User talk:Adpete/Archive 1
WelcomeWelcome! Hello Rocksong, 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:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! --Flockmeal 01:15, 8 December 2005 (UTC) HowdyHi Rocksong. I've noticed you working on various political and South Australia-related articles and I'd just like to thank you for doing so. Also, in case you hadn't already discovered them, I wanted to let you know about the Australian resources on Wikipedia. In particular, the Australian Wikipedians' Notice Board, the Australia Portal, the WikiProject Australian politics, and the WikiProject Adelaide may be of interest to you. Happy editing, --cj | talk 04:41, 4 March 2006 (UTC) Polar Bear HuntingI checked around and had to download all the NWT Acts (pdf files) for each of the Inuvaluit communities to get the NWT figures. They are a bit confusing as to region/community quotas. I did check Manitoba, Quebec, Yukon and Labrador for polar bear hunts but couldn't find any. As far as I know they would be the only other places that might have some bears and hunt them but I don't think they do. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 02:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC) Playford/KavelInteresting to note the high FF vote. Kavel contains a lot of smaller country towns with a high christian population... it will be interesting to see how the FF vote changes if Playford doesn't contest the seat in the 2010 election. Timeshift 04:23, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Fair reverts?In your opinion, do you think all these reverts are fair? I've gone down to just the word "moderate" but that's still not liked!! http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wayne_Matthew&action=history Timeshift 05:02, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
I have a question if you don't mind me asking it. I notice on your user page that you note that you only recently joined the Family First party. I am in no way questioning your right to vote for them and I fully respect minority parties, but i'm just wondering what policies of theirs attract you to vote for them? Timeshift 16:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
FAMILY FIRST ARE A FACIST PARTY WHY WOULD YOU VOTE FOR THEM! THEIR SENATOR ONCE SAID 'BROTHELS AND MOSQUES ARE HOUSES OF SATAN'. THIS IS CLEAR EVIDENCE THE THEY ARE IN NO WAY TOLERANT. THEY, IF VOTED IN, WILL TURN AUSTRALIA INTO A NAZI GERMANY. DO NOT VOTE FOR THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111
I wish to explain the edit, and your revert at [1]. I am overhauling the article, hoping to turn into something good. The first thing I wanted to do is expand the lead section, which is required for featured articles and good articles. I will work on the other sections later, but I am going to revert back. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 03:45, 14 July 2006 (UTC) Fawlty TowersHi there, nice to see you takin an interest in maintaining the standard of Fawlty Towers artcles. You may be interested in joining the ever-developing Fawlty Towers WikiProject. See you around! Foxearth 07:47, 18 July 2006 (UTC) Apologies if you're already aware of this, but the Inaugural Adelaide Meetup will take place on Thursday 24th of August at Brougham Place Uniting Church, thanks to Alex Sims. Please indicate if you will attend or not. This message left by May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) on behalf of [ælfəks], 10:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC) Rick WarrenHello, Rocksong. I saw you arguing about "conservative labelling" Rick Warren. I wrote to the talk page about it, but you did not answered. I'm somewhat new to Wikipedia, and don't know exactly how to proceed. Should I proceed without your answer? Should we discuss in our talk pages? Or will you answer there? --FernandoAires 14:58, 13 August 2006 (UTC) SA ConConBut surely it had something to do with his decision to hold the referrendum. It showed that people wanted a reduction in members terms from 8 to 4. This is the option being given at the ref, along with total abolishion (which won't happen, no way enough people will vote for it), as well as leaving it as is. The government is just being feasible by reducing half of the house as well, because if they ALL came up for re-election every 4 years, there would be 22 spots to give each election... looking at the PDF report, I would be very suprised if the referrendum result was anything but reduced terms/numbers. Timeshift 03:43, 17 August 2006 (UTC) Crikey/Google linkThat is the only link available - I dont think it should be removed for readers not to see simply because it is in google cache. If theres absolutely no way that can be done, is there somewhere the text can be uploaded to? It just seems silly to deprive people of information because its in google cache only. Timeshift 03:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Wiki page for voting outcomesIt's obvious that a concensus won't be reached and those that keep adding the articles and those that keep reverting will continue to do so (as I said i'm staying out of that edit and revert war). Let me know how your page comes along because I think that's the only mid-ground. Timeshift 10:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC) 2006 SA election as a FAI would appreciate your alterations and suggestions with South Australian legislative election, 2006 and Talk:South Australian legislative election, 2006 in trying to get the article to FA status. Your valued opinions and experience are always appreciated. Timeshift 18:51, 8 September 2006 (UTC) God Save The QueenI kept the closedown information at GSTQ, since it is common for places around the world to broadcast their anthem to start or close programming (Australia does the same too, I seen the videos on YouTube). I also kept the information about the anthem having the same tune as My Country Tis of Thee (that is important to note, especially myself being a US national and this is always cited in the history books). I also kept the Queen performance, since because of their first performance, they were asked by the Queen herself to perform the anthem during her Golden Jubilee celebration. Honestly, if you want my opinion, I really do not like trivia that doesn't bring importance to the article. I do not like trivia period. But, if it is determined that the information should stay, I will also not edit war. There are plenty of articles I can touch. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC) O CanadaAs for O Canada, the trivia was removed before by other users and one person went nuts (not as in, "hey, why was this removed" but more of "OMFGWTF! j00 sux n00b") But from what I can tell, the trivia will be included since the editors favor it. While I do like to glance over all of the anthem articles, I am no control over any of them (maybe except for one or two). If the Canadian editors want the trivia, they can. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC) Barnstar
An MLC changing their stance/party/leaning after election is a reflection on them and will be judged appropriately after the time comes for their attempt at re-election. Labor/Liberals quitting and becoming inds reflect on them are are judged accordingly when their time comes for re-election. People voted for Peter Lewis, not someone else. People voted for Xenophon, not someone else (technically not correct, but you know what I mean). What i'm saying is, all members elected have stated their stances and what they believe in, and whether or not they stuck to them or changed their minds etc etc, they are judged at their next re-election. Nobody knew what Bressington supported - people weren't voting for her! Each MLC elected has had a clear position going in to their respective election, regardless of if they changed it during their tenure. Defection is not a valid comparison here. (again, i'm not arguing for any changes to the article one way or another, just debating the merits) Timeshift 05:40, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Brian Harradine also ran as part of a ticket in Tasmania whenever he was up for re-election (not that it'd have much chance getting two seats). Andjam 12:09, 25 September 2006 (UTC) TemplatesWhen a page has multiple templates (ie: the SA, VIC or QLD election pages) at the bottom that have a state govt template as well as the politics of australia template, is there a way to get one or both of them to show? I personally happen to find it annoying that a single template on a page will show, but two templates on a page will shrink themselves and must be expanded to be viewed. Any ideas? Timeshift 15:25, 26 September 2006 (UTC) VandalsimWhat vandalism did I do to Uluru, you left message rvt Gnangarra(vandalism) Gnangarra 14:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC) Paul Morphy articleYou once wrote (12:15, 13 April 2006), "What I'd really like is rather than it be a single line in the intro, is have a whole section on his standing among the chess greats, because it is a greatly debated and interesting point w.r.t. Morphy." I have tried to do something somewhat along these lines. I would be interested to know what you think. You can leave any comments here or at the Morphy discussion page. - Louis Blair (October 29, 2006) Chessworld linksI am restoring them because I think they are useful external links, not spam. I cannot see that they are redundant either since these links give individual player statistics. See my comment on Eagle 101's talk page. LittleOldMe 11:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Discussion about links to ChessWorld.net at WikiProject ChessHi Rocksong, I started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chess#Links to chessworld.net - you are welcomed to contribute. Greetings, --Ioannes Pragensis 17:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC) John Howard's enlistmentThank you for your support. I don't know what to do except to let Andjam cool down ie. I won't engage in a revert war or anything. If you can get him to spell out what his objections to stating the obvious are. Albatross2147 11:45, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
That picHi Rocksong. Good to see that my pics of Adelaide and the English cricket team are generating attention, which shows everyone is awake at least. I took the photo from Windy Pt, yes, but the photo is of the Windy Pt Park to the east I think? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC) Reagan DemocratsIt was heavy handed because socialists kept removing it as it was "too american orientated"! PMA 13:42, 26 November 2006 (UTC) Pholcidaehi, i changed the name (and introduction) of 'daddy long-legs spider' to Pholcidae. yes, in my opinion all spider family pages should have taxonomic titles. the english wikipedia is not only for natural english speakers (unlike for example the german wp, which is only for germans, austrians and the like), and so several of these names generate confusion. just check the several common house spider, southern house spider, domestic house spider, house spider and so on. i mean, "house spider" is a different thing in each region. --Sarefo 13:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC) yes, go ahead with the moving of info from Pholcidae to Pholcus phalangioides. I myself am not an expert on Pholcidae either, so i could not decide which information is specific to P. phalangioides, and which is generally on all Pholcidae, but what you proposed sounds like a good idea. thanks :) --Sarefo 21:47, 6 January 2007 (UTC) TidyingThanks for cleaning up where I've still left a bit of a mess on various articles! By the way, you state on your user page that you're a Baptist—out of interest, which church do you attend? michael talk 04:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC) Major Party Leader tables on NSW election pageHi , I was hoping you might be able to offer your opinion for the MPL issue on this page or this page. Cheers. Timeshift 16:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Liberal page polciesHi rocksong, just have a furthe sugestion about whatto do with policies, would apreciate yout viewJUBALCAIN 22:07, 1 February 2007 (UTC). QuoteIdeas? There's no SA Liberals wiki page. Timeshift 08:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC) User pageI'm enjoying what you're placing on your user page—perhaps you should write a 'Commonsense guide to Wikipedia' to help everyone out! michael talk 01:57, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Fielding commentIt was more a wry on-the-fly observation. I don't actually think that any group is out there to specifically vandalise the page (like you said, there's just more anti-Christian people online), I've just noticed how often FF gets hit in comparison. I certainly don't hold any petty vendettas against any group. People are to be judged on their merits, not the labels they are slapped with; and conversely, the labels can't be judged by the people they're stuck to. michael talk 03:15, 18 February 2007 (UTC) CitationHeya Rock, hopefully the citation, although brief, is reputable enough to satisfy concerns. As always I may have lingering unintential bias on the newly created 1975-1980 elections so please review them and add to the substance and quality that is Wikipedia, but be warned, I am rather protective of the things we take for granted today that Whitlam introduced to Australia during his term of power between 1972 to 1975 :-) Timeshift 15:07, 9 March 2007 (UTC) Internet chess serversThanks for adding the category. Nice improvement! JStripes 13:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Mars Bar
Meetup on 23rd April 2007Hi Rocksong, Apologies if you're already aware of this, but I'd like to let you know that the second Adelaide Meetup will take place on Monday 23rd of April at ZUMA Caffe, 56 Gouger Street, Adelaide. The meeting is at 7:30am for breakfast with Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales. Please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Adelaide/Meetup 2 for more details and indicate if you might attend. Thanks,–cj | talk 13:52, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
St. PaulThe problem to which you refer in your restored eidt is that there has been a fairly vigorous campaign by an editor who styles him/herself 'Solascriptura' to edit/shorten/improve/vandalise the article. Most of his/her efforts have been devoted to section on St. Paul's thought, from which whole sections were excised. You were but a passing victim. I cannot be sure how you offended but you might be entertained by further broadsides on the Talk page. Roger Arguile 08:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC) I'm at my wits endPlease delete this after you've read it. I am seriously at my wits end with this whole Wikipedia thing. I know that the way in which I edit is a frequent target for critcism, some of it probably fair, but I know of no article I've edited that isn't much-improved now thanks to the discussion that my changes have provoked. Now I find that a group of editors, some of them admins, are tracking the changes I make and reverting them with a view to making a point about my netiquette. Just this evening I rewrote the SA election article only to be told that I was a vandal and I was destroying other peoples hard work and I was undermining the AfD process. Any suggestions on a way forward would be appreciated. Maybe, though, it's time to leave. Joestella 18:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Fair pointYou may well be right, although I'd given a 3 yesterday, and he already had another warning related to edit warring within the last week. Orderinchaos 09:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC) RE: Peter CostelloHi Rocksong, I was just wondering why you reverted my edits to Peter Costello, i don't think they were ignorant. (Peter jones 01)
If you look at John Thwaites who is deputy premier of victoria, it says clearly that he was deputy leader of labor and when labor won the election he went to deputy premier, "As Deputy Leader, Thwaites became Deputy Premier" - from John Thwaites I know it is a deputy premier, not PM, but it is still the same thing he was deputy leader and then when labor won the election he became deputy premier of victoria. I know what it says on the sources, i have read them, and it says Deputy Leader - 1994, which means that when liberal won the election in 1996 he would have gone to deputy prime minister, which he did not, therefore he must have withdrew and gave the position to Tim Fischer. Obviously the source website has not been updated. Trust Me, Peter Costello is not deputy leader of the liberal party Mark Vaile is. (Peter jones 01 07:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC))
I have read that but i am still not satisfied, i will contact peter to ask for clarification. I will send you the email when he replies. (Peter jones 01 06:49, 16 April 2007 (UTC)) ReligionI was not part of any such discussion (not sure who was) but would have enjoyed giving input. Sorry. michael talk 06:46, 23 April 2007 (UTC) Re: Wiki meetupI saw your note on Michael's page. The "religious factions" discussion was basically Blnguyen and I ranting an raving about people using Wikipedia for POV pushing etc., with meatpuppetry and the like - Blnguyen and I have a history of dealing with a couple in particular :) Cheers, Daniel Bryant 09:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC) Comments at the Village PumpHi, your comments at the Village pump [[2]] were referenced in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grünfeld 4.Bf4. As I believe the editor who remarked on them is misinterpreting the substance of the discussion there, I'd like you to clarify your position so that a fuller understanding can be reached. If the AFD closes before you get a chance to respond, feel free to comment on my talk page and on that of the user. Thanks! FrozenPurpleCube 18:42, 27 April 2007 (UTC) Kelly Hoare - strange but true<editorialising> How extraordinary! Just goes to show how much of a factional branch stack hack she really is. Fancy embarking upon a political career without having back up training. Rather than joining Macquarie bank, she will be on welfare (or so she tells us). I hate this cliche, but in this case it really does show how much out of step she is with the community. I added the quote when I wasn't logged in. I will find the actual ABC radio transcript for it, because the whole deal was that bizarre.</editorialising> Grumpyyoungman01 09:40, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Your "Keep/Delete" decision on my AfD for "Duquesne spy ring".Thanks for your view/decision on my Afd nomination. Administrator "Sr13" used its summary judgement authority to execute an exceptionally speedy (4hours 39minutes) "Speedy Keep", thereby retaining in Wikipedia another plagiarized article. And that, IMO, trivializes Wikipedia. It is an act that is contrary to the Wikipedia Foundation's principles. Those principles are, as I noted in my reason for nomination, clearly expressed in the "Five Pillars" and "Wikipedia:Don't include copies of primary sources". Obviously "Sr13" acted on its assumptive knowledge rather than its factual knowledge. Plagiarism of public domain documents is acceptable and legal, but only (again, IMHO) ex-Wikipedia. Enough said, and thanks again. K. Kellogg-Smith 14:07, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Categorizing Soviet chess playersI've created a section on the WikiProject chess talk page to discuss how we should categorize Soviet chess players within Category:Chess players by nationality. I'm interested in what you think, so I invite you to weigh in with your views at WT:CHESS if you like. Quale 05:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC) I was thinking of the scene where a passenger asks for some light reading and gets handed a one-page leaflet entitled "Famous Jewish Sports Legends". =) Cheers, cab 06:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC) 1974 independent senatorSee Talk:Australian general election, 1974. Timeshift 01:19, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Soviet defectorsHi, Sorry but you are wrong on Soviet defectors from Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) which were part of the Soviet Union in 1940-1941 and 1944-1990. So, Karlis Ozols as a Soviet citizen, along with many other Baltic chess players (Arlauskas, Dreibergs, Endzelins, Jursevskis, Laurine, Mednis, Tautvaisas, Vaitonis, Zemgalis, etc.) who escaped at the end of WW II to West, was a Soviet defector! Mibelz 7:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC) JH (no not that JH)http://www.peo.gov.au/students/library/history.html - Janine Haines, first female to lead a political party. http://www.peo.gov.au/students/library/pages/0281.html - Janine Haines, first female leader of a political party (Australian Democrats 1981-1990) - I agree, it is a bit strange that no woman has lead a political party in the past. Perhaps they mean a political party that holds seats? Timeshift 09:01, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Synthesis in chessWhy did you consider it synthesis? It is not synthesis. See Race and intelligence (test data)#Jews. This is perfectly referenced in the "Race and Intelligence" studies. Is that considered synthesis? Unfreeride 02:12, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
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