Talk:Captain Thunderbolt

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I was editing this page when someone added a copyright violation. The person who added the content was my father Barry Sinclair who is unfamiliar with the protocols for Wikipedia. The content is his own material as he will no doubt advise. I am sure he will work out the rules soon enough and do all the correct things. --Peacenik 12:15, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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Hi Peacenik. Your father will need to release this material under the GNU FDL before it can be posted on Wikipedia. He can make a statement on this talk page to that effect (but bear in mind Wikipedia:No original research), but he should be aware that the text will be subject to editing by all and sundry. If he is happy to see this happen to what is obviously a labour of love, then encourage him to register and carry on adding to Wikipedia. Cheers. Noisy | Talk 12:42, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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Hi my name is Barry Sinclair, I am the copyright holder of all the material I am about to enter & have my own web page on the topic of Captain Thunderbolt, an Australian Bushranger from NSW, Australia at URL http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/barrymor/thunderbolt.html. --12.35, 2 October, 2004 (UTC)

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This page appears to be rich in opinion and editorial comment, and contains a substantial amount of original research. I have marked it TotallyDisputed, but I confess I am not an expert on Thunderbolt and am unlikely to rectify the page myself. Snottygobble 02:14, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Every now and again I come back to it and do a bit more wikifying and NPOVing, so I'd welcome you spending just a few minutes working on it to make it more wiki-like. Cheers. Noisy | Talk 10:14, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Title of this page 2 Factual errors e.g. the non-existant cathedral 3 Rewrite 4 The Ghost Who Walks

[edit] Title of this page

I think the name of this page should be changed to Captain Thunderbolt. I added a divert from Captain Thunderbolt to this but am not sure of the protocol to get it changed.--Peacenik 08:38, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Well normally it would be quite easy, and you would just do a 'Move this page'. However, because the redirect has been edited, you will not be able to do that: you can only move a page onto its redirect if the redirect page is unedited. This is an example where you should have used the 'Show preview' to check that your redirect worked before saving it. What you have to do now is list the Captain Thunderbolt page on Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion; wait for an admin to delete it; and then get on and do the page move. Noisy | Talk 10:00, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Factual errors e.g. the non-existant cathedral

I'm a decendent of John Blanch, the proprietor of Blanch's Inn.

Where is this "St Paul's Cathedral" in Armidale where Fred Ward's brother is supposed to have been married ? St Peter's Cathedral was not built until 1878 St Mary and St Joseph's Cathedral was not built until the beginning of the 20th century.

I notice that there is a St Paul's Presbyterian Church, but that was built in 1881. Perhaps there was an earlier church of the same name? --Peacenik 00:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for the correction Barry Sinclair, I have made the correction 18th Oct 2005

[edit] Rewrite

I rewrote the article bringing it into line with other convict Bio`s and provide NPOV

• Excellent article. Well done Ghostieguide. Drew (Snottygobble | Talk) 11:07, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Ghost Who Walks

I wonder if anyone has ever noticed that Thunderbolt conforms to a mythic type, that of the Undying King? Think of King Arthur, Barbarossa, et al - rather than dying, the Undying King is spirited away (usually by supernatural helpers) to a land where he awaits the call to return and save his people. In more modern times the parallels are Elvis (coming soon to a supermarket near you), all those American POWs still living in the jungles of Laos (there's currently a website asking for volunteers to go rescue them), even Harold Holt (on his Russian submarine - which puts the Russians into the strange position of being the equivalent of the Lady of the Lake). If Fred had lived a few hundred years previous, he too could have become a demi-god. PiCo 09:32, 24 March 2006 (UTC)