have been following debates on Wikipedia policy for my entire time here, and will increase my contributions in that area.

I see my weakness as being that I am essentially monolingual; I can read simple French or Spanish but could not make useful contributions in those languages.- gadfium 02:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

non-free image (Image:Johnkey.jpg)
I tried to get in contact with Francis Till about the above, but as yet have heard nothing. Personally, I think the most sensible thing would simply be to restore the image anyhow, as we have fair use of it. I have the original email. --Lholden 10:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The free image turned out not to be free, as it was a vidcap of an interview Key posted on Wikinews. --Lholden 20:44, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought the video was under a free licence, but looking around at WikiNews, it seems more complicated than that. At any rate, I think I will not restore the fair use image, as even in the absence of a free image it is not acceptable to use a fair use image when anyone could go along to Key's electorate office and ask to take a picture of him.- gadfium 21:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's fine. If I can get Key's office to release the image as a free one (as the PM's office did) then I will re-up it. Otherwise, we'll have to find a keen photographer. --Lholden 23:51, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

RFCU case
I did a minor tweak] of the formatting of one of the users in the RFCU case you recently filed. Please revert if it was in error. Cheers! Flyguy649talkcontribs 06:10, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks.- gadfium 06:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Hapū
I have made this an article (ok, its just a stub based on what was originally under Hapu) instead of a redirect to iwi. Hapū are pretty important, at least as important to most Māori as iwi is, if not way more. And since Iwi barely mentions it, it doesn't make sense to have it redirect there. I wanted to move Hapu to Hapū to preserve the history, but since I'm not an admin I couldn't, but I wonder if you could do it using the version at present under Hapū??? Kahuroa 08:19, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Done.- gadfium 09:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

missed Maori Crime
you missed the above - SimonLyall 10:40, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

cleanup on New Zealand general election, 2008
thanks for cleaning up after me in the Māori Party section in election '08 article. I'll try harder to make more sense in the future... Kripto 11:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:Translations
Good Evening Gadfium,

I saw your message under the Auckland Grammar School discussion page. If you wish to obtain a Maori translation for the article, you can ask User:Kahuroa. (He is also an Aucklander).

(I will not do it myself, for personal reasons) 10:41, 22 June 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Per Angusta (talk • contribs)
 * I'm assuming that you are a student at the school. I realise that the school has a lower proportion of Māori students than the general population, but surely there must be at least one Māori-speaking student you could ask to translate a few lines for you. Who knows, the request may get a new person involved in editing Wikipedia, either the en or mi editions.- gadfium 18:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Gadfium for your support! It is Appreciated. I have placed my translation request to Kahuroa - let us see what his response will be...... -- Per Angusta, 02:29, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Partingtons Windmill
Hi Gadfium - can you please move the Partingtons Windmill article to my workspace and I will work on improving it. Thanks Lahany
 * The article is now at User:Lahany/Partingtons Windmill. You need to add a source to the article, and make it clear why this windmill was important. I think it might be difficult to do this latter thing, because very few windmills would warrant their own encyclopedia article. You could consider condensing the material on the windmill to a single paragraph, and adding that (with source) to the History of Auckland article or perhaps an even more suitable article would be Karangahape Road.- gadfium 23:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Dashes on France national rugby union team
Hey. I'm asking you this because you have a broad knowledge of the MoS. I'm currently going through the FAC process for France national rugby union team (see here). There has been the issue of dashes bought up. I'm not very familiar with the policy and have tried to address peoples concerns, but was wondering if you could go through and do this (just the dashes stuff) for me? If not, do you know someone that could? Thanks. - Shudda talk  00:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm no expert on how to use dashes, or on rugby for that matter. The appropriate MoS page is WP:DASH. Looking at the comments in the FAC page, it appears that em dashes are being used to separate out a portion of text when commas might be more appropriate, or perhaps the commenter would prefer that spaces not surround em-dashes. This is a matter of individual preference, and should not block an article from becoming featured, although the style should be consistent within the article.- gadfium 00:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah thanks. I've been reading through it. There a lot of rules, but I think there are only a few do nots, and I've been careful not to do any of them. The main thing is consistency and I think it's ok now (hopefully). - Shudda talk  00:55, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Moa
I put in some spaces where they were needed....Snori 08:17, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's difficult to see added spaces when looking at a diff, but you also put a space in the middle of the word "south" to make "sou th". I realise it was an accident, but that's why I reverted.- gadfium 08:22, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
You have my sincerest thanks and gratitude for sorting out the Architecture portals identity crisis earlier this week. Cheers! --Mcginnly | Natter 16:29, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Welcome
I uploaded the picture of the lighthouse at Cape Reinga thinking I would add it on to the relevant page but as it contained a clearer picture already I decided not to make any changes. Not too sure yet how to delete an uploaded photo but I will read the help pages you have linked for me. Thanks Hedgehogmouse 21:09, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

explanation
Please tell me why the cricket page I created was deleted. It is a valid version of backyard cricket when there is only two people so why was it deleted.? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clark Kent 6 (talk • contribs)
 * There were no sources for it, and I could find no Google hits for it either. I had asked you less than an hour before not to add material about non-notable games to Wikipedia, and to add sources if you thought such games were notable. In particular, you should read WP:MADEUP.- gadfium 19:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

about semi-protection
Hello. I've responded to your comments at the village pump. Since you seem to be the strongest opposer to the proposal, I'd like you to continue participating in the discussion if you have a minute. And on a more personal note, I'm interested in knowing from longtime editors like yourself why you think that restricting test edits are such a bad thing. After all, there's not much complaining about MartinBot reverting massive deletions and obvious vandalism (at least, noone complains when the reverts are correct!). Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 23:33, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks. Pascal.Tesson 23:58, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for correction
Thanks for fixing my error on the Tokelau page. I must have cut-and-pasted by mistake, rather than copying. -- Avenue 06:24, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

hoax not spam
Sorry :) Probably also the case with his other "article" Coolrite Refrigeration Limited. Cheers! - super &beta;&epsilon;&epsilon; cat 23:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Coolrite does seem to have a web page, so probably is spam. I'll let someone else delete it so it isn't just me picking on him. The airline was claimed to fly passengers between most major cities in New Zealand and many international destinations. It isn't conceivable that such an airline exists that I haven't heard of.- gadfium 23:31, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

...so I make a category, populate it a bit, then go to list it on the NZ new article page - and it's already there! Quick work! :) Grutness...wha?  06:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I read your post at Talk:New Zealand so I knew you were creating the category almost at the same time as you did.- gadfium 06:36, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

You are the admin who deleted...
You are the admin who deleted the original article on Kristine Huskey. It was a recent deletion.

I created a new instance.

I know you must have checked the article's history, when you deleted it, to make sure there wasn't a version that predated the copyright violation that motivated your deletion.

Would you mind checking the old article's history, and telling me who created it?

Cheers! Geo Swan 20:58, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It was created by, who was the only contributor.- gadfium 23:38, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Future New Zealand
According to Future New Zealand's website, the party has acquired the five hundred members required for its registration under the Electoral Act 1993. Given that an extant reference now exists, I will be amending the Gordon Copeland entry accordingly, as he is no longer an "Independent."

Is any additional documentation required to verify this eg Electoral Commission notifications, possibly on Scoop?

User Calibanu 15.25, July 15 2007
 * The link you give doesn't work for me, nor does the version you added to the Gordon Copeland article. I don't know whether his party getting 500 members makes him other than an independent; he was not elected as a candidate for Future New Zealand, or as an electorate MP, but as a list MP for United Future.- gadfium 03:45, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I've fixed the link above, and in the article.- gadfium 08:49, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Designline
What was on the old page? Anything missed on the new? pls reply to talk:DesignlineNankai 09:49, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Wedding & the Right
Saw your edit comment at wedding. Don't let the Right bully you. Dogru144 16:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Transandine Rly
Apologies for not following the correct procedure for the Transandine article, I'm still quite new to Wiki. Yes I did use some material from the old article but I have considerably expanded it. Regards 20:21, 22 July 2007 (UTC)David(Talk • Contribs)

Wellington and Wellington Region merger
if you're reading this message, it's because you're a person who has edited either of the Wellington articles. This is a courtesy note to let you know that I proposed a merger between the two pages, and we need to know your opinion. Kripto 22:25, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Benson-pope.jpg
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Auckland Meetup - 11 August 2007 1pm
You are invited to Auckland Meetup 3 on the afternoon of Saturday 11 August 2007 at Ironique in Mt Eden. Please see Meetup/Auckland 3 for details. You can also watch Meetup/Auckland to be informed of future NZ meetups. Linnah 13:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Mangere Bridge - Move request
Hi Gadfium - there is a bit of a tangle regarding the names of the Mangere Bridge articles. Currently there are:


 * a) Mangere Bridge, New Zealand - a disambig article
 * b) Mangere Bridge - the article about the actual bridge
 * c) Mangere Bridge (suburb), New Zealand - about the suburb

Could I ask you to do the following:


 * Rename b) to "Mangere Bridge (bridge)"
 * Rename a) to "Mangere Bridge"
 * Rename c) to "Mangere Bridge, New Zealand"

This would regain normal Wikipedia naming (such as having the simplest name as the disambig, and not cluttering an article name unnecessarily with extra stuff like the current one for the suburb). It should also be uncontroversial, but due to the some names already existing, I can't do all moves myself. Thanks Ingolfson 12:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. I haven't fixed any links to these articles since you can do this yourself.- gadfium 19:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot. I cleaned up the rest. Ingolfson 11:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Benson-Pope
In addition to my above question - how about you replace the Benson-Pope image with a cropped section of this one. Matches Commons requirements, so no fair use would be needed. Not as good as the first one, obviously, but still okay when cut from the largest version. Ingolfson 12:04, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Good find. I'm not sure what help you need from me. I suggest you upload both the original and the cropped version to commons, with full attribution to the original site and author, and also send a courtesy email to the author if their email is available. I'm not an admin on commons and don't have much experience there.- gadfium 19:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, its your cup of tea, actually ;-) I just saw that you had gone to the trouble of uploading the challanged fair use image, and did a quick check, out of interest (and Flickr came through). Not really so interested in the Benson-Pope article at all, but I thought you might be, seeing the first image was yours. I may still upload the Flickr one to Commons eventually, unless you get there first - because I am currently moving about 100 of my photos from Wikipedia to Commons, and that may take a while. Ingolfson 11:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I misunderstood and thought you were intending to upload the image. I've now done so, as Image:NZ Cabinet Ministers and Carol Beaumont.jpg and Image:Benson-Pope.jpg. I couldn't find an email address on Flickr for the author.- gadfium 02:39, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you ^__^
I just wanted to thank you for your advice and welcome, I'll certainly read those links you sent me! =) Deliciously Saucy 20:06, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I'd also like to apologise if I accidentally reverted anything I wasn't meant to =( Deliciously Saucy 20:20, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Geonotice
Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 21:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
I'm still in discussion with my nom, so i'm not transcluding yet. It should be transcluded today. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 21:01, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Mall articles
Hi Gadfium, I know you are busy, and thus not too eager to take on other peoples jobs. But I saw that you were positive about saving the (or some) of the Auckland mall articles. For personal reason, I would not like to edit them, or be connected too much. I have done some research to allow you or others to add notability and references to them, if you are interested in working on them:

Downtown:

- provides 2005 retail sales figure at very bottom.

- minor note, not really adding to notability, talking about the huge billboards around it.

- actually, if you have the time, extend the signage discussion, as discussed in this article - even if the Wikipedia article calls it a bland building covered with garish signs - thats info, and adds to the article's quality. Also has some minor details about the centre referenced.

St Lukes:

loads of minor and major info about St Lukes AND Downtown. Gives info on the time of name rebranding of Westfield Downtown. Has LOADS of info on St Lukes expansion and data on the mall itself.

Westcity

Stage One of its existence.

Info on the The Warehouse move into it.

first NZ Village Skycity cinema (link to the Village Skycity article in Wikipedia too, please), same article also has info on the cinema in St Lukes. Mall turnover

Some more info about its value.

Already historical article, info on its previous ownership.

PS: When you add the reference summaries of the bdcentral articles, maybe use the info here to show the credibility of the source. The site may also be useful with its search function for the other malls.
 * I'll try to do something with this later today.- gadfium 19:59, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I live in Perth so can relate. :P I have a 2004 Auckland street directory from when I visited so that helps a bit. Orderinchaos 05:04, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * BTW thanks for that list, appreciate it :) I'll do what I can with them over the coming week or so - managed to get Waitakere Mega Centre into some kind of shape. Orderinchaos 03:57, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Oceania
G'Day! I'd be grateful if you could take a quick butchers at our Oceania article where User:Corticopia seems to believe that neither Polynesia nor Micronesia should be mentioned in the lede - his view seems to be that Australia is the major and most important constituent... Gaimhreadhan (kiwiexile at DMOZ)talk  • 01:08, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * My butchers tells me that a compromise version appears to exist with Mela-, Micro- and Poly-nesia all now appearing in the first paragraph. Even if this is not quite to your satisfaction I think your major issue (which I agree with) has been addressed.- gadfium 03:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Be Nice! :-)


Keep it in mind - Bennyboyz3000 03:55, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this about any particular incident?- gadfium 04:10, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps the original intention was not, but might I point out User talk:Deliciously Saucy could apply; in future, be careful not to bite the newcomers. Anthøny  ( contact  ⇔  talk ) 13:04, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Princes wharf
Totally confused at your removal of the cat. Please see my edit summary of the revert. Ingolfson 10:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, got it now. Weird that a 'Wharf' company article exists, but none for the structure. Oh well, Wikipedia. Fixed now. Ingolfson 10:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Wanganui Collegiate School
Can you confirm the the IP address used by the user Craigconsidine, during the recent vandalism, is: 210.55.84.199 ? Thanks Bart 01:02, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I have no visibility of IP addresses for users who log in, and our privacy policy wouldn't allow those few users who do have such visibility to reveal it.- gadfium 01:35, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Smile


i need to smile more, thanks for making me feel better has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

In line with recent discusssion...
...I am asking you to do something ;-) Please ban this user: User:Rothgarc. I warned him first, but then realised that his three edits have all been vandalism. I think that is enough for a temporary ban. Cheers. Ingolfson 09:54, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Most people get several warnings before they get a block. In this case, he hasn't edited since your warning, so there is no grounds for a block. Quite frequently, a vandal stops as soon as they see the "You have new messages" banner, as they realise that someone is watching them. Anyway, I'll keep an eye on them. Incidentally, listing them as or  rather than User:Rothgarc makes it easier for me because I have direct links to the relevant pages: i.e. .- gadfium  19:16, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:MargaretWilson.jpg
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I discussed the use of the image and made a fair use case at Image talk:MargaretWilson.jpg, and on the image page itself. This was clearly a waste of my time, as it seems that no fair use case can possibly succeed, if the people in the photo are still alive. You have wasted my time and your own by suggesting that deletion of the image was open to discussion. I am disillusioned.

In this case, the image was being used entirely within the terms of its license, which said that anyone could use the image so long as it was not for misrepresentation. This does not qualify as a free image within Wikipedia's policy, but it really is one, and should not be subject to the same restrictions as apply to a photograph taken from a newspaper against that newspaper's copyright claim, or an album cover, which are the sort of cases that fair use is supposed to apply to.- gadfium 03:39, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree with this deletion. Please let me know if you take it to deletion review, which I encourage you to do. Tyrenius 04:18, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with Tyrenius, take it to DR, please Brian | (Talk) 04:23, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

I have requested a deletion review. Comment may be added at Deletion review/Log/2007 August 23 gadfium  05:09, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin how to tag?
Recent edit is a jolly good read but may lack npov, certainly needs wikifying and sources. Not sure how to approach the issue, want to be nice to an obviously new and meaning-well person. Nankai 06:42, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately the addition was a copyright violation from the cathedral's own site. I've removed it, while keeping minor improvements from the anon. Because the addition was a couple of weeks ago, it's unlikely the anon will see any messages posted to their talk page, so I haven't bothered warning them.


 * I appreciate your desire to be nice to a new contributor. Just because they pasted a copyvio into Wikipedia doesn't mean they weren't trying to improve the article. There's a small possibility that they own the content they pasted, and a large chance that they meant well, but don't understand copyright.- gadfium 07:00, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

NZ watchlist
Hey,

At the meetup, you mentioned the new zealand vandalism watchlist, using related changes. Where abouts is this page?

Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 01:15, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * WikiProject New Zealand/Vandalism patrol.- gadfium 03:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:JonathonHunt.jpg
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 * Feel free to delete it. I'm not going to waste my time on images any more.- gadfium 08:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Can you explain what I have done wrong?
(I am not sure if I am doing this right.)

I have received the message:

User talk:89.242.84.41 Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, one or more of the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed.

I had added what I considered to be relevant links. I had based this judgement on other links I had seen throughout Wikipedia. Can you explain which links were wrong or should I not have added any links at all? In the meantime I will refrain from adding any more links.

All the links I added were related to articles or recipes on my web site.

I am not sure I will be able to find this page again and I had better not publish my email address here. If you need to conatct me you will find my details through my web site www.hub-uk.com (perhaps you will delete the web address after you have read it). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Helen Clark protection
Hi Gadfium, have you seen this NewstalkZB/TVNZ article? Apparently, you're a censor! - Gobeirne 18:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:MargaretWilson.jpg
I see this has now made its way to Images and media for deletion/2007 August 28 and have left a keep comment there. I wonder whether it should be retitled to reflect the occasion, rather than just the name of one individual. Tyrenius 12:59, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Vandal
Gadfium, the user 203.97.2.58 has been vandalising a fair bunch of stuff in the last few days. Any way to get him/her banned? Randomkiwi 01:00, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I've blocked them for a month. It's probably a school, and there's a long history of warnings and previous blocks, including a previous month-long one.


 * If you see further problems, please report them to WP:AIV; you'll get a quicker response than reporting to any single admin. Also, when you report vandalism, it makes it easier if you link with a template like, which produces , so I have the links to the appropriate pages right here.- gadfium  01:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

The Fletchers
Sounds good. I mainly wanted to get a bio up, as Sir James Jnr recently passed away. --Lholden 00:09, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Re:Archive topics
Hello Gadfium,

I do not deny removing one or two topics while archiving the talk page. This was due to the fact that the content posted by that user was innappropriate and could be described as "trolling" and "vandalism"

Here are some of the untrue content which he added:
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He then logged in under this useraccount: "True jesus" and wrote this cheeky comment. Shortly afterwards he commenced vandalizing any TJC related topics through these IP addresses.

Hence I have not bothered to archive any content that were added by that vandal.

Regards --G. Campbell 04:52, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Replied at User talk:G. Campbell.- gadfium 05:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The topic has now been restored. --G. Campbell 05:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The other topic regarding Swahili translations had been moved to the TJC Swahili talk page where it has more relevance. --G. Campbell 05:36, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

John Paul College
Hi Gadfium. Thanks for your message. I have transferred the usable content from JP(NZ) to JP,Rotorua. Not sure how to do "redirect" from JP(NZ). Maybe you could oblige. Sorry to bother you. By the way, thanks very much for all your vigilence, advice and help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rick570 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Done.- gadfium 21:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much
Dear Gadfium , Thank you for adding category (New Zealand expatriates in the United Kingdom)in Sir Sydney Smith's page. Much appreciated. --Cyril Thomas 22:54, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Current events/News Browser
I have restored the Portal:Current events/Oceania to the template Portal:Current events/News Browser as it has been updated several times in the month of August and September. I apologize as my first comment was perhaps too sharp. I'm assuming good faith that perhaps you hadn't reviewed the Portal:Current events/Oceania recently to have seen its updates. Mkdw talk 02:34, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The most recent update to that page was in January. The page transcludes highlights from the news section of Portal:Oceania, which might be confusing you. I keep the portal up to date. However, a portal ITN section is not suitable for the News Browser, and should not be included there.- gadfium 03:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
For proposing 2007 Pacific Games for inclusion on the main page. I was quite chuffed to see positive comments about my freehand prose and generally an article I had pretty much worked on in the absence of any other editors showing an interest! Thanks again Dick G 10:25, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Mike Jonathan Page
Hi, I understand the copyright issue. Mike's representative didn't get the permission slip from him before he went to the Russian Film Festival with Taika Waititi. The notable part, I am confused about. I understand Taika's Notablity and Cliff's, but Mike has received several awards and nominated for a NZ film screen award. Hawaikii which is listed on Imdb is notable. It is still circulating at film festivals. Do I have to wait until he is nominated for an oscar. What is the criteria for notable. Please and thank for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Temarie (talk • contribs) 02:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't see where in the article it mentioned those awards.- gadfium 03:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Prime Ministers to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Kia ora, I notice that you have deleted the modifications I added to the site. I have since looked further into the site from which I gathered most of the images to find that yes, they are under copyright laws. If you have a problem with the pictures then I understand that copyright laws are a factor which this site must adhere to. That being said, I fail to understand why you deleted various wikipedia links (eg. Monarchy in New Zealand, Prime Ministers of New Zealand, and the table which sited their political parties and the corresponding colour tones) because they come under no copyright laws. I ask you to please reinstate the work I did to the page, with the exception of the photos. Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugnaguy (talk • contribs)
 * I don't see any edits you made recently to Monarchy in New Zealand, and your edits to Prime Ministers of New Zealand were solely to insert the invalid images.- gadfium 08:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I did not make any changes to Monarchy in New Zealand, I did however create links to those two pages in the Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II. What I am asking you to do is put the wikitable back on the page with the exception of the pictures. This would mean reinstating the table which had the PM's names, terms, and affiliated party along with the corresponding colour tones.
 * It's ok, I worked out how to do it. The pictures have been deleted.

deleting
stop deleting stuff u idiot —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rory Johns (talk • contribs) 07:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * What material of yours have I deleted? I see you have created an article on Nick Corliss which is likely to be deleted, but I haven't done so.- gadfium 07:12, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about the agressive aprroach but if why did u delete it? IF you check the u-17 NZ Soccer website you will find that it is true that Nick Corliss is a great footballer, and there is already 1 u-17 teammember in the Phoenix (Costa) and they are lookngi for more.!

Thank you,

R. Johns

P.S I didn't mean to put this on the Thank You section! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rory Johns (talk • contribs) 22:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I think there's some misunderstanding. I haven't deleted anything that your current account has created, nor have I deleted an article called Nick Corliss. If you have a previous account, and spelled the article a little bit differently, then I might have done so, but I don't see anything obvious in the list of articles I've deleted recently.


 * The reason the Nick Corliss article was deleted was because it didn't sufficiently explain why Corliss is notable. This is probably because he isn't notable enough to be in an encyclopedia. We have articles on a lot of sportspeople here, but mostly they have been in the national team for their sport. Players in provincial teams are pretty marginal in terms of notability, and players in under-17 teams still more so. See WP:N and WP:BIO for more explanation of what makes a person notable enough for an article.- gadfium 22:59, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


 * If you want, you can ask the person who did delete the Corliss article about why they did so. See to find out who it was. I suggest you be polite;  if you approach them as aggressively as you did me you might get a more hostile response.- gadfium  23:03, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello again,

I don't think you understand that the New Zealand u-17 National Team is a lot more prestigous and competed than any provincial in NZ. He has been through that. By being in the u017 team he has trained with the "All Whites" the national team and is reguarly brodcasted on television whether its for playing in the national mens league, or the u-17 World Cup, or an interview. Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rory Johns (talk • contribs) 01:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for editing and formating O.E. Middleton's page. I appreciate it. kabl00ey 11:50, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Kiwi Page
Why did revert the status portion of the Kiwi page? Can you give me a reasonble answer i would be happy to leave it as you reverted it, but according the the NZ Department of Conservation the kiwi is an endangered species, hence the endangered status. (♠ Mur chy ♠) 13:12, 22 September 2007 (UTC))
 * The article deals with several species of the genus Apteryx, all known as kiwi. The conservation status is appropriate only to each species and not to the genus. If you look at the articles on the individual species, ie Great Spotted Kiwi, Little Spotted Kiwi, Okarito Brown Kiwi, Tokoeka and North Island Brown Kiwi, you will see that each has a conservation status, and they are not all the same.- gadfium 18:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Images
Hi Gadfium. This image Image:New Zealand Forces in the Middle East.jpg has been uploaded as PD-self, but it appears to be identical to an image on the Beehive website at ; you have to change the drop-down list 'Select a Minister's gallery' to 'Mark Burton' - then it should be the first photo in that gallery. This would appear to be NZ Crown Copyright according to Beehive - legal. Any advice? Kahuroa 21:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. Just list the image at WP:CP, and drop a note to the uploader. It may be possible to use the image under fair use, but that isn't the licence it was uploaded with, so I think it should be deleted and if someone then wants to upload it with a fair use rationale, they can do so. I've given up on fair use images myself; a picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes far more than a thousand words worth of effort to defend a fair use claim. You can link directly to the original image at - gadfium 21:49, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * done Kahuroa 22:02, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, since many of the images uploaded by that editor are PD-self but its unlikely they took the photos, I've made an informal request that they acknowledge their mistake in licensing, and if they do so I can delete the photos without having to go through the formal process.- gadfium 22:03, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

RE: In Unison
Hey Gadfium, cheers for your help. I won't request a review just yet, as there might be an even stronger case for reinstatement pending the 2007 ASPA Awards in the next fortnight. It'll no doubt provide more external sources, and maybe another couple of awards to report too... Anyway, your assistance with negotiating review policy would be hugely appreciated. Underscore b 01:56, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Commonweatlh of Nations/Barnstar
What do you think re deleting this. For one thing Commonwealth is mispelled, but there was no discussion before it was created, and the creator seems to be the only recipient/awarder. Kahuroa 05:36, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * There's no such Wikiproject (at least, not with the obvious spelling). I'll delete it as a WP:ROUGE action.- gadfium 05:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Proudhon.jpg
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 * I no longer bother to defend images.- gadfium 04:56, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

GADFIUM HAS DONE A MISTAKE AGAN= SAme situaion JUST LIKE THE OTHDA PPL ABOVE g!! WE ASK y???????????
Oooi, G!!

stop deleting stuff u idiot!!!!!

What material of yours have I deleted? huh!!!!, I see you have created an article on CTV8's Programming AND hve deleted a lot of my stuff which was NOT WRONG AND I KNOW IT (my friends uncle works at WTV studios!!) [shame G!], man Sorry about the agressive aprroach but if why did u delete it? G (dat is so sad) i am part maori and chinese and i really enjoy this channel becoz i wana learn mandarin G. i know a lot while watching this channal and my grndperentz even tested me on some words. gosh just leave it. how did u come across ctv8? lol. well G! its not lyk tat u watch and enjy it or even understand it!!!

Wat etnicity are u, G!?

P.s:   G! I saw other ppl write bad stuff 2! about u same situation (man dats unbeliavele, Y?????) (o_o), do u still continue anoying dem ??????? (disapointing -_-; ) P.SS:   I didn't mean to put this on the Thank You section. spell this out: '' L  E   A  V E   _____   I   T   _______      A  L  O   N  E    _____   G   !!!!!!!! ''

please just leave it alone G :X, Leo Magnekuite and dee's gang! Otahuhu, SOuth Auckland

LeO wId mAi BrOs YeAh! in South Auckie (MAi gang down in south auckland hanging in dee's crew) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.247.4 (talk) 10:42, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Please read Ownership of articles. I spent a fair bit of time cleaning up the article on CTV8. It looked like this before I started. The material I deleted was mostly sentences which made no sense, which substantially repeated information, or was promotional in tone. With subsequent editing by other editors, it has now become a decent stub article.- gadfium 18:52, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

U in mai hood!

Leo and gang agan


 * sigh* *sigh*

mai family and gang can understand. we live here in NEW ZEALAND in a SIMPLE society u know NOT EVER1 CAN UNDASTAN UR hradcore words. blah blah this blah blah dat G! just take a rest, no need to show off :P. aneways my friends uncle works at WTV and some of dem r chinese so dere!!! they even make sure of mai article is right G! an they said it is rite!! (they dony lie, they r hardout christians):P stuff dat G! i aint reading any peiece of Sh*t!, u sound lyk a profesor G, i told u 2 leave it but u wood not G! < smart ppl do dat!!! you know wat!!!! just delet da page man if yo r not gng2 coperate, lets not fight...be coool k

hey wat ethinicirty r u? (probably: pakeha G!)were u live in auckie G!? (west auckie?? <YUK) really u lyk CTV8??? u undastan mandarin?????????? (hahahahahahaha)

see ya l8rs G!!

P.s hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaahaha

Leo Magnekuite and dee's gang! Otahuhu, South Auckland —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.247.10 (talk) 06:21, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Rugby links
Have you read my reponse ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.243.76.93 (talk) 09:19, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

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Ridin hood
Hi Gadfium, It looks like Ridin hood is actually a sockpuppet of, User:SallyForth123. SallyForth123 might still not be the original puppetmaster, but I collected the sockpuppet notices to point to SallyForth123. Sancho 17:05, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Winston Peters
Thanks for your note to me. Your point is taken re edit summary, but context comes into it as well. I reverted an edit which supplanted "....... his father being Māori and his mother Pākehā (New Zealander of European descent)" with  ".........his father being Māori and his mother Scottish", made by an IP user who did not give edit summaries. Had it been changed to " his father being Māori and his mother Pākehā (New Zealander of Scottish descent " I obviously wouldn't have changed it. Regarding the cite, that too needs to be seen in context. It goes to a report of a speech where politician Peters was being politician Peters, even claiming Chinese blood. I saw the deletion of pakeha, checked the cite, and made a bold decision to revert because I do not believe that in the context of his speech Peters meant for one second that his mother was not pakeha. I have replaced European with 'Scottish which I hope improves the article. BTW, why do we need to say Peters "is of mixed ethnicity"? Isn't everyone? Moriori 06:03, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

User: VegitaU
I am having an issue with VegitaU, as he/ she is making threats to my discussion page regarding a logo. The tag is legit, and has threatened block me. Since he/ she isn't an admin, I know this is harrassment and I need it dealt with immediately. Here's the entry:

This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you delete or blank page contents or templates from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. ''Do not delete templates without satisfying their condition. If it says fair use rationale, you need to add a fair use rationale.'' VegitaU 15:55, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That goes for every other image of yours I tagged. Happy editing! -- VegitaU 18:19, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.

JaMikePA 18:32, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I've replied on your talk page.- gadfium 18:52, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but he can't block me. There are logos with the same tags, so why I am being attacked. Only an admin can block, so this kind of warning is nothing but harassment, and should be dealt with.

JaMikePA 18:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Award images
Re Image:New Zealand Barnstar of Merit.PNG and Image:Commonwealth of Nations Barnstar of Merit2.PNG. Any thoughts? Kahuroa 08:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Nominate them for WP:IFD, as orphans, and explain the background behind their creation.- gadfium 08:48, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the flood, but some noobs are editing my softblock request out
Could you please softblock this? This is a school network, and I would like to log on. The vandals are right next to me, should I punch them? --203.89.172.85 00:11, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like someone else already has soft blocked your school. Don't punch the vandals; it will only get you into trouble. They can't do serious damage to Wikipedia.- gadfium 02:55, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Ban request
Hello Gadfium, could you please ban User talk:Peterlfc for his repeated vandalism at Beca Group? Ingolfson 01:11, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Peterlfc has only made two edits, and received one warning. The edits were juvenile vandalism, not the sort of thing we would block for on a first offence. You could have issued a second warning, but they stopped of their own accord anyway. In a more serious case, you'd have got a more prompt response by reporting them to WP:AIV rather than to me, as I've only just logged in.


 * I suggest you look at WP:BLOCK for our policy on blocking. Do you realise that we are deliberately much more lenient about blocking petty vandals than you would appear to want us to be? I don't mind if you disagree with the policy, but you should know what it is, especially if you would like to become an administrator yourself someday. You should also look at the list of user warnings to get an idea of how we escalate the warnings a miscreant receives.- gadfium 02:55, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I guess I simply feel that a user who has no other edits than two vandalism attempts (spread over a few days


 * Who now has made two more vandalism edits for a total of four out of four edits... Ingolfson 16:42, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I also feel that he is vandalising pages which indicate he is NOT a kid. Somebody who vandalises Opus and Beca pages is likely a competitor or employee. I consider it relatively unlikely that he will turn nice and be constructive in the future. Plus, I was not necessarily asking for a perma-block. Ingolfson 16:42, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

With two warnings now spread over a few days, he is certainly now liable to be blocked if he vandalises again. Some admins would block for a short period, some would go directly to an indefinite block as a vandalism-only account. If you see further edits, let me know, or report him to WP:AIV for more prompt action.- gadfium 18:02, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

List of Japanese N64 games
I noticed your one of the people that wished there to be a list of Japanese games online for Wikipedia which I tried to make for the Nintendo 64 a few months ago, but just like when they where added to the orginal List of Nintendo 64 games they are trying to delete the new page List of Japanese Nintendo 64 games here's a link Articles for deletion/List of Japanese Nintendo 64 games to the discussion, how about giving your view. (Floppydog66 17:47, 9 October 2007 (UTC))
 * I don't recall making the comment you refer to, and I have no strong feelings on the matter, so I won't comment at the AfD.- gadfium 18:18, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Image
Hi Gad, would you be able to delete Image:Secale cereale.jpg for me? I've reuploaded it to Commons and only link is intended for the one there under the same name, not this one. A bot seems to have placed a tag on it though, so I'm not sure if it is still shown as needing deletion. Richard001 08:04, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Deleted. The situation is obviously too complex for bots to deal with.- gadfium 08:12, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Auckland
Im not trying to argue here but can you explain why you mad so many reverts to the Auckland article, i have a feeling you have some kind of vendetta against me, every article I've contributed to, you have come along and revert every single change. How are Auckland City and Auckland different?! I would say that only Auckland and Auckland Region were different. (♠ Taifar <font color="1560BD">ious1 <font color="0095B6">♠) 04:59, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I posted to your talk page with an explanation about the same time as you posted here.- gadfium 05:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * And for the record, I hadn't realised who you were until I posted to your talk page - after the changes I made to Auckland.- gadfium 05:02, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah i saw that but my question still stands, there is no discernable difference between Auckland and Auckland City and if anything, they should be merged, look at any other city article on Wikipedia, such as NYC or Tokyo and you would find that i had laid out the Auckland article in the same fashion. <font color="0095B6">(♠ <font color="1C39BB">Taifar <font color="1560BD">ious1 <font color="0095B6">♠) 05:05, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

There's a difference in local government - Auckland City Council only governs a part of the urban area. Sister cities follow local government boundaries. The main article is for the urban area because most people think of the greater area when they talk of Auckland, but there's certainly a place for the Auckland City article too.

It's more open to interpretation whether there should be listings of things like time zone for the area. Since there is only one time zone for the whole country, I see little point in adding such information. For Australian and US cities, the time zone may be more relevant, since those countries have multiple time zones. The New Zealand flag is largely a filler; it adds very little information to the article.

Be honest; isn't what I've written about Universities and Colleges - while still incomplete - more useful than what was there before? What you added was valuable, and I improved it. You're welcome to improve it further.- gadfium 05:15, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Then instead of REMOVING the WHOLE section about the governance of Auckland you could have just change it to Auckland Regional Council.


 * Also, The gallery i had of the Colleges and Universities in Auckland was well suited to the section, just look at Los Angeles, and under education, they have the same thing. so why then, is it not suitable fot the auckland article? I think that my improvements to the article were very well done.


 * Moreover, the gallery was suitable for the article, seeing as it lacked in information and visual aid. So you removing it was just bringing it back down to nomal, visually unexciting level. It also showed Aucklands geographical and architectual premise, and your "improvements" to the Colleges and Universtiy section is just adding more information without support of visual aids, again, which my edits had. <font color="0095B6">(♠ <font color="1C39BB">Taifar <font color="1560BD">ious1 <font color="0095B6">♠) 05:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Please explain. The existing section of the infobox on Territorial Authorities links to the ARC. Are you suggesting I should have modified the section you added on the ACC to link to the ARC again rather than removing it?

The text about Universities and Colleges in LA is much more useful than the image gallery. In particular, I can't quite tell what the picture of CSULA is.

I also don't understand your point about the gallery. The article is already well illustrated. How does adding a gallery of photos help? Or are you arguing that there were too many images in the article, which is the usual reason for moving to a gallery?- gadfium 05:37, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The way I had laid it out was the important and a simple change from "Auckland City COuncil" to Auckland regional Council" was sufficient. and not the total removal of the section.


 * The galler of colleges in LA was a supplement to the text, so then if you are adding text to the Auckland college section then why cant you have accompanying pictures, furthermore, You can have the Pictures AND captions so you can READ what the picture is about rather than guess because you cant understand it.


 * And no, I was saying how the article ISNT well illustrated, has very limited pictures and even less information and that edits I made were there to improve the article and you when ahead and changed them back to before I started, essentially removing hours of work i did on the article. <font color="0095B6">(♠ <font color="1C39BB">Taifar <font color="1560BD">ious1 <font color="0095B6">♠) 06:14, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Just jumping in here, I agree with Gadfium that the article is well-supplied with images. Maybe a single image could be added for education, but a gallery is certainly the wrong way to go at it. Galleries are a controversial thing anyway - I feel they have very limited place on Wikipedia - but certainly on an article like this one, which has multitudes of images already, they are the wrong thing. Wikipedia should keep the TEXT dominant.


 * If you'd like to use more images - hey, why not write an article Education in Auckland? I have in the past written articles myself just to use images I had taken ;-) As long as the article itself is good and notable, there's no reason why you shouldn't! Ingolfson 07:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Estimating milestone dates
I've (finally) replied to your question at Wikipedia talk:Milestone statistics. - dcljr (talk) 05:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Christopher Wingate
Why have you changed the entries I did ? The facts were correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WingateChristopher (talk • contribs)
 * I removed the material from most of the articles you added it to because it wasn't sufficiently relevant to those articles, and it isn't appropriate to add substantially the same large block of material to many different articles. I did not remove any material from the major article, Christopher Wingate, but I did nominate it for deletion, and you can see my reasoning if you follow the link I put at the top of the article. Another editor has since removed almost all the content, because you failed to provide any sources for the material.


 * You should read Wikipedia:Verifiability, and also our Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guidelines.- gadfium 22:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by WingateChristopher (talk • contribs) 23:12, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Greetings. I appear to under some attack and seek your assistance in order to build an editing contribution. The information I have entered is correct. Perhaps my problem is adding to sites in a way I should'nt have. My apologies. However all statements are correct and should be given life on Wikipedia. Cheers Christopher Wingate —Preceding unsigned comment added by WingateChristopher (talk • contribs) 23:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

'''I have just noted another attempt to attack Arklow. I draw your attention to the following.'''

Wikipedia chat- Legal disputes are to be strictly avoided. Picture for a moment, a minor celebrity (we'll say an author) decides to Google him or herself just to find a few reviews of their work. Wikipedia is often in the initial ten Google results. So they click on the link to find some misinformation that could have been added with innocent intentions. The author is unaware of guidelines such as WP:AGF and WP:NLT, and complains on the talk page, making a legal threat. Wikipedia has just lost an author, someone who could greatly contribute to Wikipedia, and could possibly (though not likely) face some form of legal action.

'''Note the Arklow litigation involves $3.43b. To date the defendants have tried everything. If I have to take legal action against someone I will do that for either reason; The person is ignorant and has no right to interfere, or may be working for some other interest group and so litigation against them will expose either.'''

The information on Arklow is correct. It is not bias, in fact it does not even cover the fraud of evidence, the murder of one of my witnesses New Zealand Herald Story - Island mourns young leader of vision Saturday July 10, 1999 By Rosaleen MacBrayne. Arklow is a complex legal issue and is open to review by any of the 40 strong legal team for the 17 defendants. It has already been looked at by Professor Rick Bigwood of Auckland University. If there were any problems they would appear on the talk page. Any unwarranted attack I promise will lead to an immediate writ being served to uncover the thinking and motive behind the attack. --WingateChristopher 01:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * For these threats of legal action, I have blocked you indefinitely from editing Wikipedia. Please see WP:NLT.- gadfium 02:01, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Helen Clark
Yea, i can agree with that, although i got the info off th 6pm news, i get that you need a reference though. <font color="0095B6">(♠ <font color="1C39BB">Taifar <font color="1560BD">ious1 <font color="0095B6">♠) 06:48, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

re: Cobham Intermediate School
In response to your reverting my edits,

Many of the teachers at Cobham ARE communists and Mrs Buchanan is their leader, so saying that there is a communist movement is justified; although I do believe that because I have no references you had every right to revert my edits, when I am able to locate some sources I will revert your edits of my edits.

Yours sincerely, Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.254.30 (talk) 08:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I had not bothered reading your edits in that much detail. Your edits were obvious nonsense.- gadfium 08:05, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

They are obviously not nonsense, if you take the time to visit the school you will find that the students are being trained up to lead a revolt against the world (in cahoots with Medbury School) and take over the planet, just to reduce the amount of time required to get to school! I bet you work at Cobham and are trying to silence the people who know the truth! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.254.30 (talk) 03:40, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey dude, thanks for changing the harold laborde page to harold la borde. I wasn't sure how.

Doctorrob1234 14:58, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Peter Hugh Ellis
Hi, I noticed several project ratings now displayed on the Ellis talk page.

I'm actually very irritated by these. Having been inside Wiki for a year or more it is perfectly obvious, at least to my judgement, that the article is far from start class. To rate it so is a joke. What is going on here? is it because the article subject matter is controversial? - It should be noted that no dispute of factual accuracy within the article has arisen in over a year.

I suspect people/Wiki are/is frightened to assess it in a rational manner. or plain lazy.

Regards, Richard RichardJ Christie 11:03, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

In fact, I propose to remove the banner and/or alter the categorisation of the article unless realistic assessments are forthcoming. RichardJ Christie 11:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * You can see the quality scale at WikiProject_Biography/Assessment. I agree, the article is certainly better than start class. It should probably be "B" class, but I am not experienced in rating of articles. The article should not be rated by those who have written it. The appropriate action is to list it at WikiProject_Biography/Assessment, and if you are not happy with the rating that results, discuss it with whoever replies.- gadfium 18:38, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Gangs
Sure, because you asked so nicely I'll get onto it. But I'm not sure how can include grey power into it?! ;) Mathmo Talk 23:02, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Not quite a hoax, but..
Any suggestions on how to deal with Maori 5 elements? Looks very like new age drivel to me, and certainly cannot be referencing any genuine traditional material; if it even represented the beliefs of certain Māori who are into new age stuff, it would not qualify for the epithet Māori. Kahuroa 04:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Put it up for AfD with the same comments you expressed here, or possibly with some more polite substitute for the word "drivel". Point out that it's unsourced. It will then improve in a hurry or be deleted.- gadfium 04:08, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Cheers, will do. Kahuroa 04:24, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

It looks suspiciously like the work of the Planeteers, also known as Maori. The links to Captain Planet are unmistakeable. --222.155.54.75 10:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

User:WingateChristopher
Hey... You blocked User:WingateChristopher, for legal threats, which it seems the user has decided to retract. Would you have any other objections, if I unblocked this user? <font style="background:#990000;color:#FFFFFF;border:2px solid #999999">SQL <font color="#999999">Query me! 01:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I've unblocked WingateChristopher accordingly.- gadfium 03:25, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Anthems
The National and Royal Anthem of all Common Wealth Nations is "God save the King" and not "God Save the Queen"

During a change of Monarch, the anthem name does not change. That is why I am changing it, seems some people have changed it back, but regardless of the gender of the Monarch of the Commonwealth, the anthem is still called God Save The King although the words in the Anthem change.

"'God Save The King' became known as the National Anthem from the beginning of the nineteenth century. The words and tune are anonymous, and may date back to the seventeenth century. The song was first publicly performed in London in 1745.

In September 1745 the 'Young Pretender' to the British Throne, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, defeated the army of King George II at Prestonpans, near Edinburgh.

After news of the victory had reached London, the leader of the band at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, arranged 'God Save The King' to be played after the performance. It was a tremendous success and wasrepeated nightly thereafter.

This practice soon spread to other theatres, and the custom of greeting the Monarch with the song as he or she entered a place of public entertainment was established."

Thank you Sammy Jay 23:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!
Hi! Nice to be back, or at least it was. I'm fresh out of ideas for new articles, so I wrote one about this new R/C model I bought. It was promptly deleted as advertising. I mean within milliseconds. I've run it up on the deletion review page and one user is just savage about it. I told these people that I'd written it on another wiki and was in the process of adding the sources and taking out the "adspeak" when it was clobbered. I've seen blatant band vanity get more consideration. Unless I have a mountain of "third party sources" about the doggoned thing, it doesn't stand a chance. :( Another article I did on a historic Palm Springs toy store got run through AfD.  It survived, but once again, it was tagged within milliseconds.  I always tried to give other editors with long histories the benefit of the doubt to at least finish what they start and I always gave that same courtesy to other authors who asked for it.  I don't know any of these people who've clobbered me.  Anyway, take a peek at the deletion logs at HobbyZone Millennium PTU to see what I mean.  It is REALLY great to hear from you!!  :)) --PMDrive1061 15:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link
(reply to post on my talk page) Thanks for the revert pointer. I WAS under the impression that one version at a time was the only way to do it without some script (puff, pant.) Jackollie 00:20, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm outta here
Almost forgot: I've rtired, this time for good. I've never been treated so shamefully on a volunteer project as Wikipedia has treated me. The individual who nominated my article for deletion has now tagged each of the examples I cited as ads. Worse, some of the comments from the deletion reversal discussion are missing. No more for me. Please pass onmy best to User:Gogo Dodo for me. Signimg off. Hope we meet again. Regards, --PMDrive1061 03:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry that I only realised that you had returned as you were on your way out. You could stay and fight, but I realise that there's no fun to be had in that. There are some areas of Wikipedia I no longer bother to contribute to myself.- gadfium 03:32, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Re your message: Sigh. Thanks for passing that on.  It's unfortunate to see him go again. -- Gogo Dodo 05:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * thanks again. I had to run last night; it seems that I managed to get some sap from a pencil cactus in my eyes.  By the time I logged off, I was nearly blinded.  Stuff works slowly but very fine.  After a night in the emergency room, I'm OK.  The comments on that deletion discussion are just amazing.  I've never seen more inflexible and uncaring users like the ones in this new crop.  I managed to las a whole month this time.  I think I've learned my lesson; Wikipedia is not for me.  God bless you down there in Oz.  Best, --PMDrive1061 22:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I've rather enjoyed working in a smaller wiki recently. The wiki covers just Waiheke Island, a community of a few thousand people a ferry ride away from Auckland. I'm part of Wikipedia for the long haul though.- gadfium 22:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

help!
please! someone reply a message to me, why was my edit on a page reverted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shoyruhyorin (talk • contribs) 09:22, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Because you twice added a seventh group to Auckland International College, but their web page shows only six groups. I used the edit summary to firstly ask for your source, and then to point out the contradiction.- gadfium 17:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Excirial ( Talk, Contribs ) 18:12, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Hem, never mind that. Guess our reverts of the vandalism crossed eachother somehow, as the version you created last contained no vandalism at all... Weird. -- Excirial ( Talk, Contribs ) 18:14, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Aw shucks!
Hate it when that happens (reverting to vandalism on James Cook). Thanks for fixing. The earlier editor 03:15 (UTC) 31 October 2007

WNN - Women News Network Discussion
A discussion about WNN - Women News Network is on this page where you left your input. Thank you for your interest and for your discussion about important topics. Link here to User talk:Lys Anzia to see the response to your discussion. All thanks. --Lysanzia 02:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)