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[edit] Clendon Park School

You've assisted with sorting this article a number of times... i've had it on my watchlist and found myself undoing the same edits, again and again... can you make any headway with perhaps trying to have the article set to members-only-edit or somesuch? The history of the article speaks for itself, all due to to what I am fairly certain is the same guy, again and again. As an Admin I guess you have some knowledge of how this process works, my interest is in keeping the article accurate and relevant. BlakJakNZ (talk) 05:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

The deputy principal name is relevant to the article; it just isn't a valid field in the infobox. If the information being added is correct, then put it in the article text and the anon will presumably be happy. I think this is someone who wants to see the deputy name in the article; very likely not a vandal (but perhaps the deputy himself). You could tag their addition of the deputy name with a {{cn}} tag, if you cannot verify that it is correct.

Since the information is added less than once a month on average, protecting the article against edits by anons or newbies is not a good idea. This may be a person who isn't aware of the edit summaries we use when reverting; hasn't seen the talk page; and has a dynamic IP so hasn't seen messages left for them, so the only way to talk to them might be to add a large html comment in the text of the article saying , and then expand the comments on the talk page.-gadfium 08:16, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Your comments make sense. Appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BlakJakNZ (talk • contribs) 11:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TRIVIA

do u understand the meaning of trivia? it is supposed to give an insight into things that some people may find interesting or things they dnt know. some nirvana fans woould be interseteed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.61.25 (talk) 22:32, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Then put it in the Nirvana article. It doesn't belong in articles which are unconnected with Cobain.-gadfium 22:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Award

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For: Tediously updating the NZ School deciles ratings. Thanks :) Brian \| (Talk) 05:01, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm just getting these decile updates out of the way so I can start on the real work on NZ School articles I promised to do on the NZ Wikipedians' noticeboard.-gadfium 05:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Monstrous regiment.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Monstrous regiment.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 23:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

If you can't figure out the fair use claim, you aren't doing a very good job. Wouldn't it be simpler to put the template you want on book covers instead of nominating them for deletion? Some poor admin is going to look at all the images you tag and groan "Oh no, not another BetacommandBot-tagged image", or probably more likely, delete it without engaging any brain cells.-gadfium 00:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yo, Gad!

Thank you so much for the nice message. It is always a pleasure to hear from you! I had to stay active if I wanted to edit Veropedia, so what the hey. It will be incredibly nice to interact with the established users and avoid dinking around with the NPP hassle. Take care! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The short twentieth century

Thanks for catching my mistake with the move. Teemu Leisti (talk) 19:42, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bolma recens Kiwi Seamount

Hi Gadfium, Yes, good point, there seems to be two of the same name - what a kiwi is doing in the Atlantic I have no idea! Anyway, have updated article. I might look at creating an article listing the world's seamounts, hooking off the existing Seamount article. Thoughts? Cheers, & a happy new year GrahamBould (talk) 09:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] STROSZEK

LISTEN M8 IF U DNT BELIVE ME ABOUT PUTTING KURT COBAINS NAME ON TRIVIA THEN SEARCH STROSZEK AND LOOK AT THT TRIVIA. U WILL FIND OUT SOMETHING THT PEOPLE MAY BE INTERESETED IN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.61.25 (talk) 18:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Again, people interested in Cobain will go to the Kurt Cobain article. They are much less likely to go to our article on The Piano looking for information on him.-gadfium 22:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NZ New Articles - thanks!

Thanks for holding the fort in terms of moving bot articles to the list of new NZ articles while I'm away. I expect to be back on deck around the 10th or 11th. dramatic (talk) 10:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject New Zealand

Hi Gadfium. I've been adding the 'WikiProject New Zealand' tag to fauna talkpages where the subject is uniquely NZ, but am unsure whether to add it if the species is also endemic to, say, Australia. I've not been adding it in this case. Any thoughts? GrahamBould (talk) 08:59, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't see the harm, but to be honest I don't really see a benefit either. The most appropriate Wikiproject tag for your articles would be for WP:ANIMALS or WP:GAST; as far as I know a mollusc wikiproject doesn't exist. There can be multiple wikiproject tags on an article, but the most appropriate ones are for the people who are interested in the subject matter, and in your case I'd say that is more closely aligned to people interested in molluscs than those interested in New Zealand topics.-gadfium 10:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I'd recommend it for endemic species. They are part of the project scope and may form a subproject one day. Richard001 (talk) 03:41, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Import (international trade)

Hi Gad, could you move this one to import for me? The latter just redirects to the former, so there is no need for the further specification given in brackets. Richard001 (talk) 03:41, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Done.-gadfium 03:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Oceania

It takes two to tango: compel for your changes. Corticopia (talk) 19:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of entry

Point 1 - I couldn't create a page. Only admins can do so - apparently. Try pressing the button! Point 2 - No, not trolling. I put in a perfectly reasonable request to User:Vsmith and his response was not would I would expect from an admin. In fact, it was downright insulting. See his talk page (Global Warming). Point 3 - Yes, I have a user ID but I haven't used it for about a year. Is there any rule that says I should? 86.31.45.177 (talk) 18:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You claimed to be an experienced Wikipedian, so you know how to create a page. An RFC is invalid without a page.-gadfium 18:53, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Can I do so as an IP user? 86.31.45.177 (talk) 18:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You can log in with your previous account. If you are not willing to divulge what that account was, then create a throwaway account to do so.-gadfium 19:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Throwaway account would take a few days before pages could be created. No worries, I'll let it go. User:Vsmith is not exceptional in his attitude to IP editors, but uncommonly he seems to be prejudiced against Europeans (comments regarding RIPE); a most unsavoury character to have as an admin, I would suggest. Incidentally, the procedure used for complaining about users seems to exclude IPs from doing so. Does this need looking at perhaps. Cheers, 86.31.45.177 (talk) 19:44, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't believe accounts need to be autoconfirmed (ie 4 days old) to create pages. Autoconfirm only enables page moving and the editing of semi-protected pages.-gadfium 22:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Kiwanis

Point taken. Thanks. Boethius65 (talk) 20:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tuvalu

I think the way you put it was too opinion-making (you obviously don't believe it), and anyone reading your sentence quickly will assume it's not true. I don't find a lot about the ambiguity on the main article (Caves of Nanumanga), but I don't have access to Australian newspapers. I suggest you cange the article about the caves themselves (fe a new chapter about the controversy?).

Thanx Twerbrou (talk) 09:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I was using the references given in the article itself. The article seems to consider the oral history more convincing than the evidence of fire. I'd like to see some archeological opinion from other people, and from some years later when there's more reflection about the significance of the caves.

It is probably most appropriate not to mention them at all in the Tuvalu article, which is only an overview of the history and shouldn't go into speculation, and to have a brief mention in History of Tuvalu (as there is). I'll try another wording which is more neutral first.-gadfium 18:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Admin

I responded on my page. Cheers and thanks again. Nil Einne (talk) 20:39, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nelson Schools

I included Waimea College as Nelson. I consider Richmond part of Nelson. These things are hard to define. Garin College is about 2km north west of Waimea College. I am unsure when the "urban area" of Nelson begins and ends. Feel free to edit it back, I don't really worry about things like this. Stug.stug (talk) 06:47, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Herekino

What's needed for Herekino to go to start class? Nothing at all. My apologies - about a day passed between my looking at the article and adding the WPNZ template to a batch of 20 new articles, so I simply pasted nonchalantly. Since you are creating a lot of these articles, it would help if you could put {{WPNZ|class=stub}} (or start as the case may be) on the talk page yourself. I haven't been adding importance attributes to any articles I tag - I leave that to those more involved in reviewing the queue. dramatic (talk) 00:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

(reply to User_talk:Dramatic#Herekino) - No problem setting class - it will usually be stub or start, and these are well defined at Wikipedia:WikiProject_New_Zealand/Assessment#Quality_scale. Personally I would be hesitant about rating an article as B or higher. But the assessment team seem to be getting to most newly tagged articles within a week. dramatic (talk) 03:15, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block of User:Sitagita

Hi Gadfium,

I actually was just about to report this user to WP:UAA; I don't know how I didn't realize this, but the name is a match with http://www.sitagita.com and is thus deserving of an indefinite block per WP:UN. I'll trust your discretion, naturally, but may I suggest an...extension of the block? --jonny-m t 07:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I have their talk page watchlisted, so if they receive any further warnings I'll notice. I think any further problems will merit an indefinite block, but there's some small chance they'll choose to make more useful edits.-gadfium 07:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good; here's hoping! --jonny-m t 10:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

They've been indef blocked (not by me) for continuing the behaviour.-gadfium 05:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Presidency of Eisenhower

I have a source for this and reason to believe this is a fact. This should not be considered vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgannon (talk • contribs) 01:06, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

replied on user's talk page.-gadfium 01:12, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower

I read the article that you sent me. First of all: 1.) The article you sent me was a not a policy, rather a guideline. 2.) There are no things in that article that constitute it to be a non-usable source. 3.) The actual url is www.freewebs.com/randomstuffyoudidntknow —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgannon (talk • contribs) 01:14, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Soory, but that website is a collection of random information with no sources given. It may or may not be correct, but it certainly isn't a reliable source. An appropriate source would be a reputable biography of Eisenhower.-gadfium 01:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Cawthron

Okay. Thanks. - KrakatoaKatie 08:02, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Error

[edit] DYK

On 28 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Houhora, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bookworm857158367 (talk) 01:05, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm very pleased that an article I wrote made the front page.-gadfium 01:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Papanui High School

To display the % stats you need to click the percentages button and then 'View'. I couldn't get this page to display correctly if I did this. I appreciate you tidying up my edits - I am on a steep learning curve here! fyi - until 4 years ago I was a teacher at Pap HS - that is my interest in this page. I see you have flagged the last paragraph for possible removal - it does seem to be the effort of a frustrated student and I agree that it should be removed. Thanks again for your assistance.Nogging (talk) 03:50, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I did work out how to display percentages. My remaining concern is that the figures for 2007 are not yet posted, and we should not be displaying them in the article if they are not available to the public. I presume the 2007 figures will be available shortly.

Feel free to remove items in the article which are not of sufficient importance or which are not sourced, or place a {{cn}} tag next to the ones you believe to be true but need a reference. I generally go easy on the sourcing requirements for school articles; I view them as a place for students (and teachers) to learn how to edit Wikipedia. This is only my personal attitude; other editors may enforce policy more strictly.-gadfium 03:59, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Whangaroa Bay

A tag has been placed on Whangaroa Bay requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Wisdom89 (talk) 07:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Just a mistake; it was supposed to be a redirect but the contents of my clipboard were not what I thought they were.-gadfium 07:30, 31 January 2008 (UTC)