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Welcome to my discussion page. Please do not hesitate to leave me a message. I will respond to you as soon as I can.

Please note that I do not usually respond on this page - if you leave me a message, I will most likely reply on your user talk page, so that you will be notified when you receive my message.

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[edit] Your edits to Australia

hello thanks for the useless comment about the use of "incumbent". If you look at the history it was added by another admin user i was just trying to keep what he had put on the page. If you are admin i think you should lock the page and leave it as kevin rudd "incumbent". cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by L.Wadsworth (talk • contribs) 12:36, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank God you protected the bloody thing. Biofoundationsoflanguage (talk) 12:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

yeah you would say that Biofoundationsoflanguage you support coalition and you don't even live in the country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by L.Wadsworth (talk • contribs) 13:10, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I wish to thankyou for the welcome and ll the info i hope to be a regular editor and will do my best to be a great Wikipedian thanks again. Jay2k (talk) 14:20, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Australia

Thanks for your comments. I'll keep them in mind. --Michael Johnson (talk) 03:32, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You have email...

Just an FYI :) Anthøny 13:46, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Did you get it? Anthøny 19:41, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm still waiting for a reply, even a brief one. Anthøny 19:35, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IRC

Just to confirm that I'm user Snowolf on freenode :) Snowolf How can I help? 02:36, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] E-mail

Check your e-mail after you read this message. It's very important. It has passed the final warning. It is time for action. I am tired of second, third, fourth, x-teenth chances. Miranda 05:00, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seasons Greetings

Wishing you the very best for the season - but with this full bag! -- Cat chi? 18:05, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Wishing you the very best for the season - but with this full bag! -- Cat chi? 18:05, 25 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:Shaun_Micallef_-_Thank_God_You're_Here.jpg

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[edit] Aust Barnstar

The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
for your efforts with Australian articles Gnangarra 00:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday!

It would appear to be your 23rd birthday, either today or yesterday. Assuming I'm right, happy birthday! Ral315 (talk) 05:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Strangely, I came across it because I visited your userpage, saw that it said you were 22, and thought, "I wonder when his birthday is?". I looked at your userpage history, and was shocked to see that your birthday was today -- I truly had no idea when it was. Ral315 (talk) 05:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations. All further questions should be directed to my publicist. Ral315 (talk) 05:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Template:Map of Western Australia

A tag has been placed on Template:Map of Western Australia requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 19:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please

You know, you could explain what was up on the talk page. The stuff you removed was so innocuous I assumed it was a mistake. I'd appreciate if you could just explain what was going on without immediately resorting to threats. Not very civil.—Chowbok ☠ 17:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

No worries, it's all cool. Thanks for your note.—Chowbok ☠ 03:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Access at #wikipedia

I'd like my op back on #wikipedia that Kelly Martin removed. I have been waiting for several months now. -- Cat chi? 21:17, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nancy Cartwright

What specifically did the publicist complain about? Was it just the stuff removed in this edit or does it include the stuff removed here? Some of the content removed in the last edit includes all mentions of scientology, and that part of the article is sourced. -- Scorpion0422 03:39, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Good cleanup at the lindy/dingo case of our decade - cheers SatuSuro 02:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Mark,

I work for Daniel Hannan and he has asked me to update some of the info on his page. I'd give you the Parlaiment email as proof, but as this is a public forum I dont think this would be wise. I'm rather new to this Wki thing and I am not sure how you are meant to get a response to me or how I can send you a private message with the email address. Either way, I need access and would appreciate it if you wrote how we can go about this on your wall. Am I right in understanding, that as of this moment the only persion that can alter stuff on Dan's wall are you and Dan?

Thank you very much for your time.

Leo Meredith —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leomeredith (talk • contribs) 15:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Euro precedence on ITN

The Euro is at near all-time highs against currencies other than the dollar, including the pound sterling. Also your rearranged sentence doesn't take account of the fact that the psychological value of €1 > $1.50 has been reached.

I have changed it back for now.

zoney ♣ talk 11:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm inclined to agree, I was surprised that it appeared there. It could even be removed if no-one objected. However, at least it means ITN isn't entirely predictable with what shows up there. There are altogether too many people who think ITN is supposed to be the five most important news stories according to Wikipedia. Of course, the title "In the news" isn't very explanatory. zoney ♣ talk 11:53, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel Hannan MEP

Please see Talk:Daniel Hannan#Page protection. Thanks, Harris Morgan 23:22, 28 February 2008 (UTC).

That's fine, thanks for the response. Harris Morgan 22:46, 29 February 2008 (UTC).

[edit] Orlando Figes

Could you please reconsider the indefinite protection of article Orlando Figes? There are less than 100 edits in the history of this article, and I did not see a significant RR war there. If anything goes wrong, it would be easy to protect it again. Thank you.Biophys (talk) 04:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Riana's request for bureaucratship

Dear Mark, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 12:44, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
OK, I'll send you something your browser will be able to handle better:
O hai! Get Firefox. ~ Riana ⁂ 01:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
O hai! Get Firefox. ~ Riana ⁂ 01:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Your edits on the ITN

Please go to Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates‎ and explain why you added the blurb on Rahho, despite there not being a consensus to put it up. We are trying to avoid drive-by admins, like yourself here, so I propose you take it of the itn, post your comments, and wait till there is a larger consensus. --Plasma Twa 2 (talk) 18:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Drive-by admin is not my phrase, and remember this is not about how much support it has now, but how much support it had when you first added it. Gaining a strong consensus is what keeps us from having huge arguements over items - it doesn't seem that there will be one over this one now, but that does not mean it should be ignored. There have been many arguements over why a majority-supported article isn't on, and vice versa. It common sense to wait more then six hours to put something up.
Your "courtesy extended to the non-admins to express their views" statement pretty much makes you a hypocrite. Telling me not to express authority when you're cleary doing it right now? Rich. The item has enough support to go on now, but two other users agreed with me that you added it too quickly, while another commented on you adding it up despite consensus. I don't want blood to be exchanged over this, but remember to wait until there is a larger consensus to avoid this in the future. --Plasma Twa 2 (talk) 07:04, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 19 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Victoria Dam, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
--Gatoclass (talk) 08:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Um, so what do you think I did?

You state quite strongly that you are shocked by my misjudgment. Could you please go into more detail what you feel I have misjudged? That might be quite useful if I might want to prevent such shock in future. --Kim Bruning (talk) 03:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

<scratches head> Maybe I don't think in such complicated ways with respect to security. If we see someone breach confidentiality, I think it is only prudent that we remove access to privileged information.
As we are all volunteers, we share collective responsibility.
From my perspective, we are already closing the barn door when the horse has already bolted, but still it is a wise gesture to make.
To stretch the metaphor slightly: are you advocating we leave all other barn doors open until those horses have escaped too?
--Kim Bruning (talk) 06:46, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Just to expand on that slightly: I think that the fundamental requirement for the channel is that people need to be able to handle privileged information responsibly, as it is intended as a location for foundation and OTRS and etc to communicate with trusted people from en.wikipedia. This is also why it is a closed channel you see. It's not a clubhouse for admins, or at least it was never intended to be. --Kim Bruning (talk) 07:08, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] perth, wa

depends on the weather - sometimes its not worth having on the watch list - one wonders - there are some things that really should have nowiki DONT CHANGE THIS IS BEEN ALREADY CHANGED 15 TIMES THIS YEAR AND ITS GETTING TIRED nowiki or something like that :( SatuSuro 13:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Should have done it - its happening again right now - i really think we need to put a protect on the damned population section SatuSuro 12:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit]  ?

why did you delete my questions on the newsworthyness page of that austrlian and german ship colision?Hebrewdominance (talk) 13:37, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] wikipedia walking over there own principles, Do you have any opinion over this ?

i like to add information about Armenian untrue genocide articals, be i see there , there is no option to do this, unlike other articals, putting opinion or something against to this is not allowed,

by blocking Turkish (us) people from this rights, shows wikipedia has double standards, which means wikipedia walking over there own principles, Do you have any opinion over this ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.192.30.71 (talk) 15:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My connection died and I need my ghost killed

Mark...I am praying that you are around here right now. If so, would you please kill my ghost on IRC? I can't do it, since the program I use to get on to IRC is a pain and won't let me change user names easily. I don't even know if I can. So, pretty please if you get this message? - LA @ 06:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template talk:Country data Timor-Leste

I posted a request at Template talk:Country data Timor-Leste. I saw this post of yours and thought that you might be able to make the fixin's. GregManninLB (talk) 18:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Home and Away

Can't you find some sources for them though? If you care about the articles you could, you know they all exist, and deleting ones such as Sally, Alf, and other long term characters is just pointless when poeple have gone to the trouble of writing them. Raintheone (talk) 18:49, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi, my name is Teanis Tillmon. I wanted to ask permission to use Wikipedia as a guide to my study of street survival.My website is www.uspatrolandsecurity.com. My e-mail is teanisjr@sbcglobal.net. I just do study and use the exerpts as a guide to descibe my finding and where I got the research from. Thank you. Teanis.

My name is Peter and you asked me on the 1st of April why i change the number of seasons from 21 to 20. To do this because home and away started in 1988. Since it is 2008 (20 years later) is has got to be on its 20th season. Also the website on www.seven.com.au/homeandaway says "celebreating the 20th year of home and away" if i am mistaken please tell me thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.229.192.93 (talk) 11:26, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:05494 HK2731 122 420lo.jpg

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[edit] Moves of two templates

[edit] Email

I have emailed you regarding a rogue channel operator in #wikipedia-en. Please check your email. Thank you. Monobi (talk) 03:37, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Ottawa Focus 1.jpg

Since you delted Image:Ottawa Focus 1.jpg, could you please get Image:Ottawa Focus.jpg as well? It's a related image, also a copyvio, from the same user. Also, could you please WP:TROUT the uploader for uploading copyright material under bad licensing? I've already told him but he won't listen. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:40, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

  • If I made a mistake uploading the subject image, it was an honest mistake. Focus was a free newspaper distributed in Ottawa in 1984 It also died that same year and exists no more. It would be a reasonable assumption it would fall within the public domain category.

DoDaCanaDa (talk) 04:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Fair enough Mark. My mistake. I'm sorry for the confusion. I still know the author. What is the tag and procedure when I have his permission to post the images?

DoDaCanaDa (talk) 04:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the info. I don't think I'll upload any more images until I consult with the creator of the article, a WikipediA Administrator. I think he is somewhat overwhelmed with the volume of information I provided not yet in the Article and it is best I give him space. He has the experience in these things. I don't.

DoDaCanaDa (talk) 12:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)