User talk:Roisterer/2008 Archive

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Tallon
Hi there Roisterer. I think I've done the business. Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 02:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ping.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I tend to sit down and write in big chunks, so just tell me what article you were thinking of doing so that I won't duplicate your work on a hard-drive and waste some human resources. I was working through Miller atm, from his early years....we could end up with 300k of text for that one :) just from all the non-standard things that he did.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Taman Shud Case
Hi Roisterer. I was impressed by your knowledge of the case. You wrote: "There have been numerous unsuccessful attempts in the 60 years since its discovery to crack the code".....do you have any references for these attempts? I'd like to follow up on it. QueenAdelaide (talk) 01:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Hi, I have had another look at the above article and have now listed it as a Good Article. See the talk page for further information. Cheers, Mattinbgn\talk 07:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Gundagai is new ACOTF
Hi Roisterer. You nominated Gundagai, New South Wales for Australian collaboration of the fortnight. It has been selected, so you might like to nominate a To Do list, or otherwise help to coordinate the collaboration. Thanks. --Scott Davis Talk 09:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Twinkle
You might find two more recent meet the pests devices of interest - they belong in your monobook.js space - if you are unaware of them - give a hoy and i'll let you know what to do (or help) if you would like - one is friendly, the other is twinkle - if you already are aware - apologies for intruding - cheers SatuSuro 23:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC) Embarrased - I hadnt realised that they were part of preferences - SatuSuro 11:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Australia-New Zealand relations is ACOTF
Australia-New Zealand relations is the new Australian collaboration. You voted for the article, so please help to improve it in any way you can. --Scott Davis Talk 14:01, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your job on the photo
It has certainly improved the article. Lindsay658 (talk) 22:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have copied the second photograph and placed it down the page -- because I have been able to identify some of the personnel (and, I hope, enlarging the photographs and placing them together, might encourage others who might be able to do so, to add further identification).
 * This, then, means that the photo at the top of the article is now duplicated. From this, there now comes the question of a possible alternative photo for the top of the article.
 * I have done quite a bit of searching, and I think that I have found one that not only encompasses all the doubt of war, and the hopelessness of the eternal possibility of impending death, etc. -- whilst having the knowledge that lots of others, who are not in service, and have taken advantage of working in "protected occupations" or having "friends in high places" are still playing in the elite sporting competition -- and the absolute joy of playing Aussie rules, in times when one abandons everything for the joys of the physical contest.
 * I thought, if one wanted to be consistent with the War Memorial Museum's version of things, that it might have a caption something like "Australian soldiers, sailors, and airmen take part in an impromptu Australian rules football match in Central Australia in 1944.
 * If you agree on the photo -- which I think is a wonderful joy -- I wonder if I could prevail upon you to, once again, work your magic and place it at the top of the page (given that it is clear of copyright).
 * By the way, anyone with any real experience of Aussie rules, looking at the companion picture (which is, IMHO, a far lesser record of events in terms of it being far less evocative of the sense of fun that such things involve), and you take the two as a pair, it is really, really obvious that they are playing end-to-end. And, in my view that is what makes the picture at  so exciting.
 * Just look at the excitement and joy of the bloke on the far left front (in the light uniform) as he waits for the "crumbs" (or, even, perhaps he is "waxing" one of the taller blokes in the pack).
 * I suggest therefore, that the caption read "Australian soldiers, sailors, and airmen take part in an impromptu game of end-to-end Australian rules football in Central Australia in 1944." Anyway, I hope that you can understand what I'm getting at. Best to you. Lindsay658 (talk) 11:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. Lindsay658 (talk) 16:44, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Charlie Moore
I've been able to get some more information -- and, as well, some more accurate information -- on Charlie Moore which I am in the process of adding to your article. I was wondering if this picture is actually in the public domain, or is otherwise available to the Wikipedia? — the same goes for and ] — the reason is that the photograph that I have found, and placed on the page, is far more a photograph of the setting for the memorial, than the memorial itself. Lindsay658 (talk) 01:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the encouragement. I was lucky to be able to get accurate sources.
 * By the way, given that is a government site, and given that  appears on that government site, I am wondering if it is free of copyright? Lindsay658 (talk) 00:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Quiz Reminder
Hello Mr.Roisterer, its your Turn in Cricket Quiz Bharath Bharath628 (talk) 18:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Witchetty Grub collaboration
Witchetty grub is the new Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. You supported its nomination, so please help to improve it in any way you can. Thanks - --Scott Davis Talk 13:16, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Frank Walsh
Just reading through this article and comparing it to the heavily reliable ADB reference, i'm just wondering where you sourced your information from when first creating the article? Thanks. Timeshift (talk) 02:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It's just that when I read it and then ADB, they do seem quite different. A reader would have thought Walsh was stabbed in the back and pushed, but under ALP rules he was ineligable to contest the next election due to his age anyway (which I added). I'm not accusing you of anything, as I said I was just wondering where the information came from. Timeshift (talk) 05:22, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I suspect the ref is moot for Kirkpatrick now so I removed it (i'm surprised nobody picked up on a couple of leaders, no pages at all!). Timeshift (talk) 01:53, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: post on my talk page
Yeah, all you did was forget to put the ref names in quotes, and then again when you tried using the <ref name= thing. Don't feel bad about that. I once spent nearly an hour and a half trying to figure out what I was doing wrong with a PHP form. I had forgotten one closing parenthesis. (NOOOOOO!!!!) J.d ela noy gabs analyse  14:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Ron Hamence/Charlie Walker
Ayup, I notice that you mentioned on Charlie Walker (cricketer) that he and Ron Hamence are cousins. Do you have the source for this? --Roisterer (talk) 10:19, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes. "The A-Z of Australian cricket" that I have used in most of my FAs. It's under one of their entries, can't remember which.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 09:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: blocked
Hello there! I'm sorry for the complication; you weren't targeted, you just happen to be on an IP address that the vandal I blocked used at one point, which resulted in the software blocking you both. I can't exactly control that (hence the name "autoblock"), but I'll try to unblock you promptly. Cheers, Master of Puppets  Call me MoP! :)  12:45, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I have to go, but you should be unblocked within a few hours automatically; see here for more information in the meantime. I'll try to unblock you sooner if I can find a computer. Cheers, Master of Puppets  Call me MoP! :)  12:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok, it should be done. The autoblock should be lifted; if it isn't, then you'll be able to edit in a while, as I changed Roscoep's block so that it doesn't include your address. Cheers, Master of Puppets  Call me MoP! :)  12:56, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Ugh, so the autoblock is persisting... could you email me your current IP address? You can find out the one Wikipedia is using by logging out and accessing Special:Mytalk. Then I'll check if your IP address is blocked. Master of Puppets  Call me MoP! :)  01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I take your contributions to mean that you're unblocked? Master of Puppets  Call me MoP! :)  04:43, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Please chime in
At this thread. I'm trying to ascertain consensus before closing the PR and moving to FAC. Thanks! --Dweller (talk) 13:30, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Ridley
The source I used for those list was Dean Jaensch's complete compilation of SA electoral results. I've gone and double-checked them, and according to him, there was indeed a seat of Ridley, won by Peter Lewis in 1993 against a Lib and a Dem. I've also checked the Statistical Record, put out by the SA Parliament, which confirms this. I would guess based on that that Murray-Mallee got renamed Ridley in 1993, which in turn got renamed Hammond in 1997, but I'm afraid I don't have any further information. If you don't have copies of those two documents, they're extremely useful for SA political history articles; the statistical record is available from the parliament's website, and I can send you the Jaensch records if you're interested. Rebecca (talk) 08:20, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I have the print copy of the 1993 SA electoral returns and it also calls the seat Ridley. It was 24,797 sq km and contained Coonalpyn, Karoonda, Murray Bridge, Lameroo, Pinnaroo, Tailem Bend and Tintinara. Candidates were Gary Orr (ALP) 3960 - 20.1%, Merilyn Pedrick (DEM) 1778 - 9.0%, Peter Lewis (LIB) 13955 - 70.9% (75.1% 2pp), 19693 total valid, 506 informal. (p.158, "Statistical Returns for General Elections, 11 December 1993", South Australian State Electoral Office, 1995. ) According to Appendix 3 (p.194) it was created in the 1991 redistribution by the Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Orderinchaos 09:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)