User talk:Oronsay/Archive 2

A goat for you!
Thank you for improving my wiki page on Eve C Zyzik. I'm having to create it for a Uni assignment, so your help is appreciated :)

Zarah629 (talk) 23:57, 23 February 2019 (UTC) 

Nowiki & tl
You can wrap your favourite code fragments as code fragment  for easier cut & paste, fwiw, e.g.:


 * #REDIRECT
 * #REDIRECT

There's also a tempate called tl which you can use to display a template name on which you can click to read its documentation, whilst preventing it doing its template thing, e.g. to produce coord, cite book.

All the above probably best read in edit mode. --Tagishsimon (talk) 09:47, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Tagishsimon. I'm now using HotCat which solves the Category one; and I've been working my way through both men and women listed in Australian Dictionary of Biography and have created many redirects. As for surname pages, I haven't created one since I saved the code. Your final suggestion will need my consideration tomorrow, in the clear light of day! Thanks for helping me to learn more of the intricacies and shortcuts of this great project we both participate in. I really appreciate it. Oronsay (talk) 10:26, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

April 2019
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(Please excuse this post if it is a duplicate!)

A kitten for you!
Thank you for your help with tidying the articles of our new ANU contributors today.

Kerry (talk) 12:21, 4 April 2019 (UTC) 

More thanks
I'm still playing with last night's scientists, but I see you've been all over the place adding links & such. No-one else will thank you, but I will. Well brought up, you see ;). I know how much work it is, so it's really appreciated that you're putting so much effort into these (as well as the economists - I saw your fingerprints there, too) --Tagishsimon (talk) 14:57, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for all your fabulous contributions to the stubs I have been making! Most appreciated! ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:42, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Evelyn Conyers
thanks for the thanks. if you want a list of all the Florence Nghtingale medal recipients, many without articles, here is a query. -- cheers -- Queen-washington (talk) 20:25, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

May you join this month's editathons from WiR!
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Autopatrolled granted
Hi Oronsay, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3AOronsay added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing!  Schwede 66  22:36, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Kia ora from NZ!
Kia ora Oronsay, just thought I'd leave you a note to say hi and thanks for the input on the Cheeseman family articles. I have been trying to add the sisters to the infobox on Thomas' article but I can't seem to get it right, even after reading the WP page about infoboxes! - do you know how to add a line to an infobox for relatives?? MurielMary (talk) 09:27, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

June events with WIR
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Brenda Longfellow
Thank you!LorriBrown (talk) 21:17, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for participating in today's editathon and for supporting the other attendees. It was very much appreciated and made a big difference to their experiences today. Rubicon49bce (talk) 11:44, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Paula R. Pietromonaco for deletion
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July events from Women in Red!
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DEFAULTSORT by last name
I think you meant this. If you disagree, please say. --GRuban (talk) 13:13, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, GRuban, for correcting my careless mistake. Oronsay (talk) 19:32, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

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DYK for Anna B. Eckstein
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Thank you!
Thank you for participating in the Franklin Women Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women in Health and Medical Research. We appreciate you sharing your expertise with us and your experience was incredibly valuable to the attendees. SnapFreeze (talk) 07:30, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

AWR
I am hoping you might turn your considerable abilities to the appalling article Australian Women's Register. Improvement is needed because Tom.Reding needs to link to it with the AWR link in the authority control (See Barbara Hanrahan... Ring me if I seem to be talking nonsense. We do need this article and I cannot see it being more than a pathetic stub.... MargaretRDonald (talk) 10:21, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I will look at it tomorrow morning and do some work on it then.Oronsay (talk) 12:44, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, indeed. MargaretRDonald (talk) 19:05, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I found an article as better source and added categories. Tom also did some edits overnight. I wanted to include The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia - https://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/about.html - but ran out of puff! Also, I thought I had an edit clash with you but it was the bot coming through to add the date to the more categories template! Hope what's there now will be enough. Interestingly, I had noted the need for articles on both AWR and Australian Women's Archive Project in Dec 2017 but never got around to doing anything about them! Oronsay (talk) 21:38, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Jillian Green
I got tempted to do Jillian Green (see User:MargaretRDonald/sandbox/Jillian Green). The links to the Turner Galleries had such good texts and so many images illustrating her work.... (See exhibitions). But, there are only effectively four sources: her website, the Turner galleries, the NGA and Cruthers references. It is clear that she has had many major commissions, but the sources are possibly too close to her and not sufficiently many? Hoping you might do something to save the article. (PS. You probably knew it, but unlike the taxonbar, the authority control does not come up in the article preview, clearly the from parameter is no use here.) MargaretRDonald (talk) 00:04, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Another challenge will be inbound links, but there is List of Australian women artists.Oronsay (talk) 00:06, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Also, I don't think they'll like the external links from the exhibitions. Probably need to be as references. Oronsay (talk) 00:08, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that . (I'll have another crack at it - perhaps - some time in the future.) MargaretRDonald (talk) 03:23, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Any better now? MargaretRDonald (talk) 04:07, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Mueller's female collectors
Hi See User:MargaretRDonald/sandbox/Mueller's female collectors This clearly is going to take me forever. (I was unable to do maps for the smiths. Data are entered differently in AVH as compared to MELISR and in fact I doubt if most of their data are entered - nothing corresponding to Winnie Jane could be found). However, the question is whether this format might be acceptable with so many unnotable names... PS Please suggest some suitable categories.. MargaretRDonald (talk) 01:51, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've found and added one category so far. Will seek more if possible. Think the heading over the maps would be better as "Collection sites" or similar. I know it's not the women artists' project but Collections made me think of the Herbaria where the materials reside. Also, think the lifespan/fl dates would be better under the "Brief bio" section as dates are not names! Oronsay (talk) 03:28, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I gather that Julia Wells is one of Mueller's team. Oronsay (talk) 03:37, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Arbitrium
Hello, thanks for adding a link to Prof. Martha Clokie on the Arbitrium page. However, I could not find any citation for her making that particular claim. According to the Nature paper, what she said is something quite different. Can you please provide sources? Thank you. --Jose Mathew (talk) 18:05, 26 November 2019 (UTC)


 * I created a link from Prof. Martha Clokie, but otherwise did not edit the article you started on Arbitrium. The statement you are querying was in the article when you first created the page, as you can see [here]. I have no knowledge of the subject matter so am not in a position to edit that section of the article. You are welcome to reword the section yourself to better reflect the references you provided - just be careful to edit the current version of the Arbitrium page. Oronsay (talk) 18:56, 26 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you. The current wording seems to imply that Prof. Clokie said something which (according to the Nature article) was said by Prof. Sorek. I'll try to reword this to make it more clear. --Jose Mathew (talk) 19:14, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Olive Purser
Thank you for finding the date of death- I couldn't see it anywhere. I suspect there is more to say about the woman but I was editing as usual from online sources and at first I really struggled to find anything about her. It always amazes me how some days the information is like getting water from a stone but then the trickle starts...  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 13:43, 1 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Actually, I found the date through my Ancestry account, then searched for an accessible probate record to use as the reference. I am always saddened when I see the date of birth and details of a woman's life and work, but her death is missing, or just a year given, meaning that she faded into obscurity. Having a middle name and not marrying helped my search in Olive's case. Oronsay (talk) 18:11, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * God yes - searching for a woman where she's only listed as Mrs His name or for a woman who marries and then goes into obsurity when she leaves her career because she married... Especially with the tendency of men to give their wives pet names so that she ends up known by a completely different name. I still say well done for finding that.  &#9749;  Antiqueight  chatter 18:53, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

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Enchantress (1825 ship)
Hi Oronsay, First, thanks for adding the project info to the talk page. Second, I reverted most of your changes to the master's name. I generally try to stick to the name as it is in the source. This frequently, very frequently, leads to inconsistency within the WP article. But I do so in case someone, perhaps a genealogist or local historian is searching. It suggests alternatives they might try in their sleuthing, or may even help them find the article in the first place, depending on where they are starting from. (By the way, I have even seen ship's captains vary the spelling of their own name, or that of their ship, and that is nothing compared with the Anglicization of place names.) Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 21:33, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . I should've realised the spelling variations were from the source docs. I have access to Australian newspapers and may add to the Enchantress (1825 ship) article. Oronsay (talk) 22:06, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * No worries. As someone married to a demon proof reader, I wince at the untidiness of it, but function over form! No? As for the Oz papers, like most wikipedians I would be delighted to see any of my ship articles improved. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 23:46, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

safe and happy
May your christmas season be that, and avoid speed cameras, fires and the rest... JarrahTree 00:07, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . Your kind words are reciprocated. Speed cameras are unlikely to bother me, but fires, smoke and heat remain ongoing concerns. Oronsay (talk) 21:41, 21 December 2019 (UTC)


 * found this on someone elses page... but nonetheless it is a bit over the top... JarrahTree 03:09, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2020 Australian novels


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 * bollocks JarrahTree 06:03, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Ta. Now I should have 6 days to write an article about a 2020 novel! Oronsay (talk) 07:08, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * my problem is the 2010 - 2019 cohort of articles could be added to and improved and there are only 36 hours in a day... JarrahTree 07:11, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I let myself be sidetracked into female Aussie Olympian equestrians and sailors and have had some fun writing stubs. Oronsay (talk) 07:13, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Dora Serle
Thank you for alerting me to the errors associated with the naming of Hacke Place, Conder. I have, with the family's consent, initiated correction with the ACT Surveyor General. Doubtless this will take time!Lexysexy (talk) 05:07, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I was quite taken aback to discover the errors - both her maiden and married names incorrect - in the Australian Government Gazette. I wish you luck with your quest! Oronsay (talk) 05:25, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

S. H. Ervin
Thanks for your work on Ervin. You certainly added some value to the article. I took a few images of the S. H. Ervin Gallery and realised that Ervin needed an entry. Collywolly (talk) 22:30, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * My pleasure, Collywolly. I watch the new Aussie articles each day and saw Ervin's article was single-sourced, so scratched around for what I could find. Oronsay (talk) 23:24, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I realised that it I only had one source. I looked around a bit but could not find anything that added value. There was an article with a photo of him with Bob Menzies, but it is still copyright. Anyway, at least there is now a name behind the S H Ervin Gallery. I liked your retitling as well. I was a bit slack about that. Sometimes we are too close to the trees to see the forest. Collywolly (talk) 00:00, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I felt strongly that his philanthropy, the main reason for his notability, was "buried" in his personal info and I had a good think about what heading to use before deciding. It's always nice to collaborate. Oronsay (talk) 00:16, 27 January 2020 (UTC)