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Rollback
I have granted you rollback feature. Please only use it for obvious vandalism. Rollback should never be a substitute for undos. Oh btw, I suggest you to upload free-media (like pictures) to Wikimedia Commons because if you upload the file here, it can only be used on this Wikipedia. If you upload it to Commons, every Wikipedia can use it.  OhanaUnited  Talk page  14:48, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. And in future I will, although I find the licensing easier to understand on Wikipedia rather than commons, but I shall try and wrap my head around it ;) Thanks again. Taifarious1  23:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Reciprocity
Just so you know, I'm a believer in pan-Pacific reciprocity. I've already mangled several pronunciations in and I probably know more about the New Zealand National Front than anyone else in North America. Thanks for your help on Los Angeles-related topics. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 12:25, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The New Zealand National Front's policies, are, to be honest, horrendous ;) But I'm glad theres someone out there that knows NZ isn't just another part of Australia :) Taifarious1  21:46, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

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British Empire
Hi. I notice you've added a substantial amount of new material to the article on the British Empire. Because the article covers a large number of countries over a period of about 500 years we are trying to limit how much space is devoted to any given country/period. I appreciate that what you have added is significant in NZ history, but is there any chance you could trim this down to 150-200 words? Thanks Wiki-Ed (talk) 11:05, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes I suppose I could do that, although it kind of defeats the purpose of an encyclopaedia, when you take out the encyclopaedic content in order to save space. And for future reference, India is mentioned 66 times in the article, France 36, Spain 24, America 53, Africa 39, Australia 20 and NZ only 24, so it looks like you have a lot of work to do. . . And I'll make sure to count my words this time. Apologies. . Taifarious1  11:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

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Australian Inventions
I think the referencing is pretty good - if you have specific examples I'd love to see them. Regarding powered flight and the refrigerator, I think you might need to re-examione your pre-conceptions. Just because Hargrave didn't invent the fixed wing aeroplane doesnt mean what he created wasn't powered flight. Also, a large room that uses vapor compression to create ice inside is definitely refrigeration. Just because its not the device used to chill food in your kitchen doesnt mean its not a refrigerator. Your arguments are welcome, but I think you'll need to come up with something more concrete than your own idea of 'ambiguousness' which can be highly subjective. Mdw0 (talk) 07:07, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Well going by that logic, New Zealand invented Nuclear Power, Nuclear weaponry, the Nuclear submarine because Earnest Rutherford split the atom. We laso invented the Trafalgar Class submarine and contrary to your claim that you invented the torpedo, false thanks to Hamilton's jet, the torpedo belongs to us. We also invented that egg beater so that must also mean we invented cake! Just because you invent something that has had a small bearing on later inventions, such as the Wright Brothers, who are the true pioneers of flight, doesn't mean you invented every subsequent achievement. Don't be naive. Taifarious1  07:25, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I suppose its up to you to back up those claims, then, isnt it? Looking over the article again I'm comfortable with the claims - the article doesnt say Hargrave invented flight, or the aeroplane. The claim is for powered flight, which is fairly specific, as per your request. The Wright Brothers have the fame, but you'll find there are lots of claimants of various types of flight before them. There are many supporters of the Wright Brothers in these matters, but the other claimants have their supporters too. If you can find someone who invented powered flight before Hargrave, lets hear it. And the refrigerator really is a refrigerator - what makes you think it isnt? I'm more than happy to adjust the text if I'm proven to be wrong - for instance, evidence came up for an earlier version of the ute in America, so that section was scratched. Mdw0 (talk) 22:34, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually you'd have trouble with the nuclear claims primarily because you'd need to argue Rutherford was technically a New Zealander and not an emigre when he split the atom. He may have been born in New Zealand and done his undergraduate schooling at Christchurch, but let's face it, once he started at Cambridge he never lived in NZ again. All of his inventive and theoretical work was done in England and Canada, well after he left. If Rutherford had been born in Sydney I'd never claim such overseas inventions to be Australian. Mdw0 (talk) 00:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Well in that case I suppose Heath Ledger wasn't really Australian because the vast majority of his films were American. That sort of logic is totally absurd. A person doesn't stop being a nationality because they live or work in another country. Taifarious1  00:54, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * What nationality Heath Ledger felt he was might be one thing, but no-one could claim the films were Australian. If someone emigrates for good and spends their entire adult lives away from New Zealand you'd have to make a case for their still being a New Zealander, but any work or discoveries they'd made in England while working in a team of English people and funded by English backers, would surely have to belong to England, not New Zealand. Mdw0 (talk) 01:16, 18 December 2008 (UTC) By the way, your list of 'Where I'd never go makes sense, although I wouldn't necessarily agree with it - but how come China and Hong Kong are OK but Macao and Mongolia aren't? And why is Oman on the blacklist but not the UAE?


 * Ah ha, because Macau stole the Sky Tower and made it slightly bigger so ours is now the pathetic version of theirs. And i'm not saying hos movies can claim to be Australian, i'm saying that since he lived almost his entire life in the US, couldn't, going by your logic, Americans claim him as their own.  Taifarious1  01:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC) - And Oman isnt on there because it just seems like on of those places that you go to and someone detonated a bomb outside your hotel or something, stereotypical sure but not really a stretch of the imagination in this day and age. And the UAE is on there for 2 reasons, first, its a completely revolutionised country, tough on crime, big on investment, its like the Arab version of Singapore, the clean, safe part of the region, and secondly cause I had a friend that went there, said it was fantastic.


 * As I said the nationality of the person post-emigration may be debatable. I think Ledger bought a house in Sydney and came back often enough to qualify - someone like Rupert Murdoch you could say is now American. Reading over Rutherford's history I'd have to say he emigrated for good and wasn't a New Zealander by the time he'd split the atom and theorised neutrons. However, what I was saying is that you'd struggle to claim Rutherford's inventions or theories as New Zealander because he'd done all the work in England with an English team and English backing.


 * OK, Macao makes sense now - its a bit puerile and parochial but so are some of my motivations. But why is Mongolia no good while China is OK? You might want to watch out for the UAE - the terrorists really hate the moderate, open Muslims they see as collaborators, making Dubai a particular target. And if someone had a similar glowing revue of Oman, and their more welcoming attitude was publicised, might it come off the 'never' list? Never seems a bit extreme - you know what they say - never say never. You don't need to put all of Israel on the never list - I get sick of the militant Israeli attitude but I went to Jerusalem last year and it was absolutely magic. Mdw0 (talk) 01:52, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't know why I don't like Mongolia, I remember years ago I saw this video of like these really poor people in Mongolia and I think that may have had something to so with it. And I didn't put Israel on there cause of all the conflict with Palestine etc. I put it on there cause of the Israeli-NZ spay scandal, the fact that they tried to spy on us made me really dislike the way they conduct their affairs. Same with France, sure it may be a really great place to visit, and I would love to go, cause I can speak French, but the Rainbow Warrior bombing really put me off, I mean, how many Americans do you see travelling to Afghanistan after 9/11?? Taifarious1  02:05, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I would never question why a New Zealander would have a problem with France. Still, maybe this should be a like/dont like list rather than a go/never go list. Sometimes contact means discussion and presentation of views, and in all these countries there are groups with differing views. A lot of French people have never heard of the Rainbow Warrior and need to be educated. The only contact they have with the Antipodes is via the rugby teams. Mdw0 (talk)

Metal Storm?
I'm tossing up whether I should include Mike O'Dwyers' Metal Storm ballistics technology in the List of Australian inventions. Does it count as an actual invention or just an innovation/redesign? He didnt invent superposed ballistics just redesigned the projectiles so that they recoiled and sealed in the process, preventing blowback along the barrell. The way some of the literature goes on you'd think it was the ultimate weapon. Any thoughts? Mdw0 (talk) 06:32, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

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