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Formatting Pirates of the Caribbean cast members

Hi Rangasyd. Thanks for your edits, but I created the list according to List of Star Wars cast members and List of Harry Potter cast members, in which "Principal cast" is a section, "Main characters" is a section, etc. Don't you think is better to put "Main characters", "Secondary characters" and "Minor characters" as sections? Greetings. Tajotep (talk) 19:02, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

@Tajotep: I take your point and have reinstated the section breaks. Cheers and happy editing. Rangasyd (talk) 06:14, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Royal Commissions

Thanks so much for creating that page - it'd been on my to-do list forever but I'd always struggled to come up with the sources to put together a useful list. The Drover's Wife (talk) 00:26, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

@The Drover's Wife: Thanks for your thanks. One less 'thing for you to do!' Rangasyd (talk) 06:35, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
No need to get rude about it. The Drover's Wife (talk) 08:57, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
It was meant to be funny. :-) Rangasyd (talk) 09:02, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

"The Rocks" in Sydney

Hello, I noticed you had removed the photo I added of the First Impression Sculpture from The Rocks, Sydney page, from my visit there in 2006 (see here). Can you provide an explanation for that edit? I realize it was only a small part of your edit but I thought it was a worthwhile image to have in that gallery... --Egpetersen (talk) 21:54, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

@Egpetersen: Hi. Thanks for your message. The image seemed focused on the person in the photo and less on the sculpture. There were other distracting elements to the photo (e.g. shade, background, focus, etc.) If the image was cropped to simply focus on the sculpture it may be worthy of inclusion; but I don't think so in its current state. It's worth noting that most of the images in the article are of historical/heritage-classified buildings, which is reflective of the importance of The Rocks in Australia's European history. With around 500 images of The Rocks saved in Wikimedia Commons, a more recent sculpture is of less importance to the suburb's character and the distracting elements (person and shade) resulted in a subjective assessment on image quality; and hence rejection. The image is located in Wikimedia Commons, a link to which can be found at the foot of the page. Are you or a person that you know the person in the image? Rangasyd (talk) 15:26, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Well, yeah, it's a picture of my mom standing by the sculpture. I figured the fact that she was in so much shadow made it OK to put out, since the focus is really the sculpture itself and not her. I didn't really consider them "distracting". Ultimately, this is not a big deal, and I'm not putting up any kind of argument or fuss. Your reasoning is sound and I'm willing to let the matter drop. Thanks for the response. --Egpetersen (talk) 19:21, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

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For services to New South Wales Heritage

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You have rolled out many hundreds of articles and taken many photos to illustrate them! Thank you! Kerry (talk) 07:32, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

145-151 George Street, the Rocks

There are 3 Wikipedia pages covering these street numbers 149-151 George Street, The Rocks. You have added your image to 147 and 149-151 but not to 145. Since I was in the city I thought that I would take a photo of 145. However, I now see that your photo seems to cover 145, and in fact has the same properties as are covered in the old photo on 145. So I have added your photo to 145. I believe that 145 is the property on the corner, then 147-149 is in the centre and 151 on the left. These numbers are also shown on the awning in the old photo. You show in your caption for your photo on 147 that "147 George Street is located at right, pictured in 2019." I believe that 147 is to the right of 145, which is on the corner. You might also want to look at your caption for 149-151. I am not making an issue of this, but just suggesting that you to take another look at it. I might have confused myself with it all. By the way, I notice that you are doing some great things with this heritage stuff. I myself decided to take some heritage photos when I saw the banner at Wikipedia asking for people to take photos of heritage buildings, etc. Collywolly (talk) 10:39, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

It also seems that the images on the New York Hotel page are incorrect. 155 George Street is the "Fendi" building as indicated by Fendi at https://www.whitepages.com.au/fendi-australia-pty-ltd-10558559/The-Rocks-NSW-10561645B. I will be going into Sydney soon and will take a photo of 155 George Street. Collywolly (talk) 26 March 2019
@Collywolly: Thanks. Please do not edit my page in the way that you did. Add another comment below and time/date stamp it (in the format as I have done). If the images in your opinion at New York Hotel (or elsewhere) are incorrect, well, correct them. I don't own them. Just do it! Refer WP:BRAVE. If someone thinks your edits are incorrect, they will revert them or let you know by creating discussion on a talk page. Finally, give consideration as to whether the discussion should happen on a User's talk page or the article talk page. In other words, should this discussion happen on my page, or at Talk:New York Hotel. Happy editing :-) Rangasyd (talk) 12:30, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Sorry I edited your page. You hadn't replied so I thought that I would add another paragraph. I was just intending to be polite, in letting you know about the captions. If you want to correct them you can do so. Collywolly (talk) 20:52, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
@Collywolly: That's cool. I didn't reply because I "corrected" the articles, based on your above feedback. I have not done anything with the New York Hotel. I'll leave that to you to be WP:BRAVE and "correct" the article. Rangasyd (talk) 06:50, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

NSW government changes

I have noticed that you have updated the wikis of abolished and new NSW agencies and departments. The problem is, legally, the abolition does not occur until 1 July 2019. See:

So for now, I suggest we stop updating dates to 2 April. If possible, we should change the dates from 2 April to 1 July for abolition and establishment dates. Since the changes on wiki are extensive and have been done, I reckon we should keep the tense (past tense for the soon-to-be abolished agencies and present tense for future agencies), otherwise it will be extremely troublesome. Marcnut1996 (talk) 07:30, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Hey. Thanks for that. The devil is in the detail. I've stopped work for the time being. Excluding the ministerial appointments, which were significant, the only major changes are/were:
I've updated all the above articles to reflect the date of 1 July 2019. I've tried to keep the tense neutral. Thanks again. Cheers. Rangasyd (talk) 13:58, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

residual item

fyi - lies in an unassessed category or two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Rangasyd/sandbox/Template:Rivers_of_the_Murray%E2%80%93Darling_basin JarrahTree 08:43, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Fixed and redirect now in place. Cheers. Rangasyd (talk) 09:02, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
NP too easily done JarrahTree 09:26, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Image Categories and descriptions

Hi, Thanks for info re categorising and describing images. I will start by revisitng all of the categories that I have created while adding heritage photos and add more relevant categories. I will also change the category, where I have included it as "New South Wales State Heritage Register" to one of the sub categories which reflects the locality that the property is in. Thanks for your help. Collywolly (talk) 02:23, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

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just checking

sorry to bother https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Grammar_School is a combined primary and secondary anglican school - maybe you havent got to secondary (as opposed to high) yet in your thorough checking everything (very good work there) -just when i saw removal of high - thought I'd drop a note - keep up the hard work, !! JarrahTree 14:11, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: No bother. You caught me 'work in progress'. Thanks. How does it read now? I think it's much clearer. Interested in helping with more schools in WA? Rangasyd (talk) 14:29, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
thanks for that - good! yup, to the question... JarrahTree 14:48, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
Well, I'm working on a project to make all Australian school articles consistent. In WA, what I'm doing is moving all the schools that are listed Category:High schools in Western Australia to Category:Public high schools in Western Australia. At the same time I'm making the infobox and the lede consistent. In the infobox I'm adding a Perth/WA map, plus a street map, making sure the coordinates are consistent, diffusing categories, removing overlinking, tidying up the alumni section, and having a consistent table format for school principals (where listed). If you visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_high_schools_in_Western_Australia you can see examples of various articles completed. View the history of some of these articles and you can get an idea of the changes that I've made. I'm currently working on schools starting with 'G'; but I'm about to go to bed for the night. You can start on the 'C's if you're interested...? Cheers Rangasyd (talk) 15:07, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
challenged for brain space, time and a few other things in the short term - there is a local who may be interested... JarrahTree 09:54, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
I hear ya. Sure.. connect the dots, if they want to help. Then I can go back to NSW schools and finish them off. Got distracted. Rangasyd (talk) 09:56, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

St Paul's Anglican Grammar School - coord display

This edit appears to introduce a error in the {{coord}} (look at how it displays in the title) but it's not immediately obvious to me how to fix it. Mitch Ames (talk) 10:02, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

@Mitch Ames: Thanks. Fixed. Happy editing. 10:05, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

sfunny

In syd at this moment, keep seeing buildings in cbd that look like candidates for articles even if they arent heritage, but hell.. so little time... JarrahTree 13:53, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

They're probably on the City of Sydney local government heritage register; that are yet to make it to the New South Wales State Heritage Register. New listings have been tightened and it is now much harder for a building to place on the NSWSHR. Rangasyd (talk) 14:05, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
having lived here very very long ago, the thing in some cases maybe its not so much heritage as simply idiosyncratic to sydney, that would be hard for heritage lists documenter researchers methinks - anyways the onslaught of food outlets in the cbd is bizarre almost every commercial property in about three long streetscapes I traversed was food at street level. When I lived here nothing like that at all. JarrahTree 22:00, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

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School descriptions

Hi, just letting you know that I've restored the table of descriptions that I suggested. I certainly have no problem with you publishing your own suggestions. Cheers. Onetwothreeip (talk) 11:04, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

@Onetwothreeip: No hassles. Would you please treat me with five examples of independent private schools; that are not independent schools? And another five examples of state public schools; that are not public schools. Thanks :-) Rangasyd (talk) 10:45, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
Independent schools are private schools, while public and state are interchangeable terms. Onetwothreeip (talk) 11:55, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
I think you've missed my point; or you've actually realised my point... not too sure which. What are independent private schools? What are state public schools? Surely, the first are independent schools (and you can't have both independent AND private, as proposed by you); and the second are state/public schools (interchangeable, but you can't use both). Agree? Rangasyd (talk) 12:05, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
Independent schools are a subsection of private schools, generally those which are not Catholic. "State public" schools are schools controlled by the state governments. The most common way to describe these schools is "public", but that could also mean a certain type of private school, so "state public" removes that ambiguity. Schools aren't "independent private", but they may both be independent and private. It is necessary to call them private, and independent is simply the type of private that they are. Onetwothreeip (talk) 00:27, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
Onetwothreeip: "Independent schools are a subsection of private schools." Would you please provide a substantive reference to this statement? Would you please provide five examples (names of schools) that are, in your view, "independent and private"? Based on your definition above, these schools must not be just independent. Many thanks Rangasyd (talk) 14:21, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
Sources like this show such distinctions made between public, Catholic and independent schools. A typical example of an independent private school would be Wesley College. Onetwothreeip (talk) 09:24, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
@Onetwothreeip: Thanks for the reply. I can't see anywhere in that article that provides substantiation to your claim that "Independent schools are a subsection of private schools." In fact, it uses the terms private and independent interchangeably to refer to schools that are not government/public/state schools. This is exactly my point. They are one and the same thing – not a sub-set of the other. As to Wesley College, as far as I can see from reviewing the outdated Wikipedia article, reviewing the school's website, reviewing the school's 2018 annual report, and reviewing the MySchools website, Wesley College is an independent school; also sometimes called a private school. It is not an independent and private school. If you feel that I'm wrong, please point me to the exact page/para/line where I've made a huge mistake and overlooked what is blatantly obvious. Many thanks. Rangasyd (talk) 10:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
"Independent" is often used to allude to private schools generally, but more specifically they exclude Catholic schools. The first instance of "independent" then explains it excludes Catholic schools, and this is an article by an education researcher. Yes, Wesley College is an independent school and a private school, as you can clearly tell from the article, website and elsewhere. I don't see what you are disagreeing with here. Onetwothreeip (talk) 11:05, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
@Onetwothreeip: Thanks again. Wesley College is an independent or private school. Wesley College is not an independent and private school. Conjunction (grammar)#Coordinating conjunctions refers. The Conversation article opines that "...enrolment in public and independent primary schools has increased...." [excluding Catholic primary schools (where enrolments are unknown??)]: my interpretation of the sentence in para 6. The article does not exclude Catholic schools from any definition. It is simply stating that that enrolments have increased in public and independent primary schools. Is there somewhere else in the article that I'm missing? Rangasyd (talk) 11:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
How can it be either but not both? What does this even mean? Is it an independent school: yes. Is it a private school: yes. Onetwothreeip (talk) 10:08, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
@Onetwothreeip: OK. Let's put it another way. "Independent" and "private" are synonyms; that is they mean the same thing. You wouldn't say that when I watch television I like to sit on a "settee" and "sofa"; you would say that when I watch television I like to sit on a "settee" or "sofa". Hence, you would only use one description, not both. "My children are educated at an independent school;" or "My children are educated at a private school;" not "My children are educated at an independent and private school." Does that make sense? Rangasyd (talk) 10:38, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
They don't mean the same thing but one is a subset of the other generally. It would certainly be correct for somebody to say that their child is enrolled in a private and independent school. It's not as if they are saying the child is enrolled in a private school and an independent school. It seems like you're trying to make a very convoluted point for no clear reason. Are you trying to change the subject? Onetwothreeip (talk) 11:07, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
@Onetwothreeip: Are you trying to change the subject?: No. I don't know how you got to that point...? It would certainly be correct for somebody to say that their child is enrolled in a private school. It would certainly be correct for somebody to say that their child is enrolled in an independent school. Despite working in the sector for many years, I've never heard someone say that their child is enrolled in a private and independent school. I've provided references here and elsewhere to support my opinion. I've asked you several times to provide evidence of your unsubstantiated claim that one is a subset of the other. You seem to be ignoring this request or the one reference provided in no way supported your claim. It seems like you're trying to make a very convoluted point for no clear reason. My purpose is very clear. To reach consensus on how non-government and government schools are described. That was very clearly stated from the outset and has not changed. You seem to be stuck on describing non-government schools as concurrently both independent and private. Most other editors seem to have reached the consensus that non-government schools (with the exception of Catholic systemic schools) can be described as "independent"; and that "private" was a term used many years ago, yet is no longer current. Please note that none of the above is said in malice and I value your input into the debate and discussion. I am also aware of comments on your talk page and am simply providing you with ample opportunity to back your claims. I really want you to do so. Thanks. Rangasyd (talk) 11:27, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

It would be unnecessary for someone to say their child was in a "private independent" school, just as it would be unnecessary for them to use any lead sentence to describe their child's education. We don't write lead sentences, or any part of the article, in order to be repeated as part of casual conversation. We write to make content as encyclopaedic as possible, giving readers information. You seem to be stuck on describing non-government schools as concurrently both independent and private. On the contrary, Catholic schools are private and not independent, while non-Catholic private schools are independent (and private). It seems like you're pleading that there are a few Catholic schools which are not part of what you are considering to be the mainstream Catholic system, and I have no problem with describing that as such. I don't think what I'm saying is at all controversial but I can get sources for you if you wish. Onetwothreeip (talk) 09:18, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Please provide sources that define a "private school"; and please provide sources that define an "independent school". And then perhaps we can move forward. Thanks. Rangasyd (talk) 10:50, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
I thought that you may find this of interest:

Schools in Australia may be classified as either government or non-government schools. Government schools are the direct responsibility of the Director-General of Education (or equivalent) in each state or territory and receive funding from the relevant state or territory government. Non-government schools can be further classified, based on self-identification of the school’s affiliation. Non-government schools are grouped for reporting as Catholic (including Catholic affiliated independent schools) or independent (other non-government schools, including Anglican). Non-government schools operate under conditions determined by state and territory government regulatory authorities and receive funding from the Australian Government and relevant state or territory government.

With thanks to the ABS. Rangasyd (talk) 12:27, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
That reflects the common delineation of private schools, where Catholic schools and independent schools are separate groups but both private schools. Non-government schools are grouped for reporting as Catholic (including Catholic affiliated independent schools) or independent (other non-government schools, including Anglican). Furthermore, "private schools" and "non-government schools" are interchangeable terms, but "government school" is a very uncommon term for what is more often known as a public school, or somewhat often as a state school. Onetwothreeip (talk) 22:57, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
I agree that the more common term locally is "state school" or "public school" depending which state you are in, but is there any misunderstanding likely to be created by the term "government school" to either Australians or those further afield? Does it convey the notion of being under the control of the government (being likely to be open to all, with similar standards and expectations etc), as opposed to being a school possibly not open to all students, or one that operates under different principles (e.g. religious, pedagogical e.g. Steiner). I think as long as nobody is likely to misunderstand the term, then I think it works better than terms that might have other meanings and or might be seen as favouring the terminology of one parts of Australia over another (which is often an area of sensitivity). The other pragmatic consideration (frequently overlooked) is volunteer enthusiasm. If we make writing about Australian schools too complex or too contentious, then editors will stop writing about schools. Many of our attempts to achieve consensus on many Australian topics burn out or fade away because people refuse to grasp that a consensus (by defintion) is what works for most people. It is often impossible to find a consensus that works for all people. Kerry (talk) 00:05, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Rosedale Cottage

Please see recent two tags for clarification. Help? --LilHelpa (talk) 20:00, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. The source had some errors in it. Corrected and tags removed. Cheers. Rangasyd (talk) 20:24, 25 August 2019 (UTC) Rangasyd (talk) 20:24, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

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Arbitrary NSW HD entries

I can sort-of produce Wikipedia articles from these. See User:Kerry Raymond/sandbox for St Johns at Wollombi (note it looks scrappy because the NSW HD entry is scrappy). The tool I built was for the purpose of generating additional text for NSW SHR entries that were minimal but there was better content for that site in one of the other NSW HD entries. That is, the goal was to produce history, description and significance content rather than infoboxes, categories etc. Having said that, I think the main thing my tool does not do is state which heritage register it is coming from (in this case it is the Hunter Heritage Regional Environmental Plan -- whatever that is) as that wasn't needed for the NSW SHR purpose. I probably could extract the name of the heritage register from the NSW HD if needed. I assume my photo extracting tool would work too again with a little tweaking (noting I have yet to extract and upload about half the photos from the NSW SHR which is probably more of a priority for me). The main question is whether the arbitrary NSW HD entries are notable under WP:GNG. If they are, then tell me the database ID (which appears in the NSW HD URL) and I can email you the draft article. Kerry (talk) 00:56, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

@Kerry Raymond: Thanks for that. Initially I thought we'd missed one from the NSW SHR. Then I realised it was from the NSW HD. I've created the article at St John the Evangelist Church, Wollombi using what was in your sandbox as the base. Thanks so much. I'm working through Edmund Blacket's buildings. I think I will move them out of his article and into a operate list. As I was going through the articles I realised that quite a few did not have Wikipedia articles... it was only on closer inspection that I rebased that they were not in the NSHSHR. So thanks; but no need for more at present. I'll let you know if more are required. By the way, I used {{Infobox church}} instead of {{Infobox historic site}}. I can't recall if a code was ever created for NSW HD. Can you... and what is the page where you request a code be created? My memory is fading!! Rangasyd (talk) 15:49, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
Template talk:Designation is the place to request new codes/colour schemes set up. Kerry (talk) 20:56, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
Well well well, take a look at [1] Kerry (talk) 21:55, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
Also I agree with you that the colours should be different to NSW SHR. Kerry (talk) 21:57, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
This would be great to do for the country railway stations especially, nearly all of which had NSWSHR articles which were balls and great content elsewhere in the NSWHD. The Drover's Wife (talk) 00:50, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
@The Drover's Wife: Well, if you just want content for NSW SHR articles, I can do that now. With more work on the code, I can possibly do a bit better in terms of producing stand-alone articles for things not in the NSW SHR but you feel can pass GNG. Now that the NSW HD is a designation for infobox historic site, I can produce a proper infobox for the articles, although it's a bit of a cheat as we probably should also say the precise register it is on. I am thinking along the lines of a lede that says "It was added to the Hunter Heritage Regional Environmental Plan on 18 October 2019". That would be honest about the heritage listing but not require us to have designations or individual articles about all these little heritage registers (I guess we could do redirects for them and let the New South Wales Heritage Database article explain the exciting variety of HRs it contains). Kerry (talk) 03:31, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
@The Drover's Wife: As you might recall that in my NSW SHR project spreadsheet, there is that field called "issues" that the two of you occasionally filled in noting the lack of content in a NSW SHR article. I can easily give you that list of articles as sites you might like to investigate in the NSW HD for better content in one of the other registers. If you find something useful, send me the database ID and I'll send you the generated material. Of course if you are both interested in doing it, we probably need to divide the set by LGA (as we did before) or something else so you don't waste time working on the same thing. While not every article needing additional content may have been flagged in the spreadsheet, there are 121 currently so flagged so they would be a good place to start. Kerry (talk) 03:42, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
@Kerry Raymond: I'm happy to make a start on the "issues". So, if we use St John the Evangelist Church, Wollombi as the example for applying the NSW HD template, I suggest that in the infobox we use {{designation1_free4name = Listing Title}} and, hence, {{designation1_free4value = Hunter Heritage Regional Environmental Plan, 1989}}. In the lede/body of the article we simply stick to "... added to the New South Wales Heritage Database on 18 October 2019". Or Kerry, do you think we should proceed as you've proposed above? Should this discussion be moved to another page? Rangasyd (talk) 10:15, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
You are right we should probably be talking on another page. I think your proposal is OK for me though. Kerry (talk) 02:39, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Comment on this page has concluded. Please refer all future discussion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian historic places#New South Wales Heritage database. With thanks. Rangasyd (talk) 11:06, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello Rangasyd,

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.

Getting the queue to 0

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Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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Camden and St John's

Hi, I am the person who nominated the St Johns Anglican Church Precinct for the NSW SHR and the Australian National Heritage List. As part of the project I added the Heritage Section to the Camden Wiki page. (I am also a member of the Camden Historical Society which has just created a working group to promote the nomination of some part of the Macarthur Legacy for inclusion on the Australian National Heritage List.) I have undone your last set of changes to the Camden wiki page to reflect the content of the SHR and local knowledge. I think it important to acknowledge Camden Park House & Gardens are no longer attached to Camden Park Estate and Belegenny Farm. They are physically separate, have different owners and are operated separately. This is reflected by their individual listings in the SHR. Also, I think it is important to understand the St Johns Anglican Church Precinct and the St John's the Evangelist Church building are not the same thing. Precinct is remnant of the original Macarthur gifts. The Church is only one small part of the Precinct. I had started on a wiki page for the St Johns Anglican Church Precinct, but you have beaten me to it, good work! The problem I found is the Heritage Conservation Management Plan contains many errors and omissions. I corrected the pertinent ones in the documents accompanying my SHR nomination. Over the next little would like to add corrections (with references) to your wiki page. Do you want to work with me on this or is it ok for me to modify the page? There is a great deal of local community interest the precinct at present. The local church is planning to sell over 60% of the precinct for development (aged care facility), this plan is not popular with the community. Fletcher User:Fj42 21:24, 18 November 2019‎.

Discussion on this topic has been moved to Talk:St John's Anglican Church, Camden#State heritage listing.

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New Page Review newsletter December 2019

A graph showing the number of articles in the page curation feed from 12/21/18 - 12/20/19

Reviewer of the Year

This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.

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Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

Top 10 Reviewers over the last 365 days
Rank Username Num reviews Log
1 Rosguill (talk) 47,395 Patrol Page Curation
2 Onel5969 (talk) 41,883 Patrol Page Curation
3 JTtheOG (talk) 11,493 Patrol Page Curation
4 Arthistorian1977 (talk) 5,562 Patrol Page Curation
5 DannyS712 (talk) 4,866 Patrol Page Curation
6 CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk) 3,995 Patrol Page Curation
7 DragonflySixtyseven (talk) 3,812 Patrol Page Curation
8 Boleyn (talk) 3,655 Patrol Page Curation
9 Ymblanter (talk) 3,553 Patrol Page Curation
10 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 3,522 Patrol Page Curation

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