User talk:Jcw69/Archive 2005

Greg Stevens vandalism comment

I noticed that you reverted my edits to the User:Greg Stevens page. As you will notice, Greg Stevens has now changed them back, because Greg Stevens - c'est moi!163.1.162.20 13:34, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Capital of KwaZulu-Natal

Hey man. I noticed that you reverted my edit that Pietermaritzburg is the sole capital of KZN. I put that up after scouring the web for reliable sources of info on the matter, and finding a statement in the Premier of the province's inaugural address (in May 2004) stating that the capital status is no longer shared, but to be held by Pietermaritzburg alone. I must have forgotten to put the reference in my initial change, but have now put an explanation in the discussion page, and changed the site appropriately.

-Later: Pardon me, I put a reference on the Pietermaritzburg page, but not on the KZN page, though I changed both.

If you have a source indicating to the contrary of this, please share it (I'd like to know myself).

Oh, great job on the list of towns and regions!

Welcome Back

Hey, welcome back from your holiday. I noticed the edits you made to the Johannesburg infobox. Just so you know, Johannesburg has been put on the list of featured article candidates so if you could help me deal with the criticism and improve it to featured article quality, it would be awesome to have the first SA featured article!

Well, what I know will definitely need to be done is we need to make an article for the JSE Securities Exchange since its referenced so many times in the article but never explained, and also we will need to fill in all the red in the different city areas. I made articles for all the regions, but now we need to do the suburbs. Also, if there are any higher resoltuion images, it would be great. But let's get some SA love on Wikipedia. Oh, and my holiday was great. Went to Belgium, Amsterdam, and Paris. Thanks! Páll 13:50, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Stubs

Hey, thanks for adding more info to the Johannesburg page. I just thought I'd also tell you that instead of using Africa stubs, I created a {{sa-stub}} for South Africa related stubs. Thanks!

Battle of Cassinga

Hi, I've noticed you've contributed quite a lot of stuff about the SA military and you obviously know a decent amount about it,, so I was wondering if you might want to take a look at Battle of Cassinga, and tell me what you think I can improve on it. Thanks, Impi 14:08, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I'm also faced with the situation of not having lived through it, as the battle was before I was even born. What I did try do in the article is avoid the propaganda of both sides, and look at it as neutrally as possible. For instance, I mention the sheer confusion surrounding the extraction of the Parabats, the mistakes surrounding the paradrop and subsequent regrouping and the escape of Dimo Ammambo as a result; all things the SADF at the time never admitted to (SA media at the time reported none of the negatives to the operation). Before writing the article I did a fair amount of research on the two different sides though, including reviewing a thesis written by a UNISA student who had access to the SANDF's archives as well as a lot of material from the Angolan and SWAPO side. Incidentally, this thesis came to two conclusions: One - that by and large the SADF version is the one supported by the historical evidence, not the SWAPO version, and Two - that while the base was undoubtedly a SWAPO base and therefore a military target, there were a number of civilians in the camp, many of whom died.

As for the Cuban sources, the most well-known one is urrib2000.narod.ru, which has tended to make a good many completely unsubstantiated claims. An example is its claim that 24 Olifant tanks were destroyed in Ops Modular and Hooper, whereas in reality 3 were destroyed. The page on the MiG-23 also featured a number of crazy claims (if the SAAF had lost that many aircraft it would have had none left), though the page in question is down at the moment. Another example is an image of graffiti allegedly scrawled on a wall at Caleque by a S.African soldier, saying "The MiG-23 broke our hearts". In reality, the graffiti really says something like "MiG-23, sak van die kart", which as you know means something else entirely (or was written by a Cuban propaganda officer whose Afrikaans was not as good as he believed). It was also not uncommon for the Angolans to recycle the wreckage of aircraft in order to make it seem they were shooting down dozens of SAAF aircraft. An example is a Mirage IIIRZ that was shot down in 1979, whose wreckage was reused a number of times by the Angolans, each time showing parts of the aircraft to the intl media and claiming it to be a new kill.

Either way, the numbers of surviving SAAF aircraft after the end of the war clearly supported the SAAF's story, not that of the Cubans and Angolans.

For a comprehensive and accurate breakdown of exactly what aircraft the SAAF lost, and when, read "Vlamgat: The story of the Mirage F1 in the South African Air Force" by Dick Lord (which I suspect is the book you saw in CNA). If you can, try to obtain the CD version, which has the book in PDF format as an ebook, but also has added material written by the then-commander of the Cuban Air Force in Angola, Gen. Rafael de Pino.

I found similar propaganda from SWAPO in relation to the Cassinga raid, especially in terms of where they claim to have shot down something like four Mirage fighters, and where they claim the SADF had sent over 1,500 troops transported in something like 4 C-130s (guess that guy didn't do his sums). SWAPO's accounts of the battle are littered with similar blatant falsehoods, laying obvious doubt on the veracity of the rest of their accounts.

So, in sum, I have tried to avoid bias and propaganda, from both sides. However, in this case at least, the available historical evidence definitely supports the SADF version of events (something supported by most military analysts I've seen), and not the SWAPO version.

Still, I appreciate your candour, and your readiness to look over the article and make any improvements. Thanks again. Impi 16:11, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Great, thanks for your help! Impi 11:30, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Unverified image

Thanks for uploading the image

• Image:Olifant.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the image and I'll tag it for you. Thanks, Kbh3rd 00:09, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Johannesburg Changes

Last night, Neutrality totally went through and changed the spellings to American English (yuck) and also re-organised all of the images and tables. I think the page looks horrible now, but I don't want to start an edit war. What do you think should be done? Páll 06:31, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

South Africa

Hey, how are you doing? I am trying to fix the great and horrible lack of information on South African political institutions, but I need a lot of help. Take a look at the changes I made to the South Africa page and if you could add any information to the pages I included in the government/politics section, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you! Páll 07:09, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

G5 howitzer

Hi,

I noticed that you did most of the work for the G5 howitzer article, and also added to it that Israel used a number of them in the Bek'aa Vally in the 1980s. I'm unable to locate a corresponding source (though not saying there isn't one), so I would appreciate it if you could please direct me to the source for that claim. Thanks, and btw, great work with the SA military vehicle articles! Impi 16:23, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

M&G

AFAICS, it is only in their stylised logo at the top of the page, and when using the abbreviation "M&G" that they don't have spaces. Check out their about page where they use it like that. I see on their history page they use the run-on form, but I doubt that's the "official" spelling. I'm also subscribed to their daily email, which is labeled "Mail & Guardian Online". However, I'll agree that there is some confusion even within their own ranks as to which format to use, since there is no one consistent form being used. --Dewet 08:13, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Fauresmith

Hi. What is lucerne? RickK 09:53, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)

We should probably add it to the Lucerne (disambiguation) page. What should we call it? Lucerne (plant)? RickK 09:59, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)

Zimbabwe

Hi, I've just glanced over some of the Zimbabwe articles and have noticed that some people have gone through them, both sanisiting them and rewriting them from a viewpoint more sympathetic to Mugabe. For instance, all reference to the Fifth Brigade was removed and the article itself was deleted (I just recreated it now). I will see what I can do in terms of restoring the balance, but I'm rather short on time and I do need some help. In any case, just giving you a heads up, so you know what's been happening. Cheers, Impi 15:15, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Spioenkop

Hi, it's Spioenkop. That's confirmed by the SA govt, Johannesburg Military Museum, the Anglo-Boer War Museum, the US Library of Congress and the SA Navy (SAS Spioenkop (F147)). Spion Kop, though incorrect, does seem to be a fairly popular spelling of the battle's name in Britain though, so after you move the article be sure to keep Spion Kop as a redirect, and possible also leave a small note in the article mentioning how it is often incorrectly spelt Spion Kop. Impi 19:56, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

"Spion Kop" is the spelling that's most common in English. To confirm this, I did a Google search, restricted to pages in English. I got:

• "Spion Kop" - 6,330
• "Spioenkop" - 1,490
• "Spioen Kop" - 37 (just to check to see if this gets any use)

Since policy on the English Wikipedia is to use the English version of names, please leave it where it is. Thank you. Noel (talk) 13:33, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Blocked

My apologies that the block affected you, hopefully you were able to log in again after a few hours. Do you have a list of the IP range used by your ISP? I could make a note of it so that it's clear that it's a rotating IP situation, for future reference. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 18:35, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Dream-for-Africa-NEG-Team1.jpg

Hello. I was image tagging, when I came across Image:Dream-for-Africa-NEG-Team1.jpg. I was unable to determine the copyright status, so I tagged it as "unverified". Could you add a proper image copyright tag to it? Pictures without tags will eventually be deleted. Thanks, – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 22:54, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

South African location info

Just wondering where you find all the historical info for the South African places you're adding at such a furious pace...? I'd love to do the same for places in the Western Cape, so a few pointers would be great... Dewet 07:21, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer; do you basically just condense the info found there? I have a number of 'travelling atlases' for SA, but I'm not sure how exactly to re-use the info in it while avoiding copyright issues. Dewet 07:03, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Cities and towns

Hey man. A few things:

• List of cities and towns in the Western Cape includes suburbs of cape town. Is that right?
• The same page also has working wikilinks to some of them but I find that they are not appropriate links e.g. Kenilworth, Claremont (these also fit into the above issue). I'd change them but then I'm not sure whether they fit in.

What do you think? MDCore 12:42, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Surprise, surprise, Greenman has started List of Cape Town suburbs. Maybe we should link to there from cities and towns? Anyway, check it out and contribute! MDCore 10:31, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Boksburg

Hi! I'm just copy-editing the Boksburg article, and I've hit a snag: I don't what 'rand' means in this context (and it's not in any of my dictionaries). I can guess, of course, but I wondered if you give me a more precise definition.

Oh, also I'm not clear what South Africa's official name was at the time the town was founded in 1887. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:01, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thanks — I'd assumed that it must be a geographical term, because of most of its other uses, but I couldn't be sure exactly what it referred to. I hope you don't mind, but I've added this usage to the rand disambiguation page using a version of the explanation you sent me. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:37, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Timeline

Wow, all I can say is wow. I'm very impressed with your new timeline. Thank you so much. One comment though: please don't forget to WIkify all your entries. I'll go through and fix them, but there are a lot of events that already have articles here which could be linked to! One other thing, South Africa failed its FA attempt, but I relisted it. Would you mind going back to vote? Dankie Páll 11:56, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Is jy Afrikaans?

Barnstar of National Merit

For your extensive work in articles pertaining to South Africa, I, Elf-friend, hereby award you The Barnstar of National Merit. Congratulations! Elf-friend 15:33, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dankie

You're welcome. :) Mgm|^(talk) 16:53, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)

History of South Africa

Hello, I saw that you recently edited History of South Africa. I'm attempting to completely rewrite the article to deal with the fairly shaky organisation of the current version. I would appreciate all assistance you can offer with edits to my interim version before I post it on the History of South Africa article. The version I am working on can be accessed here. Thank you so much! Páll 09:25, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Pretoria Meetup

Hello. Since you're not far from Pretoria, I wanted to make sure you know about the meetup there next week. Hope you can make it. :) User:Angela. 03:13, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

Sorry that I couldn't make it last night. How did the meetup go?

Great. The pattern of the evening proceeded exactly as you predicted :-) Very nice to see Angela and User:Eloquence - talked about incremental updates, I said I wanted an rsync'able image archive. Eloquence is a wiki-evangelist (save the world :-), and is currently pushing Wikinews. I have to take a look - I am sure you can guess his reasoning.

Angela talked about different language encyclopedia (af has the most, swahili next). We talked of the problems of prefix-based languages in wiki markup space - sw:ntu (a man) should be easy markup for an intext mention of bantu, meaning men. Thinking now the easiest thing is to reverse the markup order Ba[[ntu:sw]] but it seems a bit radical, and has consequences for the basis of other markup styles like the pipe separator after colon. There was a fascinating guy from University of Auckland, and the next day (invited by Eloquence) I met some very interesting Europeans. Came back on the bus today. Lots of rain in the Cape, but water rationing still as more people consume :-) Wizzy…☎ 08:44, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

s africa articles

please add an appropriate stub tag to stub articles, e.g. {{Sa-stub}} to articles on south africa. thanks Bluemoose 11:09, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Strange aircraft

Hi, I think the aircraft you saw was the Spectrem 2000 Basler BT-67, a heavily modified DC-3 operated by Anglo-American. Here's a pic of the aircraft. It's used for mineral survey work. Impi 10:53, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Glad to help, it's a fascinating aircraft. Would you believe that Anglo-American spent $20 million on developing it? Misidentifying the aircraft is also very easy, as our eyes are trained to recognise the DC-3's curved wingtips, which are gone on the BT-67. The altered nose makes a big difference as well, especially when viewed from underneath. Impi 12:32, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Years in South Africa

I notice you've created many, many "years in South Africa" pages. Could you please help me put sortkeys on the year category entries in the articles, like this? [[Category:2000|South Africa]] — that way they'll show up under the "S" heading rather than under "2" (or "1") in the respective year categories. So far I've added sortkeys like this to the articles in the 2000's, but none of the 1990's and earlier. - dcljr (talk) 21:51, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

I notice you went through and added the sortkeys. Thanks! - dcljr (talk) 01:06, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

lots of edits, not an admin

Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:16, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Aircraft specifications survey

Hi Jcw69! Since you listed yourself as a participant of WikiProject Aircraft, you may be interested in a survey currently underway to help develop a revised version of our standard specifications section. --Rlandmann 00:51, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism of History of South Africa in the apartheid era went undetected.

Hi -- I just noticed that some wholesale vandalism of the History of South Africa in the apartheid era a couple of days ago went undetected until today. An anon replaced the entire text of the article with the old text of the Apartheid article, including the bit about "diaspora Jews." Since this seems to have slipped under everyone's radar (including mine), and I don't know who has History of South Africa in the apartheid era on their watchlist, I thought I'd give you a heads up. --Bcrowell 18:27, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks, Jcw69, I hope to do a lot of work on South Africa, as I have noticed you are quite experienced in that area with your S.A towns and parks. I would be most glad to help out on any articles. Thank you for the welcome. I shall try to be bold! Banes 09:50, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Same message as above. It is always nice to be recognised by another member of "Die Land". Good luck with your future endevours!--Xiphon 17:48, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Vasco da Gama

An article that you've edited before (Vasco da Gama) is nominated for Article Improvement Drive. If you want go there and vote. Thanks. Gameiro 02:58, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Aircraft specs policy

Several weeks ago, you voted in the WikiProject Aircraft Specifications Survey. One of the results of the survey was that the specifications for the various aircraft articles will now be displayed using a template. Ericg and I have just finished developing that template; a lengthier bulletin can be found on the WT:Air talkpage. Naturally, we will need to begin a drive to update the aircraft articles. However, several topics in the survey did reach establish consensus, and they need to be resolved before we implement the template. It is crticial that we make some conclusion, so that updating of the specs can resume as soon as possible. You can take part in the discussions here. Thanks, Ingoolemo ^talk 05:56, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Image

Hi, you uploaded this image Image:Gauteng regions.png, which currentlyhas no copyright information. Please add copyright details to the image page, thanks. --nixie 04:21, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Adminship

Hello there. Why are you not an administrator yet? Do you have any desire to be one? If so, then I would most happily nominate you or ask someone else to. Cheers Banes 14:25, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

I used to have an ambition to be the first South African admin one day. Then I noticed that there are other editors who have done way more than I have and been here for much longer. I checked through some of my fellow countrymen and your name came up above the others. So, I think you are a good start, if you get the mop, then we can start working on the others. It seems a bit unfair that your good edits are going unnoticed. Esperanza is a truly great place, its also nice to become known to other wikipedians, Americans, Brits, etc. I am loving it there. Anyway I am going to find out how to nominate you (I am unsure) and will get back to you shortly. Otherwise, here's to the first African admin! P.S. Did you find out about Esperanza from my userpage or signature or elsewhere? Thanks, see you Banes 18:11, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, it seems kinda unfair for me to be the first, but, I would sincerely appreciate your support when I get nominated someday in the future. As it happens, I've been admin-fastracking myself by just getting seen around. My biggest fear in nominating you is that all the other editors wont know who you are because, if I may, you seem to keep to South African articles mainly, and vote oppose. If you know a few fellow SA wikipedians, you may want to let them know. I think its about time we africans got known! Glad to hear about your desire to join Esperanza, the elections should be over next week. I've just left a message on somebody's page asking how to nominate. Unless you know, of course? Banes 18:37, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Ja, as you can see many of my first edits were SA related, and I currently want to do more on SA. Its hardly covered! But yeah, its good to get around. Pall, I came across him recently, doing fine work for SA articles. I think we should see how you rfa goes until nominating the other South Africans. Consider yourself, a pioneer:-) In other news, in the holidays I plan to resurrect Wikiproject South Africa, as it seems as if it could do with some work. Right now I will have to cut down on Wiki with Matric looming a week from now. If its ok with you, can I nominate, assuming I've recieved a reply from the other guy, you tomorrow at 20:00 SA time? If you correspond occasionally with Elf-Friend and the other guys, then it would be good to get some seth efrican support you know. But, for know, enough clutter on you talk page! Besides, Starsky and Hutch on M-Net beckons:-) Cheers Banes 18:58, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi there, its me again. Is it fine with you if I go ahead and nominate you tomorrow between 18:00 and 20:30 (our time)? I will only do so if you let me know that time is fine. I will leave a accept nomination message here when I do. Regards Banes 16:42, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

I'll happily support your nomination for adminship. I think you've done an awesome job of contributing a huge amount of stuff so far, and furthermore a little more diversity in the Admin list would be a good thing. Good luck with the nomination! Impi 21:54, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

To Jcw69, timing is sort of important, as you have to accept the nomination. See you later! Banes 05:51, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Ok, it is done. Here is the nomination:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jcw69. You need to accept before anyone can vote on it. Best of luck. Banes 17:05, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

It seems your rfa hasnt been added to the main list yet, I dont know why, I think you need to still answer the questions. Cheers Banes 12:08, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Oh, no, not at all, accepting late doesnt do a thing. Ironically, the exact same thing happened to me on Saturday night at 19:50 when I was supposed to nominate you only ten minutes later. Cheers Banes 13:23, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Ok, the vote is on the main list. Looking good for you so far (tonight when all those americans go online will be when the main voting begins), so yes, I'd say you've also answered the questions well. Good luck Banes 18:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

P.S. As I've said before, if this goes well, Elf-friend, Wizzy, Impi, and perhaps Dewet will follow. (On an unrelated note, dont forget to send wikithanks to your supporters!)

Heh heh, I expect a decent fee:-) Why hasnt Elf-Friend voted on this yet. I thought he was patriotic! Banes 18:29, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

At the risk of sounding even more like a campaign advisor, I would strongly suggest you do that carefully, as some editors turn up the noses at that sort of thing. I've seen people lose rfas for canvassing too much. Perhaps a better move would be to put up a rfa template on your userpage, which is totally acceptable. Banes 19:04, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Congrats on becoming an admin! I've been on a wikibreak for a while, so only just got the message. Glad you made it. Greenman 07:00, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

I didn't have net access between 2005-10-13/22, so I only saw your note after you'd already been given a mop. Congrats. — Jeandré, 2005-12-17t11:09z

Re: Support

Of course you have my support! I've just returned from honeymoon, but I've added my vote. dewet|™ 17:48, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks, I really appreciate it. It seems as though you've pretty much got your mop. Use it well! (Remember to join Esperanza, they're such a great crowd, my usertalk will be flooded:-)! Anyway thanks again, this will be my last edit tonight, got to get to work. While youre about it, a friend of mine in the real world Xiphon is in exactly the same boat as me, so, you might want to drop him a line! Thanks again! Cheers Banes 17:49, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

hello

Thanks JC for your kind words. You will be pleased to learn that today I joined the ranks of people who no longer have to worry about what a gerund is...hmmm, it seems I've forgotten already. I still have to know that f=ma though, and what a logorithm is :-(. Yes it is still called Matric. By the way, how goes the RFA? You will find my name as supporter number 17. Do you have to reach a specific no. of supporters before they let you in or what?--Xiphon 10:15, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

APC template

Saracen doesnt really count as modern. Ferret Fox and Saladn are all old now. And the last's out of service. GraemeLeggett 20:03, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the "welcome back", JCW. I sorely needed the break, as the issues of granularity (way too much detail on certain countries/cultures, almost nothing on others) and systemic bias (ah, the power of Google) were getting to me (although it shouldn't, I know).

But it is good to be back and hopefully I can avoid getting too stressed out again.

And good luck with being elected an "admin" ... at this moment it seems you'll be elected by a landslide :-).

Elf-friend 08:02, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Hey congratulations on becoming an admin, you deserve the new buttons. I hope to see you doing great things for this site with your new abilities. All the best (remember to send out those wikithanks;-)!) Cheers Banes 15:13, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I really enjoyed it. I'm planning to see if there are any other South Africans who would like my nominating services;-) Hows it feel to be the first African admin? Exams going great, thanks for the support. Good luck, I will be seeing you around wikipedia often, and may have need of your buttons from time to time! Cheers Banes 18:23, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Due to a minor mix-up you weren't actually promoted. I've taken care of it, my standard advice to new admins follows: You may wish to read the reading list and how-to guide at your convenience. Most sysop actions are reversible, the exceptions being history merges and deleting pages (but it's a good idea to be careful with all of them). Again, congrats on becoming an admin. Pakaran 01:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Congrats on adminship Dlyons493 Talk 17:11, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations from the ice and snow. CambridgeBayWeather 17:58, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Let me also add my congrats on become an admin. I trust that you will carryout your extra responsibilities diligently. Good luck! Oran e (t) (c) (@) 20:09, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations on becoming an admin! I'm certain you're going to be an excellent member of the Order of the Upholders of the Wiki (has a nice ring to it :P). As for the possibility of Russian space launches from Overberg, it's an exciting prospect isn't it? I know they've been talking about it for years, but it seems they're finally moving towards the concrete steps required to make it a reality. So, what with the launching of our second SunSpace satellite next year, the looming creation of the South African Space Agency and the possibility of space launches from the Cape, things are looking good. Impi 22:31, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

• Congratulations, and you're quite welcome! --Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 23:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

• Congrats! And the twenty20 is just a taste of things to come ;) Grutness...wha? 00:01, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

• And my own congratulations too! Thanks for the kind words on my page, and I'm sure my wife and I will come to terms with the addiction :) All of the best for the janitorial work... dewet|™ 06:27, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

• No problem, and congratulations on your appointment. I might well call on you if I need some admin help. --Bruce1ee 05:46, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

• Congrats and you're welcome :-). Elf-friend 09:23, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

• No problem, you deserved it. Proto t c 13:45, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Popups tool

Congratulations on being made an admin! I thought you might like to know of a javascript tool that may help in your editing by giving easy access to many admin features. It's described at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. The quick version of the installation procedure for admins is to paste the following into User:Jcw69/Archive 2005/monobook.js:

// [[User:Lupin/popups.js]] - please include this line 

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
             + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/popups.js' 
             + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

popupShortcutKeys=true; // optional: enable keyboard shortcuts
popupAdminLinks=true;   // optional: enable admin links

There are more options which you can fiddle with listed at Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. Give it a try and let me know if you find any glitches or have suggestions for improvements! Lupin|talk|popups 23:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Award

Er, thanks for the award, but I wasn't aware of having done anything special. I just like to describe things. Uncle Ed 00:52, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

User page revert

It was my pleasure. --Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 00:34, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Go raibh míle maith agat

Thanks for the cupla focail in Irish. The other words I'd guess start pog mo ... but let's not go there :-) Dlyons493 Talk 00:39, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

EH?!

Reverting my own activity on my own talk page? You are tres bizzare, friend (20040302 20:06, 23 October 2005 (UTC))

No harm done friend - but thanks for explaining your activities (20040302 22:39, 23 October 2005 (UTC))

My user page

Thanks for the revert on my user page. tregoweth 01:21, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Rollback button

Hi there, yes, its Banes again. It seems you are using the old rollback button with great effect! Now, would you mind telling me how it is used. Do you simply click on your special button in the diff page? Thanks, keep up the outstanding anti vandalism work! Banes 15:34, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

You also beat many a non-admin vandal fighter on Cryptoderk with that confounded button;-)! Thanks for the info. Cheers Banes 10:49, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Order of the upholders of wiki

You may want to propose that as a barnstar award ;) --Cool Cat|Cool Cat ^Talk 13:07, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

My user page

Thanks for the revert on my user page. User:Axezz 20:12, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

FireFox RFA

Jcw69/Archive 2005

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Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (96/2/0), so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any queries about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Again, thanks!

FireFox 18:48, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Double Thanks :)

Thanks for your welcome note and info about Wikipedians/South Africa

Are you aware that your user name appears twice in the categories listed in your Babel box ie

• User:Jcw69
• User:Jcw69/Babel

Any ideas on how to make them list only once? Placing a large bable/attribute box on a seperate page makes the main page so much easier to work with. - Rooivalk 11:30, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

There is a way around the problem. Edit User:Jcw69/Babel so that the <includeonly> </includeonly> tags are placed around any boxes that link to categories (such as User:en), and it will prevent both your user page and subpage from appearing in the categories. The only downside is that those boxes will now be invisible when viewed at your subpage (but will still appear in full on your main user page). — Impi 19:44, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar for you

Hi there, its barnstar time for you. Banes 19:52, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

For your devastating use of rollback against the vandal hordes, for holding the line even as your own userpage came under fire, I award you, Jcw69, this barnstar. Banes 19:52, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome, I noticed that you have been reverting the vandals often, and paying the price of having your userpage vandalized. All you need now is a willy impersonator! On the exams: They went well, not exactly supurb but better than I expected. I am almost certain of 3 A's, I think. The problem was, I wrote Matric early so I had not covered the entire syllabus sufficiently before the exams. The only big problem was Maths, which, as everyone else who wrote would agree, was evil. Depending on the marks, I plan to do a LLB or a BCOMLLB, at UCT next year. If the marks are not good enough for that, I will do a UNISA course which would give me the neccessary credits for a transfer to UCT (or maybe Stellenbosch) in 2007. But I actually dont know for sure...time will tell...Thank you for the support and good wishes though, I now have a glorious 2 months of holiday!

Cheers Banes 07:16, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Block

Please block this pescy fellow User:205.213.111.51. Thanks Banes 16:05, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a million. It is so irritating trying to contend with vandals. Thanks for blocking him. Cheers Banes 16:38, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Meetup

I'm going to be back in South Africa from 26 December to 25 January. Would be great to meet up with all my fellow South African editors that I have been working with from afar. Want to try to arrange a meet-up of some sorts? User:PZFUN/signature 08:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism by 205.155.48.5

Hi. I've noticed that you posted warnings on the 205.155.48.5 user talk page. I'm wondering, if this IP is blocked, does that mean that if I log on from this IP that I cannot edit? The only edits I make are related to Windows... Mostly Windows Vista. Thanks. —Akhristov 22:31, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Upholders of the Wiki

Hi, just saw this on award proposals. I'm not very clear abt its purpose as the description was short. Is it for edits on Wikipedia namespace? Or is it in general? If it is the latter, I'm afraid that it would create a hierarchy in barnstars, saying that this is a more preferred or a higher barnstar than the original barnstar. imo, there is no hierarchical relation between other barnstars and hence this may be inappropriate for a general award. Thanks, --Gurubrahma 07:47, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza elections

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Hi Jcw69/Archive 2005: 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.

Voting begins at 12:00UTC on 16 December and all Esperanza members are encouraged to join in.

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Africa Award

Jcw,

It'd be a shame if your role in creating the Africa Award disqualified you from having one; from what I can see, you've long deserved it. Cheers, --Dvyost 17:14, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Jcw69 is presented this Africa Award for his excellent contributions to Africa-related articles, particularly his thorough work on South Africa-related coverage and his creation of the Africa Award itself. Presented by Dvyost from the Africa-related regional notice board

Hey, thanks for giving me an award Jcw, I appreciate it! It was a nice birthday present too (yes, I'm officially 17 now). Thanks again Banes 18:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Well-deserved. And thanks for mine :-) I park off in Cape Town (and Eshowe), I am sorry I missed you in Pretoria, with User:Angela and User:Eloquence. I like your list of recipients. Will make an effort if I am up your way. Wizzy…☎ 18:41, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

...and thanks for the birthday greetings. Banes 19:20, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism

Your talk page just got vandalised, sorry :-( Dan100 (Talk) 20:01, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

News from Esperanza

Hello, fellow Esperanzians! This is just a friendly reminder that elections for Administrator General and two advisory council positions have just begun. Voting will last until Friday, December 30, so make sure you exercise your right to vote! Also, I'm pleased to announce the creation of the Esperanza mailing list. I urge all members to join; see Wikipedia:Esperanza/Contact for more information. All you need to do is email me and I will activate your account. This will be a great way to relax, stay in touch, and hear important announcements. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?)

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Design help?

Dear Jcw,

I see you are both a pro web designer and picking up some mad wiki-templating skills. Would you be interested in helping with the design of the Wikimania website for the conference this coming August? Some people (like Linuxbeak & mysekurity) are working on what the main page should look like; and there will be uses for banners, buttons for supporting websites, wiki-banners (like the one atop my talk page) for supporting users, &c.

Not that I want to push your wikipedaholic rating further into the triple digits, mind you :-) Cheers, +sj + 08:09, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Cheers!

Hi Jcw69, I hope all's well in Joburg. Thanks for your support on my recent RFA. The request was successful, with a final tally of 33/0/0. I'm delighted that you decided to support it and I hope that I can live up to your expectations. Leithp (talk) 10:34, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Ianbrown's RfA

Thanks for voting in my recent RfA. I was overwhelmed at the turnout and comments received.

Ian ≡ talk 07:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you!

Hi Jcw69, I thank you for your support on my recent RFA. Although I did not make admin, I'm very happy you decided to support me. I hope that I'll live up to your expectations in the future as well. — Moe ε 05:03, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:Mamba3.jpg has been listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Mamba3.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

Wishes

I saw you several times while going round to wish. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. --Bhadani 16:16, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Tasty Tunnock's tea cakes (a delicacy in the British northeast, I'm told) to say thank you very much for standing in the Esperanza elections, being a great candidate and helping to make Wikipedia better for everyone just by existing! ➨ ❝REDVERS❞

Esperanza election

Thank you for your support in the Esperanza Election. I was unsuccessful in the end of the election but I would like to thank you for having confidence in me to be a future admin general/ advisory council member. — Moe ε 23:12, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Thank you for your vote! Please let me know if I can help you as an advisory council member in the future. karmafist 00:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks for your vote for me in the Esperanza council election. I sincerely appreciate it.--Dakota ~ ε

Meeting

Well, I'm finally back in SA now. I'm going to be in Gauteng until Wednesday, and then I'm going on. Will be back for a few days after that on the 25th. If you have any ideas for a meetup, could you ring me or send me an SMS on 076/304.9761? User:PZFUN/signature 10:47, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Jcw69

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Thanks for voting for me at the Esperanza Elections.

I've made my way into the Advisory Committee, so if you ever need any help or have any queries about the stuff we do, please do not hesitate to ask me. Thanks again, FireFox 11:51, 31 December 2005 (UTC)