Hi, I'm sorry if my replacing that tag has caused you stress. In hindsight I probably should have guessed that you had just missed the tagger's post on the talk page, and dropped you a note here instead. I wasn't aware of the tagger's history on that page either. I agree they don't seem unbiased, and I understand that you might be frustrated with them. Even so, though, I still think we're better off being seen to deal with their complaints as far as we can before removing the tag. -- Avenue ( talk) 04:31, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Me and Ernest have been having a discussion on his talk page regarding what to do about the issue thats arisen with that sentence you just reverted. We hadn't agreed on anything, but I found his lastest edit kind of a step in the right direction, and am a little worried that your reverts will start things up again. Not that it matters really, but on top of that he decided to leave New Zealand first (I don't know why as thats really what he'd been debating about) but i'm open to the way in which it is worded properly as the anon editor did have a point that the sentence didn't make sense, but however Ernest does make a good argument that he probably was more important in Australia (although this could be argued that since New Zealand wasn't as established as Australia it is harder to find sources, but thats just going to cause more problems that we cant solve). I don't know really what to do, but you're welcome to chime in on his talk page with us or on the talk page of the article about it. Matty ( talk) 04:40, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
I was planning on adding a new section to the Akshardham Delhi article. But before I add it, I need it revised. If you could, please visit my sandbox and edit the akshardham section on the development. It would be greatly appreciated World ( talk • contributions) 19:49, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your amendments. There are a few Australian/New Zealand articles with "issues". They should be balanced. There are some patriots getting involved unfortunately. I looked at the Sir Tristram article, and you could have believed he had never been outside Australia! With Phar Lap, had he been Australian owned, that may tilt the balance towards Australia - but he wasn't. The fact that Australians are so interested in him gives them some rights for sure. Wallie ( talk) 09:43, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your copy-editing of Tony Veitch. I've spent some time trying to get material not related to the court case for balance and my copy editing isn't the best. Stuartyeates ( talk) 09:33, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi. The reason that the letters "DFC" and "DFM" are included after Antoni Glowacki's name is becasue he is a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM), both of which carry the aforementioned letters as postnominals. The Polish honours he was decorated with do not carry postnominals, which is why I removed the abbreviated form of the decorations from his name. I hope this helps clarify things. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 03:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Good to see you there too. Keep up the good work. :) Wallie ( talk) 16:29, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
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I see that Kaiwhakahre (as opposed to Kaiwhaka haere) has placed a speedy deletion tag on one of your user subpages requesting deletion as if you were the requesting user. I've removed the tag; if this was an attempt to impersonate you please report it at WP:AIV for immediate action or give me a shout on my talkpage. Wikipedia:UN#Inappropriate_usernames Impersonation is grounds for an immediate username block per WP policy on the impersonating user. Tonywalton Talk 00:01, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Thank you, I understand now. Your comment has me making a mental note to stop and fully understand a comment, before I respond to what I THINK that someone else is stating. --Preceding unsigned comment 21:38, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, you've double-voted in this RFA; I suspect you didn't mean the "neutral" vote to be a vote, so that comment needs to go in another section, or in reply to someone else's vote. Thanks. - Dank ( push to talk) 04:39, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
I was just wondering, why are you looking at my User contributions every day. Are you looking for something. You might want to read WP:HOUNDING. O yea.. following another user around could result in blocks and other editing restrictions. You can keep on looking at my contributions. I don’t care if your following me around. I have nothing to hide. I just wanted to let you know that it keeps a log.
Re your weird message on my Talk page. The title of the article is "Maximum Break". In snooker, this is 147, also known as "a maximum". The highest possible break is 155. The two are not the same, hence it's useful to add the bit about "after a foul", as per that article's Talk page. Clearly you don't know what you're talking about! But have a stiff drink and take a chill pill, there's a good chap (or lady)! Regards, bigpad ( talk) 12:49, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Your recent edit to the page Maximum break appears to have added incorrect information and has been reverted or removed. All information in this encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable, published source. If you believe the information that you added was correct, please cite the references or sources or before making the changes, discuss them on the article's talk page. Please use the sandbox for any other tests that you wish to take. Do take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you. Betty Logan ( talk) 01:59, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Unfortunately, my RFA was closed recently with a final tally of 75 ½/38/10. Though it didn't succeed, I wanted to thank you for your support and I hope I can count on it in the future. Even though it didn't pass, it had a nearly 2 to 1 ratio of support and I am quite encouraged by those results. I intend to review the support, oppose, and neutral !votes and see what I can do to address those concerns that were brought up and resubmit in a few months. If you would like to assist in my betterment and/or co-nominate me in the future, please let me know on my talk page. Special thanks go to Schmidt, MICHAEL Q., TomStar81, and henrik for their co-nominations and support. — BQZip01 — talk |
FWIW, I think your assessment was spot on. — BQZip01 — talk 18:04, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Might you be able to lend a hand with the discussion at the talk page of Betty Logan ( talk)? I see she reverted you as well. And looking back at her talk page discussion this is a pattern. Everything is now even sourced, and she continues to delete. Thanks.-- Ethelh ( talk) 14:32, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
Tx for your help, but just looking at the first edit of the first tweak, I'm puzzled. Why would you alter it from an American date order? I didn't think that was the way that Americans dates were to be listed ... though the way it was allowed those who like day before month to see it that way, while others would see it their preferred way. Tx.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 09:22, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
List of cryptids: I'm reverting your edits because we are supossed to list hoaxes. See the heading of the article, where it says: "Hoax – cryptids once thought to be real, but for which it has been conclusively proven that they were a hoax". Regards. -- Againme ( talk) 22:31, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
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Consensus, and your version of it
I noted your comment above that "editing is done through consensus, and if you want to add information to an article, the onus is on you obtain a consensus." That will be the day. No-one needs consensus to add information to an article (provided it is relevant, neutral and sourced). Can you better explain what you mean? Kaiwhakahaere ( talk) 04:15, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Just to let you know, your addition here [1] was unnecessary as the section already mentioned "It is questionable whether any of the above (with the exception of Newtownmountkennedy) are properly considered English words, being derived from Maori, Nipmuck, Welsh, Aboriginal and Irish words respectively, or being a conjunction of individual English words" and that applied to basically every example given in the placenames section Nil Einne ( talk) 10:13, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. The edit you repeated in Blenheim, New Zealand has again caused a cite error. Check the bold red error message in the references section. Your earlier edit was reversed to correct this error, as noted in the edit summary. If you really want the article to mention population in the method you wish, please find a way of doing this without causing an error message. Thank you. -- Pakaraki ( talk) 19:09, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kaiwhakahaere, thanks for your note, i do appreciate it. The change was made (particularly because I am very knowledgable on the 420 Class, and it seems to be completely random. This is mainly because it wasn't referenced, and it's not a 'notable point' for the class. It is a one-off situation where the 420 wasn't chosen as a youth class in 2007, and did not effect the sailing community at all. I would argue that it did not effect the 420 community and as such, doesn't really belong on the 420 page. I do believe, however, it should belong on the 29er page. Thoughts always welcome on my Talk page. Taymaishu ( talk) 09:46, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
So let's look at your concerns. Not referenced - ok, but if you remove that for lack of reference a hell of a lot of the rest of the article will go too. Notability of mention - I'm unsure what you mean. Misleading - no way. The line actually says " The International 420 was replaced by the 29er as the ISAF Youth Worlds two person dinghy for boys and girls at the 2007 championships in Canada" --"at the championships". It doesn't say permanently anywhere, but nonetheless, I will change "at the 2007 championships" to "for the 2007 championships" if that will help. The International Sailing Federation youth world championships might not be on Wikipedia - yet - but that doesn't make them non notable, and I'd like to see your sources that say so. Regarding my mentioning your RfA, it was current at that time, unlikely to succeed, so I gave you a bit of friendly advice for your next one. Is all. . Kaiwhakahaere ( talk) 02:32, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Yes, looking at that you have a very valid point which I didn't see before. I'd suggest you gently raise it with the editor and explain why it is unacceptable. You are of course right in responding to an AfD in any way you wish, but because it became apparent the editor didn't stand much of a chance I was hoping for more constructive feedback rather than a simple rejection from voters, for his sake. I apologise if I seemed a little excessive in defending him, between the vandal-whacking and edit wars which seem to form the backbone of every second article I've sort of forgotten of that rarest breed of editors: the constructive newbie. + Hexagon1 10:16, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Oops. I don't know how/why I did that. Cheers anyway. – Moondyne 01:36, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
This feels a bit like Good cop/bad cop at times!- gadfium 00:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello there. Thanks for your recent efforts towards combating vandalism. I noticed that you have made a few reverts using Twinkle, but that you didn't leave a warning for the user (e.g. the Andy Brownrigg article). Twinkle has an option for warning people and has a biased POV warning. The manual template is {{subst:uw-npov1}} for a level 1 warning, {{subst:uw-npov2}} for a level 2 warning, etc. It's always a good idea to leave a warning so that the user knows why their edits have been reverted. If the user is a repeated vandal then there needs to be a proper warning history so that the user can be blocked from editing. ~~ Dr Dec ( Talk) ~~ 08:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kaiwhakahaere, I noticed you reverted someone who experimented on this page, calling it vandalism. Please note the text on that page, and the comment in the edit box, specifically invite people to experiment there. I thought I'd mention it because I've done the same thing myself. Now, I generally either welcome people, or at least don't bug them, as long as it isn't spam, rude, or removes the actual introduction. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 05:06, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Scottish New Zealander, you will be blocked from editing. It has been explained more than once to you that your personal dislike of Russell Crowe has nothing to do with WP:MOSBIO and do not apply to this article, nor do most of your other edits. Merely quoting abbreviations does not mean that they apply. By repeatedly restoring them to the article you are deliberately compromising the integrity of Wikipedia, which is defined here as licenced vandalism. You might wish to pursue a career in the Civil Service, if you are capable of passing the examination. -- MacRusgail ( talk) 16:05, 8 October 2009 (UTC) p.s. I would also advise that you do not remove CENSUS figures either.
Seriously, will you stop bullying me? Your edits are not constructive, in fact they're destructive. To shut you up, I removed certain people from the list. However, Kate Sheppard who had Scottish parents, and the Kilted Kiwis who played for Scotland - you cannot justify the removal of these, because they are New Zealanders with a Scottish background. Which is exactly what the article is about.
I'm not intimidated by folk trying to quote the rules at me, particularly when their interpretation of them is based mainly on personal prejudice, and not on balanced view. You do not help Wikipedia, you just make it hidebound.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 16:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Why do you persist? They detailed the difference on the telecast today. Did you miss that? Is it really so difficult to understand? -- Falcadore ( talk) 09:11, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
I am having considerable trouble believing this. Wikipedia itself defines outright lap record here. Wikipedia defines outright lap record a second time here within the definition of lap record, and differentiates between the two. The official website of V8 Supercars, this, says "Touring Car and Outright Lap Record. Greg Murphy 2003. Holden Commodore VY 2m.06.8594s". The record time exists. It's in the records. The fastest ever lap by any car at Bathurst. The outright lap record. How else can I spell it out? And you think a web site designer got it wrong. Good grief. I am restoring outright lap record to the intro, wikilinking it to our very own Wikipediai definition of outright lap record, and inserting the best reference available in the world, a link to the official website. Don't vandalise it. Kaiwhakahaere ( talk) 07:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
I have reverted your deletions from the Eltham, New Zealand article. In a small town such as this one (where I grew up, incidentally), names such as Chew Chong, Newton King, or Charles Wilkinson are now almost forgotten: and that has only happened in the last generation. Rugby players (who, Urbahn excepted, are alive and well-known) are more representative of Eltham's self-image now than is a long distant and dead Oxford don or an architect... Boethius65 ( talk) 03:31, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Need your support if you can. Irrito ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:59, 10 November 2009 (UTC).
I am going to revoke my offer for your help, because I just don't have time to learn enough of the rules of editing and then dispute resolution. But I wish you the best.
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The Waikato Times report regarding the attempted bribe of a student by the Fairfield College principal Julie Small has not been challenged by Small.The section was referenced to P1 Waikato Times -is that not adequate?(The Times is on line so it is easy for some editor to check it out).Not all of us are computer nerds like most editors-just humble folk trying to do their best.I'm not a teacher!!(More in the law enforcement line).The turmoil at that place is incredible.The commissioner has allied himself with Small apparently.Currently he has 2 Personal greivance changes against him and likely to be more after the load of distortions and outright mistruths he told the Times (if he is quoted correctly)concerning the Small-bribe article).Behind the scenes I am aware that very high level investigations are going on into this women who has left a trail of destruction behind her at Rodney College and at FFC.I have it on good authority that when she announced her resignation from Rodney the staff all stood and applauded-a pretty extreme reaction from a group that are fairly conservative by any standards.Conversations with an MP keep me up to date with how the govt and MOE view this debacle.At least interested wiki viewers can troll back through all the old "removed" edits and get a more rounded impression of the whole situation, which stinks to high heaven.The commissioner himself is clearly feeling the pressure-after failing to bully a staff member into changing their"story" ,Mr F was obseved brutally attacking a door in the staff roo!!Well, better a door than a staff member ,otherwise I might have to pay a profesional visit.This school really is a dangerous place at times-thats why police presence has been stepped up of late and good work is done by private security guards who work closely with the staff to try to keep everyone safe.There are grave concerns regarding the influence of the Mongrol Mob in this school(as there are in other Hamilton schools).This isanother reason why the school roll has plumetted by around 200-300 this year.I hope this clarifies the situation . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.32.3 ( talk) 23:41, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm sorry if my replacing that tag has caused you stress. In hindsight I probably should have guessed that you had just missed the tagger's post on the talk page, and dropped you a note here instead. I wasn't aware of the tagger's history on that page either. I agree they don't seem unbiased, and I understand that you might be frustrated with them. Even so, though, I still think we're better off being seen to deal with their complaints as far as we can before removing the tag. -- Avenue ( talk) 04:31, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Me and Ernest have been having a discussion on his talk page regarding what to do about the issue thats arisen with that sentence you just reverted. We hadn't agreed on anything, but I found his lastest edit kind of a step in the right direction, and am a little worried that your reverts will start things up again. Not that it matters really, but on top of that he decided to leave New Zealand first (I don't know why as thats really what he'd been debating about) but i'm open to the way in which it is worded properly as the anon editor did have a point that the sentence didn't make sense, but however Ernest does make a good argument that he probably was more important in Australia (although this could be argued that since New Zealand wasn't as established as Australia it is harder to find sources, but thats just going to cause more problems that we cant solve). I don't know really what to do, but you're welcome to chime in on his talk page with us or on the talk page of the article about it. Matty ( talk) 04:40, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
I was planning on adding a new section to the Akshardham Delhi article. But before I add it, I need it revised. If you could, please visit my sandbox and edit the akshardham section on the development. It would be greatly appreciated World ( talk • contributions) 19:49, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your amendments. There are a few Australian/New Zealand articles with "issues". They should be balanced. There are some patriots getting involved unfortunately. I looked at the Sir Tristram article, and you could have believed he had never been outside Australia! With Phar Lap, had he been Australian owned, that may tilt the balance towards Australia - but he wasn't. The fact that Australians are so interested in him gives them some rights for sure. Wallie ( talk) 09:43, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your copy-editing of Tony Veitch. I've spent some time trying to get material not related to the court case for balance and my copy editing isn't the best. Stuartyeates ( talk) 09:33, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi. The reason that the letters "DFC" and "DFM" are included after Antoni Glowacki's name is becasue he is a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM), both of which carry the aforementioned letters as postnominals. The Polish honours he was decorated with do not carry postnominals, which is why I removed the abbreviated form of the decorations from his name. I hope this helps clarify things. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 03:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Good to see you there too. Keep up the good work. :) Wallie ( talk) 16:29, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
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You think you had something so important to say, that you felt the urge to leave a comment on my talk page. There are other ways to get people to listen to you than behaving like a little, dirty troll. You are an individual who enjoys creating conflict on the internet. You create and fuel arguments which upset other members of the online community. hopefully, you will get bored and leave. -- Michael (Talk) 08:56, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
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I see that Kaiwhakahre (as opposed to Kaiwhaka haere) has placed a speedy deletion tag on one of your user subpages requesting deletion as if you were the requesting user. I've removed the tag; if this was an attempt to impersonate you please report it at WP:AIV for immediate action or give me a shout on my talkpage. Wikipedia:UN#Inappropriate_usernames Impersonation is grounds for an immediate username block per WP policy on the impersonating user. Tonywalton Talk 00:01, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Thank you, I understand now. Your comment has me making a mental note to stop and fully understand a comment, before I respond to what I THINK that someone else is stating. --Preceding unsigned comment 21:38, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, you've double-voted in this RFA; I suspect you didn't mean the "neutral" vote to be a vote, so that comment needs to go in another section, or in reply to someone else's vote. Thanks. - Dank ( push to talk) 04:39, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
I was just wondering, why are you looking at my User contributions every day. Are you looking for something. You might want to read WP:HOUNDING. O yea.. following another user around could result in blocks and other editing restrictions. You can keep on looking at my contributions. I don’t care if your following me around. I have nothing to hide. I just wanted to let you know that it keeps a log.
Re your weird message on my Talk page. The title of the article is "Maximum Break". In snooker, this is 147, also known as "a maximum". The highest possible break is 155. The two are not the same, hence it's useful to add the bit about "after a foul", as per that article's Talk page. Clearly you don't know what you're talking about! But have a stiff drink and take a chill pill, there's a good chap (or lady)! Regards, bigpad ( talk) 12:49, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Your recent edit to the page Maximum break appears to have added incorrect information and has been reverted or removed. All information in this encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable, published source. If you believe the information that you added was correct, please cite the references or sources or before making the changes, discuss them on the article's talk page. Please use the sandbox for any other tests that you wish to take. Do take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you. Betty Logan ( talk) 01:59, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Unfortunately, my RFA was closed recently with a final tally of 75 ½/38/10. Though it didn't succeed, I wanted to thank you for your support and I hope I can count on it in the future. Even though it didn't pass, it had a nearly 2 to 1 ratio of support and I am quite encouraged by those results. I intend to review the support, oppose, and neutral !votes and see what I can do to address those concerns that were brought up and resubmit in a few months. If you would like to assist in my betterment and/or co-nominate me in the future, please let me know on my talk page. Special thanks go to Schmidt, MICHAEL Q., TomStar81, and henrik for their co-nominations and support. — BQZip01 — talk |
FWIW, I think your assessment was spot on. — BQZip01 — talk 18:04, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Might you be able to lend a hand with the discussion at the talk page of Betty Logan ( talk)? I see she reverted you as well. And looking back at her talk page discussion this is a pattern. Everything is now even sourced, and she continues to delete. Thanks.-- Ethelh ( talk) 14:32, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
Tx for your help, but just looking at the first edit of the first tweak, I'm puzzled. Why would you alter it from an American date order? I didn't think that was the way that Americans dates were to be listed ... though the way it was allowed those who like day before month to see it that way, while others would see it their preferred way. Tx.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 09:22, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
List of cryptids: I'm reverting your edits because we are supossed to list hoaxes. See the heading of the article, where it says: "Hoax – cryptids once thought to be real, but for which it has been conclusively proven that they were a hoax". Regards. -- Againme ( talk) 22:31, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
You have been mentioned in a sockpuppet investigation at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Michael93555. If you have additional evidence, please add it to the case. Thank you. Shubinator ( talk) 16:01, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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Consensus, and your version of it
I noted your comment above that "editing is done through consensus, and if you want to add information to an article, the onus is on you obtain a consensus." That will be the day. No-one needs consensus to add information to an article (provided it is relevant, neutral and sourced). Can you better explain what you mean? Kaiwhakahaere ( talk) 04:15, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Just to let you know, your addition here [1] was unnecessary as the section already mentioned "It is questionable whether any of the above (with the exception of Newtownmountkennedy) are properly considered English words, being derived from Maori, Nipmuck, Welsh, Aboriginal and Irish words respectively, or being a conjunction of individual English words" and that applied to basically every example given in the placenames section Nil Einne ( talk) 10:13, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. The edit you repeated in Blenheim, New Zealand has again caused a cite error. Check the bold red error message in the references section. Your earlier edit was reversed to correct this error, as noted in the edit summary. If you really want the article to mention population in the method you wish, please find a way of doing this without causing an error message. Thank you. -- Pakaraki ( talk) 19:09, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kaiwhakahaere, thanks for your note, i do appreciate it. The change was made (particularly because I am very knowledgable on the 420 Class, and it seems to be completely random. This is mainly because it wasn't referenced, and it's not a 'notable point' for the class. It is a one-off situation where the 420 wasn't chosen as a youth class in 2007, and did not effect the sailing community at all. I would argue that it did not effect the 420 community and as such, doesn't really belong on the 420 page. I do believe, however, it should belong on the 29er page. Thoughts always welcome on my Talk page. Taymaishu ( talk) 09:46, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
So let's look at your concerns. Not referenced - ok, but if you remove that for lack of reference a hell of a lot of the rest of the article will go too. Notability of mention - I'm unsure what you mean. Misleading - no way. The line actually says " The International 420 was replaced by the 29er as the ISAF Youth Worlds two person dinghy for boys and girls at the 2007 championships in Canada" --"at the championships". It doesn't say permanently anywhere, but nonetheless, I will change "at the 2007 championships" to "for the 2007 championships" if that will help. The International Sailing Federation youth world championships might not be on Wikipedia - yet - but that doesn't make them non notable, and I'd like to see your sources that say so. Regarding my mentioning your RfA, it was current at that time, unlikely to succeed, so I gave you a bit of friendly advice for your next one. Is all. . Kaiwhakahaere ( talk) 02:32, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Yes, looking at that you have a very valid point which I didn't see before. I'd suggest you gently raise it with the editor and explain why it is unacceptable. You are of course right in responding to an AfD in any way you wish, but because it became apparent the editor didn't stand much of a chance I was hoping for more constructive feedback rather than a simple rejection from voters, for his sake. I apologise if I seemed a little excessive in defending him, between the vandal-whacking and edit wars which seem to form the backbone of every second article I've sort of forgotten of that rarest breed of editors: the constructive newbie. + Hexagon1 10:16, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Oops. I don't know how/why I did that. Cheers anyway. – Moondyne 01:36, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
This feels a bit like Good cop/bad cop at times!- gadfium 00:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello there. Thanks for your recent efforts towards combating vandalism. I noticed that you have made a few reverts using Twinkle, but that you didn't leave a warning for the user (e.g. the Andy Brownrigg article). Twinkle has an option for warning people and has a biased POV warning. The manual template is {{subst:uw-npov1}} for a level 1 warning, {{subst:uw-npov2}} for a level 2 warning, etc. It's always a good idea to leave a warning so that the user knows why their edits have been reverted. If the user is a repeated vandal then there needs to be a proper warning history so that the user can be blocked from editing. ~~ Dr Dec ( Talk) ~~ 08:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
One advantage of leaving warnings is to attract the attention of any admin who has watchlisted the user's talk page. I watchlist the pages of anyone I block, and most people I warn, and in some cases the pages of someone who I've noticed the edits of but who has already been warned by someone else. A later warning allows me to review their subsequent edits, and if necessary to renew their block.- gadfium 22:25, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kaiwhakahaere, I noticed you reverted someone who experimented on this page, calling it vandalism. Please note the text on that page, and the comment in the edit box, specifically invite people to experiment there. I thought I'd mention it because I've done the same thing myself. Now, I generally either welcome people, or at least don't bug them, as long as it isn't spam, rude, or removes the actual introduction. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 05:06, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Scottish New Zealander, you will be blocked from editing. It has been explained more than once to you that your personal dislike of Russell Crowe has nothing to do with WP:MOSBIO and do not apply to this article, nor do most of your other edits. Merely quoting abbreviations does not mean that they apply. By repeatedly restoring them to the article you are deliberately compromising the integrity of Wikipedia, which is defined here as licenced vandalism. You might wish to pursue a career in the Civil Service, if you are capable of passing the examination. -- MacRusgail ( talk) 16:05, 8 October 2009 (UTC) p.s. I would also advise that you do not remove CENSUS figures either.
Seriously, will you stop bullying me? Your edits are not constructive, in fact they're destructive. To shut you up, I removed certain people from the list. However, Kate Sheppard who had Scottish parents, and the Kilted Kiwis who played for Scotland - you cannot justify the removal of these, because they are New Zealanders with a Scottish background. Which is exactly what the article is about.
I'm not intimidated by folk trying to quote the rules at me, particularly when their interpretation of them is based mainly on personal prejudice, and not on balanced view. You do not help Wikipedia, you just make it hidebound.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 16:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Why do you persist? They detailed the difference on the telecast today. Did you miss that? Is it really so difficult to understand? -- Falcadore ( talk) 09:11, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
I am having considerable trouble believing this. Wikipedia itself defines outright lap record here. Wikipedia defines outright lap record a second time here within the definition of lap record, and differentiates between the two. The official website of V8 Supercars, this, says "Touring Car and Outright Lap Record. Greg Murphy 2003. Holden Commodore VY 2m.06.8594s". The record time exists. It's in the records. The fastest ever lap by any car at Bathurst. The outright lap record. How else can I spell it out? And you think a web site designer got it wrong. Good grief. I am restoring outright lap record to the intro, wikilinking it to our very own Wikipediai definition of outright lap record, and inserting the best reference available in the world, a link to the official website. Don't vandalise it. Kaiwhakahaere ( talk) 07:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
I have reverted your deletions from the Eltham, New Zealand article. In a small town such as this one (where I grew up, incidentally), names such as Chew Chong, Newton King, or Charles Wilkinson are now almost forgotten: and that has only happened in the last generation. Rugby players (who, Urbahn excepted, are alive and well-known) are more representative of Eltham's self-image now than is a long distant and dead Oxford don or an architect... Boethius65 ( talk) 03:31, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Need your support if you can. Irrito ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:59, 10 November 2009 (UTC).
I am going to revoke my offer for your help, because I just don't have time to learn enough of the rules of editing and then dispute resolution. But I wish you the best.
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undated comment added 14:55, 13 November 2009 (UTC).
The Waikato Times report regarding the attempted bribe of a student by the Fairfield College principal Julie Small has not been challenged by Small.The section was referenced to P1 Waikato Times -is that not adequate?(The Times is on line so it is easy for some editor to check it out).Not all of us are computer nerds like most editors-just humble folk trying to do their best.I'm not a teacher!!(More in the law enforcement line).The turmoil at that place is incredible.The commissioner has allied himself with Small apparently.Currently he has 2 Personal greivance changes against him and likely to be more after the load of distortions and outright mistruths he told the Times (if he is quoted correctly)concerning the Small-bribe article).Behind the scenes I am aware that very high level investigations are going on into this women who has left a trail of destruction behind her at Rodney College and at FFC.I have it on good authority that when she announced her resignation from Rodney the staff all stood and applauded-a pretty extreme reaction from a group that are fairly conservative by any standards.Conversations with an MP keep me up to date with how the govt and MOE view this debacle.At least interested wiki viewers can troll back through all the old "removed" edits and get a more rounded impression of the whole situation, which stinks to high heaven.The commissioner himself is clearly feeling the pressure-after failing to bully a staff member into changing their"story" ,Mr F was obseved brutally attacking a door in the staff roo!!Well, better a door than a staff member ,otherwise I might have to pay a profesional visit.This school really is a dangerous place at times-thats why police presence has been stepped up of late and good work is done by private security guards who work closely with the staff to try to keep everyone safe.There are grave concerns regarding the influence of the Mongrol Mob in this school(as there are in other Hamilton schools).This isanother reason why the school roll has plumetted by around 200-300 this year.I hope this clarifies the situation . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.32.3 ( talk) 23:41, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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