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[edit] Spelling

Didn't know where to find this info so I thought i'd ask. What is the prefered english on wikipedia? I have seen z words and s words ae words and e words.Bartimaeus 04:57, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Bartimaeus 05:44, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Remarks at Wikipedia:WikiProject_hot_chicks

I have replied to your comments on my vote at Wikipedia:Miscellaneous_deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject_hot_chicks. At this point, I feel rather sheepish for being snarky at someone I didn't know was on the Arbitration Committee. I trust you won't use your godlike powers to squash me.  :) Vonspringer 06:00, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Waterfall Gully

I've noted your current objection to it's featured article nomination, and made changes to the article in the hope to accomodate your qualms with it. Would you mind having another look and offering further advice? - michaelg 07:21, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Ambi/Thanks

Hi Beck,

This is David from Georgia. I just wanted to say thanks for the welcome message and for your offer. Anyway, I haven't used this talk page before so I'm not sure how this works exactly but I wanted to let you know that I'll try to edit the pages regarding Georgia as much as I can (or at least what I know:)). I've edited some of the articles before but I did not have an account up until now. Thanks again and you can e-mail me or send me a message if you have comments or questions.

David

[edit] go away

Becky, I really resent your vote and comment. I'll be booting you out of my Patrick White group as soon as I get onto my normal computer. It's a bit late to try to offer kind words now. Tony 12:49, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I was nonplussed by your attitude to my changes to the Patrick White page, and upset that you refused to discuss it. (Bad form, in my view.) I'm further offended by your no vote here. You've really left a bad taste in my mouth. I'd be pleased not to communicate again. Tony 13:00, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

This is entirely inappropriate Tony. RfA is a community process, where individuals are entitled to have their own opinions. You'd do well not be oversensitive in such situations.--Cyberjunkie | Talk 14:41, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Evidence of Tony Sidaway's Misconduct

I am currently amassing evidence of the misconduct demonstrated by User:Tony Sidaway and would appreciate your help in the matter. If you would please post any contributions you may have to User:TheChief/Evidence I would appreciate it very much. TheChief (PowWow) 23:38, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Canberra Rents

Hi Ambi. I was not aware that rents in Canberra where high. In fact in recent years house prices have far outpaced the increase in rental prices. Did you have any references that might be useful if this was going to be included in the Canberra article? The only info I can find mentions that Canberra has a very low rental vacancy rate, but doesn't mention prices. --Martyman-(talk) 03:24, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Cool, found articles here and here. I will have a read. --Martyman-(talk) 03:33, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Australian Television Templates

Thank you very much for that. I just happen to stumble across this template for Thursday nights in the US and I just loved it. So I created some Aussie ones.

I haven't created one for Saturday nights as it's rear for a series to be shown on a regular Saturday night primetime timeslot (the only one I can think of is Hey Hey It's Saturday). Usually family films are the norm. Also I have only included the three commercial stations and from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM. Do you think that these should include ABC or even SBS and should these go all the way to 11:30 PM? Cheers -- Ianblair23 (talk) 05:25, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] edit counter

are you using this version? it moved here. kate

thanks, i moved the index page... the old one was really out of date  :) kate.

[edit] Edit summaries

Out of boredom I've been going through the admin list and noting activity and use of edit summaries. I'm leaving quick notes for admins who are using summaries less than regularly and you seem a touch inconsistent in this regard (maybe 50% over the last hundred). I'm glad you like Canadians and hope you aren't offended by this Canadian busybody. Just a thought. Marskell 00:29, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Places in Afghanistan

Hi. I saw your revert of my edits to Places in Afghanistan. I made some comments about that at Talk:Places_in_Afghanistan. Would you please respond? - Bubamara 09:29, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Exams

Good luck with the Contract Law exam, and any others you may have. --Scott Davis ^Talk 14:23, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] dont appreciate

Re. your snide mocking of my contributions to Brumby site.I wonder if I should put the above quote from Eric on Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense Ha Ha. I hope you got some small, but pleasant, enjoyment out of it. All my contribs are in good faith. Sneer away if you want but it would the adult thing to engage in argument, compromise and agreement. I notice that my contributions to Brumby site have stood. Do I get an apology? Or is it a matter of 'do as I say but not as I do'?Eric A. Warbuton 05:43, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

From your cheerless response I see that it is ok for you to mock myself and my, always goodfaith, edits. How small of you to then complain of my behaviour. I dont get it. You broke a fundemental wiki rule in mocking another contributor but you wont admit to it. Hmm. Theres a word for that. Now what is it? Eric A. Warbuton 03:09, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Since you have maligned me at 'Brumby' thus:

silly edits for the sake of it; instead of trying to contribute legitimately, Eric has a history of running around making silly edits to annoy people and then acting like he'd just written the Magna Carta

Can you list any 'silly' edits of mine? And provide evidence?

Can you list any edits where I havent tried to contribute 'legitimately' ?

Can you list any edits where I make 'silly edits to annoy people' ?

And when have I 'acted' as though I have 'just written the Magna Carta'? (This is especially amusing)

And I notice that my considered and legitimate edit at 'Brumby' is still, of course, standing. Eric A. Warbuton 03:28, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] NLA pictures

It is my understanding that not only are the pictures in the public domain, but furthermore the National Library has corresponded with User:Martyman (and perhaps others) and allowed that we could use the images on Wikipedia from the website as they are in the public domain. Is your objection based on copyright principles or aesthetics? Copyright seems not to be an issue. If aesthetics is the issue, then I feel that the footer attributes the source of the image and, although I acknowledge the source in the summary associated with the image, it is not appropriate to delete the source of the image on the image itself. Happy to consider a reasonable argument to the contrary. Regards --A Y Arktos (Talk) 00:58, 3 November 2005 (UTC):

You will note of course that I have not merely lifted them from the web without much thought. I have created a stub article on the photographer, a stub article on the collection, a template on commons to ensure source and attribution are collected carefully. Would you like to rethink your comment? Perhaps the tone comes across badly in writing and I acknowledge you are saying "looks as though".--A Y Arktos (Talk) 01:08, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you mother for the rabbits.

Grrr. Must register complaint... fight urge to pat on back... going against consensus bad...

Wikipedia:WikiProject Inclusion was surely the most evil thing to ever stalk the face of the land. But next time, sound the bugle and rally the troops. Drumming up votes is evil, like in a school AfD or a ratshit RfA, but drawing attention to a discussion is good. Besides, we can always declare some unspecified threat will destroy Wikipedia in the next twelve hours unless we force through draconian legislation.

See ya round like a rissole,
brenneman^(t)(c) 05:33, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yarralumla Notable Places

Hi Ambi, I had a go at rewriting the noatble places section at User:Martyman/Sandbox2. I am not particularly happy with it yet. Do you think it is heading in the right direction? It also has a number of possible illustrations attached. --Martyman-(talk) 06:05, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

PS. I know it needs a really good copyedit. --Martyman-(talk) 06:05, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Of course now Astrokey has made a table of embassies, and I don't know where that is really going to fit if I change away from ahving sections. --Martyman-(talk) 11:13, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Inclusion

This page has been speedy undeleted. There was a MFD debate over the article, which apart from the nominator, ended in a unanimous "keep" result. The deletion was "out of process" enough that the exception to the 5-day lag time clause in the undeletion policy appears to be relevant. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:26, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

The decision was made after so far unanimous "undelete" (indeed two other users voted "speedy undelete") here. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:44, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

I read the project, and saw it only as an extension of the corresponding association at meta, hence "delete". Regarding WP:IAR, my philosophy on it is that it is only valid when breaking the rule won't upset anyone. Rules should not be followed just for the sake of following rules, but to ensure that everyone gets a fair chance. On the inclusionist/deletionist scale, the "association" which I signed my name at was AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD. Sjakkalle (Check!) 10:42, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] You may want to look at this

Some person placed a stupid RFC against you here saying that u personally attacked him which is just stupid. Here is your RFC Wikipedia:Requests for comment/personal attacks by Ambi. I think you may want to look at it and explain your view --JAranda | watz sup 01:09, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sarah/Settlement/etc

G'day, trust your exams are/went well. I am seriously thinking about expanding out on west coast issues (I have taken west coast tasmania off the redirect to west coast council) after having a good listen to tim bowden's 1979 radio doco with the famous "oldies" who were in most cases piners. Tricky cos some of the country they were going into was south west, even though they were camped on the harbour. sigh, there's always things to confound. trust you can understand me this time.vcxlor 03:19, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] treaty, yeah

Put the #### thing back please. I spent 20 minutes carefully typing the text. And its not an exact text anyway. There are at least five copies (not to mention the 'Geelong' variants) At the moment I not in the mood to a typological analysis of competeing texts. And why didnt you negotiate with me about the final resting place of this text? So put it back and we might discuss and come to a rational AGREEMENT. And stop stalking me. Eric A. Warbuton 04:02, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

What a nerve. You have the only typed copy of the text. I, now, thanks to your theft dont possess a copy(and I dont know how to retrieve it).Do you expect me to to retype it? I will consider you, until you put it back, as a thief. Only then will I negotiate. Eric A. Warbuton 05:12, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Hey, I know-you told me so many times. Funny I cant find it at Wikisource? So where is it? Return the text where I initially put it. How come you get to act unilaterally? I understand that now I have your permission to remove any text of yours at any time without prior negotitation. OK? Eric A. Warbuton 04:39, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Oh I see -if was to remove your text without warning and agreement it would be rightly described as vandalism but if you do the same thing its what? Acceptable? Put it back. Did you ask for my permission to remove it? No. Thats what I call theft. Now noone gets to see the text. Well done!! You must be so pleased with yourself. Eric A. Warbuton 04:52, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

I dont care what you call it 'source text' or 'three day old chips' for all I care. You treat people on wikipedia with respect. I suggest that its ultimate resting spot is at least within my agreement( which is very different than control). I am so tempted to treat yourself and your 'texts' as you have treated myself. It would be so much fun. But I at least have modicum of respect even for you. Eric A. Warbuton 05:02, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

So your at a loss. Well Ill help you out. You acted unilaterally. You did not seek any agreement with me. You did not seek to negotiate with me. Put the text back. Apologize for your behaviour and we wll seek agreement for the ultimate resting spot of the 'text'. Eric A. Warbuton 05:15, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Its far far more complicated than you think. Theres gellibrands prototype. Theres batmans two sets of isotypes divided between Melb and Geelong. Theres duplicates and triplictes. theres precis which number about 50 for legal distribution. Each hand written or 'forged'--each one different. where do they go? Did you think of that? Eric A. Warbuton 05:24, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

I copied Eric's text onto Wikisource: wikisource:Batman's Treaty, and gave him a talk about assuming good faith and all that. Hopefully this will go away now. --bainer (talk) 06:31, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yarralumla

Hi Ambi. I have had another go at the sections you mentioned as needing work. Do you still have any problems with the article? If you can be as specific as possible it would help be greatly in trying to rectify them. Thanks. --Martyman-(talk) 12:13, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Right I have done some more rewriting and reorganising on the article. Peta has had a look through. Do you still have any problems with any sections? --Martyman-(talk) 03:54, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

What information are you not happy about losing? I had to move stuff from the notable places section because people kept complaining that they where duplications of the history section. --Martyman-(talk) 02:35, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

I thought so too, but people kept commenting on the duplication of information between the history and notable places section. I don't think we actually lost any useful information as it was merged up into the history section. --Martyman-(talk) 02:56, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

I have re-added the brickworks to the notable places section and expanded the details about it in both places. Hopefully it doesn't feel like repeated text now. I have also tried to break up the blocks of images a bit. Is it looking better now? --Martyman-(talk) 03:54, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ping

I know you're not around much, but my last conversation with you was a bit abbreviated. - brenneman^(t)(c) 02:10, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you so much for your support of my Rfa, I greatly appreciate it. Good luck on your exams! Ramallite ^(talk) 03:56, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Summer Hill

Hi Ambi, I could maybe go another shot at FAC. I'd want to make some updates first to bring it more into line with Waterfall Gully (which is very well laid out), and also to find a bit more info to fill in some holes (e.g. one of the unaddressed queries from before was more info about one of the churches). Give me a few weeks to get around to that, and then I'll take another shot at it. Now get back to studying, and good luck with your exams! I've failed a subject due to procrastination because the studying was so tedious, but believe me when I say from experience that it's better to work like a crazy for a week than to have to repeat a sucky subject ;-) -- All the best, Nickj (t) 05:00, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia_talk:Editor_tags

Responded with a PBP. Thanks -St|eve 03:05, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rod

Ambi, the food poisoning thing was stated on TV3 news. Did you think it was vandalism? 13:29, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Australian primetime television templates

G'day Ambi, firstly thank you for your support vote on my RfA. If I can become half the admin that you are, then I would be doing extraordinarily well. Secondly, how did your exams go? Having been out of uni for a year now, I can tell you that I don't miss them one little bit!! :)

Now, in regard to the Australian primetime television templates, I have posted on the TfD debate that I have created Template:Australia primetime seven, Template:Australia primetime nine and Template:Australia primetime ten as a compromise. Also that they will be placed on the network page and all relevant Australian program pages. Cheers -- Ianblair23 (talk) 03:14, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV check

Hi Ambi, you mentioned on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cricket matches articles that the articles were in severe need of a NPOV check. I know that you are very busy at the moment, but I'd be very grateful if you could have a look at this diff and see whether I'm moving in the right direction - i.e. removing POV and instating things that are hopefully NPOV? Or, if you haven't got time, if you can direct me to someone who have got the time? Thanks, Sam Vimes 10:43, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Cheers. I'm just sorry I didn't catch on to this three months ago. :) Sam Vimes 11:22, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Guanaco3

You might be interested in Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Guanaco3 - Xed 00:46, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jeannette Jolley

You nominated an article titled such for deletion, but I can't find such an article. Is there a spelling error? --Nlu 11:05, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Macklin

It's incorrect to describe Macklin as "useless." She's a competent performer and would be a perfectly competent minister. She isn't as sharp as Gillard, but that's a useful quality in a Deputy Leader. Her real problem is that as a member of the SL she holds Old Lefty views on education that are unacceptable to key demographics in key marginal seats. Adam 12:47, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Adam, she's been a failure as Deputy Leader. A decent portion of the the electorate think Gillard is DL . And even elements of the SL wants to dump her as education minister. Not to mention that she has consistantly failed to manage to make education an issue. Admittedly, this isn't all her fault or fair to her, but in politics perception is reality. --RaiderAspect 01:07, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

What is the criterion for "success" as a Deputy Leader? The DL's job is mainly to support the Leader, which Macklin has loyally done for all three leaders (none of whom belong to her faction). She should not be competing with the Leader for the spotlight. I think she has been a perfectly competent DL, and a competent parliamentary performer. Her main problem is with her ideology on education, not her performance. Ideology would still be a problem if Gillard were DL (remember Medicare Gold?), with the added problem that she would be upstaging the Leader all the time. An ambitous Deputy is usually seen as a liability. Adam 03:42, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fair Dinkum

Hi, I was wondering who goes through and actions AFDs? The Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Fair_Dinkum seems to be at concensus and probably needs an admin to close discussiona nd make the change. --Martyman-(talk) 05:14, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your vote and pro-Chavez slant

Thanks for the kind complements and the advice about pro-Chavez slant. If you could briefly list the problem sections (it should only take you a few seconds), we could fix them immediately. I'm sure that Anagnorisis (who is sternly anti-Chavez and has contributed regularly along with me to this article) wouldn't mind giving those sections another read-through in order to correct any slant. Thanks again. Saravask 01:02, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your vote on KuatofKDY's RfA

I'm assuming you meant this as Support, and moved it to the correct section. Please revert if I misread your intention. Owen× ☎ 02:41, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Planetary habitability FAC

Thanks for reading this page and voting on its FAC. I just noticed the little box saying it's featured so I'm a little emotional right now... The articles grow up so fast. Marskell 10:02, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Halibutt

Since you have supported me during my RfA, I wonder if you could review and comment on the RfA for Halibutt, the first person I have nominated myself. There seem to be a heated debate and votes of experienced, unbiased editors would be appreciated. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 16:59, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

I would like to express my thanks to all the people who took part in my (failed) RfA voting. I was both surprised and delighted about the amount of support votes and all the kind words! I was also surprised by the amount of people who stated clearly that they do care, be it by voting in for or against my candidacy. That's what Wiki community is about and I'm really pleased to see that it works.
As my RfA voting failed with 71% support, I don't plan to reapply for adminship any more. However, I hope I might still be of some help to the community. Cheers! Halibutt 05:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Association of Deletionist Wikipedians

What do you believe constitutes a vanity page such that should be deleted from wikipedia? In particular does this page transcend vanity: Tabitha Connor ? LegCircus 00:46, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ianblair23's RfA

G'day Ambi,

I would like to thank you for supporting me on my RfA. It closed with the final tally of 57/0/0. I can only hope I can live up to the expectations that this wonderful community of ours demands from each of its administrators. If you ever need anything, please just let me know. Cheers! -- Ianblair23 (talk) 02:18, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WP:GRFA

Borisblue has recommended on my talk page to perhaps ask for greater community input about this (the revert war is getting quite silly now). So, how about we put the page up for an RFC? In my opinion, the content there is completely accurate, and some portions being deleted are no more than suggestions. (By the way, I don't agree 100% with the views there, I don't think RfA has a problem yet, but I cannot deny that the stuff written there actually happens). Titoxd^(?!?) 03:29, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, to me it has appeared that the majority holds those ideas. But instead, let's go section per section and discuss it:

1. " less than three months of activity" → "limited activity": I don't object too much on this one, but the fact is that three months is seen by some as the bare minimum. However, I wouldn't make a fuss if it stayed off the page.
2. General advice section. I don't see why any of these should be deleted: it lists several criteria that should be considered, and it states that all of them should be taken into account. In a way, I think it helps to end that dreaded editcountitis.
3. Recommended behavior: I don't see why any of these points is objectable, but I'd like to hear your opinion on this section.
4. Edit RfAs properly: the first two points and the final one are recommendations that should not be deleted in my opinion. The rest... well, recommending against Extreme Lesbian Support seems too instruction creepish.
5. The dreaded numbers: I talked over with a bureuacrat on IRC (Rdsmith4) about these, and he explained that while bureaucrats are free to determine their own definition of consensus, these numbers are pretty accurate. Perhaps we might want the opinion of more bureaucrats on this section.

Well, there's no need to have a lame edit war over this, so how about we discuss it instead of clicking the rollback button like we've been doing? Titoxd^(?!?) 03:56, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

I've set the ball rolling for a WP:RFC survey to start, discussion is on the GRFA talk page. Please comment. Borisblue 04:14, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] rfc survey?

I'm sorry, I'm new to the whole dispute resolution thing, but why is it wrong to start a survey discussion (that it merits me being compared to a banned user?) The RFC page referred me to Wikipedia:Survey guidelines and I was just following instructions there. I had no idea that you and titoxd were working things out separately Borisblue 04:33, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

hey Ambi, thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering about the absurd amount of instruction creep that that page required. And people wonder why stuff never gets done on WP:RFC :) Borisblue 05:00, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Interview request

Hi Rebecca, I'm a journalist with The Sunday Times here in Perth. I'm keen to write an article on Wikipedia, with a WA angle. I've been making contact with a few WA Wikipedians, and I asked one if there were any women in WA who are active on the site. He said he didn't know of any - in fact he thought you were the only woman in Australia who is doing the Wikipedia thing. I would like to interview at least one woman for the article - would you let me call you, or ask questions via email? Yours sincerely, David Cohen dcohen@amnet.net.au 0414 780 441

(Just chiming in here) - David, you might also want to talk to user:Dysprosia Raul654 08:09, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Further but-in from me: you may want to check out Category:Australian Wikipedians and Category:Wikipedians in Western Australia. Also, pop by the Australian Wikipedians' notice board if you have any questions for the broader Australian community.--cj | talk 08:54, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Why do you constantly reverts my edits?

Hi Rebecca, please tell me why are you constantly reverting my edits regarding the "Unrecognized sepparatist region of Transnistria which is part of Moldova"? You can't just revert without any explanation and your last answear didn't convince me or anybody that you're right. As long as it is not recognized internationally by a country we have to add this information that region is not "republic" in the way others are. Otherwise we just mixed up some things and confuse the readers. And we don't want this thing, do we?  Bonaparte  talk & contribs

Dear Beck. Thankx for your help. But as I said before we have to emphasize even more the facts. And the facts are that they are not recognized by any country in the world. No country has embassy there. I've seen you study law. It is very nice but you should know by now even better than others that if it is not in the acts, papers, agreements recognized officially "it doesn't exist". It is just a unrecognized region of Moldova named Transnistria. Even more when now USA and EU and partly also Romania is a part of negotiotions about the future status of this region is too much to say that it is a "republic". Just take a look on the State Dept. of USA and please see that USA recognize the integrity of Moldova. Until it is not recognized we have to call it simple: Transnitria - Unrecognized sepparatist region of Moldova. And about my strong thaughts is just that we have to defend the truth otherwise we just complicate and confuse others. Anyway I wish you all the best and please support the truth. Bonaparte  talk & contribs

Thank you.  Bonaparte  talk & contribs

Let's continue our work please. About Transnistria I agree to write at the page as in the case of Kosovo. There it is stated only KOSOVO. It doesn't appear republic or state. Not to mention that is recognized by a country (Albania). So we have to reedit and to state only Transnistria. This is very neutral. Otherwise it is not.  Bonaparte  talk & contribs

Beck please, pay attention to the followings: you said you're trying to maintain that article neutral. Fine that's sound perfect to me. But at the same time you said some arguments to maintain the article in this situation. If I proove you're wrong will you accept my point of view? Let's try. I told you this is a similar case as Kosovo. You said it is not. I tell you it is. You said "Kosovo does not claim independence". Wrong. It does claim independence. Link: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo). It is recognized internationally as a serbian province called Kosovo. Yes, like Transnistria, it is internationally recognized as a Moldovan province called Transnistria. Link to US State Dept. USA recognize the territorial integrity of Moldova (Link: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5357.htm). So I am just asking to stress the order in another approach. It must be first said it is a part of Moldova and so on, sepparatist region of T., and only after this to say that they tried to declare independence with the help of 14th Soviet Army but nobody has recognized them and even more they are under EU restrictions. In this way both views are very good represented and a neutral view is gained. I hope this time you'll have a better option. Bonaparte  talk & contribs

[edit] This was very NPOV statement!

Why do you constantly revert my edits? It seems that you don't even try to read them! What is wrong with my edit? They are very NPOV! I need explanation.

There is a reference to harsh prisons in Transnistria in a US state department report [1]. The trafficking of women is a serious problem in Moldova and Transnistria, both women from Moldova and Transnistria and women transported through from other countries. [2] [3] [4] [5]

[edit] See also

• Abkhazia
• South Ossetia
• Nagorno-Karabakh
• Northern Cyprus

 Bonaparte  talk & contribs

Ambi, Transnistria as far as it is internationally recognized it is a region part of Moldova. Now again you like to remove my work: Category:Regions_of_Moldova. Naming Transnitria a "republic" is POV, specifically, the POV of the so called Transnistrian government. Bonaparte talk & contribs 11:35, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Psephos

Ambi, I am happy for you to go on finding errors at Psephos. I am aware that I have been neglecting the Australian section, and it is one of my projects for the summer to go right through it and update it and fix all the links. Cheers Adam 00:03, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Article edit history

Hi Ambi. Could you please look at MK1 Mini production changes for me. It has gone through a number of moves in recent days and has lost it's edit history at Mark1 Mini production changes. Is there anyway to restore it's earlier edit history and re-intergrate the changes made since then? Also I prepose to move the article to MK1 Mini and expand to make it more fitting of the wikipedia. See Talk:Mini for discussion. --Martyman-(talk) 21:23, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

What was the original name of the article? Kim Bruning 23:02, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I suspected that may be the case. Oh well, I guess it isn't a huge worry or anything. I just thought there may be some method for admins to achieve this, that wasn't too hard. --Martyman-(talk) 23:16, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

very much for the kind words. They mean a lot to me coming from you. Snottygobble | Talk 13:33, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Help!

Are you still online? Drop me a line on my talk page. Need to ask you something offline. - Lucky 6.9 08:01, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank goodness. Check your e-mail and please get back to me.  :) - Lucky 6.9 08:08, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

One step ahead of you. Already dropped you an e-mail. - Lucky 6.9 08:10, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Ambi

Hi Ambi. How are you? I've added some new information and a picture gallery to the Tbilisi page so check it out if you get the chance. D.Papuashvili 16:59, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Important AfD

I'm dealing with a difficult AfD at the moment, and need as many well informed minds as possible. If you have time please take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of modern day dictators. I'm a bit worried that the main protagonist for the keep side is threatening to reverse the long-established consensus against creating historical categorization schemes on Wikipedia based on editors' original research. Best regards. 172 01:03, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Universities in Australia

Hi Ambi, Thanks for your comments. the categorisation of universities in Australia is not correct - with extensive knowledge in this area, browsing through the categorisation, it is currently a mess. There are some universities in one category and not another and vice versa. Others are in incorrect categories. Some are categorised by city, state, etc. There are no more than forty Universities in Australia, either the category universities in Australia should not exist and the current articles within it should be recategorised to their applicable sub-categories (Universities by State) or instead of having subcategories with no more than ten articles in each, move them all into the major category universities in Australia. The subcategories "universities in Melbourne" is essentially a duplication of "education in melbourne". Could you advise me on how to fix this; so that there is a measure of conformity. Thanks - --Never29 14:32, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Arbitration re-opened

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Climate change dispute 2 has been re-opened. Please place evidence at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Climate change dispute 2/Evidence. Proposals and comments may be placed on Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Climate change dispute 2/Workshop. (SEWilco 03:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC))

[edit] Australian People's Party

Rebecca,

I have rewritten the article so that it is about the verifiable political parties as well as the fictional one in The Honourable Wally Norman. I would be grateful if you could take a look. Capitalistroadster 08:40, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fine

Go ahead and wreck my test case. Clearly you don't see the good in this one, so I suppose that I'll get a pack of people reverting me anyway. I have no intention of being blocked for 3RR violations, though I seriously wonder why you've done this. I think the proposal is a great idea, and in fact Angela does too (or at least, something similar because we need a stable revision for publication reasons - currently the foundation can't find a single person to print out works due to liability issues due to our reliability concerns). Why don't you ask her? - Ta bu shi da yu 11:51, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

OK, that was harsh. Sorry. But my point about the foundation stands! - Ta bu shi da yu 11:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] On Myths Debunked

I agree with you that this page is a chuckle party. I'll see you in hell, we can chat there while we burn in the eternal flames :) --Yeltensic42.618 05:34, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

A picture of Dick on your talk page

- A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 10:11, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

I meant to say this sooner but somehow never got around to it. I realize I'm a little late to respond to this, but thank you for your comment here. I apreciate you keeping watch over the article for vandalism this whole time. Asim Led 20:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

Thanks for your comments. I have been told not to use photos that have been taken inside Parliament House. Adam 21:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Also I notice that poor Nigel Scullion and Glen Sterle are the last two members of the current Parliament who don't have articles. Perhaps you could fix this. Adam 09:44, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brown Willy

I think you’ve just lost the page history there. Susvolans ⇔ 11:41, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fishcam

Just saw your comment re Channel 31 Fishcam on the Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight page... I think i might have beaten you to it over at Channel 31 Melbourne...oops! didn't mean to take away your fun! have a look and see if there's anything to add. cheers Jackk 04:53, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Olexander

Hiya - what makes you say Olexander is an uber-conservative? Isn't he a relative wet if compared to say Doyle or Wells?

Maybe I'm biased in his favour simply because he's a poofter like me, bur I had thought he was middle of the road or if anything on the progressive side of the Libs (insofar as there is such a thing). But I can't point to a reference - can you? Either way, 'more' vs 'most' is not something I'd die in a ditch over although I do feel the former is more NPOV even if we were to agree he's an uber-conservative.

I've already acknowledged I may have made some biassed assumptions, although this is really more a matter of opinion than fact - like I said, most vs more is not a big difference so not really worth arguing over. You are however factually incorrect on Aden Ridgeway - source provided as requested.

Without necessarily saying you're wrong on Olexander (and it really *is* in the eye of the beholder on something intangible like whether someone is conservative), can you point me to any examples that lead you to that conclusion? I'm now genuinely interested in exploring where I got the contrary view from. By the way, some of the other Dems articles may need that piece of history rectified since Ridgeway actually never faced the membership in a leadership ballot Ender 12:57, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Cool. I've picked up another error on the Meg Lees page: NSD and Bartlett did in fact cross the floor to vote against the GST. Have edited the page accordingly.

No worries. Being able to admit that one is or might be wrong is a necessary virtue here on Wikipedia :) I'm still interested though in any sources you can point me to re Olexander. It occurs to me that I did indeed leap to the conclusion that because he was gay (and attacked the Libs for their conservatism on that particular issue) he must be a relative moderate. Thinking about it, some of the only public material I've seen him put out was his attack on somebody over a drug-related issue in which he did indeed take quite a reactionary conservative position (although no worse than I'd expect from most Libs).

[edit] Gender

Re: "The pronouns in this article will get changed over my dead body." I hate to break it to you, but gender is a biological fact regardless of political beliefs. Every cell of a man has an X and a Y chromosome, even if said individual believes himself to be a woman and/or the state/political organizations call him a her. -Naif 11:35, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cnwb's RfA

Ambi, Thanks so very much for supporting my Request for Admin. The final result was 38/0/0. I'm looking forward to spending my summer holidays shut away in a darkened room, drinking G&Ts and playing with my new tools ;-) Please accept this Tim Tam as a token of my gratitude.

On a personal note: your support means a lot to me. When I first registered here, your name was one of the first to become synonymous to me with dedicated, high quality editing. As such, your wiki-work has been an inspiration. Cnwb 23:05, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tilba

User:Fir0002 states he is 16 on his user page, and that information seems commensurate with his activities. I find the actions of fellow Canberra editors in the recent debate heavy handed and lacking the assumption of good faith, and I find also the debate seems to lack respect for the sensitivities or the feelings of a user who is making the best contributions to the wikipedia he can.

Of the 8 criteria at Wp:csd#Articles, I do not reach the same interpretation as you that "An article without any text is a clear speedy deletion candidate." Criterion 3 is:

No content whatsoever. Any article whose contents consist only of links elsewhere (including hyperlinks, category tags and "see also" sections), a rephrasing of the title, and/or attempts to correspond with the person or group named by its title.

Pictures are content in my view although obviously that is a matter of contention. However, since there is a list of things that are included as no content and they do not include pictures, I do not believe others would regard an article as without content if it merely had pictures.

Tilba is a verifiable place. It is very easy to add some content as Astrokey44 has done. Given the debate that was happening at the Canberra wikiproject, your deletion of the article was insensitive. You had drawn attention to it in your comments of 9:47 on 4 December. My comments of 10:57 said "We will get to Tilba Tilba and add some text" - in my view clearly indicating that I , if no other editor, would add some text in the near future. It was obviously clear that content needed to be added. An approach instead of speedy deletion might have been to alert Fir0002 that text should be added, else the article would be considered for speedy deletion, and allow him, or other editors, some time to respond.

Whether or not you were acting within the rules is open to question. I believe you were acting insensitively and there were options open to you which would have shown more respect for the registered user who has made valuable contributions to the Wikipedia and is without a doubt acting in good faith.--A Y Arktos 23:19, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] NSW Leg Council

I don't have any records of membership of the Council beyond what is at my webite. My published sources only go up to the 1970s. There is probably a NSW Parliamentary Handbook which the Parliament or the State Library would have.

Also please have someone do at least stubs for Glenn Sterle and Nigel Scullion. Adam 02:18, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I'd do it myself, but I have been warned off writing articles about members of Caucus when I work for one, at least for the time being. Adam 04:42, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Canberra Photos

Hi Ambi
I'm sorry but the only photos I have of Canberra are of those landmark places. If you read my userpage it says that I'm in East Gippsland Vic, and at 16 I can't go driving anywhere I want.
I am acutely aware not everyone has broadband because living in the country means I suffer with dial-up. Even so I take the consideration of saving all my photos for web (unlike some users) and the image additions do not make the page load up too slow. As previously mentioned (and I guess I'm pretty much alone on this one) I think all wiki articles should be well illustrated. Remember a picture is worth a thousand words, and a lot of people will get their intial value of an article by the accompanying photos.
If you took the time, you'd see that I do upload all of my images on the commons and make pages for them there. Have a look. As someone who has a little talent in photos, I honestly think the photos I replaced where inferior. The way most people are leaning over the Parliamentary Triangle photos I know can't be taken as a general representative of all the pix, but I think it at least says that I am acting in good faith.
Anyway I hope we can reach an understanding which will make the Canberra articles better. --Fir0002 06:31, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sterle

Thanks for doing that. Two minor points:

• "challenged the preselection of seriously ill Senator and former Cabinet minister Peter Cook." I'm not certain that Cook's illness was public at the time of the pre-selection. This makes it sound like Sterle kicked Cook when he was down. That may be so, but it should be checked.
• "Since taking his seat in July 2005, he has tended to be fairly a low-profile figure." Should read "a fairly low-profile figure." It might also be said that most new members and senators are fairly low-profile while they learn how things work here. Adam 08:43, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WalkleyAwards

Thanks, and best wishes, for setting out to do the annual Walkley entries. :-) Peter Ellis 05:32, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Stable version

I've undone your blanking of the stable version demo page and have put it back on the page. My belief is that we should trial out ideas in this template to see what people think. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:50, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

As I have already stated, this is not going to be for a finalised stable article. It's so that people can play around with the ways of putting together stable articles. I'm going to revert back again. I really feel you are being unreasonable about this. - Ta bu shi da yu 12:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Why do you want to force me to try things in the talk page? I see no reason why we can't try things on the subarticle. - Ta bu shi da yu 12:17, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Ambi, I'm not forcing any issues here, really. I'm just putting ideas on paper, so to speak. I'd like to point out that nothing every gets done around this place unless someone gives it a shot, so I was being bold. You then came along and just reverted and then blanked the subarticle! Exactly who is forcing what issue? I think you are just plain against the idea of a stable version we can refer to. Though I could be wrong. - Ta bu shi da yu 12:27, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Maybe you could bring your objections to the talk page? After all, when a revert war starts up, it's common courtesy to explain why you are doing it on that page. - Ta bu shi da yu 12:33, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Featured article

After some editing Portugal from the Restoration to the 1755 Earthquake (now moved to History of Portugal (1578-1777) has considerably improved. If you want go there and vote. Thanks. Gameiro 22:45, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Rebecca, thanks for your support on my RfA. The final count was 46/0/0. I hope I'll live up to your faith in me in my use of the mop and bucket. It meant alot to me to get your support; you're one of the first editors I interacted with here and you've always been great around the Australian digs. Please accept this wikithanks as a token of my gratitude ;) PS, how did your exams go? I did contracts this year too and it stressed me out. --bainer (talk) 23:28, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I did a little better in contracts than I did in crim, the same as last semester, which was actually a little disappointing since I want to practise crim after I finish. The good thing is I did worse than I should have because I screwed up my timing in the exam, which is better than doing poorly out of not knowing the content. Anyway, it's constitutional law next year, and since I've already read half the course for my WP writing, I'm well placed for that! --bainer (talk) 02:32, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rosstown Photos

Photos of the Rosstown Railway reserves won't be a problem. I'll get cracking on them. I'm no professional photographer but that's why digital cameras have delete buttons right? If you are doing the article on Ross himself I can get other local photos too if needed. The sugar beet factory site and The Grange are now just suburban estates but the swamp that the mill took water from (and that Ross took away from local farmers) is a sports ground and reserve now. Can also get a shot of the Rosstown Hotel perhaps? Being a realtively new 'pedian I haven't uploaded and added images before so might need some guidance here. Citizen D 02:02, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Well I kicked off the Rosstwon Railway article and expanded the Carnegie, Vic article. Ross himself was next on my list but I didn't want to start until I had some solid reference material under my belt so collaborating on these articles would be excellent. I'm keen to learn more about my local area and the man that achieved so much, yet failed so spectacularly. Not fussed about timelines as the next 3 or 4 weeks are hectic for me as well. Probably best to exchange email addresses to save jumping around talk pages. Let me know. Citizen D 02:20, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Email sent. Citizen D 04:11, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sarajevo

To be honest, yes. However, I promise to look over the article either today or tomorrow. Then I will try to remove all the inaccuracies that have accumulated over the months. Asim Led 02:09, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Legal rights of women

Is there any "forum" in Wikipedia where we can draw attention to articles that need to be rewritten, such Legal rights of women? Alexander 007 04:15, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ann's RfA

Hi, Ambi! I want to thank you for voting to support me in my RfA, and also for your kind words. I know I'm very late thanking you, but I've been a bit caught up with college work. I hope I'll live up to the expectations of those who voted for me. I look forward to working with you as a fellow admin (though I note from your user page that your activity is going to slow down after you move house). Thanks again. Cheers. AnnH ^(talk) 17:57, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your vote on my RfA

Hey Ambi/Archive14! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was (57/4/3), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, have a question, need me to weild the mop for you somewhere, or just want to chat (or if I get out of line!), please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D

Tomer^talk

[edit] Deletion of netball-stub template

I am about to delete this stub template and associated category. You stated an interest in the information though, so I thought I would leave you a list of the category as it now stands, before it goes:

• Canterbury Flames
• Capital Shakers
• Katherine Harby-Williams
• National Bank Cup
• Southern Sting
• Vicki Wilson

--TheParanoidOne 23:49, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Student Unionism

Ahh, you reverted my edits on this page, when all I did was fix a link to UNSW. Why? Chanlord 23:56, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Afl infobox

I've done my best for now to provide Damian Drum with some details for the infobox. I tend to work in great slabs, slapping information of one kind into articles, then returning to complete the picture. In this case, I did so with the AFL template.

I prefer to check how most other AFL players are represented, and I do intend to come back to the article to provide the missing info once I've got the format and content right. -- Longhair 09:12, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 19xx template

I fully support the move of the template - it is not an article. Should have thought of it myself. Regards :-)--A Y Arktos 00:52, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Postcodes

The only effort that's gone into them recently is my attempt at making them a little less ugly, which is, I suspect, why you've suddenly taken an interest in deleting them. Ambi 04:58, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

You should perhaps set a better example as an admin than continue to insult me by presuming negative connotations re my actions without substantiation. Garglebutt / (talk) 06:59, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Of course my previous comment was feedback re what I considered an unwarranted remark on my user page and not an attack. Garglebutt / (talk) 08:02, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Red Links

Sorry about the red links. I am currently creating station succession boxes for the Australind, Prospector, Avonlink and Indian Pacific train services, and having nothing more than a succession box in an article wouldn't be worth it. Once the articles are written, I (or anyone that notices) can move the succession boxes onto the station article. Sorry if I caused you any trouble.--M Johnson 09:38, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] naming convention

Thanks for clarifying comments on Rimmeraj's talk page. I had a read of the discussion that tool place last year when it was decided, and it all makes sense and I can see how it causes less confusion. -- Adz 12:25, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Even if we did go back to the old system, it wouldn't be of much use to us in the ACT, as because all the suburbs have fairly generic names, almost all of them would be at their current titles anyway. :)

That had occurred to me also. I wasn't suggesting that we should change it back. simply saying that I had wondered why it came about. you may have noticed that I was a bit concerned when i saw Toowong, Qld move to Toowong. - cheers. :) - Adz 12:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] think I'm going to check all your edits

Don't be weirded out or anything. Nothing personal, I just happen to disagree with almost everything you say. -Naif 03:59, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Who's wikistalking who? You seem to make it a personal agenda to revert all my edits minutes after I've effected them, and as a so-called "moderator," you display a heavy bias towards the activists working on the entry rather than the person who has no stake in the matter. As long as we're talking honestly, let me just lay it out as well: you're extremely and heavily biased yourself. "David and Goliath" refers to your favorite clothing line rather than the Biblical legend? Give me a break. -Naif 05:11, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject AFL

Hi, you seem to have an interest, like myself, in all things Australian, and I'm sure one of those interests may include Australian rules football. Just wondering if you could check out Wikipedia:WikiProject AFL, where I've compiled quite a list of stuff to do. I'm quite surprised that there is little information on the sport in this encyclopedia, and also such deatils on players are hard to find over the internet. Also, while I'm asking, how would I notify more people about this project without making it seem like advertising? There are many people with a great knowledge of AFL around. Cheers, Rogerthat 07:17, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reverted?

Why, may I ask, did you revert my edits?

Or is the Australia page simply off-limits for fear of it actually containing relevant information?