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[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 3 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Whangaroa Harbour, 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.

--Archtransit (talk) 18:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

thanks for removing the unwarranted vandalism accussations from my talk page (99.241.48.112 (talk) 02:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC))

Improper talk page format. Was breaking up another post. Compwhiz II(Talk)(Contribs) 03:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Invercargill

good find on the sister cities! Michellecrisp (talk) 06:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Schools

There was nothing conter-factual on the EGGS page. The fact that you cannot even spell the school's name correctly shows the worthlessness of Wikipedia. How come you put such polit crap on the AGS page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sakusha (talk • contribs) 02:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I removed the material you added to Epsom Girls' Grammar School because it read like a brochure for the school. The tone was unsuitable for an encyclopedia. I did not say it was counter-factual, although since you did not give your sources for the material, I cannot be sure that it is factual either.
Your most recent edit is obviously incorrect, as you typed 2004, but presumably you meant 2008. It is also unsourced, so I will remove it rather than correct it to a date which I have no evidence for.
I found a source for the acting principal.-gadfium 03:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I am at a loss to understand what you mean by "polit crap". Polite? Complete? Politically correct? At any event, I have not made substantial edits to the Auckland Grammar School article recently, other than to restore the translation of the school motto given by the school website.-gadfium 03:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


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

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[edit] Onslow College

This event was of huge significant importance over 500 students stood up and participated in a 'dairy run'. Please refrain from reverting my edits unless you have sufficient information to challenge them. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidcottis0100 (talk • contribs)

You need to provide reliable sources for your edits. See WP:SOURCE. An article in the Dominion Post would be fine. If the event didn't get media coverage, then it probably wasn't notable, no matter how important it may have been to you personally.-gadfium 17:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Napier Boys High School

Hi, I and many others would appreciate if you stopped deleting valid posts on this wikipage. We have been to the school and have collaborated with the principal. You are continuosly removing valid quotes and information. Don't go and say "none of the information is sourced" because if you look at the page there is only one source listed for the entire page. Who do you think you are? Please Stop.

I have reverted your edits, not because they are unsourced, although that's an excellent reason, but because they are clearly test edits. Your only edits to the article have been to add a section of "Not that notable ex-pupils" and an out of context quote. I think your principal has more sense than this.-gadfium 17:21, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] www.justiceforchandra.com reference in Hans Reiser topic

Hi Wikipedia,

There was a link in the Hans Reiser topic to a thread on my site at www.justiceforchandra.com. The thread was a copy of a thread on another site (linux50), also linked in the topic. I have removed the copy on my site and that link to my site no longer works.

If the link ever gets edited back in to the Hane Reiser topic (doubtful, the page was finally semi-protected) then the link to the original source is more than sufficient. The copy of the content should not have been made to my site by the poster and it will stay removed from my site.

thanks for all your work making Wikipedia trustworthy.

rd admin, www.justiceforchandra.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.167.171.93 (talk) 10:48, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia doesn't usually link to forums, which is why the link has been removed when one persistent anon has added it in the past. Since you no longer host the thread, we can hope the anon will no longer try to link to it once the article protection expires.-gadfium 17:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Helen Clark

I agree that the official photo is a bit unrealistic but the current one is not much better either. When I carefully take a look at the recent video of Helen Clark giving interview (October 2007) I can't agree she looks like that photo that is put on the article now either. I think the first might even be edited but the second one looks a bit unflattering as an image of a world leader (We don't have a photo of George Bush in a raincoat in infobox but the official portrait). I will re-add the official portrait in the section about her position of PM. I guess that is fair. --Avala (talk) 21:41, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Well I guess the only compromise is to include both showing the official and more humane side of Helen Clark. Infobox showing her as a person and the one in PM section showing her as a politician. --Avala (talk) 21:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Location maps

Hi Gadfium, While the maps for all the North Island localities using the overlaid SVG dots are cleverly done and save resources, they have one problem: When you click on the map to enlarge it, you get the bare template map, without the location of the town in question. I wonder if this can be addressed by someone suitably skilled so that we don't have to make a specific map for each article? dramatic (talk) 21:02, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't know of a better way to do it. Template talk:Location map would be the place to ask.-gadfium 21:23, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE your comment on John Key

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to John Key.

Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an

encyclopedia. Thank you.-gadfium 07:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Education4earth"

Please let me know what authority you have to ask me to stop editing pages and adding some important

facts. John Key and Helen Clark are main contenderes in NZ coming elections, how come Helen Clarks's page has

the paragraraph Controversies and John Key hasn't? Please read the Controversies on Helen Clark's page

and let me know in what sense the commentary there doesn't breach Wikipedia's neutral point of view,

whereas my text was? I added the paragrah Controversies to John Keys page to put things in perspective.

Some facts that I added are already mentioned on his page already e.g his attitude to Iraq war and Serious

Fraud Inverstigation. I am in no way affiliated with any of the parties, my main concern is that both entries

(John Key's and Helen Clark's) are given unequal treatment and undermining Wikipedia's neutrality. Please be more specific in future with your accusations, the text that I added are facts that are verifiable and

you can find them in any NZ newspaper and not my personal analysis.

Regards education4earth

A good start would be for you to source your edits. Also, Wikipedia is not a battleground. If you are approaching this from the viewpoint of making one political leader look good, and another look bad, then you have the wrong perspective.-gadfium 08:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Also, "Controversies" sections are generally frowned upon in Wikipedia. I'd love to get rid of the one in the Helen Clark article - not by deleting the material, but by reorganising the article so the controversies are spread through the biographical bits. Alas, there is only so much time in the day, and I have higher priorities. So add some well sourced and non copyvio material which is critical of Key to his article, but put it in the appropriate places in the text, eg things he said when first elected go in the Helensville section, other things before he became leader in the "Spokesperson for finance" section, etc.-gadfium 08:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] delete a redirect page I created?

I created Survival Analysis to redirect to Survival analysis this afternoon. But the new one isn't really needed and doesn't follow the capitalisation standard that I discovered. I've fixed the one and only page that linked to it, Statistics. Can the redundant one be deleted? Tayste (talk) 10:10, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Redundant redirects do no harm, so I'll leave it there.-gadfium 17:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of B.net

An article that you have been involved in editing, B.net, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B.net.


Your one edit was limited to adding the article to Category:New Zealand radio but since you're familiar with that category, your input at the deletion discussion would be helpful, especially if you can find a reliable source meeting the requirements of our Notability Guideline. I checked a while back myself and couldn't find anything. Thanks, --A. B. (talk) 13:28, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] First copyedit and not logged in!

I cleaned up the History section of Compounding which was listed as needing grammatical cleanup. Then I discovered I wasn't logged in, darn! Oh well, it made an interesting read anyway. Tayste (talk - contrib) 19:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)