User talk:Surgeonsmate

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It seems that nobody has got around to saying Welcome!

Hello, Surgeonsmate, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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I couldn't agree more :). Slac speak up! 02:19, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] HMAS Brisbane picture

The image on the HMAS Brisbane page is the best one I could find that complied with the draconian copyright rules over images on here. If you can find a better one, that does comply with the rules, then I would be delighted to have that on there instead. Hammersfan 13.52 GMT, 23 January 2006.

[edit] The Ritz

Thanks for your note. The amusing thing (well, it amuses me, anyway) is that I don't normally edit Ritz Hotel. A spammer had added commercial links to some of the articles on Las Vegas casinos that I watch. Vegaswikian got most of them. I got the rest and checked the spammer's contributions to see what else he'd been up to. That's how I came to look at the Ritz article. Thus, the ultimate effect of his spamming was to correct your oversight about the image. Wikimagic at work! JamesMLane 19:02, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:AWMEternalFlame.jpg

Thanks for the comment on Image:AWMEternalFlame.jpg! I do not know how to adjust the tilt but if you know how to feel free and do it. --robz0r 04:54, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Punting pictures

Many thanks for adding your picture of punting in Christchurch NZ. Do you have any more information about punting there? Preferably with some verifiable references. I'd like to see the "punting round the world" section expanded a little. Thruston 15:50, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixed widths for images

Now that WP users can set a preference for the size of thumbnails, I think that there is no good reason to put fixed widths on thumbnail images, so I'm taking them off again. Please object on the talk page for Punt (boat) if you disagree. Thruston 15:54, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IIII vs IV

IIII is nonstandard and confusing (I mistook it for III), and even our own article on the tank refers to it as the Mark IV. What's the advantage to using IIII? Night Gyr 20:22, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Clockfaces are an exception, see Roman_Numerals#IIII_or_IV.3F. Night Gyr 21:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Port Arthur

Eek, I don't know what happened there. Would you be able to replace the old theories section without eliminating the rest of my de-crappification? Rebecca 08:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I've done the same. I'll keep an eye out for any more of the same on my watch. Rebecca 07:34, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Posting links

Hi, please don't post links to any website that give personal information about another Wikipedian, whether that Wikipedian has left or not. The page you recreated has now been deleted a second time. Thanks. AnnH ♫ 23:21, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I didn't think it had been done in bad faith. :-) AnnH ♫ 23:29, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocked

I'm apparently blocked as a sockpuppet of Blissyu2. Could somebody check my edits on Port Arthur massacre where I've been discussing POV pushing by an anon user identified as Blissyu2? --Surgeonsmate 23:44, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I have seen your request, but I don't know enought about the background to make a decision. Undoing another admin's block without discussion is strongly discouraged, as the blocking admin often has information that the uninvolved admin doesn't have. I will, however, make sure that the admin who blocks you is aware that you are contesting the block, just in case it's a case of mistaken identity. If you are unconneccted to Blissyu2, you have nothing to worry about, except the inconvenience of not being able to edit for a day. You can continue to post messages on this page, though. Hope that helps. AnnH ♫ 15:32, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Ann! I think it is a bit high-handed to impose an indefinite block without checking the facts. I'm not Blissyu2/Internodeuser. I've been reverting the edits of that person and trying to get them to follow wikirules. Here's the edit counts for:
A checkuser request would also show there's no similarity. A look at user contributions shows completely different patterns. Internodeuser looks to have been an AfD warrior whereas I have hopefully been a productive participant with contributions that are overwhelminly in articlespace.
On investigating the circumstances further, I am quite angry that Katefan0 has left the project as a result of her name being exposed. Looking back on her edits she seems to have been a diligent and productive admin and contributor, an asset to Wikipedia. I am sorry that I poked my nose in, but it seemed to me that I could help explain why she had left. Now I see that this only added to the trouble and made more work for you. Sorry. --Surgeonsmate 19:44, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
I have unblocked you, and I apologize for my over-hasty reaction. ➥the Epopt 22:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Photos

I've put your photo of the Ritz in the Dover Street article and wonder if there are any more available of the locality, particularly Dover Street and Albemarle Street. Tyrenius 07:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:JennyKendallTobiasComic.jpg

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