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Contents 1 Mindrap 2 Thanks....... 3 Thanks! 4 Balmain 5 WP:AIV 6 Health Wiki Research 7 re EB article - National centre vs right 8 Re: Your revert on Calypso (software) 9 Re: Little Britain 10 agencyPlus 11 Maintenance notices 12 Your edits to Ilan_Pappé

[edit] Mindrap

What you and I both reverted as vandalism was the newbie editor's good faith attempts to fix the copyvio problem. I restored the other two blanked templates and left her a note. Anchoress 13:03, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks.......

for going ahead and making that change in the Exclusive Brethren‎ article without waiting for me to do it. As a new editor and new to that particular story, it would have taken me a while, especially given the long history on that article.

I often find the discussion page much more informative and thought provoking than the actual article itself. I am amazed at the patience some editors (yourself included) have with those who are often angry and oblivious. Lots of good brains on this project! R Duggan 01:05, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for reverting my userpage! riana_dzasta 06:30, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Balmain

Love your work on the Balmain article. Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown are current local residents and I have added them in. amitch ^(talk) 09:26, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AIV

I felt like blocking you instead of the vandal :P Viridae^Talk 10:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Health Wiki Research

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Thanks, Corey 16:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re EB article - National centre vs right

Not really a biggy but to be balanced National should be described as right-wing if Labour is described as left-wing. Arguably Labour is centre-left and National although traditionally centre-right has been right-wing under Brash. Clearly since dropping Brash and promoting Key they have tried to re-position themselves as centre-right, equally clearly they were percieved as right-wing during the last election (the period this EB material relates to) and gained support at the expense of ACT and NZ First. For the purposes of the EB article for an international audience, left and right 'orientated' might be more useful, as elsewhere left and right 'wing' describe rather more extreme positions than most NZ political parties hold. --AGoon 01:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I mostly agree with you here:

• Firstly though, my main reason for reverting your change was because I'm very wary of changes that are appear hyperbolic. Your summary had the word "arguably" in it too, which set off alarm bells for me. I was more concerned with POV creep than anything (there's been a lot of it in both directions in the EB article). I probably should have put a comment to that effect on the talk page at the time...
• As for the direction of National under Brash, in 2003 Brash "promised centre-right policies".[1] I realise that politician says ≠ politician does ;), but it's the strongest indication I can find anywhere about National's direction at the time.
• I agree: NZ Labour is definately not "left-wing". Both sides of NZ politics are extremely moderate both by international standards, and when compared with NZ's past. I'm a big fan of that one changing.
• I really like your suggestion regarding "left and right 'orientated'". Can I leave you to make the changes?

Cheers, Chovain 01:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Note: I've summarised our discussion on the EB talk page. Chovain 01:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes National don't like the tag 'right-wing' and always push 'centre-right', some of the press kindly repeat this self definition. I expect the names National and Labour give readers a fair clue ;-), but I'll make the change to 'orientated' and see who objects :-) --AGoon 05:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Your revert on Calypso (software)

Yay, I was too fast. Sorry. Jacek Kendysz 14:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Little Britain

I've replied to your comments on my talk page. ~~ Peteb16 09:28, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] agencyPlus

agencyPlus is a software application, notable as it is the only 100% .Net SQL2005 smart-client application in an industry (general insurance) dominated by outdated proprietary systems (competitor systems; see TRIPOS). It's not a group, person etc. The company behind it, Insurecom, is a business in England (run by an Australian) that has it's funding from the US. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by agencyplus (talk • contribs) 00:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maintenance notices

The only maintenance notices I intentionally deleted were the uncategorized ones and that is because I added categories. If I deleted any others, it was in error. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.165.167.97 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits to Ilan_Pappé

[2] Could you be so kind and explain why you reverted the edit of Chovain in the Illan Pappe page. Have you read the related discussion on the talk page? Abu ali 15:36, 15 December 2006 (UTC)