User talk:Lisiate

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Good idea! I will edit the page to add the reference. --America's Cup History Fan 02:45, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hello Lisiate, Thanks for the words of encouragement! I read about Wikipedia in a book called, "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman. Cheers, --America's Cup History Fan 02:29, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hello there Lisiate, welcome to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you ever need editing help visit Wikipedia:How does one edit a page and experiment at Wikipedia:Sandbox. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Wikipedia:Naming conventions. If yu have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. Cheers! --maveric149

Well done on getting the 100,000th article, Lisiate! That's quite an honour. :) (See my talk page.) -- Oliver PEREIRA 04:07 Jan 21, 2003 (UTC)

Congratulations from me, too!

Your article is already featured on the German wikipedia's internal news page, and if you manage to find out the number of inhabitants of Hastings until 10am GMT, I'll also create a German article about it today :-P.

Best regards from Singapore --zeno 04:11 Jan 21, 2003 (UTC)

Cheers for that, kind of flukey doing my old home town just in time really... Zeno, the current population (according to populations.com) is 59,432. I'll add this to the page now.

Hi, regarding your question on the deleting of information placed on wiki by banned user, the answer is simple. Their stuff is deleted. The bottom line is that for people like DW, Michael et al, their ability to participate is one of the main motivations they have for continually coming back. It is part of an ego trip on their behalf. From experience it has been found that the most effective way of getting the message through to them that they are not wanted is to systematically and thoroughly delete what they write. As long as their work remains it acts as a magnet for them to say 'look. You banned me and I still am here and you still have my articles'. In DW's case, his identities constantly come back to work on the same articles; indeed we can almost identify the lastest DW troll by watching which pages a 'new' user goes to and follow their usage of DW's style of writing.

It can be frustrating having to delete good material, but it is a small price to pay if it achieves the effect of getting rid of a particular multiple banned user. Remember once banned, a user has no right to return to contribute. In some cases these people return 5, 10, 15 times as 'new' illegal identities. While their content may be good (except in Michael's case where he deliberately puts in deliberate fiction among the fact) they cause chaos all around, threaten and bully users and almost bring wiki to a standstill. (DW is currently supposing taking me to court for defamation because I stood up to him, or rather his phoney identity Joe Canuck!) Unless Wiki can get rid of cancers like DW, Michael, Adam etc they will ultimately destroy wiki. That is no exagguration; DW downloaded hordes of probably copyright images, all of which could have got wiki into serious legal troubles that might have required its shutdown, while Michael used the name of a rock band member as part of his vandalism, again opening up the prospect of possible legal action by that rock band member for defamation (he didn't just use the name but claimed to be that man!), and indeed by some rockbands he pretended to be. While deleting text has not stopped DW and Michael yet, Michael is now much less trouble and by going ballistic when he finds his stuff has been dumped, he makes himself instantly recognisable. It is an unfortunate but necessary way of bringing these characters under control and clearly and unambiguously sending an unambiguous message to them from wikipedia to f*** off, in the knowledge that all the hours they spend on wiki are wasted as everything they do is reverted, deleted or dumped en masse. Hopefully (eventually!) the futility of their coming back to wiki will sink in. FearÉIREANN 23:31 2 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Lisiate, thanks for your encouragement. When I started I knew very little about the Maori Wars either apart from the first one, we lived near one to the battlefields so it was unavoidable, but I have been reading and digesting and trying to make sense of the different accounts. In many ways it is quite painful, Being an ex pom I am very proud of New Zealand but it is hard to be of things like the Invasion of the Waikato. So it has been a real learning experience

Cheers Ping 08:24 30 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. I was about to email you to ask about Utu. I can only remember it vaguely and the scene I do remember seems to relate more to Volkner's murder rather than Te Kooti, perhaps the Director took a very flexible view of NZ history. Any help is appreciated. Ping 09:22 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Let's wait until one of us has seen the movie again, for me it was twenty year ago so it is very vague. Ping 09:30 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)

People editing in the Maori Wikipedia - http://mi.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=HomePage - are encouraged to add the following (which appears THERE with macrons, not ASCII) to the top and bottom of each page (until we can organise something equivalent that sits outside the text box - hint, ANYBODY, PLEASE?):

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Robin Patterson 06:16, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I've now added an editing bar that sits just below the Maori WP's edit box; Lisiate, you may move this whole contribution to your Talk page if you like. (But I hope you have a look at the current state of the Maori version while you are at it - over 40 articles written by someone who barely understands any of the language!) Robin Patterson 03:16, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

Maori TV is saying it's going to show "Utu" soon. :Robin Patterson 22:39, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I saw it last night, and the first scene was apparently set in 1870 so it's probably too late to be based on Te Kooti, still a good watch though. Lisiate 22:39, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Dear Lisiate, i have a present for you:

http://www.livius.org/le-lh/legio/legions.htm

Have fun! Muriel Gottrop 11:18, 7 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Dear Lisiate, it's always nice to know that i'm an inspiration, particulary on Roman affairs: a topic that tends to bore to death all my family and friends. I just posted another legion - Legio III Augusta. I'm going on wonderfull holidays :) tomorrow. In the meantime if you find something interesting let me know. I'm planning a list of Roman civil wars and rebellions. What about that? Cheers, Muriel Gottrop 18:06, 8 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for the recent disambiguation. I'm sure we will meet again here from time to time.

robinp 21:27, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Yes, less than 2 months later! (I'm glad you saw UTU too.) Thanks for the ideas about where to seek help on boilerplate matters. I dropped it into your macrons paragraphs in case some kind soul EITHER interested in macrons OR scanning the "Recent Changes" might jump in and offer. I know very little about doing things outside the textboxes; but "they" made me a sysop on the "mi:" (bringing the number to 4) and I've poked around a bit. No hurry for this one - my top-and-bottom system works fine for me. Kind regards (and don't forget to keep an eye on New Zealand matters!) - Robin Patterson 01:12, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi Lisiate, I noted you VfD tagged New zealand cycling history which I think would be better speedy deleted. Have a look at Kennett Bros too. Looks like this anon may be deliberately getting some free advertising. It should be a speedy too IMMHO. Moriori 23:49, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)

I've added some wikification after the original submitter cleaned it up a bit. It still needs work, but I'd like to ask you to give it another read and reconsider your vote. Articles that need work aren't neccesarily deletion material. Thanks for your time.

Thanks for the compliment! I've been meaning to put the entry into press coverage if someone else didn't, so I'm glad you've gone ahead and done so. Cheers. Fuzheado | Talk 01:01, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Do I know you?

Hello Lisiate - I'm wondering if you're someone I know in the real (non web) world... I've just looked at the article on Julius Vogel, which mentions that the NZ science fiction awards are named in his honour. I helped to set up those awards, and didn't know that they had much publicity outside fandom. So, either they have or... do I know you?

James Grutness 00:27, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your comment about my New Zealand-related articles — it's nice to know that people are reading and appreciating them. -- Vardion 07:01, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

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[edit] Benjamin Mountfort

Thanks for your kind words here[1] especially as I see you are actually from New Zealand (I've never been there). I was hoping it might make it onto the front page, but looking at the recent objections that now seems unlikely. It would have been nice to see some NZ culture there (albeit not indigenous) to balance the European. The objectors want it made longer, and I've written all I know on the subject, I think its long enough anyway, what's the point of waffling for ages. Thanks - see you around. Giano 09:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your last comments, all we need now is the All Blacks to come out on side. Giano 22:21, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Antarctic krill

hallo Lisiate - thank you for promoting my most beloved mystic critter - best greetings to downunder Uwe Kils 23:47, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ted Radcliffe FAC

Hi Lisiate: Thanks for your helpful comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ted Radcliffe. I have addressed it. Did I catch them all (except in the lead where I wish to emphasise the use of his nickname)? —Theo (Talk) 11:17, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for the support. The example that you changed was the lead emphasis to which I referred. However, I strenuously avoid reversion and I can think of no more convincing argument than "I liked it as it was", which is not enough! —Theo (Talk) 21:15, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Wikipedians in New Zealand

Hi, You might want to consider adding {{User NZ res}} to the top of your user page, which will add you to this category automatically and also add a nice graphic. Onco_p53 07:43, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] the walking game

i did not appreciate your comments "ok i laughed" in regards to my heartfelt statement in the walking game discussion page. What kind of heart do you have to laugh at a desperate plea like that....

I was referring to the article not your piece anon. I just suggested the article go to BJAODN. Mind you, your rather overwrought "desperate plea" did raise a giggle though. Lisiate 03:19, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Rugby

I'm creating this portal as we type. I'm glad you found it. Any kiwi related rugby stuff is all yours for the posting.

Cheers,

Rowlan 02:34, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

No, I wasn't offended...it was a bit green, wasn't it? As far as contributions, have at it. I've decided to make the Rugby portal void of union and league and am creating a seperate union and league portals. Therefore the Rugby Portal is the gateway to it's two branches...a real organization for we rugbypedians.

Rowlan 00:06, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Zealand portal

An article you made a major contribution to, Michael Joseph Savage, is currently the selected article on the New Zealand portal. You're welcome to nominate other articles at Portal_talk:New_Zealand#Selected_articles, or to view the archive of selected articles at the article archive.-gadfium 05:46, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:RugbyPortal

As you may know, the Template:RugbyPortal which can be seen at the top of the Portal:Rugby has been nominated for deletion. I need backup to keep it alive, and keep the Rugby Portal looking as nice and well presented as possible. The idea behind the Portal itself is to bring more visible attention to Rugby related articles, and hopefully get nominated as a featured portal or something like that. Please vote to save this template. Go to Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:RugbyPortal and vote KEEP. Cheers, Rowlan 15:23, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Auckland meetup

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[edit] USS Gato

Kia ora!

"USS Gato (SS-212) was ... named for the gato, a species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico."

Better? —wwoods 08:06, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Flashman and the Dragon

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[edit] Thoroughbred Racing

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[edit] Rugby Union Tri Nations

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You can vote here.GordyB 14:14, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Inkerman

Lisiate:

Are you interested in a Battle of Inkerman rewrite? I am a Crimean War enthusiast, and have read various descriptions of the battle written by the Allies and the Russians. I'm familiar with the timeline of what happened, what the maps looked like, the controversies, the statistics, etc.

If the original author is willing, I would be interested in rewriting the article. I don't however wish to rewrite it if that person would take offense at having their work revised...hence I would need their permission to proceed.

McClellan's account of the battle, as I recall, was excellent from the persective of describing how the three Russian attack columns were mismanuevered by their commanding officers, becoming hopelessly enmeshed with each other and losing their offensive sting. Aside from this, though, McClellan's account doesn't give us much of value.

Contact me for more on this if you're interested.

Regards, Kenmore 16:36, 16 October 2006 (UTC)kenmore

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[edit] Camborne, Malaysia

No, the Camborne I'm from is not part of Malaysia. This Camborne refers to the one in Wellington. I just aspire to live in Malaysia so I put myself down as Malaysian. Citikiwi 04:16, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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