User talk:Brisvegas/Archive1

Welcome

Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Brisvegas/Archive1! My name is Ryan, aka Acetic Acid. I noticed that you were new and haven't received any messages yet. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it uses different formatting than other sites that use HTML and CSS. In the long run, though, you'll find that the WikiSyntax is a lot easier and faster than those other ways. Here are a few links to get you started:

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I hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia. We can use all the help we can get! Have a nice day. Sincerely, Ryan. 09:46, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome. I got my Exception Newcomer award. I'm satisfied with that. :P Plus, they are older, more experienced welcomers, like Longhair and Redwolf24. Keep up the good work. Ryan 09:12, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Palazzo Pitti

Thanks for comments regarding the above - I shall spend the rest of a dull day being happy Giano | talk 09:24, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Politics of Australia

What are you doing?? You're massively disfiguring articles with this template (States and territories of Australia for a specific example). We already have a politics template that was formatted footer style for a reason - namely, that Aust politics article weren't always large enough to justify a sidebox. For what it's worth, I prefer side boxes (although not the design you've selected. I have variants in my sandbox somewhere). But there's better ways to go about things: discussion, and proper implementation.--Cyberjunkie | Talk 09:47, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake. I have already begun removing the new template from several articles. Brisvegas 10:00, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I hope I wasn't to harsh. And sorry for the late response - I am floating in and out of Wikipedia at the moment. To discuss a reformat of the existing Template:Politics of Australia, just raise the issue at it's talk page.--Cyberjunkie | Talk 11:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Autoeroticism merge

On what basis did you merge Autoeroticism into Autosexuality? The consensus on Talk:Autoeroticism was that they are two different topics, and should be covered in separate articles. Was there some other discussion I'm not aware of that came to a different consensus? --Icarus 05:54, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking through Category:Articles to be merged, and noticed that a backlog message requested Wikipedians to help with merging. The two articles you mentioned were listed as "to be merged", so wanting to help clear the backlog, I proceeded to follow the request (I also merged baldness with alopecia). Feel free to de-merge, if that's the consensus, but please ensure that they are not listed in the category again. Brisvegas 07:17, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent merge of Equinoctial Point --> Equinox

Dear Brisvegas: Firstly, I hope that you are settling into Wikipedia editing well, and that you are starting to become an "old hand" at this editing business :) I just thought I should direct you to Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages to give you a bit of guidance on how to correctly perform a merge of two pages. Rather than moving the old page to a subpage, all you have to do is blank it and replace it with a redirect to where you have merged it to. It is important that the original page history is kept in its original place for copyright reasons; I have fixed this by deleting the new redirect article that you created and moving the old history back to its rightful place. The correct procedure for performing a page move like this is outlined in the page I linked to above. I do hope this clarifies matters for you; I would like to thank you for all your hard work on Wikipedia, and if you have any questions or concerns about editing do please drop me a note on my talk page. Best regards, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) (e-mail) (cabal) 03:59, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Also, just wanted to point out the same is true for Alopecia --> Baldness - you should leave the original page where it is, but redirect it when you've finished the merge. Many thanks, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) (e-mail) (cabal) 04:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestions - I will certainly take them on board. Brisvegas 09:08, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sicilian Baroque

Thanks for your helpful edits. I don't suppose they will make anyone change their minds or votes, but it's a better page for them. Bishonen too did a great copy edit, and it lookes OK to me, but then to me it always did, but my grammar always lets my English down, my major problem is that I've probably stared at the page for too long, and my second problem is that I quite like it. Thanks. Regards Giano | talk 09:01, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

PS:

Ah, just read you page and see I've been here before - double thanks. Giano | talk 09:03, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Brisbane Infobox

While I heartily approve of the additions to the Brisbane page, I can't help but think it would have been much better to edit the Australian cities infobox instead. Every Australian city has a mayor or leader of some kind, and there's no reason why Brisbane needs its own infobox. --Dalziel 86 01:38, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted the Brisbane page to Template:Infobox Australian City, and submitted Template:Brisbane infobox as a template for deletion, as it is a bit redundant given the existence of Template:Infobox Australian City. --Dalziel 86 01:57, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oookay... When I said you should consider editing Template:Infobox Australian City, I was kinda thinking you'd propose changes on the Talk page, and then move forward with the changes once there was consensus. --Dalziel 86 09:59, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Very well. I will leave the infobox to rest for now and concentrate on other articles. But I hope you see that the current infobox isn't as informative as it should be. Brisvegas 10:01, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes, I agree completely. I definitely think the infobox could use more information in it. However, I'm not sold on the merits of having an infobox for every unique case. In Australia alone, there are far too many of those for it to be practical. I'm thinking the best idea is to find some common ground additions to Template:Infobox Australian City, and then we can go from there. --Dalziel 86 10:10, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My barnstar

Thank you very much for the award - totally unexpected - and for noticing my contributions. Fear not, this won't go to my head (too much) and I'll keep concentrating on the little details of the encyclopedia and improving articles on all manner of topics. Cya around the Wiki! Harro5 06:33, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I am using your Caulfield Grammar School article as my inspiration for my own Kedron State High School article. Enjoy your barnstar - you deserve it! Brisvegas 06:34, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Brisvegas/Archive1, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

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Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 14:34, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks kindly!

Thanks for the award... wonder which article lead you to me? Anyway, I wasn't even aware of it until today when I went to edit some info in my user page, so that was a pleasant surprise. Thanks much! Coolgamer 01:04, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I can't even remember what led me there, but the end justifies the means right? :) I could see, however, that your contributions were of high quality and well thought-out. Well done! Brisvegas 09:48, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Psy guy's RfA

Thanks for supporting my RfA. It recently closed with final tally of 51/1/2. I sincerely appreciate it and I hope I can live up to your expectations. I will try my best to be a good administrator. If you ever need anything, just let me know. Thanks! -- Psy guy ^(talk) 05:38, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I was just going through my list and I noticed that you voted for me twice. Thanks for your extreme support of confidence! -- Psy guy ^(talk) 05:47, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

DLR

I have reformatted the move request on Talk:DLR, please add a vote so it is clear what you want done Philip Baird Shearer 12:57, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merci beaucoup

Hi, Brisvegas! Thanks for your vote of support on my nomination to become an administrator. I passed, and my floor rag has since been bestowed upon me. Please let me know if you need me to help with anything in particular! —BrianSmithson 16:26, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

De rien Brian - you are most welcome. If I need anything, I wil certainly contact you. Brisvegas 02:48, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Giewont

Tnx! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 05:20, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Aust school

Thanks for your kind comments. I just widened this template a little bit to get 'school colours' on one line on the Kedron State High School page. Ill just check to make sure its the same on all the pages with this infobox. Swarve 07:57, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks champ! I appreciate your help. Brisvegas 08:00, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Psephos and Wikipedia

I have given that idea some thought, and I am aware that Wilfried Derksen has decided to move his elections website, Electionworld, into Wikipedia. I am not prepared to do so until Wikipedia makes the necessary reforms to protect editors and articles from vandalism. Under the current structure I would have no way of protecting the integrity of my data, which I have spent years accumulating, from the cranks and cultists who at present are allowed a free run at Wikipedia. Adam 12:26, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas on the frontpage

Hey, just wanted to let you know that Today's Featured Article isn't chosen by consensus like featured article candidates are. User:Raul654 chooses the articles that go on the frontpage, all you have to do is request them and then suggest a date and he will choose it. I noticed you have already placed the article on there, but you should let Raul654 know first before doing this. Also, I also support the article for December 25, and I think it'll most likely end up on that date, but better make sure he's ok with you placing it there and not him. Thanks. -- PRueda29 ^Ptalk29 00:40, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for informing me about the Today's featured article procedure - I will certainly take this new info on board. Brisvegas 06:12, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No Problem, I'm going to go ahead and remove the article off the December 25 page and then let Raul654 add it when it's time. As you can see, both November and Cool were added to the frontpage once their requested dates neared. Christmas will probably get placed there sometime in December, but it's better if we wait and let the process run its course. Thanks. PRueda29 ^Ptalk29 15:08, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Islam Portal

Great job on the Christianity Portal. Yes, please work on the Islam portal. --JuanMuslim ^1m 04:50, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please make the colors for the Islam Portal consistent with the Islam template. --JuanMuslim ^1m 16:35, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Australian Aboriginal flag is the current ACOTF

Hi. You voted for Australian Aboriginal flag to be selected as Australian Collaboration of the fortnight. It has now been selected. Please improve it in any way you see fit. Thanks. --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:57, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

On the Catholic Church of Wikipedia

As you have described yourself as a Catholic, I thought I would alert you as a co-religionist to your opportunity to delete the particularly offensive article, Wikipedia:Catholic Church of Wikipedia.--Thomas Aquinas 21:41, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, by the time I registered my vote it was too late :( Brisvegas 01:55, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A Message to Pro-Life Wikipedians

The section "Foetal Pain" (Fetal Pain) has been deleted from the Abortion article. Could you help restore it? If you would like to see what was deleted, go to my talk page, scroll to "Fetal Pain," and click the provided link.--Thomas Aquinas 22:13, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Halibutt's RfA

I would like to express my thanks to all the people who took part in my (failed) RfA voting. I was both surprised and delighted about the amount of support votes and all the kind words! I was also surprised by the amount of people who stated clearly that they do care, be it by voting in for or against my candidacy. That's what Wiki community is about and I'm really pleased to see that it works.
As my RfA voting failed with 71% support, I don't plan to reapply for adminship any more. However, I hope I might still be of some help to the community. Cheers! Halibu tt 05:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Catholic Church of Wikipedia

The discussion on the deletion of this article has been closed and so your vote was too late. I have removed it because we have to keep the discussion as an accurate record of the consensus to keep the article. -- Francs 2000 10:52, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

1974 Brisbane flood

The article is now read for a move. Ingoolemo ^talk 07:30, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you; I have now done it. Brisvegas 08:41, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Religion Portals

Will you please check out my talk page? Someone said that he will delete the religious portals I set up if I don't do this and that. Will you please update the religious portals to confirm to whatever standards. Any advice, suggestions, etc is appreciated. Maybe I shouldn't have wasted my time with creating the portals. --JuanMuslim ^1m 21:10, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I will see what I can do. Brisvegas 22:23, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus

Check out the Jesus article and edit it to keep it focused on Jesus and a biographical account of Him. Watch the Jesus page to keep it focused on Him. Thank you. Scifiintel 21:42, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well Done

Well done, Brisvegas. I read your paragraphs on foetal pain and hope that they will not be deleted. They were scientifically accurate and perfectly NPOV. Pax Christi.--Thomas Aquinas 12:35, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Brisvegas, thanks for your support on my RfA. The final count was 46/0/0. I hope I'll live up to your faith in me in my use of the mop and bucket. Please accept this wikithanks as a token of my gratitude ;) --bainer (talk) 01:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Catholic Church of Wikipedia

Since you are listed as a Roman Catholic, I urge you to vote to delete this offensive article: User:Sam Korn/Catholic Church of Wikipedia, which is a parody of Catholicism, at this page: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Sam Korn/Catholic Church of Wikipedia, and tell other people to do the same. --Shanedidona 01:41, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't this listed just a few days ago? Brisvegas 03:31, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help

I would appreciate help with watching LIFE (Charity) and Central Catholic Library both of which I feel have merit and are only being classified unencyclopedic because the "editor" has a grudge against me. Chooserr

Why thank you, now stop trolling--Aolanonawanabe 12:40, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My failed RFA :)

Dear Brisvegas,

I would like to thank you for supporting me on my RfA. Even though it failed with a with the final tally of 55/22/6, I want to thank you anyways. I don't want to be one a admin anymore until I reach 10,000 edits now that it's over with. Thanks --Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 03:25, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pathoschild's successful RfA

Thanks a lot for your support on my request for adminship; it passed with 23/0/0 (plus one duplicate support and an oppose from a vandal IP). I'll do my best to take good initiative with my new-found powers. ^^ // Pathoschild 08:26, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza elections

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Hi Brisvegas/Archive1: This is a quick note just to let you know that there's an election under way at Esperanza. If you'd like to become a candidate for Administrator General or the Advisory Council, just add your name here by 15 December 2005.

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Thanks A Thousand for Barnstar!

Hallo my dear Friend. Thank you enormously for your award of a Barnstar for my contributions to Buddhism on Wiki. I am delighted and amazed!!! In fact, I was not aware of the existence of Barnstars, so it is a double surprise and a double delight to receive one from yourself. Thank you very, very much. I shall carry on trying to add whatever little knowledge of Buddhism I possess to the pages of Wiki! Thank you again for your generosity. Have a very happy Christmas and a marvellous New Year! Warmly yours - Tony. TonyMPNS 13:39, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome - you certainly deserved it. I also wish you an excellent Christmas holiday season and look forward to your further contribution to Wikipedia's understanding of Buddhism. See you round. Brisvegas 06:34, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Maps for Brisbane

I will look into it and get back to you. I think I might have to try switching from Illustrator to Inkscape for my maps so that I can upload in SVG, so that future editors can easily make changes. Illustrator's SVGs don't appeear to play nicely with wikipedia. --Martyman-(talk) 10:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have had a look for reference maps for Brisbane. For some reason the flash maps you sent a link to don't work for me. I can't find a map that shows the official borders of each suburb. Also I suspect there may be too many suburbs to go into the detail we have with Canberra (indavidual infobox map for each suburb). I could easily produce a map of the council areas like this map. Or I could attempt to make a more detailed map liek the first on eyou linked to, but then highling indavidual suburbs etc is not easy. What exactly where you hoping for?

Dickson Centre, Australian Capital Territory

Thanks for pointing out the problem with the wording at the Dickson Centre article. I've edited it a bit so it should make sense now. Also posted a reply on the talk page. See if it makes sense, and pls let me know if it doesn't. Thanks. -- Adz 13:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pro-life celebrities category up for deletion

Hi, I see that you are listed as a Roman Catholic Wikipedian, well the Pro-life celebrities category is up for deletion. Category:Pro-life celebrities I think this is an interesting and worth while category. Afterall not all celebrities are pro-abortion. Dwain 00:00, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violation in Fetal pain

Expanding the article on Fetal pain was a good idea, but you copied some of the text almost verbatim from your source: [1]. Wikipedia has to be very careful about copyright permissions. Copying text from other websites is generally not allowed. Making tiny changes so that the words aren't identical isn't enough to avoid this - there have to be substantial changes. I've rewritten the section you copied, so it will be okay, but please don't do this again. FreplySpang (talk) 01:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It was difficult to write it in a totally different manner, given that the source article was excellent in its hanling of this complex issue. Thank you for your tips; I will strive in future for more original contributions. Brisvegas 02:42, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]