User talk:John Dalton

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AWB
Should we have a new page for AWB Limited and move some of the content from the "old" AWB page to that? The AWB statutory body isn't the same as AWB Limited (I think) Albatross2147 01:27, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

West Ryde Railway Station
This is a great article that you have done. I am interested in the date you have given for the change of name. When I was school in the 60s we used to have to travel by train from Homebush to somewhere in the Ryde region on occassion to play inter school sports. This meant buying a ticket and the joke always was to sing "I've got a ticket to Ryde" to the tune of the Beatles song whilst sitting on the grab bars in the carriage vestibules. The tickets were the old NSWGR preprinted ones on sturdy card stock stamped with the date of travel. The tickets were definitely for a Homebush to Ryde half return (- the joke would would not have been as good if the words had been "I've got a ticket to West Ryde"). Is it likely that NSWGR sold very few such tickets and they were 20 year hangovers? Albatross2147 22:43, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't have thought the NSWGR printed tickets in batches to last 20+ years. I guess it is the NSWGR we are talking about here though. I've double checked the date, and the article agrees with the book.  The book was published by the railway archives, so is authorative.  A typo in the book is a remote possibility, so a second source wouldn't go astray. John Dalton 07:05, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Altitude Data
Do you still have that book with the CityRail station altitudes. If so could you please post them so that others can put them in later. Thanks in advance. Harryboyles 08:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Yep. It's all a matter of my free time!  I'll try to do some. John Dalton 11:56, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Do you still have that book. If so, put the altitudes in, say a subpage of yours. That way others can fill the data in the station articles themselves. Harryboyles 08:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Robert Timms in my userspace
Yeah, he was a time travelling child prodigy entrepeneur! Not sure what happened there, but thanks for picking it up. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 01:20, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Languages
Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 16:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

West Ryde Pictures
Hi - great pics of West Ryde. You wouldn't think about putting your pictures on Wikimedia Commons would you? That way any Wikimedia site can access them... (JROBBO 05:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC))


 * I'm happy to put them on the commons. What's the procedure please?  Do I have to upload them again, or is there a 'single click' way to transfer them?  I'm also interested in knowing how to link to material in the commons from a wikipedia article. John Dalton 05:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Skaf image
I'm not too fussed about the proposed deletion of this image. It's of poor quality anyway and not been replaced in almost a year and a half. That said, do you know the legal status of mugshots taken in Australia? I don't think they're given the same freedom to republish as the those taken in the US for example. -- Longhair 08:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking the same about this image. It's not News Ltd's intellectual property, so I'm unsure why it should be deleted. I don't know about mugshot republishing rules, but the image distribution would originate with the NSW Police Media unit. Tale 01:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * My understanding is that the photos are covered by crown copyright, which does not make them free to use. In addition it makes them non-free in the copyleft sense as well.  To my knowledge use of the photos in wikipedia doesn't fall under Australia's fair dealing provisions.  It is possible that the police have given blanket permission for us of the photo, but this should be checked. John Dalton 02:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Mazda R360
Nope, not got one. I'm just a complete Mazda nut! I'd love to correspond with your father though - Love these cars! --SFoskett 17:53, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Try to engage
"It's time to kill off this recent cancer of 'Notability' within Wikipedia. Notability is simply an excuse by a nosy minority to impose their view of what Wikipedia 'should be' (according to themselves) on everyone else. If there is the motivation to write and maintain a well sourced article in Wikipedia what right does some puffed up nobody have to make a judgment as to how important an article is, on a subject they probably know little about? All notability will do is drive people (such as those who have put the effort into the railway station articles) away from Wikipedia." "By the way, did you know that the new notability 'wannabe guideline' is heavily disputed? What is going on when a disputed opinion is being used to remove content from Wikipedia? Shouldn't the dispute be resolved before going on the rampage? Better to leave your comments on the notability talk page, letting everyone know what you think about this new 'notability' push. If enough people stand up (and ignore the pontificating) these people can be made to pull their heads in. John Dalton 03:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC)"

Such passion. Allow me to address each sentence. Notability (as a concept) is not a cancer, it's a guideline. I'm not imposing anything, I'm initiating a discussion - why not engage with it? The railway station articles, in the main, are short and lack credible sources. AfD debates concerning articles that I've put work into have yet to drive me away from Wikipedia. I can see that it's disputed, but that doesn't in itself negate the concerns it raises. That is the purpose of the discussion - engage with it. I have initiated a discussion. Finally, hey, look, maybe. ;) Joestella 04:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

JD's reply is here


 * John - I gotta say if you have an arguement with the proposed guideline why not take your own advice and discuss it at Wikipedia talk:Notability? Many of the articles discussed don't even list a PRIMARY source let alone attempt to say what is so important about - for example - Marayong railway station.Garrie 00:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * JD's reply is here
 * Thanks JD I did have a look but that talk page seems to be fairly high-traffic... I didn't track down your contribution. My own opinion is Notability can only ever be subjective and using metrics to compare subjects in outback New South Wales (where 1 shop makes a settlement!) with New York, New York, is going to be difficult.
 * What annoys me is that there are so many pages which have been flagged "additional sources requested" (using one of quite a few templates for that task) for ages - they remain stubs and are never improved and nobody provides a reliable source. To me - and many others - if there is no sustained community interest in improving these stub articles then some of the m should be deleted until someone has the inclination to recreate them in a verifiable manner using well cited references from reliable sources.
 * Unfortunately for Sydney public transport articles, too much foot-slogging has been done which has not involved providing citations - which leads to a situation where there are hundreds of articles in need of references. When the preference is to not use operator's own information (ie primary sourced material) that is a significant hurdle to improving the state of the whole project.Garrie 04:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * JD's reply is here

Your edits to WP Sydney re Transport in Sydney
Thanks John for your contributions - they are often insightful and well thought out. The other user in question there is really getting on my nerves - he's very self-opinionated and won't take no for an answer unless we do things his way. I'm starting to get sick of editing Sydney public transport articles, as much as I like doing it. Apart from you and Harryboyles, I've barely had any help, and yet I have several users who incessantly demand that I cite every single article (most of which I have improved from one-line stubs) and expand everything to a full-size article length within a short amount of time, and when I don't get time to do thatthey merge or delete everything I've done. It's not right. Like you, I'm fed up with weak notability claims being used as a tool to make articles look nice and as a tool to get rid of articles that particular editors don't want. JROBBO 12:49, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

FAC for NSW Rail Line
Hi John, I was wondering if you could make any comments or suggestions on the article I have up for Featured Article Candidacy, on the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Railway line in Sydney (see here); one editor in particular on the FAC has just been downright rude (I've been threatened and even accused of vandalism!), so I'd prefer some constructive comments from editors whose judgement I trust. Thanks for any help you can give. JROBBO 11:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It passed - yay! JROBBO 09:59, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Use Of Thumbtacks In Professional Wrestling
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 * Just wanted to toss you a note and say that I feel your article and yourself are being unjustifiably targeted by a rather bull headed editor. He even started an entry over at the talk page for WikiProject Professional wrestling where he belittled you and claimed, and I quote, "He needs to get a life" Funny how, when I pointed out that he had been blocked from editing twice in the past (drawn from his talk page, once for vandalism of Torrie Wilson, and once for the comment: "If you want to be a retard, that's your choice, but your vote is total shit.") he decided to wipe it (you can still see the repeated warnings and blocks in the history of the page). Claimed that being blocked "is quite common among established users" which is both patheic and laughable all at once. He also claims to have "Retired" and "left Wikipedia in December 2006" on his user page. Quite frankly, he gives wrestling fans a bad name. --Vladamire Steelwolf 06:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * As I stated on the AfD page, I really do have no particular attachment to the article. It came into being when the Thumbtack article got filled up with wrestling stuff that was not directly relevant to thumbtacks.  As you might be able to tell from the AfD page I believe deleting material from Wikipedia is a bad thing so I did what I considered the right thing and moved the wrestling stuff to its own article.  Personally I have little interest in thumbtacks and wrestling, but clearly some people do as they took the time to write the words in the article.  The thumbtacks in wrestling article came under attack for lack of sources so I did the right thing and found some sources for it.  Surprisingly to me at the time it turned out that people write scholarly articles on wrestling.  Thinking about it, it makes sense as wrestling is another form of media, like movies or plays, and part of 21st century culture.  Who knows, maybe in 1000 years todays wrestlers will be looked upon as a ceremonial version of Rome's gladiators?  This latest attack seems to be on the basis that the article "just doesn't belong".  No reason based on Wikipedia policy has been given.  Maybe it is just that some people see wrestling as being below Wikipedia?  Either way I'm keen to make a stand against arbitrary deletions from Wikipedia. John Dalton 08:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Jimbo is coming to Sydney
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Lion Island
''Rather then a big "see also" list, better to make a category "Islands of the Hawkesbury River". Also, any connected items will generally be mentioned in the article and wikilinked from there.)''

I dont know how to do that. I thought it was fine the way it was. Mindys12345 00:02, 25 April 2007 (UTC)


 * reply by JD
 * Thanks for the info, ill look into doing that. Once again Thanks.Mindys12345 03:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

nav box
Hi John, how about something like this, it could probably do with a name change and not just be limited to islands but the entire region. Someone who knows more about the area would have to add links as well. Regards. Mindys12345 05:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * JD's reply

2CH transmitter photos
What a lovely historical perspective on 2CH. Thankyou for sharing.Wilfred Pau 09:56, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

hi
were both editing the haneef article and our edits are quite complementary but we have to fit them together I will put mine up can you please re insert yuor edits back into the article sorrty for temporarily deleting your work Esmehwp 00:07, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

oh no I lost all my edits

ok I found and put in my edits please re insert your edits I'll try to help in that :)

I put your work back inEsmehwp 00:31, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Fullers Bridge
Fullers Road was the main road next to the bridge. I'm fairly sure Millwood Ave was built as a bypass some time later - some of the houses have travelators on their land as it was very difficult to build next to the land. Fullers Road becomes the main road again further up. JRG 06:24, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I can see your logic, but it would seem to be quite ambiguous what the short stretch of road between the bride and lights is called. Is it Delhi, on the basis that the road run to the intersection, Fullers, in that it is the original name, or Millwood on the basis that the stretch of road under consideration is too short to have a separate identity?  Perhaps the best thing is to leave it out of the article all together until a definitive source is found? John Dalton 06:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Terrace Field Yunnan China nomination
Hi John,

Just wanted to let you know they removed your Support of the image you nominated for FP since it was from an IP. Seems lame since the IP is named on your Wiki page but some ppl there are control freaks. If you could log in and Support it (or, better yet, Support the edit where someone sharpened/noise reduced the original), that would be great. I put the link in the title of this post. --JaGa 06:21, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

G'day
G'day esteemed person who has expressed interest in Sydney based meetups at this page (I hope that's the correct wording for the formal greeting!!). You may have heard that Australia is to have its very own 'chapter' of the Wikimedia Foundation - and further, there's a meeting coming up to discuss / enact the chapter's incorporation (details here). I'm afraid that I don't know too much about the details of what this entails, other than having a private hope that we might get a secret handshake, and maybe cheap coffee at wikimania (this is a poor attempt at humour - I'm sure that the Chapter's do great work, and it's a good thing that Australia is to have one).

If you're interested in meeting up this weekend (the set date is the 20th) - or later, then please do head over here and sign up, or make a comment at the talk page... the drive to create the chapter has largely come from another town in Australia that I'm afraid I haven't actually heard much about.. and anything they can do.... right? - cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 11:11, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Drinks and a wiki chat?
G'day sydneysider - fancy a 'not quite a meetup but a few drinks' sort of thing? - We can chat about the new aussie chapter, the price of eggs and have our very own 2020 Wiki Summit! - or just sink a couple of cold ones and gass bag about the good 'ol days of wiki, when an editor could get some repsect (not a typo)! I've suggested something here so take a look and sign up if you're up for it... cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 02:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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John Wamsley
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G'day NewSouthWikiWelshman
...and I mean 'welshman' in the most gender neutral way, of course...and I'm aware that not all of you guys are from NSW.. and I'm aware that this hasn't been the most smoothly written note in Wiki's history, but hey ho... slaps head, persuades voices in head to pipe down, and continues.... Fancy attending a meetup? - We've got some interested Chapter stuff to chat about, no doubt there may be some tales of Arabian Nights (or at least Egyptian conferences), and it just generally felt like it was about time..... head over here if you're interested.... do feel free to wiki-edit away in the usual fashion too if you've got any other ideas! cheers all, Privatemusings (talk) 07:25, 29 July 2008 (UTC) you've been spammed in this nature because you signed up as interested in being notified about this sort of thing.. hope that's ok!

A Sydney Meetup
G'day all - I'm dropping this note in to let you know that there's to be a Wiki Meetup the week after next, on Tuesday, 21st at 18:00 at The Paragon in Circular Quay. If you've ever thought about popping along to one of these, but haven't had the chance - now's the time! If you love the idea, but the time and / or place don't quite work for you, please do feel free to wiki edit away at the meetup page and I'm sure we can sort something out :-) Meetups are a great way to share wiki-thoughts, meet wiki-friends, and generally learn how to prefix all areas of your life with wiki- :-)

It's a very friendly bunch, and we're hoping to be able to formally collect membership fees and details for the Australian Chapter (did you know that we're the only current english speaking chapter? Join now for kudos and future bragging rights!) - as well as just generally have a good 'ol time. I look forward to seeing you there :-) best, Privatemusings (talk) 07:48, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Christmas Meetup
G'day all - I'm hoping that I might persuade you along to a Wiki christmas celebration / meetup on december 18th :-) - The meetup regulars are a friendly bunch, and we're very much hoping to get a few new folk along to chat about all things Wiki (and there are apparently some exciting things in the pipeline! Come along to find out a bit more ;-) - you can sign up here - and do feel free to edit that page with any more ideas or suggestions too :-)

Hope to see you there - I've heard a rumour that the first drink is on the highest placed Australian in the current arbcom elections.... Privatemusings (talk) 23:43, 4 December 2008 (UTC) ok, so I started that rumour too....

Flagged Revs
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Backstage Pass: Powerhouse Museum
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 * Good to see you're interested! I'll add you to the list right away and look forward to seeing you there! Witty Lama 06:41, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Meetup time again
Hi all, it's Meetup time again :-) - Hopefully you'll be up for meeting on April 22nd at about 6pm at The Paragon, a pub in Circular Quay. It'll be the usual round of drinks and chit chats, with no particular agenda, just some friendly faces, and a shared interest in Wiki stuff. If you've thought about coming along before, but haven't made it - we'd love to see you - it'll be a relaxed, social chin wag about all things wiki - bring anyone along you fancy, and I hope you can make it :-)

Please do sign up on the meetup page, and do also feel free to nominate an alternative time / date / location if for whatever reason the 21st doesn't work for you - we're an accommodating bunch :-) cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 04:10, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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last call for the meetup tonight in Sydney
G'day Sydneysiders :-) - this is just a 'last call' note to let you know that the meetup tonight at the belgian beer cafe. This meetup coincides with the end of an 'unlocking IP' conference, and various folk from creative commons, and other interested parties are hoping to come along, so it should be an interesting and rewarding meet - plus Casliber assures us the beer is fantastic :-) - it's an 'all ages' venue, and I hope to see you there! best, Privatemusings (talk) 02:48, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Sydney Meetup
I think you may have been notified by email, but I thought it was worth my dropping in a note anywhoo, to let you know that Sydney Wikipedians are having a meetup this coming Tuesday, the 4th August. As you'll see on that page, we have two folk flying in from the Wikimedia Foundation who will be attending, and we have a great crowd of wiki types signed up to come along.

If you've never been to a meetup before, this wouldn't be a bad one to kick off with (we're all very friendly, interesting, and great looking folk ;-), and if you have, well come along again, why don't ya! If you've any questions you can flick the aussie mailing list an email on wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org aussie mailing list, or drop me a note on my talk page. Hope to see some of you there!

ps. If you've already signed up, and received an email, and a phone call, and a door knock, and are getting a bit frustrated with constant advances from enthusiastic australian wiki types, then I'm told you can print this message, and bring it along to use as a 'free beer' voucher, redeemable by our esteemed Vice-President of WMAU on the night...... ;-) Privatemusings (talk) 22:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Meetup Time in Sydney :-)
Hi all,

It's meetup time again in Sydney - hopefully you'll be able to come along for friendly chat and drinks about all things wiki - topics will no doubt include the Chapter - perhaps with planning for the upcoming AGM, the general state of wiki-play, and the traditional candle lighting to encourage the mythical flagged-revisions extension to make its way on to the wiki. At this point, I usually mention that sitting wiki arbitrators are compelled to buy everyone a drink, but one of our number has taken a rather extreme route in avoiding this duty - if you have no idea what I'm talking about then you're probably busy writing and maintaining articles - but come along anyways on the 21st October, from 18.30 til late, to find out :-) cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 21:30, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Before I get anyone upset
I noticed that there's a comment on the Port Jackson page that Port Jackson and Sydney Harbour arent the same thing. I was about to change the line on the article to say that infact they are the same thing. What makes you thing they aren't? Mdw0 (talk) 02:25, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, so the NSW Geographical Names Board have decided to limit Sydney Harbour to its main, southern section. I guess their decision wins then, doesnt it. Even if it IS wrong. Mdw0 (talk) 10:04, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Sydney meetup
It's been a while since the wiki folk of Sydney had the chance to meetup - and there's quite a lot going on. If you've never been to a meetup before, you're especially welcome, and if you're an old hand, then please do make an effort to touch base :-) You can sign up here, or drop a note on my talk page if you have any questions or anything - hope to see you there! cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 02:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Sydney Meetup :-)
See the meetup page for further information - short version is that we're hoping to meet in a fortnight in the city for a beer and a chat. Minors and Miners are welcome, with a responsible adult and a minimum of coal dust ;-) - do try and get out if you can, it's been a little while since wiki folk met in Sydney :-) cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 05:28, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Sydney Meetup
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Sydney Meetup on Monday evening
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JORN
a) (I had planned to have an early night ... ) b) Oh dear! Yet again I discover I'd rather be interested & entertained by Wikipedia than go to bed, (or interact with real people.) c) How times have changed! The other day I heard somebody on the radio "authoritatively" stating - verbatim, and without acknowledgement or attribution - something that I had written on Wikipedia. d) Further, I was reading something recently and was amused to see they actually attributed something they wrote to Wikipedia!! Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 15:05, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

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Sydney Meetup next Thursday evening
You are invited to the Sydney Meetup!
 * Thursday 15 September at 6PM at Petersham Bowling Club.
 * (a) accessible by train - Petersham station
 * (b) has some nice draught beers
 * (c) has some nice food
 * (d) has some quiet areas outside and inside...so people can chat without getting a hoarse voice by shouting over 100 decibels of muzak etc.
 * (e) accessible by car with straightforward parking nearby
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Sydney meetup
Short notice but there will be a meetup in Sydney on the 13 January 2018 at 6:30pm, still looking for a venue and open to suggestions. I hope you're able to make it but understand that this is very short notice. Bidgee (talk) 20:40, 10 January 2018 (UTC)