User talk:Galasphere347

Speedy deletion of Dunedin branch
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 * I've merged all the information into the NASF article. Do I know you, BTW? Grutness...wha?  10:36, 29 June 2008 (UTC) (James Dignan)

The thorney issue of 1985
Dear User:Galasphere347 you have deleated a sizable portion of the information about the thorny issue of 1985 without first placing the information on the talk page for disscussion as expressly requested on the main page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Science_Fiction_Convention.

Would you kindly rectify this error as soon as you can?

Thankyou, --Timelord2067 (talk) 23:45, 30 June 2008 (UTC)


 * To this admin's eye there doesn't seem to be an error, except maybe on Timelord2067's part. No-one owns Wikipedia articles, and Galasphere347 was simply being bold in amending the information that had been added, much of which seems to have been incorrect. Grutness...wha?  02:51, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I would have put the information on the talk page if the issue was a debatable one - but this was an issue of fact. Orcon was not a national convention and my entry explains why. End of story - and straight from the horse's mouth Galasphere347 (talk) 07:33, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello again User:Glasphere347 I take it that you didn't actually read the article as written? The article wasn't speculation, rather, it was confirmation by thoses that attended the actual convention that Orcon really was the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention for 1985.

I see the name Nigel Rowe was removed from your substite article... That might explain the wholesale removal of one article with a subtitute article. Must have been a shock to have the shoe on the other foot. --Timelord2067 (talk) 09:33, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi Timelord347. You've lost me. The entry was updated and improved by another user, no shock for me I'm afraid. Your sources that attended Orcon are incorrect - if anything, they are basing their view on the convention booklet, which, on the cover, states it was the seventh national convention. As explained in the entry, the Orcon committee had agreed with the Halleycon committee's view that the former wasn't in fact the seventh national convention because it had not made a bid at Norcon in 1984 for that title. It was simply too late to change the convention booklet as it had already been printed. I attended the convention and was involved in the committee. I know directly what happened - and still have all the convention progress reports, the convention booklet - as well as those of Halleycon the following year. I was also party to the discussions with the Halleycon committee, and was at the meeting at Norcon in 1984 where Halleycon was voted to be the next official national convention. I have also confirmed these facts directly with Nigel Rowe, who effectively founded and ran Orcon and Rex Thompson, a committee member for Halleycon. How much more proof do you want? I have plenty more. Galasphere347 (talk)

Proposed deletion of Worlds Beyond
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