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Akhtar Ayub

Hi, there has been a request at WT:CRIC to restore the article on Akhtar Ayub. While the deleted article did not meet WP:BIO, he has played F-C cricket in Pakistan - see here. Before I restore the article, I would like to make sure that you had no other objections to the article. Cheers, Mattinbgn\talk 20:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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User:Moondyne/AU categories

Hi Moondyne, I don't have an operational copy of AWB, I was wondering if you could get AWB to generate a list of subcats of Category:Vietnam for me, so I can set it up for the bot. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Another person has volunteered to do this so your computer can rest easy :) Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. AWB was acting strange anyway. —Moondyne 08:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Keith Miller

Come on in, the water's lovely! --Dweller (talk) 15:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Fonty's Pool

Hi Moondyne. I used the "What links here" tool on Fonty's Pool and saw that it was in your to-do list. I wonder if you'd take a look at the article when you have time, and maybe expand it or make some suggestions? Thanks! Somno (talk) 00:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for adding it to WT:WA; I haven't seen that page before. I think it's too late for DYK, since I wrote it on 31 December (and unfortunately only investigated the rules for DYK a few days ago). The only photo I know I have of Fonty's Pool is one of me and a whole bunch of family members as kids lined up along the diving board - although funny, it's not really suitable for an encyclopedia. :) Somno (talk) 02:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Et tu?

Cats? what happened? SatuSuro 01:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC) You coirrected a whole swag of my NA to cat - what came over you? SatuSuro 01:15, 14 January 2008 (UTC) Well reconnecting with glebe and george street sydney is a long beer or coffee sometime - and part of it is wikipedia lurking and checking on all and sundry :) SatuSuro 01:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I need to go to gmail for that -SatuSuro 01:22, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

2 x r

I use two rr cause way back when I started using it I decided to distinguish between me, the dreamtime story, the burb, the lake, the mound etc.... It works well 90%+ of searches on "Gnangarra" images are mine, normal articles with it in are closer to 50% some people just cant spell. Gnangarra 11:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hear hear from the stalls on that one - search engines are dumb and to have had the single r would have been close to calling himself coka colla  :( SatuSuro 11:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Or Moondine. Clever thinking. —Moondyne 11:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey you goin to tas as well? SatuSuro 13:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I can relate to that - the week here has brought up some interesting bits and pieces of sorts SatuSuro 13:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Haggers

One quick google latter voila Gnangarra 11:30, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah yep there is
the great one of commentary

2002: WA Football Commission Media Award – The Geoff Christian Media Award (awarded to the person who has performed at a consistently high standard throughout the year in either print, television, radio or photography). [1] Gnangarra 11:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

but wait there's more... DC is the only hit I get off google as recieving the medal and then only in 2002. Gnangarra 11:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Yeah, took a while to find all the stuff! There's still more sources to come and a Demography section, but I'm going to move on and do other electorates first and try and clear some of these dratted redlinks... Orderinchaos 07:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

October 5 anniversaries

Hi there. You have noted Xen Balaskas as an October 5th anniversary on a recent new page at WP:CRIC, but according to his article he was in fact born on the 15th. Just a heads-up.

All the best. Bobo. 02:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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MacRobertson Air Race Poster

Hello, I am writing about the image you posted of a poster for the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race.

I am requesting your permission to use the poster on my website, www.hangar47.com, a modeling website dedicated to the Golden Age of Aviation. Specifically, I would like to use the poster image on a page dedicated to a model of the DeHavilland Comet, "Grosevenor House," which as you know won the October 1934 Race from RAF Mildenhall, England to Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia.

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Richie Benaud's Greatest XI.jpg

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Resolved. —Moondyne 04:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Harold Boas

Long time, no chat. Yes, the referendum was successful in terms of the public vote, but it failed at the House of Commons, so it may be misleading to describe it as successful. A reader may otherwise think that it was implemented. As this aspect is not particularly relevant to the article I took the word out. —Moondyne 15:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Howdy! Long time no chat indeed!!
I gather WA is still there, despite secessionism/secessionists?

You're quite right in saying "this aspect is not particularly relevant to the article"; in fact, it was because the original said "during the debate prior to the 1933 secession" that I added the word "referendum", because I felt the original implied that a secession had occurred, and that this implication was creating a red herring.

But then I read that the 1933 referendum had been carried, and felt that I simply had to mention that!
I guess I got "carried away"!! (I just love the idea that 68% voted "Yes"!!!)

I digress.
Your edit is an improvement, and I agree with it / support it (or whatever it is I should be doing with it.)

Good to "hear" from you. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 09:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah, my take on it is that we decided hang in the Federation a bit longer to give you guys a hand. You know you'd be lost without us. But seriously, its an issue that quietly bubbles along here not far beneath the surface and at least once every few years or so another movement or politician or newspaper winds a few people up and its back in the news for few days. Its been that way since 1933 I suspect. Anyway, cheers. —Moondyne 12:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You know you'd be lost without us. Indeed. Without you, Hunter Valley coal, Tasmanian woodchips and SA uranium, you'd be justified in wondering how Australia would manage. Pdfpdf (talk) 13:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Request

I request your comment in this discussion for a dispute pertinent Australian rules football as national and most popular sport in Australia. Regards,--PIO (talk) 16:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Scorecard - lara 400.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Scorecard - lara 400.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion 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. —Remember the dot (talk) 19:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Richie

Seems like you are an old hand for Richie photo issues. The date seems weird, in that it is fixed in time. I thought it was an 'older than 50 years' thing. Where does it specifically say 1/1/55 for Aust copyrights? ROxBo (talk) 16:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Aust Barnstar

The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
for your efforts with Australian articles Gnangarra 00:10, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


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Elissa Sursara

Hi Moondyne - if you have time, would you mind looking over the Elissa Sursara article? It was suffering similar problems to the Heath Ledger article as far as that religious group goes as well as other poorly/misleading referenced comments. I've removed a bit and another editor took out a chunk as well but I don't want to over do it, either. Cheers if you can, •Florrie•leave a note• 11:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, seems to have settled down now. •Florrie•leave a note• 22:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Seems the template I used to code those suffered from the changes to the preprocessor, a nice person came along and fixed the template overnight. In the meantime I got the article up to date at least :) Orderinchaos 21:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for fixing Fortuyn (ship)! Not rude at all. Cheers Gillyweed (talk) 05:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion

Re: List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees

If someone can be bothered, the {{age in years and days}} template would work well here. —Moondyne 04:00, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello. Well, I can -- and will -- be bothered. It is quite coincidental that you mention that. That project has been on my back burner for a long time (cleaning up this page ... and incorporating the age template). Literally, just yesterday, I started to clean it up -- using my Sandbox pages for the drafts until I have dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's. Funny coincidence that you should mention it today. So, basically, look for it here soon. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC))
Yes, thanks a lot! I only (relatively) "recently" learned about that age template ... I wish someone told me about it a long time ago! It's invaluable, as opposed to hand calculating these dates and ages! Thanks ... (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:18, 29 January 2008 (UTC))


Nullabor

I hope you see the mistake :( - I need help if you are on. Also I keep finding the longest straight road and railway issue popping up - any ideas? cheers SatuSuro 01:13, 30 January 2008 (UTC) I fixed the nullarbor disambig issue - but the longest thingo might take a bit of time - the trains trans thingo feels like POV issues SatuSuro 01:24, 30 January 2008 (UTC) ohohoh canof worms spelling issue i see - think i better go for a break :( SatuSuro 01:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC) Re spelling - Yup -= but im out to lunch on the longest straight issue - it bugs me as it creeps in in a number of places SatuSuro 01:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey where didja get the coords then? SatuSuro 01:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

wow impressed - thank you - I really should do that for each of the trans line and eyre highway locations then - when i get the time :( SatuSuro 01:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

btw - one of the 56783 reasons i hate the web so much -http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_The_ten_longest_straight_roads_in_the_world - :( SatuSuro 01:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I was waiting for that - what a heap of guano that was - post cards and material in most of the places to exploit it - and worse

we still got skylab, meteorites, and i hope to eventuall create a nullarbor caves art spearate from the brief mention at cockle SatuSuro 02:20, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

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Asjes-Pronk

Dear Moondyne,

As being Dutch myself I can assure you that Asjes and Pronk are two different persons. Pieter Pronk was the radio operator of the Pander and worked for the KLM, he died in 1942 in Indonesia where he was killed in action by the Japanese. Dirk Lucas Asjes was a Dutch military pilot who became famous - in the Netherlands offcourse - for his wartime period in the Dutch East Indies during WWII. I don't know what the numerous sources are. But here are some of mine.

forgot to mention that this is all about the MacRobertson Air Race.

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Sachin Tendulkar centuries page

Hello, this is in reference to your Start Class rating of List of Test cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar. I was particularly surprised at the rating because that way I had framed the article was on the same lines as the List of Test cricket triple centuries which is an FA-List. It would be great if you can provide me feedback on what prompted you with your rating and suggestions for pushing it further up on quality. Many thanks and regards, Mspraveen (talk) 12:37, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Regards, Mspraveen (talk) 08:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

A favour

I just took a look at your request regarding the {{WikiProject Cricket}} template. My apologies that I took a few days to reply on this topic. My offline life is undergoing a busier period than normal of late. {{WikiProject Cricket}} already has a list parameter active, available by using the class=list parameter with the template, rather than providing an assessment. I'll take a look at the importance thing now. Cheers. -- Longhair\talk 20:11, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

The bottom-importance parameter appears to have been created due to a discussion amongst WikiProject Cricket members back in April 2007. I tried finding that discussion but gave up after a while. For the bot to recognise the changes to the template you'd need to request that of the bot's owner, User:Oleg Alexandrov. I'm not sure if a change would be made for the benefit a single WikiProject but it can't hurt to ask. I don't think we'll see widespread usage of the bottom-importance parameter to be honest but if it suits the Cricket project's needs it can't be doing any harm. -- Longhair\talk 20:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

World domination

I'm slowly taking over the world. Hesperian 03:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Now thats interesting SatuSuro 10:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Richie Benaud's Greatest XI

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Response

Thank you for your comment on my talk page. I responded as quickly as I could to your request. I have to go offline; I have placed your comment (somewhat edited) in my talk page archive 18. I was not referring to you (or to Mark) in my comment about harrassment; I was referring to the commment by another user [left on my talk page] that I removed. I regard it as harrassment and I have no time for such things. I hope that the changes that I made to the current talk page and user page improved its usefulness. I do not want to move the "N.B." section; I mean for people to read it before commenting on my talk page; most ignore it, but it explains my current situation, as does the busy template at the top of my current talk page. I must do other work unrelated to Wikipedia (a project I've been engaged for years that is about to go to press, among others). Please do not reply on my current talk page; I won't see it since I am going offline again. --NYScholar (talk) 02:20, 9 February 2008 (UTC) [added the bracketed material for clarification. --NYScholar (talk) 02:33, 9 February 2008 (UTC)]

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Response

Thank you for your comment on my talk page. I responded as quickly as I could to your request. I have to go offline; I have placed your comment (somewhat edited) in my talk page archive 18. I was not referring to you (or to Mark) in my comment about harrassment; I was referring to the commment by another user [left on my talk page] that I removed. I regard it as harrassment and I have no time for such things. I hope that the changes that I made to the current talk page and user page improved its usefulness. I do not want to move the "N.B." section; I mean for people to read it before commenting on my talk page; most ignore it, but it explains my current situation, as does the busy template at the top of my current talk page. I must do other work unrelated to Wikipedia (a project I've been engaged for years that is about to go to press, among others). Please do not reply on my current talk page; I won't see it since I am going offline again. --NYScholar (talk) 02:20, 9 February 2008 (UTC) [added the bracketed material for clarification. --NYScholar (talk) 02:33, 9 February 2008 (UTC)]

I find your instructions bizarre and not conducive to collaboration. eg. "Please do not copy my comments placed on my talk page or other talk pages or editing histories of articles, or other Wikipedia pages, take them out of context, and/or move them elsewhere. Doing so distorts them. Thank you." and "Please do not post any more comments on my talk page (if at all possible)". You edit mine and others comments before archiving and choose to not archive others entirely. This is an abuse of Wikipedia norms and I urge you to start conforming to standards. Put simply, people are just not going to read your own talk page instructions for the reasons I explained previously. And when they don't I suspect you will consider their posts (like mine now), harassment, which it isn't. —Moondyne 04:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I respectfully asked this person not to post on my talk page. This user posted this material there anyway. I've copied it and posted it on the user's own talk page. Please do not post any further comments on my talk page. I don't have time to deal with them. I said that I would not see it. I happened to check my own talk page and saw it. I'm moving the comments to the reply position on this talk page. Please desist. Thank you. --NYScholar (talk) 05:23, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Just to let you know, NYScholar removed your message, and I have restored it. Hesperian 12:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Message to no-one and everyone

Ouch!

Yesterday I had an unfortunate incident with an electric drill and the drill won. As a result I now have a broken Fourth metacarpal bone in my right hand and am told that I'll be in plaster for a few weeks. Other than that I'm fine. As I'm right handed, my contributions will be fairly low (and slow) for a while I suspect. —Moondyne 04:33, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

:-( Hesperian 04:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Get well soon. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to read that - hate it when power tools don't keep in their place. May I suggest this banner for your talk page? Pairadox (talk) 04:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Moondyne cannot type fast right now -- broken hand.

I like it, and thanks guys :-) —Moondyne 04:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

- :::....ouch...:( commiserations...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:57, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

One more example to cite when I explain why I don't ride motorbikes or use power tools! Hope you are typing two-handed again soon. Cheers, Mattinbgn\talk 05:32, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hope it mends quickly! --Melburnian (talk) 06:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

As a non motorbike user as well I can join mattinbgn's sentiments precisely - my power items gather rust dust and cobwebs as it is - hope the mending is easy and quick SatuSuro 07:06, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hopefully you'll be out of the plaster and into thermoplastic before too long. It's fabulous stuff! There's always a bright side. Cheers, •Florrie•leave a note• 08:09, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow, I'm really sorry to read about your injury, Moondyne. Look after yourself and I hope that you get well very soon. Sarah 08:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Just saw this. :-( I am very sorry to learn of your unfortunate accident, Moondyne. Please try to concentrate on rest and getting better. Our recent run-in on the talk pages of HL and NYS are really unimportant when it comes to good health. I hope that you can consider us "made up" and not trouble yourself about it anymore. (It seems to have resulted from different interpretations and understandings of some Wikipedia policies and guidelines.) And just feel better. That's the important thing--especially in light of what happened to the wonderful actor Heath Ledger (whose work I greatly enjoyed and whose presence among us I already greatly miss). Being able to cope with the stresses and strains of one's own life matter far more than editing conflicts in Wikipedia. (I hope to take my own advice and turn back to my non-Wikipedia work.) Again, I wish you all the best in your convalescence.  :-) --NYScholar (talk) 08:46, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm typing and mousing with only my left hand, in sympathy, get better soon! cygnis insignis 12:54, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hope the hand heals quickly, considering the weather hope it hasnt slowed your drinking as well, cause then it'd be serious Gnangarra 13:05, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
That sounds nasty :| Good luck and get better soon! (Now all you need is a one-handed cookbook...) Orderinchaos 15:59, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

"Diffs." for initial posting of apology

[Re: use of phrase "ridiculous personal attacks" on an article talk page:]
  • Diffs. (191079388) (click on links to subsequent edits for some tinkering with language; addition of phrase in brackets, etc.). In earlier sections and later sections of my current talk page, there are many earlier links to the situation that I was referring to already provided with "Diffs." as well; but the one numbered 191079388 is where I directly "apologize". Above in your previous section, part of the context is what I posted re: my being sorry that you hurt your hand (posted on February 11, 2008, where I say: "I hope that you can consider us "made up" and not trouble yourself about it anymore." I have "forgiven" you for your (I think) inappropriate (in my view) descriptions of my edit as "POV rant", "fluff", "quite unsuitable", etc. and the response to my response (re: my compliance with your request for the "favour" leading me to created a user subpage)--fully discussed a number of times now in my talk page as well, partly also in response to your initial req. at top of it (restored by Hesperian), who "demanded" that I respond to your restored question (which I did do in detail).
  • Given what has transpired (the consequent enormous waste of time and any distress you may have experience, which I definitely did not intend to cause in Talk:Heath Ledger (I thought I was just being descriptive and requesting that people not post comments about that article on my talk page so I could get my work done), of course I regret ever posting that reference to "ridiculous personal attacks" [referring to the edit summaries and also the later posts by you on my talk page, that I copied and pasted above on your talk page)], which I took (perhaps mistook) as personal attacks on me and my editing. I explain in detail on my talk page how I took them. My attempt to reconcile this situation concerning you is partly in sec. above, and also here, where I ask your "forgiveness" for posting my concerns in the article talk page instead of in your talk page (or for just ignoring them). Mutual reconciliation would indeed make this situation easier for everyone. Since after you and others deleted my sentence from Heath Ledger, I have left the lead as is. Basically, I've only done some mostly minor formatting changes to it, updated some sources, readjusted spacing, etc. Nothing very substantive. Just what some refer to as "tweaks" mostly.
  • Unfortunately, partly as a result of this recent Wikipedia controversy and partly as a result of household emergencies, I've gotten almost no sleep in two days, so I have to log off and go to bed in order to make appointment Wednesday (my time). Please respond here rather than on my talk page. If you would like to post a link to your response here on my talk page, that might be useful. Responding here will, however, keep this particular part of the "conversation" altogether in context. Anyone can access my current and archived talk pages by just clicking on the "talk" link in my signature that follows; they will see your question as the first post on the page, I think, and your last question at the bottom.
  • Again, I hope that your hand heals quickly and well. (I will be logged out for rest of morning and Wednesday (ET), so I won't see replies until later.) --NYScholar (talk) 07:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
To be clear, you accused me of making personal attacks against you.[6] You and I both know that is a fabrication yet you cannot bring yourself to make an unqualified and transparent apology for this outrageous claim. The community therefore will make its own assessment of your truthfulness. Its time to move on: I wish to have nothing more to do with you.—Moondyne 14:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
I'll rephrase my last comment: I wish I could have nothing more to do with you, but am not going to walk away from the rest of the community who have to put up with your lousy behaviour. —Moondyne 23:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Think it's time for an RFC on this one? Pairadox (talk) 02:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

dyk help

... reminds me of John Howard, I must say.

Hey, dyk guru, do you think my latest is dyk worthy? Any ideas?

Hesperian 11:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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I think

I have some copies SatuSuro 10:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC) somewhere

Hoodoo Gurus

At WP:GAC not WP:FAC.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Nice to see you around AUSMUS mate. You're just in time to help me get Silverchair closer to FA! dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 08:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. (I never really left!) —Moondyne 10:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I could still sense your presence ;) dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 10:09, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Indeed. So, in true AUSMUS spirit, any comments on Silverchair? :) dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 10:13, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Spelling

http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=14344 - close examination shows that many get traumatised by the lack of the first 'r' SatuSuro 10:39, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Nah, no trauma there. I reckon that database is descriptive rather than prescriptive - it records what names have been used, rather than what names are permissable. Faced with 15 papers that talk about the "Nullabor Limestone", and a further 122 papers that talk about the "Nullarbor Limestone", they concluded (inevitably) that these refer to the same entity, and that "Nullarbor Limestone" is the preferred name. If you wrote a scientific paper in which you referred to the Nullarbor Limestone by the name "My Great Aunt's Bosom", they would happily include an entry indicating its synonymy with the preferred name. Hesperian 11:48, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Wingspr.JPG

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Fixed. —Moondyne 23:47, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Legends of Motorsport (band)

I can't remember (and can't retrieve history anymore) whether I or someone else created Legends of Motorsport (band). I had no particular interest in the article. I did create Legends of Motorsport and had somehow inferred that the band of the same name might be a source of confusion. I might have created the article just to be able to say "for ... see". In fact, I am reasonably sure the band is very small and "insignificant" (and perhaps does not exist anymore?). AFAICT, I hadn't even put Legends of Motorsport (band) on my watchlist. That's how little interest I had in it.  :) --SportWagon (talk) 18:34, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 19:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Deleted. —Moondyne 23:04, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Gifford

No worries. I'm trying to get through a mountain of work IRL, and keep finding small displacement activities such as this to take my mind elsewhere. Must learn to concentrate properly one day... Johnlp (talk) 21:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Whadya make of this?

[7] Appears to be Willem Schouten's published journal from 1618. I like the illustration/map on page 27 [8] (it could be anywhere as he was widely travelled) Do you know of a translation? —Moondyne 02:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Very interesting. It's got nothing to do with Australia though, right?
An English translation was issued in London the very same year (1619), under the title The relation of a wonderfull voiage made by William Cornelison Schouten of Horne. A facsimile edition was published by De Capo Press in 1968 under the title A wonderfull voiage round about the world. Hesperian 03:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Methinks you will be very hard pressed to get hold of a copy... unless you can convince one of our Canberra colleagues to drop into the NLA and grab you a copy of the electronic version. Hesperian 03:30, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Curtin University

I a bit concerned by this image. I think its a copyvio, although its tagged as being released by the copyright holder (im not convinved). In any case, it needs a FUR wouldnt it? Twenty Years 07:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Try this for size

[9] - it is one list against the other but thats all of the worst youll ever need :( SatuSuro 00:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

A brief search under henriettas vital parts will bring out the most amazing results :| (perhaps you should try it too0 SatuSuro 00:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
And there are full cite info in those regions too - i am a author date title person myself and isbn wherever possible also - will try to fill that later SatuSuro 00:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I got the details of the laws today - just gotta get the details right 1 in 85, 3 in 86 and they all had 'close/turnoff' clauses to finish in 87 :) SatuSuro 11:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

April cricket anniversaries

I've put something in for every day in April except the 10th and the 26th, where I'm struggling. I'm loath to nick stuff from Cricinfo, but unless you've got any other suggestions... I'll move on to May next. Johnlp (talk) 21:32, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

oops

Yep, your edit to the talk page told me that you both got the message and comprehended the revert.

I've just added "Charting of the islands was previously credited to Jorge de Menezes, but the notion that Menezes visited Australia is now thoroughly discredited, and no other candidate has been proffered." to the article. Now I have to find a citation for it. It is hard to find citations for negations like "no other candidate has been proferred". McIntyre, the cheeky bugger, says: "hey lets not talk about who first charted it, it doesn't matter, just accept that it was some Portuguese navigator some time in the 16th century". :-( Hesperian 01:59, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

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Nuke

this image is for nuking. Rationale says he made it, but the image caption here claims: "Back cover of Tangara 2006" (Tangara is the schools annual magazine). Seems a bit sus. Person hasnt edited ina significant time. Thanks. Twenty Years 03:15, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Got another one. [10] Thanks. Twenty Years 13:23, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

stumped

Henrietta and nla dont have stannards stars and stripes - at least not in that mix SatuSuro 00:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC) My last edit for the morning - I didnt know it existed - there might be a clue or two SatuSuro 00:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep, he's in the 1930-1990 Bio Reg volume. Will send you it when I get home (at uni atm) Orderinchaos 05:19, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
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