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[edit] Ashburton
I live in Ashburton, and the sale of Designline is on the front page of the local paper (Ashburton Guardian). Unfortunately, the article isn't on the Guardian website, nor does the article name who the buyers are, other than "US Interests".-User:AH Dean
Sorry about that!
[edit] Photo competition -if we have it
Hi, if we're going to have that photo competition you suggested on WP:NZCOTF, I'd like to "enter" a photo I took that I've put on the Tino rangatiratanga page. Armon 00:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- You should suggest a loosening of the rules then, as my original suggestion was that only photos uploaded during the COTF period are eligible.-gadfium 00:10, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Stink. I don't want to do that, too self-serving. Armon 00:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Urethral Sounding
Thank you very much for your answer to my question. The links were extremly helpful and included all the information I could hope to find. I remains to be seen if I am willing to give sounding a try. 66.82.9.54 18:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)Hornytoad62
[edit] Hi, Gads!
Man, is it ever great to hear from you! I'm truly touched and overwhelmed by the welcome-home. I told at least one other user that I was afraid I was going to be tarred and feathered when I signed back on. I am SO glad those were unfounded fears. Ah, vandal-slaying...been too long. :) - Lucky 6.9 01:18, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- I like it. Very clean and fair way of doing things. There are a helluva lot of new templates, rules, regulations and such and I don't want to do the wrong thing right out of the chute. It was fun for the time being to stretch my atrophied admin muscles! I still plan on doing more editing and less new pages patrolling. I'll concentrate on the obvious speedies for now when the mood strikes. There are also a few subjects I'd like to add - been real busy doing that at other GNU doc wikis - and a few older articles I'd like to clean up. I really want to pick up where I left off at the Disneyland Railroad article. Very close to featured status and I want to make that feature number seven real soon. Can I count on you to hold my hand for the time being? - Lucky 6.9 05:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Any help I can provide you, just ask!-gadfium 05:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Keith Locke PoV edit war
Hi, User:Armon and I are decending into a bit of an edit war over Keith Locke and I was hoping you could come and offer a neutral perspective and help us come to consensus. Or any other scrupulously neutral editors intested in NZ politics you know. cheers Drstuey 08:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Apologies
Sorry for my lack of input on the mediation -I've been sick. I'll get back to it ASAP. Armon 09:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What tha....?
Hey I just went to add User:Cyde/Ref converter to User:Armon/Quick Reference Tags and it says it's a blocked user account -huh? Looks like a bot did it. Is it something I should worry about? Armon 02:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- I think your putting vandal tags on that page may be confusing the bot. I suggest you drop a note on User talk:Cyde about it.-gadfium 02:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. Armon 04:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brash
While at the moment trivial, I was talking to one of my political science lecturers who deems this the beginning of the end for Brash. So maybe it isn't relevant/encyclopaedic now, but it may be soon. I also think having your own caucus raise it up is pretty significant. I will get around to the 2005 New Zealand election funding controversy soon.
Keep a close watch on the Don Brash article, and also Peter Davis (New Zealand), I have heard numerous rumours about things coming out about them (Don Brash is having obvious problems with his wife. Peter Davis is being investigated by Ian Wishart). --Midnighttonight Procrastinating on uni work... 02:37, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- See Talk:Don Brash. I think that someones marriage is actually quite an important part of his life (but not very important politically). It deserves a mention. Problem is that the current 2006 and beyond section is about politics. Well, if this published things not currently published in the public arena, some MPs would have quite interesting entries. Lets just leave it at that. Tell me to get back to work! 04:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, of course his marriage is an important part of his life, but we don't need to cover all the ups and downs of it. Would we add to the Helen Clark article: On February 32, 2007, Peter Davis had to sleep on the couch because he failed to take out the trash?-gadfium 04:51, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Yeah, fair call. I'm generally inclined to keep personal lives of politicians out of here unless things are particularly important, and this probably falls outside that at the moment. And thanks for the encouragement (I finshed something important today, so I'm on a break for a few hours... (and I changed the wording on my userpage to something less aggressive and probably more truthfull) Tell me to get back to work! 05:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New templates
Thanks Gad. I thought of that...too late. :) Anyway, nice to hear from you - Lucky 6.9 14:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks for watching my back.
Ah, the pleasures of reverting kiddie-wiki. BTW, I dig the new signature. Thinking of trying one myself. Best, Lucky 6.9 06:37, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sorry
Didn't mean to vandilze! Sorry.
[edit] Hey Tiger
Dear Ash-vegas, I am not too sure what you expect of me. You like the look of the pages I have put together? You seem good at working the net and this wikipedia thing - if a certain level of permission stamp needs to be put on these images I am guessing you know what it is and where to find it. Impress me some more! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kiwi Digger (talk • contribs).
- It looks like those images came from commercial websites, and I'm afraid that just taking someone else's photos and saying that they are licenced under the GFDL isn't legally acceptable. If the people who took the photos have agreed that they will licence them under those terms, or you are the original photographer and those websites are using the image with your permission, then you need to tell us that and someone who is more aware of this aspect of copyright law will step you through the procedure of making it formal. If you do nothing, the images will be deleted to protect the rights of the original copyright holders. Under the law, we can do no less.- gadfium 19:28, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Te Arawa Treaty settlement
Hey, fast spotting on the settlement announced this weekend - I had a feeling the reporters mangled the figures ("reported to be worth..."[1]) so I had a look at the official story [2] and it paints a slightly different picture. No doubt things will clear up when they update the quarterly report. --Tirana 22:15, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
