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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:39, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

More info predating 1943.
Hi Scott,

Great page on VP-4. Would you mind updating your page to include the inception of the squad in 1928. Here's a link to pull info from http://www.vp4.navy.mil/history/history_of_the_skinny_dragons.htm

Hopefully it's a good source.

47.209.29.53 (talk)Samantha Nelson —Preceding undated comment added 20:23, 1 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I have no particular connection to that page (I just reverted some vandalism). I have copied your message to the the talk page for the article. You are welcome to update the article yourself or someone else might pick up info from that page. Regards. --Scott Davis Talk 23:24, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Cheers
Thanks for the update on those stations, good thing you had your eyes on the ball. Cheers. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:03, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * To be honest, this one was pure fluke. I was making wikilinks for Eyre Creek (Lake Eyre basin) and left Clifton Hills Station open for long enough to actually read it and notice that it named the vendor but not the buyer for a sale, so went looking for a source to finish it. The source I found named several other stations so I used it on three of those. Many of the station articles seem to have big gaps in the ownership provenance.
 * Eyre Creek only became interesting in trying to sort out the links to Eyre Creek (South Australia) that seemed to be in two different places. --Scott Davis Talk 10:55, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Encounter Bay
Just saw your edit summary when you restored this article about working through the most populous suburbs of SA without an article - do you have a list you're working off? Would be happy to chip in and do some. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 11:00, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I found a use for Wikidata :-) I have been working from a query for subclasses of human settlement in South Australia and the URL of their English Wikipedia article. Click the sort button at the top of the article list and it sorts the rows with no article to the top and keeps them in population order, so I've picked a few off the list (the largest are presently on page 2). It turns out that many of the articles were created by User:Kyle1278 in 2009 as not much more than a one-liner, then deleted by User:Orderinchaos a few days later. I advised him what I am doing when did three suburbs of Whyalla a couple of days ago. You're welcome to a few more. I think I am done for a day or two as I have some family history items to explore. Wikitree can attract interesting contacts at unexpected times. I've contacted User:Canley on Wikidata about the Cowell entry and the Whyalla items are subject to a recent discussion on WP:AWNB. --Scott Davis Talk 11:26, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that - that's really useful. I will try and pick a few out. I avoided that AWNB discussion because it was getting way too complicated for me - I feel like there was at least one case in one of these country-towns-with-suburbs that I dealt with by adding both a SSC and a whatever-the-larger-one-is figure in the population field, but I can't find it now. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 11:37, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I've generally avoided population figures as being too complex, but now that someone has done the hard work and set up easy to use templates (and maybe the census website is easier too) have started reporting current populations at least. I'm also trying to get more familiar with Wikidata so discovered that there was useful data. I'm not sure I want to learn about infobox tracking categories to fill a hypothetical category:Population different in infobox and wikidata. That looks like it would catch every wikipeida article that has used urban area data instead of suburb data for the population. I hope we don't have to end up splitting all the towns into a central district/suburb article and a larger town article. --Scott Davis Talk 12:39, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I think your Wikidata query will probably also drag in the umpteen thousand articles with outdated population figures from long ago censuses, alas. I don't think we need to split all the towns into a central suburb/larger town article as long as we use the two figures where necessary: e.g. at Moonta (I knew I'd done it somewhere), I explained in prose that there was one figure for the CBD and one incorporating all the surrounding suburbs (and naming them) so people could find whichever they were looking for. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 19:11, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a good decision. The AWNB conversation was rooted in the other end of this query result - I was puzzled that Whyalla and Port Pirie did not feature near the top of a wikidata query for the most populous towns in SA. Most of the places I've added in the last few days are residential suburbs of places with much higher urban populations than their "state suburb" suggests. --Scott Davis Talk 03:44, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for January 16
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Wool Bay, South Australia, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Snook ([//dispenser.info.tm/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dablinks.py/Wool_Bay%2C_South_Australia check to confirm] | [//dispenser.info.tm/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py/Wool_Bay%2C_South_Australia?client=notify fix with Dab solver]).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:39, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * This one was deliberate and tagged, as I had no idea what it is meant to be. Anyone looking here is welcome to help please. --Scott Davis Talk 13:16, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:15, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Fixes required to Australian Country Party (2004) Page
Dear Scott,

Please find below the fixes required to bring our page up to date and reflect who and what we now are.

Thank You,

Glenn O'Rourke

Required updates to ensure Wiki Page Reflects the truth of who the Australian Country Party is from December 2018
Below are reverted edits that I believe should be reintroduced based on the factual information included and cited. I have provided the coded text, including cites to make the job easier for whoever takes on the fixing of our Page to bring it up to date and reflect who we are in 2019.

I note that I have a conflict of Interest as the New Federal Chairman of the Party and so I require someone to review and confirm the facts being presented, so they can be updated on the page.

Please note the additions to the Cate Speaks reference placed by one of your editors. There are notes there after I communicated directly with Cate.

1. Ideology - Grassroots Democracy, Australian Nationalism, Economic Nationalism

We do not believe that our patriotic positions are actually - Australian Nationalism and Economic Nationalism, but a broad patriotic position that is embraced by the majority of Australians of all nationality backgrounds and definitely not right wing.

We are definitely not social conservative.


 * ideology = Grassroots democracy Australian nationalism Economic nationalism

2. Political Position - Broad-Center


 * position = broad-center

3. Opening Paragraph

We are not a Victorian only Based Party and further, we are not "dedicated solely to the interests of regional communities", and was created to provide an alternative to the National Party in country Victoria. That Statement is historic and the Parties National Focus Commenced mid-2018.

The Suggested opening statements for the page are:

The Australian Country Party (ACP) is a Federaly Registered political party, headquartered and also registered in the Australian state of Victoria. It has previously been named the Country Alliance and the Australian Country Alliance.

The party is focused on grassroots national issues, describing itself as a "Truly Democratic, Grass Roots Political Party for Australia", and provides an alternative to the Australian Labor Party, Liberal Party of Australia and National Party of Australia as a voice for all Australians.

The Australian Country Party has commenced its national expansion with the application for registration in the Northern Territory.

In closing, I believe there should be some reflection to the complete change of Ideology, Positioning and direction the Party has embarked on in line with the Party Media Release widely distributed on January 15. A link to the media release is here -

Thank you to whoever fixes our Page.

Regards, Glenn O'Rourke

Glennstapo (talk) 12:16, 6 February 2019 (UTC)


 * To assist anyone trawling my talk page or its archives in future, I addressed this at Talk:Australian Country Party (2004). --Scott Davis Talk 09:11, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Bluestsky99
Hi there, I suspect user:Bluestsky99 has COI for page Singapore Management University. His comments on edits seems emotionally charged.Seriouzscholar (talk) 12:02, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Sustainable Australia
Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Australia

Citations that you added regarding registration for 2018 Victorian and 2019 NSW state elections (replacing one valid link that I at one time inserted and which got removed as part of the edit warring, and one link needing to be made better) will I think have built-in obsolescence. The register of *current* parties will not support the historical record as time goes by. Hence why I preferred a different link into the relevant state electoral commission that will continue to work "indefinitely". Right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.161.149 (talk) 03:31, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * The only link I saw was to the party's own Facebook page, and the claims had not endured there either. The citations I added include access dates to enable the record to be checked in future. --Scott Davis Talk 03:47, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

William John Wills' father
The discussion was about improving one article, William John Wills, so has been moved to Talk:William John Wills to be visible to a wider audience as the relevant section of the article will be updated soon. --Scott Davis Talk 05:22, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Verifiability at Northfield railway line
Hi, back in 2015, with Special:Diff/651881146, an internet forum link has been added to Northfield railway line. It had later been removed in Special:Diff/883522902 and re-inserted with Special:Diff/883584492. I have asked for clarification at User_talk:Alex_Sims, but seem to have received no response.

Could you clarify, ideally using a dummy edit to the article, that you had access to the actual journal and used it as the reference?

The forum post has at least one typo that I can assume without knowing the original article: the lack of capitalization at "in its early years". I assume that it is a manually typed copy of a printed article and may contain more, less obvious, errors. I personally would prefer removing the URL because it lacks the reliability that the huge automated Internet Archive has. Citing the journal seems fine to me, but should probably be done without the URL. There may even be copyright issues with such a large quote. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 08:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)


 * No, I am pretty sure I would not have had the paper journal in front of me in 2015. I used to buy them, so may have once owned that edition (I think I stopped regularly buying them before that), but I threw out or gave away my collection when I moved house earlier in this decade. It does not appear to have been scanned for public access at Trove. The State Library and National Railway Museum probably both have full sets. I would have included the URL in the citation as that copy is what I would have actually read. --Scott Davis Talk 13:32, 1 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Ah, okay. Thank you very much for the clarification. Hmm. I think I'll add a message at Talk:Northfield railway line, hoping that someone with access to the journal, the library or the museum may be watching. After a week or so I may remove it from the article, pointing to the talk page section. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:21, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2019
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

2016 Senate electoral fraud
Hi Scott, would you mind offering your opinion in this talk page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Derryn_Hinch#3_year_senate_term

Timroll Pickering is deleting all references to the controversy and refusing to explain why, other than a personal issue with me, and appears to have taken the stance of automatically deleting every edit I make unless I get other editors involved.

Our previous discussion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Members_of_the_Australian_Senate,_2016%E2%80%932019

Oz freediver (talk) 00:44, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Move 'Red Gum' to 'Red gum'
I have requested at Requested moves/Technical requests that the disambiguation page Red Gum be moved to Red gum, as most of the pages disambiguated are not proper names requiring Upper Case. I assume this is uncontroversial, but if you object for any reason, you can move the request to the 'Controversial requests' section. Happy editing, Cnilep (talk) 09:35, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks for checking, on a page I last edited in 2006! I noticed that the plants were all Red Gum (capital G) until 2017. Before that, the capital G was appropriate. --Scott Davis Talk 14:08, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:04, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2019
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Bethungra Spiral
Hi Scott. By a remarkable coincidence, you and I were looking at "arch. rare" in the Assessment of significance as "architecturally rare" made no sense. Never thought of "archaelogically rare" but that makes no sense either. Whoever started the article probably thought the same and thought you can't go wrong quoting verbatim, which was my thought too. I also can't see how it would be affected by the inland rail project (which involves a new line Illapo to Stockinbingal) or how an 8km loop adds 2km to a line, but I'm just a simple Adelaide boy. Doug butler (talk) 01:38, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I assume it is supposed to be "architectural" and has something to do with the structure of either the bridge or the tunnel, but have not found a detailed description to confirm that. As you said, the citation is no help as it is quoted verbatim. I found both Architectural and Archaeological in footnote 2 of the assessment criteria linked from the item details cited.
 * The map for that section of Inland Railway shows that the new route will stay west of the hills instead of up to Cootamundra and down again. Cootamundra must have been a significant railway town with tracks in four directions. Modern trains don't stop in these places.
 * The difference between 8.9km total length and 2km extra distance is that the end points of the deviation must be about 6 route kilometres apart on the old alignment. --Scott Davis Talk 02:29, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Scott Morrison sidebar
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2019
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:49, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

inquiry regarding your photos
Hi there, the committee planning the centenary celebration of Captain Harry Butler's historic air mail flight over Gulf Saint Vincent would like to use one of your photographs. Can you please email me at cathy.glazbrook@gmail.com so that we can contact you privately. Cheers, Cathy Wordpixie (talk) 12:05, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2019
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Johnuniq • Kosack • Valereee
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ad Orientem • Ched • Gadfium • Jonathunder • Nick • Yelyos
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bald Zebra • Beetstra • Doug Bell • Journalist • Ruud Koot • Splash • Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg RickinBaltimore

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Beeblebrox
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the page Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
 * A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.

Arbitration
 * Editors may now use the template Ds/aware to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.

Miscellaneous
 * Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
 * The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing  here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist. Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

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