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Started a page devoted to the award (and a superfluous one under Double gammas, any advice n formatting or notability would be welcome. MartinSFSA ( talk) 08:35, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Martin. I've added what little I had access to, which should be enough to avoid CSD (or so I hope). I'd be inclined to put the rules into prose, rather than a list, but that aside the two major issues are probably past winners and establishing notability. I haven't found anything useful online, so what is probably best is any real mention of the awards in the older print magazines. One minor possibility - is there any chance that the David Richardson who won in 1996 for Sonic Screwdriver is this David Richardson (Australian)? 'Cause that would be worth a wikilink, but I figure it is a fairly common name. - Bilby ( talk) 13:59, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

No it's not but that's a great idea--we have a contact for David R in the club, and I know David J, they're not the same, but David J could have some more info for the entry. Ta MartinSFSA ( talk) 14:26, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

You seem to me to be the most level-headed of those involved in the Kender mediation. Is there something you can contribute at Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Kender/Trim#Appearance and traits to help get things back on track, because they seem to be degrading... BOZ ( talk) 13:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Boz. I was planning to get involved again from tomorrow - we just finished the semester, so I had to focus on winding up the courses, but I'll be good for about 2-3 weeks of concerted Kendering. I've been picking up sources, and have access at last to the two annotated books, so hopefully I'll be able to be productive. - Bilby ( talk) 13:53, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Great, that's wonderful news, and thanks as always! :) BOZ ( talk) 14:29, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

I have posted some thoughts on how specifically to handle the Life Cycle section. [1] Opinions are welcome. :) BOZ ( talk) 16:09, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

How is that? :) BOZ ( talk) 16:07, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey there. :) I have posted some thoughts on kender Handling. See here. BOZ ( talk) 16:42, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - I have responded. :) BOZ ( talk) 15:47, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Any ideas on what to do with Fearlessness? BOZ ( talk) 22:10, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Some. I need to finish writing a lecture to give tomorrow, but as soon as it is done I'll play. :) - Bilby ( talk) 15:44, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Good deal - Gavin has been quiet and everyone else is gone, so no rush maybe? BOZ ( talk) 19:34, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

The article Club Penguin you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Club Penguin for things needed to be addressed. Lego K^ontribs T^alk M 23:53, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm flattered, but it's just an automated script. It suggests that the lead should be expanded, but really, I think it covers the sections pretty well. As an aside, I seem to recall Napier attaching great significance to the bit where Belldandy restores the temple, as the temple is a symbol of great tradition, thus, Belldandy is the Upholder of Tradition, but alas, the book has gone back to the library and I won't be able to get it out again for some time. :( I kind of think the idea comes through in Belldandy, though? Thanks for doing that work on Skuld - can much of that be transferred to Urd? - Malkinann ( talk) 13:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

The article Club Penguin you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:Club Penguin for eventual comments about the article. Well done! Lego K^ontribs T^alk M 21:59, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks heaps for taking the time to review it, and I'm really glad it passed. :) It is wonderful news! - Bilby ( talk) 01:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the review and the help, the article is really looking excellent now! Corn.u.co.pia ♥ Disc.us.sion 05:24, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem - I was really pleased I could help a bit, but, of course, you and the other editors did the real work. And excellent work it was, too. :) - Bilby ( talk) 05:38, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm a new editor of Wikipedia,but I nominated myself on Rfa and later decided that was a very wrong thing to do.I considered leaving,but I would like to start anew.Looks like you are adopting.Can you adopt me?-- Fireaxe888 ( talk) 17:01, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I promise I'll learn to use the correct dashes soon. :) Thanks for fixing them when I stuff up. - Bilby ( talk) 07:50, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh no, it's all good. I made heaps of errors when I first started with FA processes and its the right thing to help people I think, especially if it makes people more confident and helps them get invovled. Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 02:12, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Did you see the peer review yet Bilby? -- Vinni3 ( talk) 15:05, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks! I've been so caught up on editing another page that I completely missed that. :( They're great comments! - Bilby ( talk) 05:30, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Bilby, you're very welcome, and I appreciate the nice comments! It's really good to hear that my little review was a help for you, coming from an outside perspective. :) I hope everything goes well with the article, cheers! Jamie ^☆ S93 18:20, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I am also glad my comments were helpful, keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:19, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the help, if there is anything else you find, please notify me immediately and will fix it ASAP. -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 20:03, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Recovery
		Awarded to Bilby for rewriting the Shrine of Remembrance, which is now effectively a new FA! Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 07:41, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! That's much appreciated - although, of course, both you and Melburnian had an awful lot to do with recovering it as well. :) - Bilby ( talk) 14:34, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello,

I'd like to hear your thoughts on how we should proceed with the mediation. Ursasapien has not been seen since 2 June [2], and SamBC disappeared around 28 June [3]. Jeske seemed to lose interest with the process fairly quickly (and required a lot of prodding early on), so I have not bothered him to continue. Gavin has been increasingly absent from Wikipedia, and as far as I can tell has not edited an RPG article at all since 2 May [4] when we agreed on the conditions of the mediation, nor has he edited an RPG article talk page since 25 June [5]. Naturally, this has resulted in a near-cessation of conflicts between him and the RPG editor community (although I have not viewed most of his thousands of subsequent edits on the notability talk pages; some conflict may well have carried over to there). Therefore, I have to wonder if we ought to continue with the mediation. Naturally, you and I can hash out the details of the Kender article without any other help if you wish, but since I can't recall ever having had any conflict with you whatsoever, there's nothing for you and I to "mediate" on.  :) BOZ ( talk) 17:08, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

It's a good question. At this stage I'd like to keep going, all else being equal, if only because I think that there has been some good progress - Gavin has been helping on the Kender article, and while we run into conflicts, I think it is better for his input. It may be worth talking to Gavin as well, just to see where he sits, or bringing it up on the mediation pages. - Bilby ( talk) 04:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. This may be a busy week for me, but we shall see! BOZ ( talk) 14:14, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

It looks like he's not totally disinterested. :) See: [6] BOZ ( talk) 11:51, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Given that, I'm going to try to find some time over the weekend to get my thoughts together on where I left off. BOZ ( talk) 21:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Also note Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters‎ and I won't be surprised if the other sub-articles get hit soon. BOZ ( talk) 13:46, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

• I'm tracking down references for D&D monsters now - hopefully I'll dig up something that might help. - Bilby ( talk) 13:49, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - individual monsters might have references few and far between, but D&D monsters as a whole have got to have some references - as a concept, D&D monsters are one of the things best known by players, and one of the most visible elements of the game to non-players. BOZ ( talk) 14:01, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

The article National War Memorial (South Australia) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:National War Memorial (South Australia) for things needed to be addressed. Million_Moments ( talk) 18:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again for fixing up my punctuation — I'm getting better though, now I just have to remember to use them for page and date ranges. :) - Bilby ( talk) 04:35, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem and excellent work again...I see that someone has decided to give one of my corny pictures a run in the article! Amusing! Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 05:32, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that the pictures were yours. :) They were there when I arrived. Very useful, especially given that the memorial was buried under scaffolding until recently, and last time I checked you still couldn't get proper access for photos (I took a couple by standing on the benches are peering over the fence, but it wasn't exactly ideal). :) - Bilby ( talk) 07:32, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi,

I was just wondering, did I resolve all of the issues you raised in the FAC? Could you please respond at the peer review I set up.

Thank you for your time,

-- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 21:09, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

• I'll try and do so over the weekend - I'm a bit buried in work at the moment, but I'm sure I'll be able to find some time to help. - Bilby ( talk) 14:40, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello again, I know you are busy but could you please respond as to whether I resolved the issues you had during the FAC review for this article? I need to know so I can move forward with the peer review and a second FAC nom. Please respond on the PR page.

Thanks again,

-- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 20:02, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Given your knowledge of Australian history, do you know of sources for this FA that are not by Dunstan himself? The 25 years book is edited by someone else, but all the pieces were by Dunstan himself. Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 07:01, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

• I'm not great with biographies, but I think I know a couple of good sources, and I need something to do while I wait to get access to the archives for the War Memorial. However, my wife was particularly good on oral histories and biographies, so I'll see if I can talk her into doing some work - I've been trying to convince her to edit for a bit now, so this might be a good excuse. :) - Bilby ( talk) 07:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Just one thing, per WP:BOLDTITLE, the article's subject should appear in boldface. The title of this article is "South African War Memorial (South Australia)", this is why the first "South African War Memorial" and its alternative names e.g. "Boer War Memorial" and "National War Memorial" should appear in boldface. Overall nice article. Keep up the good work. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 17:47, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks. I should know better, but it is probably getting to late at night for me to think straight. :) - Bilby ( talk) 17:54, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Nice article! Well done. Cheers, Pdfpdf ( talk) 08:07, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

(P.S. I've been working on North Terrace, Adelaide; feel free to improve my description(s).)

Thankyou. :) I've been enjoying writing it. I like what you're doing to the North Terrace article - I'm happy to help if I can. I might have some old photos that may help, and I'll see if I have anything else useful to add. - Bilby ( talk) 08:55, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

"All contributions greatfully received!". I wondered if you had any decent photos of UniSA Nth Tce campuses? (I've not been very impressed with the non-copyright UniSA photos I've come across. In my recent trip into the city, I only concentrated on UofA campus.) Cheers, Pdfpdf ( talk) 10:18, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

(P.S. My research interests include the areas of Information management and use (mainly within different organisational structures). Perhaps one day we should have a "discussion" about data vs information vs knowledge?)

I tired taking a couple of pictures a few weeks ago, but the light wasn't quite right. I'll see if I can grab some, though - given that it isn't exactly hard to grab some of City West. I'd love to catch up some time and chat about IS/KM. But as a warning, my thesis is on definitions of knowledge in Knowledge Management, so you might need to work out how to get me off the topic once it is ventured upon. :) - Bilby ( talk) 11:19, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Image:Boer War Memorial, 1926.jpg next to Image:Boer War Memorial, 2008.jpg is a nice touch! Pdfpdf ( talk) 11:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. :) Unfortunately, the original photographer seems to have been standing on a ladder. - Bilby ( talk) 12:19, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Great article. I remember chatting to Don Pedler in the mid 80s and he mentioned the face for the memorial was his Uncle (George Henry Goodal). Nice to see it acknowledged indirectly here. Ozdaren ( talk) 12:53, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou. I'm hoping to get in touch with Don - both to thank him for his articles (which I ended up using as references, and which were very good) and to see if he would be willing to release a photo of his Grandfather for the article: I think it would be a nice touch to show a photo of Goodall next to a close up of the memorial's face. From what I've seen there is probably a genuine likeness, which would make sense. - Bilby ( talk) 13:32, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Grandfather? I must have gotten it wrong back then. It was only a fleeting conversation. Don was involved in the pipeband world for a long time. He was also a marshal on Anzac day. I haven't seen Don for years. He used to walk around town a lot. Ozdaren ( talk) 14:04, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thinking about it, it was probably "grand uncle" or some such. :) I've got a copy of his paper somewhere, but probably not here. I suspect you're right, though. - Bilby ( talk) 14:09, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

http://www.lighthorse.org.au/lighthorsediscussionboard/_disc1/00000805.htm:
"Over many years I have collecyed a great deal of information about my great uncle G. H. Goodall"
Cheers, Pdfpdf ( talk) 16:42, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I figured I should defer to Ozdaren. :) - Bilby ( talk) 22:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

No worries. Don is a very interesting character, very much into his militaria. I just received an email back from him. (I found his hotmail account online last night). If you need his details I can send them to you. Ozdaren ( talk) 23:39, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

That would be cool - at the moment the only thing I can think of to add is a photo of Goodall, so it would be nice to be able to round it off. - Bilby ( talk) 02:19, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

donald pedler at hotmail.com Ozdaren ( talk) 23:39, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I've been in touch with him and he's being incredibly helpful. :) - Bilby ( talk) 04:02, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh dear, another monkey photo is on a soon-to-be GA. Your book doesn't have the info to write about does it? YellowMonkey ( bananabucket) 03:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I noticed it was one of yours - it was very useful, as it shows the memorial before it was restored. :) I'm not sure about the Blackwood memorial, as I don't really have anything on it (the last major memorial I have extensive information on is the Cross of Sacrifice, but there's a bit of info floating around here and there on some of the others).- Bilby ( talk) 04:02, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome and its no problem at all. ;) I'm glad you submitted the article at GAN, I gotta tell you that when I review articles, I learn something new everyday. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 16:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Bilby for your suggestion which I have followed

in the meantime someone has restored my article on Jumeau Dolls as a disputed PROD - and I have learned that the person who marked it as a PROD seems to have expertsies in Warhammer and the like - so where does he - and I presume it is a he - claim to have a knowlege of historic dolls and thus can judge my article for quality of content. The restorer of the article has also notified the person who put the prod on and now it could become an AFD - a serious issue

there are many more badly written articles on insignificant topics than mine across wikipedia - so how did it get to be judged so badly?

Bebe Jumeau ( talk) 13:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

In general, I figure that it is a side effect of the nature of Wikipedia: if it is going to be an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, we have to be open to having edits (and occasionally deletions) conducted by people who don't know the field concerned. While it can be frustrating, stopping it would mean changing the nature of Wikipedia so much that it wouldn't be the same, and probably wouldn't function at all. That aside, DRV and the AFD process are there to help recover from errors, and they generally work pretty well. :)

I wouldn't worry about AFD too much. I'll do a bit of editing to make sure that it is safe, but the topic is fine (any topic with books written about it is bound to be reasonably safe) so if it does go to AFD it should survive without too much fuss. AFD is pretty much the standard approach to a disputed PROD, as it lets the community decide and gives experts a chance to get involved. - Bilby ( talk) 13:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words. I will refrain from discussions re: the mothers of others no matter how rude they are.

I have uploaded http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Anxfisa_Golden_Dawn_Robes.jpg for the Tau Robe article. I cannot figure out to display it. If you would be so kind I would appreciate it greatly. -- Anxfisa ( talk) 23:04, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

• Thank you again! I did manage to figure out how to add the picture huge on the bottom, I am grateful to you for fixing it. It looks very nice, I have taken note of your work for future reference. Thank you again, LVX!-- Anxfisa ( talk) 02:37, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		What would we do without your excellent work? Keep it up :) Giggy ( talk) 08:11, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to Bilby by Giggy ( talk) on 08:11, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

• I didn't think I was doing that much - especially compared to what you and YellowMonkey have done and do. But thanks - it's heaps appreciated. :) - Bilby ( talk) 12:49, 7 October 2008 (UTC)