User talk:Q8682

Disambiguation link notification template (May 2021)
Just so I can remember what the bot says.

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Egypt men's national goalball team, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page New York.

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 * Just FYI, if you go to Preferences (top right of screen), then Gadgets, then scroll down to Appearnce section, then scroll down until you find "Display links to disambiguation pages in orange", tick that box (and then Save, lower left of page) and you will see any disambiguation links displayed as orange making it easy to know if there are links to be disambiguated. Kerry (talk) 01:50, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Eprapah has been accepted (May 2015)
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File permission problem with File:Scottish bagpiper R S McDonald 2015.jpg (Jan 2016)
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 * Advice/approvals has now been sent. Thanks.  Mon 01 Feb 2016.

Welcome (Nov 2017)
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 * Sorry that it's such a belated welcome! Kerry (talk) 03:01, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Brisbane meetup - Sunday 10 December 2017 at The Edge, State Library of Queensland (Nov 2017)
If you are in or near Brisbane, please join us on Sunday 10 December 2017 any time from noon to 4pm at The Edge at the State Library of Queensland. For more details and to sign up, please go to the meetup page. See you there! Kerry (talk) 09:28, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Milk bottles (Dec 2017)
Do you remember what sizes were the "characteristic squared bottle with gold cap" in Brisbane? I think I can find a graphic of a Darwin Pauls quart (2 pint) milk bottle. Shades of the Darwin Stubby! Doug butler (talk) 03:08, 2 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Pauls (dairy) -- Hi Doug, unfortunately no great insights into the bottle shape although I note Parmalat had a comment about the square bottle. I was just putting a little more detail into the original article.  Cheers, Q8682 (talk) 08:22, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Brisbane meetup: Saturday 13 January 2018 at The Edge, State Library of Queensland (Jan 2018)
If you are in or near Brisbane, please join us on Saturday 13 January 2018 any time from noon to 4pm at The Edge at the State Library of Queensland. For more details and to sign up, please go to the meetup page. See you there! Kerry (talk) 05:40, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

QPS page changes (Jan 2018)
Thanks for your input, but the flag outside Police HQ has the correct logo on it. The flag on the wiki page has the incorrect logo with the black around the crown. John.c.grey (talk) 23:02, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Citations for Queensland place names (Jan 2018)
I noticed you adding a citation for the place name of Ross River (Queensland). The best way to cite an entry in the Queensland Places Names database is to use the cite QPN template as follows:

The first two parameters (the entry number and the place name) must be exactly as they appear in the QPN (if not the citation will not create the correct URL). The third parameter is optional and only for the reader's benefit but is intended to help them distinguish between similarly named entries (particularly if the article has multiple QPN citations). In the case of Ross River, there are two entries in the QPN for Ross River, one for the river itself and one for the locality named after the river. If I was needing to cite both, I would cite the other as

Indeed if you look in the Ross River, Queensland article for the locality, you will see 3 of these QPN citations in action (one for the locality, one for the river and one for the reservoir).

The fourth parameter is just the access date, same as any other web citation.

The reason why it is better to use the template is that the Qld Govt has a nasty habit of renaming its websites with every change of ministerial responsibilities and also redesigning them. So URLs like https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search#/search=ross river&types=0&place=Ross_River29108 are not very stable (typically last a year or so). By generating the URL in the template, we only have to fix the template when the Qld Govt makes changes rather than seek out and fix every one of the URLs if done manually. We currently have over 2000 uses of the template. If we weren't using the template, that would be over 2000 broken URLs to be fixed every year or so. So I hope you can learn to use the template. Any question, please feel free to ask. Kerry (talk) 01:00, 25 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Also fixed it up in MacGregor, Queensland.  Q8682 (talk) 06:25, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Dealing with dead links - St Andrew Boat Club, Edinburgh (Feb 2018)
I reverted your edit to St Andrew Boat Club. We don't remove links just because they no longer work, see WP:link rot. You can use the old url to find an archive link, as I did, for example, in. You may wish to do the same for other links which no longer work. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:02, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Multiple references to the same webpage leads nothing to the article. It is cleaner to put the repetitive link to the External links page.  Also the link to Scottish Rowing has a terminating oblique after the '.html' which was a typographical error.  It was better to cite the current URL, than reference a 2013 link. The reverting of links IMHO does not make a better article.  However, do as you will.  Q8682 (talk) 14:13, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Even without the oblique the link to http://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/contacts.html gives a 404, but of course I'm happy if you find better links. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:22, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I did: http://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/index.php/takingpart/club-finder. Was in the External link section.  Q8682 (talk) 14:25, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Funny coincidence with your username (Jul 2020)
No worries re edit that you thanked me for. I'm not sure how familiar you are with Wikidata, but it just happens that over there all items are placed under titles starting with Q followed by a number. So in the search box, if you type "d:Q8682", you get taken to the Wikidata entry about Real Madrid CF. The Wikidata item was created after your account, which is even more amusing. Graham 87 03:09, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

FYI: The Her (naval vessels) (Aug 2020)
Looking at this edit, I see you have used the phrase "the HMAS Stuart". You will be aware that HMAS is an acronym for "Her Majesty's Australian Ship". It is considered improper to prefix this with "the" unless referring to something other than the ship. eg. HMAS Canberra vs the HMAS Canberra Football Trophy. See Her Majesty's Ship for more on this. The reason for this is that "The Her Majesty's Ship" is an awkward phrasing in English. It is commonplace to refer to ships bearing other prefixes, such as "USS" standing for "United States Ship", as (for example) "The USS Enterprise", but the equivalent usage in British Commonwealth navies is considered poor style. --Pete (talk) 05:59, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Ignore the ping (Doughnut Day (Australia)) (Jan 2021)
I pinged you but will be removing my message. You can ignore it. — Davidwr (talk) 15:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Relates to National Doughnut Day specifically Doughnut Day (Australia). Happy for it to be relocated or title-renamed, but doesn't deserve a stub of its own, and people are likely to come here first.  Q8682 (talk) 00:39, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Carrara, Queensland (Apr 2021)
I don't quite understand why you added the photo request template as the article appears to have some photos. Generally if the article has photos but they aren't sufficient for whatever reason, what you need to do is be explicit in the request as to what extra photos are wanted. E.g. If an article only has historic photos, I often put  If you aren't explicit with the request when the article has photos, someone (probably using automated tools) will pretty quickly remove the request.Kerry (talk) 01:28, 8 April 2021 (UTC)


 * The request for photos was in the 'To do' list on the Talk page for Carrara, Queensland, but was not going to come up in the Gold Coast City list. Will delete, but helps me when I am passing these suburbs and can get a few more photographs, e.g. the school. –Q8682 (talk) 02:38, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Road to Kokoda (1942 film) (Jun 2021)
Thanks for the comments and revisions on this page (The Road to Kokoda; corrected from student's work). I have put constant effort into this student and their work (even the personal info on the user page, students are asked not to do this). I admit it is fraught, I really do. The semester is now complete and so I do not expect he will come back to the project. Carrolquadrio (talk) 01:03, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Rollback rights (Oct 2021)
Hi Q8682. After reviewing your request, I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3AQ8682 enabled] rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when using rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 19:35, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
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Some bubble tea for you! (Feb 2022)

 * Hi DCCXX, but I did not do this one, but have enjoyed updating the content in other western Queensland locales.–Q8682 (talk) 09:53, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Categories (handling of) (Feb 2022)
Hello, Q8682,

Please do not remove all of the contents from categories so they are tagged for speedy deletion. Doing so is called emptying categories "out of process" and is strongly discouraged. Please do not do it again. If you believe a category should be merged, renamed or deleted, please propose it at Categories for Discussion so that other editors can offer their feedback and opinion. That's how changes in categorization are handled on Wikipedia. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 06:19, 19 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you, noted.–Q8682 (talk) 06:38, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Thailand women's national goalball team (Jul 2022)
This article was reviewed (twice) in New Page Patrol. It is tagged as needing additional references. What is needed are references from significant coverage about the topic of the article, and independent of it, in multiple secondary sources which are WP:RS; that is your guide. You may also read WP:PRIMARY which details the limited permitted usage of primary sources. A more comprehensive guide is WP:SOURCES ... Providing sufficient references, ideally one per fact referred to, that meet these tough criteria is likely to allow this article to remain. Lack of them or an inability to find them is likely to mean that the topic is not suitable for inclusion. Kindly do the needful. Thank you. --Whiteguru (talk) 02:41, 20 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Noted, and it is the intention to of course provide as many primary sources as able. A function of time.–Q8682 (talk) 16:01, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

SES
Good morning,

Regarding this edit to the QFES article, I was under the impression (based on official statements) that the transition is taking place on 1 July, along with the formation of MRQ. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 20:59, 13 June 2024 (UTC)


 * For the SES, the transition commenced on Mon 03 Jun 2024, and must be completed by the end of the month. For the State Emergency Service Act 2024 (Act No. 19 of 2024), 'I, DR JEANNETTE ROSITA YOUNG AC PSM, Governor, fix 3 June 2024 for the commencement of the provisions of the Act that are not in force'.  It becomes a separate unit under the command of the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service from that date, and hosted by the QPS.  SES personnel will now be subject to QPS vetting and discipline.  MRQ also commenced to exist as of Mon 03 Jun 2024, but the transition does not commence until Jul 2024.  The new Queensland Fire Department does not exist until 01 Jul 2024, with the Fire Services Act 1990.–Q8682 (talk) 10:05, 21 June 2024 (UTC)