User talk:JarrahTree/Archive05

It sure does look non-notable (not to mention unverifiable) to me. It only got two votes when it was last put up for deletion two months ago, so I think it's worth putting up again. If you do decide to nominate it for deletion again, be sure to mention all the evidence Dottoreso gave in his vote on the original one - he presents quite a good case why it should be deleted. Anyway, give me a yell if you do put it up, and I'll happily vote delete. :) Ambi 08:12, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Jake Burns and the Big Wheel I noticed you put a cleanup tag on this page (which I created). I have no problem with that but could you explain what needs cleaning? I really dont want it AfDd for having a tag on it forever! Cheers

Jcuk 22:43, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Horizontal lines
The long horizontal lines are not recommended in the Wikipedia standards. Appropriate headings and spaces are probably better. However, I don't have a problem if you want to put them back in the article, and I won't revert it if you do. Arcturus 23:54, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, standard headings are probably better. Hardly any articles employ the horizontal lines. Arcturus 23:59, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Just seen your changes at WCM. I think that does look better. Arcturus 00:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * It was a random article. Most of my edits relate to random browsing. I don't have a particular interest in "Tassie" but I would like to visit one day - and the rest of Aus. In Tasmania I'd visit Ulverstone, because I was born and bred in Ulverston. Cheers. Arcturus 00:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Narrow-gauge railway
That is the Talyllyn Railway which runs from Tywyn on Cardigan Bay up to Nant Gwernol, and formerly a bit farther up to a now disused slate quarry. The picture is used at the Talyllyn Railway article, and someone, I see, has also uploaded it to the Commons and posted it in the Welsh-language article. It is one of the so-called "Great Little Trains of Wales", although I think the Ffestiniog Railway is better known.

I took the picture in 1978 with a 110 "Instamatic" camera. You'll notice that the quality isn't that great. Kelisi 00:24, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Nope, sorry! Wrong hemisphere. I didn't know there was such a railway in western Tasmania. Is it anywhere near Queenstown or Zeehan? I've actually been to those places, and in Zeehan, I remember seeing a big open-sided shed on the main street containing some rusty old broken-down bits of rolling stock from some local, long-dead railway. Were they connected in any way with the railway that you meant?


 * The only railway I rode on in Tasmania was that little Bushmill Railway, which I understand has been shut down. Oh well. Kelisi 02:06, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Ah, I've just had a look at the article, and it turns out that the railway in question (re)opened in 2002, which would account for why I'd never heard of it. I was there in 1998. Kelisi 02:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Disambig
Thanks for the explanation - I realized after the fact that my reformatting wasn't quite ideal. I shall make better disambigs in the future. :) Paul 01:51, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I attempted to consult the disambig manual to see how it should be done, although your style is just as good or better (esp. without a TOC)...disambig repair isn't my usual area--generally it is categorization and tagging--but we all specialize, and Wikipedia is better for it. Paul 12:06, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Rod Rage?
I meant Road Rage, I guess I have to learn to type. I was only partially serious about the event, you are right it would make a good article. Do you know any sites with info, I cant find any. Regards hossens27 05:57, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Yagan's head
I have responded to your comment at Talk:Yagan. Regarding your further comment on my talk page, I am good friends with one of the State's most respected indigenous archaeologists. I usually go to her for feedback on these issues. While not an anthropologist, her expertise in indigenous culture and history is ample for the daft questions I usually ask. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 00:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

"Red link"? "Watchlist"?
Thanks SatoSuro...I cut the personal stuff out of my talk page and created a user page...happy? Davidcohen 02:30, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Swan View Tunnel
I was really just testing the water with my Swan View Tunnel edit, I knew that we would have to do something to merge your paragraph and mine and I'm glad that you are watching the page. The problem is that my source is from an engineering geologist who gave my class a tour of the tunnel in 2004. He also provided a one page summary about the tunnel. I used these "sources" (which I can't really cite) to write the paragraph.

Anecdotally the story is that while being choked by smoke the engineer through the train in reverse and the train rocketed back down the hill to the nearest station, but this is not confirmed in the written summary. If you are certain about the existance of the Royal Commission I'll ask a librarian to track it down for me (I couldn't find it with a quick interent/catalogue search).

I will also email the engineering geolgist and see if he knows of where I can get any sources (it will also be a good oppurtunity for Wikipedia recruitment, the man is a walking reference library).

About archiving my talk page, since I blank the page when archiving I have been waiting for a quiet time so as not to split too many threads.--Commander Keane 03:52, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * By librarian I meant I have a UWA reference librarian looking into it, they will point me to the state library is that's where the royal commission can be found. My understanding is summed up by this NatureBase summary. Do you think it's ok the cite this in the Wikipedia, I have no idea who wrote it unfortunately? I don't think I am so engrossed as to speak to your rail contacts, but thanks for the offer.--Commander Keane 10:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

You're Great
So great...

afd .. pina
It's always interesting watching these art school types spit the dummy when their grad film gets a afd. Anway, I'm sure it's not stalking, but I'll be around to back you up in case of any problems! Cheers --Jgritz 10:15, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Fixing links to disambiguation pages
I was going through the pages that linked to West Coast, which is a disambiguation page, and changing them to a more specific link. Most of the links should have been to West Coast of the United States, West Coast, New Zealand, or West Coast, Tasmania. I only read enough to figure out where the link should point (occasionally there are obvious problems which I fix), so I wouldn't notice two nearly identical articles. TimBentley 17:13, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Images
Good to see you putting some images online. By some freak coincidence I took exactly the same shot as this yesterday! I also took some pics of the Swan View Tunnel, Railway station, heritage trail etc that I will upload soon. I see you are also sorting out the Rottnest article, I was there last weekend and agree there is lots missing. A friendly tip with commons is to put all your images in at least one category so they can be found, if in doubt dump them in 'Category:Perth, Australia' or 'Category:Western Australia' and someone like me will sort them out. Cheers Nachoman-au 04:31, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: the hills
Yes, Thanks for writing. I haven't worked on Australian articles for a while, so it was refreshing.

I, too, have started to become disinterested with wikipedia. What with the userbox fiasco and the recent wheel wars, it seems that policy is becoming meaningless, and wp:iar is invoked as an excuse far too often. Graham/pianoman87 talk 11:44, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

York
Yeah, that's a good idea. -- Ian &equiv; talk 12:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I think I know what you're saying - your messages always make me [[Image:Smile.png]]. Regards -- Ian &equiv; talk 13:46, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Geography of Tasmania
It was bound to happen. The bot yanked the old map which was not supposed to be reproduced anyway (See my old message at Talk:Tasmania). So, my new, self-made map is now at Geography of Tasmania as well. I hope everyone likes it.

The old map is still available to those who loved it so, as an external link at the Tasmania article. Kelisi 03:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Minta maaf
No problems! Yes I can help you (I think others too) if you start these articles in Indonesian and Javanese Wikipedias! BTW is the article about P.J. Zoetmulder now good enough? Meursault2004 09:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Our mate
The way our mate has handled himself has been exemplorary. I'm not worried that my attention wasn't needed in the end, I was just glad to witness some excellent admin behaviour - something I should absorb. --Commander Keane 17:20, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

East, west, points to the nation
Looks good. I'll add NZ's east coast (i.e., Gisborne/East Coast region), too. BTW, if you spot the reference in the subject line, you can remember too much dodgy 80s Aussie rock music! Grutness...wha?  08:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * PS - what's with the new name? Grutness...wha? 

Honorifics
I've settled down now. A user keeps adding an honorific to a couple of the WA governors articles. When I reverted, my revert was reverted with the edit summary "revert vandalism", and a was posted on my talk page. That kind of immature approach was sure to draw an assertive response from me. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 00:51, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Buddhism
I am quite happy for the article to be edited by a Tibetanist, or anyone else who knows what they are talking about. Vandalism will of course be reverted. Adam 09:07, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I got the idea from the fact that people frequently clutter articles with non-PD photos. My comment was not aimed at you personally, since I know nothing about you. Adam 09:21, 2 February 2006 (UTC)