User talk:Lankiveil

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[edit] Welcome to the Wikipedia

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Feel free to ask me anything the links and talk pages don't answer. You can sign your name by typing 4 tildes, like this: ~~~~.

Be Bold!

Sam [Spade] 16:08, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Welcome from me too. I noticed you fixed my "pony plub"! I hope you take the time to give yourself a user page soon, with a brief mention of where you live (I'm guessing it's Oz) and as much as you like in the way of quick links and ToDo lists. Enjoy your time here anyway! Robin Patterson 15:09, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! I've slapped together a nice simple user page, I never know what to write about myself in these things! Lankiveil 07:16, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Brisbane Suburb Box

Hi Lankiveil, I think you created the suburb box for Brisbane suburbs, which I think is a damned good idea. I'm happy to start putting it in other suburbs' entries, but I don't seem to be able to get rid of the top line that says "suburbs NEAR SANDGATE" - how do I get it to refer to the suburb the box relates to ? Paddington62 09:22, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Newmarket station

Great photo! Glad you added one, it was certainly going to take me a while to photograph 'em all . . . nice to have another Brisbane person around. Lacrimosus 08:28, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] ANZ

Hi. I was looking over the Australian bank articles, and saw that you said in ANZ that it is the largest bank in Australia. Where did you get this information? Their own website simply says "ANZ is one of the largest companies in Australia and New Zealand". I always thought National, Westpac or Commonwealth would be the largest bank in Australia. ANZ doesn't have a huge presence here. - Mark 09:14, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I thought that it was common knowledge that ANZ are the biggest. I did some research though, and it appears that NAB is the biggest bank in Australia, although the Commonwealth are fast catching up. NAB has next to no presence hereabouts though (southeast Queensland), so I guess it's subjective.

Nevertheless, I'll fix up the error.

Lankiveil 06:13, Sep 13, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Weather report

Thanks for the weather update on Wikinews. I've left a message with a question on your user talk page over in the Wikinews space. --DV 08:22, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Celsius

Fahrenheit

I posted the first version of the world surface condition maps in the weather section. Lankiveil, I e-mailed you the source files to your gmail account. There are Celsius and Fahrenheit datasets in the XML file.

(If anyone else wants the source files, or can provide a repository to hold them, please let me know.) — DV 09:50, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Cricket wikireader

As you are a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket, I thought you might be interested in this. I have made a proposal to create a WikiReader for cricket. Perhaps you could comment at User:Smoddy/WikiReader Cricket on my suggested content. Cheers, Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 16:23, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Gap, Queensland

Thank you for leaving me to fix all of the links so that the pages would link to The Gap, Queensland instead of to The Gap, Brisbane, Queensland when you moved the article. I have just completed this task.

As the mover of the page, it was your responsibility to fix the links to the new title.

The reason why the title was given as 'The Gap, Brisbane, Queensland', was to distinguish the Brisbane suburb from the Mount Isa location which is also called 'The Gap', and which has been designated by the title of 'The Gap, Mount Isa, Queensland'. Did you even bother to check why 'The Gap' had the name 'Brisbane' in the title, or did you consider this to be too much an effort on your part to embark upon, or too much of a waste of your time.

Because of all the work involved in having to change the links from the pages which link with 'The Gap, Queensland', for the Brisbane suburb page, the article will continue to keep that title. Another reason is because the title is now uniform in keeping with other suburbs of Brisbane.

A final word. Next time you 'move' pages to a new title, please fix up all relevant links, instead of leaving the task for other people to do. Figaro 14:19 October 5, 2005 (UTC)

Your response does not answer my comment that it was your responsibility to have changed the links from going to "The Gap, Brisbane, Queensland", so that they would go to "The Gap, Queensland". In your response, you chose to completely ignore the fact that it was your responsibility to do this. Any time that I have moved a page, I have always all the links to the page so that they would go to the new page. Figaro 09:12 October 6, 2005 (UTC)

When you move a page, the instruction is given to check links to make sure that they link properly to the new title. For instance, when you click on the word 'check', you are given a list of pages which link to the old title, so that you can change the links on those pages for the links to properly access the new title. Did you choose to ignore the instruction? Furthermore, it is vital to make sure that there are no double redirects, and Wikipedia makes it explicit that these should be dealt with. When you move a page, do you even bother to check about double redirects?

As far as blanking the discussion page is concerned, none of the messages that I have ever received have been deleted - not even yours - and all messages that have been written to me are still publicly accessible. I discovered that Wikipedian talk pages are accessible at other non-Wikipedian websites, and the move was because I did not want non-Wikipedians being able to read my messages. If you want to check out my messages, all you need to do is to click on the link to 'personal pages' at the bottom of my user page. This will take you to an index page for three further pages - one of which is called 'personal notes', where messages I have received are available to be read. Figaro 11:57 October 6, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your Marlborough article

Just thought I'd let you know that your article Principality of Marlborough has been nominated for deletion here in what appears to be a targeted campaign by a group of zealous but largely misinformed editors. I strongly believe this article documents an important piece of Australian political history and should not be deleted under any circumstances. --Centauri 02:55, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

My pleasure. In case you hadn't already seen, a number of similar micronation articles have also been targeted in the same way: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sovereign_State_of_Aeterna_Lucina Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Gay_and_Lesbian_Kingdom_of_the_Coral_Sea_Islands_(second_nomination) and Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Principality_of_Freedonia Seems to be open season at the moment. --Centauri 02:42, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're welcome

You're welcome, and you're right: the lengthly list of stub types is hard to remember :) Conscious 12:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Steven Lasher afd

Hi, I'd like to ask if you'd perhaps reconsider this AfD on the basis of some new points I've brought up. Thanks! Girolamo Savonarola 16:15, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Chastity, Truth and Kinopanorama

On your Wiki profile you claim that you are pro-Australian.

I beg to differ. If that were so you would not have voted for the deletion of Chastity, Truth and Kinopanorama, as you did.

You failed to note the special importance of the film, including the fact that it was the first Kinopanorama film shot in the former USSR by a foreign company -- in this case an AUSTRALIAN company.

Secondly, the fact that the film was exhibited commercially and 1997, and is presently being restored for a 10th anniversary screening at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome in mid-2007, alone warrents inclusion.

Jeremy Sefton-Parke kinopanorama@msn.com--Kinopanorama widescreen 02:03, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

You should delete me from the article on John Steven Lasher. The sooner the better. jslasher@hotmail.com--58.166.242.14 06:17, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brisbane WikiProject

Hi Lankiveil. I notice that in the past you have expressed interest in Brisbane suburb articles. I wanted to let you know that I am trying to revive the Brisbane WikiProject. You may have noticed the list of suggested tasks that has recently been created on the project page. There’s also a new 'recent activity' section on the project talk page where you might like to add any Brisbane related articles that you've recently been working on to encourage others to join in. If you have any comments on how to improve the project or ideas on the articles themselves, please share them on the project talk page. Thanks. -- Adz|talk 06:47, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CorbinSimpson's Request for Adminship

Thanks for voting in my request for administrator rights, even though it failed (13/30/4). Sadly, work has forced me to respond to you all using a substituted message rather than a personalized response. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that administrators, to me, should be chosen and approved by the community, and I will continue working to become a better editor and Wikipedian. No matter what the alignment of your vote was, I will take your comments seriously and use them to improve myself. If you wish to discuss your comments personally with me, I would be more than glad to talk about things since the RfA is now over; just leave your concern on my talk page and we will sort things out. Thanks again for voting, and happy editing! - Corbin ^{Be excellent}

[edit] Proposed Georgia Move

As a past participant in the discussion on how to handle the Georgia pages, I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at Talk:Georgia (country)#Requested_Move_-_July_2006. Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --Vengeful Cynic 03:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Undeletion of Sydney Bus Route article

Hi Lankiveil, you recently contributed to the deletion review about the Sydney bus routes. We're requesting an undeletion here and I'd appreciate your help in getting this decision overturned. I don't think there was a consensus on deletion. (JROBBO 06:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC))

[edit] my-boi

please reconsider your vote against my-boi i think it is very important since it made national attention in the media, read the article on james barnett the 18-yo who was expelled from his conservative high school for creating the website. the website will soon be joined with xy.com an even more noteworthy website with millions of registered users somthing that makes it very notable, i think this is premature. why did you vote for delete? Qrc2006 21:22, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lords Reform

I don't know howmany people I've asked to help make the Lords Reform article. If you don't think it is written in the right style, then isn't it obvious we need help, not the demoralising but very easy option of abortion?

It isn't supposed to be a gun fight where you kill off anyone you don't like, it is supposed to be a form of co operation ... so come and help!LordsReform 11:32, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

PS. Sorry, thought you were another US - "why don't you just get rid of the House of Lords, and the commons whilst about it and become a proper democracy under american protection!". I rather like the Aussies, I've still got the birth marks!LordsReform 11:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Lankiveil, I gather from the message that you're willing to help. You don't know how glad I am of that offer. I'm currently working through the government white paper. My latest work is on User:LordsReform/Roles it is doing my head in trying to take the information from a stodgey official report, balance it with often very political stuff and try and work out how best to put it into wikipedia.

What I will find really useful is to see what other people change on the article, because that will give me a good idea of where I'm getting it wrong. And so I'll be able to change what I'm doing to suit.

Please remember, I really don't know anything about Wikipedia, I am making many mistakes! There is at least one other person entering some information, but he's obviously an expert on the history!Mike 12:40, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bad faith afd nomination

Hi. Empire of Atlantium has been nominated for afd - for the sixth time. The nomination has been made in bad faith by a suspected sockpuppet. You voted to retain this article in February. Thought you might be interested to know. If not, sorry to trouble you. --Gene_poole 09:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Classical_Guitar_labelled_irish.jpg

Hi Lankiveil, you took my picture Image:Classical_Guitar_not_labelled.jpg to create Image:Classical_Guitar_labelled_irish.jpg. This is nice and I appreciate it very much. But I have to tell you that you are not allowed to release your version under the GFDL, because my picture is released under the license "CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE" [1]. This means you can only use a CC-BY-SA-License. Please change the License of your work. Thanks! --Martin

[edit] RfA thanks

Please accept my thanks for your support in my successful RfA, which I was gratified to learn passed without opposition on October 25, 2006. I am looking forward to serving as an administrator and hope that I prove worthy of your trust. With my best wishes, --MCB 17:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Archiving of "Troll Bait"

Just a comment on your archiving of the "Troll Bait". While you, I, and the person accused all know that the original comment was nothing but a bad-faith accusation by an editor bitter that their particular POV was not being allowed to be pushed, I disagree with "archiving" the whole affair. Surely, it's better to air such accusations and look at them in an impartial light, rather than doing what may be construed as "sweeping them under the rug". Personally, I'm quite willing to accept the reasoning that it was a stupid mistake made by a very young editor, but should we not at least be open about such things?

Respectfully,

Lankiveil 05:38, 8 November 2006 (UTC).

There is a difficult balance to be struck here. On the one hand, we want to create an environment where people can feel confident airing concerns about even the most respected contributors, and where such concerns can be discussed openly without censorship or fear of reprisals. On the other hand, it is important that trolls who deliberately set out to harm other editors not be fed.

Blowing the whistle on someone certainly doesn't make you a troll, but she was already a troll before she blew the whistle on Longhair. This is a long-term nuisance editor who was banned by the ArbCom, and was violating her ban in order to publicly post the results of her trawling through Longhair's contributions looking for dirt.

In this situation, bearing in mind the spirit in which the accusation was made, and Longhair's adequate response to it, I was of the opinion that the best course was to archive the discussion. But such an action must always be subject to there being no objections. If you wish, I will restore the discussion.

Hesperian 06:00, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure if it was the same user but see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Gundagai editors and associated pages. If she is the same user she is not young (claiming to be 55 and having 2 uni degrees and working on a 3rd and she is no novice to wikipedia either having edited here since May. If she is not the same user her very few edits are very surprising and otherwise seemingly inexplicable in their targets. Regards Golden Wattle ^talk 09:39, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, sorry about the confusion. I never think of Longhair as that young but perhaps I am doing him a disservice and of course he was a new user once. The edit was two years ago, early in his wikipedia career, he has admitted it was not a good idea and he has since learned a lot. Gretaw's edits (Gretaw (talk • contribs))are somewhat surprising, definitely on the attack to discredit people involved in the arbcom case. Her postings about Sarah Ewart on the Gundagai page reference another article were difficult and I certainly read her post about Longhair in that light. Longhair has a very great number of edits and she would have had to search for a long time to find something to discredit him. I can't believe it was random chance. Why go back that far in the history of the article, why raise it at AWNB rather than the article page or with the user, and why were the previous comments made by Gretaw concerning another admin made on the Gundagai page but in fact related to a minor edits about Point Nepean, Victoria. [2] I have no issue with the post being there, it is so patently bad faith, but I don't hold with scolding someone for edits made two years ago when he has obviously moved on and so have we all. The edit history is there and we are all accountable for all our edits, but comment by the community to such a provactive post should be made in the light of elapsed time and contribution history. I am waiting my turn! Those of us who have signed in are accountable and we are well aware that the software supports history facilitating the transparency.--Golden Wattle ^talk 00:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elizabeth Austin

You mentioned the "heresy " comment she made in the Chicago Tribune article about "Wikiality." If it sounds too POV or to be pushing religion, please have a go at revising it, either on the article or the talk page for the article. I would like to keep some mention of Wikiality (the falsifying of Wikipedia info for fun or to repair one's image. I see that the HTML link to the newspaper has gone stale. She basically wrote humorously against tampering with reality in Wikipedia, which led me to take note of her and find she was sufficiently notable for an article of her own. Regards. Edison 05:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gibraltar

That guy has recreated the article about 'Spanish Gibraltarians' and there is another Afd discussion you may wish add a comment to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Spanish_Gibraltarians

--Gibnews 11:19, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your input is requested

Your input would be appreciated at this Request for Comments. Kelly Martin (talk) 19:46, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you.

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which was successful. I will do my best to wield the broom wisely! | Mr. Darcy talk 20:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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