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Adoption

Sounds good :) What area of Australia are you looking to work on? Orderinchaos 03:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, i didnt realize you were online now. I deleted my post as i think it was placed in wrong location. I am interested in doing features on all of australia, and did live in WA for 15 years, but am now in Queensland. I also do music trivia. Boylo 03:23, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I will check out those links you gave me as i want to learn how to write articles correctly for posting new entries. Boylo 03:27, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

All sorted

Especially with subjects that require some level of local knowledge to comprehend notability, sometimes that sort of thing does happen - don't forget most editors are of US origin and comparatively young, and there are a shocking number of vanity articles as well so people sometimes get into the mindset that anything they don't recognise and can't instantly find must be a vanity or non-notable article. I've removed the tag after linking up Billy Thorpe, Lobby Loyde, Buffalo and the music festival, and made clear that WEA is Warner (i.e. a very major label - an unusual feat for an Australian band of that time). The relevant guideline is WP:BAND which this article appears to meet. You did the right thing dropping a note on my page - another place is WP:AWNB (Australian notice board) if it's a topic likely to be known to many Australians. If it's an article about a particular state or a historical event, the WikiProjects may be more helpful (there's a list of them on the AWNB page). Orderinchaos 05:04, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Recent article

I know D H personally and he was a neighbour for a v long time - do you need any further verifiable info? SatuSuro 09:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC) I'll do a check over the weekend-cheers SatuSuro 23:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I only remember that "Rock'n'roll is where I hide" song with the classic guitar bit from my late-teen Triple J days :) Orderinchaos 23:40, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I knew all West Aussies would know him, and was surprised he hadnt had a article done on him earlier will all the success he has had. I just remember him from the days before he went to the USA.Boylo 23:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
There are more holes in australia wikipedia than there are in blackburn lancashire (john lennon fan speaks) - (gawd too many potential puns to go any further) SatuSuro 23:49, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Am a Dr Winston O'Boogie fan too ;) Boylo 23:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Do a reverse engineer/ie go into edit of The Angels (Australian band) you might find some good clues on formatting and music articles in general SatuSuro 05:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Shall do ! Thats a good way of getting some tips Boylo 00:39, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Australian literature

Heya. Great to see you've signed up for the new OzLit project. We've still got some work to do before everything's all pretty and functional but I'm glad to see someone interested in sci-fi, cos Australia has been rocking that genre in recent years and there are lots of related articles to work on. Drop me a line if there's anything I can help you with. xx baby_ifritah 06:56, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Just some useful stuff for anything that you're working on. Quite a few of the sci fi novels have problems with overlong plot summaries, in-universe perspective, and not enough real-world analysis. This policy and this guideline might be useful:
What wikipedia is not (esp. see indiscriminate collection of info - plot summaries)
Writing about fiction
Useful templates are:
* {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/ArticleTemplate}} - article template for novel articles
* {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/InfoboxCode}} - infobox for novel articles
* {{Template:Infobox Writer}} - infobox for writer's bios
well, useful imo, anyway. xx baby_ifritah 03:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Oz lit logo.

I've been working on a design, but have to wait for one of the administrator's to adjust it because the template is locked to us plebs.  :) it's on the list!

the basketball is a little crazy. xx baby_ifritah 04:39, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok no worries, that new Icon looks great Boylo 06:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Australian literature is new ACOTF

Hi. You voted to support Australian literature as the new Australian collaboration. Please help to improve it in any way you can. Thanks. Scott Davis Talk 14:22, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Fantasy

I know of no such project - however Novels could very easily add a new "Task Force" to manage such efforts. Are you up for that I think it could easily get quiet a lot of support. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 07:59, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

weird one

Talk:Australian Horror Writers Association - theres no article in front of it - maybe somebody blankked it or something - Im about to get off - but thought i should alert you to it SatuSuro 02:54, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Someone sniffs that and you have a bigger fire than the cutty sark (currently burning) - best not to have talk pages without articles - I should have got off hours ago - about to pull myself away) will try sending talk nmessage about this late tonight - cheers SatuSuro 05:30, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey - you didnt need to do that - its better to get a stub on the article side - and with enought there it can stay stub like as long as it has a stub tag on that side. Sorry - hey I have to get off SatuSuro 05:37, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Time, bloody time - sorry - must catch up and give a good idea of creating self protected stubs - please remind me soon to take you through that SatuSuro 03:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Thumbs Up Award

For your hard work and diligence in solving riddle almost 100 years old you have earned the rarely-handed-out-any-more Thumbs Up Award. Wear it with pride. Carptrash 15:04, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I have spent a good portion of my life doing the sort of research that you did to discover the WBG information and although i often came away empty handed the times when something was discovered was enough to keep me at it. However i am now involved in a project, two really, where my opinion and original research are prized rather then being considered to be four letter words, so i'm not contributing much at wikipedia. I do still have 1000 pages on my watch list and follow them. Old habits are hard to break. Carptrash 13:39, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Fire wood

I gotta go and stoke up the furnace - literal and metaphoircal - give me half an hour in real time and we can walk through it if its ok with you SatuSuro 12:35, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

OOk do you have something like gmail? SatuSuro 13:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC) No sign of life or editing - please let me know if you are on SatuSuro 13:28, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Very sporadic presence today during day - will try catching up tonight - dragging out slightly :) SatuSuro 04:40, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Okay now worries, have been setting up a Portal and trying to sort things out. Boylo 04:43, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
If an article's at the wrong name, if you have the button "move" up top (between "history" and "watch"), you should be able to move it yourself - go to the article, click on that, then just type the correct name. Then once moved, click on "What links here" and make sure anything that links to the old name is changed to the new one. If you've got under a certain number of edits they've actually disabled move - if that's the case let me know and I can move them. Orderinchaos 05:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Oh, and fixed the name, it said "The (PAGENAME) Portal", but of course (PAGENAME) already included the word "The". Orderinchaos 05:57, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Kewl i was about to ask you about that too. Thx Boylo 05:59, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
No worries :) Categories are a special case, they can't be moved - you have to actually create a new one with the right name, then fix each of the articles in the old one so they go into the new cat. We had the same problem over at Category:Culture in Perth, Western Australia (which was relocated from Perth, Western Australia culture). Orderinchaos 07:50, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok will do that then. Thx again Boylo 07:51, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

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Welcome to Novels WikiProject

Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels".

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Oz music project

is luring the music freaks - but I can see almost a life long thing for the oz lit - do you need any further advice at this stage? SatuSuro 12:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah SaturSuro, still lots to do for Oz Lit, seems to be a lot for only a few of us, so am always busy there. I think i may just stick with Lit for awhile to not spread myself too thin. Later on maybe i can help out as a supporter.Boylo 12:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Too many prjeccts not enough time - please dont hesitate to bother me if something comes up - and hope im not so slow in answering :( SatuSuro 12:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Queensland meetups

From reading the Meetup/Brisbane page it would appear that the first attempt at organising a Brisbane meetup fizzled out about six months ago. If you are interested in getting a meetup organised could I suggest that you leave a message on the Talk pages of participants in the Brisbane project and Wikipedians in Queensland, but check their contributions to make sure they are active members. Good luck. - Cuddy Wifter 03:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

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School crest

Hi Boylo, Yeah sure, i'll have a look now and see what I can find. Will get back to you. Loopla 04:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, i've found one. Will upload it now. Hope the quality is ok, if not let me know and I will try again. Cheers Loopla 04:17, 17 June 2007 (UTC)


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Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Boylo, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Wikify

What they mean is that the second section of the article, listing the albums and tracks on them, is basically just a list. Not sure how this would be done better, but that's why it's there. And no worries re adoption - I'd actually forgotten to change the thing on your page, and someone reminded me :) 00:11, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks for your welcome

It is great hearing from experienced members. I am enjoying finding my way around and am committed to Aussie Literature and Film (in particular). I'm slowly working out how to do things, but if you see anything I do that I could do differently or better, please let me know Sterry2607 10:44, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Boylo. I think I had come across that article in my early travels here as a registered user but had forgotten it. Thanks for pointing me to it and for pointing me to the categories. Must admit that I do often look at the categories on articles to work out what to do for myself. Re a Cinema Australia project...I'll see how I go. I'm an easy does it sort of person but am keen to get involved in things when I feel comfortable Sterry2607 11:20, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Aus List Articles

Boylo - thank you for the welcome to the Aust Lit project. I read your comments to and from Sterry2607. It will be good to have some guidance and I hope to do some useful things. I am not very sure what the "projects" in wikipedia do, but I was hoping to get used to editing and eventually build up to a new page. Please tell me if there are sites you recommend for style etc. Regards Stellar 10:59, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Style?

Boylo - I have read the style guides and liked the examples in the "in-universe" notes. It was like reading a novel through the looking glass - most entertaining. My current focus is on tidying up text, organising forgotten/lost articles and adding links and references where none exist. Please keep sending me the breadcrumbs to follow, regards Stellar 11:37, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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July 2007

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Have a good break

Sorry to hear that you're leaving us. Enjoy the break and make sure that you do come back. —Moondyne 06:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back

Glad you decided to stay :) I know good contributors who don't log on for weeks or months at times, then will come back, make 7 or 8 good edits, or maybe just have a day where they can write up an article or whatever, then for ages you won't see them again. I don't think there's any expectation that by being registered one has to be regularly active - I think having contributors who *are* more in the real world is a good thing actually, helps to balance up against some of the people who practically live here and may have issues with perspective. As a uni student I have more free time now than I probably will after mid-next year when I'm fully qualified. Good luck :) Orderinchaos 03:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

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