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Meelar (talk) 06:01, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

You're doing good work - you should put something in your user page!vcxlor 07:41, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

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Image:Perth narrows.jpg

Hey Gnangarra - nice photo! well done. -- Ian ≡ talk 07:52, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Gideon/Gnangarra - good stuff! good intro! welcome! vcxlor 09:35, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Ashfield - good start, but to 'wikify' would mean trying to put a heading or two in, to break up the text maybe. also at the bottom to put catgories/stub signs. No one ever told this to me when I started and I was too impatient to read the intro stuff. Have fun!!vcxlor 07:37, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

vandalism cleanup

Thanks for the encouragement. Apparently I'm an overweight gorilla. :-) Snottygobble | Talk 11:59, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Perth City

Yup the gogans are persistent, that's the second one youve got. Maybe they need the old test, test1 treamentvcxlor 02:14, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism

Good catch on the Western Australian page yesterday. Gnangarra 07:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Cheers! BTW you might be interested in this, http://www.placeopedia.com/ - it links wiki articles to google earth. I seem to be the only one adding to W.A. Even if you can't be bothered to add any it's quite cool to see things on google earth as Perth etc is quite well covered by sat pics. SeanMack 12:07, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:Causeway north.jpg

Hi Gnangarra, I took the liberty of uploading a brighter, larger photo of this scene. I hope this is ok, I don't mean to be too bold with your original photo. Cheers Nachoman-au 12:12, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Preston Point, Western Australia

Hi Gnangarra, Sorry about the almost total revert of this article. You had confused Preston Point with Point Walter. Drew (Snottygobble | Talk) 11:14, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Good stuff. Point Walter is very photogenic and I'm often there; if only I had a digital camera I would fill the article with happy snaps. Drew (Snottygobble | Talk) 12:16, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


Jandakot

I would have thought since they provide a very Australian airport hazard they are notable and worth having in there. How many airport technicians and pilots around the world need to be on the lookout for roos?! Aside from that, a quick google led me to this, so a bit about the environment of the airport site would be a good section to have added in there. Cheers SeanMack 13:41, 15 January 2006 (UTC).

Aye a rewrite would be good - it probably needs an infobox too. I'd considered it myself, but I'm currently working through adding a load of pics that I've never had the time to upload. Speaking of which - I have 2 possibles for Caversham on the Perth talk page, if you wanted to register an opinion? All the best. SeanMack 14:35, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Nice work on the airport - amongst other articles - I keep seeing you getting there before me! BTW I mentioned placeoepdia before on this page - not sure if that interested you - but I've been adding co-ordinate templates to many Perth and WA related pages. Clicking on the link brings up a page that has links to many mapping facilities. Also it's possible to download a file of all wiki tagged pages that make them appear on Google Earth. Just thought I'd mention just in case you were interested - I've learned heaps about WA through that.
Forgot to sign the above - but thought I'd let you know today I went and took a few pics in Jandakot Airport, added them to commons, created a cat for them and linked it to the article. Just wondering if you would be interested in having a look to see if any should be added to the article. Cheers SeanMack 07:21, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Darling Scarp

Good onya! I was just on someone else's talk tonight saying that this article has heaps and heaps of work due on it, and the other just started Swan Coastal Plain (sort of a derivative or parallel to the really good swan river article) needs heaps as well, so lets hope others do their bit as well! SatuSuro 13:37, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

And the Chippers Leap story - interesting to hear your folks were into the dogs, my father was the swanbourne vet until 1962, and retired to darlington... by strange coincidence, we're just moving to the eastern end of glen forrest adjacent to mahogany creek  :0 , SatuSuro 13:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Another good onya! Thanks for what you are doing for outback, I lose interest when there are issues with other editors, I tend to walk away from some articles because of that. I am please to see you are making an effort with it! Well done! SatuSuro 09:43, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey, Thanx

hey, I decided to start "wikipediaing"??? (is that a word) today cause ive used this site so much for assignments and stuff so i thoaught id put some stuff i know on here...

Hope i can help with the Perth project...

Cheers.

Avondale

The article is interesting and is pretty well written. There were a few minor copyedits to be made, but when it comes to the big issues like NPOV, the article is sound. I'm not a huge fan of offering pointers, as i don't like the sound of my own voice, but since you asked so nicely:

  • The first sentence ought to say what Avondale is, rather than where it is;
  • Whenever you create an article, it is a good idea to add redirects and disambig entries to any other name that someone might use in searching for the article. I created a disambig page at Avondale Estate and added an entry to Avondale.

Keep up the good work, Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 12:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

To make a disambig page:
  1. Create your article at a different location, e.g. Mark John Currie;
  2. Move Mark Currie to Mark Currie (games developer); this will automatically turn Mark Currie into a redirect to Mark Currie (games developer);
  3. Update links to Mark Currie to point to Mark Currie (games developer);
  4. Edit Mark Currie to change it from a redirect page to a disambig page. There aren't really any rules on disambig pages, except that you put the {{disambig}} notice at the bottom, or you could use the "human name disambig" notice {{hndis}}.
Just to complicate things: if the original article was by far the most important of the articles that should be at that title, you would instead leave the article at the main title, and create the disambig at Mark Currie (disambiguation). Then place an "other uses" notice at the top of the main article. For an example where that he been used see John Forrest.
To make a redirect, simply edit the blank article that you want to redirect, and type
#REDIRECT[[Mark John Currie]]
Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 22:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Offer

That'd be great. i'll make a note to do that. --Spook (my talk | my contribs) 05:24, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

User_talk:Gnangarra/Suburbs is where I'll post them. --Spook (my talk | my contribs) 06:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Its not like theres any rush. --Spook (my talk | my contribs) 06:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Mike Del Grande

Thanks for that comment. the NPOV point didn't actually occur to me. the more people involved, the more likely that a concensus can be reached! --Spook (my talk | my contribs) 15:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

thats fine I came to read without any bias, living so far away I had never heard of the individual was just curious as to why such a comment appeared as i said i still dont know why Gnangarra 15:04, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
I have no idea who he is either.  :P --Spook (my talk | my contribs) 07:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Canning Vale College

I agree with your reversion. The version you reverted was unacceptably POV. The best way to resolve problems like this is to write a really great NPOV article, but this would take a long time, and of course you're under no obligation to do so. It is perfectly reasonable for you to keep reverting to the NPOV stub. Sometimes people won't listen to reason and keep reverting back, and you just have to be more patient/stubborn than them. You should note, however, that this kind of situation is not considered vandalism. It is considered a content dispute. You must comply with WP:3RR (no more than three reverts in any 24-hour period) or you could end up getting blocked. I will put the article on my watchlist and help you keep the POV version out. Snottygobble 12:46, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Religion in Australia

Thanks for the comments pon Religion in Australia, it requires a fair bit of work, hopefully a few people will pick it up. -- Paul foord 15:06, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Bath School disaster

Thanks, I will edit this in. Jtmichcock 15:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Bali Nine

Thanks for the explantion. I'm not strong on copyright as you can see. I will withdraw my nomination for now until I can determine correct licencing for the images concerned. Thanks for your advice. -- Longhair 10:13, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't plan on withdrawing for long. I've got information on where I got the images. I'm researching that now, and hopefully all will be fine for relisting shortly. Not wanting to waste anyone's time meanwhile... :) Thanks for your comments. -- Longhair 10:24, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

St Marys - South Perth

Hi - no one has yet come up with some photos so I would be very pleased to have an illustration to add to Australian architectural styles#Post-War Period c. 1940 - 1960. Apparently the church is regarded as a good example of architecture from the period. Many thanks--A Y Arktos 10:22, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Dalkeith church

Sorry to send you on a wild goose chase to look at some trees. Thanks very much for the other church, your photo shows the building's features very clearly. I will add something to the architectural styles' page to explain. Regards--A Y Arktos 20:44, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Church

Hi. Thanks for adding Image:Södra Åsum Old Church.jpg to article Sweden. But it's not a Swedish church, it's a Danish church, so I removed it. The picture is also on article Skåne with an explanatory image caption. / Fred-Chess 17:17, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Swan River expedition of 1827.

Thanks for that. I still haven't gotten around to writing the article. When I do I'd like to make use of your image. I guess you probably mean William Mackie, who by coincidence I have just linked from my sandbox. Snottygobble 09:11, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

  • yep thas him do you want a picture Gnangarra 09:27, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Gnangarra, Sorry about the very slow reply to your comments and extra photo on my talk page. I've been absolutely swamped by vandals and sockpuppets this last week or so, and haven't really been myself. The pictures are great, but I don't need to zoom in to read the journal as I have the whole thing in my copy of Western Australian Exploration. Keep up the good work. Snottygobble 01:18, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

You beat me to it again!

I'd noticed that Mundaring Weir needed pics so went up last weekend. Just as I went to put them on the article page I saw you got there already. FYI I put my pics in commons and linked to that category from the page. Think any should go on to the Mundaring Weir page? Cheers SeanMack 17:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Just noticed the talk page says you have more pics for the pumping station. If you upload them to commons and mark the image page with

[[Category:Mundaring Weir]] [[Category:Western Australia]] [[Category:Perth, Australia]] The images will end up in the same cats on commons as the ones I added. Cheers. S.

No probs i'll add the cats, the other pics I got of the pump house are similar to yours so i wont add them. Gnangarra 04:34, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For the reverts. Snottygobble 11:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Ditto. Careful, or both of you will be accused of being my sockpuppets...or members of a sinister Sandgroper conspiracy :-D Grant65 | Talk 12:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Sinister Sandgropers Sockpuppets, A collective mind seeking truethful domination of Perth and its dominions or was that an underground group secretly supporting susession for WA Gnangarra 13:56, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much Gnangarra; thanks for all your support. Hey I had a question and I'm not really sure who to address this to. As of right now, I can't see the FA logo at the upper right for the france article. I don't know whether it's just my browser or what. You got any ideas on what might be wrong? Once again, thanks a lot!UberCryxic 15:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Your efforts

Hi! Just wanted to say that your image efforts over the last few weeks have not gone unnoticed. I have gone to an article many a time to see it with a new image, and the images you take illustrate the objects with realism.--Ali K 10:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

The Photographer's Barnstar
For your great efforts in photography towards Perth, Australia articles. Welldone! Ali K 10:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Tremendous effort with taking all the photos from around Perth! I really appreciate it :-) --Commander Keane 10:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Secession

Thanks. I chose to go for a change from coffers but won't argue with you if you want to change it! Feel free to edit the article. -- I@n ≡ talk 00:28, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

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Been off line, and am still technically off line, if you want pickies, you'll have to wait!~ suffering aftrer taking three children to singapore for a week!  :) will catchup one day SatuSuro 01:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Thats ok i'll take some next time I'm in the area Gnangarra

Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Western Australia

Now up and running for your perusal, as previously discussed. :-) Hopefully this will help you find some more "targets" to photograph! It's still underpopulated, but that may change in the future. TheGrappler 23:38, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

28

The 28 has been a subspecies of the Port Lincoln parrot untill the Mallee Ringneck parrot was lumped with that species. The name Australian ringneck is only valid for the combined species. I have edited the page considerably, as it was a mixture of old and new taxonomy. B. Z. occidentalis is not a subspecies anymore based on the same literature that created your preferred name. The page as I found it was at that moment a duplication of a much more substantial page on the same species, so it was logical to solve the duplication first. I had no time that evening to search the literature for the name giving, so I left a note at the talk page on that. If the aerticle would have had substantial information, I would have discussed it, but the page was very very rudimentary without taxobox whatever. Kim van der Linde at venus 03:58, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks. It has worked out well. I should have notified you about moving stuff. And you thanks as well, it looks really good now. I hope you agree with my assesment that the individual is indeed an intermediate. What misses still is a comprehensive description of the species, and the subspecies, which I might add this evening (Forshaw has some good stuff on this). Kim van der Linde at venus 16:14, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for taking the time to review and promote Sparks. Hopefully won't be too long before its a FAC. Cheers--KaptKos 13:29, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

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Gulf Oil

Gnangarra. Thankyou for your comment. I have posted a reply to the Gulf Oil Discussion page. Bob BScar23625 07:30, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

As regards the Betelgeuse incident. It made great impression on those involved in it, however peripherally. I made a made a number of visits to the site between 1981 and 1983 while working for Gulf. I returned there again in 1985, by this time working as a consultant for the Commissioners of Irish Lights. The ambience of the place is something that will stay with me always. Bob BScar23625 16:55, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Gideon. I have written all I want to, for now, on Gulf Oil and the Betelgeuse incident. The large majority of your earlier suggestions have been adopted. So, would you be kind enough to take a quick glance over the two and let me know what you think?. If you consider they are OK, I will probably nominate the two of them together for Good Article status. Bob BScar23625 08:18, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

responded on Bob's page here

Gideon. OK - your revisions are definite improvements, although I have made a few textual corrections thereto. I haven't seen Bantry Bay since 1985, so I might go down to take a few photographs. The oil terminal is still there - although the storage tanks which used to be bright and shiny are now rusted and brown. It puzzles me why someone from Western Australia should be interested in this, but I am sure you have your reasons. Bob BScar23625 15:04, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

responded on Bob's page here

Gideon. Thanks for your response. I might review some Good Article candidates myself - concentrating on business and economics topics that I know a little about. But I will not do this until such time as Gulf Oil has the official seal of GA approval. Bob BScar23625 08:35, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

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Singapore Sling

Thanks for your understanding reply to my back from singers state of head.... My recent posts to I@n and Snotty might give you an idea of the level of recovery acheived to date, along with bad spelling. Will slowly emerge soon, like a smelly snail I think  :) SatuSuro 11:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Gee suggest blot looks a bit big-brotherish, havent seen it yet some of those arts in your list were ones that i started! any comments on where it grew out of? SatuSuro

Thanks

Image:Hand with thumbs up.jpg

Thanks for your efforts of reading through Good Articles nominees. I know from experience how people don't appreciate such efforts enough. /Fred-Chess 10:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Dog Day Afternoon

The liscense on that image is really correct. Brooklynl (talk · contribs) asserts he is Larry Fendrick, the photographer. Staxringold talkcontribs 13:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Zeta

I addressed your comments and resubmitted Tropical Storm Zeta (2005) to GA. I wish copyediting wasn't soo tedious.--Nilfanion (talk) 15:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:WAY 79

Thanks for fix my typing, I thinks no more editing after midnight. If you have time could you have a read of All Saints Church, Henley Brook, your opinion would be appreciated. I created this last night as well Thanks Gnangarra 01:18, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Nah, you gotta edit when you've got time; I reckon it's better to post it and let someone else fix a couple of spelling errors than not to post it at all. Looks good. Since you say it's the oldest church in WA, I wonder if it's heritage listed. If so, you should be able to find the listing document on the web. These are excellent sources of historical info. Snottygobble 07:01, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
thanks for suggestion I got full history in its heritage assessment document Gnangarra 07:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
glad to be of service. Snottygobble 11:58, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
If only (ah yes) we could rack others brains/memories on this, there might well be other items - I suspect that the RWAHS plaquea around the place could be considered a part of the whole thing - I did put in the chippers leap art a photo from about then. SatuSuro 10:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Think the Basso structure got dropped when the library was rebuilt perhaps. ? Jenny's (Carter) book should have something, my copy is in storage :)

DYK

Updated DYK query On June 6, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article All Saints Church, Henley Brook, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.


Congrats on getting your image on the front page this morning :) cheers Nachoman-au 12:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

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Banksia prionotes

Great photo - the Banksia is Banksia prionotes, a common species from Perth north past Kalbarri, and flowers in Autumn. I was planning on a feature page of it. Cas Liber 11:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I will start a page in a day or two. Photos with any wildlife on banksias would be fantastic too.Cas Liber 11:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot to add- when you stick them in Wikipedia commons, get them in the category Proteaceae, that way they'll be easy to find for others - have a look when you get there :) Cas Liber 11:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

OK - needed a inflorescence closeup on the main Banksia page (trying to get a FA), and one of the pix fit the bill well, so I stuck it there. Still haevn't donr a page yet. Cas Liber 06:41, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

PS: The B menziesii (Firewheel Banksia)should be looking good around Perth now. They are a deeper red in winter than in autumn as teh colder weather seems to make teh colours better. Every few hundred plants there is a cool yellow one as well. Cas Liber 06:41, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Your article, Hairpin Banksia, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On June 14, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hairpin Banksia, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 02:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

article created by User:Casliber DYK notice posted to User talk page, I just nominated a fact and did some minor editing Gnangarra

I am really pleased it is on the DYK page but there is an error 100 follicles aren't flowers, there are over 2000 flowers. Who do we tell? Cas Liber 08:37, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

  • see the vandalism it attracted after being on DYK, very amusing (and how quickly it was cleaned up) Cas Liber 01:47, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Perth Gaol

Thanks for your comment. Regards -- I@n ≡ talk 03:12, 14 June 2006 (UTC)