User talk:AussieLegend/Archive 3

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Archive 13 September 2007 to 6 December 2007

Contents 1 Karuah Population 2 Nobbys Head Revision 3 Singleton Population 4 Consensus 5 Cities in NSW 6 Newcastle population figure 7 Deletion of talk page 8 Infobox 9 Duns Creek 10 Candidates of the Australian federal election, 2007 11 Regarding your edit to Bill Shorten 12 Bill Shorten 13 Stamp

Karuah Population

Hi there. The ABS census is the official population for Karuah so those other approx 1300 people must belong to another town right. Unless i am mistaken, i mean are you talking about those isolated houses on the side of the Pacific Hwy either side of Karuah? If they are not part of Karuah then which town are they a part of? How did you get the figure of 2000 from? Roadrunnerz45 05:48, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Nobbys Head Revision

Hey Aussielegend, what point does it serve to hyperlink dates, which have no purpose and do not improve readability and understanding of this article? Correcting format is fine, but hyperlinking to a date that does not expand on the article is pointless. OIC and myself have discussed this before with another user and agreed to allow me to change them back. -- Macr237 20:24, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Linking to other dates gives a quick reference to other things that were happening at the same time as the events in the article and a lot of people find interest and value in the comparative historical references as evidenced by the fact that there are thousands of such articles. Often there is no direct benefit to the article in the link but sometimes items of direct relevance appear and as Wikipedia becomes bigger the chances of linking to a relevant item grows so linking dates can be a type of future-proofing. It also allows editors to identify information for inclusion in the "On this day" and related articles such as 10 May. Working out what to link to can be difficult so it's a lot faster just to link all dates since it doesn't detract from the original article. There's also the possibility of a benefit from the other direction. Somebody might know a date or even a year and find the article they're looking that way because it has been listed on a "On this day" article because the article linked to the article for that day. The more references that you can provide to articles, the easier it can be to find the information that you're looking for. That's why sites like Google are so important. If you want to remove the links by all means feel free to do so but it seems like a wasted effort since they don't detract from the article. --AussieLegend 04:05, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Singleton Population

Hi, I was wondering whether you could help me find the population for Singleton if thats OK with you. I dont know whether it is out of your range, but the wiki article is stating a 2001 census, and the 2006 doesn't even have a close match for it so i am stumped. Can you think of an accurate estimated figure? Dont worry, im not going to ask you for all the pop. figures in NSW! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton%2C_New_South_Wales#_note-ABS Roadrunnerz45 03:25, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Consensus

In short: yes, you're right. Will ^(talk) 09:59, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Cities in NSW

I'd read the List of cities in Australia page and the NSW section to find out why the definition of city has been confusing. There was an edit war over the page until I added that and there's still conjecture as to whether it should be councils which make up cities or just old-style "cities". JRG 05:27, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Newcastle population figure

Hi AussieLegend. I'd just like to let you know that when you reverted the anonymous IP's edit, you were actually reverting a figure closer to the real figure! In fact, Newcastle is listed on Wikipedia's List of cities in Australia by population and on the ABS's QuickStats website ([1]) as 493,465. I did some searching on the ABS's website and couldn't actually find a reference for the figure you put down. Thanks, Auroranorth 13:49, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

That's OK. I saw the QuickStats page said 'Statistical District', so that's why I notified you, rather than just doing it and not notifying you, as you reverted the previous one. Auroranorth 07:33, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

As a complete aside on this issue, the UCL data came out last week, so we now have a 2006 UCL figure we could use for Newcastle if necessary. It gives 288,732. [2] Orderinchaos 08:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of talk page

The discussion is simply an argument between you and I that ended up on a talk page. It does not interest anyone else. Either we archive it or I move the entire thing to our talk pages where it belongs. Stop reverting things and stop accusing me of vandalism. JRG 04:16, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't want to continue this discussion. Please stop, ok? JRG 04:23, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Adding my own comments is not vandalism. Again, please stop accusing me of something I am not doing. JRG 04:59, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Infobox

I reckon it's the bottom-end templates. It seems patently odd that the issue would only affect a small group of LGAs in Queensland out of the thousands of articles with the infobox. Orderinchaos 04:59, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

I navbox-standardised Template:LGAs SEQ and Caboolture all of a sudden works. Will have to check the others now. Orderinchaos 05:07, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Duns Creek

Suburb of what? Paterson. It is in the bush. It is more town than suburb. Nomadtales 08:26, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Candidates of the Australian federal election, 2007

I agree that External Link looked very lonely, but rather than putting it in "References", wouldn't it be better in "See also"? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 08:39, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Maybe not Pdfpdf (talk) 11:09, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Regarding your edit to Bill Shorten

Just regarding your recent edit to Bill Shorten, i just thought i would let you know that he was not made parliamentary secretary for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, as you typed. His was made parliamentary secretary for Disabilities and childrens services. refer to: http://typingisnotactivism.wordpress.com/ for further details.

Just thought i would let you know.

(James 92327363744 09:38, 1 December 2007 (UTC))

Bill Shorten

Hi, i must have read the history incorrectly. Sorry about the confusion. Also, i'm a passionate Labor Party supporter and member and i watched live when Kevin Rudd announced his cabinet and i must say that he did say that Bill was secretary for childrens services and disabilities, so im not sure why the other resource said what it did.

Also, i did re-insert the information you deleted on the Bob Sercombe page, i have added a reference as to where the information came from and i believe that it is necessary.

Regards,

(James 92327363744 03:23, 2 December 2007 (UTC))

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