User talk:Plerdsus

Hi Plerdsus, welcome to wikipedia! Your edit to the 1961 election article seems to directly contradict the referenced source, could you please explain your edit and add a citation for where you found the 130 votes and 93 second preference votes information. I'm not saying the info is incorrect but to comply with Wikipedia policy it needs to be properly referenced, if you can't provide a source for your info your edit will be reverted. Thanks, Alec -(answering machine) 11:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, Alec,


 * My reference for the 1961 result in the electorate of Moreton is the Bartlett Diaries, edited by Senator Andrew Bartlett, which can be found at http://www.andrewbartlett.com/blog/?p=1286.


 * I know from personal experience that Bartlett is correct, as I remember it when it happened. The figure s can also be obtained from the Electoral Office, but not as easily as from Bartlett.


 * I have added the reference for you. Cheers, Alec -(answering machine) 12:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Scotch gauge
Please leave alone as it is distinct from. See User talk:Peter Horn and User talk:Pyrotec for a two way discussion on the topic. Peter Horn 03:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Elizabeth I of England
I've moved your query to the bottom of the article's talk page to answer it. qp10qp (talk) 12:35, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Cocos: source for cables?
Hi! Thanks for your addition to Battle of Cocos. Do you have a source that specifies the number and type of undersea cables destroyed by the German landing party? The sources currently cited in the article only state that there were three communications cables, and that three cables were destroyed. Thanks in advance. -- saberwyn 07:46, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Saberwyn,

Sources for the battle of cocos island

1. the book “German raiders of the south seas” (Robin Bromby, Doubleday Australia,1985                ISBN 0 86824 093 1) gives a good detailed description of events. it describes the cables in existence as:

(a) one to Singapore (b) one to Rodriguez Island (c) one to Cottesloe (Perth)

and there were two shore ends, which only went out about 200 metres, but which looked like real cables to the unititiated.

2. the technical side is covered by the website “atlantic cable” (see URL:

http://atlantic-cable.com/Article/1914BattleOfCocos/index.htm

which quotes Von Mucke himself, to the effect that he was only able to cut two cables.)

These were the cable to Perth, and a shore end (dummy cable)

The station manager, D.A.G de H. Farrant, had previously advised his staff to bury batteries and other telegraphic equipment in case the station was attacked. The book describes that after the germans left they retrieved the equipment and were able to contact Singapore that night, despite all the destruction that had been caused.

If you are interested in the cable station in world war 2, I have pictures of two newspaper clippings that may be of interest. After the japanese shelled the island and believed that they had destroyed the station, it was able to operate for the rest of the war by observing radio silence and relaying cable messages. If you let me have your email address, I can send you the pictures of the clippings.

I used to work for the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia), which operated the Cocos Island Station, and am very familiar with its history.

If you have any further queries, please let me know

best regards

ArbCom elections are now open!
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1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains
agree they were promised found the Cox memoir, which doesn't finish up with "and they all lived happily ..." , wish it did if you find something, lemme know, I'll gladly word it back in. Dave Rave (talk) 07:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

January 2021
Hello, I'm Doniago. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Breaker Morant, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. DonIago (talk) 05:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)