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[edit] howard
those links have previously been removed. they are non-encyclopaedic. and if they were to stand, i should be allowed to put up links to liberal propaganda on mark latham's and bob brown's pages (which no-one would ever let me do). Xtra 03:40, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- FWIW, my suggestion is to make it:
- In 2003 Howard denied when he had been asked in Parliament whether any communication had occurred between the government and any representative of ethanol producers prior to a granting Manildra, a major Liberal Party donor, with more than $20 million a year in subsidies. It was subsequently alleged by Margo Kingston in the Sydney Morning Herald [1] that he had in fact met with Dick Honan, the chairman of the Manildra Group of companies, on the 1st of August, 2002.
- This way you are stating who is making the allegations, and you don't remove any of your material. This is proper sourcing. If you do this, then make sure you add the reference to the References section, as per cite your sources. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:14, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
hi. i don't want to get into an edit war. i just don't like wikipedia being used as a forum to push political rants. the most highly scrutinised and critisised people in the world are those who let the people see what they are doing. many things that people say about democratic leaders by oppositions shadow in comparison to what undemocratic autocrats, like mugabe, milosevic and Hussein do. people are far more careful with their words when describing such people. Xtra 13:09, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
you might want to register at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Australia m.e. 09:52, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Don't give me that crap. You want to make sure that everyone knows that someone who critisises a left wing person is noted as right wing but you don't want that reciprocated. That is a blatant breach of NPOV. Xtra 02:06, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
i made no such claim. try to read. and learn how to aproach things from an unbiased perspective. i am on a break. don't disturb me with your spindoctoring nonsense. Xtra 12:40, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] soph
Sorry for the links I added which were somewhat off-topic, Wm. Thanks for noting that. Being new to Wiki, I wasn't sure how strict the community was on those kind of things. I'll go back and remove any others that don't exactly match the topic. Thanks again.
[edit] Hi from Skud
Hi! Just checking in. I notice you wrote Pyrmont Bridge -- I was just wondering yesterday where there was a page for that. And I was wondering about the Rocks Push the other day, too, after reading about them in a book. I have some interesting information about the styles of clothing preferred by the various gangs at that time... quite colourful! If I were to put that info somewhere, do you think the Rocks Push page would be best, or is there a more general one on that gang culture in Sydney in the late 19th century? --Skud 11:17, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] ABC rewrite
Someone else did this (CyberJunkie), objecting to the instability that a major rewrite would create, and I can see his point. I'll advise him and he might debate this with you. I have no objection to rewriting in the normal location, but it's not hard to get to the rewrite: just hit 'Discussion' at top, then '/Rewrite'—takes all of seven seconds.
I'd be pleased to hear your ideas on the artice.
Tony 12:25, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
I received your message, and have asked Cyberjunkie what to do, since he was the protagonist. I'm relatively inexperienced in the administrative side of Wikipedia. All I'm concerned about is that the ABC article be excellent, and in particular, comprehensive and 'neutral'. Frankly, I thought it was pretty bad, and that it probably needed to be nuked and another started, perhaps with scraps from the old article. I don't conceive it as a 'private project', as you put it, and I think Cyberjunkie just wants to avoid the messiness of work in progress in the main article.
What are your thoughts on the article?
Tony 03:17, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- Hello Wm. The reason I created a temporary sub-page for Tony was because his rewrite was leaving the article, as viewed by our readers, in a ghastly state (refer Revision as of 23:51, 4 August 2005). It was not appropriate, in my view, to leave the article with notices such as "WORK IN PROGRESS.." placed randomly throughout. To rectify this, I created a temporary sub-page in which Tony could go about the (much needed) rewrite at his own pace. This is not an uncommon thing on Wikipedia. Users wanting to make major edits to an article, but not wishing to expose the often messy process to our readers, will create a sub-page in the user-space or of the article. This is why you will often see "temp" or "rewrite" sub-pages of articles, and "sandbox", "drafts", "lab" or "scratch-pad" in user-space.
- The use of a sub-page by no means excludes editors from editing the actual article. It is the responsibility of anyone using a sub-page for a rewrite to incorporate any changes made to the article. I have changed the html comment that Tony placed in the article to reflect this. I have also posted a brief explanation on the article's talk page.
- I don't believe any wiki-principles (which you seem to strongly support) are being compromised. And, as mentioned, this is not unusual. Ideally, it would be nice to have editors make changes to an article incrementally without need for a sub-page. Hopefully, however, you understand why it was necessary in this case. Tony is a newbie, so let him so leeway. If you have any further concerns, please let me know. Thanks, --Cyberjunkie | Talk 09:31, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The Honourable
Hi Wm. I haven't reverted Menzies because Adam's already taken care of that one with this edit. Cheers, Slac speak up! 00:07, 9 August 2005 (UTC).
[edit] Scott Ritter
Hi Newhoggy, howz things? I've been spending some time on the Scott Ritter page which looks very messay and poorly written and maybe some POV issues happenning there. Maybe if you have some time and inclination you might like to have a look and see what you think. Cheers. --Wm 05:49, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Hi Wm, I'm not familiar with Scott Ritter, but I'll have a look at it. Another thing is that the Bob Brown has been officially elected as as the Parliamentary Party Leader, which is quite different role compared to the Party Leader of other political parties. The potential for confusion is unfortunate, but what can be done? It is the first time the Australian Greens has formalised a leadership role within the party and the wiki pages will need to be updated to reflect that. Newhoggy | Talk 11:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Damn, you are brave!
Did you really go to Cronulla and get pictures amongst the violence? I could never go there, not least because by gf's family is Lebanese (she is 100% Aussie). - Ta bu shi da yu 07:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- I amnot ashamed of my gf, nor am I ashamed of her heritage. Just thought I'd clear that up. And I define my race as Australian, and I don't for one moment consider myself a jingoistic moron. - Ta bu shi da yu 14:55, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] It's cool
It's cool. I'm just a might defensive at the moment. See [2] - Ta bu shi da yu 21:14, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] East Timor Cover Up
You may like to comment on Proposal to delete Alleged East Timor Cover up Mccready 03:13, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: No response to discussion
Hi Wm,
The last time I looked at the talk page was between when Adam Carr expressed his view about the commentary section and when you replied to him. I didn't realise that you had replied to Adam. Andjam 14:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Prester John
Howdy, I see we are working out the Tampa issue. I like your edits and your writing style. Peace.
