User talk:Alex Law
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[edit] Urgent Messages
alex, do you still have thomas penberthy fry on your should be doing list???? Or is it done? Tom Fry was my Grandfather and I have a fair bit of background on him, his writings, where he studied both in Aust and overseas but I am also looking for more info as my mother is compiling an extensive family history. If this is of any use or interest to you would you please contact me? Also anyone else with info on him is welcome to do so too. Blythe.s 07:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC) my email---- drumgavney@westmet.com.au
[edit] Personal Sources
[edit] Queensland MLA / MP
It was resolved at a meeting (19/10/2000) of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Qld branch) that Members of the Legislative Assembly should be known as MP rather than MLA..
Thanks to Sue C at the Queensland Parliamentary Library
[edit] Discussion
[edit] Bacon and egg pie
hi -- thanks for the note. That's fine, a little more research shows me it's pretty well used and significant enough. Sorry if I was too quick on the deletion tag -- fortunately, {{prod}} lends itself to an easy removal. I would ask you to add a sentence or two about the cultural significance, if you can -- even a statement of where it is popular would give it some context. thanks! bikeable (talk) 03:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately as a first generation Australian of UK extraction, I can't give much info on the regional/cultural importance of Bacon and egg pie, that would have to come from someone in the UK. I do know that it is a UK derived dish, and, like Corned beef pie is a common picnic food for expat Brits in Oz. There's been quite a lot of angst over pies lately, one user wanted to pull the savoury ones all under Pot pie, which wasn't very useful. How did you find the CBP article?Alex Law 03:16, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Toowoomba Prison
Hi Alex Law. To be honest, I've never been to Toowoomba. The creation of the Toowoomba Prison article was created during my editing spree completing articles on prisons Australia-wide. The article was created some time ago, but I'm sure I remember sourcing most of the information from government related websites such as this one, which doesn't show Toowoomba as having a prison. Weird! The information came from somewhere verifiable (although excuse my lack of references for the article, it was created back in my more niave days and when Wikipedia was a little less strict with sources). Feel free to correct the article in any way you see fit. It's been clearly neglected since creation. I'll see what else I can find on where the information came from. -- Longhair 11:11, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Well, the original Toowoomba Prison site (closed c.1900), later that of the Austral Hall now has the de Molay Hall and a block of mediterranean look townhouses on it (at the end on my street). There is a youth detention centre about 15km out of town (Westbrook, Queensland). Not sure what the new cells (if any) are like in the police station/ magistrates court complex, I think they closed the old watchhouse when they built the new Hume St station. Corrective Services do have a community service program in town, but I don't even think there is a halfway house here. I really can't see anywhere to go with the article. Alex Law 11:29, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proxies
Once again the proxy for my ISP tpg.com.au has been blocked. For 48 hours... Please, I'm not the only tpg user who is getting blocked because of one idiot piddling in the Rove article. Alex Law 15:01, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the 220.* users on Felonius Monk's talk page: not all users with that IP edit wikipedia. What we are seeing in the contribs is more like 2 or 3 editors. The contribs of the editor I was referring to can easily be determined based on the time of day they edit and their interests.
The person who is vandalising the Rove article and getting us all blocked is someone else I think. I'm definitely not in favour of blocking them as I'm getting blocked too. User:Longhair is doing the blocking. Maybe we can make a deal with Longhair to watch the Rove page and revert vandalism in return for him not blocking the user except in the most extreme circumstances? Regards, Ashmoo 06:36, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Check the Rove talk page, it has been resolved. TPG's proxy structure is quite complex, and blocks are usually only 24 hours, so only a small number of casual editors are caught. I just edit/write most days so tend to see them. Latest problem is blocking a TPG primary server for 24 hours because a banned user attempted to edit from there. Anyway, glad to see another user from TPG. Feel free to add yourself to the user pages for the TPG Proxy IP numebers to reduce the chance of admins server blocking. 220.245.180. 130/131/133/133/134 Alex Law 19:54, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Queensland state elections
I moved them for the sake of consistency, as the Australian federal elections have used "legislative", and the other states have followed suit. I can't see why it's much different from the federal arena, as they are still elections to a legislative body. Ambi 01:22, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
That might make sense if Queensland had a system of govenrment structured the same way as the otehr states, but being unicameral, we don't have senate/upper house elections, so elections are, by defaulr elections for the Parliament... Alex Law 14:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright images help needed
I'm a USQ student (well, was in 2005, will be in 2007). I can upload fresh images to replace these two, but I may need the copyright tag thing checked when I do. Alex Law 21:08, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Alex, thanks for planning on contributing free replacements. There are several acceptable licensing options available for content creators. See WP:ICT#For image creators for details. Let me know if I can help. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 22:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Well, Library pic replaced with one with a huamn readable name, so the current one can be killed freely, not sure how to put it up for deletion (see USQ page). Japanese Garden pic will have to wait while I dig one out of my files, as the lake has been drained this week for cleaning and repairs (autumn, probably hoping for some cyclone related rain to refill it). I should do a small article on the Japanese Garden. Alex Law 02:09, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
- If you leave the {{no license}} template on the page, it will evenutally be deleted. Otherwise, you can list the image on Wikipedia:Copyright problems or Wikipedia:Images for deletion. Follow the instructions on those pages if you want to list it there. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 12:43, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] you're welcome
No problem. Yeah, some people don't need a reason to vandalize. It's like those kids that put "I love poop!!!" in various articles... Ya just gotta laugh sometimes. ;) --Fang Aili 說嗎? 19:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Addicted to Anime
In case you hadn't noticed, Addicted to Anime has been proposed for deletion. NickelShoe (Talk) 16:11, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, was away briefly. Not sure what to do to challenge the idea that it isn't notable. Toowoomba is the second largest inland city in Austyralia, and I keep getting flak about the fact that it is being documented in reasonable depth. At least it is a reasonable article, unlike (say) Brisbane Anime Society. Any guidelines on what is and is not notable? Alex Law 11:50, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia Meetup - Brisbane Invite
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[edit] recognition
for your personal glorification: Image:UpsidedownBarnstar.png --popefauvexxiii 09:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Os2logo.png
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[edit] Brisbane meetup
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[edit] Sociopolitical Ramifications MUCK
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[edit] Brisbane meetup invitation
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