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Hello! Can you put some nice image of Japan to Template:Japan-geo-stub ? Server isn't already overloaded. -- Darwinek 14:13, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi Grutness. Thanks for fixing the category. I suppose I should have read through the details of creating stubs more carefully. Regarding the image issue, if there's a problem with browsers, that's ok, the image can be changed to a static pic. - I don't mind. --- Mpatel (talk) 13:41, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
Hello again. :) Do you plan to include Tibet to your Geo-stub tallying page? There are stubs created for Mainland China and for Taiwan, for Tibet there is only a Template:Tibet-stub. You like to count :), so if you want you can add Tibet to your counting. Some Tibet locations are included in Template:China-geo-stub. Cheers mate! - Darwinek 21:33, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
Fair enough. By the way, I really do like the stub sorting project. It is kind of sad though that the stub sorting project is better at categorising articles than the rest of wikipedia. Hopefully that sort of methodology can be applied elsewhere. Morwen - Talk 14:27, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I'd argue that enough categories should be created so that England-geo-stub can be emptied. Maybe on a per- region basis. Morwen - Talk 14:44, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
OK I was mostly moving Wiltshire stubs which isn't on your immediate list for sub-categorisation. Is the intent to remove all individual entries from the UK stub and then only create categories for some English counties? Dabbler 11:02, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
File:Salop.gif File:Shropshire.gif
For the {{ Shropshire-geo-stub}} can the image be a single gold loggerhead (the head of the lion or leopard, as shown above on the Shrewsbury/Shropshire crests) on a blue background? That would be very nice. Thanks for setting up these county geography stubs by the way. Once you've finished creating them, you could perhaps help put the UK and England geography stub articles in their right places! ;) David 12:28, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
Here's an example for the image to go with the Shropshire stub that I just made:
Something like that (if not actually that).. David 12:55, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
I have created a map of Vietnam, which can be used in Template:Vietnam-geo-stub, but due to country's shape it seems to be the wrong solution. What do you think? In any case, just revert my edit. - Darwinek 10:33, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
The London geo stub has the arms of the City of London as it's icon. This seems most inappropriate - rather like using a French flag to represent Europe. Can it be changed to something more London-wide? Mucky Duck 10:53, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
G'day James,
No, I wasn't aware of the stub-creation rules — and I was so proud of having done it "properly", too! Gah. I'm sorry if I've caused you guys any unnecessary grief; I should have been more careful when creating the stub, and actually read through the rules, etc.
You mentioned arguing for its creation (now, I s'pose, keeping). I figured having a bio-stub category for Indonesian people was worthwhile because:
As for projects/likelihood of use, well, it's a bit of a mixed bag. There don't seem to be many Indonesians (any?) on en-wiki, and even id-wiki is less than inspiring if you ignore the raw numbers. I'm personally trying to increase the number of articles related to Australasia, but I'm just one newbie and couldn't possibly support an entire stub category on m' own even if I was willing to work on it. I, uh, guess that's why there's rules, huh? -- fuddlemark ( fuddle me!) 14:14, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks kindly for sorting out the West Virginia stubs from the US-south stubs. Best wishes - Malepheasant 03:28, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know on the Geo-Stub for WV. Just kinda learn it as I go.-- 71Demon 12:56, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi James. Good to see you back. {{ Trinidad-geo-stub}} would probably be fine with a Tobagonian - they'd probably be more bothered by being called Tobagan ;) An alternative would be {{ TT-geo-stub}}, but that might not be clear to everyone. One thing though - I have been thinking for a long time that what we really need is a {{ Caribbean-bio-stub}}, since there are a lot of Caribbean bios. On a gut level that would seem like a higher priority, but the facts may say otherwise.
So - if I have "my own" category of geo-stubs, does that mean that I have to create stubs for the other 100 or so towns and villages on List of cities in Trinidad and Tobago (a list that badly needs renaming). Guettarda 13:23, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
There should be enough for a {{Leicestershire-geo-stub}} now. Morwen - Talk 15:21, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Hello! Australia-geo-stubs category is becoming very large. Do you think we should substub it into the territories? - Darwinek 20:17, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
I think we just met in the middle. Thanks for the list, I was initially using google, which is always very hit and miss. Hope you don't mind me "semi-speedying", seemed an obvious one, especially give they've been agreed in principle already. I was hoping to avoid duplicating work in moving from UK to England to [shire], but looks like most of those had been moved once already... Alai 05:28, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Might have been easier to make one, rather than delete the too-early cat and leave it looking like the Dark Peak is principally in Yorkshire :-) Linuxlad 09:18, 20 September 2005 (UTC) Thanks for the patient explanation on this (it's clear why you're an admin and I sh/could never be :-)). I'll see if I can find you another 10 candiadtes (might try & move Flash, and the Cat & Fiddle across the county boundary...)Bob aka Linuxlad
Thanks for the cat. Although, in reality, the "average" Caribbean person is actually Cuban (there are ~15 million of them, versus ~5 million English-speaking) I suspect Marley is probably the person that wouild be most widely embraced, across the region. It would have been fun though...I'd love to have seen the reaction of certain people to Castro's pic scattered all across Wikipedia. :) Guettarda 12:24, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
I did get the stub article approved with the huge batch of road stubs I proposed last month at [[WP:WSS/P]... I just messed up when I created the stub. -- Rschen7754 02:42, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
you've listed Gulf Saint Vincent as needing the Victoria-geo-stub tag, yet the article and this image suggest it's in South Australia. I've left it in the list, but thought I should point it out. I'm no expert in Australian geography, so I'll defer to you on this. Mindmatrix 17:11, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the stubcat, and for moving them all over. Guettarda 10:13, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi James, just a quick note to thank you for your support on my RfA. Now that I am an administrator I will do my best to please the community’s expectations. Best regards, Sam Hocevar 17:00, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Grutness. Thank you so much for your support and kind words on my bureaucratship nomination. Unfortunately, it didn't pass, but I intend to run again soon. If you'd like to be informed next time around, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks again! Andre ( talk) 05:14, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
I thought it over (I think about the SfD. mainly); do you still stand by your offer to nominate me?. If so, feel free to do it, but I still see the problem with the restricted access and would be happy if you would mention it in the nomination...Thx a lot Lectonar 08:24, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the support on my RfA. I was very pleasantly surprised to see so much support throughout the week, especially from users I respect as much those like you. Please do keep an eye on me and my logs, especially while I'm learning the ropes with the new buttons. Thanks again! - Splash 23:42, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
You beat me to it; I'm just back from lunch and wanted to start the thanks-parade....and started with the bureaucrat...So: thanks for nominating and supporting me all the way; I'll try to be good Lectonar 10:44, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your support in my recent RFA! All those extra buttons might not be a big deal, but getting all this positive feedback sure is, please let me know if you have any problems or comments regarding how I use all these shiny new levers and cranks! Rx StrangeLove 00:19, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your support on my RfA and for your kind comments. android 79 15:37, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
I thank you for your support in my successful RfA. I hope I can live up to expectations. I will feel free to come to you to have the benefit of your experience. -- Bhadani 09:44, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
Thansk for your vote of support at my RfA. It's nice to know that even people who disagree with me quite a bit can still bring themselves to put that aside and support. - R. fiend 18:42, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
...I have considered a request for adminship, but I don't think I'm ready for the responsibility it would require. I do appreciate your nomination offer. — Fingers-of-Pyrex 14:14, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my masters RfA. He appreciates your support and comments and looks forward to better serving Wikipedia the best he can. Of course I will be doing all of the real work. He would have responded to you directly, but he is currently out of town, and wanted to thank you asap. Thanks again. -- Who's mop?¿? 20:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your vote on my RFA, it is now the 8th most supported RFA ever, and it couldnt have happened without your vote. I look forward to serving wikipedia. Again, thanks. →Journalist >>talk<< 23:40, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
I figured out that this is where most of the FOTW copyvio images are at. I have re-drew some, but I noticed many are orphans. What we could do is start CSD'ing the images that are oprhans and clear copyvios, and those that do not violate copyvio, but are still orphans, can be sent to WP:IFD. Does this sound like a compromise? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:07, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I created a new stub, Mount Cavendish, I thought you might have something to add, also it would be nice to get both photos of, and from, to add. WikiDon 06:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the belly laugh at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Haikucronym.
PS: Would you mind watching my User page? User:Imdaking has threatened to vandalize it. BlankVerse ∅ 15:37, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
Could you please add a copyright info (PD or GFDL etc.) to your image of the horse. Best would be a new upload to Wikimedia Commons for shared use. Thank you and greetings, Longbow4u 08:46, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
Much obliged on merging it with the commencement speech page! — Mproud 07:29, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Kia ora James. A query about North Island Volcanic Plateau article. I'm wondering where you got the info for the extent of this plateau, because I'm sure it's not right. You give the synonym Waimarino Plateau, which is not a common term or one that I'm familiar with. I wonder whether the scope of the article actually represents the Waimarino Plateau. I'm sure the VP extends to the north of the Rotorua lakes, ending where it dips down to the Bay of Plenty coastal region. Nurg 11:42, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm off to bed. Since you are more of a night owl than I am, can you write up something on the election results for Current events and Template:In the news (I'm also asking User:Adam Carr since he's got a couple of hours time zone advantage over us).- gadfium 11:17, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that you had tagged a page I substantively wrote as a copyvio. You must have had an off-day. Not only have I never seen that webpage but it bears no resemblance at all to my article. It mentions some of the same things, naturally, because it's on the same subject. But it's hard to imagine that someone could think they were the same piece.
To be a copyright violation, an article has to actually be a lift from another source. Even if I paraphrased the entire original article, which I did not, it would not be a violation of copyright. Worst case, you could claim I plagiarised it if I did not source it. But, as I say, I did not. The two bear absolutely no resemblance. How could they? I have not until now read the webpage in question. I doubt it even existed when I wrote the article (the site it's on seems to be just slightly older than the article and I doubt it sprang fully formed from the author's head, do you?). Now that I have, I'm certainly going to include some of the stuff from it!
Apart from anything else, I'm an editor in good faith. You claimed I had violated a copyright without bothering to alert me to your concerns, either at my old username or at the one I now use (the old page links to the new). If you think this is an acceptable way to approach an issue where you are making a serious accusation of malfeasance against another editor, think again. You cannot rely on an editor's watching pages. I generally don't bother watching pages I'm no longer planning to add to, because I don't feel I need to guard them. Obviously, that was a mistake in that case. I have also had to revise my previously very high opinion of you. Next time you stumble on a page you feel an editor who is not anonymous may have lifted from elsewhere, I suggest you drop them a note on their talkpage before (or as well as, at the very least) taking any other action.
As it happens, Hayle was my home town as a child, and I don't need to borrow anyone else's history to write about it. Had you been able to highlight passages you felt I had lifted, I would have been able to rewrite them without difficulty. Grace Note 02:21, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, man. Fvw reverted my comment! I removed the intemperate one and replaced it with a more moderate one. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I know you're a fine editor and I'm glad that we could clear this up. -- Grace Note (I actually logged in but the damned server logged me out)
And sorry for inadvertently deleting Rx StrangeLove's comment. So far as I know it wasn't there when I started writing my second comment. I've seen it happen on talkpages a couple of times -- no edit conflict even though you're writing at the same time. All well, all's well that ends well! Grace Note 04:49, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
Request for comment re Talk:Public school (UK). There is unreasonable resistance to acknowledging Scottish linguistic differences.-- Mais oui! 09:05, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
I've an idea for a useful tool for the AFD pages, but I'm not sure if it would work given the daily transcriptions. Is there any way of putting a link at the top of each day's transcription leading to the previous day and next day's lists? it would be very useful if navigating a few days' worth of AFDs (something which I'm sure I'm not the only one to do). Grutness... wha? 06:43, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
I haven't fixed that tool yet. Not much to worry about. Still trying to think of a way to easily do it. -- AllyUnion (talk) 07:14, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Your theory on the origin of Moriori is interesting, and very well may be as good as anyone else's. But shouldn't we cite some sort of evidence, or support, for such an opinion? Cheers. Moriori 09:14, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket beckons Grutness. The cricket cabal has just caught a talented kiwi. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:52, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
This file is an archive - please do not add new discussion here - add it to my Talk page
Hello! Can you put some nice image of Japan to Template:Japan-geo-stub ? Server isn't already overloaded. -- Darwinek 14:13, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi Grutness. Thanks for fixing the category. I suppose I should have read through the details of creating stubs more carefully. Regarding the image issue, if there's a problem with browsers, that's ok, the image can be changed to a static pic. - I don't mind. --- Mpatel (talk) 13:41, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
Hello again. :) Do you plan to include Tibet to your Geo-stub tallying page? There are stubs created for Mainland China and for Taiwan, for Tibet there is only a Template:Tibet-stub. You like to count :), so if you want you can add Tibet to your counting. Some Tibet locations are included in Template:China-geo-stub. Cheers mate! - Darwinek 21:33, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
Fair enough. By the way, I really do like the stub sorting project. It is kind of sad though that the stub sorting project is better at categorising articles than the rest of wikipedia. Hopefully that sort of methodology can be applied elsewhere. Morwen - Talk 14:27, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I'd argue that enough categories should be created so that England-geo-stub can be emptied. Maybe on a per- region basis. Morwen - Talk 14:44, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
OK I was mostly moving Wiltshire stubs which isn't on your immediate list for sub-categorisation. Is the intent to remove all individual entries from the UK stub and then only create categories for some English counties? Dabbler 11:02, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
File:Salop.gif File:Shropshire.gif
For the {{ Shropshire-geo-stub}} can the image be a single gold loggerhead (the head of the lion or leopard, as shown above on the Shrewsbury/Shropshire crests) on a blue background? That would be very nice. Thanks for setting up these county geography stubs by the way. Once you've finished creating them, you could perhaps help put the UK and England geography stub articles in their right places! ;) David 12:28, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
Here's an example for the image to go with the Shropshire stub that I just made:
Something like that (if not actually that).. David 12:55, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
I have created a map of Vietnam, which can be used in Template:Vietnam-geo-stub, but due to country's shape it seems to be the wrong solution. What do you think? In any case, just revert my edit. - Darwinek 10:33, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
The London geo stub has the arms of the City of London as it's icon. This seems most inappropriate - rather like using a French flag to represent Europe. Can it be changed to something more London-wide? Mucky Duck 10:53, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
G'day James,
No, I wasn't aware of the stub-creation rules — and I was so proud of having done it "properly", too! Gah. I'm sorry if I've caused you guys any unnecessary grief; I should have been more careful when creating the stub, and actually read through the rules, etc.
You mentioned arguing for its creation (now, I s'pose, keeping). I figured having a bio-stub category for Indonesian people was worthwhile because:
As for projects/likelihood of use, well, it's a bit of a mixed bag. There don't seem to be many Indonesians (any?) on en-wiki, and even id-wiki is less than inspiring if you ignore the raw numbers. I'm personally trying to increase the number of articles related to Australasia, but I'm just one newbie and couldn't possibly support an entire stub category on m' own even if I was willing to work on it. I, uh, guess that's why there's rules, huh? -- fuddlemark ( fuddle me!) 14:14, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks kindly for sorting out the West Virginia stubs from the US-south stubs. Best wishes - Malepheasant 03:28, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know on the Geo-Stub for WV. Just kinda learn it as I go.-- 71Demon 12:56, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi James. Good to see you back. {{ Trinidad-geo-stub}} would probably be fine with a Tobagonian - they'd probably be more bothered by being called Tobagan ;) An alternative would be {{ TT-geo-stub}}, but that might not be clear to everyone. One thing though - I have been thinking for a long time that what we really need is a {{ Caribbean-bio-stub}}, since there are a lot of Caribbean bios. On a gut level that would seem like a higher priority, but the facts may say otherwise.
So - if I have "my own" category of geo-stubs, does that mean that I have to create stubs for the other 100 or so towns and villages on List of cities in Trinidad and Tobago (a list that badly needs renaming). Guettarda 13:23, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
There should be enough for a {{Leicestershire-geo-stub}} now. Morwen - Talk 15:21, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Hello! Australia-geo-stubs category is becoming very large. Do you think we should substub it into the territories? - Darwinek 20:17, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
I think we just met in the middle. Thanks for the list, I was initially using google, which is always very hit and miss. Hope you don't mind me "semi-speedying", seemed an obvious one, especially give they've been agreed in principle already. I was hoping to avoid duplicating work in moving from UK to England to [shire], but looks like most of those had been moved once already... Alai 05:28, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Might have been easier to make one, rather than delete the too-early cat and leave it looking like the Dark Peak is principally in Yorkshire :-) Linuxlad 09:18, 20 September 2005 (UTC) Thanks for the patient explanation on this (it's clear why you're an admin and I sh/could never be :-)). I'll see if I can find you another 10 candiadtes (might try & move Flash, and the Cat & Fiddle across the county boundary...)Bob aka Linuxlad
Thanks for the cat. Although, in reality, the "average" Caribbean person is actually Cuban (there are ~15 million of them, versus ~5 million English-speaking) I suspect Marley is probably the person that wouild be most widely embraced, across the region. It would have been fun though...I'd love to have seen the reaction of certain people to Castro's pic scattered all across Wikipedia. :) Guettarda 12:24, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
I did get the stub article approved with the huge batch of road stubs I proposed last month at [[WP:WSS/P]... I just messed up when I created the stub. -- Rschen7754 02:42, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
you've listed Gulf Saint Vincent as needing the Victoria-geo-stub tag, yet the article and this image suggest it's in South Australia. I've left it in the list, but thought I should point it out. I'm no expert in Australian geography, so I'll defer to you on this. Mindmatrix 17:11, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the stubcat, and for moving them all over. Guettarda 10:13, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi James, just a quick note to thank you for your support on my RfA. Now that I am an administrator I will do my best to please the community’s expectations. Best regards, Sam Hocevar 17:00, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Grutness. Thank you so much for your support and kind words on my bureaucratship nomination. Unfortunately, it didn't pass, but I intend to run again soon. If you'd like to be informed next time around, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks again! Andre ( talk) 05:14, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
I thought it over (I think about the SfD. mainly); do you still stand by your offer to nominate me?. If so, feel free to do it, but I still see the problem with the restricted access and would be happy if you would mention it in the nomination...Thx a lot Lectonar 08:24, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the support on my RfA. I was very pleasantly surprised to see so much support throughout the week, especially from users I respect as much those like you. Please do keep an eye on me and my logs, especially while I'm learning the ropes with the new buttons. Thanks again! - Splash 23:42, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
You beat me to it; I'm just back from lunch and wanted to start the thanks-parade....and started with the bureaucrat...So: thanks for nominating and supporting me all the way; I'll try to be good Lectonar 10:44, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your support in my recent RFA! All those extra buttons might not be a big deal, but getting all this positive feedback sure is, please let me know if you have any problems or comments regarding how I use all these shiny new levers and cranks! Rx StrangeLove 00:19, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your support on my RfA and for your kind comments. android 79 15:37, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
I thank you for your support in my successful RfA. I hope I can live up to expectations. I will feel free to come to you to have the benefit of your experience. -- Bhadani 09:44, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
Thansk for your vote of support at my RfA. It's nice to know that even people who disagree with me quite a bit can still bring themselves to put that aside and support. - R. fiend 18:42, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
...I have considered a request for adminship, but I don't think I'm ready for the responsibility it would require. I do appreciate your nomination offer. — Fingers-of-Pyrex 14:14, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my masters RfA. He appreciates your support and comments and looks forward to better serving Wikipedia the best he can. Of course I will be doing all of the real work. He would have responded to you directly, but he is currently out of town, and wanted to thank you asap. Thanks again. -- Who's mop?¿? 20:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your vote on my RFA, it is now the 8th most supported RFA ever, and it couldnt have happened without your vote. I look forward to serving wikipedia. Again, thanks. →Journalist >>talk<< 23:40, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
I figured out that this is where most of the FOTW copyvio images are at. I have re-drew some, but I noticed many are orphans. What we could do is start CSD'ing the images that are oprhans and clear copyvios, and those that do not violate copyvio, but are still orphans, can be sent to WP:IFD. Does this sound like a compromise? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:07, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I created a new stub, Mount Cavendish, I thought you might have something to add, also it would be nice to get both photos of, and from, to add. WikiDon 06:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the belly laugh at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Haikucronym.
PS: Would you mind watching my User page? User:Imdaking has threatened to vandalize it. BlankVerse ∅ 15:37, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
Could you please add a copyright info (PD or GFDL etc.) to your image of the horse. Best would be a new upload to Wikimedia Commons for shared use. Thank you and greetings, Longbow4u 08:46, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
Much obliged on merging it with the commencement speech page! — Mproud 07:29, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Kia ora James. A query about North Island Volcanic Plateau article. I'm wondering where you got the info for the extent of this plateau, because I'm sure it's not right. You give the synonym Waimarino Plateau, which is not a common term or one that I'm familiar with. I wonder whether the scope of the article actually represents the Waimarino Plateau. I'm sure the VP extends to the north of the Rotorua lakes, ending where it dips down to the Bay of Plenty coastal region. Nurg 11:42, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm off to bed. Since you are more of a night owl than I am, can you write up something on the election results for Current events and Template:In the news (I'm also asking User:Adam Carr since he's got a couple of hours time zone advantage over us).- gadfium 11:17, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that you had tagged a page I substantively wrote as a copyvio. You must have had an off-day. Not only have I never seen that webpage but it bears no resemblance at all to my article. It mentions some of the same things, naturally, because it's on the same subject. But it's hard to imagine that someone could think they were the same piece.
To be a copyright violation, an article has to actually be a lift from another source. Even if I paraphrased the entire original article, which I did not, it would not be a violation of copyright. Worst case, you could claim I plagiarised it if I did not source it. But, as I say, I did not. The two bear absolutely no resemblance. How could they? I have not until now read the webpage in question. I doubt it even existed when I wrote the article (the site it's on seems to be just slightly older than the article and I doubt it sprang fully formed from the author's head, do you?). Now that I have, I'm certainly going to include some of the stuff from it!
Apart from anything else, I'm an editor in good faith. You claimed I had violated a copyright without bothering to alert me to your concerns, either at my old username or at the one I now use (the old page links to the new). If you think this is an acceptable way to approach an issue where you are making a serious accusation of malfeasance against another editor, think again. You cannot rely on an editor's watching pages. I generally don't bother watching pages I'm no longer planning to add to, because I don't feel I need to guard them. Obviously, that was a mistake in that case. I have also had to revise my previously very high opinion of you. Next time you stumble on a page you feel an editor who is not anonymous may have lifted from elsewhere, I suggest you drop them a note on their talkpage before (or as well as, at the very least) taking any other action.
As it happens, Hayle was my home town as a child, and I don't need to borrow anyone else's history to write about it. Had you been able to highlight passages you felt I had lifted, I would have been able to rewrite them without difficulty. Grace Note 02:21, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, man. Fvw reverted my comment! I removed the intemperate one and replaced it with a more moderate one. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I know you're a fine editor and I'm glad that we could clear this up. -- Grace Note (I actually logged in but the damned server logged me out)
And sorry for inadvertently deleting Rx StrangeLove's comment. So far as I know it wasn't there when I started writing my second comment. I've seen it happen on talkpages a couple of times -- no edit conflict even though you're writing at the same time. All well, all's well that ends well! Grace Note 04:49, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
Request for comment re Talk:Public school (UK). There is unreasonable resistance to acknowledging Scottish linguistic differences.-- Mais oui! 09:05, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
I've an idea for a useful tool for the AFD pages, but I'm not sure if it would work given the daily transcriptions. Is there any way of putting a link at the top of each day's transcription leading to the previous day and next day's lists? it would be very useful if navigating a few days' worth of AFDs (something which I'm sure I'm not the only one to do). Grutness... wha? 06:43, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
I haven't fixed that tool yet. Not much to worry about. Still trying to think of a way to easily do it. -- AllyUnion (talk) 07:14, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Your theory on the origin of Moriori is interesting, and very well may be as good as anyone else's. But shouldn't we cite some sort of evidence, or support, for such an opinion? Cheers. Moriori 09:14, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket beckons Grutness. The cricket cabal has just caught a talented kiwi. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:52, 29 September 2005 (UTC)