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Welcome!

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[edit] White Australia Policy

Hi, I just wanted to ask you why you deleted the reference to the White Aust Policy in the Dubbo page. I don't object to removing the reference per se, but I wanted to know your reasoning before doing anything else. Cheers! Andrew Kay 03:47, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for your response. I tend to agree with you that bringing in thw White Australia Policy could muddy things a bit and am happy to leave it out. In practice though, the WAP was specifically used to target indigenous australians - I remember an illustration from a school textbook that showed WAP propaganda including aborigines with foreigners (the justification was along the lines of "they don't deserve the country" - it went hand in hand with the concept of Terra Nullius) The closest illustration to show this idea I could find online was at http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/b/1/3/doc/b13818.shtml (this is all just an illustration of my OCD tendencies, not an attempt to get you to change your mind Andrew Kay 00:56, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blackbirding

Hi Bainer, I am new to Wikipedia and don't know the protocols. I think the amount of blackbirding is controversial amongst historians. Windschuttle (the WAP 2004) denies it happened at all. The main referenced claims of blackbirding come from Peter Corris' Passage, Port and Plantation MUP 1973. Historians such as Henry Reynolds (who is usually diametrically opposed to Windschuttle) also tend to believe blackbirding was not common. In WAP, Windschuttle does not deny that blackbirding (ie recruitment by force, by kidnapping, by trickery) happened. He argues that there were a very limited number of instances of such criminal behaviour and that the recruitment of South Sea islander labour wound up being tightly regulated by the colonial governments (particularly Queensland) to prevent it. He argues that most recruitment was voluntary as evidenced by the fact that the same ships were able to keep visiting and recruiting at the same islands over and over again (if they'd behaved criminally on a previous visit wouldn't the locals have remembered?). Also there is evidence that particular islanders signed up for more than one 'tour of duty', ie they went one time, made some money, came home and later went back to make some more money.

I am interested that you were taught that blackbirding was common - who was the lecturer? in any case I think the case for blackbirding is overdone in the WAP article. This article has already resulted in much argy-bargy but I feel it should be changed slightly - how do you do this? porturology@bigpond.com.--Porturology 12:14, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

We looked at it in a subject taught by Keir Reeves, Anna Clark (Manning's granddaughter) and Pat Grimshaw at Melbourne Uni. We looked at the Windschuttle/Reynolds business aswell (Anna co-wrote the book on the History Wars). I'd have to dig up the materials to check out figures, but Pat Grimshaw has done a fair bit of work in this area, you might want to check out some of her writings.
If you think that something needs changing, then you can go ahead and change it, just click the "edit this page" link at the top of the page. Wikipedia encourages people to be bold. The issue would be that for a controversial topic, it's probably best to discuss any changes you want to make on the talk page first. You've already started doing that anyway, so that's good! I've put the standard welcome message above, you might like to read some of the tutorials and rules, they're quite useful. --bainer (talk) 13:02, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Australian electoral divisions

Hello, I "copied" the format of other Australian electoral division pages to create the Division of Throsby page, so don't feel bad about copying me too. :-) --Humehwy 09:04, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] VFD

I've expanded the article Grafton Bus Crash that you voted to delete. Please look again and consider changing your vote. Thanks. --ScottDavis 6 July 2005 14:55 (UTC)

[edit] VFD

I've expanded the article Grafton Bus Crash that you voted to delete. Please look again and consider changing your vote. Thanks. --ScottDavis 6 July 2005 14:56 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion/Proposal/3-C

Hello! Sorry to bother you, but since you voted on the earlier CSD proposal about unremarkable bands, it would be appreciated if you cast your vote for this version. It has been reworded to address concerns raised against the earlier wording. Please take a look at it and consider if you support or oppose it. Yours, Radiant_>|< 08:21, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Beecroft Peninsula

I've undone your speedy nomination and expanded the article a little bit with info I got from a Clusty search. Apparently this area has a high biodiversity and there's also support to make this area a national park. I hope you find the current state of the article acceptable. (If you know the code for an Australian geo-stub, feel free to replace my notice.) - Mgm|(talk) 12:18, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hello- , the ISIBL is one of the major school basketball leagues in Singapore. Featuring the biggest schools, good teams and attendents in their hundreds. Everyone associated with an international school knows about this which is 12,000+, possibly even more. Please let me keep it. Thanks. --Sand-Bar 12:52, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] AFD

If you want to renominate an article for AfD, you must create a new page. Read the instructions at the top of the archive page. Thanks. Christopher Parham (talk) 06:31, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christine Fitzgerald

I removed the speedy tag from Christine Fitzgerald, because the article isn't nonsense, at least not in the speedyable sense. Take a look at David Icke, which the article links to. Icke has claimed that Fitzgerald told him that the Royal Family were reptilian aliens. - it sounds like he's, eh, quite a character. Whether or not Fitzgerald is notable enough for an article is debatable, although I think she is, but that would be a matter for AFD, not speedying or proding. Just thought I ought to explain why I took Vary | Talk 02:01, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Valley book shop

I see that you prodded Valley book shop, but this had already been prodded. Twice in fact. Prod should only be used once, because it is for uncontroversial deletions only. Please check the page history when proposing articles for deletion.

Please also use edit summaries, so that later people can see that you proposed it for deletion, or that people with the article on their watchlist can see that you're making a major change to the article.

I moved it to AfD. NickelShoe 16:30, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries again

I see you have been asked before, but it's obvously necessary to remind you again. Do not add tags which can get an article deleted (PROD, AFD) without mentioning this fact in the edit summary. Thanks. Kappa 00:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for fixing the mistake

I know its easy to forget the redirect, thanks for fixing it :) -- Tawker 05:37, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ronald Collé

Why did you copyvio the entire article? I didn't see any reason to think the opening paragraph was a problem. Thatcher131 23:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

  • The instructions are not entirely clear, however they do say to revert to a previous non-copyvio verison if possible. There is a question in the WP:CV talk page about sections but it isn't answered yet. (Last month I blanked a section in Beverley Knight but left the rest of the article and no one complained.) To be on the safe side I reverted to a version from before the copied text was added.Thatcher131 00:17, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD on Manchester councillor

Hi, I've brought up this AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abid Chohan, which you had previously commented on a batch of Manchester councillors including Mr Chohan. I think he is one of the least notable entries. Perhaps you feel like commenting? JASpencer 14:11, 24 September 2006 (UTC)